[10:03] the Good morning and welcome to
[10:04] Council Chambers Sorry that was
[10:04] my.
[10:07] >> Good morning and welcome to
[10:08] Council Chambers Before
[10:09] the meeting begins I just
[10:09] wanted to make an announcement
[10:10] to those that are on
[10:12] the virtual queue If you were
[10:13] on you with your hand raised
[10:14] yesterday on an agenda public
[10:18] comment before non agenda
[10:18] public comment virtual trail
[10:19] that will be taken at
[10:23] the beginning of today's
[10:23] session we did take a
[10:24] screenshot so you have your
[10:24] names You will have an
[10:25] opportunity to speak during on
[10:28] agenda public comment at 10
[10:28] A.M. As soon as we begin
[10:29] the meeting and then again at
[10:34] the end of the meeting during
[10:35] non agenda public comment So
[10:35] please be sure to raise your
[10:38] hand now if you had your hand
[10:39] raised yesterday during non
[10:42] agenda public comments period.
[10:43] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[11:09] Okay you know at the moment
[11:24] folks all right good morning I
[11:29] will not call the city council
[11:30] meeting of Tuesday MAY 12th
[11:30] 2020 sixth Order clerk Please
[11:31] call the roll.
[11:31] Thank you.
[11:36] Council PRESIDENT Council
[11:36] Member Kimball Council Member
[11:37] Whitburn Council Member Foster
[11:41] Here Council Member Von Wilpert
[11:41] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[11:45] here Council Member Campion
[11:46] Council Member Moreno Present
[11:47] Council member Eli Rivera and
[11:51] Council PRESIDENT LaCava
[11:51] present.
[11:52] Also attending the meeting are
[11:53] City Attorney Heather Ferber.
[11:53] Independent budget analyst
[11:57] Charles Monaco, Council Affairs
[11:58] Advisor in the Mayor's office,
[11:59] Code advisor and myself your
[11:59] city Clerk Diana Fuentes Thank
[12:02] you Council PRESIDENT All
[12:03] right, thank you.
[12:03] >> a quorum is now present.
[12:04] I am going to dispense with
[12:07] the reading the disruption
[12:08] warning because I think you all
[12:08] going conduct yourself
[12:09] appropriate for being in city
[12:12] council chambers.
[12:13] We will begin this morning with
[12:14] the land acknowledgment and
[12:14] the Pledge of Allegiance led by
[12:25] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.
[12:26] We respectfully acknowledge
[12:26] that the community
[12:27] communication or the original
[12:32] inhabitants of the Unceded land
[12:33] now known as San Diego Despite
[12:33] enduring the horrors of
[12:37] genocide and colonization,
[12:38] the community spirit remains
[12:38] unbroken.
[12:39] We honor the resilience of
[12:39] their ancestors who fought to
[12:42] protect their culture and land
[12:43] today to carry their legacy
[12:44] forward, ensuring that their
[12:47] traditions continue to thrive
[12:48] and gratitude and strength We
[12:49] stand with our nation connected
[12:50] to our past and committed to a
[12:53] thriving future.
[12:54] If we will all join me in
[12:59] facing the flag again America
[13:05] and this is one issue under our
[13:15] individual work Please go over
[13:16] how the public can offer their
[13:16] testimony.
[13:17] Thank you.
[13:21] I'd like to highlight how I
[13:22] would like to highlight
[13:22] the slide on the screen that
[13:23] reveals how the public can
[13:24] offer their public testimony
[13:26] during today's meeting.
[13:27] Please At the time applications
[13:28] for proclamations and consent
[13:28] items for media management
[13:31] purposes is one minute per item
[13:32] maximum of three minutes For
[13:32] three or more items the order
[13:37] can be found on the agenda
[13:37] Summary found online or at
[13:38] the table in the back of
[13:38] the room.
[13:39] If you're in person please
[13:40] complete a speaker slip Looking
[13:42] at the entrance of chambers and
[13:43] bring it to the front of
[13:43] the room.
[13:44] Council ambassadors are
[13:48] available near the entrance and
[13:49] can assist with questions and
[13:49] speaker slips.
[13:50] Please note that no further
[13:50] in-person testimony will be
[13:53] taken once the council begins
[13:54] Virtual testimony.
[13:54] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[13:55] All right.
[13:59] Thank you, City Clerk.
[13:59] Again, our city clerk had
[14:00] announced earlier we will be
[14:04] taking non agenda public
[14:04] comment for those individuals
[14:05] who attempted to participate
[14:09] virtually at the end of
[14:10] yesterday's council meeting due
[14:11] the loss of quorum We were not
[14:15] able to get to them.
[14:16] So this is for those people
[14:17] that again have their hands
[14:17] upraised at the end of
[14:21] knowledge in a public comment
[14:22] yesterday afternoon the city
[14:22] clerk kept a record of those
[14:23] individuals and they will now
[14:27] be taken As a reminder we will
[14:27] continue to do not agenda
[14:32] public comment at the end of
[14:33] this morning session as we
[14:34] typically do on our Tuesday
[14:39] Council hearings.
[14:39] >> So Clerk please proceed with
[14:40] the trailed virtual agenda
[14:44] Public Comment Thank you
[14:45] Council PRESIDENT There were
[14:46] seven people with their hands
[14:46] raised.
[14:48] I do have that for the record
[14:49] Personal 2.7 on agenda Public
[14:50] comment is an opportunity for
[14:50] members of the public to
[14:51] comment on items that are not
[14:54] on the agenda but within
[14:54] the subject matter jurisdiction
[14:55] of the City Council Starting
[14:56] with the original If you can
[14:56] please come up to
[15:08] the microphone.
[15:08] Technically Blair and I should
[15:14] get two minutes for the non
[15:14] agenda public comment that you
[15:19] robbed us of the first time
[15:20] that I caught you not having
[15:20] quorum when you couldn't
[15:21] continue the meeting You said I
[15:25] was being disruptive.
[15:26] I have since caught you four
[15:30] other times with no quorum and
[15:31] you said I was being
[15:31] disruptive.
[15:32] You had me escorted out by
[15:32] the police with threats of
[15:37] arrest and you cannot continue
[15:37] a meeting like that and you
[15:38] know it as you are now of
[15:42] course correcting and saying
[15:43] that you have to have a quorum.
[15:49] But the city attorney sat there
[15:49] or whoever is in that seat
[15:54] whether it's Heather or not
[15:55] watched this happen And you
[15:55] guys know that you cannot
[15:56] illegally conduct a meeting
[16:00] whether it's through the Brown
[16:01] Act, Robert's Rules of order
[16:01] your own board policy You have
[16:05] to have a quorum and you know
[16:06] it And you treated me like a
[16:07] criminal for calling it out and
[16:12] calling out your misconduct And
[16:12] you guys all blatantly look me
[16:17] in the face as though you were
[16:18] saying you when you know again
[16:18] that it's illegal.
[16:24] That's why you have since said
[16:24] we have to have a quorum.
[16:25] You stopped the meeting
[16:26] yesterday because of it and
[16:29] it's like I mean I feel like
[16:30] I'm owed an apology because you
[16:30] deprive me of my rights.
[16:34] You had me escorted out
[16:35] blatantly knowing what you were
[16:41] doing time and again You did it
[16:42] repeatedly.
[16:43] I mean, Sean, you're like we're
[16:47] just behind the wall.
[16:47] It doesn't matter.
[16:48] You guys know that.
[16:49] And it's like how can you guys
[16:53] sit there and do that?
[16:54] I mean I get it because you
[16:54] guys don't like me but you were
[16:58] acting and conducting business
[16:59] illegally and you treated me
[17:00] like a criminal for it And so
[17:04] it's like how can you guys be
[17:05] trusted when you're willing to
[17:05] do that?
[17:06] >> That's what's so horrible
[17:11] about it is that you of course
[17:12] corrected but you stuck your
[17:12] feet in the ground and treated
[17:13] me like a criminal.
[17:17] >> You put your mark next as
[17:18] Tony I did not see him on line
[17:23] Next is Ernie kept I do not see
[17:24] him on line next is Becky Rapp
[17:28] If you can please unmute.
[17:28] >> Thank you and good morning.
[17:35] My name is Becky and I'm here
[17:35] today to ask the city to
[17:40] prioritize enforcement against
[17:41] illegal kratom and flavored
[17:41] tobacco sales that are
[17:45] happening openly across our
[17:46] neighborhoods.
[17:47] Our one of our neighboring
[17:47] cities Oceanside is actively
[17:52] enforcing the lot and according
[17:53] to recent reports Oceanside
[17:56] police and code enforcement
[17:57] seized more than 6300
[17:58] prohibited flavored tobacco and
[18:02] nicotine products during one
[18:03] operation alone under their
[18:09] municipal code Every violation
[18:09] can be treated as a separate
[18:10] offense and each day
[18:11] the violation continues can
[18:14] create additional penalties.
[18:15] Businesses are reportedly
[18:16] facing hundreds of thousands of
[18:16] dollars in fines because
[18:21] Oceanside understands that
[18:22] enforcement matters.
[18:22] Meanwhile in San Diego we have
[18:26] smoke shops selling flavored
[18:27] vapes illegal nicotine
[18:28] products, creative extracts and
[18:28] high potency substances with
[18:33] little to no visible
[18:34] enforcement.
[18:35] Our penalties are minimal and
[18:39] many businesses simply treat
[18:39] them as a cost of doing
[18:40] business.
[18:40] Kratom is not harmless highly
[18:45] concentrated creative products
[18:46] are being described by the dea
[18:47] as being stronger than morphine
[18:51] and are now being called
[18:51] the smoke shops heroin.
[18:52] The California Department of
[18:52] Public Health has already
[18:57] warned against these products
[18:57] and prohibited their sale for
[18:58] human consumption.
[18:59] Yet cities still lack the local
[19:03] enforcement structure needed to
[19:04] truly address the problem.
[19:05] If enforcement requires
[19:10] stronger policies then this
[19:10] council needs to act.
[19:11] When businesses violate the law
[19:11] they should be held
[19:12] accountable.
[19:16] Please strengthen San Diego's
[19:16] enforcement policies, increase
[19:17] penalties and direct code
[19:22] enforcement and sd pd to make
[19:22] this an urgent priority.
[19:23] Thank you.
[19:26] Thank you Madison If you can
[19:32] please unmute.
[19:32] >> Yeah.
[19:32] Thank you.
[19:33] Good morning.
[19:33] Council members.
[19:38] For teenagers even low level
[19:39] use of marijuana is linked to
[19:40] higher risks of psychiatric
[19:40] issues and poor school
[19:44] performance
[19:45] There are also a lot of growing
[19:45] concerns about addiction and
[19:46] mental health.
[19:51] Today more people report using
[19:51] marijuana daily than alcohol
[19:52] daily.
[19:52] That sounds like a pretty
[19:56] addicting substance.
[19:57] Among daily users about 1 in 4
[19:58] will develop cannabis use
[20:03] disorder meaning they struggle
[20:03] to stop.
[20:04] They build a tolerance and they
[20:08] feel off if they don't have it
[20:08] .
[20:09] While marijuana is often
[20:09] marketed for anxiety and
[20:14] wellness research shows it can
[20:15] actually worsen anxiety and
[20:16] mood disorders for some users.
[20:20] And now 6% of young people ages
[20:21] 18 to 24 choose to use
[20:26] marijuana as a sleep aid as
[20:26] well.
[20:27] The same way people might use
[20:27] melatonin or magnesium to help
[20:31] them fall asleep.
[20:32] The concern we have is for
[20:33] the young people the developing
[20:37] brain is especially vulnerable.
[20:38] Adolescent marijuana use is
[20:43] linked to a risk of depression
[20:44] ,anxiety, psychosis and even
[20:45] measurable declines in memory
[20:49] learning and iq over time.
[20:50] Instead of expanding access to
[20:50] this harmful substance, we need
[20:55] to make sure that prevention,
[20:56] education and public awareness
[20:56] keep pace.
[21:00] Let's do this for young people
[21:01] .
[21:01] Thank you.
[21:01] Thank you.
[21:13] Next nexus Cathleen Lippert,
[21:14] somebody here has Zoom meeting
[21:16] if you can play silence It.
[21:23] >> Kathleen Lippert, you don't
[21:27] have your hands but you were
[21:28] one of the people trailed.
[21:32] >> If you can please unmute or
[21:33] we'll need to move on to
[21:38] the next caller.
[21:39] Moving on to the next caller.
[21:47] We have 8780 700 if you can
[21:58] please unmute Star six 8700.
[22:04] We would like to just speak
[22:05] later You can move on to
[22:05] the final.
[22:09] Speaker 5457.
[22:15] And you were not present.
[22:16] Anyone else who has their hand
[22:16] raise you do not have your hand
[22:17] raised during yesterday's on
[22:18] agenda public comment but also
[22:21] have an opportunity at the end
[22:22] of this morning session to
[22:22] speak during that time.
[22:23] That concludes non agenda
[22:27] public commentary from
[22:28] yesterday's meeting.
[22:29] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
[22:29] All right.
[22:30] Thank you city Clerk for
[22:32] attempting to navigate again.
[22:33] We will continue to have
[22:34] knowledge in the public comment
[22:35] at the end of the morning
[22:35] sessions as we traditionally do
[22:39] on our Tuesdays.
[22:40] With that we will now dispense
[22:40] with the approval of
[22:45] the proclamation items.
[22:46] >> clerk If you could introduce
[22:47] those items and then proceed
[22:47] with public comment.
[22:52] Thank you MR. PRESIDENT for
[22:52] the coin period for
[22:53] the proclamation items is now
[22:53] open.
[22:54] We will have one minute per
[22:55] item per person.
[22:57] If you would like to speak on
[22:58] three or more items you will
[22:59] have a maximum of three
[22:59] minutes.
[23:01] Proclamation items being
[23:02] approved are items 30 through
[23:03] 34 as 500 and as 504.
[23:08] We have several speakers here
[23:09] starting with William will
[23:10] invite you if you can please
[23:13] come up to the microphone
[23:14] speaking on item 32.
[23:15] William After that we have
[23:20] James Ogden If you can please
[23:21] come up to the other reserved
[23:21] seats at the front.
[23:22] Kathleen Bank please come up to
[23:26] the yellow seats at the front
[23:26] And Wesley please proceed.
[23:31] You'll have a minute.
[23:31] >> Good morning.
[23:32] Council PRESIDENT, council
[23:33] members and fellow
[23:39] commissioners and members of
[23:39] our community.
[23:40] My name is William Peter.
[23:40] I serve as vice chair of San
[23:43] Diego Senior Affairs Advisory
[23:43] Board.
[23:44] It is an honor to stand before
[23:44] you during the Older Americans
[23:49] Month to recognize the wisdom,
[23:50] resilience and lifelong
[23:51] contributions of older adults
[23:51] throughout San Diego.
[23:55] As a proud San Diego born and
[23:55] raised in the city, this moment
[23:56] is deeply personal to me
[24:01] because when I look at San
[24:01] Diego I do not see progress.
[24:02] I see the generations of older
[24:07] adults who sacrificed hard work
[24:07] and perseverance helped build
[24:08] the foundation of the city we
[24:09] proudly call home.
[24:13] Today many seniors continue
[24:14] facing challenges including
[24:14] housing affordability, social
[24:15] isolation, transportation
[24:19] access and increasing pressure
[24:19] of caregiver caregivers and
[24:20] health care systems.
[24:25] As our population continues to
[24:25] age, we have an opportunity and
[24:32] a responsibility to all older
[24:32] Americans.
[24:33] Ten years ago.
[24:33] Thank you for your wisdom, your
[24:34] sacrifice and your continued
[24:35] contributions to our city.
[24:35] >> Thank you.
[24:42] James.
[24:43] >> Good morning.
[24:43] I'm Jim Jordan, a board member
[24:44] of the city of San Diego.
[24:48] Filipino American Employees
[24:48] Association.
[24:49] I would like to thank
[24:50] Kentucky's office for inviting
[24:50] me here today.
[24:54] My comments are my own and do
[24:55] not necessarily express
[24:56] the views and opinions of my
[24:56] employer or any organizations.
[25:00] I am affiliated with.
[25:00] Thanks for the proclamation
[25:01] Recognizing Asian-American
[25:06] Native Hawaiian and Pacific
[25:06] Islander Heritage Month
[25:07] beginning as Asian Pacific
[25:07] American Heritage Month.
[25:11] MAY was chosen as it coincides
[25:12] with the first Japanese
[25:15] immigrates to the United States
[25:16] in 1843 and the completion of
[25:17] the first Transcontinental
[25:18] Railroad which partially relied
[25:21] on Chinese-American labor in
[25:22] 1869.
[25:22] Though Asians have been in what
[25:23] is now the United States long
[25:28] before then, Filipinos landing
[25:29] at Moore Bay in 1587 and Asian
[25:30] Indian at Jamestown in 1635 and
[25:34] native Hawaiian at Astoria in
[25:34] 1811.
[25:35] We look forward to many of you
[25:40] joining us for a luncheon on
[25:40] Tuesday the 2nd of JUNE in
[25:41] Balboa Park.
[25:49] >> Kathleen.
[25:49] Good morning City council
[25:50] members and city staff.
[25:50] I'm Kathleen Dang Ford
[25:55] Secretary of the Chinese
[25:55] Consolidated Pineapple
[25:56] Association, one of the oldest
[25:57] Chinese-American organizations
[26:01] founded in downtown San Diego
[26:02] in the late 1800s in what was
[26:03] then the Chinatown of San Diego
[26:03] where many noble people have
[26:07] roots from such as the former
[26:08] San Diego City Councilmember
[26:09] Tom Hahn Organization has been
[26:13] active in San Diego for over
[26:13] 125 years.
[26:14] Some of our programs include
[26:14] the San Diego Chinese New Year
[26:15] Fair, The Lucky Lion Dancers
[26:19] and the ccp Senior Garden in
[26:20] Affordable Senior Home Property
[26:20] and the Asian Pacific Historic
[26:21] Thematic District.
[26:24] Please know there's more work
[26:25] to be done to support
[26:26] the organizations here and not
[26:26] present today during critical
[26:30] community engagement work.
[26:31] We call on you to protect and
[26:32] support all organizations who
[26:32] produce programs that helps
[26:36] the Indians thrive whether it
[26:37] be a community festival or an
[26:38] educational project.
[26:38] Thank you for highlighting this
[26:39] month that Asian-American,
[26:43] Native Hawaiian and Pacific go
[26:44] to Heritage Month.
[26:44] And please continue to build
[26:45] more pathways for our
[26:45] communities and organizations
[26:46] to thrive.
[26:46] Thank you.
[26:54] >> Wesley Good morning.
[26:54] Council members name is Wesley
[26:55] Quach.
[27:01] I am the director of operations
[27:01] and Satellite cdc here in
[27:02] the College Renewal.
[27:08] And we start on a mission that
[27:08] I'm also on the board of
[27:09] the ccp as well.
[27:11] But of the Heights is home to a
[27:12] large Asian-American Native
[27:12] Hawaiian community including
[27:16] many Southeast Asian families
[27:17] from Vietnam and Cambodia who
[27:17] came to United States as
[27:18] refugees in 1970s.
[27:22] My own family is part of that
[27:23] story.
[27:24] My grandparents opened a small
[27:24] retail business in 1885 and
[27:28] it's all up to this day.
[27:29] Their story reflects
[27:29] the American dream and
[27:30] the resilience of the heights a
[27:31] community built by hardworking
[27:35] immigrant and refugee families
[27:35] who have helped shape
[27:36] the culture and spirit of our
[27:37] neighborhood From everyone here
[27:41] as we see.
[27:42] What I think of the Council for
[27:43] recognizing Asian-American
[27:44] Heritage Month and for honoring
[27:46] contributions of communities.
[27:46] >> Thank you so much.
[27:47] Thank you.
[27:48] And you have something to do by
[27:52] running Al Guzman.
[27:53] Please raise your hand.
[27:53] And Luis flipped.
[27:54] Thank you.
[27:55] You didn't use all your time
[27:58] but thank you so much.
[27:59] Blair Beekman, if you can
[28:00] please come forward you'll have
[28:03] three minutes Speaking on items
[28:04] 33 as 500 and 504.
[28:06] And then after that will be
[28:06] allegedly order on 3132 and
[28:18] s504.
[28:18] Hi.
[28:25] Thank you Beekman.
[28:29] Thank you for first of allowing
[28:35] public comment from yesterday
[28:36] bringing it back here today a
[28:37] really really nice gesture of
[28:40] you guys and I hope it can set
[28:41] a good precedence we can do in
[28:42] the future as well.
[28:47] Good luck will continue.
[28:48] I send you guys a letter on
[28:48] protocol ideas on how to work
[28:49] on quorum, different ways to
[28:53] coordinate.
[28:54] I hope you can read it and I
[28:54] think it can be helpful.
[29:03] And for item 33 is
[29:04] Asian-American, Native Hawaiian
[29:04] and Pacific Islander Heritage
[29:05] Month.
[29:10] And you know, I've been
[29:11] visiting Hawai'I almost every
[29:12] year now in the winter time to
[29:12] listen to the whales just swim
[29:16] under water and just hear them
[29:16] talk and sing to each other.
[29:21] And for quite a few years now
[29:22] and they have real problems in
[29:23] Hawai'I and I think there can
[29:27] be some good back and forth
[29:28] between San Diego and Hawai'I
[29:29] on our ocean issues erosion
[29:33] issues.
[29:34] There's a lot of a lot of ideas
[29:39] that I think can be really
[29:39] worked on.
[29:40] So this is an important item
[29:45] and how we consider the future
[29:45] of Hawai'I and the Hawaiian
[29:46] people and what we're doing
[29:47] with our future lives.
[29:50] So thank you for this island
[29:51] for its 500 professional
[29:57] municipal clerks Week.
[29:58] Some nice words were said about
[30:03] our council our city clerk
[30:03] Fuentes a few weeks ago And
[30:04] yeah, I wish I could say more
[30:10] about how important the work of
[30:11] a city clerk does as a go
[30:11] between between public
[30:12] government.
[30:15] The work that you can be really
[30:15] incredible and good luck and
[30:16] continued good efforts and and
[30:20] creating public accessibility
[30:21] and accountability and and a
[30:22] public participatory process
[30:28] which I think City Clerk
[30:28] Fuentes can be really good at
[30:29] And I hope she continues those
[30:32] sort of good efforts.
[30:33] It's always just really
[30:33] heartening when she does And so
[30:34] thank you and good luck to
[30:40] those Continue Good efforts and
[30:41] Building Safety Month five for
[30:45] Spirit Airlines just ended and
[30:45] they were like this really low
[30:46] cost awesome airlines for for
[30:51] low income people.
[30:51] I mean you can get to San
[30:56] Francisco Airport for 25, 30
[30:57] bucks where the bus is now like
[30:58] 80 or 90 or you know, around
[31:02] that And Spirit Airlines always
[31:02] worked on safety.
[31:03] They always had a really good
[31:08] safety record and it reminded
[31:09] me of that.
[31:10] And with this item, good
[31:10] building safety is important.
[31:14] Good luck.
[31:15] What we're doing is Midway
[31:15] Rising.
[31:15] Thanks.
[31:16] I think you're really going to
[31:16] have to review
[31:17] the environmental reporting on
[31:20] that and we build safely and we
[31:21] always talk about that.
[31:27] >> Thank you.
[31:27] Thank you.
[31:28] Allegedly order items 3132 an
[31:28] s504 and you'll have three
[31:29] minutes.
[31:34] Please proceed.
[31:35] >> Yes.
[31:35] With this genocide Remembrance
[31:41] Day I just find it interesting
[31:42] the things that people do when
[31:42] our nation is actively engaged
[31:47] in genocide and other countries
[31:48] and we bomb like schools of
[31:48] children and stuff like that.
[31:53] I don't feel like people
[31:53] necessarily are kind of
[31:54] standing against that.
[31:55] It's like let's wait to bring
[32:00] forward a proclamation in one
[32:00] day for these children and you
[32:01] know all these people that are
[32:05] being killed in the Holy Land
[32:06] and our you know, occupation of
[32:07] Israel that is, you know,
[32:11] leading us to do some really
[32:12] nefarious things.
[32:13] So you know, at one point maybe
[32:16] we could like stand against
[32:17] that kind of stuff.
[32:18] But I guess if it's you know,
[32:19] not going to, you know, fit
[32:22] into what you guys are doing,
[32:23] you're not going to do it.
[32:24] But it just makes us look
[32:25] really bad when we're going to
[32:28] be like we're going to stand up
[32:29] for this but also be engaged in
[32:34] genocide ourselves And then
[32:35] older Americans Month This is
[32:36] nice but the way we treat older
[32:41] people is pretty.
[32:42] You know they get their homes
[32:42] taken in probate.
[32:43] I mean we throw them into these
[32:47] really horrible, you know,
[32:48] nursing homes instead of being
[32:49] like let's keep them active and
[32:54] keep their brains like going
[32:55] you know what I mean?
[32:55] Instead let's fill them with
[32:56] pharmaceuticals so they have
[32:57] dementia and basically, you
[32:59] know, spend the rest of their
[33:00] golden years locked away
[33:01] somewhere where nobody wants to
[33:05] see them sitting in a
[33:06] wheelchair in one of those
[33:06] homes Prime is in their teeth
[33:07] or their eye because someone
[33:07] took it.
[33:10] You know, it's just really sad
[33:11] to see those things happen.
[33:12] And then we also just have a
[33:17] proclamation to kind of wash it
[33:17] away Like that's what we do.
[33:18] We just wash things away by,
[33:19] you know, pretending like we're
[33:22] really supportive of that when
[33:23] what they go through is
[33:24] horrible and then the building
[33:29] safe building safety It's
[33:30] interesting because you guys
[33:31] put people in fire dangers with
[33:35] your buildings or what your
[33:36] projects you bring through and
[33:37] all of the density that you
[33:42] guys want to bring forward And
[33:42] then like no evacuation routes
[33:43] it's cool, right?
[33:43] So it's like how when are we
[33:47] going to actually do stuff that
[33:48] would like fall in line with
[33:49] that is what I'm wondering
[33:54] because it seems like again you
[33:54] guys try and wash the things
[33:55] away by putting this forward
[33:59] and then your actions kind of
[34:00] prove that.
[34:00] Do you really care about that?
[34:06] I mean are we just like
[34:06] following what the state wants
[34:07] And so we're just going to have
[34:11] everything in San Diego be a
[34:12] very high fire zone and densely
[34:18] populated up smart.
[34:19] I mean you I'm a criminal for
[34:20] calling out your guys is
[34:23] misconduct and your inability
[34:24] to do a meeting without a
[34:29] quorum But I was wrong.
[34:29] >> Right?
[34:30] Good thing I was treated like
[34:31] that.
[34:35] So nice.
[34:37] >> Kelly Charles speaking on
[34:49] item as five of four.
[34:50] >> Hello Good morning.
[34:50] Council PRESIDENT And members
[34:51] of city council.
[34:55] My name is Kelly Charles and
[34:56] the chief building official and
[34:57] deputy director of our building
[34:57] Construction Safety Division
[34:58] and Development Services
[35:01] Department.
[35:02] I want to sincerely thank you
[35:03] for proclaiming MAY 2026 as
[35:03] Building Safety Month in
[35:07] the city of San Diego.
[35:07] This proclamation highlights
[35:08] something that goes unseen but
[35:09] touches nearly every one of us
[35:13] The safety resilience,
[35:14] sustainability of buildings and
[35:15] infrastructure that we depend
[35:15] on every day.
[35:19] Your recognition affirms that a
[35:20] strong and thriving San Diego
[35:21] was built on a foundation of
[35:21] safe homes, workplaces and
[35:25] public spaces.
[35:26] We are especially grateful for
[35:27] your continued leadership in
[35:28] advancing building codes and
[35:28] policies that address critical
[35:31] issues such as energy
[35:32] efficiency while water
[35:33] conservation and disaster
[35:37] resilience in a region we face
[35:37] risks from wildfires,
[35:38] earthquakes and floods.
[35:43] Your commitment gives our
[35:43] community confidence that
[35:44] the places we live, work and
[35:45] gather are designed to protect
[35:45] us.
[35:49] The 2026 theme Built to Last.
[35:49] >> Thank you.
[35:55] That does conclude public
[35:56] comment on proclamations here
[35:56] in council chambers going to
[35:57] those participating remotely as
[35:59] are the five minute timer We
[36:00] currently have four people in
[36:01] the queue.
[36:01] Laurie Saldana If you can
[36:02] please let me know which item
[36:06] or items you wish to speak to.
[36:06] >> Yes, thank you.
[36:07] Good morning.
[36:08] I'd like to speak to item 30
[36:11] Symphony Day Item 32 Older
[36:12] Americans Month and item five
[36:18] before Building Safety month.
[36:18] Thank you.
[36:19] Please proceed.
[36:19] Regarding the Symphony Youth
[36:23] Symphony Day I appreciate very
[36:24] much this being recognized as
[36:24] an essential part of any
[36:30] community that the music and
[36:31] the arts are essential ways for
[36:32] young people especially to
[36:35] suddenly learn the basics of
[36:36] reading music and performing
[36:36] with others but also of
[36:37] self-expression which is in
[36:42] classical education is
[36:43] the highest form of education
[36:43] that we can offer to people at
[36:44] all ages.
[36:48] I also study music is something
[36:54] that help for stem activities
[36:55] where I taught information
[36:55] technology and coding I
[36:56] realized that those students
[37:01] who had studied music did much
[37:01] better at learning computer
[37:02] skills as well.
[37:02] There's something about
[37:07] the keyboarding and the coding
[37:07] that translates whether it's on
[37:08] an instrument or into a
[37:08] computer.
[37:13] So by supporting your symphony
[37:13] we're really supporting future
[37:14] tech leaders as well as
[37:19] talented musicians And I'm 32
[37:20] older Americans.
[37:20] You as I mentioned in my
[37:24] comments yesterday need to do
[37:25] more to protect older adults
[37:30] including myself from hazards
[37:31] as we go about our daily lives
[37:32] Sidewalks at a broken and
[37:37] uneven other things that get in
[37:38] the way of our independence and
[37:38] mobility and end up causing
[37:43] injuries.
[37:43] It not only puts a personal
[37:44] cost to trying to be active
[37:48] throughout our lives but a
[37:49] broader cost to our community
[37:50] If we are disabled and unable
[37:54] to participate in activities
[37:55] without assistance it does put
[37:56] a cost in especially when it
[38:02] comes to caregiving the cost on
[38:02] women in particular who go by
[38:06] to caring for older adults who
[38:07] are disabled and not able to do
[38:07] so.
[38:13] I appreciate the recognition of
[38:14] the importance of this and I
[38:14] encourage San Diego to do more
[38:18] to have safe mobility corridors
[38:19] for everyone but especially
[38:19] those later in life.
[38:20] And finally our Building Safety
[38:25] month The safest building you
[38:26] can put up in San Diego is in
[38:31] the safest possible location.
[38:32] And as we see with the changing
[38:32] climate, what happened in one
[38:33] Choice Creek, what is happening
[38:37] in our coastline there are some
[38:38] areas that are simply no longer
[38:42] safe to place a building on top
[38:43] of that list is the midway area
[38:44] and I realize Midway rising or
[38:49] as I refer to it midway Sinking
[38:50] is a premier project for
[38:50] the city council and the mayor
[38:55] in particular but the reality
[38:56] is that is a coastal zone and
[39:01] it is having subsidence all of
[39:02] us who live in the area who
[39:02] drive in the area can see it
[39:06] and feel it that the water
[39:07] tables are changing in our
[39:08] coastal areas and to build
[39:12] safely means to choose wisely
[39:13] And that location is not a wise
[39:14] choice to put more people
[39:19] larger buildings.
[39:20] Ultimately they will be in
[39:20] harm's way.
[39:21] Thank you for that concluding
[39:22] comment Hector.
[39:26] Please let me know which item
[39:26] or items you wish to speak to.
[39:32] >> All right, Peter, a lot of
[39:33] people said the old guys
[39:37] the genocide 31 and
[39:38] the building safety thing
[39:38] they'll have to be protesting
[39:42] in San Diego.
[39:42] Okay.
[39:43] I'm sorry I didn't hear
[39:44] the first one.
[39:47] It's the three minutes The old
[39:52] guys the genocide and the old
[39:53] building.
[39:53] >> Okay.
[39:53] I could go.
[39:54] Okay.
[39:58] So the building safety
[39:59] proclamation the city is really
[40:00] lacking integrity because
[40:05] the building you're sitting in
[40:05] right now is a total fire
[40:06] hazard.
[40:06] It's on sprinklers.
[40:11] There's no sprinklers in that
[40:11] building.
[40:12] And if a fire broke out on
[40:13] the third floor, who's going to
[40:17] be able to get down the stairs
[40:18] 12 story 12 stories of stairs,
[40:18] see if they're charged with
[40:23] the embattled batteries on
[40:23] the third floor.
[40:24] It smolders and then it
[40:25] explodes, creates a fire,
[40:29] creates smoke.
[40:30] The elevators stop working.
[40:31] They're not work.
[40:35] How are the people in your room
[40:35] ?
[40:36] They're going to get down on
[40:36] the floor with firemen Coming
[40:37] up, confusion.
[40:41] A lot of smoke.
[40:42] The very building you're
[40:42] sitting in you should remove
[40:43] that proclamation from
[40:49] the building safe because where
[40:49] it's coming from is unsafe
[40:50] building Now it's crazy Then at
[40:54] the genocide Armenian genocide
[40:55] the real thing that was not
[40:55] even slavery in our country
[41:00] There's a real genocide to
[41:00] that.
[41:01] And then one thing the Chinese
[41:06] or the Japanese the Asians are
[41:07] great people.
[41:07] They're great in San Diego and
[41:08] throughout San Diego the Asians
[41:11] and they're beautiful people
[41:11] are great people.
[41:17] But one thing about Japan they
[41:24] had some technical
[41:24] difficulties.
[41:25] We're going to the next caller
[41:25] on Stanford.
[41:28] Please unmute Please let me
[41:28] know which item or items you
[41:35] wish to speak to.
[41:36] >> 3230 3s5 hundred and 504
[41:40] please proceed.
[41:41] >> You don't have three
[41:41] minutes.
[41:41] Okay.
[41:45] Thank you very much.
[41:46] Thank you for recognizing
[41:52] seniors.
[41:53] I particularly appreciate
[41:58] the senior members of Council
[41:58] those old guys and women in
[41:59] council recognizing a day for
[42:04] us.
[42:10] You know as a senior citizen I
[42:15] try to keep my mind alert on
[42:22] excuse me on the 500 municipal
[42:22] clerks.
[42:27] I really appreciate the clerk's
[42:28] office and its work Clerk's
[42:34] office makes things run.
[42:34] It's essentially the secretary
[42:39] for the municipal corporation
[42:40] and I have had the great
[42:45] experience with the previous
[42:45] four city clerks building
[42:46] safety.
[42:52] Most of you aren't aware that
[42:57] the original functioning of
[43:03] the council the city Hall was
[43:04] not the way it functions today
[43:09] The committee rooms and meeting
[43:10] rooms were all on the plaza
[43:16] level above the convert
[43:16] the convention rooms.
[43:17] That way people didn't have to
[43:22] enter the building, go up
[43:23] the elevator and be in
[43:27] committee rooms.
[43:28] It was done on the plaza level
[43:34] and that was much safer and
[43:34] much more efficient.
[43:35] >> It was a retrofit to put
[43:39] the council chamber on the 12th
[43:40] floor because that was kind of
[43:45] a hierarchical thing.
[43:46] The other thing about building
[43:47] safety is that we have added to
[43:51] the council chambers hazards.
[43:52] You know originally there were
[43:57] no chairs behind the council
[43:57] members because they had no
[44:03] staff and you know there wasn't
[44:04] a trip and fall hazard with
[44:09] the White plastic chain and
[44:15] there wasn't reserving all
[44:15] those seats for staff members.
[44:16] None of that occurred
[44:20] originally under the city
[44:21] manager form of government
[44:22] The council chamber was much
[44:27] safer And then there was one
[44:28] final item I just really
[44:33] appreciated I hope council
[44:33] starts to recognize service to
[44:40] senior citizens by keeping fees
[44:40] low.
[44:40] >> Thank you much.
[44:41] Thank you.
[44:46] The five minute timer has
[44:47] included There's two speakers
[44:47] in the queue and additional
[44:48] speakers will be taken.
[44:50] Judy Strang If you complete
[44:50] unmute and let me know which
[44:51] item or items you wish to speak
[44:51] to.
[44:52] >> Yes.
[44:52] Good morning.
[44:56] I called in to speak to item 32
[44:57] I felt as an older San Diego
[44:58] and it was probably my
[45:02] responsibility and as a retired
[45:03] social worker and now one who
[45:04] advocates for public health
[45:08] policy, I would remind us that
[45:09] that older Americans and
[45:12] the definition that I'm using
[45:13] here is over 65 are
[45:14] particularly vulnerable to
[45:14] marijuana use due to age
[45:19] related physiologic
[45:19] physiological changes which
[45:20] include higher body fat and
[45:24] slower metabolism.
[45:25] Having trouble reading these
[45:26] things about older people?
[45:26] Well for us and for example
[45:31] what this looks like is a
[45:31] cardiovascular strain.
[45:32] Marijuana can cause rapid
[45:37] heartbeat and elevated blood
[45:38] pressure which can provoke
[45:38] heart attacks and strokes and
[45:43] its contribution to falls and
[45:43] injuries strikes fear in
[45:44] the heart of older people.
[45:45] Marijuana is known to cause
[45:49] dizziness, lightheadedness,
[45:49] impaired balance and
[45:50] significantly raising the risk
[45:50] of falls.
[45:55] And what comes with them
[45:55] fractures and injuries and
[45:56] respiratory problems I'll close
[45:57] with because we all know that
[46:01] smoking and baby marijuana like
[46:02] tobacco and firearms don't.
[46:02] Thank you.
[46:06] Sorry.
[46:07] >> And our last Speaker 7499 if
[46:13] you can please unmute but
[46:14] because this year I'd like to
[46:18] speak on all the proclamation
[46:19] items 3335 you'll have three
[46:19] minutes.
[46:20] >> Please proceed.
[46:24] I just like to remind this
[46:25] Council that the rights of all
[46:25] of these people to speak on
[46:29] these proclamations was one
[46:30] through a lawsuit initiated by
[46:30] attorney Craig Sherman and his
[46:35] Center for Local Government
[46:35] Accountability.
[46:36] Prior to that the city council
[46:37] would give out the proclamation
[46:41] to take the photos and watch
[46:41] the recipients leave
[46:42] the council chambers with their
[46:47] awards before allowing
[46:47] the public to speak on these
[46:48] items.
[46:48] I spoke several times to this
[46:49] Council requesting the right to
[46:54] speak before proclamation were
[46:54] voted on but this council
[46:55] refused to follow the law so I
[46:56] eventually brought the matter
[47:00] to MR. Sherman and he had to
[47:00] take the city to court to force
[47:01] the city to allow the public to
[47:02] speak on these proclamation
[47:06] before they were voted on.
[47:07] As we do now, there's a lesson
[47:07] to be learned here Rather than
[47:11] treating public comment as a
[47:12] mere annoyance, this council
[47:13] should see all public speakers
[47:17] as an important resource to
[47:18] help guide this Council
[47:19] decisions and keep the city out
[47:19] of trouble.
[47:24] This Council needs an attitude
[47:24] adjustment to give proper
[47:25] respect to the people that
[47:26] include sometimes taking that
[47:26] agenda.
[47:29] Comments upfront rather than
[47:30] enforcing it to the end.
[47:31] Finally I'd like to endorse
[47:31] many of the comments by
[47:36] the previous speakers on these
[47:36] topics.
[47:37] >> Thank you.
[47:37] Thank you.
[47:38] That concludes all the comment
[47:43] on the proclamation.
[47:43] Stay All right.
[47:44] For the record, it wasn't just
[47:45] council that got to it.
[47:49] It was prior council.
[47:50] They got through it and we have
[47:50] continued that appropriate
[47:51] action that MR. Christie made
[47:54] happen.
[47:55] So with that we will turn it
[47:56] over to Michael.
[47:56] Thank you city Clerk, for
[48:00] handling all the comment.
[48:01] I will turn over to my
[48:01] colleagues for questions or
[48:02] comments and entertain a
[48:02] motion.
[48:06] We'll start with Council
[48:06] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and
[48:07] Council PRESIDENT.
[48:07] >> I'll start by moving
[48:08] the proclamation agenda and
[48:13] we'll speak to items 31 3334
[48:13] and s 500.
[48:17] I want to start with this 500
[48:17] as I'm honored to join this
[48:18] proclamation with Council
[48:18] PRESIDENT LaCava and
[48:22] recognizing Professional
[48:23] Municipal Clerks Week there are
[48:24] many public servants who do not
[48:28] often receive enough
[48:29] recognition and I believe our
[48:29] municipal clerk is a strong
[48:30] example of just that They serve
[48:35] as a vital link between
[48:35] residents and the government
[48:36] that represents them.
[48:37] And so I think we're taking
[48:37] this opportunity to celebrate
[48:42] our fantastic city clerk Diana
[48:43] Winters, who leads a critical
[48:43] office that ensures
[48:44] the transparency of our city
[48:47] government access to the public
[48:48] maintains official records and
[48:48] carries out many other
[48:49] essential functions that keep
[48:53] her local government operating
[48:54] effectively.
[48:54] We know the court appointed and
[48:55] her team go far above and
[48:59] beyond that capacity and I
[49:00] think you see that in the care
[49:01] in which they approach their
[49:01] conversations with every member
[49:06] of the public who looks to have
[49:06] their voice heard in how they
[49:07] expand access whether it's
[49:08] through language providing
[49:12] passport services and more so
[49:12] that the public does feel
[49:13] engaged with their local
[49:13] government.
[49:18] And we are very fortunate
[49:18] points for your leadership in
[49:19] that capacity.
[49:20] So thank you to your team for
[49:25] the work that you do every
[49:25] Sunday An Excel speech Item 31
[49:26] I want to thank my colleagues
[49:30] Council PRESIDENT Akaka
[49:31] Councilmember de Rivera for
[49:32] bringing forward today's
[49:32] meaningful proclamation and
[49:35] recognizing APRIL 24th as
[49:35] Armenian Genocide Remembrance
[49:36] Day.
[49:36] Today we come together to
[49:41] remember and honor the Armenian
[49:41] people and the lives lost
[49:42] during one of the first
[49:45] genocides of the 20th century.
[49:46] In the late 1800s and early
[49:46] 1900s, Armenians living under
[49:47] the Ottoman Empire faced
[49:51] increasing prosecution and
[49:52] discrimination during a period
[49:53] of political unrest and war.
[49:57] And on APRIL 24th, 1915,
[49:58] Armenian intellectuals and
[49:58] community leaders were arrested
[50:02] marking what is the beginning
[50:03] of the Armenian genocide From
[50:07] 1915 to 1923 approximately 1.5
[50:08] million Armenians were killed
[50:09] through massacres, forced
[50:09] deportations, starvation and
[50:14] death marches.
[50:14] Families were displaced from
[50:15] their homes and survivors were
[50:16] forced to rebuild their lives
[50:16] and communities across
[50:20] the world including in San
[50:20] Diego.
[50:21] Despite unimaginable loss and
[50:26] hardship, the Armenian people
[50:27] preserved their culture, faith
[50:27] and traditions through
[50:28] resilience and strength.
[50:29] And today those communities
[50:29] continue to enrich cities
[50:32] around the world including San
[50:32] Diego.
[50:33] And so we're here to recognize
[50:34] Armenian genocide Remembrance
[50:38] Day to honor the memory of
[50:39] the victims and survivors and
[50:40] stand in solidarity with
[50:40] the Armenian community in
[50:44] condemning the atrocities that
[50:44] were waged by the Ottoman
[50:45] Empire.
[50:46] And I especially think the team
[50:51] from the University of
[50:51] California San Diego Local
[50:52] Affairs along with members of
[50:52] Armenian Pre-Law society
[50:56] believe who helped to draft and
[50:57] bring forward this proclamation
[51:02] for our consideration today and
[51:03] join them in commemorating
[51:03] the remembrance of all Armenian
[51:04] lives and celebrating
[51:08] the contributions.
[51:09] >> Next for item 30 four I want
[51:10] to celebrate the 19th annual
[51:15] San Diego Dragon Boat Festival
[51:15] today.
[51:16] Festival Day which is coming up
[51:16] shortly this next weekend.
[51:21] The tradition tradition dates
[51:22] back more than 2000 years and
[51:22] locally the San Diego Alliance
[51:23] for Asian Pacific Islander
[51:27] Americans has hosted the event
[51:27] annually almost every year
[51:28] except for I think during
[51:28] the pandemic perhaps.
[51:29] And we appreciate
[51:33] the coordination and dedication
[51:34] that it takes for our group of
[51:35] volunteers to bring teams from
[51:35] all over.
[51:39] Early on a weekend morning to
[51:40] get out on Mission Bay and to
[51:41] participate in these races, I'd
[51:45] actually like to welcome
[51:46] the PRESIDENT Of
[51:46] the organization Hui Cheng to
[51:47] share a few words about this
[51:49] incredible event and
[51:49] the important work
[52:07] the organization does.
[52:08] So good morning our Council
[52:09] PRESIDENT And the council
[52:09] members.
[52:13] My name is Rachel.
[52:14] On behalf of the annual
[52:15] Alliance for Asian Pacific
[52:19] Islander Americans, I would
[52:20] like to thank you for your
[52:20] support.
[52:21] This is a great deal to our
[52:26] community.
[52:27] So today I'm honored to bring
[52:27] my team members to hear and
[52:32] celebrate on this important day
[52:33] and also share a few words as
[52:33] well.
[52:38] >> Thank you.
[52:44] >> Hi, my name is Linda to have
[52:44] served as PRESIDENT Of the San
[52:45] Diego Alliance for Asian
[52:49] Pacific Islander Americans from
[52:49] 2005 to 2020.
[52:50] The first meeting I held for
[52:50] the Alliance was a community
[52:55] picnic at the Presidio and
[52:56] Congresswoman Susan Davis is
[52:56] district rep at the time.
[53:02] Todd Gloria came.
[53:03] Of course today we know Todd at
[53:06] the mayor of San Diego,
[53:07] the first San Diego Chicano
[53:08] festival that I headed from
[53:12] beginning to end was the second
[53:12] one I worked on the first one
[53:13] as well.
[53:17] And City Councilmember Donna
[53:18] Frye who some of you might
[53:23] remember came as did county
[53:23] Supervisor Greg Cox and
[53:24] Congresswoman Susan Davis.
[53:29] And then we had walks in
[53:29] the Asian Pacific Historic
[53:30] District with Congresswoman
[53:35] Susan Davis and City Council
[53:36] member Kevin Faulkner came and
[53:37] he told me well, Congresswoman
[53:41] Susan Davis is also my
[53:41] congresswoman.
[53:42] And that was a period of
[53:43] bipartisanship and reaching
[53:47] across the aisle throughout
[53:48] the history of the alliance has
[53:48] been also the history of San
[53:53] Diego and the history of
[53:54] the county of San Diego and
[54:00] said it was mayors and you have
[54:01] always all been behind us and
[54:01] said you can't be for for
[54:06] having been through and going
[54:07] through all three of our San
[54:07] Diego objective of this time of
[54:08] the year that you have been
[54:10] council member we are grateful
[54:11] to you all and hope that we
[54:12] continue to walk and work
[54:12] together.
[54:16] Thank you David.
[54:23] When one entire council
[54:23] PRESIDENT, council member and
[54:24] honored guest so forth I thank
[54:29] you all to support our Dragon
[54:30] Ball Festival as the organizers
[54:30] Organizer alliance has been
[54:36] always I locate your dragon by
[54:36] the rail.
[54:38] And this year is our will be
[54:39] our 19th annual San Diego
[54:39] Dragon Boat Festival.
[54:44] There will be Adelaide from not
[54:45] only from San Diego, also from
[54:46] a new por Los Angeles and
[54:51] Northern Nothing Northern
[54:51] California a lovely family
[54:52] event.
[54:52] You all will come to see us
[54:56] aunties Saturday admission be a
[54:56] thank you very much again for
[55:05] the support Juliana.
[55:06] Good morning I'm Juliana Chang.
[55:07] I am captain of New Dragons
[55:10] which is Danny of Chinese
[55:11] Historical Museum's official
[55:11] team.
[55:12] We won gold last year.
[55:16] This is my second year
[55:16] participating in the festival
[55:17] and learning this amazing sport
[55:17] of my heritage.
[55:21] I'm so proud to participate in
[55:22] it and I look forward to being
[55:23] on the water again this year
[55:27] paddling my race, my heart out
[55:28] for the race and for my team
[55:28] And I'm so proud to participate
[55:33] in the sport and the festival
[55:33] in our wonderful city of San
[55:34] Diego and hope to define our
[55:38] title to go meeting Dragons.
[55:38] >> Thank you.
[55:39] Okay Thank you.
[55:44] Thank you And thank you thank
[55:45] the lions for all that you do
[55:46] to put this event together.
[55:46] Look forward to seeing out
[55:50] there Finally on item 33 and
[55:51] perhaps join my colleagues in
[55:52] proclaiming the month of MAY as
[55:53] Asian-American, Native Hawaiian
[55:55] and Pacific Islander Heritage
[55:56] Month Singapore is home to more
[55:59] than 250,000 residents of a
[55:59] descent and it's important that
[56:00] we continue recognizing and
[56:04] celebrating the community's
[56:05] invaluable contributions to our
[56:05] city state the nation's
[56:06] economic, civic, social and
[56:09] cultural fabric.
[56:10] This Heritage Month was first
[56:14] federally commemorated in 1977
[56:15] as Asian Pacific Heritage Week
[56:15] later expanded to the full
[56:16] month of MAY and the month was
[56:20] chosen.
[56:20] As you might have heard from
[56:21] one of the public comments to
[56:22] recognize the arrival of
[56:22] the first Japanese immigrants
[56:25] the United States on MAY
[56:26] seventh, 1843 and
[56:26] the completion of
[56:27] the Transcontinental Railroad
[56:30] on MAY 10th of 1869.
[56:31] Both this record a historic
[56:31] achievement made possible to
[56:36] the Labor of Chinese immigrants
[56:36] who are often exploited and
[56:41] excluded The effects
[56:42] the federally recognized
[56:43] the significance of hpi
[56:43] communities came through
[56:46] the White House initiative on
[56:47] Asian-Americans, Native
[56:48] Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
[56:48] which helped to guide efforts
[56:52] since its establishment in 1999
[56:53] until it was eliminated by this
[56:54] current administration on
[56:57] JANUARY 20th, 2025.
[56:58] So at a time when cultural
[56:58] communities continue to face
[57:02] discrimination, erasure and
[57:03] attacks on their histories and
[57:04] identities, we proudly stand
[57:04] with all those represented
[57:08] within the Asian-American
[57:09] Native Hawaiian and Pacific
[57:09] Islander community And we take
[57:10] this opportunity to recognize
[57:11] how diverse that community
[57:13] truly is so that we can
[57:14] continue to disaggregate
[57:15] the data, broaden the language
[57:19] access and truly celebrate each
[57:19] of the unique cultures,
[57:20] histories and needs.
[57:20] I want to thank
[57:24] the organizations dedicated to
[57:25] advancing this work, some of
[57:26] which are present with us here
[57:26] this morning And this a an
[57:30] inspiring Each month we
[57:31] encourage all the Indians to
[57:31] continue learning about
[57:32] celebrating and uplifting
[57:35] the rich histories, cultures
[57:36] and contributions of
[57:36] the community and recognize
[57:37] the work that still has to be
[57:41] done ahead.
[57:42] Thank us PRESIDENT All right.
[57:42] Thank you.
[57:43] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[57:44] I'll take that as a motion to
[57:47] approve the proclamation.
[57:47] >> All right.
[57:48] Made it around waiting.
[57:49] It's just been so long I kind
[57:52] of forgot.
[57:53] >> We're going next to
[57:54] Councilmember Weprin.
[57:54] Thank you very much, Council
[57:55] PRESIDENT.
[57:58] Good morning to everybody here
[57:58] in chambers who's joined us
[57:59] this morning.
[57:59] Congratulations to everybody
[58:00] who is being recognized with
[58:03] proclamations today I am
[58:04] pleased to join City Attorney
[58:09] Herbert in recognizing today as
[58:10] San Diego Youth Symphony Day
[58:11] For 80 years the San Diego
[58:14] Yosemite Conservatory has been
[58:15] one of the most important arts
[58:16] institutions in our region.
[58:18] This is a board that 900
[58:19] musicians between the ages of 8
[58:20] to 25 are enrolled at their
[58:24] Balboa Park Arts hubs through
[58:25] their community Opus Project.
[58:26] They also provide free
[58:29] afterschool music instruction
[58:30] to students throughout, said
[58:30] Diego Cody.
[58:31] The influence of the San Diego
[58:35] Yosemite goes beyond music
[58:36] These young participants build
[58:36] confidence, discipline,
[58:41] adaptability Their sees it for
[58:42] their concerts Art this weekend
[58:42] at Albert Park I know a lot of
[58:43] people are looking forward to
[58:45] those performances.
[58:46] The executive director of
[58:46] the Sei Diego Youth Symphony,
[58:51] Kate Bamfield is here with us
[58:51] in chambers this morning.
[58:52] I'd like to welcome her up to
[58:56] say a few words.
[58:57] Thank you for joining us here
[58:58] and please feel free to join us
[58:58] at the microphone And welcome
[59:03] to Council Chambers.
[59:04] i can't make it taller.
[59:08] Thank you and good morning and
[59:14] thank you so much to City
[59:15] Attorney Ferber, Council member
[59:16] Whitburn the entire city
[59:19] council for this great honor.
[59:20] It's genuinely an honor to be
[59:24] here and I'm so proud to
[59:25] represent the San Diego Youth
[59:26] Symphony and its thousands of
[59:30] students, families, staff and
[59:31] teaching artists who bring
[59:35] dedication, joy and learning to
[59:36] everything we do Each day we
[59:40] show up for young people across
[59:41] the city from our youngest
[59:42] learners in our early childhood
[59:45] groups to our advanced
[59:46] ensembles and our students.
[59:51] This work matters deeply to
[59:51] families and it matters to San
[59:52] Diego.
[59:57] San Diego has always been a
[59:57] city that values culture and
[59:58] arts.
[59:58] We've seen that commitment show
[1:00:01] up in so many ways over
[1:00:02] the years and we're grateful
[1:00:02] for it.
[1:00:07] >> We also know that cities
[1:00:07] with thriving artistic
[1:00:08] institutions attract young
[1:00:12] families, draw talented workers
[1:00:13] and drive tourism and economic
[1:00:13] vitality.
[1:00:18] The arts are not something that
[1:00:19] San Diego can afford to lose.
[1:00:19] The arts are woven into
[1:00:23] everything this city has to
[1:00:24] offer their infrastructure for
[1:00:28] a thriving city.
[1:00:28] San Diego Youth Symphony has
[1:00:29] been here for 80 years.
[1:00:33] We plan to be here for 80 more
[1:00:34] and beyond.
[1:00:38] And we trust that San Diego
[1:00:38] will continue to invest in
[1:00:39] the culture and the creativity
[1:00:43] that make it such a remarkable
[1:00:43] place to live.
[1:00:48] On behalf of the San Diego
[1:00:48] Youth Symphony and my
[1:00:49] colleagues here today, thank
[1:00:50] you so much for this incredible
[1:00:53] honor and thank you for
[1:00:54] prioritizing arts and culture
[1:00:59] in San Diego.
[1:00:59] >> Thank you very much Because
[1:01:02] back filled and congratulations
[1:01:03] .
[1:01:03] Thank you for all that you and
[1:01:04] your team do for young people
[1:01:08] around the county including
[1:01:09] the board of the volunteers,
[1:01:10] all the parents who are part of
[1:01:10] it really appreciate your
[1:01:14] presence and everything you do.
[1:01:15] So thank you again.
[1:01:16] I have 32 I please to join
[1:01:19] Council PRESIDENT Lacob and
[1:01:20] Councilmember Campbell in
[1:01:21] recognizing this month as older
[1:01:24] Americans But the city of San
[1:01:24] Diego.
[1:01:25] Older Americans but there's a
[1:01:25] tide to all of
[1:01:26] the contributions and
[1:01:28] resilience and continued impact
[1:01:29] of all the older adults in our
[1:01:29] communities.
[1:01:30] Many of our older residents are
[1:01:33] leaders veterans, caregivers,
[1:01:34] veterans, volunteers and
[1:01:35] neighbors who have helped build
[1:01:39] the San Diego that we know and
[1:01:39] love today.
[1:01:40] They continue to play a vital
[1:01:41] role in strengthening our
[1:01:44] families, supporting our youth
[1:01:44] and enriching our civic life.
[1:01:45] Older Americans.
[1:01:46] But this is not just about
[1:01:49] recognition but it's also about
[1:01:50] reaffirming our responsibility
[1:01:50] to support the quality of life
[1:01:55] of older adults.
[1:01:56] You wrote Our City.
[1:01:57] And I want to thank the many
[1:01:57] organizations and caregivers of
[1:02:00] activists and advocates who
[1:02:00] work every day to serve older
[1:02:01] residents across our city.
[1:02:04] Outside of a 33 thank you to my
[1:02:05] colleagues Council PRESIDENT
[1:02:06] Pro Tem Lee, Councilmember
[1:02:10] Foster and Councilor Eli Rivera
[1:02:10] for proclaiming this month as
[1:02:11] Asian American Native Hawaiian
[1:02:14] Pacific Islander Heritage
[1:02:15] blood.
[1:02:15] These committees have helped
[1:02:16] shape say Diego through
[1:02:16] leadership in business
[1:02:17] education, public service,
[1:02:21] the arts, science and so many
[1:02:21] other fields.
[1:02:22] We also recognize the strength
[1:02:24] and resilience of communities
[1:02:25] whose histories include
[1:02:26] overcoming hardship and
[1:02:26] discrimination and barriers to
[1:02:29] opportunity while continuing to
[1:02:29] build and thrive.
[1:02:30] And I want to thank
[1:02:31] the cultural organizations,
[1:02:34] community leaders and residents
[1:02:34] who continue to preserve
[1:02:35] heritage, uplift voices and
[1:02:40] educate future generations.
[1:02:41] And finally I tried my
[1:02:41] colleagues at celebrating City
[1:02:46] Clerk Fuentes Street
[1:02:47] professional with a support
[1:02:47] clerk's weeks.
[1:02:48] Happy to second the motion to
[1:02:50] approve the proclamations.
[1:02:51] All right.
[1:02:51] Thank you, sir.
[1:02:52] So we have a motion by Council
[1:02:53] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and a
[1:02:53] second by council member
[1:02:55] Whitburn to move
[1:02:56] the proclamation.
[1:02:56] We'll go next to Council Member
[1:02:57] Kimball.
[1:03:00] Thank you Council PRESIDENT And
[1:03:00] congratulations to everyone
[1:03:04] receiving proclamations today.
[1:03:05] I personally want to speak on
[1:03:08] items 32 and 31.
[1:03:09] i'm going to start with
[1:03:14] the Older Americans Month.
[1:03:15] A large percentage of our
[1:03:18] city's population is age 65 and
[1:03:18] older.
[1:03:19] And I want to take this
[1:03:22] opportunity to recognize just a
[1:03:23] few of the many important
[1:03:23] organizations who serve this
[1:03:28] population serving seniors is
[1:03:28] one of them.
[1:03:29] It's been an incredible partner
[1:03:30] in providing resources for San
[1:03:33] Diego's population from meals
[1:03:33] and health services to
[1:03:37] opportunities for connection.
[1:03:38] Recently in District two they
[1:03:42] began operating a new senior
[1:03:43] center in Claremont the Judith
[1:03:47] l Selz Senior Center in
[1:03:47] the newly opened affordable
[1:03:48] apartments for seniors and
[1:03:49] families at the Mount Etna
[1:03:52] campus.
[1:03:53] Also we have Meals on Wheels
[1:03:53] delivering healthy meals to
[1:03:57] seniors around the city and
[1:03:58] county, allowing them to age in
[1:03:58] place while having access to
[1:04:02] proper nutrition.
[1:04:03] Elder help of San Diego helps
[1:04:06] meet seniors where they are by
[1:04:12] providing assistance with daily
[1:04:12] tasks of living like grocery
[1:04:17] shopping, health appointments,
[1:04:17] transportation and more.
[1:04:21] All of these organizations and
[1:04:22] many, many more play a crucial
[1:04:23] role in supporting San Diego as
[1:04:25] older population.
[1:04:26] And I want to thank them and
[1:04:27] all their volunteers and staff
[1:04:31] for the work that they do to
[1:04:31] allow our seniors to age with
[1:04:35] dignity and support.
[1:04:36] And next I'd like to speak on
[1:04:37] the Armenian Genocide
[1:04:41] Remembrance happen a long time
[1:04:45] ago now 1952 1923 the Ottoman
[1:04:49] Empire made a policy to
[1:04:50] exterminate the Armenian people
[1:04:54] who were part of their empire.
[1:04:57] They did so and the rest of
[1:05:03] the world did not complain.
[1:05:03] Thank GOD many Armenians were
[1:05:04] able to escape and now enrich
[1:05:08] all our cultures around
[1:05:09] the world including right here
[1:05:09] in San Diego.
[1:05:13] It is reported that Hitler
[1:05:17] referred to this genocide and
[1:05:18] how it was ignored when he
[1:05:22] ordered his government to
[1:05:23] murder the Jewish people of
[1:05:27] Europe and all the other people
[1:05:28] who disagreed with him.
[1:05:31] Let us not forget he killed 12
[1:05:32] million people.
[1:05:35] He murdered 12 million people.
[1:05:39] And so let us never forget
[1:05:40] the lessons of genocide which
[1:05:45] unfortunately are going on
[1:05:45] today as well.
[1:05:46] And so I want to thank
[1:05:49] the bringers of this
[1:05:50] proclamation for reminding us
[1:05:51] about the poor Indians, what
[1:05:54] they went through and that let
[1:05:55] us realize that all of us are
[1:05:56] GOD's children.
[1:05:59] Thank you.
[1:06:00] >> Thank you.
[1:06:01] Council member Campbell I'll go
[1:06:02] next to council member Ella
[1:06:04] Rivera Thank you Council
[1:06:05] PRESIDENT And thank you to my
[1:06:09] colleagues who brought these
[1:06:09] proclamations forward today.
[1:06:10] I'll start by express my
[1:06:13] appreciation to you Council
[1:06:14] PRESIDENT And Council PRESIDENT
[1:06:17] Pro Tem Lee for joining me in
[1:06:18] recognizing Armenian Genocide
[1:06:23] Remembrance Day.
[1:06:23] I also had an opportunity to
[1:06:24] briefly meet some students from
[1:06:25] the Armenian Pre-Law
[1:06:28] Association Great job and
[1:06:29] working with Council PRESIDENT
[1:06:29] Pro Tem Lee's office and
[1:06:33] drafting this But I think it's
[1:06:37] important proclamation for a
[1:06:37] number of reasons.
[1:06:41] One just that I could see it in
[1:06:42] the students faces
[1:06:45] the recognition that the city
[1:06:46] that they live in where they
[1:06:50] study is recognizing their
[1:06:51] community, the history of their
[1:06:55] community And as we know and as
[1:06:56] has been said already, this is
[1:07:00] a community that had to has had
[1:07:01] to fight for the recognition
[1:07:05] that this atrocity occurred.
[1:07:06] So as if the pain of that
[1:07:09] atrocity is not enough, having
[1:07:09] to deal with the trauma that
[1:07:10] comes from having to share
[1:07:13] the stories and the evidence
[1:07:14] that that the Armenian people
[1:07:18] were were targeted in and
[1:07:19] targeted in this way makes it
[1:07:24] even more important for cities,
[1:07:24] states and countries around
[1:07:28] the world to recognize Armenian
[1:07:29] genocide and all genocide as
[1:07:30] it's something that is never
[1:07:33] acceptable and should be called
[1:07:34] for what it is when we see it
[1:07:38] and never allowed it to happen
[1:07:43] when we see it happening.
[1:07:43] I'll also express my
[1:07:44] appreciation to Council
[1:07:44] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and
[1:07:48] COUNCILMAN Foster and joining
[1:07:48] me in proclaiming MAY 2026 to
[1:07:49] be Asian-American Native
[1:07:52] Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
[1:07:53] Heritage Month I couldn't be
[1:07:57] more proud to represent
[1:07:58] District nine and all of
[1:07:58] the diverse communities in it
[1:08:02] The Asian-American, Native
[1:08:03] Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
[1:08:04] communities within District
[1:08:05] nine are such an important part
[1:08:07] of our district they're such an
[1:08:08] important part of our city and
[1:08:12] have been for a very, very long
[1:08:12] time.
[1:08:16] And so please see this
[1:08:17] proclamation as a way of saying
[1:08:17] thank you for those
[1:08:18] contributions and for
[1:08:22] everything that you you do for
[1:08:22] and in our city I am very
[1:08:26] appreciative of it and glad
[1:08:26] that we are bringing this
[1:08:27] proclamation forward.
[1:08:31] And then finally thank you to
[1:08:32] Council PRESIDENT And to you
[1:08:32] and Council PRESIDENT Pro tem
[1:08:37] for bringing forward a
[1:08:37] proficient professional
[1:08:38] municipal clerks week This when
[1:08:40] this does an amazing job along
[1:08:41] with her team I had a chance to
[1:08:45] kind of see up close just how
[1:08:50] hard they are always working
[1:08:50] when I was in your role council
[1:08:55] PRESIDENT And it's it's really
[1:08:56] amazing And it's not just
[1:09:00] the friendly faces and kindness
[1:09:00] and patience that are
[1:09:01] demonstrated here during
[1:09:04] council meetings but an
[1:09:05] incredible amount of work and
[1:09:06] preparation that goes into
[1:09:09] making these meetings happen,
[1:09:10] keeping us moving in the right
[1:09:14] direction and making sure that
[1:09:15] the work of the city
[1:09:19] the important things that need
[1:09:20] to get processed all of that is
[1:09:20] happening.
[1:09:24] So quick Point is thank you for
[1:09:25] the work that you do.
[1:09:26] Thank you for the work that
[1:09:26] your team does.
[1:09:27] We're deeply appreciative of it
[1:09:29] and I know that the public
[1:09:30] appreciates it as well.
[1:09:31] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[1:09:31] All right.
[1:09:35] Thank you, Councilmember Ella
[1:09:35] Rivera.
[1:09:36] >> We go next to our city
[1:09:36] attorney Thank you, Council
[1:09:38] PRESIDENT It is my privilege
[1:09:39] and honor to join Councilmember
[1:09:40] Whitburn this morning on item
[1:09:44] 30 recognizing San Diego Youth
[1:09:45] Symphony Day and the city of
[1:09:45] San Diego.
[1:09:46] The San Diego Youth Symphony
[1:09:49] has been inspiring young
[1:09:50] musicians across our community
[1:09:50] for eight seasons.
[1:09:53] What started back in 1945 as a
[1:09:54] single high school orchestra
[1:09:57] founded by conductor Leo Scheer
[1:09:58] has grown into a program that
[1:09:59] now serves more than a thousand
[1:09:59] students every year.
[1:10:02] It's also one of the oldest
[1:10:03] continuously operating youth
[1:10:04] symphonies in the country which
[1:10:07] is something our region can be
[1:10:08] incredibly proud of.
[1:10:09] What stands out to me is how
[1:10:11] committed the organization has
[1:10:12] stayed to making music
[1:10:13] accessible Use Symphony has
[1:10:17] also helped create wonderful
[1:10:17] early childhood programs like
[1:10:18] Chimes and Music Discovery
[1:10:19] helping younger children and
[1:10:22] families find their way into
[1:10:23] music and those children often
[1:10:23] become part of the youth
[1:10:27] orchestras as they grow.
[1:10:28] The San Diego Youth Symphony is
[1:10:28] more than an arts organization.
[1:10:31] It's a force that lifts up
[1:10:32] young people, supports families
[1:10:33] and strengthens communities all
[1:10:36] across our region through
[1:10:37] the power of music.
[1:10:37] We're grateful for everything
[1:10:38] they do and it's an honor to
[1:10:41] recognize them today And I
[1:10:42] encourage everyone to check out
[1:10:42] their 80th anniversary season
[1:10:46] concerts happening this weekend
[1:10:46] .
[1:10:47] >> Hope to see you there.
[1:10:47] Thanks so much.
[1:10:47] Thank you.
[1:10:48] City attorney.
[1:10:49] We'll go next to council member
[1:10:51] Von Wolpert.
[1:10:52] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
[1:10:52] Thank you to my colleagues for
[1:10:55] bringing forth wonderful
[1:10:56] proclamations as usual And
[1:10:56] there's so much to say about
[1:10:59] all of them But with item 30
[1:11:00] San Diego Youth Symphony Day a
[1:11:01] congratulations to everyone
[1:11:04] involved in the senior You
[1:11:04] Symphony.
[1:11:05] I actually played the French
[1:11:06] horn for many years of my life
[1:11:10] as a young member here in San
[1:11:11] Diego including in the Senior
[1:11:11] Youth Honor Band.
[1:11:14] So I really appreciate all
[1:11:14] the work that people do to
[1:11:15] teach young people music.
[1:11:16] It's incredible and the arts
[1:11:19] are incredibly important and we
[1:11:20] need to support them and fund
[1:11:20] them here at the city of San
[1:11:21] Diego.
[1:11:24] So thank you for your work.
[1:11:25] Item 31 Armenian Genocide
[1:11:25] Remembrance Day.
[1:11:26] I want to thank my colleagues
[1:11:29] for bringing forth this
[1:11:33] important commemoration of
[1:11:33] the 1.5 million Armenians who
[1:11:34] lost their lives during
[1:11:37] the Armenian genocide from 1915
[1:11:37] to 1923.
[1:11:38] Thank you to the young people
[1:11:41] here who are continuing to hold
[1:11:42] up this legacy because we have
[1:11:42] to learn from history so that
[1:11:43] we do not repeat it again.
[1:11:46] So very much appreciate my
[1:11:47] colleagues and the beautiful
[1:11:47] words you've already brought
[1:11:48] forward.
[1:11:51] Item 32 Older Americans Month.
[1:11:52] I would like to recognize Older
[1:11:56] American Month and celebrate
[1:11:56] the many older people and older
[1:11:57] adults whose leadership
[1:11:58] experience and contributions
[1:12:00] continue to strengthen
[1:12:01] communities across the Diego
[1:12:02] including many older adults in
[1:12:02] my lives.
[1:12:06] Approximately 1 in 7 San
[1:12:07] Diegans are age 65 or older and
[1:12:07] that population continues to
[1:12:10] grow making it even more
[1:12:11] important that we support
[1:12:11] healthy connected age friendly
[1:12:12] communities.
[1:12:15] You know, up in Rancho Bernardo
[1:12:15] we got to celebrate the Brown
[1:12:16] Senior Center and the Oasis
[1:12:17] Senior Center.
[1:12:21] We have a lot going on and we
[1:12:21] need more and more.
[1:12:24] My grandfather actually was
[1:12:24] with us to 102 years old.
[1:12:25] And believe me he was with it.
[1:12:29] He could even log on to Zoom's
[1:12:29] during the pandemic at 101.
[1:12:33] So we definitely want to invest
[1:12:33] in older Americans.
[1:12:34] Item 33 Asian-American Native
[1:12:38] Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
[1:12:38] Heritage Month.
[1:12:39] Thank you to my colleagues for
[1:12:43] bringing this forward as well.
[1:12:43] I want to celebrate all of our
[1:12:44] Asian-American Native Hawaiian
[1:12:47] and Pacific Islanders here in
[1:12:48] our greater community.
[1:12:48] You make our community vibrant
[1:12:49] and strong with contributions
[1:12:52] to civic life to the arts, to
[1:12:53] philanthropy, to business.
[1:12:54] We had a wonderful celebration
[1:12:57] just over the weekend of
[1:12:58] the 100th year anniversary of
[1:12:58] the Chinese language school
[1:12:59] here in San Diego.
[1:13:01] And I look forward to making
[1:13:02] San Diego a more inclusive and
[1:13:02] welcoming city for all through
[1:13:07] this proclamation.
[1:13:08] Municipal Clerks Week Item 504.
[1:13:12] Thank you so much to Clark
[1:13:12] Fuentes and her entire team for
[1:13:13] your tireless advocacy and
[1:13:13] work.
[1:13:16] You know they get here much
[1:13:17] earlier than any of us do and
[1:13:18] often stay much later than any
[1:13:19] of us do to make sure that
[1:13:21] the public can participate in
[1:13:21] democracy.
[1:13:22] >> So if we could just take a
[1:13:30] second give all of you a hand.
[1:13:31] >> Thank you very much.
[1:13:36] And at item 5o4 building
[1:13:37] safety.
[1:13:38] Thank you so much to all of our
[1:13:41] hardworking city employees who
[1:13:41] worked so hard to make sure
[1:13:42] that buildings are safe and
[1:13:46] able to habitat or able to be
[1:13:46] able to be inside buildings in
[1:13:47] San Diego.
[1:13:51] You know, we do have wildfires,
[1:13:51] earthquakes, flooding and other
[1:13:52] emergencies that can impact us.
[1:13:55] So making sure we have strong
[1:13:56] resilient buildings is
[1:13:56] important.
[1:13:57] I mean we saw tragedies come
[1:14:00] out of nowhere such as in
[1:14:01] Florida when the entire half of
[1:14:01] the condo complex collapsed
[1:14:02] after erosion from the sea.
[1:14:05] So just thank you for your
[1:14:06] work.
[1:14:07] We appreciate you and thank you
[1:14:07] to everyone who reinforces
[1:14:10] proclamations.
[1:14:11] All right.
[1:14:11] Thank you Council member
[1:14:12] Wolpert.
[1:14:12] We'll go next to Council member
[1:14:14] Foster Thank you Council
[1:14:19] PRESIDENT And quite a few on
[1:14:19] fantastic proclamations here.
[1:14:23] First item 32 older Americans
[1:14:27] the month.
[1:14:28] Just thank you to my colleagues
[1:14:29] council PRESIDENT Lee Carver
[1:14:30] council members Campbell and
[1:14:32] whimpered Whitburn for bringing
[1:14:33] forward this proclamation
[1:14:37] proclamation recognizing older
[1:14:38] Americans a month our seniors
[1:14:38] have poured so much into our
[1:14:41] communities, families and
[1:14:42] neighborhoods and deserve to
[1:14:42] age with dignity, support and
[1:14:47] connection and district for we
[1:14:47] see that work happening daily
[1:14:48] at the Fourth District Senior
[1:14:52] Resource Center where MS. Pope
[1:14:52] and her team have crafted or
[1:14:53] created a space where seniors
[1:14:56] can stay active, socialize and
[1:14:57] find support.
[1:14:58] Also just a quick shout out to
[1:15:01] the Bay Terraces Community
[1:15:02] Senior Center That's a center
[1:15:05] in District four that took
[1:15:06] about 2025 years to get it to
[1:15:10] where our seniors have a place
[1:15:11] they call home and a place they
[1:15:11] use quite frequently.
[1:15:15] Also just want to thank
[1:15:15] the neighborhood house
[1:15:16] Association for everything they
[1:15:17] do in the district and their
[1:15:20] senior center that they
[1:15:20] maintain.
[1:15:21] Just again with our senior
[1:15:25] population as it continues to
[1:15:26] grow we have to keep investing
[1:15:26] in programs and services that
[1:15:29] help older adults live healthy
[1:15:30] ,engaged and independent
[1:15:30] lives.
[1:15:33] Item 33 Asian American Native
[1:15:34] Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
[1:15:38] Heritage Month.
[1:15:39] Um you know District four um I
[1:15:42] don't know what else more needs
[1:15:43] to be said.
[1:15:47] You know I remember growing up
[1:15:48] when Lincoln High School across
[1:15:51] the street had an empty lot.
[1:15:52] You could see our Samoan
[1:15:53] brothers and sisters out there
[1:15:56] playing cricket in the lot.
[1:15:57] And I just remember that so
[1:16:01] vividly growing up.
[1:16:02] But this is a month we
[1:16:02] celebrate Asian-American Native
[1:16:06] Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
[1:16:07] Heritage Month a moment to
[1:16:07] recognize the cultures,
[1:16:11] histories and traditions that
[1:16:12] helped shape communities across
[1:16:14] San Diego and especially in
[1:16:15] District four.
[1:16:16] Thank you to the community,
[1:16:19] the families, the small
[1:16:19] businesses all
[1:16:20] the contributions that helped
[1:16:24] to strengthen our community.
[1:16:25] The diversity, the vibrancy of
[1:16:29] our neighborhoods is again
[1:16:30] something that has been near
[1:16:34] and dear to me as I grew up in
[1:16:34] District four.
[1:16:38] Also just congratulations on
[1:16:38] the 19th annual San Diego
[1:16:40] Dragon Boat Festival Day 19
[1:16:41] years What a milestone.
[1:16:44] Approaching 20.
[1:16:45] Also just want to give a quick
[1:16:49] shout out for Professional
[1:16:50] Municipal Clerks Week.
[1:16:54] Thank you MADAM Clerk to you,
[1:16:54] your team everything that you
[1:16:55] do to make sure that we are
[1:16:59] able to function just what
[1:16:59] the council does but also for
[1:17:00] the public and everything that
[1:17:04] you do and making yourself
[1:17:05] available to make sure
[1:17:05] the public has resources.
[1:17:06] Make sure the public is
[1:17:09] informed and has access to
[1:17:10] information.
[1:17:13] I also just want to thank give
[1:17:14] a thank you and congratulations
[1:17:18] to our building professionals
[1:17:19] all the work that goes into
[1:17:23] making our buildings safe.
[1:17:24] I want to say for 25 years in
[1:17:28] my past life work closely with
[1:17:28] a lot of the inspectors and
[1:17:33] just know how critical their
[1:17:37] role is as we build our
[1:17:38] facilities whether it's a
[1:17:41] library, a fire station,
[1:17:42] whether it's a multifamily
[1:17:47] development, it's just such a
[1:17:48] pleasure to work with that
[1:17:52] staff and the work that they do
[1:17:53] to to make sure and I say
[1:17:53] the golden ticket right a
[1:17:56] certificate of occupancy,
[1:17:57] right.
[1:17:57] That's the golden ticket.
[1:18:00] So thank you for everything
[1:18:01] that you guys do And Council
[1:18:06] PRESIDENT I will conclude there
[1:18:06] .
[1:18:07] Thank you.
[1:18:07] All right.
[1:18:08] Thank you Councilmember Foster
[1:18:09] or not see anybody else in
[1:18:09] the lights?
[1:18:11] I'll offer my comments.
[1:18:16] You know the route to positive
[1:18:16] change is an opportunity for us
[1:18:20] as council to recognize causes
[1:18:21] and individuals help amplify
[1:18:25] their voices and make sure
[1:18:26] everybody recognizes what this
[1:18:30] city represents in our diverse
[1:18:30] demographics.
[1:18:31] Thank you to my colleagues for
[1:18:35] all the proclamations and
[1:18:36] the interest time.
[1:18:36] I'll focus on just a few of
[1:18:40] them at the risk of repeating
[1:18:40] some of the things my
[1:18:41] colleagues have already said
[1:18:42] But item 31 the Armenian
[1:18:45] Genocide Remembrance Day with
[1:18:45] the Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
[1:18:49] and Council member Eli Rivera.
[1:18:50] We recognize and remember
[1:18:50] the genocide committed by
[1:18:54] the Ottoman Empire against our
[1:18:55] many people over several years
[1:18:58] more than 1.5 million Armenians
[1:18:59] were killed, marched to death,
[1:19:00] deported or exiled from their
[1:19:03] homeland.
[1:19:03] Recognizing this as one of
[1:19:04] the darkest chapters in human
[1:19:07] history while honoring
[1:19:08] the resolve and resilience of
[1:19:09] the Armenian people.
[1:19:09] Despite enduring those
[1:19:13] atrocities, the Iranian people
[1:19:14] have rebuilt their lives,
[1:19:14] preserved their culture and
[1:19:15] contributed to the fabric of
[1:19:18] their communities after they've
[1:19:18] done so here in San Diego we
[1:19:23] stand in solidarity with them,
[1:19:23] acknowledging their stories and
[1:19:24] recommit ourselves to the work
[1:19:27] of stamping out hate On Item 32
[1:19:28] in partnership with Council
[1:19:32] member Campbell and Council
[1:19:33] member Whitburn, the three
[1:19:34] Council members who are
[1:19:37] the youngest at heart we
[1:19:38] proclaim MAY as older Americans
[1:19:39] Month As the population
[1:19:43] continues with age, we know it
[1:19:44] is important to continue to
[1:19:45] uplift services and resources
[1:19:47] that help support older adults
[1:19:48] In San Diego, the City of San
[1:19:49] Diego Senior Affairs Advisory
[1:19:53] Board is an excellent example
[1:19:53] of local resources that
[1:19:54] continually emphasize the needs
[1:19:57] and voices of older adults
[1:19:57] through policy advancement and
[1:20:01] age friendly programs.
[1:20:02] These include the parks and
[1:20:03] recreation departments age well
[1:20:06] services Elder pd's retired
[1:20:07] senior volunteer patrol program
[1:20:11] both of which foster community
[1:20:12] engagement and connection that
[1:20:15] strengthen San Diego every day
[1:20:16] and I'll be tapping into those
[1:20:17] in JANUARY 2029.
[1:20:20] >> Thank you to those whose
[1:20:21] lifelong contributions continue
[1:20:22] to strengthen, enriching and
[1:20:26] guide our community every day
[1:20:33] As 504I am proud to proclaim
[1:20:33] MAY 2026 as Building Safety
[1:20:34] Month in the city of San Diego.
[1:20:35] And in doing so we highlight
[1:20:38] the people and the work it
[1:20:39] takes to ensure the safety of
[1:20:39] our communities.
[1:20:43] As an engineer myself I am
[1:20:44] grateful to the fellow
[1:20:44] engineers being recognized
[1:20:45] today at every level in
[1:20:48] the building safety industry
[1:20:49] the amount of precision and
[1:20:49] expertise and care that is
[1:20:53] required to ensure that our
[1:20:54] facilities and infrastructure
[1:20:55] is safe is often overlooked but
[1:20:58] is essential to protecting and
[1:20:59] maintaining public safety.
[1:20:59] The city relies on
[1:21:02] the development Services
[1:21:03] Department and Fire Rescue to
[1:21:04] play a critical role in
[1:21:08] the oversight and determination
[1:21:08] of sound infrastructure.
[1:21:09] Building Safety Month
[1:21:12] highlights the unseen work that
[1:21:13] is done in buildings before we
[1:21:13] enter them.
[1:21:17] Thank you to all the Building
[1:21:18] Safety and Fire prevention
[1:21:18] professionals, engineers,
[1:21:19] architects, tradespeople and
[1:21:22] others in the industry for your
[1:21:23] dedication to keeping San
[1:21:23] Diego's buildings and
[1:21:27] the public safe.
[1:21:28] And in closing, as 500
[1:21:31] professional municipal clerks
[1:21:32] Week I join Council PRESIDENT
[1:21:36] Pro Tem Lee and honored to
[1:21:37] shine a light on a profession
[1:21:38] that continues to make
[1:21:38] the government transparent and
[1:21:41] most importantly accessible to
[1:21:42] its constituents.
[1:21:43] Our City Clerk and the City of
[1:21:46] San Diego Clerk's office is
[1:21:47] the very embodiment of that
[1:21:47] ideal and whether it is
[1:21:52] translate 18 official documents
[1:21:52] into eight different languages
[1:21:55] making records accessible to
[1:21:56] the public and even offering
[1:21:57] passport services they
[1:21:57] consistently exceed their
[1:22:01] mission to provide accurate
[1:22:02] information and maximize access
[1:22:06] to municipal government
[1:22:06] regardless of language or
[1:22:07] experience with local
[1:22:10] government, the public can
[1:22:11] consistently rely on
[1:22:12] the clerk's office to deliver
[1:22:12] accessible and accurate
[1:22:17] information.
[1:22:18] So as my colleagues have said,
[1:22:18] thank you Clark Fuentes and
[1:22:20] your amazing team including
[1:22:21] Mary way back there for all
[1:22:25] the work that you do to keep
[1:22:26] our meetings running smoothly
[1:22:27] and San Diego civically
[1:22:30] informed.
[1:22:30] And even though this role is
[1:22:31] the one that is probably
[1:22:35] the most visible to the public
[1:22:35] as the council member Eli
[1:22:36] Rivera kind of alluded to, what
[1:22:40] you don't see and that
[1:22:41] the council PRESIDENT Has
[1:22:42] the opportunity to see that
[1:22:45] starting out Maybe about 9:00
[1:22:45] in preparation for council
[1:22:46] hearings and all the way
[1:22:50] through no matter what happens,
[1:22:51] what technological glitches,
[1:22:55] what difficulty the public has
[1:22:55] either coming up to
[1:22:56] the microphone or calling in
[1:23:00] and all the emails and texts
[1:23:01] that are coming your way during
[1:23:05] the course of the meeting.
[1:23:05] You Jack you all are just
[1:23:06] relentless in what you do.
[1:23:10] So we're just very, very
[1:23:11] appreciative of that.
[1:23:12] >> So I'm going to allow Clark
[1:23:15] contests a few comments before
[1:23:15] we close.
[1:23:16] >> Thank you so much Council
[1:23:20] PRESIDENT And I'll try to keep
[1:23:21] in short I'll even time myself.
[1:23:21] Just kidding.
[1:23:24] I will On behalf of the Office
[1:23:25] of the City Clerk I really want
[1:23:29] to sincerely thank the Council
[1:23:29] members and the council as well
[1:23:30] for their proclamation for this
[1:23:33] proclamation recognizing
[1:23:34] Municipal Clerks Week being
[1:23:39] remembered I almost forgot is
[1:23:39] when I spoke Clerks Week
[1:23:40] honestly and so being
[1:23:40] remembered and being brought to
[1:23:41] our attention really meant a
[1:23:43] great deal to me and my office.
[1:23:44] The recognition just means so
[1:23:48] much because it reflects not
[1:23:49] only the importance of the work
[1:23:50] we do but the trust you place
[1:23:53] in myself and our office every
[1:23:53] single day.
[1:23:54] It is truly an honor to serve
[1:23:57] as the city clerk for the city
[1:23:58] of San Diego and I never take
[1:23:59] lightly the responsibility
[1:24:02] entrusted in me to help uphold
[1:24:02] transparency, accessibility and
[1:24:07] the integrity of our democratic
[1:24:07] process.
[1:24:08] But I am especially grateful.
[1:24:12] Oh I got a little I'm
[1:24:12] especially grateful for
[1:24:13] the opportunity to lead such an
[1:24:17] extraordinary team of dedicated
[1:24:17] public servants who make our
[1:24:18] office shine through their
[1:24:22] professionalism, expertise and
[1:24:23] real heart.
[1:24:23] The work of the clerk's office
[1:24:27] often happens behind the scenes
[1:24:27] but it is foundational to
[1:24:28] ensuring the public can engage
[1:24:29] with their government.
[1:24:32] While we don't usually toot our
[1:24:33] own horns, we do appreciate and
[1:24:37] and really take our jobs
[1:24:37] seriously whether it's
[1:24:38] coordinating city elections,
[1:24:38] maintaining and preserving
[1:24:42] official records, supporting
[1:24:43] the legislative process,
[1:24:43] providing language access,
[1:24:47] modernizing systems, providing
[1:24:48] passport services or ensuring
[1:24:48] the public has timely access to
[1:24:52] information.
[1:24:53] Our team really does approach
[1:24:53] every responsibility with care
[1:24:56] and commitment and that's what
[1:24:57] makes the difference in being a
[1:24:58] part of the Clark team.
[1:25:01] The work we do and the things
[1:25:02] we accomplish are only possible
[1:25:03] because of the incredible
[1:25:06] individuals each member of my
[1:25:07] staff and the leadership team
[1:25:11] of dg Kristina, Kevin, Mark and
[1:25:12] Miley who consistently go above
[1:25:15] and beyond in service to
[1:25:16] the city.
[1:25:16] Their work ethic, integrity and
[1:25:20] dedication inspire me every day
[1:25:21] and help me move forward.
[1:25:22] Thank you again to the Council
[1:25:25] for this meaningful recognition
[1:25:26] for your continued partnership
[1:25:27] and for your trust In our
[1:25:30] office We are proud to serve
[1:25:30] the people of San Diego and
[1:25:31] remain committed to to carrying
[1:25:35] out our mission and vision.
[1:25:35] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT,
[1:25:36] for the time.
[1:25:36] All right.
[1:25:36] Absolutely.
[1:25:40] Absolutely okay with that we
[1:25:40] have a motion by Council
[1:25:41] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and a
[1:25:42] second by council member
[1:25:45] Whitburn Clark.
[1:25:46] >> Please call the roll I'm
[1:25:46] sorry the voting system Please
[1:25:49] cast your vote That passes
[1:25:50] unanimously 7 to 0 with Council
[1:25:54] member Campos absence.
[1:25:55] All right.
[1:25:56] With that we will pause for
[1:25:58] photos starting with item 30
[1:26:07] San Diego Youth Symphony Day
[1:28:07] and
[1:38:08] and All right.
[1:38:10] >> I'm not going to restart
[1:38:10] the meeting until we have six
[1:38:43] people up
[1:38:43] .
[1:38:44] All right.
[1:38:44] For meeting minutes It's 1135.
[1:38:49] We have consent item on
[1:38:50] the consent agenda to deal with
[1:38:54] and then not agenda comment.
[1:38:54] I'm going to call it right now
[1:38:55] that we will take the in-person
[1:38:58] non agenda public comment and I
[1:38:58] hope four of my colleagues will
[1:38:59] stick around for the in-person
[1:39:02] non agenda public comment and
[1:39:03] we will trail virtual non
[1:39:07] agenda public till 2:00 this
[1:39:07] afternoon.
[1:39:11] So again virtual knowledge and
[1:39:12] public comment will be taken at
[1:39:17] 2:00 this afternoon or shortly
[1:39:17] thereafter as we like to say.
[1:39:21] So with that before we proceed
[1:39:22] with the consent agenda I will
[1:39:26] be returning item 106 item 106
[1:39:30] back to staff at their request
[1:39:31] Once again item want to return
[1:39:32] to staff and will be heard at a
[1:39:35] later date.
[1:39:35] So with that we will proceed
[1:39:36] with the remainder of
[1:39:40] the consent items.
[1:39:41] Do I Are there any request to
[1:39:41] pull an item by council?
[1:39:44] There is no request With that
[1:39:45] part please proceed with public
[1:39:50] comment on the remainder of
[1:39:50] the consent item.
[1:39:51] Thank you Council PRESIDENT And
[1:39:53] please note each speaker will
[1:39:54] have one minute per item per
[1:39:54] person.
[1:39:55] If you would like to speak on
[1:39:57] three or more items you have a
[1:39:58] maximum of three minutes.
[1:39:58] The consent agenda includes
[1:40:05] items 1050 through 66 100 and
[1:40:09] 105 100 through 10510731091 11
[1:40:12] through 118 and as 501 through
[1:40:13] as 503 with item 106 return to
[1:40:14] staff as noted Also please let
[1:40:17] me note for the record
[1:40:18] the potential appointments and
[1:40:18] re appointments that are on
[1:40:21] the agenda this morning and 116
[1:40:22] as a potential appointment of
[1:40:22] William Tippit to the Mission
[1:40:25] Bay Park Committee Item 117 is
[1:40:26] a potential appointment of Kofi
[1:40:30] Reed and reappointment of Anton
[1:40:31] and Toyin I'm Antoinette.
[1:40:35] Thank you Pierre Jackson to
[1:40:35] the San Diego Housing
[1:40:36] Commission.
[1:40:36] Item 118 is the potential
[1:40:37] appointment of Yolanda Franklin
[1:40:40] to the Commission for Arts and
[1:40:41] Culture.
[1:40:41] We did receive comments for
[1:40:45] item 51 one in opposition and
[1:40:49] item 50 181 in favor Those were
[1:40:50] distributed to the Council when
[1:40:51] they were received via e
[1:40:54] comment going to public comment
[1:40:55] Robert Wood if you can please
[1:40:55] come up.
[1:41:00] Robert when you were seated
[1:41:00] time by Michael Michael please
[1:41:04] raise your hand.
[1:41:05] Thank you.
[1:41:05] Thank you.
[1:41:12] You'll have two minutes on item
[1:41:13] 109.
[1:41:13] Hi, I'm Robert Byrd with that
[1:41:14] outreach And the reason I'm
[1:41:17] here is because the issue of
[1:41:18] additional funding for gun and
[1:41:22] gang violence interruption in
[1:41:23] the San Diego area is came into
[1:41:23] play.
[1:41:24] This is Cornelius Bowzer, our
[1:41:27] ceo.
[1:41:28] As you can see we have other
[1:41:28] community based public safety
[1:41:32] professionals out there in
[1:41:32] the audience.
[1:41:33] People from sbc, sbc are here.
[1:41:36] I'd like to say thank you to to
[1:41:41] all of you for considering this
[1:41:41] the Reno Cantley monument.
[1:41:42] Wilpert Hear me.
[1:41:46] Foster there from whitburn
[1:41:51] Jennifer Campbell, Joe LaCava
[1:41:51] I'd like to thank everybody
[1:41:52] here, right?
[1:41:53] Because the thing is is that we
[1:41:55] go out in the community and
[1:41:56] what we do people have to
[1:41:56] understand our function is
[1:42:00] different than the police
[1:42:00] function.
[1:42:01] They go in there once it
[1:42:05] happens where before it happens
[1:42:05] we're prevention So we're
[1:42:06] intervention in prevention.
[1:42:10] So what we're trying to do is
[1:42:10] before something even takes
[1:42:11] place prevent it And then if
[1:42:14] something does take place then
[1:42:15] we reach back into community
[1:42:19] with our connections and we try
[1:42:19] to prevent more from taking
[1:42:20] place So we try to prevent
[1:42:23] violence from happening in
[1:42:24] the first place And then what
[1:42:24] does happen?
[1:42:25] We swing into action to try to
[1:42:27] prevent the spread of violence.
[1:42:28] Another part of our
[1:42:32] intervention efforts is at risk
[1:42:33] Youth mentoring We try to reach
[1:42:37] out to the community and
[1:42:38] identify the youth that we feel
[1:42:42] are most at risk and we take
[1:42:43] those youth then we mentor
[1:42:43] them.
[1:42:46] We offer them wraparound
[1:42:47] services where possible and we
[1:42:48] do everything that we can to
[1:42:52] get them right.
[1:42:53] So you can see that we have a
[1:42:56] multifaceted approach to
[1:42:57] improving the safety of
[1:42:58] the communities to stopping gun
[1:43:01] and gang violence.
[1:43:01] Interruption Some of us are
[1:43:06] even domestic violence
[1:43:07] counselors including myself and
[1:43:07] MR. Bowzer.
[1:43:10] So I want to say I appreciate
[1:43:11] you guys Please make it
[1:43:16] possible for us to continue.
[1:43:17] Thank you for that concluding
[1:43:17] statement.
[1:43:21] Sandy Keaton I guess for
[1:43:22] following individuals to please
[1:43:22] come up to the Yellow Reserves
[1:43:23] seats Sandy Keaton, Alvin
[1:43:26] Hayes, Jeffrey Raya allegedly
[1:43:26] Audra and Andrea Ebbing I'll
[1:43:30] also just note that if you
[1:43:31] submitted a speaker slip for
[1:43:31] the consent calendar and I did
[1:43:34] not call your name please come
[1:43:35] up to the other reserved seats.
[1:43:36] I did receive one with no name
[1:43:39] so I don't know who you are.
[1:43:40] Please proceed.
[1:43:40] Good morning.
[1:43:44] We're actually AUGUST
[1:43:44] afternoon.
[1:43:45] I want to thank the council.
[1:43:45] I'm here.
[1:43:46] My name is Sandra Keaton.
[1:43:48] I'm actually from Essex and
[1:43:49] mostly I'm here to show my
[1:43:50] gratitude for the leadership of
[1:43:53] the council to continue to
[1:43:58] support the programing that
[1:43:58] really is rooted in the lived
[1:43:59] experience of community to
[1:44:03] recognize the value that this
[1:44:03] brings in addressing the harm
[1:44:07] that comes from violence in our
[1:44:07] community.
[1:44:08] It's a positive partnership
[1:44:08] between law enforcement and
[1:44:13] community and it's part of it
[1:44:14] speaks mostly we want to um
[1:44:16] extend our gratitude and thank
[1:44:17] you for recognizing the value
[1:44:21] of this program and all
[1:44:22] the work of support as well.
[1:44:22] So thank you.
[1:44:31] Thank you Alvin Hayes.
[1:44:31] Morning everyone.
[1:44:32] My name is Alvin Hayes.
[1:44:35] I'm also a team member of
[1:44:35] Support Outreach.
[1:44:40] No Shots Fire Program.
[1:44:41] As my colleague just said a
[1:44:42] while ago, this very point is
[1:44:45] very important for this And I
[1:44:46] want to thank each and every
[1:44:50] one of you who had a hand in in
[1:44:51] this for us to excuse me to
[1:44:55] continue with what it is that
[1:44:56] we're doing and also to raise
[1:44:59] the importance of even though
[1:45:00] we're out there doing
[1:45:00] the community outreach, you
[1:45:04] know, is still you know,
[1:45:05] there's still the violence is
[1:45:06] still there.
[1:45:09] Unfortunately, I was one of
[1:45:10] the victims of gun violence.
[1:45:12] You know, I got shot one one
[1:45:13] night in JANUARY the 9th this
[1:45:17] year and it only put a bigger
[1:45:21] exclamation point for me how
[1:45:22] important it is to try to make
[1:45:26] our community safe.
[1:45:27] You know, And so I would like
[1:45:31] to just thank you guys again,
[1:45:32] you know, for even considering
[1:45:36] this.
[1:45:36] You know, the work that we do
[1:45:37] is very important.
[1:45:38] Some people don't like what we
[1:45:40] do but that's not our issue.
[1:45:41] So we're going to continue to
[1:45:45] push forward and hopefully with
[1:45:46] your help and support we will
[1:45:46] continue.
[1:45:47] Thank you for that concluding
[1:45:50] comment, Jeffrey Rath Good
[1:45:51] afternoon.
[1:45:55] My name is Jeffrey Ray.
[1:45:56] I just want to thank all of you
[1:45:57] guys for this opportunity for
[1:46:00] us to continue to do our work
[1:46:00] as an ex-felon and gang member.
[1:46:01] You know, it's amazing to be
[1:46:05] able to promote positivity and
[1:46:05] a change in our community to
[1:46:09] reduce violence because we know
[1:46:10] San Diego is beautiful.
[1:46:11] We want more tourism here.
[1:46:11] We want more families to raise
[1:46:14] their children.
[1:46:15] We want the elderly to retire
[1:46:15] in.
[1:46:16] Our job is to be able to
[1:46:19] influence the generations that
[1:46:20] come before us through even,
[1:46:21] you know, the credibility that
[1:46:25] we have for being where we once
[1:46:25] were but now telling them that
[1:46:26] they can change their lives and
[1:46:30] do something better.
[1:46:30] So you know and just like my
[1:46:31] coworkers are saying we don't
[1:46:34] just focus on gang gun violence
[1:46:35] as we know that broad there's
[1:46:36] Hispanic gangs, black gangs,
[1:46:39] there's Asian gangs.
[1:46:40] We're we're in the mix of all
[1:46:41] of that And we're even helping
[1:46:44] with domestic violence.
[1:46:45] You know, we're helping with
[1:46:45] suicide awareness, emotional
[1:46:49] abuse and even mental health
[1:46:50] substance abuse.
[1:46:54] We're really trying to do what
[1:46:55] we can to make a difference
[1:46:55] because my family's here too.
[1:46:56] So thank you.
[1:46:59] Thank you for that concluding
[1:47:00] comment allegedly Audra, you'll
[1:47:01] have three minutes for speaking
[1:47:04] on items 1021091 1255 60 5963
[1:47:14] and as 503 right facade Chavez
[1:47:19] Parkway we're renaming it
[1:47:19] because of potential sexual
[1:47:24] abuse and assault.
[1:47:24] It's interesting that we care
[1:47:25] about it sometimes when there's
[1:47:28] not any evidence but then when
[1:47:29] there's clear evidence in front
[1:47:29] of you guys, you know, do
[1:47:30] anything because we got
[1:47:33] ambulances that we're
[1:47:34] contracting with that are
[1:47:35] women and drugging them in
[1:47:39] the ambulance on their way to
[1:47:39] who knows where jail
[1:47:40] The hospital just depends.
[1:47:43] Um yeah.
[1:47:44] >> And then number 63 by gm
[1:47:44] Technologies Are you guys dope
[1:47:48] to be contracting with
[1:47:49] BlackRock and Vanguard?
[1:47:49] That's good right?
[1:47:53] That's how we keep our data
[1:47:53] secure especially with our
[1:47:54] leased assets.
[1:47:58] So smart to give them that
[1:47:58] data.
[1:47:59] Can't worry about that right.
[1:48:00] It's probably just Trump I mean
[1:48:03] but that's attached to Trump.
[1:48:03] Larry Fink Right.
[1:48:04] You know any who and then we
[1:48:11] have once yeah so 1o2 with this
[1:48:15] dispatching for towing services
[1:48:16] it would be interesting if San
[1:48:19] Diego Police Department wasn't
[1:48:20] engaging in bait cars by
[1:48:21] leaving people that they
[1:48:25] assault having their keys just
[1:48:26] thrown on the ground for
[1:48:26] someone comes and takes their
[1:48:30] vehicle and then it you got to
[1:48:31] pay $1,000 to get it out.
[1:48:31] That's smart.
[1:48:35] Good for them because we also
[1:48:35] have bait bikes, right?
[1:48:36] It's not entrapment or
[1:48:36] anything.
[1:48:39] Poor guy who wound up stealing
[1:48:40] it and then he's getting
[1:48:43] charged for it And then 109
[1:48:44] speakers cannot be trusted with
[1:48:48] money when they had $6 million
[1:48:49] of arpa funds and they were
[1:48:50] doing the transfer site that
[1:48:53] Steven Whitburn wanted to
[1:48:57] pretend didn't exist, they took
[1:48:57] $2 million That's for their
[1:48:58] employees.
[1:48:58] I find that very interesting.
[1:49:02] It was only four months and
[1:49:03] three weeks.
[1:49:03] How many employees could you
[1:49:04] possibly have that you're going
[1:49:07] to take a third of the money
[1:49:07] for your pocket.
[1:49:11] So I would hope that if you
[1:49:12] care about this you know, no
[1:49:13] shots fired program that you
[1:49:16] would seriously rethink giving
[1:49:20] speakers any funding for it and
[1:49:21] then 112 with the California
[1:49:22] Violence Intervention and
[1:49:26] Prevention grant, I'm wondering
[1:49:27] if you're going to use that to
[1:49:28] make sure the police department
[1:49:30] isn't assaulting women like
[1:49:31] beating their face And you know
[1:49:32] what they want to say is that
[1:49:36] she's in competent How Plenty
[1:49:36] of that.
[1:49:37] Yeah Just because you're
[1:49:40] talking about the things that
[1:49:40] are happening in the jail.
[1:49:41] Right.
[1:49:41] And it gives the police officer
[1:49:45] good warranting, you know,
[1:49:46] reason to slam your face into
[1:49:46] the ground.
[1:49:50] Good thing it wasn't one of you
[1:49:54] any who And then as 503
[1:49:54] the content you state of an
[1:49:55] emergency it's so funny when
[1:49:58] things become routine after
[1:49:59] decades it's like is it really
[1:49:59] an emergency?
[1:50:00] Are we treating it like an
[1:50:04] emergency?
[1:50:04] Is this how we should have
[1:50:05] people at dispatch on 911
[1:50:05] react?
[1:50:09] It's like maybe 30 years later
[1:50:09] will come?
[1:50:10] I don't know.
[1:50:10] Just depends on how much money
[1:50:12] we can get from it.
[1:50:17] >> Could you Andrea Evening If
[1:50:18] you can please come forward
[1:50:20] Your speaking times one 1257
[1:50:21] and 58 You'll have three
[1:50:25] minutes Please proceed.
[1:50:29] Well thank you for one So I'm
[1:50:35] 5758 and what you put one 1257
[1:50:41] and 58 Okay.
[1:50:42] Okay So yeah 112 I would just
[1:50:46] say physically just looking at
[1:50:47] this again I'm asking you not
[1:50:47] to look at me as the victim of
[1:50:50] everything she just mentioned
[1:50:51] because it's true but more of
[1:50:52] an executive in San Diego who's
[1:50:55] driven like $25,000,000.20 $4
[1:50:56] million into the county city
[1:50:59] through various efforts.
[1:51:00] i brought Kanye West here.
[1:51:01] I mean I've done a couple of
[1:51:04] things and you know, I just
[1:51:05] think that if we had a better
[1:51:09] grip on what's going on from
[1:51:09] the felony side of things,
[1:51:14] the felony cases that are
[1:51:14] coming out and even the county
[1:51:15] cases that are misdemeanor, I
[1:51:19] understand that I have issues
[1:51:20] with them or stuff and I have
[1:51:20] big issues with Summer Stephan
[1:51:23] but everyone up here should as
[1:51:24] well because everyone looks bad
[1:51:28] when we create cases for people
[1:51:29] that aren't real it costs so
[1:51:33] much money and it's very unfair
[1:51:33] .
[1:51:34] It causes homelessness, it
[1:51:38] causes gun violence, it causes
[1:51:38] conflict.
[1:51:39] So for example, what she was
[1:51:42] just mentioning up there I got
[1:51:43] a letter from the city
[1:51:44] attorney's office after I was
[1:51:47] beaten almost to death
[1:51:48] literally as a survivor of a
[1:51:48] ruptured aneurysm by Anthony
[1:51:52] Warner.
[1:51:53] And I got a letter from
[1:51:54] the city attorney's office
[1:51:54] which I was thrilled.
[1:51:55] I thought, oh, maybe there's
[1:51:57] like movement.
[1:51:58] But it said that I was a victim
[1:51:59] of a crime and the crime I was
[1:52:02] a victim of with having my
[1:52:03] beautiful new Tyquan stolen
[1:52:07] from the place where I was
[1:52:07] beaten to death almost because
[1:52:12] after they did that to me 24
[1:52:12] officers showed up.
[1:52:16] They won't show up to any non
[1:52:17] an emergency call Linda Vista
[1:52:18] for hours days but they showed
[1:52:22] up within seconds to watch but
[1:52:22] nobody picked up my keys or
[1:52:25] anything so to go get my car
[1:52:26] $4,000 and then now the person
[1:52:27] that took my keys which was
[1:52:31] sitting next to the car who
[1:52:32] wouldn't Beautiful r-line black
[1:52:32] rims, cinnamon leather interior
[1:52:36] and you've got somebody who
[1:52:36] he's a kid.
[1:52:37] They're going to take the keys
[1:52:37] and they're going to take
[1:52:39] the car And they did.
[1:52:40] But also you know and I know
[1:52:44] I'm on 112 I think that this
[1:52:49] shots fired program is good but
[1:52:50] the root is that these people
[1:52:50] are put in a bad position
[1:52:54] That's generational.
[1:52:55] Once you lose your home, once
[1:52:56] you lose your rent, you missed
[1:52:56] your rent for that month and
[1:52:59] you were incarcerated.
[1:53:00] It's a it's a ripple effect
[1:53:00] because they couldn't pay
[1:53:04] the lady.
[1:53:05] There's a new website called sd
[1:53:09] ricoh.Com that's s d r I c
[1:53:10] oakum and on the dia pay to
[1:53:13] play page you can see
[1:53:14] defendants in major cases who
[1:53:19] have paid the lady Here's Leo
[1:53:19] Hamill GOD bless him I love his
[1:53:20] jewelry store Don't take any
[1:53:23] offense Leo Hamel $84,000 to
[1:53:27] summer Stephan These are her
[1:53:27] 460 forms by the way from sd
[1:53:28] Vogue.Com.
[1:53:28] Here's the Poway synagogue
[1:53:33] shooting Dallas Marson The guy
[1:53:34] that sold the gun Lonnie McGill
[1:53:35] Glock store Ghost gun case lady
[1:53:37] that shot her husband in
[1:53:37] Carlsbad.
[1:53:38] Thank you for that concluding
[1:53:38] comment.
[1:53:39] Blair Beakman if you can please
[1:53:40] come forward Your final speaker
[1:53:46] here in council chambers you're
[1:53:47] speaking on items 116 as 503
[1:53:50] and 61 three minutes.
[1:53:51] Please proceed.
[1:53:51] All right.
[1:53:51] Thank you.
[1:53:52] I think I was the person
[1:53:54] without the name on the card.
[1:53:55] Thank you.
[1:53:58] Yeah, and those are my numbers
[1:53:58] to first speak on.
[1:54:06] Um, item Uh oh oh First speak
[1:54:11] on item 61 the uh uh voting
[1:54:12] bathroom restroom within one of
[1:54:13] our lake systems.
[1:54:14] It this is an item that comes
[1:54:17] around every once in a while.
[1:54:18] Um, it was cute I thought at
[1:54:21] first and we're just kind of
[1:54:21] mentioning it actually brings
[1:54:22] out some sort of imagination
[1:54:22] from staff.
[1:54:26] They come up with other ideas
[1:54:26] of restroom use and downtown
[1:54:30] area actually previously but I
[1:54:31] got a conversation on
[1:54:32] the subject and it was spoken
[1:54:36] here in public meeting time.
[1:54:36] It's actually a bit uh
[1:54:37] dangerous and polluted.
[1:54:38] It sounds like I'm a bit
[1:54:40] concerned about it now.
[1:54:41] I don't think it's really worth
[1:54:42] it at this point.
[1:54:42] I wanted to make my feelings
[1:54:46] known on it but I still want to
[1:54:46] be able to work on downtown
[1:54:47] bathroom issues and then we
[1:54:50] have that going on Uh that's uh
[1:54:51] accessible downtown bathroom is
[1:54:55] should always be a priority for
[1:55:00] ourselves uh, on two items uh
[1:55:01] 102 And it was related to me to
[1:55:03] item 55 uh two issues and an
[1:55:04] agreement with parking citation
[1:55:08] issues.
[1:55:08] Good luck on practicing good
[1:55:09] equity with these things.
[1:55:10] I think we've we've done some
[1:55:13] amazing good work on towing
[1:55:14] equity issues Uh, I mean model
[1:55:18] examples So keep up that sort
[1:55:18] of work and effort how we talk
[1:55:19] about our equity.
[1:55:23] Uh, I think issues with those
[1:55:23] items uh, those type of items
[1:55:27] it's important and that people
[1:55:28] aren't overcharged and that we
[1:55:29] you guys have figured out a
[1:55:32] good system for that and thank
[1:55:33] you.
[1:55:33] Continue.
[1:55:33] That could work.
[1:55:37] Um on to item 116 appointment
[1:55:38] to mission Bay Park Committee
[1:55:42] you had a good item on on
[1:55:42] mission Bay Park issues
[1:55:42] yesterday.
[1:55:46] Uh good luck on those Continue
[1:55:47] efforts I talked about wildlife
[1:55:51] trail technology policies that
[1:55:52] can be really assessable and
[1:55:53] understandable and can work
[1:55:56] well.
[1:55:57] Uh, Davis always has good
[1:55:57] examples.
[1:55:58] I also need to mention
[1:56:02] the concept of Biomet tech in
[1:56:02] San Diego.
[1:56:03] We keep saying it's sports
[1:56:06] utility tech You keep using
[1:56:07] that term as a euphemism.
[1:56:10] Uh, I understand why I can go
[1:56:11] into great detail why you're
[1:56:11] doing that.
[1:56:15] It's a bad practice.
[1:56:16] We have to be clear We're
[1:56:16] talking about biometric tech
[1:56:20] and that shouldn't be a scary
[1:56:20] concept.
[1:56:21] It's around our lives a lot.
[1:56:21] You guys are too afraid to
[1:56:25] simply say those words publicly
[1:56:25] when it's okay.
[1:56:26] We know what you're talking
[1:56:26] about.
[1:56:30] Can you please speak the words?
[1:56:30] Have the honest conversation
[1:56:31] direct conversation with
[1:56:35] ourselves please.
[1:56:39] Um and finally um as item se
[1:56:40] 503 um you want to segment uh,
[1:56:44] you know issues with Tijuana
[1:56:44] good luck and and dialog
[1:56:47] communication and that's
[1:56:48] another thing not to be fearful
[1:56:49] of good direct dialog and that
[1:56:49] we're all open to it.
[1:56:52] Thank you.
[1:56:53] Thank you for that concluding
[1:56:54] statement.
[1:56:54] I'm sorry the five minute timer
[1:56:55] going to those participating
[1:56:58] remotely currently have three
[1:56:58] people in the queue.
[1:56:59] Lori Saldana If you can please
[1:57:02] unmute and let me know which
[1:57:03] item or items you wish to speak
[1:57:03] to.
[1:57:03] Thank you.
[1:57:07] Yes I'd like to speak to item
[1:57:10] 114 item s503 and item 115
[1:57:11] Please proceed.
[1:57:15] Thank you.
[1:57:16] Regarding establishing
[1:57:16] the third franchise Compliance
[1:57:20] Review Committee for people who
[1:57:20] MAY not understand this is
[1:57:21] actually a committee that's
[1:57:25] looking out for the rights of
[1:57:25] San Diego ratepayers.
[1:57:26] Our rights are frequently
[1:57:30] overlooked in deliberations by
[1:57:31] this Council and this is why we
[1:57:31] pay the highest rates for
[1:57:35] electricity in the country and
[1:57:36] adding to the cost of living
[1:57:40] challenges that many people
[1:57:40] face.
[1:57:41] So the Franchise Compliance
[1:57:44] Review committee members
[1:57:45] they're on their second report.
[1:57:49] I hope the council is paying
[1:57:50] attention to what they're
[1:57:51] recommending families who have
[1:57:54] been paying literally for
[1:57:55] decades since this franchise
[1:57:59] has gone on now for over 75
[1:57:59] years.
[1:58:00] Uh, they still don't have
[1:58:04] undergrounding utility lines
[1:58:05] overhead or they're still
[1:58:05] overhead rather.
[1:58:08] So I hope this compliance
[1:58:09] review committee will put some
[1:58:10] teeth into enforcing things
[1:58:10] like undergrounding in
[1:58:14] communities, older communities
[1:58:15] that have paid for that for
[1:58:15] decades and have nothing to
[1:58:19] show for it.
[1:58:20] Item as 503 in a state of
[1:58:21] emergency regarding raw sewage
[1:58:23] and sediment from Tijuana, I
[1:58:24] remind this council that
[1:58:27] the city of San Diego lobbied
[1:58:28] extensively 30 years ago for
[1:58:28] the construction of this
[1:58:32] facility even while ignoring
[1:58:33] your own staff's environmental
[1:58:37] impact report stating that
[1:58:38] the industrial waste were
[1:58:38] unmitigated and would cause
[1:58:42] toxicity problems in
[1:58:43] the near-shore environment.
[1:58:44] And this is exactly what is
[1:58:47] happening now 30 years of
[1:58:47] filing this resolution is like
[1:58:52] crying fire and doing nothing
[1:58:53] to put out the flames.
[1:58:53] I suggest the city or with
[1:58:57] Tijuana to develop a source
[1:58:57] control for the industrial
[1:59:01] waste that is killing people in
[1:59:02] the river valley, contaminating
[1:59:05] the soil and causing health
[1:59:05] problems with our first
[1:59:06] responders, people who do
[1:59:07] training down there and
[1:59:10] the families that live near
[1:59:10] the river and industrial Source
[1:59:14] Control and free treatment plan
[1:59:15] would go a long way to
[1:59:16] protecting the health and
[1:59:19] safety of San Diegans and
[1:59:20] people who live in the area San
[1:59:21] Isidro and elsewhere or people
[1:59:24] who just visit the River Valley
[1:59:25] for recreation.
[1:59:29] That pollution was brought to
[1:59:30] your attention decades ago and
[1:59:31] this Council has continued to
[1:59:34] ignore your culpable in
[1:59:35] approving that project and
[1:59:39] benefiting from it in many ways
[1:59:40] And now it is poisoning people
[1:59:40] in the river valley.
[1:59:44] And finally I want to bring up
[1:59:45] a $175,000 settlement that went
[1:59:49] to a former city employee who
[1:59:49] was riding a bicycle in Pacific
[1:59:53] Beach and claims that
[1:59:54] the street caused an accident
[1:59:55] creating personal injuries,
[1:59:58] extensive personal injuries.
[1:59:59] Again, take a look at
[2:00:03] the mobility issues facing
[2:00:04] those of us who would prefer
[2:00:05] not to be in our cars.
[2:00:05] We'd rather be walking or
[2:00:08] riding our bikes.
[2:00:09] But when we put ourselves in
[2:00:10] harm's way because of lack of
[2:00:13] infrastructure and repairs,
[2:00:13] it's costly not only to us but
[2:00:14] to the city.
[2:00:14] Thank you.
[2:00:18] Thank you.
[2:00:19] Next is Sally Small.
[2:00:21] After that is Hector And then
[2:00:22] 7499 Follow me Please proceed
[2:00:22] and let me know which item or
[2:00:23] items you wish to speak to.
[2:00:26] Sure.
[2:00:33] 58 6263 1091 12 and 503I don't
[2:00:34] perceive that much time You'll
[2:00:37] have three minutes starting off
[2:00:38] with 58 I appreciate that
[2:00:42] you're making the efforts to
[2:00:43] make things better for
[2:00:47] the Brown Act and for public
[2:00:47] participation.
[2:00:48] But even if you look at
[2:00:51] the basic cheat sheet that you
[2:00:52] wrote, it lists cab as
[2:00:56] the location for meetings.
[2:00:57] The general public doesn't know
[2:00:58] what cab is and there's no
[2:01:01] address listed Looking at
[2:01:02] the group presentations,
[2:01:06] there's no address listed.
[2:01:07] Oops So please get off that
[2:01:11] asap if you want participation
[2:01:12] The seat at the table is
[2:01:13] something that you guys still
[2:01:17] need to consider that
[2:01:17] the community planning groups
[2:01:21] put out all the effort but they
[2:01:21] don't even get money for
[2:01:22] appeals anymore and now it's
[2:01:26] only the cpc and that time is
[2:01:26] limited but developers get
[2:01:31] their free rein.
[2:01:31] 62 Stormwater Loans Thank you
[2:01:32] very much for choice Green
[2:01:35] infrastructure and the storm
[2:01:39] drain improvements 63 The text
[2:01:43] makes me nervous 109 With no
[2:01:44] shots fired I believe in
[2:01:44] the program doing the mentoring
[2:01:48] and prevention in the first
[2:01:48] place is awesome.
[2:01:49] They need to be able to reduce
[2:01:52] violence in our neighborhoods
[2:01:53] 1/12 the same Just keep track
[2:01:57] the money.
[2:01:58] I am worried because in my
[2:02:02] neighborhood Emerald Hills,
[2:02:03] Lincoln Park, Valencia Park we
[2:02:07] have organized actions that are
[2:02:08] helping people after the fact
[2:02:11] but we need more doing
[2:02:12] prevention and mentoring
[2:02:16] locally as 503 with the Tier
[2:02:20] one So which I agree 30 years
[2:02:21] is way too long to figure out
[2:02:21] an answer and I know
[2:02:25] the Federal is slower than
[2:02:26] molasses but you guys are too
[2:02:30] So please please get that in
[2:02:30] gear.
[2:02:35] We need to have the health and
[2:02:35] safety the people that live in
[2:02:39] the in the South Bay to have
[2:02:40] what they need to function as
[2:02:44] normal people and having to
[2:02:45] smell that is nasty And things
[2:02:46] could have been done a long
[2:02:50] long time ago.
[2:02:50] Sorry my cats yelling at me I
[2:02:51] am done.
[2:02:54] Thank you.
[2:02:55] Thank you Hector if you can
[2:02:56] please unmute and let me know
[2:02:58] which item or items you wish to
[2:03:02] speak to after that is 7499
[2:03:03] The five minute timer has also
[2:03:03] concluded there are four
[2:03:04] speakers in the queue.
[2:03:04] No additional speakers will be
[2:03:07] taken.
[2:03:08] Hector please proceed.
[2:03:08] Thanks for taking my call.
[2:03:12] I got a better internet
[2:03:13] connection now the other one
[2:03:20] dropped off 112 503 and 51 Now
[2:03:20] the 112 I congratulate
[2:03:21] the brothers math They know
[2:03:25] the difference between right
[2:03:25] and wrong.
[2:03:26] There's right and wrong in
[2:03:26] the world and they're on
[2:03:30] the right side.
[2:03:30] They've probably tasted
[2:03:31] the grace of GOD at one time
[2:03:34] they were on the wrong
[2:03:35] direction.
[2:03:35] We should support these guys.
[2:03:39] They got it.
[2:03:40] Whatever We can do a way to do
[2:03:40] it.
[2:03:43] That other guy wants to tax
[2:03:44] the rich.
[2:03:44] Let's start taxing the rich.
[2:03:49] How about Scott Peters our
[2:03:49] councilperson?
[2:03:50] He's about $600 million And
[2:03:54] Sarah Jacobs she's worth like
[2:03:54] $60 Million.
[2:03:59] Let's put a tax on those guys 3
[2:04:00] million apiece until the money
[2:04:03] runs out a year ago just a year
[2:04:03] .
[2:04:04] Sarah is is the granddaughter
[2:04:08] of Jacobs is a billionaire So
[2:04:08] don't be taxing him because he
[2:04:12] might split with all the money
[2:04:13] anyway.
[2:04:19] What's wrong with black guys?
[2:04:20] You're doing a great job, man.
[2:04:21] It's dangerous.
[2:04:21] It's crazy work.
[2:04:25] You want to Riverton and on
[2:04:26] the t your the Bible.
[2:04:26] Three, two, one.
[2:04:27] River.
[2:04:28] Let's take some of that money
[2:04:34] from taxing the rich and turn
[2:04:35] the t along to open sewer line
[2:04:36] Whole thing Sewer lines not
[2:04:39] turn 40 And do you see dro bay
[2:04:42] Pirate Bay Park like this in
[2:04:42] Bay Park put mission Bay Park
[2:04:43] right down there on the river
[2:04:46] say put a huge channel in
[2:04:47] the ocean and put a big wall up
[2:04:52] there and top the line sewer
[2:04:57] system Turn that water into
[2:04:57] drinking water, take the lot of
[2:05:02] recycled water out of it and
[2:05:03] start doing hemp for us will
[2:05:04] start grow.
[2:05:04] This is a good idea.
[2:05:06] We're going to grow marijuana
[2:05:07] Hemp plant which was
[2:05:07] the Declaration of Independence
[2:05:11] was written on hemp and you
[2:05:12] know the history of paper.
[2:05:16] The other guys with the trees
[2:05:17] took it over will have hemp
[2:05:21] down there That'll be jobs will
[2:05:22] have you should be coding ramps
[2:05:26] the whole deal will turn lemons
[2:05:31] into lemonade and that be
[2:05:32] something to be proud of.
[2:05:33] Yeah and then let's see some of
[2:05:36] these numbers But one thing
[2:05:37] what the problem is we're
[2:05:41] Gloria Bill 2.0 been man Bill
[2:05:42] and said Gloria Bill we're
[2:05:45] living in Gloria Bill this is
[2:05:46] Gloria Bill 2.0 He's cutting
[2:05:51] funding even in that Christmas
[2:05:52] saving a double park That's an
[2:05:55] abomination.
[2:06:00] And then oh yeah, I actually
[2:06:00] talked to Bill Clinton a bill
[2:06:01] and thanked them for calling
[2:06:06] Gloria Bill that's when
[2:06:07] the bubble parks don't clean up
[2:06:07] the homeless.
[2:06:10] I was down there last week.
[2:06:11] There's more homeless guys in
[2:06:11] Balboa Park now The regular
[2:06:16] homeless and the aggressive
[2:06:16] homeless that kind of beg to
[2:06:17] you.
[2:06:20] i was there at 5:00, walked in
[2:06:20] from Presidio to bus station at
[2:06:21] 120.
[2:06:25] There's more time has concluded
[2:06:26] next to 7499 after that is Judy
[2:06:27] Strong And our last speaker is
[2:06:31] Madison 7499 please I'm you and
[2:06:32] let me know which item or items
[2:06:35] you wish to speak to Like to
[2:06:36] speak on all the items but I'll
[2:06:37] be brief of three minutes.
[2:06:43] >> Please proceed.
[2:06:44] Bob Kozinski here First if you
[2:06:45] look at the agenda for most of
[2:06:48] these items you'll see
[2:06:48] virtually no substance about
[2:06:49] the item to let citizens know
[2:06:52] what it's about.
[2:06:53] There's a link for more detail
[2:06:56] but today's agenda for example
[2:06:57] contains 47 items That's a lot
[2:06:58] of links to check just to see
[2:07:02] what's actually on the agenda
[2:07:03] and therefore asking the city
[2:07:03] clerk to please put at least
[2:07:08] some substance into these
[2:07:08] descriptions.
[2:07:08] Thank you.
[2:07:09] Second, I noticed that many of
[2:07:12] these items are contracts.
[2:07:13] As you all know from my many
[2:07:14] comments on the lack of
[2:07:17] oversight at Torrey Pines,
[2:07:18] the city has a terrible track
[2:07:22] record of overseeing contracts
[2:07:23] .
[2:07:23] I urge this Council to ensure
[2:07:24] that all of these contracts
[2:07:27] contain provisions for proper
[2:07:28] oversight.
[2:07:28] Third, I'd like to commend
[2:07:29] the city for continued
[2:07:33] appointments to boards and
[2:07:34] committees.
[2:07:34] These bodies provide the city
[2:07:38] with valuable expertise that
[2:07:39] the city does not have.
[2:07:39] If you read the city charter
[2:07:44] you'll find that's the purpose
[2:07:44] of these boards and committees.
[2:07:45] That's exactly why the city
[2:07:46] Council needs to reactivate
[2:07:49] the Torrey Pines City Park
[2:07:49] Advisory Board which is an
[2:07:50] obvious area where the city has
[2:07:54] no actual expertise.
[2:07:55] Fourth, despite all your
[2:07:55] flowery words, it's clear that
[2:08:00] this council does not respect
[2:08:01] the wisdom that seniors bring
[2:08:01] to these council chambers every
[2:08:05] single week Actions speak
[2:08:06] louder than words.
[2:08:06] Joe LaCava.
[2:08:09] Finally, congratulations to
[2:08:09] the City Clerk one day who has
[2:08:10] kindly given me so much of her
[2:08:11] time on a number of recent
[2:08:14] issues.
[2:08:15] >> That concludes my remarks on
[2:08:15] the agenda.
[2:08:15] Thank you.
[2:08:16] Thank you.
[2:08:16] Next is Judy Strang.
[2:08:22] If you can please unmute please
[2:08:23] let me know which item or item
[2:08:23] you wish to speak to.
[2:08:28] >> I'd like to speak to item 58
[2:08:28] regarding sb seven seven.
[2:08:29] >> Thank you.
[2:08:31] You'll have one minute.
[2:08:32] >> Please proceed.
[2:08:32] You bet.
[2:08:33] Thank you for the time that we
[2:08:38] all many of you have put into
[2:08:38] making this come to fruition.
[2:08:42] Those of us who watch as we
[2:08:43] seven and seven go through
[2:08:43] the legislature, we're thrilled
[2:08:47] to see that We're now seeing it
[2:08:48] put into place in our city
[2:08:48] councils.
[2:08:53] I'm particularly pleased that
[2:08:54] we've kept in effect
[2:08:58] the opportunity for non agenda
[2:09:03] public comment and that the 16
[2:09:03] minute limitation for subject
[2:09:04] matter applies separately for
[2:09:08] in-person and separately For
[2:09:09] those of us who are at work
[2:09:10] during the day we have to call
[2:09:10] in.
[2:09:13] We really appreciate that if we
[2:09:14] make the effort and it just so
[2:09:15] happens that we're speakers on
[2:09:15] your item you still have that
[2:09:19] chance as part of the Zoom
[2:09:19] meeting.
[2:09:20] >> It's a good step forward.
[2:09:20] Thank you.
[2:09:24] Thank you.
[2:09:25] And our final speaker is
[2:09:26] Madison.
[2:09:26] If you can please unmute and
[2:09:27] let me know which item or item
[2:09:29] to speak to.
[2:09:29] >> Yes, thank you.
[2:09:30] Item 58 Please proceed.
[2:09:35] So I also wanted to say thank
[2:09:35] you for continuing to allow
[2:09:36] the five minute timer at
[2:09:37] the beginning of Zoom public
[2:09:41] comment for speakers to raise
[2:09:41] their hand as the city updates
[2:09:43] the rules of council to comply
[2:09:44] with sb seven and seven and
[2:09:45] ensure equal access for virtual
[2:09:49] and in-person participants.
[2:09:50] >> I think this is exactly
[2:09:51] the kind of practical
[2:09:51] accommodation that helps make
[2:09:52] remote participation genuinely
[2:09:55] workable.
[2:09:56] That extra window MAY seem
[2:09:56] small administratively but for
[2:09:57] many members of the public it
[2:10:01] makes participation much more
[2:10:01] accessible.
[2:10:02] People joining remotely are
[2:10:02] often balancing work family
[2:10:07] responsibility, technology
[2:10:08] delays or simply trying to
[2:10:08] follow when their item is being
[2:10:12] called And those few minutes
[2:10:13] help ensure they do not MISS
[2:10:13] The opportunity to speak.
[2:10:14] It also supports fairness
[2:10:18] because it gives people a
[2:10:18] reasonable chance to enter
[2:10:19] the queue rather than losing
[2:10:20] their opportunity because of a
[2:10:23] short delay or technical issue
[2:10:24] especially as the city works
[2:10:25] through the operational and
[2:10:25] technology challenges discussed
[2:10:29] in this item.
[2:10:30] >> So thank you for that.
[2:10:30] Thank you.
[2:10:31] That concludes with a comment
[2:10:31] on the consent agenda.
[2:10:35] All right.
[2:10:35] Thank you, City Clerk.
[2:10:36] And before we go to my
[2:10:40] colleagues for questions,
[2:10:41] comments and entertain a
[2:10:41] motion.
[2:10:42] I understand there was an audio
[2:10:46] glitch during a meeting
[2:10:47] management announcement that I
[2:10:51] made earlier and that is given
[2:10:52] the hour late hour this morning
[2:10:53] or now in this afternoon we
[2:10:57] will only take not not agenda
[2:10:57] public comment from those in
[2:11:03] chambers after this item are
[2:11:04] remote not agenda public
[2:11:08] comment will be taken at
[2:11:09] the 2:00 hour and I'll repeat
[2:11:09] that again But again we will
[2:11:14] trail remote or virtual not
[2:11:17] agenda public comment on until
[2:11:18] the 2:00 or shortly thereafter
[2:11:18] afternoon session.
[2:11:24] So with that we will first
[2:11:24] start with Council member Von
[2:11:25] Wilbert.
[2:11:29] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[2:11:30] And I'm happy to make a motion
[2:11:30] to approve the consent agenda.
[2:11:34] I want to start with item one
[2:11:34] for a no shots fired program.
[2:11:35] Thank you to Bishop Bowzer and
[2:11:39] all of your team and everyone
[2:11:40] for being here.
[2:11:40] Thank you to South Lake in
[2:11:41] these services for the work
[2:11:44] you're doing as well and to
[2:11:45] your police department for your
[2:11:45] partnership with I've had some
[2:11:49] incredible work.
[2:11:50] i want to be abundantly clear
[2:11:51] that gun violence is still a
[2:11:56] challenge we are all facing in
[2:11:56] our communities and we cannot
[2:11:57] reduce gun violence overall if
[2:12:01] we only act to reactive matters
[2:12:01] .
[2:12:02] We have to be proactive as
[2:12:02] well.
[2:12:03] And so I just want to thank all
[2:12:04] of you for your continued work
[2:12:04] with the city.
[2:12:07] You know, since I've been here
[2:12:08] on this Dyess for six years
[2:12:08] we've had great partnership
[2:12:09] with no shots fired.
[2:12:13] Not only are you intervening
[2:12:14] when violence happens to
[2:12:14] prevent more violence, you're
[2:12:18] also remembering how to care
[2:12:19] for your victims.
[2:12:19] You know you're with us every
[2:12:20] time we we have the summer of
[2:12:24] peace or we have the annual gun
[2:12:24] violence remembrance.
[2:12:25] And so thank you for your work
[2:12:29] also into helping victims of
[2:12:30] domestic violence because often
[2:12:30] gun violence can come so often
[2:12:31] in domestic violence situations
[2:12:35] And and Alvin, I'm glad you're
[2:12:35] okay.
[2:12:36] I'm sorry that you also
[2:12:37] suffered gun violence in
[2:12:37] the midst of your work.
[2:12:40] But we just appreciate you and
[2:12:41] his partner for the city.
[2:12:42] And so on behalf of the Public
[2:12:43] Safety Committee, we're glad to
[2:12:46] have you any time you give a
[2:12:47] great presentation last time as
[2:12:47] well.
[2:12:48] And I want to thank the new
[2:12:52] Shots fired program for working
[2:12:52] hand in hand as part of our
[2:12:56] public safety team And item 112
[2:12:57] excepting California Gun
[2:12:57] Violence Intervention and
[2:12:58] Prevention grant cohort funding
[2:13:02] for our Peacemaker Project.
[2:13:03] i'm very much in support of
[2:13:04] this item because once again it
[2:13:04] represents a proactive
[2:13:05] investment in violence
[2:13:07] prevention rather than simply
[2:13:08] intervening after violence
[2:13:08] occurred, the Peacemaker
[2:13:09] Project focused on addressing
[2:13:13] the root causes of violence by
[2:13:14] connecting at risk youth and
[2:13:14] family with mentorship mental
[2:13:15] health care, education,
[2:13:19] workforce opportunities and
[2:13:19] community support before
[2:13:20] situations escalate to tragedy.
[2:13:26] And finally on items 502I would
[2:13:26] like to make some comments
[2:13:27] about and aspire to during last
[2:13:30] year's budget review process we
[2:13:31] had a lot of discussions about
[2:13:32] our reservoir recreation
[2:13:37] program you know Lake Miramar
[2:13:37] Lake, Murray Lake Hodges all of
[2:13:38] these are not in fact actual
[2:13:38] lakes.
[2:13:42] They are reservoirs, They're
[2:13:43] drinking water reservoirs and
[2:13:44] they have become such a public
[2:13:49] part of our such a fabric of
[2:13:49] our public institutions that
[2:13:50] people do use them for
[2:13:51] recreation which is wonderful.
[2:13:54] At the same time it is very
[2:13:55] hard to maintain some of these
[2:13:56] reservoirs as a public
[2:13:56] accommodations when we really
[2:14:00] have to focus on the water
[2:14:01] quality.
[2:14:02] So I was very happy to see that
[2:14:04] this year's budget we have
[2:14:05] received a $600,000
[2:14:06] contribution from the county an
[2:14:06] effort that was led by
[2:14:10] supervisor Joel Anderson around
[2:14:11] with a 1.4 million local
[2:14:11] assistance grant funding coming
[2:14:16] from Senator Brian Jones all
[2:14:16] going towards keeping El
[2:14:21] Capitan Reservoir access open
[2:14:22] all summer.
[2:14:23] So I want to thank the senator.
[2:14:23] I want to thank Supervisor
[2:14:24] Anderson as well for their
[2:14:28] partnership And I really want
[2:14:29] to thank the friends of the San
[2:14:29] Diego Lakes.
[2:14:30] They have done a great job
[2:14:30] advocating for the Reservoir
[2:14:34] recreation program and I thank
[2:14:35] them for pushing these
[2:14:35] collaborations across
[2:14:36] the finish line because we
[2:14:37] should all be working together
[2:14:41] for these valuable community
[2:14:41] resources.
[2:14:42] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[2:14:42] All right.
[2:14:43] Thank you, sir.
[2:14:43] We have most of my council
[2:14:46] members all over It will go
[2:14:46] next to council member
[2:14:47] Campbell.
[2:14:47] >> I'm happy to second
[2:14:48] the consent agenda.
[2:14:48] Thank you.
[2:14:52] All right.
[2:14:53] Thank you for that,
[2:14:54] Councilmember Foster Yes, Thank
[2:14:54] you.
[2:14:58] Council PRESIDENT And thank you
[2:14:59] to the north south fire team
[2:15:03] for everything that you do.
[2:15:04] This is something that I
[2:15:09] believe started in 2022 I
[2:15:09] believe or thereabouts where my
[2:15:14] predecessor had a conversation
[2:15:15] and discussion with Bishop
[2:15:16] Belzer And then I was given
[2:15:21] the directive to get this
[2:15:21] program in place And I just
[2:15:22] want to thank you for all that
[2:15:27] you do As we see your team does
[2:15:33] put themselves at risk.
[2:15:34] And so I just wanted to make
[2:15:34] sure that we recognize that and
[2:15:38] understand that as all of you
[2:15:39] have families and folks that
[2:15:40] you have responsibilities and
[2:15:45] obligations to take care of And
[2:15:45] also thank you for bringing
[2:15:46] your lived experience to our
[2:15:46] young people.
[2:15:50] I had the pleasure of attending
[2:15:51] an event the other night where
[2:15:56] you know, I'll be honest when I
[2:15:57] grew up certain communities
[2:15:58] could be in the same room and
[2:15:59] that is changing And I think
[2:16:02] that speaks specifically to
[2:16:03] the work that you do as often
[2:16:08] as you are told No, you tend to
[2:16:09] stay committed and stay
[2:16:10] dedicated and don't accept
[2:16:14] those numbers and keep looking
[2:16:15] forward And glad to hear
[2:16:15] the program is actually
[2:16:20] expanding and doing some work
[2:16:21] at the county now And so just
[2:16:22] looking forward to continuing
[2:16:22] that good work and not just
[2:16:26] from from me to you I'm just a
[2:16:27] sincere thank you for
[2:16:27] everything that you do.
[2:16:32] I also just want to say
[2:16:32] congratulations.
[2:16:33] We have a few appointments to
[2:16:38] the Housing Commission.
[2:16:39] My good brother Kofi Reed Thank
[2:16:40] you for everything that you do
[2:16:44] Not only with with the housing
[2:16:44] that you are providing building
[2:16:49] that generational wealth and
[2:16:50] the clients that you target
[2:16:55] just thank you for making those
[2:16:56] opportunities available.
[2:16:56] I also would like to
[2:17:01] congratulate DR. Yolanda
[2:17:01] Franklin for your appointment
[2:17:02] to the Arts and Culture
[2:17:07] Commission Executive Director
[2:17:08] for the Common Ground Theater
[2:17:08] And just thank you for
[2:17:13] everything you do
[2:17:14] The historical context
[2:17:14] associated with Common Ground
[2:17:19] Theater Again another and what
[2:17:20] I will say an institution where
[2:17:20] we had to make our own way
[2:17:25] right create opportunity,
[2:17:26] create a space for our people
[2:17:31] to flourish and to participate
[2:17:32] in the arts and their talents.
[2:17:33] So thank you and thank you for
[2:17:33] continuing to keep those
[2:17:38] efforts ongoing.
[2:17:38] I will add and congratulations
[2:17:44] on to the mayor I think
[2:17:44] the caliber of grant another
[2:17:49] round up of that funding I just
[2:17:50] think it speaks to where we
[2:17:51] once were and where we are now
[2:17:55] continuing to work with
[2:17:55] the community to bring
[2:17:56] alternatives because that work
[2:18:02] again folks are our community
[2:18:02] Public safety professionals are
[2:18:03] able to go to place go into
[2:18:07] spaces where our law
[2:18:07] enforcement professionals
[2:18:08] cannot go.
[2:18:08] And so thank you for that.
[2:18:13] With that I will conclude there
[2:18:14] MADAM Clerk, as we move forward
[2:18:19] I would like to register a no
[2:18:20] vote on item 57 the salary
[2:18:20] ordinance.
[2:18:21] And that concludes my comments.
[2:18:27] Thank you.
[2:18:27] All right.
[2:18:27] Thank you, sir.
[2:18:28] And again, we do have a motion
[2:18:29] by COUNCILMAN Bowen over to
[2:18:29] second by Councilmember
[2:18:30] Campbell.
[2:18:31] We've got it.
[2:18:32] >> Councilmember Eli Rivera
[2:18:33] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[2:18:36] I'll make this pretty brief.
[2:18:37] I just wanted to speak to
[2:18:43] the No shots fired program and
[2:18:43] thank MR. Bowzer and
[2:18:44] the support team who out here
[2:18:49] you all do incredibly buoyant
[2:18:50] work.
[2:18:50] I appreciate you putting your
[2:18:51] body on the line.
[2:18:51] Well, you do.
[2:18:52] Thank you for continuing to
[2:18:54] show up despite the way you've
[2:18:55] been impacted.
[2:19:01] It's an incredibly important
[2:19:01] part of creating a safe
[2:19:06] community and it's I'm really
[2:19:07] glad to see the arc that this
[2:19:12] program has taken from when
[2:19:13] then Councilmember Montgomery
[2:19:18] Step and other chief of staff
[2:19:19] last year started championing
[2:19:20] it the way it was responded to
[2:19:25] from within the system and now
[2:19:26] where it is the you have proven
[2:19:30] that proven that what you are
[2:19:31] arguing for and advocating for
[2:19:36] wasn't just a nice idea It was
[2:19:37] it was it was born from
[2:19:43] evidence and experience And
[2:19:44] then Catherine Foster, thank
[2:19:44] you for being a champion for
[2:19:45] it.
[2:19:45] I continue to seek out
[2:19:48] resources that can support
[2:19:48] the program.
[2:19:49] Again, this is a really, really
[2:19:49] important, really really
[2:19:55] important part of keeping San
[2:19:55] Diego safe.
[2:19:56] >> Thank you Council member
[2:20:00] Gloria not see anybody else in
[2:20:00] the lights.
[2:20:01] I will congratulate the funding
[2:20:05] As my colleague said, those who
[2:20:06] are being appointed reappointed
[2:20:07] with a special shout out to
[2:20:07] District one residents, Bill
[2:20:12] Tibbits who has been appointed
[2:20:12] to the Mission Bay Park
[2:20:16] Committee in the district one
[2:20:17] of the District one seats His
[2:20:17] wealth of environmental
[2:20:18] experience will be crucial to
[2:20:22] the upcoming work of the board
[2:20:22] .
[2:20:23] So thank you for your
[2:20:24] contributions and your
[2:20:24] willingness to serve on
[2:20:25] the mission.
[2:20:28] Bay Park Committee I'm sorry
[2:20:29] COUNCILMAN Moreno I apologize.
[2:20:33] >> My intention wasn't to speak
[2:20:37] but I do have a question on
[2:20:38] item 57.
[2:20:42] I just want to clarify Did we I
[2:20:43] wasn't here for the first
[2:20:43] reading so I understand this is
[2:20:44] the second reading and I see a
[2:20:49] car allowance for this
[2:20:49] assistant to the city manager
[2:20:50] which is the mayor deputy chief
[2:20:54] of staff Classification two
[2:20:59] Exhibit f Auto allowance under
[2:20:59] $475 per month.
[2:21:00] I just I was under
[2:21:01] the impression that that was
[2:21:01] removed and I just want
[2:21:05] clarification on that.
[2:21:06] I see folks in the back Did you
[2:21:06] want to speak to that?
[2:21:11] I think the idea was to remove
[2:21:11] it when after we adopt
[2:21:12] the budget and then we update
[2:21:13] the salary ordinance after
[2:21:13] that.
[2:21:21] But I MAY not have that correct
[2:21:21] .
[2:21:22] I thank you so much.
[2:21:23] Abby Gravelle, deputy director
[2:21:27] of Human resources Department.
[2:21:28] So the direction was to go back
[2:21:28] to status quo in that position
[2:21:34] did have the pay at the time so
[2:21:34] the remaining position titles
[2:21:35] were changed but everything
[2:21:38] else was remain status quo per
[2:21:39] the direction of city council
[2:21:40] remain status quo meaning if
[2:21:45] the position was already lifted
[2:21:46] that position was not removed,
[2:21:47] the titles were changed and
[2:21:47] that was the only change that
[2:21:48] was requested.
[2:21:51] Okay.
[2:21:51] And my question once again I'll
[2:21:52] reiterate does this include a
[2:21:53] car allowance?
[2:21:57] There is an auto allowance for
[2:21:57] that condition credible given
[2:21:58] the budget circumstances that
[2:21:59] we have and that my community
[2:22:03] is facing libraries being shut
[2:22:08] and park and rec programing
[2:22:09] being eliminated.
[2:22:09] I don't think it's appropriate
[2:22:10] to add a car allowance at this
[2:22:15] moment for deputy chief of
[2:22:21] staff for the mayor's office.
[2:22:21] So I will be registering a no
[2:22:22] vote on item 57.
[2:22:23] I do look forward to it being
[2:22:27] eliminated as the budget as we
[2:22:28] come and vote for the budget.
[2:22:28] But given what's in front of me
[2:22:33] today, I don't do not feel
[2:22:33] comfortable giving a carte
[2:22:34] allowance to the mayor's deputy
[2:22:34] chief of staff.
[2:22:39] Thank you.
[2:22:39] All right.
[2:22:39] Thank you.
[2:22:40] Council Memorial.
[2:22:41] Good catch, Councilmember
[2:22:41] Eagleburger.
[2:22:45] Yeah, I just I'm not going to
[2:22:45] make a whole thing out of it.
[2:22:46] I just am not 100% comfortable
[2:22:50] with the way that the way that
[2:22:50] was described.
[2:22:51] And so I'll also be casting a
[2:22:55] no vote on 57 based on how it's
[2:22:56] moving with an understanding
[2:22:57] that it'll come back to us a
[2:23:01] little later on in front of
[2:23:02] Council Councilmember Campbell.
[2:23:07] I also would like to cast a no
[2:23:07] vote on 57.
[2:23:08] I'd ask the mayor before he
[2:23:08] even presented the budget his
[2:23:13] for draft budget to please get
[2:23:14] rid of the car allowances.
[2:23:19] I know there's only a few of
[2:23:19] them.
[2:23:20] It doesn't add up to a
[2:23:21] horrendously large amount of
[2:23:21] money.
[2:23:24] Nevertheless every single bit
[2:23:25] counts and I think that we are
[2:23:26] very out of date to be giving
[2:23:31] car allowances at this time.
[2:23:31] >> Thank you.
[2:23:32] What happens if we just pull
[2:23:36] item 57 right now, defer to
[2:23:37] the city attorney's office?
[2:23:43] There's a charter requirement
[2:23:43] that requires a first and
[2:23:44] second reading to occur.
[2:23:45] So I would defer to the city
[2:23:47] attorney's office on next steps
[2:23:48] with regard to that approval of
[2:23:49] the second reading not just
[2:23:49] correct.
[2:23:53] Correct.
[2:23:54] I don't think the city attorney
[2:23:55] was prepared for a question
[2:23:55] like that.
[2:23:59] Oh yes.
[2:24:00] The one wildly waving the fence
[2:24:06] So yeah, that the problem is
[2:24:09] the charter requires
[2:24:10] the charter Section 11.1
[2:24:11] requires the salary ordinance
[2:24:11] be passed by 30th.
[2:24:16] So if it does not pass today,
[2:24:21] there's no time to pacify MAY
[2:24:22] 30th So would be a technically
[2:24:22] charter violation there You
[2:24:27] don't have the votes.
[2:24:28] You have five votes.
[2:24:28] All right.
[2:24:29] I think I think a message is
[2:24:33] being sent sent pretty loud and
[2:24:33] clear which is what we I think
[2:24:39] navigated last time.
[2:24:40] So if I can just add to that, I
[2:24:41] believe that there will be an
[2:24:41] amendment to the salary
[2:24:46] ordinance coming shortly And at
[2:24:46] that time you could address
[2:24:47] the car allowance.
[2:24:48] Yeah, Councilperson I believe
[2:24:48] the next amendment will be
[2:24:52] coming for JUNE 16th to include
[2:24:52] the reach Labor negotiation
[2:24:53] agreement and so we could
[2:24:57] revisit this conversation at
[2:24:58] that time and then move forward
[2:24:58] with the vote today to meet
[2:25:04] the charter mandate.
[2:25:04] Okay.
[2:25:05] I don't think we want to
[2:25:05] revisit I think Kotek want to
[2:25:09] get it done So so if we hold
[2:25:10] firm like that we can get
[2:25:15] the PRESIDENT.
[2:25:16] I think that that's the way I
[2:25:17] heard the response was I think
[2:25:21] I thought it was more or less
[2:25:22] settled matter when we
[2:25:22] discussed it last time.
[2:25:23] So I'm willing to vote yes with
[2:25:26] the commitment that this is
[2:25:31] gone when it comes back to us.
[2:25:32] Yes.
[2:25:39] Councilmember that I understand
[2:25:40] the desire to move forward.
[2:25:44] I will cast a yes vote with
[2:25:45] the expectation that that
[2:25:46] commitment be adhered to when
[2:25:46] we see it next time.
[2:25:50] Okay.
[2:25:51] One of several things this
[2:25:51] council has to deal with where
[2:25:52] we feel like we have very
[2:25:57] little choice or a voice but I
[2:25:57] think the point was made.
[2:25:58] So thank you Councilmember
[2:26:01] Moreno for catching that So
[2:26:02] Council PRESIDENT Potentially
[2:26:02] yeah.
[2:26:07] >> Despite my inclination to
[2:26:08] also have the same challenge I
[2:26:08] will support it knowing
[2:26:14] the need to move forward and
[2:26:15] revise is going to be part of
[2:26:15] shortly anyway.
[2:26:16] So frankly the budget going to
[2:26:17] be in the council's hands I
[2:26:19] think it'll be an opportunity
[2:26:20] for the Council to remember
[2:26:20] what it would like to see
[2:26:24] incorporated moving forward in
[2:26:25] that salary one and so look
[2:26:25] forward to doing that.
[2:26:26] All right.
[2:26:26] Thank you.
[2:26:30] Sorry with that I think
[2:26:30] everybody has spoken So we have
[2:26:31] a motion by council member Von
[2:26:35] Wolpert.
[2:26:36] We have a second by Council
[2:26:36] member Campbell.
[2:26:41] I think we still have no votes
[2:26:42] from COUNCILMAN Moreno and
[2:26:43] Council member Campbell on 57.
[2:26:48] So you have that and
[2:26:48] Councilmember Foster will
[2:26:49] musical chairs here But that's
[2:26:49] okay.
[2:26:54] That's what we're here for.
[2:26:55] So with that clear touch a
[2:26:56] little uncomfortable with
[2:26:59] the way this has unfolded here.
[2:27:00] I don't think we've actually
[2:27:01] had a full discussion of this
[2:27:06] and I'm not comfortable with no
[2:27:07] votes here and commitments
[2:27:11] there about future action of
[2:27:12] the council.
[2:27:12] I don't want to vote on
[2:27:13] something that's going to tie
[2:27:20] my hands.
[2:27:21] Well, the mayor's office is
[2:27:21] committing to bring it forward
[2:27:25] with the removal the council
[2:27:26] will still have an opportunity
[2:27:29] to vote right?
[2:27:35] Know countermeasure.
[2:27:36] >> Would it be possible to
[2:27:37] return this item to staff and
[2:27:42] get it for next Tuesday to
[2:27:43] ensure that we meet the second
[2:27:43] reading prior to MAY 30th?
[2:27:44] >> Sure I can live with that.
[2:27:47] We will return this to staff.
[2:27:53] >> Okay.
[2:27:54] The key thing is we get
[2:27:54] the work done even if it's a
[2:27:55] little nothing.
[2:27:59] So item 57 is going to be
[2:27:59] returned to staff.
[2:28:04] Um okay.
[2:28:13] So with the concurrence of
[2:28:15] the motion maker COUNCILMAN One
[2:28:15] ward with 57 been removed and
[2:28:21] the second or we will vote on
[2:28:22] the remainder of the items so
[2:28:22] please call the roll.
[2:28:27] >> I started the voting system.
[2:28:27] Please cast your vote just for
[2:28:28] the record again items 57 and
[2:28:32] 106 were returned.
[2:28:33] The remaining items were passed
[2:28:34] unanimously 8 to 0 with
[2:28:38] Councilmember Campo absent.
[2:28:39] Thank you.
[2:28:39] All right.
[2:28:40] Thank you for a reminder about
[2:28:40] I don't want to six as well so
[2:28:45] I think you got it and Abbie
[2:28:51] and Tom for your Oh so with
[2:28:52] that again we're going to take
[2:28:56] not a general public comment
[2:28:57] that it's in chambers We will
[2:28:57] trail the virtual agenda public
[2:29:03] comment until after the 2:00
[2:29:03] session.
[2:29:04] So first are there any mayoral
[2:29:09] council city attorney general
[2:29:09] specifically comments?
[2:29:13] I don't see any I'm going to
[2:29:14] make a comment to correct a on
[2:29:15] the record but I'll do that
[2:29:20] next week in the interest of
[2:29:20] time.
[2:29:21] So let's now take up non agenda
[2:29:22] public comment Council members
[2:29:25] respect and appreciate
[2:29:26] the public sentiment are fully
[2:29:26] committed to protecting every
[2:29:27] participant's free speech right
[2:29:28] to council and committee
[2:29:31] meetings.
[2:29:32] Clerk Please proceed with
[2:29:37] the in-person public comment
[2:29:38] Again we're deferring
[2:29:38] the virtual or trailing
[2:29:39] the virtual until the 2:00
[2:29:39] session.
[2:29:44] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[2:29:45] Before presenting with an
[2:29:46] agenda public comment And thank
[2:29:46] you to those that were
[2:29:49] appointed today If you can
[2:29:50] please go towards the back of
[2:29:50] chambers.
[2:29:51] My staff will be there to give
[2:29:51] you your oath of office.
[2:29:55] Thank you for your service.
[2:29:56] Can I have allegedly Audra and
[2:30:01] then Andrea I mean please come
[2:30:02] up to the front row and Audra,
[2:30:08] you can take the microphone Two
[2:30:09] minutes for non agenda Public
[2:30:12] comment As a reminder Approval
[2:30:13] 2.7 on agenda for the coming is
[2:30:14] an opportunity for the public
[2:30:15] to comment on items that are
[2:30:15] not on the agenda but within
[2:30:19] the subject manager stiction of
[2:30:19] the City Council Please
[2:30:20] proceed.
[2:30:20] Do I get a ticket with me Is
[2:30:24] that I'm just All right.
[2:30:25] >> So I'm wondering if you guys
[2:30:25] can humble yourselves for a
[2:30:29] moment because you know that
[2:30:30] you violate not only your city
[2:30:31] charter but the Brown Act and
[2:30:35] those could potentially put you
[2:30:36] guys up for misdemeanor charges
[2:30:37] and civil penalties per
[2:30:42] violation.
[2:30:42] It was five times I caught you
[2:30:43] guys doing it and you literally
[2:30:47] treated me like a criminal.
[2:30:48] That's not fair And you're
[2:30:53] making me want to go further
[2:30:54] and hold you guys accountable
[2:30:59] because you won't even admit
[2:31:00] that what you did was wrong and
[2:31:05] illegal And there should be
[2:31:06] looked at by the Ethics
[2:31:11] Commission because how can you
[2:31:12] be trusted when you literally
[2:31:12] blatant look me in the face and
[2:31:13] then we're like laughing
[2:31:17] potentially pretty much about
[2:31:18] it when you know you know that
[2:31:23] you can't do business without a
[2:31:24] quorum but yet you are so
[2:31:24] arrogant that you dug your
[2:31:29] heels in and you did it five
[2:31:30] times And I have a record of it
[2:31:31] because you guys have your own
[2:31:39] city tv that will hide that.
[2:31:39] Yeah, because the music will
[2:31:40] come on, the video will change
[2:31:45] and out of transparency those
[2:31:46] are things that you should let
[2:31:46] the public see how you treat
[2:31:47] people especially when you're
[2:31:51] violating the law and you like
[2:31:52] literally blatantly do it Like
[2:31:52] what?
[2:31:53] What do you got?
[2:31:54] What are you going to do about
[2:31:56] it?
[2:31:57] So now I'm going to prove to
[2:31:58] you what I'm going to do about
[2:31:59] it because this shouldn't
[2:31:59] continue.
[2:32:03] You shouldn't treat the public
[2:32:03] like that when you're violating
[2:32:04] the law and then you're acting
[2:32:09] like I'm violating the law.
[2:32:09] I'm making a disruption When
[2:32:10] your city attorney can't even
[2:32:11] go, we shouldn't be doing
[2:32:15] business like this.
[2:32:16] So good for you guys and your
[2:32:18] arrogance.
[2:32:19] Look forward to fighting this
[2:32:29] further and please come forward
[2:32:30] .
[2:32:30] Andrea Ebbing I was there for
[2:32:35] one of the times that happened
[2:32:36] and I obviously support our
[2:32:36] efforts and I think that we
[2:32:41] don't want to keep her
[2:32:42] incompetent for saying that
[2:32:42] because if it does turn legal
[2:32:47] that could be a good strategy
[2:32:48] to shut her up because when
[2:32:48] slamming her on the ground
[2:32:49] didn't work and then trying to
[2:32:53] silence her didn't work, we can
[2:32:54] always be more incompetent
[2:32:54] which is what they're trying to
[2:32:55] do with me.
[2:32:59] So it's funny because
[2:32:59] the officer that beat me to
[2:33:00] almost death doesn't have a
[2:33:00] case.
[2:33:05] This man came and he admitted
[2:33:06] on the stand that he grabbed my
[2:33:07] hand and basically started to
[2:33:11] assault me without ever
[2:33:11] instructing me one moment about
[2:33:12] what he was doing not knowing
[2:33:17] the trauma I had just lived
[2:33:17] through.
[2:33:18] So I want this on the record
[2:33:19] that there was no jury trial
[2:33:23] set because my public defender
[2:33:24] filed a95995 and she also filed
[2:33:29] a motion.
[2:33:30] I'm obviously competent.
[2:33:30] I make great money.
[2:33:35] I've survived something you
[2:33:36] can't even possibly imagine And
[2:33:37] here I am today balancing work
[2:33:37] in this.
[2:33:41] I'm very competent But when
[2:33:41] this was going to fall through
[2:33:42] because they obviously know
[2:33:47] that they're in the wrong they
[2:33:47] decided to try and make me
[2:33:48] incompetent which is going to
[2:33:52] be a challenge because I
[2:33:53] actually just built a beautiful
[2:33:53] new website called sd Ricoh sd
[2:33:59] Our ipo dot com which talks
[2:34:00] about a lot of the patterns of
[2:34:00] behavior I talk about up here.
[2:34:05] So this is not your social
[2:34:05] media page.
[2:34:06] The county has no legal ban on
[2:34:06] me for social media That's
[2:34:10] total violation My First
[2:34:11] Amendment rights I own this
[2:34:11] website.
[2:34:12] I will do what I want with this
[2:34:12] website.
[2:34:16] It is not social media and
[2:34:17] enter the wicked world of
[2:34:17] the enterprise.
[2:34:18] Explore all new sd centric
[2:34:22] space for all things public
[2:34:23] corruption, fraud, waste and
[2:34:24] abuse and the unsolved
[2:34:24] mysteries of questionable
[2:34:29] decision making As rico
[2:34:30] exploits a pattern of behavior
[2:34:30] and predicate back that could
[2:34:31] be defined under the rico
[2:34:31] statute.
[2:34:35] >> Thank you.
[2:34:36] Thank you for that concluding
[2:34:37] comment That does conclude not
[2:34:40] generally in in person as noted
[2:34:41] the virtual will be trailed to
[2:34:41] the afternoon.
[2:34:42] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[2:34:46] Thank you.
[2:34:47] Just to be clear it'll be trail
[2:34:48] to the first item in
[2:34:51] the afternoon session We will
[2:34:52] now adjourn for the noon recess
[2:34:55] and reconvene open session at 2
[2:37:18] P.M. Or shortly thereafter And
[2:38:09] and and and and I
[2:39:10] will
[2:40:04] go
[2:42:04] into
[2:45:34] the okay.
[2:45:41] We know we got people that we
[2:45:42] said we would start virtual non
[2:45:42] agenda public comment I want to
[2:45:45] be respectful of that we do
[2:45:46] have five here in chambers so
[2:45:46] good afternoon I will now
[2:45:51] reconvene the city council
[2:45:52] meeting of Tuesday, MAY 12th,
[2:45:52] 2026.
[2:45:52] Clerk Please call the roll
[2:45:58] leader Council PRESIDENT
[2:45:59] Council Member Campbell here
[2:45:59] Councilmember Weapon Your
[2:46:00] Councilmember Foster COUNCILMAN
[2:46:03] Ron Wilpert Council PRESIDENT
[2:46:04] Pro Tem Lee Councilmember Campo
[2:46:10] Councilmember Moreno present
[2:46:11] COUNCILMAN Regular Borough
[2:46:11] Council PRESIDENT Like other
[2:46:12] residents also attend
[2:46:16] the meeting Our city Attorney
[2:46:17] Michelle Garland.
[2:46:17] Independent budget analyst
[2:46:18] Charles Maka Council Affairs
[2:46:22] advise the mayor's office
[2:46:22] Curtis Iser and myself for City
[2:46:23] Clerk Diana Fuentes.
[2:46:24] >> All right a quorum is now
[2:46:26] present.
[2:46:27] We will start this afternoon
[2:46:28] session with the trail virtual
[2:46:32] non agenda public comment from
[2:46:33] this morning.
[2:46:33] >> Please proceed.
[2:46:34] Thank you.
[2:46:34] We will now hear the virtual
[2:46:39] agenda public comment carried
[2:46:39] over from this morning's
[2:46:44] meeting purl 2.7 Each member of
[2:46:45] the public has two minutes and
[2:46:45] on agenda for the comment is an
[2:46:46] opportunity for members of
[2:46:47] the public to comment on items
[2:46:50] that are not on the agenda but
[2:46:50] within the subject matter
[2:46:51] jurisdiction of the City
[2:46:51] Council.
[2:46:52] Now it's time to please raise
[2:46:53] your hand to speak by typing
[2:46:56] the raise your hand icon or if
[2:46:57] you're calling Participant Star
[2:46:58] nine I'm sorry at the five
[2:47:00] minute timer we currently have
[2:47:01] seven people in the queue
[2:47:02] starting with Kathleen Lippert.
[2:47:06] >> Please unmute.
[2:47:06] >> Thank you.
[2:47:07] I'd like to address
[2:47:08] the difficulty that the public
[2:47:12] experience is when they try to
[2:47:13] track changes in city codes,
[2:47:14] amendments, ordinances and
[2:47:18] policies when as Blair Bateman
[2:47:19] pointed out, items are not
[2:47:19] clearly defined Even
[2:47:24] the briefest of explanations
[2:47:25] would be appreciated If
[2:47:25] illegible is silent please
[2:47:29] identify its intent An acronym
[2:47:30] abbreviation or alphabet agency
[2:47:31] MAY be familiar to you but not
[2:47:36] to the public.
[2:47:37] The public has learned to be
[2:47:37] suspicious of the euphemistic
[2:47:41] or dishonest terms as they have
[2:47:42] been used to hide what is being
[2:47:43] done to avoid public opposition
[2:47:48] providing a single minute for
[2:47:49] public response undermines
[2:47:49] the claim that you welcome
[2:47:53] the public voice regarding
[2:47:54] the 2026 Muni Code Update 134
[2:48:00] proposed amendments many of
[2:48:01] which were of great interest to
[2:48:01] the public were bundled leaving
[2:48:06] the public one minute to
[2:48:06] respond that disenfranchizes
[2:48:11] the public voice the excuse a
[2:48:12] streamlining has been worn thin
[2:48:12] Streamlining should only be
[2:48:13] used when it benefits both
[2:48:18] the public and the city council
[2:48:18] Strategies such as these
[2:48:19] replacing commonly understood
[2:48:23] words or phrases with jargon
[2:48:24] created with a political lens
[2:48:25] and intended to obscure is
[2:48:31] reminiscent of childish teen
[2:48:31] speak used to obscure
[2:48:32] the meaning from adults You are
[2:48:36] all adults have the courage to
[2:48:37] mean what you say and not hide
[2:48:42] behind jargon Adults take
[2:48:43] responsibility They don't blame
[2:48:43] others and laugh.
[2:48:44] The city should acknowledge
[2:48:44] that many of the state's
[2:48:48] policies have contributed to
[2:48:48] the crimes for which police are
[2:48:54] often blamed.
[2:48:55] Releasing 15,000 violent state
[2:48:56] inmates were released only
[2:49:01] during public to protect them
[2:49:01] from covid.
[2:49:04] That never made sense to
[2:49:05] the public 47 reduced numerous
[2:49:05] felonies to misdemeanors and
[2:49:12] sexually violent criminals
[2:49:12] included speakers Tyria and
[2:49:13] skelly.
[2:49:17] If you can please on behalf
[2:49:18] good afternoon city to City
[2:49:18] Council Chair I'm a special
[2:49:23] Thank you to Budget and
[2:49:24] Government Efficiency Committee
[2:49:24] and Chairs fosters work in
[2:49:25] preparation for the week long
[2:49:29] budget meetings and to many of
[2:49:29] the City Council members who
[2:49:30] handled the leadership roles
[2:49:34] during last week we missed
[2:49:35] several of the City Council
[2:49:35] members for their important
[2:49:36] input last week.
[2:49:37] However I appreciate those
[2:49:40] comments that drew attention to
[2:49:41] programs that are the core
[2:49:42] responsibility of the city to
[2:49:47] furnish for its citizens as a
[2:49:51] planning group member And but
[2:49:52] there are three downsides I
[2:49:53] noticed that you were well
[2:49:54] aware of obligations to protect
[2:49:57] youth oriented programs youth
[2:49:58] oriented facilities in
[2:49:58] the Parks and Rec Department
[2:50:04] and Library Program Act as
[2:50:04] foundational investments in
[2:50:05] community safety, economic
[2:50:10] development and civic health.
[2:50:11] They assist in transforming
[2:50:11] young people for potential
[2:50:12] service customers which they're
[2:50:16] very good at into engaged
[2:50:17] residents assisting in making
[2:50:17] our neighborhoods safe and
[2:50:18] clean.
[2:50:22] The journey through middle and
[2:50:23] high school into college or
[2:50:24] employment or vocational
[2:50:24] training it's far more
[2:50:28] complicated and stressful than
[2:50:28] ever.
[2:50:29] So I must say as a parent that
[2:50:30] it is disheartening for parents
[2:50:34] to battle against marijuana
[2:50:35] storefronts in their
[2:50:35] neighborhoods and their
[2:50:36] advertising promotions and
[2:50:40] the city's billboards all
[2:50:41] suggesting the use of marijuana
[2:50:42] is a solution to young adults
[2:50:47] Anxiety and stress now would be
[2:50:47] a great time to eliminate these
[2:50:51] billboards as a first step in
[2:50:51] demonstrating to young people
[2:50:52] that a life substance free is a
[2:50:58] good choice for them.
[2:50:58] Thank you for hearing my
[2:50:59] concerns today.
[2:50:59] Thank you.
[2:51:00] Thank you.
[2:51:03] Walker If you can please unmute
[2:51:03] after that is Judy Strong.
[2:51:04] Thank you.
[2:51:04] Thank you.
[2:51:09] Good afternoon And thank you
[2:51:09] for approving tighter
[2:51:10] regulations on marijuana
[2:51:10] advertising and promotion
[2:51:15] yesterday.
[2:51:15] This is important to public
[2:51:16] health especially in light of
[2:51:16] confusion over federal
[2:51:21] rescheduling which MAY
[2:51:22] reinforce misconceptions about
[2:51:22] marijuana safety.
[2:51:27] To be clear, recreational
[2:51:28] marijuana remains schedule one
[2:51:28] at present and federally
[2:51:34] illegal scheduling rescheduling
[2:51:34] applies to fda approved non
[2:51:39] intoxicating products and state
[2:51:40] controlled or state approved
[2:51:45] quote medical uses.
[2:51:46] California allows marijuana for
[2:51:46] 11 medical conditions but
[2:51:51] extensive research shows little
[2:51:52] to no evidence it benefits
[2:51:53] those conditions.
[2:51:57] Open ended law also allows use
[2:51:58] for conditions deemed chronic,
[2:52:04] persistent or limiting daily
[2:52:04] activities.
[2:52:05] This essentially means medical
[2:52:10] marijuana is whatever a medical
[2:52:10] cardholder decides it is.
[2:52:16] Those card holders pay no sales
[2:52:17] tax and can buy greater
[2:52:17] quantities of the same pot
[2:52:18] products.
[2:52:22] So this recreational leading
[2:52:22] many to become quote medical
[2:52:28] use a scam for sales tax free
[2:52:29] recreational pot.
[2:52:34] Data shows that medical izing
[2:52:34] high potency marijuana has
[2:52:35] produced rising addictions,
[2:52:39] poisonings, E.R. Visits, dui
[2:52:40] suicides and psychiatric
[2:52:46] disorders contributing to this
[2:52:47] problem are those marketing and
[2:52:48] advertising regulations that
[2:52:52] enable manufacture tours to
[2:52:53] exaggerate therapeutic uses and
[2:52:58] downplay harms lawsuits
[2:52:59] nationwide alleging fraudulent
[2:53:05] claims by industry demonstrate
[2:53:06] that people are being hurt.
[2:53:06] In addition to tighter
[2:53:07] advertising and marketing
[2:53:12] control, your time has
[2:53:13] concluded.
[2:53:13] >> Judy's trying to complete
[2:53:17] the meal after Judy's medicine
[2:53:17] .
[2:53:18] >> Good afternoon San Diego
[2:53:19] City Council.
[2:53:19] Thank you.
[2:53:24] I want to continue my thoughts
[2:53:24] from this morning regarding
[2:53:25] marijuana use and adult because
[2:53:29] what I didn't get to share is
[2:53:30] something that's been a concern
[2:53:30] to us.
[2:53:31] My my husband is a pharmacist
[2:53:35] and he is gravely concerned as
[2:53:36] all of us that are either half
[2:53:37] older adults for whom we're
[2:53:42] responsible or are older adults
[2:53:42] ourselves regarding
[2:53:43] the unfortunate dangerous
[2:53:48] interactions between drugs that
[2:53:49] older people take and marijuana
[2:53:49] use not the least of which is
[2:53:54] blood thinners, sedatives and
[2:53:54] opioids used for pain.
[2:53:55] The combination of these drugs
[2:53:59] can either undermine
[2:54:00] the effectiveness of the drugs
[2:54:01] or exaggerate the use of
[2:54:06] the drugs both dangerous
[2:54:06] situations not to mention
[2:54:07] the combination of marijuana
[2:54:08] with alcohol and the problems
[2:54:13] that would lead to not
[2:54:13] the least of which is dangerous
[2:54:14] sedation or cognitive issues.
[2:54:15] A couple of more things I'm
[2:54:19] going to share but I mentioned
[2:54:19] it this morning and the items
[2:54:20] now come from the Stanford
[2:54:24] School of Medicine Fact sheet
[2:54:25] They've been expressing for a
[2:54:25] period of time their concern
[2:54:29] about marijuana use for adults
[2:54:30] .
[2:54:31] They point out to us that older
[2:54:31] adults metabolize drugs slower
[2:54:36] so that thc and marijuana can
[2:54:36] persist longer which intensify
[2:54:41] side effects and of course
[2:54:42] increases the risk of
[2:54:43] accidental overconsumption.
[2:54:47] They also point out the concern
[2:54:48] they have with cognitive
[2:54:48] impairment.
[2:54:49] Some of that MAY already be age
[2:54:53] related.
[2:54:54] However marijuana exaggerates
[2:54:54] that and the need for memory
[2:54:55] attention and executive
[2:55:00] function was never more
[2:55:01] necessary than in older adult
[2:55:01] and to have that interfered
[2:55:05] with by marijuana is a reason
[2:55:06] for all of us to be concerned
[2:55:07] not the least of which we
[2:55:07] should also care about
[2:55:12] the mental confusion,
[2:55:12] the anxiety paranoia that can
[2:55:13] occur with marijuana use by
[2:55:13] older adults.
[2:55:17] Cautiousness is the name of
[2:55:18] the game Access and
[2:55:19] availability and advertising
[2:55:19] needs to be controlled.
[2:55:25] Thank you included medicine If
[2:55:26] you can please let me know
[2:55:26] after medicine is clarification
[2:55:29] and then I'm all right.
[2:55:30] Thank you and thanks again for
[2:55:35] the opportunity to listen to
[2:55:35] the public Speaking today I'd
[2:55:36] like to highlight an issue that
[2:55:37] applies to nicotine and
[2:55:41] marijuana products which is
[2:55:42] the environmental and hazardous
[2:55:43] waste impact of smoking And
[2:55:47] deep in lips are hazardous
[2:55:47] waste.
[2:55:48] They contain lithium batteries
[2:55:49] that can spark fires in parks
[2:55:53] and trash systems.
[2:55:54] They contain nicotine, thc and
[2:55:54] other chemicals that can reach
[2:55:58] into our soil and waterways.
[2:55:59] And because they are made of
[2:56:00] mixed materials plastic metal,
[2:56:05] electronics they are extremely
[2:56:06] difficult to break down or
[2:56:06] recycle.
[2:56:07] The volume of this waste is
[2:56:11] growing and our schools are on
[2:56:12] the frontline of this problem.
[2:56:12] Every day administrators
[2:56:17] confiscate vape devices from
[2:56:17] students.
[2:56:18] Sometimes they have hundreds at
[2:56:18] a time and are storing them in
[2:56:23] boxes often without clear
[2:56:24] guidance That creates risks of
[2:56:24] fire hazards, chemical exposure
[2:56:29] and liability Schools are being
[2:56:30] asked to manage hazardous waste
[2:56:31] without standardized protocols,
[2:56:35] without proper storage systems
[2:56:36] and without consistent support.
[2:56:36] But there is an opportunity
[2:56:41] here because many young people
[2:56:42] today care deeply about
[2:56:43] the environment when they
[2:56:43] understand that vaping
[2:56:47] contributes to pollution, fire
[2:56:48] risk and toxic waste it changes
[2:56:49] the conversation.
[2:56:53] It becomes not just a health
[2:56:54] issue but an environmental one
[2:56:54] And that connection increases
[2:56:59] awareness and engagement.
[2:56:59] We can support clear citywide
[2:57:00] regional protocols for safe
[2:57:05] disposal of these products.
[2:57:06] We can explore partnerships
[2:57:06] with hazardous waste and
[2:57:11] recycling providers and most
[2:57:11] importantly we can invest in
[2:57:12] prevention especially in those
[2:57:17] upper elementary and middle
[2:57:18] school grades and focus on
[2:57:18] their decision making long term
[2:57:22] consequences and peer to peer
[2:57:23] education.
[2:57:23] Let's please make choices to
[2:57:24] protect not only public health
[2:57:31] but to protect our environment
[2:57:31] as well.
[2:57:31] Thank you.
[2:57:32] Thank you.
[2:57:33] Next is Blair in if you can
[2:57:34] please unmute after that is
[2:57:35] 7499 and then Hector the five
[2:57:36] and the timer did conclude
[2:57:39] before speakers in the queue No
[2:57:40] additional speakers will be
[2:57:40] taken.
[2:57:41] >> Blair Please proceed.
[2:57:41] All right.
[2:57:42] Thank you.
[2:57:45] Beakman.
[2:57:45] As part of the budget items
[2:57:46] from last week, I also wanted
[2:57:51] to ask the question I spoke at
[2:57:52] public comment yesterday on
[2:57:53] such things.
[2:57:53] Today I wanted to ask more
[2:57:57] about on the Friday meeting
[2:57:58] the Police review board.
[2:58:04] I'm sorry I don't quite know
[2:58:09] their name still yet but their
[2:58:10] you know their new name I do
[2:58:11] not know.
[2:58:15] They were supposed to give a
[2:58:15] presentation and they didn't
[2:58:16] give one and it was excused.
[2:58:21] >> You know they're going
[2:58:21] through some pretty difficult
[2:58:22] times.
[2:58:22] I'm understanding it's not a
[2:58:26] cakewalk for them right now And
[2:58:27] I think a public process for
[2:58:28] everyone would be much
[2:58:32] appreciated and understood as
[2:58:33] you know, what needs to be
[2:58:38] addressed And I can understand
[2:58:39] that people want to kind of
[2:58:39] keep a bit secluded and work it
[2:58:44] out privately and that's
[2:58:45] understandable to you.
[2:58:45] But I I'm not fully around them
[2:58:46] all the time but I'm hearing
[2:58:50] kind of sad stories of what's
[2:58:51] going on with them and I need
[2:58:51] to better understand what
[2:58:56] they're going through And I
[2:58:57] think, you know, them going
[2:58:57] through the budget process
[2:58:58] would be really helpful.
[2:59:02] Can they be rescheduled for an
[2:59:03] open public process I think
[2:59:04] would be beneficial to everyone
[2:59:08] of the community.
[2:59:08] And I've written letters asking
[2:59:09] such questions Good luck and
[2:59:14] such efforts.
[2:59:14] Good luck that we renamed Cesar
[2:59:19] Chavez Time in doing so I hope
[2:59:20] we can really acknowledge what
[2:59:21] people like Andrea are going
[2:59:26] through right now not just with
[2:59:26] police deescalation issues but
[2:59:27] with ems.
[2:59:27] What was going on with the ems
[2:59:31] as well that we need to be
[2:59:32] asking questions about.
[2:59:37] And I had one more item of
[2:59:38] concern with eight seconds left
[2:59:43] that my brain isn't coming up
[2:59:44] with it so I have to wait.
[2:59:45] >> Thanks.
[2:59:45] Thank you.
[2:59:48] Next 27499 if you can please
[2:59:49] unmute and the sector and
[2:59:53] the gambler 7499 Bob Brzezinski
[2:59:53] here.
[2:59:58] First I'd like to comment on
[2:59:58] the video that I showed this
[2:59:59] council yesterday.
[3:00:02] That video was taken one week
[3:00:02] ago today and it reflects
[3:00:03] nearly nine years of free
[3:00:08] flying access at a popular
[3:00:09] public popular coastal hang
[3:00:10] gliding site right in the heart
[3:00:14] of Los Angeles.
[3:00:15] Joe LaCava knows very well that
[3:00:18] we've been flying under a
[3:00:18] simple one page waiver at that
[3:00:19] site in Los Angeles since 2017.
[3:00:24] Yet he's refused to entertain
[3:00:25] that same idea at Torrey Pines
[3:00:26] because he wants to protect
[3:00:30] that business and their iron
[3:00:31] control of our city park land.
[3:00:32] It's shameful and I'll continue
[3:00:37] speaking on that in the future.
[3:00:38] Second, I want to address Mr.
[3:00:41] La Rivera's ridiculous comments
[3:00:42] yesterday trying to deny
[3:00:43] the obvious connection between
[3:00:43] San Diego's illegal population
[3:00:48] growth and its effect on our
[3:00:48] water shortages and housing
[3:00:49] shortages.
[3:00:53] I don't know how stupid a
[3:00:54] person has to be.
[3:00:55] Do not recognize on its face
[3:01:00] that both water shortages and
[3:01:01] housing shortages are a direct
[3:01:01] consequence of population.
[3:01:06] Anyone who has taken economics
[3:01:07] one on one should know that
[3:01:08] it's the supply and demand
[3:01:08] curves that dictate the prices
[3:01:13] and quantities of everything
[3:01:13] from apples to acres.
[3:01:14] Neither land nor water are
[3:01:19] manufactured so they do not
[3:01:19] benefit from economies of scale
[3:01:25] as implied by MR. De la Rivera
[3:01:25] .
[3:01:26] But I don't think MR. De La
[3:01:26] Rivera is stupid.
[3:01:27] In fact I think he's very smart
[3:01:31] but he thinks that citizens are
[3:01:32] stupid He thinks will continue
[3:01:32] to believe whatever he tells us
[3:01:36] because he's gotten away with
[3:01:37] it for so long now.
[3:01:38] I'm sorry MR. Emilio Rivera,
[3:01:38] but I'm going to continue to
[3:01:43] shine a light into every dark
[3:01:43] corner of the city I can find
[3:01:44] until this council finally
[3:01:45] remembers who you're here to
[3:01:45] represent.
[3:01:49] I would rather spend my
[3:01:50] retirement years hang gliding
[3:01:50] at Torrey Pines.
[3:01:51] But you and the rest of this
[3:01:55] council are precluding that.
[3:01:56] >> So here I am.
[3:01:56] Thank you.
[3:01:57] Next is Hector.
[3:02:01] If you can please unmute.
[3:02:02] Well, thanks for taking my
[3:02:02] call.
[3:02:03] Yeah, just this morning was a
[3:02:08] classic example of the city
[3:02:08] trying to blow stuff by us.
[3:02:09] When that one lady came up with
[3:02:14] a mask on and she said Oh
[3:02:15] that's just we're going to have
[3:02:16] the car saying it's it's cool.
[3:02:20] Don't worry.
[3:02:21] And I think the COUNCILWOMAN
[3:02:21] Had the ears to listen which
[3:02:26] you heard.
[3:02:27] She spoke up and that's how
[3:02:27] we're feeling.
[3:02:28] It could be anyone that comes
[3:02:31] up there with the mayor.
[3:02:32] You got to look with a grain of
[3:02:38] salt and like a bullhorn, you
[3:02:39] know, just because it's driving
[3:02:40] us, it's like a half supply And
[3:02:45] a lot of you guys on
[3:02:46] the council group and stuff.
[3:02:46] So you guys learn how to tell
[3:02:50] half truths with the best of
[3:02:50] them.
[3:02:51] And plus if you're your lawyer
[3:02:52] that's what lawyers do.
[3:02:55] They shape, conceal and reveal
[3:02:56] the truth.
[3:02:56] That's their job.
[3:03:04] So that's a double whammy as
[3:03:04] far as a liar goes.
[3:03:05] I have proof Liars that half
[3:03:05] truth Liar man.
[3:03:08] But you just they usually smile
[3:03:09] and they're lying to you.
[3:03:14] But anyway, we've been through
[3:03:15] like the last 4 or 5 years
[3:03:15] total lawlessness.
[3:03:19] People steal and we're just
[3:03:20] trying to come up with the laws
[3:03:21] pertaining to who gets a free
[3:03:25] pass The governor's lie And
[3:03:26] every time he opens his mouth
[3:03:27] you know the mayor is Todd
[3:03:32] Gloria Bill 2.0.
[3:03:36] We got to fire 2000 city
[3:03:37] employees, take the money and
[3:03:38] for the young kids to have them
[3:03:42] take the bus to work No more
[3:03:43] city cars, take the bus to work
[3:03:50] and the trolley will buy on
[3:03:50] the trolley.
[3:03:51] That's the budget that will
[3:03:51] save the city a bundle.
[3:03:55] We got all sorts of ideas, man,
[3:03:56] but it's got to take it a day
[3:03:56] at a time, man.
[3:03:56] Okay.
[3:03:59] Good luck to you guys.
[3:04:00] >> Good luck.
[3:04:01] And The Gambler if you can you
[3:04:07] please when you're done doing
[3:04:12] the final lovely day.
[3:04:13] I know you want to go ahead and
[3:04:14] get us out of the car but you
[3:04:18] have no problem going in and
[3:04:18] doing that and pulling.
[3:04:19] You know you guys were trying
[3:04:20] to and that's why you want to
[3:04:24] go ahead and pass that You are
[3:04:24] forced to vote on issues and
[3:04:29] kind of so you flat out said it
[3:04:30] today.
[3:04:30] Matter of fact I'm going around
[3:04:31] and posted it and whoever is
[3:04:36] running for election and
[3:04:37] telling them if you can tell
[3:04:37] the students I gave them a
[3:04:41] video on how this came up in an
[3:04:41] envelope.
[3:04:42] I also basically pointed out
[3:04:43] that you could collect as many
[3:04:47] unused votes have humanly
[3:04:47] possible and then go around and
[3:04:54] harvest ballots, steam them
[3:04:54] open takes about 30s and you
[3:04:55] could switch the contents.
[3:05:00] This is a complete crime and it
[3:05:00] should be looked at.
[3:05:01] Matter of fact I think we
[3:05:04] discovered this back in the 80.
[3:05:05] Now it's funny when I take a
[3:05:10] look at my supervisor you guys
[3:05:11] up there and I realize that you
[3:05:12] guys work for these
[3:05:12] organizations that I was
[3:05:16] discovered in 80s and 90s We
[3:05:17] decided to create that can be a
[3:05:22] regulator that protects
[3:05:22] the people committing that
[3:05:23] fraud.
[3:05:28] So you can collect ballots and
[3:05:28] steam them open and switch
[3:05:35] contexts or be a bucket list
[3:05:36] distribution card so that
[3:05:40] people are not watching this
[3:05:41] And.
[3:05:41] I mean it's not like we're
[3:05:42] going to actually check because
[3:05:45] we love lawlessness and San
[3:05:46] Diego County actually will
[3:05:52] crush it because well why do we
[3:05:53] need bike lanes going to places
[3:05:57] that people can go just to
[3:05:58] waste money and get a little
[3:05:58] bit extra catch?
[3:05:59] Why do we do that in hotel
[3:06:04] rooms and charge what a garbage
[3:06:05] amount of money and then they
[3:06:10] bring an empty income housing
[3:06:10] Right.
[3:06:11] >> Why is it that the homeless
[3:06:16] and city has concluded and let
[3:06:17] us And good night on a public
[3:06:17] comment.
[3:06:18] >> All right thank you city
[3:06:18] clerk And thank you for
[3:06:22] everyone in your patience and
[3:06:22] pivoting to continuing
[3:06:23] the virtual until this
[3:06:23] afternoon.
[3:06:27] So with that clerk please
[3:06:28] introduce the City Council
[3:06:28] Housing Authority companion
[3:06:38] item item sorry item 332 is now
[3:06:39] 331 Sorry my apologies.
[3:06:43] Item three 331 is a tax equity
[3:06:50] and fiscal responsibility act
[3:06:51] for Resolution for Mercado
[3:06:51] Apartments.
[3:06:52] And item three is the final
[3:06:53] bond authorization for Mercato
[3:06:56] Apartments.
[3:06:57] If you'd like to speak to these
[3:06:58] items please be sure to submit
[3:06:59] a speaker slip to the front of
[3:07:02] the room in the clear box and
[3:07:03] or now's the time to raise your
[3:07:04] hand by pressing Star nine or
[3:07:04] the raise your hand icon that
[3:07:07] you have to present.
[3:07:08] >> All right.
[3:07:08] I see staff is getting
[3:07:09] themselves set up and when you
[3:07:13] do give us your name for
[3:07:14] the record and let us know how
[3:07:26] much time you need.
[3:07:26] >> Good evening.
[3:07:27] Council PRESIDENT That was
[3:07:27] Colin Miller, Senior Vice
[3:07:28] PRESIDENT Real Estate And I'm
[3:07:31] joined today by Michelle
[3:07:32] managing director of
[3:07:32] Underwriting Health
[3:07:33] Representatives for
[3:07:33] the developer.
[3:07:34] We'd like about eight minutes
[3:07:34] please.
[3:07:41] Right when you're ready.
[3:07:42] >> The item before you today is
[3:07:42] a request to take the final
[3:07:45] step to the issue of
[3:07:45] the 30,000,007 $73,052 in tax
[3:07:46] exempt multifamily housing
[3:07:51] revenue bonds to facilitate
[3:07:52] the acquisition, rehabilitation
[3:07:52] and new construction of Mercado
[3:07:57] apartments and cattle
[3:07:57] apartments is a proposed
[3:07:58] rehabilitation New construction
[3:08:01] of an existing 144 unit
[3:08:02] property which is comprised of
[3:08:06] 142 affordable units and two
[3:08:07] unrestricted manager units.
[3:08:11] The project is located at 2001
[3:08:11] Newton Avenue in Barrio Logan
[3:08:12] neighborhood of San Diego and
[3:08:15] in Council District eight.
[3:08:16] The project was originally
[3:08:16] constructed in 1994 and is
[3:08:17] affordable for households with
[3:08:21] incomes with income levels from
[3:08:22] 30 to 60% of San Diego's area
[3:08:23] Median income which translates
[3:08:27] to incomes between 39,700 per
[3:08:31] year up to 99,240 per year for
[3:08:32] 2 to 4 person households Once
[3:08:33] completed, the affordability
[3:08:34] restrictions in the project
[3:08:38] will be extended for another 55
[3:08:38] year term.
[3:08:39] The proposed development to
[3:08:42] take the existing 134 units,
[3:08:43] demolish 12 of them and then
[3:08:44] build 92 new units in that
[3:08:49] space for net increase of 80
[3:08:49] units.
[3:08:50] The developer plans to
[3:08:53] rehabilitate the remaining 132
[3:08:54] units.
[3:08:54] The proposed project's total
[3:08:57] units will increase to 224 of
[3:08:58] which 222 will be affordable.
[3:08:58] Relocation benefits will be
[3:09:03] provided for all tenants said
[3:09:04] Amenities for the project
[3:09:05] include a community building
[3:09:05] with kitchen and computer room
[3:09:09] leasing office library building
[3:09:10] playground and onsite daycare.
[3:09:15] The developer Metropolitan Area
[3:09:16] Advisory Committee on
[3:09:16] Anti-Poverty of the San Diego
[3:09:17] County Incorporated More Mac
[3:09:22] for short is an experienced
[3:09:22] nonprofit developer that has
[3:09:23] developed over 1100 units of
[3:09:28] affordable housing in San Diego
[3:09:28] .
[3:09:29] Mac will continue to be
[3:09:29] the service provider for
[3:09:30] the McAdoo Apartments Services
[3:09:32] will include case management
[3:09:33] and resource navigation as well
[3:09:39] as items listed on the slide.
[3:09:39] This slide shows the site map
[3:09:40] of the development.
[3:09:41] The closest transit is
[3:09:45] the Barrio Logan Trolley
[3:09:45] Station.
[3:09:46] Look at less than one half mile
[3:09:47] from the property outlined in
[3:09:47] purple The closest grocery
[3:09:51] store is the Northgate Market
[3:09:52] and its look at point one miles
[3:09:53] away from the property outlined
[3:09:54] in green and the close of
[3:09:55] school is located one third of
[3:09:56] a mile away from the project
[3:10:02] site outlined in Blue the total
[3:10:03] dollar cost The project will be
[3:10:04] just over 113 million which
[3:10:04] equates to per unit cost of
[3:10:08] approximately $505,000.
[3:10:09] Notable sources of funding
[3:10:09] include a bond financed
[3:10:14] permanent loan assumed loans
[3:10:15] from the Housing Commission as
[3:10:16] well as the City of San Diego
[3:10:16] Capital contributions deferred
[3:10:20] developer fee and tax credit
[3:10:21] equity units will be restricted
[3:10:25] at 30 to 60% of area median
[3:10:26] income for the next 55 years
[3:10:29] and rents will range from $930
[3:10:34] for a one bedroom unit at 30%
[3:10:34] to 2580 per month for a three
[3:10:40] bedroom unit at 60% Am I sure
[3:10:41] that's going to be approved
[3:10:42] today The project will close on
[3:10:42] construction financing at
[3:10:43] the end of this month and start
[3:10:46] construction in JUNE.
[3:10:46] The developer expects to
[3:10:47] complete construction in
[3:10:50] the summer of 2027.
[3:10:51] This is the architect's
[3:10:58] rendering of the development in
[3:10:58] summer.
[3:10:59] >> You're considering approval
[3:10:59] to take a final steps to issue
[3:11:02] up to $30,873,052 in tax exempt
[3:11:03] multifamily housing revenue
[3:11:03] bonds.
[3:11:08] The bonds would not constitute
[3:11:09] a debt of the city If bonds are
[3:11:09] ultimately issued for
[3:11:10] the project, the bonds will not
[3:11:13] financially obligate the city
[3:11:14] the housing authority or
[3:11:15] the Housing Commission because
[3:11:15] security for the repayment of
[3:11:16] the bonds will be limited to
[3:11:17] specific private revenue
[3:11:20] sources of the project not of
[3:11:21] the full faith and credit nor
[3:11:22] taxing power of the city nor a
[3:11:22] full faith and credit of
[3:11:27] the housing Authority will be
[3:11:28] pledged to payment of advance
[3:11:28] staff Recommend the Council
[3:11:29] take the actions directed in
[3:11:30] the staff report and shown on
[3:11:36] the following slides.
[3:11:42] This includes a presentation
[3:11:43] Michelle and I as well as
[3:11:43] representing from a developer
[3:11:44] are able to answer any
[3:11:45] questions you MAY have.
[3:11:48] Thank you.
[3:11:49] All right.
[3:11:49] Thank you for the work in
[3:11:50] the presentation park.
[3:11:51] Please proceed with public
[3:11:53] comment for these two items.
[3:11:53] Thank you.
[3:11:54] Council PRESIDENT Allegedly
[3:11:55] order if you can please come
[3:11:55] forward.
[3:11:57] You're going to be speaking on
[3:12:09] item 331.
[3:12:16] Yes, it seems nice what you
[3:12:17] guys are doing but the problem
[3:12:17] is these entities that you guys
[3:12:22] contract with can come in and
[3:12:23] give you false reporting, give
[3:12:24] you know, come in and want to
[3:12:27] get these contracts with
[3:12:28] the government to provide
[3:12:29] affordable housing but they
[3:12:29] engage in fraud in doing it And
[3:12:33] it's unfortunate because people
[3:12:34] are waiting for housing.
[3:12:34] People really want it And
[3:12:39] the fact that this is it's a
[3:12:40] business to, you know, do
[3:12:40] whatever is happening in
[3:12:45] the city And it's unfortunate
[3:12:51] because people like are
[3:12:52] expecting you guys to provide
[3:12:52] something not engage in fraud,
[3:12:53] waste and abuse And that's what
[3:12:57] happens many times, especially
[3:12:57] when people are tax exempt for
[3:12:58] providing this type of housing.
[3:13:03] They can go ahead and you know,
[3:13:04] put a couple of apartments or
[3:13:04] homes up for rent for a certain
[3:13:09] amount But get the full cost
[3:13:10] through all of their other
[3:13:10] apartments.
[3:13:11] So it's just sad that this kind
[3:13:16] of stuff can take place when
[3:13:16] people are really, you know,
[3:13:17] hoping that your going to
[3:13:18] provide what you're saying.
[3:13:20] Thank you first one So 331
[3:13:20] going remotely starting
[3:13:21] the five minute timer
[3:13:22] the gambler if you can please
[3:13:27] unmute bespoke speaking on 331
[3:13:32] or 3 30 let's go ahead and get
[3:13:33] some straight some stuff
[3:13:34] straight about this.
[3:13:38] >> Are you speaking on what
[3:13:39] Absolutely Or you can figure it
[3:13:44] out So what I was going to
[3:13:44] talking about about these
[3:13:45] friggin buildings that you're
[3:13:46] doing you guys are.
[3:13:46] I know why you're doing it.
[3:13:47] You're doing it because of
[3:13:54] Proposition 13 housing.
[3:13:54] You know the income tax I mean
[3:13:55] property tax and you walk in
[3:13:59] the value so you don't have
[3:14:00] enough money to go ahead and
[3:14:00] pay for the roads.
[3:14:01] So what you go ahead and do is
[3:14:05] you keep on rebuilding the same
[3:14:05] type of deal and to increase
[3:14:06] the taxes you could get off
[3:14:11] that property.
[3:14:12] And when you say nonprofit
[3:14:13] organization building 11,
[3:14:13] you're going to give them
[3:14:18] the building to go ahead and
[3:14:19] manage it and collect all that
[3:14:20] money that is not going to be
[3:14:20] profit you.
[3:14:23] That is a for profit company
[3:14:23] posing as a nonprofit so you
[3:14:24] could go ahead and take himself
[3:14:28] on the back.
[3:14:29] >> How much?
[3:14:33] But the reason why we do the 15
[3:14:34] minute settings is because you
[3:14:35] don't have the money to it from
[3:14:35] the street.
[3:14:40] Am I correct?
[3:14:41] Of course you're not going to
[3:14:42] go to the top because you guys
[3:14:42] have been so so far up there
[3:14:45] and you don't even know
[3:14:45] the difference between night
[3:14:46] and day anymore.
[3:14:51] Why don't you go ahead and what
[3:14:52] can we around technology
[3:14:52] recycle plastic, get the money
[3:15:00] to go instead of in the suburb
[3:15:05] You have give me a call because
[3:15:05] I think you've got to deal with
[3:15:06] this.
[3:15:09] So pretend that you're calling
[3:15:09] Mitie and you can do it.
[3:15:10] >> I cannot wait until people
[3:15:14] snap and it's going to be
[3:15:15] because of you guys and they're
[3:15:16] not going to step on each
[3:15:16] other.
[3:15:17] They're going to be going after
[3:15:21] the people in charge when that
[3:15:21] happens because you
[3:15:22] overextended your boundary, I'm
[3:15:26] going to be against celebrating
[3:15:27] That is what is going to happen
[3:15:28] on my behalf.
[3:15:28] You want to do it?
[3:15:34] You don't take that as a turn.
[3:15:35] I'm taking telling you that as
[3:15:39] a warning You continue this
[3:15:39] and you guys are punked beyond
[3:15:42] people Your time has concluded
[3:15:43] .
[3:15:49] Next is Blair Good by Blair Big
[3:15:50] man I'm not really
[3:15:55] understanding this item so I'm
[3:15:55] just kind of sitting and
[3:15:56] listening.
[3:15:56] I always like the gamblers
[3:16:01] words and ideas on items.
[3:16:01] He always has an interesting
[3:16:02] perspective and point of view.
[3:16:07] I hope he speaks on future
[3:16:07] public comment that he can
[3:16:08] offer a little more decorum and
[3:16:14] a middle road and how to use
[3:16:15] language and to share his good
[3:16:15] ideas and that he doesn't have
[3:16:18] to use so many explica dos i
[3:16:19] know freedom of speech is
[3:16:20] important but I like the idea
[3:16:21] of public meeting decorum and
[3:16:24] there's a middle ground where
[3:16:25] we can all respect.
[3:16:25] We have standards and hopefully
[3:16:26] it can be respected as much as
[3:16:31] can as it can.
[3:16:31] Anger does happen and that
[3:16:32] learning to bring that in
[3:16:33] hopefully it can take place
[3:16:37] also and respecting
[3:16:38] the decorum.
[3:16:38] Thanks for this item and good
[3:16:39] luck How it can be talked about
[3:16:44] in all ideas can be understood
[3:16:44] and listened to.
[3:16:45] >> Thank you.
[3:16:46] Thank you Hector If you can
[3:16:50] please unmute or talk to
[3:16:51] the board and the apartment
[3:16:51] thing I would in this
[3:16:56] particular area of town it's
[3:16:56] very sensitive area and I wish
[3:16:57] the barrio would get its own
[3:17:02] mayor or I don't see a lot of
[3:17:03] people in the room supporting
[3:17:04] this apartment So I don't know
[3:17:08] if the barrio likes it which is
[3:17:08] good for them or I would like
[3:17:09] to see some those guys talk
[3:17:13] about it but the bond looks
[3:17:14] pretty good if it's all
[3:17:14] the guys.
[3:17:20] Responsibility is a it is a
[3:17:20] thing where the companies are
[3:17:21] doing it for the money.
[3:17:26] That's kind of it sounds good
[3:17:27] when they get on these topics
[3:17:30] anti dissonance like that But
[3:17:31] that's just an indicator that's
[3:17:32] it's not so much for the poor
[3:17:36] guys but it's for them to you
[3:17:37] know they're taking money for
[3:17:37] their families and their stuff
[3:17:42] But the barrio needs to get
[3:17:42] more participation because
[3:17:48] they've been really misused for
[3:17:49] decades And it's I think it'd
[3:17:54] be cool to have a like
[3:17:55] the mayor of Barrio Logan or
[3:17:56] how have you guys want to call
[3:18:00] it more like a Mexican village
[3:18:00] ?
[3:18:01] You know, that would be so nice
[3:18:02] because it's it's such a
[3:18:05] treasure that we got And of all
[3:18:06] these different public things
[3:18:07] that's all the different Irish
[3:18:11] state we need to get away.
[3:18:12] We need to go back on this and
[3:18:17] do the accounting on all these
[3:18:18] all these things that are
[3:18:18] non-for-profit this and that
[3:18:23] and find out exactly where
[3:18:24] the money's going And it
[3:18:25] because it's always shady that
[3:18:29] just like the lady that wanted
[3:18:29] the free car thing for
[3:18:35] the mayor's buddy you know it's
[3:18:36] really shady this got a really
[3:18:37] got to look at everything was
[3:18:41] scratching your head what
[3:18:42] what's the real motivation here
[3:18:43] and I've been I've been I've
[3:18:47] been I've talked to you guys
[3:18:48] kind of bad sometimes I try not
[3:18:49] to do that now but Joe Joe gave
[3:18:53] me some good advice one time.
[3:18:54] >> So anyway, have a good day.
[3:18:54] Thank you.
[3:18:55] And our final speaker is
[3:19:01] Michael Schmidt and hello.
[3:19:02] I'm sorry I had to leave
[3:19:08] because of I was going to say I
[3:19:13] don't think that those before
[3:19:20] okay you guys I appreciate this
[3:19:21] .
[3:19:25] Absolutely It's going on You so
[3:19:26] I really appreciate it But I
[3:19:31] don't think people are treating
[3:19:31] you guys right now.
[3:19:37] Thank you very much.
[3:19:37] >> Thank you.
[3:19:38] And that does conclude public
[3:19:39] comment on these items.
[3:19:39] All right.
[3:19:40] Thank you, City clerk.
[3:19:42] With that we'll turn over to
[3:19:43] council members questions,
[3:19:44] comments entertain a motion.
[3:19:48] We of course will take two
[3:19:48] votes as a council and then
[3:19:49] housing authority And we'll
[3:19:50] start with the council member
[3:19:53] from District eight.
[3:19:54] I think an entirely appropriate
[3:19:55] voice for something in Barrio
[3:19:55] Logan.
[3:19:56] So we'll start with council
[3:19:59] member Moreno.
[3:20:00] I am not the mayor of
[3:20:01] the Pueblo but I do have
[3:20:05] the honor of representing
[3:20:06] District eight as a city
[3:20:07] Council member and thank you
[3:20:11] for the presentation.
[3:20:11] I want to start off by
[3:20:12] expressing my support for this
[3:20:13] item.
[3:20:17] I just want to put it out that
[3:20:18] it represents exactly the kind
[3:20:23] of investment particularly in
[3:20:23] Barrio Logan.
[3:20:24] The Mercado Apartments
[3:20:24] represent $113 Million
[3:20:29] investment in Barrio Logan.
[3:20:30] The project will deliver 224
[3:20:34] homes of which 92 will be new
[3:20:35] construction.
[3:20:39] Let me repeat that 92 will be
[3:20:40] new construction and 132 will
[3:20:45] be rehabilitated Existing units
[3:20:50] with 222 units restricted at 30
[3:20:51] to 60% of area median income
[3:20:51] for 55 years.
[3:20:56] This project will ultimately be
[3:20:57] building new affordable units
[3:20:58] for Barrio Logan.
[3:21:02] Let me repeat that Barrio Logan
[3:21:03] is one of the communities
[3:21:04] facing some of the greatest
[3:21:07] housing pressures The housing
[3:21:08] pressure of our city.
[3:21:09] This is precisely the type of
[3:21:14] development the region needs at
[3:21:15] a time when affordability
[3:21:15] continues to be one of
[3:21:16] the biggest challenges for
[3:21:20] families.
[3:21:21] Projects like this are critical
[3:21:22] to ensure people are not pushed
[3:21:26] out of the communities that
[3:21:27] they were born and raised in.
[3:21:28] I do want to recognize
[3:21:32] the Metropolitan Area Advisory
[3:21:33] Committee also known as Mack
[3:21:33] for being a just a tremendous
[3:21:38] partner not just in District
[3:21:39] eight but just across the city.
[3:21:44] Mack has a long track record of
[3:21:44] delivering affordable housing
[3:21:45] with integrity and with purpose
[3:21:50] while also providing
[3:21:51] the wraparound services that
[3:21:51] help families succeed whether
[3:21:56] it's child care, workforce
[3:21:56] development, food assistance,
[3:21:57] youth programing or financial
[3:22:01] counseling.
[3:22:02] These types of services matter
[3:22:02] because affordable housing is
[3:22:07] not just about putting a roof
[3:22:07] over someone's head.
[3:22:08] It's about creating stability,
[3:22:09] opportunity And at the end of
[3:22:14] the day a stronger community.
[3:22:14] This project as I mentioned I
[3:22:15] haven't mentioned this but it's
[3:22:19] an investment in the future of
[3:22:20] Barrio Logan and the families
[3:22:21] who deserve a chance to stay
[3:22:24] and thrive there.
[3:22:25] I need to put this on
[3:22:26] the record and it's very
[3:22:31] unfortunate that a top advisor
[3:22:32] for Mayor Gloria is trying to
[3:22:32] sway this council to deny these
[3:22:36] funds to the community to a
[3:22:37] community of concern.
[3:22:38] It's my understanding that this
[3:22:42] top adviser who also serves as
[3:22:43] a commissioner on the San Diego
[3:22:43] Housing Commission sent a
[3:22:44] letter to each council member
[3:22:48] expressing his opposition to
[3:22:48] this affordable housing
[3:22:54] development.
[3:22:54] The letter just completely
[3:23:05] misses the mark and I think
[3:23:06] this letter is on the record
[3:23:11] right?
[3:23:12] We have it on the record and I
[3:23:13] want to take the time to read
[3:23:17] it.
[3:23:17] I write in respect of firm
[3:23:18] opposition to Mercado
[3:23:19] Apartments expansion now
[3:23:22] advancing to city council
[3:23:23] sitting as a housing authority
[3:23:23] for consideration.
[3:23:28] I would vote for the record
[3:23:28] that this project reaches you
[3:23:29] without a recommendation from
[3:23:29] the San Diego Housing
[3:23:34] Commission At Thursday's
[3:23:35] hearing the Commission's motion
[3:23:40] to approved approve failed to
[3:23:40] secure the four affirmative
[3:23:41] votes required for an
[3:23:42] endorsement and that the item
[3:23:45] moves forward with no position
[3:23:46] from the body whose charge it
[3:23:47] is to evaluate exactly this
[3:23:51] kind of proposal.
[3:23:52] The absence of this endorsement
[3:23:52] is itself meaningful and I
[3:23:53] would urge the housing
[3:23:57] authority to weigh in
[3:23:57] accordingly.
[3:23:58] Furthermore, I would
[3:23:58] respectfully urge the housing
[3:24:03] authority to take one of these
[3:24:04] three paths And number two is
[3:24:08] redirect the equivalent subsidy
[3:24:09] to produce 92 affordable units
[3:24:10] at a site with comparable
[3:24:14] transit access and materially
[3:24:14] lower air quality risk portions
[3:24:19] of the Midway District Mission
[3:24:20] Valley and the Sports arena
[3:24:22] Redevelopment areas are obvious
[3:24:28] Candidates To say that that
[3:24:29] letter misses the mark I think
[3:24:40] is an understatement.
[3:24:40] The letter this adviser sent
[3:24:45] out worries me about the type
[3:24:45] of council the mayor is
[3:24:46] receiving this ill advised
[3:24:51] approach to affordable housing
[3:24:52] in Barrio Logan could hurt not
[3:24:56] only this community but other
[3:24:57] communities of concern that
[3:25:01] need this These resources This
[3:25:02] project would be would bring
[3:25:03] much needed affordable housing
[3:25:03] to Barrio Logan, a community
[3:25:07] that has endured decades of
[3:25:07] disinvestment from this city
[3:25:12] and severe shortage of housing
[3:25:13] opportunities.
[3:25:13] Again, it's deeply concerning
[3:25:14] that a senior advisor to Mayor
[3:25:18] Gloria would seek to withhold
[3:25:19] critical affordable housing
[3:25:23] funding from the residents of
[3:25:23] Barrio Logan.
[3:25:24] This raises serious questions
[3:25:25] about whether this position
[3:25:29] reflects that of Mayor Gloria
[3:25:30] and his administration.
[3:25:34] This administration has not
[3:25:35] handled real estate projects
[3:25:36] properly in the city of San
[3:25:36] Diego.
[3:25:40] >> It makes me question and I
[3:25:41] have formally asked for the mou
[3:25:46] that the mayor just signed with
[3:25:46] the San Diego Community College
[3:25:47] just yesterday.
[3:25:52] I can only urge my colleague I
[3:25:53] would urge my colleagues on
[3:25:53] this dias to stand with Barrio
[3:25:57] Logan by approving this funding
[3:25:58] and supporting the creation of
[3:26:03] desperately needed affordable
[3:26:03] housing.
[3:26:04] So with that I move staff's
[3:26:04] recommendation and that
[3:26:08] concludes my comments.
[3:26:09] >> Thank you.
[3:26:09] All right.
[3:26:10] Thank you.
[3:26:10] Councilmember Moreno moving
[3:26:11] the staff recommendation.
[3:26:14] We'll go next to Councilmember
[3:26:15] Rivera.
[3:26:15] >> All right.
[3:26:15] Thank you.
[3:26:18] Council PRESIDENT I will start
[3:26:19] by sickening the motion and
[3:26:25] simply say that addition of
[3:26:26] these housing this housing
[3:26:30] housing opportunity and by
[3:26:31] looking at some of
[3:26:31] the community is definitely
[3:26:35] worthy of and is badly needed
[3:26:36] as Councilmember Moreno shared
[3:26:41] these are units that will these
[3:26:42] are homes that will create
[3:26:46] housing opportunities for folks
[3:26:47] who want to stay in their
[3:26:51] community and have been facing
[3:26:52] displacement, gentrification
[3:26:57] and pushing back in a really
[3:26:57] inspirational way.
[3:27:01] I will just briefly speak to
[3:27:07] question raised about
[3:27:07] environmental quality of
[3:27:12] the community and say that I
[3:27:13] don't think there's a single
[3:27:13] neighborhood in San Diego
[3:27:18] that's worked harder to improve
[3:27:19] their environment and improve
[3:27:23] their quality than by looking
[3:27:24] They've literally been fighting
[3:27:28] for generations to improve
[3:27:29] the air quality there.
[3:27:29] They've oftentimes done that
[3:27:33] against incredible opposition
[3:27:34] from industry overcame those
[3:27:39] obstacles passed a a committee
[3:27:40] plan update that accounts for
[3:27:44] the environmental injustices
[3:27:45] that they have experienced
[3:27:45] specifically in order to create
[3:27:49] housing opportunity that is
[3:27:50] safer and healthier than what
[3:27:50] previously existed.
[3:27:55] So with all that work being
[3:27:55] done, I think that
[3:27:56] the community very much
[3:28:00] deserves to see the housing be
[3:28:01] built and I'm glad that we will
[3:28:05] have an opportunity to support
[3:28:06] the building of that housing.
[3:28:07] >> That concludes I second.
[3:28:07] All right.
[3:28:07] Thank you.
[3:28:10] Council member Eli Rivera.
[3:28:11] So we do have a motion by
[3:28:11] COUNCILMAN Moreno second by
[3:28:15] council member Ella Rivera.
[3:28:16] I don't see anybody else in
[3:28:16] the light.
[3:28:20] It is curious that the Housing
[3:28:20] Commission board voted five
[3:28:24] zero back in JULY of 2025 to
[3:28:25] make this project happen.
[3:28:25] This is a separate
[3:28:29] consideration an action that is
[3:28:30] necessary and that the Housing
[3:28:34] Commission actually forwarded
[3:28:35] this for action even without a
[3:28:35] recommendation which is
[3:28:39] something we do at council
[3:28:40] committees MAY forward an item
[3:28:41] without a recommendation going
[3:28:44] forward.
[3:28:45] >> MR. Owens would you like to
[3:28:46] I will just note that we didn't
[3:28:49] have a full board that day so
[3:28:50] we only had five of our board
[3:28:51] members and we ended up with
[3:28:54] a32 and we need four to move it
[3:28:55] forward with recommendation So
[3:28:55] we just moved it forward them.
[3:28:56] All right.
[3:28:59] Thank you for that.
[3:29:00] That had a bit of history of
[3:29:05] how we got here So I appreciate
[3:29:05] COUNCILMAN Moreno's reaction to
[3:29:10] that and a little bit of
[3:29:10] the history by Councilmember
[3:29:11] Eli Rivera about what
[3:29:12] the Barrio Logan community has
[3:29:15] been able to do about So with
[3:29:15] no one else on the light Yeah
[3:29:19] we have a motion by Council
[3:29:20] member Moreno and a second by
[3:29:21] council member Eli Rivera to
[3:29:25] move the staff recommendation.
[3:29:29] >> Please call the vote I'm
[3:29:30] sorry the voting system Please
[3:29:35] cast your vote And for
[3:29:35] the record it was to approve
[3:29:36] the resolution since there was
[3:29:40] no staff recommendation.
[3:29:40] Yes.
[3:29:41] Thank you for that
[3:29:41] clarification.
[3:29:46] That is a pass as unanimously 7
[3:29:47] to 0 with Councilmember Campo
[3:29:47] and Councilmember Yvonne
[3:29:48] Wilbert absent.
[3:29:48] Thank you.
[3:29:48] Council PRESIDENT.
[3:29:50] All right.
[3:29:50] Thank you.
[3:29:51] We will now adjourn as the city
[3:29:52] council and convene as
[3:29:55] the housing authority to vote
[3:29:55] on housing authority Item three
[3:29:56] COUNCILMAN Moreno Motion
[3:30:01] Council member Eli Rivera a
[3:30:01] second.
[3:30:02] >> All right With that please
[3:30:02] call the roll Start the voting
[3:30:03] system.
[3:30:05] Please cast your vote And that
[3:30:10] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with
[3:30:10] Councilmember Campo and
[3:30:11] Councilmember Von Wilpert
[3:30:11] absent.
[3:30:12] Thank you.
[3:30:14] Council PRESIDENT.
[3:30:14] >> All right.
[3:30:15] Thank you to MS..
[3:30:18] Jones and staff for the work on
[3:30:19] that item.
[3:30:19] We will now adjourn as a
[3:30:20] housing authority and reconvene
[3:30:24] as the city council or City
[3:30:25] clerk please introduce the City
[3:30:29] Council Housing Authority
[3:30:29] companion Items.
[3:30:30] >> Thank you.
[3:30:30] Item 332 is a Tax Equity and
[3:30:34] Fiscal Responsibility Act for a
[3:30:35] resolution for Hillcrest Hall
[3:30:38] and Final Bond authorization
[3:30:39] two is the final bond
[3:30:39] authorization for Hillcrest
[3:30:40] Hall.
[3:30:40] If you'd like to speak to this
[3:30:43] item, now is the time to do so
[3:30:44] by submitting your speaker slip
[3:30:44] to the front of the room in
[3:30:48] the clear tray or by raising
[3:30:49] your hand by pressing Star nine
[3:30:50] or the raise your hand icon.
[3:30:53] I will just say now for
[3:30:54] the record so I don't MISS That
[3:30:54] for the purposes of item 332 a
[3:30:55] federally mandated toll free
[3:30:58] number is available for members
[3:30:59] of the public to offer public
[3:30:59] comments.
[3:31:01] The toll free number is
[3:31:05] (833)568-8864 Meeting id
[3:31:06] 1609430466.
[3:31:10] This toll free number is in
[3:31:11] addition to the customary
[3:31:11] public comment phone number
[3:31:12] that is available to the public
[3:31:15] during every item it does not
[3:31:15] replace that number.
[3:31:16] Both numbers will be available
[3:31:17] for the public to utilize
[3:31:19] during the public comment
[3:31:20] period of this item.
[3:31:20] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[3:31:21] All right.
[3:31:21] Thank you.
[3:31:22] We have the same staff for this
[3:31:25] item.
[3:31:26] This is a District three
[3:31:26] project.
[3:31:26] Did you want to waive
[3:31:27] the presentation?
[3:31:29] I'm happy to waive
[3:31:30] the presentation if my
[3:31:31] colleagues are comfortable with
[3:31:31] that.
[3:31:35] This is not a controversial
[3:31:36] item community plan a group
[3:31:37] unanimously supported it.
[3:31:37] All right.
[3:31:37] I don't see anybody else
[3:31:38] objecting to that.
[3:31:41] So stand by for any questions
[3:31:41] and thank you for continuing to
[3:31:45] be here with that clerk Please
[3:31:46] proceed with public comment for
[3:31:47] these two items Allegedly
[3:31:47] entrepreneur please come
[3:31:47] forward.
[3:31:51] >> You submitted a speaker So
[3:31:52] for item 332 I will just note
[3:31:53] that you've only submitted it
[3:31:58] for 332 not to come up to
[3:31:59] the podium If you'd like to
[3:32:07] speak on both items please
[3:32:08] proceed.
[3:32:08] That's confusing how you have
[3:32:12] it here.
[3:32:13] So anyhow what I was trying to
[3:32:14] get at before and it's funny
[3:32:18] because you guys I mean Vivian,
[3:32:18] you're wondering what kind of
[3:32:19] council the mayor gets.
[3:32:22] I'm wondering what kind of
[3:32:23] council you guys get when you
[3:32:24] act illegally in a meeting and
[3:32:24] nobody tells you to course
[3:32:27] correct any who you know
[3:32:32] the $24 billion that California
[3:32:33] has, you know, thrown away with
[3:32:34] all of this homeless and
[3:32:38] housing initiatives, a lot of
[3:32:38] that came to San Diego And
[3:32:41] that's why there's question in
[3:32:42] these, you know, tax exempt
[3:32:43] bonds because like I'm saying,
[3:32:47] they can falsify documents,
[3:32:47] the environmental reviews,
[3:32:48] the cost of projects And this
[3:32:52] has already happened and it's
[3:32:53] kind of a played pay to play
[3:32:57] type of a thing And it's just a
[3:32:57] problem because there's a
[3:32:58] misuse of public funds And when
[3:33:01] they want to come in here and
[3:33:02] say that they're going to
[3:33:03] provide affordable housing like
[3:33:06] literally they only have to do
[3:33:07] a certain amount, then they can
[3:33:07] go and rent these places out
[3:33:11] for you know, full market
[3:33:11] value.
[3:33:12] And the problem is is that
[3:33:12] people are waiting on
[3:33:16] the streets.
[3:33:16] They see these buildings being
[3:33:17] built and they think am I going
[3:33:20] to be able to go into that Like
[3:33:21] they look at it as an
[3:33:21] opportunity but yet they're
[3:33:25] kind of kept from being able to
[3:33:25] access it.
[3:33:26] And that's what's really sad is
[3:33:30] that a lot of fraud, waste and
[3:33:31] abuse happens.
[3:33:34] I mean even the cd has like
[3:33:34] $320 million that's potentially
[3:33:35] been misused.
[3:33:39] So I mean you guys want to sit
[3:33:40] here and act like I'm crazy for
[3:33:41] saying these things like your
[3:33:43] face, Joe I mean you guys
[3:33:44] aren't good at like hiding your
[3:33:45] disdain for me but I mean
[3:33:48] the things that I'm bringing
[3:33:48] forward are not crazy.
[3:33:49] It's like those are things that
[3:33:53] actually take place And I mean
[3:33:54] people are just expecting you
[3:33:58] guys to do the right thing and
[3:33:59] to make sure that you guys
[3:34:02] provide what you claim that you
[3:34:03] are And when there's fraud,
[3:34:04] waste and abuse happening it's
[3:34:07] like it's just sad because it
[3:34:08] doesn't have to be this way But
[3:34:09] you guys want to continue with
[3:34:12] the script.
[3:34:13] >> So for other speakers here
[3:34:13] in council chambers going to
[3:34:17] those participate remotely we
[3:34:18] have three speakers in
[3:34:18] the queue starting with Hector
[3:34:23] Then it's the gambler, then
[3:34:23] it's player Brickman Hector if
[3:34:24] you can please on mute or yeah
[3:34:27] a shout out to Vivian Man that
[3:34:27] was great man.
[3:34:31] That's like the Mexican hard
[3:34:32] inner That's the heart of a
[3:34:32] real Mexican woman right there.
[3:34:37] Man Thanks for all the work you
[3:34:37] do You doing a great job man So
[3:34:40] that's all I want to do Have a
[3:34:41] shout out to Vivian.
[3:34:41] >> Man Thank you.
[3:34:42] Thank you.
[3:34:42] Next is the Gambler.
[3:34:48] If you can please unmute.
[3:34:49] Okay I should go ahead and show
[3:34:52] you respect when you can't even
[3:34:53] have enough people in there to
[3:34:54] have a forum and then you go
[3:34:58] ahead and punish people for
[3:34:58] even calling that out you flat
[3:34:59] out don't answer anyone's call
[3:35:02] and I'm supposed to treat you
[3:35:03] with respect?
[3:35:03] How about you start treating us
[3:35:07] with respect and then I won't
[3:35:08] go ahead and curse every
[3:35:08] friggin chance that I have?
[3:35:09] I won't tell you what I think
[3:35:12] of And matter of fact, let's go
[3:35:15] ahead and talk about 2015 when
[3:35:16] the 100 year anniversary of
[3:35:16] Balboa Park.
[3:35:17] How did you how did the city of
[3:35:21] San Diego spend that money?
[3:35:21] How much money went to actual
[3:35:25] event for the people and how
[3:35:26] much money went to consultants,
[3:35:26] organizations, NGOs and all
[3:35:29] that stuff?
[3:35:30] Only 12% actually went to
[3:35:30] something that the people could
[3:35:38] enjoy all the rest of the money
[3:35:38] the $2.5 million went to your
[3:35:39] buddies.
[3:35:40] This is how you go ahead and
[3:35:43] treat our money and then you go
[3:35:44] ahead and pretend you're going
[3:35:45] to go ahead and do something
[3:35:45] right.
[3:35:48] How many of these people are
[3:35:49] actual citizens or upcoming
[3:35:53] citizens in your in your
[3:35:54] viewpoint how many of these
[3:35:57] people are buying your house
[3:35:57] Because 90% of the homeless
[3:35:58] population on the streets of
[3:36:02] San Diego are citizens of San
[3:36:03] Diego that you kicked out
[3:36:03] because of rising prices
[3:36:07] because you can't afford
[3:36:08] the roads.
[3:36:08] Right.
[3:36:09] But you don't want to go out
[3:36:12] and meet the actual true
[3:36:13] mechanisms that is causing you
[3:36:17] to do this because I had no
[3:36:18] idea you love being on your
[3:36:22] knees with knee pads and
[3:36:22] servicing the friggin NGOs
[3:36:23] instead of supporting
[3:36:26] the people like you Go into
[3:36:30] great detail on every single
[3:36:31] one of your things and hit it
[3:36:31] in everything away the money,
[3:36:35] how you spend it, why you do
[3:36:36] this stuff but you don't want
[3:36:36] to look for the problems.
[3:36:40] You want to just increase them,
[3:36:41] take citizens out of their
[3:36:41] houses so you could rebuild
[3:36:45] those areas so you can no
[3:36:46] longer need to work on those
[3:36:46] roads because they're
[3:36:49] controlled by the exact
[3:36:50] directions Right You're going
[3:36:51] to hand over all your time has
[3:36:55] concluded at Nexus.
[3:36:56] >> Is Blair Beckman your final
[3:37:00] speaker?
[3:37:00] >> Hi.
[3:37:00] Thank you.
[3:37:01] Bye Big time.
[3:37:02] I wanted to ask you a
[3:37:04] procedural question Is there
[3:37:04] going to be a housing authority
[3:37:09] not agenda public comment today
[3:37:09] as there were items from
[3:37:13] the housing authority on
[3:37:14] the agenda today.
[3:37:15] Thanks a lot and thank you to
[3:37:19] Gamboa for you can speak up in
[3:37:23] a lot of the same thing same
[3:37:23] things can be said without
[3:37:24] having to swear and he did it
[3:37:25] perfectly.
[3:37:25] You did awesome.
[3:37:28] Thanks for conveying his ideas.
[3:37:28] >> Thanks.
[3:37:29] Thank you.
[3:37:29] That does conclude public
[3:37:32] comment on these items.
[3:37:33] Thank you.
[3:37:34] I think this council is pretty
[3:37:37] used to being sworn at.
[3:37:38] It's the courtesy to those
[3:37:39] listening either here in person
[3:37:42] or remotely that I think Blair
[3:37:43] was speaking to.
[3:37:43] And thank you Blair for your
[3:37:44] comments.
[3:37:46] The other time.
[3:37:47] So with that we will turn it
[3:37:52] over to council members for any
[3:37:52] questions or comments and
[3:37:56] entertain a motion And we again
[3:37:57] will be taking two to vote on
[3:37:57] this.
[3:37:58] This is a District three matter
[3:38:01] so Council member Whitburn,
[3:38:02] we'll start with you.
[3:38:02] >> Thank you very much.
[3:38:03] Council PRESIDENT Hillcrest
[3:38:06] Hall is exactly the kind of
[3:38:07] project that our community
[3:38:07] needs 97 units of truly
[3:38:08] affordable housing right at
[3:38:11] the heart of Hillcrest where we
[3:38:12] know the demand is tremendous.
[3:38:13] What makes this project
[3:38:13] particularly appealing is its
[3:38:16] location.
[3:38:17] It is situated on University
[3:38:17] Avenue so residents will have
[3:38:18] immediate access to rapid
[3:38:21] transit with grocery stores,
[3:38:21] schools and parks nearby making
[3:38:26] this a truly transit oriented
[3:38:26] walkable development for
[3:38:27] working families.
[3:38:27] The Uptown community planned a
[3:38:31] group unanimously supported
[3:38:31] this project with speaks
[3:38:32] volumes about how well it fits
[3:38:36] into our neighborhoods vision
[3:38:37] And with 97 deed restricted
[3:38:37] affordable units for 55 years
[3:38:40] we're not just addressing
[3:38:41] today's housing crisis.
[3:38:41] We're making a long term
[3:38:42] commitment to affordability in
[3:38:45] this community.
[3:38:46] I'm also pleased that
[3:38:47] the development will include on
[3:38:47] site social services through
[3:38:50] life steps providing residents
[3:38:51] with educational programs,
[3:38:52] health and wellness resources,
[3:38:56] financial literacy training get
[3:38:56] more because we know that
[3:38:57] quality affordable housing is
[3:38:59] about more than just four walls
[3:39:00] and I'm happy to make
[3:39:01] the motion to support this
[3:39:01] staff recommendation.
[3:39:02] All right.
[3:39:05] Thank you Council member
[3:39:05] Chippenham to make
[3:39:06] the recommendation to approve
[3:39:06] the resolution And we'll go
[3:39:09] next to Councilmember Moreno.
[3:39:09] Happy to second.
[3:39:10] All right.
[3:39:13] So we have a motion by
[3:39:14] Councilmember Whipper and a
[3:39:15] second by COUNCILMAN Moreno to
[3:39:15] respond to a question that was
[3:39:18] or an issue that was raised by
[3:39:18] these are 100% deed restricted
[3:39:19] units.
[3:39:22] That's correct.
[3:39:22] Okay.
[3:39:23] And the other one was as well?
[3:39:24] That is correct 100%.
[3:39:27] This is still a search for
[3:39:28] mixed use projects.
[3:39:28] That's a conversation for
[3:39:32] another day.
[3:39:33] All right.
[3:39:34] As council we have a motion by
[3:39:34] council member Whitburn
[3:39:37] seconded by COUNCILMAN Moreno.
[3:39:38] >> Please call the roll clerk.
[3:39:39] Sorry the voting system Please
[3:39:44] cast your vote And that passes
[3:39:49] unanimously 7 to 0 with
[3:39:49] Councilmember Campo and
[3:39:50] Councilmember Yvonne Wolpert
[3:39:50] absent.
[3:39:51] Thank you.
[3:39:51] All right.
[3:39:51] Thank you.
[3:39:52] With that we will adjourn as
[3:39:53] the city council and reconvene
[3:39:54] as a housing authority to vote
[3:39:57] on housing authority Item two
[3:39:58] COUNCILMAN Whitburn Council
[3:40:02] member Moreno All right.
[3:40:03] We have the motion by
[3:40:03] Councilmember Whipper and
[3:40:04] the second by COUNCILMAN Moreno
[3:40:06] to move the item as the housing
[3:40:07] authority Please call the roll
[3:40:08] Sorry the voting system Please
[3:40:15] cast your vote And that passes
[3:40:16] unanimously 7 to 0 with council
[3:40:16] member Van Wilber and
[3:40:17] Councilmember Campo absent.
[3:40:20] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[3:40:20] All right.
[3:40:20] Thank you.
[3:40:21] City Clerk Thank you staff for
[3:40:24] the presentation, the work to
[3:40:25] bring those items forward.
[3:40:25] Clerk Please introduce.
[3:40:29] Housing Authority Item one
[3:40:30] Housing Authority Item one is
[3:40:31] an informational report from
[3:40:32] the Housing Authority Executive
[3:40:35] Director.
[3:40:35] If you'd like to speak on this
[3:40:36] item now's the time to raise
[3:40:37] your hand by pressing Star nine
[3:40:40] or the raise your hand icon or
[3:40:40] to submit your speaker's up to
[3:40:41] the front of the room in
[3:40:41] the clear box.
[3:40:43] Thank you.
[3:41:08] All right.
[3:41:08] >> All right, MS..
[3:41:09] Jones, please enter yourselves
[3:41:14] formally for the record and let
[3:41:14] us know how much time you need
[3:41:15] before Sorry for MR. PRESIDENT.
[3:41:17] Good afternoon, Counsel
[3:41:18] PRESIDENT And council members.
[3:41:18] I'm Lisa Jones.
[3:41:19] The Housing Authority is
[3:41:20] executive director and
[3:41:20] the Housing Commission's
[3:41:22] PRESIDENT And ceo.
[3:41:22] I'll need about 10 to 12
[3:41:23] minutes for my presentation.
[3:41:27] All right.
[3:41:28] I wanted to provide updates on
[3:41:28] the changes in our voucher and
[3:41:32] public housing programs.
[3:41:33] About a month ago we started
[3:41:34] formally notifying families in
[3:41:37] our rental assistance and
[3:41:38] public housing programs about
[3:41:38] changes we are implementing
[3:41:41] later this year.
[3:41:42] Late last year our board
[3:41:43] approved some changes to how we
[3:41:45] calculate family contribution
[3:41:46] amounts for our households.
[3:41:47] This was to ensure that
[3:41:50] everyone could remain stable
[3:41:51] and housed and we could still
[3:41:52] afford to support everybody
[3:41:53] that is on our programs
[3:41:55] currently.
[3:41:56] We recently received our
[3:41:56] approval from the us Department
[3:41:57] of Housing and Urban
[3:42:01] Development for the updates to
[3:42:01] how we calculate the amounts
[3:42:02] that families contribute toward
[3:42:05] their housing in these programs
[3:42:06] we started providing
[3:42:06] information and public noticing
[3:42:10] to the families as early as
[3:42:10] last OCTOBER and have continued
[3:42:11] to talk publicly and meet with
[3:42:16] community based organization
[3:42:16] and and advocacy groups around
[3:42:17] this work getting information
[3:42:21] out to our families and to
[3:42:21] the community as you know.
[3:42:22] But for the members of
[3:42:23] the public who are watching
[3:42:26] today's meeting program
[3:42:26] participants pay a portion of
[3:42:27] their income toward their
[3:42:30] housing that is known as their
[3:42:31] family contribution.
[3:42:31] The Housing Commission pays
[3:42:32] the difference between that
[3:42:35] family contribution amount and
[3:42:36] the total due to the landlord
[3:42:36] up to the payment standard for
[3:42:39] their rental home.
[3:42:40] However, we have found it
[3:42:41] necessary for us to increase
[3:42:41] these family contribution
[3:42:45] amounts because our federal
[3:42:45] funding is not meeting
[3:42:46] the rental assistance needs of
[3:42:47] all the families we currently
[3:42:49] serve.
[3:42:50] If we did not implement these
[3:42:51] updates hundreds of families
[3:42:51] could lose their rental
[3:42:55] assistance entirely.
[3:42:55] Our goal in this process is to
[3:42:59] make sure families continue
[3:42:59] with this assistance and remain
[3:43:00] housed By making these changes
[3:43:04] we expect to be able to
[3:43:05] continue to assist all
[3:43:05] the families currently in our
[3:43:06] rental assistance and public
[3:43:09] housing programs.
[3:43:09] With these updates our elderly
[3:43:13] disabled households will pay
[3:43:14] 32% of their income toward
[3:43:15] their rental housing and we
[3:43:18] will continue to not have any
[3:43:19] required minimum family
[3:43:20] contribution for our elderly
[3:43:23] disabled families.
[3:43:23] The family contribution amount
[3:43:24] for households that are work
[3:43:28] able will be either 40% of
[3:43:29] their income or a minimum
[3:43:32] family contribution amount.
[3:43:33] The minimum family contribution
[3:43:33] amounts are based on
[3:43:36] the household size and
[3:43:37] the current minimum wage of
[3:43:38] 1775 per hour In the city of
[3:43:42] San Diego, for instance, a
[3:43:42] household with one work able
[3:43:45] adult would be calculated at
[3:43:46] one work able adult working 25
[3:43:50] hours a week at minimum wage.
[3:43:51] This is the approach that has
[3:43:52] been in place for a number of
[3:43:52] years.
[3:43:55] The only change being that we
[3:43:56] updated the minimum wage to
[3:43:57] the current minimum wage
[3:44:00] effective JANUARY of this year
[3:44:01] and we added a new tier for
[3:44:02] families with three or more or
[3:44:05] capable adults.
[3:44:06] As noted on this slide, a
[3:44:06] family with two work able
[3:44:10] adults would have a minimum
[3:44:10] family contribution of $1,155
[3:44:14] per month and a family with
[3:44:15] three or more work able adults
[3:44:19] would have a minimum family
[3:44:19] contribution of 1735 per month.
[3:44:20] We have sent letters to our
[3:44:24] participating families through
[3:44:25] the U.S. Mail and through email
[3:44:25] and we will continue to send
[3:44:29] additional notices before
[3:44:30] the new family contribution
[3:44:30] amounts take effect on OCTOBER
[3:44:31] 1st of this year.
[3:44:34] The most recent letter went out
[3:44:35] on APRIL 10th and the next one
[3:44:35] will go out in the next several
[3:44:36] weeks.
[3:44:39] We have also provided
[3:44:40] information through frequently
[3:44:40] asked questions and explanatory
[3:44:43] videos on our website and these
[3:44:44] resources are available in
[3:44:47] English, Spanish and Vietnamese
[3:44:48] .
[3:44:48] Our staff are committed to
[3:44:49] working with and supporting our
[3:44:53] families during this process
[3:44:54] answering questions, offering
[3:44:54] guidance and helping them
[3:44:58] prepare for these changes,
[3:44:59] making sure that they are
[3:44:59] accessing the resources they
[3:45:03] need to be successful.
[3:45:04] Our goal is to ensure that all
[3:45:04] families we currently serve
[3:45:08] remain stable House.
[3:45:09] We have a dedicated page on our
[3:45:09] website with a list of many
[3:45:10] community resources available
[3:45:12] to our families.
[3:45:13] We have worked with our
[3:45:14] community based organizations
[3:45:14] to make sure that that web page
[3:45:17] is robust, robust and updated
[3:45:18] regularly and that information
[3:45:22] is included in letters to our
[3:45:22] families.
[3:45:23] Our notices about updated
[3:45:26] family contributions also
[3:45:28] include information about these
[3:45:28] community resources available
[3:45:31] to them and our stage key
[3:45:32] Achievement Academy.
[3:45:33] Our Achievement Academy helps
[3:45:33] families confirm their
[3:45:36] eligibility for other
[3:45:37] government benefits and
[3:45:37] collaborates with community
[3:45:38] partners to develop job skills
[3:45:41] and career plans and financial
[3:45:42] budgeting.
[3:45:43] In addition to the resources
[3:45:46] provided by our achievement
[3:45:47] Academy, we are collaborating
[3:45:47] with community partners to host
[3:45:48] resource fairs for affected
[3:45:51] families.
[3:45:52] I will provide additional
[3:45:52] details regarding specific
[3:45:53] dates and locations as they
[3:45:56] become available but we are
[3:45:57] very thankful to our friends at
[3:46:01] pana Logan Heights, cdc,
[3:46:02] Chicano Federation, our Central
[3:46:02] Library and many other
[3:46:06] community based organizations
[3:46:07] that are helping us pull this
[3:46:07] together.
[3:46:08] We will offer time limited
[3:46:11] hardship assistance for
[3:46:11] eligible families when the new
[3:46:12] family contribution amounts are
[3:46:16] implemented and details about
[3:46:16] how to request this support
[3:46:17] will be included in each
[3:46:18] household's family contribution
[3:46:20] letter.
[3:46:21] We know families we serve MAY
[3:46:22] also reach out to our community
[3:46:25] based organizations and policy
[3:46:25] makers for help with resources
[3:46:26] as well.
[3:46:27] So we are also working with
[3:46:30] council offices and our state
[3:46:31] and federal representatives
[3:46:32] local offices and have shared
[3:46:32] information and links to
[3:46:36] resources with them to assist
[3:46:36] families who MAY reach out with
[3:46:37] questions And we have updated
[3:46:40] the members of our community
[3:46:41] based organization Advisory
[3:46:41] Group that these changes and
[3:46:42] the resources available about
[3:46:44] these changes and the resources
[3:46:45] available to assist affected
[3:46:49] families.
[3:46:50] One of the reasons we have had
[3:46:51] to revise the family
[3:46:51] contribution calculations in
[3:46:54] our rental assistance and
[3:46:55] public housing programs is
[3:46:55] the ongoing uncertainty about
[3:46:59] our federal funding which
[3:46:59] already has been insufficient
[3:47:00] for these programs.
[3:47:01] We only recently received our
[3:47:04] funding letter from hud.
[3:47:04] Our initial assessment is that
[3:47:05] funding is coming in in about
[3:47:09] what we projected so we do not
[3:47:09] anticipate seeing any
[3:47:10] significant changes as our
[3:47:13] budget comes back to you in
[3:47:14] JUNE.
[3:47:14] As insufficient funding
[3:47:15] continues though it is
[3:47:18] important for us to have
[3:47:18] opportunities to connect
[3:47:19] directly with federal lawmakers
[3:47:22] to share our priorities and how
[3:47:23] the lack of sufficient federal
[3:47:24] funding affects the families we
[3:47:27] serve in our community.
[3:47:28] We were able to join city
[3:47:29] council members and the mayor
[3:47:29] at the San Diego Regional
[3:47:32] Chamber of Commerce Mission to
[3:47:35] Washington D.C. On APRIL 27th
[3:47:36] and 28.
[3:47:37] On this trip we met with
[3:47:37] Representatives Sherrod Jacobs
[3:47:40] and Mike Levin and the chief of
[3:47:41] staff for Representative Scott
[3:47:42] Peters.
[3:47:42] At our meetings in Washington
[3:47:45] we discussed housing
[3:47:46] affordability, federal rental
[3:47:46] assistance, homelessness and
[3:47:50] how federal resources are
[3:47:51] essential to assisting families
[3:47:52] in our community and what
[3:47:55] the impacts are when funding is
[3:47:56] insufficient.
[3:47:56] We thank the Chamber for
[3:47:57] organizing this important
[3:48:00] mission to Washington, D.C. And
[3:48:01] for the opportunity to continue
[3:48:02] to advocate with our lawmakers
[3:48:07] to support our community.
[3:48:08] >> State resources are also
[3:48:09] crucial to the housing and
[3:48:12] homelessness programs that we
[3:48:13] administer.
[3:48:13] A couple of weeks before
[3:48:14] the Washington trip we joined
[3:48:17] people assisting the homeless
[3:48:18] or path and Council PRESIDENT
[3:48:19] Joe LaCava on a trip to
[3:48:22] Sacramento to meet with state
[3:48:23] lawmakers.
[3:48:23] We had the opportunity to
[3:48:24] connect with state PRESIDENT
[3:48:27] Pro tempore Monique Kleiman
[3:48:28] staff the governor's deputy
[3:48:29] Legislative secretary Miles
[3:48:29] White Assembly member Jessie
[3:48:33] Gabriel, staff and consultants
[3:48:33] for the State Senate Budget
[3:48:34] Subcommittee and Senate Housing
[3:48:37] Committee.
[3:48:38] In our meetings we talked about
[3:48:38] the state's Homeless Housing
[3:48:39] Assistance and Prevention or
[3:48:42] hap program funding and how
[3:48:42] critical that is for the city
[3:48:43] to continue its efforts in
[3:48:47] addressing homelessness and how
[3:48:48] potential cuts to homelessness
[3:48:48] services and programs can
[3:48:51] impact our community.
[3:48:52] You'll recall that the state
[3:48:53] did not include any funding in
[3:48:56] the current state budget and
[3:48:57] proposed half of that amount
[3:48:58] from previous years for
[3:48:58] the coming fiscal year.
[3:49:01] We have advocated for more
[3:49:02] funding from the state and we
[3:49:03] will continue to because it is
[3:49:06] a crucial source of funds for
[3:49:06] homelessness programs
[3:49:07] the Commission administers and
[3:49:10] the city funds.
[3:49:11] >> We are also continuing to
[3:49:12] create affordable housing
[3:49:16] opportunities in our community
[3:49:17] for families that need them.
[3:49:17] I think we have to remember in
[3:49:20] these challenging times to also
[3:49:21] celebrate our successes and
[3:49:21] focus on what we do well and
[3:49:25] continuing to create new
[3:49:25] opportunities in our community.
[3:49:26] Last week our senior Vice
[3:49:27] PRESIDENT Of real estate
[3:49:30] development Colin Miller joined
[3:49:31] Mayor Todd Gloria, Developer
[3:49:32] Community Housing Works and
[3:49:35] additional partners at
[3:49:35] the grand opening of Jacaranda
[3:49:36] on.
[3:49:39] This development provides 87
[3:49:40] new affordable rental
[3:49:40] apartments in the Cortez Hill
[3:49:41] neighborhood.
[3:49:44] They remain affordable for 55
[3:49:44] years for households with
[3:49:45] extremely low income.
[3:49:47] And 14 of these units are for
[3:49:48] people who have previously
[3:49:49] experienced homelessness.
[3:49:52] We awarded rental housing
[3:49:53] vouchers to help the residents
[3:49:53] pay for their housing at
[3:49:54] Jacaranda and we also support
[3:49:57] the development with financing
[3:49:58] through a loan and multifamily
[3:49:58] housing revenue bonds bonds
[3:50:02] which our board and council
[3:50:02] approved.
[3:50:03] The grand opening of another
[3:50:07] new development on APRIL 16th
[3:50:07] celebrated the addition of 72
[3:50:08] affordable rental apartments in
[3:50:11] City Heights for families with
[3:50:12] low income.
[3:50:12] I joined Councilmember Ella
[3:50:13] Rivera, the mayor the developer
[3:50:16] Wakelin housing and Development
[3:50:17] Corporation and Price
[3:50:18] Philanthropies Foundation for
[3:50:21] the opening of the Toronto.
[3:50:22] The Housing Commission awarded
[3:50:22] 33 rental housing vouchers to
[3:50:23] this development to help
[3:50:26] families with extremely low
[3:50:27] income pay for their housing at
[3:50:27] that site.
[3:50:28] The Toronto was built
[3:50:31] specifically to provide three
[3:50:32] and four bedroom apartments for
[3:50:33] larger families and I can't say
[3:50:36] how important that is.
[3:50:37] Having sites that support
[3:50:38] larger families is a huge need
[3:50:41] in our community and Wakelin
[3:50:41] did a terrific job really
[3:50:42] building a site that fits well
[3:50:43] in the community and hence
[3:50:45] enhances the main corridor of
[3:50:46] that community with rents that
[3:50:47] they can afford.
[3:50:50] These families will have a
[3:50:51] greater opportunity to devote
[3:50:51] more of their time to research
[3:50:54] and limited resources to work
[3:50:55] school health and to building
[3:50:59] community in their new home.
[3:51:00] >> Finally we celebrated
[3:51:05] the groundbreaking for a new
[3:51:05] development that when it is
[3:51:06] completed will provide 59
[3:51:07] rental apartment homes.
[3:51:10] Sarah Mesa Apartments will
[3:51:10] transform a city former city of
[3:51:11] San Diego Library site into
[3:51:15] affordable housing a great new
[3:51:15] use for that site.
[3:51:16] About half of the rental homes
[3:51:19] there are for veterans who
[3:51:20] experience homelessness.
[3:51:20] And we awarded 30 Veterans
[3:51:21] Affairs supportive housing
[3:51:25] vouchers to that project and
[3:51:25] for those veterans.
[3:51:26] We also supported
[3:51:29] the development with a loan.
[3:51:30] Our senior vice PRESIDENT Of
[3:51:31] real estate Colin Miller joined
[3:51:31] the mayor Community Housing
[3:51:33] Works and additional Partners
[3:51:33] for this groundbreaking on
[3:51:38] APRIL 14th.
[3:51:39] >> That concludes my report
[3:51:39] this afternoon.
[3:51:40] I thank you for your time.
[3:51:40] All right.
[3:51:43] Thank you for your work.
[3:51:44] Under challenging times in
[3:51:44] the presentation today Clerk
[3:51:47] Please proceed with public
[3:51:47] comment.
[3:51:48] >> Allegedly.
[3:51:48] Audrey if you can please come
[3:52:01] forward then.
[3:52:02] >> Then it's just a joke.
[3:52:02] Yes.
[3:52:06] So I feel like you guys
[3:52:07] gaslight the people when we sit
[3:52:10] and talk about affordable cause
[3:52:11] I mean people cannot afford to
[3:52:16] even feed their children.
[3:52:16] And there has been fraud, Joe
[3:52:21] with the deed restrict id units
[3:52:21] continually having their rent
[3:52:25] being increased So that's a
[3:52:26] problem and that's what we have
[3:52:26] to be weary of.
[3:52:31] But it's interesting that
[3:52:31] you're saying if you change
[3:52:32] the calculation of the housing
[3:52:36] contributions you can help all
[3:52:36] of the people.
[3:52:37] I'm not really sure how that
[3:52:40] changes things.
[3:52:41] But the problem is is like has
[3:52:45] had ever been a thing that has
[3:52:46] worked really well where it's
[3:52:47] like people aren't waiting for
[3:52:49] decades just to get into
[3:52:50] housing.
[3:52:51] Like that's what's the problem
[3:52:51] is that it's never been
[3:52:54] something that's been fully
[3:52:55] funded that it's like all
[3:52:56] the people that actually need
[3:52:59] to use it are able to.
[3:53:00] And another problem is is that
[3:53:04] of course we want to help all
[3:53:05] people but when you guys want
[3:53:05] to help people who have come
[3:53:09] here illegally over the people
[3:53:09] in our community, it's a slap
[3:53:10] in the face because again
[3:53:14] people have been waiting for
[3:53:15] decades to get into housing
[3:53:15] that have lived here.
[3:53:18] And then we go ahead and we
[3:53:19] give people a front of the line
[3:53:23] type of access.
[3:53:24] And so it's negligence like
[3:53:28] that that has led to these
[3:53:29] programs not working or being
[3:53:29] underfunded.
[3:53:30] I mean you wonder why
[3:53:33] the federal government is
[3:53:33] making cuts.
[3:53:34] It's like I'm not saying what
[3:53:35] they're doing.
[3:53:35] I mean all government is
[3:53:38] corrupt but there's reasons why
[3:53:39] this kind of stuff happens And
[3:53:40] it's like if we can't help
[3:53:43] people in our own community and
[3:53:43] we're like We're going to help
[3:53:47] you, it's like what does that
[3:53:48] say to them when you say that
[3:53:49] you care And then you're like
[3:53:53] Well I mean if you're homeless
[3:53:53] and you're in Cesar Chavez Park
[3:53:54] and you're an illegal we'll go
[3:53:58] ahead and put you into housing
[3:53:58] because this is a really
[3:53:59] sensitive subject.
[3:54:02] But it's like people are on
[3:54:02] the streets.
[3:54:03] People go outside here every
[3:54:07] day and just wait for the same
[3:54:08] I'm sorry at the five minute
[3:54:09] time we're going to those
[3:54:12] participating remotely We have
[3:54:12] two speakers in the queue
[3:54:13] starting with Gambler.
[3:54:16] If you can please unmute.
[3:54:17] >> So you guys know you're full
[3:54:21] of right?
[3:54:22] I went ahead and took a look at
[3:54:26] all the deals so basically as
[3:54:26] long as they do the bare
[3:54:30] minimum and provide you
[3:54:31] the bare minimum housing on a
[3:54:32] project you'll give them
[3:54:35] maximum benefits.
[3:54:36] Matter of fact if you wipe out
[3:54:37] parking you'll give them
[3:54:40] benefits.
[3:54:41] You will go ahead and reduce
[3:54:45] rules and regulations just to
[3:54:46] go ahead and make everyone
[3:54:50] around that building's lights a
[3:54:50] living meaning you're not
[3:54:51] going to go ahead and provide
[3:54:52] enough parking in these
[3:54:55] locations which is going to go
[3:54:56] ahead and eat up parking
[3:54:56] spaces.
[3:55:00] And businesses are not going to
[3:55:00] get the foot traffic that
[3:55:04] they're expecting that
[3:55:05] the buildings aren't going to
[3:55:06] be filled out because they
[3:55:06] really don't have any parking
[3:55:07] around them.
[3:55:10] And these places are going to
[3:55:11] go help.
[3:55:11] But how that land developers
[3:55:14] are making a killing deal
[3:55:15] because of the how many breaks
[3:55:16] that you give them, how many
[3:55:16] guarantees of money you give
[3:55:18] them.
[3:55:19] This isn't about solving a
[3:55:20] problem.
[3:55:24] This is about funneling money.
[3:55:25] And then now you're off at
[3:55:25] the federal government because
[3:55:28] there's money that they gave
[3:55:29] you to help out.
[3:55:30] The problem was not to create a
[3:55:33] endless problem where you don't
[3:55:34] solve.
[3:55:34] They want answers.
[3:55:38] They want accountability.
[3:55:38] They want records.
[3:55:39] You don't want to provide them.
[3:55:43] That's your job, not the NGOs.
[3:55:43] It's your job to make sure that
[3:55:47] they're spending that money
[3:55:48] properly.
[3:55:48] You're saying that.
[3:55:49] We don't need to go ahead and
[3:55:50] look at that at all.
[3:55:52] We don't have to provide
[3:55:53] numbers.
[3:55:54] We don't have to show who we're
[3:55:54] housing.
[3:55:57] We just have to tell the people
[3:55:58] And then when they ask we tell
[3:56:02] them to us right?
[3:56:03] I mean that's how you guys run.
[3:56:04] It doesn't matter who.
[3:56:05] And if the PRESIDENT Of
[3:56:08] the United States good to ask
[3:56:08] you and you tell them to off.
[3:56:12] >> So who do you listen to?
[3:56:13] Apparently not the people.
[3:56:13] Apparently not the federal
[3:56:14] government.
[3:56:17] Do you only listen to
[3:56:18] the unions and NGOs that you go
[3:56:18] ahead and follow the money
[3:56:21] through?
[3:56:21] >> Is that the only people that
[3:56:22] your time has concluded?
[3:56:23] Hector, if you can please
[3:56:29] unmute.
[3:56:30] My thanks for taking my call.
[3:56:33] As you know I'm in for the mass
[3:56:33] rapid deportation of
[3:56:38] the illegal aliens who live in
[3:56:41] San Diego County and there
[3:56:42] 75,000 of them on Medi-Cal
[3:56:42] which threatening the health
[3:56:47] care system plus their families
[3:56:47] and stuff they can take
[3:56:51] the thousand dollars and go
[3:56:52] back to whatever country they
[3:56:52] came.
[3:56:53] So that's going to create a lot
[3:56:56] of new lower rents for
[3:56:56] everybody.
[3:57:00] 100,000 people are gone from
[3:57:01] San Diego County.
[3:57:01] Just think the rents coming
[3:57:04] down.
[3:57:05] Competition for lower rents.
[3:57:09] It'll be really a gold mine to
[3:57:09] everybody.
[3:57:10] People off the streets.
[3:57:13] I don't think Trump is going to
[3:57:14] give you guys any more federal
[3:57:14] money.
[3:57:18] He might even take it back So
[3:57:19] he might even delay some more
[3:57:19] of it.
[3:57:20] So there's no hope there.
[3:57:23] But I think if once we reset
[3:57:24] San Diego and San Diego County
[3:57:28] with no illegal aliens and get
[3:57:29] tight on immigration, it's
[3:57:33] going to be a lot better from
[3:57:34] everybody and especially
[3:57:34] the people living on
[3:57:35] the street.
[3:57:37] It's going to make it easier
[3:57:38] for you guys.
[3:57:39] Plus we're going to have to go
[3:57:42] against the drug dealers too
[3:57:43] and that's going to require
[3:57:43] the Marines.
[3:57:47] We're going to have some cops
[3:57:47] in here with the housing.
[3:57:48] Look at look at these high rise
[3:57:53] high Are they do those guys
[3:57:54] have illegal aliens in them?
[3:57:57] The housing authority guys they
[3:57:57] opened up the books to ice
[3:58:01] because who's living there They
[3:58:02] can have Yes, they're illegal
[3:58:03] either.
[3:58:03] They can't have their their
[3:58:06] girlfriend move in with them
[3:58:07] and stuff like that or their
[3:58:12] kids from this guy or that.
[3:58:13] So we can really you know we
[3:58:16] don't have to thing we just
[3:58:17] leave We wouldn't have to get
[3:58:17] tough on them.
[3:58:20] You know they got enough time
[3:58:21] now they can think about it.
[3:58:22] You got to make a decision and
[3:58:26] you delay or just move back to
[3:58:27] your country and take your
[3:58:31] thousand dollars.
[3:58:31] >> Okay.
[3:58:32] Thanks a lot.
[3:58:32] And Blair Beekman, our final
[3:58:35] speaker.
[3:58:36] All right.
[3:58:36] Thank you.
[3:58:37] Big Ben.
[3:58:40] Thanks for the report.
[3:58:40] It was interesting to hear.
[3:58:45] I just had a quick thought and
[3:58:48] hopefully from the JULY 2025
[3:58:49] meeting of the Housing
[3:58:50] Authority on the previous item
[3:58:53] that they can be possibly a
[3:58:54] good mediator between
[3:58:55] the mayor's office and what
[3:58:58] council PRESIDENT Moreno was
[3:58:59] working towards and good luck
[3:59:03] in such efforts of mediation.
[3:59:04] I think a good mediation
[3:59:04] process can happen.
[3:59:09] And thanks for for this item as
[3:59:09] well.
[3:59:09] >> Thank you.
[3:59:10] That does call for public
[3:59:13] comment on this item.
[3:59:13] >> All right.
[3:59:14] Thank you, City Clerk I'll turn
[3:59:18] it over to agency member for
[3:59:18] any questions or comments of
[3:59:23] our executive director.
[3:59:24] >> Councilmember Lipman Thank
[3:59:24] you.
[3:59:27] Agency PRESIDENT LaCava I just
[3:59:28] want to thank MS. Jones for
[3:59:28] the update.
[3:59:32] This report but also thank you
[3:59:33] and Council PRESIDENT McCarver
[3:59:37] for your advocacy work in
[3:59:38] Sacramento and Washington dc to
[3:59:42] preserve funding to help people
[3:59:43] who are homeless.
[3:59:43] These are people who many cases
[3:59:47] literally have nothing.
[3:59:48] So it is crucial that we offer
[3:59:49] them shelter and help them as
[3:59:52] best that we can.
[3:59:52] If your hard work and advocacy
[3:59:53] to preserve funding will help
[3:59:57] us do that.
[3:59:58] So thank you.
[3:59:58] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[3:59:59] All right.
[3:59:59] Thank you for your comments,
[4:00:00] Councilmember Whipper.
[4:00:01] We'll go next to Councilmember
[4:00:02] Ila Rivera.
[4:00:02] >> Thank you, Council
[4:00:03] PRESIDENT.
[4:00:08] Thank you, Lisa for the update
[4:00:08] .
[4:00:09] Just extraordinarily difficult
[4:00:09] circumstances to be doing
[4:00:12] The work that you do and
[4:00:13] appreciate you being
[4:00:14] transparent with the challenges
[4:00:18] that we're facing and that
[4:00:18] the residents of our properties
[4:00:22] are facing as well.
[4:00:22] It feels especially frustrating
[4:00:27] because then you'd have to
[4:00:27] respond to this part.
[4:00:28] It feels extremely unnecessary
[4:00:31] given what the Trump regime is
[4:00:35] just instead spending money on
[4:00:36] spending money on the things
[4:00:41] that we do while seniors and
[4:00:41] other vulnerable people are
[4:00:45] going to be stretched even more
[4:00:46] thin and families will be
[4:00:47] pushed to the brink if not into
[4:00:50] homelessness is incredibly,
[4:00:55] incredibly frustrating.
[4:00:56] And yeah, I'm just I'm sorry
[4:01:00] that your work has made that
[4:01:01] much more difficult as a result
[4:01:01] of that.
[4:01:02] So again as always thank you
[4:01:05] for the update and we'll have
[4:01:06] to just keep plugging away.
[4:01:06] Thank you.
[4:01:07] Council PRESIDENT.
[4:01:10] All right.
[4:01:11] >> Thank you.
[4:01:11] Council member Ella Rivera or
[4:01:12] agency member Ella Rivera.
[4:01:16] Didn't want to stand out there
[4:01:16] Council.
[4:01:17] Councilmember Lippert Yeah,
[4:01:17] I'll just have my thanks.
[4:01:20] You know, using extraordinary
[4:01:20] difficult times and forced you
[4:01:24] to make very hard decisions
[4:01:28] with how to spread the finite
[4:01:29] dollars to the most families
[4:01:34] going forward.
[4:01:34] And I'm hoping that we see some
[4:01:39] action at the state level in
[4:01:39] terms of the hap funding and
[4:01:40] hopefully that advocacy works.
[4:01:42] I know going to D.C. Is a tough
[4:01:43] conversation although we have a
[4:01:44] lot of sympathetic legislators
[4:01:44] there.
[4:01:48] So just the predictability and
[4:01:49] the reliability would be a big
[4:01:52] benefit if nothing else.
[4:01:53] So thank you again for taking
[4:01:57] the time to come out and making
[4:01:58] the presentation here today and
[4:01:58] the good work you do every day
[4:02:01] with your entire housing
[4:02:02] commission team.
[4:02:02] >> So there's this was
[4:02:07] information only and no motion
[4:02:08] was required.
[4:02:12] We will proceed next with
[4:02:12] the approval of the housing
[4:02:13] authority minutes.
[4:02:13] Clerk please.
[4:02:17] Pretty proceed with public
[4:02:17] comment on the Housing
[4:02:18] authority minutes.
[4:02:21] >> Thank you for the coming
[4:02:22] period for the Housing
[4:02:22] authority minutes is now open.
[4:02:23] Please note each speaker will
[4:02:24] have one minute per item per
[4:02:25] person.
[4:02:26] The minutes being approved are
[4:02:29] for the items The meetings of
[4:02:29] Tuesday MARCH 17th, 2026
[4:02:33] Special and Monday, APRIL 20th,
[4:02:33] 2026 Special.
[4:02:38] We have Audra here allegedly
[4:02:38] Audra.
[4:02:39] Two minutes Please proceed.
[4:02:39] Yeah.
[4:02:43] Stephen quit pretending like
[4:02:44] you care about homeless people
[4:02:44] because they're dying in your
[4:02:45] district.
[4:02:45] Yes.
[4:02:48] i don't understand why in
[4:02:48] the housing authority minutes
[4:02:53] you don't put anything for
[4:02:54] regarding like a non agenda
[4:02:54] public comment and then you
[4:02:58] will do it in your minutes for
[4:02:59] the council meeting.
[4:03:02] So isn't it the same person
[4:03:03] taking the minutes?
[4:03:04] I would think so.
[4:03:05] So I think you should be more
[4:03:07] equitable.
[4:03:08] And then in APRIL 20th you were
[4:03:09] talking about employee
[4:03:09] evaluations.
[4:03:13] I think we need to just really
[4:03:13] be mindful of how things are
[4:03:17] not, you know, getting better
[4:03:18] And so yet we continue to
[4:03:21] increase salaries.
[4:03:22] It's interesting.
[4:03:23] Usually that used to be based
[4:03:26] on like employee evaluation It
[4:03:27] would be like a, you know,
[4:03:31] individual basis And we seem to
[4:03:32] do things in like a group like
[4:03:36] let's just like your consent
[4:03:37] get it all done, you know what
[4:03:37] I mean?
[4:03:38] Instead of really looking at
[4:03:41] people's ability to really
[4:03:42] increase the people getting off
[4:03:46] the streets instead it just
[4:03:47] gets worse.
[4:03:51] But I guess that's what we pay
[4:03:51] people for So that's
[4:03:52] interesting and projects and
[4:03:56] initiatives It's like I'm
[4:03:57] wondering when we're going to
[4:04:00] be evaluating Tent City.
[4:04:01] I mean you guys have a lawsuit
[4:04:05] and just it's going on.
[4:04:05] You guys tried to claim
[4:04:09] immunity which is really sad
[4:04:10] because it's like I mean you
[4:04:14] guys have you any of you been
[4:04:15] down there to see what's
[4:04:15] happening especially Stephen
[4:04:19] No, just Theresa Just tell you
[4:04:20] what's up.
[4:04:20] She's like it's good.
[4:04:21] I want people to stay here as
[4:04:24] long as possible.
[4:04:25] That should be terrifying to
[4:04:29] you guys.
[4:04:29] Isn't the idea to get them off
[4:04:30] the streets not keep them in a
[4:04:34] program?
[4:04:35] I guess not because that's not
[4:04:35] where the money's at.
[4:04:36] You guys are good at ignoring
[4:04:38] people.
[4:04:39] It's awesome love.
[4:04:40] It just shows how efficient you
[4:04:47] guys are.
[4:04:48] >> Let's try the five minute
[4:04:48] time We're going to those
[4:04:49] participating remotely
[4:04:50] The Gambler Please let me know
[4:04:50] which minutes you'd like to
[4:04:55] speak to or both How many total
[4:05:00] would you like Follow.
[4:05:00] Okay.
[4:05:01] Please proceed.
[4:05:02] So let let's go ahead and
[4:05:05] clarify who you guys work for
[4:05:06] As you guys flat out stated
[4:05:07] the PRESIDENT Of the United
[4:05:09] States I mean well just
[4:05:10] recognize that the United
[4:05:10] States was voted in by
[4:05:14] the people You would agree with
[4:05:18] the PRESIDENT Of the United
[4:05:19] States is basically disagreeing
[4:05:20] with the people you not
[4:05:23] listening to the people in your
[4:05:24] own district is also another
[4:05:29] indication you could give a
[4:05:33] fact that the people so who do
[4:05:33] you work for?
[4:05:34] It's my question Do I have to
[4:05:37] look at all the angles that you
[4:05:38] were signed up with And then
[4:05:39] when we finally go ahead and do
[4:05:42] an investigation on
[4:05:42] the registration cards that
[4:05:43] come through the online portal
[4:05:47] from these organizations that
[4:05:48] you guys are in bed with, are
[4:05:49] we going to find out that they
[4:05:53] have committed fraud to keep
[4:05:54] you elected?
[4:05:54] I'm reading that I'm going to
[4:05:57] be teaching I mean I'm telling
[4:05:58] people how it's done that by
[4:06:02] step The more people doing it
[4:06:02] it gets exacerbated until
[4:06:07] finally we have to do that
[4:06:07] investigation.
[4:06:08] I'm hoping that this is going
[4:06:11] to happen sooner than later if
[4:06:16] it takes me flat out oh,
[4:06:17] the law is telling people to do
[4:06:21] it surgically how you should go
[4:06:22] ahead and prescribe This is how
[4:06:22] you do it in every single
[4:06:25] aspect in order to get that out
[4:06:26] there I am more than happy to
[4:06:26] do that.
[4:06:30] So think wisely If you want to
[4:06:35] go ahead and say that that
[4:06:35] organization and do their
[4:06:40] bidding you are going to be
[4:06:45] facing serious consequences If
[4:06:46] you don't believe me, tap your
[4:06:49] love because I'm tired of this
[4:06:50] You guys pretending you work
[4:06:51] for the people when you clearly
[4:06:52] don't and when you say Hey we
[4:06:55] don't like Trump PRESIDENT
[4:06:55] Trump I don't give a if you
[4:06:56] don't like him.
[4:06:59] He was voted in by the United
[4:07:00] States I mean by the people of
[4:07:04] the United States regardless if
[4:07:05] you liked it or not That is
[4:07:05] the case.
[4:07:08] You work for the people.
[4:07:09] >> Your time has concluded and
[4:07:10] that concludes with a comment
[4:07:10] on the Housing Authority
[4:07:13] minutes.
[4:07:13] All right.
[4:07:14] Thank you.
[4:07:14] So we'll take any questions or
[4:07:15] comments but more importantly a
[4:07:18] motion to approve the minutes
[4:07:22] Council member Marino and a
[4:07:23] second by Council member
[4:07:23] Whitburn.
[4:07:24] >> So see nobody else in
[4:07:25] the light Please vote.
[4:07:30] >> Okay.
[4:07:31] I'm sorry The voting system
[4:07:40] Please cast your vote at
[4:07:41] the passes unanimously 7 to 0
[4:07:41] with agency member Campo and
[4:07:45] Van Wilpert absent.
[4:07:46] Thank you.
[4:07:46] Yeah, and my apologies.
[4:07:47] I forgot to mention the city
[4:07:47] clerk does not produce
[4:07:50] the minutes for the housing
[4:07:50] authority So the question came
[4:07:55] up So we will now take up
[4:07:55] housing authority not agenda
[4:07:56] public comment.
[4:07:57] Housing Authority members
[4:08:00] respect and appreciate
[4:08:00] the public input and are fully
[4:08:01] committed to protecting every
[4:08:04] participant's free speech
[4:08:05] rights at the Housing Authority
[4:08:05] meetings Clerk Please proceed
[4:08:09] with public comment Period 2.7
[4:08:10] on agenda Public comment is an
[4:08:10] opportunity for members of
[4:08:13] the public to provide comment
[4:08:14] that is within the subject
[4:08:15] matter jurisdiction of
[4:08:15] the Housing Authority.
[4:08:18] Each speaker will have two
[4:08:19] minutes public comment period
[4:08:20] for the Housing Authority and
[4:08:20] an agenda public is now open
[4:08:24] and fusion chambers Please
[4:08:24] limit your speaker slip If
[4:08:25] you're joining us virtually
[4:08:26] please raise your hand to speak
[4:08:28] by tapping the raise your hand
[4:08:29] icon or a call in participant
[4:08:31] Star nine allegedly Audra
[4:08:36] please come forward Who does
[4:08:37] those minutes as the question
[4:08:41] the housing commission okay
[4:08:42] maybe you guys can give them
[4:08:45] notes any who I'm just
[4:08:46] wondering if you guys could
[4:08:50] humble yourselves for a minute
[4:08:55] Like real people with a soul
[4:08:56] and think about what you're
[4:08:56] doing with the litigation with
[4:09:00] tent City and how time and
[4:09:09] again over 365 very long time I
[4:09:10] have been bringing you guys
[4:09:10] information.
[4:09:11] People from Ten City have been
[4:09:14] bringing you guys information
[4:09:15] and you're facing litigation
[4:09:16] regarding the abuse that's
[4:09:20] taking place there And this has
[4:09:20] nothing to do with the deaths
[4:09:21] or the sexual assaults.
[4:09:24] This just has to do with
[4:09:25] the living conditions that you
[4:09:29] guys have been having these
[4:09:29] people live in and the city is
[4:09:34] on the property along with
[4:09:34] Dreams for Change in Downtown
[4:09:35] Partnership Are you contract
[4:09:39] with Downtown Partnership to
[4:09:40] come in and keep the city clean
[4:09:44] and also clean up the people
[4:09:45] the homeless that sit outside
[4:09:48] City Hall every day at 6 A.M.
[4:09:49] And around downtown so that you
[4:09:53] don't have to look at it.
[4:09:54] And the city attorney is trying
[4:09:55] to say that you guys are immune
[4:09:59] from anything and that this
[4:09:59] isn't a shelter and that
[4:10:03] basically these people should
[4:10:04] be abused like they are.
[4:10:08] And at that same moment in
[4:10:09] the hearing in federal court,
[4:10:10] Theresa Smith is sitting here
[4:10:11] and talking to you guys about
[4:10:16] getting more money.
[4:10:17] I'm wondering when we're
[4:10:18] actually going to care about
[4:10:21] the lives of these people and
[4:10:22] not further abuse them by
[4:10:22] saying that you guys are immune
[4:10:25] when you guys have contracted
[4:10:26] with these NGOs that are
[4:10:27] supposed to be giving people
[4:10:34] help and they're not.
[4:10:35] Maybe you guys could put
[4:10:35] yourself in that position and
[4:10:36] and feel what it would be like
[4:10:39] if that was you.
[4:10:40] >> I don't think it's possible.
[4:10:43] I started the five minute time
[4:10:44] we're going to those
[4:10:44] participating remotely starting
[4:10:45] with Blair Beekman.
[4:10:47] If you can please unmute my
[4:10:52] prayer Big man Jerry speaking
[4:10:57] today reminded me I was
[4:10:58] speaking on these items to
[4:10:58] the Housing Authority today
[4:11:01] reminding me of the inner I'm
[4:11:06] not sure what it can be like
[4:11:07] but the city of San Jose when
[4:11:11] they practice their government
[4:11:12] sponsored encampment issues
[4:11:16] they are using much smaller
[4:11:17] land areas and doing like you
[4:11:20] know 20 or 30 tents or 50 tents
[4:11:21] in a little land area where you
[4:11:25] guys you know, have these
[4:11:26] massive huge things And I'm
[4:11:30] wondering what wanting to you
[4:11:31] know, having the massive huge
[4:11:35] one is good but having a few
[4:11:35] additional little ones, what
[4:11:36] would that do?
[4:11:39] Would that be helpful?
[4:11:40] I know they complain sometimes
[4:11:41] about the ones in San Jose and
[4:11:45] I think they actually they MAY
[4:11:46] want the larger ones system of
[4:11:50] lands you know and it's so it's
[4:11:51] tradeoffs but I just I'm
[4:11:54] curious if that is a good
[4:11:55] option at this point And so I
[4:11:56] thought I'd just mention it
[4:12:00] once again and to offer a bit
[4:12:01] of a stretch that I think can
[4:12:01] be applicable to housing
[4:12:05] authority non agenda public
[4:12:05] comment It was spoken at
[4:12:09] the budget time about a certain
[4:12:10] set of police issues that can
[4:12:11] relate to neighborhood public
[4:12:19] safety that there there
[4:12:19] reducing the amount of civilian
[4:12:20] police hiring and I'm
[4:12:24] interested if that actually
[4:12:25] correlates to making things
[4:12:29] less safe and more expensive
[4:12:29] Actually I don't know if it's
[4:12:34] less or more expensive I, I
[4:12:35] didn't hear the budget
[4:12:35] reasoning on that but that was
[4:12:38] simply stated that civil hiring
[4:12:39] is not going to be happening in
[4:12:40] a police department when it
[4:12:44] tends to cost lower to do that.
[4:12:45] And so I wanted to ask you and
[4:12:49] just the overall projection of
[4:12:50] what we're moving towards so I
[4:12:50] wanted to ask yourselves what's
[4:12:51] up with that?
[4:12:51] >> Yeah, I'm telling you it's
[4:12:53] concluded gambler If you can
[4:13:03] please unmute you know well you
[4:13:04] want to go ahead and disrespect
[4:13:07] the people by flat out ignoring
[4:13:08] their concerns comments and
[4:13:08] basically telling the people
[4:13:13] that we do not care about who
[4:13:13] you elected into office for
[4:13:16] the federal government that
[4:13:17] oversees the federal money
[4:13:18] being wasted all over the place
[4:13:22] you say that we don't have to
[4:13:23] go ahead and take
[4:13:27] accountability for that and
[4:13:28] then we can go ahead and bail
[4:13:32] out as much money as we want.
[4:13:33] We can go ahead and do it many
[4:13:33] times That is with my
[4:13:37] consultant as we want And if we
[4:13:37] need to go ahead and cut
[4:13:38] the budget.
[4:13:42] Second, we don't need police
[4:13:43] and firefighters such that's
[4:13:43] not important.
[4:13:44] They should go out and
[4:13:45] the people could go out and
[4:13:46] fend for themselves.
[4:13:47] We just go ahead and say you
[4:13:47] can own a gun.
[4:13:50] All the good people want, go
[4:13:51] ahead and be able to protect
[4:13:52] themselves.
[4:13:52] But sure the people that
[4:13:55] should get it let it set your
[4:13:56] rules and regulations I cannot
[4:14:02] say that Now I have free game
[4:14:02] and actually go out and steal
[4:14:05] from whoever I want Last place
[4:14:06] I think there's means less
[4:14:07] chance of me getting busted.
[4:14:09] I learn the criminal society
[4:14:10] You are turning San Diego into
[4:14:10] it.
[4:14:14] I'm going to go ahead and
[4:14:15] encourage people that you guys
[4:14:19] are encouraging that I'm like
[4:14:19] I'm not going to go ahead and
[4:14:20] tell as many people as humanly
[4:14:24] possible that organizations
[4:14:25] that you're working with I'll
[4:14:25] find out.
[4:14:25] Call them out.
[4:14:26] I'll go ahead and take a look
[4:14:28] at who's collecting voter
[4:14:29] registration cards, who is
[4:14:33] harvesting ballots and who
[4:14:34] they're working for.
[4:14:35] You guys already know that they
[4:14:39] work You guys work for them.
[4:14:39] You don't work for us.
[4:14:40] You don't work for the people.
[4:14:43] You could care less what
[4:14:44] the people have to say.
[4:14:45] You don't have to show answers
[4:14:48] because you work for them.
[4:14:48] They're your boss.
[4:14:49] They don't want you to get bad
[4:14:49] answers.
[4:14:50] You're not going to go ahead
[4:14:52] and give that answer.
[4:14:53] Is that really the legacy you
[4:14:57] want to leave behind?
[4:14:58] How far do you think you're
[4:14:59] going to get away with this?
[4:15:02] How long until they're sleeping
[4:15:03] Giant wakes up and you feel
[4:15:07] the reckoning?
[4:15:08] >> It looks like it's coming.
[4:15:08] Your time has concluded.
[4:15:09] Hector and then Natalie were
[4:15:11] asking It's getting kind of
[4:15:12] hard to follow him and he's so
[4:15:16] fired up at the housing
[4:15:16] authority.
[4:15:17] One thing with all these big
[4:15:20] government run things we're
[4:15:21] dealing with people that have a
[4:15:25] lot of money and they always
[4:15:26] kind of hide in the shadows
[4:15:27] like BlackRock and the huge
[4:15:29] companies they operate with
[4:15:30] other companies and they might
[4:15:31] not be doing it for profit
[4:15:34] right away but they're doing it
[4:15:35] to hide their money.
[4:15:39] They got $300,000,400 million.
[4:15:39] They can just make it out of
[4:15:40] nothing.
[4:15:44] They want to put that money
[4:15:44] somewhere and they're looking
[4:15:45] at Logan Heights gone Logan
[4:15:49] Heights has got a view a got 20
[4:15:49] stores in Logan Heights.
[4:15:53] You're looking at the park,
[4:15:53] you're looking at the ball
[4:15:54] park, you're looking at
[4:15:58] the ocean and it's a lot.
[4:15:59] Logan Heights is worth a lot of
[4:15:59] money man.
[4:16:03] That's why Todd didn't wasn't
[4:16:03] going for that thing.
[4:16:04] He was going for them High rise
[4:16:04] man.
[4:16:05] That's what is that's what's
[4:16:07] going on now.
[4:16:08] Now they're kicking
[4:16:08] the homeless guys out of East
[4:16:11] Village.
[4:16:12] That's like making a move To
[4:16:13] try to get rid of them would be
[4:16:17] a better world for all those
[4:16:18] guys if there were no homeless
[4:16:18] there.
[4:16:19] We got to put them in Spring
[4:16:21] Valley where are we going to
[4:16:22] put them?
[4:16:23] But that's what power move is.
[4:16:23] You guys know that That's
[4:16:26] what's happening in the shadows
[4:16:27] and in this straight up so that
[4:16:31] housing authority I think it
[4:16:32] should be free at free
[4:16:36] enterprise not subsidized with
[4:16:36] everything.
[4:16:41] It's like I'm still with
[4:16:42] the Trump dude man Orange man.
[4:16:45] We're just getting started.
[4:16:46] It's Mark Levin Tax him too.
[4:16:50] I forgot about Mark Levin.
[4:16:51] I don't know how many search
[4:16:52] those other guys on Google
[4:16:55] search Jacob's got 60 million
[4:16:56] plus he's you know big time
[4:17:01] ready for taxing the rich and
[4:17:02] we could put it to housing in
[4:17:02] Barrio Logan That would be even
[4:17:05] better man Open up some really
[4:17:06] good places out of taxing
[4:17:10] the rich That would be a good
[4:17:10] agenda to adopt.
[4:17:11] Okay, Talk to you later.
[4:17:15] Bye.
[4:17:16] Natalie Raskin If you can
[4:17:17] please unmute your final
[4:17:25] speaker No asking a pop up
[4:17:26] should have come up for you To
[4:17:29] unmute I can unmute for you.
[4:17:30] >> There you go.
[4:17:31] Hi Natalie Rushdie I'm still
[4:17:33] kind of confused on why hud
[4:17:38] isn't being pressed when they
[4:17:39] have created this problem for a
[4:17:39] very long time.
[4:17:43] I'm not getting any answers on
[4:17:44] that.
[4:17:44] I'm not getting any answers
[4:17:45] from Padilla's office.
[4:17:48] I gotten one answer from
[4:17:49] Jacob's office and it doesn't
[4:17:53] seem to be like the issue is
[4:17:57] being pressed hard enough about
[4:18:02] what is potentially going to
[4:18:03] persist with homelessness.
[4:18:07] I have an hiv and it's been
[4:18:08] cut.
[4:18:08] The time is ticking.
[4:18:17] Their urgency for people
[4:18:17] families to become homeless
[4:18:21] doesn't seem to be an urgency
[4:18:22] at all.
[4:18:26] It's extremely frustrating when
[4:18:31] I'm not receiving any answers.
[4:18:36] It's frustrating to watch hud
[4:18:41] continue to not be accountable
[4:18:42] for all of these situations,
[4:18:43] all these programs that they
[4:18:46] start and then they stop them
[4:18:47] and just go on.
[4:18:51] Nobody's being held accountable
[4:18:51] except for homeless people are
[4:18:55] being held accountable or being
[4:18:56] gaslit.
[4:19:00] It's absolutely disgusting and
[4:19:01] I don't have any answers from
[4:19:01] anybody.
[4:19:05] Why hud is not accountable.
[4:19:05] >> Thank you.
[4:19:06] Thank you.
[4:19:10] If you had raised your hand if
[4:19:10] the five minute timer had
[4:19:11] already concluded.
[4:19:11] So that does conclude
[4:19:15] the public comment margin of
[4:19:16] public comment for the housing
[4:19:16] authority.
[4:19:17] All right.
[4:19:17] Thank you, City Clerk.
[4:19:20] We will now adjourn as
[4:19:20] the housing authority and
[4:19:24] reconvene as the city council.
[4:19:24] >> And with that please
[4:19:25] introduce item three three
[4:19:25] zero.
[4:19:26] Thank you.
[4:19:28] Item 330 is the First Amendment
[4:19:29] to the agreement between
[4:19:29] the city of San Diego and nami
[4:19:33] San Diego for Supportive
[4:19:33] Services and Temporary Housing
[4:19:34] Financial Assistance Program.
[4:19:38] If you're here in council
[4:19:39] chambers please submit your
[4:19:40] speaker slip to the front of
[4:19:40] the room in the clear box.
[4:19:41] If you'd like to speak on this
[4:19:44] item or if you're participating
[4:19:45] remotely now's the time to
[4:19:47] raise your hand by pressing
[4:19:47] Star nine or the raise your
[4:19:48] hand icon.
[4:19:48] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[4:19:49] All right.
[4:19:51] Thank you.
[4:19:56] So I see staff settling in.
[4:19:57] Introduce yourselves for
[4:19:57] the record and let us know how
[4:19:58] much time you need.
[4:20:01] Thank you.
[4:20:02] We'd like four minutes.
[4:20:02] All right.
[4:20:03] Begin when you're ready.
[4:20:03] Thank you.
[4:20:04] Good afternoon.
[4:20:06] Council PRESIDENT Lee Carver
[4:20:06] Council members.
[4:20:07] My name is Katie Keach.
[4:20:10] I'm the deputy director of
[4:20:11] the Homelessness Strategies and
[4:20:12] Solutions Department.
[4:20:12] With me today is program
[4:20:16] manager Kendra Carter who leads
[4:20:16] our outreach program today
[4:20:20] We're here to request approval
[4:20:21] of a First Amendment to
[4:20:22] the agreement with the National
[4:20:25] Alliance on Mental Illness or
[4:20:25] nami San Diego for
[4:20:26] the supportive services and
[4:20:30] Temporary housing Financial
[4:20:31] Assistance Program.
[4:20:31] This amendment is for a time
[4:20:32] extension and scope
[4:20:34] modification.
[4:20:39] The City Council first approved
[4:20:39] the agreement with nami San
[4:20:42] Diego on OCTOBER 18th, 2020 for
[4:20:43] an agreement was executed
[4:20:46] the following month on NOVEMBER
[4:20:46] 4th.
[4:20:47] The agreement allocates funding
[4:20:50] from the state of California
[4:20:51] encampment resolution funding
[4:20:51] grants also referred to as erf
[4:20:55] grants.
[4:20:55] Specifically this agreement
[4:20:56] includes funding for two of
[4:20:59] the city's Erap projects
[4:21:00] the I-15 Corridor and the San
[4:21:05] Diego riverbed funded by a year
[4:21:05] of grant dollars.
[4:21:06] The program provides supportive
[4:21:09] housing services including
[4:21:09] intake assessment, housing
[4:21:10] placement, advocacy, mediation
[4:21:15] self-sufficiency services
[4:21:15] services to promote
[4:21:16] the coordination of care and
[4:21:19] housing retention as well as
[4:21:23] temporary financial assistance
[4:21:24] .
[4:21:24] >> Last year 8130 was passed
[4:21:25] with amended the era of grant
[4:21:28] expenditure deadlines for both
[4:21:29] projects The I-15 Corridor
[4:21:33] project expenditure deadline
[4:21:34] was extended from JUNE 30th
[4:21:38] 2020 sixth to SEPTEMBER 12th
[4:21:39] 2026 and the Riverbed Project
[4:21:43] deadline was extended from JUNE
[4:21:46] 30th 2026 to JUNE 14th 2020
[4:21:47] 2027.
[4:21:47] The First Amendment to
[4:21:48] the agreement with nami extends
[4:21:51] the contract term from APRIL
[4:21:56] 30th 2026 to JUNE 14th 2027 to
[4:21:56] coincide with the updated era
[4:22:00] of expenditure deadline.
[4:22:01] The amendment also adds
[4:22:01] the option to extend
[4:22:04] the agreement for two
[4:22:04] additional one year option
[4:22:05] periods at the city's
[4:22:08] discretion if the grant is
[4:22:09] expenditure deadline is further
[4:22:09] pushed.
[4:22:13] Lastly, the First Amendment
[4:22:13] modifies the scope of work to
[4:22:14] align with standard
[4:22:15] homelessness strategies and
[4:22:18] solutions department
[4:22:18] requirements and ensures
[4:22:19] compliance with the city's
[4:22:22] trust ordinance.
[4:22:23] As mentioned, this agreement
[4:22:27] supports both the Riverbed and
[4:22:28] I-15 corridor and canyon
[4:22:28] projects.
[4:22:29] Since the program started,
[4:22:31] the San Diego Riverbed Project
[4:22:35] has served 129 individuals with
[4:22:36] 70 people transitioning to
[4:22:36] housing and 39 individuals
[4:22:40] currently enrolled in interim
[4:22:41] shelter.
[4:22:41] In addition, 99 individuals
[4:22:42] have been served through
[4:22:45] the I-15 Corridor project.
[4:22:46] 43 individuals have already
[4:22:50] been connected to housing and
[4:22:50] 30 individuals are currently
[4:22:51] enrolled in interim shelter.
[4:22:52] The extension of the agreement
[4:22:55] with nami allows for rapid
[4:22:56] rehousing efforts to continue
[4:23:00] to be provided and MAY support
[4:23:00] additional individuals who
[4:23:01] remain in the encampment areas
[4:23:02] and are engaged with our
[4:23:05] outreach services.
[4:23:06] In summary the item request
[4:23:06] approval for a First Amendment
[4:23:10] to the agreement with nami San
[4:23:10] Diego.
[4:23:11] >> This completes our
[4:23:11] presentation.
[4:23:12] We're happy to answer any
[4:23:12] questions.
[4:23:15] All right.
[4:23:16] Thank you for that work and
[4:23:17] the presentation this
[4:23:17] afternoon.
[4:23:18] Clerk Please proceed with
[4:23:18] public comments.
[4:23:20] Thank you.
[4:23:20] Council PRESIDENT And largely
[4:23:21] Audra you're speaking on item
[4:23:21] 330.
[4:23:24] Please come forward.
[4:23:29] >> Rising It is.
[4:23:29] >> It is.
[4:23:30] I would like to say I'm in
[4:23:31] favor of this which is
[4:23:34] interesting because this is one
[4:23:35] of the programs when I talk to
[4:23:36] the homeless people that they
[4:23:39] actually get help from that if
[4:23:40] they're at Tent City and they
[4:23:40] want to go find housing, they
[4:23:44] actually go through nami And so
[4:23:45] it's interesting to see that
[4:23:48] some do work but it's sad to
[4:23:49] know that these people weight
[4:23:53] intensity which actually if
[4:23:54] it's not a shelter would be
[4:23:54] like the largest encampment
[4:23:55] that the police should go get
[4:23:57] rid of.
[4:23:58] Um but it it's it's nice to
[4:24:02] know that, you know, people go
[4:24:03] and navigate on their own They
[4:24:07] can find housing they can get
[4:24:07] off the streets.
[4:24:08] They're just wondering like do
[4:24:11] you guys ever go talk to
[4:24:12] the homeless people like really
[4:24:16] like sit down with them and
[4:24:17] have like a heart to heart or
[4:24:24] is that like off limits cricket
[4:24:24] It's interesting.
[4:24:29] I love to course correct in
[4:24:29] life.
[4:24:30] You know, I find it really
[4:24:31] interesting because I like to
[4:24:33] better myself.
[4:24:34] I like to go what am I doing
[4:24:35] that I could do better at?
[4:24:38] And it's interesting to come
[4:24:39] before people and just see them
[4:24:40] like Oh I'm good as it is.
[4:24:43] There's no need to be better.
[4:24:43] We love what we're doing
[4:24:46] Homelessness, suffering and
[4:24:52] we're we're just going to
[4:24:52] pretend like that's not
[4:24:53] happening.
[4:24:57] I mean seriously like they
[4:24:57] shouldn't be dying on your
[4:24:58] steps out here.
[4:25:01] Like that's really sad.
[4:25:02] It really is.
[4:25:02] It's a reflection of like
[4:25:06] what's going on and it's sad to
[4:25:07] go and like talk to these
[4:25:10] people and like get down on
[4:25:11] the ground with them if you
[4:25:12] have to and give them a hug.
[4:25:15] There are brothers and sisters
[4:25:16] and not just like discard them
[4:25:17] because they MAY not smell
[4:25:20] right or who knows.
[4:25:21] Back to have some food I'm
[4:25:22] probably going to give someone
[4:25:25] outside these steps after we're
[4:25:26] done.
[4:25:26] Wish you guys would, you know,
[4:25:30] feel compassion for these
[4:25:31] people As far as a five minute
[4:25:32] timer going to those
[4:25:32] participating online, we
[4:25:35] currently have four speakers in
[4:25:36] the queue Gambler If you can
[4:25:39] please unmute You know it's
[4:25:40] crazy how you go ahead and set
[4:25:45] up these community I mean how
[4:25:46] this person right here talking
[4:25:46] look for different ways to
[4:25:49] create grants to go ahead and
[4:25:50] steal from the federal
[4:25:50] government.
[4:25:51] You go ahead and do this but
[4:25:55] yet you never monitor to these
[4:25:55] programs.
[4:25:56] Yes, some of them do work.
[4:25:59] You don't talk to the homeless
[4:25:59] people.
[4:26:00] Matter of fact, they talk to
[4:26:00] Audra.
[4:26:04] I have one person constantly
[4:26:08] calling me saying what they
[4:26:09] could do to get into housing.
[4:26:10] They've talked to
[4:26:13] the organization but she does
[4:26:13] not fulfill of their their
[4:26:17] political belief.
[4:26:18] >> They don't want to help her.
[4:26:21] I mean that flat out what it it
[4:26:22] comes down to two years then
[4:26:26] she's been asking going over
[4:26:26] doing that I'm trying to
[4:26:27] convince her to go to the board
[4:26:31] meetings or call in and leave
[4:26:32] to go ahead and tell tell you
[4:26:33] guys directly how your pieces
[4:26:36] of how you don't even want to
[4:26:37] go ahead and listen to
[4:26:41] the people when they're also
[4:26:41] asking you for the data instead
[4:26:46] of asking you constantly saying
[4:26:46] Look we don't have to provide
[4:26:50] you data, we just need your
[4:26:50] money.
[4:26:51] Matter of fact we are not
[4:26:52] getting the federal money so
[4:26:55] we're going to go ahead and add
[4:26:56] taxes.
[4:26:56] We're going to add more
[4:26:57] expensive to you your trash.
[4:27:00] We're going to go ahead and
[4:27:01] double tax you on that.
[4:27:02] What else can we go out and do
[4:27:04] parking for Chad?
[4:27:05] Any parking needs to have paid
[4:27:06] meters.
[4:27:09] Now you don't get any free stay
[4:27:09] in here.
[4:27:10] So basically what you're going
[4:27:11] to do is wipe out
[4:27:14] the businesses But that works
[4:27:14] out perfect for you because you
[4:27:15] could go ahead and redevelop
[4:27:19] those areas and increase
[4:27:19] the property tax.
[4:27:19] Right?
[4:27:20] I mean that's why you're
[4:27:21] pushing people out of their
[4:27:21] house.
[4:27:23] That's why when the flood took
[4:27:24] place you blamed 11 property
[4:27:28] owner for the flood, not
[4:27:29] the fact that you did zero to
[4:27:33] go ahead and come fix our
[4:27:34] infrastructure.
[4:27:34] You did nothing.
[4:27:38] You blamed people and you sued
[4:27:39] them using our money to push
[4:27:44] the blame off of you and put it
[4:27:44] on to the citizens You don't
[4:27:45] take sorry your time has
[4:27:49] concluded.
[4:27:50] Natalie Raskin If you can
[4:27:50] please unmute.
[4:27:53] Hi Natalie Rush When we do
[4:27:53] these contracts we have
[4:27:54] information at our fingertips
[4:27:58] at this point and when we do
[4:27:59] these contracts I spoke about
[4:28:02] this the other day and
[4:28:07] companies like Con Am that have
[4:28:08] are directly in a lawsuit right
[4:28:12] now.
[4:28:12] They have raised the rent
[4:28:17] prices on the algorithm causing
[4:28:22] funds to be depleted faster.
[4:28:22] I hope we're double checking
[4:28:26] who we choose to do business
[4:28:27] with So they create the problem
[4:28:27] and they have the solution And
[4:28:31] who loses?
[4:28:32] I have been given an option to
[4:28:37] move into a an apartment to
[4:28:37] have an f with the Better
[4:28:42] Business Bureau So it's I'm in
[4:28:42] a catch 22.
[4:28:46] I'm pushed in a corner.
[4:28:47] We have people that have had
[4:28:50] situations happen to them like
[4:28:55] covid that have messed up their
[4:28:56] living situation But now it's
[4:29:00] like one thing after another
[4:29:00] and still the federal
[4:29:04] government is not being held
[4:29:04] accountable.
[4:29:08] When do we start Fact checking
[4:29:09] that checking and doing our due
[4:29:13] diligence?
[4:29:14] Thank you.
[4:29:14] Thank you.
[4:29:15] Next is Hector.
[4:29:18] If you can please unmute.
[4:29:23] Thanks for taking my call.
[4:29:24] This nami group I think should
[4:29:27] double their pay.
[4:29:28] These guys have been there from
[4:29:29] the get go with mental illness
[4:29:33] and when schizophrenia just
[4:29:33] happened to young people
[4:29:34] without doing drugs.
[4:29:37] Now a lot of times with
[4:29:38] schizophrenia it's not really
[4:29:42] true schizophrenia.
[4:29:43] It's organic brain disease.
[4:29:46] If you're like 17 and ucsd and
[4:29:51] you get through schizophrenia
[4:29:51] you haven't done drugs.
[4:29:52] It's just something in your in
[4:29:56] your in your mind your brain
[4:29:57] You know, they're doing brain
[4:29:58] scans now They never used to
[4:30:00] But these nami guys been there
[4:30:01] from the get go I can sickos I
[4:30:05] think they're great man And
[4:30:05] then the rapid mentally ill
[4:30:06] problems we have now it's just
[4:30:10] about all the drugs People are
[4:30:11] doing drugs that are coming in
[4:30:15] from Mexico and China.
[4:30:16] China has been trying to kill
[4:30:19] us with the drugs in China
[4:30:20] thing with China virus and then
[4:30:25] the Mexicans doing the drugs
[4:30:25] You know they don't give a.
[4:30:29] They're billionaires man.
[4:30:30] The billionaire Mexicans that
[4:30:33] are in Tijuana and they just
[4:30:34] indicted ten guys the governor
[4:30:37] and everyone else linked in to
[4:30:38] the drugs.
[4:30:43] The mayor of adding to our
[4:30:43] mental illness problem is
[4:30:47] the drug dealers in Tijuana,
[4:30:48] the mayors linked up of Tijuana
[4:30:49] into the drug dealers.
[4:30:53] You know they are and there's
[4:30:53] all sorts of other ones in
[4:30:54] there, man it all is all
[4:30:54] payola.
[4:30:57] But it's leading to mental
[4:30:58] illness on our streets And a
[4:31:02] lot of it is just organic brain
[4:31:03] disease getting your brain
[4:31:07] fried by doing drugs.
[4:31:08] So but yeah pay these nami guys
[4:31:12] they're like friends and
[4:31:12] relatives of the mentally ill.
[4:31:13] These guys got it together
[4:31:17] double their money They can be
[4:31:17] able to do that as well.
[4:31:18] Where's that?
[4:31:18] Thanks a lot.
[4:31:21] Next is Blaire Beekman and then
[4:31:25] our final speaker is John All
[4:31:26] right.
[4:31:31] >> Blaire Beekman, thanks for
[4:31:31] this item.
[4:31:32] Thank you for the work of nami.
[4:31:36] There they are one of the good
[4:31:36] ones.
[4:31:39] They do a lot of good work and
[4:31:44] I wanted to comment that I'm
[4:31:45] concerned with the most recent
[4:31:49] unhoused issues or kind of
[4:31:50] entered the next wave of our
[4:31:54] unhoused issues and good luck
[4:31:54] what you can be doing with
[4:31:55] that.
[4:31:59] i I'm not fully clear what all
[4:32:00] of that work that you've been
[4:32:04] doing downtown what that is
[4:32:04] exactly accomplishing and I
[4:32:08] would love to be more clear on
[4:32:09] that.
[4:32:09] Thank you.
[4:32:13] I would love to be more clear
[4:32:14] on that.
[4:32:14] Cities like Oakland, they're
[4:32:18] now creating policies like San
[4:32:19] Diego.
[4:32:19] I know San Jose wanted to but
[4:32:23] they couldn't The city would
[4:32:24] the community wouldn't allow
[4:32:28] them And I have real concerns
[4:32:29] about that And we have a set of
[4:32:33] practices here that are unique
[4:32:34] to San Diego that when they try
[4:32:34] to be emulated in other cities
[4:32:38] there's nothing like they just
[4:32:39] look anything.
[4:32:39] They just simply look like I
[4:32:42] don't know a police state and
[4:32:43] you're answering questions of a
[4:32:46] police state and you're
[4:32:47] answering questions of a police
[4:32:48] state And I'm worried and I
[4:32:52] want to know what our next
[4:32:52] steps out of a police state is.
[4:32:56] What is the steps of returning
[4:32:57] to community housing And you
[4:33:01] know, government housing people
[4:33:02] asking questions, working
[4:33:06] the system, you know, and
[4:33:07] helping people out that way.
[4:33:08] And I hope I can continue to
[4:33:11] see more of that And I hear
[4:33:12] that language more and I know
[4:33:12] it's there And I'm not trying
[4:33:16] to be overly strong but good
[4:33:17] luck how we can talk about this
[4:33:18] in terms of our city government
[4:33:21] and community and not police
[4:33:22] and community.
[4:33:22] >> Thank you.
[4:33:23] Thank John.
[4:33:25] Your final speaker.
[4:33:35] Please unmute Academy before
[4:33:36] you.
[4:33:36] >> Thank you John Brady here
[4:33:40] with lived experience advisors
[4:33:41] really want to compliment nami
[4:33:44] and the team here I know that a
[4:33:45] tremendous amount of effort
[4:33:49] goes into understanding each
[4:33:49] individual or individual group
[4:33:54] or family that is on our
[4:33:54] streets to understand what
[4:33:55] their needs are and to use
[4:33:58] these funds effectively to
[4:33:59] identify the best longer term
[4:34:04] solution for housing.
[4:34:05] You know, the reality is many
[4:34:05] of these programs are going to
[4:34:09] end in a couple of years.
[4:34:09] But this these programs
[4:34:10] particularly the encampment
[4:34:13] clearing programs are funded
[4:34:14] for up to two years to really
[4:34:18] identify the needs and get
[4:34:19] people stabilized in housing.
[4:34:23] >> My concern goes with this is
[4:34:24] what encampment clearing looks
[4:34:24] like when it's done right.
[4:34:28] We're not just pushing people
[4:34:29] around a city where we are
[4:34:29] actually identifying
[4:34:33] individuals, clarifying what
[4:34:34] their needs are and getting
[4:34:35] them the resources that they
[4:34:37] need to recover from
[4:34:38] homelessness.
[4:34:39] >> You know, we spent a lot of
[4:34:42] money playing Whac-a-Mole in
[4:34:43] this city because this is
[4:34:44] the kind of funding that's
[4:34:47] necessary to solve the problem
[4:34:48] that we don't have from
[4:34:48] the state and federal
[4:34:49] government.
[4:34:49] So thank you very much.
[4:34:53] Complements the program and
[4:34:53] the team.
[4:34:54] Thank you.
[4:34:54] That completes public comment
[4:34:57] on this item.
[4:34:58] >> All right.
[4:34:58] Thank you, City clerk.
[4:34:59] We'll turn it over to
[4:35:00] the council for questions.
[4:35:03] Comments Entertain motions and
[4:35:03] we'll start with council member
[4:35:04] Whitburn.
[4:35:04] Thank you.
[4:35:05] Council PRESIDENT Thank you for
[4:35:07] the presentation.
[4:35:08] It is really been great to see
[4:35:08] the results of Darby's work
[4:35:12] along the side Diego River that
[4:35:13] work in the riverbed takes a
[4:35:13] team better hold services from
[4:35:18] Darby have been a big part of
[4:35:18] that team.
[4:35:19] The work includes an intake
[4:35:22] assessment connecting people to
[4:35:23] shelter or supportive housing
[4:35:23] long term case management.
[4:35:27] The work has proven effective.
[4:35:28] We see the reduction of more
[4:35:29] than 50% of people living at
[4:35:32] the riverbed takes a lot of
[4:35:32] partners work and good
[4:35:33] coordination to achieve those
[4:35:33] results.
[4:35:36] Thanks to Darby Path Health
[4:35:37] Care and Action The San Diego
[4:35:42] River Park Foundation, our
[4:35:43] city's Environmental Services
[4:35:43] Department.
[4:35:44] The City of Police Department's
[4:35:47] homeless outreach teams and
[4:35:48] many more who all play roles
[4:35:52] that they're so happy to
[4:35:53] support This extension it all
[4:35:54] make the motion to approve
[4:35:57] the staff recommendation All
[4:35:57] right.
[4:35:58] Thank you, council members.
[4:35:58] So we'll have a motion by
[4:35:59] Councilor Whitman to move
[4:36:00] the staff recommendation.
[4:36:01] We'll go next to council member
[4:36:02] Campbell Thank you so much.
[4:36:06] Council PRESIDENT And thank you
[4:36:06] for that motion.
[4:36:07] Thank you for the wonderful
[4:36:10] work that you guys have done
[4:36:11] and Tanami for helping with
[4:36:16] this in such a great way.
[4:36:16] >> I'm happy to second
[4:36:17] the motion.
[4:36:17] All right.
[4:36:18] Thank you.
[4:36:21] So we have a motion by Council
[4:36:22] but we can whitburn and second
[4:36:23] by Council member Campbell and
[4:36:23] with the staff recommendation
[4:36:26] will go to Council member Ella
[4:36:27] Rivera Thank you Council
[4:36:27] PRESIDENT I just want to say
[4:36:31] thank you for the effort that
[4:36:31] goes into this.
[4:36:32] I appreciate the work that's
[4:36:34] been done here.
[4:36:40] The deep and kind of methodical
[4:36:44] work that that this involves
[4:36:45] the persistence that it
[4:36:45] involves I think is really
[4:36:49] important And I know it's not
[4:36:50] easy but from what we've seen
[4:36:55] it also has more of a lasting
[4:36:55] effect than other other ways of
[4:36:59] addressing addressing
[4:36:59] encampments.
[4:37:00] I know that the court project
[4:37:04] in particular you can see
[4:37:04] the difference.
[4:37:05] That doesn't mean that effort
[4:37:09] is not continuously required
[4:37:10] there but I do appreciate that
[4:37:15] this work is being done the way
[4:37:15] it's being done.
[4:37:16] >> So thank you for that other
[4:37:17] resident.
[4:37:17] All right.
[4:37:19] Thank you, Councilmember
[4:37:20] Rivera.
[4:37:20] So not seeing anyone else in
[4:37:21] the lights.
[4:37:25] We do have a motion by council
[4:37:25] member Whitburn second by
[4:37:26] Council member Campbell please
[4:37:29] call the roll.
[4:37:30] I have set up the voting
[4:37:30] system.
[4:37:44] Please cast your vote.
[4:37:45] The item passes unanimously
[4:37:50] with District seven and
[4:37:51] District five absent.
[4:37:51] >> All right.
[4:37:55] Thank you for the item and
[4:37:55] thank you for the work to bring
[4:37:56] it forward.
[4:37:59] So with that please introduce
[4:37:59] the last item of the day.
[4:38:05] Item 333 item 333 is MidCoast
[4:38:10] Transit Corridor Public Right
[4:38:11] of way vacation Project number
[4:38:15] p r j 0664727 This item is not
[4:38:19] subject to the mayor's veto.
[4:38:25] All right.
[4:38:25] All right.
[4:38:30] As you settle in staff, please
[4:38:31] introduce yourselves for
[4:38:31] the record and let us know how
[4:38:32] much time you need for
[4:38:40] the presentation.
[4:38:40] Good afternoon.
[4:38:41] Council PRESIDENT Mark Lopez
[4:38:45] Project Manager Development
[4:38:46] Services And with me joining is
[4:38:47] Michael Prince, assistant
[4:38:51] deputy Director also with
[4:38:52] the Homeless Services And if I
[4:38:53] can get five minutes please.
[4:38:53] All right.
[4:38:59] When you're ready.
[4:39:04] Good afternoon, Honor Roll
[4:39:05] Council members.
[4:39:06] >> My name is Mark Lopez,
[4:39:06] project manager with
[4:39:09] the Development Services
[4:39:09] Department Presenting item
[4:39:10] number 333 for the MidCoast
[4:39:15] Transit Corridor Public right
[4:39:17] away Vacation under project
[4:39:23] number j0664727 The project
[4:39:24] proposes to vacate dedicated
[4:39:24] right away portions of Marina
[4:39:29] Boulevard formerly Valley Forge
[4:39:29] Avenue Yorktown Street Pasadena
[4:39:34] Street and Brandywine Street on
[4:39:35] an existing developed parcel
[4:39:39] comprising a total vacation
[4:39:43] area of approximately 2.31
[4:39:43] acres.
[4:39:44] The subject property is more
[4:39:45] commonly referred to as
[4:39:48] the bubble Avenue Transit
[4:39:49] Center is located northwest and
[4:39:50] southwest of the intersection
[4:39:54] about Bow Avenue and Marina
[4:39:55] Boulevard east of the empty
[4:39:59] blue down blue line roadway and
[4:40:00] five freeway in the sea dash
[4:40:01] 1-2 commercial office zone
[4:40:05] within the Balboa Avenue
[4:40:06] Station area Specific plan and
[4:40:09] the Claremont Mesa Community
[4:40:10] Plan.
[4:40:10] The existing roadway portions
[4:40:15] were originally created to
[4:40:16] allow circulation access and
[4:40:16] public services intended to
[4:40:19] serve a subdivision that was
[4:40:24] never developed.
[4:40:25] >> In 2015 the City Council
[4:40:25] approved sale various
[4:40:30] properties originally owned by
[4:40:31] the city of San Diego Send for
[4:40:35] the development construction
[4:40:36] and operation of the Blue line
[4:40:36] roadway expansion in relation
[4:40:41] to the site, a quit claim deed
[4:40:42] was recorded thereafter in 2019
[4:40:46] which consisted of a land
[4:40:47] transfer sale of city owned
[4:40:48] land along along with the memo
[4:40:50] memorialization of a sewer
[4:40:55] easement reservation Approval
[4:41:02] of this action will revert
[4:41:02] the vacated areas the vacated
[4:41:07] affected parcels back to
[4:41:08] the underlying fee owner sandag
[4:41:12] The city would also be relief
[4:41:13] from any encumbrance caused
[4:41:14] from maintain the right away
[4:41:18] portions The public including
[4:41:18] sandag will also benefit from
[4:41:19] this action as it would allow
[4:41:23] the continued use of
[4:41:24] the transit center.
[4:41:25] The result of the vacation will
[4:41:25] not impact access or
[4:41:29] circulation and as vehicular
[4:41:30] and pedestrian access from
[4:41:35] the Via Marina Boulevard and
[4:41:36] the pedestrian access from
[4:41:36] the north via Garnet Avenue
[4:41:37] will remain As previously
[4:41:41] mentioned, the project area
[4:41:41] contains existing sewer
[4:41:46] facilities within the dedicated
[4:41:47] right away portions and will
[4:41:48] remain in place and protected
[4:41:48] via memorialize easement
[4:41:51] reservation thus further
[4:41:52] ensuring the active sewer
[4:41:52] facilities can be access
[4:41:56] maintain and continue to
[4:42:01] operate without disruption.
[4:42:02] And here is the graphic of
[4:42:03] the proposed site plans and you
[4:42:06] can see the proposed right away
[4:42:12] portion to be vacated on MARCH
[4:42:18] 16th, 2021 The Claremont
[4:42:19] Community Planning Group voted
[4:42:20] 10 to 1 with one abstention to
[4:42:21] recommend approval of
[4:42:22] the proposed project without
[4:42:28] conditions.
[4:42:29] >> Staff hereby recommends that
[4:42:29] the City Council adopt
[4:42:30] the following actions in this
[4:42:33] report.
[4:42:34] This concludes my presentation
[4:42:34] City staff and the applicant
[4:42:39] team are available to answer
[4:42:39] any questions.
[4:42:40] Thank you.
[4:42:40] All right.
[4:42:41] Thank you for the work and for
[4:42:41] the presentation.
[4:42:44] I understand the applicant is
[4:42:45] here but does not wish to make
[4:42:45] a presentation.
[4:42:49] All right so with that please
[4:42:55] proceed with public comment.
[4:43:01] We will begin with in-person
[4:43:02] public comment allegedly order
[4:43:02] Please come forward.
[4:43:06] You'll have two minutes to
[4:43:11] speak.
[4:43:12] You know, it's interesting when
[4:43:18] we take up land and hold it and
[4:43:19] then we don't complete projects
[4:43:19] I'm not really sure what was
[4:43:20] supposed to be there but
[4:43:23] the fact that it wasn't
[4:43:23] developed and it's been like 16
[4:43:28] years this like tends to happen
[4:43:29] quite a bit with private
[4:43:34] property owners and easements
[4:43:35] and you know, needing to take
[4:43:36] it for some public use And then
[4:43:36] it's like it holds this
[4:43:40] property in limbo for however
[4:43:41] long until it's decided not to
[4:43:41] be used.
[4:43:46] So it's just interesting
[4:43:47] the things we do in government.
[4:43:47] Do you guys enjoy it?
[4:43:54] I mean as you so I grew up
[4:43:56] there the one having billions
[4:44:02] of dollars at your disposal,
[4:44:02] right?
[4:44:03] I mean imagine being
[4:44:03] the PRESIDENT Or the governor
[4:44:07] and you have trillions of
[4:44:08] dollars.
[4:44:13] That is so exciting.
[4:44:14] I mean think about how many
[4:44:15] kickbacks you can get in that
[4:44:19] arena.
[4:44:19] You know what I'm saying With
[4:44:20] the billionaires that we need
[4:44:24] to go after like Trump right?
[4:44:25] Start going after Black Rock.
[4:44:26] When are we going to do that?
[4:44:30] Can we start doing that that in
[4:44:30] the script at some point?
[4:44:40] Or is it just Trump or I'm just
[4:44:41] wondering why are we selective
[4:44:47] with the billionaires We should
[4:44:48] be really going after it.
[4:44:48] Do you want I mean let's go
[4:44:49] after all the people that are
[4:44:52] screwing us right?
[4:44:52] No.
[4:44:53] Oh my gosh.
[4:44:58] Has you're like you're no fun.
[4:44:59] You know what I mean?
[4:45:03] We pay you to engage.
[4:45:04] Do we not know just to
[4:45:10] criminalize if it's good?
[4:45:11] >> I've been having the police
[4:45:11] escort me out so I can get a
[4:45:12] real good run for my money.
[4:45:15] So I'll let you guys buy.
[4:45:16] Thank you for your comment.
[4:45:21] That concludes the in-person
[4:45:22] public comment.
[4:45:23] We will now move to the virtual
[4:45:23] public comment.
[4:45:28] I've started the five minute
[4:45:28] timer in council chambers and
[4:45:29] we'll now turn to the virtual
[4:45:30] queue in which there are
[4:45:33] currently two participants
[4:45:39] requesting to speak Wherever
[4:45:46] you please proceed by way of
[4:45:47] Bitcoin.
[4:45:51] I realized that I'm in San
[4:45:51] Diego Conservancy.
[4:45:52] I'm hearing their names more as
[4:45:57] in in council chambers and how
[4:45:58] to talk about homeless issues.
[4:45:58] Thank you for that at least
[4:46:03] that and it's been good to hear
[4:46:03] that and there's something
[4:46:07] positive in what's happening So
[4:46:08] thank you for that With this
[4:46:09] item I wish I could better
[4:46:09] relate to it.
[4:46:14] You had you know you're coming
[4:46:19] up with sb 79 you know to do
[4:46:20] and work on those issues and
[4:46:21] you're trying to navigate that
[4:46:21] as well as you can.
[4:46:25] It's my understanding that
[4:46:26] the Claremont area and
[4:46:32] the College area two big
[4:46:32] housing developments coming up
[4:46:37] with transit concerns MAY have
[4:46:38] different choices in how to
[4:46:38] proceed with them.
[4:46:43] I don't know if that's accurate
[4:46:44] or not but that's why I'm
[4:46:45] understanding it and I guess
[4:46:48] that's navigating around seven
[4:46:49] sb 79 and I don't know if it's
[4:46:53] legal to say that or not.
[4:46:54] I don't know if I'm being in
[4:46:55] good taste in saying that So I
[4:46:55] just thought I'd ask it and
[4:47:00] that I am thinking of these
[4:47:00] things and how to talk about
[4:47:01] them better in the future And
[4:47:02] good luck on how you work on
[4:47:02] this item as well.
[4:47:08] Thank you.
[4:47:21] Gambler Please proceed.
[4:47:21] You have to unmute.
[4:47:22] There we go.
[4:47:22] How are you guys doing?
[4:47:27] So let's go ahead.
[4:47:27] Do you realize that all your
[4:47:28] actions everything you approved
[4:47:29] of public record?
[4:47:33] Do you realize that the reason
[4:47:33] why I was able to figure out
[4:47:34] why we have no money and why
[4:47:40] you do the thing is because I
[4:47:41] just looked at the last word
[4:47:41] Mountain View person.
[4:47:42] Did you do you recognize
[4:47:45] the fact that I looked up why
[4:47:45] we made the nbi aura regulation
[4:47:51] Then what The narrative was
[4:47:52] when that was happening and why
[4:47:53] we have happened and why we
[4:47:53] went ahead and allowed these
[4:47:58] people.
[4:47:59] >> Yeah no I know the argument
[4:48:00] but in each one of these
[4:48:00] arguments sound good on faith
[4:48:01] right?
[4:48:03] But when you layer them all
[4:48:04] together you see the big
[4:48:04] picture.
[4:48:08] It's stripping us of our and
[4:48:09] giving it to corporations
[4:48:10] because you do not have
[4:48:10] the money to fix our
[4:48:16] infrastructure and because you
[4:48:16] been playing games don't forget
[4:48:17] long You have no idea what your
[4:48:21] responsibility are except to
[4:48:22] protect the status quo.
[4:48:27] That's why you don't listen to
[4:48:28] the people.
[4:48:28] That's why you get the card.
[4:48:29] Anything that the federal
[4:48:33] government you demonized them.
[4:48:34] I mean how do you go ahead and
[4:48:35] say people are trying to kill
[4:48:35] trans people?
[4:48:39] I've not seen one record of
[4:48:39] that really happening.
[4:48:40] i mean people go out and shoot
[4:48:43] out and kill thousands of
[4:48:44] people.
[4:48:44] The only reason why they're
[4:48:45] doing that is because you tell
[4:48:50] them that we're trying to kill
[4:48:51] them which is factually not
[4:48:55] true But you are creating
[4:48:56] division so that you could go
[4:48:56] ahead and get this magical
[4:48:57] money to go in and solve a
[4:48:57] problem.
[4:49:01] You guys helped create.
[4:49:02] Do you recognize that there is
[4:49:07] records of every single action
[4:49:07] that you've taken, every single
[4:49:08] person that you did?
[4:49:13] That's a great thing about
[4:49:13] being a public employee.
[4:49:14] You have to document that out
[4:49:19] of this And because that I know
[4:49:20] the organizations that are tied
[4:49:26] to basically stripping us and
[4:49:27] creating a monopoly it's
[4:49:27] insane.
[4:49:28] >> Thank you for that comment.
[4:49:31] That does conclude your time.
[4:49:32] >> That concludes public
[4:49:33] testimony on item 333.
[4:49:37] All right.
[4:49:38] Thank you for that.
[4:49:38] Well done.
[4:49:38] Okay.
[4:49:39] We will now turn it over to
[4:49:44] the council for questions,
[4:49:45] comments and entertain a motion
[4:49:45] and we'll start with council
[4:49:46] member Campbell.
[4:49:49] >> Thank you very much.
[4:49:50] This is a piece of land upon
[4:49:50] which the Balboa Transit
[4:49:55] station is located for the blue
[4:49:55] line for the trolleys and it's
[4:50:01] been a wonderful success.
[4:50:01] It includes parking for
[4:50:02] the public so they can park and
[4:50:08] ride and it is a piece of land
[4:50:08] that is right next to
[4:50:13] the railroad tracks and in
[4:50:13] between the tracks and Marina
[4:50:14] Boulevard.
[4:50:18] So it's a triangular shaped
[4:50:19] piece of land and this worked
[4:50:20] out to be an excellent place
[4:50:25] for that trolley to be built.
[4:50:26] It was already owned by sandag
[4:50:26] and I was told by the previous
[4:50:30] director of sandag that
[4:50:31] the reason it was chosen for
[4:50:31] the blue line is because there
[4:50:32] was no hassle.
[4:50:36] They already had the land and
[4:50:37] they did indeed have have this
[4:50:38] portion of land worked out
[4:50:42] beautifully.
[4:50:43] The thing that's so interesting
[4:50:44] to me living near it there's no
[4:50:49] sound from it.
[4:50:49] It doesn't make any noise for
[4:50:50] the neighbors who live in Bay
[4:50:54] Park which is really quite nice
[4:50:54] .
[4:50:55] So at any rate this is an
[4:50:56] excellent idea to give this
[4:51:01] land to the previous owner
[4:51:02] which was in that same they
[4:51:03] will now have it again and they
[4:51:06] will take responsibility for
[4:51:07] upkeep of the roads and
[4:51:07] sidewalks within that area And
[4:51:13] we are very appreciative of
[4:51:14] that and we're glad to have
[4:51:14] the station.
[4:51:15] I want to thank you for it.
[4:51:19] So I move that we accept this
[4:51:19] staff's report.
[4:51:19] Thank you.
[4:51:20] All right.
[4:51:21] We have a motion by council
[4:51:21] member Campbell.
[4:51:26] This is in District two by to
[4:51:26] take the staff recommendation
[4:51:29] will go to council member
[4:51:30] Whitburn that having a second
[4:51:30] motion.
[4:51:30] All right So a motion by
[4:51:31] council member Campbell
[4:51:34] seconded by Council member
[4:51:35] Whitburn I don't see anybody
[4:51:40] else on the lights.
[4:51:41] Thank you for the work during
[4:51:41] this fourth quarter.
[4:51:42] Please call the roll.
[4:51:44] I have set up the voting
[4:51:45] system.
[4:51:56] Please cast your vote.
[4:51:57] The item passes unanimously
[4:52:02] with Councilmember Campo,
[4:52:03] Councilmember Von Wilpert
[4:52:03] absent.
[4:52:03] All right.
[4:52:04] Thank you again.
[4:52:07] Thank you for the work on this
[4:52:08] .
[4:52:08] We will now adjourn Council to
[4:52:09] the next regularly scheduled
[4:52:13] council meeting on Monday, MAY
[4:52:14] 18th, 2026 at 10 A.M. Or