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Council PRESIDENT Council

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Councilmember Campo COUNCILMAN

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PRESIDENT LaCava present Also

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attending the meeting are Chief

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Deputy City Attorney part a lot

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of independent budget analyst

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Charles Monica Council Affairs

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As well as the mayor and myself

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Council PRESIDENT All right.

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>> Thank you.

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City Clerk a quorum is now

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I see a lot of faces of people

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that MAY be here for the first

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time And I know there can be a

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lot of excitement, passion,

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anger, frustration and probably

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every emotion in between.

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So before we start today's

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meeting, I want to remind

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everyone about the city's

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practices and procedures for

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public comment At city council

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meetings the city welcomes

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Speakers MAY address

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the Council during public

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comment and also in connection

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However, the city must make

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sure that no one person or

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group of people disrupt

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the meeting in a way that

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prohibits other speakers from

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expressing their ideas and

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So to make sure that everyone

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here has the opportunity to

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address the Council I will

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alert an individual or

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individuals if I think their

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conduct becomes disruptive.

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will rule the individual out of

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order and if the disruption

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declare a 15 minute recess so

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the individual to leave

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the room and if the individual

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process of warning and

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the public will be excused from

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allowed to remain once again We

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have these practices procedures

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speakers who wish to address

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So with that city clerk please

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go over how the public can

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Council PRESIDENT I'd like to

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the screen that reveals how

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evening's meeting.

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the agenda summary and found

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the order is that if you are in

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the entrance of chambers and

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the room into the clear box.

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chambers as well as in

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the committee room and can

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speaker slips if you are in

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to one of the council

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ambassadors within the room and

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they will be sure to get it to

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the amount of speakers it will

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Council PRESIDENT All right.

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couple of other notes before we

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council meeting so there'll be

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no non agenda public comment

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presentation by staff We will

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then turn to the public for

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call short recesses If somebody

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wants to step out and use

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the restroom or take a

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momentary break But we are not

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colleagues this is a

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showing up tonight Very much

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appreciated.

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this As always appreciate it

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some thank you's early on while

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you were all here and then just

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as a brief reminder this is a

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rescheduled item that was

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originally going to be heard

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last Monday evening and I think

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it's still seared into our

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memory why we canceled that

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meeting because of the horrific

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events of that day and

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the three individuals that lost

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their life in defense of

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children and teachers at

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colleagues community are still

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grieving from that that

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horrific event And our thoughts

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and prayers go out to them and

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came together for the various

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vigils and funerals etc. That

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introduce item 613 Council

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PRESIDENT Item 600 is an

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informational item.

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It's the MAY revision to

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the fiscal year 2027 draft

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budget and public hearing on

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the 2027 draft budget.

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Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

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right Thank you.

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With that I'd like to welcome

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Mayor Tom Gloria to council

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chambers and get

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the presentation started.

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So Mayor Gloria, turn it over

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to you.

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Council PRESIDENT Good evening,

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Diegans who are gathered here

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minutes for our presentation.

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>> Council PRESIDENT.

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Last month I released a draft

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budget that directly confronted

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the city's $118 Million

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Structural Budget deficit and

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reflected the difficult

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financial realities facing Our

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city.

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I said then that this would be

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the beginning of a serious

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public conversation and over

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the last several weeks we have

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heard from residents, labor

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partners, city employees,

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community organizations and

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members of the City Council

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about how these difficult

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decisions would affect

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neighborhoods and services

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across our city that MAY revise

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today.

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Before you this evening

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reflects that feedback while

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maintaining the fiscal

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discipline that is necessary to

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put the city on a more stable

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financial footing.

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As you well know for too long

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difficult decisions have been

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deferred here at the city and

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avoiding those hard choices MAY

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have been politically easier in

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the short term.

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Governing this budget continues

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the work of confronting these

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challenges directly and

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honestly while protecting core

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services that residents rely on

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the most.

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since the publication of

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the MAY revised Council

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PRESIDENT LaCava, Councilmember

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Zakat for their work in

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negotiating a legal settlement

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on the Solid Waste disposal fee

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and Balboa Park parking program

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The council's support of that

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settlement helped to avoid an

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even worse financial outlook

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for the city even as it added

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to the deficit that we must

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solve for today.

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budget modest improvements in

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our tourism revenue as well as

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new legal guidance regarding

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the Golf Enterprise Fund has

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created limited opportunity for

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targeted restorations including

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restoring rec center hours and

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supporting youth drop in

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centers and violence prevention

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programs, restoring shoreline

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park maintenance and DECEMBER

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nights operations and partially

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program and funding and funding

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traffic safety improvements

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tied to the city's speed

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in neighborhood services that

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residents depend on every day

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but difficult tradeoffs do

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reductions including workforce

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undoubtedly impact services

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across our city.

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Whereverossible, we have

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prioritized reductions away

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from neighborhood frontline

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services.

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councilmembers is to deliver

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the best possible services with

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the resources that we have

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available to us while

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continuing to meet our

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obligations to public safety,

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emergency response and

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neighborhood services.

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This MAY revise reflects what

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governing through difficult

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times require honesty about

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tradeoffs, fiscal

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responsibility and a continued

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focus on core services And

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the decisions that we will make

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today will shape not only this

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year's proposed budget but San

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Diego's financial future.

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Citizens expect us to govern

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responsibly, prioritize core

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services and keep this city

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moving forward.

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That remains my focus with this

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MAY revise.

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With that I'll turn it over to

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our Chief financial officer

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Rolando Shoval and

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the Department of Finance

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Director Ben Battaglia to

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continue our presentation.

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>> Thank you, Mayor Gloria.

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Good evening.

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Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

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members of the City Council.

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We are here to rescind the MAY

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revision to the fiscal year

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2027 draft budget.

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With me is Dan Bartlett,

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the parent of finance director.

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And in the audience are members

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of the city's leadership team

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by way of overview.

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The MAY rebase reflects

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feedback received throughout

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the budget process from

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residents, community

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organizations, advocates and

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members of the City Council.

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The revised budget proposal

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proposal identifies newly

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approved funding sources to

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support targeted restorations

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while maintaining a balanced

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budget and stable long term

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financial footing for the city.

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It also continues to focus on

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public safety, infrastructure,

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homelessness solutions and

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housing which we believe are

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also the priorities shared by

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most San Diego residents.

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And it includes some additional

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investments in our capital

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improvement program.

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This table shows the citywide

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budget including our city

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funds.

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You can see that the overall

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budget has increased by about

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$52.9 million including $13.5

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million in the general fund.

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Ben will cover the details of

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the general fund increase later

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in the presentation So let me

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focus on some of the other

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increases.

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Enterprise funds are increasing

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by about 18.29 $18.2 million

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due to increased electricity

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needs in the water Utility

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operating fund due to pure

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water projects that are

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anticipated to come in line in

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f y 27 and also additional

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water purchases from the San

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Diego County Water Authority

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based on updated water sales

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assumptions for special revenue

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funds.

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Their decreasing by about $20.5

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million.

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It's mostly due to a reduction

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in operation appropriations to

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allow for future budgeting of

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capital improvement projects in

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the Tot Convention Center Fund.

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Internal service funds are

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increasing to about 6.1 million

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mostly due to increases in

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the fleet operations

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replacement funds for

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the acquisition of new vehicles

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and updated fuel cost based on

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current market conditions.

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And finally there's a $35.6

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million increase in the capital

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improvement program associated

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mostly with increasing fundings

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from park restricted sources.

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>> This table shows changes to

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the general fund revenues

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comparing the MAY revision to

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the draft budget.

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Property tax reflects a net

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decrease of about $1.1 million

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primarily due to redevelopment

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property taxes trust fund

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dollars.

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After we received estimates

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from the county in APRIL, sales

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tax remains unchanged.

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Our transient occupancy tax

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reflects an increase of about

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3.8 million.

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This is due to higher than

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anticipated tax receipts in

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both MARCH and APRIL in 2026 as

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as 26 serves as the basis for

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our fy 27 projections.

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There is a corresponding

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increase in f y 27 for

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franchise fees.

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Revenues reflect an increase of

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about $700,000.

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This is related to an increase

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in anticipated tonnage

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collected in the Sycamore

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landfill in fy 26 which in turn

434
00:11:12,692 --> 00:11:13,126
also increases the f y 27

435
00:11:13,126 --> 00:11:13,793
revenue base.

436
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Other major revenues reflect

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the increase in the Gulf funded

438
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land use fee offset by

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00:11:19,566 --> 00:11:21,566
decreased projected investment

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earnings and pooled cash and

441
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departmental revenues are

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00:11:26,606 --> 00:11:27,307
increasing by about 7 million

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and this is primarily due to

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increased reimbursements from

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special promotional tote and

446
00:11:35,381 --> 00:11:36,316
other special funds.

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Now focusing on the Gulf fund

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revenue, the MAY revision

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includes approximately $4.3

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million in ongoing general fund

451
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revenue through an increase in

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the rent paid by the Gulf

453
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Enterprise Fund for its use of

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city Gulf properties.

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This is grounded in the Fund's

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strong performance over

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the last three fiscal years.

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Operating income has totaled

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more than 14 million annually

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00:12:03,543 --> 00:12:04,244
and we project a fund balance

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of approximately 65 million by

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the end of fiscal year 2026.

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At the same time the Gulf Fund

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has significant capital needs.

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The fy 27 draft budget

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identifies $84.3 million in cap

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projects with additional

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anticipated needs on existing

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projects such as completing

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the Torrey Pines clubhouse in

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the Gulf Maintenance Master

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Plan.

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Total medium term needs reach

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approximately 216.4 million.

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Historically the fund has

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relied almost entirely on cash

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which means projects wait until

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cash accumulates.

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The MAY revision proposes

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incorporating financing so we

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can accelerate delivery of

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these projects after accounting

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for new ongoing payments to

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the general fund, the Gulf Fund

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00:12:52,626 --> 00:12:53,393
is projected to retain capacity

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for about $123 million in bond

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financing which combined with

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00:12:57,970 --> 00:12:59,497
96.4 million in projected cash.

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That gives us roughly about

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00:13:01,501 --> 00:13:03,901
$220 million in total funding

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00:13:05,939 --> 00:13:06,639
capacity enough to deliver

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the identified near to medium

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term projects while at the same

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time maintaining operations,

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reserves and debt service.

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Because this strategy depends

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on continued performance of

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the fund, the city will monitor

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revenues expenditures, reserves

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and project timing over

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the next five years and

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reassess the ongoing general

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fund payment on actual results.

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With that I'll hand it over to

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Ben and he'll cover the rest of

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the presentation.

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Thank you Rolando.

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The MAY revision includes a

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consolidation of two programs

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citywide brush management

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responsibilities within

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the right of way will be

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consolidated within the Parks

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and Recreation Department.

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Citywide tree maintenance

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responsibilities will be

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consolidated within

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the Transportation Department

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and the consolidation of these

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programs would provide

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efficiencies in budgeting

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planning and scheduling of work

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.

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Some notable additions in

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00:14:01,962 --> 00:14:02,629
the general fund include 4

526
00:14:02,629 --> 00:14:03,264
million to support potential

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00:14:03,264 --> 00:14:03,707
impacts from ongoing labor

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00:14:03,707 --> 00:14:05,707
negotiations.

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00:14:07,340 --> 00:14:07,735
A million supported by a

530
00:14:07,735 --> 00:14:08,402
vegetation management grant in

531
00:14:08,402 --> 00:14:10,802
the fire rescue department.

532
00:14:11,438 --> 00:14:12,139
Support for an opioid

533
00:14:12,139 --> 00:14:12,873
intervention services team in

534
00:14:12,873 --> 00:14:15,873
the police department funded by

535
00:14:16,310 --> 00:14:17,770
opioid settlement funds.

536
00:14:17,770 --> 00:14:20,770
And an increase of 100,000 for

537
00:14:21,315 --> 00:14:22,160
the no shots fired program and

538
00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,416
500,000 to support youth drop

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00:14:26,530 --> 00:14:26,854
in centers.

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00:14:26,854 --> 00:14:27,454
>> The increased land use fee

541
00:14:27,454 --> 00:14:29,854
payment from the Golf

542
00:14:30,958 --> 00:14:31,591
Enterprise Fund allowed for

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00:14:31,591 --> 00:14:32,293
the partial restoration of

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library and recreation center

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00:14:32,592 --> 00:14:34,592
hours.

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00:14:36,130 --> 00:14:36,730
Preserving service hours in

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00:14:36,730 --> 00:14:37,130
historically underserved

548
00:14:37,130 --> 00:14:39,130
communities.

549
00:14:40,835 --> 00:14:41,535
The revised budget includes

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00:14:41,535 --> 00:14:42,203
reduced service hours at nine

551
00:14:42,203 --> 00:14:45,203
libraries with no change in

552
00:14:45,740 --> 00:14:46,474
service hours at 26 libraries.

553
00:14:46,474 --> 00:14:50,740
There will be a reduction of

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00:14:50,811 --> 00:14:51,412
service hours to 40 hours per

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00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:52,179
week at 24 rec centers.

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00:14:52,179 --> 00:14:55,179
And current service hours will

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00:14:55,716 --> 00:14:56,500
be preserved at 39 recreation

558
00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:56,717
centers.

559
00:14:56,717 --> 00:14:59,717
The MAY revision includes a

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00:15:00,454 --> 00:15:01,122
list of all libraries and

561
00:15:01,122 --> 00:15:01,822
recreation centers including

562
00:15:01,822 --> 00:15:04,222
certain current service level

563
00:15:04,858 --> 00:15:05,626
hours as well as proposed

564
00:15:05,626 --> 00:15:08,626
service hours for fiscal year

565
00:15:10,197 --> 00:15:12,197
2027 for homelessness programs

566
00:15:13,466 --> 00:15:14,168
and services an addition of 4.9

567
00:15:14,168 --> 00:15:17,168
million will fund the Housing

568
00:15:18,406 --> 00:15:19,106
Instability Prevention Program

569
00:15:19,106 --> 00:15:19,740
,the Connections interim

570
00:15:19,740 --> 00:15:20,374
shelter and the Bishop ma

571
00:15:20,374 --> 00:15:22,774
Interim Shelter which were

572
00:15:23,244 --> 00:15:23,844
supported by one time permanent

573
00:15:23,844 --> 00:15:25,844
local housing allocation

574
00:15:26,781 --> 00:15:27,415
funding in fiscal year 2026 and

575
00:15:27,415 --> 00:15:30,415
that funding is no longer

576
00:15:31,619 --> 00:15:32,386
available next year.

577
00:15:32,386 --> 00:15:32,987
As a result, in order to

578
00:15:32,987 --> 00:15:34,987
maintain these services

579
00:15:35,990 --> 00:15:36,356
additional general fund support

580
00:15:36,356 --> 00:15:37,580
is needed.

581
00:15:37,580 --> 00:15:39,458
Additionally, the draft budget

582
00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:41,596
included a reduction of 3.8

583
00:15:41,596 --> 00:15:42,162
million for general

584
00:15:42,162 --> 00:15:44,162
homelessness services.

585
00:15:45,933 --> 00:15:46,600
The MAY revision details which

586
00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:47,235
services are proposed to be

587
00:15:47,235 --> 00:15:49,235
reduced including Central

588
00:15:51,372 --> 00:15:51,972
Elementary safe parking.

589
00:15:51,972 --> 00:15:52,607
16th The Newton Homeless

590
00:15:52,607 --> 00:15:54,442
shelter aerial drive safe

591
00:15:54,442 --> 00:15:56,842
parking and security for

592
00:15:59,447 --> 00:16:00,114
the old Central Library.

593
00:16:00,114 --> 00:16:00,715
>> Some notable non general

594
00:16:00,715 --> 00:16:02,715
fund adjustments include

595
00:16:03,184 --> 00:16:03,851
the addition of ten positions

596
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in the Development Services

597
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Fund to support inspections and

598
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I.T needs the Road Maintenance

599
00:16:08,489 --> 00:16:10,889
and Rehabilitation Fund will

600
00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,294
support the implementation of

601
00:16:13,294 --> 00:16:13,895
the speed management plan which

602
00:16:13,895 --> 00:16:14,562
was recently approved by

603
00:16:14,562 --> 00:16:17,398
the City Council as well as

604
00:16:17,398 --> 00:16:17,799
the next street condition

605
00:16:17,799 --> 00:16:18,466
assessment.

606
00:16:18,466 --> 00:16:21,466
Finally we wanted to provide

607
00:16:21,769 --> 00:16:22,469
details for the planned use of

608
00:16:22,469 --> 00:16:24,869
opioid settlement funding next

609
00:16:26,808 --> 00:16:27,508
year approximately 5 million

610
00:16:27,508 --> 00:16:28,175
will support homeless shelters

611
00:16:28,175 --> 00:16:30,575
including the emergency harm

612
00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:32,680
reduction shelter and community

613
00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,800
harm reduction Safe Haven

614
00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:36,784
shelter 1.1 million will

615
00:16:36,784 --> 00:16:37,451
support the continued contract

616
00:16:37,451 --> 00:16:39,851
with ucsd Transition Support

617
00:16:40,755 --> 00:16:41,356
Team 700,000 will support

618
00:16:41,356 --> 00:16:42,890
the police department's

619
00:16:42,890 --> 00:16:44,890
neighborhood policing divisions

620
00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:46,461
interventions, services teams

621
00:16:46,461 --> 00:16:47,950
training and operations which

622
00:16:47,950 --> 00:16:49,495
will strengthen the city's

623
00:16:50,565 --> 00:16:51,266
ability to identify, engage and

624
00:16:51,266 --> 00:16:53,666
connect people struggling with

625
00:16:55,303 --> 00:16:56,700
opioid use to life saving care.

626
00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:58,700
500,000 will provide ongoing

627
00:17:00,507 --> 00:17:01,108
support for the prosecution and

628
00:17:01,108 --> 00:17:01,776
law enforcement assisted

629
00:17:01,776 --> 00:17:04,176
diversion services or pleads

630
00:17:05,279 --> 00:17:06,140
program.

631
00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:06,680
And this is a partnership

632
00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,315
between the San Diego Police

633
00:17:07,315 --> 00:17:09,315
Department city Attorney's

634
00:17:09,885 --> 00:17:10,518
office as well as the county of

635
00:17:10,518 --> 00:17:11,860
San Diego And they provide

636
00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:13,860
individuals with under

637
00:17:14,689 --> 00:17:15,356
the influence of a controlled

638
00:17:15,356 --> 00:17:16,240
substance the opportunity to

639
00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,240
obtain supportive services.

640
00:17:18,727 --> 00:17:19,427
And then finally 300,000 will

641
00:17:19,427 --> 00:17:21,827
support the continued contract

642
00:17:22,931 --> 00:17:23,630
with the San Diego lgbtq

643
00:17:23,630 --> 00:17:24,232
Community Center for Substance

644
00:17:24,232 --> 00:17:26,632
a substance use disorder

645
00:17:28,169 --> 00:17:30,169
treatment services.

646
00:17:32,207 --> 00:17:32,874
The fiscal year 2020 7th MAY

647
00:17:32,874 --> 00:17:35,274
revision increases the Total

648
00:17:35,944 --> 00:17:36,711
Capital Improvements Program

649
00:17:36,711 --> 00:17:37,478
budget by 35.6 million and this

650
00:17:37,478 --> 00:17:41,780
brings the total cip budget for

651
00:17:41,483 --> 00:17:41,816
fiscal year 27 to 857.3

652
00:17:41,816 --> 00:17:43,816
million.

653
00:17:46,288 --> 00:17:47,880
This increase is largely for

654
00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:47,789
Parks and Rec as well as public

655
00:17:47,789 --> 00:17:50,125
utilities projects and they're

656
00:17:50,125 --> 00:17:52,125
primarily supported by

657
00:17:55,330 --> 00:17:56,300
restricted funding sources.

658
00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:56,697
>> The main revision includes

659
00:17:56,697 --> 00:17:58,697
30.8 million allocation for

660
00:18:00,635 --> 00:18:01,336
Parks and recreation projects

661
00:18:01,336 --> 00:18:02,370
from three main funding groups

662
00:18:02,370 --> 00:18:05,370
and this includes the Mission

663
00:18:05,907 --> 00:18:06,574
Bay Park improvements Fund,

664
00:18:06,574 --> 00:18:07,242
the San Diego Regional Parks

665
00:18:07,242 --> 00:18:10,242
Improvements Fund as well as

666
00:18:10,378 --> 00:18:11,460
impact fees.

667
00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:11,747
A variety of projects were

668
00:18:11,747 --> 00:18:14,147
funded from these allocations

669
00:18:15,517 --> 00:18:16,151
and the details are included in

670
00:18:16,151 --> 00:18:16,518
the cap section of the MAY

671
00:18:16,518 --> 00:18:18,518
revision.

672
00:18:20,222 --> 00:18:20,922
The decreases in the transports

673
00:18:20,922 --> 00:18:21,656
and department are mainly due

674
00:18:21,656 --> 00:18:24,656
to changes in project schedules

675
00:18:25,494 --> 00:18:25,861
for utilities undergrounding

676
00:18:25,861 --> 00:18:26,528
projects.

677
00:18:26,528 --> 00:18:28,928
There were projects schedule

678
00:18:29,531 --> 00:18:30,265
updates for two stormwater

679
00:18:30,265 --> 00:18:30,932
projects and these budgets were

680
00:18:30,932 --> 00:18:33,332
reallocated to other urgent

681
00:18:33,901 --> 00:18:35,901
transportation projects to

682
00:18:38,907 --> 00:18:39,207
support construction activities

683
00:18:39,207 --> 00:18:39,875
.

684
00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:40,575
>> The fiscal year 27th MAY

685
00:18:40,575 --> 00:18:42,975
revision maintains a balanced

686
00:18:43,145 --> 00:18:43,879
general fund budget with

687
00:18:43,879 --> 00:18:44,479
limited restorations as well as

688
00:18:44,479 --> 00:18:46,879
investments in the cap.

689
00:18:48,383 --> 00:18:48,984
We look forward to the City

690
00:18:48,984 --> 00:18:49,585
Council's updated budget

691
00:18:49,585 --> 00:18:51,985
priorities which will be

692
00:18:53,540 --> 00:18:53,755
summarized in the eib's report

693
00:18:53,755 --> 00:18:54,489
including budget modification

694
00:18:54,489 --> 00:18:56,489
recommend recommendations which

695
00:18:57,759 --> 00:18:58,393
are scheduled to be released on

696
00:18:58,393 --> 00:18:59,940
JUNE 2nd and discussed at

697
00:18:59,940 --> 00:18:59,461
the Budget Review Committee on

698
00:18:59,461 --> 00:19:01,461
JUNE 5th.

699
00:19:02,764 --> 00:19:03,365
The City Council will then

700
00:19:03,365 --> 00:19:03,966
consider the adoption of

701
00:19:03,966 --> 00:19:06,966
the budget on JUNE 9th.

702
00:19:07,336 --> 00:19:08,360
That concludes our presentation

703
00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:08,669
and we're happy to answer any

704
00:19:08,669 --> 00:19:09,104
questions you might have.

705
00:19:09,104 --> 00:19:11,104
>> All right.

706
00:19:12,107 --> 00:19:12,874
Thank you for the presentation.

707
00:19:12,874 --> 00:19:13,508
We'll turn it over now to

708
00:19:13,508 --> 00:19:15,908
the Office of Independent

709
00:19:16,979 --> 00:19:17,446
Budget analyst Charles Monaco.

710
00:19:17,446 --> 00:19:18,146
>> Thank you.

711
00:19:18,146 --> 00:19:18,747
Council PRESIDENT And council

712
00:19:18,747 --> 00:19:21,747
member from Thank you to

713
00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:22,251
Rolando and Ben for

714
00:19:22,251 --> 00:19:22,984
the presentation.

715
00:19:22,984 --> 00:19:23,585
I will keep my comments tonight

716
00:19:23,585 --> 00:19:25,585
relatively brief because

717
00:19:26,755 --> 00:19:27,423
the main purpose of tonight's

718
00:19:27,423 --> 00:19:27,890
meeting is to hear directly

719
00:19:27,890 --> 00:19:29,890
from the public.

720
00:19:30,859 --> 00:19:31,392
To summarize I MAY revise them

721
00:19:31,392 --> 00:19:31,994
at a high level.

722
00:19:31,994 --> 00:19:32,594
It identifies additional

723
00:19:32,594 --> 00:19:34,994
resources above what was

724
00:19:35,397 --> 00:19:36,650
included in the proposed

725
00:19:36,650 --> 00:19:36,731
budget, the largest of which

726
00:19:36,731 --> 00:19:39,731
are an increase in projected

727
00:19:40,635 --> 00:19:43,635
hotel tax revenue with a $4.4

728
00:19:44,306 --> 00:19:44,940
million general fund impact and

729
00:19:44,940 --> 00:19:45,607
4.3 million in additional

730
00:19:45,607 --> 00:19:46,275
ongoing general fund revenue

731
00:19:46,275 --> 00:19:49,275
from increased land use fees

732
00:19:49,611 --> 00:19:50,279
paid by the golf Course fund

733
00:19:50,279 --> 00:19:50,746
for the use of general fund

734
00:19:50,746 --> 00:19:52,746
owned property.

735
00:19:54,750 --> 00:19:55,418
Those additional resources help

736
00:19:55,418 --> 00:19:56,510
support several restorations

737
00:19:56,510 --> 00:19:58,451
from the proposed budget.

738
00:19:59,540 --> 00:19:59,588
Most notably the MAY revise

739
00:19:59,588 --> 00:20:00,222
includes the partial

740
00:20:00,222 --> 00:20:02,222
restoration of recreation

741
00:20:03,826 --> 00:20:04,526
center hours restoring $2.9

742
00:20:04,526 --> 00:20:06,926
million from 33 positions from

743
00:20:08,297 --> 00:20:08,998
cuts proposed in APRIL.

744
00:20:08,998 --> 00:20:09,565
Under the revised proposal

745
00:20:09,565 --> 00:20:10,231
current hours would be

746
00:20:10,231 --> 00:20:13,231
preserved at rec centers in

747
00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:14,670
council districts three, four,

748
00:20:14,670 --> 00:20:17,670
eight and nine along with

749
00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:18,574
certain facilities in districts

750
00:20:18,574 --> 00:20:19,274
two, five, six and seven.

751
00:20:19,274 --> 00:20:22,274
Other rec centers would still

752
00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:23,779
see reduced hours but no full

753
00:20:23,779 --> 00:20:24,146
rec center closures are being

754
00:20:24,146 --> 00:20:26,146
proposed.

755
00:20:28,484 --> 00:20:29,118
They MAY revise also include

756
00:20:29,118 --> 00:20:31,518
the partial restoration of

757
00:20:31,654 --> 00:20:32,321
library hours as you heard

758
00:20:32,321 --> 00:20:33,550
restoring $941,000 and seven

759
00:20:33,550 --> 00:20:35,455
positions that restoration what

760
00:20:36,425 --> 00:20:36,959
among other things to preserve

761
00:20:36,959 --> 00:20:37,660
North Claremont from

762
00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:40,600
foreclosure and prevent Carmel

763
00:20:41,497 --> 00:20:42,640
Valley from receiving a full

764
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:42,732
day service reduction?

765
00:20:42,732 --> 00:20:43,432
It's worth noting that that

766
00:20:43,432 --> 00:20:45,832
reduction or this restoration

767
00:20:46,369 --> 00:20:47,200
is still partial, however, and

768
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:47,603
a number of branches will

769
00:20:47,603 --> 00:20:50,300
continue to see reduced

770
00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:52,141
operating schedules.

771
00:20:52,141 --> 00:20:54,877
In addition, they MAY revise

772
00:20:54,877 --> 00:20:55,578
allowed for approximately $4.9

773
00:20:55,578 --> 00:20:56,278
million in support to maintain

774
00:20:56,278 --> 00:20:57,130
existing homelessness programs

775
00:20:57,130 --> 00:21:00,130
that were previously assumed to

776
00:21:00,349 --> 00:21:01,500
be funded with state housing

777
00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:01,416
funds that ultimately were not

778
00:21:01,416 --> 00:21:03,416
available.

779
00:21:05,288 --> 00:21:05,988
It is worth acknowledging that

780
00:21:05,988 --> 00:21:08,388
initial proposed reductions in

781
00:21:09,859 --> 00:21:10,325
the budget still remain in a

782
00:21:10,325 --> 00:21:11,127
number of areas.

783
00:21:11,127 --> 00:21:14,430
I know that we will hear from

784
00:21:14,430 --> 00:21:15,131
the public tonight about

785
00:21:15,131 --> 00:21:15,731
several of those particularly

786
00:21:15,731 --> 00:21:16,431
around arts and cultural

787
00:21:16,431 --> 00:21:19,431
funding which is not proposed

788
00:21:19,568 --> 00:21:19,902
for restoration of the MAY

789
00:21:19,902 --> 00:21:20,536
revise.

790
00:21:20,536 --> 00:21:23,536
My office will release our

791
00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:25,730
final report and recommended

792
00:21:25,730 --> 00:21:25,808
budget modifications next week.

793
00:21:25,808 --> 00:21:29,178
That report will provide a more

794
00:21:29,178 --> 00:21:29,846
comprehensive review of the MAY

795
00:21:29,846 --> 00:21:30,579
revised remaining reductions

796
00:21:30,579 --> 00:21:32,979
available resources and options

797
00:21:33,983 --> 00:21:34,684
for Council as you move towards

798
00:21:34,684 --> 00:21:34,951
final budget adoption on JUNE

799
00:21:34,951 --> 00:21:36,951
9th.

800
00:21:38,287 --> 00:21:38,988
But stepping back it is worth

801
00:21:38,988 --> 00:21:41,388
emphasizing the city's broader

802
00:21:43,126 --> 00:21:43,826
fiscal context because it

803
00:21:43,826 --> 00:21:44,494
shapes how we should listen to

804
00:21:44,494 --> 00:21:45,228
testimony tonight and how we

805
00:21:45,228 --> 00:21:48,598
should move forward as a city

806
00:21:48,598 --> 00:21:49,266
over the next several years.

807
00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:52,266
The restoration from the MAY

808
00:21:52,935 --> 00:21:53,602
revise are meaningful but they

809
00:21:53,602 --> 00:21:54,337
do not mean that the city's

810
00:21:54,337 --> 00:21:57,400
budget problem has been solved.

811
00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:57,740
The city's structural deficit

812
00:21:57,740 --> 00:21:58,441
remains and while progress is

813
00:21:58,441 --> 00:22:01,441
being made towards closing it,

814
00:22:02,110 --> 00:22:02,679
the underlying mismatch between

815
00:22:02,679 --> 00:22:05,790
ongoing revenues and ongoing

816
00:22:07,217 --> 00:22:07,750
expenditures continues.

817
00:22:07,750 --> 00:22:08,451
This matters because

818
00:22:08,451 --> 00:22:09,180
the service reductions before

819
00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:11,418
council are not simply

820
00:22:12,322 --> 00:22:12,955
the result of one budget

821
00:22:12,955 --> 00:22:15,355
proposal or one difficult

822
00:22:16,591 --> 00:22:17,226
budget year but instead they

823
00:22:17,226 --> 00:22:17,760
reflect a problem that has

824
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,760
grown over decades.

825
00:22:21,531 --> 00:22:22,298
The city's existing resources

826
00:22:22,298 --> 00:22:22,999
are not sufficient to maintain

827
00:22:22,999 --> 00:22:25,399
current service levels across

828
00:22:27,690 --> 00:22:27,704
all areas and even after we go

829
00:22:27,704 --> 00:22:28,371
through the work needed to

830
00:22:28,371 --> 00:22:30,771
balance the operating budget

831
00:22:31,107 --> 00:22:31,741
for the upcoming year,

832
00:22:31,741 --> 00:22:33,741
the city's infrastructure

833
00:22:34,844 --> 00:22:35,544
backlog was a nearly $8 billion

834
00:22:35,544 --> 00:22:39,144
funding gap over just the next

835
00:22:39,782 --> 00:22:40,416
five years remains far beyond

836
00:22:40,416 --> 00:22:40,749
what existing revenues can

837
00:22:40,749 --> 00:22:42,749
address.

838
00:22:44,253 --> 00:22:44,887
The public we will hear from

839
00:22:44,887 --> 00:22:45,621
tonight cares deeply about

840
00:22:45,621 --> 00:22:48,621
their parks and their libraries

841
00:22:49,425 --> 00:22:50,260
and their arts programs and

842
00:22:50,260 --> 00:22:50,693
their streets and their

843
00:22:50,693 --> 00:22:53,930
neighborhoods And that care

844
00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:54,497
reflects a genuine and real

845
00:22:54,497 --> 00:22:54,964
expectations for what a city

846
00:22:54,964 --> 00:22:56,964
should provide.

847
00:22:59,680 --> 00:22:59,769
Being honest about what it

848
00:22:59,769 --> 00:23:03,272
actually costs to run a city

849
00:23:03,272 --> 00:23:04,700
and to meet those expectations

850
00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:04,741
and about the gap between those

851
00:23:04,741 --> 00:23:08,341
costs and the revenues that are

852
00:23:08,978 --> 00:23:09,679
currently coming into the city

853
00:23:09,679 --> 00:23:10,480
is one of the most important

854
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,683
things that this council can do

855
00:23:13,683 --> 00:23:14,500
as it moves towards final

856
00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:14,651
decisions.

857
00:23:14,651 --> 00:23:17,651
The city can and should

858
00:23:18,755 --> 00:23:19,456
continue working to preserve

859
00:23:19,456 --> 00:23:21,856
core services where possible.

860
00:23:23,192 --> 00:23:23,895
But given our fiscal reality,

861
00:23:23,895 --> 00:23:24,561
difficult conversations about

862
00:23:24,561 --> 00:23:26,961
service levels will continue

863
00:23:27,864 --> 00:23:28,465
next year and without

864
00:23:28,465 --> 00:23:29,990
significant new revenue

865
00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:29,733
the city will be unable to

866
00:23:29,733 --> 00:23:31,733
address its infrastructure

867
00:23:33,636 --> 00:23:34,270
needs at anything close to

868
00:23:34,270 --> 00:23:37,270
the scale that is actually

869
00:23:38,274 --> 00:23:38,875
required But that we look

870
00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:39,409
forward to hearing from

871
00:23:39,409 --> 00:23:40,109
the public tonight.

872
00:23:40,109 --> 00:23:42,712
And my office will continue to

873
00:23:42,712 --> 00:23:43,346
be available to support this

874
00:23:43,346 --> 00:23:44,140
Council with analysis and

875
00:23:44,140 --> 00:23:44,648
recommendations as you move

876
00:23:44,648 --> 00:23:47,480
towards your final budget

877
00:23:47,550 --> 00:23:47,851
decisions over the next two

878
00:23:47,851 --> 00:23:48,418
weeks.

879
00:23:48,418 --> 00:23:48,785
>> Thank you, Council

880
00:23:48,785 --> 00:23:49,151
PRESIDENT.

881
00:23:49,151 --> 00:23:49,686
All right.

882
00:23:49,686 --> 00:23:50,386
Thank you, Charles.

883
00:23:50,386 --> 00:23:52,589
We always appreciate the eib's

884
00:23:52,589 --> 00:23:53,156
participation.

885
00:23:53,156 --> 00:23:54,900
Okay, your turn now.

886
00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,594
I'm now essentially going to be

887
00:23:57,594 --> 00:23:58,228
turning the meeting over to our

888
00:23:58,228 --> 00:23:58,528
city clerk and her amazing

889
00:23:58,528 --> 00:24:00,528
staff.

890
00:24:02,365 --> 00:24:02,800
She gives excellent

891
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,500
instructions.

892
00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:04,330
You follow them and we'll get

893
00:24:04,330 --> 00:24:04,734
through it Evening.

894
00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:07,304
You all get that chance to

895
00:24:07,304 --> 00:24:08,380
speak.

896
00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:08,405
>> So Diana, please begin.

897
00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:08,905
Thank you.

898
00:24:08,905 --> 00:24:10,905
Council PRESIDENT.

899
00:24:12,208 --> 00:24:12,809
We do have a little over 200

900
00:24:12,809 --> 00:24:13,443
speakers here in council

901
00:24:13,443 --> 00:24:13,744
chambers and in the online

902
00:24:13,744 --> 00:24:15,744
queue.

903
00:24:17,347 --> 00:24:17,980
So it will be one minute each

904
00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:20,980
as I had noted previously.

905
00:24:21,518 --> 00:24:22,218
I would like to note for

906
00:24:22,218 --> 00:24:25,355
the record that this item did

907
00:24:25,355 --> 00:24:26,890
receive 24 comments in favor

908
00:24:26,890 --> 00:24:26,890
and 214 comments in opposition.

909
00:24:26,890 --> 00:24:30,393
B r e comment form which have

910
00:24:30,393 --> 00:24:30,793
been distributed to

911
00:24:30,793 --> 00:24:31,394
the Council.

912
00:24:31,394 --> 00:24:32,610
We will be starting this

913
00:24:32,610 --> 00:24:34,461
evening with Christopher h.

914
00:24:34,965 --> 00:24:35,732
Lipski and then after that we

915
00:24:35,732 --> 00:24:39,332
have Julia Cardenas who will be

916
00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:41,705
speaking along with Allison

917
00:24:41,705 --> 00:24:42,572
Heppner and Jared Harrison.

918
00:24:42,572 --> 00:24:45,342
If you can all please come up

919
00:24:45,342 --> 00:24:46,900
to the yellow reserved seats.

920
00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:49,900
After that we'll have Victor

921
00:24:49,580 --> 00:24:50,513
Bonzi and Melissa Hernandez.

922
00:24:50,513 --> 00:24:51,247
If you can all please come up

923
00:24:51,247 --> 00:24:54,840
to those yellow reserved seats.

924
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:54,785
Christopher you can come up to

925
00:24:54,785 --> 00:24:55,419
the microphone and you'll have

926
00:24:55,419 --> 00:24:58,419
a Dvora maxim over Maxim.

927
00:24:58,955 --> 00:24:59,623
Thank you.

928
00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:00,123
Seating your time so you'll

929
00:25:00,123 --> 00:25:00,590
have two minutes.

930
00:25:00,590 --> 00:25:02,590
Please proceed.

931
00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:04,494
Hello everyone.

932
00:25:04,494 --> 00:25:05,194
My name is Christian Lipski.

933
00:25:05,194 --> 00:25:05,795
I'm on the Commission for Arts

934
00:25:05,795 --> 00:25:06,229
and Culture representing

935
00:25:06,229 --> 00:25:08,229
District two.

936
00:25:08,599 --> 00:25:09,199
I moved here from Chicago where

937
00:25:09,199 --> 00:25:09,899
I worked for the Mayor's

938
00:25:09,899 --> 00:25:12,299
Department of Cultural Affairs

939
00:25:13,370 --> 00:25:14,710
and Special events And then I

940
00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:17,710
managed the arts program here

941
00:25:17,730 --> 00:25:17,574
at our international airport

942
00:25:17,574 --> 00:25:18,274
from 2016 to 2023.

943
00:25:18,274 --> 00:25:18,742
I'm also on the Ocean Beach

944
00:25:18,742 --> 00:25:20,742
Planning Board.

945
00:25:22,450 --> 00:25:22,746
I'm here in support of

946
00:25:22,746 --> 00:25:23,413
restoring funding for arts and

947
00:25:23,413 --> 00:25:23,713
culture for the city of San

948
00:25:23,713 --> 00:25:24,414
Diego.

949
00:25:24,414 --> 00:25:26,650
I want to provide context for

950
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:27,350
my vantage point.

951
00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:28,510
In my experience seven months

952
00:25:28,510 --> 00:25:31,488
ago the city lost the tenured

953
00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:32,560
executive director of

954
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:32,789
the department called

955
00:25:32,789 --> 00:25:35,189
Department of Cultural Affairs.

956
00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:37,193
Oh, about ten years of

957
00:25:37,193 --> 00:25:37,861
institutional knowledge gone on

958
00:25:37,861 --> 00:25:38,262
top of decades of prior past

959
00:25:38,262 --> 00:25:40,262
experience.

960
00:25:41,365 --> 00:25:42,660
Three months ago the city then

961
00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:42,700
lost its second in command for

962
00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:43,320
the Department of Cultural

963
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,320
Affairs.

964
00:25:46,337 --> 00:25:47,370
This person had 14 years of

965
00:25:47,370 --> 00:25:47,538
institutional experience right

966
00:25:47,538 --> 00:25:48,138
here in City Hall.

967
00:25:48,138 --> 00:25:51,138
Her position will not be

968
00:25:51,609 --> 00:25:51,942
backfilled as a result of this

969
00:25:51,942 --> 00:25:53,942
budget.

970
00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:56,780
Moreover, now almost 90% of

971
00:25:56,780 --> 00:25:57,247
the cultural affairs budget has

972
00:25:57,247 --> 00:25:59,247
been wiped out.

973
00:25:59,549 --> 00:26:00,317
No more Oh is now it's bye bye.

974
00:26:00,317 --> 00:26:00,985
And the reason for that is

975
00:26:00,985 --> 00:26:01,652
because staffing and funding

976
00:26:01,652 --> 00:26:04,421
are on a path to extinction.

977
00:26:04,421 --> 00:26:05,890
The message is clear No

978
00:26:05,890 --> 00:26:05,789
importance is placed on arts

979
00:26:05,789 --> 00:26:09,930
and culture for San Diego From

980
00:26:09,930 --> 00:26:09,960
the mayor's office.

981
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:10,661
Going further I wish that I

982
00:26:10,661 --> 00:26:11,362
could say we as the appointed

983
00:26:11,362 --> 00:26:11,995
Commission on Arts and Culture

984
00:26:11,995 --> 00:26:14,164
have been engaged in this

985
00:26:14,164 --> 00:26:14,866
budget process as we ought to

986
00:26:14,866 --> 00:26:15,199
be and as the process is meant

987
00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:15,666
to work.

988
00:26:15,666 --> 00:26:18,660
But we have not.

989
00:26:18,269 --> 00:26:18,835
Even worse we still have not

990
00:26:18,835 --> 00:26:19,502
been communicated with

991
00:26:19,502 --> 00:26:20,103
regarding the budget Despite

992
00:26:20,103 --> 00:26:22,103
significant outreach to

993
00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:23,673
the mayor's office, we as a

994
00:26:23,673 --> 00:26:24,375
commission should have been

995
00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:27,178
involved and we still can be.

996
00:26:27,178 --> 00:26:27,878
It was said well by two Council

997
00:26:27,878 --> 00:26:28,612
members at the MAY 4th budget

998
00:26:28,612 --> 00:26:31,314
hearing that the city is flying

999
00:26:31,314 --> 00:26:31,983
in the dark because it is using

1000
00:26:31,983 --> 00:26:32,583
no economic impact study for

1001
00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:32,918
the elimination of this

1002
00:26:32,918 --> 00:26:34,918
funding.

1003
00:26:35,753 --> 00:26:36,453
There is a complete lack of

1004
00:26:36,453 --> 00:26:37,210
methodology right now and lack

1005
00:26:37,210 --> 00:26:37,721
of collaboration with

1006
00:26:37,721 --> 00:26:40,721
the city's own appointed body

1007
00:26:41,158 --> 00:26:41,826
of professional advisors

1008
00:26:41,826 --> 00:26:42,159
the Commission for Arts and

1009
00:26:42,159 --> 00:26:42,792
Culture.

1010
00:26:42,792 --> 00:26:43,427
If it's one thing creative

1011
00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:46,163
folks know how to do, it's

1012
00:26:46,163 --> 00:26:46,731
problem solve Constraints are

1013
00:26:46,731 --> 00:26:47,430
part of our practice.

1014
00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:47,898
This situation is solvable So

1015
00:26:47,898 --> 00:26:49,898
let's do better.

1016
00:26:51,335 --> 00:26:52,350
Let's act like other grown up

1017
00:26:52,350 --> 00:26:52,737
municipalities with regard to

1018
00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:53,104
arts and culture and the role

1019
00:26:53,104 --> 00:26:55,104
it plays.

1020
00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:56,640
Put the money back.

1021
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:57,341
Let us your opponent, your

1022
00:26:57,341 --> 00:26:59,741
appointed commission help you

1023
00:27:00,511 --> 00:27:00,911
with that.

1024
00:27:00,911 --> 00:27:02,911
Thank you.

1025
00:27:05,315 --> 00:27:06,170
Julia Cardenas is Julia You

1026
00:27:06,170 --> 00:27:06,717
have time people sitting your

1027
00:27:06,717 --> 00:27:10,210
time if they can please raise

1028
00:27:10,210 --> 00:27:10,321
their hand Ali Farrah thank

1029
00:27:10,321 --> 00:27:10,922
you.

1030
00:27:10,922 --> 00:27:13,322
Daniel Milan Thank you.

1031
00:27:15,226 --> 00:27:17,226
Rosemary Rincon, Beatriz

1032
00:27:19,663 --> 00:27:20,264
Torres, Sarah Powell Thank you.

1033
00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:22,664
You'll have six minutes.

1034
00:27:24,101 --> 00:27:26,501
Please proceed when ready.

1035
00:27:29,540 --> 00:27:29,974
Good evening, Mayor Gloria and

1036
00:27:29,974 --> 00:27:30,608
City Council.

1037
00:27:30,608 --> 00:27:33,608
My name is Julia Cardenas.

1038
00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:34,979
I am the PRESIDENT Of the San

1039
00:27:34,979 --> 00:27:35,580
Diego chapter of the National

1040
00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:37,980
Federation of the Blind.

1041
00:27:39,784 --> 00:27:43,954
I am here to voice our full

1042
00:27:43,954 --> 00:27:44,823
support for the accessibility

1043
00:27:44,823 --> 00:27:47,223
Advisory Boards proposal to

1044
00:27:48,626 --> 00:27:49,392
allocate 18 million over a five

1045
00:27:49,392 --> 00:27:52,992
year span to clear the current

1046
00:27:52,997 --> 00:27:54,997
backlog in 88 projects.

1047
00:27:57,902 --> 00:28:00,902
We are facing a staggering 70

1048
00:28:01,205 --> 00:28:03,605
to 90 million backlog in 88

1049
00:28:05,176 --> 00:28:05,777
projects or a law that was

1050
00:28:05,777 --> 00:28:07,777
passed 36 years ago.

1051
00:28:09,981 --> 00:28:10,583
This level of neglect is not

1052
00:28:10,583 --> 00:28:12,983
just a budget oversight.

1053
00:28:15,286 --> 00:28:16,153
It is a civil rights issue.

1054
00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:18,553
Last year the accessibility

1055
00:28:20,525 --> 00:28:21,159
Advisory Board sent their

1056
00:28:21,159 --> 00:28:23,559
proposal to city council.

1057
00:28:25,530 --> 00:28:26,164
>> And I want to take a moment

1058
00:28:26,164 --> 00:28:28,564
and thank council members

1059
00:28:29,633 --> 00:28:30,301
Whitburn and Foster for

1060
00:28:30,301 --> 00:28:30,902
addressing this item as a

1061
00:28:30,902 --> 00:28:33,302
priority in the budget.

1062
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:34,972
Thank you, gentlemen.

1063
00:28:34,972 --> 00:28:39,172
The city says that it wants to

1064
00:28:39,477 --> 00:28:39,910
create a safe San Diego for all

1065
00:28:39,910 --> 00:28:41,910
its residents.

1066
00:28:44,616 --> 00:28:45,483
>> I'm here to tell you that

1067
00:28:45,483 --> 00:28:48,987
blind San Diegans do not feel

1068
00:28:48,987 --> 00:28:50,987
safe.

1069
00:28:53,491 --> 00:28:54,459
The reality is that we navigate

1070
00:28:54,459 --> 00:28:58,659
this city we call home daily in

1071
00:28:58,730 --> 00:28:59,630
a landscape of many safety

1072
00:28:59,630 --> 00:29:01,630
hazards.

1073
00:29:03,535 --> 00:29:04,235
We're talking about

1074
00:29:04,235 --> 00:29:06,235
malfunctioning to nonexistent,

1075
00:29:08,672 --> 00:29:10,672
accessible pedestrian signals

1076
00:29:13,311 --> 00:29:14,120
also known as apps low level

1077
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,412
face obstructions that include

1078
00:29:18,716 --> 00:29:21,116
overhanging umbrellas and trim

1079
00:29:23,455 --> 00:29:24,322
trees a frames and uncovered

1080
00:29:24,322 --> 00:29:27,892
tree holes that act as traps

1081
00:29:27,892 --> 00:29:32,920
for a white cane and feet When

1082
00:29:32,330 --> 00:29:33,310
an accessible pedestal and

1083
00:29:33,310 --> 00:29:36,310
signal fails or tactile curve

1084
00:29:37,268 --> 00:29:38,137
ramp is not properly placed.

1085
00:29:38,137 --> 00:29:41,137
Blind people are at greater

1086
00:29:43,141 --> 00:29:46,741
risk of serious injury or death

1087
00:29:47,212 --> 00:29:47,979
just crossing the street Blind

1088
00:29:47,979 --> 00:29:50,979
pedestrians do their best to

1089
00:29:51,850 --> 00:29:55,450
judge when it's safe to cross.

1090
00:29:56,754 --> 00:29:57,255
If an app's malfunctions at a

1091
00:29:57,255 --> 00:29:57,989
busy intersection.

1092
00:29:57,989 --> 00:30:00,989
But from firsthand experience I

1093
00:30:01,526 --> 00:30:02,127
can say facing down an

1094
00:30:02,127 --> 00:30:04,127
unexpected vehicle is

1095
00:30:06,363 --> 00:30:08,363
terrifying.

1096
00:30:10,702 --> 00:30:11,469
>> Our members have repeatedly

1097
00:30:11,469 --> 00:30:13,869
reported broken signals, unsafe

1098
00:30:16,108 --> 00:30:16,608
facilities and have even

1099
00:30:16,608 --> 00:30:17,242
requested new apps

1100
00:30:17,242 --> 00:30:19,642
installations at high risk

1101
00:30:21,790 --> 00:30:22,470
intersections.

1102
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:25,647
Yet often these repairs do not

1103
00:30:26,284 --> 00:30:29,284
happen because the city says

1104
00:30:30,554 --> 00:30:31,423
the funding is unavailable.

1105
00:30:31,423 --> 00:30:35,230
Earlier this month we met with

1106
00:30:35,661 --> 00:30:36,328
the city engineer and

1107
00:30:36,328 --> 00:30:38,728
department to understand how

1108
00:30:40,299 --> 00:30:40,999
apps related issues

1109
00:30:40,999 --> 00:30:42,999
specifically are prioritized.

1110
00:30:45,337 --> 00:30:45,904
And we learned that the city

1111
00:30:45,904 --> 00:30:48,304
uses a scoring system.

1112
00:30:50,420 --> 00:30:50,776
It is unclear where in

1113
00:30:50,776 --> 00:30:53,776
the scoring system these issues

1114
00:30:54,246 --> 00:30:55,113
rank.

1115
00:30:55,113 --> 00:30:57,849
But we believe that these life

1116
00:30:57,849 --> 00:31:00,249
saving signals should carry

1117
00:31:02,654 --> 00:31:03,422
more weight.

1118
00:31:03,422 --> 00:31:06,422
>> The city has allowed vital

1119
00:31:07,392 --> 00:31:07,892
accessibility issues to drift

1120
00:31:07,892 --> 00:31:10,292
for far too long.

1121
00:31:14,990 --> 00:31:15,330
The time to act is now.

1122
00:31:15,330 --> 00:31:18,633
The blind should not be an

1123
00:31:19,304 --> 00:31:19,972
afterthought.

1124
00:31:19,972 --> 00:31:21,972
>> Reliable and accessible

1125
00:31:23,776 --> 00:31:24,343
pedestrian infrastructure is

1126
00:31:24,343 --> 00:31:26,743
essential in order for

1127
00:31:28,614 --> 00:31:29,281
the blind to fully and equally

1128
00:31:29,281 --> 00:31:31,681
participate in public life.

1129
00:31:33,986 --> 00:31:34,687
So we're asking the City

1130
00:31:34,687 --> 00:31:37,687
Council to provide the funding

1131
00:31:39,224 --> 00:31:40,250
and accountability necessary so

1132
00:31:40,250 --> 00:31:43,594
that all blind San Diego fans

1133
00:31:43,594 --> 00:31:44,229
can travel safely and

1134
00:31:44,229 --> 00:31:44,630
independently in their own

1135
00:31:44,630 --> 00:31:46,630
communities.

1136
00:31:55,974 --> 00:31:56,842
Thank you.

1137
00:31:56,842 --> 00:31:57,209
>> That was worth a round of

1138
00:31:57,209 --> 00:31:59,209
applause.

1139
00:32:00,912 --> 00:32:01,180
So thank you for acknowledging

1140
00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:01,815
her.

1141
00:32:01,815 --> 00:32:02,481
But normally let's not do

1142
00:32:02,481 --> 00:32:05,481
the applause because it just

1143
00:32:05,984 --> 00:32:06,751
slows everything down.

1144
00:32:06,751 --> 00:32:07,486
Many of you already knew that

1145
00:32:07,486 --> 00:32:09,889
shaking their hands or snapping

1146
00:32:09,889 --> 00:32:10,556
your fingers communicates your

1147
00:32:10,556 --> 00:32:12,956
agreement with the speaker.

1148
00:32:15,494 --> 00:32:16,950
Then thumbs down says you don't

1149
00:32:16,950 --> 00:32:18,495
agree with the speaker.

1150
00:32:19,765 --> 00:32:20,166
>> So thank you for that.

1151
00:32:20,166 --> 00:32:22,166
>> Ready?

1152
00:32:32,277 --> 00:32:32,812
Alison Peppler here.

1153
00:32:32,812 --> 00:32:34,812
All right.

1154
00:32:37,850 --> 00:32:38,417
Like good knee.

1155
00:32:38,417 --> 00:32:39,185
Good evening everyone.

1156
00:32:39,185 --> 00:32:42,321
I'm going to make this quick

1157
00:32:42,321 --> 00:32:43,220
because I only have one minute.

1158
00:32:43,220 --> 00:32:46,220
My name is Alison Dubner.

1159
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:46,726
I am also a member of

1160
00:32:46,726 --> 00:32:49,126
the National Federation of

1161
00:32:51,296 --> 00:32:52,164
the Blind San Diego Chapter.

1162
00:32:52,164 --> 00:32:55,764
I want to speak about making

1163
00:32:56,135 --> 00:32:56,835
our finest city fine for

1164
00:32:56,835 --> 00:32:59,235
everyone blind and other

1165
00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:02,474
disabilities as well.

1166
00:33:02,474 --> 00:33:05,978
We all want what everyone else

1167
00:33:05,978 --> 00:33:06,711
wants.

1168
00:33:06,711 --> 00:33:09,711
We need to be independent.

1169
00:33:11,830 --> 00:33:11,517
We want to be employed and many

1170
00:33:11,517 --> 00:33:13,517
of us are.

1171
00:33:16,188 --> 00:33:19,188
But being employed is a

1172
00:33:20,259 --> 00:33:21,127
challenge when getting to and

1173
00:33:21,127 --> 00:33:24,630
from your job involves as Julie

1174
00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:25,431
was describing, the pedestrian

1175
00:33:25,431 --> 00:33:28,431
signals that are not working

1176
00:33:30,336 --> 00:33:30,970
correctly the audible signals

1177
00:33:30,970 --> 00:33:33,370
that don't work correctly.

1178
00:33:34,673 --> 00:33:35,107
Curb cuts that sometimes don't

1179
00:33:35,107 --> 00:33:37,107
exist at all.

1180
00:33:39,511 --> 00:33:42,511
>> Sidewalks that are torn up

1181
00:33:44,817 --> 00:33:45,418
and you know signage and all

1182
00:33:45,418 --> 00:33:45,751
kinds of places that are

1183
00:33:45,751 --> 00:33:47,751
blocked.

1184
00:33:49,455 --> 00:33:50,223
That was the thing.

1185
00:33:50,223 --> 00:33:50,756
>> I thank you for your

1186
00:33:50,756 --> 00:33:51,124
concluding comment.

1187
00:33:51,124 --> 00:33:53,124
Thank you.

1188
00:33:54,227 --> 00:33:54,894
Jared.

1189
00:33:54,894 --> 00:33:55,661
>> Harrison Jared, you have

1190
00:33:55,661 --> 00:33:58,661
people seating you time Janet

1191
00:33:59,665 --> 00:34:00,320
Rogers if you can please raise

1192
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:00,400
your hand.

1193
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,100
Thank you.

1194
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,535
Becky Westervelt If you can

1195
00:34:02,535 --> 00:34:04,935
please raise your hand.

1196
00:34:08,374 --> 00:34:08,875
Becky and Mike Romo.

1197
00:34:08,875 --> 00:34:09,509
>> Okay, great.

1198
00:34:09,509 --> 00:34:09,976
You'll have four minutes.

1199
00:34:09,976 --> 00:34:11,976
Please proceed.

1200
00:34:12,945 --> 00:34:13,479
Thank you very much.

1201
00:34:13,479 --> 00:34:14,800
Members of council.

1202
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:14,580
You're your of the mayor

1203
00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:15,113
council PRESIDENT.

1204
00:34:15,113 --> 00:34:17,513
Thank you very much.

1205
00:34:17,516 --> 00:34:21,200
My name is Jared Harrison and

1206
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:21,821
I'm a proud San Diego And I've

1207
00:34:21,821 --> 00:34:22,655
been here for ten years now.

1208
00:34:22,655 --> 00:34:25,792
And it's just an honor to live

1209
00:34:25,792 --> 00:34:26,559
in this city.

1210
00:34:26,559 --> 00:34:27,360
I lost my vision about two

1211
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,960
years ago and since that time

1212
00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:31,731
I've found a wonderful

1213
00:34:31,731 --> 00:34:32,365
community of people to support

1214
00:34:32,365 --> 00:34:35,365
and I've gained the tools

1215
00:34:36,101 --> 00:34:36,435
necessary to maneuver around my

1216
00:34:36,435 --> 00:34:37,270
my area.

1217
00:34:37,270 --> 00:34:40,940
I'm here to kind of give a

1218
00:34:40,940 --> 00:34:41,641
personal face to this issue and

1219
00:34:41,641 --> 00:34:41,941
let you know what it's really

1220
00:34:41,941 --> 00:34:43,941
about.

1221
00:34:46,712 --> 00:34:47,380
So this process of accessible

1222
00:34:47,380 --> 00:34:48,140
pedestrian signals those are

1223
00:34:48,140 --> 00:34:51,140
the signals at the traffic

1224
00:34:51,151 --> 00:34:51,584
stops that tell us when it's

1225
00:34:51,584 --> 00:34:52,285
safe to cross.

1226
00:34:52,285 --> 00:34:52,752
Now when we don't have those,

1227
00:34:52,752 --> 00:34:55,152
we do our best.

1228
00:34:56,188 --> 00:34:57,560
We judge the traffic.

1229
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,560
They teach us in mobility

1230
00:35:01,227 --> 00:35:01,861
classes that we're to listen

1231
00:35:01,861 --> 00:35:02,562
for that oncoming traffic

1232
00:35:02,562 --> 00:35:05,562
that's parallel to us, that's

1233
00:35:05,998 --> 00:35:06,533
traffic that lets us know that

1234
00:35:06,533 --> 00:35:07,167
it's safe to cross.

1235
00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:07,801
And for that parallel that

1236
00:35:07,801 --> 00:35:09,801
perpendicular traffic that

1237
00:35:10,537 --> 00:35:11,171
comes right next right in front

1238
00:35:11,171 --> 00:35:11,871
of you, that's the traffic

1239
00:35:11,871 --> 00:35:14,641
that's going to put your life

1240
00:35:14,641 --> 00:35:15,508
in mortal danger.

1241
00:35:15,508 --> 00:35:19,379
So there's a lot hanging on it

1242
00:35:19,379 --> 00:35:20,180
when we're crossing a street.

1243
00:35:20,180 --> 00:35:23,780
And so it's very important that

1244
00:35:24,417 --> 00:35:25,180
it particularly dangerous

1245
00:35:25,180 --> 00:35:25,685
intersections those are

1246
00:35:25,685 --> 00:35:26,386
intersections that produced

1247
00:35:26,386 --> 00:35:29,222
that's very high traffic where

1248
00:35:29,222 --> 00:35:29,923
there's not a lot of parallel

1249
00:35:29,923 --> 00:35:30,790
traffic that we have those

1250
00:35:30,790 --> 00:35:34,294
types of tools to help us get

1251
00:35:34,294 --> 00:35:34,994
to our work, get to the areas

1252
00:35:34,994 --> 00:35:38,298
where we recreate and to visit

1253
00:35:38,298 --> 00:35:38,665
the wonderful businesses around

1254
00:35:38,665 --> 00:35:39,466
the city.

1255
00:35:39,466 --> 00:35:43,666
I'll tell you a little bit of

1256
00:35:43,904 --> 00:35:44,337
my own experience with the apps

1257
00:35:44,337 --> 00:35:45,272
signals here.

1258
00:35:45,272 --> 00:35:47,709
I lived close to 10th and j.

1259
00:35:47,709 --> 00:35:48,408
My work is about two blocks

1260
00:35:48,408 --> 00:35:49,275
from there So I walk there

1261
00:35:49,275 --> 00:35:51,845
every day and I cross 10th and

1262
00:35:51,845 --> 00:35:52,445
j that traffic intersection is

1263
00:35:52,445 --> 00:35:53,146
particularly dangerous.

1264
00:35:53,146 --> 00:35:56,746
It comes the traffic from 10th

1265
00:35:56,983 --> 00:35:57,450
Avenue comes right directly off

1266
00:35:57,450 --> 00:35:58,117
the interstate.

1267
00:35:58,117 --> 00:35:58,717
There is very little traffic

1268
00:35:58,717 --> 00:36:01,521
parallel on j Street And

1269
00:36:01,521 --> 00:36:02,322
remember that's the traffic

1270
00:36:02,322 --> 00:36:02,622
that tells me it's safe to

1271
00:36:02,622 --> 00:36:04,622
cross.

1272
00:36:05,492 --> 00:36:06,226
And I had one of my instructors

1273
00:36:06,226 --> 00:36:09,826
assess this and together we put

1274
00:36:10,396 --> 00:36:11,198
together a request for access

1275
00:36:11,198 --> 00:36:14,868
for the city to install apps at

1276
00:36:14,868 --> 00:36:15,368
that crossing Folks that was in

1277
00:36:15,368 --> 00:36:16,350
DECEMBER of 2024.

1278
00:36:16,350 --> 00:36:19,350
I learned that there was

1279
00:36:20,106 --> 00:36:20,774
another request in 2021 for

1280
00:36:20,774 --> 00:36:23,774
that same crossing and still

1281
00:36:24,945 --> 00:36:25,812
it's not been fixed.

1282
00:36:25,812 --> 00:36:30,120
Over on 10th and Park there is

1283
00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:30,816
an api signal there that's a

1284
00:36:30,816 --> 00:36:31,517
big t-junction and it's also

1285
00:36:31,517 --> 00:36:34,454
where all of that traffic from

1286
00:36:34,454 --> 00:36:35,122
10th Avenue comes off.

1287
00:36:35,122 --> 00:36:35,822
And at that intersection

1288
00:36:35,822 --> 00:36:39,259
there's the apps is there but

1289
00:36:39,259 --> 00:36:39,893
it doesn't function and that's

1290
00:36:39,893 --> 00:36:40,594
very dangerous for someone

1291
00:36:40,594 --> 00:36:43,830
who's there to rely upon that

1292
00:36:43,830 --> 00:36:44,131
crossing to help them safely

1293
00:36:44,131 --> 00:36:46,131
cross.

1294
00:36:47,167 --> 00:36:47,868
So I lived there on that block

1295
00:36:47,868 --> 00:36:51,468
of 10th Avenue and with no

1296
00:36:51,471 --> 00:36:52,238
apps, no functional apps at

1297
00:36:52,238 --> 00:36:55,275
10th and Park and no functional

1298
00:36:55,275 --> 00:36:55,909
apps at 10th and j I'm in an

1299
00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:56,209
island of inaccessibility

1300
00:36:56,209 --> 00:36:58,209
folks.

1301
00:36:59,313 --> 00:37:00,130
We go to the we go to

1302
00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:03,613
the department we file we file

1303
00:37:03,784 --> 00:37:04,518
issues with with the Department

1304
00:37:04,518 --> 00:37:07,518
of Engineering And the response

1305
00:37:09,122 --> 00:37:09,856
that we get is yeah this is on

1306
00:37:09,856 --> 00:37:10,491
our list and it's competing for

1307
00:37:10,491 --> 00:37:13,260
funding And then I haven't

1308
00:37:13,260 --> 00:37:13,793
heard from them since.

1309
00:37:13,793 --> 00:37:14,661
Folks that should bother you

1310
00:37:14,661 --> 00:37:18,165
And we are here to bring some

1311
00:37:18,165 --> 00:37:18,866
light to this issue.

1312
00:37:18,866 --> 00:37:19,533
You know when you're crossing

1313
00:37:19,533 --> 00:37:22,533
the street and as Julie

1314
00:37:23,303 --> 00:37:24,700
mentioned and you're faced with

1315
00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:27,700
an unexpected vehicle, it can

1316
00:37:28,442 --> 00:37:28,942
in your entire life flashes

1317
00:37:28,942 --> 00:37:29,776
before your eyes.

1318
00:37:29,776 --> 00:37:32,813
So folks, this is a core issue

1319
00:37:32,813 --> 00:37:33,580
a core city function.

1320
00:37:33,580 --> 00:37:36,884
We think that our safety should

1321
00:37:36,884 --> 00:37:37,584
be prioritized and we're here

1322
00:37:37,584 --> 00:37:40,584
to talk about this issue.

1323
00:37:41,522 --> 00:37:42,256
Now vision loss is something

1324
00:37:42,256 --> 00:37:45,256
that many millions of Americans

1325
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:47,428
face And statistically, you

1326
00:37:47,428 --> 00:37:51,280
know, you or some folks that

1327
00:37:51,498 --> 00:37:52,199
you love will probably face

1328
00:37:52,199 --> 00:37:52,499
some vision loss in their

1329
00:37:52,499 --> 00:37:53,133
lives.

1330
00:37:53,133 --> 00:37:53,734
Now one of the fundamental

1331
00:37:53,734 --> 00:37:56,734
things that we teach our

1332
00:37:56,904 --> 00:37:57,604
children when they're crossing

1333
00:37:57,604 --> 00:37:58,172
the street is look both ways.

1334
00:37:58,172 --> 00:38:00,572
Keep your eyes open.

1335
00:38:01,642 --> 00:38:02,409
Pay attention.

1336
00:38:02,409 --> 00:38:03,143
Well, imagine if you had to

1337
00:38:03,143 --> 00:38:06,743
cross the street with your eyes

1338
00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:07,381
closed and imagine that child

1339
00:38:07,381 --> 00:38:09,781
that you raised crossing

1340
00:38:11,152 --> 00:38:11,517
the street on their own with no

1341
00:38:11,517 --> 00:38:12,186
guidance.

1342
00:38:12,186 --> 00:38:12,486
>> That can be a terrifying

1343
00:38:12,486 --> 00:38:14,486
thing.

1344
00:38:16,790 --> 00:38:17,191
Folks, thank you for that

1345
00:38:17,191 --> 00:38:17,925
concluding.

1346
00:38:17,925 --> 00:38:18,291
Thank you very much, ladies and

1347
00:38:18,291 --> 00:38:18,958
gentlemen.

1348
00:38:18,958 --> 00:38:22,558
I hope this gives you pause.

1349
00:38:25,799 --> 00:38:26,167
We're here to raise some cane.

1350
00:38:26,167 --> 00:38:28,167
Thank you.

1351
00:38:31,906 --> 00:38:32,406
Next we have Viktor Orban.

1352
00:38:32,406 --> 00:38:34,406
Viktor Orban.

1353
00:38:35,676 --> 00:38:36,143
So if you can please come up to

1354
00:38:36,143 --> 00:38:36,877
the microphone.

1355
00:38:36,877 --> 00:38:37,244
You have several people seating

1356
00:38:37,244 --> 00:38:38,450
your time.

1357
00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,114
If I can also ask Melissa

1358
00:38:40,114 --> 00:38:40,848
Hernandez to please come up to

1359
00:38:40,848 --> 00:38:43,848
the yellow reserved seats along

1360
00:38:45,152 --> 00:38:48,152
with Nicole Lilly, Kevin Vento,

1361
00:38:49,690 --> 00:38:50,557
Travis Bouchard, Susan Griffin

1362
00:38:50,557 --> 00:38:51,157
,Lynelle Brown if you can all

1363
00:38:51,157 --> 00:38:53,557
please come forward to

1364
00:38:55,229 --> 00:38:55,663
the yellow reserved seats in

1365
00:38:55,663 --> 00:38:56,364
the front row.

1366
00:38:56,364 --> 00:38:59,400
And Viktor Orban say you have

1367
00:38:59,400 --> 00:38:59,900
the following people seating

1368
00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:00,601
you time Come.

1369
00:39:00,601 --> 00:39:01,680
Gabrielle just can you please

1370
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,680
raise your hand?

1371
00:39:03,537 --> 00:39:05,537
Thank you.

1372
00:39:08,809 --> 00:39:09,576
Moustafa Alla data Thank you.

1373
00:39:09,576 --> 00:39:10,344
>> Can we clear the aisles to

1374
00:39:10,344 --> 00:39:13,800
let these good people exit

1375
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:13,481
the room?

1376
00:39:13,481 --> 00:39:15,481
Thank you.

1377
00:39:19,319 --> 00:39:19,887
And just to be clear, it'll be

1378
00:39:19,887 --> 00:39:20,621
a group presentation.

1379
00:39:20,621 --> 00:39:21,455
>> I'll keep We'll take a pause

1380
00:39:21,455 --> 00:39:25,550
right now and then we have

1381
00:39:48,282 --> 00:39:49,830
forward maybe the individuals

1382
00:39:49,830 --> 00:39:49,751
in the aisle can come over here

1383
00:39:49,751 --> 00:39:52,751
to behind the microphones to

1384
00:39:53,454 --> 00:39:54,323
make room in the aisle.

1385
00:39:54,323 --> 00:39:57,323
You can stand behind your

1386
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:00,559
speaker.

1387
00:40:01,395 --> 00:40:04,995
Please clear the I came here

1388
00:40:12,774 --> 00:40:14,774
behind your speaker.

1389
00:40:18,612 --> 00:40:21,612
We get this political okay

1390
00:40:23,584 --> 00:40:25,584
There we go.

1391
00:40:29,324 --> 00:40:29,957
I I'll continue just calling

1392
00:40:29,957 --> 00:40:30,258
for people to raise their

1393
00:40:30,258 --> 00:40:32,258
hands.

1394
00:40:34,195 --> 00:40:36,595
Moustafa Elden Thank you.

1395
00:40:39,334 --> 00:40:39,934
Alexander Moncada Janine Malibu

1396
00:40:39,934 --> 00:40:42,334
left seven saying normal

1397
00:40:43,337 --> 00:40:45,737
normals Thank you Belen

1398
00:40:47,408 --> 00:40:49,808
Hernandez Altan Luis Ron

1399
00:40:52,781 --> 00:40:53,950
Sanchez Margarita Hernandez Van

1400
00:40:53,950 --> 00:40:55,950
Horn.

1401
00:40:57,317 --> 00:40:59,317
Joshua Aguilar.

1402
00:41:02,757 --> 00:41:06,357
Hailey Serafin Oh I have to

1403
00:41:06,928 --> 00:41:07,695
Hailey Serafin So let me just

1404
00:41:07,695 --> 00:41:08,362
you are ceding your time to

1405
00:41:08,362 --> 00:41:08,697
this organized presentation,

1406
00:41:08,697 --> 00:41:10,697
correct?

1407
00:41:10,698 --> 00:41:11,320
You're not speaking on your own

1408
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:11,767
.

1409
00:41:11,767 --> 00:41:15,367
Hailey okay, Because I have one

1410
00:41:20,341 --> 00:41:21,109
going each way.

1411
00:41:21,109 --> 00:41:21,609
So it is 13 minutes.

1412
00:41:21,609 --> 00:41:23,609
Please proceed on.

1413
00:41:25,847 --> 00:41:26,448
Ready?

1414
00:41:26,448 --> 00:41:27,282
>> Good evening Council.

1415
00:41:27,282 --> 00:41:30,118
I am Berlin senior policy

1416
00:41:30,118 --> 00:41:30,752
advocate and city councilor and

1417
00:41:30,752 --> 00:41:31,553
this is our youth council.

1418
00:41:31,553 --> 00:41:34,553
We are not architects or

1419
00:41:34,889 --> 00:41:35,757
engineers but we wanted our

1420
00:41:35,757 --> 00:41:39,957
park fixed so we learn to speak

1421
00:41:40,295 --> 00:41:41,290
the language design faces city

1422
00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:41,730
codes and procurement processes

1423
00:41:41,730 --> 00:41:44,899
at least enough to get around

1424
00:41:44,899 --> 00:41:45,200
the block and get our park

1425
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:45,867
fixed.

1426
00:41:45,867 --> 00:41:48,867
After four years working on

1427
00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:49,837
Henwood Park we asked ourselves

1428
00:41:49,837 --> 00:41:50,372
How can we make the process

1429
00:41:50,372 --> 00:41:52,372
easier for everyone?

1430
00:41:53,574 --> 00:41:54,442
We had an idea and we brought

1431
00:41:54,442 --> 00:41:55,430
it to you Fund one engineer to

1432
00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:57,430
streamline the process.

1433
00:41:59,214 --> 00:41:59,748
People would ask us How did you

1434
00:41:59,748 --> 00:42:02,148
arrive at this idea?

1435
00:42:03,385 --> 00:42:04,256
It is so technical in nature.

1436
00:42:04,256 --> 00:42:04,986
Well we found it while we were

1437
00:42:04,986 --> 00:42:08,423
digging deep in the trenches of

1438
00:42:08,423 --> 00:42:09,257
city bureaucracy.

1439
00:42:09,257 --> 00:42:09,958
Our vision is that we can carve

1440
00:42:09,958 --> 00:42:12,993
a clear path for other parks

1441
00:42:12,993 --> 00:42:13,695
that need to repair Our vision

1442
00:42:13,695 --> 00:42:14,363
is a city with green, clean

1443
00:42:14,363 --> 00:42:16,763
enriching parks for families

1444
00:42:17,565 --> 00:42:18,533
and people of all ages.

1445
00:42:18,533 --> 00:42:21,103
I stand here today to ask for

1446
00:42:21,103 --> 00:42:21,836
two things First restorations

1447
00:42:21,836 --> 00:42:22,471
to the Parks and Rec department

1448
00:42:22,471 --> 00:42:24,471
restore maintenance staff

1449
00:42:25,907 --> 00:42:26,575
Rangers In the asset management

1450
00:42:26,575 --> 00:42:29,575
team you need a maintenance

1451
00:42:30,277 --> 00:42:31,130
staff in Rangers to keep daily

1452
00:42:31,130 --> 00:42:31,747
operations running and you need

1453
00:42:31,747 --> 00:42:34,850
the asset team to keep repairs

1454
00:42:34,850 --> 00:42:35,550
flowing.

1455
00:42:35,550 --> 00:42:35,884
Second, streamline the repair

1456
00:42:35,884 --> 00:42:36,385
process.

1457
00:42:36,385 --> 00:42:38,785
Parks and Rec and

1458
00:42:39,388 --> 00:42:40,880
the engineering department are

1459
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:40,489
signing an agreement to tackle

1460
00:42:40,489 --> 00:42:41,123
the problem.

1461
00:42:41,123 --> 00:42:43,523
The agreement must include

1462
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:45,460
direct access to a deputy

1463
00:42:45,460 --> 00:42:47,860
engineer for project approvals

1464
00:42:49,331 --> 00:42:50,320
permission for parks and Rec to

1465
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,602
work on repairs costing up to

1466
00:42:53,602 --> 00:42:54,336
$5 million and a process where

1467
00:42:54,336 --> 00:42:55,360
the Parks Department to put out

1468
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,636
the bids for small repairs If

1469
00:42:58,740 --> 00:42:59,274
these items require

1470
00:42:59,274 --> 00:42:59,908
reallocation between

1471
00:42:59,908 --> 00:43:00,475
departments we ask you to

1472
00:43:00,475 --> 00:43:02,875
please make it happen.

1473
00:43:03,277 --> 00:43:03,712
I know you want the parks

1474
00:43:03,712 --> 00:43:05,712
repaired too.

1475
00:43:08,383 --> 00:43:09,184
Thank you.

1476
00:43:09,184 --> 00:43:09,884
>> Good evening City councils

1477
00:43:09,884 --> 00:43:12,284
and lovely committee members.

1478
00:43:13,322 --> 00:43:13,988
My name is myself and I'm a

1479
00:43:13,988 --> 00:43:14,589
junior at Hoover High School

1480
00:43:14,589 --> 00:43:17,526
and a recent member of

1481
00:43:17,526 --> 00:43:17,859
the Mid-City gang Youth

1482
00:43:17,859 --> 00:43:18,560
Council.

1483
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,930
I'm here because we feel like

1484
00:43:21,930 --> 00:43:22,698
the new budget proposal but

1485
00:43:22,698 --> 00:43:23,565
there are still more to go.

1486
00:43:23,565 --> 00:43:27,336
So I'm here to speak out and

1487
00:43:27,336 --> 00:43:27,936
advocate for the parks that are

1488
00:43:27,936 --> 00:43:28,670
suffering and need to be

1489
00:43:28,670 --> 00:43:31,670
well-maintained as it fosters a

1490
00:43:32,341 --> 00:43:33,800
sense of community, community

1491
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,800
and our society by maybe

1492
00:43:37,278 --> 00:43:37,879
updated frequently because

1493
00:43:37,879 --> 00:43:38,580
neglect can cause bigger

1494
00:43:38,580 --> 00:43:41,580
problems that can carry damage

1495
00:43:42,151 --> 00:43:42,817
to our beautiful parks becoming

1496
00:43:42,817 --> 00:43:43,585
harder to regulate and fix.

1497
00:43:43,585 --> 00:43:46,585
Time is passing and costs

1498
00:43:47,289 --> 00:43:48,230
continue to rise leading to

1499
00:43:48,230 --> 00:43:50,423
longer frustration to community

1500
00:43:51,460 --> 00:43:52,160
members who value and car parks

1501
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:52,527
as an important part of their

1502
00:43:52,527 --> 00:43:53,128
identity.

1503
00:43:53,128 --> 00:43:55,528
Safety can be defined

1504
00:43:56,632 --> 00:43:57,333
differently.

1505
00:43:57,333 --> 00:43:57,766
Different people feel safe in

1506
00:43:57,766 --> 00:43:59,766
various ways.

1507
00:44:00,970 --> 00:44:01,570
In our case people feel safe in

1508
00:44:01,570 --> 00:44:02,304
parks and green areas.

1509
00:44:02,304 --> 00:44:05,904
Those taking care of parks is

1510
00:44:06,108 --> 00:44:06,942
an important factor of safety.

1511
00:44:06,942 --> 00:44:07,576
I hear that you're concerned

1512
00:44:07,576 --> 00:44:09,976
about safety and enforcing

1513
00:44:11,913 --> 00:44:12,248
parks is a part of investing in

1514
00:44:12,248 --> 00:44:14,248
safety.

1515
00:44:15,517 --> 00:44:16,180
I asked you to fund a deeper

1516
00:44:16,180 --> 00:44:16,752
ties city engineer

1517
00:44:16,752 --> 00:44:19,752
the agreement between Parks and

1518
00:44:20,222 --> 00:44:20,990
Rec and capital engineering

1519
00:44:20,990 --> 00:44:23,990
must include direct access to

1520
00:44:24,860 --> 00:44:25,528
the retired engineer for

1521
00:44:25,528 --> 00:44:27,928
project approvals before you

1522
00:44:29,231 --> 00:44:29,865
can take care of parks such as

1523
00:44:29,865 --> 00:44:30,333
maintenance staff and park

1524
00:44:30,333 --> 00:44:32,333
rangers Rangers.

1525
00:44:34,670 --> 00:44:35,404
We here represent this

1526
00:44:35,404 --> 00:44:38,941
community who might not be seen

1527
00:44:38,941 --> 00:44:39,275
nor heard or recognized by

1528
00:44:39,275 --> 00:44:39,975
others.

1529
00:44:39,975 --> 00:44:40,643
And to show that these funding

1530
00:44:40,643 --> 00:44:43,430
cuts are extremely impactful

1531
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:45,915
and hurtful this is important.

1532
00:44:45,915 --> 00:44:46,782
Take a deep look at it because

1533
00:44:46,782 --> 00:44:49,952
there's a big mess and a

1534
00:44:49,952 --> 00:44:50,486
misunderstanding about parks

1535
00:44:50,486 --> 00:44:50,953
grading inequality.

1536
00:44:50,953 --> 00:44:52,953
Invest in youth.

1537
00:44:54,230 --> 00:44:54,457
Thank you.

1538
00:44:54,457 --> 00:44:56,457
>> Hello.

1539
00:45:02,397 --> 00:45:02,999
Good afternoon.

1540
00:45:02,999 --> 00:45:03,633
City Council members and

1541
00:45:03,633 --> 00:45:04,266
committee members Manager

1542
00:45:04,266 --> 00:45:05,234
McCullough I'm currently a

1543
00:45:05,234 --> 00:45:05,868
junior Hoover High School and

1544
00:45:05,868 --> 00:45:06,202
part of Missouri can youth

1545
00:45:06,202 --> 00:45:07,300
Council.

1546
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:09,472
I've been living in City house

1547
00:45:09,472 --> 00:45:10,339
since I was little.

1548
00:45:10,339 --> 00:45:10,639
I love living here and going to

1549
00:45:10,639 --> 00:45:11,407
Prado.

1550
00:45:11,407 --> 00:45:13,976
Cruz offers enjoyment and will

1551
00:45:13,976 --> 00:45:14,677
park.

1552
00:45:14,677 --> 00:45:15,411
Currently every Friday evening

1553
00:45:15,411 --> 00:45:18,447
my friends and I are offered to

1554
00:45:18,447 --> 00:45:19,181
determine how a memorial park

1555
00:45:19,181 --> 00:45:19,849
as part of our soccer team to

1556
00:45:19,849 --> 00:45:23,449
play and have fun Doing this

1557
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:24,920
allows me to relieve stress for

1558
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:25,221
school in other words are on my

1559
00:45:25,221 --> 00:45:25,855
mind.

1560
00:45:25,855 --> 00:45:28,257
I was happy to hear about

1561
00:45:28,257 --> 00:45:28,991
the reservations that were made

1562
00:45:28,991 --> 00:45:31,991
and hours of libraries, parks

1563
00:45:33,863 --> 00:45:34,630
and rec centers and there for

1564
00:45:34,630 --> 00:45:35,231
eight and nine while I know

1565
00:45:35,231 --> 00:45:35,597
they didn't include our

1566
00:45:35,597 --> 00:45:36,265
district.

1567
00:45:36,265 --> 00:45:38,334
These are the most impacted.

1568
00:45:38,334 --> 00:45:39,000
I'm asking you to please

1569
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:39,602
protect these restorations.

1570
00:45:39,602 --> 00:45:40,202
I'm also asking that you

1571
00:45:40,202 --> 00:45:42,202
restore remaining staff

1572
00:45:43,839 --> 00:45:44,506
the soccer fab is currently

1573
00:45:44,506 --> 00:45:45,141
languishing as more dirt and

1574
00:45:45,141 --> 00:45:45,440
grass if you cut the main

1575
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,440
stuff.

1576
00:45:47,877 --> 00:45:48,310
What do you think will happen

1577
00:45:48,310 --> 00:45:49,450
to our parks?

1578
00:45:49,450 --> 00:45:52,348
I rely on libraries to help

1579
00:45:52,348 --> 00:45:52,882
with medication And and again

1580
00:45:52,882 --> 00:45:53,315
please protect these

1581
00:45:53,315 --> 00:45:54,160
restorations.

1582
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:54,350
Stop increasing the budget for

1583
00:45:54,350 --> 00:45:56,350
police.

1584
00:45:58,187 --> 00:45:58,888
Why is it our game where money

1585
00:45:58,888 --> 00:45:59,589
when they already have enough

1586
00:45:59,589 --> 00:46:01,457
and instead see this money to

1587
00:46:01,457 --> 00:46:02,158
continue to invest and you

1588
00:46:02,158 --> 00:46:02,792
service please take that into

1589
00:46:02,792 --> 00:46:03,359
consideration and continue

1590
00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:05,359
support our community.

1591
00:46:09,980 --> 00:46:09,966
Thank you.

1592
00:46:09,966 --> 00:46:10,633
>> Hello my name is Shanna and

1593
00:46:10,633 --> 00:46:13,669
I'm a junior at Hoover High

1594
00:46:13,669 --> 00:46:14,370
School and from city Heights.

1595
00:46:14,370 --> 00:46:15,370
I'll be reading a public

1596
00:46:15,370 --> 00:46:18,440
comment on the behalf of our

1597
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:18,874
youth organizer who couldn't

1598
00:46:18,874 --> 00:46:19,542
make it today.

1599
00:46:19,542 --> 00:46:21,942
Good evening, City Council.

1600
00:46:23,790 --> 00:46:23,780
My name is Paloma and I'm a

1601
00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:26,780
youth I'm the youth organizer

1602
00:46:27,650 --> 00:46:27,984
for Mid-City Cans Youth

1603
00:46:27,984 --> 00:46:28,584
Council.

1604
00:46:28,584 --> 00:46:29,252
I'm here because we are

1605
00:46:29,252 --> 00:46:29,519
counting on you to fight for

1606
00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:31,519
us.

1607
00:46:32,322 --> 00:46:32,988
We are grateful that we were

1608
00:46:32,988 --> 00:46:36,588
able to restore the cuts to

1609
00:46:36,993 --> 00:46:39,393
library and recreation hours

1610
00:46:41,231 --> 00:46:41,564
and d 4899 But it is not

1611
00:46:41,564 --> 00:46:42,298
enough.

1612
00:46:42,298 --> 00:46:45,898
The budget is cutting the asset

1613
00:46:46,102 --> 00:46:46,636
management team under the Parks

1614
00:46:46,636 --> 00:46:48,636
and Rec department.

1615
00:46:49,138 --> 00:46:49,806
This includes two park

1616
00:46:49,806 --> 00:46:52,806
designers, one budget and an

1617
00:46:53,610 --> 00:46:54,310
analyst and assistant deputy

1618
00:46:54,310 --> 00:46:54,611
director leading the team this

1619
00:46:54,611 --> 00:46:56,611
hour.

1620
00:46:58,847 --> 00:46:59,482
These are the people that

1621
00:46:59,482 --> 00:47:01,882
partner with nonprofits to

1622
00:47:03,586 --> 00:47:04,454
minor projects done.

1623
00:47:04,454 --> 00:47:08,540
They are the people that bring

1624
00:47:14,331 --> 00:47:18,531
bring the banana for no harm to

1625
00:47:19,703 --> 00:47:20,270
philanthropy not to be stores

1626
00:47:20,270 --> 00:47:22,670
towards the city park.

1627
00:47:24,140 --> 00:47:24,941
The city engineer Renna has

1628
00:47:24,941 --> 00:47:28,541
told you that they are working

1629
00:47:29,179 --> 00:47:29,879
on an mou between

1630
00:47:29,879 --> 00:47:32,879
the departments but we don't

1631
00:47:34,150 --> 00:47:34,818
know what that mou is.

1632
00:47:34,818 --> 00:47:35,585
Does it allow minors minor

1633
00:47:35,585 --> 00:47:39,389
project to be done in the short

1634
00:47:39,389 --> 00:47:39,823
term timeline and a cheaper and

1635
00:47:39,823 --> 00:47:40,457
cheaper cost?

1636
00:47:40,457 --> 00:47:43,457
How can this project be

1637
00:47:44,394 --> 00:47:45,950
completed a reasonable time if

1638
00:47:45,950 --> 00:47:48,950
the Park Department will soon

1639
00:47:48,797 --> 00:47:49,266
be left without an asset

1640
00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:49,900
management team?

1641
00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:52,900
You must restore the asset

1642
00:47:53,436 --> 00:47:53,803
management team Management

1643
00:47:53,803 --> 00:47:54,538
positions.

1644
00:47:54,538 --> 00:47:58,138
We are glad the department will

1645
00:47:59,750 --> 00:47:59,609
sign an agreement to streamline

1646
00:47:59,609 --> 00:48:01,609
the repair process.

1647
00:48:03,613 --> 00:48:04,314
We ask for the mou to include

1648
00:48:04,314 --> 00:48:07,314
to include three things direct

1649
00:48:09,860 --> 00:48:09,819
access access to a deputize

1650
00:48:09,819 --> 00:48:12,219
engineer force project approval

1651
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,624
permission for Parks and Rec to

1652
00:48:17,627 --> 00:48:18,328
work on repair costing up to $5

1653
00:48:18,328 --> 00:48:21,928
million and a process for park

1654
00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:23,467
departments to put out the bids

1655
00:48:23,467 --> 00:48:25,467
for smaller repairs.

1656
00:48:27,771 --> 00:48:28,472
These elements will determine

1657
00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:30,872
the effective support of

1658
00:48:37,214 --> 00:48:37,914
the mou.

1659
00:48:37,914 --> 00:48:38,248
Good afternoon City Council

1660
00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:38,815
members.

1661
00:48:38,815 --> 00:48:41,215
My name is Gabrielle.

1662
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:42,719
Guess I'm going into the into

1663
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,719
my junior year Our Patrick

1664
00:48:46,490 --> 00:48:47,124
Henry High School and I'm a

1665
00:48:47,124 --> 00:48:47,858
resident of District nine.

1666
00:48:47,858 --> 00:48:51,458
I first began advocacy when I

1667
00:48:51,461 --> 00:48:51,961
was around 13 years old in

1668
00:48:51,961 --> 00:48:52,629
the seventh grade.

1669
00:48:52,629 --> 00:48:55,629
>> This is the same project

1670
00:48:56,133 --> 00:48:56,533
I've been working on since that

1671
00:48:56,533 --> 00:48:57,501
time period.

1672
00:48:57,501 --> 00:49:01,471
This project has yet to be done

1673
00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:02,238
and the current timeline would

1674
00:49:02,238 --> 00:49:05,843
be by the time I am in my

1675
00:49:05,843 --> 00:49:06,510
senior year or even a freshman

1676
00:49:06,510 --> 00:49:06,943
in college that the project

1677
00:49:06,943 --> 00:49:08,943
will be began.

1678
00:49:11,348 --> 00:49:12,115
>> Is this acceptable to you?

1679
00:49:12,115 --> 00:49:12,950
This is a whole lifetime.

1680
00:49:12,950 --> 00:49:16,353
I haven't been able to go to

1681
00:49:16,353 --> 00:49:17,540
this park since I was a child

1682
00:49:17,540 --> 00:49:20,654
because it was already not up

1683
00:49:21,225 --> 00:49:21,825
to date, not up to code And

1684
00:49:21,825 --> 00:49:22,359
it's still like that for

1685
00:49:22,359 --> 00:49:23,600
the children today.

1686
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,600
This is generations where this

1687
00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:26,630
have been happening in the same

1688
00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:27,364
park.

1689
00:49:27,364 --> 00:49:27,731
>> It still has yet to be

1690
00:49:27,731 --> 00:49:29,731
repaired.

1691
00:49:31,234 --> 00:49:32,690
It is only two place structures

1692
00:49:32,690 --> 00:49:35,372
that we are axing to remove to

1693
00:49:35,372 --> 00:49:36,400
be repaired.

1694
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,440
Currently we have other

1695
00:49:40,177 --> 00:49:40,778
projects that are building that

1696
00:49:40,778 --> 00:49:41,477
are holding many of our

1697
00:49:41,477 --> 00:49:43,877
businesses in our community

1698
00:49:44,882 --> 00:49:45,516
Trust continuing to take this

1699
00:49:45,516 --> 00:49:48,516
long on the project, show

1700
00:49:49,186 --> 00:49:49,820
something underserved

1701
00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:50,220
communities continue to be

1702
00:49:50,220 --> 00:49:52,220
underserved.

1703
00:49:54,625 --> 00:49:55,326
>> Is this really something you

1704
00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:59,363
want for the youth and for our

1705
00:49:59,363 --> 00:50:00,970
future to not have parks

1706
00:50:00,970 --> 00:50:00,464
something that are essential to

1707
00:50:00,464 --> 00:50:01,310
children?

1708
00:50:01,310 --> 00:50:03,330
It's a key part of our

1709
00:50:03,330 --> 00:50:03,901
development and it's something

1710
00:50:03,901 --> 00:50:07,501
that is not given to our

1711
00:50:08,805 --> 00:50:09,540
communities and I think it's

1712
00:50:09,540 --> 00:50:12,910
something that should be a part

1713
00:50:12,910 --> 00:50:13,677
of our should be a part because

1714
00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:13,978
it builds motor skills in much

1715
00:50:13,978 --> 00:50:14,678
more.

1716
00:50:14,678 --> 00:50:17,678
It's something that every kid

1717
00:50:18,182 --> 00:50:18,883
should have.

1718
00:50:18,883 --> 00:50:19,616
But when these playgrounds are

1719
00:50:19,616 --> 00:50:22,953
not up to date or are not kept

1720
00:50:22,953 --> 00:50:23,721
up to code, these skills are

1721
00:50:23,721 --> 00:50:27,591
lost And we are seeing it right

1722
00:50:27,591 --> 00:50:28,192
now in our education system.

1723
00:50:28,192 --> 00:50:28,893
We are acting for

1724
00:50:28,893 --> 00:50:32,493
the possibility of this to be

1725
00:50:32,496 --> 00:50:33,163
changed if we are given a

1726
00:50:33,163 --> 00:50:33,898
deputized senior engineer we

1727
00:50:33,898 --> 00:50:37,670
are able to not only streamline

1728
00:50:37,670 --> 00:50:37,734
our own parks but parks for

1729
00:50:37,734 --> 00:50:40,734
other youth in all regions.

1730
00:50:41,338 --> 00:50:42,406
There are so many parks that

1731
00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:42,706
are not kept up to date in San

1732
00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:44,706
Diego.

1733
00:50:51,182 --> 00:50:51,509
>> It shouldn't be this way.

1734
00:50:51,509 --> 00:50:53,509
Hi.

1735
00:50:56,870 --> 00:50:56,654
Uh, I'm a senior at Hoover High

1736
00:50:56,654 --> 00:50:57,210
School and I graduated

1737
00:50:57,210 --> 00:50:57,755
tomorrow.

1738
00:50:57,755 --> 00:51:00,755
>> So have you graduation to

1739
00:51:03,127 --> 00:51:04,950
you Do?

1740
00:51:04,950 --> 00:51:07,950
>> Just to reiterate, I have

1741
00:51:07,965 --> 00:51:08,933
been doing this for two years

1742
00:51:08,933 --> 00:51:13,300
and by the time I leave I will

1743
00:51:13,300 --> 00:51:17,203
see a little bit at a low

1744
00:51:17,608 --> 00:51:18,509
success in it And when I go to

1745
00:51:18,509 --> 00:51:22,109
and work hard I go to

1746
00:51:22,847 --> 00:51:23,580
the bathroom that we will be

1747
00:51:23,580 --> 00:51:27,180
still no lights, the store will

1748
00:51:27,752 --> 00:51:28,753
still be too big and you can

1749
00:51:28,753 --> 00:51:32,953
see like my feet under it And

1750
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:37,328
yeah ish I don't know if you

1751
00:51:37,328 --> 00:51:42,660
see this as a long time It is

1752
00:51:42,660 --> 00:51:42,834
to me and while we're waiting a

1753
00:51:42,834 --> 00:51:46,434
lot of other parks is also

1754
00:51:47,171 --> 00:51:50,771
waiting and I think we deserve

1755
00:51:51,242 --> 00:51:54,842
better We deserve a place we

1756
00:51:56,347 --> 00:51:57,115
deserve where we go together

1757
00:51:57,115 --> 00:52:00,715
and and just speaking your ears

1758
00:52:01,285 --> 00:52:05,485
out now by that is what I'm

1759
00:52:05,890 --> 00:52:09,490
trying to how you please speed

1760
00:52:10,328 --> 00:52:14,398
up the process, try to MAY cost

1761
00:52:14,398 --> 00:52:14,932
less and try to help our youth

1762
00:52:14,932 --> 00:52:16,932
succeed.

1763
00:52:20,438 --> 00:52:21,720
Thank you.

1764
00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:21,406
>> Good evening, Council

1765
00:52:21,406 --> 00:52:23,406
members.

1766
00:52:24,976 --> 00:52:25,743
My name's Victor Ponce.

1767
00:52:25,743 --> 00:52:26,411
I will be reading a comment

1768
00:52:26,411 --> 00:52:29,411
from a youth council member

1769
00:52:29,747 --> 00:52:30,114
Derrick who couldn't be here

1770
00:52:30,114 --> 00:52:30,748
today so.

1771
00:52:30,748 --> 00:52:33,148
Good evening City Council

1772
00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:35,954
Committee members My name is

1773
00:52:35,954 --> 00:52:36,421
Derek and I am a junior at

1774
00:52:36,421 --> 00:52:37,210
the North High.

1775
00:52:37,210 --> 00:52:38,990
I have visited and spent

1776
00:52:38,990 --> 00:52:39,657
countless hours in Central

1777
00:52:39,657 --> 00:52:40,391
parks and recreation spaces.

1778
00:52:40,391 --> 00:52:43,294
I have seen valuable areas like

1779
00:52:43,294 --> 00:52:43,595
Henry Park are to the community

1780
00:52:43,595 --> 00:52:44,262
.

1781
00:52:44,262 --> 00:52:44,962
I've seen families gathering

1782
00:52:44,962 --> 00:52:45,530
together, kids playing soccer,

1783
00:52:45,530 --> 00:52:47,530
basketball, tennis and

1784
00:52:48,666 --> 00:52:49,400
classmates spending time

1785
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:50,680
relaxing together after school.

1786
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:53,680
Parks are truly integral to

1787
00:52:53,805 --> 00:52:54,472
communities to build

1788
00:52:54,472 --> 00:52:55,206
connections with individuals

1789
00:52:55,206 --> 00:52:55,907
and foster a sense of community

1790
00:52:55,907 --> 00:52:58,642
especially for youth like us.

1791
00:52:58,642 --> 00:52:59,310
More than just parks recreation

1792
00:52:59,310 --> 00:53:00,110
centers, the libraries offer

1793
00:53:00,110 --> 00:53:03,110
the same community benefit to

1794
00:53:03,140 --> 00:53:03,848
even more people.

1795
00:53:03,848 --> 00:53:04,481
I myself go to libraries to

1796
00:53:04,481 --> 00:53:05,216
study and last summer they

1797
00:53:05,216 --> 00:53:08,216
volunteered at my local library

1798
00:53:08,353 --> 00:53:09,540
because I felt that these

1799
00:53:09,540 --> 00:53:09,588
community spaces deserve more

1800
00:53:09,588 --> 00:53:11,588
attention and care.

1801
00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:13,757
That's why I ask you to

1802
00:53:13,757 --> 00:53:14,492
continue to provide funding for

1803
00:53:14,492 --> 00:53:15,930
parks, libraries and recreation

1804
00:53:15,930 --> 00:53:17,295
centers including as an

1805
00:53:17,295 --> 00:53:18,290
instance at park rangers who

1806
00:53:18,290 --> 00:53:21,629
help keep these spaces safe and

1807
00:53:21,766 --> 00:53:22,467
operational Because we state

1808
00:53:22,467 --> 00:53:23,134
how dangerous and how hostile

1809
00:53:23,134 --> 00:53:25,534
neglected parks can become.

1810
00:53:27,939 --> 00:53:28,639
I also support funding

1811
00:53:28,639 --> 00:53:29,239
adaptation engineered to allow

1812
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:29,908
for a quicker repair and

1813
00:53:29,908 --> 00:53:31,900
involvement projects so that

1814
00:53:31,900 --> 00:53:31,776
and youth does not need to wait

1815
00:53:31,776 --> 00:53:32,110
years for park equity on my

1816
00:53:32,110 --> 00:53:32,877
behalf.

1817
00:53:32,877 --> 00:53:35,814
As you've heard from our youth

1818
00:53:35,814 --> 00:53:36,114
they've been at this for a long

1819
00:53:36,114 --> 00:53:36,781
time.

1820
00:53:36,781 --> 00:53:37,382
We appreciate and thank for

1821
00:53:37,382 --> 00:53:40,382
the money that has been

1822
00:53:40,585 --> 00:53:41,860
allocated but it shouldn't take

1823
00:53:41,860 --> 00:53:41,786
this long, right?

1824
00:53:41,786 --> 00:53:42,519
I have folks that are pretty

1825
00:53:42,519 --> 00:53:45,519
soon about to graduate college.

1826
00:53:45,757 --> 00:53:46,458
They're going to go into their

1827
00:53:46,458 --> 00:53:47,158
senior year and we still been

1828
00:53:47,158 --> 00:53:50,562
at this For them to be able to

1829
00:53:50,562 --> 00:53:51,363
come back to San Diego and ask

1830
00:53:51,363 --> 00:53:52,300
for their progress and see what

1831
00:53:52,300 --> 00:53:52,831
it's like And we still have

1832
00:53:52,831 --> 00:53:55,367
nothing not even a shovel on

1833
00:53:55,367 --> 00:53:56,670
the ground.

1834
00:53:56,670 --> 00:53:56,802
I think it's disappointing.

1835
00:53:56,802 --> 00:53:57,702
I do want to see this fixed.

1836
00:53:57,702 --> 00:54:00,710
I think it's not only for our

1837
00:54:00,710 --> 00:54:00,705
community it'll benefit

1838
00:54:00,705 --> 00:54:01,406
everybody within the city.

1839
00:54:01,406 --> 00:54:02,240
I know that there's parks all

1840
00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:04,609
over the world we want to see

1841
00:54:04,609 --> 00:54:07,900
build quicker and faster.

1842
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:09,248
We saw during the presentation

1843
00:54:09,248 --> 00:54:09,848
30 point something million goes

1844
00:54:09,848 --> 00:54:10,182
to Parks and Rec through

1845
00:54:10,182 --> 00:54:10,815
Synapse.

1846
00:54:10,815 --> 00:54:13,717
We believe that we have a

1847
00:54:13,717 --> 00:54:14,553
solution to help reduce that.

1848
00:54:14,553 --> 00:54:15,319
So we want to see it fixed.

1849
00:54:15,319 --> 00:54:18,919
Thank you all for your time.

1850
00:54:20,859 --> 00:54:21,626
Nairobi It.

1851
00:54:21,626 --> 00:54:21,993
Thank you very much Melissa

1852
00:54:21,993 --> 00:54:23,993
Hernandez.

1853
00:54:25,130 --> 00:54:25,998
Melissa you have time ceded to

1854
00:54:25,998 --> 00:54:26,597
you by Monica hill if you can

1855
00:54:26,597 --> 00:54:26,965
please raise your hand.

1856
00:54:26,965 --> 00:54:27,332
>> Monica.

1857
00:54:27,332 --> 00:54:29,332
Thank you.

1858
00:54:30,836 --> 00:54:31,436
And then Cheryl, if you can

1859
00:54:31,436 --> 00:54:33,836
please raise your hand.

1860
00:54:33,972 --> 00:54:34,407
>> So Melissa, you'll have

1861
00:54:34,407 --> 00:54:36,407
three minutes.

1862
00:54:38,943 --> 00:54:39,544
>> Please proceed.

1863
00:54:39,544 --> 00:54:40,312
Hello, council members.

1864
00:54:40,312 --> 00:54:43,515
I hope you guys are having an

1865
00:54:43,515 --> 00:54:44,249
amazing evening And as we can

1866
00:54:44,249 --> 00:54:44,550
see, the whole community is out

1867
00:54:44,550 --> 00:54:45,183
here.

1868
00:54:45,183 --> 00:54:48,520
I want to thank first and

1869
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:49,120
foremost everything to

1870
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,520
the officers for putting

1871
00:54:52,890 --> 00:54:53,191
the budget back where it needs

1872
00:54:53,191 --> 00:54:53,859
.

1873
00:54:53,859 --> 00:54:54,493
However, we really need you

1874
00:54:54,493 --> 00:54:54,960
guys to be considerate of

1875
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:56,960
what's going on.

1876
00:54:58,397 --> 00:54:59,164
As you can see behind me.

1877
00:54:59,164 --> 00:55:02,764
The youth that we work with

1878
00:55:03,135 --> 00:55:03,868
daily um got them out got them

1879
00:55:03,868 --> 00:55:04,503
out here so that you guys can

1880
00:55:04,503 --> 00:55:07,380
see why these programs are

1881
00:55:07,380 --> 00:55:07,772
needed, why these parks are

1882
00:55:07,772 --> 00:55:10,772
needed, why these libraries are

1883
00:55:11,877 --> 00:55:12,643
needed and why we are needing

1884
00:55:12,643 --> 00:55:16,243
you to understand that we got

1885
00:55:16,615 --> 00:55:17,382
behind the youth with a little

1886
00:55:17,382 --> 00:55:20,719
bit of money after so much was

1887
00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:21,487
promised to us and cut and we

1888
00:55:21,487 --> 00:55:25,870
were able to accomplish what we

1889
00:55:25,723 --> 00:55:26,458
wanted to accomplish within one

1890
00:55:26,458 --> 00:55:27,920
week of times even knowing that

1891
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,920
we're under the stress and

1892
00:55:30,329 --> 00:55:33,929
under the pressure when we were

1893
00:55:34,132 --> 00:55:34,799
supposed to come up here on

1894
00:55:34,799 --> 00:55:35,501
the 18th obviously a tragic

1895
00:55:35,501 --> 00:55:38,501
happened And this just proves

1896
00:55:39,370 --> 00:55:40,380
now why companies like

1897
00:55:40,380 --> 00:55:43,380
The Block and companies like

1898
00:55:44,109 --> 00:55:44,843
well, let's just say the block

1899
00:55:44,843 --> 00:55:45,244
shouldn't be receiving any type

1900
00:55:45,244 --> 00:55:47,244
of funding.

1901
00:55:49,181 --> 00:55:49,881
i'm not going to speak on

1902
00:55:49,881 --> 00:55:50,582
the tragedy that just happened

1903
00:55:50,582 --> 00:55:53,753
because that's not my part or

1904
00:55:53,753 --> 00:55:54,519
my place as that I'm not a

1905
00:55:54,519 --> 00:55:55,253
family member but I am going to

1906
00:55:55,253 --> 00:55:58,256
speak for my community and when

1907
00:55:58,256 --> 00:55:58,891
I speak for my community I say

1908
00:55:58,891 --> 00:56:02,461
put the money in the right

1909
00:56:02,461 --> 00:56:03,128
places because the more you

1910
00:56:03,128 --> 00:56:03,762
continue to invest in these

1911
00:56:03,762 --> 00:56:06,162
robotic places they're not

1912
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:08,367
saving our youth lives.

1913
00:56:08,367 --> 00:56:11,367
We the community leaders, we

1914
00:56:12,271 --> 00:56:12,771
the people are the ones that

1915
00:56:12,771 --> 00:56:13,506
are saving lives.

1916
00:56:13,506 --> 00:56:13,973
We are the ones that get in on

1917
00:56:13,973 --> 00:56:14,573
the front line.

1918
00:56:14,573 --> 00:56:15,207
We are the ones that are

1919
00:56:15,207 --> 00:56:17,376
putting you in that chair.

1920
00:56:17,376 --> 00:56:21,576
We are the ones that are making

1921
00:56:21,814 --> 00:56:22,581
sure okay that you can do what

1922
00:56:22,581 --> 00:56:23,315
you do right now and that is

1923
00:56:23,315 --> 00:56:26,315
make the right decision because

1924
00:56:26,852 --> 00:56:27,586
if not ya know my favorite

1925
00:56:27,586 --> 00:56:27,886
thing my favorite word Hunger

1926
00:56:27,886 --> 00:56:28,320
Games.

1927
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:28,754
Hunger Games.

1928
00:56:28,754 --> 00:56:30,754
Hunger Games.

1929
00:56:31,957 --> 00:56:32,625
And Todd I see you.

1930
00:56:32,625 --> 00:56:33,292
You know what I'm saying?

1931
00:56:33,292 --> 00:56:33,992
You did the right thing by

1932
00:56:33,992 --> 00:56:36,929
putting the money back But now

1933
00:56:36,929 --> 00:56:37,797
I need for everybody to do what

1934
00:56:37,797 --> 00:56:41,397
they need to do for our

1935
00:56:44,303 --> 00:56:45,710
community.

1936
00:56:45,710 --> 00:56:45,371
>> Okay, Already we got too

1937
00:56:45,371 --> 00:56:45,938
much.

1938
00:56:45,938 --> 00:56:46,304
We're senior out here.

1939
00:56:46,304 --> 00:56:46,672
Go ahead.

1940
00:56:46,672 --> 00:56:47,973
Go ahead.

1941
00:56:47,973 --> 00:56:51,310
We we to freestyle as a

1942
00:56:51,310 --> 00:56:52,770
birthday today to a shout out

1943
00:56:52,770 --> 00:56:52,778
to my mom my mom's birthday So

1944
00:56:52,778 --> 00:56:55,815
Mimi give me patience with my

1945
00:56:55,815 --> 00:56:56,515
mother but I think more

1946
00:56:56,515 --> 00:56:58,915
importantly we these programs

1947
00:57:00,753 --> 00:57:01,587
that are getting married Gloria

1948
00:57:01,587 --> 00:57:02,287
these are all the programs that

1949
00:57:02,287 --> 00:57:02,955
generate revenue and bringing

1950
00:57:02,955 --> 00:57:05,558
funding to our city nonstop

1951
00:57:05,558 --> 00:57:06,358
like as part of your the city's

1952
00:57:06,358 --> 00:57:06,959
own strategic plan to make this

1953
00:57:06,959 --> 00:57:08,959
a cultural destination.

1954
00:57:10,363 --> 00:57:11,970
What kind of a cultural

1955
00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:11,564
destination are we going to be?

1956
00:57:11,564 --> 00:57:12,970
We know culture.

1957
00:57:12,970 --> 00:57:12,532
We know programing.

1958
00:57:12,532 --> 00:57:14,532
We know arts.

1959
00:57:15,835 --> 00:57:16,535
Um, on top of that like Mimi

1960
00:57:16,535 --> 00:57:17,169
said, the people that you see

1961
00:57:17,169 --> 00:57:19,672
where are the people doing

1962
00:57:19,672 --> 00:57:20,606
the work doing the job.

1963
00:57:20,606 --> 00:57:21,306
And I will say this if it takes

1964
00:57:21,306 --> 00:57:24,306
not just the people but

1965
00:57:24,810 --> 00:57:25,443
the right people in the right

1966
00:57:25,443 --> 00:57:26,780
positions and I know Mayor

1967
00:57:26,780 --> 00:57:29,780
Gloria can get tested, you

1968
00:57:29,114 --> 00:57:29,848
know, working personally

1969
00:57:29,848 --> 00:57:30,516
directly with Lucero, you know,

1970
00:57:30,516 --> 00:57:33,352
in your in your office that

1971
00:57:33,352 --> 00:57:34,219
made all the difference.

1972
00:57:34,219 --> 00:57:34,853
And if it wasn't for me working

1973
00:57:34,853 --> 00:57:37,853
at these drop centers and

1974
00:57:38,391 --> 00:57:39,910
having another connection to

1975
00:57:39,910 --> 00:57:39,758
our other coworker MR. Ricky

1976
00:57:39,758 --> 00:57:40,493
Weaver who's not here today,

1977
00:57:40,493 --> 00:57:44,163
I'm going to finish um he was

1978
00:57:44,163 --> 00:57:44,863
able to support us with

1979
00:57:44,863 --> 00:57:45,231
security for this past Chicano

1980
00:57:45,231 --> 00:57:45,764
Park Day.

1981
00:57:45,764 --> 00:57:46,398
Thank you for that.

1982
00:57:46,398 --> 00:57:49,690
And you guys saw how many

1983
00:57:49,690 --> 00:57:49,401
people there was No, I'm gonna

1984
00:57:49,401 --> 00:57:50,350
finish.

1985
00:57:50,350 --> 00:57:50,703
There's somebody else that

1986
00:57:50,703 --> 00:57:51,300
would like to see Joe time.

1987
00:57:51,300 --> 00:57:51,304
Okay.

1988
00:57:51,304 --> 00:57:53,304
Yeah.

1989
00:57:53,772 --> 00:57:54,730
Somebody want to say raise your

1990
00:57:54,730 --> 00:57:54,673
hand?

1991
00:57:54,673 --> 00:57:55,374
I'm gonna take a minute.

1992
00:57:55,374 --> 00:57:56,750
You're like you're taking time

1993
00:57:56,750 --> 00:57:56,975
by looking down but I want to

1994
00:57:56,975 --> 00:57:57,610
make a good point here is that

1995
00:57:57,610 --> 00:57:58,144
we're all intertwined and

1996
00:57:58,144 --> 00:58:00,544
connected all of us.

1997
00:58:02,114 --> 00:58:02,715
But we come from the two most

1998
00:58:02,715 --> 00:58:03,382
underserved communities

1999
00:58:03,382 --> 00:58:05,782
District eight and District

2000
00:58:06,819 --> 00:58:07,520
four historically marginalized

2001
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:08,186
communities that exist because

2002
00:58:08,186 --> 00:58:09,210
of systems of redlining And

2003
00:58:09,210 --> 00:58:11,991
what all of this is I'll say it

2004
00:58:11,991 --> 00:58:12,625
again it's a form of cultural

2005
00:58:12,625 --> 00:58:13,258
genocide And when you talk

2006
00:58:13,258 --> 00:58:15,658
about taking away culture

2007
00:58:16,620 --> 00:58:16,429
that's truly a form of cultural

2008
00:58:16,429 --> 00:58:17,130
genocide.

2009
00:58:17,130 --> 00:58:17,830
So let's just think about that

2010
00:58:17,830 --> 00:58:18,464
right now With everything else

2011
00:58:18,464 --> 00:58:21,667
going on in the world, San

2012
00:58:21,667 --> 00:58:22,468
Diego has the opportunity here

2013
00:58:22,468 --> 00:58:23,169
to make an example but not out

2014
00:58:23,169 --> 00:58:23,635
of our out of the residents,

2015
00:58:23,635 --> 00:58:26,350
out of the city.

2016
00:58:26,873 --> 00:58:27,473
Citizens make an example for

2017
00:58:27,473 --> 00:58:28,141
other cities to follow.

2018
00:58:28,141 --> 00:58:30,877
We don't have to keep doing

2019
00:58:30,877 --> 00:58:31,677
this to our communities that at

2020
00:58:31,677 --> 00:58:32,278
some point in time we're not

2021
00:58:32,278 --> 00:58:32,779
going to exist anymore.

2022
00:58:32,779 --> 00:58:33,178
Is that the goal?

2023
00:58:33,178 --> 00:58:35,178
I think not.

2024
00:58:36,116 --> 00:58:36,816
So we just need to just do a

2025
00:58:36,816 --> 00:58:37,483
better job by working together

2026
00:58:37,483 --> 00:58:39,883
and dismantle these systems

2027
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:42,550
that have that are broken that

2028
00:58:42,550 --> 00:58:42,522
are not successful.

2029
00:58:42,522 --> 00:58:44,522
>> Thank you.

2030
00:58:45,910 --> 00:58:45,525
That's Jenkins Thank you,

2031
00:58:45,525 --> 00:58:46,292
Alhamdulillah.

2032
00:58:46,292 --> 00:58:49,892
>> Oh, Nicole Lilly, if you can

2033
00:58:51,731 --> 00:58:54,731
please come to the microphone

2034
00:58:57,604 --> 00:58:58,238
after Nicole It will be Kevin

2035
00:58:58,238 --> 00:59:00,238
Vienneau, Travis Bouchard,

2036
00:59:04,977 --> 00:59:05,293
Susan Griffin and Lynell Brown

2037
00:59:05,293 --> 00:59:05,711
.

2038
00:59:05,711 --> 00:59:07,711
All right.

2039
00:59:12,986 --> 00:59:13,787
Sorry to interrupt Leila Hi.

2040
00:59:13,787 --> 00:59:16,787
>> My name is Nicole Lilly.

2041
00:59:17,890 --> 00:59:18,391
I'm a renter and resident of

2042
00:59:18,391 --> 00:59:19,920
District three and

2043
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:19,492
the executive director of our

2044
00:59:19,492 --> 00:59:20,159
Time to Act.

2045
00:59:20,159 --> 00:59:22,928
I'm here again today because

2046
00:59:22,928 --> 00:59:23,629
despite the outpouring of

2047
00:59:23,629 --> 00:59:24,363
community over the past month,

2048
00:59:24,363 --> 00:59:25,640
the mayor has still not deigned

2049
00:59:25,640 --> 00:59:28,100
to listen to his constituents

2050
00:59:28,100 --> 00:59:28,301
and now the ball is in your

2051
00:59:28,301 --> 00:59:28,968
court.

2052
00:59:28,968 --> 00:59:29,669
You've been told and some of

2053
00:59:29,669 --> 00:59:32,471
you have said yourselves that

2054
00:59:32,471 --> 00:59:32,772
the budget is a moral document

2055
00:59:32,772 --> 00:59:33,406
.

2056
00:59:33,406 --> 00:59:34,740
It is literally putting

2057
00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:34,341
the money where your morals

2058
00:59:34,341 --> 00:59:35,750
are.

2059
00:59:35,750 --> 00:59:37,444
The decision you have now ahead

2060
00:59:37,444 --> 00:59:38,430
of you is deciding what you

2061
00:59:38,430 --> 00:59:38,378
believe your communities

2062
00:59:38,378 --> 00:59:39,780
deserve.

2063
00:59:39,780 --> 00:59:42,616
Do we deserve to be surveilled

2064
00:59:42,616 --> 00:59:43,316
and overpoliced under the guise

2065
00:59:43,316 --> 00:59:43,883
of safety or do we deserve

2066
00:59:43,883 --> 00:59:46,283
instead to thrive with

2067
00:59:47,821 --> 00:59:48,521
the partnership of O.C. Bias

2068
00:59:48,521 --> 00:59:49,222
and protection of well funded

2069
00:59:49,222 --> 00:59:51,622
libraries, parks, shelters and

2070
00:59:52,425 --> 00:59:53,326
stormwater infrastructure?

2071
00:59:53,326 --> 00:59:53,660
It is not enough to pay us lip

2072
00:59:53,660 --> 00:59:54,261
service.

2073
00:59:54,261 --> 00:59:56,661
We deserve real dollars

2074
00:59:57,464 --> 00:59:58,231
invested in a better future for

2075
00:59:58,231 --> 00:59:58,932
all San Diego And will you do

2076
00:59:58,932 --> 01:00:02,335
the work to divest from Flock

2077
01:00:02,335 --> 01:00:02,903
and invest in thriving

2078
01:00:02,903 --> 01:00:03,703
communities that work?

2079
01:00:03,703 --> 01:00:04,871
>> Our future is in your hands

2080
01:00:04,871 --> 01:00:07,871
and we will be watching.

2081
01:00:19,186 --> 01:00:19,886
>> Thank you Kevin Winner Uh

2082
01:00:19,886 --> 01:00:22,286
good evening, council members.

2083
01:00:24,224 --> 01:00:24,991
Um, I just wanted to say that

2084
01:00:24,991 --> 01:00:25,725
as someone who's a part of a

2085
01:00:25,725 --> 01:00:28,695
youth led nonprofit our time to

2086
01:00:28,695 --> 01:00:29,362
act I would really encourage

2087
01:00:29,362 --> 01:00:32,362
you guys to continue funding

2088
01:00:32,499 --> 01:00:33,166
for O.C. Why is they only take

2089
01:00:33,166 --> 01:00:35,566
$350,000 away from the city

2090
01:00:36,602 --> 01:00:37,337
budget but you gain 3.5 million

2091
01:00:37,337 --> 01:00:38,380
and grant specific funding that

2092
01:00:38,380 --> 01:00:38,472
the city would not be able to

2093
01:00:38,472 --> 01:00:40,472
get otherwise.

2094
01:00:42,750 --> 01:00:42,742
So you're not just saving

2095
01:00:42,742 --> 01:00:44,742
you're not saving $350,000.

2096
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:47,381
You're losing 3.5 million that

2097
01:00:47,381 --> 01:00:47,747
you would not be able to get

2098
01:00:47,747 --> 01:00:49,747
otherwise.

2099
01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:52,685
Um, I think that the city it's

2100
01:00:52,685 --> 01:00:53,319
I don't know why the city is

2101
01:00:53,319 --> 01:00:56,319
not looking at its largest

2102
01:00:56,789 --> 01:00:57,424
departments as dpd is

2103
01:00:57,424 --> 01:00:58,124
the largest department and

2104
01:00:58,124 --> 01:00:58,758
every year we do not cut their

2105
01:00:58,758 --> 01:01:01,158
budget while cutting every

2106
01:01:01,728 --> 01:01:04,728
other budget along the city.

2107
01:01:06,500 --> 01:01:07,167
So if we were to adequately be

2108
01:01:07,167 --> 01:01:07,767
looking into this budget we

2109
01:01:07,767 --> 01:01:08,435
should also consider our

2110
01:01:08,435 --> 01:01:10,435
largest budget expenditure.

2111
01:01:13,730 --> 01:01:13,741
There's largest budget waste um

2112
01:01:13,741 --> 01:01:16,976
on JANUARY 7th on all year

2113
01:01:16,976 --> 01:01:17,544
covid there was homeless man

2114
01:01:17,544 --> 01:01:18,212
who walked himself in

2115
01:01:18,212 --> 01:01:18,846
the bathroom as dpd respond

2116
01:01:18,846 --> 01:01:21,846
with 26 cop cars a squad

2117
01:01:22,349 --> 01:01:25,349
vehicle and a helicopter Travis

2118
01:01:27,187 --> 01:01:28,210
Bouchard Thank you guys.

2119
01:01:28,210 --> 01:01:31,210
>> After that we have Susan

2120
01:01:33,127 --> 01:01:33,827
Griffin Linnell Brown Leila

2121
01:01:33,827 --> 01:01:36,827
Aziz sign of Sanchez, Richard

2122
01:01:37,865 --> 01:01:38,565
Caitlin if those aren't you if

2123
01:01:38,565 --> 01:01:39,433
you can take a seat in

2124
01:01:39,433 --> 01:01:42,670
the front row or back at your

2125
01:01:42,670 --> 01:01:43,170
chair and then we'll make sure

2126
01:01:43,170 --> 01:01:43,671
to get to you.

2127
01:01:43,671 --> 01:01:44,137
>> Please proceed.

2128
01:01:44,137 --> 01:01:46,137
How's it going?

2129
01:01:47,875 --> 01:01:48,742
Travis Uh, district seven

2130
01:01:48,742 --> 01:01:52,942
Here's a path to the dark side

2131
01:01:53,213 --> 01:01:53,781
Fairly It's to anger.

2132
01:01:53,781 --> 01:01:56,181
Anger leads to hate.

2133
01:01:58,185 --> 01:01:59,530
Hate leads to suffering.

2134
01:01:59,530 --> 01:01:59,753
Many of you lead with fear when

2135
01:01:59,753 --> 01:02:02,753
speaking of the police budget,

2136
01:02:04,358 --> 01:02:04,958
Marty was quoted by nbc seven

2137
01:02:04,958 --> 01:02:05,793
in an interview on Flug.

2138
01:02:05,793 --> 01:02:08,829
In her words they prevent very

2139
01:02:08,829 --> 01:02:09,430
serious crime homicides, rapes,

2140
01:02:09,430 --> 01:02:11,830
kidnaping Give us data.

2141
01:02:14,968 --> 01:02:15,836
Mayor, because what we see is

2142
01:02:15,836 --> 01:02:18,772
as dpd they got a two hour head

2143
01:02:18,772 --> 01:02:19,406
start last week and failed

2144
01:02:19,406 --> 01:02:19,807
miserably in capturing two

2145
01:02:19,807 --> 01:02:21,807
terrorists.

2146
01:02:22,443 --> 01:02:25,443
There are nine flight cameras

2147
01:02:26,113 --> 01:02:29,713
within one mile of the Islamic

2148
01:02:31,752 --> 01:02:35,352
center nine nine as dpd failed

2149
01:02:36,957 --> 01:02:37,825
failed Start putting medical

2150
01:02:37,825 --> 01:02:41,425
Show us data council block cat

2151
01:02:41,528 --> 01:02:42,296
Police 30th 29 million Restore

2152
01:02:42,296 --> 01:02:45,296
20 to 25 Funding to Office of

2153
01:02:45,766 --> 01:02:46,667
Youth Services Libraries Arts

2154
01:02:46,667 --> 01:02:50,267
and Rec Centers and Fire Daniel

2155
01:02:54,274 --> 01:02:54,975
Gold Susan Susan Griffin

2156
01:02:54,975 --> 01:02:57,975
District seven Mary Gloria you

2157
01:02:59,780 --> 01:03:00,481
claim that you are prioritizing

2158
01:03:00,481 --> 01:03:01,216
public safety for San Diego.

2159
01:03:01,216 --> 01:03:04,816
If public safety is really your

2160
01:03:04,819 --> 01:03:05,519
priority then why eliminate or

2161
01:03:05,519 --> 01:03:05,885
cut arts recreation, literary

2162
01:03:05,885 --> 01:03:07,885
services?

2163
01:03:09,790 --> 01:03:10,557
These are the vital elements of

2164
01:03:10,557 --> 01:03:12,957
our social infrastructure that

2165
01:03:14,161 --> 01:03:14,729
which connects us to one

2166
01:03:14,729 --> 01:03:15,396
another in all of our

2167
01:03:15,396 --> 01:03:15,963
communities with empathy and

2168
01:03:15,963 --> 01:03:18,363
care for one another.

2169
01:03:19,667 --> 01:03:20,367
Please reconsider your

2170
01:03:20,367 --> 01:03:22,367
significant proposed increases

2171
01:03:24,972 --> 01:03:25,473
for law enforcement including

2172
01:03:25,473 --> 01:03:26,307
the flock system.

2173
01:03:26,307 --> 01:03:30,377
I ask you to reallocate some of

2174
01:03:30,377 --> 01:03:31,450
those increases toward

2175
01:03:31,450 --> 01:03:31,746
the protective services that

2176
01:03:31,746 --> 01:03:35,346
help prevent the need for law

2177
01:03:35,817 --> 01:03:36,517
enforcement interventions in

2178
01:03:36,517 --> 01:03:36,917
the first place Arts Literacy.

2179
01:03:36,917 --> 01:03:38,917
Recreation.

2180
01:03:41,550 --> 01:03:43,455
Youth Services Thank you.

2181
01:03:46,961 --> 01:03:47,728
Lynell Brown.

2182
01:03:47,728 --> 01:03:50,728
Lynell Brown You have time

2183
01:03:52,365 --> 01:03:53,201
ceded to you by Matthew Carr.

2184
01:03:53,201 --> 01:03:53,901
>> If you can please raise your

2185
01:03:53,901 --> 01:03:54,368
hand you'll have two minutes.

2186
01:03:54,368 --> 01:03:56,368
Please proceed.

2187
01:03:57,872 --> 01:04:01,943
My name is Lynell and I'm here

2188
01:04:01,943 --> 01:04:02,343
to represent District four and

2189
01:04:02,343 --> 01:04:04,343
the Senate.

2190
01:04:07,982 --> 01:04:08,716
I come before you today to

2191
01:04:08,716 --> 01:04:09,450
thank you for redirecting these

2192
01:04:09,450 --> 01:04:12,286
funds back to our youth centers

2193
01:04:12,286 --> 01:04:12,654
in Bowmanville and Stockton

2194
01:04:12,654 --> 01:04:13,287
Imperial.

2195
01:04:13,287 --> 01:04:13,988
We are truly grateful and

2196
01:04:13,988 --> 01:04:16,388
appreciative of this decision.

2197
01:04:18,159 --> 01:04:18,793
However, at this point it is

2198
01:04:18,793 --> 01:04:19,494
still only a gesture until

2199
01:04:19,494 --> 01:04:22,494
these funds are fully restored

2200
01:04:23,531 --> 01:04:24,265
and secure, receiving these

2201
01:04:24,265 --> 01:04:24,999
funds will not only help ensure

2202
01:04:24,999 --> 01:04:28,599
that our centers remain open to

2203
01:04:29,237 --> 01:04:29,804
the next fiscal year but will

2204
01:04:29,804 --> 01:04:30,538
also help restore our

2205
01:04:30,538 --> 01:04:33,538
community's faith in the system

2206
01:04:35,143 --> 01:04:35,577
and in a leadership that

2207
01:04:35,577 --> 01:04:36,243
represents us.

2208
01:04:36,243 --> 01:04:39,814
We will continue to show up,

2209
01:04:39,814 --> 01:04:40,548
speak out and fight for our

2210
01:04:40,548 --> 01:04:41,115
communities until we have truly

2211
01:04:41,115 --> 01:04:43,115
equitable services and

2212
01:04:45,519 --> 01:04:45,954
equitable funding for all youth

2213
01:04:45,954 --> 01:04:46,655
and families.

2214
01:04:46,655 --> 01:04:50,255
We support the Office of Child

2215
01:04:50,558 --> 01:04:51,159
Abuse success because we

2216
01:04:51,159 --> 01:04:51,893
believe in its mission.

2217
01:04:51,893 --> 01:04:54,293
These programs provide critical

2218
01:04:55,630 --> 01:04:56,297
opportunities resources,

2219
01:04:56,297 --> 01:04:56,998
mentorships, art, recreation

2220
01:04:56,998 --> 01:05:00,598
and hope for young people and

2221
01:05:01,336 --> 01:05:02,203
their families.

2222
01:05:02,203 --> 01:05:05,803
When we invest in youth we

2223
01:05:06,274 --> 01:05:06,840
invest in safer, healthier and

2224
01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:07,575
stronger communities.

2225
01:05:07,575 --> 01:05:08,242
If this office is correct, that

2226
01:05:08,242 --> 01:05:10,642
means more children without

2227
01:05:12,380 --> 01:05:12,948
programs, with our arts, with

2228
01:05:12,948 --> 01:05:13,648
our library, with our

2229
01:05:13,648 --> 01:05:16,480
recreational centers feel safe

2230
01:05:17,285 --> 01:05:17,752
Places where they can learn,

2231
01:05:17,752 --> 01:05:18,419
grow and thrive.

2232
01:05:18,419 --> 01:05:18,920
Our communities do not need

2233
01:05:18,920 --> 01:05:20,920
more surveillance.

2234
01:05:22,924 --> 01:05:23,558
They need more support.

2235
01:05:23,558 --> 01:05:25,558
These need opportunities.

2236
01:05:27,361 --> 01:05:27,996
We need investments Despite

2237
01:05:27,996 --> 01:05:28,630
these challenges we remain

2238
01:05:28,630 --> 01:05:31,300
proactive and committed to

2239
01:05:32,967 --> 01:05:33,702
providing services programs and

2240
01:05:33,702 --> 01:05:34,201
hope to the people who depend

2241
01:05:34,201 --> 01:05:34,936
on them the most.

2242
01:05:34,936 --> 01:05:37,936
We ask that you continue

2243
01:05:39,507 --> 01:05:40,750
standing with us and prioritize

2244
01:05:40,750 --> 01:05:42,475
long term success and

2245
01:05:44,112 --> 01:05:44,746
well-being for our youth.

2246
01:05:44,746 --> 01:05:45,347
Surveillance Surveillance

2247
01:05:45,347 --> 01:05:45,714
cameras will not catch a

2248
01:05:45,714 --> 01:05:47,714
criminal.

2249
01:05:50,518 --> 01:05:50,818
It would only show you their

2250
01:05:50,818 --> 01:05:51,252
body.

2251
01:05:51,252 --> 01:05:52,530
That's right.

2252
01:05:52,530 --> 01:05:55,653
You know that we are protecting

2253
01:05:55,957 --> 01:05:56,657
our our communities with our

2254
01:05:56,657 --> 01:05:56,992
lives and we are not confused

2255
01:05:56,992 --> 01:05:58,992
anymore.

2256
01:06:01,463 --> 01:06:01,797
We are real people and we

2257
01:06:01,797 --> 01:06:02,497
deserve.

2258
01:06:02,497 --> 01:06:02,797
>> Thank you for that comment,

2259
01:06:02,797 --> 01:06:04,797
Leila.

2260
01:06:05,766 --> 01:06:07,766
Well okay.

2261
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:11,306
I don't want to go after hands

2262
01:06:11,306 --> 01:06:11,806
.

2263
01:06:11,806 --> 01:06:12,241
Mayor Todd Gloria.

2264
01:06:12,241 --> 01:06:14,241
City Council.

2265
01:06:16,912 --> 01:06:19,912
Those of you Shanelle Rivera,

2266
01:06:20,581 --> 01:06:21,283
Henry Foster, the third who

2267
01:06:21,283 --> 01:06:21,882
advocated for us and the drop

2268
01:06:21,882 --> 01:06:24,282
in centers are greatly

2269
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:26,621
appreciated.

2270
01:06:26,621 --> 01:06:28,621
Something historic happened

2271
01:06:31,693 --> 01:06:32,394
since the police department has

2272
01:06:32,394 --> 01:06:33,950
been keeping report since 2003

2273
01:06:33,950 --> 01:06:35,495
the Mountain View neighborhood

2274
01:06:37,332 --> 01:06:38,330
which had have in that time 20

2275
01:06:38,330 --> 01:06:38,633
more homicides than any other

2276
01:06:38,633 --> 01:06:41,330
neighborhood has had two

2277
01:06:41,737 --> 01:06:42,103
consecutive years with zero

2278
01:06:42,103 --> 01:06:42,837
homicides.

2279
01:06:42,837 --> 01:06:43,672
Come down and talk to this guy.

2280
01:06:43,672 --> 01:06:46,975
Talk to me me on how they're

2281
01:06:46,975 --> 01:06:47,642
doing it.

2282
01:06:47,642 --> 01:06:48,100
It's an evidence based best

2283
01:06:48,100 --> 01:06:50,100
practice.

2284
01:06:53,315 --> 01:06:54,115
We all know and I know

2285
01:06:54,115 --> 01:06:57,115
hindsight is 2020 or the 4040 I

2286
01:06:57,619 --> 01:06:58,386
have been gone for a long time

2287
01:06:58,386 --> 01:06:59,210
but if there were 1 million

2288
01:06:59,210 --> 01:07:01,421
cameras out there, nothing

2289
01:07:03,792 --> 01:07:04,493
would have changed because of

2290
01:07:04,493 --> 01:07:05,226
the attitude of the San Diego

2291
01:07:05,226 --> 01:07:08,226
Police Department of looking at

2292
01:07:09,598 --> 01:07:10,398
these young men who have guns,

2293
01:07:10,398 --> 01:07:14,598
a stolen car and on a suicide

2294
01:07:15,203 --> 01:07:15,737
mission and not being a threat.

2295
01:07:15,737 --> 01:07:16,438
That's the problem.

2296
01:07:16,438 --> 01:07:16,705
Thank you for getting on with

2297
01:07:16,705 --> 01:07:18,705
it.

2298
01:07:22,577 --> 01:07:26,777
Senior Sanchez See I am a go

2299
01:07:28,149 --> 01:07:28,650
ahead.

2300
01:07:28,650 --> 01:07:30,650
All right.

2301
01:07:33,422 --> 01:07:34,223
Oh, you had spoken before.

2302
01:07:34,223 --> 01:07:34,823
>> Under the ceding time and

2303
01:07:34,823 --> 01:07:37,823
you had ceded her time.

2304
01:07:39,795 --> 01:07:40,620
But if you have, you can use

2305
01:07:40,620 --> 01:07:40,863
my.

2306
01:07:40,863 --> 01:07:41,230
>> Yes, you can have your time

2307
01:07:41,230 --> 01:07:41,864
over here.

2308
01:07:41,864 --> 01:07:44,864
I'll make you one minute.

2309
01:07:45,267 --> 01:07:46,350
Please proceed.

2310
01:07:46,350 --> 01:07:46,802
My name is Reginald Lewis from

2311
01:07:46,802 --> 01:07:50,380
the Mount Stockton area and I

2312
01:07:50,380 --> 01:07:50,739
feel the so important for

2313
01:07:50,739 --> 01:07:53,739
the funding is to rehabilitate

2314
01:07:55,177 --> 01:07:55,611
and addresses root causes of

2315
01:07:55,611 --> 01:07:56,178
crime.

2316
01:07:56,178 --> 01:07:56,844
Many people who enter

2317
01:07:56,844 --> 01:07:57,479
the justice system struggle

2318
01:07:57,479 --> 01:07:59,879
with issues like substance

2319
01:08:01,116 --> 01:08:01,784
abuse, trauma, mental health

2320
01:08:01,784 --> 01:08:02,517
challenges, homelessness or

2321
01:08:02,517 --> 01:08:04,917
lack of employment opportunity.

2322
01:08:07,522 --> 01:08:08,157
Invest in more city funded into

2323
01:08:08,157 --> 01:08:10,157
the rehabilitation program

2324
01:08:12,561 --> 01:08:13,262
Counseling job training a youth

2325
01:08:13,262 --> 01:08:13,996
service can help prevent crime

2326
01:08:13,996 --> 01:08:17,596
before it happens and has their

2327
01:08:18,667 --> 01:08:19,301
own responding after harms

2328
01:08:19,301 --> 01:08:19,969
occur with rehabilitation,

2329
01:08:19,969 --> 01:08:22,369
reduce repeat offenders and

2330
01:08:25,141 --> 01:08:25,841
lower long term cost drugs have

2331
01:08:25,841 --> 01:08:26,441
shown that people who receive

2332
01:08:26,441 --> 01:08:28,441
effective rehabilitation

2333
01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:30,780
services are less likely to

2334
01:08:30,780 --> 01:08:31,480
re-offend compared to those who

2335
01:08:31,480 --> 01:08:33,480
only experience incarceration

2336
01:08:36,510 --> 01:08:36,718
in a punitive policing

2337
01:08:36,718 --> 01:08:37,352
expanding program focused on

2338
01:08:37,352 --> 01:08:39,352
reentry support, addiction

2339
01:08:42,425 --> 01:08:42,958
treatment, education and

2340
01:08:42,958 --> 01:08:43,692
restorative justice.

2341
01:08:43,692 --> 01:08:46,692
More reduce jail population and

2342
01:08:50,399 --> 01:08:51,100
save taxpayers money.

2343
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:51,701
Thank you for that concluding

2344
01:08:51,701 --> 01:08:53,701
comment, Richard Kaitlin

2345
01:08:55,710 --> 01:08:55,771
Nicholas I you know he she had

2346
01:08:55,771 --> 01:08:56,272
input her seeding time so now

2347
01:08:56,272 --> 01:08:58,672
you get your time.

2348
01:09:00,109 --> 01:09:02,109
>> Okay.

2349
01:09:06,115 --> 01:09:06,515
Richard you can work today.

2350
01:09:06,515 --> 01:09:07,283
I'm here.

2351
01:09:07,283 --> 01:09:10,883
You know, I appreciate you all

2352
01:09:11,721 --> 01:09:12,488
for restoring the budget and

2353
01:09:12,488 --> 01:09:13,289
money to the youth center but I

2354
01:09:13,289 --> 01:09:16,289
still got a problem with

2355
01:09:18,827 --> 01:09:19,495
the city treasurer.

2356
01:09:19,495 --> 01:09:20,161
Keep that overspend on

2357
01:09:20,161 --> 01:09:23,499
the budget and they all keep

2358
01:09:23,499 --> 01:09:24,200
taking away from the you first

2359
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:27,800
like every year like the new

2360
01:09:31,907 --> 01:09:32,676
programs you're talking about.

2361
01:09:32,676 --> 01:09:34,210
I thought this is for the kids

2362
01:09:34,210 --> 01:09:35,110
We both play for the kids and

2363
01:09:35,110 --> 01:09:35,545
the first thing I do is take

2364
01:09:35,545 --> 01:09:36,178
away from the kids.

2365
01:09:36,178 --> 01:09:39,178
The house we supposed to

2366
01:09:40,516 --> 01:09:44,116
prosper as people if the kids

2367
01:09:45,687 --> 01:09:46,489
keep this prosperity I mean do

2368
01:09:46,489 --> 01:09:50,890
what's right for us as people.

2369
01:09:51,293 --> 01:09:52,328
Kids need to go first.

2370
01:09:52,328 --> 01:09:56,528
We never need to take no for

2371
01:09:57,700 --> 01:10:01,300
mean we get free money every

2372
01:10:02,338 --> 01:10:03,500
year now for taxes for

2373
01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:03,706
marijuana dispensaries that

2374
01:10:03,706 --> 01:10:04,440
money need to go to the thank

2375
01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:07,440
you for that concluding comment

2376
01:10:14,450 --> 01:10:17,450
My Asia lenders major lenders

2377
01:10:20,556 --> 01:10:21,560
Kiana Price Kiana Price You're

2378
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:21,658
going to kill me.

2379
01:10:21,658 --> 01:10:23,658
>> No, I'm sorry.

2380
01:10:26,529 --> 01:10:26,962
Okay Courtney about it.

2381
01:10:26,962 --> 01:10:28,962
I apologize.

2382
01:10:31,801 --> 01:10:32,201
I'll just keep up.

2383
01:10:32,201 --> 01:10:32,969
Okay?

2384
01:10:32,969 --> 01:10:33,670
I work at the youth center with

2385
01:10:33,670 --> 01:10:37,870
the youth and I work with both

2386
01:10:37,907 --> 01:10:38,607
of them on Mountain View and

2387
01:10:38,607 --> 01:10:39,275
Stockton Memorial And I'm here

2388
01:10:39,275 --> 01:10:42,875
to say thank you for giving

2389
01:10:44,180 --> 01:10:44,614
the money back, for redirecting

2390
01:10:44,614 --> 01:10:45,448
it back.

2391
01:10:45,448 --> 01:10:46,490
>> We'll be back to say thank

2392
01:10:46,490 --> 01:10:49,490
you when we actually get

2393
01:10:49,819 --> 01:10:50,520
the money So only because we

2394
01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:51,187
kind been here before So you

2395
01:10:51,187 --> 01:10:54,787
know I am very grateful but

2396
01:10:55,692 --> 01:10:56,493
it's kind of shaky So we will

2397
01:10:56,493 --> 01:10:57,226
be back when we get to thank

2398
01:10:57,226 --> 01:10:57,860
you guys for it and to show you

2399
01:10:57,860 --> 01:10:58,461
the programs that we have

2400
01:10:58,461 --> 01:11:00,861
already put through and

2401
01:11:01,898 --> 01:11:02,265
the kids that we've already

2402
01:11:02,265 --> 01:11:02,866
succeeded.

2403
01:11:02,866 --> 01:11:03,433
You know, we've already

2404
01:11:03,433 --> 01:11:04,100
succeeded in helping.

2405
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:08,370
We want to go further but we

2406
01:11:08,370 --> 01:11:08,604
also need the focus to be on

2407
01:11:08,604 --> 01:11:09,272
the youth as rich with

2408
01:11:09,272 --> 01:11:12,272
the Office of Youth Success.

2409
01:11:13,842 --> 01:11:14,710
That's a wonderful program and

2410
01:11:14,710 --> 01:11:15,444
needs to be focused on and kept

2411
01:11:15,444 --> 01:11:16,113
instead of these other programs

2412
01:11:16,113 --> 01:11:19,113
that have been spoken about.

2413
01:11:20,450 --> 01:11:21,117
And I will give them any light

2414
01:11:21,117 --> 01:11:21,818
because they don't need any

2415
01:11:21,818 --> 01:11:22,218
more light because it doesn't

2416
01:11:22,218 --> 01:11:22,919
make sense.

2417
01:11:22,919 --> 01:11:25,919
The kids aren't what matters.

2418
01:11:26,923 --> 01:11:27,590
My kids everybody's kids of

2419
01:11:27,590 --> 01:11:28,257
the future They're going to

2420
01:11:28,257 --> 01:11:28,958
stand up here one day and we

2421
01:11:28,958 --> 01:11:30,260
don't invest in them now what

2422
01:11:30,260 --> 01:11:34,226
is it about to make our city

2423
01:11:37,100 --> 01:11:37,867
say the youth with I'm sorry.

2424
01:11:37,867 --> 01:11:38,167
>> Did Courtney want to speak

2425
01:11:38,167 --> 01:11:38,468
or No.

2426
01:11:38,468 --> 01:11:38,768
Okay.

2427
01:11:38,768 --> 01:11:39,536
Sorry.

2428
01:11:39,536 --> 01:11:42,105
Courtney, please come up to

2429
01:11:42,105 --> 01:11:42,639
the microphone And then after

2430
01:11:42,639 --> 01:11:43,390
that we have Richard

2431
01:11:43,390 --> 01:11:43,706
Martindale.

2432
01:11:43,706 --> 01:11:47,306
Please come up to the other

2433
01:11:48,378 --> 01:11:49,790
reserved seats Lori Saldana,

2434
01:11:49,790 --> 01:11:49,746
Lori Lipman, Barry Edelstein,

2435
01:11:49,746 --> 01:11:50,113
Becky Goodman and Christine

2436
01:11:50,113 --> 01:11:52,113
Martinez.

2437
01:11:54,217 --> 01:11:54,884
If you can all please come up

2438
01:11:54,884 --> 01:11:55,418
to the yellow reserved seats

2439
01:11:55,418 --> 01:11:55,852
and please proceed.

2440
01:11:55,852 --> 01:11:57,852
Good evening.

2441
01:12:00,690 --> 01:12:01,391
Honorable Council members Mayor

2442
01:12:01,391 --> 01:12:01,992
Glory and Staff My name is

2443
01:12:01,992 --> 01:12:04,392
Courtney Ball Tusky with

2444
01:12:04,461 --> 01:12:05,610
the ymca and Children First

2445
01:12:05,610 --> 01:12:05,695
Collective San Diego has

2446
01:12:05,695 --> 01:12:08,695
witnessed a lot since this

2447
01:12:10,634 --> 01:12:11,201
process began.

2448
01:12:11,201 --> 01:12:11,801
Let's take a breath.

2449
01:12:11,801 --> 01:12:13,801
Let's recommit together.

2450
01:12:16,306 --> 01:12:16,740
We're grateful for the progress

2451
01:12:16,740 --> 01:12:17,474
in the revise.

2452
01:12:17,474 --> 01:12:21,740
Let's go even further for kids

2453
01:12:22,479 --> 01:12:23,800
for youth a requirement a

2454
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:23,680
recommitment to thriving

2455
01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:26,800
community as being safe

2456
01:12:28,585 --> 01:12:29,286
communities a recommitment to

2457
01:12:29,286 --> 01:12:30,200
your child and youth plan with

2458
01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:33,620
the Office of Child New Success

2459
01:12:34,591 --> 01:12:35,291
This means at least a dedicated

2460
01:12:35,291 --> 01:12:36,260
higher level position skilled

2461
01:12:36,260 --> 01:12:36,593
in policy, community engagement

2462
01:12:36,593 --> 01:12:38,593
and interdepartmental

2463
01:12:41,264 --> 01:12:41,964
collaboration.

2464
01:12:41,964 --> 01:12:42,666
Dozens of other organizations

2465
01:12:42,666 --> 01:12:45,660
countless youth advocates and

2466
01:12:46,903 --> 01:12:47,603
San Diego families are looking

2467
01:12:47,603 --> 01:12:48,105
to you all to prioritize this

2468
01:12:48,105 --> 01:12:50,105
critical position.

2469
01:12:56,790 --> 01:12:56,513
Thank you Richard.

2470
01:12:56,513 --> 01:12:57,281
Good evening.

2471
01:12:57,281 --> 01:12:57,981
I'm here to join those who have

2472
01:12:57,981 --> 01:13:01,385
who think you have a spending

2473
01:13:01,385 --> 01:13:01,718
problem rather than a revenue

2474
01:13:01,718 --> 01:13:02,519
problem.

2475
01:13:02,519 --> 01:13:03,220
We all want to help others but

2476
01:13:03,220 --> 01:13:07,257
we have to do it within our

2477
01:13:07,257 --> 01:13:08,124
budget And you're not asking I

2478
01:13:08,124 --> 01:13:08,826
ask you to take a look at your

2479
01:13:08,826 --> 01:13:11,826
personal finances to see what

2480
01:13:13,530 --> 01:13:14,197
percentage you spend on

2481
01:13:14,197 --> 01:13:14,832
necessities, what percentage

2482
01:13:14,832 --> 01:13:15,532
you spend on discretionary

2483
01:13:15,532 --> 01:13:18,532
spending and what percent you

2484
01:13:19,803 --> 01:13:20,471
give to charity and apply those

2485
01:13:20,471 --> 01:13:23,471
same percentages to the city

2486
01:13:25,642 --> 01:13:26,376
budget City necessities or

2487
01:13:26,376 --> 01:13:27,430
police fire and inner structure

2488
01:13:27,430 --> 01:13:27,711
infrastructure Discretionary

2489
01:13:27,711 --> 01:13:29,711
spending includes libraries,

2490
01:13:31,448 --> 01:13:31,882
parks and cultural

2491
01:13:31,882 --> 01:13:32,416
institutions.

2492
01:13:32,416 --> 01:13:34,416
Welfare is charity.

2493
01:13:37,921 --> 01:13:40,921
Thank you Laurie Soltanieh I

2494
01:13:43,930 --> 01:13:43,894
know you have a some images to

2495
01:13:43,894 --> 01:13:44,561
project so staff will get those

2496
01:13:44,561 --> 01:13:44,962
up and then you can proceed

2497
01:13:44,962 --> 01:13:46,962
when ready.

2498
01:13:49,700 --> 01:13:50,401
Thank you.

2499
01:13:50,401 --> 01:13:51,680
As many of the speakers have

2500
01:13:51,680 --> 01:13:54,680
expressed tonight, a city is

2501
01:13:54,838 --> 01:13:55,605
judged by its culture including

2502
01:13:55,605 --> 01:13:56,273
who leaders choose to name in

2503
01:13:56,273 --> 01:13:59,273
our parks and public places.

2504
01:14:00,810 --> 01:14:01,612
>> And that's why I'm here

2505
01:14:01,612 --> 01:14:02,279
tonight for proposing a change

2506
01:14:02,279 --> 01:14:06,479
to a name of the park that

2507
01:14:07,551 --> 01:14:08,252
honors Charles Lindbergh, a man

2508
01:14:08,252 --> 01:14:08,953
who expressed anti-immigrant

2509
01:14:08,953 --> 01:14:11,353
anti-Semitic beliefs and whose

2510
01:14:13,122 --> 01:14:13,790
name is next to the Claremont

2511
01:14:13,790 --> 01:14:14,525
the San Diego Islamic Center

2512
01:14:14,525 --> 01:14:15,226
and where three men were killed

2513
01:14:15,226 --> 01:14:18,826
last week by two young men

2514
01:14:19,963 --> 01:14:20,597
expressing the same rhetoric

2515
01:14:20,597 --> 01:14:22,997
that Charles Lindbergh has

2516
01:14:26,370 --> 01:14:27,237
expressed in the past.

2517
01:14:27,237 --> 01:14:27,938
It's time to give a few It's

2518
01:14:27,938 --> 01:14:28,606
time for the city of San Diego

2519
01:14:28,606 --> 01:14:31,606
to follow the lead of

2520
01:14:32,900 --> 01:14:32,676
the Unified School District,

2521
01:14:32,676 --> 01:14:33,410
remove Lindbergh's name from

2522
01:14:33,410 --> 01:14:37,100
this park as the families voted

2523
01:14:37,815 --> 01:14:38,148
to do Go ahead to the next one

2524
01:14:38,148 --> 01:14:38,849
please.

2525
01:14:38,849 --> 01:14:39,682
Five years ago, five years ago

2526
01:14:39,682 --> 01:14:43,282
this name was removed from this

2527
01:14:44,789 --> 01:14:45,656
school near the Islamic center

2528
01:14:45,656 --> 01:14:46,322
And last year if we can go to

2529
01:14:46,322 --> 01:14:49,322
the next slide Mayor Todd

2530
01:14:50,961 --> 01:14:51,529
Lowrie assaulted to honor a

2531
01:14:51,529 --> 01:14:52,196
fallen police officer.

2532
01:14:52,196 --> 01:14:55,796
>> We need to thank you for

2533
01:14:56,834 --> 01:14:57,568
being able in our parks and

2534
01:14:57,568 --> 01:14:57,868
Lindbergh is not worthy of that

2535
01:14:57,868 --> 01:14:59,868
honor.

2536
01:15:02,739 --> 01:15:03,441
>> Lori Liberman the you also

2537
01:15:03,441 --> 01:15:04,175
have a slide show that you'll

2538
01:15:04,175 --> 01:15:08,212
show and stuff will get that up

2539
01:15:08,212 --> 01:15:08,512
and then you can proceed or an

2540
01:15:08,512 --> 01:15:09,146
image.

2541
01:15:09,146 --> 01:15:09,513
>> Hello council members.

2542
01:15:09,513 --> 01:15:11,513
I'm Lori.

2543
01:15:14,685 --> 01:15:15,419
I'm pausing your time if you

2544
01:15:15,419 --> 01:15:16,120
can bring the microphone down a

2545
01:15:16,120 --> 01:15:16,554
little bit just a the zoom can

2546
01:15:16,554 --> 01:15:18,554
also hear you.

2547
01:15:19,590 --> 01:15:20,357
Thank you so much.

2548
01:15:20,357 --> 01:15:21,590
Hello council members I'm Lori

2549
01:15:21,590 --> 01:15:24,590
Lipscomb pronounced she her a

2550
01:15:25,196 --> 01:15:25,930
constituent of district three.

2551
01:15:25,930 --> 01:15:26,530
Please do the right thing.

2552
01:15:26,530 --> 01:15:28,930
We need to fundamentally

2553
01:15:31,435 --> 01:15:32,690
reframe what safety means in

2554
01:15:32,690 --> 01:15:32,770
San Diego with this city.

2555
01:15:32,770 --> 01:15:36,370
Will the city continue down a

2556
01:15:37,274 --> 01:15:37,842
path of policing, surveillance

2557
01:15:37,842 --> 01:15:38,476
and incarceration and

2558
01:15:38,476 --> 01:15:40,476
increasingly unsustainable

2559
01:15:43,948 --> 01:15:44,315
burden on taxpayers with a very

2560
01:15:44,315 --> 01:15:45,216
poor roi?

2561
01:15:45,216 --> 01:15:48,816
Or will we invest in inclusion

2562
01:15:49,554 --> 01:15:50,187
education, health care, housing

2563
01:15:50,187 --> 01:15:50,922
parks, libraries, arts and

2564
01:15:50,922 --> 01:15:53,322
culture and equitable resources

2565
01:15:56,940 --> 01:15:56,761
for all a more humane and

2566
01:15:56,761 --> 01:15:57,950
sustainable vision of public

2567
01:15:57,950 --> 01:15:59,950
safety.

2568
01:16:01,833 --> 01:16:02,500
Racism and hate are learned

2569
01:16:02,500 --> 01:16:02,900
behaviors rooted in systemic

2570
01:16:02,900 --> 01:16:03,567
inequality.

2571
01:16:03,567 --> 01:16:06,567
They are not solved through

2572
01:16:07,939 --> 01:16:08,373
militarism, shame and

2573
01:16:08,373 --> 01:16:08,840
incarceration.

2574
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:10,840
Thank you very.

2575
01:16:15,146 --> 01:16:15,747
Edelstein You have time ceded

2576
01:16:15,747 --> 01:16:18,747
to you by James Lofton.

2577
01:16:19,490 --> 01:16:19,550
>> You'll have two minutes.

2578
01:16:19,550 --> 01:16:20,284
>> Please proceed.

2579
01:16:20,284 --> 01:16:23,884
Thank you very much, MR. Mayor.

2580
01:16:24,689 --> 01:16:25,189
City Council Thanks for being

2581
01:16:25,189 --> 01:16:25,889
here this evening.

2582
01:16:25,889 --> 01:16:26,257
I was downstairs screaming on

2583
01:16:26,257 --> 01:16:28,257
the plaza.

2584
01:16:30,127 --> 01:16:30,928
I'm head of the Old Globe and

2585
01:16:30,928 --> 01:16:31,362
I'm here to ask you to restore

2586
01:16:31,362 --> 01:16:32,630
arts funding.

2587
01:16:32,630 --> 01:16:32,497
I was in here screaming about

2588
01:16:32,497 --> 01:16:34,497
two weeks ago.

2589
01:16:37,335 --> 01:16:38,102
I'm not here to scream tonight.

2590
01:16:38,102 --> 01:16:38,670
First I want to thank all of

2591
01:16:38,670 --> 01:16:39,369
you who've spoken out

2592
01:16:39,369 --> 01:16:39,937
passionately about the need to

2593
01:16:39,937 --> 01:16:41,937
restore this funding.

2594
01:16:42,841 --> 01:16:43,541
We see what you're doing.

2595
01:16:43,541 --> 01:16:44,142
We're grateful for you putting

2596
01:16:44,142 --> 01:16:44,842
it in your budget memos.

2597
01:16:44,842 --> 01:16:49,420
I'm here to urge you to stand

2598
01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:49,614
up for full restoration and not

2599
01:16:49,614 --> 01:16:50,315
partial restoration.

2600
01:16:50,315 --> 01:16:53,915
The other reason I don't want

2601
01:16:54,352 --> 01:16:55,120
to scream is because overall

2602
01:16:55,120 --> 01:16:55,553
over this period what I am

2603
01:16:55,553 --> 01:16:57,553
mostly is sad.

2604
01:16:59,289 --> 01:16:59,891
I represent 30,000 San Diegans

2605
01:16:59,891 --> 01:17:00,524
in every single council

2606
01:17:00,524 --> 01:17:01,259
district who are served by

2607
01:17:01,259 --> 01:17:04,259
the old Globe's community based

2608
01:17:05,597 --> 01:17:06,364
programing free of charge.

2609
01:17:06,364 --> 01:17:07,640
That funding is what this city

2610
01:17:07,640 --> 01:17:10,640
funding that those programs is

2611
01:17:11,202 --> 01:17:11,970
what the city funding supports.

2612
01:17:11,970 --> 01:17:12,604
City funding does not put fancy

2613
01:17:12,604 --> 01:17:12,904
costumes on actors on our

2614
01:17:12,904 --> 01:17:14,904
stage.

2615
01:17:17,742 --> 01:17:18,476
City funding does not make

2616
01:17:18,476 --> 01:17:19,177
tickets available at a discount

2617
01:17:19,177 --> 01:17:22,177
for wealthy San Diego's city.

2618
01:17:23,247 --> 01:17:23,948
Funding makes it possible for

2619
01:17:23,948 --> 01:17:24,683
the Old Globe to go into

2620
01:17:24,683 --> 01:17:25,317
neighborhoods in every district

2621
01:17:25,317 --> 01:17:28,317
and make work available to

2622
01:17:29,955 --> 01:17:30,455
senior centers, homeless

2623
01:17:30,455 --> 01:17:31,880
shelters, veterans

2624
01:17:31,880 --> 01:17:31,823
organizations, active duty

2625
01:17:31,823 --> 01:17:33,823
military organizations, centers

2626
01:17:35,660 --> 01:17:36,260
for at risk youth the largest

2627
01:17:36,260 --> 01:17:36,928
program of theater with

2628
01:17:36,928 --> 01:17:38,928
incarcerated populations in

2629
01:17:41,265 --> 01:17:41,933
the United States of America

2630
01:17:41,933 --> 01:17:42,601
run by the Old Globe.

2631
01:17:42,601 --> 01:17:42,968
That's what this city money

2632
01:17:42,968 --> 01:17:44,968
supports.

2633
01:17:46,771 --> 01:17:47,204
So I'm not screaming because

2634
01:17:47,204 --> 01:17:48,390
I'm sad.

2635
01:17:48,390 --> 01:17:48,740
I'm sad to think about all

2636
01:17:48,740 --> 01:17:51,740
those people in your district

2637
01:17:53,444 --> 01:17:54,780
who are going to be bereft of

2638
01:17:54,780 --> 01:17:54,579
that programing when this

2639
01:17:54,579 --> 01:17:55,213
funding goes away.

2640
01:17:55,213 --> 01:17:58,213
It's going to hurt regular

2641
01:17:59,717 --> 01:18:00,351
people, working people, people

2642
01:18:00,351 --> 01:18:01,190
in communities of color in

2643
01:18:01,190 --> 01:18:04,190
every district of this city.

2644
01:18:05,490 --> 01:18:06,191
And I am bummed out and deeply

2645
01:18:06,191 --> 01:18:06,524
disappointed You can turn it

2646
01:18:06,524 --> 01:18:07,192
around.

2647
01:18:07,192 --> 01:18:07,892
There is money available in

2648
01:18:07,892 --> 01:18:11,492
the budget to turn this around

2649
01:18:11,730 --> 01:18:12,464
and then we're going to come

2650
01:18:12,464 --> 01:18:13,164
back to you when all this is

2651
01:18:13,164 --> 01:18:13,865
over and start talking about a

2652
01:18:13,865 --> 01:18:14,266
plan for the future that makes

2653
01:18:14,266 --> 01:18:16,266
more sense.

2654
01:18:20,839 --> 01:18:21,173
Thank you very much Becky

2655
01:18:21,173 --> 01:18:22,107
Goodman.

2656
01:18:22,107 --> 01:18:25,707
>> You have time to go by

2657
01:18:26,544 --> 01:18:27,145
Dillon Service.

2658
01:18:27,145 --> 01:18:27,712
Thank you so much.

2659
01:18:27,712 --> 01:18:28,180
I'll have two minutes.

2660
01:18:28,180 --> 01:18:28,880
Please proceed.

2661
01:18:28,880 --> 01:18:31,280
Good evening, Council members.

2662
01:18:32,250 --> 01:18:33,151
My name is Becky Goodman.

2663
01:18:33,151 --> 01:18:33,885
>> I work at Livia Playhouse in

2664
01:18:33,885 --> 01:18:34,485
District one and I was born and

2665
01:18:34,485 --> 01:18:36,885
raised in District five.

2666
01:18:37,655 --> 01:18:38,290
I I'm a mother of three

2667
01:18:38,290 --> 01:18:38,957
including the privilege of

2668
01:18:38,957 --> 01:18:39,424
being legal guardian to two

2669
01:18:39,424 --> 01:18:41,424
foster children.

2670
01:18:44,128 --> 01:18:44,830
I am frustrated with the fact

2671
01:18:44,830 --> 01:18:45,464
that I'm here again tonight

2672
01:18:45,464 --> 01:18:45,897
that we as a city are here

2673
01:18:45,897 --> 01:18:46,598
again tonight.

2674
01:18:46,598 --> 01:18:50,198
A portion of total funds are

2675
01:18:50,668 --> 01:18:51,370
supposed to go to arts and

2676
01:18:51,370 --> 01:18:51,837
cultural institutions because

2677
01:18:51,837 --> 01:18:52,504
they are large.

2678
01:18:52,504 --> 01:18:56,104
Part of the reason why those

2679
01:18:56,207 --> 01:18:56,741
funds even exist as a source of

2680
01:18:56,741 --> 01:18:57,409
revenue to the city.

2681
01:18:57,409 --> 01:18:58,760
According to the most recent

2682
01:18:58,760 --> 01:19:00,476
Arts and Economic prosperity

2683
01:19:01,947 --> 01:19:02,647
study by Americans for the Arts

2684
01:19:02,647 --> 01:19:03,315
in the City of San Diego,

2685
01:19:03,315 --> 01:19:03,982
nonprofit arts and cultural

2686
01:19:03,982 --> 01:19:05,982
institutions are responsible

2687
01:19:08,190 --> 01:19:08,687
for generating nearly $35

2688
01:19:08,687 --> 01:19:11,687
million in local tax revenue

2689
01:19:13,592 --> 01:19:14,259
based on expenditures be paid

2690
01:19:14,259 --> 01:19:14,626
by our organizations and our

2691
01:19:14,626 --> 01:19:15,194
attendees.

2692
01:19:15,194 --> 01:19:17,594
So that's number one.

2693
01:19:19,598 --> 01:19:20,332
My second point is that

2694
01:19:20,332 --> 01:19:20,965
the reinvestment of those total

2695
01:19:20,965 --> 01:19:23,965
funds to arts and culture

2696
01:19:24,503 --> 01:19:25,170
organizations go toward

2697
01:19:25,170 --> 01:19:25,770
providing free programing to

2698
01:19:25,770 --> 01:19:26,372
our most vulnerable and

2699
01:19:26,372 --> 01:19:28,372
underserved populations.

2700
01:19:30,909 --> 01:19:31,577
So removing this funding source

2701
01:19:31,577 --> 01:19:32,177
from these organizations is

2702
01:19:32,177 --> 01:19:32,878
akin to removing it from

2703
01:19:32,878 --> 01:19:35,278
veterans and military families

2704
01:19:37,215 --> 01:19:37,950
from incarcerated youth from

2705
01:19:37,950 --> 01:19:38,684
low income children and schools

2706
01:19:38,684 --> 01:19:41,684
from our unhoused neighbors and

2707
01:19:42,855 --> 01:19:43,555
from our friends who live with

2708
01:19:43,555 --> 01:19:44,223
mental health issues isolation

2709
01:19:44,223 --> 01:19:44,590
and social and developmental

2710
01:19:44,590 --> 01:19:45,124
disorders.

2711
01:19:45,124 --> 01:19:47,524
Arts and culture is

2712
01:19:49,695 --> 01:19:50,429
preventative medicine for

2713
01:19:50,429 --> 01:19:50,963
society reinvesting total funds

2714
01:19:50,963 --> 01:19:53,363
in arts and culture

2715
01:19:55,867 --> 01:19:56,468
organizations which offer free

2716
01:19:56,468 --> 01:19:57,690
programs for vulnerable

2717
01:19:57,690 --> 01:19:57,703
populations in policing

2718
01:19:57,703 --> 01:20:00,103
courses, in emergency room

2719
01:20:01,806 --> 01:20:02,507
visits and saves lives.

2720
01:20:02,507 --> 01:20:02,841
Art is health culture It's

2721
01:20:02,841 --> 01:20:03,375
healing.

2722
01:20:03,375 --> 01:20:05,375
Creativity is hope.

2723
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:08,347
I urge you to review

2724
01:20:08,347 --> 01:20:08,880
the research on the economic

2725
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:09,582
and social impact of

2726
01:20:09,582 --> 01:20:12,582
the nonprofit arts and culture

2727
01:20:13,385 --> 01:20:14,860
sector and make the right

2728
01:20:14,860 --> 01:20:14,653
choice for your city, for your

2729
01:20:14,653 --> 01:20:15,200
neighbors and for your

2730
01:20:15,200 --> 01:20:17,200
families.

2731
01:20:19,492 --> 01:20:20,259
>> Thank you.

2732
01:20:20,259 --> 01:20:23,259
Christine Martinez If I can

2733
01:20:25,531 --> 01:20:26,232
have Bob Lehman, Peter

2734
01:20:26,232 --> 01:20:28,632
Kaminsky, Jessica Hanson York

2735
01:20:31,871 --> 01:20:32,571
Michael or Burchill Bennett

2736
01:20:32,571 --> 01:20:35,571
Tony Bennett or last name

2737
01:20:38,144 --> 01:20:38,711
Bennett Ben, Paul and Carina if

2738
01:20:38,711 --> 01:20:39,345
you please come up to

2739
01:20:39,345 --> 01:20:39,812
the yellow reserved seats

2740
01:20:39,812 --> 01:20:41,812
please proceed.

2741
01:20:44,500 --> 01:20:44,784
Good evening.

2742
01:20:44,784 --> 01:20:45,451
I'm Christine Martinez from

2743
01:20:45,451 --> 01:20:46,185
Arts and Culture San Diego.

2744
01:20:46,185 --> 01:20:49,555
As you could probably tell from

2745
01:20:49,555 --> 01:20:50,256
the snaps in the hands we had

2746
01:20:50,256 --> 01:20:50,889
hundreds of people at a rally

2747
01:20:50,889 --> 01:20:52,889
downstairs earlier today.

2748
01:20:56,950 --> 01:20:56,795
Can you all raise your hands?

2749
01:20:56,795 --> 01:20:59,795
We're asking what we've asked

2750
01:21:01,967 --> 01:21:02,702
for this entire budget season.

2751
01:21:02,702 --> 01:21:03,302
We understand what you're going

2752
01:21:03,302 --> 01:21:03,636
through with the budget

2753
01:21:03,636 --> 01:21:04,336
deficit.

2754
01:21:04,336 --> 01:21:07,936
We are simply asking to remain

2755
01:21:08,206 --> 01:21:08,674
flat which I know is difficult

2756
01:21:08,674 --> 01:21:09,408
in these times.

2757
01:21:09,408 --> 01:21:10,142
You've been able to work really

2758
01:21:10,142 --> 01:21:13,142
hard and identify money in

2759
01:21:13,612 --> 01:21:14,213
other places.

2760
01:21:14,213 --> 01:21:14,947
Please do so again.

2761
01:21:14,947 --> 01:21:15,647
There's an entire community and

2762
01:21:15,647 --> 01:21:19,247
ecosystem here that if you cut

2763
01:21:20,386 --> 01:21:20,953
our funding they will not come

2764
01:21:20,953 --> 01:21:21,487
back for generations.

2765
01:21:21,487 --> 01:21:23,487
These are employers.

2766
01:21:26,558 --> 01:21:27,325
This is an economic engine.

2767
01:21:27,325 --> 01:21:27,727
>> Please consider restoring

2768
01:21:27,727 --> 01:21:29,727
our funding.

2769
01:21:35,968 --> 01:21:36,502
Thanks so much, Bob Lehman.

2770
01:21:36,502 --> 01:21:37,202
Good evening Mayor.

2771
01:21:37,202 --> 01:21:37,903
Council members My name is Bob

2772
01:21:37,903 --> 01:21:40,303
Lehman, Executive Director San

2773
01:21:41,374 --> 01:21:42,750
Diego Art Matters and Vice

2774
01:21:42,750 --> 01:21:42,675
Chair of the City County Arts

2775
01:21:42,675 --> 01:21:43,375
and Culture Commission.

2776
01:21:43,375 --> 01:21:46,375
We're standing here today not

2777
01:21:47,480 --> 01:21:48,181
because of just one budget line

2778
01:21:48,181 --> 01:21:48,581
item This is about who we are

2779
01:21:48,581 --> 01:21:50,581
as a city.

2780
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:54,520
Sandy We spent years telling

2781
01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:55,254
the world the creativity

2782
01:21:55,254 --> 01:21:55,721
culture innovation designer our

2783
01:21:55,721 --> 01:21:57,721
center identity.

2784
01:21:59,359 --> 01:22:00,590
We probably markers market

2785
01:22:00,590 --> 01:22:00,660
ourselves as a global tourism

2786
01:22:00,660 --> 01:22:02,660
destination city museums

2787
01:22:05,966 --> 01:22:06,565
theaters, festivals, music

2788
01:22:06,565 --> 01:22:07,000
storytelling and vibrant

2789
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:07,600
neighborhoods.

2790
01:22:07,600 --> 01:22:11,200
And now the same city is

2791
01:22:12,380 --> 01:22:12,705
proposing complete elimination

2792
01:22:12,705 --> 01:22:13,138
of nearly all direct public

2793
01:22:13,138 --> 01:22:13,806
arts funding.

2794
01:22:13,806 --> 01:22:14,173
Because this is not a simple

2795
01:22:14,173 --> 01:22:16,173
reduction.

2796
01:22:18,111 --> 01:22:18,477
This is not a trimming around

2797
01:22:18,477 --> 01:22:19,178
the edges.

2798
01:22:19,178 --> 01:22:19,845
This is a dismantling of a 35

2799
01:22:19,845 --> 01:22:22,245
year public investment in

2800
01:22:24,951 --> 01:22:25,651
infrastructure the support of

2801
01:22:25,651 --> 01:22:26,251
nearly 200 nonprofit arts and

2802
01:22:26,251 --> 01:22:26,920
cultural organizations.

2803
01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:30,520
And let's be honest what has

2804
01:22:31,157 --> 01:22:31,891
been labeled as nonessential

2805
01:22:31,891 --> 01:22:32,525
Are free museums days essential

2806
01:22:32,525 --> 01:22:32,892
or neighborhood festivals

2807
01:22:32,892 --> 01:22:34,892
essential?

2808
01:22:36,796 --> 01:22:37,430
We asked the city to support

2809
01:22:37,430 --> 01:22:38,640
something extra keep city

2810
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:38,465
protect our part of civic

2811
01:22:38,465 --> 01:22:39,165
instruction.

2812
01:22:39,165 --> 01:22:42,165
Thank you for that concluding

2813
01:22:45,138 --> 01:22:45,805
remark Peter Kaminski.

2814
01:22:45,805 --> 01:22:48,805
Peter Kaminski You MAY be

2815
01:22:51,577 --> 01:22:52,511
coming from the back room.

2816
01:22:52,511 --> 01:22:53,460
Give me some time to come up

2817
01:22:53,460 --> 01:22:55,446
from the back room.

2818
01:22:57,449 --> 01:22:58,485
Jessica Hansen York.

2819
01:22:58,485 --> 01:23:02,685
You have time to go to by

2820
01:23:03,689 --> 01:23:04,424
Carolyn.

2821
01:23:04,424 --> 01:23:04,791
Can you please raise your hand?

2822
01:23:04,791 --> 01:23:05,392
Thank you.

2823
01:23:05,392 --> 01:23:05,859
You'll have two minutes.

2824
01:23:05,859 --> 01:23:07,859
Please proceed.

2825
01:23:09,528 --> 01:23:10,329
Good evening, MR. Mayor.

2826
01:23:10,329 --> 01:23:11,300
City council members, Thank you

2827
01:23:11,300 --> 01:23:11,698
very much for hearing from all

2828
01:23:11,698 --> 01:23:15,298
of us this evening and thank

2829
01:23:15,335 --> 01:23:16,102
you to many of you for speaking

2830
01:23:16,102 --> 01:23:16,803
up for arts and culture and

2831
01:23:16,803 --> 01:23:17,369
the restoration of our funding

2832
01:23:17,369 --> 01:23:19,769
in your budget memos.

2833
01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:22,608
I am here to implore you for a

2834
01:23:22,608 --> 01:23:22,943
full restoration of arts

2835
01:23:22,943 --> 01:23:23,643
funding.

2836
01:23:23,643 --> 01:23:26,643
I'm the executive director of

2837
01:23:28,782 --> 01:23:29,382
Binghamton National Museum

2838
01:23:29,382 --> 01:23:29,949
chair of the Balboa Park

2839
01:23:29,949 --> 01:23:30,649
Cultural Partnership.

2840
01:23:30,649 --> 01:23:30,951
I'm on the board of Malasakit

2841
01:23:30,951 --> 01:23:32,951
Dance.

2842
01:23:33,887 --> 01:23:34,587
I really care about arts and

2843
01:23:34,587 --> 01:23:38,187
culture in this city And I

2844
01:23:39,759 --> 01:23:40,426
really want to remind you that

2845
01:23:40,426 --> 01:23:41,127
for years, for decades every

2846
01:23:41,127 --> 01:23:43,527
arts and culture organization

2847
01:23:46,133 --> 01:23:46,933
in this city has been doing

2848
01:23:46,933 --> 01:23:47,200
exactly what we are supposed to

2849
01:23:47,200 --> 01:23:49,200
do.

2850
01:23:50,737 --> 01:23:51,471
>> We in exchange for city

2851
01:23:51,471 --> 01:23:52,105
funding one of the things we do

2852
01:23:52,105 --> 01:23:55,705
is file a very long report

2853
01:23:56,176 --> 01:23:56,676
every year on the success that

2854
01:23:56,676 --> 01:23:57,377
we have achieved.

2855
01:23:57,377 --> 01:23:58,111
And we always hit the marks

2856
01:23:58,111 --> 01:24:01,711
that the city puts out there

2857
01:24:02,448 --> 01:24:03,830
for us as a sector we are

2858
01:24:03,830 --> 01:24:05,483
driving tourism helping to

2859
01:24:08,522 --> 01:24:09,222
raise the very dollars that you

2860
01:24:09,222 --> 01:24:09,856
turn around and fund us with.

2861
01:24:09,856 --> 01:24:13,456
We are serving the city in

2862
01:24:14,861 --> 01:24:15,562
every single council council

2863
01:24:15,562 --> 01:24:16,263
district We are delivering on

2864
01:24:16,263 --> 01:24:18,663
artistic success and community

2865
01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:21,234
engagement on arts education.

2866
01:24:21,234 --> 01:24:22,102
We're checking every box.

2867
01:24:22,102 --> 01:24:26,302
You have a whole sector of arts

2868
01:24:27,107 --> 01:24:27,774
and culture organizations here

2869
01:24:27,774 --> 01:24:28,375
who have built and developed

2870
01:24:28,375 --> 01:24:30,775
and maintained a really

2871
01:24:33,213 --> 01:24:33,913
critical civic infrastructure.

2872
01:24:33,913 --> 01:24:34,581
We partner across sectors with

2873
01:24:34,581 --> 01:24:36,981
health care, with social

2874
01:24:39,685 --> 01:24:40,186
service, with education from

2875
01:24:40,186 --> 01:24:40,687
all over the city.

2876
01:24:40,687 --> 01:24:43,870
And you know what?

2877
01:24:45,359 --> 01:24:45,726
We're really, really good at

2878
01:24:45,726 --> 01:24:46,393
our jobs.

2879
01:24:46,393 --> 01:24:47,940
Cutting funding will set us

2880
01:24:47,940 --> 01:24:50,694
back and it will impact almost

2881
01:24:51,431 --> 01:24:52,199
everyone in this city.

2882
01:24:52,199 --> 01:24:52,699
We implore you to keep that

2883
01:24:52,699 --> 01:24:54,699
funding in place.

2884
01:24:57,404 --> 01:24:59,404
Thank you Michael.

2885
01:25:04,144 --> 01:25:04,511
Michael Warburton Warburton my

2886
01:25:04,511 --> 01:25:05,245
apologies.

2887
01:25:05,245 --> 01:25:08,845
>> No, no Michael but do you

2888
01:25:09,583 --> 01:25:09,883
have time to go to by the crown

2889
01:25:09,883 --> 01:25:10,484
over.

2890
01:25:10,484 --> 01:25:12,884
>> Thank you so much.

2891
01:25:15,722 --> 01:25:16,590
As Please proceed.

2892
01:25:16,590 --> 01:25:20,190
>> So it remains the same You

2893
01:25:20,961 --> 01:25:21,828
know we're told focused on core

2894
01:25:21,828 --> 01:25:25,428
services But when I looked at

2895
01:25:27,201 --> 01:25:27,968
the revised budget I'm pretty

2896
01:25:27,968 --> 01:25:28,602
sure I saw a new dog park in

2897
01:25:28,602 --> 01:25:28,902
there for a million bucks.

2898
01:25:28,902 --> 01:25:30,902
Right.

2899
01:25:33,207 --> 01:25:33,907
So so it just seems like

2900
01:25:33,907 --> 01:25:34,607
there's still something out of

2901
01:25:34,607 --> 01:25:37,444
whack when it comes to choices

2902
01:25:37,444 --> 01:25:38,112
being made on the spending $9

2903
01:25:38,112 --> 01:25:38,779
million for decarbonization

2904
01:25:38,779 --> 01:25:39,346
which is basically replacing

2905
01:25:39,346 --> 01:25:41,746
gas appliances in city

2906
01:25:43,484 --> 01:25:44,117
buildings for electric ones If

2907
01:25:44,117 --> 01:25:44,818
they're not at the end of

2908
01:25:44,818 --> 01:25:45,119
the service life don't replace

2909
01:25:45,119 --> 01:25:45,418
them.

2910
01:25:45,418 --> 01:25:46,153
Right.

2911
01:25:46,153 --> 01:25:49,557
There are things that we can do

2912
01:25:49,557 --> 01:25:50,391
that can save us some money.

2913
01:25:50,391 --> 01:25:51,125
But I want to change gears just

2914
01:25:51,125 --> 01:25:54,725
to show how sometimes there's a

2915
01:25:54,762 --> 01:25:55,328
little bit of lack of

2916
01:25:55,328 --> 01:25:55,863
forethought in some of

2917
01:25:55,863 --> 01:25:56,597
the decision making.

2918
01:25:56,597 --> 01:26:00,197
Money was put back for planning

2919
01:26:00,767 --> 01:26:01,680
for the summer nights.

2920
01:26:01,680 --> 01:26:01,735
Cool.

2921
01:26:01,735 --> 01:26:02,690
What makes the summer night

2922
01:26:02,690 --> 01:26:04,690
special?

2923
01:26:06,273 --> 01:26:06,941
Musicians, dancers, artists,

2924
01:26:06,941 --> 01:26:09,941
museums all of these people

2925
01:26:11,450 --> 01:26:11,679
Thousands of people over a

2926
01:26:11,679 --> 01:26:12,413
hundred organizations that

2927
01:26:12,413 --> 01:26:13,130
donate their time and talent to

2928
01:26:13,130 --> 01:26:15,413
make that event special.

2929
01:26:17,450 --> 01:26:18,185
If those folks aren't there you

2930
01:26:18,185 --> 01:26:18,619
have an overpriced hotdog and a

2931
01:26:18,619 --> 01:26:20,619
Ferris wheel.

2932
01:26:23,190 --> 01:26:23,891
So ultimately, you know, if

2933
01:26:23,891 --> 01:26:24,592
the city's not showing up with

2934
01:26:24,592 --> 01:26:25,259
a budget for arts and culture,

2935
01:26:25,259 --> 01:26:28,259
why should arts and culture

2936
01:26:29,530 --> 01:26:29,929
show up for DECEMBER nights?

2937
01:26:29,929 --> 01:26:30,697
Thank you.

2938
01:26:30,697 --> 01:26:33,970
Bennett, Tenet, Bennett or

2939
01:26:36,700 --> 01:26:36,504
David?

2940
01:26:36,504 --> 01:26:37,237
My apologies.

2941
01:26:37,237 --> 01:26:40,837
The looked a little Yeah, but

2942
01:26:42,208 --> 01:26:43,900
you have time ceded to you by

2943
01:26:43,900 --> 01:26:46,900
Lowell and Crane and there's

2944
01:26:47,247 --> 01:26:48,480
both are hurt.

2945
01:26:48,480 --> 01:26:48,349
>> So that's just two minutes.

2946
01:26:48,349 --> 01:26:48,716
Yeah.

2947
01:26:48,716 --> 01:26:49,416
Thank you.

2948
01:26:49,416 --> 01:26:51,816
Good evening, council members.

2949
01:26:52,987 --> 01:26:53,754
I am David Bennett.

2950
01:26:53,754 --> 01:26:54,522
I'm general director and ceo of

2951
01:26:54,522 --> 01:26:57,257
San Diego Opera and I live and

2952
01:26:57,257 --> 01:26:57,725
work in council housing

2953
01:26:57,725 --> 01:26:58,526
district three.

2954
01:26:58,526 --> 01:26:59,226
I'm here to express and I use

2955
01:26:59,226 --> 01:26:59,960
this word my outrage actually

2956
01:26:59,960 --> 01:27:02,960
at the continued elimination of

2957
01:27:03,330 --> 01:27:03,998
arts and culture funding in

2958
01:27:03,998 --> 01:27:06,398
the mayor's revised budget.

2959
01:27:07,768 --> 01:27:08,469
In the revised budget he

2960
01:27:08,469 --> 01:27:08,969
somehow found 13.5 million of

2961
01:27:08,969 --> 01:27:09,470
new total funding.

2962
01:27:09,470 --> 01:27:10,204
That is fabulous.

2963
01:27:10,204 --> 01:27:14,750
But since this is the source of

2964
01:27:14,750 --> 01:27:14,775
arts and cultural funding this

2965
01:27:14,775 --> 01:27:15,476
would lead one to believe that

2966
01:27:15,476 --> 01:27:16,209
restoration of the eliminated

2967
01:27:16,209 --> 01:27:19,809
support would be in the revised

2968
01:27:20,414 --> 01:27:21,115
budget Wrong Wrong What is

2969
01:27:21,115 --> 01:27:21,682
included restored support for

2970
01:27:21,682 --> 01:27:24,820
wrecks rec centers and

2971
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:26,821
libraries restoration of

2972
01:27:26,821 --> 01:27:27,455
DECEMBER nights both very good

2973
01:27:27,455 --> 01:27:28,570
things but also additional

2974
01:27:28,570 --> 01:27:30,570
administrative positions

2975
01:27:32,590 --> 01:27:32,927
additional cars for the city

2976
01:27:32,927 --> 01:27:33,627
fleet, a clubhouse for a golf

2977
01:27:33,627 --> 01:27:37,227
course and not a single cent

2978
01:27:37,965 --> 01:27:38,566
not a single cent in support

2979
01:27:38,566 --> 01:27:39,333
for arts and culture.

2980
01:27:39,333 --> 01:27:39,967
And last week you came together

2981
01:27:39,967 --> 01:27:40,668
and let us know that you

2982
01:27:40,668 --> 01:27:43,680
support repealing Balboa Park

2983
01:27:45,720 --> 01:27:45,606
Park parking fees and also

2984
01:27:45,606 --> 01:27:46,240
reducing trash fees.

2985
01:27:46,240 --> 01:27:46,941
Lots of movement but not a

2986
01:27:46,941 --> 01:27:49,941
single word about arts and

2987
01:27:50,811 --> 01:27:51,479
culture in a year with a tough

2988
01:27:51,479 --> 01:27:52,113
budget to balance I would be

2989
01:27:52,113 --> 01:27:52,780
somewhat understanding if

2990
01:27:52,780 --> 01:27:56,380
the mayor asked for cuts to

2991
01:27:56,851 --> 01:27:57,418
arts and culture that are

2992
01:27:57,418 --> 01:27:58,520
proportional cuts not

2993
01:27:58,520 --> 01:27:58,753
elimination cuts that are

2994
01:27:58,753 --> 01:28:01,753
proportional to cuts in other

2995
01:28:03,123 --> 01:28:03,725
departments arts and culture

2996
01:28:03,725 --> 01:28:04,258
are instead zeroed out.

2997
01:28:04,258 --> 01:28:06,258
This is outrageous.

2998
01:28:09,163 --> 01:28:09,897
In 2011 the Kansas Governor

2999
01:28:09,897 --> 01:28:10,632
Brownback moved to cut all arts

3000
01:28:10,632 --> 01:28:14,232
funding to the state of Kansas.

3001
01:28:14,535 --> 01:28:15,203
He was met throughout the state

3002
01:28:15,203 --> 01:28:15,903
with boos and demonstrations

3003
01:28:15,903 --> 01:28:19,974
and he left his office as one

3004
01:28:19,974 --> 01:28:20,608
of the most least popular

3005
01:28:20,608 --> 01:28:21,342
governors in the country.

3006
01:28:21,342 --> 01:28:22,900
This is now his legacy forever.

3007
01:28:22,900 --> 01:28:25,900
If this budget is passed

3008
01:28:26,246 --> 01:28:26,881
balancing the budget will not

3009
01:28:26,881 --> 01:28:27,581
be mayor Glorious glorious

3010
01:28:27,581 --> 01:28:29,981
legacy Legacy Eliminating arts

3011
01:28:32,520 --> 01:28:33,321
and culture will be a budget

3012
01:28:33,321 --> 01:28:33,955
lays out a leader's vision and

3013
01:28:33,955 --> 01:28:34,622
values and it's abundantly

3014
01:28:34,622 --> 01:28:35,323
clear the mayor's vision and

3015
01:28:35,323 --> 01:28:38,426
values do not support arts and

3016
01:28:38,426 --> 01:28:39,126
culture And if you do not move

3017
01:28:39,126 --> 01:28:39,594
to restore funding it will be

3018
01:28:39,594 --> 01:28:40,228
your legacy too.

3019
01:28:40,228 --> 01:28:43,828
I assume most of you have

3020
01:28:44,432 --> 01:28:45,199
future political aspirations.

3021
01:28:45,199 --> 01:28:45,866
I hope that bravery and

3022
01:28:45,866 --> 01:28:48,866
political will will be your

3023
01:28:50,238 --> 01:28:50,571
legacy not eliminating arts and

3024
01:28:50,571 --> 01:28:51,506
culture.

3025
01:28:51,506 --> 01:28:55,106
>> Thank you Ben Paul After Ben

3026
01:28:57,344 --> 01:28:57,979
Paul we have Corrina Pugh and

3027
01:28:57,979 --> 01:29:00,979
then after Corrina we have

3028
01:29:04,452 --> 01:29:05,153
Shane Harris, Julio Rodriguez,

3029
01:29:05,153 --> 01:29:07,553
Melody Carolan, Julian Elliott

3030
01:29:10,225 --> 01:29:10,959
and as making parent if you can

3031
01:29:10,959 --> 01:29:11,659
all please come up to the other

3032
01:29:11,659 --> 01:29:11,926
reserve seats, please proceed.

3033
01:29:11,926 --> 01:29:12,527
Yes.

3034
01:29:12,527 --> 01:29:15,527
I'm Ben Paul, member of

3035
01:29:16,564 --> 01:29:17,298
the Peabody Toastmasters and we

3036
01:29:17,298 --> 01:29:20,568
meet at the p recreation center

3037
01:29:20,568 --> 01:29:20,935
every other Tuesday night from

3038
01:29:20,935 --> 01:29:21,736
630 8:00.

3039
01:29:21,736 --> 01:29:25,936
I know safety is one of your

3040
01:29:26,274 --> 01:29:26,775
major concerns and that's my

3041
01:29:26,775 --> 01:29:27,542
main concern too.

3042
01:29:27,542 --> 01:29:31,742
We have a large number of our

3043
01:29:31,779 --> 01:29:32,514
young men that play basketball

3044
01:29:32,514 --> 01:29:33,215
at night till 9:00 The indoor

3045
01:29:33,215 --> 01:29:34,490
basketball if you readers are

3046
01:29:34,490 --> 01:29:37,919
hours they won't be out to do

3047
01:29:37,919 --> 01:29:38,686
that.

3048
01:29:38,686 --> 01:29:39,287
My concern is going to find

3049
01:29:39,287 --> 01:29:39,654
someplace a negative net

3050
01:29:39,654 --> 01:29:40,322
positive.

3051
01:29:40,322 --> 01:29:44,392
We have a lot of places that

3052
01:29:44,392 --> 01:29:44,793
get in trouble and probably a

3053
01:29:44,793 --> 01:29:45,527
lot of bars.

3054
01:29:45,527 --> 01:29:46,194
My concern these guys are going

3055
01:29:46,194 --> 01:29:49,794
to be out hitting the bars,

3056
01:29:50,365 --> 01:29:51,132
drinking and driving and we

3057
01:29:51,132 --> 01:29:51,866
have we have a lot of fighting

3058
01:29:51,866 --> 01:29:52,200
already assaults, those type of

3059
01:29:52,200 --> 01:29:54,200
things.

3060
01:29:55,670 --> 01:29:55,971
We need less crime, not more

3061
01:29:55,971 --> 01:29:56,671
crime.

3062
01:29:56,671 --> 01:29:57,238
Please don't reduce the hours.

3063
01:29:57,238 --> 01:30:00,238
The other thing is our

3064
01:30:01,109 --> 01:30:01,777
Toastmaster club we pay rent to

3065
01:30:01,777 --> 01:30:02,577
the city which helps pay our

3066
01:30:02,577 --> 01:30:06,177
way and also all the other

3067
01:30:07,382 --> 01:30:07,749
organizations that meet there

3068
01:30:07,749 --> 01:30:08,417
at night.

3069
01:30:08,417 --> 01:30:08,783
They also pay rent, help pay

3070
01:30:08,783 --> 01:30:10,783
their way.

3071
01:30:14,423 --> 01:30:15,190
A large number of kids next

3072
01:30:15,190 --> 01:30:15,891
door in their in their dorm

3073
01:30:15,891 --> 01:30:16,491
room they pay a lot of Thank

3074
01:30:16,491 --> 01:30:18,193
you for that concluding

3075
01:30:18,193 --> 01:30:20,193
sentence Karina You.

3076
01:30:25,133 --> 01:30:25,467
>> Good evening Council

3077
01:30:25,467 --> 01:30:26,134
members.

3078
01:30:26,134 --> 01:30:26,835
My name is Carina Pugh.

3079
01:30:26,835 --> 01:30:27,502
My pronouns are she her And I

3080
01:30:27,502 --> 01:30:28,169
am here tonight on behalf of

3081
01:30:28,169 --> 01:30:31,169
the San Diego lgbt Community

3082
01:30:31,306 --> 01:30:32,740
Center.

3083
01:30:32,740 --> 01:30:32,774
We were really grateful to see

3084
01:30:32,774 --> 01:30:33,343
the $300,000 allocation to our

3085
01:30:33,343 --> 01:30:33,976
substance use disorder

3086
01:30:33,976 --> 01:30:35,976
treatment services through

3087
01:30:38,120 --> 01:30:38,713
opioid settlement funds

3088
01:30:38,713 --> 01:30:39,281
included in the MAY revise And

3089
01:30:39,281 --> 01:30:40,150
we're requesting this

3090
01:30:40,150 --> 01:30:43,150
allocation remains in the final

3091
01:30:43,552 --> 01:30:44,152
budget.

3092
01:30:44,152 --> 01:30:44,853
Investment and community

3093
01:30:44,853 --> 01:30:45,554
organizations were the experts

3094
01:30:45,554 --> 01:30:46,255
in serving our communities and

3095
01:30:46,255 --> 01:30:49,224
meeting them where they are is

3096
01:30:49,224 --> 01:30:50,910
essential.

3097
01:30:50,910 --> 01:30:50,726
This is public safety What our

3098
01:30:50,726 --> 01:30:51,360
communities have access to

3099
01:30:51,360 --> 01:30:54,360
the resources they need to

3100
01:30:54,896 --> 01:30:55,664
overcome the odds and thrive.

3101
01:30:55,664 --> 01:30:56,365
That's why we are all here

3102
01:30:56,365 --> 01:30:57,320
tonight For a full restoration

3103
01:30:57,320 --> 01:31:00,320
to arts and culture funding

3104
01:31:01,670 --> 01:31:02,204
these programs are lifelines to

3105
01:31:02,204 --> 01:31:02,837
our lgbtq community.

3106
01:31:02,837 --> 01:31:03,504
Arts and culture not only

3107
01:31:03,504 --> 01:31:04,206
provides employment to folks

3108
01:31:04,206 --> 01:31:07,806
across the city but allows us

3109
01:31:07,976 --> 01:31:08,710
to foster connections and find

3110
01:31:08,710 --> 01:31:09,445
community Investing in arts and

3111
01:31:09,445 --> 01:31:09,878
culture is an investment in all

3112
01:31:09,878 --> 01:31:11,878
of San Diego.

3113
01:31:14,583 --> 01:31:15,283
Please restored full funding to

3114
01:31:15,283 --> 01:31:15,951
arts and culture and invest in

3115
01:31:15,951 --> 01:31:16,585
our youth as well by funding

3116
01:31:16,585 --> 01:31:17,251
the Office of Child Abuse

3117
01:31:17,251 --> 01:31:20,251
Success in the final budget.

3118
01:31:22,124 --> 01:31:22,758
>> Thank you San Diego Public

3119
01:31:22,758 --> 01:31:23,458
Advocate Shane Harris Good

3120
01:31:23,458 --> 01:31:25,858
evening Council PRESIDENT And

3121
01:31:27,463 --> 01:31:27,763
Council members My name is

3122
01:31:27,763 --> 01:31:28,464
Shane.

3123
01:31:28,464 --> 01:31:29,197
I'm a District three resident

3124
01:31:29,197 --> 01:31:32,197
business owner, creator and San

3125
01:31:33,936 --> 01:31:34,670
Diego public advocate.

3126
01:31:34,670 --> 01:31:35,337
I want to acknowledge Mayor

3127
01:31:35,337 --> 01:31:35,937
Gloria's willingness to make

3128
01:31:35,937 --> 01:31:38,337
difficult decisions in a

3129
01:31:39,974 --> 01:31:40,643
serious budget crisis.

3130
01:31:40,643 --> 01:31:43,643
I support portions of his

3131
01:31:45,180 --> 01:31:45,881
proposal that prioritize what

3132
01:31:45,881 --> 01:31:46,582
absolutely cannot fail police,

3133
01:31:46,582 --> 01:31:48,582
fire infrastructure, streets,

3134
01:31:52,121 --> 01:31:52,451
emergency response and services

3135
01:31:52,451 --> 01:31:52,955
.

3136
01:31:52,955 --> 01:31:53,656
I also appreciate

3137
01:31:53,656 --> 01:31:54,256
the restoration of know shots

3138
01:31:54,256 --> 01:31:57,256
by our funding and thank

3139
01:31:57,692 --> 01:31:58,360
Councilmember Foster Ella

3140
01:31:58,360 --> 01:31:59,940
Rivera and Mayor Gloria for

3141
01:31:59,940 --> 01:31:59,728
recognizing violence prevention

3142
01:31:59,728 --> 01:32:02,728
as part of public safety.

3143
01:32:03,265 --> 01:32:03,999
But tonight I'm asking this

3144
01:32:03,999 --> 01:32:04,600
council, the mayor, to meet our

3145
01:32:04,600 --> 01:32:05,234
arts community halfway.

3146
01:32:05,234 --> 01:32:08,834
The arts MAY not get full

3147
01:32:09,672 --> 01:32:10,439
restoration but we can and

3148
01:32:10,439 --> 01:32:11,139
should restore at least 50% of

3149
01:32:11,139 --> 01:32:14,139
the funding that reduces harm

3150
01:32:15,177 --> 01:32:15,510
while respecting fiscal

3151
01:32:15,510 --> 01:32:16,378
reality.

3152
01:32:16,378 --> 01:32:16,946
>> And if we need saving, let's

3153
01:32:16,946 --> 01:32:17,580
examine consolidating

3154
01:32:17,580 --> 01:32:19,580
the city's communications

3155
01:32:22,117 --> 01:32:22,785
department where roughly

3156
01:32:22,785 --> 01:32:23,519
somewhere between 4 and 8

3157
01:32:23,519 --> 01:32:24,220
million are allocated annually.

3158
01:32:24,220 --> 01:32:27,820
Yes, we need police, fire and

3159
01:32:29,191 --> 01:32:29,859
infrastructure but we need art.

3160
01:32:29,859 --> 01:32:30,393
>> Let's think about killing

3161
01:32:30,393 --> 01:32:31,270
San Diego's spirit.

3162
01:32:31,270 --> 01:32:34,270
Thank you for his answer.

3163
01:32:34,397 --> 01:32:35,310
Leo Rodriguez who really is

3164
01:32:35,310 --> 01:32:38,310
after that will be Melody.

3165
01:32:40,136 --> 01:32:40,836
Please proceed everybody.

3166
01:32:40,836 --> 01:32:43,236
Good afternoon Mayor and

3167
01:32:46,842 --> 01:32:47,409
members of City Council.

3168
01:32:47,409 --> 01:32:48,770
My name is Scott.

3169
01:32:48,770 --> 01:32:48,743
I'm a newer residents of

3170
01:32:48,743 --> 01:32:49,478
the city of San Diego and I

3171
01:32:49,478 --> 01:32:50,146
even city council member Steven

3172
01:32:50,146 --> 01:32:52,546
Whitman's district have been

3173
01:32:58,187 --> 01:32:58,887
there for a year and a half.

3174
01:32:58,887 --> 01:32:59,522
I think one of the coolest

3175
01:32:59,522 --> 01:33:00,156
things for me as a way for

3176
01:33:00,156 --> 01:33:00,823
the budget meetings to be

3177
01:33:00,823 --> 01:33:02,124
happening with a majority of

3178
01:33:02,124 --> 01:33:02,792
you with elected on these

3179
01:33:02,792 --> 01:33:03,392
platforms is supporting our

3180
01:33:03,392 --> 01:33:04,600
communities and actually

3181
01:33:04,600 --> 01:33:07,600
wanting to engage with their

3182
01:33:09,465 --> 01:33:10,134
communities and and

3183
01:33:10,134 --> 01:33:10,732
understanding the priorities

3184
01:33:10,732 --> 01:33:11,100
and having your ears in

3185
01:33:11,100 --> 01:33:11,667
the green.

3186
01:33:11,667 --> 01:33:14,237
And the truth is that

3187
01:33:14,237 --> 01:33:14,970
the majority are not walking

3188
01:33:14,970 --> 01:33:15,705
the streets that we all live on

3189
01:33:15,705 --> 01:33:16,405
and seeing what the majority of

3190
01:33:16,405 --> 01:33:16,739
us is living through and going

3191
01:33:16,739 --> 01:33:17,473
through.

3192
01:33:17,473 --> 01:33:20,809
And I think it's because you've

3193
01:33:20,809 --> 01:33:21,477
all forgotten where you've come

3194
01:33:21,477 --> 01:33:22,145
from and where you actually

3195
01:33:22,145 --> 01:33:22,711
grew up And for a lot of you

3196
01:33:22,711 --> 01:33:25,711
not all of you, Right.

3197
01:33:27,250 --> 01:33:27,950
But the majority of you And it

3198
01:33:27,950 --> 01:33:28,650
that you forget where you came

3199
01:33:28,650 --> 01:33:29,318
from and you're stuck in these

3200
01:33:29,318 --> 01:33:30,510
bubbles of influence and you

3201
01:33:30,510 --> 01:33:33,289
pretend like the reality is not

3202
01:33:33,289 --> 01:33:34,230
really happening out there that

3203
01:33:34,230 --> 01:33:34,723
kids actually go to the parking

3204
01:33:34,723 --> 01:33:35,157
spaces free services they want

3205
01:33:35,157 --> 01:33:35,758
to get rid of.

3206
01:33:35,758 --> 01:33:38,158
And so it's unfortunate

3207
01:33:38,828 --> 01:33:39,562
disappointing I think to listen

3208
01:33:39,562 --> 01:33:40,129
to all of you because it always

3209
01:33:40,129 --> 01:33:40,496
feels like you weren't

3210
01:33:40,496 --> 01:33:41,197
listening.

3211
01:33:41,197 --> 01:33:44,333
This is just kind of a dog and

3212
01:33:44,333 --> 01:33:47,933
pony show that we all have

3213
01:33:49,705 --> 01:33:50,170
including listen to the melody

3214
01:33:50,170 --> 01:33:50,440
.

3215
01:33:50,440 --> 01:33:51,173
Good evening.

3216
01:33:51,173 --> 01:33:51,841
My name is Melody Gorman and

3217
01:33:51,841 --> 01:33:55,440
I'm a proud Mexican woman, a

3218
01:33:55,440 --> 01:33:55,545
native San Diego and a resident

3219
01:33:55,545 --> 01:33:56,245
of District five.

3220
01:33:56,245 --> 01:33:56,946
I'm the daughter and a mother

3221
01:33:56,946 --> 01:33:57,380
of a musician which is why I'm

3222
01:33:57,380 --> 01:33:59,380
named Melody.

3223
01:34:01,784 --> 01:34:02,486
And currently I serve as

3224
01:34:02,486 --> 01:34:03,152
treasurer for San Diego Pride

3225
01:34:03,152 --> 01:34:03,719
on the board of Directors of

3226
01:34:03,719 --> 01:34:05,719
Diversionary Theater.

3227
01:34:07,323 --> 01:34:07,957
What pains my Bills is a 20

3228
01:34:07,957 --> 01:34:10,957
plus year career in hotels

3229
01:34:12,362 --> 01:34:12,695
attractions and in San Diego's

3230
01:34:12,695 --> 01:34:13,463
tourism.

3231
01:34:13,463 --> 01:34:17,630
And I've seen firsthand how art

3232
01:34:18,167 --> 01:34:18,635
is not just life but it is what

3233
01:34:18,635 --> 01:34:19,435
pays the bills.

3234
01:34:19,435 --> 01:34:23,350
It brings San Diego County so

3235
01:34:23,772 --> 01:34:24,541
much light and so much money

3236
01:34:24,541 --> 01:34:25,241
and cutting This would cut more

3237
01:34:25,241 --> 01:34:28,841
than we even can begin to

3238
01:34:30,980 --> 01:34:31,747
understand right now.

3239
01:34:31,747 --> 01:34:32,115
Not all I have to say.

3240
01:34:32,115 --> 01:34:32,448
Thank you.

3241
01:34:32,448 --> 01:34:34,448
Kisha.

3242
01:34:37,186 --> 01:34:38,540
Caitlin Elliot.

3243
01:34:38,540 --> 01:34:38,721
And then as we can draw, I

3244
01:34:38,721 --> 01:34:39,489
would really ask if you guys

3245
01:34:39,489 --> 01:34:43,890
will please come to the other

3246
01:34:45,610 --> 01:34:45,377
reserved seats as we keep it

3247
01:34:45,377 --> 01:34:46,229
all.

3248
01:34:46,229 --> 01:34:48,231
Ivan Hughes Leila Al Cash 5g

3249
01:34:48,231 --> 01:34:48,597
Clementine Magna Estrada Diego

3250
01:34:48,597 --> 01:34:50,597
Sandoval.

3251
01:34:55,104 --> 01:34:55,972
Carmen Penalosa Valdez.

3252
01:34:55,972 --> 01:34:56,573
Tristan Barry If you can all

3253
01:34:56,573 --> 01:34:57,400
please come to the other

3254
01:34:57,400 --> 01:34:57,707
reserved seats.

3255
01:34:57,707 --> 01:35:00,509
And if you guys if there are

3256
01:35:00,509 --> 01:35:01,177
any people in the committee

3257
01:35:01,177 --> 01:35:01,911
overflow We do have about 20

3258
01:35:01,911 --> 01:35:02,578
seats here in council chambers.

3259
01:35:02,578 --> 01:35:06,249
If you can hear me, you can

3260
01:35:06,249 --> 01:35:06,616
make your way into council

3261
01:35:06,616 --> 01:35:07,217
chambers.

3262
01:35:07,217 --> 01:35:07,684
There's about 20 seats.

3263
01:35:07,684 --> 01:35:08,117
Please proceed.

3264
01:35:08,117 --> 01:35:10,117
Good evening.

3265
01:35:12,922 --> 01:35:13,522
Council and community members

3266
01:35:13,522 --> 01:35:14,290
and New York lawyer.

3267
01:35:14,290 --> 01:35:14,957
My name is Rachel and Elliott

3268
01:35:14,957 --> 01:35:15,658
And tonight I again speak to

3269
01:35:15,658 --> 01:35:18,394
you as an artist as

3270
01:35:18,394 --> 01:35:18,795
the executive director of San

3271
01:35:18,795 --> 01:35:19,429
Diego Pride.

3272
01:35:19,429 --> 01:35:20,630
And this time as the proud

3273
01:35:20,630 --> 01:35:23,663
mommy of the ten year old

3274
01:35:24,701 --> 01:35:25,368
rising artist.

3275
01:35:25,368 --> 01:35:26,102
Several weeks ago I learned

3276
01:35:26,102 --> 01:35:26,736
that almost $12 million of arts

3277
01:35:26,736 --> 01:35:29,136
and culture funding which

3278
01:35:30,240 --> 01:35:30,907
includes funding for San Diego

3279
01:35:30,907 --> 01:35:31,608
pride was being eliminated.

3280
01:35:31,608 --> 01:35:32,275
That same day I came home from

3281
01:35:32,275 --> 01:35:35,875
work to see heartbreak on my

3282
01:35:36,246 --> 01:35:36,879
son's face, he told me

3283
01:35:36,879 --> 01:35:37,613
the funding for his dance

3284
01:35:37,613 --> 01:35:37,914
program was being eliminated as

3285
01:35:37,914 --> 01:35:38,581
well.

3286
01:35:38,581 --> 01:35:42,181
My son asked Mommy, are you

3287
01:35:43,530 --> 01:35:43,687
going to do something?

3288
01:35:43,687 --> 01:35:44,554
Well yes son, I am.

3289
01:35:44,554 --> 01:35:48,625
I'm going to show up to tell

3290
01:35:48,625 --> 01:35:49,292
our city council and Mayor what

3291
01:35:49,292 --> 01:35:50,260
they are really eliminating

3292
01:35:50,260 --> 01:35:50,727
when they balance the budget on

3293
01:35:50,727 --> 01:35:54,327
the fragile backs of arts and

3294
01:35:54,464 --> 01:35:55,165
culture organizations.

3295
01:35:55,165 --> 01:35:55,599
You are tearing the heart out

3296
01:35:55,599 --> 01:35:55,999
of San Diego.

3297
01:35:55,999 --> 01:35:57,999
It is art.

3298
01:36:00,804 --> 01:36:01,471
You are eliminating programs

3299
01:36:01,471 --> 01:36:02,720
that keep young people safe,

3300
01:36:02,720 --> 01:36:02,606
created and connected to

3301
01:36:02,606 --> 01:36:03,306
college and careers.

3302
01:36:03,306 --> 01:36:06,906
And you are putting San Diego

3303
01:36:07,110 --> 01:36:07,711
Pride which returns more to

3304
01:36:07,711 --> 01:36:08,450
the city than it costs.

3305
01:36:08,450 --> 01:36:10,450
At risk.

3306
01:36:13,849 --> 01:36:14,451
I urge you I urge you to ensure

3307
01:36:14,451 --> 01:36:14,884
that concludes funding.

3308
01:36:14,884 --> 01:36:16,884
>> Thank you.

3309
01:36:18,589 --> 01:36:19,356
As we control their seats over

3310
01:36:19,356 --> 01:36:22,956
here on the right side is

3311
01:36:25,596 --> 01:36:26,430
button Howdy Council member.

3312
01:36:26,430 --> 01:36:27,970
My name is Ethnic Jan I'm a

3313
01:36:27,970 --> 01:36:30,970
Renton resident of the Free

3314
01:36:32,350 --> 01:36:32,769
Fall Housing student.

3315
01:36:32,769 --> 01:36:33,470
During the last budget hearing

3316
01:36:33,470 --> 01:36:34,104
I heard about the of wholesale

3317
01:36:34,104 --> 01:36:36,740
cuts The arts threatens my

3318
01:36:36,740 --> 01:36:37,107
livelihood and today it remains

3319
01:36:37,107 --> 01:36:37,807
the same.

3320
01:36:37,807 --> 01:36:38,508
We should allow broken windows

3321
01:36:38,508 --> 01:36:41,912
theory to govern our city when

3322
01:36:41,912 --> 01:36:42,779
it is proven not to work.

3323
01:36:42,779 --> 01:36:43,380
What is proven to work is

3324
01:36:43,380 --> 01:36:45,380
funding prevention from

3325
01:36:49,286 --> 01:36:49,953
conservative services in our

3326
01:36:49,953 --> 01:36:50,653
city interests to fund what

3327
01:36:50,653 --> 01:36:51,388
keep a thief not just inflict

3328
01:36:51,388 --> 01:36:51,688
systemic violence once it's too

3329
01:36:51,688 --> 01:36:53,688
late.

3330
01:36:54,825 --> 01:36:55,559
The man's revive if not fiscal

3331
01:36:55,559 --> 01:36:56,260
discipline not when the council

3332
01:36:56,260 --> 01:36:59,260
and PRESIDENT The council and

3333
01:37:01,298 --> 01:37:01,999
the mayor refuse to acknowledge

3334
01:37:01,999 --> 01:37:02,699
during the last budget hearing

3335
01:37:02,699 --> 01:37:05,699
the continuous demands to end

3336
01:37:06,369 --> 01:37:06,970
this budget increases in

3337
01:37:06,970 --> 01:37:07,337
the Ask the cut but not

3338
01:37:07,337 --> 01:37:08,720
contract.

3339
01:37:08,720 --> 01:37:11,672
I'm asking the Council again to

3340
01:37:13,977 --> 01:37:14,645
reject two demands five Insist

3341
01:37:14,645 --> 01:37:15,346
on funding the arts and only

3342
01:37:15,346 --> 01:37:17,547
way us and council by block

3343
01:37:17,547 --> 01:37:19,947
contract bingo Aiden Hughes

3344
01:37:22,720 --> 01:37:23,486
Aiden.

3345
01:37:23,486 --> 01:37:25,886
>> Good evening City Council

3346
01:37:29,526 --> 01:37:30,160
and assembled members of

3347
01:37:30,160 --> 01:37:30,893
the public My name is John

3348
01:37:30,893 --> 01:37:31,529
Hughes and I'm speaking tonight

3349
01:37:31,529 --> 01:37:33,663
as a member of the City of

3350
01:37:33,663 --> 01:37:34,330
Eagles Youth Commission

3351
01:37:34,330 --> 01:37:35,650
representing District seven.

3352
01:37:35,650 --> 01:37:35,666
I'm willing to become a college

3353
01:37:35,666 --> 01:37:36,300
student but I understand

3354
01:37:36,300 --> 01:37:38,700
the political challenge of

3355
01:37:39,403 --> 01:37:40,400
balancing sound fiscal policy

3356
01:37:40,400 --> 01:37:40,638
with the importance of

3357
01:37:40,638 --> 01:37:41,380
government services in our

3358
01:37:41,380 --> 01:37:41,672
communities.

3359
01:37:41,672 --> 01:37:44,720
Thank you for considering

3360
01:37:44,508 --> 01:37:44,974
recent public input on the 2627

3361
01:37:44,974 --> 01:37:45,676
budget proposal.

3362
01:37:45,676 --> 01:37:46,343
The restorations contained in

3363
01:37:46,343 --> 01:37:47,440
the mayor's MAY revision are

3364
01:37:47,440 --> 01:37:50,381
minor but a step in the right

3365
01:37:50,381 --> 01:37:50,981
direction.

3366
01:37:50,981 --> 01:37:51,614
As the Commissioner my

3367
01:37:51,614 --> 01:37:52,283
interests lie primarily in

3368
01:37:52,283 --> 01:37:52,983
the complete restitution of

3369
01:37:52,983 --> 01:37:56,583
the Office of Child and Youth

3370
01:37:58,880 --> 01:37:58,823
Success.

3371
01:37:58,823 --> 01:37:59,557
Only a couple of years ago

3372
01:37:59,557 --> 01:38:00,157
the city pledged grant programs

3373
01:38:00,157 --> 01:38:00,825
and investment for youth

3374
01:38:00,825 --> 01:38:03,825
abutment and now we're being

3375
01:38:04,462 --> 01:38:05,329
written off.

3376
01:38:05,329 --> 01:38:05,963
It is disappointing to me to

3377
01:38:05,963 --> 01:38:06,497
see that spending on youth

3378
01:38:06,497 --> 01:38:06,897
should be treated so

3379
01:38:06,897 --> 01:38:07,264
frivolously.

3380
01:38:07,264 --> 01:38:07,865
Oh my yes.

3381
01:38:07,865 --> 01:38:10,265
Despite things to offer

3382
01:38:10,301 --> 01:38:11,100
resources and personnel has

3383
01:38:11,100 --> 01:38:11,702
managed to lay the groundwork

3384
01:38:11,702 --> 01:38:12,303
for long term projects growing

3385
01:38:12,303 --> 01:38:14,303
civic engagement, career

3386
01:38:14,872 --> 01:38:15,639
preparation, childcare access

3387
01:38:15,639 --> 01:38:16,240
and more for young people and

3388
01:38:16,240 --> 01:38:16,973
families with children.

3389
01:38:16,973 --> 01:38:19,973
The Youth Commission depends on

3390
01:38:21,345 --> 01:38:21,979
oci for information and

3391
01:38:21,979 --> 01:38:22,713
coordination and you will

3392
01:38:22,713 --> 01:38:23,413
notify unofficial advisory work

3393
01:38:23,413 --> 01:38:27,130
in the city that you created.

3394
01:38:27,752 --> 01:38:28,452
Oh you ask does not deserve to

3395
01:38:28,452 --> 01:38:29,186
be cut but to be given a

3396
01:38:29,186 --> 01:38:29,620
position in the mayor's office.

3397
01:38:29,620 --> 01:38:30,320
>> Thank you.

3398
01:38:30,320 --> 01:38:30,655
Thank you for that concluding

3399
01:38:30,655 --> 01:38:32,289
comment.

3400
01:38:32,289 --> 01:38:34,289
Leila.

3401
01:38:41,198 --> 01:38:44,198
Leila I'll comment a magna

3402
01:38:50,341 --> 01:38:53,941
Estrada Hello my name is This

3403
01:38:54,111 --> 01:38:54,779
was limited my role as part of

3404
01:38:54,779 --> 01:38:55,479
District one originally had

3405
01:38:55,479 --> 01:38:56,147
something written down but I'm

3406
01:38:56,147 --> 01:38:56,847
going to speak from my heart

3407
01:38:56,847 --> 01:38:59,830
Being part of this I wanted to

3408
01:38:59,830 --> 01:38:59,951
use you as a student.

3409
01:38:59,951 --> 01:39:00,651
It's a shame that the city of

3410
01:39:00,651 --> 01:39:01,385
San Diego is using all of your

3411
01:39:01,385 --> 01:39:04,385
systems this robotic systems by

3412
01:39:04,454 --> 01:39:05,220
targeting immigrant families,

3413
01:39:05,220 --> 01:39:05,723
families, hardworking

3414
01:39:05,723 --> 01:39:06,357
individuals trying to save our

3415
01:39:06,357 --> 01:39:09,357
city, protect our city but

3416
01:39:11,229 --> 01:39:11,929
instead of targeting

3417
01:39:11,929 --> 01:39:12,530
terrorists, actual rapists and

3418
01:39:12,530 --> 01:39:13,231
child molesters, they're

3419
01:39:13,231 --> 01:39:15,631
targeting these individuals as

3420
01:39:17,268 --> 01:39:17,935
a Mexican Hispanic first

3421
01:39:17,935 --> 01:39:18,602
generation student oco, isis

3422
01:39:18,602 --> 01:39:22,202
give me an opportunity to be

3423
01:39:23,640 --> 01:39:24,242
here today and you guys are

3424
01:39:24,242 --> 01:39:24,842
defunding that program.

3425
01:39:24,842 --> 01:39:25,676
I had the opportunity to

3426
01:39:25,676 --> 01:39:29,120
partner with osi as a youth war

3427
01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:29,680
fellow.

3428
01:39:29,680 --> 01:39:30,347
We're able to give many

3429
01:39:30,347 --> 01:39:31,490
students the opportunity and

3430
01:39:31,490 --> 01:39:33,449
resources to get internships,

3431
01:39:35,519 --> 01:39:36,220
job opportunities and

3432
01:39:36,220 --> 01:39:36,987
furthermore a lot more things.

3433
01:39:36,987 --> 01:39:37,655
Osi wise is a great resource

3434
01:39:37,655 --> 01:39:40,655
for our students and for

3435
01:39:40,791 --> 01:39:41,492
the youth and the funding.

3436
01:39:41,492 --> 01:39:42,293
That program is a shame.

3437
01:39:42,293 --> 01:39:45,797
So I urge you guys to please

3438
01:39:45,797 --> 01:39:46,230
save the youth because we are

3439
01:39:46,230 --> 01:39:46,597
the future.

3440
01:39:46,597 --> 01:39:46,997
Thank you.

3441
01:39:46,997 --> 01:39:48,800
Thank you.

3442
01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:50,800
Diego Sandoval.

3443
01:39:52,470 --> 01:39:54,470
>> Diego Sandoval.

3444
01:39:57,242 --> 01:39:59,242
Carmen Penalosa Valdez.

3445
01:40:05,183 --> 01:40:05,496
Okay The fixes short.

3446
01:40:05,496 --> 01:40:06,184
Okay.

3447
01:40:06,184 --> 01:40:08,584
Good evening, council members.

3448
01:40:11,189 --> 01:40:12,550
I'm here again.

3449
01:40:12,550 --> 01:40:12,657
My name is Carmen and I'm

3450
01:40:12,657 --> 01:40:13,324
the policy and research

3451
01:40:13,324 --> 01:40:14,959
internal youth Well and I'm

3452
01:40:14,959 --> 01:40:15,760
also resident of District nine.

3453
01:40:15,760 --> 01:40:16,427
A variety of you are the voices

3454
01:40:16,427 --> 01:40:18,827
and representatives to youth

3455
01:40:23,101 --> 01:40:23,734
and young adults who are

3456
01:40:23,734 --> 01:40:24,435
currently entering higher

3457
01:40:24,435 --> 01:40:25,169
education or already are such

3458
01:40:25,169 --> 01:40:28,239
as like ucsd As you as you like

3459
01:40:28,239 --> 01:40:28,873
myself, community colleges etc.

3460
01:40:28,873 --> 01:40:29,608
That is why it's even more

3461
01:40:29,608 --> 01:40:33,208
important for you to commit to

3462
01:40:33,778 --> 01:40:34,379
saving the of shouting you

3463
01:40:34,379 --> 01:40:35,113
success in doing so for

3464
01:40:35,113 --> 01:40:38,113
the elimination of the contract

3465
01:40:40,850 --> 01:40:40,785
for work is costing the city $2

3466
01:40:40,785 --> 01:40:43,785
million which can very easily

3467
01:40:43,888 --> 01:40:44,522
be dispersed to osu I guess

3468
01:40:44,522 --> 01:40:45,890
which would actually help

3469
01:40:45,890 --> 01:40:47,890
marginalized youth and

3470
01:40:50,661 --> 01:40:51,129
marginalized youth in your very

3471
01:40:51,129 --> 01:40:51,763
own communities.

3472
01:40:51,763 --> 01:40:54,163
Stop overpolicing, Stop a

3473
01:40:57,235 --> 01:40:57,902
criminal criminalization of our

3474
01:40:57,902 --> 01:40:58,569
communities and the watching

3475
01:40:58,569 --> 01:41:01,569
and excusing as like public

3476
01:41:03,307 --> 01:41:04,800
safety It's like creepy and

3477
01:41:04,800 --> 01:41:04,709
stop targeting us so that our

3478
01:41:04,709 --> 01:41:05,409
children families can actually

3479
01:41:05,409 --> 01:41:08,409
prosper and contribute to San

3480
01:41:08,713 --> 01:41:09,381
Diego Long term the way that

3481
01:41:09,381 --> 01:41:10,810
you guys all want us to.

3482
01:41:10,810 --> 01:41:10,415
Thank you for that concluding

3483
01:41:10,415 --> 01:41:12,415
comment.

3484
01:41:14,786 --> 01:41:15,553
Tristan Very hello Counsel My

3485
01:41:15,553 --> 01:41:19,153
name is Tristan Beary and I'm

3486
01:41:21,226 --> 01:41:21,892
the youth organizer at Youth.

3487
01:41:21,892 --> 01:41:22,427
Will you guys have already

3488
01:41:22,427 --> 01:41:23,127
heard from me a lot.

3489
01:41:23,127 --> 01:41:26,731
So given only by us efforts to

3490
01:41:26,731 --> 01:41:27,298
try to bring child care to

3491
01:41:27,298 --> 01:41:28,330
local youth parks and

3492
01:41:28,330 --> 01:41:28,700
recreation centers, I asked one

3493
01:41:28,700 --> 01:41:29,401
of our youth who is a mother

3494
01:41:29,401 --> 01:41:32,637
and asks you student to write

3495
01:41:32,637 --> 01:41:33,505
on the importance of child care

3496
01:41:33,505 --> 01:41:34,206
And here's what she had to say

3497
01:41:34,206 --> 01:41:34,906
As a college student, quality

3498
01:41:34,906 --> 01:41:38,109
child care was of the highest

3499
01:41:38,109 --> 01:41:38,843
importance to me to continue in

3500
01:41:38,843 --> 01:41:39,577
higher education and even work.

3501
01:41:39,577 --> 01:41:40,278
Without it I would not have had

3502
01:41:40,278 --> 01:41:41,120
the opportunity to to continue

3503
01:41:41,120 --> 01:41:44,120
my education especially when my

3504
01:41:44,316 --> 01:41:44,683
child was not old enough to be

3505
01:41:44,683 --> 01:41:45,450
in school.

3506
01:41:45,450 --> 01:41:46,151
Now that she is in school it is

3507
01:41:46,151 --> 01:41:46,885
still imperative that she has

3508
01:41:46,885 --> 01:41:49,285
continued child care throughout

3509
01:41:50,355 --> 01:41:51,123
through afterschool programs so

3510
01:41:51,123 --> 01:41:51,723
I can have access to classes

3511
01:41:51,723 --> 01:41:52,324
and work opportunities.

3512
01:41:52,324 --> 01:41:52,957
Reliable child care and

3513
01:41:52,957 --> 01:41:54,957
afterschool programs allow

3514
01:41:56,428 --> 01:41:57,128
student parents like me to

3515
01:41:57,128 --> 01:41:57,829
pursue education, work toward

3516
01:41:57,829 --> 01:41:58,496
financial stability and create

3517
01:41:58,496 --> 01:42:00,896
better opportunities for our

3518
01:42:02,568 --> 01:42:03,368
families while knowing our

3519
01:42:03,368 --> 01:42:03,968
children are in a safe and

3520
01:42:03,968 --> 01:42:04,636
supportive environment.

3521
01:42:04,636 --> 01:42:05,370
So with that youth voice in

3522
01:42:05,370 --> 01:42:08,370
mind please defund blocking use

3523
01:42:10,800 --> 01:42:10,609
the funds to save osu so we can

3524
01:42:10,609 --> 01:42:11,276
continue advocating for

3525
01:42:11,276 --> 01:42:13,578
childcare and childcare and

3526
01:42:13,578 --> 01:42:14,279
programs which allow Santiago's

3527
01:42:14,279 --> 01:42:14,680
youth to thrive and better

3528
01:42:14,680 --> 01:42:16,680
themselves.

3529
01:42:19,751 --> 01:42:20,452
>> Thank you Liliana Soriano.

3530
01:42:20,452 --> 01:42:22,852
>> Liliana Soriano After that

3531
01:42:25,824 --> 01:42:26,491
will be Alex Castillo Ramsay's

3532
01:42:26,491 --> 01:42:28,891
Ramsey's Michael Hayes Alex

3533
01:42:32,640 --> 01:42:32,764
Best aka Sean Foote, Sabrina

3534
01:42:32,764 --> 01:42:33,331
Marie Anderson If you can all

3535
01:42:33,331 --> 01:42:35,731
please come forward to

3536
01:42:37,870 --> 01:42:38,570
the yellow reserved seats And

3537
01:42:38,570 --> 01:42:39,710
Julia Peltz please protect her

3538
01:42:39,710 --> 01:42:41,710
Budget committee.

3539
01:42:43,741 --> 01:42:44,276
>> I'm here with youth Well

3540
01:42:44,276 --> 01:42:44,910
where youth advocacy

3541
01:42:44,910 --> 01:42:45,611
organization who is also a

3542
01:42:45,611 --> 01:42:48,611
member of the Community Budget

3543
01:42:50,382 --> 01:42:51,150
Alliance we urge you all to

3544
01:42:51,150 --> 01:42:51,650
fund the office of the you

3545
01:42:51,650 --> 01:42:52,151
success including yourself

3546
01:42:52,151 --> 01:42:54,151
Mayor Todd Gloria.

3547
01:42:55,870 --> 01:42:55,787
Budgets are not just numbers.

3548
01:42:55,787 --> 01:42:56,454
They're a reflection of values

3549
01:42:56,454 --> 01:42:57,122
and needs of our community.

3550
01:42:57,122 --> 01:42:59,522
Many, including myself have

3551
01:43:01,660 --> 01:43:02,361
told you all the importance of

3552
01:43:02,361 --> 01:43:02,961
this office cover all the way

3553
01:43:02,961 --> 01:43:03,628
from covering accessible

3554
01:43:03,628 --> 01:43:06,280
childcare to ensuring people

3555
01:43:06,965 --> 01:43:07,666
get the necessary workforce

3556
01:43:07,666 --> 01:43:08,330
development that is needed in

3557
01:43:08,330 --> 01:43:08,767
the city.

3558
01:43:08,767 --> 01:43:12,367
I also have some postcards that

3559
01:43:13,971 --> 01:43:14,573
mothers in Districts eight and

3560
01:43:14,573 --> 01:43:15,107
I wanted all the council

3561
01:43:15,107 --> 01:43:15,807
members to read and

3562
01:43:15,807 --> 01:43:18,807
the importance of policy wise

3563
01:43:19,411 --> 01:43:20,112
and investing in youth.

3564
01:43:20,112 --> 01:43:20,779
We deserve a scenario in which

3565
01:43:20,779 --> 01:43:21,480
every young person which has

3566
01:43:21,480 --> 01:43:24,480
their full potential that that

3567
01:43:24,783 --> 01:43:25,384
can happen if we keep pouring

3568
01:43:25,384 --> 01:43:27,784
millions of dollars into

3569
01:43:31,123 --> 01:43:31,456
wealthy corporations like Brock

3570
01:43:31,456 --> 01:43:32,124
.

3571
01:43:32,124 --> 01:43:32,524
Here are the postcards.

3572
01:43:32,524 --> 01:43:33,158
Thank you.

3573
01:43:33,158 --> 01:43:36,158
My staff will get them.

3574
01:43:36,261 --> 01:43:38,661
Next is Alex Castillo.

3575
01:43:42,935 --> 01:43:43,636
All right.

3576
01:43:43,636 --> 01:43:46,360
Good evening, council members.

3577
01:43:47,306 --> 01:43:48,390
My name is Alex Castillo, a

3578
01:43:48,390 --> 01:43:48,340
District eight constituent with

3579
01:43:48,340 --> 01:43:49,410
youth.

3580
01:43:49,410 --> 01:43:49,742
Well, I'm here to urge you to

3581
01:43:49,742 --> 01:43:53,312
fully fund the Office of Child

3582
01:43:53,312 --> 01:43:54,146
and Youth Success.

3583
01:43:54,146 --> 01:43:54,847
This is a moment in time where

3584
01:43:54,847 --> 01:43:58,447
youth Gen-z and Gen Alpha are

3585
01:44:00,119 --> 01:44:00,986
left behind by our government.

3586
01:44:00,986 --> 01:44:01,687
I want to share insights from

3587
01:44:01,687 --> 01:44:02,287
my baby sister a Berkeley grad

3588
01:44:02,287 --> 01:44:05,287
with a psych degree and

3589
01:44:05,657 --> 01:44:06,358
experience in child education.

3590
01:44:06,358 --> 01:44:06,992
She's seen low literacy and

3591
01:44:06,992 --> 01:44:07,660
test scores youth falling

3592
01:44:07,660 --> 01:44:10,600
behind in this post-pandemic

3593
01:44:12,431 --> 01:44:13,320
environment and schools that

3594
01:44:13,320 --> 01:44:13,399
can't afford afterschool

3595
01:44:13,399 --> 01:44:13,999
programs.

3596
01:44:13,999 --> 01:44:14,567
My insights friends are

3597
01:44:14,567 --> 01:44:16,567
starting families and

3598
01:44:17,837 --> 01:44:18,470
struggling to afford childcare

3599
01:44:18,470 --> 01:44:19,710
amidst rising rent costs.

3600
01:44:19,710 --> 01:44:19,405
Youth need mental health

3601
01:44:19,405 --> 01:44:21,405
support.

3602
01:44:24,143 --> 01:44:24,677
A suicide is a leading cause of

3603
01:44:24,677 --> 01:44:25,411
death amongst youth.

3604
01:44:25,411 --> 01:44:26,120
Now's the time to invest in oci

3605
01:44:26,120 --> 01:44:28,120
which provides childcare

3606
01:44:29,682 --> 01:44:30,349
resources, provide education

3607
01:44:30,349 --> 01:44:31,500
enrichment opportunities and

3608
01:44:31,500 --> 01:44:31,717
provide community to our youth

3609
01:44:31,717 --> 01:44:34,717
to improve mental health in

3610
01:44:35,721 --> 01:44:36,489
the long term.

3611
01:44:36,489 --> 01:44:37,189
>> So eliminate floc save money

3612
01:44:37,189 --> 01:44:37,490
and help our youth in the long

3613
01:44:37,490 --> 01:44:38,424
term.

3614
01:44:38,424 --> 01:44:39,491
Ramsey says.

3615
01:44:39,491 --> 01:44:42,491
>> If you can please come

3616
01:44:45,310 --> 01:44:47,310
forward.

3617
01:44:49,936 --> 01:44:50,503
>> Hello Council First off I

3618
01:44:50,503 --> 01:44:51,204
just want to reiterate

3619
01:44:51,204 --> 01:44:51,871
basically what everyone's been

3620
01:44:51,871 --> 01:44:56,710
saying is that we need to be

3621
01:44:56,942 --> 01:44:57,710
investing into the community

3622
01:44:57,710 --> 01:44:58,444
and especially in the youth and

3623
01:44:58,444 --> 01:44:59,145
especially that see why this is

3624
01:44:59,145 --> 01:44:59,546
an office It doesn't take that

3625
01:44:59,546 --> 01:45:01,546
much money.

3626
01:45:02,582 --> 01:45:03,249
It's just not that much of a

3627
01:45:03,249 --> 01:45:03,916
burden on the budget but it

3628
01:45:03,916 --> 01:45:06,916
gets money for the community

3629
01:45:08,387 --> 01:45:09,355
And on top of that the best way

3630
01:45:09,355 --> 01:45:09,822
to do that is going to be from

3631
01:45:09,822 --> 01:45:10,489
Catholic flock.

3632
01:45:10,489 --> 01:45:11,190
We already know that that is

3633
01:45:11,190 --> 01:45:13,960
what needs to happen is going

3634
01:45:13,960 --> 01:45:14,727
to be problems nationally with

3635
01:45:14,727 --> 01:45:18,927
this And to quote our chief of

3636
01:45:20,233 --> 01:45:20,733
police he said it is a very

3637
01:45:20,733 --> 01:45:21,467
simple situation.

3638
01:45:21,467 --> 01:45:22,168
But you have to understand when

3639
01:45:22,168 --> 01:45:25,768
we were looking at this piece

3640
01:45:26,639 --> 01:45:27,372
of technology, it was before

3641
01:45:27,372 --> 01:45:27,974
Flock was recognized nationally

3642
01:45:27,974 --> 01:45:30,974
as a vendor of concern.

3643
01:45:31,611 --> 01:45:32,211
So this is the chief of police

3644
01:45:32,211 --> 01:45:32,912
saying that Flock is a

3645
01:45:32,912 --> 01:45:33,546
technology that is recognized

3646
01:45:33,546 --> 01:45:36,546
nationally as a concern to

3647
01:45:36,815 --> 01:45:37,617
the public.

3648
01:45:37,617 --> 01:45:38,351
So we need to take the chief

3649
01:45:38,351 --> 01:45:39,510
seriously and act now before it

3650
01:45:39,510 --> 01:45:41,451
becomes a bigger problem.

3651
01:45:44,390 --> 01:45:44,824
>> Thank you.

3652
01:45:44,824 --> 01:45:46,824
>> Apologies.

3653
01:45:51,363 --> 01:45:52,332
Michael Hayes All right.

3654
01:45:52,332 --> 01:45:52,732
>> I'll just try and say this

3655
01:45:52,732 --> 01:45:54,732
real quick.

3656
01:45:57,336 --> 01:45:58,370
Significant new revenues those

3657
01:45:58,370 --> 01:45:58,705
are going to come from

3658
01:45:58,705 --> 01:45:59,105
innovative creative economy.

3659
01:45:59,105 --> 01:46:01,105
Am I right?

3660
01:46:03,710 --> 01:46:04,277
That's right.

3661
01:46:04,277 --> 01:46:06,277
That's pretty major.

3662
01:46:08,515 --> 01:46:09,282
And so the future is that that

3663
01:46:09,282 --> 01:46:12,882
use for that economy comes from

3664
01:46:15,421 --> 01:46:16,550
innovators, creators where

3665
01:46:16,550 --> 01:46:16,723
that's grown the vine that

3666
01:46:16,723 --> 01:46:19,723
grows those are these large

3667
01:46:21,127 --> 01:46:21,995
arts organizations earlier

3668
01:46:21,995 --> 01:46:25,595
The seeds of that are these

3669
01:46:26,833 --> 01:46:27,367
kids.

3670
01:46:27,367 --> 01:46:28,670
Those are the seeds.

3671
01:46:28,670 --> 01:46:28,701
And my question would be what

3672
01:46:28,701 --> 01:46:31,701
happens when you turn off

3673
01:46:33,206 --> 01:46:33,973
the water in a farm?

3674
01:46:33,973 --> 01:46:34,373
What happens when you stop

3675
01:46:34,373 --> 01:46:34,941
the growth?

3676
01:46:34,941 --> 01:46:37,341
They don't come back.

3677
01:46:39,178 --> 01:46:39,879
So that I'm also going to add

3678
01:46:39,879 --> 01:46:40,547
are you even paying attention

3679
01:46:40,547 --> 01:46:43,547
to how many cities are

3680
01:46:46,886 --> 01:46:47,653
canceling flock How many cities

3681
01:46:47,653 --> 01:46:49,455
are canceling class because of

3682
01:46:49,455 --> 01:46:51,855
serious privacy and other

3683
01:46:53,326 --> 01:46:55,326
abuses?

3684
01:47:00,399 --> 01:47:01,167
>> Right Alex All right.

3685
01:47:01,167 --> 01:47:01,434
That's the first and last shout

3686
01:47:01,434 --> 01:47:01,968
out.

3687
01:47:01,968 --> 01:47:02,602
Let's keep it civil.

3688
01:47:02,602 --> 01:47:02,903
You're making great points

3689
01:47:02,903 --> 01:47:04,903
here.

3690
01:47:06,840 --> 01:47:07,140
Just keep it going, Alex That's

3691
01:47:07,140 --> 01:47:07,741
that.

3692
01:47:07,741 --> 01:47:08,740
>> Could you please come

3693
01:47:08,740 --> 01:47:08,941
forward?

3694
01:47:08,941 --> 01:47:12,512
You have time ceded to you by

3695
01:47:12,512 --> 01:47:13,213
Christian Frank Thank you.

3696
01:47:13,213 --> 01:47:13,647
>> You have two minutes.

3697
01:47:13,647 --> 01:47:15,647
Good evening.

3698
01:47:17,350 --> 01:47:18,285
My name is Alex Decker.

3699
01:47:18,285 --> 01:47:18,752
I'm a theater kid and I live in

3700
01:47:18,752 --> 01:47:19,386
District three.

3701
01:47:19,386 --> 01:47:20,520
i'm a teaching artist with

3702
01:47:20,520 --> 01:47:23,523
the La Jolla Playhouse and I

3703
01:47:23,523 --> 01:47:24,157
also work with multiple

3704
01:47:24,157 --> 01:47:24,757
institutions with schools

3705
01:47:24,757 --> 01:47:25,392
around San Diego County.

3706
01:47:25,392 --> 01:47:27,392
>> The Playhouse provides

3707
01:47:29,620 --> 01:47:29,763
programs that bring

3708
01:47:29,763 --> 01:47:30,163
professional theater expensive

3709
01:47:30,163 --> 01:47:30,764
to students.

3710
01:47:30,764 --> 01:47:32,764
Special student matinee

3711
01:47:34,634 --> 01:47:35,402
performances not only include

3712
01:47:35,402 --> 01:47:36,690
tickets for students to come to

3713
01:47:36,690 --> 01:47:36,735
the theater but also involve

3714
01:47:36,735 --> 01:47:39,735
pre and post show workshops

3715
01:47:40,574 --> 01:47:41,207
exploring themes and aspects

3716
01:47:41,207 --> 01:47:43,607
from what they experience.

3717
01:47:45,378 --> 01:47:46,460
We were able to invite over

3718
01:47:46,460 --> 01:47:46,713
1400 students to attend last

3719
01:47:46,713 --> 01:47:47,548
session alone a program that

3720
01:47:47,548 --> 01:47:51,748
stuck with me when I got to

3721
01:47:52,252 --> 01:47:52,886
attend as a child Pop tours a

3722
01:47:52,886 --> 01:47:53,587
world Premiere Commission

3723
01:47:53,587 --> 01:47:55,987
product production that brings

3724
01:47:57,891 --> 01:47:58,392
the magic of theater into San

3725
01:47:58,392 --> 01:48:00,392
Diego classrooms.

3726
01:48:01,695 --> 01:48:02,329
My personal favorite was 2023

3727
01:48:02,329 --> 01:48:02,996
Jen versus the Beach that

3728
01:48:02,996 --> 01:48:03,696
helped fifth grader Jen who

3729
01:48:03,696 --> 01:48:06,696
worried about the unknown find

3730
01:48:07,434 --> 01:48:08,135
new adventures with the help of

3731
01:48:08,135 --> 01:48:08,802
his classmates and imagination

3732
01:48:08,802 --> 01:48:12,402
something that I think us as

3733
01:48:12,572 --> 01:48:13,240
adults can learn from right now

3734
01:48:13,240 --> 01:48:13,973
one of the most rewarding

3735
01:48:13,973 --> 01:48:16,973
projects is partnering with San

3736
01:48:19,460 --> 01:48:19,580
Diego Unified for the Jumpstart

3737
01:48:19,580 --> 01:48:20,213
Program.

3738
01:48:20,213 --> 01:48:20,914
At the Mentor we work with

3739
01:48:20,914 --> 01:48:21,582
the teachers at the schools to

3740
01:48:21,582 --> 01:48:24,582
help run student led musical

3741
01:48:25,285 --> 01:48:26,119
theater productions.

3742
01:48:26,119 --> 01:48:26,820
Three weeks ago we had our end

3743
01:48:26,820 --> 01:48:29,820
of the year celebration where

3744
01:48:30,891 --> 01:48:31,558
over 11 schools got to bring

3745
01:48:31,558 --> 01:48:31,858
their students to perform at

3746
01:48:31,858 --> 01:48:32,459
ucsd.

3747
01:48:32,459 --> 01:48:34,859
To celebrate their work,

3748
01:48:36,290 --> 01:48:36,663
the tears that they had for

3749
01:48:36,663 --> 01:48:37,397
each other with deafening

3750
01:48:37,397 --> 01:48:40,397
during breaks the schools would

3751
01:48:41,935 --> 01:48:42,603
intermingle with each other and

3752
01:48:42,603 --> 01:48:43,270
talk about how amazing their

3753
01:48:43,270 --> 01:48:43,837
performance was and if they

3754
01:48:43,837 --> 01:48:44,271
could show them their

3755
01:48:44,271 --> 01:48:46,271
choreography.

3756
01:48:47,573 --> 01:48:48,208
Some students gave speeches

3757
01:48:48,208 --> 01:48:48,842
about how they found their

3758
01:48:48,842 --> 01:48:49,476
voice confidence or a safe

3759
01:48:49,476 --> 01:48:49,877
place where they could be

3760
01:48:49,877 --> 01:48:51,877
themselves.

3761
01:48:53,680 --> 01:48:54,414
They were turned back to

3762
01:48:54,414 --> 01:48:55,140
the schools excited inspired to

3763
01:48:55,140 --> 01:48:55,516
pick the musical they'll

3764
01:48:55,516 --> 01:48:57,516
perform next year.

3765
01:48:59,953 --> 01:49:00,687
As a teaching artist living in

3766
01:49:00,687 --> 01:49:01,288
San Diego, I work multiple jobs

3767
01:49:01,288 --> 01:49:01,622
in order to financially

3768
01:49:01,622 --> 01:49:03,622
survive.

3769
01:49:04,858 --> 01:49:05,458
I often work 6 or 7 days a week

3770
01:49:05,458 --> 01:49:06,193
on different projects in

3771
01:49:06,193 --> 01:49:09,193
schools or theaters where these

3772
01:49:09,829 --> 01:49:10,631
productions require government

3773
01:49:10,631 --> 01:49:11,297
funds to supplement the costs.

3774
01:49:11,297 --> 01:49:11,932
>> Arts culture not luxury.

3775
01:49:11,932 --> 01:49:14,332
They're vital Public Good.

3776
01:49:18,606 --> 01:49:18,908
Thank you Sean.

3777
01:49:18,908 --> 01:49:19,273
Yes.

3778
01:49:19,273 --> 01:49:21,273
Excellent.

3779
01:49:25,450 --> 01:49:25,913
Thank you so much.

3780
01:49:25,913 --> 01:49:26,280
I'll have them raise their hand

3781
01:49:26,280 --> 01:49:28,280
upon you.

3782
01:49:30,351 --> 01:49:30,817
Greg Frank, if you can please

3783
01:49:30,817 --> 01:49:31,285
raise your hand.

3784
01:49:31,285 --> 01:49:31,718
Please proceed.

3785
01:49:31,718 --> 01:49:32,519
Good evening.

3786
01:49:32,519 --> 01:49:36,590
My name is Shawn Foote and I

3787
01:49:36,590 --> 01:49:37,358
live in District three.

3788
01:49:37,358 --> 01:49:38,920
I am a teaching artist with

3789
01:49:38,920 --> 01:49:38,758
the Joya Playhouse as well as a

3790
01:49:38,758 --> 01:49:41,158
theater artist working with

3791
01:49:41,662 --> 01:49:42,196
other organizations and schools

3792
01:49:42,196 --> 01:49:42,930
in San Diego County.

3793
01:49:42,930 --> 01:49:43,631
It feels absurd to be here

3794
01:49:43,631 --> 01:49:46,310
tonight giving testimony on

3795
01:49:47,501 --> 01:49:48,202
whether the arts are worth

3796
01:49:48,202 --> 01:49:48,936
funding or not because for me

3797
01:49:48,936 --> 01:49:53,136
as a teaching artist I get to

3798
01:49:53,641 --> 01:49:54,374
see firsthand all of the time

3799
01:49:54,374 --> 01:49:55,108
how essential arts education is

3800
01:49:55,108 --> 01:49:58,108
to both the intellectual growth

3801
01:49:59,480 --> 01:50:00,147
of our students as well as

3802
01:50:00,147 --> 01:50:00,814
their personal development.

3803
01:50:00,814 --> 01:50:01,448
>> With La Hoya Playhouse I

3804
01:50:01,448 --> 01:50:04,448
often travel to San Diego

3805
01:50:05,419 --> 01:50:05,819
Unified Schools all throughout

3806
01:50:05,819 --> 01:50:06,454
the county.

3807
01:50:06,454 --> 01:50:07,154
I've supported educational

3808
01:50:07,154 --> 01:50:07,854
programing that brings theater

3809
01:50:07,854 --> 01:50:10,724
into these schools as well as

3810
01:50:10,724 --> 01:50:11,358
programing that invites unified

3811
01:50:11,358 --> 01:50:11,959
students to the Playhouse.

3812
01:50:11,959 --> 01:50:12,626
Programs like this offer

3813
01:50:12,626 --> 01:50:14,626
exposure, accessibility and

3814
01:50:16,931 --> 01:50:17,631
representation to our

3815
01:50:17,631 --> 01:50:18,332
communities and our children.

3816
01:50:18,332 --> 01:50:20,732
Programs that primarily reach

3817
01:50:22,636 --> 01:50:23,336
underserved communities and

3818
01:50:23,336 --> 01:50:24,500
these programs that are and

3819
01:50:24,500 --> 01:50:24,605
these are programs that will

3820
01:50:24,605 --> 01:50:25,239
either be eliminated or

3821
01:50:25,239 --> 01:50:27,239
significantly curtailed in

3822
01:50:28,809 --> 01:50:29,510
the absence of city funding.

3823
01:50:29,510 --> 01:50:29,976
City Council You cannot allow

3824
01:50:29,976 --> 01:50:31,976
this to happen.

3825
01:50:33,847 --> 01:50:34,583
Arts education encourages

3826
01:50:34,583 --> 01:50:35,215
empathy, creativity, community.

3827
01:50:35,215 --> 01:50:35,750
It offers a safe space for

3828
01:50:35,750 --> 01:50:36,350
students and offers

3829
01:50:36,350 --> 01:50:38,350
self-expression for our

3830
01:50:40,487 --> 01:50:41,155
students And for many of us

3831
01:50:41,155 --> 01:50:41,555
here today it is our entire

3832
01:50:41,555 --> 01:50:43,555
livelihood.

3833
01:50:45,526 --> 01:50:46,127
I hope you are listening.

3834
01:50:46,127 --> 01:50:48,127
Thank you, Sabrina.

3835
01:50:51,832 --> 01:50:52,332
Sabrina moreno.

3836
01:50:52,332 --> 01:50:52,833
>> Good evening.

3837
01:50:52,833 --> 01:50:53,501
I'm Sabrina Marie.

3838
01:50:53,501 --> 01:50:57,101
I live in District eight and

3839
01:50:57,738 --> 01:50:58,439
I'm a teaching artist at La

3840
01:50:58,439 --> 01:50:59,207
Hoya Playhouse alumna from fdc

3841
01:50:59,207 --> 01:51:02,807
School of Art and Design and

3842
01:51:02,976 --> 01:51:03,711
previously a teaching artist

3843
01:51:03,711 --> 01:51:04,412
with the Department of Veterans

3844
01:51:04,412 --> 01:51:07,412
Affairs for six years working

3845
01:51:08,349 --> 01:51:09,500
with veterans living with ptsd.

3846
01:51:09,500 --> 01:51:09,984
I'm here tonight because these

3847
01:51:09,984 --> 01:51:14,184
cuts are not just numbers on a

3848
01:51:14,588 --> 01:51:15,323
page.

3849
01:51:15,323 --> 01:51:18,323
They're people their futures my

3850
01:51:19,594 --> 01:51:19,927
future, your communities future

3851
01:51:19,927 --> 01:51:20,628
.

3852
01:51:20,628 --> 01:51:21,362
La Hoya Playhouse has served

3853
01:51:21,362 --> 01:51:23,762
more than 13,000 people across

3854
01:51:25,633 --> 01:51:25,933
all nine of your districts last

3855
01:51:25,933 --> 01:51:26,601
year.

3856
01:51:26,601 --> 01:51:29,100
Title one Schools, military

3857
01:51:30,972 --> 01:51:31,673
families Young people who had

3858
01:51:31,673 --> 01:51:32,400
never set foot in the theater

3859
01:51:32,400 --> 01:51:32,740
otherwise.

3860
01:51:32,740 --> 01:51:36,440
And it's not only what happens

3861
01:51:36,440 --> 01:51:36,777
on stage.

3862
01:51:36,777 --> 01:51:37,512
The playhouse brings hands on

3863
01:51:37,512 --> 01:51:40,512
free programing directly to our

3864
01:51:42,215 --> 01:51:42,917
neighborhoods including mobile

3865
01:51:42,917 --> 01:51:43,585
technical theater showing what

3866
01:51:43,585 --> 01:51:43,918
the different careers are in

3867
01:51:43,918 --> 01:51:45,918
theater.

3868
01:51:48,550 --> 01:51:48,655
But I want to talk to you about

3869
01:51:48,655 --> 01:51:48,990
something even harder to

3870
01:51:48,990 --> 01:51:50,990
measure.

3871
01:51:54,620 --> 01:51:54,695
>> I've watched Art give people

3872
01:51:54,695 --> 01:51:55,229
their confidence for that

3873
01:51:55,229 --> 01:51:57,229
concluding comment.

3874
01:52:04,906 --> 01:52:05,606
>> Julia My name is Julia Peltz

3875
01:52:05,606 --> 01:52:06,274
and I'm a violinist with

3876
01:52:06,274 --> 01:52:06,841
the San Diego Symphony and I

3877
01:52:06,841 --> 01:52:09,241
live in District one.

3878
01:52:10,778 --> 01:52:11,379
And your wife taught my child

3879
01:52:11,379 --> 01:52:12,247
when he went to Bedrock.

3880
01:52:12,247 --> 01:52:15,717
I am urging you all to reject

3881
01:52:15,717 --> 01:52:16,484
the proposed arts funding cuts.

3882
01:52:16,484 --> 01:52:17,850
Like many of my colleagues, I

3883
01:52:17,850 --> 01:52:20,850
moved to San Diego after

3884
01:52:21,322 --> 01:52:22,230
winning a national audition to

3885
01:52:22,230 --> 01:52:22,390
perform for our world class

3886
01:52:22,390 --> 01:52:22,991
orchestra.

3887
01:52:22,991 --> 01:52:25,991
I know that the council

3888
01:52:27,262 --> 01:52:27,929
appreciates our nearly 100

3889
01:52:27,929 --> 01:52:28,630
performances we put on for a

3890
01:52:28,630 --> 01:52:29,564
year because I see many of you

3891
01:52:29,564 --> 01:52:33,670
and greet many of you at those

3892
01:52:33,670 --> 01:52:33,668
concerts But what you don't see

3893
01:52:33,668 --> 01:52:34,369
are the most meaningful

3894
01:52:34,369 --> 01:52:37,969
concerts to me which are music

3895
01:52:38,773 --> 01:52:39,540
connects to concerts.

3896
01:52:39,540 --> 01:52:40,241
We go into hospitals, we go

3897
01:52:40,241 --> 01:52:40,909
into schools and we go into

3898
01:52:40,909 --> 01:52:42,909
correctional facilities and

3899
01:52:44,346 --> 01:52:44,979
bring concerts to people who

3900
01:52:44,979 --> 01:52:47,379
cannot purchase a ticket.

3901
01:52:49,351 --> 01:52:50,510
i have seen people become calm

3902
01:52:50,510 --> 01:52:53,510
and connected and content when

3903
01:52:55,590 --> 01:52:56,191
live music fills the room And I

3904
01:52:56,191 --> 01:52:56,557
urge you don't cut this

3905
01:52:56,557 --> 01:52:58,557
lifeline.

3906
01:53:01,496 --> 01:53:01,963
>> Thank you.

3907
01:53:01,963 --> 01:53:02,731
>> Baruch Isis.

3908
01:53:02,731 --> 01:53:05,731
Ferguson please come up to

3909
01:53:06,767 --> 01:53:10,367
the podium after that we have

3910
01:53:11,572 --> 01:53:12,273
Kevin Garbett and Lena Schade.

3911
01:53:12,273 --> 01:53:15,273
Then Dennis Lopez or Denise

3912
01:53:17,745 --> 01:53:18,413
Lopez Sorry Julia Demby, Steve

3913
01:53:18,413 --> 01:53:20,813
Snyder, Nicole Vertis and

3914
01:53:23,351 --> 01:53:24,180
Sophia Tara, if you can all

3915
01:53:24,180 --> 01:53:24,486
please come up to the yellow

3916
01:53:24,486 --> 01:53:24,953
reserved seats.

3917
01:53:24,953 --> 01:53:26,953
Please proceed.

3918
01:53:30,725 --> 01:53:31,359
Hi, my name is Brooke Kosice

3919
01:53:31,359 --> 01:53:32,940
and I'm a student at uci.

3920
01:53:32,940 --> 01:53:32,794
>> I have been all the way down

3921
01:53:32,794 --> 01:53:34,610
here because this is an issue

3922
01:53:34,610 --> 01:53:34,329
that's extremely meaningful to

3923
01:53:34,329 --> 01:53:35,163
me.

3924
01:53:35,163 --> 01:53:35,797
In third grade I did a free

3925
01:53:35,797 --> 01:53:36,297
piano lessons hosted by my

3926
01:53:36,297 --> 01:53:38,297
elementary school.

3927
01:53:38,599 --> 01:53:39,336
After the first lessons I was

3928
01:53:39,336 --> 01:53:40,100
so enthralled, so captivated by

3929
01:53:40,100 --> 01:53:43,601
music I begged my parents to

3930
01:53:43,872 --> 01:53:44,538
buy me a keyboard.

3931
01:53:44,538 --> 01:53:45,273
Surprised they filled my

3932
01:53:45,273 --> 01:53:46,700
request began the lifelong love

3933
01:53:46,700 --> 01:53:46,274
of music that continues to this

3934
01:53:46,274 --> 01:53:48,274
day.

3935
01:53:50,820 --> 01:53:50,779
Later I joined my middle school

3936
01:53:50,779 --> 01:53:51,246
orchestra expanding into viola

3937
01:53:51,246 --> 01:53:53,246
in high school.

3938
01:53:54,882 --> 01:53:55,218
My dream deepened as I hold my

3939
01:53:55,218 --> 01:53:55,817
skills.

3940
01:53:55,817 --> 01:53:56,518
I was accepting the 2025

3941
01:53:56,518 --> 01:53:57,218
district on auction Before we

3942
01:53:57,218 --> 01:54:00,218
get Symphony hall we students

3943
01:54:00,656 --> 01:54:01,323
from across Indiegogo and

3944
01:54:01,323 --> 01:54:02,570
the City Ambassador program.

3945
01:54:02,570 --> 01:54:02,791
I learned the inner workings of

3946
01:54:02,791 --> 01:54:05,394
the organization and even spoke

3947
01:54:05,394 --> 01:54:06,270
at opening night.

3948
01:54:06,270 --> 01:54:06,761
Each experience stems from

3949
01:54:06,761 --> 01:54:07,162
the free lessons eight year old

3950
01:54:07,162 --> 01:54:09,162
me attended.

3951
01:54:11,366 --> 01:54:12,000
They served as a catalyst for

3952
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:12,301
life a lifetime of musical

3953
01:54:12,301 --> 01:54:13,100
vomit.

3954
01:54:13,100 --> 01:54:15,604
Yet its exact programs budget

3955
01:54:15,604 --> 01:54:16,710
cuts threaten instead of

3956
01:54:16,710 --> 01:54:16,572
discarding them.

3957
01:54:16,572 --> 01:54:17,272
We must recognize

3958
01:54:17,272 --> 01:54:17,839
the transformative nature and

3959
01:54:17,839 --> 01:54:19,839
preserve arts funding.

3960
01:54:21,476 --> 01:54:22,176
Without them we risk depriving

3961
01:54:22,176 --> 01:54:22,845
generations of the invaluable

3962
01:54:22,845 --> 01:54:25,245
opportunity to discover and

3963
01:54:25,514 --> 01:54:27,514
cherish the arts.

3964
01:54:31,253 --> 01:54:31,720
>> Thank you Kevin.

3965
01:54:31,720 --> 01:54:32,420
>> Good evening.

3966
01:54:32,420 --> 01:54:33,121
My name is Kevin Gilbert.

3967
01:54:33,121 --> 01:54:36,458
I'm a musician with the San

3968
01:54:36,458 --> 01:54:37,292
Diego Symphony.

3969
01:54:37,292 --> 01:54:37,926
I won't stand here and deny

3970
01:54:37,926 --> 01:54:38,659
that life is getting more

3971
01:54:38,659 --> 01:54:39,194
expensive like the council here

3972
01:54:39,194 --> 01:54:41,594
today for taking on

3973
01:54:42,197 --> 01:54:42,865
the monumental task of dealing

3974
01:54:42,865 --> 01:54:43,398
with this budget in such a

3975
01:54:43,398 --> 01:54:45,398
tumultuous economy.

3976
01:54:47,236 --> 01:54:47,936
I believe the example we set in

3977
01:54:47,936 --> 01:54:48,604
the areas we choose to nurture

3978
01:54:48,604 --> 01:54:48,871
define the city that we live

3979
01:54:48,871 --> 01:54:49,571
in.

3980
01:54:49,571 --> 01:54:49,905
A cut towards funding would be

3981
01:54:49,905 --> 01:54:51,905
painful.

3982
01:54:52,808 --> 01:54:53,242
But elimination is

3983
01:54:53,242 --> 01:54:53,943
unfathomable.

3984
01:54:53,943 --> 01:54:54,643
Aside from the fact that this

3985
01:54:54,643 --> 01:54:57,643
has organizations that rely on

3986
01:54:58,313 --> 01:54:59,130
this funding, it sends a

3987
01:54:59,130 --> 01:54:59,448
message that arts has no place

3988
01:54:59,448 --> 01:55:01,448
in San Diego.

3989
01:55:02,885 --> 01:55:03,585
Despite generating 1.8 billion

3990
01:55:03,585 --> 01:55:06,155
in annual tourism, any person

3991
01:55:06,155 --> 01:55:06,822
would tell you that 11.8

3992
01:55:06,822 --> 01:55:07,323
million for 1.2 billion is a

3993
01:55:07,323 --> 01:55:08,230
sound investment.

3994
01:55:08,230 --> 01:55:11,590
I find the most egregious part

3995
01:55:11,590 --> 01:55:11,659
of this arts defunding to be

3996
01:55:11,659 --> 01:55:12,361
the audacity to attend a

3997
01:55:12,361 --> 01:55:15,361
concert art exhibit play High

3998
01:55:16,298 --> 01:55:17,980
School Musical a child's piano

3999
01:55:17,980 --> 01:55:17,800
recital one day and vote to

4000
01:55:17,800 --> 01:55:18,434
abolish the very funding like

4001
01:55:18,434 --> 01:55:22,340
this relies on the next is

4002
01:55:22,337 --> 01:55:23,500
utterly disgraceful.

4003
01:55:23,500 --> 01:55:23,672
The message we send to our

4004
01:55:23,672 --> 01:55:26,672
youth and successors lies in

4005
01:55:27,676 --> 01:55:28,310
the example we choose to set on

4006
01:55:28,310 --> 01:55:28,910
behalf of the musicians of

4007
01:55:28,910 --> 01:55:29,545
the San Diego Symphony.

4008
01:55:29,545 --> 01:55:30,279
I hope you reconsider your

4009
01:55:30,279 --> 01:55:33,248
decision to eliminate the small

4010
01:55:33,248 --> 01:55:33,949
fraction of this budget if not

4011
01:55:33,949 --> 01:55:34,650
for artists like us here today

4012
01:55:34,650 --> 01:55:35,840
for our youth and for the sake

4013
01:55:35,840 --> 01:55:35,651
of the fiber.

4014
01:55:35,651 --> 01:55:36,185
>> Thank you for that

4015
01:55:36,185 --> 01:55:38,185
concluding comment.

4016
01:55:40,789 --> 01:55:42,789
Lina.

4017
01:55:45,694 --> 01:55:46,328
>> >> Finding the right words

4018
01:55:46,328 --> 01:55:49,865
to convey why the arts are

4019
01:55:49,865 --> 01:55:50,632
worth much more than an 85%

4020
01:55:50,632 --> 01:55:51,167
budget cut in one minute is

4021
01:55:51,167 --> 01:55:53,167
extremely difficult.

4022
01:55:54,637 --> 01:55:55,404
I'm a senior heading to Harvard

4023
01:55:55,404 --> 01:55:56,205
this fall and growing up in

4024
01:55:56,205 --> 01:55:59,805
this great city has meant San

4025
01:56:00,242 --> 01:56:00,943
Diego youth Symphony rehearsal

4026
01:56:00,943 --> 01:56:01,544
and the beautiful Balboa Park

4027
01:56:01,544 --> 01:56:03,944
Every Sunday summers at

4028
01:56:05,715 --> 01:56:06,414
the Rady Shell that's turned

4029
01:56:06,414 --> 01:56:09,414
into internships which is how

4030
01:56:10,186 --> 01:56:10,786
you, me or Gloria once shook my

4031
01:56:10,786 --> 01:56:11,387
hand at the opening of

4032
01:56:11,387 --> 01:56:13,787
the Jacobs Music Center.

4033
01:56:15,691 --> 01:56:16,358
>> I am who I am today because

4034
01:56:16,358 --> 01:56:19,958
of every music note in tune

4035
01:56:20,429 --> 01:56:21,197
that's passed through my ears.

4036
01:56:21,197 --> 01:56:24,133
So while this might have been

4037
01:56:24,133 --> 01:56:24,834
one minute of your life one

4038
01:56:24,834 --> 01:56:25,467
summary on your meeting notes

4039
01:56:25,467 --> 01:56:28,467
just one policy past this.

4040
01:56:30,206 --> 01:56:30,840
The arts is also the one thing

4041
01:56:30,840 --> 01:56:33,240
that the most disagreeable

4042
01:56:35,277 --> 01:56:36,120
people agree on.

4043
01:56:36,120 --> 01:56:36,579
>> Or it centers us.

4044
01:56:36,579 --> 01:56:37,212
It creates connection,

4045
01:56:37,212 --> 01:56:39,212
compassion and community.

4046
01:56:39,748 --> 01:56:40,382
Doesn't that sound like a

4047
01:56:40,382 --> 01:56:40,749
future San Diego ought to

4048
01:56:40,749 --> 01:56:42,749
invest in?

4049
01:56:50,580 --> 01:56:50,426
>> Thank you Denise Lopez.

4050
01:56:50,426 --> 01:56:51,160
>> Hello.

4051
01:56:51,160 --> 01:56:51,494
Honorable Council members Mayor

4052
01:56:51,494 --> 01:56:53,494
Gloria.

4053
01:56:55,197 --> 01:56:55,831
My name is Denise Lopez and I'm

4054
01:56:55,831 --> 01:56:56,566
here to ask you to restore

4055
01:56:56,566 --> 01:57:00,166
funding to the arts and culture

4056
01:57:00,203 --> 01:57:00,937
budget for the coming year.

4057
01:57:00,937 --> 01:57:01,637
As a lifelong resident of San

4058
01:57:01,637 --> 01:57:04,637
Isidro in District eight, I'm

4059
01:57:05,107 --> 01:57:05,875
living testimony of the impact

4060
01:57:05,875 --> 01:57:06,242
of arts and culture programs in

4061
01:57:06,242 --> 01:57:06,909
the city.

4062
01:57:06,909 --> 01:57:07,510
My first professional play I

4063
01:57:07,510 --> 01:57:10,680
saw was at the Old Globe

4064
01:57:10,680 --> 01:57:11,147
Theater through the Free Studio

4065
01:57:11,147 --> 01:57:11,881
matinee program.

4066
01:57:11,881 --> 01:57:12,482
This program provided me access

4067
01:57:12,482 --> 01:57:15,551
to a world I didn't know

4068
01:57:15,551 --> 01:57:16,319
existed for people like me.

4069
01:57:16,319 --> 01:57:16,953
It ignited my passion for

4070
01:57:16,953 --> 01:57:17,653
creating art as a means to

4071
01:57:17,653 --> 01:57:20,530
uplift communities like mine.

4072
01:57:21,724 --> 01:57:22,458
I am now an administrative

4073
01:57:22,458 --> 01:57:22,759
theater professional at the Old

4074
01:57:22,759 --> 01:57:23,493
Globe.

4075
01:57:23,493 --> 01:57:25,893
This institution has cultivated

4076
01:57:26,129 --> 01:57:26,729
and shaped my artistic and

4077
01:57:26,729 --> 01:57:27,950
professional career from

4078
01:57:27,950 --> 01:57:27,797
the roof.

4079
01:57:27,797 --> 01:57:30,797
The same department that gave

4080
01:57:31,700 --> 01:57:32,301
me a chance to see this world

4081
01:57:32,301 --> 01:57:33,135
now employs me in it.

4082
01:57:33,135 --> 01:57:36,500
I get to give other students in

4083
01:57:36,500 --> 01:57:36,806
my city the opportunity to see

4084
01:57:36,806 --> 01:57:37,273
a world in the future that

4085
01:57:37,273 --> 01:57:37,974
belongs to them.

4086
01:57:37,974 --> 01:57:38,341
And I hope we get to continue

4087
01:57:38,341 --> 01:57:40,341
to do so.

4088
01:57:40,777 --> 01:57:41,377
While we know this is a tough

4089
01:57:41,377 --> 01:57:41,977
budget, I implore you to

4090
01:57:41,977 --> 01:57:42,712
preserve the access and

4091
01:57:42,712 --> 01:57:45,112
opportunity these funds provide

4092
01:57:46,416 --> 01:57:47,830
and work with us to create a

4093
01:57:47,830 --> 01:57:47,416
more sustainable path going

4094
01:57:47,416 --> 01:57:47,850
forward.

4095
01:57:47,850 --> 01:57:49,850
>> Thank you.

4096
01:57:51,387 --> 01:57:51,988
Thank you, Julia Demby.

4097
01:57:51,988 --> 01:57:53,988
>> >> Good evening.

4098
01:57:57,327 --> 01:57:58,270
Council members Mayor Gloria.

4099
01:57:58,270 --> 01:57:58,660
My name is Jamila Demby.

4100
01:57:58,660 --> 01:57:59,362
I'm the director of Equity

4101
01:57:59,362 --> 01:58:01,762
Diversity Inclusion and Access

4102
01:58:02,565 --> 01:58:03,232
at the Old Globe.

4103
01:58:03,232 --> 01:58:03,900
And I am respectfully

4104
01:58:03,900 --> 01:58:06,300
requesting that you restore

4105
01:58:07,170 --> 01:58:07,971
funding to arts and culture.

4106
01:58:07,971 --> 01:58:08,505
>> Hearing about the proposed

4107
01:58:08,505 --> 01:58:10,505
cuts of $12 million.

4108
01:58:11,474 --> 01:58:12,308
Takes me to a very specific

4109
01:58:12,308 --> 01:58:12,909
place in a recent history which

4110
01:58:12,909 --> 01:58:13,877
I'll get to in a second.

4111
01:58:13,877 --> 01:58:17,800
I respect that you have a

4112
01:58:17,800 --> 01:58:17,780
difficult budgetary have

4113
01:58:17,780 --> 01:58:18,114
difficult budgetary decisions

4114
01:58:18,114 --> 01:58:18,815
to make.

4115
01:58:18,815 --> 01:58:21,484
As a person whose position is

4116
01:58:21,484 --> 01:58:22,118
charged with prioritizing

4117
01:58:22,118 --> 01:58:24,518
financial resources to our

4118
01:58:27,223 --> 01:58:27,790
commitments, I empathize.

4119
01:58:27,790 --> 01:58:28,257
>> That's a great

4120
01:58:28,257 --> 01:58:28,624
responsibility.

4121
01:58:28,624 --> 01:58:30,593
These are.

4122
01:58:30,593 --> 01:58:31,361
That being said, removing

4123
01:58:31,361 --> 01:58:31,761
almost $12 million cannot be

4124
01:58:31,761 --> 01:58:33,761
the choice.

4125
01:58:36,990 --> 01:58:36,833
The specific place in our

4126
01:58:36,833 --> 01:58:37,534
recent history that this brings

4127
01:58:37,534 --> 01:58:41,134
me to is actually the pandemic

4128
01:58:41,904 --> 01:58:42,605
The lockdown, the isolation of

4129
01:58:42,605 --> 01:58:45,605
the pandemic brought to light

4130
01:58:46,276 --> 01:58:46,575
how arts and culture are a

4131
01:58:46,575 --> 01:58:47,344
light.

4132
01:58:47,344 --> 01:58:51,414
I think we would all agree that

4133
01:58:51,414 --> 01:58:55,485
it is the light the art serves

4134
01:58:55,485 --> 01:58:55,985
us then and now and always with

4135
01:58:55,985 --> 01:58:56,353
restore the Arts.

4136
01:58:56,353 --> 01:58:58,353
Thank you.

4137
01:59:00,790 --> 01:59:01,657
Steve Snyder.

4138
01:59:01,657 --> 01:59:02,392
Steve Snyder if you can please

4139
01:59:02,392 --> 01:59:05,992
come up to the microphone after

4140
01:59:06,295 --> 01:59:06,596
that is Nicole versus Sophia

4141
01:59:06,596 --> 01:59:08,596
Tada.

4142
01:59:10,767 --> 01:59:11,534
Michele Woodson I would ask.

4143
01:59:11,534 --> 01:59:14,534
We do still have about 2.5

4144
01:59:14,937 --> 01:59:15,806
hours worth of comment when I

4145
01:59:15,806 --> 01:59:16,472
do call your name if you can

4146
01:59:16,472 --> 01:59:17,173
please come up to the yellow

4147
01:59:17,173 --> 01:59:20,173
reserved seats I'll make this

4148
01:59:20,977 --> 01:59:21,311
go seamlessly and a little bit

4149
01:59:21,311 --> 01:59:22,450
faster.

4150
01:59:22,450 --> 01:59:25,450
So Steve Snyder again to

4151
01:59:26,283 --> 01:59:26,950
the microphone.

4152
01:59:26,950 --> 01:59:29,350
Nicole Verdier Sophia Tada.

4153
01:59:30,554 --> 01:59:32,554
MR. Mitchell Woodson.

4154
01:59:35,158 --> 01:59:35,592
Judy was Lynell Brown Mitchell

4155
01:59:35,592 --> 01:59:37,592
Watson again.

4156
01:59:39,695 --> 01:59:39,997
Um Shaheed Price What's your

4157
01:59:39,997 --> 01:59:41,631
name?

4158
01:59:41,631 --> 01:59:44,310
Please come up to

4159
01:59:47,204 --> 01:59:47,970
the microphone as it goes.

4160
01:59:47,970 --> 01:59:50,370
>> Sophia, are you here?

4161
01:59:52,475 --> 01:59:52,943
Okay then please come up to

4162
01:59:52,943 --> 01:59:54,943
the microphone.

4163
01:59:55,912 --> 01:59:56,213
We'll go with you and then

4164
01:59:56,213 --> 01:59:57,130
we'll.

4165
01:59:57,130 --> 01:59:57,481
>> Please come up to the yellow

4166
01:59:57,481 --> 01:59:58,810
reserved seats.

4167
01:59:58,810 --> 01:59:58,548
You'll have one minute.

4168
01:59:58,548 --> 01:59:58,981
Please proceed.

4169
01:59:58,981 --> 02:00:00,981
Good evening.

4170
02:00:01,417 --> 02:00:02,186
Council members.

4171
02:00:02,186 --> 02:00:02,819
My name is Michelle Watson and

4172
02:00:02,819 --> 02:00:05,819
I'm the legal director of

4173
02:00:06,856 --> 02:00:07,490
Pillars of the Community in

4174
02:00:07,490 --> 02:00:07,924
the wake of the terrorist

4175
02:00:07,924 --> 02:00:08,558
attack at icc.

4176
02:00:08,558 --> 02:00:10,958
Our community is mourning,

4177
02:00:11,661 --> 02:00:12,296
traumatized and demanding real

4178
02:00:12,296 --> 02:00:12,633
safety not the illusion of

4179
02:00:12,633 --> 02:00:13,530
safety.

4180
02:00:13,530 --> 02:00:16,300
>> We need to be honest about

4181
02:00:16,300 --> 02:00:16,967
the difference between

4182
02:00:16,967 --> 02:00:17,667
prevention and enforcement.

4183
02:00:17,667 --> 02:00:20,670
Prevention means investing in

4184
02:00:21,638 --> 02:00:22,206
the conditions that stop crime

4185
02:00:22,206 --> 02:00:22,873
before it even starts.

4186
02:00:22,873 --> 02:00:25,273
Safe parks, libraries and

4187
02:00:26,376 --> 02:00:26,844
recreation centers.

4188
02:00:26,844 --> 02:00:27,444
Youth programs.

4189
02:00:27,444 --> 02:00:29,444
Mental health services.

4190
02:00:31,515 --> 02:00:32,182
Housing and community support.

4191
02:00:32,182 --> 02:00:32,815
>> Enforcement only happens

4192
02:00:32,815 --> 02:00:35,815
after the harm has already

4193
02:00:36,253 --> 02:00:36,954
occurred Year after year.

4194
02:00:36,954 --> 02:00:37,687
The city pours millions into

4195
02:00:37,687 --> 02:00:40,870
police budgets and surveillance

4196
02:00:41,240 --> 02:00:41,658
technology cameras monitoring

4197
02:00:41,658 --> 02:00:42,458
systems, data collection.

4198
02:00:42,458 --> 02:00:45,458
>> Yet none of it prevented

4199
02:00:46,163 --> 02:00:46,830
the tragedy.

4200
02:00:46,830 --> 02:00:47,497
Surveillance did not protect

4201
02:00:47,497 --> 02:00:50,334
the people who were harmed.

4202
02:00:50,334 --> 02:00:51,350
And more policing after

4203
02:00:51,350 --> 02:00:53,435
violence has already occurred

4204
02:00:53,971 --> 02:00:54,637
is not the same as preventing

4205
02:00:54,637 --> 02:00:55,339
violence in the first place.

4206
02:00:55,339 --> 02:00:58,339
>> If we truly want safer

4207
02:00:59,309 --> 02:01:00,100
communities we must invest in

4208
02:01:00,100 --> 02:01:00,544
the root causes that determine

4209
02:01:00,544 --> 02:01:02,544
true public safety.

4210
02:01:04,615 --> 02:01:05,349
>> It's opportunities,

4211
02:01:05,349 --> 02:01:06,830
stability, care and connection.

4212
02:01:06,830 --> 02:01:06,417
Thank you for that statement of

4213
02:01:06,417 --> 02:01:08,417
values.

4214
02:01:10,254 --> 02:01:10,854
And we ask that you invest.

4215
02:01:10,854 --> 02:01:11,488
Thank you for that.

4216
02:01:11,488 --> 02:01:13,888
Our communities Thank you.

4217
02:01:13,958 --> 02:01:14,658
Steve Snyder Last call for

4218
02:01:14,658 --> 02:01:17,658
Steve Snyder Last call for

4219
02:01:19,563 --> 02:01:20,397
Steve Snyder Nickel royalties.

4220
02:01:20,397 --> 02:01:21,640
>> Last call for a nickel over

4221
02:01:21,640 --> 02:01:24,640
There's no nickel over this

4222
02:01:24,401 --> 02:01:24,868
Coming up to the mike.

4223
02:01:24,868 --> 02:01:25,736
Sophia Tada.

4224
02:01:25,736 --> 02:01:28,736
And you have several people

4225
02:01:28,939 --> 02:01:29,540
seeding time that can please

4226
02:01:29,540 --> 02:01:30,241
have you as a group

4227
02:01:30,241 --> 02:01:32,641
presentation Raise your hands.

4228
02:01:33,510 --> 02:01:33,911
Martin Yeah.

4229
02:01:33,911 --> 02:01:35,911
Okay.

4230
02:01:36,814 --> 02:01:38,814
C.J. Mendoza.

4231
02:01:39,750 --> 02:01:41,750
Kelly Dave Shaheed.

4232
02:01:45,856 --> 02:01:47,856
Price Miguel.

4233
02:01:51,495 --> 02:01:52,363
>> Omega Go ahead.

4234
02:01:52,363 --> 02:01:52,662
>> I see No Miguel Raising your

4235
02:01:52,662 --> 02:01:54,662
hand.

4236
02:01:56,534 --> 02:01:57,134
Claire Snyder If he comes in,

4237
02:01:57,134 --> 02:02:00,134
you can raise his hand.

4238
02:02:01,538 --> 02:02:01,939
Claire Snyder Okay.

4239
02:02:01,939 --> 02:02:02,406
Sorry.

4240
02:02:02,406 --> 02:02:04,406
I'll be her.

4241
02:02:07,211 --> 02:02:10,211
Hussein then Naomi Then Thank

4242
02:02:11,820 --> 02:02:13,820
you.

4243
02:02:15,119 --> 02:02:18,719
Nelly Gomez Amaya Noah You get

4244
02:02:20,124 --> 02:02:20,857
Groucho's haircut.

4245
02:02:20,857 --> 02:02:23,257
>> Oh, Petrus My apologies.

4246
02:02:23,261 --> 02:02:23,660
Look like an or no

4247
02:02:23,660 --> 02:02:25,660
resemblance.

4248
02:02:29,467 --> 02:02:29,780
>> Alice.

4249
02:02:29,780 --> 02:02:30,173
No.

4250
02:02:30,173 --> 02:02:31,569
And know.

4251
02:02:31,569 --> 02:02:33,569
Okay.

4252
02:02:36,841 --> 02:02:37,608
And then that's my girl.

4253
02:02:37,608 --> 02:02:41,208
I will look for those speaker

4254
02:02:41,378 --> 02:02:42,120
slips but you are already at 12

4255
02:02:42,120 --> 02:02:44,412
minutes so please proceed.

4256
02:02:46,717 --> 02:02:47,510
>> Good evening, Council

4257
02:02:47,510 --> 02:02:47,785
members.

4258
02:02:47,785 --> 02:02:50,955
Mayor my name is Sophia and I'm

4259
02:02:50,955 --> 02:02:51,589
a high school senior a

4260
02:02:51,589 --> 02:02:52,123
volunteer with central and

4261
02:02:52,123 --> 02:02:52,857
Policy initiatives.

4262
02:02:52,857 --> 02:02:55,760
We want to begin by sharing our

4263
02:02:55,760 --> 02:02:56,590
vision for the city of San

4264
02:02:56,590 --> 02:02:56,860
Diego.

4265
02:02:56,860 --> 02:03:00,431
The kind of city we want to be

4266
02:03:00,431 --> 02:03:01,231
and believe that we can be.

4267
02:03:01,231 --> 02:03:04,831
I'll be reading a short haiku

4268
02:03:05,370 --> 02:03:06,137
of mine Parks Streets and young

4269
02:03:06,137 --> 02:03:06,470
lives a city where all MAY

4270
02:03:06,470 --> 02:03:06,971
thrive.

4271
02:03:06,971 --> 02:03:09,371
Budget of us all.

4272
02:03:10,708 --> 02:03:11,476
That said that is the San Diego

4273
02:03:11,476 --> 02:03:12,477
we all deserve and that is why

4274
02:03:12,477 --> 02:03:15,379
we are here today as members of

4275
02:03:15,379 --> 02:03:16,800
the community Budget Alliance,

4276
02:03:16,800 --> 02:03:19,680
a coalition of San Diegans of

4277
02:03:20,317 --> 02:03:21,850
young people, workers, families

4278
02:03:21,850 --> 02:03:21,719
,community based organizations

4279
02:03:21,719 --> 02:03:24,719
and labor unions who come

4280
02:03:24,856 --> 02:03:25,623
together every year to fight

4281
02:03:25,623 --> 02:03:26,291
for a people's budget and are

4282
02:03:26,291 --> 02:03:26,957
committed to building a city

4283
02:03:26,957 --> 02:03:29,694
where everyone has what they

4284
02:03:29,694 --> 02:03:30,161
need to thrive.

4285
02:03:30,161 --> 02:03:30,861
Council members.

4286
02:03:30,861 --> 02:03:34,461
This budget is in your hands.

4287
02:03:34,999 --> 02:03:35,699
Budgets are moral documents.

4288
02:03:35,699 --> 02:03:36,501
They are statements of values.

4289
02:03:36,501 --> 02:03:39,501
They reflect who and what

4290
02:03:40,104 --> 02:03:40,771
the city chooses to invest in.

4291
02:03:40,771 --> 02:03:43,771
Right now working people are

4292
02:03:44,676 --> 02:03:45,109
being told to accept less.

4293
02:03:45,109 --> 02:03:45,510
Less support.

4294
02:03:45,510 --> 02:03:46,210
Less access.

4295
02:03:46,210 --> 02:03:49,210
Less stability and less care.

4296
02:03:50,810 --> 02:03:50,648
We reject that logic.

4297
02:03:50,648 --> 02:03:53,480
Austerity is a choice.

4298
02:03:54,886 --> 02:03:55,487
Cuts to libraries, parks, arts,

4299
02:03:55,487 --> 02:03:56,187
housing, youth services.

4300
02:03:56,187 --> 02:03:58,187
Stormwater infrastructure and

4301
02:04:00,240 --> 02:04:00,492
climate justice are not fiscal

4302
02:04:00,492 --> 02:04:00,992
responsibility.

4303
02:04:00,992 --> 02:04:02,992
They are choices.

4304
02:04:04,796 --> 02:04:05,497
And we need to stop acting like

4305
02:04:05,497 --> 02:04:06,197
investing in working people is

4306
02:04:06,197 --> 02:04:08,597
unaffordable While hundreds of

4307
02:04:09,767 --> 02:04:10,402
millions continue to flock,

4308
02:04:10,402 --> 02:04:11,200
while hundreds of millions

4309
02:04:11,200 --> 02:04:13,200
continue flowing toward

4310
02:04:13,905 --> 02:04:14,338
policing, surveillance and

4311
02:04:14,338 --> 02:04:15,400
corporations.

4312
02:04:15,400 --> 02:04:18,400
When families are stable, when

4313
02:04:18,943 --> 02:04:19,611
young people are supported,

4314
02:04:19,611 --> 02:04:20,345
when neighborhoods are well

4315
02:04:20,345 --> 02:04:23,345
resourced our city is stronger.

4316
02:04:29,454 --> 02:04:29,820
And I'll pass it to Noah.

4317
02:04:29,820 --> 02:04:30,488
>> Hello.

4318
02:04:30,488 --> 02:04:31,222
My name is No adult.

4319
02:04:31,222 --> 02:04:33,992
I'm a student volunteer with a

4320
02:04:33,992 --> 02:04:34,659
student center on policy

4321
02:04:34,659 --> 02:04:35,193
initiatives and freshman at

4322
02:04:35,193 --> 02:04:37,193
Lincoln High School.

4323
02:04:37,996 --> 02:04:41,596
I'm followed by Dino here who

4324
02:04:42,634 --> 02:04:42,934
is a junior going on to senior

4325
02:04:42,934 --> 02:04:43,668
.

4326
02:04:43,668 --> 02:04:44,336
We appreciate the partial

4327
02:04:44,336 --> 02:04:47,336
restorations made in the MAY

4328
02:04:48,600 --> 02:04:48,707
Reserve to libraries, parks,

4329
02:04:48,707 --> 02:04:49,400
rec centers and youth shopping

4330
02:04:49,400 --> 02:04:51,400
centers.

4331
02:04:52,110 --> 02:04:52,611
But partial restoration is not

4332
02:04:52,611 --> 02:04:53,311
enough.

4333
02:04:53,311 --> 02:04:54,450
We reserve libraries that stay

4334
02:04:54,450 --> 02:04:56,915
open, parks that are maintained

4335
02:04:56,915 --> 02:04:57,649
and safe arts and culture

4336
02:04:57,649 --> 02:04:58,282
programs that bring communities

4337
02:04:58,282 --> 02:04:59,717
together and streets where

4338
02:04:59,717 --> 02:05:02,717
people can move safely from

4339
02:05:04,723 --> 02:05:05,390
through their neighborhoods.

4340
02:05:05,390 --> 02:05:06,157
>> These are not extras.

4341
02:05:06,157 --> 02:05:09,157
These are things that make

4342
02:05:09,293 --> 02:05:09,995
communities livable.

4343
02:05:09,995 --> 02:05:12,995
If these investments are what

4344
02:05:14,320 --> 02:05:14,866
helped communities thrive, why

4345
02:05:14,866 --> 02:05:15,433
are they always the first thing

4346
02:05:15,433 --> 02:05:15,901
on the chopping block?

4347
02:05:15,901 --> 02:05:18,301
How can we not?

4348
02:05:19,204 --> 02:05:23,750
How can we afford not to invest

4349
02:05:23,750 --> 02:05:23,808
in the very things that prevent

4350
02:05:23,808 --> 02:05:24,309
harm and create opportunities

4351
02:05:24,309 --> 02:05:24,742
and strengthen our

4352
02:05:24,742 --> 02:05:26,742
neighborhoods?

4353
02:05:28,546 --> 02:05:32,517
Today we stand here to urge you

4354
02:05:32,517 --> 02:05:33,840
the council and Mayor Gloria to

4355
02:05:33,840 --> 02:05:35,840
fully fund libraries.

4356
02:05:36,755 --> 02:05:37,489
Parks and rec centers, fund

4357
02:05:37,489 --> 02:05:38,156
the pedestrian beacon near Rosa

4358
02:05:38,156 --> 02:05:40,556
Parks Elementary and ensure

4359
02:05:42,460 --> 02:05:43,428
the agreement between Parks and

4360
02:05:43,428 --> 02:05:47,628
Rec and ecp allow Parks and Rec

4361
02:05:47,799 --> 02:05:50,799
direct access to a deputized

4362
02:05:51,103 --> 02:05:51,870
engineer permission to work on

4363
02:05:51,870 --> 02:05:52,571
repairs that cost up to 5

4364
02:05:52,571 --> 02:05:56,171
million and a process to put

4365
02:05:56,540 --> 02:05:56,912
out small bids for repairs.

4366
02:05:56,912 --> 02:05:58,912
Thank you.

4367
02:06:04,616 --> 02:06:05,117
Now I'll hand it over to C.J..

4368
02:06:05,117 --> 02:06:05,684
>> Thank you.

4369
02:06:05,684 --> 02:06:06,418
Hi, I'm C.J. Mendoza.

4370
02:06:06,418 --> 02:06:06,885
I'm an outreach and organizing

4371
02:06:06,885 --> 02:06:08,753
intern at Youth.

4372
02:06:08,753 --> 02:06:09,655
Well.

4373
02:06:09,655 --> 02:06:10,289
>> I am standing here today to

4374
02:06:10,289 --> 02:06:11,220
voice that young people's

4375
02:06:11,220 --> 02:06:13,325
future is deserve to be funded.

4376
02:06:13,325 --> 02:06:13,959
Other committee members here

4377
02:06:13,959 --> 02:06:14,626
and advocates are here for

4378
02:06:14,626 --> 02:06:18,226
the same reason and to keep

4379
02:06:18,497 --> 02:06:18,931
their efforts and showing up

4380
02:06:18,931 --> 02:06:19,665
even stronger.

4381
02:06:19,665 --> 02:06:20,299
And we're going to hold you all

4382
02:06:20,299 --> 02:06:22,699
accountable for what this

4383
02:06:23,368 --> 02:06:23,969
budget and your decisions are

4384
02:06:23,969 --> 02:06:24,670
saying to young people.

4385
02:06:24,670 --> 02:06:28,240
We envision a city where every

4386
02:06:28,240 --> 02:06:29,700
young person is supported,

4387
02:06:29,700 --> 02:06:29,741
valued and set up for success

4388
02:06:29,741 --> 02:06:32,741
where families can access child

4389
02:06:33,478 --> 02:06:34,178
care, youth programs,

4390
02:06:34,178 --> 02:06:34,846
mentorship and opportunities.

4391
02:06:34,846 --> 02:06:37,846
This generation and the next

4392
02:06:38,917 --> 02:06:39,518
will inherit a San Diego framed

4393
02:06:39,518 --> 02:06:40,152
by the budget decisions.

4394
02:06:40,152 --> 02:06:43,152
We've given you plenty of

4395
02:06:43,956 --> 02:06:44,556
achievable visions of a San

4396
02:06:44,556 --> 02:06:44,890
Diego that young people

4397
02:06:44,890 --> 02:06:45,623
deserve.

4398
02:06:45,623 --> 02:06:48,560
And those include O.C. Wise and

4399
02:06:48,560 --> 02:06:49,327
Arts and Culture.

4400
02:06:49,327 --> 02:06:50,280
The Office of Child and Youth

4401
02:06:50,280 --> 02:06:53,280
Success exist to ensure young

4402
02:06:53,698 --> 02:06:54,199
people are treated as a real

4403
02:06:54,199 --> 02:06:54,867
citywide priority.

4404
02:06:54,867 --> 02:06:55,667
O.C. Ensures that there is

4405
02:06:55,667 --> 02:06:58,871
someone in the city who is

4406
02:06:58,871 --> 02:06:59,605
always looking out for young

4407
02:06:59,605 --> 02:07:00,239
people and is coordinating with

4408
02:07:00,239 --> 02:07:03,239
the rest of the community.

4409
02:07:03,275 --> 02:07:03,909
Someone that is letting young

4410
02:07:03,909 --> 02:07:04,643
people know that they are

4411
02:07:04,643 --> 02:07:04,977
dedicated to making youth lives

4412
02:07:04,977 --> 02:07:06,977
better.

4413
02:07:07,880 --> 02:07:08,547
Making them feel loved from

4414
02:07:08,547 --> 02:07:09,215
their city by ensuring that

4415
02:07:09,215 --> 02:07:09,548
there's a chance for them to

4416
02:07:09,548 --> 02:07:11,548
succeed.

4417
02:07:12,651 --> 02:07:13,319
O.C. Wise provides access to

4418
02:07:13,319 --> 02:07:15,719
resources, services and high

4419
02:07:16,922 --> 02:07:17,623
quality programs to keep young

4420
02:07:17,623 --> 02:07:18,324
people driving while arts and

4421
02:07:18,324 --> 02:07:18,957
culture gives them the colors,

4422
02:07:18,957 --> 02:07:21,357
the different mediums and

4423
02:07:22,161 --> 02:07:22,995
opportunities to create.

4424
02:07:22,995 --> 02:07:23,596
So if we truly care about our

4425
02:07:23,596 --> 02:07:25,996
young people, we cannot

4426
02:07:26,898 --> 02:07:27,600
continue using youth investment

4427
02:07:27,600 --> 02:07:28,233
as optional y while pouring

4428
02:07:28,233 --> 02:07:30,633
hundreds of millions into

4429
02:07:31,503 --> 02:07:31,804
policing and heavy surveillance

4430
02:07:31,804 --> 02:07:32,671
.

4431
02:07:32,671 --> 02:07:33,372
So we urge you to fully fund

4432
02:07:33,372 --> 02:07:33,706
the Office of Child and Youth

4433
02:07:33,706 --> 02:07:35,706
Success.

4434
02:07:36,742 --> 02:07:37,610
Restore Arts and Culture Grants

4435
02:07:37,610 --> 02:07:41,113
and get Floc out of San Diego.

4436
02:07:41,113 --> 02:07:41,780
Now I'll hand it to Kelly.

4437
02:07:41,780 --> 02:07:42,214
Thank you so much, C.J..

4438
02:07:42,214 --> 02:07:44,214
Good evening.

4439
02:07:46,218 --> 02:07:46,986
My name is Kelly De.

4440
02:07:46,986 --> 02:07:47,686
I'm a parent and I'm a

4441
02:07:47,686 --> 02:07:50,860
volunteer with San Diego 350.

4442
02:07:50,956 --> 02:07:51,657
We envision a city where people

4443
02:07:51,657 --> 02:07:54,657
are are housed, protected and

4444
02:07:55,627 --> 02:07:56,395
able to live with dignity.

4445
02:07:56,395 --> 02:07:57,960
But this budget is leaving

4446
02:07:57,960 --> 02:07:59,496
people behind communities and

4447
02:08:01,330 --> 02:08:01,667
districts for eight and nine

4448
02:08:01,667 --> 02:08:02,201
are still recovering from

4449
02:08:02,201 --> 02:08:04,201
devastating floods.

4450
02:08:06,138 --> 02:08:06,706
Yet the Stormwater Department

4451
02:08:06,706 --> 02:08:07,373
continues to cut while

4452
02:08:07,373 --> 02:08:09,373
thousands of infrastructure

4453
02:08:09,942 --> 02:08:10,910
cases remain backlogged.

4454
02:08:10,910 --> 02:08:14,880
My hope is that one day my kids

4455
02:08:14,880 --> 02:08:15,481
can live in San Diego with

4456
02:08:15,481 --> 02:08:16,215
families of their own.

4457
02:08:16,215 --> 02:08:19,215
But our community cannot thrive

4458
02:08:19,751 --> 02:08:20,386
if we're constantly vulnerable

4459
02:08:20,386 --> 02:08:21,530
to environmental disasters

4460
02:08:21,530 --> 02:08:21,587
which are becoming a bigger

4461
02:08:21,587 --> 02:08:23,587
concern every year.

4462
02:08:25,391 --> 02:08:25,858
We urge you to restore

4463
02:08:25,858 --> 02:08:26,392
stormwater cuts.

4464
02:08:26,392 --> 02:08:28,392
Invest in proactive

4465
02:08:30,429 --> 02:08:30,997
infrastructure and restore

4466
02:08:30,997 --> 02:08:31,697
the city's $7 million

4467
02:08:31,697 --> 02:08:34,970
contribution to Climate Equity

4468
02:08:35,134 --> 02:08:35,801
Fund which not only protects

4469
02:08:35,801 --> 02:08:38,801
some of our most vulnerable

4470
02:08:38,938 --> 02:08:39,639
communities but also mitigates

4471
02:08:39,639 --> 02:08:40,406
the effects of climate change.

4472
02:08:40,406 --> 02:08:43,910
I also urge you to invest in

4473
02:08:43,910 --> 02:08:44,644
solutions that solve

4474
02:08:44,644 --> 02:08:44,977
homelessness by addressing root

4475
02:08:44,977 --> 02:08:45,611
causes.

4476
02:08:45,611 --> 02:08:48,110
Homelessness is not solved

4477
02:08:49,749 --> 02:08:50,483
through punishment and safety

4478
02:08:50,483 --> 02:08:50,917
does not come by keeping people

4479
02:08:50,917 --> 02:08:52,917
out of sight.

4480
02:08:54,420 --> 02:08:55,540
Safety in real solutions come

4481
02:08:55,540 --> 02:08:55,387
from housing, dignity and

4482
02:08:55,387 --> 02:08:57,387
support.

4483
02:08:59,658 --> 02:09:02,928
We urge you to restore the Neal

4484
02:09:02,928 --> 02:09:03,596
Good Day Center reopen downtown

4485
02:09:03,596 --> 02:09:05,996
public restrooms and expand

4486
02:09:08,367 --> 02:09:09,200
shelter options by allocate

4487
02:09:09,200 --> 02:09:11,200
the $4.6 million currently

4488
02:09:13,272 --> 02:09:13,639
spent on criminalizing unhoused

4489
02:09:13,639 --> 02:09:14,700
residents.

4490
02:09:14,700 --> 02:09:15,700
Thank you.

4491
02:09:15,700 --> 02:09:17,777
And now I will pass it to

4492
02:09:17,777 --> 02:09:19,777
Shahid.

4493
02:09:23,316 --> 02:09:27,587
Um I am a black man from South

4494
02:09:27,587 --> 02:09:28,287
San Diego.

4495
02:09:28,287 --> 02:09:31,287
Being black Muslim and living

4496
02:09:32,492 --> 02:09:32,926
in southeast Senegal makes me a

4497
02:09:32,926 --> 02:09:33,659
triple target.

4498
02:09:33,659 --> 02:09:36,590
>> a target of what

4499
02:09:37,697 --> 02:09:38,597
Overpolicing and underfunding.

4500
02:09:38,597 --> 02:09:42,197
Let's take a few moments of

4501
02:09:42,202 --> 02:09:42,869
silence for the three community

4502
02:09:42,869 --> 02:09:46,469
members we lost on the front

4503
02:09:46,472 --> 02:09:48,472
lines to hate.

4504
02:09:51,644 --> 02:09:52,312
Let's remember the three

4505
02:09:52,312 --> 02:09:54,712
community members that lost

4506
02:09:56,382 --> 02:09:57,490
their lives are who prevented

4507
02:09:57,490 --> 02:09:57,751
the atrocity at the Islamic

4508
02:09:57,751 --> 02:09:58,151
Center of San Diego from being

4509
02:09:58,151 --> 02:10:00,151
even worse.

4510
02:10:02,421 --> 02:10:05,421
It wasn't the smart street

4511
02:10:05,925 --> 02:10:06,593
light It it wasn't the Alpers.

4512
02:10:06,593 --> 02:10:07,259
With with all the money

4513
02:10:07,259 --> 02:10:09,659
the police department takes

4514
02:10:11,230 --> 02:10:11,931
from the city budget and in all

4515
02:10:11,931 --> 02:10:15,531
the money being handed over to

4516
02:10:16,690 --> 02:10:16,603
Fox Systems the police should

4517
02:10:16,603 --> 02:10:18,603
have prevented this.

4518
02:10:20,440 --> 02:10:21,107
>> I don't want the police or

4519
02:10:21,107 --> 02:10:24,107
the mayor using the atrocity

4520
02:10:24,644 --> 02:10:25,344
that happened to our community

4521
02:10:25,344 --> 02:10:26,112
for their political gain to

4522
02:10:26,112 --> 02:10:29,112
have more money for their

4523
02:10:29,716 --> 02:10:31,716
already ballooning budget.

4524
02:10:34,787 --> 02:10:35,488
My community needs resources.

4525
02:10:35,488 --> 02:10:36,156
My community is Southeast San

4526
02:10:36,156 --> 02:10:39,156
Diego District for giving my

4527
02:10:39,826 --> 02:10:40,426
community the resources to

4528
02:10:40,426 --> 02:10:41,860
thrive, fund and fund

4529
02:10:41,860 --> 02:10:42,162
the Southeast shopping centers

4530
02:10:42,162 --> 02:10:44,162
.

4531
02:10:52,606 --> 02:10:53,273
>> Yeah.

4532
02:10:53,273 --> 02:10:53,773
Took my name is me.

4533
02:10:53,773 --> 02:10:54,474
My name is Miguel.

4534
02:10:54,474 --> 02:10:56,943
I'm a junior at Morris High

4535
02:10:56,943 --> 02:10:57,544
School in Skyline Hills and I'm

4536
02:10:57,544 --> 02:10:58,178
a volunteer with cpi In

4537
02:10:58,178 --> 02:11:00,578
additional in addition to

4538
02:11:01,715 --> 02:11:02,415
canceling for flood contracts

4539
02:11:02,415 --> 02:11:05,415
and subsidize for police Petco

4540
02:11:05,818 --> 02:11:06,553
Park events and reclaiming

4541
02:11:06,553 --> 02:11:07,253
funding from the police budget.

4542
02:11:07,253 --> 02:11:10,853
We urge you to further down

4543
02:11:11,570 --> 02:11:11,691
further reform how golf revenue

4544
02:11:11,691 --> 02:11:12,426
is collected and invested.

4545
02:11:12,426 --> 02:11:15,426
The golf division's practice of

4546
02:11:15,528 --> 02:11:16,129
paying for capital projects

4547
02:11:16,129 --> 02:11:16,730
entirely in cash hoards

4548
02:11:16,730 --> 02:11:19,130
resources that should be

4549
02:11:20,299 --> 02:11:20,734
invested equitably across

4550
02:11:20,734 --> 02:11:21,468
the city.

4551
02:11:21,468 --> 02:11:22,169
Additionally, revenue generated

4552
02:11:22,169 --> 02:11:24,569
from restaurants and breweries

4553
02:11:25,405 --> 02:11:26,390
on public golf course lands

4554
02:11:26,390 --> 02:11:26,740
should benefit the entire

4555
02:11:26,740 --> 02:11:27,400
public not a single enterprise

4556
02:11:27,400 --> 02:11:29,400
fund.

4557
02:11:29,876 --> 02:11:30,577
By making these two additional

4558
02:11:30,577 --> 02:11:31,311
reforms to golf revenue we can

4559
02:11:31,311 --> 02:11:34,311
generate revenue that helps our

4560
02:11:35,849 --> 02:11:36,616
city work for all in San Diego.

4561
02:11:36,616 --> 02:11:39,920
We make clear what people need

4562
02:11:39,920 --> 02:11:40,587
to survive Food, water,

4563
02:11:40,587 --> 02:11:40,954
shelter, love areas to learn

4564
02:11:40,954 --> 02:11:41,688
and play.

4565
02:11:41,688 --> 02:11:44,525
Fear isn't something any person

4566
02:11:44,525 --> 02:11:45,258
in my community deserves but

4567
02:11:45,258 --> 02:11:45,925
it's all that has been given to

4568
02:11:45,925 --> 02:11:49,525
us since we have since we've

4569
02:11:49,696 --> 02:11:50,430
had so much taken away.

4570
02:11:50,430 --> 02:11:51,131
Now while these decisions

4571
02:11:51,131 --> 02:11:54,101
belong to you and your votes,

4572
02:11:54,101 --> 02:11:54,768
we urge you to give back to

4573
02:11:54,768 --> 02:11:55,168
the community that you keep

4574
02:11:55,168 --> 02:11:55,869
taking from.

4575
02:11:55,869 --> 02:11:58,269
While admitting mistakes isn't

4576
02:11:58,905 --> 02:11:59,606
considered professional, it is

4577
02:11:59,606 --> 02:12:02,606
human which is something that

4578
02:12:03,277 --> 02:12:04,244
that device people the diverse

4579
02:12:04,244 --> 02:12:04,578
people in this room all have in

4580
02:12:04,578 --> 02:12:06,578
common.

4581
02:12:09,830 --> 02:12:09,783
Thank you And I hope what we

4582
02:12:09,783 --> 02:12:10,550
have shared today has been has

4583
02:12:10,550 --> 02:12:12,920
given a better insight on what

4584
02:12:12,920 --> 02:12:13,554
the city needs and what it

4585
02:12:13,554 --> 02:12:13,853
needs for everybody in San

4586
02:12:13,853 --> 02:12:15,853
Diego.

4587
02:12:17,758 --> 02:12:18,525
Love.

4588
02:12:18,525 --> 02:12:20,925
>> Thank you so much.

4589
02:12:27,267 --> 02:12:31,467
Judy was Judy was are you here

4590
02:12:32,272 --> 02:12:32,973
going once your Judy buzz for

4591
02:12:32,973 --> 02:12:33,740
my own public comment and not

4592
02:12:33,740 --> 02:12:36,476
for the group but your Judy

4593
02:12:36,476 --> 02:12:37,770
Buzz me.

4594
02:12:37,770 --> 02:12:39,770
>> Yes, Thank you.

4595
02:12:41,115 --> 02:12:41,582
Please visit.

4596
02:12:41,582 --> 02:12:42,349
>> Good evening.

4597
02:12:42,349 --> 02:12:43,500
My name is Judy was on

4598
02:12:43,500 --> 02:12:46,500
the public affairs manager for

4599
02:12:46,487 --> 02:12:47,187
Planned parent of the Pacific

4600
02:12:47,187 --> 02:12:47,788
Southwest and the Action Fund.

4601
02:12:47,788 --> 02:12:50,188
At Planned Parenthood we

4602
02:12:50,657 --> 02:12:51,258
recognize the importance of

4603
02:12:51,258 --> 02:12:51,892
storytelling and how it

4604
02:12:51,892 --> 02:12:54,292
encourages people to make

4605
02:12:55,462 --> 02:12:55,896
healthy choices and inspires

4606
02:12:55,896 --> 02:12:56,530
policy change.

4607
02:12:56,530 --> 02:12:57,331
And we encourage people to

4608
02:12:57,331 --> 02:13:00,331
share their stories when it's

4609
02:13:01,201 --> 02:13:01,669
difficult and to create art and

4610
02:13:01,669 --> 02:13:02,268
being community.

4611
02:13:02,268 --> 02:13:04,668
We don't always remember

4612
02:13:05,206 --> 02:13:06,600
statistics but we do remember

4613
02:13:06,600 --> 02:13:09,309
stories And even just being in

4614
02:13:09,309 --> 02:13:10,770
this room this pass to three

4615
02:13:10,770 --> 02:13:13,647
hours 10th and Jay needs to get

4616
02:13:13,647 --> 02:13:14,348
fixed so that the blind can

4617
02:13:14,348 --> 02:13:14,615
leave without getting hit by a

4618
02:13:14,615 --> 02:13:15,416
car.

4619
02:13:15,416 --> 02:13:17,816
>> Mid-City Care needs their

4620
02:13:19,386 --> 02:13:22,986
park and black folks when they

4621
02:13:24,124 --> 02:13:24,791
come together can prevent crime

4622
02:13:24,791 --> 02:13:25,359
and can prevent murder from

4623
02:13:25,359 --> 02:13:25,893
happening in the same

4624
02:13:25,893 --> 02:13:27,893
neighborhood for two

4625
02:13:28,662 --> 02:13:29,129
consecutive years in a row.

4626
02:13:29,129 --> 02:13:31,129
Art saves lives.

4627
02:13:33,366 --> 02:13:34,670
Music gets us out of bed, youth

4628
02:13:34,670 --> 02:13:34,802
rec centers and the Office of

4629
02:13:34,802 --> 02:13:37,772
Child Needs Success deserve all

4630
02:13:37,772 --> 02:13:38,438
the funding not some funding.

4631
02:13:38,438 --> 02:13:42,380
And going back to the arts.

4632
02:13:43,511 --> 02:13:43,911
Arts and theater are a lifeline

4633
02:13:43,911 --> 02:13:44,778
for youth.

4634
02:13:44,778 --> 02:13:47,515
>> Don't cut it now Thank you

4635
02:13:47,515 --> 02:13:48,480
for concluding comment.

4636
02:13:48,480 --> 02:13:50,480
Lynell Brown.

4637
02:13:52,519 --> 02:13:54,919
Lynell Brown Melissa Hernandez.

4638
02:13:57,691 --> 02:13:58,225
Melissa Hernandez.

4639
02:13:58,225 --> 02:14:00,225
Rebecca Hook Health.

4640
02:14:08,769 --> 02:14:11,769
Rebecca Hook Held Edwin Rendon

4641
02:14:14,410 --> 02:14:14,842
Thank you Audrey Bullet Value l

4642
02:14:14,842 --> 02:14:18,442
l Apostrophe t Please go to

4643
02:14:18,812 --> 02:14:19,480
the yellow reserved seats Shawn

4644
02:14:19,480 --> 02:14:21,150
Boyd, Elizabeth Washburn and

4645
02:14:21,150 --> 02:14:23,150
Sara Anderson.

4646
02:14:26,387 --> 02:14:27,540
>> Please proceed.

4647
02:14:27,540 --> 02:14:27,621
People elected a council,

4648
02:14:27,621 --> 02:14:29,621
people elected mayor.

4649
02:14:31,492 --> 02:14:32,425
Good evening.

4650
02:14:32,425 --> 02:14:33,270
My name is Edwin Rendon and i

4651
02:14:33,270 --> 02:14:36,270
have a poem for you.

4652
02:14:39,433 --> 02:14:40,134
It's called Arts Witness.

4653
02:14:40,134 --> 02:14:42,534
>> Late poet Camerino Douses

4654
02:14:43,404 --> 02:14:44,238
Heavy writers Ink.

4655
02:14:44,238 --> 02:14:46,638
Appalled Meditating San Diego

4656
02:14:48,409 --> 02:14:50,809
Sabotaging a cultural thinking

4657
02:14:52,747 --> 02:14:53,447
painter Inocente Sukar holds

4658
02:14:53,447 --> 02:14:55,847
Oscar gold splashes monstrous

4659
02:14:57,384 --> 02:14:57,718
rainbows as a reason to

4660
02:14:57,718 --> 02:14:59,718
survive.

4661
02:15:03,157 --> 02:15:03,858
Pillars above ground shores

4662
02:15:03,858 --> 02:15:04,559
love with their guide Chicano

4663
02:15:04,559 --> 02:15:07,195
Art Gallery and more uplifted

4664
02:15:07,195 --> 02:15:07,595
alleys and streets would still

4665
02:15:07,595 --> 02:15:09,595
be present.

4666
02:15:12,300 --> 02:15:12,800
Surrendering void.

4667
02:15:12,800 --> 02:15:14,800
>> Rent Controls.

4668
02:15:17,104 --> 02:15:17,805
The Grinch cannot survive on

4669
02:15:17,805 --> 02:15:19,805
philanthropy and philanthropy

4670
02:15:22,430 --> 02:15:22,710
alone Alone Selling balloons to

4671
02:15:22,710 --> 02:15:25,710
stay green on Park Boulevard

4672
02:15:27,181 --> 02:15:27,782
staying DECEMBER nights worn by

4673
02:15:27,782 --> 02:15:28,483
his Thank you for that

4674
02:15:28,483 --> 02:15:31,483
concluding comment warm by his

4675
02:15:33,870 --> 02:15:33,721
goodwill Kami in your time

4676
02:15:33,721 --> 02:15:34,322
island children to wanting

4677
02:15:34,322 --> 02:15:36,322
inflated colors galore.

4678
02:15:41,496 --> 02:15:43,496
Thank you Audrey.

4679
02:15:46,601 --> 02:15:47,267
Hello my name is Audrey Boulay

4680
02:15:47,267 --> 02:15:47,902
and this budget impacts my

4681
02:15:47,902 --> 02:15:48,570
ability to gain workforce

4682
02:15:48,570 --> 02:15:51,306
experience now and acquire a

4683
02:15:51,306 --> 02:15:52,140
job later.

4684
02:15:52,140 --> 02:15:52,841
I want to pursue a career and

4685
02:15:52,841 --> 02:15:55,241
technical theater in directing

4686
02:15:56,144 --> 02:15:56,543
indoor lighting which I found a

4687
02:15:56,543 --> 02:15:57,278
passion for.

4688
02:15:57,278 --> 02:15:57,979
Through free programs I've been

4689
02:15:57,979 --> 02:16:00,979
privileged to have at Trinity

4690
02:16:01,115 --> 02:16:01,816
Theater Company which are now

4691
02:16:01,816 --> 02:16:02,584
at risk of being cut by

4692
02:16:02,584 --> 02:16:05,584
decimating arts funding to near

4693
02:16:05,720 --> 02:16:06,420
nothing.

4694
02:16:06,420 --> 02:16:07,880
You are restricting access to

4695
02:16:07,880 --> 02:16:10,125
the arts not only for me but

4696
02:16:10,125 --> 02:16:10,424
for other kids across San Diego

4697
02:16:10,424 --> 02:16:10,959
.

4698
02:16:10,959 --> 02:16:11,526
For current theater

4699
02:16:11,526 --> 02:16:12,226
professionals and for

4700
02:16:12,226 --> 02:16:15,130
the future of American theater

4701
02:16:15,130 --> 02:16:15,830
And you are restricting access

4702
02:16:15,830 --> 02:16:16,531
for tourists who build our

4703
02:16:16,531 --> 02:16:19,531
cities revenue by staying for

4704
02:16:20,100 --> 02:16:20,669
shows, museums and exhibits.

4705
02:16:20,669 --> 02:16:21,336
San Diego prides itself on

4706
02:16:21,336 --> 02:16:22,170
being a strong community and

4707
02:16:22,170 --> 02:16:25,206
it's sad to see it turning on

4708
02:16:25,206 --> 02:16:25,807
itself knowing that long term

4709
02:16:25,807 --> 02:16:26,474
this will hurt the city.

4710
02:16:26,474 --> 02:16:29,474
This is what happens when

4711
02:16:29,811 --> 02:16:30,445
important decisions about

4712
02:16:30,445 --> 02:16:30,946
the working class are made

4713
02:16:30,946 --> 02:16:32,946
during work hours.

4714
02:16:34,349 --> 02:16:35,116
We are coming here to urge you

4715
02:16:35,116 --> 02:16:35,883
that this budget will not work.

4716
02:16:35,883 --> 02:16:36,818
We are lending you help so take

4717
02:16:36,818 --> 02:16:39,387
it now before we have to make

4718
02:16:39,387 --> 02:16:40,550
the decision of what to cut

4719
02:16:40,550 --> 02:16:40,689
next year And you can't fall

4720
02:16:40,689 --> 02:16:43,689
back on the arts anymore.

4721
02:16:44,625 --> 02:16:45,930
Thank you for listening.

4722
02:16:45,930 --> 02:16:45,860
>> Shawn Boyd.

4723
02:16:45,860 --> 02:16:49,460
Shawn you have time ceded to

4724
02:16:49,564 --> 02:16:50,198
you by Cathy Parks If you can

4725
02:16:50,198 --> 02:16:53,198
please raise your hand by

4726
02:16:56,838 --> 02:16:58,740
blazing nasty c.

4727
02:16:58,740 --> 02:16:59,241
Jo Chang and Candice Reid,

4728
02:16:59,241 --> 02:16:59,908
thank you so much.

4729
02:16:59,908 --> 02:17:00,375
You will have four minutes.

4730
02:17:00,375 --> 02:17:02,375
Please proceed.

4731
02:17:03,945 --> 02:17:04,413
Thank you.

4732
02:17:04,413 --> 02:17:05,113
Council members.

4733
02:17:05,113 --> 02:17:08,113
MR. Mayor, it's unfortunate to

4734
02:17:08,150 --> 02:17:08,884
be back again having the exact

4735
02:17:08,884 --> 02:17:09,217
same conversation we've had for

4736
02:17:09,217 --> 02:17:11,217
a month.

4737
02:17:13,455 --> 02:17:14,123
MR. Mayor, I find this to be a

4738
02:17:14,123 --> 02:17:14,456
pathetic excuse of a revised

4739
02:17:14,456 --> 02:17:16,456
budget.

4740
02:17:18,293 --> 02:17:18,860
There is no progress and it is

4741
02:17:18,860 --> 02:17:19,660
not fiscally solvent.

4742
02:17:19,660 --> 02:17:22,430
I have talked to time and time

4743
02:17:22,430 --> 02:17:23,131
again about the economic

4744
02:17:23,131 --> 02:17:24,650
impacts that this budget will

4745
02:17:24,650 --> 02:17:27,936
have on this city and it is

4746
02:17:27,936 --> 02:17:28,270
devastate a little bit about

4747
02:17:28,270 --> 02:17:29,370
myself.

4748
02:17:29,370 --> 02:17:32,607
I don't share this often but I

4749
02:17:32,607 --> 02:17:32,907
am born and raised District

4750
02:17:32,907 --> 02:17:33,708
nine.

4751
02:17:33,708 --> 02:17:37,908
i went to San Diego High School

4752
02:17:38,313 --> 02:17:39,470
where I co-founded Trinity

4753
02:17:39,470 --> 02:17:39,580
Theater with Candide Read Thank

4754
02:17:39,580 --> 02:17:40,281
You for the minute.

4755
02:17:40,281 --> 02:17:42,681
We co-founded Trinity Theater

4756
02:17:43,218 --> 02:17:43,719
Company together as seniors at

4757
02:17:43,719 --> 02:17:44,186
that high school.

4758
02:17:44,186 --> 02:17:46,186
We stayed local.

4759
02:17:48,257 --> 02:17:48,824
We believe that the arts

4760
02:17:48,824 --> 02:17:49,291
matters in this city.

4761
02:17:49,291 --> 02:17:51,691
I went to state.

4762
02:17:52,394 --> 02:17:52,761
I got my masters at point Loma

4763
02:17:52,761 --> 02:17:53,362
Nazarene.

4764
02:17:53,362 --> 02:17:54,630
I taught for five years.

4765
02:17:54,630 --> 02:17:56,831
I taught English, I taught

4766
02:17:56,831 --> 02:17:57,232
theater and I taught student

4767
02:17:57,232 --> 02:17:59,232
government.

4768
02:18:01,690 --> 02:18:01,937
Sb This is an embarrassment to

4769
02:18:01,937 --> 02:18:02,637
them that we the people have to

4770
02:18:02,637 --> 02:18:05,637
continue to hold our elected

4771
02:18:06,608 --> 02:18:07,309
officials accountable to do

4772
02:18:07,309 --> 02:18:10,309
what's best for their people.

4773
02:18:11,613 --> 02:18:12,314
Beyond the economic impacts,

4774
02:18:12,314 --> 02:18:12,981
there are real lives that are

4775
02:18:12,981 --> 02:18:13,348
going to be impacted by this

4776
02:18:13,348 --> 02:18:15,348
decision.

4777
02:18:16,452 --> 02:18:17,119
I myself am trilingual.

4778
02:18:17,119 --> 02:18:17,453
I speak English, French and

4779
02:18:17,453 --> 02:18:19,453
Spanish.

4780
02:18:21,900 --> 02:18:21,790
None of them well but I do

4781
02:18:21,790 --> 02:18:25,390
speak them And the reality is

4782
02:18:25,727 --> 02:18:26,462
that that influence that I have

4783
02:18:26,462 --> 02:18:27,162
supports our students, supports

4784
02:18:27,162 --> 02:18:30,162
our children and supports our

4785
02:18:30,499 --> 02:18:31,265
vulnerable adults as well.

4786
02:18:31,265 --> 02:18:31,934
I'm going to talk about four

4787
02:18:31,934 --> 02:18:32,567
programs that Trinity offers

4788
02:18:32,567 --> 02:18:35,137
that is very much on

4789
02:18:35,137 --> 02:18:35,804
the chopping block because

4790
02:18:35,804 --> 02:18:36,171
the mayor doesn't believe in

4791
02:18:36,171 --> 02:18:36,872
the arts.

4792
02:18:36,872 --> 02:18:39,642
The first one is our storytime

4793
02:18:39,642 --> 02:18:40,308
program.

4794
02:18:40,308 --> 02:18:41,100
Our storytime program pushes

4795
02:18:41,100 --> 02:18:44,100
into libraries across the city

4796
02:18:44,880 --> 02:18:47,880
and every single district we

4797
02:18:48,383 --> 02:18:48,984
serve San Ysidro Library is one

4798
02:18:48,984 --> 02:18:51,984
of our go to libraries.

4799
02:18:52,888 --> 02:18:53,622
Rancho Bernardo has a modified

4800
02:18:53,622 --> 02:18:54,356
program that serves adults with

4801
02:18:54,356 --> 02:18:56,756
disabilities and special needs.

4802
02:18:58,894 --> 02:18:59,594
We go into all the I think

4803
02:18:59,594 --> 02:19:02,594
every library in District nine

4804
02:19:03,365 --> 02:19:04,330
as well as Central Library.

4805
02:19:04,330 --> 02:19:06,433
We serve 3200 children year

4806
02:19:07,903 --> 02:19:08,737
round with 13 staff members.

4807
02:19:08,737 --> 02:19:09,438
All of them will be cut.

4808
02:19:09,438 --> 02:19:09,772
Those children will lose their

4809
02:19:09,772 --> 02:19:11,772
access.

4810
02:19:13,208 --> 02:19:13,842
We read stories to them.

4811
02:19:13,842 --> 02:19:16,242
My background in education

4812
02:19:17,646 --> 02:19:18,346
shows us the compare and

4813
02:19:18,346 --> 02:19:21,346
contrast analysis of reading a

4814
02:19:22,685 --> 02:19:23,319
story and seeing it live in

4815
02:19:23,319 --> 02:19:26,319
that moment is better for

4816
02:19:26,956 --> 02:19:27,656
the kids than sitting in a

4817
02:19:27,656 --> 02:19:27,990
classroom and listening to a

4818
02:19:27,990 --> 02:19:29,191
lecture.

4819
02:19:29,191 --> 02:19:32,191
We are taking away education.

4820
02:19:34,830 --> 02:19:35,497
When we do this our young

4821
02:19:35,497 --> 02:19:35,798
children deserve better than

4822
02:19:35,798 --> 02:19:37,798
that.

4823
02:19:39,701 --> 02:19:40,360
But so do our vulnerable

4824
02:19:40,360 --> 02:19:40,702
adults.

4825
02:19:40,702 --> 02:19:41,700
Senior citizens and military

4826
02:19:41,700 --> 02:19:41,803
families.

4827
02:19:41,803 --> 02:19:45,141
Our other program is the Living

4828
02:19:45,141 --> 02:19:45,907
Room readers which meets once a

4829
02:19:45,907 --> 02:19:46,775
week and is led not by an

4830
02:19:46,775 --> 02:19:49,978
artist by trade but by licensed

4831
02:19:49,978 --> 02:19:50,780
clinical social worker who has

4832
02:19:50,780 --> 02:19:53,780
studied and committed her life

4833
02:19:54,160 --> 02:19:54,417
to mental health and

4834
02:19:54,417 --> 02:19:56,417
well-being.

4835
02:19:58,287 --> 02:19:59,550
These individuals meet weekly

4836
02:19:59,550 --> 02:19:59,388
not for the art of course for

4837
02:19:59,388 --> 02:20:00,122
the art.

4838
02:20:00,122 --> 02:20:03,122
Let's be honest stories are

4839
02:20:03,825 --> 02:20:04,527
awesome but they meet weekly

4840
02:20:04,527 --> 02:20:04,961
because of the community that

4841
02:20:04,961 --> 02:20:06,961
it comes with.

4842
02:20:08,630 --> 02:20:10,630
1780, 90, 92 years old.

4843
02:20:12,368 --> 02:20:12,969
Once a week to read a story

4844
02:20:12,969 --> 02:20:13,669
together as a group.

4845
02:20:13,669 --> 02:20:16,669
We have veterans that cannot

4846
02:20:17,305 --> 02:20:17,974
commit to the full scale of a

4847
02:20:17,974 --> 02:20:18,607
production but they come so

4848
02:20:18,607 --> 02:20:21,607
that they can be together.

4849
02:20:21,743 --> 02:20:22,440
You just heard my succession

4850
02:20:22,440 --> 02:20:22,778
plan.

4851
02:20:22,778 --> 02:20:25,778
Audrey is an incredible example

4852
02:20:27,116 --> 02:20:27,817
of our team leadership program

4853
02:20:27,817 --> 02:20:28,417
which is a free program for

4854
02:20:28,417 --> 02:20:30,417
teen students throughout

4855
02:20:31,354 --> 02:20:31,954
the city to get involved in

4856
02:20:31,954 --> 02:20:32,622
arts administration and

4857
02:20:32,622 --> 02:20:35,220
technical skills skills that

4858
02:20:36,224 --> 02:20:36,893
are not always accessible.

4859
02:20:36,893 --> 02:20:39,893
And lastly, our new Works

4860
02:20:40,563 --> 02:20:41,297
festival which has grown so

4861
02:20:41,297 --> 02:20:41,864
much over the past four years.

4862
02:20:41,864 --> 02:20:44,264
We received a thousand

4863
02:20:45,701 --> 02:20:46,202
submissions from playwrights

4864
02:20:46,202 --> 02:20:46,969
across the world.

4865
02:20:46,969 --> 02:20:47,670
And when we select our ten

4866
02:20:47,670 --> 02:20:50,700
plays those playwrights come

4867
02:20:50,973 --> 02:20:51,373
and stay in this city in hotels

4868
02:20:51,373 --> 02:20:51,841
for a week.

4869
02:20:51,841 --> 02:20:53,841
That's revenue.

4870
02:20:55,244 --> 02:20:55,645
MR. Mayor.

4871
02:20:55,645 --> 02:20:56,450
Do better.

4872
02:20:56,450 --> 02:20:58,450
Thank you.

4873
02:21:00,283 --> 02:21:00,950
Elizabeth Washburn And if I can

4874
02:21:00,950 --> 02:21:03,350
ask Sarah Anderson Monica

4875
02:21:06,155 --> 02:21:08,555
Hernandez, Caitlin Cauchi Blair

4876
02:21:09,625 --> 02:21:10,260
Beekman, Ines Neff, Nancy Rudy

4877
02:21:10,260 --> 02:21:12,260
Lombardia Sebastian Rubi.

4878
02:21:16,432 --> 02:21:19,432
David Guide and Kate Dunning.

4879
02:21:20,300 --> 02:21:20,770
>> Thank you.

4880
02:21:20,770 --> 02:21:21,404
And Morley Bower to all please

4881
02:21:21,404 --> 02:21:23,806
come up to the front row.

4882
02:21:23,806 --> 02:21:24,208
Please proceed When ready.

4883
02:21:24,208 --> 02:21:24,907
Okay.

4884
02:21:24,907 --> 02:21:25,275
Hello, my name is Elizabeth

4885
02:21:25,275 --> 02:21:26,410
Washburn.

4886
02:21:26,410 --> 02:21:29,780
I'm an artist and founder of

4887
02:21:29,780 --> 02:21:29,813
Combat Arts San Diego, a

4888
02:21:29,813 --> 02:21:32,213
therapeutic arts nonprofit that

4889
02:21:33,550 --> 02:21:33,983
serves veterans and system

4890
02:21:33,983 --> 02:21:34,817
engaged youth.

4891
02:21:34,817 --> 02:21:37,586
Mayor Gloria, you came to one

4892
02:21:37,586 --> 02:21:38,254
of our unveilings ten years ago

4893
02:21:38,254 --> 02:21:38,888
at the Adams Avenue car Wash

4894
02:21:38,888 --> 02:21:41,888
and we were real grateful.

4895
02:21:42,458 --> 02:21:43,193
I began this work in response

4896
02:21:43,193 --> 02:21:46,193
to veterans returning from Iraq

4897
02:21:46,996 --> 02:21:47,697
and Afghanistan carrying

4898
02:21:47,697 --> 02:21:50,970
unimaginable trauma for years.

4899
02:21:51,735 --> 02:21:52,402
I volunteered my time and

4900
02:21:52,402 --> 02:21:53,360
auctioned my own artwork to

4901
02:21:53,360 --> 02:21:55,105
fund free arts programing

4902
02:21:55,105 --> 02:21:55,805
because veterans told me art

4903
02:21:55,805 --> 02:21:56,572
was one of the only tools they

4904
02:21:56,572 --> 02:22:00,172
could access on their own to

4905
02:22:00,377 --> 02:22:00,743
manage ptsd and traumatic brain

4906
02:22:00,743 --> 02:22:01,611
injuries.

4907
02:22:01,611 --> 02:22:05,211
In 2012 I expanded this work to

4908
02:22:05,315 --> 02:22:06,116
incarcerated youth.

4909
02:22:06,116 --> 02:22:06,750
I go inside juvenile detention

4910
02:22:06,750 --> 02:22:09,150
facilities to provide art

4911
02:22:09,985 --> 02:22:10,654
classes and workshops.

4912
02:22:10,654 --> 02:22:11,354
The young people I work with

4913
02:22:11,354 --> 02:22:13,354
face staggering socioeconomic

4914
02:22:14,857 --> 02:22:15,358
realities violence, instability

4915
02:22:15,358 --> 02:22:15,926
and helplessness.

4916
02:22:15,926 --> 02:22:16,593
Art gives them relief,

4917
02:22:16,593 --> 02:22:18,593
connections, self-expression

4918
02:22:19,596 --> 02:22:19,929
and a reason to imagine a

4919
02:22:19,929 --> 02:22:20,664
future.

4920
02:22:20,664 --> 02:22:24,266
To do this work I rely on

4921
02:22:24,266 --> 02:22:24,968
contracts with museums like

4922
02:22:24,968 --> 02:22:28,568
the Timken Museum of Art which

4923
02:22:29,104 --> 02:22:29,773
shoot which loses 100 89,000.

4924
02:22:29,773 --> 02:22:30,440
Thank you for your time.

4925
02:22:30,440 --> 02:22:31,740
If you have written comments

4926
02:22:31,740 --> 02:22:33,742
please submit them to art.

4927
02:22:33,742 --> 02:22:34,444
I'm sorry If you have them

4928
02:22:34,444 --> 02:22:35,110
written down we can pass them

4929
02:22:35,110 --> 02:22:35,378
around to the council.

4930
02:22:35,378 --> 02:22:35,744
Thank you.

4931
02:22:35,744 --> 02:22:37,744
Thank you.

4932
02:22:38,181 --> 02:22:38,682
Sarah Anderson.

4933
02:22:38,682 --> 02:22:40,682
Sarah Anderson.

4934
02:22:43,854 --> 02:22:44,587
Monica Hernandez.

4935
02:22:44,587 --> 02:22:45,155
Monica you have time ceded to

4936
02:22:45,155 --> 02:22:45,855
you by Anna Hernandez.

4937
02:22:45,855 --> 02:22:46,222
Can we please raise your hand?

4938
02:22:46,222 --> 02:22:48,222
Thank you.

4939
02:22:49,426 --> 02:22:50,293
You'll have two minutes.

4940
02:22:50,293 --> 02:22:53,797
I am a resident of Sunny Fugro.

4941
02:22:53,797 --> 02:22:54,397
I am the executive director of

4942
02:22:54,397 --> 02:22:55,640
Chicano Park Museum and

4943
02:22:55,640 --> 02:22:58,664
Cultural Center and I am a

4944
02:22:58,935 --> 02:22:59,569
commissioner on the County

4945
02:22:59,569 --> 02:23:00,370
Cultural Arts Commission.

4946
02:23:00,370 --> 02:23:04,341
And I have a poem for you

4947
02:23:04,341 --> 02:23:06,741
called Respectful of Amelia

4948
02:23:06,810 --> 02:23:07,611
Sanchez Yellow Electronics in

4949
02:23:07,611 --> 02:23:08,278
the year 1970 in the city of

4950
02:23:08,278 --> 02:23:11,278
San Diego under the Coronado

4951
02:23:11,347 --> 02:23:12,115
Bridge light a little piece of

4952
02:23:12,115 --> 02:23:12,818
land a piece of land that

4953
02:23:12,818 --> 02:23:15,818
the community of Logan Heights

4954
02:23:16,585 --> 02:23:17,454
wanted to make into a park.

4955
02:23:17,454 --> 02:23:18,188
But the city of San Diego said

4956
02:23:18,188 --> 02:23:21,788
Charlie, much like the mayor is

4957
02:23:21,824 --> 02:23:22,526
saying today they said we are

4958
02:23:22,526 --> 02:23:23,250
going to make a highway patrol

4959
02:23:23,250 --> 02:23:25,250
station here, man.

4960
02:23:26,196 --> 02:23:28,196
On APRIL 22nd, 1970.

4961
02:23:29,800 --> 02:23:30,667
But fast forward to now

4962
02:23:30,667 --> 02:23:33,667
the year 2026 MAY 27th Chicano

4963
02:23:34,904 --> 02:23:35,572
Poetry Revise.

4964
02:23:35,572 --> 02:23:36,305
The communities of Logan

4965
02:23:36,305 --> 02:23:39,109
Heights and Febrile Balboa Park

4966
02:23:39,109 --> 02:23:39,910
and other communities in San

4967
02:23:39,910 --> 02:23:40,543
Diego just want to get together

4968
02:23:40,543 --> 02:23:43,543
on a Sunday afternoon and

4969
02:23:44,381 --> 02:23:45,115
celebrate the spirit of life

4970
02:23:45,115 --> 02:23:45,816
itself through art and culture.

4971
02:23:45,816 --> 02:23:49,219
But the city of San Diego is

4972
02:23:49,219 --> 02:23:49,853
seeing Charlie The mayor is

4973
02:23:49,853 --> 02:23:50,320
saying we're not going to

4974
02:23:50,320 --> 02:23:52,320
invest in funds.

4975
02:23:53,991 --> 02:23:54,525
We're not going to invest in

4976
02:23:54,525 --> 02:23:55,259
the arts today, man.

4977
02:23:55,259 --> 02:23:58,495
So the people of San Diego got

4978
02:23:58,495 --> 02:23:59,263
together and we organized and

4979
02:23:59,263 --> 02:24:03,463
we showed up and we are here.

4980
02:24:03,867 --> 02:24:04,635
We are asking you to fight for

4981
02:24:04,635 --> 02:24:08,235
us to fight with us for

4982
02:24:08,338 --> 02:24:09,600
the arts, for the cultura, for

4983
02:24:09,600 --> 02:24:09,807
the youth, for the community

4984
02:24:09,807 --> 02:24:10,706
that for all of us restore full

4985
02:24:10,706 --> 02:24:13,106
restoration to the arts.

4986
02:24:14,177 --> 02:24:16,177
>> Thank you.

4987
02:24:19,817 --> 02:24:23,417
Caitlin Corrigan Hi my name is

4988
02:24:24,555 --> 02:24:25,220
Caitlin Carrog and I live in

4989
02:24:25,220 --> 02:24:25,822
District eight.

4990
02:24:25,822 --> 02:24:29,590
I've spent my life and career

4991
02:24:29,590 --> 02:24:29,893
in creative youth development

4992
02:24:29,893 --> 02:24:33,230
and arts education here in this

4993
02:24:33,230 --> 02:24:34,630
region.

4994
02:24:34,630 --> 02:24:37,630
When we expand surveillance and

4995
02:24:38,402 --> 02:24:39,360
policing while cutting arts,

4996
02:24:39,360 --> 02:24:39,603
youth services and public

4997
02:24:39,603 --> 02:24:42,300
libraries in parks, we

4998
02:24:43,107 --> 02:24:43,707
undermine the very foundation

4999
02:24:43,707 --> 02:24:44,341
of community safety,

5000
02:24:44,341 --> 02:24:46,341
connection, creativity and

5001
02:24:48,646 --> 02:24:49,790
radical acceptance are what

5002
02:24:49,790 --> 02:24:49,647
make us safer.

5003
02:24:49,647 --> 02:24:52,470
Cameras don't do that.

5004
02:24:54,510 --> 02:24:58,220
We do a people who are invested

5005
02:24:58,220 --> 02:24:58,889
in and cared for become exactly

5006
02:24:58,889 --> 02:25:03,260
who we need to keep us safe.

5007
02:25:03,260 --> 02:25:03,761
We use creativity to process

5008
02:25:03,761 --> 02:25:04,428
grief, celebrate together, make

5009
02:25:04,428 --> 02:25:06,828
meaning and name injustice.

5010
02:25:08,465 --> 02:25:09,133
Young people must be entrusted

5011
02:25:09,133 --> 02:25:09,833
with the tools for bringing

5012
02:25:09,833 --> 02:25:13,433
their hearts and minds to us.

5013
02:25:13,503 --> 02:25:14,137
There are partners in making

5014
02:25:14,137 --> 02:25:14,872
the best future possible.

5015
02:25:14,872 --> 02:25:17,707
And when we divest from them we

5016
02:25:17,707 --> 02:25:18,576
stomp on the very imagination

5017
02:25:18,576 --> 02:25:19,276
that we need to make a better

5018
02:25:19,276 --> 02:25:21,450
community and a better world.

5019
02:25:21,450 --> 02:25:21,546
>> Thank you.

5020
02:25:21,546 --> 02:25:23,546
Thank you.

5021
02:25:26,450 --> 02:25:27,317
Blair Beekman After Blair

5022
02:25:27,317 --> 02:25:30,917
Beekman we have in this Nafisi

5023
02:25:33,190 --> 02:25:35,190
Nafisi, Rudy Lombardia,

5024
02:25:36,193 --> 02:25:36,961
Sebastian Rubi, Stephen Davin

5025
02:25:36,961 --> 02:25:39,961
Gardner Marley or Marley Bauer

5026
02:25:41,298 --> 02:25:42,990
and then Alicia Leon, Sophia

5027
02:25:42,990 --> 02:25:44,499
Blanco, Michael Venus and

5028
02:25:46,170 --> 02:25:46,837
Shayla James If you can all

5029
02:25:46,837 --> 02:25:47,137
please come up to the front

5030
02:25:47,137 --> 02:25:47,771
room.

5031
02:25:47,771 --> 02:25:50,171
Please proceed when ready.

5032
02:25:51,442 --> 02:25:52,176
Hi, I'm Blair Beekman.

5033
02:25:52,176 --> 02:25:52,877
Some of my regular words of

5034
02:25:52,877 --> 02:25:55,713
the past few months The budget

5035
02:25:55,713 --> 02:25:56,380
concerns As Oakland is the only

5036
02:25:56,380 --> 02:25:57,810
major California city with a

5037
02:25:57,810 --> 02:26:00,810
larger deficit problem and San

5038
02:26:00,383 --> 02:26:01,252
Diego.

5039
02:26:01,252 --> 02:26:01,853
I hope San Diego can be

5040
02:26:01,853 --> 02:26:02,553
committed to learn from

5041
02:26:02,553 --> 02:26:04,953
Oakland's love life philosophy

5042
02:26:05,556 --> 02:26:06,257
that includes ideas of do no

5043
02:26:06,257 --> 02:26:06,891
harm and that social services

5044
02:26:06,891 --> 02:26:09,891
and quality of life comes

5045
02:26:10,796 --> 02:26:11,162
before the coldness of budget

5046
02:26:11,162 --> 02:26:11,796
austerity.

5047
02:26:11,796 --> 02:26:12,396
I hope San Diego can also

5048
02:26:12,396 --> 02:26:14,664
really know at this time

5049
02:26:14,664 --> 02:26:15,299
However we of Oakland

5050
02:26:15,299 --> 02:26:15,933
neighborhoods can help to

5051
02:26:15,933 --> 02:26:16,634
develop a current 12 to 18

5052
02:26:16,634 --> 02:26:19,340
month community dialog and

5053
02:26:20,337 --> 02:26:20,904
compromise to find an agreeable

5054
02:26:20,904 --> 02:26:21,606
middle ground of more

5055
02:26:21,606 --> 02:26:24,600
responsible community tech use

5056
02:26:25,108 --> 02:26:25,810
public safety and more

5057
02:26:25,810 --> 02:26:26,277
peacefully minded surveillance

5058
02:26:26,277 --> 02:26:28,277
tech companies.

5059
02:26:29,981 --> 02:26:30,648
Let's hope the sad fearful

5060
02:26:30,648 --> 02:26:31,348
events of the Claremont Mesa

5061
02:26:31,348 --> 02:26:34,348
Islamic Center last Monday can

5062
02:26:34,985 --> 02:26:35,753
be brought into accountability

5063
02:26:35,753 --> 02:26:36,454
and given a hug by our ever

5064
02:26:36,454 --> 02:26:38,854
continuing hopes that best

5065
02:26:39,190 --> 02:26:40,910
practices.

5066
02:26:40,910 --> 02:26:40,758
And from this I hope Oakland's

5067
02:26:40,758 --> 02:26:41,492
recent efforts can be a good

5068
02:26:41,492 --> 02:26:44,529
reminder and how we can all

5069
02:26:44,529 --> 02:26:45,960
continue our better ideals

5070
02:26:45,960 --> 02:26:45,763
better reasoning, best

5071
02:26:45,763 --> 02:26:47,763
practices, social services,

5072
02:26:50,702 --> 02:26:51,402
quality of life and ideas of

5073
02:26:51,402 --> 02:26:52,136
peace not war Harm How to

5074
02:26:52,136 --> 02:26:52,469
address our San Diego Community

5075
02:26:52,469 --> 02:26:53,171
issues.

5076
02:26:53,171 --> 02:26:56,771
Thank you for that And yours.

5077
02:26:58,443 --> 02:26:59,244
Thank you, Inez.

5078
02:26:59,244 --> 02:27:02,244
>> Art is a human right?

5079
02:27:03,448 --> 02:27:04,282
My name is Inez.

5080
02:27:04,282 --> 02:27:04,983
I am a San Diego resident of

5081
02:27:04,983 --> 02:27:07,451
District seven, an artist arts

5082
02:27:07,451 --> 02:27:07,785
advocate and independent single

5083
02:27:07,785 --> 02:27:08,386
mother.

5084
02:27:08,386 --> 02:27:08,853
I have multiple jobs in

5085
02:27:08,853 --> 02:27:10,853
the arts sector.

5086
02:27:12,790 --> 02:27:13,457
This is how I sustain my

5087
02:27:13,457 --> 02:27:13,824
household, my family and my

5088
02:27:13,824 --> 02:27:14,559
community.

5089
02:27:14,559 --> 02:27:17,128
I urge you to follow the lead

5090
02:27:17,128 --> 02:27:17,629
of the artist.

5091
02:27:17,629 --> 02:27:17,962
Think creatively.

5092
02:27:17,962 --> 02:27:19,962
Be bold.

5093
02:27:21,932 --> 02:27:22,500
Be courageous and protect and

5094
02:27:22,500 --> 02:27:23,134
preserve our humanity.

5095
02:27:23,134 --> 02:27:26,134
We the people demand full

5096
02:27:26,971 --> 02:27:27,605
restoration of arts and culture

5097
02:27:27,605 --> 02:27:27,972
parks, libraries and youth

5098
02:27:27,972 --> 02:27:29,972
services.

5099
02:27:31,943 --> 02:27:32,577
These services are essential

5100
02:27:32,577 --> 02:27:32,877
The very heartbeat of San

5101
02:27:32,877 --> 02:27:33,544
Diego.

5102
02:27:33,544 --> 02:27:35,944
Our thriving arts community

5103
02:27:36,814 --> 02:27:37,515
should be celebrated and

5104
02:27:37,515 --> 02:27:38,148
supported for it is these

5105
02:27:38,148 --> 02:27:38,883
services that have put San

5106
02:27:38,883 --> 02:27:41,820
Diego on the map as America's

5107
02:27:41,820 --> 02:27:42,586
finest city.

5108
02:27:42,586 --> 02:27:43,254
The creative economy contribute

5109
02:27:43,254 --> 02:27:45,654
significantly to the city's

5110
02:27:46,524 --> 02:27:47,125
revenue on top of servicing

5111
02:27:47,125 --> 02:27:47,726
tourists, residents and

5112
02:27:47,726 --> 02:27:48,126
the people's morale and

5113
02:27:48,126 --> 02:27:50,126
well-being.

5114
02:27:52,630 --> 02:27:52,731
What kind of society are we

5115
02:27:52,731 --> 02:27:53,398
creating when you willfully

5116
02:27:53,398 --> 02:27:55,798
sponsor our oppressors while

5117
02:27:56,201 --> 02:27:56,968
simultaneously slashing

5118
02:27:56,968 --> 02:27:59,968
the very services that sustain

5119
02:28:01,390 --> 02:28:01,806
our communities?

5120
02:28:01,806 --> 02:28:02,573
>> San Diego Art Matters.

5121
02:28:02,573 --> 02:28:05,573
Thank you for that concluding

5122
02:28:05,877 --> 02:28:06,848
comment Rudy.

5123
02:28:06,848 --> 02:28:09,581
>> My name is Rudy Lombardi, a

5124
02:28:09,581 --> 02:28:10,282
resident of District three and

5125
02:28:10,282 --> 02:28:13,584
business agent with I.R.S.

5126
02:28:13,584 --> 02:28:14,151
Local 122 And I stand before

5127
02:28:14,151 --> 02:28:14,886
you today representing

5128
02:28:14,886 --> 02:28:18,486
the workers who build power and

5129
02:28:18,656 --> 02:28:19,124
support San Diego's arts and

5130
02:28:19,124 --> 02:28:19,791
cultural events.

5131
02:28:19,791 --> 02:28:20,458
The proposed elimination of

5132
02:28:20,458 --> 02:28:23,458
Arts culture funding is not

5133
02:28:23,495 --> 02:28:24,229
just a budget cut on paper.

5134
02:28:24,229 --> 02:28:27,829
It's a direct blow to working

5135
02:28:28,330 --> 02:28:28,733
people, local families and

5136
02:28:28,733 --> 02:28:29,301
the economic engine that helps

5137
02:28:29,301 --> 02:28:30,670
make San Diego thrive.

5138
02:28:30,670 --> 02:28:32,804
Arts and culture in our city

5139
02:28:32,804 --> 02:28:33,504
support Thousands of jobs

5140
02:28:33,504 --> 02:28:35,904
generate 1.8 billion in annual

5141
02:28:37,175 --> 02:28:37,809
tourism activity, activate

5142
02:28:37,809 --> 02:28:38,343
neighborhoods across every

5143
02:28:38,343 --> 02:28:40,343
district and create

5144
02:28:42,470 --> 02:28:42,747
opportunities for education,

5145
02:28:42,747 --> 02:28:43,214
creativity and connection for

5146
02:28:43,214 --> 02:28:45,214
our communities.

5147
02:28:46,551 --> 02:28:47,850
When we invest in the arts we

5148
02:28:47,850 --> 02:28:47,785
invest in workers.

5149
02:28:47,785 --> 02:28:50,785
We invest in local businesses.

5150
02:28:51,789 --> 02:28:52,457
We invest in the identity of

5151
02:28:52,457 --> 02:28:52,758
San Diego as a world class

5152
02:28:52,758 --> 02:28:54,758
city.

5153
02:28:56,561 --> 02:28:56,861
I urge you to restore these

5154
02:28:56,861 --> 02:28:57,462
funds.

5155
02:28:57,462 --> 02:28:58,290
Stand with the workers,

5156
02:28:58,290 --> 02:29:00,290
artists, educators and

5157
02:29:02,000 --> 02:29:02,434
organizations that make San

5158
02:29:02,434 --> 02:29:03,100
Diego vibrant.

5159
02:29:03,100 --> 02:29:03,502
This is not just about

5160
02:29:03,502 --> 02:29:05,502
preserving grants.

5161
02:29:06,905 --> 02:29:07,572
This is about protecting jobs

5162
02:29:07,572 --> 02:29:08,139
and protecting opportunity.

5163
02:29:08,139 --> 02:29:10,342
>> Thank you for that

5164
02:29:10,342 --> 02:29:12,342
concluding comment Sebastian

5165
02:29:15,514 --> 02:29:15,881
Robin Sebastian Ruby Hi

5166
02:29:15,881 --> 02:29:16,247
everybody.

5167
02:29:16,247 --> 02:29:16,982
I'm back.

5168
02:29:16,982 --> 02:29:17,516
I was here last month and I

5169
02:29:17,516 --> 02:29:19,916
said the same thing.

5170
02:29:21,253 --> 02:29:21,954
So today with the amount of

5171
02:29:21,954 --> 02:29:25,457
time that has passed this last

5172
02:29:25,457 --> 02:29:25,991
time I was up here I have to

5173
02:29:25,991 --> 02:29:26,425
say I am incredibly

5174
02:29:26,425 --> 02:29:27,910
disappointed.

5175
02:29:27,910 --> 02:29:30,228
How many more speakers do we

5176
02:29:30,228 --> 02:29:31,960
need for you to listen?

5177
02:29:31,960 --> 02:29:31,797
How many more rallies do you

5178
02:29:31,797 --> 02:29:32,464
need to see on the streets and

5179
02:29:32,464 --> 02:29:34,800
how much more outcry do you

5180
02:29:34,800 --> 02:29:35,701
need to hear before you realize

5181
02:29:35,701 --> 02:29:39,671
how terrible of an idea this is

5182
02:29:39,671 --> 02:29:40,372
During the last meeting and

5183
02:29:40,372 --> 02:29:41,730
even in this one hour glorious

5184
02:29:41,730 --> 02:29:41,540
mayor decided to spend most of

5185
02:29:41,540 --> 02:29:42,241
it on his phone.

5186
02:29:42,241 --> 02:29:44,443
He didn't feel like giving us

5187
02:29:44,443 --> 02:29:45,100
his attention despite his grand

5188
02:29:45,100 --> 02:29:45,710
claims won't help us.

5189
02:29:45,710 --> 02:29:46,144
I want to ask something of

5190
02:29:46,144 --> 02:29:48,144
everyone here.

5191
02:29:48,514 --> 02:29:49,214
If you work in the arts whether

5192
02:29:49,214 --> 02:29:51,490
it be on stage or backstage on

5193
02:29:51,490 --> 02:29:52,170
a canvas or a notepad if you

5194
02:29:52,170 --> 02:29:55,617
are creative of any type please

5195
02:29:56,988 --> 02:29:57,956
stand up.

5196
02:29:57,956 --> 02:30:01,460
Oh I see a lot more people that

5197
02:30:01,460 --> 02:30:02,327
I recognized and I thought

5198
02:30:02,327 --> 02:30:02,994
Todd, I want you to look these

5199
02:30:02,994 --> 02:30:03,895
people in the face and tell

5200
02:30:03,895 --> 02:30:05,897
them why you want to kill their

5201
02:30:05,897 --> 02:30:06,831
careers.

5202
02:30:06,831 --> 02:30:07,566
>> I really want to know why

5203
02:30:07,566 --> 02:30:10,402
you want to kill the livelihood

5204
02:30:10,402 --> 02:30:11,236
of what makes San Diego great.

5205
02:30:11,236 --> 02:30:11,904
These human beings are a small

5206
02:30:11,904 --> 02:30:14,904
percentage of the real lives

5207
02:30:15,541 --> 02:30:16,475
that you are trying to destroy

5208
02:30:16,475 --> 02:30:17,420
so you can spy on your own.

5209
02:30:17,420 --> 02:30:19,420
>> People do better.

5210
02:30:25,417 --> 02:30:26,552
Steven Hello.

5211
02:30:26,552 --> 02:30:30,550
My name is Gavin Guy Dano I am

5212
02:30:30,550 --> 02:30:30,556
an audio engineer and a member

5213
02:30:30,556 --> 02:30:31,523
of iac Local 122.

5214
02:30:31,523 --> 02:30:34,626
I am not here as a

5215
02:30:34,626 --> 02:30:35,694
representative of the union.

5216
02:30:35,694 --> 02:30:36,295
I am here as a committee, as a

5217
02:30:36,295 --> 02:30:38,695
member of the community.

5218
02:30:39,498 --> 02:30:40,198
I work right here and shout out

5219
02:30:40,198 --> 02:30:40,900
to the kids in my neighborhood

5220
02:30:40,900 --> 02:30:43,900
from Mountain View that showed

5221
02:30:44,103 --> 02:30:45,690
up on a weekday show.

5222
02:30:45,690 --> 02:30:49,141
We live in a very divisive time

5223
02:30:49,141 --> 02:30:49,808
where people our leaders in

5224
02:30:49,808 --> 02:30:52,208
Washington are doing things

5225
02:30:55,181 --> 02:30:55,881
vindictively mainly badly And

5226
02:30:55,881 --> 02:30:59,185
I'm going to give you all

5227
02:30:59,185 --> 02:30:59,885
the benefit of the doubt that

5228
02:30:59,885 --> 02:31:00,753
that's not what you're doing.

5229
02:31:00,753 --> 02:31:04,353
I urge you and your budget

5230
02:31:04,423 --> 02:31:05,157
analysts and your proposals to

5231
02:31:05,157 --> 02:31:08,894
go back and look at the numbers

5232
02:31:08,894 --> 02:31:09,229
because the arts is not

5233
02:31:09,229 --> 02:31:09,795
charity.

5234
02:31:09,795 --> 02:31:12,195
The arts makes money.

5235
02:31:14,200 --> 02:31:14,900
The art makes billions of

5236
02:31:14,900 --> 02:31:17,900
dollars for the community, for

5237
02:31:19,505 --> 02:31:20,105
the tax base, for the hotels.

5238
02:31:20,105 --> 02:31:20,872
It is not charity.

5239
02:31:20,872 --> 02:31:23,976
So with all of the good work

5240
02:31:23,976 --> 02:31:24,643
that helping the children isn't

5241
02:31:24,643 --> 02:31:25,311
going to move the needle for

5242
02:31:25,311 --> 02:31:28,311
you, then maybe the economic

5243
02:31:28,747 --> 02:31:29,515
will.

5244
02:31:29,515 --> 02:31:30,149
>> You are the guest of honor

5245
02:31:30,149 --> 02:31:32,549
at our present concluding

5246
02:31:38,124 --> 02:31:38,857
comment Marlee.

5247
02:31:38,857 --> 02:31:39,592
>> Good evening everyone.

5248
02:31:39,592 --> 02:31:42,528
My name is Marlee and I should

5249
02:31:42,528 --> 02:31:43,280
start by saying that I am not a

5250
02:31:43,280 --> 02:31:43,729
native San Diego.

5251
02:31:43,729 --> 02:31:44,464
i'm originally from Sacramento

5252
02:31:44,464 --> 02:31:47,700
but I live and work in San

5253
02:31:47,700 --> 02:31:48,634
Diego because of the arts.

5254
02:31:48,634 --> 02:31:49,502
In 2021, fresh out of college I

5255
02:31:49,502 --> 02:31:52,371
moved here to begin my career

5256
02:31:52,371 --> 02:31:53,710
in the arts namely in

5257
02:31:53,710 --> 02:31:53,806
the theater and in subsequent

5258
02:31:53,806 --> 02:31:54,440
years I've been lucky enough to

5259
02:31:54,440 --> 02:31:56,809
be a part of this vibrant

5260
02:31:56,809 --> 02:31:57,509
culture and community in many

5261
02:31:57,509 --> 02:31:58,770
ways and been even luckier to

5262
02:31:58,770 --> 02:31:58,777
meet some of the many

5263
02:31:58,777 --> 02:32:01,777
incredible people who make San

5264
02:32:01,881 --> 02:32:02,215
Diego's arts and culture

5265
02:32:02,215 --> 02:32:02,815
happen.

5266
02:32:02,815 --> 02:32:03,416
Arts and culture are not

5267
02:32:03,416 --> 02:32:05,816
incidental to this city.

5268
02:32:06,752 --> 02:32:07,620
They are this city.

5269
02:32:07,620 --> 02:32:08,321
People come to visit San Diego

5270
02:32:08,321 --> 02:32:08,987
for any number of reasons But

5271
02:32:08,987 --> 02:32:11,657
the chief reason the reason

5272
02:32:11,657 --> 02:32:12,391
the people build lives here is

5273
02:32:12,391 --> 02:32:15,991
the city's culture a culture we

5274
02:32:16,280 --> 02:32:16,462
have because we've invested in

5275
02:32:16,462 --> 02:32:17,163
our community.

5276
02:32:17,163 --> 02:32:19,298
I feel like I'm a significant

5277
02:32:19,298 --> 02:32:20,650
example of this significance of

5278
02:32:20,650 --> 02:32:20,400
hard words Sorry I'm one such

5279
02:32:20,400 --> 02:32:21,167
example.

5280
02:32:21,167 --> 02:32:24,837
If we don't value the arts we

5281
02:32:24,837 --> 02:32:25,505
don't value San Diego and we

5282
02:32:25,505 --> 02:32:26,205
don't definitely don't value

5283
02:32:26,205 --> 02:32:26,472
the people who make it what it

5284
02:32:26,472 --> 02:32:28,472
is.

5285
02:32:29,809 --> 02:32:30,443
I realize there are many harsh

5286
02:32:30,443 --> 02:32:31,144
realities about balancing

5287
02:32:31,144 --> 02:32:31,811
the budget but the council has

5288
02:32:31,811 --> 02:32:34,547
a responsibility to the city

5289
02:32:34,547 --> 02:32:35,181
and the constituents to both

5290
02:32:35,181 --> 02:32:35,882
present and future to make

5291
02:32:35,882 --> 02:32:36,482
the right decision here and I

5292
02:32:36,482 --> 02:32:38,851
sincerely hope they will

5293
02:32:38,851 --> 02:32:39,318
because right now it doesn't

5294
02:32:39,318 --> 02:32:41,318
value San Diego.

5295
02:32:48,463 --> 02:32:48,795
>> Thank you Alicia Leon Good

5296
02:32:48,795 --> 02:32:49,262
evening.

5297
02:32:49,262 --> 02:32:50,228
I'm Alicia Leon.

5298
02:32:50,228 --> 02:32:53,366
I teach at San Diego State

5299
02:32:53,366 --> 02:32:54,000
University and I'm speaking on

5300
02:32:54,000 --> 02:32:54,734
behalf of my students who

5301
02:32:54,734 --> 02:32:57,734
reside in our districts across

5302
02:32:58,370 --> 02:32:58,738
the city who are studying

5303
02:32:58,738 --> 02:32:59,439
sleepless nights for potential

5304
02:32:59,439 --> 02:33:01,839
careers in various industries

5305
02:33:02,542 --> 02:33:03,476
including the arts.

5306
02:33:03,476 --> 02:33:04,210
And we seek refuge in many of

5307
02:33:04,210 --> 02:33:07,130
the resources that are at stake

5308
02:33:07,130 --> 02:33:07,881
with the proposed budget cuts.

5309
02:33:07,881 --> 02:33:11,481
I urge you to work towards

5310
02:33:11,951 --> 02:33:12,652
defending our communities by

5311
02:33:12,652 --> 02:33:13,319
protecting what is culturally

5312
02:33:13,319 --> 02:33:15,719
healing for the constituents

5313
02:33:16,656 --> 02:33:17,357
you serve The arts Even within

5314
02:33:17,357 --> 02:33:17,957
the last 20 years of financial

5315
02:33:17,957 --> 02:33:20,357
hardship, even through a

5316
02:33:21,427 --> 02:33:21,895
pandemic, cuts like these have

5317
02:33:21,895 --> 02:33:22,628
never been made.

5318
02:33:22,628 --> 02:33:23,228
And when the preliminary budget

5319
02:33:23,228 --> 02:33:26,228
was released, not one of

5320
02:33:26,432 --> 02:33:27,133
the reasons listed for why

5321
02:33:27,133 --> 02:33:27,567
the $118 million deficit exist

5322
02:33:27,567 --> 02:33:29,567
was the arts.

5323
02:33:31,738 --> 02:33:32,271
Yet the arts is what you are

5324
02:33:32,271 --> 02:33:32,939
choosing to defund.

5325
02:33:32,939 --> 02:33:35,939
It's what you're choosing to

5326
02:33:36,142 --> 02:33:36,576
take away from my students from

5327
02:33:36,576 --> 02:33:37,310
their futures.

5328
02:33:37,310 --> 02:33:39,710
Please continue working with

5329
02:33:41,547 --> 02:33:42,248
our communities so that a more

5330
02:33:42,248 --> 02:33:44,717
informed decision can be made

5331
02:33:44,717 --> 02:33:45,318
so they truly balanced and

5332
02:33:45,318 --> 02:33:45,885
responsible budget that

5333
02:33:45,885 --> 02:33:47,885
protects our cultural

5334
02:33:50,357 --> 02:33:50,857
infrastructure and my students

5335
02:33:50,857 --> 02:33:51,357
can be drafted.

5336
02:33:51,357 --> 02:33:53,357
>> Thank you.

5337
02:34:00,266 --> 02:34:03,266
Sofia Blanco Dear City Council

5338
02:34:05,372 --> 02:34:08,207
MR. Whitburn MR. Talk Gloria, I

5339
02:34:08,207 --> 02:34:08,908
spoke to you at the first

5340
02:34:08,908 --> 02:34:09,576
public hearing for this budget

5341
02:34:09,576 --> 02:34:10,209
and I speak to you again to

5342
02:34:10,209 --> 02:34:12,711
tell you to fully restore

5343
02:34:12,711 --> 02:34:13,580
funding to the arts.

5344
02:34:13,580 --> 02:34:14,314
Many of you have agreed to

5345
02:34:14,314 --> 02:34:17,284
restore partial funding but I'm

5346
02:34:17,284 --> 02:34:17,984
here to tell you that is not

5347
02:34:17,984 --> 02:34:18,652
enough to pay the thousands of

5348
02:34:18,652 --> 02:34:21,520
people including myself who

5349
02:34:22,656 --> 02:34:23,223
will lose their jobs as a

5350
02:34:23,223 --> 02:34:25,623
result of this budget.

5351
02:34:26,826 --> 02:34:27,694
i can cite numbers but instead

5352
02:34:27,694 --> 02:34:28,395
I really ask you to look and

5353
02:34:28,395 --> 02:34:31,395
listen to everybody who spoken

5354
02:34:31,865 --> 02:34:32,566
here today who will speak and I

5355
02:34:32,566 --> 02:34:36,166
ask you for your support and

5356
02:34:36,236 --> 02:34:36,936
full restoration of our funding

5357
02:34:36,936 --> 02:34:37,336
for the arts Fight for your

5358
02:34:37,336 --> 02:34:37,804
communities.

5359
02:34:37,804 --> 02:34:39,804
We respect you.

5360
02:34:42,750 --> 02:34:42,876
We are in all of your jobs and

5361
02:34:42,876 --> 02:34:45,276
your responsibilities And I'm

5362
02:34:46,746 --> 02:34:47,547
here again.

5363
02:34:47,547 --> 02:34:50,547
I've been here twice already.

5364
02:34:51,840 --> 02:34:51,852
I've waited at least four hours

5365
02:34:51,852 --> 02:34:55,355
to speak to you and we are

5366
02:34:55,355 --> 02:34:56,156
asking please want us please

5367
02:34:56,156 --> 02:35:00,356
let us keep our jobs And during

5368
02:35:02,462 --> 02:35:02,796
this trying times thank you

5369
02:35:02,796 --> 02:35:04,796
Michael.

5370
02:35:07,367 --> 02:35:08,670
>> Michael Venus.

5371
02:35:08,670 --> 02:35:10,467
Good evening council members.

5372
02:35:12,606 --> 02:35:13,306
This budget treats community

5373
02:35:13,306 --> 02:35:16,306
care as disposable and police

5374
02:35:17,100 --> 02:35:19,100
surveillance as untouchable.

5375
02:35:21,470 --> 02:35:21,748
PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee on MAY

5376
02:35:21,748 --> 02:35:22,416
6th vowed to protect core

5377
02:35:22,416 --> 02:35:24,816
services yet approve budget

5378
02:35:25,751 --> 02:35:26,453
defunding on essential Third

5379
02:35:26,453 --> 02:35:27,154
Space's self-proclaimed Chief

5380
02:35:27,154 --> 02:35:29,554
operating Officer Todd Gloria

5381
02:35:31,291 --> 02:35:34,891
you are leaving us just $2 per

5382
02:35:35,262 --> 02:35:35,896
resident on library investments

5383
02:35:35,896 --> 02:35:36,629
while miraculously finding

5384
02:35:36,629 --> 02:35:39,629
millions for flight cameras and

5385
02:35:40,500 --> 02:35:41,100
ballooning the police budget to

5386
02:35:41,100 --> 02:35:41,568
over $700 million.

5387
02:35:41,568 --> 02:35:43,568
When terrorists struck

5388
02:35:45,271 --> 02:35:45,972
the Islamic center right across

5389
02:35:45,972 --> 02:35:46,673
the highway from where I work

5390
02:35:46,673 --> 02:35:49,673
in District six, your cameras

5391
02:35:49,977 --> 02:35:50,577
did nothing to prevent the loss

5392
02:35:50,577 --> 02:35:51,310
of three American lives.

5393
02:35:51,310 --> 02:35:54,310
Community bravery did I mean

5394
02:35:56,517 --> 02:35:57,384
Abdullah did Monsoor Kazi had

5395
02:35:57,384 --> 02:35:59,887
did did a why did prioritizing

5396
02:35:59,887 --> 02:36:00,554
React to technology over care

5397
02:36:00,554 --> 02:36:04,154
makes you all complicit in a

5398
02:36:04,991 --> 02:36:05,692
fear mongering surveillance?

5399
02:36:05,692 --> 02:36:06,393
State Councilmember Foster You

5400
02:36:06,393 --> 02:36:09,393
represent my home in District

5401
02:36:09,963 --> 02:36:10,597
four You pose surveillance but

5402
02:36:10,597 --> 02:36:11,298
slash these libraries and

5403
02:36:11,298 --> 02:36:11,831
facilities that keep our youth

5404
02:36:11,831 --> 02:36:14,231
in gaze, divest from

5405
02:36:14,667 --> 02:36:15,202
surveillance you for that

5406
02:36:15,202 --> 02:36:15,736
concluding comment.

5407
02:36:15,736 --> 02:36:17,736
>> Reinvest in art.

5408
02:36:19,390 --> 02:36:22,390
Thank you Shayla James Shayla

5409
02:36:24,778 --> 02:36:28,378
you have time ceded to you

5410
02:36:29,784 --> 02:36:30,483
bless you because shayla James

5411
02:36:30,483 --> 02:36:30,785
is at times edited by Nick

5412
02:36:30,785 --> 02:36:32,785
Rugg.

5413
02:36:34,555 --> 02:36:37,555
Please raise your hand Sarah.

5414
02:36:38,892 --> 02:36:39,593
Sarah Woolsey Wilson ask Cindy

5415
02:36:39,593 --> 02:36:39,894
before last but I have another

5416
02:36:39,894 --> 02:36:40,527
okay.

5417
02:36:40,527 --> 02:36:44,127
You can give it to Kevin.

5418
02:36:44,631 --> 02:36:45,199
Can you get the speakers up And

5419
02:36:45,199 --> 02:36:45,866
uh, Valentina Karami.

5420
02:36:45,866 --> 02:36:47,968
You think she left as well?

5421
02:36:47,968 --> 02:36:48,368
Yes.

5422
02:36:48,368 --> 02:36:49,690
>> Okay.

5423
02:36:49,690 --> 02:36:51,469
Good evening, council members.

5424
02:36:52,907 --> 02:36:53,607
My name is Shayla James and I'm

5425
02:36:53,607 --> 02:36:54,307
the director of the San Diego

5426
02:36:54,307 --> 02:36:54,775
Creative Development Network.

5427
02:36:54,775 --> 02:36:56,775
I love seaweed.

5428
02:36:59,146 --> 02:36:59,880
I am also a musician teaching

5429
02:36:59,880 --> 02:37:00,547
artists and creative urban Nur.

5430
02:37:00,547 --> 02:37:03,317
I come to you disappointed,

5431
02:37:03,317 --> 02:37:03,984
frustrated and tired by this

5432
02:37:03,984 --> 02:37:04,685
evening and by this proposed

5433
02:37:04,685 --> 02:37:07,850
budget cutting arts libraries

5434
02:37:07,988 --> 02:37:08,556
and parks funding.

5435
02:37:08,556 --> 02:37:09,256
I'm also quite frankly

5436
02:37:09,256 --> 02:37:12,856
embarrassed to live in a city

5437
02:37:12,860 --> 02:37:13,360
that would even propose a

5438
02:37:13,360 --> 02:37:13,961
budget like this.

5439
02:37:13,961 --> 02:37:14,595
Thank you to the council

5440
02:37:14,595 --> 02:37:16,995
members who have supported

5441
02:37:17,970 --> 02:37:17,765
the arts and know the positive

5442
02:37:17,765 --> 02:37:18,498
impacts of arts, culture and

5443
02:37:18,498 --> 02:37:22,980
creativity they have on our San

5444
02:37:22,603 --> 02:37:23,304
Diego communities and for those

5445
02:37:23,304 --> 02:37:23,971
of us who live and breathe

5446
02:37:23,971 --> 02:37:27,800
the arts, we know the power

5447
02:37:27,800 --> 02:37:27,708
that the art and creativity can

5448
02:37:27,708 --> 02:37:30,708
do The arts cultivate healing,

5449
02:37:32,460 --> 02:37:32,747
belonging, empathy, safety and

5450
02:37:32,747 --> 02:37:33,314
promote solidarity across our

5451
02:37:33,314 --> 02:37:35,314
San Diego communities.

5452
02:37:37,786 --> 02:37:38,552
We are an ecosystem and our

5453
02:37:38,552 --> 02:37:42,152
futures are tied to one another

5454
02:37:42,723 --> 02:37:43,424
a maverick to our sisters and

5455
02:37:43,424 --> 02:37:44,125
brothers observing the holiday

5456
02:37:44,125 --> 02:37:47,127
and who MAY not be able to be

5457
02:37:47,127 --> 02:37:47,828
here this evening and for those

5458
02:37:47,828 --> 02:37:51,428
who are grieving the loss of

5459
02:37:51,499 --> 02:37:51,799
the three lives from last week

5460
02:37:51,799 --> 02:37:52,500
.

5461
02:37:52,500 --> 02:37:53,267
I teach music classes and

5462
02:37:53,267 --> 02:37:56,267
operate heart space a community

5463
02:37:56,870 --> 02:37:57,405
focused creative space for

5464
02:37:57,405 --> 02:37:58,390
artists, educators,

5465
02:37:58,390 --> 02:37:58,339
practitioners and District

5466
02:37:58,339 --> 02:38:00,339
nine.

5467
02:38:01,375 --> 02:38:02,430
I am the again the Director of

5468
02:38:02,430 --> 02:38:04,430
Creative Development Network

5469
02:38:05,313 --> 02:38:06,130
and we span throughout San

5470
02:38:06,130 --> 02:38:09,130
Diego County with our partners

5471
02:38:09,116 --> 02:38:09,851
and members located in

5472
02:38:09,851 --> 02:38:10,217
districts one, three, four, six

5473
02:38:10,217 --> 02:38:10,750
and eight.

5474
02:38:10,750 --> 02:38:11,419
Our partners are at

5475
02:38:11,419 --> 02:38:13,819
the intersections of arts

5476
02:38:14,722 --> 02:38:15,188
culture, education, youth and

5477
02:38:15,188 --> 02:38:15,857
social services.

5478
02:38:15,857 --> 02:38:18,857
Some of our partners include

5479
02:38:19,293 --> 02:38:20,270
and I'm going to name them

5480
02:38:20,270 --> 02:38:20,762
because they are doing the good

5481
02:38:20,762 --> 02:38:21,162
work out here and they can't be

5482
02:38:21,162 --> 02:38:23,162
here today.

5483
02:38:24,265 --> 02:38:24,932
Media Arts Center San Diego

5484
02:38:24,932 --> 02:38:25,500
Disco Riot Asia Project Burn

5485
02:38:25,500 --> 02:38:26,233
Street Community Arts

5486
02:38:26,233 --> 02:38:28,633
Transcendence High Steppers San

5487
02:38:29,771 --> 02:38:30,437
Diego Is Kali Outside The Lens

5488
02:38:30,437 --> 02:38:30,838
a Reason to Survive just to

5489
02:38:30,838 --> 02:38:32,838
name a few.

5490
02:38:34,308 --> 02:38:34,809
Art and creativity are

5491
02:38:34,809 --> 02:38:35,509
essential to these

5492
02:38:35,509 --> 02:38:38,509
organizations but so is youth

5493
02:38:39,180 --> 02:38:39,881
boys Access to housing a safe

5494
02:38:39,881 --> 02:38:40,481
embrace spaces free and public

5495
02:38:40,481 --> 02:38:42,481
spaces academic support

5496
02:38:44,352 --> 02:38:44,953
mentorship mental health

5497
02:38:44,953 --> 02:38:45,453
services Career pathways

5498
02:38:45,453 --> 02:38:47,853
The list goes on.

5499
02:38:49,389 --> 02:38:50,157
Arts funding does not live

5500
02:38:50,157 --> 02:38:53,757
alone and is linked to access

5501
02:38:54,428 --> 02:38:55,162
of libraries, parks and

5502
02:38:55,162 --> 02:38:55,529
recreation and youth and family

5503
02:38:55,529 --> 02:38:57,529
services.

5504
02:38:58,533 --> 02:38:59,267
This proposed budget does not

5505
02:38:59,267 --> 02:39:02,867
reflect the needs and the wants

5506
02:39:03,371 --> 02:39:04,105
of the San Diego community.

5507
02:39:04,105 --> 02:39:04,706
Our youth, guardians and elders

5508
02:39:04,706 --> 02:39:06,706
are most underinvested,

5509
02:39:08,843 --> 02:39:09,577
underrepresented, underserved

5510
02:39:09,577 --> 02:39:12,577
and vulnerable in our community

5511
02:39:13,848 --> 02:39:14,548
And I and I dare say we we want

5512
02:39:14,548 --> 02:39:15,250
a full restoration of arts and

5513
02:39:15,250 --> 02:39:17,650
culture funding and continued

5514
02:39:18,753 --> 02:39:19,421
funding for the Office of Child

5515
02:39:19,421 --> 02:39:22,421
and Youth Success an office

5516
02:39:23,900 --> 02:39:23,691
that we fought hard for to come

5517
02:39:23,691 --> 02:39:24,391
into fruition along with

5518
02:39:24,391 --> 02:39:24,692
the San Diego Child and Youth

5519
02:39:24,692 --> 02:39:26,692
Plan.

5520
02:39:28,296 --> 02:39:29,630
Even amidst the potential

5521
02:39:29,630 --> 02:39:32,767
dismantling of this O.S. Y if

5522
02:39:32,767 --> 02:39:33,467
the Office is planning a youth

5523
02:39:33,467 --> 02:39:36,938
summit for next week JUNE 3rd

5524
02:39:36,938 --> 02:39:37,706
we were literally meeting like

5525
02:39:37,706 --> 02:39:38,390
12 hours ago to plan this youth

5526
02:39:38,390 --> 02:39:40,390
summit.

5527
02:39:41,876 --> 02:39:45,476
Our youth network is an arts

5528
02:39:45,480 --> 02:39:46,247
partner and we are trying to

5529
02:39:46,247 --> 02:39:48,647
convene at least 150 200 plus

5530
02:39:50,785 --> 02:39:51,850
youth for this summit next week

5531
02:39:51,850 --> 02:39:51,919
.

5532
02:39:51,919 --> 02:39:54,919
>> The other partners again I'm

5533
02:39:55,257 --> 02:39:55,690
going to include in Game Face

5534
02:39:55,690 --> 02:39:56,458
Davis Heart.

5535
02:39:56,458 --> 02:39:56,790
>> Thank you for that community

5536
02:39:56,790 --> 02:39:57,492
center.

5537
02:39:57,492 --> 02:39:59,394
Please invest in the arts, our

5538
02:39:59,394 --> 02:40:00,195
communities and then if I are

5539
02:40:00,195 --> 02:40:00,896
waiting for you you can ask

5540
02:40:00,896 --> 02:40:01,263
Desiree Clark Miller to raise

5541
02:40:01,263 --> 02:40:03,263
your hand.

5542
02:40:04,966 --> 02:40:05,700
Thank you so much.

5543
02:40:05,700 --> 02:40:06,434
I do believe these are dupes

5544
02:40:06,434 --> 02:40:06,901
but I'm just going to read them

5545
02:40:06,901 --> 02:40:08,901
into the record.

5546
02:40:10,700 --> 02:40:10,805
Alex Decker I believe you

5547
02:40:10,805 --> 02:40:12,941
already spoke Alex Bazooka with

5548
02:40:12,941 --> 02:40:15,941
time ceded by Christie and

5549
02:40:18,779 --> 02:40:19,447
Frank I don't see anybody here.

5550
02:40:19,447 --> 02:40:22,447
Shawn Foote I also believe

5551
02:40:23,151 --> 02:40:26,751
Shawn Foote is a dupe a

5552
02:40:27,956 --> 02:40:28,656
duplicate Marshall Marshall

5553
02:40:28,656 --> 02:40:29,224
Salgado if you can please come

5554
02:40:29,224 --> 02:40:31,624
up to the microphone.

5555
02:40:31,792 --> 02:40:35,392
Marshall As I recall after that

5556
02:40:36,998 --> 02:40:37,866
we have Theresa Mill caricature

5557
02:40:37,866 --> 02:40:40,866
catch Real Sarah Large Ramel

5558
02:40:42,104 --> 02:40:43,400
Wallace Danny Ah as a Arizona

5559
02:40:43,400 --> 02:40:47,204
if you can please all come up

5560
02:40:47,708 --> 02:40:51,312
to the front row as well as

5561
02:40:51,312 --> 02:40:54,312
Jesse Mark Chess and Oliphant

5562
02:40:56,485 --> 02:40:57,185
Oliphant Please proceed Thank

5563
02:40:57,185 --> 02:40:57,486
you for the opportunity to

5564
02:40:57,486 --> 02:40:58,530
speak.

5565
02:40:58,530 --> 02:40:58,753
I'm the momager to two

5566
02:40:58,753 --> 02:41:01,153
professional theater kids here

5567
02:41:01,256 --> 02:41:02,900
in San Diego.

5568
02:41:02,900 --> 02:41:02,590
Arts spending is not a luxury.

5569
02:41:02,590 --> 02:41:04,590
It's a lifeline.

5570
02:41:05,860 --> 02:41:06,561
When our son Danny was

5571
02:41:06,561 --> 02:41:07,162
struggling in third grade with

5572
02:41:07,162 --> 02:41:07,828
a speech impediment and

5573
02:41:07,828 --> 02:41:10,699
anxiety, the San Diego Opera

5574
02:41:10,699 --> 02:41:11,200
gave him a chance to perform at

5575
02:41:11,200 --> 02:41:11,934
the Civic Theater.

5576
02:41:11,934 --> 02:41:14,334
That experience transformed his

5577
02:41:15,270 --> 02:41:16,400
confidence and sparked a love

5578
02:41:16,400 --> 02:41:16,305
of creativity that school never

5579
02:41:16,305 --> 02:41:18,305
could.

5580
02:41:20,308 --> 02:41:20,943
Since then the old Globe San

5581
02:41:20,943 --> 02:41:21,643
Diego musical theater and

5582
02:41:21,643 --> 02:41:24,643
Cygnet theater have been safe

5583
02:41:25,280 --> 02:41:25,947
havens for him places where he

5584
02:41:25,947 --> 02:41:26,582
learns empathy and hope even

5585
02:41:26,582 --> 02:41:28,582
during frightening times.

5586
02:41:30,452 --> 02:41:31,153
Research shows that communities

5587
02:41:31,153 --> 02:41:34,153
investing in arts see stronger

5588
02:41:34,690 --> 02:41:35,389
civic engagement, better mental

5589
02:41:35,389 --> 02:41:36,570
health and economic vitality.

5590
02:41:36,570 --> 02:41:38,457
Cutting arts budgets removes

5591
02:41:40,280 --> 02:41:40,696
spaces that help children like

5592
02:41:40,696 --> 02:41:43,696
my son discover their worth.

5593
02:41:44,660 --> 02:41:44,733
I ask that you please restore

5594
02:41:44,733 --> 02:41:45,501
full funding to the arts so

5595
02:41:45,501 --> 02:41:49,101
every child like my child can

5596
02:41:49,738 --> 02:41:50,239
experience Full Life-Changing

5597
02:41:50,239 --> 02:41:50,806
power of theater.

5598
02:41:50,806 --> 02:41:53,206
It is life saving.

5599
02:41:54,209 --> 02:41:54,877
Please Mayor Gloria please City

5600
02:41:54,877 --> 02:41:57,277
Council Restore full funding

5601
02:41:59,648 --> 02:42:00,115
Thank you for that concluding

5602
02:42:00,115 --> 02:42:02,115
comment Teresa.

5603
02:42:03,485 --> 02:42:06,485
Teresa Mel are you here?

5604
02:42:08,564 --> 02:42:08,990
>> It's very simple Kerry Kerry

5605
02:42:08,990 --> 02:42:10,990
are you here?

5606
02:42:14,530 --> 02:42:18,130
>> Katrina co2 are I Oh no

5607
02:42:22,605 --> 02:42:22,971
Sarah a large Good evening

5608
02:42:22,971 --> 02:42:23,572
everyone.

5609
02:42:23,572 --> 02:42:26,572
My name is Sarah Large.

5610
02:42:27,800 --> 02:42:27,709
I live in District seven and I

5611
02:42:27,709 --> 02:42:28,430
work at District nine at Moxie

5612
02:42:28,430 --> 02:42:30,430
Theater.

5613
02:42:31,247 --> 02:42:31,981
I'm here today to address

5614
02:42:31,981 --> 02:42:32,581
concerns in the proposed budget

5615
02:42:32,581 --> 02:42:34,581
regarding public safety

5616
02:42:36,318 --> 02:42:38,718
research indicates that arts

5617
02:42:39,455 --> 02:42:40,256
rich neighborhoods are the top

5618
02:42:40,256 --> 02:42:40,923
25% in terms of public safety

5619
02:42:40,923 --> 02:42:44,392
and have the lowest rates of

5620
02:42:44,392 --> 02:42:45,270
juvenile delinquency Arts rich

5621
02:42:45,270 --> 02:42:47,270
communities have 18% less

5622
02:42:49,265 --> 02:42:50,310
serious crime.

5623
02:42:50,310 --> 02:42:53,310
Social cohesion key in reducing

5624
02:42:54,269 --> 02:42:54,837
violence is built by arts and

5625
02:42:54,837 --> 02:42:55,571
culture participation.

5626
02:42:55,571 --> 02:42:59,410
The proposed funding cuts are a

5627
02:42:59,410 --> 02:42:59,675
public health and public safety

5628
02:42:59,675 --> 02:43:00,309
issue directly opposed to

5629
02:43:00,309 --> 02:43:03,309
the priorities laid out by

5630
02:43:03,746 --> 02:43:04,547
the mayor.

5631
02:43:04,547 --> 02:43:07,547
This lack of understanding is

5632
02:43:08,417 --> 02:43:09,185
frankly baffling.

5633
02:43:09,185 --> 02:43:09,852
If we want safer streets and

5634
02:43:09,852 --> 02:43:11,852
stronger neighborhoods then

5635
02:43:13,388 --> 02:43:14,123
funding arts and culture is

5636
02:43:14,123 --> 02:43:16,523
smart responsible public policy

5637
02:43:18,794 --> 02:43:19,595
decision grounded in evidence

5638
02:43:19,595 --> 02:43:20,620
that puts the well-being of our

5639
02:43:20,620 --> 02:43:22,620
community first.

5640
02:43:23,266 --> 02:43:24,333
>> Thank you.

5641
02:43:24,333 --> 02:43:27,933
>> That was there a large Ramel

5642
02:43:33,242 --> 02:43:36,842
Wallace Danny I Rosa Danny I

5643
02:43:42,185 --> 02:43:42,985
Rosa No Jessie Marching Jessie

5644
02:43:42,985 --> 02:43:43,686
You have time ceded to you by

5645
02:43:43,686 --> 02:43:46,222
Jenny Case Thank you so much.

5646
02:43:46,222 --> 02:43:46,723
>> You'll have two minutes.

5647
02:43:46,723 --> 02:43:47,156
>> Please proceed.

5648
02:43:47,156 --> 02:43:47,789
Good evening.

5649
02:43:47,789 --> 02:43:50,592
My name is Jessie Markazi.

5650
02:43:50,592 --> 02:43:51,227
This is Jenny Case.

5651
02:43:51,227 --> 02:43:51,828
We're residents, cultural

5652
02:43:51,828 --> 02:43:54,228
workers and we represent

5653
02:43:55,164 --> 02:43:55,898
diversionary theater

5654
02:43:55,898 --> 02:43:56,732
the nation's third oldest lgbtq

5655
02:43:56,732 --> 02:44:00,236
plus theater one of very few in

5656
02:44:00,236 --> 02:44:01,370
the nation.

5657
02:44:01,370 --> 02:44:01,704
We operate out of University

5658
02:44:01,704 --> 02:44:04,104
Heights and Council District

5659
02:44:05,174 --> 02:44:05,874
three I stand here today

5660
02:44:05,874 --> 02:44:06,409
because the arts saved my life

5661
02:44:06,409 --> 02:44:07,109
and gave me purpose.

5662
02:44:07,109 --> 02:44:09,679
I became an arts administrator

5663
02:44:09,679 --> 02:44:10,413
to serve my community in

5664
02:44:10,413 --> 02:44:11,800
the exact same way The proposed

5665
02:44:11,800 --> 02:44:13,800
devastating obliteration of

5666
02:44:15,117 --> 02:44:15,785
arts and culture funding

5667
02:44:15,785 --> 02:44:16,386
slashing grants that sustain

5668
02:44:16,386 --> 02:44:18,786
vital programs will have

5669
02:44:20,390 --> 02:44:20,790
catastrophic impacts on our

5670
02:44:20,790 --> 02:44:21,490
communities.

5671
02:44:21,490 --> 02:44:22,190
Take our work at Diversionary

5672
02:44:22,190 --> 02:44:25,790
where we serve thousands of at

5673
02:44:25,862 --> 02:44:26,596
risk lgbt plus youth and elders

5674
02:44:26,596 --> 02:44:28,996
with completely free programing

5675
02:44:30,232 --> 02:44:30,933
in our current national

5676
02:44:30,933 --> 02:44:31,534
political climate where lgbtq

5677
02:44:31,534 --> 02:44:33,934
plus issues are being

5678
02:44:35,370 --> 02:44:35,737
aggressively erased from school

5679
02:44:35,737 --> 02:44:38,137
curriculums, Our free programs

5680
02:44:39,409 --> 02:44:40,900
are a literal lifeline for

5681
02:44:40,900 --> 02:44:43,900
youth for our lgbtq plus

5682
02:44:44,814 --> 02:44:45,682
seniors many who live alone.

5683
02:44:45,682 --> 02:44:46,348
We provide one very few spaces

5684
02:44:46,348 --> 02:44:48,748
for vital socialization and

5685
02:44:49,953 --> 02:44:50,587
intergenerational learning.

5686
02:44:50,587 --> 02:44:51,254
We partner with libraries,

5687
02:44:51,254 --> 02:44:53,654
community centers and local

5688
02:44:55,191 --> 02:44:55,925
service organizations that aid

5689
02:44:55,925 --> 02:44:56,459
veterans the unhoused and those

5690
02:44:56,459 --> 02:44:57,930
fighting addiction.

5691
02:44:57,930 --> 02:44:59,696
All of these partners are

5692
02:44:59,696 --> 02:45:00,363
facing devastating service

5693
02:45:00,363 --> 02:45:03,963
rollbacks and the arts are a

5694
02:45:04,267 --> 02:45:04,801
crucial thread in the fabric of

5695
02:45:04,801 --> 02:45:05,535
this social support.

5696
02:45:05,535 --> 02:45:08,538
By cutting this funding you are

5697
02:45:08,538 --> 02:45:08,838
cutting the very soul of San

5698
02:45:08,838 --> 02:45:09,539
Diego.

5699
02:45:09,539 --> 02:45:10,243
Meanwhile, raising the police

5700
02:45:10,243 --> 02:45:12,643
budget and surveillance budget

5701
02:45:13,710 --> 02:45:14,344
by millions in the name of

5702
02:45:14,344 --> 02:45:14,677
public safety is a severe

5703
02:45:14,677 --> 02:45:15,378
misstep.

5704
02:45:15,378 --> 02:45:17,847
More police on the streets do

5705
02:45:17,847 --> 02:45:18,514
not create safety.

5706
02:45:18,514 --> 02:45:19,182
What creates public safety

5707
02:45:19,182 --> 02:45:21,582
Accessible arts and culture

5708
02:45:23,352 --> 02:45:23,987
Libraries, parks and community

5709
02:45:23,987 --> 02:45:24,687
centers operating at full

5710
02:45:24,687 --> 02:45:27,870
capacity well funded programs

5711
02:45:28,324 --> 02:45:29,250
for our youth, our elders and

5712
02:45:29,250 --> 02:45:29,458
our unhoused neighbors create

5713
02:45:29,458 --> 02:45:31,458
public safety.

5714
02:45:32,895 --> 02:45:33,563
I urge you to reject these

5715
02:45:33,563 --> 02:45:34,297
shortsighted cuts and pursue

5716
02:45:34,297 --> 02:45:36,297
progressive revenue strategies.

5717
02:45:37,833 --> 02:45:38,501
Other cities have figured it

5718
02:45:38,501 --> 02:45:39,135
out realign this budget with

5719
02:45:39,135 --> 02:45:41,535
true community values and

5720
02:45:42,639 --> 02:45:43,373
restore full funding for arts

5721
02:45:43,373 --> 02:45:43,839
and culture in the final fiscal

5722
02:45:43,839 --> 02:45:45,839
year 27 budget.

5723
02:45:51,881 --> 02:45:52,215
>> Thank you Doug Oliphant Doug

5724
02:45:52,215 --> 02:45:52,716
.

5725
02:45:52,716 --> 02:45:54,716
>> Hi everyone.

5726
02:45:57,200 --> 02:45:57,721
My name is Doug Oliphant and I

5727
02:45:57,721 --> 02:45:58,588
speak on behalf of more than

5728
02:45:58,588 --> 02:46:01,825
ten San Diego based arts and

5729
02:46:01,825 --> 02:46:02,391
culture organizations that are

5730
02:46:02,391 --> 02:46:03,590
firm coastal nonprofit

5731
02:46:03,590 --> 02:46:05,459
consulting partners with to

5732
02:46:07,464 --> 02:46:08,640
find funding across the sector.

5733
02:46:08,640 --> 02:46:08,531
Funding has already been

5734
02:46:08,531 --> 02:46:10,531
stretched thin.

5735
02:46:11,535 --> 02:46:12,234
Federal support has vanished,

5736
02:46:12,234 --> 02:46:12,802
corporate giving has softened

5737
02:46:12,802 --> 02:46:15,202
and our annual donors

5738
02:46:16,106 --> 02:46:16,840
the Middle class of

5739
02:46:16,840 --> 02:46:19,240
philanthropy continue to shrink

5740
02:46:20,209 --> 02:46:20,877
And the one source of funding

5741
02:46:20,877 --> 02:46:21,578
that arts organizations have

5742
02:46:21,578 --> 02:46:25,182
been able to rely on each year

5743
02:46:25,182 --> 02:46:25,882
is the city of San Diego

5744
02:46:25,882 --> 02:46:26,182
through programs like osp and

5745
02:46:26,182 --> 02:46:26,850
ccsd.

5746
02:46:26,850 --> 02:46:29,250
And these programs are

5747
02:46:30,454 --> 02:46:31,540
the backbone of a healthy

5748
02:46:31,540 --> 02:46:31,421
funding ecosystem for a

5749
02:46:31,421 --> 02:46:32,550
nonprofit.

5750
02:46:32,550 --> 02:46:34,455
If eliminated, the funding

5751
02:46:35,580 --> 02:46:35,726
won't be replaced by private

5752
02:46:35,726 --> 02:46:36,426
foundations or major donors.

5753
02:46:36,426 --> 02:46:39,426
Instead we're going to see

5754
02:46:39,730 --> 02:46:40,364
programs cut, staff laid off

5755
02:46:40,364 --> 02:46:42,364
and communities especially

5756
02:46:44,301 --> 02:46:44,701
those with the least access

5757
02:46:44,701 --> 02:46:45,402
left behind.

5758
02:46:45,402 --> 02:46:46,169
And worse, we risk reshaping

5759
02:46:46,169 --> 02:46:49,169
nonprofit missions to serve a

5760
02:46:49,873 --> 02:46:50,640
narrow set of funders instead

5761
02:46:50,640 --> 02:46:54,840
of the people of San Diego Arts

5762
02:46:55,780 --> 02:46:55,512
and culture are not a line item

5763
02:46:55,512 --> 02:46:56,146
two zero out.

5764
02:46:56,146 --> 02:46:56,780
>> Thank you for that

5765
02:46:56,780 --> 02:46:58,780
concluding comment Lauren

5766
02:46:59,115 --> 02:46:59,616
Lauren Lockhart.

5767
02:46:59,616 --> 02:47:01,616
Lauren Lockhart.

5768
02:47:07,324 --> 02:47:08,910
Katrina Bruins Katrina as we

5769
02:47:08,910 --> 02:47:11,862
make our way up just a reminder

5770
02:47:11,862 --> 02:47:12,563
Tim and Jennifer Wallace Rose

5771
02:47:12,563 --> 02:47:14,963
Lombardo Kevin Corbett's role

5772
02:47:16,633 --> 02:47:19,330
Salamanca Carol Stephenson and

5773
02:47:22,106 --> 02:47:22,772
I believe this is a duper Julia

5774
02:47:22,772 --> 02:47:23,474
Peltz If you can all please

5775
02:47:23,474 --> 02:47:23,773
come up to the yellow reserved

5776
02:47:23,773 --> 02:47:25,773
seats.

5777
02:47:25,909 --> 02:47:26,543
Please proceed.

5778
02:47:26,543 --> 02:47:27,444
>> Good evening everyone.

5779
02:47:27,444 --> 02:47:30,380
My name is Katrina and I am a

5780
02:47:30,380 --> 02:47:31,810
resident and employee of

5781
02:47:31,810 --> 02:47:31,782
District two and I'm happy to

5782
02:47:31,782 --> 02:47:35,382
serve in the Arts and Culture

5783
02:47:35,819 --> 02:47:36,520
District through my role at

5784
02:47:36,520 --> 02:47:37,287
Visions Museum of Textile Art

5785
02:47:37,287 --> 02:47:40,887
in Liberty Station And I have

5786
02:47:40,891 --> 02:47:41,558
seen a lot of progress over

5787
02:47:41,558 --> 02:47:44,427
the last couple of years in

5788
02:47:44,427 --> 02:47:45,280
arts and culture for San Diego

5789
02:47:45,280 --> 02:47:45,629
first and being a leader

5790
02:47:45,629 --> 02:47:46,263
through the world design

5791
02:47:46,263 --> 02:47:48,663
capital and then creating

5792
02:47:49,800 --> 02:47:50,567
the creative Cities plan And it

5793
02:47:50,567 --> 02:47:51,168
would be such a mess to use

5794
02:47:51,168 --> 02:47:53,568
the momentum from those

5795
02:47:53,803 --> 02:47:54,505
opportunities as the world is

5796
02:47:54,505 --> 02:47:55,205
looking at us as we gain

5797
02:47:55,205 --> 02:47:58,205
attention because of the arts

5798
02:47:58,509 --> 02:47:59,243
and culture from this city to

5799
02:47:59,243 --> 02:47:59,977
turn around and cut off funding

5800
02:47:59,977 --> 02:48:02,977
for those programs we are

5801
02:48:03,747 --> 02:48:04,548
implementation partners all of

5802
02:48:04,548 --> 02:48:05,149
those that are in this room of

5803
02:48:05,149 --> 02:48:07,549
that Creative City plan.

5804
02:48:08,352 --> 02:48:09,190
It's really something that we

5805
02:48:09,190 --> 02:48:09,687
believe in as well and it's

5806
02:48:09,687 --> 02:48:10,320
something that the city has

5807
02:48:10,320 --> 02:48:12,720
already invested time and

5808
02:48:12,957 --> 02:48:13,324
energy and resources into

5809
02:48:13,324 --> 02:48:13,991
creating.

5810
02:48:13,991 --> 02:48:17,591
So we're just asking you to

5811
02:48:17,728 --> 02:48:18,595
continue to restore the funding

5812
02:48:18,595 --> 02:48:19,230
for arts and culture so we can

5813
02:48:19,230 --> 02:48:21,630
continue to implement what

5814
02:48:22,700 --> 02:48:23,400
the city has already promised

5815
02:48:23,400 --> 02:48:23,701
to the community through that

5816
02:48:23,701 --> 02:48:24,335
plan.

5817
02:48:24,335 --> 02:48:24,634
>> So please help us doing

5818
02:48:24,634 --> 02:48:25,135
that.

5819
02:48:25,135 --> 02:48:27,535
Thank you so much.

5820
02:48:29,740 --> 02:48:31,740
Thank you Tim.

5821
02:48:34,345 --> 02:48:35,146
>> San Diego is not a sanctuary

5822
02:48:35,146 --> 02:48:35,880
city As long as we contract

5823
02:48:35,880 --> 02:48:38,880
with companies that don't value

5824
02:48:39,416 --> 02:48:40,170
our data, our data it's bad

5825
02:48:40,170 --> 02:48:40,451
enough that we have mass

5826
02:48:40,451 --> 02:48:41,180
surveillance.

5827
02:48:41,180 --> 02:48:43,418
It's worse that we're

5828
02:48:44,154 --> 02:48:44,688
contracting with companies that

5829
02:48:44,688 --> 02:48:45,522
have poor records.

5830
02:48:45,522 --> 02:48:49,126
I am sick and tired of losing

5831
02:48:49,126 --> 02:48:49,761
students in my classroom

5832
02:48:49,761 --> 02:48:50,394
because their parents are

5833
02:48:50,394 --> 02:48:50,761
afraid to bring them to my

5834
02:48:50,761 --> 02:48:52,761
classroom.

5835
02:48:54,265 --> 02:48:54,965
I am sick and tired of students

5836
02:48:54,965 --> 02:48:55,632
in my classroom not being able

5837
02:48:55,632 --> 02:48:58,320
to pay attention because

5838
02:48:58,936 --> 02:48:59,537
they're worried about what's

5839
02:48:59,537 --> 02:48:59,869
going to happen to their

5840
02:48:59,869 --> 02:49:01,869
parents.

5841
02:49:04,965 --> 02:49:05,122
It is unacceptable.

5842
02:49:05,122 --> 02:49:08,122
It's costing us $2 million and

5843
02:49:08,712 --> 02:49:09,512
you've seen all the better

5844
02:49:09,512 --> 02:49:09,814
things that we can be spending

5845
02:49:09,814 --> 02:49:11,814
it on.

5846
02:49:13,170 --> 02:49:13,884
It does nothing to address

5847
02:49:13,884 --> 02:49:16,284
poverty, nihilism or isolation

5848
02:49:18,222 --> 02:49:21,258
which are your causes of crime.

5849
02:49:21,258 --> 02:49:23,258
Let's do better.

5850
02:49:26,397 --> 02:49:26,897
Jennifer Wallace.

5851
02:49:26,897 --> 02:49:28,897
>> Good evening.

5852
02:49:31,335 --> 02:49:32,169
My name is Jennifer Wallace.

5853
02:49:32,169 --> 02:49:35,769
After a four decade career as

5854
02:49:36,340 --> 02:49:37,790
an opera singer in California

5855
02:49:37,790 --> 02:49:40,790
including with San Diego Opera,

5856
02:49:40,978 --> 02:49:41,579
I now serve as assistant

5857
02:49:41,579 --> 02:49:42,280
regional director for

5858
02:49:42,280 --> 02:49:45,280
the American Guild of Musical

5859
02:49:45,883 --> 02:49:46,551
Artists, the Union of Opera

5860
02:49:46,551 --> 02:49:47,510
Concert and Dance Workers in

5861
02:49:47,510 --> 02:49:49,510
the United States.

5862
02:49:51,389 --> 02:49:52,890
These cuts will hurt San Diego

5863
02:49:52,890 --> 02:49:55,890
far beyond the arts community.

5864
02:49:55,559 --> 02:49:56,260
People attending performances

5865
02:49:56,260 --> 02:49:59,860
and other events eat at local

5866
02:50:00,598 --> 02:50:01,332
restaurants, shop at nearby

5867
02:50:01,332 --> 02:50:04,332
businesses, pay for parking and

5868
02:50:05,336 --> 02:50:06,300
stay in local hotels.

5869
02:50:06,300 --> 02:50:06,671
The arts help keep local

5870
02:50:06,671 --> 02:50:08,671
businesses and neighborhoods

5871
02:50:09,907 --> 02:50:10,842
alive.

5872
02:50:10,842 --> 02:50:11,508
A cut of this magnitude is not

5873
02:50:11,508 --> 02:50:13,908
something the arts community

5874
02:50:14,846 --> 02:50:15,580
can absorb.

5875
02:50:15,580 --> 02:50:18,580
The Creative City plan adopted

5876
02:50:19,884 --> 02:50:20,585
just last year committed to

5877
02:50:20,585 --> 02:50:24,185
growing San Diego as quote an

5878
02:50:24,554 --> 02:50:25,155
international hub for arts,

5879
02:50:25,155 --> 02:50:25,790
culture and creativity.

5880
02:50:25,790 --> 02:50:28,190
That vision cannot become

5881
02:50:30,127 --> 02:50:30,695
reality while eliminating

5882
02:50:30,695 --> 02:50:31,362
funding that supports.

5883
02:50:31,362 --> 02:50:31,696
Thank you for the thank you

5884
02:50:31,696 --> 02:50:33,696
remark.

5885
02:50:36,633 --> 02:50:37,402
Rose Lombardo, Rosie of time

5886
02:50:37,402 --> 02:50:39,300
seated to you by and I'll tell

5887
02:50:39,300 --> 02:50:39,737
her Thank you.

5888
02:50:39,737 --> 02:50:40,171
Two minutes Please proceed.

5889
02:50:40,171 --> 02:50:42,171
Good evening.

5890
02:50:44,800 --> 02:50:44,842
My name is Rose Lombardo.

5891
02:50:44,842 --> 02:50:45,443
I am the principal flutist of

5892
02:50:45,443 --> 02:50:47,843
the San Diego Symphony.

5893
02:50:48,947 --> 02:50:51,947
I moved here from across

5894
02:50:52,550 --> 02:50:53,417
the country 15 years ago in

5895
02:50:53,417 --> 02:50:57,617
2012 to be a part of this world

5896
02:50:57,755 --> 02:50:58,550
class arts community in San

5897
02:50:58,550 --> 02:50:58,656
Diego.

5898
02:50:58,656 --> 02:51:01,656
The proposed cut to arts

5899
02:51:02,427 --> 02:51:03,127
funding would harm a sector

5900
02:51:03,127 --> 02:51:05,527
that supports thousands of

5901
02:51:06,797 --> 02:51:07,498
local jobs, drives $1.8 billion

5902
02:51:07,498 --> 02:51:10,498
in tourism and provides vital

5903
02:51:11,690 --> 02:51:11,436
education and community

5904
02:51:11,436 --> 02:51:12,170
programs.

5905
02:51:12,170 --> 02:51:12,704
>> As you heard tonight at

5906
02:51:12,704 --> 02:51:14,704
the Symphony alone.

5907
02:51:15,873 --> 02:51:16,541
Our learning community and

5908
02:51:16,541 --> 02:51:18,541
engagement programs reached

5909
02:51:20,440 --> 02:51:20,745
over 51,000 individuals during

5910
02:51:20,745 --> 02:51:21,446
this past season through free

5911
02:51:21,446 --> 02:51:23,846
school programs, free ticket

5912
02:51:25,516 --> 02:51:26,184
programs, free community

5913
02:51:26,184 --> 02:51:26,851
concerts, family programing,

5914
02:51:26,851 --> 02:51:29,251
public park activations and

5915
02:51:29,887 --> 02:51:30,688
more.

5916
02:51:30,688 --> 02:51:31,389
I recently also performed at

5917
02:51:31,389 --> 02:51:34,389
the Moores Cancer Center where

5918
02:51:34,759 --> 02:51:35,427
we saw patients and doctors

5919
02:51:35,427 --> 02:51:35,860
come together for an hour of

5920
02:51:35,860 --> 02:51:37,860
free music.

5921
02:51:40,265 --> 02:51:41,320
The arts do not just entertain

5922
02:51:41,320 --> 02:51:44,632
the heal they connect and they

5923
02:51:44,736 --> 02:51:45,403
strengthen our community.

5924
02:51:45,403 --> 02:51:48,403
Arts funding is a vital

5925
02:51:48,540 --> 02:51:49,174
investment with measurable

5926
02:51:49,174 --> 02:51:50,175
returns and human impact.

5927
02:51:50,175 --> 02:51:53,779
I urge you to restore in full

5928
02:51:53,779 --> 02:51:54,445
the funding for arts and

5929
02:51:54,445 --> 02:51:55,146
culture in order to sustain

5930
02:51:55,146 --> 02:51:58,817
the arts that make San Diego a

5931
02:51:58,817 --> 02:51:59,184
place that we are all proud to

5932
02:51:59,184 --> 02:51:59,817
call home.

5933
02:51:59,817 --> 02:52:02,817
Thank you for your time.

5934
02:52:04,220 --> 02:52:04,890
Thank you, Kevin.

5935
02:52:04,890 --> 02:52:05,356
>> Kevin Gilbert's think that's

5936
02:52:05,356 --> 02:52:07,756
a dope as well.

5937
02:52:08,226 --> 02:52:09,294
Raul Salamanca.

5938
02:52:09,294 --> 02:52:12,894
>> I also have some time That

5939
02:52:13,999 --> 02:52:14,566
was just given to me by

5940
02:52:14,566 --> 02:52:16,566
Elizabeth and Dennis.

5941
02:52:18,270 --> 02:52:18,970
>> I have her speakers up so I

5942
02:52:18,970 --> 02:52:19,237
will make sure to send it to

5943
02:52:19,237 --> 02:52:19,838
you.

5944
02:52:19,838 --> 02:52:21,807
You'll have two minutes.

5945
02:52:21,807 --> 02:52:22,107
Thank you for raising your hand

5946
02:52:22,107 --> 02:52:22,841
.

5947
02:52:22,841 --> 02:52:23,175
Good evening, Mayor and council

5948
02:52:23,175 --> 02:52:25,175
members.

5949
02:52:27,145 --> 02:52:27,913
My name is Raul Salamanca.

5950
02:52:27,913 --> 02:52:28,580
I am the founder, ceo and

5951
02:52:28,580 --> 02:52:29,281
artistic director of Golden

5952
02:52:29,281 --> 02:52:32,281
State Ballet and Golden State

5953
02:52:32,417 --> 02:52:33,510
Ballet Academy And I'm a

5954
02:52:33,510 --> 02:52:35,451
resident of District nine.

5955
02:52:37,222 --> 02:52:37,922
The last time I stood before

5956
02:52:37,922 --> 02:52:41,426
you I warned that cuts to

5957
02:52:41,426 --> 02:52:42,127
the arts and culture funding

5958
02:52:42,127 --> 02:52:42,727
would have a real economic

5959
02:52:42,727 --> 02:52:45,127
consequence to our city.

5960
02:52:46,364 --> 02:52:47,650
Today I'm here to tell you that

5961
02:52:47,650 --> 02:52:49,465
those consequences already are

5962
02:52:51,102 --> 02:52:51,770
happening.

5963
02:52:51,770 --> 02:52:52,570
After that meeting our board

5964
02:52:52,570 --> 02:52:55,507
and leadership team had to make

5965
02:52:55,507 --> 02:52:55,874
a difficult financial

5966
02:52:55,874 --> 02:52:56,608
decisions.

5967
02:52:56,608 --> 02:52:59,978
Of the four productions that we

5968
02:52:59,978 --> 02:53:00,879
plan on performing next season

5969
02:53:00,879 --> 02:53:01,512
,only one will be able to

5970
02:53:01,512 --> 02:53:01,832
remain in the city of San

5971
02:53:01,832 --> 02:53:03,832
Diego.

5972
02:53:06,251 --> 02:53:06,885
The three other productions

5973
02:53:06,885 --> 02:53:07,585
will move to other cities

5974
02:53:07,585 --> 02:53:10,422
because we simply cannot risk

5975
02:53:10,422 --> 02:53:10,889
the uncertainty surrounding

5976
02:53:10,889 --> 02:53:12,889
future funding.

5977
02:53:14,959 --> 02:53:15,861
That means three full weeks, 3

5978
02:53:15,861 --> 02:53:18,861
or 4 weeks where our dancers

5979
02:53:19,931 --> 02:53:20,566
audiences, patrons will not be

5980
02:53:20,566 --> 02:53:22,966
here supporting our local

5981
02:53:24,403 --> 02:53:25,300
restaurants, paying for parking

5982
02:53:25,300 --> 02:53:25,671
,filling theaters and

5983
02:53:25,671 --> 02:53:28,710
contributing to the economy

5984
02:53:29,541 --> 02:53:30,308
that the arts support.

5985
02:53:30,308 --> 02:53:30,976
And I know that we're not

5986
02:53:30,976 --> 02:53:33,376
the only organization making

5987
02:53:34,112 --> 02:53:34,880
those really tough decisions.

5988
02:53:34,880 --> 02:53:38,480
If we continue trying to solve

5989
02:53:39,217 --> 02:53:39,885
this budget crisis by cutting

5990
02:53:39,885 --> 02:53:42,885
the arts, we risk deepening

5991
02:53:43,689 --> 02:53:44,389
the very economic problems that

5992
02:53:44,389 --> 02:53:45,157
we are trying to solve.

5993
02:53:45,157 --> 02:53:48,757
San Diego deserves to be known

5994
02:53:48,827 --> 02:53:49,561
as a city that invests in its

5995
02:53:49,561 --> 02:53:50,128
future not one that settles for

5996
02:53:50,128 --> 02:53:52,528
only the bare minimum.

5997
02:53:53,599 --> 02:53:54,133
Or as I heard recently

5998
02:53:54,133 --> 02:53:54,533
essentials just bare

5999
02:53:54,533 --> 02:53:56,533
essentials.

6000
02:53:58,537 --> 02:53:59,104
Please reconsider these cuts to

6001
02:53:59,104 --> 02:53:59,538
the arts and culture.

6002
02:53:59,538 --> 02:54:01,538
Please do so.

6003
02:54:02,808 --> 02:54:03,341
It could be a wild idea if you

6004
02:54:03,341 --> 02:54:04,430
could invest in us.

6005
02:54:04,430 --> 02:54:07,246
If you would take that money

6006
02:54:07,246 --> 02:54:07,912
that you would give to that to

6007
02:54:07,912 --> 02:54:08,614
this to the city or the cops

6008
02:54:08,614 --> 02:54:12,214
and flock invested in us will

6009
02:54:12,217 --> 02:54:12,985
pay it back tenfold.

6010
02:54:12,985 --> 02:54:15,921
We're going to be here next

6011
02:54:15,921 --> 02:54:16,688
year talking about how we have

6012
02:54:16,688 --> 02:54:19,880
a 400 million deficit, not 120.

6013
02:54:21,227 --> 02:54:21,527
I've spent my whole life doing

6014
02:54:21,527 --> 02:54:22,127
this.

6015
02:54:22,127 --> 02:54:22,862
>> Please believe in us.

6016
02:54:22,862 --> 02:54:23,362
I have 35 years of experience.

6017
02:54:23,362 --> 02:54:25,762
We can do better.

6018
02:54:25,797 --> 02:54:26,498
Thank you, Mayor.

6019
02:54:26,498 --> 02:54:26,866
>> Thank you, Council members.

6020
02:54:26,866 --> 02:54:28,866
Thank you.

6021
02:54:30,136 --> 02:54:30,635
Carol Stephenson.

6022
02:54:30,635 --> 02:54:31,370
>> Good evening.

6023
02:54:31,370 --> 02:54:34,370
My name is Carol Stephenson.

6024
02:54:35,541 --> 02:54:36,241
I live in District one and I'm

6025
02:54:36,241 --> 02:54:36,842
a member showing up for racial

6026
02:54:36,842 --> 02:54:39,242
justice in San Diego.

6027
02:54:41,800 --> 02:54:41,580
Real safety is being around

6028
02:54:41,580 --> 02:54:43,580
people you trust.

6029
02:54:44,950 --> 02:54:45,651
A safe community prioritizes

6030
02:54:45,651 --> 02:54:46,351
the places and activities that

6031
02:54:46,351 --> 02:54:46,752
help us build that trust with

6032
02:54:46,752 --> 02:54:48,752
one another.

6033
02:54:50,222 --> 02:54:50,956
So places like parks and

6034
02:54:50,956 --> 02:54:53,356
libraries activities like youth

6035
02:54:54,860 --> 02:54:55,160
services and the arts do all

6036
02:54:55,160 --> 02:54:55,828
that.

6037
02:54:55,828 --> 02:54:58,828
So knowing our neighbors and

6038
02:54:59,532 --> 02:55:00,199
our neighborhoods goes much

6039
02:55:00,199 --> 02:55:00,900
farther than tracking people

6040
02:55:00,900 --> 02:55:01,233
anonymously from surveillance

6041
02:55:01,233 --> 02:55:03,233
cameras.

6042
02:55:04,636 --> 02:55:05,337
And investments in people are

6043
02:55:05,337 --> 02:55:05,704
the actual proven foundations

6044
02:55:05,704 --> 02:55:07,704
of safety.

6045
02:55:09,308 --> 02:55:10,900
So I urge you to defund

6046
02:55:10,900 --> 02:55:10,576
the Foxx Alper Infrastructure

6047
02:55:10,576 --> 02:55:11,177
contract fully restore

6048
02:55:11,177 --> 02:55:13,577
allocations for arts and

6049
02:55:14,513 --> 02:55:15,470
culture and fully restore

6050
02:55:15,470 --> 02:55:15,681
the library budget.

6051
02:55:15,681 --> 02:55:18,810
Protect our communities by

6052
02:55:19,452 --> 02:55:20,119
funding community care.

6053
02:55:20,119 --> 02:55:22,119
>> Thank you, Carol.

6054
02:55:24,724 --> 02:55:25,157
Julia Peltz I believe that's a

6055
02:55:25,157 --> 02:55:25,991
dupe Julianne.

6056
02:55:25,991 --> 02:55:28,761
Hannah Park if you can please

6057
02:55:28,761 --> 02:55:29,439
come up to the microphone.

6058
02:55:29,439 --> 02:55:31,839
>> Hannah Park After that

6059
02:55:33,966 --> 02:55:36,966
Daniel Gutierrez in a shirt.

6060
02:55:38,300 --> 02:55:38,504
>> Richard Provence you Mustafi

6061
02:55:38,504 --> 02:55:39,271
Al hum.

6062
02:55:39,271 --> 02:55:42,271
Mostafa please come forward to

6063
02:55:42,775 --> 02:55:45,175
the yellow reserved seats.

6064
02:55:47,746 --> 02:55:48,547
Jon Light and Divya debate

6065
02:55:48,547 --> 02:55:52,147
about Taboo and Karina Vega as

6066
02:55:52,218 --> 02:55:52,952
well as Lilly King.

6067
02:55:52,952 --> 02:55:53,419
Please come up to the yellow

6068
02:55:53,419 --> 02:55:55,419
reserved seats.

6069
02:55:56,522 --> 02:55:57,223
Please proceed.

6070
02:55:57,223 --> 02:55:57,957
Hello City Council member and

6071
02:55:57,957 --> 02:55:58,624
Mayor Todd Gloria, thank you so

6072
02:55:58,624 --> 02:56:01,624
much for your time tonight.

6073
02:56:02,128 --> 02:56:02,829
My name is Hannah Park.

6074
02:56:02,829 --> 02:56:03,463
I'm a resident of District

6075
02:56:03,463 --> 02:56:05,465
seven and also a member of

6076
02:56:05,465 --> 02:56:06,332
the local arts community.

6077
02:56:06,332 --> 02:56:07,320
I'm not going to say anything

6078
02:56:07,320 --> 02:56:07,734
new here but I just want to

6079
02:56:07,734 --> 02:56:10,134
bring your attention to

6080
02:56:10,870 --> 02:56:11,170
the matter of public trust

6081
02:56:11,170 --> 02:56:11,804
here.

6082
02:56:11,804 --> 02:56:12,505
It's been highlighted that

6083
02:56:12,505 --> 02:56:15,505
the city has major structural

6084
02:56:15,842 --> 02:56:16,509
issues with the budget that

6085
02:56:16,509 --> 02:56:17,143
date back many years and it

6086
02:56:17,143 --> 02:56:19,543
struggles to generate new

6087
02:56:20,413 --> 02:56:21,247
revenue sources and a large

6088
02:56:21,247 --> 02:56:21,714
part of that is due to a lack

6089
02:56:21,714 --> 02:56:23,714
of public trust.

6090
02:56:25,510 --> 02:56:25,685
I want you to consider

6091
02:56:25,685 --> 02:56:26,319
the decisions that you're

6092
02:56:26,319 --> 02:56:28,719
making with this upcoming

6093
02:56:30,123 --> 02:56:30,857
budget and the people that are

6094
02:56:30,857 --> 02:56:33,859
listening and looking at you to

6095
02:56:33,859 --> 02:56:34,160
see if we actually can trust

6096
02:56:34,160 --> 02:56:34,894
you.

6097
02:56:34,894 --> 02:56:35,594
So please consider that Please

6098
02:56:35,594 --> 02:56:37,994
consider your constituents and

6099
02:56:38,832 --> 02:56:39,165
please restore arts and culture

6100
02:56:39,165 --> 02:56:39,532
funding.

6101
02:56:39,532 --> 02:56:39,899
Thank you.

6102
02:56:39,899 --> 02:56:41,899
Thank you.

6103
02:56:48,700 --> 02:56:48,842
Daniel Gutierrez.

6104
02:56:48,842 --> 02:56:51,842
>> In a challenging fiscal year

6105
02:56:52,845 --> 02:56:53,613
the city prioritized courser

6106
02:56:53,613 --> 02:56:56,130
services residents rely on

6107
02:56:58,250 --> 02:56:59,180
every day.

6108
02:56:59,180 --> 02:57:03,218
When was the last year that was

6109
02:57:03,256 --> 02:57:05,256
not fiscally challenging?

6110
02:57:07,861 --> 02:57:12,610
>> I don't know how this how is

6111
02:57:12,198 --> 02:57:12,965
this an acceptable reason?

6112
02:57:12,965 --> 02:57:17,165
This has been the state of all

6113
02:57:22,208 --> 02:57:22,909
since I can remember

6114
02:57:22,909 --> 02:57:25,309
institutions that cut funding

6115
02:57:27,470 --> 02:57:27,414
from today will not be there

6116
02:57:27,414 --> 02:57:29,414
tomorrow.

6117
02:57:29,616 --> 02:57:33,216
I don't know how many more

6118
02:57:35,870 --> 02:57:35,855
people have to tell you 47.2

6119
02:57:35,855 --> 02:57:38,855
million for us this overtime

6120
02:57:38,991 --> 02:57:39,693
budget.

6121
02:57:39,693 --> 02:57:42,930
>> Three libraries are moving

6122
02:57:48,701 --> 02:57:49,169
from Tuesday to Saturday.

6123
02:57:49,169 --> 02:57:50,804
>> Thank you.

6124
02:57:50,804 --> 02:57:55,400
You know Regina, why and why I

6125
02:58:01,615 --> 02:58:02,382
and a Richard prevention.

6126
02:58:02,382 --> 02:58:03,830
You have people ceding your

6127
02:58:03,830 --> 02:58:03,483
time if they can please raise

6128
02:58:03,483 --> 02:58:05,483
their hand.

6129
02:58:07,120 --> 02:58:07,554
Chelsea Owen She loved oak and

6130
02:58:07,554 --> 02:58:07,987
Jimmy Love it.

6131
02:58:07,987 --> 02:58:09,987
Thank you.

6132
02:58:10,257 --> 02:58:10,724
We'll have two minutes.

6133
02:58:10,724 --> 02:58:11,257
Please proceed.

6134
02:58:11,257 --> 02:58:11,825
What's up, Council?

6135
02:58:11,825 --> 02:58:13,825
What's up, everybody?

6136
02:58:14,694 --> 02:58:14,995
Thanks for sticking it out

6137
02:58:14,995 --> 02:58:15,662
here.

6138
02:58:15,662 --> 02:58:16,329
Want to shout out the youth

6139
02:58:16,329 --> 02:58:16,963
that are making out here and

6140
02:58:16,963 --> 02:58:19,332
getting involved in local

6141
02:58:19,332 --> 02:58:20,320
politics.

6142
02:58:20,320 --> 02:58:20,534
It's never been more important

6143
02:58:20,534 --> 02:58:22,934
than it is today.

6144
02:58:24,710 --> 02:58:24,871
I want to say that I'm not here

6145
02:58:24,871 --> 02:58:28,471
to push for a restoration of

6146
02:58:29,309 --> 02:58:29,776
the arts and library and parks

6147
02:58:29,776 --> 02:58:30,377
and rec budget.

6148
02:58:30,377 --> 02:58:33,377
I'm here for saying it's

6149
02:58:33,981 --> 02:58:34,848
already way too low.

6150
02:58:34,848 --> 02:58:35,582
So just just let me give you

6151
02:58:35,582 --> 02:58:35,882
show a little bit of background

6152
02:58:35,882 --> 02:58:37,882
on me.

6153
02:58:38,919 --> 02:58:39,753
I'm a veteran.

6154
02:58:39,753 --> 02:58:40,921
I struggle with ptsd but I also

6155
02:58:40,921 --> 02:58:43,757
am a cpa and I did that for a

6156
02:58:43,757 --> 02:58:44,625
better part of a decade.

6157
02:58:44,625 --> 02:58:45,191
So I have a little bit of

6158
02:58:45,191 --> 02:58:47,591
expertise in the area.

6159
02:58:48,695 --> 02:58:48,962
So just some quick numbers for

6160
02:58:48,962 --> 02:58:50,962
you.

6161
02:58:52,866 --> 02:58:53,667
Um, the arts budget was around

6162
02:58:53,667 --> 02:58:56,670
$13 million and the general

6163
02:58:57,103 --> 02:58:59,503
fund itself is $2.251 billion.

6164
02:59:02,308 --> 02:59:02,943
So quick math that's not even a

6165
02:59:02,943 --> 02:59:05,343
full percent That's a.59

6166
02:59:07,181 --> 02:59:07,647
percent of the general fund is

6167
02:59:07,647 --> 02:59:08,515
the arts budget.

6168
02:59:08,515 --> 02:59:10,917
Now if we go back to the police

6169
02:59:10,917 --> 02:59:13,917
budget that is 725 million uh,

6170
02:59:15,522 --> 02:59:16,123
that is that is 32% of

6171
02:59:16,123 --> 02:59:18,523
the general fund there.

6172
02:59:19,459 --> 02:59:20,260
>> So a third of the budget.

6173
02:59:20,260 --> 02:59:23,764
So I don't understand why we're

6174
02:59:23,764 --> 02:59:24,431
we're even having this

6175
02:59:24,431 --> 02:59:25,132
conversation Like if we need

6176
02:59:25,132 --> 02:59:28,569
money let's go to the biggest

6177
02:59:28,569 --> 02:59:29,303
slice and cut it from there.

6178
02:59:29,303 --> 02:59:30,104
Also I think it's interesting

6179
02:59:30,104 --> 02:59:33,607
that we're not allowed to see

6180
02:59:33,607 --> 02:59:33,940
the details of the police

6181
02:59:33,940 --> 02:59:34,608
budget.

6182
02:59:34,608 --> 02:59:37,800
There's regularly there are

6183
02:59:39,460 --> 02:59:41,460
multi million dollar

6184
02:59:43,283 --> 02:59:43,751
settlements for negligence

6185
02:59:43,751 --> 02:59:44,551
wrongful deaths.

6186
02:59:44,551 --> 02:59:47,855
>> Is that is that baked into

6187
02:59:47,855 --> 02:59:51,558
the budget And if so, why is

6188
02:59:51,558 --> 02:59:55,158
that okay You know the budget

6189
02:59:55,596 --> 02:59:56,297
for the police in 2021 was $580

6190
02:59:56,297 --> 02:59:59,297
million and now we're already

6191
02:59:59,800 --> 03:00:00,200
$145 million increase in just

6192
03:00:00,200 --> 03:00:02,200
seven years.

6193
03:00:03,704 --> 03:00:04,438
Why are we talking about $13

6194
03:00:04,438 --> 03:00:07,941
million for the arts right now?

6195
03:00:07,941 --> 03:00:08,742
Why aren't we talking about why

6196
03:00:08,742 --> 03:00:09,610
Why is the police budget so big

6197
03:00:09,610 --> 03:00:11,612
and we can't even look at

6198
03:00:11,612 --> 03:00:12,479
the details?

6199
03:00:12,479 --> 03:00:14,879
>> Thank you for that

6200
03:00:17,852 --> 03:00:18,886
concluding sentence.

6201
03:00:18,886 --> 03:00:22,590
Most of it by the way if you

6202
03:00:22,590 --> 03:00:23,257
can come up to the microphone

6203
03:00:23,257 --> 03:00:25,659
and you have people sitting

6204
03:00:25,659 --> 03:00:25,960
your time Aisha Blackwell Yes,

6205
03:00:25,960 --> 03:00:26,660
ma'am.

6206
03:00:26,660 --> 03:00:29,600
>> You'll have two minutes.

6207
03:00:31,650 --> 03:00:31,899
Please proceed.

6208
03:00:31,899 --> 03:00:35,499
First want to start off with

6209
03:00:35,803 --> 03:00:36,103
saying thank you for having me

6210
03:00:36,103 --> 03:00:36,470
here.

6211
03:00:36,470 --> 03:00:36,904
All right.

6212
03:00:36,904 --> 03:00:38,904
Good evening.

6213
03:00:41,800 --> 03:00:42,143
Council members Mayor Gloria.

6214
03:00:42,143 --> 03:00:44,812
My name is Mostafa Elgin and I

6215
03:00:44,812 --> 03:00:47,812
am 20 years old coming here.

6216
03:00:49,617 --> 03:00:50,317
I was born in Iraq Baghdad.

6217
03:00:50,317 --> 03:00:53,317
I am an American citizen.

6218
03:00:54,321 --> 03:00:54,922
The bombs, the chaos, the fear

6219
03:00:54,922 --> 03:00:57,322
no kitchen ever known.

6220
03:00:59,327 --> 03:01:00,201
I came to America for safety.

6221
03:01:00,201 --> 03:01:00,895
>> But just nine days ago on

6222
03:01:00,895 --> 03:01:03,895
MAY 18th the safety was

6223
03:01:05,900 --> 03:01:06,567
shattered when three innocent

6224
03:01:06,567 --> 03:01:10,167
men I mean Abdullah, my dear

6225
03:01:10,371 --> 03:01:11,138
not in our world were murdered

6226
03:01:11,138 --> 03:01:14,750
in a car shooting in their

6227
03:01:14,750 --> 03:01:14,842
stomachs that drove San Diego.

6228
03:01:14,842 --> 03:01:18,442
This isn't just a muslim issue.

6229
03:01:19,279 --> 03:01:19,947
This is a San Diego issue

6230
03:01:19,947 --> 03:01:22,347
Black, Latino, Asian, white

6231
03:01:24,685 --> 03:01:25,419
Arab, indigenous.

6232
03:01:25,419 --> 03:01:28,880
>> Every ethnicity in this city

6233
03:01:28,880 --> 03:01:28,388
is walking very tall, glorious

6234
03:01:28,388 --> 03:01:30,388
.

6235
03:01:33,193 --> 03:01:34,950
>> How can we even trust you?

6236
03:01:34,950 --> 03:01:37,931
How can I as a muslim American

6237
03:01:37,931 --> 03:01:38,966
Iraqi female trust.

6238
03:01:38,966 --> 03:01:42,566
>> How does a 20 year old who's

6239
03:01:42,870 --> 03:01:43,437
already survived the war I'm

6240
03:01:43,437 --> 03:01:44,140
tired of the same old

6241
03:01:44,140 --> 03:01:46,540
priorities that leave working

6242
03:01:47,809 --> 03:01:48,509
families exposed.

6243
03:01:48,509 --> 03:01:49,430
Every ethnicity you San Diego,

6244
03:01:49,430 --> 03:01:49,744
the black mother in

6245
03:01:49,744 --> 03:01:52,713
the Southeast Latino family in

6246
03:01:52,713 --> 03:01:53,347
Barrio Logan, the Asian elders

6247
03:01:53,347 --> 03:01:56,347
in Kearny Mesa, the Muslim

6248
03:01:56,517 --> 03:01:57,317
youth, the city heights we all

6249
03:01:57,317 --> 03:01:57,785
pay taxes and we all deserve

6250
03:01:57,785 --> 03:01:59,785
real protection.

6251
03:02:01,956 --> 03:02:02,624
>> How can we be trusted with

6252
03:02:02,624 --> 03:02:05,624
our safety when this budget

6253
03:02:06,593 --> 03:02:06,927
still doesn't prioritize towns

6254
03:02:06,927 --> 03:02:07,495
?

6255
03:02:07,495 --> 03:02:09,895
And the next tragedy?

6256
03:02:13,501 --> 03:02:15,970
I demand this council and you

6257
03:02:15,970 --> 03:02:16,871
Todd Gloria to use this f y 22

6258
03:02:16,871 --> 03:02:20,441
as a 2027 budget to restore and

6259
03:02:20,441 --> 03:02:21,142
expand funding for community

6260
03:02:21,142 --> 03:02:21,843
policing focused on hate crime

6261
03:02:21,843 --> 03:02:24,243
prevention create a dedicated

6262
03:02:25,613 --> 03:02:26,347
grant program for security

6263
03:02:26,347 --> 03:02:27,810
measures, all houses of worship

6264
03:02:27,810 --> 03:02:29,481
and community centers Christian

6265
03:02:30,885 --> 03:02:31,352
Jewish and Muslim and Buddhist

6266
03:02:31,352 --> 03:02:33,352
every religion.

6267
03:02:35,690 --> 03:02:36,457
>> Thank you for that

6268
03:02:36,457 --> 03:02:37,580
Concluding this is a 20 year

6269
03:02:37,580 --> 03:02:37,424
old pulling gift for you

6270
03:02:37,424 --> 03:02:39,424
slightly.

6271
03:02:40,662 --> 03:02:41,950
And I'm not mad at you because

6272
03:02:41,950 --> 03:02:41,729
you are there.

6273
03:02:41,729 --> 03:02:42,263
>> Thank you for that

6274
03:02:42,263 --> 03:02:44,263
concluding sentence.

6275
03:02:51,172 --> 03:02:53,172
John Locke.

6276
03:02:56,440 --> 03:02:56,377
>> Good evening Council members

6277
03:02:56,377 --> 03:02:57,311
.

6278
03:02:57,311 --> 03:02:57,912
My name is John Lott and I work

6279
03:02:57,912 --> 03:02:58,580
at uc San Diego Health.

6280
03:02:58,580 --> 03:03:01,580
And I've seen how recent

6281
03:03:01,949 --> 03:03:02,617
disruptions in research funding

6282
03:03:02,617 --> 03:03:03,251
have had repercussions that

6283
03:03:03,251 --> 03:03:03,551
will take years to recover

6284
03:03:03,551 --> 03:03:05,551
from.

6285
03:03:07,455 --> 03:03:08,189
Even where funding was

6286
03:03:08,189 --> 03:03:10,589
restored, researchers once laid

6287
03:03:11,626 --> 03:03:12,260
off cancer easily be condemned

6288
03:03:12,260 --> 03:03:12,761
to return.

6289
03:03:12,761 --> 03:03:13,127
Medical studies can't be placed

6290
03:03:13,127 --> 03:03:15,127
on pause.

6291
03:03:16,497 --> 03:03:17,165
Similarly our arts and culture

6292
03:03:17,165 --> 03:03:17,699
our arts, culture and youth

6293
03:03:17,699 --> 03:03:18,133
programs are living

6294
03:03:18,133 --> 03:03:20,133
institutions.

6295
03:03:21,360 --> 03:03:21,736
They must be fed and cared for.

6296
03:03:21,736 --> 03:03:22,404
They are not light switches

6297
03:03:22,404 --> 03:03:26,400
that can just be flicked off

6298
03:03:26,440 --> 03:03:27,208
and back on even if the idea is

6299
03:03:27,208 --> 03:03:28,176
to cut funding for only a year

6300
03:03:28,176 --> 03:03:30,946
or so to get the budget back on

6301
03:03:30,946 --> 03:03:31,546
track, programs will end and

6302
03:03:31,546 --> 03:03:33,546
institutions will decay.

6303
03:03:35,383 --> 03:03:36,170
And yet these cuts, severe as

6304
03:03:36,170 --> 03:03:36,617
they are, will not address

6305
03:03:36,617 --> 03:03:37,285
the underlying economic

6306
03:03:37,285 --> 03:03:39,685
conditions that created this

6307
03:03:40,322 --> 03:03:41,890
deficit.

6308
03:03:41,890 --> 03:03:44,890
Deficit spending to invest in

6309
03:03:44,959 --> 03:03:45,460
our culture and an economy is

6310
03:03:45,460 --> 03:03:46,610
not catastrophic.

6311
03:03:46,610 --> 03:03:49,610
It's not a fringe idea.

6312
03:03:49,531 --> 03:03:50,298
It's mainstream economics.

6313
03:03:50,298 --> 03:03:53,298
The federal deficit spending is

6314
03:03:54,636 --> 03:03:55,504
6% of gdp here in San Diego.

6315
03:03:55,504 --> 03:03:57,205
>> It is 0.04% of our regional.

6316
03:03:57,205 --> 03:03:57,739
Thank you for that Concluding

6317
03:03:57,739 --> 03:03:59,739
comment.

6318
03:04:03,450 --> 03:04:03,678
>> Divya.

6319
03:04:03,678 --> 03:04:04,110
>> Good evening council

6320
03:04:04,110 --> 03:04:06,110
members.

6321
03:04:09,451 --> 03:04:10,151
I'm the well developed founder

6322
03:04:10,151 --> 03:04:12,387
of a music and dance nonprofit

6323
03:04:12,387 --> 03:04:13,550
Near Entry and our mission is

6324
03:04:13,550 --> 03:04:16,550
to enable an inner awakening

6325
03:04:16,658 --> 03:04:17,392
and inspire a collective shift

6326
03:04:17,392 --> 03:04:18,600
in human consciousness through

6327
03:04:18,600 --> 03:04:18,327
the transformative power of

6328
03:04:18,327 --> 03:04:20,327
art.

6329
03:04:21,796 --> 03:04:22,330
I'm here today to speak as a

6330
03:04:22,330 --> 03:04:22,997
human whose life was

6331
03:04:22,997 --> 03:04:25,397
transformed only because art

6332
03:04:26,768 --> 03:04:27,136
was a part of my life since I

6333
03:04:27,136 --> 03:04:28,300
was four.

6334
03:04:28,300 --> 03:04:31,507
I also happen to have a degree

6335
03:04:31,507 --> 03:04:32,207
in electrical engineering from

6336
03:04:32,207 --> 03:04:32,907
usc and spent a few years

6337
03:04:32,907 --> 03:04:33,208
working in Sorrento Valley in

6338
03:04:33,208 --> 03:04:35,208
Tech.

6339
03:04:36,440 --> 03:04:36,678
But honestly none of that made

6340
03:04:36,678 --> 03:04:37,347
sense because my heart was

6341
03:04:37,347 --> 03:04:40,550
always in art which is why I

6342
03:04:40,550 --> 03:04:41,316
gave it all up.

6343
03:04:41,316 --> 03:04:42,170
Art made me a sensitive and

6344
03:04:42,170 --> 03:04:45,617
loving human being and gave me

6345
03:04:45,621 --> 03:04:46,354
something so intangible that no

6346
03:04:46,354 --> 03:04:46,922
degree or high paying salary in

6347
03:04:46,922 --> 03:04:49,322
tech could ever give.

6348
03:04:50,826 --> 03:04:51,527
I worked at ucsd Dance

6349
03:04:51,527 --> 03:04:52,227
Department as a teacher and as

6350
03:04:52,227 --> 03:04:55,227
a teaching artist with several

6351
03:04:55,264 --> 03:04:55,898
other nonprofits in the city

6352
03:04:55,898 --> 03:04:56,565
including arts education,

6353
03:04:56,565 --> 03:04:59,565
Connect Indian fine art and

6354
03:05:00,302 --> 03:05:01,300
the only words that I've

6355
03:05:01,300 --> 03:05:01,670
consistently heard was budget

6356
03:05:01,670 --> 03:05:01,971
cuts, budget cuts and budget

6357
03:05:01,971 --> 03:05:03,971
cuts.

6358
03:05:05,207 --> 03:05:05,607
And nothing has changed its

6359
03:05:05,607 --> 03:05:06,308
2026 today.

6360
03:05:06,308 --> 03:05:09,308
Thank you for that concluding

6361
03:05:17,920 --> 03:05:18,620
statement, Karina Vega Karina

6362
03:05:18,620 --> 03:05:19,187
Vega District eight Code Pink

6363
03:05:19,187 --> 03:05:19,588
Forecast and Otay Mesa

6364
03:05:19,588 --> 03:05:21,588
Collective.

6365
03:05:21,623 --> 03:05:22,324
I would hope that as council

6366
03:05:22,324 --> 03:05:23,250
members and representatives of

6367
03:05:23,250 --> 03:05:23,692
your constituents here in San

6368
03:05:23,692 --> 03:05:27,129
Diego that you would want to

6369
03:05:27,129 --> 03:05:27,529
uphold our safety and

6370
03:05:27,529 --> 03:05:28,230
well-being.

6371
03:05:28,230 --> 03:05:28,964
Fox surveillance does not make

6372
03:05:28,964 --> 03:05:31,834
nor keep us safe for being used

6373
03:05:31,834 --> 03:05:32,567
by a terrorist entity like ice

6374
03:05:32,567 --> 03:05:33,235
who are being trained by Israel

6375
03:05:33,235 --> 03:05:35,635
using the same intimidating,

6376
03:05:36,171 --> 03:05:36,839
torturing, and murdering

6377
03:05:36,839 --> 03:05:37,473
tactics that the iaf uses on

6378
03:05:37,473 --> 03:05:39,873
Palestinians in their own

6379
03:05:41,430 --> 03:05:41,477
homeland does not make us see

6380
03:05:41,477 --> 03:05:42,177
this weaken.

6381
03:05:42,177 --> 03:05:42,877
Delaney Ice injured peaceful

6382
03:05:42,877 --> 03:05:45,277
protesters and arrested medics

6383
03:05:46,248 --> 03:05:46,915
providing aid to them for

6384
03:05:46,915 --> 03:05:47,582
exercising their rights and

6385
03:05:47,582 --> 03:05:48,117
advocating for the rights of

6386
03:05:48,117 --> 03:05:50,117
humans inside these

6387
03:05:50,386 --> 03:05:51,530
concentration camps.

6388
03:05:51,530 --> 03:05:51,787
We have one of those

6389
03:05:51,787 --> 03:05:54,187
concentration camps here called

6390
03:05:55,457 --> 03:05:56,910
the Ultimate Detention Center

6391
03:05:56,910 --> 03:05:56,658
Contributing more money to

6392
03:05:56,658 --> 03:05:57,359
the lapd and ice would

6393
03:05:57,359 --> 03:05:59,759
encourage that same brutality

6394
03:06:00,262 --> 03:06:00,896
for us who have been visiting

6395
03:06:00,896 --> 03:06:01,564
these brothers and sisters

6396
03:06:01,564 --> 03:06:02,264
being detained at all times

6397
03:06:02,264 --> 03:06:04,664
against surveillance that does

6398
03:06:06,135 --> 03:06:06,835
not keep us safe but be made

6399
03:06:06,835 --> 03:06:09,235
possible through data sensors

6400
03:06:10,573 --> 03:06:11,307
that encourage heat waste and

6401
03:06:11,307 --> 03:06:12,700
generate more pollution thermal

6402
03:06:12,700 --> 03:06:14,407
energy equivalent to multiple

6403
03:06:16,312 --> 03:06:17,120
atomic bombs daily does not

6404
03:06:17,120 --> 03:06:17,680
make a to invest in the arts.

6405
03:06:17,680 --> 03:06:19,682
The is the doppelganger for

6406
03:06:19,682 --> 03:06:20,649
the concluding statement Lily

6407
03:06:20,649 --> 03:06:24,249
Like when you have time seated

6408
03:06:25,187 --> 03:06:25,655
or maybe speaking with you by

6409
03:06:25,655 --> 03:06:27,655
Dingdong Quinn.

6410
03:06:29,725 --> 03:06:30,493
Thank you.

6411
03:06:30,493 --> 03:06:30,860
>> You'll have two minutes on

6412
03:06:30,860 --> 03:06:31,327
the clock.

6413
03:06:31,327 --> 03:06:33,327
Please proceed.

6414
03:06:34,897 --> 03:06:35,731
Good evening, Council members.

6415
03:06:35,731 --> 03:06:36,398
My name is Lily Quinn and I'm

6416
03:06:36,398 --> 03:06:39,398
the PRESIDENT And founder of

6417
03:06:40,102 --> 03:06:40,536
the Point Circle, a youth youth

6418
03:06:40,536 --> 03:06:41,203
led nonprofit.

6419
03:06:41,203 --> 03:06:44,203
I'm also a sophomore at

6420
03:06:44,974 --> 03:06:45,440
the Bishop's School and a 15

6421
03:06:45,440 --> 03:06:46,242
year old dancer.

6422
03:06:46,242 --> 03:06:49,545
I am here tonight in favor of

6423
03:06:49,545 --> 03:06:49,878
restoring the arts and culture

6424
03:06:49,878 --> 03:06:50,546
budget.

6425
03:06:50,546 --> 03:06:51,246
I've been training in dance

6426
03:06:51,246 --> 03:06:55,170
since I was four years old and

6427
03:06:55,170 --> 03:06:55,317
the arts have shaped my entire

6428
03:06:55,317 --> 03:06:56,180
life.

6429
03:06:56,180 --> 03:06:56,752
They have given me confidence,

6430
03:06:56,752 --> 03:06:59,152
discipline and an irreplaceable

6431
03:06:59,889 --> 03:07:00,755
community.

6432
03:07:00,755 --> 03:07:01,424
>> I'm so grateful to have even

6433
03:07:01,424 --> 03:07:04,424
the San Diego Civic Theater

6434
03:07:04,827 --> 03:07:05,428
just down the street holds some

6435
03:07:05,428 --> 03:07:07,828
of my dearest memories.

6436
03:07:08,932 --> 03:07:09,632
In 2023 I performed as Clara in

6437
03:07:09,632 --> 03:07:10,198
The Nutcracker with the Golden

6438
03:07:10,198 --> 03:07:12,198
State Ballet Academy.

6439
03:07:13,435 --> 03:07:14,170
There.

6440
03:07:14,170 --> 03:07:14,436
Maybe some of you even watched

6441
03:07:14,436 --> 03:07:15,171
me.

6442
03:07:15,171 --> 03:07:18,171
It felt so exhilarating to

6443
03:07:18,273 --> 03:07:18,975
finally be fulfilling my dreams

6444
03:07:18,975 --> 03:07:19,742
since I was a little girl.

6445
03:07:19,742 --> 03:07:23,342
One that I know is shared

6446
03:07:23,346 --> 03:07:24,460
amongst many other young girls

6447
03:07:24,460 --> 03:07:24,714
as well because the arts have

6448
03:07:24,714 --> 03:07:28,584
given me so much I wanted to

6449
03:07:28,584 --> 03:07:29,285
give something back.

6450
03:07:29,285 --> 03:07:29,986
That's why I founded the Point

6451
03:07:29,986 --> 03:07:30,453
Circle through dance music and

6452
03:07:30,453 --> 03:07:32,453
other art forms.

6453
03:07:33,723 --> 03:07:34,223
We are able to contribute back

6454
03:07:34,223 --> 03:07:34,923
to our community.

6455
03:07:34,923 --> 03:07:37,923
We performed for seniors with

6456
03:07:38,828 --> 03:07:39,428
Alzheimer's and dementia,

6457
03:07:39,428 --> 03:07:40,960
organized annual holiday

6458
03:07:40,960 --> 03:07:40,797
performances for families at

6459
03:07:40,797 --> 03:07:43,197
the Rady Children's Hospital.

6460
03:07:43,566 --> 03:07:44,300
And established our own

6461
03:07:44,300 --> 03:07:46,700
Ballerina storytime programs at

6462
03:07:48,938 --> 03:07:49,672
public libraries in Carmel

6463
03:07:49,672 --> 03:07:50,106
Valley, our Carmel Mountain and

6464
03:07:50,106 --> 03:07:52,106
so many more.

6465
03:07:53,542 --> 03:07:54,477
There are library events.

6466
03:07:54,477 --> 03:07:55,211
Our goal is to share that joy

6467
03:07:55,211 --> 03:07:55,945
the arts brings to us with kids

6468
03:07:55,945 --> 03:07:58,781
who might never otherwise see a

6469
03:07:58,781 --> 03:07:59,248
live dance performance or hear

6470
03:07:59,248 --> 03:07:59,983
a live concert.

6471
03:07:59,983 --> 03:08:00,450
By bringing the performing arts

6472
03:08:00,450 --> 03:08:02,450
to these spaces.

6473
03:08:03,853 --> 03:08:04,487
We make it accessible to

6474
03:08:04,487 --> 03:08:04,987
families who cannot afford

6475
03:08:04,987 --> 03:08:06,987
expensive tickets.

6476
03:08:08,725 --> 03:08:09,325
By cutting this $11.8 million

6477
03:08:09,325 --> 03:08:09,826
you are closing doors to

6478
03:08:09,826 --> 03:08:11,826
thousands of kids.

6479
03:08:13,663 --> 03:08:14,331
You're telling our future

6480
03:08:14,331 --> 03:08:14,931
generation and leaders that

6481
03:08:14,931 --> 03:08:16,931
creativity, culture and

6482
03:08:19,350 --> 03:08:19,369
community programs do not

6483
03:08:19,369 --> 03:08:20,690
matter.

6484
03:08:20,690 --> 03:08:23,472
Arts funding is not a luxury.

6485
03:08:23,472 --> 03:08:24,107
It's essential to our

6486
03:08:24,107 --> 03:08:24,641
community's well-being and

6487
03:08:24,641 --> 03:08:25,141
further development.

6488
03:08:25,141 --> 03:08:27,541
Thank you so much.

6489
03:08:29,120 --> 03:08:29,478
Thank you, Adriana.

6490
03:08:29,478 --> 03:08:31,478
Adrian Paulson.

6491
03:08:33,249 --> 03:08:33,916
Adrian Paulson.

6492
03:08:33,916 --> 03:08:34,617
>> Please come up to

6493
03:08:34,617 --> 03:08:37,617
the microphone After that will

6494
03:08:38,988 --> 03:08:39,755
be Rohan Knowles Adria Olvera,

6495
03:08:39,755 --> 03:08:42,155
Paul Supa, Valentino Rodriguez

6496
03:08:44,760 --> 03:08:45,628
and Rene Rios.

6497
03:08:45,628 --> 03:08:46,362
If you can all please come up

6498
03:08:46,362 --> 03:08:49,165
to the yellow reserved seats as

6499
03:08:49,165 --> 03:08:49,666
well as John Badri, John Brady

6500
03:08:49,666 --> 03:08:50,133
and Audra Morgan.

6501
03:08:50,133 --> 03:08:52,133
Please proceed.

6502
03:08:54,400 --> 03:08:54,774
Just two hours ago I graduated

6503
03:08:54,774 --> 03:08:55,438
from one of as one of the most

6504
03:08:55,438 --> 03:08:57,838
accomplished students in my

6505
03:08:59,142 --> 03:08:59,709
program from the San Diego

6506
03:08:59,709 --> 03:09:00,176
School of Creative and

6507
03:09:00,176 --> 03:09:00,844
Performing Arts.

6508
03:09:00,844 --> 03:09:03,480
I have spent the last eight

6509
03:09:03,480 --> 03:09:04,180
years attending arts schools

6510
03:09:04,180 --> 03:09:04,748
and being as immersed in

6511
03:09:04,748 --> 03:09:05,115
educational theater as

6512
03:09:05,115 --> 03:09:05,782
possible.

6513
03:09:05,782 --> 03:09:08,752
Pretty soon I plan to enter

6514
03:09:08,752 --> 03:09:09,619
the technical theater industry

6515
03:09:09,619 --> 03:09:13,219
or for a lifelong career in

6516
03:09:13,890 --> 03:09:14,791
the industry.

6517
03:09:14,791 --> 03:09:15,525
>> But what am I supposed to do

6518
03:09:15,525 --> 03:09:16,192
if those theaters are defunded?

6519
03:09:16,192 --> 03:09:19,620
I intend to use that money I

6520
03:09:19,620 --> 03:09:19,395
earn from those jobs to pay for

6521
03:09:19,395 --> 03:09:20,195
college.

6522
03:09:20,195 --> 03:09:20,864
But what do you want me to do

6523
03:09:20,864 --> 03:09:23,864
if they can't employ me?

6524
03:09:24,167 --> 03:09:24,901
Most jobs will take one look at

6525
03:09:24,901 --> 03:09:25,601
my disability and turn me away.

6526
03:09:25,601 --> 03:09:28,370
But I have committed myself to

6527
03:09:28,370 --> 03:09:28,772
the one path or to the path out

6528
03:09:28,772 --> 03:09:29,406
of very few employees that will

6529
03:09:29,406 --> 03:09:30,390
actually they're actually

6530
03:09:30,390 --> 03:09:33,390
willing to look past that

6531
03:09:34,100 --> 03:09:34,811
considering I am incredibly

6532
03:09:34,811 --> 03:09:35,512
good at what I do and I have

6533
03:09:35,512 --> 03:09:38,512
years of experience, two years

6534
03:09:38,548 --> 03:09:39,249
of hard work to prove that art

6535
03:09:39,249 --> 03:09:39,583
is my only reliable option for

6536
03:09:39,583 --> 03:09:40,316
success.

6537
03:09:40,316 --> 03:09:43,316
I've worked immensely hard to

6538
03:09:43,553 --> 03:09:44,287
build strong foundation for my

6539
03:09:44,287 --> 03:09:44,955
future in a way I simply would

6540
03:09:44,955 --> 03:09:45,321
not be able to in any other

6541
03:09:45,321 --> 03:09:47,321
industry.

6542
03:09:49,292 --> 03:09:50,260
And these budget cuts feel akin

6543
03:09:50,260 --> 03:09:50,727
to the city Jack hammering that

6544
03:09:50,727 --> 03:09:54,327
foundation while I stand on it

6545
03:09:55,132 --> 03:09:55,732
because it does not care if I

6546
03:09:55,732 --> 03:09:56,700
slip through the cracks.

6547
03:09:56,700 --> 03:10:01,237
>> Is it is it for you to put

6548
03:10:01,237 --> 03:10:01,805
the likelihood of myself and so

6549
03:10:01,805 --> 03:10:02,539
many others like me in

6550
03:10:02,539 --> 03:10:03,206
desperate time Or should I just

6551
03:10:03,206 --> 03:10:03,874
drive back to my school and

6552
03:10:03,874 --> 03:10:05,876
inform all of my graduating?

6553
03:10:05,876 --> 03:10:06,576
I do have to be fair.

6554
03:10:06,576 --> 03:10:07,100
>> You can definitely email

6555
03:10:07,100 --> 03:10:09,100
your comments.

6556
03:10:10,714 --> 03:10:14,314
Rohan Knowles Hi, my name is

6557
03:10:16,186 --> 03:10:16,887
Rohan Knowles art in San Diego

6558
03:10:16,887 --> 03:10:17,421
has always been the heart and

6559
03:10:17,421 --> 03:10:19,821
culture of our city.

6560
03:10:21,591 --> 03:10:22,225
I myself danced for six years

6561
03:10:22,225 --> 03:10:22,926
with San Diego Civic Youth

6562
03:10:22,926 --> 03:10:26,130
Ballet and during that time I

6563
03:10:26,130 --> 03:10:26,629
learned the importance of dance

6564
03:10:26,629 --> 03:10:27,231
,perseverance and

6565
03:10:27,231 --> 03:10:27,764
the importance of having

6566
03:10:27,764 --> 03:10:29,764
freedom and creative

6567
03:10:31,670 --> 03:10:31,668
self-expression which some of

6568
03:10:31,668 --> 03:10:32,436
you might need as well.

6569
03:10:32,436 --> 03:10:35,436
Cutting our funding will harm

6570
03:10:38,574 --> 03:10:39,309
nonprofit organizations like

6571
03:10:39,309 --> 03:10:39,609
stc, y, b and the families they

6572
03:10:39,609 --> 03:10:40,344
serve.

6573
03:10:40,344 --> 03:10:42,245
It is a bad luck for the city

6574
03:10:42,245 --> 03:10:42,980
to be cutting something that

6575
03:10:42,980 --> 03:10:43,680
actively helps our city instead

6576
03:10:43,680 --> 03:10:44,181
of focusing on the issues that

6577
03:10:44,181 --> 03:10:46,581
we need to solve.

6578
03:10:47,784 --> 03:10:48,652
Homelessness.

6579
03:10:48,652 --> 03:10:49,319
>> Why are we spending all of

6580
03:10:49,319 --> 03:10:52,319
our money on the police

6581
03:10:52,823 --> 03:10:53,724
department?

6582
03:10:53,724 --> 03:10:54,458
I am a high schooler telling

6583
03:10:54,458 --> 03:10:58,628
you this It feels stupid for me

6584
03:10:58,628 --> 03:10:59,295
to be here so late at night

6585
03:10:59,295 --> 03:10:59,595
when you guys can't do your

6586
03:10:59,595 --> 03:11:00,464
jobs.

6587
03:11:00,464 --> 03:11:03,534
You need to start taking action

6588
03:11:03,534 --> 03:11:04,101
Responsibility for yourselves.

6589
03:11:04,101 --> 03:11:06,101
>> It's embarrassing.

6590
03:11:09,639 --> 03:11:10,140
Do better for your city.

6591
03:11:10,140 --> 03:11:12,140
>> Andrea Olvera.

6592
03:11:12,276 --> 03:11:14,676
Andrea, are you here?

6593
03:11:18,582 --> 03:11:19,160
>> Paul Super.

6594
03:11:19,160 --> 03:11:21,160
Good evening.

6595
03:11:23,853 --> 03:11:24,554
City Council Mary Todd Gloria.

6596
03:11:24,554 --> 03:11:25,289
Overwhelmingly citizens have

6597
03:11:25,289 --> 03:11:28,889
stood before you tonight with a

6598
03:11:29,293 --> 03:11:29,759
mandate to restore the arts and

6599
03:11:29,759 --> 03:11:30,527
culture budget.

6600
03:11:30,527 --> 03:11:34,127
You can do so simply by

6601
03:11:34,398 --> 03:11:36,398
rescinding the $15 million

6602
03:11:38,268 --> 03:11:38,569
police budget increase for

6603
03:11:38,569 --> 03:11:39,103
2027.

6604
03:11:39,103 --> 03:11:39,670
>> The people have

6605
03:11:39,670 --> 03:11:41,670
overwhelmingly spoken.

6606
03:11:44,174 --> 03:11:44,475
We do not want a surveillance

6607
03:11:44,475 --> 03:11:46,475
state.

6608
03:11:48,278 --> 03:11:48,679
Floc has cost 12.5 million over

6609
03:11:48,679 --> 03:11:49,446
five years.

6610
03:11:49,446 --> 03:11:53,460
It has been sued recently MARCH

6611
03:11:53,316 --> 03:11:53,984
20th, 26 for privacy violations

6612
03:11:53,984 --> 03:11:56,984
in the Jaworski class action

6613
03:11:57,988 --> 03:11:58,555
lawsuit.

6614
03:11:58,555 --> 03:11:59,222
It is illegal.

6615
03:11:59,222 --> 03:12:02,222
We need to do better.

6616
03:12:03,327 --> 03:12:04,261
We respectfully in conclusion

6617
03:12:04,261 --> 03:12:09,610
we need to get the flock out of

6618
03:12:09,266 --> 03:12:09,934
here.

6619
03:12:09,934 --> 03:12:10,434
We don't give a.

6620
03:12:10,434 --> 03:12:12,434
Restore the arts.

6621
03:12:14,838 --> 03:12:15,339
We don't give a.

6622
03:12:15,339 --> 03:12:15,906
Restore the arts.

6623
03:12:15,906 --> 03:12:18,306
We don't give a.

6624
03:12:19,744 --> 03:12:20,211
Restore the arts.

6625
03:12:20,211 --> 03:12:22,211
>> Thank you.

6626
03:12:30,454 --> 03:12:30,920
Valentino Rodriguez.

6627
03:12:30,920 --> 03:12:32,920
>> Good evening.

6628
03:12:36,661 --> 03:12:37,428
Council members email Gloria

6629
03:12:37,428 --> 03:12:37,795
Green Everyone knows my name is

6630
03:12:37,795 --> 03:12:39,795
Valentino.

6631
03:12:41,699 --> 03:12:42,299
I am a Navy veteran with over

6632
03:12:42,299 --> 03:12:42,833
60 years of service and

6633
03:12:42,833 --> 03:12:43,500
continued service as

6634
03:12:43,500 --> 03:12:45,900
the outreach coordinator for

6635
03:12:48,406 --> 03:12:48,706
bsd Beach's village of San

6636
03:12:48,706 --> 03:12:49,373
Diego.

6637
03:12:49,373 --> 03:12:52,973
When out in the community we

6638
03:12:53,344 --> 03:12:54,450
are the community partners like

6639
03:12:54,450 --> 03:12:54,345
Path in Law Enforcement heart

6640
03:12:54,345 --> 03:12:56,345
teams.

6641
03:12:58,782 --> 03:12:59,383
When I come across an unhoused

6642
03:12:59,383 --> 03:13:00,170
veteran I provided with

6643
03:13:00,170 --> 03:13:02,417
the resources and housing

6644
03:13:04,321 --> 03:13:04,956
options we have at our campus.

6645
03:13:04,956 --> 03:13:05,623
Veterans are provided with

6646
03:13:05,623 --> 03:13:07,623
employment, medical, mental

6647
03:13:09,393 --> 03:13:11,793
health resources three meals

6648
03:13:15,320 --> 03:13:15,599
daily just to name a few.

6649
03:13:15,599 --> 03:13:16,300
That said, I oppose

6650
03:13:16,300 --> 03:13:19,300
the Warriors plan to use

6651
03:13:20,471 --> 03:13:21,205
millions of dollars to take

6652
03:13:21,205 --> 03:13:21,739
over spaces designated to house

6653
03:13:21,739 --> 03:13:24,139
our veterans to get

6654
03:13:26,577 --> 03:13:27,378
the treatment that they need to

6655
03:13:27,378 --> 03:13:30,978
find the stability that they so

6656
03:13:33,851 --> 03:13:34,552
seek.

6657
03:13:34,552 --> 03:13:34,919
>> Thank you for your

6658
03:13:34,919 --> 03:13:36,919
attention.

6659
03:13:38,322 --> 03:13:38,689
I sometimes I'm sorry your time

6660
03:13:38,689 --> 03:13:39,322
has gone.

6661
03:13:39,322 --> 03:13:41,322
Veterans currently occupy.

6662
03:13:43,928 --> 03:13:44,495
I'm sorry.

6663
03:13:44,495 --> 03:13:44,862
Remember your time has

6664
03:13:44,862 --> 03:13:45,562
concluded.

6665
03:13:45,562 --> 03:13:46,264
You can definitely email your

6666
03:13:46,264 --> 03:13:46,898
comments to City Clerk and San

6667
03:13:46,898 --> 03:13:47,398
diego.Gov and they will be

6668
03:13:47,398 --> 03:13:49,398
distributed out.

6669
03:13:53,270 --> 03:13:54,380
Rene Rios.

6670
03:13:54,380 --> 03:13:54,472
Good evening Council members.

6671
03:13:54,472 --> 03:13:56,472
Mayor Gloria.

6672
03:13:59,611 --> 03:14:00,277
My name is Rene Rios and I

6673
03:14:00,277 --> 03:14:00,778
served in the United States

6674
03:14:00,778 --> 03:14:02,778
Navy for 24 years.

6675
03:14:05,116 --> 03:14:05,850
I currently serve as

6676
03:14:05,850 --> 03:14:06,417
the program manager at Veterans

6677
03:14:06,417 --> 03:14:08,817
Village of San Diego.

6678
03:14:10,254 --> 03:14:10,989
I work directly with veterans

6679
03:14:10,989 --> 03:14:11,656
and their families helping them

6680
03:14:11,656 --> 03:14:14,560
move toward stable permanent

6681
03:14:16,159 --> 03:14:16,895
housing and rebuilding their

6682
03:14:16,895 --> 03:14:17,462
lives with dignity and support.

6683
03:14:17,462 --> 03:14:19,462
I respectfully oppose

6684
03:14:21,398 --> 03:14:23,398
the mayor's proposed $2.3

6685
03:14:26,571 --> 03:14:27,272
million allocation to take over

6686
03:14:27,272 --> 03:14:27,605
Veterans Village of San Diego

6687
03:14:27,605 --> 03:14:29,605
campus.

6688
03:14:32,377 --> 03:14:32,744
We don't need your help over

6689
03:14:32,744 --> 03:14:33,444
veterans.

6690
03:14:33,444 --> 03:14:36,444
Our veteran community comes to

6691
03:14:38,282 --> 03:14:38,649
us seeking stability, structure

6692
03:14:38,649 --> 03:14:40,649
and hope.

6693
03:14:42,821 --> 03:14:43,521
The sudden disruption threatens

6694
03:14:43,521 --> 03:14:44,188
buildings 45 year mission of

6695
03:14:44,188 --> 03:14:47,188
serving those who served our

6696
03:14:48,826 --> 03:14:49,494
country and can result in

6697
03:14:49,494 --> 03:14:50,161
the displacement of veterans

6698
03:14:50,161 --> 03:14:52,561
currently occupying our beds

6699
03:14:54,733 --> 03:14:55,233
and participating in life

6700
03:14:55,233 --> 03:14:55,667
changing programs.

6701
03:14:55,667 --> 03:14:56,367
>> Thank you.

6702
03:14:56,367 --> 03:14:58,767
A complete concluding sentence

6703
03:15:00,372 --> 03:15:00,838
John Brady.

6704
03:15:00,838 --> 03:15:02,838
Are you here?

6705
03:15:07,145 --> 03:15:07,912
John Brady Audra Morgan.

6706
03:15:07,912 --> 03:15:08,380
Oh, you put Audra Morgan on

6707
03:15:08,380 --> 03:15:10,380
their speakers.

6708
03:15:13,385 --> 03:15:13,752
Oh, I'm sorry.

6709
03:15:13,752 --> 03:15:14,419
Allegedly.

6710
03:15:14,419 --> 03:15:15,530
Audra, please come forward.

6711
03:15:15,530 --> 03:15:15,587
After that we'll have to.

6712
03:15:15,587 --> 03:15:17,587
Alexander Catherine?

6713
03:15:17,721 --> 03:15:18,523
No, a gold.

6714
03:15:18,523 --> 03:15:19,223
Do you know Starbuck Smith,

6715
03:15:19,223 --> 03:15:22,223
Rebecca Nolan and Josh Clark?

6716
03:15:22,461 --> 03:15:22,894
Please start making your way to

6717
03:15:22,894 --> 03:15:23,360
the front row.

6718
03:15:23,360 --> 03:15:24,129
Please proceed.

6719
03:15:24,129 --> 03:15:27,729
I find it ironic, Todd, that

6720
03:15:28,767 --> 03:15:29,434
you're cutting the arts when

6721
03:15:29,434 --> 03:15:30,135
you spend money of hours on

6722
03:15:30,135 --> 03:15:33,135
your nice little music videos

6723
03:15:35,507 --> 03:15:36,740
like Todd Gloria Is that da

6724
03:15:36,740 --> 03:15:36,708
Gloria Is that right?

6725
03:15:36,708 --> 03:15:37,242
And all the single ladies.

6726
03:15:37,242 --> 03:15:39,642
Those are good ones.

6727
03:15:41,780 --> 03:15:41,747
So I'm wondering if you're

6728
03:15:41,747 --> 03:15:42,481
starting to think about your

6729
03:15:42,481 --> 03:15:43,148
next music video and it's going

6730
03:15:43,148 --> 03:15:46,148
to be called something about

6731
03:15:47,385 --> 03:15:47,686
your maybe I don't give a

6732
03:15:47,686 --> 03:15:47,986
block.

6733
03:15:47,986 --> 03:15:48,586
Right.

6734
03:15:48,586 --> 03:15:49,254
Because you're going to

6735
03:15:49,254 --> 03:15:52,254
potentially bring in more of

6736
03:15:52,557 --> 03:15:53,291
this surveillance which this

6737
03:15:53,291 --> 03:15:53,992
whole mosque shooting should be

6738
03:15:53,992 --> 03:15:57,592
Telltale signs that your P.R.

6739
03:15:57,629 --> 03:15:58,296
Doesn't work as you follow some

6740
03:15:58,296 --> 03:15:59,300
people supposedly to Mission

6741
03:15:59,300 --> 03:15:59,431
Valley while they were shooting

6742
03:15:59,431 --> 03:15:59,731
up a mosque.

6743
03:15:59,731 --> 03:16:00,465
Okay.

6744
03:16:00,465 --> 03:16:03,635
So that should be proof that it

6745
03:16:03,635 --> 03:16:04,503
should actually be cut.

6746
03:16:04,503 --> 03:16:05,170
But you're going to use that as

6747
03:16:05,170 --> 03:16:08,170
an opportunity to say, well,

6748
03:16:09,173 --> 03:16:09,841
there were gaps We weren't able

6749
03:16:09,841 --> 03:16:10,642
to follow them completely.

6750
03:16:10,642 --> 03:16:11,343
So we're going to need to put

6751
03:16:11,343 --> 03:16:12,440
this all over the place So you

6752
03:16:12,440 --> 03:16:15,440
guys better buckle up because

6753
03:16:15,247 --> 03:16:15,947
things are going to get real

6754
03:16:15,947 --> 03:16:16,548
really quick And it's great to

6755
03:16:16,548 --> 03:16:19,548
see people coming in and

6756
03:16:21,152 --> 03:16:21,853
filling the house like this

6757
03:16:21,853 --> 03:16:22,587
because eventually the people

6758
03:16:22,587 --> 03:16:23,221
are going to do it cause you're

6759
03:16:23,221 --> 03:16:23,888
going to start to see that

6760
03:16:23,888 --> 03:16:26,888
they're not good stewards of

6761
03:16:27,192 --> 03:16:27,960
our money and that they're

6762
03:16:27,960 --> 03:16:28,293
trying to put us in a digital

6763
03:16:28,293 --> 03:16:28,860
prison.

6764
03:16:28,860 --> 03:16:30,860
>> Time has concluded.

6765
03:16:32,630 --> 03:16:33,980
Stella Kissinger.

6766
03:16:33,980 --> 03:16:33,832
>> Hi.

6767
03:16:33,832 --> 03:16:34,566
I just graduated from the San

6768
03:16:34,566 --> 03:16:37,566
Diego School of Creative and

6769
03:16:38,437 --> 03:16:39,204
Performing Arts.

6770
03:16:39,204 --> 03:16:39,905
That school gets funding from

6771
03:16:39,905 --> 03:16:40,272
the Apple Foundation which is

6772
03:16:40,272 --> 03:16:42,272
being cut.

6773
03:16:46,578 --> 03:16:47,278
I would not be here today in a

6774
03:16:47,278 --> 03:16:47,645
very real sense without these

6775
03:16:47,645 --> 03:16:48,347
programs.

6776
03:16:48,347 --> 03:16:48,780
I am a member of the Playhouse

6777
03:16:48,780 --> 03:16:50,780
Teen Council.

6778
03:16:51,383 --> 03:16:51,783
I was recently possibly suny

6779
03:16:51,783 --> 03:16:52,484
ambassador.

6780
03:16:52,484 --> 03:16:52,784
I did internships with the Old

6781
03:16:52,784 --> 03:16:54,784
Globe.

6782
03:16:56,555 --> 03:16:57,322
I am so linked with theater in

6783
03:16:57,322 --> 03:16:57,922
San Diego and I would not be

6784
03:16:57,922 --> 03:16:58,624
here today without them.

6785
03:16:58,624 --> 03:17:01,624
You guys talked earlier about

6786
03:17:03,662 --> 03:17:04,530
tradeoffs about what you needed

6787
03:17:04,530 --> 03:17:05,630
to get rid of so that you could

6788
03:17:05,630 --> 03:17:05,697
balance the budget.

6789
03:17:05,697 --> 03:17:09,167
I am here asking you today

6790
03:17:09,167 --> 03:17:09,835
would you trade my life that I

6791
03:17:09,835 --> 03:17:10,536
would have given up without

6792
03:17:10,536 --> 03:17:11,700
these programs so that you can

6793
03:17:11,700 --> 03:17:13,700
balance your budget.

6794
03:17:15,774 --> 03:17:16,141
I want you to answer that

6795
03:17:16,141 --> 03:17:16,775
question.

6796
03:17:16,775 --> 03:17:20,375
It is absolutely I am not

6797
03:17:21,279 --> 03:17:22,130
the daughter of a librarian.

6798
03:17:22,130 --> 03:17:22,614
It is absolutely irredeemable

6799
03:17:22,614 --> 03:17:23,281
that you would cut these

6800
03:17:23,281 --> 03:17:26,281
programs that people rely on

6801
03:17:27,753 --> 03:17:28,687
that kids rely on.

6802
03:17:28,687 --> 03:17:29,454
It is insane to me that I have

6803
03:17:29,454 --> 03:17:31,824
to stand here today and tell

6804
03:17:31,824 --> 03:17:35,424
you that art saves lives, that

6805
03:17:39,970 --> 03:17:39,732
libraries saved lives.

6806
03:17:39,732 --> 03:17:40,398
>> Kathryn Kathryn Pollitt

6807
03:17:40,398 --> 03:17:43,398
please come forward to the.

6808
03:17:43,736 --> 03:17:44,136
Katherine Paula.

6809
03:17:44,136 --> 03:17:44,904
Noah Gold.

6810
03:17:44,904 --> 03:17:47,304
Dino Starbuck Smith Rebecca

6811
03:17:49,708 --> 03:17:50,108
Noland.

6812
03:17:50,108 --> 03:17:50,509
Josh Clark.

6813
03:17:50,509 --> 03:17:52,509
Mike Miller.

6814
03:17:57,149 --> 03:17:57,549
Kenny Critic.

6815
03:17:57,549 --> 03:17:58,283
>> Sorry.

6816
03:17:58,283 --> 03:17:58,751
Let's go back a couple names.

6817
03:17:58,751 --> 03:17:59,251
I'm Josh Clark.

6818
03:17:59,251 --> 03:18:01,251
So please proceed.

6819
03:18:02,454 --> 03:18:03,121
MR. Kelley resident who

6820
03:18:03,121 --> 03:18:03,789
represented that district on

6821
03:18:03,789 --> 03:18:06,189
the city's bicycle advisory

6822
03:18:07,893 --> 03:18:08,427
committee from 2014 to 2018

6823
03:18:08,427 --> 03:18:09,940
where we worked with

6824
03:18:09,940 --> 03:18:09,828
the multimodal team as they

6825
03:18:09,828 --> 03:18:10,496
implemented the first protected

6826
03:18:10,496 --> 03:18:13,432
bikeways in the city they've

6827
03:18:13,432 --> 03:18:14,133
installed many more since all

6828
03:18:14,133 --> 03:18:14,800
extremely quickly, cheaply and

6829
03:18:14,800 --> 03:18:15,467
efficiently during repaving

6830
03:18:15,467 --> 03:18:17,867
projects citywide from Park

6831
03:18:20,106 --> 03:18:20,806
Village Drive and Peak to Del

6832
03:18:20,806 --> 03:18:21,407
Sol Boulevard In total nester

6833
03:18:21,407 --> 03:18:22,108
that infrastructure has

6834
03:18:22,108 --> 03:18:22,407
increased ridership and saved

6835
03:18:22,407 --> 03:18:24,407
lives.

6836
03:18:25,844 --> 03:18:26,545
There are more than 300 are

6837
03:18:26,545 --> 03:18:27,113
more than 600 miles of planned

6838
03:18:27,113 --> 03:18:27,847
bikeways in the city.

6839
03:18:27,847 --> 03:18:30,247
These are currently substandard

6840
03:18:30,850 --> 03:18:31,517
on dangerous streets used daily

6841
03:18:31,517 --> 03:18:32,117
by our kids and parents and

6842
03:18:32,117 --> 03:18:32,818
neighbors people who are

6843
03:18:32,818 --> 03:18:33,452
choosing to ride in people who

6844
03:18:33,452 --> 03:18:35,852
don't have another choice.

6845
03:18:37,122 --> 03:18:37,656
I'm asking you all to

6846
03:18:37,656 --> 03:18:38,357
prioritize retaining

6847
03:18:38,357 --> 03:18:39,910
the multi-modal team which is

6848
03:18:39,910 --> 03:18:42,427
$3 million in the f y 27 budget

6849
03:18:42,427 --> 03:18:43,280
so that they MAY continue their

6850
03:18:43,280 --> 03:18:43,729
expert redesigns of our

6851
03:18:43,729 --> 03:18:44,230
roadways making them safer for

6852
03:18:44,230 --> 03:18:46,230
all roadway users.

6853
03:18:48,340 --> 03:18:48,734
We have a climate action plan

6854
03:18:48,734 --> 03:18:49,302
target of 6% for all residents

6855
03:18:49,302 --> 03:18:49,935
first by bike by 2030.

6856
03:18:49,935 --> 03:18:52,935
Portland is the only major

6857
03:18:54,674 --> 03:18:55,374
metro who has achieved that and

6858
03:18:55,374 --> 03:18:55,675
they did it with a multimodal

6859
03:18:55,675 --> 03:18:56,408
team.

6860
03:18:56,408 --> 03:18:57,420
If we find Ares two we can beat

6861
03:18:57,420 --> 03:19:00,420
that target with high gas

6862
03:19:01,213 --> 03:19:01,847
prices e-bikes more protected

6863
03:19:01,847 --> 03:19:02,215
bikeways and four days of

6864
03:19:02,215 --> 03:19:04,215
sunshine.

6865
03:19:06,819 --> 03:19:07,420
Please note that contrary to

6866
03:19:07,420 --> 03:19:09,820
Catherine last call for

6867
03:19:11,290 --> 03:19:11,991
Catherine Paul it no a goal

6868
03:19:11,991 --> 03:19:14,991
Let's go for another goal.

6869
03:19:17,597 --> 03:19:17,930
Do you know Starbucks last

6870
03:19:17,930 --> 03:19:18,364
call.

6871
03:19:18,364 --> 03:19:19,165
Rebecca Nolan.

6872
03:19:19,165 --> 03:19:22,165
Rebecca Nolan Last Call Mike

6873
03:19:27,540 --> 03:19:28,307
Miller please come forward.

6874
03:19:28,307 --> 03:19:28,974
>> Let's talk numbers in order

6875
03:19:28,974 --> 03:19:31,974
to restore the arts grants.

6876
03:19:34,547 --> 03:19:35,248
The Office of Child and Youth

6877
03:19:35,248 --> 03:19:35,949
Success and Libraries not just

6878
03:19:35,949 --> 03:19:38,949
their hours but their services

6879
03:19:40,353 --> 03:19:41,540
and programs as well that would

6880
03:19:41,540 --> 03:19:41,687
cost the same amount of money

6881
03:19:41,687 --> 03:19:44,687
that the police budget is

6882
03:19:46,626 --> 03:19:47,260
increasing this year.

6883
03:19:47,260 --> 03:19:47,960
Restoring rec center hours

6884
03:19:47,960 --> 03:19:51,560
would cost the same amount of

6885
03:19:51,964 --> 03:19:52,632
money as the floor contract.

6886
03:19:52,632 --> 03:19:53,398
>> The thing with the police

6887
03:19:53,398 --> 03:19:56,998
budget is that as it has

6888
03:19:58,705 --> 03:19:59,372
increased year over year

6889
03:19:59,372 --> 03:19:59,738
the crime clearance rate has

6890
03:19:59,738 --> 03:20:01,738
decreased.

6891
03:20:03,743 --> 03:20:04,443
At the same time unlawful use

6892
03:20:04,443 --> 03:20:05,144
of force arrests and

6893
03:20:05,144 --> 03:20:07,144
discrimination has increased.

6894
03:20:10,583 --> 03:20:11,283
Those are numbers from their

6895
03:20:11,283 --> 03:20:11,985
glorious own budget document.

6896
03:20:11,985 --> 03:20:15,821
So don't tell me that this has

6897
03:20:15,821 --> 03:20:16,155
anything to do with community

6898
03:20:16,155 --> 03:20:16,890
safety.

6899
03:20:16,890 --> 03:20:17,523
And if you don't believe me,

6900
03:20:17,523 --> 03:20:19,923
believe the police officer

6901
03:20:22,295 --> 03:20:22,962
union PRESIDENT Who called this

6902
03:20:22,962 --> 03:20:23,596
budget prioritizing politics

6903
03:20:23,596 --> 03:20:24,230
over public safety and an

6904
03:20:24,230 --> 03:20:24,731
unacceptable way to run a

6905
03:20:24,731 --> 03:20:26,731
police department.

6906
03:20:28,535 --> 03:20:30,535
Thank you, Kenney.

6907
03:20:34,374 --> 03:20:34,874
>> Please come forward.

6908
03:20:34,874 --> 03:20:36,874
>> Hello everyone.

6909
03:20:38,812 --> 03:20:39,479
My name is Kenney Quidditch

6910
03:20:39,479 --> 03:20:40,180
resident in District three.

6911
03:20:40,180 --> 03:20:40,814
Council Members You must take

6912
03:20:40,814 --> 03:20:43,214
this opportunity to cancel

6913
03:20:45,284 --> 03:20:45,852
the city's contract with Floc.

6914
03:20:45,852 --> 03:20:46,518
The system is costly,

6915
03:20:46,518 --> 03:20:47,153
ineffective and a threat to

6916
03:20:47,153 --> 03:20:49,153
vulnerable communities And

6917
03:20:51,591 --> 03:20:52,292
frankly everyone we've seen

6918
03:20:52,292 --> 03:20:52,992
reports of these systems being

6919
03:20:52,992 --> 03:20:55,992
abused by police data, leaked

6920
03:20:57,930 --> 03:20:58,664
data shared intentionally with

6921
03:20:58,664 --> 03:21:01,640
federal agencies unlawfully And

6922
03:21:03,670 --> 03:21:04,437
now the fbi in a recent story

6923
03:21:04,437 --> 03:21:05,710
wants full access to 80 hours

6924
03:21:05,710 --> 03:21:05,772
across the entire country.

6925
03:21:05,772 --> 03:21:08,772
This level of surveillance is

6926
03:21:10,310 --> 03:21:10,843
outrageous and would make

6927
03:21:10,843 --> 03:21:12,843
George Orwell blush.

6928
03:21:14,948 --> 03:21:15,648
And by canceling this you get

6929
03:21:15,648 --> 03:21:16,316
$2 million in the budget to

6930
03:21:16,316 --> 03:21:16,650
allocate towards more worthy

6931
03:21:16,650 --> 03:21:18,650
causes.

6932
03:21:20,319 --> 03:21:20,919
Please join at least 68 other

6933
03:21:20,919 --> 03:21:21,621
cities as well as your

6934
03:21:21,621 --> 03:21:24,210
constituents in rejecting Floc

6935
03:21:26,158 --> 03:21:26,893
and hope our residents deserve

6936
03:21:26,893 --> 03:21:29,893
to be supported not surveilled.

6937
03:21:32,398 --> 03:21:33,660
>> Thank you.

6938
03:21:33,660 --> 03:21:33,500
Miller Ellison Miller please

6939
03:21:33,500 --> 03:21:34,199
come forward.

6940
03:21:34,199 --> 03:21:37,199
The microphone after that will

6941
03:21:37,904 --> 03:21:42,104
be my at Mya Stone in Phenix

6942
03:21:43,476 --> 03:21:44,311
Wing David Pearce.

6943
03:21:44,311 --> 03:21:46,711
>> Colleen Kimsey Andrea Lopez

6944
03:21:49,149 --> 03:21:49,749
Rivera.

6945
03:21:49,749 --> 03:21:50,182
>> Please proceed.

6946
03:21:50,182 --> 03:21:50,817
Good evening.

6947
03:21:50,817 --> 03:21:51,718
I'm a resident of District

6948
03:21:51,718 --> 03:21:55,918
three and I'm here to speak in

6949
03:21:55,922 --> 03:21:56,556
opposition to the proposed

6950
03:21:56,556 --> 03:21:57,257
budget revisions which are

6951
03:21:57,257 --> 03:21:57,623
insufficient for the needs of

6952
03:21:57,623 --> 03:21:58,324
our city.

6953
03:21:58,324 --> 03:22:01,324
The proposed budget includes a

6954
03:22:02,262 --> 03:22:03,163
multi million dollar contract.

6955
03:22:03,163 --> 03:22:03,897
I work in a local emergency

6956
03:22:03,897 --> 03:22:04,631
department and I see repeatedly

6957
03:22:04,631 --> 03:22:05,232
firsthand how quickly excessive

6958
03:22:05,232 --> 03:22:07,232
surveillance and police

6959
03:22:07,834 --> 03:22:08,435
presence can escalate a

6960
03:22:08,435 --> 03:22:08,934
situation and lead to a

6961
03:22:08,934 --> 03:22:09,569
horrible violence.

6962
03:22:09,569 --> 03:22:11,969
This over surveillance and

6963
03:22:13,974 --> 03:22:14,707
violence disproportionately

6964
03:22:14,707 --> 03:22:15,342
affects the most vulnerable can

6965
03:22:15,342 --> 03:22:16,900
be against which includes

6966
03:22:16,900 --> 03:22:16,477
racial minorities, folks and

6967
03:22:16,477 --> 03:22:18,477
homeless folks.

6968
03:22:20,213 --> 03:22:20,847
Furthermore, insufficient

6969
03:22:20,847 --> 03:22:21,548
evidence exists that mass

6970
03:22:21,548 --> 03:22:22,115
surveillance systems like pork

6971
03:22:22,115 --> 03:22:24,515
improve the safety of

6972
03:22:25,952 --> 03:22:26,687
communities that employ them.

6973
03:22:26,687 --> 03:22:27,353
With the police reporting a

6974
03:22:27,353 --> 03:22:27,954
less than 0.2% success rate

6975
03:22:27,954 --> 03:22:28,422
according to the Privacy

6976
03:22:28,422 --> 03:22:30,422
Advisory Board.

6977
03:22:31,591 --> 03:22:32,258
By contrast, evidence based

6978
03:22:32,258 --> 03:22:32,993
practices to improve public

6979
03:22:32,993 --> 03:22:35,993
safety include a robust network

6980
03:22:38,165 --> 03:22:38,732
of community support resources

6981
03:22:38,732 --> 03:22:39,365
including fully funded

6982
03:22:39,365 --> 03:22:40,670
libraries, rec centers and

6983
03:22:40,670 --> 03:22:40,667
homeless services In addition

6984
03:22:40,667 --> 03:22:43,667
to the arts and cultural

6985
03:22:46,720 --> 03:22:46,773
institutions like the San 15

6986
03:22:46,773 --> 03:22:47,141
Pride that kept San Diego to

6987
03:22:47,141 --> 03:22:47,874
character.

6988
03:22:47,874 --> 03:22:49,642
If the Council is serious about

6989
03:22:49,642 --> 03:22:50,344
closing the budget deficit

6990
03:22:50,344 --> 03:22:50,977
disingenuous and unethical to

6991
03:22:50,977 --> 03:22:51,644
commit to the contract and

6992
03:22:51,644 --> 03:22:52,348
increase police budget while

6993
03:22:52,348 --> 03:22:54,748
simultaneously cutting the art

6994
03:22:56,116 --> 03:22:56,817
and other.

6995
03:22:56,817 --> 03:22:57,351
>> Thank you for that

6996
03:22:57,351 --> 03:22:59,351
concluding sentence.

6997
03:23:03,322 --> 03:23:03,857
Maya Maya So here Maya with

6998
03:23:03,857 --> 03:23:06,257
Your Time by Kevin.

6999
03:23:08,280 --> 03:23:08,329
Kevin Dominello Did you want to

7000
03:23:08,329 --> 03:23:08,629
speak?

7001
03:23:08,629 --> 03:23:10,629
Okay.

7002
03:23:13,901 --> 03:23:17,501
Phenix win one minute of time

7003
03:23:19,473 --> 03:23:20,239
for me.

7004
03:23:20,239 --> 03:23:20,640
We'll go over there and get

7005
03:23:20,640 --> 03:23:21,141
the speaker.

7006
03:23:21,141 --> 03:23:23,141
So please proceed.

7007
03:23:25,946 --> 03:23:26,647
I'm here again because

7008
03:23:26,647 --> 03:23:27,314
the numbers didn't change and

7009
03:23:27,314 --> 03:23:28,150
I'm really disappointed So I

7010
03:23:28,150 --> 03:23:31,615
made the graph bigger for you

7011
03:23:31,684 --> 03:23:32,452
guys.

7012
03:23:32,452 --> 03:23:32,786
>> This revision was a complete

7013
03:23:32,786 --> 03:23:33,487
failure.

7014
03:23:33,487 --> 03:23:33,821
That's my first point I Three

7015
03:23:33,821 --> 03:23:35,821
points.

7016
03:23:37,591 --> 03:23:37,924
This vision was a complete

7017
03:23:37,924 --> 03:23:38,725
failure.

7018
03:23:38,725 --> 03:23:42,620
If someone stabs you and sticks

7019
03:23:42,620 --> 03:23:42,796
a knife six inches into your

7020
03:23:42,796 --> 03:23:43,597
chest and then pulls it halfway

7021
03:23:43,597 --> 03:23:47,197
out, do we thank them for

7022
03:23:48,535 --> 03:23:49,303
the progress they are making?

7023
03:23:49,303 --> 03:23:50,370
Do we thank them for the knife

7024
03:23:50,370 --> 03:23:50,303
heading in the right direction?

7025
03:23:50,303 --> 03:23:52,303
No.

7026
03:23:54,408 --> 03:23:55,142
You do not get a thank you.

7027
03:23:55,142 --> 03:23:55,776
This was a failed revision.

7028
03:23:55,776 --> 03:23:59,376
The knife is still in for

7029
03:23:59,780 --> 03:24:00,747
the arts and cultures.

7030
03:24:00,747 --> 03:24:01,415
I am sick of hearing MR. Monica

7031
03:24:01,415 --> 03:24:05,150
and the mayor talk about how

7032
03:24:05,386 --> 03:24:06,860
this addresses the budget

7033
03:24:06,860 --> 03:24:06,719
deficit when it does not.

7034
03:24:06,719 --> 03:24:07,388
I am a math tutor.

7035
03:24:07,388 --> 03:24:10,988
Let me teach you some math.

7036
03:24:11,892 --> 03:24:12,560
I did this to scale to

7037
03:24:12,560 --> 03:24:13,359
the nearest one tenth of an

7038
03:24:13,359 --> 03:24:17,431
inch for you guys based on your

7039
03:24:17,431 --> 03:24:18,465
own numbers.

7040
03:24:18,465 --> 03:24:22,690
I have it to scale where six

7041
03:24:22,690 --> 03:24:22,770
inches represents $50 million

7042
03:24:22,770 --> 03:24:23,337
and one inch is about $8

7043
03:24:23,337 --> 03:24:25,737
million of our budget.

7044
03:24:28,809 --> 03:24:29,124
>> Do you guys see this little

7045
03:24:29,124 --> 03:24:29,943
2.5mm?

7046
03:24:29,943 --> 03:24:33,179
That is the mayor of a country

7047
03:24:33,179 --> 03:24:34,147
that has 2.5mm.

7048
03:24:34,147 --> 03:24:37,147
Arts and culture is before

7049
03:24:39,119 --> 03:24:39,720
the cuts is one inch one and

7050
03:24:39,720 --> 03:24:42,720
two thirds of an inch.

7051
03:24:45,580 --> 03:24:45,760
After the cuts it is less than

7052
03:24:45,760 --> 03:24:46,527
a quarter of an inch.

7053
03:24:46,527 --> 03:24:47,328
Less than a quarter of an inch.

7054
03:24:47,328 --> 03:24:50,831
I had to measure that out with

7055
03:24:50,831 --> 03:24:51,632
a special type of ruler.

7056
03:24:51,632 --> 03:24:51,966
>> What's the police budget, I

7057
03:24:51,966 --> 03:24:53,966
wonder?

7058
03:24:57,137 --> 03:25:00,137
Here's this for the cameras.

7059
03:25:02,176 --> 03:25:03,100
You guys you guys been there?

7060
03:25:03,100 --> 03:25:06,100
>> The police budget to scale

7061
03:25:07,748 --> 03:25:11,948
is seven foot one inch and you

7062
03:25:12,820 --> 03:25:13,254
will increase it to seven foot

7063
03:25:13,254 --> 03:25:13,954
three inches.

7064
03:25:13,954 --> 03:25:14,622
Tom Gloria, would you like to

7065
03:25:14,622 --> 03:25:18,222
do the favor of cutting off

7066
03:25:19,125 --> 03:25:19,860
what's left of the arts and

7067
03:25:19,860 --> 03:25:20,528
culture program so you can tape

7068
03:25:20,528 --> 03:25:21,228
it to the end of the police

7069
03:25:21,228 --> 03:25:24,298
budget and tell us how you're

7070
03:25:24,298 --> 03:25:26,298
solving the deficit.

7071
03:25:30,304 --> 03:25:31,105
Your time has concluded.

7072
03:25:31,105 --> 03:25:31,405
>> You've been doing really

7073
03:25:31,405 --> 03:25:31,906
good.

7074
03:25:31,906 --> 03:25:32,573
Let's keep it up.

7075
03:25:32,573 --> 03:25:32,873
We got we still got how much

7076
03:25:32,873 --> 03:25:34,873
more?

7077
03:25:35,142 --> 03:25:35,643
Look, we have about an hour.

7078
03:25:35,643 --> 03:25:36,210
Another hour.

7079
03:25:36,210 --> 03:25:38,610
Let's get through it.

7080
03:25:41,382 --> 03:25:42,490
David Pierce.

7081
03:25:42,490 --> 03:25:45,490
David Pierce, are you here?

7082
03:25:47,221 --> 03:25:47,526
Colin Kimsey.

7083
03:25:47,526 --> 03:25:49,526
Wow.

7084
03:25:50,992 --> 03:25:51,392
Doesn't real art just make you

7085
03:25:51,392 --> 03:25:53,392
feel alive?

7086
03:25:57,965 --> 03:25:58,666
>> That was fantastic.

7087
03:25:58,666 --> 03:26:01,666
If they're cutting the things

7088
03:26:03,637 --> 03:26:04,372
that prevent crime and things

7089
03:26:04,372 --> 03:26:04,906
are getting more expensive what

7090
03:26:04,906 --> 03:26:06,906
They're investing in

7091
03:26:10,377 --> 03:26:11,145
surveillance cameras and cops.

7092
03:26:11,145 --> 03:26:11,746
It sounds like you guys just

7093
03:26:11,746 --> 03:26:14,746
want to lock us up.

7094
03:26:15,683 --> 03:26:16,484
Is that the plan?

7095
03:26:16,484 --> 03:26:17,118
Because I think that's the plan

7096
03:26:17,118 --> 03:26:17,819
coming from Washington And

7097
03:26:17,819 --> 03:26:21,419
maybe you guys are just going

7098
03:26:21,989 --> 03:26:22,390
with the path of least

7099
03:26:22,390 --> 03:26:23,910
resistance.

7100
03:26:23,910 --> 03:26:23,523
But that's what's been taking

7101
03:26:23,523 --> 03:26:25,523
us to fascism.

7102
03:26:28,362 --> 03:26:29,300
Now each of us gets one minute

7103
03:26:29,300 --> 03:26:29,697
to speak and we've been very

7104
03:26:29,697 --> 03:26:33,297
conscious of this time but I

7105
03:26:33,901 --> 03:26:34,535
think time is running out for

7106
03:26:34,535 --> 03:26:36,935
this system that proposes

7107
03:26:40,507 --> 03:26:40,875
cameras and police as our

7108
03:26:40,875 --> 03:26:41,508
solutions.

7109
03:26:41,508 --> 03:26:42,100
It gives us the ability to

7110
03:26:42,100 --> 03:26:44,100
imagine otherwise.

7111
03:26:46,214 --> 03:26:50,414
But the system I think time is

7112
03:26:50,752 --> 03:26:53,152
about to run out.

7113
03:26:57,492 --> 03:26:57,992
Andrea Lopez We it.

7114
03:26:57,992 --> 03:26:58,660
Good evening.

7115
03:26:58,660 --> 03:27:01,600
My name is Andrea.

7116
03:27:03,464 --> 03:27:04,198
I'm hungry.

7117
03:27:04,198 --> 03:27:04,833
I'm pregnant and I'm past my

7118
03:27:04,833 --> 03:27:05,533
bedtime to strongly oppose

7119
03:27:05,533 --> 03:27:09,133
the cut into arts and culture.

7120
03:27:09,837 --> 03:27:10,571
The production and staff two

7121
03:27:10,571 --> 03:27:11,239
libraries around the county and

7122
03:27:11,239 --> 03:27:13,474
the reduction of funding to

7123
03:27:13,474 --> 03:27:13,808
parks from the fiscal year 27

7124
03:27:13,808 --> 03:27:14,542
budget.

7125
03:27:14,542 --> 03:27:15,210
This budget is so egregious you

7126
03:27:15,210 --> 03:27:18,210
all have succeeded in having

7127
03:27:19,547 --> 03:27:20,181
hundreds of working people

7128
03:27:20,181 --> 03:27:20,849
sacrifice their work that

7129
03:27:20,849 --> 03:27:21,549
evening to sit here and say

7130
03:27:21,549 --> 03:27:21,816
what should be obvious to you

7131
03:27:21,816 --> 03:27:23,816
all.

7132
03:27:26,187 --> 03:27:26,855
A reduction to arts culture,

7133
03:27:26,855 --> 03:27:27,521
libraries and parks will not

7134
03:27:27,521 --> 03:27:28,223
only affect the lives of San

7135
03:27:28,223 --> 03:27:28,690
Diegans today but reverberate

7136
03:27:28,690 --> 03:27:30,690
into the future.

7137
03:27:31,226 --> 03:27:31,893
You are setting the precedent

7138
03:27:31,893 --> 03:27:32,627
that this city can function

7139
03:27:32,627 --> 03:27:33,194
without funding to the parts of

7140
03:27:33,194 --> 03:27:35,594
our community that are

7141
03:27:37,699 --> 03:27:38,133
explicitly dedicated to making

7142
03:27:38,133 --> 03:27:38,933
us human.

7143
03:27:38,933 --> 03:27:39,467
You must fully restore funding

7144
03:27:39,467 --> 03:27:40,670
to arts and culture.

7145
03:27:40,670 --> 03:27:43,670
As a writer and artist.

7146
03:27:43,705 --> 03:27:44,105
The last few years have been

7147
03:27:44,105 --> 03:27:44,806
devastating.

7148
03:27:44,806 --> 03:27:45,507
Again and again private sector

7149
03:27:45,507 --> 03:27:46,700
tech companies have pushed to

7150
03:27:46,700 --> 03:27:48,700
remove people from

7151
03:27:50,444 --> 03:27:51,112
the humanities offloading

7152
03:27:51,112 --> 03:27:51,780
the labor of creating art to

7153
03:27:51,780 --> 03:27:53,780
generative ai technologies.

7154
03:27:56,417 --> 03:27:57,840
But a city what is pretty fun

7155
03:27:57,840 --> 03:27:57,419
highlights what they believe

7156
03:27:57,419 --> 03:27:58,850
matters.

7157
03:27:58,850 --> 03:27:58,787
And this budget has spat in

7158
03:27:58,787 --> 03:27:59,254
the face of what the people of

7159
03:27:59,254 --> 03:28:01,254
San Diego needs.

7160
03:28:02,691 --> 03:28:03,391
We need to tax the extreme

7161
03:28:03,391 --> 03:28:04,125
wealth in the city and

7162
03:28:04,125 --> 03:28:04,826
demonstrate that the people who

7163
03:28:04,826 --> 03:28:05,327
matter are the ones who become

7164
03:28:05,327 --> 03:28:07,327
the ones thinking.

7165
03:28:07,362 --> 03:28:09,362
>> Rafael Rafael.

7166
03:28:14,201 --> 03:28:14,936
And then if Roger Rouse could

7167
03:28:14,936 --> 03:28:15,303
please come forward to speak to

7168
03:28:15,303 --> 03:28:15,971
my staff.

7169
03:28:15,971 --> 03:28:18,971
Roger Ralphs if you're still

7170
03:28:19,274 --> 03:28:19,607
here please come forward to

7171
03:28:19,607 --> 03:28:20,141
the.

7172
03:28:20,141 --> 03:28:20,775
Then please proceed.

7173
03:28:20,775 --> 03:28:23,775
I stand in solidarity with

7174
03:28:26,314 --> 03:28:26,681
the artists and creators of our

7175
03:28:26,681 --> 03:28:27,415
community.

7176
03:28:27,415 --> 03:28:28,830
I love living here but the city

7177
03:28:28,830 --> 03:28:28,783
representatives continue to

7178
03:28:28,783 --> 03:28:29,250
push for surveillance cameras

7179
03:28:29,250 --> 03:28:31,250
on every corner.

7180
03:28:31,987 --> 03:28:32,621
Reduce library hours and

7181
03:28:32,621 --> 03:28:33,155
gallery jobs and services

7182
03:28:33,155 --> 03:28:33,822
Continue to increase

7183
03:28:33,822 --> 03:28:36,822
the funding of their police

7184
03:28:37,659 --> 03:28:38,325
department and completely cut

7185
03:28:38,325 --> 03:28:38,660
off funding for its arts and

7186
03:28:38,660 --> 03:28:39,293
culture.

7187
03:28:39,293 --> 03:28:40,280
Those representatives are

7188
03:28:40,280 --> 03:28:40,462
telling the community that they

7189
03:28:40,462 --> 03:28:42,462
don't matter.

7190
03:28:44,866 --> 03:28:45,600
I just want to make sure to

7191
03:28:45,600 --> 03:28:46,267
remind the members, the members

7192
03:28:46,267 --> 03:28:49,203
of the council and the mayor

7193
03:28:49,203 --> 03:28:49,905
that without us the people

7194
03:28:49,905 --> 03:28:50,604
think it's Sabrina Anderson If

7195
03:28:50,604 --> 03:28:54,204
you can please come up to

7196
03:28:56,344 --> 03:28:57,780
the microphone after Sabrina we

7197
03:28:57,780 --> 03:29:00,678
have let this total garbage in.

7198
03:29:01,817 --> 03:29:02,684
Kendra Jones Laura Fleming

7199
03:29:02,684 --> 03:29:06,284
Fleming at Jim Whalen and Seth

7200
03:29:08,156 --> 03:29:08,857
Hall If you can all please come

7201
03:29:08,857 --> 03:29:09,157
forward to the yellow reserved

7202
03:29:09,157 --> 03:29:09,858
seats.

7203
03:29:09,858 --> 03:29:12,858
Sabrina, if you're here please

7204
03:29:13,328 --> 03:29:16,328
come up to the microphone.

7205
03:29:18,634 --> 03:29:18,948
No Sabrina with the microphone

7206
03:29:18,948 --> 03:29:19,800
.

7207
03:29:19,800 --> 03:29:22,200
>> Sabrina Anderson Let these

7208
03:29:23,500 --> 03:29:26,605
other up please Come up to

7209
03:29:29,144 --> 03:29:30,110
the microphone.

7210
03:29:30,110 --> 03:29:32,411
>> Good evening, City Council

7211
03:29:35,283 --> 03:29:36,510
and Mayor Gloria.

7212
03:29:36,510 --> 03:29:36,818
Before coming here tonight I

7213
03:29:36,818 --> 03:29:41,180
ask GOD to give me the strength

7214
03:29:41,289 --> 03:29:42,570
to bear the sorrows of what has

7215
03:29:42,570 --> 03:29:42,524
become of San Diego under this

7216
03:29:42,524 --> 03:29:43,910
administration.

7217
03:29:43,910 --> 03:29:46,910
My name is Lily Soto.

7218
03:29:46,828 --> 03:29:47,596
I'm the ceo of Brooklyn Dogs

7219
03:29:47,596 --> 03:29:51,796
And I come upon you humble and

7220
03:29:52,868 --> 03:29:53,668
full of faith of a Christian

7221
03:29:53,668 --> 03:29:54,236
soul looking for your mercy in

7222
03:29:54,236 --> 03:29:54,937
a desperate situation.

7223
03:29:54,937 --> 03:29:58,507
So please do not forsaken me.

7224
03:29:58,507 --> 03:29:59,240
I implore you City Council

7225
03:29:59,240 --> 03:30:02,240
please to enforce the ordinance

7226
03:30:05,414 --> 03:30:05,747
you pass to stop illegal street

7227
03:30:05,747 --> 03:30:06,381
vending.

7228
03:30:06,381 --> 03:30:09,381
Downtown has always been a

7229
03:30:10,319 --> 03:30:10,752
dangerous playground but it has

7230
03:30:10,752 --> 03:30:11,486
gotten worse.

7231
03:30:11,486 --> 03:30:12,187
But because of mishandled money

7232
03:30:12,187 --> 03:30:15,187
the budget shortfall again and

7233
03:30:17,260 --> 03:30:17,726
again all the departments are

7234
03:30:17,726 --> 03:30:18,270
suffering And this disturbs my

7235
03:30:18,270 --> 03:30:20,270
soul.

7236
03:30:23,465 --> 03:30:24,266
Budget cuts mean department

7237
03:30:24,266 --> 03:30:24,933
cuts means police cuts means no

7238
03:30:24,933 --> 03:30:27,933
enforcement to us Again and

7239
03:30:29,471 --> 03:30:30,239
again the public is in danger.

7240
03:30:30,239 --> 03:30:33,839
Please if you think about it

7241
03:30:36,780 --> 03:30:36,678
and you get the legal vendors

7242
03:30:36,678 --> 03:30:37,790
to pay fines and fees.

7243
03:30:37,790 --> 03:30:37,746
Thank you.

7244
03:30:37,746 --> 03:30:39,915
The city won't be tremendous

7245
03:30:39,915 --> 03:30:40,416
but I do want to move.

7246
03:30:40,416 --> 03:30:42,416
Thank you.

7247
03:30:46,822 --> 03:30:49,222
Gabby Chen Good evening.

7248
03:30:52,727 --> 03:30:53,395
My name is Gabby Chen and I'm a

7249
03:30:53,395 --> 03:30:54,620
resident of District three.

7250
03:30:54,620 --> 03:30:54,730
I moved here to San Diego to

7251
03:30:54,730 --> 03:30:55,431
pursue a career in the arts.

7252
03:30:55,431 --> 03:30:58,431
I've been fortunate enough to

7253
03:30:59,301 --> 03:31:00,100
work with many locals and a

7254
03:31:00,100 --> 03:31:00,669
theater group such as Trinity

7255
03:31:00,669 --> 03:31:01,202
Theater Company Diversionary

7256
03:31:01,202 --> 03:31:03,602
Theater at my house.

7257
03:31:04,507 --> 03:31:05,174
I also work as an educator at

7258
03:31:05,174 --> 03:31:05,875
the Fleet Center whose youth

7259
03:31:05,875 --> 03:31:06,208
education programs are now in

7260
03:31:06,208 --> 03:31:08,208
danger.

7261
03:31:10,880 --> 03:31:11,514
Many of our workshops take

7262
03:31:11,514 --> 03:31:12,181
place in libraries because

7263
03:31:12,181 --> 03:31:12,848
the libraries are not open.

7264
03:31:12,848 --> 03:31:13,515
We cannot do our jobs if we

7265
03:31:13,515 --> 03:31:14,183
don't have free museum days.

7266
03:31:14,183 --> 03:31:16,318
We will lose attendance from

7267
03:31:16,318 --> 03:31:17,190
lower income families who are

7268
03:31:17,190 --> 03:31:17,719
robbing your constituents and

7269
03:31:17,719 --> 03:31:18,154
citizens of vital educational

7270
03:31:18,154 --> 03:31:20,154
opportunities.

7271
03:31:24,593 --> 03:31:25,227
More pressing than a threat to

7272
03:31:25,227 --> 03:31:25,961
the livelihoods of artists

7273
03:31:25,961 --> 03:31:26,462
artisan educators is the threat

7274
03:31:26,462 --> 03:31:27,960
facing city youth.

7275
03:31:27,960 --> 03:31:28,264
So this budget be adopted?

7276
03:31:28,264 --> 03:31:28,631
Arts and culture funding is

7277
03:31:28,631 --> 03:31:29,298
essential.

7278
03:31:29,298 --> 03:31:29,865
It not only enriches citizen

7279
03:31:29,865 --> 03:31:30,599
but provides community

7280
03:31:30,599 --> 03:31:33,599
belonging and education to many

7281
03:31:34,336 --> 03:31:34,970
traditionally underserved

7282
03:31:34,970 --> 03:31:35,603
communities is abhorrent.

7283
03:31:35,603 --> 03:31:36,305
The 2 million millions of

7284
03:31:36,305 --> 03:31:39,905
dollars that could go to arts

7285
03:31:40,642 --> 03:31:41,410
and culture funding is proposed

7286
03:31:41,410 --> 03:31:42,144
to go to a city surveillance

7287
03:31:42,144 --> 03:31:42,511
that will ultimately be used to

7288
03:31:42,511 --> 03:31:44,511
harm them.

7289
03:31:46,215 --> 03:31:46,881
This money that could be used

7290
03:31:46,881 --> 03:31:47,616
to improve our community is

7291
03:31:47,616 --> 03:31:48,351
being put towards floor cameras

7292
03:31:48,351 --> 03:31:48,883
and blowing police budget would

7293
03:31:48,883 --> 03:31:51,283
be a grave mistake.

7294
03:31:52,622 --> 03:31:52,955
I urge the city you've got to

7295
03:31:52,955 --> 03:31:53,589
make it.

7296
03:31:53,589 --> 03:31:54,123
>> Thank you for that

7297
03:31:54,123 --> 03:31:56,123
concluding comment.

7298
03:31:56,826 --> 03:31:57,393
Kendra Jones.

7299
03:31:57,393 --> 03:31:58,930
>> Good evening.

7300
03:31:58,930 --> 03:32:01,930
My name is Kendra Jones.

7301
03:32:03,432 --> 03:32:04,330
i'm here to ask you to fully

7302
03:32:04,330 --> 03:32:04,366
restore our city library

7303
03:32:04,366 --> 03:32:05,670
budget.

7304
03:32:05,670 --> 03:32:07,802
My wife and I have lived and

7305
03:32:07,802 --> 03:32:08,604
voted in District five for

7306
03:32:08,604 --> 03:32:09,272
almost 30 years and have been

7307
03:32:09,272 --> 03:32:09,971
avid users of the San Diego

7308
03:32:09,971 --> 03:32:10,273
City Library System over this

7309
03:32:10,273 --> 03:32:12,273
time.

7310
03:32:13,543 --> 03:32:13,876
We visit our local branch

7311
03:32:13,876 --> 03:32:14,544
weekly.

7312
03:32:14,544 --> 03:32:15,278
We access materials both

7313
03:32:15,278 --> 03:32:18,878
digital and print that we check

7314
03:32:19,815 --> 03:32:20,516
out on a daily basis.

7315
03:32:20,516 --> 03:32:21,183
As a retired public school

7316
03:32:21,183 --> 03:32:21,850
teacher and a parent I have

7317
03:32:21,850 --> 03:32:22,518
personally seen the positive

7318
03:32:22,518 --> 03:32:25,518
effects of kids and families

7319
03:32:26,121 --> 03:32:26,489
that utilize our public

7320
03:32:26,489 --> 03:32:27,156
libraries.

7321
03:32:27,156 --> 03:32:27,790
In addition to checking out

7322
03:32:27,790 --> 03:32:28,424
books, our libraries offer

7323
03:32:28,424 --> 03:32:31,424
young people the chance to

7324
03:32:31,694 --> 03:32:32,327
socialize with others in a safe

7325
03:32:32,327 --> 03:32:32,928
and welcoming environment.

7326
03:32:32,928 --> 03:32:33,629
Learn to love books and

7327
03:32:33,629 --> 03:32:34,263
stories, receive tutoring and

7328
03:32:34,263 --> 03:32:34,864
homework help and through

7329
03:32:34,864 --> 03:32:36,899
programs like the Summer

7330
03:32:36,899 --> 03:32:37,667
Reading program.

7331
03:32:37,667 --> 03:32:38,367
Kids are motivated to become

7332
03:32:38,367 --> 03:32:39,680
educated lifelong learners who

7333
03:32:39,680 --> 03:32:42,680
are productive citizens of our

7334
03:32:43,206 --> 03:32:43,873
community.

7335
03:32:43,873 --> 03:32:44,606
Adults in our community are

7336
03:32:44,606 --> 03:32:47,606
bolstered by our libraries too.

7337
03:32:48,430 --> 03:32:48,745
We have personally we have

7338
03:32:48,745 --> 03:32:49,479
visited over 20 of their 37

7339
03:32:49,479 --> 03:32:50,213
branch libraries and we've seen

7340
03:32:50,213 --> 03:32:53,213
firsthand the very programs and

7341
03:32:53,983 --> 03:32:54,417
spaces that our library staff

7342
03:32:54,417 --> 03:32:55,840
have curated.

7343
03:32:55,840 --> 03:32:55,818
Keeping all of them open as

7344
03:32:55,818 --> 03:32:58,818
many hours as possible allow

7345
03:33:01,428 --> 03:33:02,124
diverse groups and individuals

7346
03:33:02,124 --> 03:33:02,825
to actually use the community

7347
03:33:02,825 --> 03:33:05,225
gathering meeting spaces that

7348
03:33:08,331 --> 03:33:08,645
our city built concluded Laura

7349
03:33:08,645 --> 03:33:09,650
.

7350
03:33:09,650 --> 03:33:09,799
Good evening.

7351
03:33:09,799 --> 03:33:10,533
My name is Laura Clevenger and

7352
03:33:10,533 --> 03:33:14,733
I'm a native San Diego and who

7353
03:33:15,337 --> 03:33:16,105
has lived here my entire life.

7354
03:33:16,105 --> 03:33:16,739
First I'd like to thank MR.

7355
03:33:16,739 --> 03:33:17,473
Woodburn for being one of

7356
03:33:17,473 --> 03:33:21,730
the three who listened to these

7357
03:33:21,277 --> 03:33:21,911
constituents and voted against

7358
03:33:21,911 --> 03:33:22,211
the parking fees of Apollo

7359
03:33:22,211 --> 03:33:22,946
Park.

7360
03:33:22,946 --> 03:33:23,580
I spent a lot of time there and

7361
03:33:23,580 --> 03:33:26,580
took advantage of the free

7362
03:33:27,317 --> 03:33:27,717
museums at the Free Tuesdays At

7363
03:33:27,717 --> 03:33:28,384
the museums.

7364
03:33:28,384 --> 03:33:28,851
I'm afraid that your budget

7365
03:33:28,851 --> 03:33:29,485
cuts will impact

7366
03:33:29,485 --> 03:33:31,885
the accessibility of these

7367
03:33:33,880 --> 03:33:33,756
resources for my three and a

7368
03:33:33,756 --> 03:33:34,570
half year old child to learn

7369
03:33:34,570 --> 03:33:34,857
from.

7370
03:33:34,857 --> 03:33:39,280
I brought my mom here with me

7371
03:33:39,280 --> 03:33:39,761
tonight and my son because my

7372
03:33:39,761 --> 03:33:43,361
husband is a union stagehand at

7373
03:33:44,901 --> 03:33:45,602
work and I'm also speaking on

7374
03:33:45,602 --> 03:33:46,236
his behalf since now he's off

7375
03:33:46,236 --> 03:33:46,970
work at home with my son.

7376
03:33:46,970 --> 03:33:51,541
So I know if you saw me earlier

7377
03:33:51,541 --> 03:33:52,242
I have my son as a long time

7378
03:33:52,242 --> 03:33:52,841
member of the House of Ukraine

7379
03:33:52,841 --> 03:33:53,376
as part of the House of

7380
03:33:53,376 --> 03:33:54,770
specific relations.

7381
03:33:54,770 --> 03:33:56,780
I worry that your budget cuts

7382
03:33:56,780 --> 03:33:57,547
will affect how the cottagers

7383
03:33:57,547 --> 03:33:58,280
will be able to provide their

7384
03:33:58,280 --> 03:33:58,948
cultural services to the public

7385
03:33:58,948 --> 03:33:59,482
at a time when there's great

7386
03:33:59,482 --> 03:34:01,882
strife in the world.

7387
03:34:02,385 --> 03:34:03,860
As some of you have witnessed

7388
03:34:03,860 --> 03:34:03,686
firsthand, the House specific

7389
03:34:03,686 --> 03:34:04,387
relations provides free

7390
03:34:04,387 --> 03:34:06,387
educational opportunities for

7391
03:34:07,757 --> 03:34:08,457
the general public and a sense

7392
03:34:08,457 --> 03:34:08,958
of community for its various

7393
03:34:08,958 --> 03:34:09,392
member countries.

7394
03:34:09,392 --> 03:34:11,392
>> Thank you.

7395
03:34:14,697 --> 03:34:15,120
Jim Whalen Jim Whalen are you

7396
03:34:15,120 --> 03:34:17,120
here?

7397
03:34:19,703 --> 03:34:20,103
Said Hall.

7398
03:34:20,103 --> 03:34:22,103
Thank you.

7399
03:34:25,842 --> 03:34:26,476
Council Seth Hall with

7400
03:34:26,476 --> 03:34:27,110
the Trust City Coalition.

7401
03:34:27,110 --> 03:34:29,510
Tonight I've heard several

7402
03:34:32,115 --> 03:34:32,849
ideas that are good for

7403
03:34:32,849 --> 03:34:33,549
redirecting funding back to osu

7404
03:34:33,549 --> 03:34:37,149
to arts and culture and other

7405
03:34:37,554 --> 03:34:38,121
community needs.

7406
03:34:38,121 --> 03:34:38,788
First for an example

7407
03:34:38,788 --> 03:34:39,389
the millions of increase to

7408
03:34:39,389 --> 03:34:41,789
the police budget should

7409
03:34:44,270 --> 03:34:44,594
absolutely be redirected to

7410
03:34:44,594 --> 03:34:45,262
these community needs.

7411
03:34:45,262 --> 03:34:45,995
The police department should

7412
03:34:45,995 --> 03:34:48,995
contribute to the public safety

7413
03:34:49,866 --> 03:34:50,534
needs of our city.

7414
03:34:50,534 --> 03:34:51,267
Money that funds the mayor's

7415
03:34:51,267 --> 03:34:54,267
communication staff a team that

7416
03:34:56,720 --> 03:34:56,773
does not serve the public and

7417
03:34:56,773 --> 03:34:57,474
which this Council has already

7418
03:34:57,474 --> 03:35:00,474
agreed should have its funding

7419
03:35:02,345 --> 03:35:03,120
cut could provide millions to

7420
03:35:03,120 --> 03:35:03,680
the needs of the community.

7421
03:35:03,680 --> 03:35:06,800
And finally lastly, cutting

7422
03:35:07,850 --> 03:35:08,518
funding for ineffective luxury

7423
03:35:08,518 --> 03:35:09,185
mass surveillance would send

7424
03:35:09,185 --> 03:35:12,185
millions back to the budget.

7425
03:35:14,224 --> 03:35:14,891
It would protect the budget

7426
03:35:14,891 --> 03:35:15,592
from even more surveillance

7427
03:35:15,592 --> 03:35:19,792
that they want to buy but that

7428
03:35:19,830 --> 03:35:20,163
they are not telling you about

7429
03:35:20,163 --> 03:35:20,897
.

7430
03:35:20,897 --> 03:35:21,431
It is the people of San Diego

7431
03:35:21,431 --> 03:35:21,932
that make us great.

7432
03:35:21,932 --> 03:35:24,332
We will be great.

7433
03:35:25,768 --> 03:35:26,202
We were great before mass

7434
03:35:26,202 --> 03:35:26,903
surveillance.

7435
03:35:26,903 --> 03:35:27,604
>> We will be great after you.

7436
03:35:27,604 --> 03:35:27,937
Thank you for that compelling

7437
03:35:27,937 --> 03:35:29,937
comment.

7438
03:35:32,342 --> 03:35:32,876
Lily Irani will your audience

7439
03:35:32,876 --> 03:35:34,876
please come forward?

7440
03:35:38,150 --> 03:35:38,682
Vincent style up please come

7441
03:35:38,682 --> 03:35:38,982
forward to the other reserve

7442
03:35:38,982 --> 03:35:39,716
seats.

7443
03:35:39,716 --> 03:35:42,716
Andy Lopez Please come forward.

7444
03:35:43,854 --> 03:35:44,321
DR. Jason Breslau Ski Thank you

7445
03:35:44,321 --> 03:35:46,321
for the comment.

7446
03:35:49,525 --> 03:35:50,160
The note Apollo Aquino and

7447
03:35:50,160 --> 03:35:50,594
Tammy Williams as well as

7448
03:35:50,594 --> 03:35:52,594
Anthony Ramos.

7449
03:35:55,599 --> 03:35:56,300
If you can all please come

7450
03:35:56,300 --> 03:35:57,000
forward to the yellow reserved

7451
03:35:57,000 --> 03:36:00,600
seats will you have time ceded

7452
03:36:02,390 --> 03:36:02,739
to you by Tamar Becker of Orono

7453
03:36:02,739 --> 03:36:03,240
And are you guys going to

7454
03:36:03,240 --> 03:36:03,707
manage your time?

7455
03:36:03,707 --> 03:36:04,740
Please proceed.

7456
03:36:04,740 --> 03:36:04,341
All right.

7457
03:36:04,341 --> 03:36:06,341
Hi.

7458
03:36:06,877 --> 03:36:07,611
I'm a district district three

7459
03:36:07,611 --> 03:36:08,311
Muslim and a professor at ucsd.

7460
03:36:08,311 --> 03:36:10,711
Our community faced immense

7461
03:36:13,417 --> 03:36:14,151
tragedy this last week Two

7462
03:36:14,151 --> 03:36:17,151
shooters who found belonging in

7463
03:36:17,621 --> 03:36:18,255
white supremacist forums

7464
03:36:18,255 --> 03:36:18,922
murdered three pillars of

7465
03:36:18,922 --> 03:36:19,389
the community brothers Amien

7466
03:36:19,389 --> 03:36:21,389
Mansour another.

7467
03:36:24,194 --> 03:36:24,895
I call on the city to find

7468
03:36:24,895 --> 03:36:25,529
spaces of belonging like we've

7469
03:36:25,529 --> 03:36:26,263
been hearing about here at

7470
03:36:26,263 --> 03:36:29,263
diversions from those spaces of

7471
03:36:29,600 --> 03:36:30,467
hate.

7472
03:36:30,467 --> 03:36:31,135
Npr not only failed but made

7473
03:36:31,135 --> 03:36:34,135
things worse when the parent

7474
03:36:35,672 --> 03:36:36,373
warned that their Islamophobic

7475
03:36:36,373 --> 03:36:37,740
anti-Semitic child is on

7476
03:36:37,740 --> 03:36:37,741
the run with guns, the police

7477
03:36:37,741 --> 03:36:41,341
used high tech toys to quote

7478
03:36:41,912 --> 03:36:42,779
chase the bad guys.

7479
03:36:42,779 --> 03:36:43,480
This is a Hollywood fantasy of

7480
03:36:43,480 --> 03:36:43,814
chase apprehension and saving

7481
03:36:43,814 --> 03:36:45,814
the day.

7482
03:36:47,617 --> 03:36:48,520
But the police arrived too late

7483
03:36:48,520 --> 03:36:48,752
at every turn.

7484
03:36:48,752 --> 03:36:49,419
Rather than chasing a license

7485
03:36:49,419 --> 03:36:52,419
plate, the police could have

7486
03:36:53,923 --> 03:36:54,591
been calling each community

7487
03:36:54,591 --> 03:36:55,920
center to warn them of

7488
03:36:55,920 --> 03:36:55,759
heightened threat.

7489
03:36:55,759 --> 03:36:56,460
Gates could have been shot.

7490
03:36:56,460 --> 03:36:56,794
Pd could have sent protective

7491
03:36:56,794 --> 03:36:58,794
patrols.

7492
03:37:00,264 --> 03:37:00,898
Instead they gave chase with

7493
03:37:00,898 --> 03:37:01,598
npr and neglected the real

7494
03:37:01,598 --> 03:37:03,998
source of safety relationships

7495
03:37:06,470 --> 03:37:07,300
rapid response information and

7496
03:37:07,300 --> 03:37:07,404
community controlled

7497
03:37:07,404 --> 03:37:08,105
protection.

7498
03:37:08,105 --> 03:37:08,706
The police will always be late

7499
03:37:08,706 --> 03:37:09,106
compared to communities

7500
03:37:09,106 --> 03:37:11,106
themselves.

7501
03:37:13,310 --> 03:37:14,110
i didn't overcome the laws of

7502
03:37:14,110 --> 03:37:14,711
physics pull for funding fund

7503
03:37:14,711 --> 03:37:17,111
prevention, no police injuries

7504
03:37:17,981 --> 03:37:18,515
and gross fines to stop

7505
03:37:18,515 --> 03:37:19,216
Islamophobia, actual

7506
03:37:19,216 --> 03:37:19,583
antisemitism and hate wherever

7507
03:37:19,583 --> 03:37:21,583
it comes.

7508
03:37:25,122 --> 03:37:25,823
>> My name is Tamar Becca

7509
03:37:25,823 --> 03:37:26,490
Varon, a resident of District

7510
03:37:26,490 --> 03:37:29,490
six and lead organizer of

7511
03:37:29,693 --> 03:37:30,261
Change begins with me and also

7512
03:37:30,261 --> 03:37:30,627
a member of the Trust

7513
03:37:30,627 --> 03:37:31,262
Coalition.

7514
03:37:31,262 --> 03:37:31,996
I wanted to make sure that

7515
03:37:31,996 --> 03:37:35,596
Leslie had enough time to speak

7516
03:37:35,599 --> 03:37:36,433
tonight.

7517
03:37:36,433 --> 03:37:37,134
I echo the critical point that

7518
03:37:37,134 --> 03:37:37,835
she made the tragic real time

7519
03:37:37,835 --> 03:37:39,835
demonstration that technology

7520
03:37:42,372 --> 03:37:42,740
was overriding human safety

7521
03:37:42,740 --> 03:37:43,307
last week.

7522
03:37:43,307 --> 03:37:43,941
The communities across

7523
03:37:43,941 --> 03:37:46,341
the country are realizing

7524
03:37:47,844 --> 03:37:48,512
the fact that surveillance

7525
03:37:48,512 --> 03:37:48,846
technology does not prevent

7526
03:37:48,846 --> 03:37:49,413
crises.

7527
03:37:49,413 --> 03:37:51,413
It misdirects funding.

7528
03:37:54,218 --> 03:37:54,884
And right now we're seeking

7529
03:37:54,884 --> 03:37:55,152
funding wherever we can find

7530
03:37:55,152 --> 03:37:55,786
it.

7531
03:37:55,786 --> 03:37:58,186
And floc contracts require

7532
03:38:00,323 --> 03:38:01,250
extensive expensive recurring

7533
03:38:01,250 --> 03:38:01,759
drains on our municipal funds.

7534
03:38:01,759 --> 03:38:04,759
By canceling these contracts we

7535
03:38:07,798 --> 03:38:08,532
can redirect them to address

7536
03:38:08,532 --> 03:38:09,233
the real needs of our community

7537
03:38:09,233 --> 03:38:11,633
including Statement of intent.

7538
03:38:19,430 --> 03:38:19,643
>> Stock up the remaining city

7539
03:38:19,643 --> 03:38:20,277
officials and the mayor.

7540
03:38:20,277 --> 03:38:23,277
My name is Vincent Stark.

7541
03:38:23,714 --> 03:38:24,382
I'm a native San Diego and

7542
03:38:24,382 --> 03:38:25,820
current resident in District

7543
03:38:25,820 --> 03:38:25,849
nine and I grew up in District

7544
03:38:25,849 --> 03:38:28,849
three In District four I

7545
03:38:29,553 --> 03:38:30,187
graduated from San Diego City

7546
03:38:30,187 --> 03:38:30,887
College at San Diego State

7547
03:38:30,887 --> 03:38:31,589
University where I'm a current

7548
03:38:31,589 --> 03:38:34,589
graduate student and I'm here

7549
03:38:35,693 --> 03:38:36,427
to speak on the inaccessibility

7550
03:38:36,427 --> 03:38:36,861
of public restrooms in the city

7551
03:38:36,861 --> 03:38:38,861
of San Diego.

7552
03:38:40,964 --> 03:38:41,666
And I want to specifically

7553
03:38:41,666 --> 03:38:42,500
speak on District three.

7554
03:38:42,500 --> 03:38:46,100
I don't know if you walked

7555
03:38:48,390 --> 03:38:49,600
around downtown.

7556
03:38:49,600 --> 03:38:49,574
I believe it must be a restroom

7557
03:38:49,574 --> 03:38:50,274
every five minutes but

7558
03:38:50,274 --> 03:38:50,842
especially in the East Village

7559
03:38:50,842 --> 03:38:51,509
area is definitely not

7560
03:38:51,509 --> 03:38:53,210
happening And we're talking

7561
03:38:53,210 --> 03:38:55,610
about cutting funding from

7562
03:38:59,884 --> 03:39:00,585
the no good day center and then

7563
03:39:00,585 --> 03:39:00,885
there's just no bathrooms out

7564
03:39:00,885 --> 03:39:01,586
there.

7565
03:39:01,586 --> 03:39:05,590
So I mean unless you want more

7566
03:39:05,590 --> 03:39:06,223
outbreaks, more people dying, I

7567
03:39:06,223 --> 03:39:06,824
suggest you do something.

7568
03:39:06,824 --> 03:39:07,524
There's been decades and

7569
03:39:07,524 --> 03:39:10,524
decades of reports, grand jury

7570
03:39:11,462 --> 03:39:11,996
reports In some ways this is a

7571
03:39:11,996 --> 03:39:12,730
persistent problem.

7572
03:39:12,730 --> 03:39:13,331
>> Please do something about it

7573
03:39:13,331 --> 03:39:13,697
before more people die.

7574
03:39:13,697 --> 03:39:15,697
Thank you.

7575
03:39:19,837 --> 03:39:20,804
Andy Lopez Good evening.

7576
03:39:20,804 --> 03:39:25,400
My name is Andy Hotel Lopez and

7577
03:39:25,910 --> 03:39:26,643
I'm part of Sanitation Justice.

7578
03:39:26,643 --> 03:39:27,244
I'm a research student and San

7579
03:39:27,244 --> 03:39:29,244
Diego State University.

7580
03:39:31,749 --> 03:39:32,483
I come to data actually to not

7581
03:39:32,483 --> 03:39:33,217
cut the budget for the bathroom

7582
03:39:33,217 --> 03:39:36,217
the libraries because those are

7583
03:39:37,989 --> 03:39:38,589
where the public bathrooms are.

7584
03:39:38,589 --> 03:39:39,289
So you're closing public

7585
03:39:39,289 --> 03:39:39,958
bathroom for you also cutting

7586
03:39:39,958 --> 03:39:42,958
the access that they already

7587
03:39:42,960 --> 03:39:43,795
have.

7588
03:39:43,795 --> 03:39:47,966
I also want to let you know

7589
03:39:47,966 --> 03:39:48,633
that it's not a luxury to have

7590
03:39:48,633 --> 03:39:51,330
these places but something

7591
03:39:54,405 --> 03:39:55,173
necessary.

7592
03:39:55,173 --> 03:39:55,773
>> I also the research that we

7593
03:39:55,773 --> 03:39:58,773
have done we see that

7594
03:40:01,412 --> 03:40:02,130
the bathroom gets closer to 3

7595
03:40:02,130 --> 03:40:02,680
to 5:00 one day around

7596
03:40:02,680 --> 03:40:06,280
the school so that access is

7597
03:40:06,851 --> 03:40:07,218
already being cut for these

7598
03:40:07,218 --> 03:40:07,952
students.

7599
03:40:07,952 --> 03:40:08,685
But most of all what I want to

7600
03:40:08,685 --> 03:40:12,285
bring to your attention is that

7601
03:40:12,322 --> 03:40:13,910
these kids are going to go into

7602
03:40:13,910 --> 03:40:13,757
places I was a victim of things

7603
03:40:13,757 --> 03:40:17,357
getting cut in New York City

7604
03:40:18,363 --> 03:40:19,630
when I was growing up and we

7605
03:40:19,630 --> 03:40:19,797
found ways to get in trouble

7606
03:40:19,797 --> 03:40:20,231
because we didn't have no other

7607
03:40:20,231 --> 03:40:20,898
places to go.

7608
03:40:20,898 --> 03:40:24,969
So this is what you want to

7609
03:40:24,969 --> 03:40:25,403
create for San Diego, the city

7610
03:40:25,403 --> 03:40:26,700
that saved me.

7611
03:40:26,700 --> 03:40:26,604
>> Thank you for that

7612
03:40:26,604 --> 03:40:28,604
concluding comment.

7613
03:40:30,407 --> 03:40:31,176
DR. Jason was last in.

7614
03:40:31,176 --> 03:40:31,843
>> Hi, my name is Jason.

7615
03:40:31,843 --> 03:40:34,843
I'm a resident of d-3.

7616
03:40:36,481 --> 03:40:37,149
I'm here to urge you to please

7617
03:40:37,149 --> 03:40:37,816
keep the multi-modal traffic

7618
03:40:37,816 --> 03:40:40,816
safety team funded at least

7619
03:40:42,200 --> 03:40:42,754
partially.

7620
03:40:42,754 --> 03:40:43,321
This wouldn't take money from

7621
03:40:43,321 --> 03:40:44,220
other services because

7622
03:40:44,220 --> 03:40:44,656
the Transportation Department

7623
03:40:44,656 --> 03:40:44,989
is already funded in this

7624
03:40:44,989 --> 03:40:46,989
budget.

7625
03:40:47,725 --> 03:40:48,293
This is just about priorities

7626
03:40:48,293 --> 03:40:48,959
within transportation.

7627
03:40:48,959 --> 03:40:52,559
I was here when the council

7628
03:40:53,465 --> 03:40:54,650
declared safety as

7629
03:40:54,650 --> 03:40:54,432
transportation's highest

7630
03:40:54,432 --> 03:40:56,432
priority.

7631
03:40:58,436 --> 03:40:59,137
The traffic safety team is only

7632
03:40:59,137 --> 03:40:59,471
2% of the transportation

7633
03:40:59,471 --> 03:41:00,171
budget.

7634
03:41:00,171 --> 03:41:02,807
If safety is truly the highest

7635
03:41:02,807 --> 03:41:03,241
priority I think we can

7636
03:41:03,241 --> 03:41:03,908
dedicate 2% of

7637
03:41:03,908 --> 03:41:04,542
the transportation budget to

7638
03:41:04,542 --> 03:41:07,542
safety even if that means

7639
03:41:09,314 --> 03:41:09,981
slightly fewer potholes filled

7640
03:41:09,981 --> 03:41:10,615
or less graffiti removed two

7641
03:41:10,615 --> 03:41:11,316
months ago We also had a

7642
03:41:11,316 --> 03:41:13,716
presentation here in chambers

7643
03:41:15,353 --> 03:41:15,686
about children and e-bike

7644
03:41:15,686 --> 03:41:16,421
safety.

7645
03:41:16,421 --> 03:41:17,122
Without a multimodal team there

7646
03:41:17,122 --> 03:41:21,322
will be no safe place for kids

7647
03:41:21,560 --> 03:41:22,260
to ride e-bikes.

7648
03:41:22,260 --> 03:41:22,928
The Bicycle master plan won't

7649
03:41:22,928 --> 03:41:25,928
get implemented and kids on

7650
03:41:26,798 --> 03:41:27,566
bikes will be stuck either on

7651
03:41:27,566 --> 03:41:28,266
the road in front of high speed

7652
03:41:28,266 --> 03:41:28,667
cars or on the sidewalks with

7653
03:41:28,667 --> 03:41:30,667
pedestrians.

7654
03:41:33,872 --> 03:41:34,539
Neither is acceptable.

7655
03:41:34,539 --> 03:41:35,106
>> So please find

7656
03:41:35,106 --> 03:41:35,473
the multi-modal team.

7657
03:41:35,473 --> 03:41:37,473
Thank you.

7658
03:41:38,944 --> 03:41:39,444
Apollo Arena Apollo.

7659
03:41:39,444 --> 03:41:41,444
Tammy Williams.

7660
03:41:45,350 --> 03:41:45,751
Tammy Williams.

7661
03:41:45,751 --> 03:41:46,500
Thank you.

7662
03:41:46,500 --> 03:41:48,500
All.

7663
03:41:52,224 --> 03:41:52,824
Let's all take a breath.

7664
03:41:52,824 --> 03:41:53,558
I understand it's late.

7665
03:41:53,558 --> 03:41:54,258
I am time williams And after

7666
03:41:54,258 --> 03:41:56,258
your 1931 intern and

7667
03:41:58,300 --> 03:41:58,730
undergraduate I my official

7668
03:41:58,730 --> 03:41:59,297
position as chief of Advocacy

7669
03:41:59,297 --> 03:42:00,320
League professionals.

7670
03:42:00,320 --> 03:42:03,632
I'm asking you guys to maintain

7671
03:42:03,835 --> 03:42:04,536
funding as any arts and culture

7672
03:42:04,536 --> 03:42:04,903
instead of block and urge you

7673
03:42:04,903 --> 03:42:05,637
to pursue.

7674
03:42:05,637 --> 03:42:06,304
Urge you to pass on the funding

7675
03:42:06,304 --> 03:42:09,304
of looking to an independent

7676
03:42:09,441 --> 03:42:10,750
audit is being done on

7677
03:42:10,750 --> 03:42:10,676
the private company as we

7678
03:42:10,676 --> 03:42:11,343
suggested two years ago

7679
03:42:11,343 --> 03:42:13,743
concerning the terror attack

7680
03:42:15,747 --> 03:42:16,415
that occurred last week, I do

7681
03:42:16,415 --> 03:42:17,149
not believe luck would have

7682
03:42:17,149 --> 03:42:17,782
prevented that change that it's

7683
03:42:17,782 --> 03:42:20,182
events like DECEMBER night

7684
03:42:22,487 --> 03:42:23,188
programs like ozone wise these

7685
03:42:23,188 --> 03:42:23,889
meetings here that let us know

7686
03:42:23,889 --> 03:42:27,426
that that we can maintain that

7687
03:42:27,426 --> 03:42:28,125
we can foster community and

7688
03:42:28,125 --> 03:42:28,860
unity but the community should

7689
03:42:28,860 --> 03:42:29,527
not be up for discussion in San

7690
03:42:29,527 --> 03:42:32,631
Diego, not now and not ever.

7691
03:42:32,631 --> 03:42:33,432
We can be an example for United

7692
03:42:33,432 --> 03:42:37,632
States or we can be an example.

7693
03:42:38,937 --> 03:42:39,638
Thank you Anthony Ross Anthony

7694
03:42:39,638 --> 03:42:40,339
We also you hear people it's

7695
03:42:40,339 --> 03:42:44,539
see the time to him if they

7696
03:42:45,310 --> 03:42:46,100
would like to speak Gwendolyn

7697
03:42:46,100 --> 03:42:46,878
Garcia or Roger Ross join

7698
03:42:46,878 --> 03:42:50,478
tonight if you can please come

7699
03:42:50,749 --> 03:42:54,349
forward After Joy we have Karen

7700
03:43:01,961 --> 03:43:04,961
Alleluia Evan Burke Box Jillian

7701
03:43:08,834 --> 03:43:09,501
Quint Nicholas Landler Lungi

7702
03:43:09,501 --> 03:43:11,901
Casey o'Leary Montezuma and

7703
03:43:15,340 --> 03:43:16,700
Mary Soriano If you can all

7704
03:43:16,700 --> 03:43:19,607
please come up to the yellow

7705
03:43:20,112 --> 03:43:22,512
reserved seats Please proceed.

7706
03:43:24,917 --> 03:43:25,751
This is my second reading.

7707
03:43:25,751 --> 03:43:29,951
I am inspired by these words of

7708
03:43:30,489 --> 03:43:31,190
PRESIDENT John f Kennedy Ask

7709
03:43:31,190 --> 03:43:34,790
not what your country can do

7710
03:43:36,829 --> 03:43:37,528
for you as what you can do for

7711
03:43:37,528 --> 03:43:41,128
your country And of course all

7712
03:43:43,168 --> 03:43:43,869
of you are at the very top of

7713
03:43:43,869 --> 03:43:46,269
our city's organization chart

7714
03:43:48,974 --> 03:43:49,441
Our city has a structural

7715
03:43:49,441 --> 03:43:51,441
budget deficit.

7716
03:43:54,980 --> 03:43:55,781
Here are my inspired words to

7717
03:43:55,781 --> 03:43:59,981
all of you Ask not what your

7718
03:44:00,685 --> 03:44:01,654
city can do for you.

7719
03:44:01,654 --> 03:44:05,854
Ask what you can do for your

7720
03:44:06,925 --> 03:44:07,393
city That's the end of my

7721
03:44:07,393 --> 03:44:08,600
second reading.

7722
03:44:08,600 --> 03:44:11,600
Yeah I support this budget.

7723
03:44:12,898 --> 03:44:13,599
I support this budget because

7724
03:44:13,599 --> 03:44:17,199
of the participation of all of

7725
03:44:18,937 --> 03:44:19,705
you and all of you.

7726
03:44:19,705 --> 03:44:20,405
>> That is why I'm here.

7727
03:44:20,405 --> 03:44:24,500
Thank you and love you all.

7728
03:44:30,449 --> 03:44:34,490
Thank you, Karen My name is

7729
03:44:36,956 --> 03:44:37,690
Karen Olivia.

7730
03:44:37,690 --> 03:44:38,390
I'm an illustrator from

7731
03:44:38,390 --> 03:44:38,824
District seven who grew up in

7732
03:44:38,824 --> 03:44:39,492
District four.

7733
03:44:39,492 --> 03:44:42,492
The very possibility of this

7734
03:44:42,728 --> 03:44:43,396
drastic cut told me that you

7735
03:44:43,396 --> 03:44:44,960
don't see us but you don't

7736
03:44:44,960 --> 03:44:44,497
understand who artists are and

7737
03:44:44,497 --> 03:44:46,497
what we do.

7738
03:44:48,601 --> 03:44:49,268
But we are economic drivers.

7739
03:44:49,268 --> 03:44:49,869
We encourage spending, draw

7740
03:44:49,869 --> 03:44:52,269
audiences from all over

7741
03:44:54,540 --> 03:44:55,441
the world and create jobs.

7742
03:44:55,441 --> 03:44:56,108
If you go through with this cut

7743
03:44:56,108 --> 03:44:56,809
you irreversibly damage our

7744
03:44:56,809 --> 03:44:59,209
entire creative ecosystem and

7745
03:45:00,913 --> 03:45:01,613
not just nonprofits but

7746
03:45:01,613 --> 03:45:02,348
individual artists like me, my

7747
03:45:02,348 --> 03:45:03,480
accessible art community, small

7748
03:45:03,480 --> 03:45:06,480
business and more because all

7749
03:45:07,190 --> 03:45:07,886
of us are connected.

7750
03:45:07,886 --> 03:45:08,654
Invest in us though and we will

7751
03:45:08,654 --> 03:45:11,654
always give back Also artists

7752
03:45:13,759 --> 03:45:14,493
also teach people how to think

7753
03:45:14,493 --> 03:45:15,227
critically empathize with other

7754
03:45:15,227 --> 03:45:18,227
than imagine better systems and

7755
03:45:18,864 --> 03:45:19,532
then air join future in a

7756
03:45:19,532 --> 03:45:20,132
divided political climate we

7757
03:45:20,132 --> 03:45:20,733
need these human skills

7758
03:45:20,733 --> 03:45:22,733
artistry investments for

7759
03:45:25,400 --> 03:45:25,705
the future Listening to all

7760
03:45:25,705 --> 03:45:26,204
your people speak what more do

7761
03:45:26,204 --> 03:45:26,873
you need to hear?

7762
03:45:26,873 --> 03:45:27,606
We're tired of being treated

7763
03:45:27,606 --> 03:45:30,606
like an afterthought and having

7764
03:45:31,510 --> 03:45:32,177
to fight for our sustainability

7765
03:45:32,177 --> 03:45:32,878
year after year despite how

7766
03:45:32,878 --> 03:45:33,412
much we contribute to the good

7767
03:45:33,412 --> 03:45:35,812
health of our city.

7768
03:45:36,849 --> 03:45:37,650
Please show us that you stand

7769
03:45:37,650 --> 03:45:38,350
for our story and for funding.

7770
03:45:38,350 --> 03:45:40,750
>> Thank you for concluding

7771
03:45:42,388 --> 03:45:43,156
Sentence Evan Berg.

7772
03:45:43,156 --> 03:45:46,756
Hi my name is Evan Burke.

7773
03:45:46,893 --> 03:45:47,493
I am in District three.

7774
03:45:47,493 --> 03:45:48,270
Despite having two hours

7775
03:45:48,270 --> 03:45:48,661
advance notice and a

7776
03:45:48,661 --> 03:45:50,661
multi-million dollar flock

7777
03:45:52,932 --> 03:45:53,566
surveillance system, police

7778
03:45:53,566 --> 03:45:54,199
completely fail to reduce

7779
03:45:54,199 --> 03:45:54,901
casualties nine days ago.

7780
03:45:54,901 --> 03:45:58,403
Yet the mayor chose to praise

7781
03:45:58,403 --> 03:45:59,500
the police for bringing this

7782
03:45:59,500 --> 03:45:59,706
threat to an end.

7783
03:45:59,706 --> 03:46:00,340
>> To be clear, despite

7784
03:46:00,340 --> 03:46:03,340
receiving one third of our

7785
03:46:04,409 --> 03:46:04,977
budget look at me, Todd.

7786
03:46:04,977 --> 03:46:05,745
>> They did not.

7787
03:46:05,745 --> 03:46:06,412
Time after time we watch our

7788
03:46:06,412 --> 03:46:08,812
money go towards punishment

7789
03:46:09,949 --> 03:46:10,683
instead of prevention we suffer

7790
03:46:10,683 --> 03:46:11,384
in a vicious cycle where police

7791
03:46:11,384 --> 03:46:12,510
failures are always an excuse

7792
03:46:12,510 --> 03:46:12,685
to raise their budget While

7793
03:46:12,685 --> 03:46:15,685
the successes of our parks

7794
03:46:17,190 --> 03:46:17,823
libraries and programs are

7795
03:46:17,823 --> 03:46:18,457
never enough to save them.

7796
03:46:18,457 --> 03:46:19,920
But what keep us safe are

7797
03:46:19,920 --> 03:46:19,626
libraries where people can

7798
03:46:19,626 --> 03:46:22,260
learn instead of be

7799
03:46:22,929 --> 03:46:23,596
indoctrinated into neo-Nazi

7800
03:46:23,596 --> 03:46:24,296
cults or the arts where they

7801
03:46:24,296 --> 03:46:24,797
can learn to express emotions

7802
03:46:24,797 --> 03:46:26,797
without violence.

7803
03:46:28,501 --> 03:46:29,680
And yet that is what is cut in

7804
03:46:29,680 --> 03:46:29,435
the name of austerity.

7805
03:46:29,435 --> 03:46:30,136
Thank you.

7806
03:46:30,136 --> 03:46:30,837
Those of you who force this

7807
03:46:30,837 --> 03:46:32,837
Orwellian surveillance system

7808
03:46:34,507 --> 03:46:35,375
upon us will never be able to

7809
03:46:35,375 --> 03:46:35,942
refund our money in Some of you

7810
03:46:35,942 --> 03:46:36,676
will not even be here.

7811
03:46:36,676 --> 03:46:40,245
But you can restore our privacy

7812
03:46:40,245 --> 03:46:41,140
and stop the bleed.

7813
03:46:41,140 --> 03:46:44,140
>> Kill two birds with one

7814
03:46:46,452 --> 03:46:46,853
stone and block box.

7815
03:46:46,853 --> 03:46:47,554
>> Hi.

7816
03:46:47,554 --> 03:46:47,927
Good evening, Council members

7817
03:46:47,927 --> 03:46:49,927
and mayor.

7818
03:46:52,992 --> 03:46:53,693
My name is Bo and I am

7819
03:46:53,693 --> 03:46:54,260
the deputy director at the San

7820
03:46:54,260 --> 03:46:56,260
Diego Youth Symphony.

7821
03:46:58,231 --> 03:46:58,531
I live and work in District

7822
03:46:58,531 --> 03:46:59,199
three.

7823
03:46:59,199 --> 03:46:59,899
My colleagues Kate and Samir

7824
03:46:59,899 --> 03:47:02,899
were here just weeks ago

7825
03:47:03,503 --> 03:47:04,700
accepting a proclamation for

7826
03:47:04,700 --> 03:47:04,804
our 80th anniversary.

7827
03:47:04,804 --> 03:47:07,804
That longevity is only possible

7828
03:47:10,143 --> 03:47:12,543
with sustained support from

7829
03:47:15,348 --> 03:47:16,820
public investment.

7830
03:47:16,820 --> 03:47:19,682
San Diego is home to many

7831
03:47:22,122 --> 03:47:23,401
talented, dedicated, inspiring

7832
03:47:23,401 --> 03:47:23,574
young musicians with limitless

7833
03:47:23,574 --> 03:47:25,574
potential.

7834
03:47:27,927 --> 03:47:28,629
Cuts to arts and culture

7835
03:47:28,629 --> 03:47:31,290
funding will impact negatively

7836
03:47:33,433 --> 03:47:33,733
now and for many years to come

7837
03:47:33,733 --> 03:47:34,400
.

7838
03:47:34,400 --> 03:47:35,104
The students in our programs

7839
03:47:35,104 --> 03:47:35,468
are not just the city's future

7840
03:47:35,468 --> 03:47:37,468
musicians.

7841
03:47:39,839 --> 03:47:40,439
They will be teachers.

7842
03:47:40,439 --> 03:47:40,974
They'll be researchers.

7843
03:47:40,974 --> 03:47:41,675
They'll be doctors.

7844
03:47:41,675 --> 03:47:43,675
Administrative professionals.

7845
03:47:45,445 --> 03:47:45,945
They will be civic leaders in

7846
03:47:45,945 --> 03:47:46,813
this very chamber.

7847
03:47:46,813 --> 03:47:49,813
>> Arts and culture is an

7848
03:47:53,487 --> 03:47:54,254
investment in the future of San

7849
03:47:54,254 --> 03:47:54,955
Diego and I ask you to restore.

7850
03:47:54,955 --> 03:47:55,288
Thank you for that concluding

7851
03:47:55,288 --> 03:47:57,288
comment.

7852
03:48:01,527 --> 03:48:02,229
26 level Jillian went.

7853
03:48:02,229 --> 03:48:02,562
>> Good evening Mayor and

7854
03:48:02,562 --> 03:48:03,263
council.

7855
03:48:03,263 --> 03:48:03,763
I am with the San Diego River

7856
03:48:03,763 --> 03:48:05,763
Power Foundation.

7857
03:48:07,467 --> 03:48:08,201
Thank you council PRESIDENT For

7858
03:48:08,201 --> 03:48:08,835
leading discussions on the West

7859
03:48:08,835 --> 03:48:09,136
Valley River crossing this

7860
03:48:09,136 --> 03:48:11,136
month.

7861
03:48:12,606 --> 03:48:13,340
Over 120 community members have

7862
03:48:13,340 --> 03:48:14,400
submitted letters urging you to

7863
03:48:14,400 --> 03:48:17,400
reopen the ip using developer

7864
03:48:18,278 --> 03:48:18,945
impact fees because this

7865
03:48:18,945 --> 03:48:20,945
project expands alternative

7866
03:48:22,816 --> 03:48:23,483
transportation capacities

7867
03:48:23,483 --> 03:48:23,950
across districts two, three,

7868
03:48:23,950 --> 03:48:24,617
seven and nine.

7869
03:48:24,617 --> 03:48:25,285
It does align with the core

7870
03:48:25,285 --> 03:48:28,285
intent of these funds using

7871
03:48:28,955 --> 03:48:29,623
the general fund dollars ensure

7872
03:48:29,623 --> 03:48:30,357
we do not compete with but

7873
03:48:30,357 --> 03:48:33,357
rather connect to libraries and

7874
03:48:34,828 --> 03:48:35,162
parks and work centers and

7875
03:48:35,162 --> 03:48:35,862
transit.

7876
03:48:35,862 --> 03:48:38,262
Allocating this targeted seed

7877
03:48:39,299 --> 03:48:39,967
money of 750,000 for the 30%

7878
03:48:39,967 --> 03:48:40,635
design engineering study is

7879
03:48:40,635 --> 03:48:41,301
the key needed to draw down

7880
03:48:41,301 --> 03:48:43,701
millions in federal matching

7881
03:48:45,272 --> 03:48:45,972
dollars and state advancing

7882
03:48:45,972 --> 03:48:46,707
this project into design as a

7883
03:48:46,707 --> 03:48:47,441
high leverage move the city can

7884
03:48:47,441 --> 03:48:50,441
make this year towards reaching

7885
03:48:50,911 --> 03:48:51,578
climate action goals and

7886
03:48:51,578 --> 03:48:52,246
turning a safety gap into a

7887
03:48:52,246 --> 03:48:52,646
continuous safe line for our

7888
03:48:52,646 --> 03:48:54,646
communities.

7889
03:48:56,984 --> 03:48:57,517
The momentum is clear and

7890
03:48:57,517 --> 03:48:58,185
the funding exists.

7891
03:48:58,185 --> 03:49:01,655
Please be open to the ip for

7892
03:49:01,655 --> 03:49:01,955
the West Valley River crossing

7893
03:49:01,955 --> 03:49:03,955
.

7894
03:49:07,126 --> 03:49:09,126
>> Nicholas Landler.

7895
03:49:13,900 --> 03:49:14,501
The taller one is better though

7896
03:49:14,501 --> 03:49:15,168
because tomorrow I'm a

7897
03:49:15,168 --> 03:49:15,768
constituent of District two.

7898
03:49:15,768 --> 03:49:16,136
I was born and raised in

7899
03:49:16,136 --> 03:49:18,136
Claremont.

7900
03:49:20,441 --> 03:49:21,141
I'm San Diego forever and I'm

7901
03:49:21,141 --> 03:49:21,508
asking why are we putting out

7902
03:49:21,508 --> 03:49:22,208
the block?

7903
03:49:22,208 --> 03:49:25,780
There's going to be no reason

7904
03:49:25,780 --> 03:49:25,746
several people can go outside.

7905
03:49:25,746 --> 03:49:26,413
The arts are getting cut.

7906
03:49:26,413 --> 03:49:28,813
Restaurants are going away.

7907
03:49:31,318 --> 03:49:31,752
Over half of the Russians

7908
03:49:31,752 --> 03:49:32,419
the mission.

7909
03:49:32,419 --> 03:49:33,530
They're going to work there.

7910
03:49:33,530 --> 03:49:36,530
Why are we taken away?

7911
03:49:36,256 --> 03:49:37,190
We should make the most of it.

7912
03:49:37,190 --> 03:49:37,791
The 24 what seems to be 24 hour

7913
03:49:37,791 --> 03:49:40,191
restroom grounds are at

7914
03:49:41,862 --> 03:49:42,162
the bottom of the building open

7915
03:49:42,162 --> 03:49:42,930
.

7916
03:49:42,930 --> 03:49:46,690
Right now we have our restrooms

7917
03:49:46,690 --> 03:49:46,366
so we get more arts and things

7918
03:49:46,366 --> 03:49:48,366
.

7919
03:49:52,840 --> 03:49:53,406
Andrea who?

7920
03:49:53,406 --> 03:49:54,107
>> Good evening.

7921
03:49:54,107 --> 03:49:56,507
Good evening, Council members.

7922
03:49:58,679 --> 03:49:59,380
I am a artist living in

7923
03:49:59,380 --> 03:50:00,214
District one in District six.

7924
03:50:00,214 --> 03:50:03,814
I am standing here as a

7925
03:50:04,840 --> 03:50:04,785
representative of more than 200

7926
03:50:04,785 --> 03:50:07,785
artists from San Diego Museum

7927
03:50:09,290 --> 03:50:09,924
of Art to Guild saving more

7928
03:50:09,924 --> 03:50:12,324
than $10 million today by

7929
03:50:15,162 --> 03:50:15,830
wiping out arts funding is

7930
03:50:15,830 --> 03:50:16,563
choice and you cannot afford

7931
03:50:16,563 --> 03:50:18,963
local creative creative economy

7932
03:50:21,100 --> 03:50:21,702
generates more than 1 billion

7933
03:50:21,702 --> 03:50:24,702
in a common economic activity

7934
03:50:26,574 --> 03:50:27,274
every single year and brings in

7935
03:50:27,274 --> 03:50:27,607
more than 100 million in tax

7936
03:50:27,607 --> 03:50:29,607
revenue.

7937
03:50:32,947 --> 03:50:33,581
This giant financial engine

7938
03:50:33,581 --> 03:50:34,314
simply cannot be ignored.

7939
03:50:34,314 --> 03:50:37,914
We are already facing a talent

7940
03:50:38,850 --> 03:50:38,752
drain due to a shortage of

7941
03:50:38,752 --> 03:50:39,420
support for our contemporary

7942
03:50:39,420 --> 03:50:40,154
art scene and we are losing

7943
03:50:40,154 --> 03:50:43,754
more of bright new art school

7944
03:50:43,924 --> 03:50:44,325
graduates to Los Angeles at

7945
03:50:44,325 --> 03:50:45,250
this moment.

7946
03:50:45,250 --> 03:50:45,626
I witnessed this happening at

7947
03:50:45,626 --> 03:50:48,260
South California from a

7948
03:50:50,431 --> 03:50:51,310
trilingual collector base City

7949
03:50:51,310 --> 03:50:51,732
grants as the essential

7950
03:50:51,732 --> 03:50:54,732
foundation to change the state

7951
03:50:57,738 --> 03:50:58,339
attract private financial

7952
03:50:58,339 --> 03:50:58,806
dollars such as the 13.4

7953
03:50:58,806 --> 03:50:59,507
million merger.

7954
03:50:59,507 --> 03:50:59,874
Thank you for that concluding

7955
03:50:59,874 --> 03:51:01,542
statement.

7956
03:51:01,542 --> 03:51:02,209
Tracy o'Leary Montezuma.

7957
03:51:02,209 --> 03:51:04,609
>> Hi I'm Casey o'Leary

7958
03:51:07,140 --> 03:51:10,140
Moctezuma with ac Mayor Gloria

7959
03:51:12,219 --> 03:51:13,187
Councilmembers Councilmember

7960
03:51:13,187 --> 03:51:16,857
Moreno I have lived here in San

7961
03:51:16,857 --> 03:51:17,491
Diego for 21 years in Council

7962
03:51:17,491 --> 03:51:17,825
District eight in Sherman

7963
03:51:17,825 --> 03:51:19,825
Heights.

7964
03:51:22,663 --> 03:51:23,364
And I urge you to please vote

7965
03:51:23,364 --> 03:51:23,931
against San Diego budget that

7966
03:51:23,931 --> 03:51:26,331
would defend the arts.

7967
03:51:27,701 --> 03:51:28,336
The arts are critical to all

7968
03:51:28,336 --> 03:51:29,360
citizens and the wonderful

7969
03:51:29,360 --> 03:51:32,636
mosaic that makes San Diego a

7970
03:51:32,673 --> 03:51:33,273
destination city whether it's

7971
03:51:33,273 --> 03:51:33,741
the symphony, the Balboa

7972
03:51:33,741 --> 03:51:35,741
Digital cinema.

7973
03:51:38,579 --> 03:51:39,347
These all count.

7974
03:51:39,347 --> 03:51:40,470
I'm a citizen of Sherman

7975
03:51:40,470 --> 03:51:40,481
Heights that does not walk so

7976
03:51:40,481 --> 03:51:42,481
does not walk.

7977
03:51:44,518 --> 03:51:45,286
I do not drive.

7978
03:51:45,286 --> 03:51:45,919
So I appreciate the walkability

7979
03:51:45,919 --> 03:51:49,519
of the city And I remember

7980
03:51:49,857 --> 03:51:50,457
growing up in the Bay Area and

7981
03:51:50,457 --> 03:51:51,425
how the introduction of

7982
03:51:51,425 --> 03:51:55,497
the arts shaped who I am as an

7983
03:51:55,497 --> 03:51:56,264
individual.

7984
03:51:56,264 --> 03:51:56,968
By defunding the arts you're

7985
03:51:56,968 --> 03:52:00,435
creating a ghost city And this

7986
03:52:00,435 --> 03:52:03,435
also affects different areas of

7987
03:52:06,700 --> 03:52:06,874
the city such as hospitality.

7988
03:52:06,874 --> 03:52:07,742
>> Thank you for your Thank you

7989
03:52:07,742 --> 03:52:11,342
Mary Serrano After Mary we have

7990
03:52:12,180 --> 03:52:12,880
Cody Ingram Please come out to

7991
03:52:12,880 --> 03:52:15,880
the Ella Reserve seats Nicole

7992
03:52:17,685 --> 03:52:18,285
Burgess, Megan Ibarra, Ray

7993
03:52:18,285 --> 03:52:18,619
Carmel Martin and Alice

7994
03:52:18,619 --> 03:52:20,619
Bergman.

7995
03:52:22,156 --> 03:52:22,757
Please proceed with that.

7996
03:52:22,757 --> 03:52:24,757
>> Be two minutes.

7997
03:52:27,461 --> 03:52:28,295
I had one minute for you to I

7998
03:52:28,295 --> 03:52:31,895
didn't have a seated time on

7999
03:52:33,301 --> 03:52:37,271
your speaker so I got to see

8000
03:52:37,271 --> 03:52:38,139
the time you can proceed.

8001
03:52:38,139 --> 03:52:38,606
>> I'll figure it out while

8002
03:52:38,606 --> 03:52:38,907
you're speaking.

8003
03:52:38,907 --> 03:52:40,907
Okay?

8004
03:52:42,443 --> 03:52:43,111
Mary Fernando PRESIDENT La Hoya

8005
03:52:43,111 --> 03:52:46,711
Town Council First I want to

8006
03:52:48,116 --> 03:52:48,983
add this to the mayor.

8007
03:52:48,983 --> 03:52:52,854
I know this is difficult and I

8008
03:52:52,854 --> 03:52:53,721
can see it weighs heavy on you

8009
03:52:53,721 --> 03:52:54,389
but please take this as just an

8010
03:52:54,389 --> 03:52:56,789
opportunity to listen to

8011
03:52:58,860 --> 03:53:02,460
the people for your what almost

8012
03:53:02,729 --> 03:53:03,464
last year What 2028 Sorry but

8013
03:53:03,464 --> 03:53:06,464
please do take this opportunity

8014
03:53:07,268 --> 03:53:07,669
as that.

8015
03:53:07,669 --> 03:53:08,236
Thank you.

8016
03:53:08,236 --> 03:53:08,536
City Council members.

8017
03:53:08,536 --> 03:53:10,536
Fire!

8018
03:53:13,740 --> 03:53:13,374
Fire!

8019
03:53:13,374 --> 03:53:13,675
Fire!

8020
03:53:13,675 --> 03:53:13,975
Crash!

8021
03:53:13,975 --> 03:53:15,975
Boom.

8022
03:53:18,580 --> 03:53:19,460
Where are the firefighters?

8023
03:53:19,460 --> 03:53:21,460
Where are they?

8024
03:53:23,385 --> 03:53:23,885
They're busy managing dry bush

8025
03:53:23,885 --> 03:53:24,586
on city land.

8026
03:53:24,586 --> 03:53:27,586
They are busy with planning.

8027
03:53:29,624 --> 03:53:29,991
Evacuate for community

8028
03:53:29,991 --> 03:53:31,991
outreach.

8029
03:53:34,362 --> 03:53:34,696
The city consolidated their

8030
03:53:34,696 --> 03:53:35,396
duties.

8031
03:53:35,396 --> 03:53:37,796
Consolidating or cutting fire

8032
03:53:39,767 --> 03:53:40,435
department officer duties

8033
03:53:40,435 --> 03:53:40,735
doesn't just affect response

8034
03:53:40,735 --> 03:53:42,735
times.

8035
03:53:45,674 --> 03:53:46,441
It affects lives.

8036
03:53:46,441 --> 03:53:47,141
What is the real cost of

8037
03:53:47,141 --> 03:53:49,541
understaffing Those who run

8038
03:53:51,579 --> 03:53:54,579
towards danger so we can

8039
03:53:56,217 --> 03:53:57,180
evacuate safely?

8040
03:53:57,180 --> 03:54:00,180
La Hoya Recreation Center cut

8041
03:54:01,423 --> 03:54:04,423
from full hours to 40 hours.

8042
03:54:07,228 --> 03:54:07,796
That $77,000 in savings against

8043
03:54:07,796 --> 03:54:09,796
$140 million deficit.

8044
03:54:11,399 --> 03:54:11,900
What is your if it's still 120

8045
03:54:11,900 --> 03:54:13,900
but I heard 140.

8046
03:54:15,871 --> 03:54:16,271
>> The math doesn't justify

8047
03:54:16,271 --> 03:54:18,271
the impact.

8048
03:54:20,976 --> 03:54:21,276
>> Our ask before any final

8049
03:54:21,276 --> 03:54:21,977
vote.

8050
03:54:21,977 --> 03:54:24,977
Please assure La Hoya families

8051
03:54:27,248 --> 03:54:27,983
and other community ees who

8052
03:54:27,983 --> 03:54:31,887
enjoy the rec center by the sea

8053
03:54:31,887 --> 03:54:32,320
meets with Council in San Diego

8054
03:54:32,320 --> 03:54:33,355
Parks and Rec.

8055
03:54:33,355 --> 03:54:37,225
We are ready to be partners in

8056
03:54:37,225 --> 03:54:37,793
finding solutions.

8057
03:54:37,793 --> 03:54:38,193
>> Thank you.

8058
03:54:38,193 --> 03:54:40,193
Thank you.

8059
03:54:42,531 --> 03:54:43,298
And you had your c j time you

8060
03:54:43,298 --> 03:54:44,633
had to do so Your other speaker

8061
03:54:44,633 --> 03:54:47,330
slip was further down.

8062
03:54:50,372 --> 03:54:52,772
>> Cody Ingram Members of

8063
03:54:56,210 --> 03:54:56,745
the Council Marita Gloria My

8064
03:54:56,745 --> 03:54:57,312
name is Cody Ingram.

8065
03:54:57,312 --> 03:54:59,712
I am a veteran.

8066
03:54:59,947 --> 03:55:00,716
I am a constituent from

8067
03:55:00,716 --> 03:55:01,483
District nine and I also work

8068
03:55:01,483 --> 03:55:01,849
as an emt here for the city of

8069
03:55:01,849 --> 03:55:03,849
San Diego.

8070
03:55:05,487 --> 03:55:06,870
I am a direct example of what

8071
03:55:06,870 --> 03:55:06,722
can happen when arts are

8072
03:55:06,722 --> 03:55:09,122
accessible to the veteran

8073
03:55:11,860 --> 03:55:12,427
population So I would not be

8074
03:55:12,427 --> 03:55:13,162
here without the arts.

8075
03:55:13,162 --> 03:55:15,864
I have been working as an actor

8076
03:55:15,864 --> 03:55:16,431
here for over ten years and

8077
03:55:16,431 --> 03:55:17,132
the arts are directly

8078
03:55:17,132 --> 03:55:20,132
responsible for me being able

8079
03:55:21,360 --> 03:55:21,803
to reconnect with my humanity

8080
03:55:21,803 --> 03:55:22,604
and it is vital to our veteran

8081
03:55:22,604 --> 03:55:25,604
population to be able to

8082
03:55:26,675 --> 03:55:27,342
explore and understand that

8083
03:55:27,342 --> 03:55:30,942
their emotions are not to be

8084
03:55:31,413 --> 03:55:31,947
scared of and that they can

8085
03:55:31,947 --> 03:55:33,947
explore them safely.

8086
03:55:35,850 --> 03:55:36,618
Without that 22 veterans die

8087
03:55:36,618 --> 03:55:37,850
every day and we cannot allow

8088
03:55:37,850 --> 03:55:39,850
that to happen.

8089
03:55:40,889 --> 03:55:41,590
This is too important

8090
03:55:41,590 --> 03:55:44,590
especially in a military city

8091
03:55:46,295 --> 03:55:47,290
And additionally the arts is

8092
03:55:47,290 --> 03:55:47,462
what makes San Diego brilliant

8093
03:55:47,462 --> 03:55:48,363
and beautiful.

8094
03:55:48,363 --> 03:55:51,667
Why are we trying to take that

8095
03:55:51,667 --> 03:55:52,567
away?

8096
03:55:52,567 --> 03:55:52,901
I come from a law enforcement

8097
03:55:52,901 --> 03:55:53,604
family.

8098
03:55:53,604 --> 03:55:54,203
Public safety is important but

8099
03:55:54,203 --> 03:55:57,139
it does not to be this

8100
03:55:57,139 --> 03:55:57,706
important in the budget.

8101
03:55:57,706 --> 03:55:58,107
>> Thank you.

8102
03:55:58,107 --> 03:56:00,107
Thank you.

8103
03:56:01,877 --> 03:56:02,577
Nicole Burgess After Nicole we

8104
03:56:02,577 --> 03:56:05,577
have Megan Ibarra, Rey Carmel

8105
03:56:06,815 --> 03:56:09,215
Martin Ellis Dingman, Megan

8106
03:56:11,720 --> 03:56:12,421
Kettle, Mary Kumar, Samantha

8107
03:56:12,421 --> 03:56:13,880
Castronovo and Kristin Frank.

8108
03:56:13,880 --> 03:56:16,880
Those are our final speakers

8109
03:56:17,260 --> 03:56:17,526
here in council chambers.

8110
03:56:17,526 --> 03:56:17,893
Please proceed.

8111
03:56:17,893 --> 03:56:18,327
All right.

8112
03:56:18,327 --> 03:56:18,861
Good evening.

8113
03:56:18,861 --> 03:56:20,861
Thank you everyone.

8114
03:56:21,697 --> 03:56:22,364
To residents Safe Streets

8115
03:56:22,364 --> 03:56:22,998
advocate and one of the many

8116
03:56:22,998 --> 03:56:25,398
San Diegans that actually

8117
03:56:26,201 --> 03:56:26,668
choose to ride a bike for

8118
03:56:26,668 --> 03:56:27,469
transportation.

8119
03:56:27,469 --> 03:56:28,137
>> a big shout out to

8120
03:56:28,137 --> 03:56:30,537
the previous public comments

8121
03:56:31,440 --> 03:56:32,410
are youth arts culture and a

8122
03:56:32,410 --> 03:56:32,708
healthy, vibrant future.

8123
03:56:32,708 --> 03:56:35,708
Please restore the arts and

8124
03:56:36,411 --> 03:56:37,178
culture budget But specifically

8125
03:56:37,178 --> 03:56:37,813
speaking to the transportation

8126
03:56:37,813 --> 03:56:38,514
budget because this is an

8127
03:56:38,514 --> 03:56:40,914
independent budget solely for

8128
03:56:42,351 --> 03:56:43,151
transport nation and safety is

8129
03:56:43,151 --> 03:56:46,151
our biggest priority for our

8130
03:56:47,560 --> 03:56:47,889
city and transportation.

8131
03:56:47,889 --> 03:56:51,489
It is critical that we keep

8132
03:56:51,494 --> 03:56:52,194
the multi-modal team That is

8133
03:56:52,194 --> 03:56:55,194
what has created safer streets

8134
03:56:55,865 --> 03:56:56,465
for all users And when we

8135
03:56:56,465 --> 03:56:57,166
create safer streets for

8136
03:56:57,166 --> 03:56:57,900
pedestrians bikers we actually

8137
03:56:57,900 --> 03:57:00,900
create safer streets for people

8138
03:57:02,370 --> 03:57:02,771
driving cars so less

8139
03:57:02,771 --> 03:57:03,472
enforcement.

8140
03:57:03,472 --> 03:57:05,872
>> I appreciate the leadership

8141
03:57:06,708 --> 03:57:07,310
as mayor Gloria helped write

8142
03:57:07,310 --> 03:57:07,910
the Climate Action Plan

8143
03:57:07,910 --> 03:57:08,544
endorsed Vision Zero and

8144
03:57:08,544 --> 03:57:09,110
recently adopted Complete

8145
03:57:09,110 --> 03:57:11,110
Streets policy.

8146
03:57:12,948 --> 03:57:13,516
Sadly the budget does not

8147
03:57:13,516 --> 03:57:14,150
represent these plans.

8148
03:57:14,150 --> 03:57:16,550
Policies are about values.

8149
03:57:16,752 --> 03:57:19,752
There are 300 repaving miles in

8150
03:57:20,790 --> 03:57:21,590
this budget and I would gladly

8151
03:57:21,590 --> 03:57:22,224
forego 15 of those miles to

8152
03:57:22,224 --> 03:57:24,624
fund the multimodal team.

8153
03:57:25,761 --> 03:57:29,361
Nicole I'm sorry It's been a

8154
03:57:30,499 --> 03:57:30,933
minute Nicole Nicole Burgess Oh

8155
03:57:30,933 --> 03:57:31,833
that was you.

8156
03:57:31,833 --> 03:57:35,171
My apologies for ours Make any

8157
03:57:35,171 --> 03:57:35,738
borrow.

8158
03:57:35,738 --> 03:57:37,738
>> Good evening.

8159
03:57:40,243 --> 03:57:40,943
My name is Megan Herrera and

8160
03:57:40,943 --> 03:57:41,610
I'm a voter in District three

8161
03:57:41,610 --> 03:57:44,610
At the public hearing on

8162
03:57:45,114 --> 03:57:45,814
DECEMBER ninth I testified

8163
03:57:45,814 --> 03:57:46,515
against the block surveillance

8164
03:57:46,515 --> 03:57:48,915
contract because stolen people

8165
03:57:49,618 --> 03:57:50,319
are worth more than stolen cars

8166
03:57:50,319 --> 03:57:50,920
Directly after that a police

8167
03:57:50,920 --> 03:57:51,621
representative said that

8168
03:57:51,621 --> 03:57:54,621
the police department needs to

8169
03:57:55,240 --> 03:57:55,725
retain data and gather data in

8170
03:57:55,725 --> 03:57:56,192
order to support survivors of

8171
03:57:56,192 --> 03:57:58,192
sexual violence.

8172
03:58:00,163 --> 03:58:00,863
Lgbt data does not support

8173
03:58:00,863 --> 03:58:01,530
the idea that lpr surveillance

8174
03:58:01,530 --> 03:58:04,530
and data retention leads to

8175
03:58:05,340 --> 03:58:05,701
higher arrests, much less

8176
03:58:05,701 --> 03:58:06,680
conviction rates for sexual

8177
03:58:06,680 --> 03:58:06,736
violence.

8178
03:58:06,736 --> 03:58:09,639
Most data shows that police

8179
03:58:09,639 --> 03:58:10,239
officers themselves are more

8180
03:58:10,239 --> 03:58:10,606
likely to commit family

8181
03:58:10,606 --> 03:58:12,606
violence.

8182
03:58:14,430 --> 03:58:14,710
Just last week another cpd

8183
03:58:14,710 --> 03:58:15,377
officer was arrested and is

8184
03:58:15,377 --> 03:58:17,777
facing multiple charges for

8185
03:58:19,114 --> 03:58:19,848
sexual violence.

8186
03:58:19,848 --> 03:58:20,550
>> Cops commit crimes community

8187
03:58:20,550 --> 03:58:23,550
members and keep each other

8188
03:58:24,353 --> 03:58:25,187
safe and save lives.

8189
03:58:25,187 --> 03:58:25,888
We saw that last week a vote

8190
03:58:25,888 --> 03:58:28,288
for surveillance and increased

8191
03:58:29,240 --> 03:58:29,625
police budgets In this context

8192
03:58:29,625 --> 03:58:32,625
is a vote against life.

8193
03:58:34,197 --> 03:58:34,897
The teenage youth who committed

8194
03:58:34,897 --> 03:58:35,565
horrific acts of violence last

8195
03:58:35,565 --> 03:58:35,832
week were not apprehended by

8196
03:58:35,832 --> 03:58:36,999
cpd.

8197
03:58:36,999 --> 03:58:39,999
They were stopped by brave

8198
03:58:42,371 --> 03:58:43,139
community members.

8199
03:58:43,139 --> 03:58:43,840
>> Thank you for that

8200
03:58:43,840 --> 03:58:46,240
concluding sentence Ray where

8201
03:58:51,180 --> 03:58:51,581
you here?

8202
03:58:51,581 --> 03:58:53,581
Hello.

8203
03:58:54,483 --> 03:58:56,483
My name's Ray.

8204
03:58:59,856 --> 03:59:01,856
Your Honor.

8205
03:59:04,600 --> 03:59:04,661
Council, on behalf of

8206
03:59:04,661 --> 03:59:07,661
the Randalls, I want to

8207
03:59:08,898 --> 03:59:09,599
apologize to everybody here How

8208
03:59:09,599 --> 03:59:10,660
the county this city this area

8209
03:59:10,660 --> 03:59:12,660
has treated you.

8210
03:59:13,970 --> 03:59:14,804
This is unacceptable.

8211
03:59:14,804 --> 03:59:17,740
We did not hand the keys over

8212
03:59:17,740 --> 03:59:21,940
to you to treat the people like

8213
03:59:23,146 --> 03:59:23,879
this.

8214
03:59:23,879 --> 03:59:24,714
The historians, the genealogist

8215
03:59:24,714 --> 03:59:27,649
can explain more to you But

8216
03:59:27,649 --> 03:59:27,984
this is not going to happen

8217
03:59:27,984 --> 03:59:29,984
anymore.

8218
03:59:31,454 --> 03:59:32,222
I am going to be more involved

8219
03:59:32,222 --> 03:59:35,822
here in San Diego and we're

8220
03:59:36,559 --> 03:59:37,259
going to find a solution that

8221
03:59:37,259 --> 03:59:37,761
everybody can benefit and a

8222
03:59:37,761 --> 03:59:39,761
holistic approach.

8223
03:59:42,165 --> 03:59:42,665
Thank you.

8224
03:59:42,665 --> 03:59:43,660
Come on, Martin.

8225
03:59:43,660 --> 03:59:45,660
Come on.

8226
03:59:47,203 --> 03:59:47,637
You have time ceded to you by

8227
03:59:47,637 --> 03:59:48,104
Lauren Locker.

8228
03:59:48,104 --> 03:59:50,104
Are you here?

8229
03:59:52,142 --> 03:59:52,575
I don't see a Lauren Locker or

8230
03:59:52,575 --> 03:59:53,800
Leslie Simon.

8231
03:59:53,800 --> 03:59:53,610
>> Thank you.

8232
03:59:53,610 --> 03:59:56,100
You'll have two minutes.

8233
03:59:57,547 --> 03:59:58,214
Please proceed.

8234
03:59:58,214 --> 03:59:58,682
>> Evening Council members.

8235
03:59:58,682 --> 03:59:59,249
Evening, staff.

8236
03:59:59,249 --> 04:00:01,249
Evening, Mayor Gloria.

8237
04:00:01,618 --> 04:00:02,318
My name's Carmel Martin Co

8238
04:00:02,318 --> 04:00:03,860
co-founder of Art Power Equity

8239
04:00:03,860 --> 04:00:03,887
And in my second term as a

8240
04:00:03,887 --> 04:00:06,723
mayoral appointee to our arts

8241
04:00:06,723 --> 04:00:07,230
and Culture Commission on MAY

8242
04:00:07,230 --> 04:00:07,724
18th.

8243
04:00:07,724 --> 04:00:10,724
>> Three of our neighbors were

8244
04:00:11,962 --> 04:00:12,695
murdered shot to death at

8245
04:00:12,695 --> 04:00:13,396
the Islamic Center of San Diego

8246
04:00:13,396 --> 04:00:15,598
Ameen Abdullah Monsoor because

8247
04:00:15,598 --> 04:00:16,399
he had another award as a

8248
04:00:16,399 --> 04:00:17,990
muslim in this city agreed with

8249
04:00:17,990 --> 04:00:17,801
our community for over a week

8250
04:00:17,801 --> 04:00:20,437
I've also watched the familiar

8251
04:00:20,437 --> 04:00:21,700
civic rituals that follow these

8252
04:00:21,700 --> 04:00:23,700
moments press conferences,

8253
04:00:25,108 --> 04:00:25,942
vigils, pledges, more patrols.

8254
04:00:25,942 --> 04:00:26,643
I want to say plainly what most

8255
04:00:26,643 --> 04:00:27,109
people already know but often

8256
04:00:27,109 --> 04:00:29,109
will not admit.

8257
04:00:29,612 --> 04:00:30,113
Police did not and could not

8258
04:00:30,113 --> 04:00:30,814
stop this attack.

8259
04:00:30,814 --> 04:00:31,281
Officers arrived minutes after

8260
04:00:31,281 --> 04:00:33,281
the first call.

8261
04:00:34,117 --> 04:00:34,751
The shooters were already

8262
04:00:34,751 --> 04:00:35,418
finished, gone to another

8263
04:00:35,418 --> 04:00:36,860
location, killed themselves

8264
04:00:36,860 --> 04:00:39,220
before the officers fired a

8265
04:00:39,220 --> 04:00:39,956
single shot.

8266
04:00:39,956 --> 04:00:40,457
They were 17 and 19 years old.

8267
04:00:40,457 --> 04:00:42,457
They met online.

8268
04:00:44,494 --> 04:00:45,195
They radicalized each other in

8269
04:00:45,195 --> 04:00:45,896
the kind of profound isolation

8270
04:00:45,896 --> 04:00:46,530
that the U.S. Surgeon general

8271
04:00:46,530 --> 04:00:49,433
has called a public health

8272
04:00:49,433 --> 04:00:50,200
epidemic deadliest choking more

8273
04:00:50,200 --> 04:00:53,303
than a pack of cigarets a day

8274
04:00:53,303 --> 04:00:54,104
Young Americans age 15 to 24

8275
04:00:54,104 --> 04:00:54,805
seen a 70% drop in time spent

8276
04:00:54,805 --> 04:00:58,375
with friends over the past two

8277
04:00:58,375 --> 04:00:59,750
decades that the soil that

8278
04:00:59,750 --> 04:00:59,843
hatred grows in two boys with

8279
04:00:59,843 --> 04:01:02,779
no one to belong to found a

8280
04:01:02,779 --> 04:01:03,380
perverse belonging in each

8281
04:01:03,380 --> 04:01:04,800
other's worst impulses.

8282
04:01:04,800 --> 04:01:07,551
So ask the right question What

8283
04:01:07,551 --> 04:01:08,251
kind of public investment

8284
04:01:08,251 --> 04:01:08,718
intervenes before the trigger

8285
04:01:08,718 --> 04:01:10,718
is ever pulled?

8286
04:01:12,322 --> 04:01:12,822
It is not more millions Drone

8287
04:01:12,822 --> 04:01:13,457
it's surveillance.

8288
04:01:13,457 --> 04:01:13,790
It is not another armored

8289
04:01:13,790 --> 04:01:14,457
vehicle.

8290
04:01:14,457 --> 04:01:16,857
It's the Afterschool Theater

8291
04:01:17,727 --> 04:01:18,429
program, the youth mural

8292
04:01:18,429 --> 04:01:19,129
project, the community choir,

8293
04:01:19,129 --> 04:01:22,129
the teaching artist who knows

8294
04:01:22,165 --> 04:01:22,899
your child by name Researchers

8295
04:01:22,899 --> 04:01:23,500
have shown that the presence of

8296
04:01:23,500 --> 04:01:24,234
cultural resources in a

8297
04:01:24,234 --> 04:01:25,101
neighborhood is associated with

8298
04:01:25,101 --> 04:01:28,101
almost a 20% drop in serious

8299
04:01:29,706 --> 04:01:30,507
crime.

8300
04:01:30,507 --> 04:01:31,207
Further research has shown that

8301
04:01:31,207 --> 04:01:33,607
every ten community nonprofits

8302
04:01:34,111 --> 04:01:34,811
per 100,000 resident drives

8303
04:01:34,811 --> 04:01:35,780
the murder rate down by almost

8304
04:01:35,780 --> 04:01:37,780
10%.

8305
04:01:39,449 --> 04:01:40,183
Arts and culture is not a frill

8306
04:01:40,183 --> 04:01:40,917
They are the social fabric that

8307
04:01:40,917 --> 04:01:41,618
catches our young people before

8308
04:01:41,618 --> 04:01:44,254
they fall into the algorithms

8309
04:01:44,254 --> 04:01:44,955
of hate.

8310
04:01:44,955 --> 04:01:45,522
They are in the most literal

8311
04:01:45,522 --> 04:01:47,522
sense life saving

8312
04:01:48,659 --> 04:01:49,426
infrastructure.

8313
04:01:49,426 --> 04:01:50,127
San Diego is now weighing cuts

8314
04:01:50,127 --> 04:01:50,827
to roughly all of its arts and

8315
04:01:50,827 --> 04:01:53,227
culture grantmaking budget And

8316
04:01:54,597 --> 04:01:55,165
I'm asking my city in the names

8317
04:01:55,165 --> 04:01:55,832
of Amin Mansour Nader,

8318
04:01:55,832 --> 04:01:58,832
the children and teachers at

8319
04:01:58,902 --> 04:01:59,569
the mosque to reverse that

8320
04:01:59,569 --> 04:02:00,700
course Funding artists fund

8321
04:02:00,700 --> 04:02:00,537
the center's fund

8322
04:02:00,537 --> 04:02:01,105
The Connection.

8323
04:02:01,105 --> 04:02:01,637
>> Thank you for that

8324
04:02:01,637 --> 04:02:03,637
concluding sentence.

8325
04:02:11,470 --> 04:02:13,470
Ellis.

8326
04:02:16,530 --> 04:02:16,353
>> Hi, my name is Ella Stegman

8327
04:02:16,353 --> 04:02:17,221
.

8328
04:02:17,221 --> 04:02:21,421
I'm from District two and I go

8329
04:02:21,458 --> 04:02:22,225
to school every more learning

8330
04:02:22,225 --> 04:02:25,729
on the city bus on roads that

8331
04:02:25,729 --> 04:02:26,597
the city paved.

8332
04:02:26,597 --> 04:02:30,797
I do my homework at Rob Field,

8333
04:02:31,235 --> 04:02:32,102
a city park I walk home on

8334
04:02:32,102 --> 04:02:35,305
the ocean, be a a San Diego

8335
04:02:35,305 --> 04:02:35,705
River bike path which this city

8336
04:02:35,705 --> 04:02:37,705
built city.

8337
04:02:39,976 --> 04:02:40,677
>> There are so many city

8338
04:02:40,677 --> 04:02:43,677
programs that have impacted my

8339
04:02:45,182 --> 04:02:45,883
life and the life of everybody

8340
04:02:45,883 --> 04:02:46,383
I know so positively and

8341
04:02:46,383 --> 04:02:48,783
continue to do so.

8342
04:02:50,620 --> 04:02:51,121
Everything all day and walk is

8343
04:02:51,121 --> 04:02:53,521
not one of them.

8344
04:02:55,159 --> 04:02:58,562
I have never once thought wow

8345
04:02:58,562 --> 04:02:59,231
thank goodness the city put $2

8346
04:02:59,231 --> 04:03:01,631
million aside for automated

8347
04:03:03,767 --> 04:03:04,501
license plate readers.

8348
04:03:04,501 --> 04:03:05,102
I've thought thank goodness for

8349
04:03:05,102 --> 04:03:05,769
this buffered bike lane.

8350
04:03:05,769 --> 04:03:07,971
Thank goodness they repaired

8351
04:03:07,971 --> 04:03:10,971
this crack in the sidewalk.

8352
04:03:12,443 --> 04:03:13,430
>> How does Floc help

8353
04:03:13,430 --> 04:03:13,778
the actual people here?

8354
04:03:13,778 --> 04:03:16,178
>> Thank you for concluding

8355
04:03:21,685 --> 04:03:22,353
sentence Megan Kettle MAY we

8356
04:03:22,353 --> 04:03:25,353
take a moment to acknowledge

8357
04:03:26,156 --> 04:03:26,857
the words spoken today

8358
04:03:26,857 --> 04:03:27,591
the lives that have been lost

8359
04:03:27,591 --> 04:03:30,561
and the lives that we're trying

8360
04:03:30,561 --> 04:03:31,262
to save today through the arts

8361
04:03:31,262 --> 04:03:31,796
In the words of the great

8362
04:03:31,796 --> 04:03:32,496
philosopher Prince.

8363
04:03:32,496 --> 04:03:35,496
Dearly beloved we are gathered

8364
04:03:36,200 --> 04:03:36,934
here together today to get

8365
04:03:36,934 --> 04:03:37,635
through this thing called life.

8366
04:03:37,635 --> 04:03:38,302
And if there's one thing I've

8367
04:03:38,302 --> 04:03:41,302
learned as a mental health

8368
04:03:41,338 --> 04:03:42,139
advocate and San Diego native,

8369
04:03:42,139 --> 04:03:42,440
we can do more than get through

8370
04:03:42,440 --> 04:03:44,440
life.

8371
04:03:46,777 --> 04:03:47,478
We can thrive And that comes

8372
04:03:47,478 --> 04:03:49,747
from the arts, the libraries,

8373
04:03:49,747 --> 04:03:50,381
our park and recreations and

8374
04:03:50,381 --> 04:03:52,781
every single person that's

8375
04:03:55,353 --> 04:03:56,530
standing here behind me today

8376
04:03:56,530 --> 04:03:56,654
I'm speaking a proposition to

8377
04:03:56,654 --> 04:03:59,540
increase the budget for

8378
04:04:00,958 --> 04:04:03,694
the libraries and our arts.

8379
04:04:03,694 --> 04:04:07,294
The San Diego Arts brings in

8380
04:04:07,931 --> 04:04:08,599
$1.1 billion and makes 170,000

8381
04:04:08,599 --> 04:04:11,599
jobs in the creative sector.

8382
04:04:11,969 --> 04:04:12,670
Imagine 170,000 people standing

8383
04:04:12,670 --> 04:04:16,270
here behind me right now from

8384
04:04:16,674 --> 04:04:17,374
last time for the youth and for

8385
04:04:17,374 --> 04:04:20,974
those jobs I'm asking to keep

8386
04:04:21,812 --> 04:04:22,112
the Office of Youth and Success

8387
04:04:22,112 --> 04:04:22,913
open.

8388
04:04:22,913 --> 04:04:23,547
I am amazed by all the youth

8389
04:04:23,547 --> 04:04:23,881
that have spoken here from

8390
04:04:23,881 --> 04:04:25,881
school.

8391
04:04:27,385 --> 04:04:27,685
So please keep the offices

8392
04:04:27,685 --> 04:04:28,286
open.

8393
04:04:28,286 --> 04:04:28,652
>> That can keep going.

8394
04:04:28,652 --> 04:04:29,530
Thank you.

8395
04:04:29,530 --> 04:04:31,530
Thank you.

8396
04:04:35,526 --> 04:04:35,993
Mary Kumar.

8397
04:04:35,993 --> 04:04:36,527
>> Hi.

8398
04:04:36,527 --> 04:04:37,280
Thank you, Counsel.

8399
04:04:37,280 --> 04:04:37,828
Thank you, Mayor.

8400
04:04:37,828 --> 04:04:40,828
I actually came straight here

8401
04:04:41,332 --> 04:04:41,766
from painting a mural and I was

8402
04:04:41,766 --> 04:04:42,499
in Oceanside.

8403
04:04:42,499 --> 04:04:45,369
I still have like little purple

8404
04:04:45,369 --> 04:04:46,104
in my hair and on my path I'm

8405
04:04:46,104 --> 04:04:49,104
assisting muralist Katie Ya who

8406
04:04:49,474 --> 04:04:50,241
also works for Art Reach San

8407
04:04:50,241 --> 04:04:50,944
Diego which is a recipient of

8408
04:04:50,944 --> 04:04:53,944
the arts funding art like

8409
04:04:55,280 --> 04:04:55,946
murals they create beauty

8410
04:04:55,946 --> 04:04:56,314
resulting in pride in one's

8411
04:04:56,314 --> 04:04:58,314
community.

8412
04:05:00,500 --> 04:05:00,751
We also know that crime is

8413
04:05:00,751 --> 04:05:01,152
measurably reduced from murals

8414
04:05:01,152 --> 04:05:01,886
are present.

8415
04:05:01,886 --> 04:05:05,550
So this week I've been painting

8416
04:05:05,550 --> 04:05:05,757
this mural for Roosevelt Middle

8417
04:05:05,757 --> 04:05:09,357
School with the juicy hues of

8418
04:05:09,694 --> 04:05:10,461
indigo Purple magenta and

8419
04:05:10,461 --> 04:05:10,995
orange and I see the students

8420
04:05:10,995 --> 04:05:11,428
there watching us in

8421
04:05:11,428 --> 04:05:13,428
the courtyard.

8422
04:05:14,465 --> 04:05:15,332
What are they thinking?

8423
04:05:15,332 --> 04:05:19,532
Perhaps it's maybe I can be an

8424
04:05:19,670 --> 04:05:20,338
artist too when I grow up.

8425
04:05:20,338 --> 04:05:20,972
They actually assisted us at

8426
04:05:20,972 --> 04:05:24,572
the start of the mural so

8427
04:05:24,608 --> 04:05:25,343
please combine See it some time

8428
04:05:25,343 --> 04:05:25,977
for student art creates outside

8429
04:05:25,977 --> 04:05:28,377
the box thinking creative

8430
04:05:29,460 --> 04:05:29,714
solutions, better performance

8431
04:05:29,714 --> 04:05:30,348
in other school subjects and

8432
04:05:30,348 --> 04:05:32,748
coherent thinking but most

8433
04:05:33,985 --> 04:05:34,786
importantly therapy which

8434
04:05:34,786 --> 04:05:37,786
mentioned by others Here art

8435
04:05:39,290 --> 04:05:42,290
heals please that which fosters

8436
04:05:43,361 --> 04:05:44,610
community and pride deserves

8437
04:05:44,610 --> 04:05:44,596
full Thank you for that

8438
04:05:44,596 --> 04:05:46,596
concluding sentence.

8439
04:05:52,837 --> 04:05:54,837
>> Samantha Castronovo Good

8440
04:05:57,708 --> 04:05:58,509
evening Council members My name

8441
04:05:58,509 --> 04:06:01,509
is Samantha Castronovo and I'm

8442
04:06:02,800 --> 04:06:06,280
here to say firmly no on Floc

8443
04:06:09,554 --> 04:06:10,522
no on electronic surveillance,

8444
04:06:10,522 --> 04:06:14,559
yes to the arts and I say yes

8445
04:06:14,559 --> 04:06:17,559
to everything I've heard this

8446
04:06:18,829 --> 04:06:21,829
evening from 6:30 P.M. Until

8447
04:06:22,433 --> 04:06:23,101
now on Yes for the arts Amazing

8448
04:06:23,101 --> 04:06:26,101
speakers if that's not one

8449
04:06:27,539 --> 04:06:31,139
sample of what arts does for

8450
04:06:32,443 --> 04:06:33,144
the city of San Diego you have

8451
04:06:33,144 --> 04:06:35,544
tremendous advocates and have

8452
04:06:37,582 --> 04:06:41,782
had all for the last four hours

8453
04:06:42,187 --> 04:06:45,187
amazingly so Yes to fire

8454
04:06:46,725 --> 04:06:47,492
funding restore fire for 2027

8455
04:06:47,492 --> 04:06:50,492
at the same level it's

8456
04:06:51,729 --> 04:06:52,290
currently being funded for

8457
04:06:52,290 --> 04:06:54,290
2026.

8458
04:06:56,468 --> 04:06:58,468
Very important point.

8459
04:07:03,140 --> 04:07:03,542
Many attendance events.

8460
04:07:03,542 --> 04:07:04,420
Thank you.

8461
04:07:04,420 --> 04:07:06,420
Count on fire.

8462
04:07:06,845 --> 04:07:07,579
Christine Frank, you have time

8463
04:07:07,579 --> 04:07:07,946
to you by Valerie Iniguez.

8464
04:07:07,946 --> 04:07:08,346
Thank you.

8465
04:07:08,346 --> 04:07:10,346
Two minutes.

8466
04:07:11,490 --> 04:07:11,449
Please proceed.

8467
04:07:11,449 --> 04:07:12,184
>> Okay.

8468
04:07:12,184 --> 04:07:12,884
As a good recovering theater

8469
04:07:12,884 --> 04:07:15,720
arts major, I know you want to

8470
04:07:15,720 --> 04:07:16,540
bring it back to how it started

8471
04:07:16,540 --> 04:07:16,721
.

8472
04:07:16,721 --> 04:07:17,221
That's how you really drive

8473
04:07:17,221 --> 04:07:17,956
home the message.

8474
04:07:17,956 --> 04:07:18,690
I know I'm the last speaker and

8475
04:07:18,690 --> 04:07:18,957
I sound like I've been the only

8476
04:07:18,957 --> 04:07:20,358
one.

8477
04:07:20,358 --> 04:07:21,226
I'm so sorry.

8478
04:07:21,226 --> 04:07:21,927
So on APRIL 20th in this very

8479
04:07:21,927 --> 04:07:24,327
chamber our independent budget

8480
04:07:25,230 --> 04:07:25,897
analyst I apologize in advance

8481
04:07:25,897 --> 04:07:29,497
if I butcher your last name.

8482
04:07:29,601 --> 04:07:30,335
Charles Modica nailed it urged

8483
04:07:30,335 --> 04:07:30,902
speakers to offer solutions for

8484
04:07:30,902 --> 04:07:33,302
the budget gaps After

8485
04:07:34,940 --> 04:07:35,607
the presentation At the start

8486
04:07:35,607 --> 04:07:36,410
of this meeting when the sun

8487
04:07:36,410 --> 04:07:36,575
was still up.

8488
04:07:36,575 --> 04:07:38,975
I have a suggestion.

8489
04:07:39,745 --> 04:07:40,378
Well I'm clearly proud to

8490
04:07:40,378 --> 04:07:41,790
volunteer for the La Hoya

8491
04:07:41,790 --> 04:07:44,790
Playhouse as this bright pink

8492
04:07:44,516 --> 04:07:45,250
shirt tells you I'm also a

8493
04:07:45,250 --> 04:07:45,751
former junior golfer who played

8494
04:07:45,751 --> 04:07:47,751
across California.

8495
04:07:49,187 --> 04:07:49,821
I personally know multiple golf

8496
04:07:49,821 --> 04:07:50,488
tourists who gladly spend

8497
04:07:50,488 --> 04:07:50,923
thousands of dollars on one

8498
04:07:50,923 --> 04:07:52,923
golf vacation.

8499
04:07:55,127 --> 04:07:55,760
Yes, in this economy, Torrey

8500
04:07:55,760 --> 04:07:58,760
Pines is one of America's

8501
04:07:59,397 --> 04:08:01,797
premier public courses Their

8502
04:08:02,501 --> 04:08:03,100
highest grievance fees for

8503
04:08:03,100 --> 04:08:03,668
nonresidents $322.

8504
04:08:03,668 --> 04:08:06,668
Another top public course in

8505
04:08:07,940 --> 04:08:10,340
our state Pebble Beach.

8506
04:08:12,644 --> 04:08:13,344
It's $675 more than double

8507
04:08:13,344 --> 04:08:13,945
Raising nonresident green fees

8508
04:08:13,945 --> 04:08:16,345
at Torrey would generate

8509
04:08:17,515 --> 04:08:18,217
revenue without burdening San

8510
04:08:18,217 --> 04:08:18,851
Diegans and without depriving

8511
04:08:18,851 --> 04:08:19,151
us of our arts and culture

8512
04:08:19,151 --> 04:08:21,151
orgs.

8513
04:08:22,687 --> 04:08:23,388
It seems clear the city is

8514
04:08:23,388 --> 04:08:24,123
leaving money on the table by

8515
04:08:24,123 --> 04:08:27,123
underpricing one of our premier

8516
04:08:27,559 --> 04:08:28,393
assets as all golfers.

8517
04:08:28,393 --> 04:08:29,940
>> Now that's a big old double

8518
04:08:29,940 --> 04:08:32,940
bogey on the city's scorecard

8519
04:08:32,765 --> 04:08:33,364
so I'm going to ask you to

8520
04:08:33,364 --> 04:08:33,698
please restore the arts

8521
04:08:33,698 --> 04:08:34,660
funding.

8522
04:08:34,660 --> 04:08:35,501
Thank you.

8523
04:08:35,501 --> 04:08:39,701
I'm not even using all my time.

8524
04:08:40,372 --> 04:08:40,873
>> You're welcome.

8525
04:08:40,873 --> 04:08:41,507
>> Thank you.

8526
04:08:41,507 --> 04:08:42,107
That does conclude public

8527
04:08:42,107 --> 04:08:42,808
comment here in council

8528
04:08:42,808 --> 04:08:45,244
chambers we still have virtual

8529
04:08:45,244 --> 04:08:45,877
public comment but I will note

8530
04:08:45,877 --> 04:08:46,512
for the record that we did

8531
04:08:46,512 --> 04:08:48,912
receive ten public speaker

8532
04:08:49,948 --> 04:08:50,649
slips in opposition that wanted

8533
04:08:50,649 --> 04:08:51,416
to register their position but

8534
04:08:51,416 --> 04:08:54,553
did not wish to speak going to

8535
04:08:54,553 --> 04:08:57,553
those participating on the line

8536
04:09:03,195 --> 04:09:03,862
we have Carla that not to speak

8537
04:09:03,862 --> 04:09:05,300
to speak.

8538
04:09:05,300 --> 04:09:08,630
>> Do we still have one speaker

8539
04:09:09,568 --> 04:09:09,868
here If you can give me your

8540
04:09:09,868 --> 04:09:11,868
name.

8541
04:09:12,370 --> 04:09:14,370
>> Hi, I'm Andrea.

8542
04:09:15,240 --> 04:09:18,240
Oh, Andrea Mangia And apologies

8543
04:09:20,613 --> 04:09:21,279
to all.

8544
04:09:21,279 --> 04:09:21,680
Yes, you concede your time.

8545
04:09:21,680 --> 04:09:22,147
Thank you.

8546
04:09:22,147 --> 04:09:24,147
Please proceed.

8547
04:09:26,170 --> 04:09:26,752
Apologies to all.

8548
04:09:26,752 --> 04:09:29,521
My name is Andrea Mengele.

8549
04:09:29,521 --> 04:09:30,256
I am a lifelong resident of

8550
04:09:30,256 --> 04:09:30,989
District eight and I am also a

8551
04:09:30,989 --> 04:09:32,989
professional commercial artist.

8552
04:09:33,893 --> 04:09:34,393
So today's meeting is quite

8553
04:09:34,393 --> 04:09:35,161
important to me.

8554
04:09:35,161 --> 04:09:35,827
I believe our city has a

8555
04:09:35,827 --> 04:09:38,196
priority issue rather than a

8556
04:09:38,196 --> 04:09:38,798
revenue issue.

8557
04:09:38,798 --> 04:09:39,298
This draconian budget is

8558
04:09:39,298 --> 04:09:39,965
threatening to cut

8559
04:09:39,965 --> 04:09:42,965
the foundation of San Diego

8560
04:09:43,202 --> 04:09:43,802
community in favor of

8561
04:09:43,802 --> 04:09:44,136
ineffective surveillance

8562
04:09:44,136 --> 04:09:44,770
theater.

8563
04:09:44,770 --> 04:09:48,370
What are we to do without

8564
04:09:48,774 --> 04:09:49,475
public property funded

8565
04:09:49,475 --> 04:09:50,900
libraries, parks, recreations

8566
04:09:50,900 --> 04:09:52,900
and artist programs?

8567
04:09:53,946 --> 04:09:54,580
These programs are the engines

8568
04:09:54,580 --> 04:09:55,247
that fuel our cultural and

8569
04:09:55,247 --> 04:09:57,647
economic excellence from our

8570
04:09:58,985 --> 04:09:59,552
tourism industry to our

8571
04:09:59,552 --> 04:10:00,219
community engagement.

8572
04:10:00,219 --> 04:10:03,219
Yet our police department is

8573
04:10:03,489 --> 04:10:03,989
practically given a blank check

8574
04:10:03,989 --> 04:10:05,989
for surveillance.

8575
04:10:08,627 --> 04:10:09,327
The hard data doesn't lie.

8576
04:10:09,327 --> 04:10:10,620
These surveillance systems are

8577
04:10:10,620 --> 04:10:13,620
less than 1% effective in crime

8578
04:10:13,399 --> 04:10:14,133
resolution and prevention.

8579
04:10:14,133 --> 04:10:14,833
Furthermore, they offer no new

8580
04:10:14,833 --> 04:10:17,233
jobs, no community engagement,

8581
04:10:18,904 --> 04:10:19,205
no tourism money, no civic

8582
04:10:19,205 --> 04:10:19,839
pride.

8583
04:10:19,839 --> 04:10:22,239
They're not really giving

8584
04:10:23,776 --> 04:10:24,610
anything back to us.

8585
04:10:24,610 --> 04:10:28,210
So Floc has already leaked our

8586
04:10:28,481 --> 04:10:29,114
city's data.

8587
04:10:29,114 --> 04:10:31,514
Floc is already harassing

8588
04:10:33,519 --> 04:10:34,287
cities across the nation for

8589
04:10:34,287 --> 04:10:37,887
wanting to rein in their abuse

8590
04:10:38,924 --> 04:10:39,592
of power.

8591
04:10:39,592 --> 04:10:42,592
Cities across the nation are

8592
04:10:42,628 --> 04:10:43,396
currently pulling out of their

8593
04:10:43,396 --> 04:10:46,996
lpr programs in droves due to

8594
04:10:47,266 --> 04:10:48,000
safety concern Because let us

8595
04:10:48,000 --> 04:10:48,601
mention surveillance is eroding

8596
04:10:48,601 --> 04:10:48,967
the peace of mind of our

8597
04:10:48,967 --> 04:10:50,967
residents.

8598
04:10:52,538 --> 04:10:53,406
This is not an opinion.

8599
04:10:53,406 --> 04:10:54,239
>> This is very much a fact.

8600
04:10:54,239 --> 04:10:57,677
Try as I might I just can't

8601
04:10:57,677 --> 04:10:58,611
make our math make sense.

8602
04:10:58,611 --> 04:11:02,682
One third of our city budget is

8603
04:11:02,682 --> 04:11:05,682
to the police and over 2

8604
04:11:07,286 --> 04:11:08,287
million of it is just to block

8605
04:11:08,287 --> 04:11:12,424
one of our lpr programs one we

8606
04:11:12,424 --> 04:11:16,240
have multiple I invite all of

8607
04:11:17,330 --> 04:11:20,330
you including our beloved mayor

8608
04:11:22,335 --> 04:11:23,690
to please cut the block Cut.

8609
04:11:23,690 --> 04:11:23,703
>> Let's let's cut surveillance

8610
04:11:23,703 --> 04:11:24,360
theater in favor of actual

8611
04:11:24,360 --> 04:11:26,360
theater.

8612
04:11:26,572 --> 04:11:27,240
You know something that gives

8613
04:11:27,240 --> 04:11:27,907
back that does conclude your

8614
04:11:27,907 --> 04:11:30,907
time and that does conclude

8615
04:11:31,770 --> 04:11:31,810
the public comment hearing

8616
04:11:31,810 --> 04:11:32,545
Council Chambers Thank you all.

8617
04:11:32,545 --> 04:11:33,245
I'm sorry the five minute timer

8618
04:11:33,245 --> 04:11:36,348
and now I'm going to those

8619
04:11:36,348 --> 04:11:37,490
participating remotely.

8620
04:11:37,490 --> 04:11:37,684
We currently have 23 speakers

8621
04:11:37,684 --> 04:11:40,652
in the queue starting with

8622
04:11:40,652 --> 04:11:44,852
Carla if you can please and you

8623
04:11:45,925 --> 04:11:46,625
Carla Cassini Concha I can't

8624
04:11:46,625 --> 04:11:48,427
unmute for you If you cannot

8625
04:11:48,427 --> 04:11:52,627
unmute we will need to move on

8626
04:11:58,304 --> 04:11:59,172
to the next speaker.

8627
04:11:59,172 --> 04:12:02,772
We'll move on to the next

8628
04:12:07,346 --> 04:12:08,140
speaker.

8629
04:12:08,140 --> 04:12:10,140
>> Hold one second.

8630
04:12:44,784 --> 04:12:45,185
I'm having technical

8631
04:12:45,185 --> 04:12:47,185
Okay one

8632
04:12:50,290 --> 04:12:51,600
more time Let's start again.

8633
04:12:51,600 --> 04:12:54,360
Alan Dolgov if you can please

8634
04:12:54,360 --> 04:12:54,694
unmute Alan and Olga please

8635
04:12:54,694 --> 04:12:55,161
unmute.

8636
04:12:55,161 --> 04:12:55,728
Yes thank you.

8637
04:12:55,728 --> 04:12:56,620
Can you hear me?

8638
04:12:56,620 --> 04:12:58,620
Yes.

8639
04:12:59,332 --> 04:12:59,733
Please proceed.

8640
04:12:59,733 --> 04:13:00,467
Great.

8641
04:13:00,467 --> 04:13:01,201
I'm Alan Dale Gareth, PRESIDENT

8642
04:13:01,201 --> 04:13:01,501
Of the Lawyer Recreation Center

8643
04:13:01,501 --> 04:13:01,868
Board.

8644
04:13:01,868 --> 04:13:03,868
Thank you.

8645
04:13:04,137 --> 04:13:04,837
Council members and Mayor for

8646
04:13:04,837 --> 04:13:05,205
ensuring no recreation center

8647
04:13:05,205 --> 04:13:07,205
closures.

8648
04:13:08,641 --> 04:13:09,409
You listen to your communities

8649
04:13:09,409 --> 04:13:10,110
about the high priority of rec

8650
04:13:10,110 --> 04:13:12,510
centers and acted clearly

8651
04:13:14,181 --> 04:13:14,814
the generational and societal

8652
04:13:14,814 --> 04:13:15,215
value far exceeds a small

8653
04:13:15,215 --> 04:13:17,215
investment.

8654
04:13:18,485 --> 04:13:19,152
Additionally, paid programs are

8655
04:13:19,152 --> 04:13:19,786
self-sustaining or generate

8656
04:13:19,786 --> 04:13:22,186
surplus revenue not fully

8657
04:13:23,757 --> 04:13:24,891
factored in.

8658
04:13:24,891 --> 04:13:27,627
Going from 60 to 40 hours is a

8659
04:13:27,627 --> 04:13:28,228
huge 30% 33% cut and will

8660
04:13:28,228 --> 04:13:30,628
eliminate many of those

8661
04:13:31,531 --> 04:13:32,232
programs and activities for

8662
04:13:32,232 --> 04:13:32,866
either seniors in the mornings

8663
04:13:32,866 --> 04:13:35,866
or kids in the afternoon.

8664
04:13:36,502 --> 04:13:37,170
The calculated savings from

8665
04:13:37,170 --> 04:13:37,970
the proposed reduction is a

8666
04:13:37,970 --> 04:13:40,970
mere $80,000 for a rec center

8667
04:13:42,242 --> 04:13:42,742
while millions are allocated to

8668
04:13:42,742 --> 04:13:43,310
lower priorities.

8669
04:13:43,310 --> 04:13:45,710
The math doesn't work.

8670
04:13:46,812 --> 04:13:47,414
Please do the right thing,

8671
04:13:47,414 --> 04:13:50,414
finish the job and fully

8672
04:13:50,917 --> 04:13:51,251
restore all hours to all rec

8673
04:13:51,251 --> 04:13:51,985
centers.

8674
04:13:51,985 --> 04:13:52,319
>> Thank you and have a great

8675
04:13:52,319 --> 04:13:54,319
evening.

8676
04:13:56,155 --> 04:13:56,723
Thank your next is Andrew if

8677
04:13:56,723 --> 04:13:59,123
you can please unmute.

8678
04:14:05,165 --> 04:14:05,966
Andrew Hollingworth.

8679
04:14:05,966 --> 04:14:06,666
>> Andrew Hollingworth I have

8680
04:14:06,666 --> 04:14:09,666
given you permission to unmute

8681
04:14:10,370 --> 04:14:10,971
I can't unmute for you.

8682
04:14:10,971 --> 04:14:11,772
I will need to move on to

8683
04:14:11,772 --> 04:14:15,372
the next caller If you can't

8684
04:14:19,379 --> 04:14:19,980
unmute.

8685
04:14:19,980 --> 04:14:20,814
Next is Britney Munoz.

8686
04:14:20,814 --> 04:14:23,814
Britney if you can please

8687
04:14:24,117 --> 04:14:24,417
unmute.

8688
04:14:24,417 --> 04:14:24,985
Hi.

8689
04:14:24,985 --> 04:14:25,285
Can you hear me?

8690
04:14:25,285 --> 04:14:25,752
Yes.

8691
04:14:25,752 --> 04:14:26,520
Please proceed.

8692
04:14:26,520 --> 04:14:26,420
Okay.

8693
04:14:26,420 --> 04:14:28,420
Thank you.

8694
04:14:29,856 --> 04:14:30,490
Hi my name is bringing Windows

8695
04:14:30,490 --> 04:14:32,960
and I am a District seven

8696
04:14:32,960 --> 04:14:33,660
resident but I serve youth all

8697
04:14:33,660 --> 04:14:34,495
across the city of San Diego.

8698
04:14:34,495 --> 04:14:38,950
I work in social services and

8699
04:14:38,298 --> 04:14:38,965
directly with at risk youth

8700
04:14:38,965 --> 04:14:39,266
that are impacted by budget

8701
04:14:39,266 --> 04:14:41,266
cuts.

8702
04:14:42,770 --> 04:14:43,503
I ask that you fund the office

8703
04:14:43,503 --> 04:14:44,204
of County use success instead

8704
04:14:44,204 --> 04:14:47,204
of allocating any funding for

8705
04:14:47,908 --> 04:14:48,642
our communities and not need

8706
04:14:48,642 --> 04:14:49,342
any more surveillance They need

8707
04:14:49,342 --> 04:14:51,742
more programing and resources.

8708
04:14:52,712 --> 04:14:53,179
Thank you.

8709
04:14:53,179 --> 04:14:54,470
>> Thank you.

8710
04:14:54,470 --> 04:14:56,490
Next is Carlos, Maria and

8711
04:14:56,490 --> 04:14:59,490
Crystal If you can please

8712
04:15:00,287 --> 04:15:00,687
unmute.

8713
04:15:00,687 --> 04:15:02,687
Hello.

8714
04:15:05,859 --> 04:15:06,181
Good evening.

8715
04:15:06,181 --> 04:15:06,727
Oh.

8716
04:15:06,727 --> 04:15:06,994
Can you hear me?

8717
04:15:06,994 --> 04:15:07,461
Yes.

8718
04:15:07,461 --> 04:15:07,761
Please proceed.

8719
04:15:07,761 --> 04:15:09,761
Okay.

8720
04:15:12,866 --> 04:15:13,633
Thank you.

8721
04:15:13,633 --> 04:15:16,633
Um, so good evening Council

8722
04:15:17,404 --> 04:15:18,138
members and Mayor Gloria.

8723
04:15:18,138 --> 04:15:21,738
I'm here to address the same

8724
04:15:21,742 --> 04:15:22,442
thing I have advocated for

8725
04:15:22,442 --> 04:15:23,243
the past two years going on

8726
04:15:23,243 --> 04:15:26,243
three clear and effective storm

8727
04:15:27,314 --> 04:15:27,982
water infrastructure repair

8728
04:15:27,982 --> 04:15:28,582
plan along with programs to

8729
04:15:28,582 --> 04:15:30,982
help aid our damaged

8730
04:15:31,919 --> 04:15:32,853
communities.

8731
04:15:32,853 --> 04:15:36,158
As a short term resident who

8732
04:15:36,158 --> 04:15:36,890
has long lived my entire 29

8733
04:15:36,890 --> 04:15:37,724
years of life in this beautiful

8734
04:15:37,724 --> 04:15:41,128
town a neighborhood I worry for

8735
04:15:41,128 --> 04:15:41,829
the lack of efforts that we

8736
04:15:41,829 --> 04:15:42,162
have witnessed It's time for a

8737
04:15:42,162 --> 04:15:44,162
change.

8738
04:15:46,267 --> 04:15:47,340
Please bring about this change

8739
04:15:47,340 --> 04:15:47,701
we ask You have a chance to

8740
04:15:47,701 --> 04:15:48,680
redeem your stance with this

8741
04:15:48,680 --> 04:15:50,680
residents.

8742
04:15:51,338 --> 04:15:51,972
Please allocate the right

8743
04:15:51,972 --> 04:15:52,640
amount of money to repair

8744
04:15:52,640 --> 04:15:55,400
neglected the structure that

8745
04:15:56,777 --> 04:15:57,477
has caused so much fetal harm,

8746
04:15:57,477 --> 04:15:58,145
livelihood, harm, traumatizing

8747
04:15:58,145 --> 04:16:00,545
harm and recovery struggles

8748
04:16:01,140 --> 04:16:01,515
that we have all faced and

8749
04:16:01,515 --> 04:16:02,149
continue to face.

8750
04:16:02,149 --> 04:16:02,816
And fortunately this is a

8751
04:16:02,816 --> 04:16:05,686
reality that is not pretty.

8752
04:16:05,686 --> 04:16:06,120
But we are here to show reality

8753
04:16:06,120 --> 04:16:06,887
not pretty.

8754
04:16:06,887 --> 04:16:07,588
Please please listen to us.

8755
04:16:07,588 --> 04:16:08,322
Shelton Residents we have been

8756
04:16:08,322 --> 04:16:11,322
begging for help in tears

8757
04:16:11,559 --> 04:16:12,126
breaking down I've seen strong

8758
04:16:12,126 --> 04:16:12,492
men and your time has

8759
04:16:12,492 --> 04:16:13,694
concluded.

8760
04:16:13,694 --> 04:16:16,940
>> Christine Wellborn if you

8761
04:16:18,698 --> 04:16:18,966
can please unmute.

8762
04:16:18,966 --> 04:16:20,966
Hi.

8763
04:16:23,137 --> 04:16:23,804
We need funding for arts

8764
04:16:23,804 --> 04:16:24,137
libraries, parks and rec and

8765
04:16:24,137 --> 04:16:26,137
police.

8766
04:16:28,543 --> 04:16:28,875
Those things should not be even

8767
04:16:28,875 --> 04:16:29,810
debated.

8768
04:16:29,810 --> 04:16:33,314
What we do not need is Gloria's

8769
04:16:33,314 --> 04:16:34,190
communication department.

8770
04:16:34,190 --> 04:16:37,190
Communication is the act of

8771
04:16:38,419 --> 04:16:39,200
exchanging information ideas,

8772
04:16:39,200 --> 04:16:39,653
thoughts and emotions to

8773
04:16:39,653 --> 04:16:41,653
establish shared meaning.

8774
04:16:43,357 --> 04:16:44,570
Gloria sends texts and posts to

8775
04:16:44,570 --> 04:16:47,570
social media but doesn't allow

8776
04:16:48,620 --> 04:16:48,729
or interact with responses.

8777
04:16:48,729 --> 04:16:51,129
That's one sided propaganda.

8778
04:16:53,100 --> 04:16:53,835
We can afford to fund police

8779
04:16:53,835 --> 04:16:56,835
arts, libraries, parks and recs

8780
04:16:57,939 --> 04:16:58,572
if we repeal Measure l and stop

8781
04:16:58,572 --> 04:17:01,572
giving all of you raises.

8782
04:17:03,430 --> 04:17:04,450
Put your money where your mouth

8783
04:17:04,450 --> 04:17:07,347
are and put repeal measure l on

8784
04:17:07,347 --> 04:17:08,115
the NOVEMBER ballot.

8785
04:17:08,115 --> 04:17:08,582
Also let's get rid of Mayor

8786
04:17:08,582 --> 04:17:10,582
Glorious beast.

8787
04:17:12,753 --> 04:17:13,387
He should be biking those sexy

8788
04:17:13,387 --> 04:17:16,387
streets he's so proud of.

8789
04:17:17,291 --> 04:17:18,580
>> Thank you.

8790
04:17:18,580 --> 04:17:18,792
>> The five minute timer has

8791
04:17:18,792 --> 04:17:19,227
concluded there are 16 speakers

8792
04:17:19,227 --> 04:17:21,227
in the queue.

8793
04:17:21,796 --> 04:17:22,960
No additional speakers will be

8794
04:17:22,960 --> 04:17:22,964
taken.

8795
04:17:22,964 --> 04:17:26,564
Eric be if you can please

8796
04:17:31,539 --> 04:17:32,720
unmute Eric be and hear me.

8797
04:17:32,720 --> 04:17:32,440
Yes please proceed.

8798
04:17:32,440 --> 04:17:34,440
Thank you.

8799
04:17:36,177 --> 04:17:36,911
My my name is Eric Anderson.

8800
04:17:36,911 --> 04:17:40,511
I'm a member of dsa and

8801
04:17:40,615 --> 04:17:41,480
the Truth Commission in

8802
04:17:41,480 --> 04:17:41,715
District nine.

8803
04:17:41,715 --> 04:17:42,449
Everybody knows the cop who

8804
04:17:42,449 --> 04:17:45,190
promises a victim's family that

8805
04:17:45,190 --> 04:17:45,753
they're going to catch

8806
04:17:45,753 --> 04:17:46,487
the killer at the beginning of

8807
04:17:46,487 --> 04:17:46,821
the movie is either a fool or a

8808
04:17:46,821 --> 04:17:48,821
madman.

8809
04:17:50,591 --> 04:17:51,325
When council member Von Wilpert

8810
04:17:51,325 --> 04:17:54,925
who appeared to be absent today

8811
04:17:55,229 --> 04:17:55,763
says cameras solve crimes,

8812
04:17:55,763 --> 04:17:56,497
what does that mean?

8813
04:17:56,497 --> 04:18:00,100
But to close the case as a

8814
04:18:00,100 --> 04:18:00,602
crime victim myself, there's no

8815
04:18:00,602 --> 04:18:01,369
such thing as closure.

8816
04:18:01,369 --> 04:18:04,369
There is no restorative justice

8817
04:18:05,406 --> 04:18:06,173
in prisons.

8818
04:18:06,173 --> 04:18:06,574
Don't drop the soap to defund

8819
04:18:06,574 --> 04:18:07,141
the police.

8820
04:18:07,141 --> 04:18:09,141
I have diverticulitis.

8821
04:18:10,244 --> 04:18:10,544
I my pants in public several

8822
04:18:10,544 --> 04:18:11,378
times.

8823
04:18:11,378 --> 04:18:14,949
When you when you define public

8824
04:18:14,949 --> 04:18:15,550
bathrooms you're jumping to

8825
04:18:15,550 --> 04:18:16,417
soup for all of us.

8826
04:18:16,417 --> 04:18:19,187
Leaving us in the moment more

8827
04:18:19,187 --> 04:18:19,921
vulnerable to crime prevented

8828
04:18:19,921 --> 04:18:22,921
Preventive measures can only be

8829
04:18:24,292 --> 04:18:24,926
found in libraries, parks,

8830
04:18:24,926 --> 04:18:25,293
schools, venues in public

8831
04:18:25,293 --> 04:18:27,293
bathrooms.

8832
04:18:28,763 --> 04:18:29,463
The cbd who was found liable

8833
04:18:29,463 --> 04:18:32,463
for the largest wrongful death

8834
04:18:33,968 --> 04:18:34,469
settlement in the history of

8835
04:18:34,469 --> 04:18:35,136
the United States.

8836
04:18:35,136 --> 04:18:38,136
>> Correct me if I'm wrong.

8837
04:18:38,740 --> 04:18:39,107
If you do your time has

8838
04:18:39,107 --> 04:18:39,841
concluded.

8839
04:18:39,841 --> 04:18:40,141
Hakeem if you can put the final

8840
04:18:40,141 --> 04:18:40,742
word.

8841
04:18:40,742 --> 04:18:42,877
Hakim if you can please.

8842
04:18:42,877 --> 04:18:43,545
And you.

8843
04:18:43,545 --> 04:18:46,545
Thanks for taking my call.

8844
04:18:48,316 --> 04:18:48,983
I just got back from that ball

8845
04:18:48,983 --> 04:18:49,284
park and the graduation down

8846
04:18:49,284 --> 04:18:51,284
there.

8847
04:18:52,870 --> 04:18:52,787
One thing you can do tomorrow

8848
04:18:52,787 --> 04:18:56,157
is pull all the parking meters

8849
04:18:56,157 --> 04:18:56,758
in Balboa Park.

8850
04:18:56,758 --> 04:18:57,425
No more parking meters.

8851
04:18:57,425 --> 04:19:00,425
People have come back there.

8852
04:19:01,663 --> 04:19:02,130
Some of the people can get

8853
04:19:02,130 --> 04:19:02,831
their jobs back.

8854
04:19:02,831 --> 04:19:05,831
The railroad museum laid off

8855
04:19:07,168 --> 04:19:07,702
for people because there's

8856
04:19:07,702 --> 04:19:09,702
nobody there coming.

8857
04:19:12,730 --> 04:19:12,774
So do that now and then If you

8858
04:19:12,774 --> 04:19:15,174
see something, say something.

8859
04:19:16,344 --> 04:19:16,945
And a young Muslim kid that

8860
04:19:16,945 --> 04:19:17,679
goes angry really angry.

8861
04:19:17,679 --> 04:19:21,279
I'm sure you guys are looking

8862
04:19:21,583 --> 04:19:22,160
into that But all those young

8863
04:19:22,160 --> 04:19:24,160
kids are 1920.

8864
04:19:26,321 --> 04:19:27,880
They're angry, mad and even you

8865
04:19:27,880 --> 04:19:30,692
know, take a look at them and

8866
04:19:30,692 --> 04:19:31,559
know you are looking at them.

8867
04:19:31,559 --> 04:19:32,600
And then we got the kids that

8868
04:19:32,600 --> 04:19:34,600
did the shooting.

8869
04:19:35,930 --> 04:19:36,564
What kind of site drugs were

8870
04:19:36,564 --> 04:19:37,265
they taken the last year?

8871
04:19:37,265 --> 04:19:40,769
What were the drugs that were

8872
04:19:40,769 --> 04:19:41,636
taken?

8873
04:19:41,636 --> 04:19:42,270
You need to be honest with

8874
04:19:42,270 --> 04:19:45,270
the community and you just

8875
04:19:46,410 --> 04:19:46,875
don't do that And nowhere.

8876
04:19:46,875 --> 04:19:47,509
>> You know, maybe it took a

8877
04:19:47,509 --> 04:19:48,710
year for them to do that.

8878
04:19:48,710 --> 04:19:51,710
Your time has concluded, John

8879
04:19:53,982 --> 04:19:54,749
if you can please unmute.

8880
04:19:54,749 --> 04:19:55,490
Well, welcome to America's

8881
04:19:55,490 --> 04:19:57,490
City.

8882
04:19:58,820 --> 04:19:59,587
Why is it?

8883
04:19:59,587 --> 04:20:00,880
Well we don't have any public

8884
04:20:00,880 --> 04:20:00,755
bathrooms anymore.

8885
04:20:00,755 --> 04:20:04,355
We don't even have the civic

8886
04:20:04,726 --> 04:20:05,260
core bathrooms open 24 hour

8887
04:20:05,260 --> 04:20:05,727
hours.

8888
04:20:05,727 --> 04:20:06,461
We're closing in the yoga date

8889
04:20:06,461 --> 04:20:09,630
center where hundreds of people

8890
04:20:09,630 --> 04:20:09,731
use every day to launder their

8891
04:20:09,731 --> 04:20:12,131
clothes and keep themselves

8892
04:20:12,968 --> 04:20:13,401
clean and shower and use

8893
04:20:13,401 --> 04:20:14,350
the bathroom.

8894
04:20:14,350 --> 04:20:16,435
We have requirements that

8895
04:20:18,740 --> 04:20:19,441
people put in bathroom rooms in

8896
04:20:19,441 --> 04:20:20,420
their commercial establishment

8897
04:20:20,420 --> 04:20:20,575
but we don't ensure that

8898
04:20:20,575 --> 04:20:22,575
they're still open.

8899
04:20:23,378 --> 04:20:24,112
We have Petco Park with

8900
04:20:24,112 --> 04:20:27,112
hundreds of bathroom stalls yet

8901
04:20:28,417 --> 04:20:28,750
none of them are open during

8902
04:20:28,750 --> 04:20:29,584
the day.

8903
04:20:29,584 --> 04:20:29,885
>> So why is it America's

8904
04:20:29,885 --> 04:20:31,885
three?

8905
04:20:32,821 --> 04:20:33,422
Oh yeah we got rid of all

8906
04:20:33,422 --> 04:20:36,422
the arts so we're safe.

8907
04:20:37,359 --> 04:20:37,959
We're at home watching our tv

8908
04:20:37,959 --> 04:20:38,393
doing nothing as there's

8909
04:20:38,393 --> 04:20:38,760
nothing to do.

8910
04:20:38,760 --> 04:20:40,760
No arts.

8911
04:20:43,980 --> 04:20:43,865
Art saved my life.

8912
04:20:43,865 --> 04:20:47,536
And many of the members of Leah

8913
04:20:47,536 --> 04:20:48,203
came out of their Voices for

8914
04:20:48,203 --> 04:20:48,903
Our City program which just

8915
04:20:48,903 --> 04:20:49,304
laid off five people thanks to

8916
04:20:49,304 --> 04:20:51,304
these cuts.

8917
04:20:52,400 --> 04:20:55,640
We can't afford to not have

8918
04:20:56,545 --> 04:20:57,245
the arts and feel safe.

8919
04:20:57,245 --> 04:20:59,245
>> Thank you Kate.

8920
04:21:01,183 --> 04:21:01,583
If you can please unmute.

8921
04:21:01,583 --> 04:21:02,150
Thank you.

8922
04:21:02,150 --> 04:21:04,550
My name is Kate.

8923
04:21:05,820 --> 04:21:06,522
I'm speaking here today in my

8924
04:21:06,522 --> 04:21:07,189
role as development manager at

8925
04:21:07,189 --> 04:21:10,789
the San Diego Museum of Art.

8926
04:21:11,259 --> 04:21:11,927
The city's osp grants are a

8927
04:21:11,927 --> 04:21:14,927
critical and rare source of

8928
04:21:15,430 --> 04:21:16,164
public funding.

8929
04:21:16,164 --> 04:21:16,865
Tier one organizations like cma

8930
04:21:16,865 --> 04:21:18,865
Anchor institutions employing

8931
04:21:19,934 --> 04:21:20,602
hundreds of arts and culture

8932
04:21:20,602 --> 04:21:21,303
workers and driving economic

8933
04:21:21,303 --> 04:21:24,303
growth are ineligible to even

8934
04:21:25,574 --> 04:21:26,241
apply for public funds from our

8935
04:21:26,241 --> 04:21:26,676
state agency the California

8936
04:21:26,676 --> 04:21:27,409
Arts Council.

8937
04:21:27,409 --> 04:21:30,409
Our revenue streams are diverse

8938
04:21:30,679 --> 04:21:31,246
and we already rely heavily on

8939
04:21:31,246 --> 04:21:33,246
private philanthropy.

8940
04:21:33,749 --> 04:21:34,416
But losing over $300,000 in

8941
04:21:34,416 --> 04:21:35,170
annual funding represents a

8942
04:21:35,170 --> 04:21:35,417
significant loss for our

8943
04:21:35,417 --> 04:21:37,417
institution.

8944
04:21:38,754 --> 04:21:39,488
This budget also proposes

8945
04:21:39,488 --> 04:21:40,122
cutting funds for six permanent

8946
04:21:40,122 --> 04:21:40,422
comfort stations in Balboa

8947
04:21:40,422 --> 04:21:42,422
Park.

8948
04:21:43,992 --> 04:21:44,627
Estimates public restrooms in

8949
04:21:44,627 --> 04:21:45,328
the West Wing are already

8950
04:21:45,328 --> 04:21:48,328
heavily relied on by families

8951
04:21:48,964 --> 04:21:49,265
children and people of all

8952
04:21:49,265 --> 04:21:49,965
ages.

8953
04:21:49,965 --> 04:21:52,965
This cut increases our burden

8954
04:21:53,235 --> 04:21:53,969
of support and costs for

8955
04:21:53,969 --> 04:21:54,403
sanitation, utilities, supplies

8956
04:21:54,403 --> 04:21:56,403
and security.

8957
04:21:58,574 --> 04:21:59,107
This budget will mean real cuts

8958
04:21:59,107 --> 04:21:59,675
to events, programs,

8959
04:21:59,675 --> 04:22:01,675
exhibitions and jobs.

8960
04:22:03,612 --> 04:22:04,346
Please consider these realities

8961
04:22:04,346 --> 04:22:04,814
as you fight to restore funding

8962
04:22:04,814 --> 04:22:06,814
for osp and 60.

8963
04:22:08,984 --> 04:22:09,317
Thank you for that concluding

8964
04:22:09,317 --> 04:22:09,952
remark.

8965
04:22:09,952 --> 04:22:10,619
I also note that the five

8966
04:22:10,619 --> 04:22:13,188
minute timer did conclude a

8967
04:22:13,188 --> 04:22:13,956
while ago.

8968
04:22:13,956 --> 04:22:14,656
If you're raising your hand now

8969
04:22:14,656 --> 04:22:15,457
unfortunately we won't be able

8970
04:22:15,457 --> 04:22:18,694
to get to you but you can

8971
04:22:18,694 --> 04:22:19,428
definitely send in comments

8972
04:22:19,428 --> 04:22:20,129
the city clerk at San diego.Gov

8973
04:22:20,129 --> 04:22:23,129
and those will be distributed

8974
04:22:23,933 --> 04:22:25,000
to the council looking me.

8975
04:22:25,000 --> 04:22:27,535
So if you can please send me

8976
04:22:27,535 --> 04:22:28,304
Logan.

8977
04:22:28,304 --> 04:22:29,400
Good evening Council My name is

8978
04:22:29,400 --> 04:22:32,410
Logan Maggs and I'm here with

8979
04:22:32,410 --> 04:22:32,641
Youth World Organization as a

8980
04:22:32,641 --> 04:22:33,375
concerned young person.

8981
04:22:33,375 --> 04:22:34,760
I urge the Council today to not

8982
04:22:34,760 --> 04:22:36,812
cut funding for the office and

8983
04:22:36,812 --> 04:22:37,680
child abuse success.

8984
04:22:37,680 --> 04:22:38,379
This office has brought in over

8985
04:22:38,379 --> 04:22:40,779
$5 million in grants and

8986
04:22:42,500 --> 04:22:42,752
funding for child care, refugee

8987
04:22:42,752 --> 04:22:43,185
student support and upgrading

8988
04:22:43,185 --> 04:22:45,185
city property.

8989
04:22:46,922 --> 04:22:47,656
All of these funding and

8990
04:22:47,656 --> 04:22:48,224
actions have directly supported

8991
04:22:48,224 --> 04:22:51,224
our youth in the city.

8992
04:22:51,227 --> 04:22:51,860
This Council must ensure that

8993
04:22:51,860 --> 04:22:52,528
this budget truly reflects

8994
04:22:52,528 --> 04:22:53,362
the values of our community.

8995
04:22:53,362 --> 04:22:56,866
We know that this is a tough

8996
04:22:56,866 --> 04:22:57,200
funding and that there is no

8997
04:22:57,200 --> 04:22:57,866
revenue.

8998
04:22:57,866 --> 04:23:00,866
And therefore we propose to

8999
04:23:02,171 --> 04:23:02,872
eliminate the floor contract.

9000
04:23:02,872 --> 04:23:03,538
Though the Council does not

9001
04:23:03,538 --> 04:23:04,106
agree with this, we urge you

9002
04:23:04,106 --> 04:23:06,475
all to please find an

9003
04:23:06,475 --> 04:23:07,430
alternative to keep us

9004
04:23:07,430 --> 04:23:09,430
financially sustained.

9005
04:23:10,646 --> 04:23:11,379
A better investment starts with

9006
04:23:11,379 --> 04:23:11,981
us and it starts with the youth

9007
04:23:11,981 --> 04:23:12,348
rather than flexicurity

9008
04:23:12,348 --> 04:23:13,490
security.

9009
04:23:13,490 --> 04:23:16,185
I thank you all for your time

9010
04:23:16,185 --> 04:23:16,853
tonight and once again I urge

9011
04:23:16,853 --> 04:23:17,219
you to invest in the youth.

9012
04:23:17,219 --> 04:23:19,219
Thank you.

9013
04:23:22,558 --> 04:23:22,871
Morgan If you can please unmute

9014
04:23:22,871 --> 04:23:23,259
.

9015
04:23:23,259 --> 04:23:23,993
Hi there.

9016
04:23:23,993 --> 04:23:24,493
Good afternoon or good evening.

9017
04:23:24,493 --> 04:23:26,893
My name is Morgan.

9018
04:23:27,396 --> 04:23:27,997
Just as I currently serve as

9019
04:23:27,997 --> 04:23:30,997
the chair of the city's

9020
04:23:31,767 --> 04:23:32,670
Community Forest Advisory Board

9021
04:23:32,670 --> 04:23:32,934
.

9022
04:23:32,934 --> 04:23:33,369
A lot of great things have been

9023
04:23:33,369 --> 04:23:34,137
said tonight.

9024
04:23:34,137 --> 04:23:37,372
One thing I want to draw your

9025
04:23:37,372 --> 04:23:38,400
attention to is that the MAY

9026
04:23:38,400 --> 04:23:40,440
revise does not restore

9027
04:23:41,770 --> 04:23:41,744
the budget for the one Urban

9028
04:23:41,744 --> 04:23:42,377
Forestry program coordinator

9029
04:23:42,377 --> 04:23:44,377
within the Transportation

9030
04:23:46,480 --> 04:23:46,750
Department.

9031
04:23:46,750 --> 04:23:47,416
This is especially concerning

9032
04:23:47,416 --> 04:23:50,416
because the MAY revise also

9033
04:23:50,619 --> 04:23:51,320
consolidate the tree

9034
04:23:51,320 --> 04:23:53,320
maintenance functions within

9035
04:23:55,858 --> 04:23:56,191
transportation moving from park

9036
04:23:56,191 --> 04:23:57,930
and rec.

9037
04:23:57,930 --> 04:24:00,330
So now we see eight additional

9038
04:24:00,330 --> 04:24:01,300
positions without this middle

9039
04:24:01,300 --> 04:24:03,430
management position to support

9040
04:24:05,267 --> 04:24:05,834
and manage the workflow.

9041
04:24:05,834 --> 04:24:06,569
We're concerned about

9042
04:24:06,569 --> 04:24:08,969
the downstream consequences and

9043
04:24:10,272 --> 04:24:10,940
the critical role that this

9044
04:24:10,940 --> 04:24:13,340
position plays in protecting

9045
04:24:14,844 --> 04:24:15,245
public safety and risk

9046
04:24:15,245 --> 04:24:15,912
management.

9047
04:24:15,912 --> 04:24:18,912
>> I urge you to please

9048
04:24:19,682 --> 04:24:20,483
reconsider and and add that

9049
04:24:20,483 --> 04:24:24,354
staff member back in so that we

9050
04:24:24,354 --> 04:24:24,921
can support a healthy urban

9051
04:24:24,921 --> 04:24:25,355
forest moving forward.

9052
04:24:25,355 --> 04:24:25,855
>> Thank you.

9053
04:24:25,855 --> 04:24:27,855
Thank you, Nancy.

9054
04:24:29,492 --> 04:24:33,692
If you can review and see cpm.

9055
04:24:34,296 --> 04:24:34,564
There you go.

9056
04:24:34,564 --> 04:24:35,331
Hi.

9057
04:24:35,331 --> 04:24:38,902
Thanks for And I'm too long.

9058
04:24:38,902 --> 04:24:42,238
I'm a resident of District nine

9059
04:24:42,238 --> 04:24:43,600
and I pass by six foc cameras

9060
04:24:43,600 --> 04:24:45,775
every weekday on my 1.3 mile

9061
04:24:45,775 --> 04:24:46,175
drive to drop my kids off at

9062
04:24:46,175 --> 04:24:46,609
school six.

9063
04:24:46,609 --> 04:24:48,609
That's insane.

9064
04:24:50,980 --> 04:24:53,550
At the $2 million price tag for

9065
04:24:53,550 --> 04:24:54,250
this contract soc that's

9066
04:24:54,250 --> 04:24:54,851
ineffective 99.97% of the time

9067
04:24:54,851 --> 04:24:57,251
including last week with

9068
04:24:57,954 --> 04:24:58,788
the terrorist attack.

9069
04:24:58,788 --> 04:24:59,389
This is an exorbitant expense

9070
04:24:59,389 --> 04:25:01,789
during a budget crisis.

9071
04:25:03,258 --> 04:25:04,270
It doesn't prevent crime.

9072
04:25:04,270 --> 04:25:04,627
What's keeping my kids safer?

9073
04:25:04,627 --> 04:25:05,161
Surveillance cameras or

9074
04:25:05,161 --> 04:25:07,161
libraries or parks.

9075
04:25:08,698 --> 04:25:09,398
I think it's probably those

9076
04:25:09,398 --> 04:25:10,660
maybe youth programing events

9077
04:25:10,660 --> 04:25:13,660
arts and culture even public

9078
04:25:13,737 --> 04:25:14,671
bathrooms like little toddlers.

9079
04:25:14,671 --> 04:25:14,937
They got to go and they got to

9080
04:25:14,937 --> 04:25:15,839
go.

9081
04:25:15,839 --> 04:25:17,641
Did we forget how costly to

9082
04:25:17,641 --> 04:25:20,410
have a outbreak was?

9083
04:25:21,711 --> 04:25:22,412
$20 and $12.5 million funding

9084
04:25:22,412 --> 04:25:23,112
the public bathrooms and then

9085
04:25:23,112 --> 04:25:23,579
they'll go day centers humane

9086
04:25:23,579 --> 04:25:25,579
and make sense.

9087
04:25:26,916 --> 04:25:27,651
Please cancel the camera

9088
04:25:27,651 --> 04:25:31,851
funding and invest in the O.C..

9089
04:25:32,220 --> 04:25:32,755
I ask department libraries,

9090
04:25:32,755 --> 04:25:33,890
parks and your good day center.

9091
04:25:33,890 --> 04:25:35,890
Thanks.

9092
04:25:35,892 --> 04:25:39,492
Thank you Natalie Or asking if

9093
04:25:40,300 --> 04:25:40,630
you can please unmute.

9094
04:25:40,630 --> 04:25:40,931
Can you hear me?

9095
04:25:40,931 --> 04:25:41,397
Yes.

9096
04:25:41,397 --> 04:25:43,397
Please proceed.

9097
04:25:44,801 --> 04:25:47,801
I'm Natalie reside in District

9098
04:25:49,390 --> 04:25:49,706
seven and today I was on a zoom

9099
04:25:49,706 --> 04:25:50,440
for an lpa subcommittee for

9100
04:25:50,440 --> 04:25:53,440
the Behavioral Health and Human

9101
04:25:54,244 --> 04:25:55,110
Services.

9102
04:25:55,110 --> 04:25:55,612
I heard a disturbing statistic

9103
04:25:55,612 --> 04:25:59,212
today that I was kind of

9104
04:25:59,850 --> 04:26:00,383
concerned with There is two

9105
04:26:00,383 --> 04:26:01,840
suicides a week from

9106
04:26:01,840 --> 04:26:04,840
the Coronado Bridge that most

9107
04:26:04,620 --> 04:26:07,620
of us don't hear about.

9108
04:26:09,593 --> 04:26:10,293
Now with these cuts and

9109
04:26:10,293 --> 04:26:13,893
the funding for snap ebt and

9110
04:26:14,640 --> 04:26:14,764
all of these things that are

9111
04:26:14,764 --> 04:26:17,164
happening Neal, good day.

9112
04:26:19,102 --> 04:26:19,803
What are we doing besides

9113
04:26:19,803 --> 04:26:20,237
driving people to become more

9114
04:26:20,237 --> 04:26:22,237
stressed out?

9115
04:26:24,241 --> 04:26:24,775
I have a child that went to

9116
04:26:24,775 --> 04:26:26,775
Madison High School.

9117
04:26:29,146 --> 04:26:29,846
If we cut these programs for

9118
04:26:29,846 --> 04:26:30,247
art we're just stressing out

9119
04:26:30,247 --> 04:26:30,914
more people.

9120
04:26:30,914 --> 04:26:33,314
People are becoming more

9121
04:26:34,685 --> 04:26:35,418
homeless and I don't understand

9122
04:26:35,418 --> 04:26:39,180
unless there is a driving force

9123
04:26:39,556 --> 04:26:40,230
behind all of these cuts, what

9124
04:26:40,230 --> 04:26:40,724
is the end game?

9125
04:26:40,724 --> 04:26:43,527
What are we looking to expect?

9126
04:26:43,527 --> 04:26:43,927
What don't we know?

9127
04:26:43,927 --> 04:26:44,328
Thank you.

9128
04:26:44,328 --> 04:26:45,295
Thank you.

9129
04:26:45,295 --> 04:26:48,398
Pat Wilson If you can please

9130
04:26:48,398 --> 04:26:48,899
unmute.

9131
04:26:48,899 --> 04:26:50,899
>> Hi Wilson.

9132
04:26:52,669 --> 04:26:53,300
Friends of the San Diego Public

9133
04:26:53,300 --> 04:26:53,736
Library.

9134
04:26:53,736 --> 04:26:54,300
Hello from Australia where I am

9135
04:26:54,300 --> 04:26:56,300
now.

9136
04:26:58,541 --> 04:26:59,176
We were relieved to see

9137
04:26:59,176 --> 04:26:59,843
the specter of permanently

9138
04:26:59,843 --> 04:27:02,843
closing a branch library was

9139
04:27:03,313 --> 04:27:03,947
removed in the MAY revised and

9140
04:27:03,947 --> 04:27:04,581
I'd like to thank council

9141
04:27:04,581 --> 04:27:06,981
members Kloster Moreno, Il

9142
04:27:07,918 --> 04:27:08,619
Rivera and PRESIDENT Pro-Tem

9143
04:27:08,619 --> 04:27:09,319
Lee for supporting at least a

9144
04:27:09,319 --> 04:27:11,719
partial partial restoration of

9145
04:27:13,357 --> 04:27:13,991
funding to libraries, parks and

9146
04:27:13,991 --> 04:27:14,657
the arts in their memos in

9147
04:27:14,657 --> 04:27:17,657
response to the MAY revised.

9148
04:27:17,860 --> 04:27:18,195
It's a start but not nearly

9149
04:27:18,195 --> 04:27:18,962
enough.

9150
04:27:18,962 --> 04:27:19,596
I won't go into all the reasons

9151
04:27:19,596 --> 04:27:21,996
why underfunding the very

9152
04:27:22,365 --> 04:27:22,966
things that make our city

9153
04:27:22,966 --> 04:27:23,634
vibrant and inviting our

9154
04:27:23,634 --> 04:27:26,340
residents and tourists from

9155
04:27:26,303 --> 04:27:26,637
around the world is a huge

9156
04:27:26,637 --> 04:27:27,470
mistake.

9157
04:27:27,470 --> 04:27:28,272
Even in a bad budget year so

9158
04:27:28,272 --> 04:27:31,272
many people have told you

9159
04:27:32,375 --> 04:27:32,977
tonight much more eloquently

9160
04:27:32,977 --> 04:27:36,577
that I know the value of

9161
04:27:36,613 --> 04:27:37,314
libraries parks in New York's.

9162
04:27:37,314 --> 04:27:37,614
Please listen and do the right

9163
04:27:37,614 --> 04:27:39,614
thing.

9164
04:27:41,352 --> 04:27:45,552
You know we can make this work.

9165
04:27:46,890 --> 04:27:47,291
And thank you for your time.

9166
04:27:47,291 --> 04:27:47,791
Thank you.

9167
04:27:47,791 --> 04:27:49,791
Next is Patricia.

9168
04:27:53,530 --> 04:27:54,297
If you can please unmute.

9169
04:27:54,297 --> 04:27:57,297
Do we still remember what

9170
04:27:58,335 --> 04:27:58,736
democracy means at its most

9171
04:27:58,736 --> 04:27:59,370
basic level?

9172
04:27:59,370 --> 04:27:59,736
>> Democracy asks a simple

9173
04:27:59,736 --> 04:28:01,736
question.

9174
04:28:03,700 --> 04:28:03,607
Can we govern ourselves while

9175
04:28:03,607 --> 04:28:06,700
treating all people with

9176
04:28:07,577 --> 04:28:08,378
dignity, equity and respect?

9177
04:28:08,378 --> 04:28:08,679
As our nation approaches its

9178
04:28:08,679 --> 04:28:10,679
250th.

9179
04:28:11,948 --> 04:28:12,516
It appears we have forgotten

9180
04:28:12,516 --> 04:28:13,184
the first peoples and

9181
04:28:13,184 --> 04:28:13,917
descendants of this land and

9182
04:28:13,917 --> 04:28:16,917
the communities who continue to

9183
04:28:17,254 --> 04:28:17,755
protect its history, culture

9184
04:28:17,755 --> 04:28:19,755
and sacred spaces.

9185
04:28:21,692 --> 04:28:22,359
We have repeatedly asked for

9186
04:28:22,359 --> 04:28:23,270
the restoration of Parks and

9187
04:28:23,270 --> 04:28:26,627
Rec in order to protect our

9188
04:28:26,964 --> 04:28:27,665
national historic landmarks and

9189
04:28:27,665 --> 04:28:27,998
burial grounds at Presidio and

9190
04:28:27,998 --> 04:28:28,698
beyond.

9191
04:28:28,698 --> 04:28:31,980
>> Yet these historic cultural

9192
04:28:31,869 --> 04:28:32,403
and sacred sites continue to

9193
04:28:32,403 --> 04:28:34,403
suffer from ongoing

9194
04:28:36,807 --> 04:28:37,474
disinvestment without our park

9195
04:28:37,474 --> 04:28:38,108
rangers, these areas are now

9196
04:28:38,108 --> 04:28:40,108
vulnerable to encampments,

9197
04:28:41,512 --> 04:28:42,213
fires, vandalism, open drug use

9198
04:28:42,213 --> 04:28:44,613
surrounding schools, parks and

9199
04:28:46,150 --> 04:28:46,851
burial sites honoring

9200
04:28:46,851 --> 04:28:49,851
the descendants of early San

9201
04:28:50,554 --> 04:28:51,255
Diego connected to these lands

9202
04:28:51,255 --> 04:28:51,956
and restore the public's right

9203
04:28:51,956 --> 04:28:54,956
to safe parks, arts, culture,

9204
04:28:55,625 --> 04:28:56,126
recreation and communities

9205
04:28:56,126 --> 04:28:56,860
stewardship.

9206
04:28:56,860 --> 04:28:59,860
A democracy that neglects its

9207
04:29:00,831 --> 04:29:03,231
people including My apologies

9208
04:29:05,736 --> 04:29:06,700
Patty if you can please unmute

9209
04:29:06,700 --> 04:29:06,704
.

9210
04:29:06,704 --> 04:29:07,337
>> Patricia Mondragon with

9211
04:29:07,337 --> 04:29:10,337
Alliance San Diego We are

9212
04:29:10,740 --> 04:29:11,309
members of the Community Budget

9213
04:29:11,309 --> 04:29:11,976
Alliance, the Trust sd

9214
04:29:11,976 --> 04:29:14,845
Coalition and the San Diego

9215
04:29:14,845 --> 04:29:15,613
Immigrant Rights Consortium.

9216
04:29:15,613 --> 04:29:16,314
I'm calling in tonight from

9217
04:29:16,314 --> 04:29:18,714
Sacramento because our friends

9218
04:29:20,217 --> 04:29:20,952
from Panda Care and the Muslim

9219
04:29:20,952 --> 04:29:23,952
community are observing aid and

9220
04:29:24,880 --> 04:29:24,822
healing after the recent

9221
04:29:24,822 --> 04:29:25,490
shooting at the Islamic Center.

9222
04:29:25,490 --> 04:29:29,900
As a community we stand with

9223
04:29:29,426 --> 04:29:30,160
them and continue the work that

9224
04:29:30,160 --> 04:29:30,460
is important to them while they

9225
04:29:30,460 --> 04:29:31,128
heal.

9226
04:29:31,128 --> 04:29:33,731
Tonight San Diego and I have

9227
04:29:33,731 --> 04:29:34,198
been clear about what keeps

9228
04:29:34,198 --> 04:29:34,898
community safe.

9229
04:29:34,898 --> 04:29:37,898
Yet this budget continues to

9230
04:29:38,101 --> 04:29:38,803
prioritize stp and flock

9231
04:29:38,803 --> 04:29:39,504
surveillance technology while

9232
04:29:39,504 --> 04:29:41,904
underfunding the services our

9233
04:29:43,174 --> 04:29:43,975
communities need.

9234
04:29:43,975 --> 04:29:44,609
No community members are here

9235
04:29:44,609 --> 04:29:45,175
asking you to spend public

9236
04:29:45,175 --> 04:29:45,610
resources on expanded

9237
04:29:45,610 --> 04:29:47,610
surveillance.

9238
04:29:48,746 --> 04:29:49,379
People are asking you to invest

9239
04:29:49,379 --> 04:29:49,847
in dignity, community and

9240
04:29:49,847 --> 04:29:51,847
infrastructure.

9241
04:29:53,451 --> 04:29:54,118
We urge you to cut funding for

9242
04:29:54,118 --> 04:29:54,485
Floc and restore funding to

9243
04:29:54,485 --> 04:29:55,218
the arts.

9244
04:29:55,218 --> 04:29:58,556
O.C. Weiss Neil Good day Center

9245
04:29:58,556 --> 04:29:59,323
and stormwater infrastructure.

9246
04:29:59,323 --> 04:29:59,991
When it comes to floods and

9247
04:29:59,991 --> 04:30:02,391
climate disaster, San Diego

9248
04:30:02,659 --> 04:30:03,260
should not be keep paying

9249
04:30:03,260 --> 04:30:03,661
the price of neglect and

9250
04:30:03,661 --> 04:30:04,295
maintenance.

9251
04:30:04,295 --> 04:30:07,198
Please adopt a budget that

9252
04:30:07,198 --> 04:30:07,799
prioritizes people over

9253
04:30:07,799 --> 04:30:08,166
surveillance technology.

9254
04:30:08,166 --> 04:30:08,533
Thank you.

9255
04:30:08,533 --> 04:30:10,533
Thank you.

9256
04:30:10,835 --> 04:30:11,336
Next is San Diego County

9257
04:30:11,336 --> 04:30:13,336
Bicycle Coalition.

9258
04:30:16,507 --> 04:30:17,208
If you can please unmute.

9259
04:30:17,208 --> 04:30:18,760
>> Good evening City Council.

9260
04:30:18,760 --> 04:30:18,709
My name is Ian Embry and I am

9261
04:30:18,709 --> 04:30:20,778
the advocacy and community

9262
04:30:20,778 --> 04:30:21,412
manager for the San Diego

9263
04:30:21,412 --> 04:30:22,146
County Bicycle Coalition.

9264
04:30:22,146 --> 04:30:25,146
Traffic safety is public safety

9265
04:30:25,450 --> 04:30:25,850
but this budget doesn't treat

9266
04:30:25,850 --> 04:30:26,517
it as such.

9267
04:30:26,517 --> 04:30:27,118
While the mayor boasts that

9268
04:30:27,118 --> 04:30:29,518
the MAY revise includes

9269
04:30:30,722 --> 04:30:31,421
the speed management plan,

9270
04:30:31,421 --> 04:30:32,560
the revise also keeps the cuts

9271
04:30:32,560 --> 04:30:32,790
to the multimodal team who

9272
04:30:32,790 --> 04:30:35,727
would do a ton of the work of

9273
04:30:35,727 --> 04:30:36,327
designing traffic calming and

9274
04:30:36,327 --> 04:30:36,928
traffic safety measures.

9275
04:30:36,928 --> 04:30:37,595
Our streets get repaved.

9276
04:30:37,595 --> 04:30:40,498
Without this team the speed

9277
04:30:40,498 --> 04:30:40,898
management plan is not a plan

9278
04:30:40,898 --> 04:30:41,698
but a wish.

9279
04:30:41,698 --> 04:30:42,433
For those of you who have been

9280
04:30:42,433 --> 04:30:44,833
supporting the multimodal team,

9281
04:30:45,360 --> 04:30:45,804
we thank you for your courage.

9282
04:30:45,804 --> 04:30:46,471
For those who still need

9283
04:30:46,471 --> 04:30:47,137
convincing, the Vision Zero

9284
04:30:47,137 --> 04:30:49,537
Coalition has proposed three

9285
04:30:49,841 --> 04:30:50,575
ways to fund this team.

9286
04:30:50,575 --> 04:30:51,242
All have value but we believe

9287
04:30:51,242 --> 04:30:51,976
continuing to fund this team

9288
04:30:51,976 --> 04:30:54,976
through Transnet allows them to

9289
04:30:55,513 --> 04:30:56,214
continue all aspects of their

9290
04:30:56,214 --> 04:30:56,714
work that make our city safer

9291
04:30:56,714 --> 04:30:58,714
and more livable.

9292
04:30:59,651 --> 04:31:00,251
This can be done at no cost to

9293
04:31:00,251 --> 04:31:00,652
allocations currently in

9294
04:31:00,652 --> 04:31:01,318
the budget.

9295
04:31:01,318 --> 04:31:01,986
Thank you for your time and

9296
04:31:01,986 --> 04:31:03,988
thank you Clark Fuentes for

9297
04:31:03,988 --> 04:31:04,588
your work.

9298
04:31:04,588 --> 04:31:05,357
>> Thank you.

9299
04:31:05,357 --> 04:31:05,690
Tanner Moreno If you can please

9300
04:31:05,690 --> 04:31:07,690
unmute.

9301
04:31:08,493 --> 04:31:10,493
Tanner Moreno Hello.

9302
04:31:13,665 --> 04:31:14,432
Please proceed.

9303
04:31:14,432 --> 04:31:14,966
Imagine a place without any

9304
04:31:14,966 --> 04:31:17,366
public art or music.

9305
04:31:18,837 --> 04:31:19,170
A place without shared cultural

9306
04:31:19,170 --> 04:31:21,170
spaces.

9307
04:31:22,940 --> 04:31:23,508
Imagine Balboa Park without any

9308
04:31:23,508 --> 04:31:24,209
museums or orchestra.

9309
04:31:24,209 --> 04:31:27,809
Instead we have a city that

9310
04:31:28,280 --> 04:31:28,847
chooses to invest in

9311
04:31:28,847 --> 04:31:29,580
surveillance cameras.

9312
04:31:29,580 --> 04:31:32,580
Inside the community it serves.

9313
04:31:33,318 --> 04:31:33,852
Does that sound like a vibrant,

9314
04:31:33,852 --> 04:31:34,586
thriving San Diego?

9315
04:31:34,586 --> 04:31:38,156
Is that a city worth visiting?

9316
04:31:38,156 --> 04:31:41,756
A place you want to live.

9317
04:31:42,660 --> 04:31:43,260
The budget cuts for our culture

9318
04:31:43,260 --> 04:31:45,260
by maintaining expensive

9319
04:31:47,698 --> 04:31:48,366
technologies like flock sends a

9320
04:31:48,366 --> 04:31:48,666
clear message about what we

9321
04:31:48,666 --> 04:31:49,400
value.

9322
04:31:49,400 --> 04:31:52,670
And it's not San Diego and it's

9323
04:31:52,670 --> 04:31:53,371
not saying Nagin's.

9324
04:31:53,371 --> 04:31:53,771
But choose to invest in our

9325
04:31:53,771 --> 04:31:54,506
communities.

9326
04:31:54,506 --> 04:31:57,408
Arts programs are not optional.

9327
04:31:57,408 --> 04:32:00,408
They create trust which then

9328
04:32:01,379 --> 04:32:02,147
create safety restored funding

9329
04:32:02,147 --> 04:32:05,147
for arts, culture and systems

9330
04:32:06,952 --> 04:32:07,652
like npr and Foxx that invest

9331
04:32:07,652 --> 04:32:08,219
in the people and culture that

9332
04:32:08,219 --> 04:32:08,653
make San Diego strong.

9333
04:32:08,653 --> 04:32:10,421
>> Thank you.

9334
04:32:10,421 --> 04:32:14,210
Thank you Zack If you can

9335
04:32:14,493 --> 04:32:15,930
please unmute.

9336
04:32:15,930 --> 04:32:15,961
>> Thank you.

9337
04:32:15,961 --> 04:32:19,164
I am calling in to ask that

9338
04:32:19,164 --> 04:32:19,865
the funding for the multimodal

9339
04:32:19,865 --> 04:32:20,465
team as part of

9340
04:32:20,465 --> 04:32:21,660
the transportation part

9341
04:32:21,660 --> 04:32:23,660
department be restored.

9342
04:32:25,103 --> 04:32:25,904
There's a lot of reasons this

9343
04:32:25,904 --> 04:32:29,775
team adds a lot of value to

9344
04:32:29,775 --> 04:32:30,642
the city but my main motivation

9345
04:32:30,642 --> 04:32:31,343
is because I'd like to be able

9346
04:32:31,343 --> 04:32:34,178
to walk and bike without being

9347
04:32:34,178 --> 04:32:34,913
scared in this city and it's

9348
04:32:34,913 --> 04:32:37,913
challenging that It requires me

9349
04:32:38,550 --> 04:32:39,151
to be politically active and to

9350
04:32:39,151 --> 04:32:39,818
get this to happen.

9351
04:32:39,818 --> 04:32:40,518
i feel that enabling safe

9352
04:32:40,518 --> 04:32:42,918
transportation is a core

9353
04:32:43,821 --> 04:32:44,523
responsibility of

9354
04:32:44,523 --> 04:32:45,189
the Transportation Department

9355
04:32:45,189 --> 04:32:48,789
and I am confused about how

9356
04:32:49,940 --> 04:32:51,494
this budget ignores that

9357
04:32:53,698 --> 04:32:54,399
responsibility especially when

9358
04:32:54,399 --> 04:32:55,990
these active transportation

9359
04:32:55,990 --> 04:32:55,801
plans and bicycle master plans

9360
04:32:55,801 --> 04:32:58,201
were created in collaboration

9361
04:32:58,370 --> 04:32:59,710
with the people of San Diego.

9362
04:32:59,710 --> 04:32:59,737
There are places in the world

9363
04:32:59,737 --> 04:33:02,737
where this cap would be

9364
04:33:03,709 --> 04:33:04,376
unfathomable and not even

9365
04:33:04,376 --> 04:33:04,776
referenced in some far flung

9366
04:33:04,776 --> 04:33:05,510
bike utopia.

9367
04:33:05,510 --> 04:33:08,813
This would be illegal to cut in

9368
04:33:08,813 --> 04:33:09,147
our neighbor city of Los

9369
04:33:09,147 --> 04:33:09,848
Angeles.

9370
04:33:09,848 --> 04:33:12,451
We cannot allow Los Angeles to

9371
04:33:12,451 --> 04:33:13,118
serve passengers in this So

9372
04:33:13,118 --> 04:33:16,118
please restore this team and

9373
04:33:17,589 --> 04:33:18,257
help us be L.A..

9374
04:33:18,257 --> 04:33:18,924
Our next speaker is Anthony

9375
04:33:18,924 --> 04:33:21,924
Avalos And then after that

9376
04:33:22,527 --> 04:33:23,620
visit voices is our final

9377
04:33:23,620 --> 04:33:23,395
speaker for tonight.

9378
04:33:23,395 --> 04:33:25,395
Anthony.

9379
04:33:26,999 --> 04:33:27,733
Public safety can't mean

9380
04:33:27,733 --> 04:33:28,333
protecting police budgets while

9381
04:33:28,333 --> 04:33:30,733
cutting the systems that

9382
04:33:31,404 --> 04:33:32,104
actually care for San Diego And

9383
04:33:32,104 --> 04:33:32,737
properly caring for us means

9384
04:33:32,737 --> 04:33:35,137
funding the conditions of

9385
04:33:36,208 --> 04:33:36,875
preventing harm before police

9386
04:33:36,875 --> 04:33:39,275
are called housing stability

9387
04:33:40,679 --> 04:33:41,347
libraries rec centers, youth

9388
04:33:41,347 --> 04:33:42,470
programs, public restrooms.

9389
04:33:42,470 --> 04:33:44,447
Trauma informed services, food

9390
04:33:45,985 --> 04:33:46,651
access, mental health care arts

9391
04:33:46,651 --> 04:33:47,119
and culture and neighborhood

9392
04:33:47,119 --> 04:33:49,119
infrastructure.

9393
04:33:50,155 --> 04:33:50,856
The current budget conversation

9394
04:33:50,856 --> 04:33:51,156
shows us that public pressure

9395
04:33:51,156 --> 04:33:53,156
works.

9396
04:33:54,827 --> 04:33:55,494
Some libraries and rec center

9397
04:33:55,494 --> 04:33:56,128
cuts have been restored but

9398
04:33:56,128 --> 04:33:58,528
partial restoration is not

9399
04:33:59,798 --> 04:34:00,566
transformation.

9400
04:34:00,566 --> 04:34:01,990
We need the Council to stop

9401
04:34:01,990 --> 04:34:03,990
asking working class

9402
04:34:05,400 --> 04:34:05,537
communities to absorb austerity

9403
04:34:05,537 --> 04:34:06,138
while sd pd remains

9404
04:34:06,138 --> 04:34:08,138
structurally protecting

9405
04:34:09,507 --> 04:34:10,141
the mandate is reallocation

9406
04:34:10,141 --> 04:34:12,541
move funding from reactive

9407
04:34:14,379 --> 04:34:14,947
systems of force into community

9408
04:34:14,947 --> 04:34:15,614
based systems of care.

9409
04:34:15,614 --> 04:34:18,140
Every dollar spent expanding

9410
04:34:19,118 --> 04:34:19,785
police surveillance and

9411
04:34:19,785 --> 04:34:20,850
enforcement is a dollar not

9412
04:34:20,850 --> 04:34:22,850
spent.

9413
04:34:23,989 --> 04:34:24,723
Stabilizing families supporting

9414
04:34:24,723 --> 04:34:27,123
young people, preventing trauma

9415
04:34:28,727 --> 04:34:29,428
or repairing neighborhoods If

9416
04:34:29,428 --> 04:34:30,950
the city is serious about it.

9417
04:34:30,950 --> 04:34:30,796
>> Thank you for that

9418
04:34:30,796 --> 04:34:33,196
concluding comment via Voices

9419
04:34:37,469 --> 04:34:38,270
If you can please unmute I am

9420
04:34:38,270 --> 04:34:39,400
My name is which ends up mid

9421
04:34:39,400 --> 04:34:41,607
sector director for people says

9422
04:34:41,607 --> 04:34:42,341
I'm not going to repeat a lot

9423
04:34:42,341 --> 04:34:45,511
of my talking point today about

9424
04:34:45,511 --> 04:34:46,145
what an equity equitable but as

9425
04:34:46,145 --> 04:34:46,846
the communities showed up

9426
04:34:46,846 --> 04:34:49,846
willingly tonight to tell you

9427
04:34:50,950 --> 04:34:51,617
all about name I want to name

9428
04:34:51,617 --> 04:34:54,617
something is that the budget

9429
04:34:54,854 --> 04:34:55,187
process is not equitable at all

9430
04:34:55,187 --> 04:34:56,220
.

9431
04:34:56,220 --> 04:34:56,722
Gear up a year after year after

9432
04:34:56,722 --> 04:34:57,422
year we've seen the community

9433
04:34:57,422 --> 04:34:59,792
come out fight for the little

9434
04:34:59,792 --> 04:35:00,859
things like this.

9435
04:35:00,859 --> 04:35:01,193
It's a joke Stand up as a huge

9436
04:35:01,193 --> 04:35:03,193
success.

9437
04:35:05,300 --> 04:35:05,631
How asking for lots and $1

9438
04:35:05,631 --> 04:35:08,631
million We can only get

9439
04:35:09,502 --> 04:35:10,269
the funding for it and somebody

9440
04:35:10,269 --> 04:35:10,937
ask The battle is hard to fight

9441
04:35:10,937 --> 04:35:14,173
and for the first time that

9442
04:35:14,173 --> 04:35:14,874
we've seen the mayor sitting in

9443
04:35:14,874 --> 04:35:17,376
the chamber for somebody who

9444
04:35:17,376 --> 04:35:18,210
can do 9,595% of the budget

9445
04:35:18,210 --> 04:35:22,410
funding and yet he never held a

9446
04:35:23,416 --> 04:35:24,830
public meeting to hear that to

9447
04:35:24,830 --> 04:35:27,683
sit with all of you until

9448
04:35:27,687 --> 04:35:28,321
tonight I will say does now is

9449
04:35:28,321 --> 04:35:28,955
also the time to consider

9450
04:35:28,955 --> 04:35:29,689
the budget project change?

9451
04:35:29,689 --> 04:35:32,910
How do we make the process that

9452
04:35:32,910 --> 04:35:32,792
will include more public

9453
04:35:32,792 --> 04:35:36,992
involve At the end of day that

9454
04:35:37,430 --> 04:35:38,364
is what democracy look like.

9455
04:35:38,364 --> 04:35:38,898
We can we could pass We do all

9456
04:35:38,898 --> 04:35:41,298
of this thing again.

9457
04:35:42,835 --> 04:35:43,336
The federal government in your

9458
04:35:43,336 --> 04:35:45,736
time has clued in.

9459
04:35:45,771 --> 04:35:46,372
That does conclude public

9460
04:35:46,372 --> 04:35:47,106
comment on today's item.

9461
04:35:47,106 --> 04:35:50,106
Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

9462
04:35:51,110 --> 04:35:51,877
right thank you City Clerk

9463
04:35:51,877 --> 04:35:52,645
Before I turn it over to my

9464
04:35:52,645 --> 04:35:55,615
colleagues a big round of

9465
04:35:55,615 --> 04:35:56,381
applause for Deanna and

9466
04:35:56,381 --> 04:35:59,981
the entire city clerks team who

9467
04:36:00,553 --> 04:36:01,187
handle I don't know 5000

9468
04:36:01,187 --> 04:36:01,487
speakers or something like

9469
04:36:01,487 --> 04:36:03,487
that.

9470
04:36:04,824 --> 04:36:05,591
It just felt like it.

9471
04:36:05,591 --> 04:36:06,292
Thank you, Mayor, for sticking

9472
04:36:06,292 --> 04:36:09,595
around for the entire time And

9473
04:36:09,595 --> 04:36:10,329
your staff the chiefs in

9474
04:36:10,329 --> 04:36:14,167
the front row there and many if

9475
04:36:14,167 --> 04:36:14,934
not all the department heads.

9476
04:36:14,934 --> 04:36:15,701
Thank you for sticking around

9477
04:36:15,701 --> 04:36:19,205
for all the public comment And

9478
04:36:19,205 --> 04:36:22,442
to the public for those who are

9479
04:36:22,442 --> 04:36:23,142
actually still here at 1120 all

9480
04:36:23,142 --> 04:36:26,742
the people that showed up and

9481
04:36:27,547 --> 04:36:28,180
spoke in passionate defense of

9482
04:36:28,180 --> 04:36:28,815
their priorities and those

9483
04:36:28,815 --> 04:36:30,815
participated remotely, we

9484
04:36:32,719 --> 04:36:33,319
certainly appreciate it.

9485
04:36:33,319 --> 04:36:34,530
It makes it worthwhile.

9486
04:36:34,530 --> 04:36:37,530
Does the whole evening meetings

9487
04:36:37,923 --> 04:36:38,624
to gain your input So with that

9488
04:36:38,624 --> 04:36:41,624
this is an informational item

9489
04:36:42,280 --> 04:36:42,729
No motions required and we'll

9490
04:36:42,729 --> 04:36:43,396
turn it over to the chair of

9491
04:36:43,396 --> 04:36:45,796
the Budget Committee council

9492
04:36:46,932 --> 04:36:49,932
member Henry Foster the third

9493
04:36:51,737 --> 04:36:55,337
Thank you Chair and thank you,

9494
04:36:55,875 --> 04:36:56,676
Rolonda, to you and your team

9495
04:36:56,676 --> 04:36:59,676
for their presentation of Mayor

9496
04:37:00,914 --> 04:37:01,681
Thank you for introducing

9497
04:37:01,681 --> 04:37:04,681
the MAY revise in your

9498
04:37:06,218 --> 04:37:08,618
presenting session and for

9499
04:37:11,224 --> 04:37:12,192
staying with us this evening.

9500
04:37:12,192 --> 04:37:16,620
Also would like to thank all of

9501
04:37:16,620 --> 04:37:16,930
the department directors and

9502
04:37:16,930 --> 04:37:20,530
staff that stayed with us as

9503
04:37:26,410 --> 04:37:27,700
well to hear the public comment

9504
04:37:27,700 --> 04:37:30,510
and to keep and try and keep my

9505
04:37:30,510 --> 04:37:33,510
coming keep my comments brief.

9506
04:37:35,215 --> 04:37:36,283
I also just want to say thank

9507
04:37:36,283 --> 04:37:39,883
you to the public for coming

9508
04:37:40,153 --> 04:37:42,153
out.

9509
04:37:44,391 --> 04:37:45,910
It's quite difficult for me to

9510
04:37:45,910 --> 04:37:47,910
receive these comments

9511
04:37:49,529 --> 04:37:52,529
Oftentimes you will hear me

9512
04:37:53,400 --> 04:37:54,990
talk about the tale of two

9513
04:37:54,990 --> 04:37:54,968
cities but I feel in the short

9514
04:37:54,968 --> 04:37:58,568
time that I've been on this

9515
04:38:02,208 --> 04:38:02,976
dais we tend to have the same

9516
04:38:02,976 --> 04:38:06,576
folks as we go through this

9517
04:38:07,513 --> 04:38:08,315
budget cycle come before this

9518
04:38:08,315 --> 04:38:11,315
council with the same message

9519
04:38:16,210 --> 04:38:16,723
and quite honestly I feel as if

9520
04:38:16,723 --> 04:38:20,323
there's a portion of this city

9521
04:38:22,461 --> 04:38:22,779
that truly does feel forgotten

9522
04:38:22,779 --> 04:38:23,630
.

9523
04:38:23,630 --> 04:38:27,230
So thank you for continuing to

9524
04:38:27,501 --> 04:38:28,368
come out and to make sure that

9525
04:38:28,368 --> 04:38:31,704
your voices are part of this

9526
04:38:31,704 --> 04:38:32,639
process.

9527
04:38:32,639 --> 04:38:36,343
And I just want you to know and

9528
04:38:36,343 --> 04:38:37,100
I'm sure my colleagues will

9529
04:38:37,100 --> 04:38:40,100
have some comments but my

9530
04:38:41,548 --> 04:38:45,148
colleagues hear you as well And

9531
04:38:45,318 --> 04:38:48,918
so thank you for continuing to

9532
04:38:50,991 --> 04:38:51,691
stay engaged and to let us know

9533
04:38:51,691 --> 04:38:54,795
what your needs are and what's

9534
04:38:54,795 --> 04:38:56,795
important to you.

9535
04:39:00,670 --> 04:39:00,734
I guess I'll say this Mayor, I

9536
04:39:00,734 --> 04:39:04,334
do want to thank you for

9537
04:39:04,804 --> 04:39:05,104
the work on the budget thus

9538
04:39:05,104 --> 04:39:07,104
far.

9539
04:39:10,677 --> 04:39:11,344
I think you did make some tough

9540
04:39:11,344 --> 04:39:14,748
decisions and I just want to

9541
04:39:14,748 --> 04:39:15,381
thank you specifically for

9542
04:39:15,381 --> 04:39:16,490
supporting the investment

9543
04:39:16,490 --> 04:39:19,490
that's indicated in here for

9544
04:39:19,553 --> 04:39:20,687
youth.

9545
04:39:20,687 --> 04:39:24,887
You did take a hard look at

9546
04:39:25,240 --> 04:39:28,240
the libraries Park and Rec.

9547
04:39:28,695 --> 04:39:29,596
You did prioritize districts

9548
04:39:29,596 --> 04:39:33,796
for eight nine which I am truly

9549
04:39:34,340 --> 04:39:34,802
appreciative of and I just want

9550
04:39:34,802 --> 04:39:35,769
to make sure that I convey that

9551
04:39:35,769 --> 04:39:38,271
to you and your team because it

9552
04:39:38,271 --> 04:39:40,671
has been some challenging

9553
04:39:42,420 --> 04:39:44,442
conversations to get here.

9554
04:39:47,114 --> 04:39:47,881
But as you can see there's

9555
04:39:47,881 --> 04:39:52,810
quite a bit more work to do,

9556
04:39:52,252 --> 04:39:55,252
more conversations to have as

9557
04:39:55,656 --> 04:39:56,156
we look at and approach

9558
04:39:56,156 --> 04:39:58,556
the JUNE 9th date.

9559
04:40:00,827 --> 04:40:01,495
I will be honest and say that

9560
04:40:01,495 --> 04:40:05,950
at the onset of this budget

9561
04:40:06,166 --> 04:40:10,366
cycle I did really want to ask

9562
04:40:10,871 --> 04:40:11,471
the question what happens if we

9563
04:40:11,471 --> 04:40:14,471
do not approve a budget?

9564
04:40:15,609 --> 04:40:20,470
And I can tell you that I have

9565
04:40:20,470 --> 04:40:20,747
my staff working on a lsr to

9566
04:40:20,747 --> 04:40:23,747
the city attorney's office to

9567
04:40:24,718 --> 04:40:25,486
get the full legal analysis as

9568
04:40:25,486 --> 04:40:29,860
to the answer to that question

9569
04:40:29,723 --> 04:40:30,691
by But I must say you know as I

9570
04:40:30,691 --> 04:40:34,891
look at what's in front of us

9571
04:40:38,899 --> 04:40:42,499
today I do feel better in

9572
04:40:44,438 --> 04:40:45,139
regards to achieve what we need

9573
04:40:45,139 --> 04:40:48,842
to achieve on JUNE the 9th But

9574
04:40:48,842 --> 04:40:53,420
I think it does rely heavily on

9575
04:40:53,800 --> 04:40:53,947
as I always say, my good friend

9576
04:40:53,947 --> 04:40:58,190
the ipa as he is as they are

9577
04:40:58,190 --> 04:40:58,986
doing their analysis, their

9578
04:40:58,986 --> 04:41:02,586
work to see how we can

9579
04:41:02,857 --> 04:41:03,557
incorporate I'm going to say

9580
04:41:03,557 --> 04:41:06,557
the last round of budget

9581
04:41:07,628 --> 04:41:08,395
memorandums that have been

9582
04:41:08,395 --> 04:41:11,995
provided so eager to see what

9583
04:41:12,833 --> 04:41:15,833
your analysis is provides and

9584
04:41:17,371 --> 04:41:18,139
what paths are potentially in

9585
04:41:18,139 --> 04:41:22,339
front of us as we continue to

9586
04:41:29,350 --> 04:41:30,383
have our budget conversation.

9587
04:41:30,383 --> 04:41:34,583
>> I do think that we do need

9588
04:41:37,824 --> 04:41:38,593
to take a serious look at our

9589
04:41:38,593 --> 04:41:41,593
priorities and I said this

9590
04:41:42,830 --> 04:41:43,630
early on that at the end of

9591
04:41:43,630 --> 04:41:46,767
the day we are still talking

9592
04:41:46,767 --> 04:41:47,435
about a $6 billion budget which

9593
04:41:47,435 --> 04:41:50,435
for me it's the same

9594
04:41:51,305 --> 04:41:54,305
conversation and it's the same

9595
04:41:56,144 --> 04:41:57,770
conversation about priorities.

9596
04:41:57,770 --> 04:42:01,449
I think that we do need to take

9597
04:42:01,449 --> 04:42:02,183
a hard look at our policing.

9598
04:42:02,183 --> 04:42:05,183
>> Just two more minutes I'll

9599
04:42:06,454 --> 04:42:10,540
be done here shortly And one

9600
04:42:10,792 --> 04:42:14,992
thing that I do want to really

9601
04:42:15,862 --> 04:42:16,663
make sure and and stress to my

9602
04:42:16,663 --> 04:42:20,263
colleagues we really do need to

9603
04:42:25,206 --> 04:42:26,274
look at floc and surveillance.

9604
04:42:26,274 --> 04:42:30,474
Um, I think one thing that we

9605
04:42:30,511 --> 04:42:31,212
have learned over the over

9606
04:42:31,212 --> 04:42:33,612
the years especially recently

9607
04:42:35,830 --> 04:42:35,950
since I've been a part of

9608
04:42:35,950 --> 04:42:39,550
the legislative body is that if

9609
04:42:39,754 --> 04:42:42,754
we invest in community that

9610
04:42:44,826 --> 04:42:45,527
truly is a very, very important

9611
04:42:45,527 --> 04:42:46,294
portion of public safety And I

9612
04:42:46,294 --> 04:42:49,294
think it shows in our

9613
04:42:50,265 --> 04:42:53,865
statistics in I think it speaks

9614
04:42:55,300 --> 04:42:58,300
volumes as we look at

9615
04:42:59,240 --> 04:42:59,674
continuing to be the safest

9616
04:42:59,674 --> 04:43:01,674
largest city.

9617
04:43:04,144 --> 04:43:04,813
So I will leave that there.

9618
04:43:04,813 --> 04:43:07,213
Council PRESIDENT I will

9619
04:43:08,783 --> 04:43:09,484
conclude that there and just

9620
04:43:09,484 --> 04:43:11,286
say I am looking forward to

9621
04:43:11,286 --> 04:43:13,286
continuing these conversations

9622
04:43:17,125 --> 04:43:20,125
as we approach JUNE 9th.

9623
04:43:22,197 --> 04:43:22,897
And just to reiterate to

9624
04:43:22,897 --> 04:43:23,664
everyone because I want to be

9625
04:43:23,664 --> 04:43:26,664
clear arts and culture is

9626
04:43:29,337 --> 04:43:30,380
important to me and you know I

9627
04:43:30,380 --> 04:43:33,638
have the San Diego Black Arts

9628
04:43:33,908 --> 04:43:34,341
and Culture District that is

9629
04:43:34,341 --> 04:43:35,176
fresh and new.

9630
04:43:35,176 --> 04:43:38,176
We are always talking with

9631
04:43:39,470 --> 04:43:41,447
economic development on trying

9632
04:43:43,652 --> 04:43:44,419
to build out that space and it

9633
04:43:44,419 --> 04:43:45,530
is really a critical component

9634
04:43:45,530 --> 04:43:47,453
for District four and

9635
04:43:48,822 --> 04:43:49,124
the sustainability of District

9636
04:43:49,124 --> 04:43:51,124
four.

9637
04:43:52,994 --> 04:43:53,695
So we got some work to do So

9638
04:43:53,695 --> 04:43:54,461
we'll be looking to my

9639
04:43:54,461 --> 04:43:57,461
colleagues to roll our sleeves

9640
04:43:58,533 --> 04:44:02,504
up and to land this plane and

9641
04:44:02,504 --> 04:44:03,304
hopefully improve on the budget

9642
04:44:03,304 --> 04:44:07,241
so that we can meet the needs

9643
04:44:07,241 --> 04:44:07,608
of the residents of the city of

9644
04:44:07,608 --> 04:44:08,310
San Diego.

9645
04:44:08,310 --> 04:44:09,100
So thank you Council PRESIDENT

9646
04:44:09,100 --> 04:44:12,100
And that will conclude my

9647
04:44:12,681 --> 04:44:12,980
comments.

9648
04:44:12,980 --> 04:44:13,715
Right.

9649
04:44:13,715 --> 04:44:14,416
Thank you, Councilmember Foster

9650
04:44:14,416 --> 04:44:14,816
We'll go next to Councilmember

9651
04:44:14,816 --> 04:44:16,484
Ila Rivera.

9652
04:44:16,484 --> 04:44:17,252
All right.

9653
04:44:17,252 --> 04:44:19,652
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

9654
04:44:21,590 --> 04:44:22,190
Thank you to all the members of

9655
04:44:22,190 --> 04:44:22,891
the public who provided

9656
04:44:22,891 --> 04:44:25,291
testimony tonight who've been

9657
04:44:26,461 --> 04:44:27,328
engaged in the process.

9658
04:44:27,328 --> 04:44:27,695
Thank you, Charles to you and

9659
04:44:27,695 --> 04:44:29,431
your team.

9660
04:44:29,431 --> 04:44:33,310
Mayor, thank you for being here

9661
04:44:34,536 --> 04:44:34,970
tonight And and and staying

9662
04:44:34,970 --> 04:44:36,970
with us here.

9663
04:44:39,241 --> 04:44:40,420
Council PRESIDENT What I'm

9664
04:44:40,420 --> 04:44:43,642
asking to start with is a

9665
04:44:43,812 --> 04:44:48,120
letter that I was asked to read

9666
04:44:48,150 --> 04:44:48,817
from a number of Muslim led

9667
04:44:48,817 --> 04:44:49,383
organizations including care

9668
04:44:49,383 --> 04:44:51,783
San Diego, the Muslim

9669
04:44:52,654 --> 04:44:53,355
Leadership Council, Muslim

9670
04:44:53,355 --> 04:44:54,890
Student Association at uc San

9671
04:44:54,890 --> 04:44:57,890
Diego, Pillars of the Community

9672
04:44:57,425 --> 04:44:58,250
Partnership for the Advancement

9673
04:44:58,250 --> 04:44:58,527
of New Americans and for

9674
04:44:58,527 --> 04:45:00,527
the People Action.

9675
04:45:02,397 --> 04:45:03,131
I'm going to read those

9676
04:45:03,131 --> 04:45:03,398
comments first before I make my

9677
04:45:03,398 --> 04:45:05,398
own.

9678
04:45:06,876 --> 04:45:07,569
And again these are their words

9679
04:45:07,569 --> 04:45:11,169
and I'm going to read them

9680
04:45:11,640 --> 04:45:12,341
exactly as they were written.

9681
04:45:12,341 --> 04:45:13,750
Statement On behalf of Muslim

9682
04:45:13,750 --> 04:45:16,750
led Organizations This week San

9683
04:45:16,511 --> 04:45:17,179
Diego faced a vicious terrorist

9684
04:45:17,179 --> 04:45:17,846
attack by two teenage white

9685
04:45:17,846 --> 04:45:20,246
supremacists who acted upon

9686
04:45:20,248 --> 04:45:20,916
the hateful anti-Muslim

9687
04:45:20,916 --> 04:45:21,517
rhetoric has become all too

9688
04:45:21,517 --> 04:45:21,850
common across the United

9689
04:45:21,850 --> 04:45:23,850
States.

9690
04:45:25,587 --> 04:45:26,355
The attack against the Islamic

9691
04:45:26,355 --> 04:45:26,988
center of San Diego the largest

9692
04:45:26,988 --> 04:45:29,388
and most visible gathering

9693
04:45:30,559 --> 04:45:31,360
space for Muslims in San Diego

9694
04:45:31,360 --> 04:45:31,660
has left us devastated and in

9695
04:45:31,660 --> 04:45:32,394
shock.

9696
04:45:32,394 --> 04:45:35,394
The entire Muslim community and

9697
04:45:35,464 --> 04:45:36,640
the hundreds of children who

9698
04:45:36,640 --> 04:45:36,765
went to school there and

9699
04:45:36,765 --> 04:45:37,399
witnessed the horrific attacks

9700
04:45:37,399 --> 04:45:40,336
will be dealing with this

9701
04:45:40,336 --> 04:45:41,102
trauma for a long time.

9702
04:45:41,102 --> 04:45:41,804
While it is vital for

9703
04:45:41,804 --> 04:45:44,204
policymakers to hear community

9704
04:45:45,774 --> 04:45:46,475
testimonies and recommendations

9705
04:45:46,475 --> 04:45:47,760
as the city council is holding

9706
04:45:47,760 --> 04:45:47,809
its meeting at one of

9707
04:45:47,809 --> 04:45:50,679
the holiest times in the Muslim

9708
04:45:50,679 --> 04:45:51,546
calendar Because it is a day

9709
04:45:51,546 --> 04:45:55,146
that we spend with our families

9710
04:45:55,751 --> 04:45:56,485
particularly given the events

9711
04:45:56,485 --> 04:45:57,285
that transpired last week, many

9712
04:45:57,285 --> 04:46:00,589
of us will not be able to join

9713
04:46:00,589 --> 04:46:01,290
today as we mourn the loss of

9714
04:46:01,290 --> 04:46:04,290
Ameen Abdullah, Nadir Awad and

9715
04:46:04,393 --> 04:46:05,940
Mansoor because can you excuse

9716
04:46:05,940 --> 04:46:05,794
me as we mourn the loss of

9717
04:46:05,794 --> 04:46:08,794
Ameen Abdullah, Nadir Awad and

9718
04:46:09,665 --> 04:46:10,399
Mansoor Kazia are the three

9719
04:46:10,399 --> 04:46:11,330
humble men who sacrificed their

9720
04:46:11,330 --> 04:46:11,734
lives for the lives of our

9721
04:46:11,734 --> 04:46:14,134
children, teachers and school

9722
04:46:14,637 --> 04:46:15,471
administrators.

9723
04:46:15,471 --> 04:46:16,172
We urge you to not use our

9724
04:46:16,172 --> 04:46:16,872
tragedy as a political prop to

9725
04:46:16,872 --> 04:46:19,842
cut the budgets of much needed

9726
04:46:19,842 --> 04:46:20,576
social programs or funneling

9727
04:46:20,576 --> 04:46:20,943
more money into law enforcement

9728
04:46:20,943 --> 04:46:22,943
agencies.

9729
04:46:24,113 --> 04:46:24,847
Do not use our laws to defund

9730
04:46:24,847 --> 04:46:25,447
community programs and make San

9731
04:46:25,447 --> 04:46:26,181
Diego safer in order to

9732
04:46:26,181 --> 04:46:28,851
increase the budget of a deeply

9733
04:46:28,851 --> 04:46:29,585
flawed police force.

9734
04:46:29,585 --> 04:46:30,219
This tragedy should be used to

9735
04:46:30,219 --> 04:46:33,219
reexamine the way that law

9736
04:46:33,889 --> 04:46:34,590
enforcement keeps us safer not

9737
04:46:34,590 --> 04:46:35,570
reward them for their failures

9738
04:46:35,570 --> 04:46:37,457
not in our name.

9739
04:46:38,193 --> 04:46:38,860
Our community has questions

9740
04:46:38,860 --> 04:46:39,395
about why the police wasted

9741
04:46:39,395 --> 04:46:40,129
time on ineffective

9742
04:46:40,129 --> 04:46:42,129
surveillance technology instead

9743
04:46:43,365 --> 04:46:43,899
of notifying the schools and

9744
04:46:43,899 --> 04:46:44,566
places of worship in

9745
04:46:44,566 --> 04:46:45,340
the surrounding area that we

9746
04:46:45,340 --> 04:46:47,340
were in danger.

9747
04:46:48,300 --> 04:46:48,704
Simple phone calls could have

9748
04:46:48,704 --> 04:46:49,372
prevented the horrific murders

9749
04:46:49,372 --> 04:46:52,507
of a mean mentor and a dear

9750
04:46:52,507 --> 04:46:53,209
flock.

9751
04:46:53,209 --> 04:46:53,876
Technology did not protect us

9752
04:46:53,876 --> 04:46:54,543
and neither did the police.

9753
04:46:54,543 --> 04:46:57,413
Police relied on flawed A.I.

9754
04:46:57,413 --> 04:46:57,880
Technology and ultimately

9755
04:46:57,880 --> 04:46:58,549
failed to locate

9756
04:46:58,549 --> 04:47:01,549
the perpetrators Were it not

9757
04:47:01,817 --> 04:47:02,485
for our heroes, this tragedy

9758
04:47:02,485 --> 04:47:03,850
would have been multiplied.

9759
04:47:03,850 --> 04:47:03,785
Political theatrics and

9760
04:47:03,785 --> 04:47:06,785
crocodile tears will not keep

9761
04:47:06,889 --> 04:47:07,757
us safe.

9762
04:47:07,757 --> 04:47:08,457
We need real efforts to root

9763
04:47:08,457 --> 04:47:09,125
out the belief that some lives

9764
04:47:09,125 --> 04:47:11,760
hold less value than others.

9765
04:47:11,760 --> 04:47:12,461
We demand meaningful changes to

9766
04:47:12,461 --> 04:47:13,129
condemn and prevent the hatred

9767
04:47:13,129 --> 04:47:16,129
that two San Diego residents

9768
04:47:16,432 --> 04:47:16,999
harbored against others in

9769
04:47:16,999 --> 04:47:17,600
the same city Muslims.

9770
04:47:17,600 --> 04:47:19,600
Jews, African-Americans,

9771
04:47:21,504 --> 04:47:21,837
immigrants and other minority

9772
04:47:21,837 --> 04:47:22,572
groups.

9773
04:47:22,572 --> 04:47:26,172
We are city council members and

9774
04:47:26,542 --> 04:47:26,876
all policymaker and elected

9775
04:47:26,876 --> 04:47:27,510
leaders.

9776
04:47:27,510 --> 04:47:28,110
What will actually protect

9777
04:47:28,110 --> 04:47:30,510
protect San Diegans from

9778
04:47:30,846 --> 04:47:31,647
another attack?

9779
04:47:31,647 --> 04:47:32,315
You cannot sit silently while

9780
04:47:32,315 --> 04:47:32,715
Muslims around the world are

9781
04:47:32,715 --> 04:47:34,715
dehumanized.

9782
04:47:36,180 --> 04:47:36,686
You cannot be complacent in

9783
04:47:36,686 --> 04:47:37,386
the mistreatment of Muslims

9784
04:47:37,386 --> 04:47:38,870
here in the United States you

9785
04:47:38,870 --> 04:47:40,756
cannot uplift some targets of

9786
04:47:40,756 --> 04:47:41,224
white extremist rhetoric while

9787
04:47:41,224 --> 04:47:42,240
ignoring others.

9788
04:47:42,240 --> 04:47:45,527
All of our lives must be

9789
04:47:45,527 --> 04:47:46,295
equally valued.

9790
04:47:46,295 --> 04:47:47,262
This tragedy was an attack on

9791
04:47:47,262 --> 04:47:50,199
all San Diego ans but it was

9792
04:47:50,199 --> 04:47:50,800
the Muslim community that will

9793
04:47:50,800 --> 04:47:51,167
have to explain to our

9794
04:47:51,167 --> 04:47:53,167
children.

9795
04:47:54,103 --> 04:47:54,903
My brother Ameen Abu is an

9796
04:47:54,903 --> 04:47:55,671
uncle Nadir are not there to

9797
04:47:55,671 --> 04:47:59,271
greet them when they return to

9798
04:47:59,475 --> 04:48:00,760
school rather than investing

9799
04:48:00,760 --> 04:48:00,809
more money into a failed

9800
04:48:00,809 --> 04:48:01,477
punishment bureaucracy, we urge

9801
04:48:01,477 --> 04:48:04,477
you to support programs that

9802
04:48:04,614 --> 04:48:05,214
invest in youth afterschool

9803
04:48:05,214 --> 04:48:05,915
programs, mental health

9804
04:48:05,915 --> 04:48:08,315
support, early warning systems

9805
04:48:10,190 --> 04:48:10,686
and combat anti-Muslim hate.

9806
04:48:10,686 --> 04:48:11,454
We ask city leadership to

9807
04:48:11,454 --> 04:48:14,454
invest in real solutions and

9808
04:48:14,691 --> 04:48:15,391
avoid the same failed policies

9809
04:48:15,391 --> 04:48:16,590
of the past Signed to care San

9810
04:48:16,590 --> 04:48:18,459
Diego with some leadership

9811
04:48:19,395 --> 04:48:20,620
council a muslim student

9812
04:48:20,620 --> 04:48:20,662
association at uc San Diego

9813
04:48:20,662 --> 04:48:23,620
Pillars of the Community

9814
04:48:24,867 --> 04:48:25,602
Partnership for the Advancement

9815
04:48:25,602 --> 04:48:28,602
Americans for the People Action

9816
04:48:29,806 --> 04:48:30,406
That concludes the remarks that

9817
04:48:30,406 --> 04:48:31,474
I was asked to read.

9818
04:48:31,474 --> 04:48:35,674
I will now add some thoughts of

9819
04:48:36,445 --> 04:48:38,445
my own.

9820
04:48:41,840 --> 04:48:41,717
>> One I just want to recognize

9821
04:48:41,717 --> 04:48:44,117
the mourning that's still

9822
04:48:44,721 --> 04:48:45,488
happening in in the community

9823
04:48:45,488 --> 04:48:49,880
and and why it was important

9824
04:48:49,659 --> 04:48:53,259
for that statement to be read

9825
04:48:54,263 --> 04:48:54,897
especially because of the in

9826
04:48:54,897 --> 04:48:55,598
combat compatibility with

9827
04:48:55,598 --> 04:48:58,598
the scheduling of this meeting

9828
04:48:59,469 --> 04:49:00,236
with the Muslim holiday.

9829
04:49:00,236 --> 04:49:01,303
I know that that's the calendar

9830
04:49:01,303 --> 04:49:05,503
was tight and we had to pivot

9831
04:49:06,776 --> 04:49:07,477
and but they made it even more

9832
04:49:07,477 --> 04:49:10,477
important to read read them

9833
04:49:12,115 --> 04:49:12,682
last week I joined Council

9834
04:49:12,682 --> 04:49:13,283
PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee,

9835
04:49:13,283 --> 04:49:13,916
Councilmember Foster and

9836
04:49:13,916 --> 04:49:16,850
Councilmember Moreno on a

9837
04:49:16,850 --> 04:49:16,786
budget memo that provided real

9838
04:49:16,786 --> 04:49:17,520
possible funding resources and

9839
04:49:17,520 --> 04:49:21,223
cuts we were willing to make in

9840
04:49:21,223 --> 04:49:21,958
order to fund some to fund just

9841
04:49:21,958 --> 04:49:22,592
some of our top priorities such

9842
04:49:22,592 --> 04:49:25,592
as arts and culture, fully

9843
04:49:25,929 --> 04:49:26,563
restoring parks and library

9844
04:49:26,563 --> 04:49:27,163
hours, the Small Business

9845
04:49:27,163 --> 04:49:27,764
Enhancement Program and

9846
04:49:27,764 --> 04:49:30,164
the Office of Challenges

9847
04:49:30,433 --> 04:49:31,400
Success.

9848
04:49:31,400 --> 04:49:32,268
Um I want to recognize some of

9849
04:49:32,268 --> 04:49:35,304
what we heard here today and I

9850
04:49:35,304 --> 04:49:36,500
actually think I was so

9851
04:49:36,500 --> 04:49:36,673
appreciative that the American

9852
04:49:36,673 --> 04:49:39,673
Federation of the Blind had

9853
04:49:39,910 --> 04:49:40,510
folks here tonight.

9854
04:49:40,510 --> 04:49:42,910
I think that provided

9855
04:49:44,447 --> 04:49:45,248
invaluable perspective of of of

9856
04:49:45,248 --> 04:49:48,248
why the investments that we

9857
04:49:49,321 --> 04:49:52,321
make are so important And

9858
04:49:54,124 --> 04:49:58,295
the ask was so simple but so

9859
04:49:58,295 --> 04:49:58,895
important at the same time

9860
04:49:58,895 --> 04:49:59,662
blind San Diegans simply

9861
04:49:59,662 --> 04:50:03,166
wanting to feel safe so that

9862
04:50:03,166 --> 04:50:06,166
they can walk to work

9863
04:50:08,710 --> 04:50:10,471
contribute to society, live

9864
04:50:12,509 --> 04:50:13,243
full and meaningful lives

9865
04:50:13,243 --> 04:50:16,243
Nothing extravagant in that ask

9866
04:50:17,800 --> 04:50:17,947
and just a simple recognition

9867
04:50:17,947 --> 04:50:18,515
for their needs to be met to

9868
04:50:18,515 --> 04:50:20,515
live dignified lives.

9869
04:50:22,585 --> 04:50:23,253
We heard youth searching for

9870
04:50:23,253 --> 04:50:23,886
the city to simply function

9871
04:50:23,886 --> 04:50:24,621
well enough to turn their

9872
04:50:24,621 --> 04:50:27,957
advocacy into the basics of any

9873
04:50:27,957 --> 04:50:28,291
community in this city should

9874
04:50:28,291 --> 04:50:28,991
expect.

9875
04:50:28,991 --> 04:50:32,362
We heard youth asking that we

9876
04:50:32,362 --> 04:50:33,620
demonstrate that we care about

9877
04:50:33,620 --> 04:50:36,620
them enough to prioritize them

9878
04:50:36,660 --> 04:50:36,934
with a relative with extremely

9879
04:50:36,934 --> 04:50:40,534
small amount of funding that is

9880
04:50:41,571 --> 04:50:42,272
dedicated to them Knowing that

9881
04:50:42,272 --> 04:50:45,872
there is someone in this city

9882
04:50:46,409 --> 04:50:47,113
who is looking out for them and

9883
04:50:47,113 --> 04:50:50,113
obviously the arts and culture

9884
04:50:50,881 --> 04:50:51,547
community being out here strong

9885
04:50:51,547 --> 04:50:52,348
and loud once again because

9886
04:50:52,348 --> 04:50:55,948
that is so important to our

9887
04:51:00,924 --> 04:51:01,758
community.

9888
04:51:01,758 --> 04:51:02,526
There are two parts of this.

9889
04:51:02,526 --> 04:51:05,395
There's the work that we can do

9890
04:51:05,395 --> 04:51:06,960
in this budget cycle with

9891
04:51:06,960 --> 04:51:06,763
the resources that we have and

9892
04:51:06,763 --> 04:51:09,763
I will continue to advocate

9893
04:51:10,660 --> 04:51:10,500
what I will to express

9894
04:51:10,500 --> 04:51:11,135
appreciation.

9895
04:51:11,135 --> 04:51:14,135
Mayor to you Department of

9896
04:51:14,838 --> 04:51:15,606
Finance and the aba for being

9897
04:51:15,606 --> 04:51:18,606
willing to be innovative and

9898
04:51:20,343 --> 04:51:21,111
modernize the way we use golf

9899
04:51:21,111 --> 04:51:24,111
revenue With that innovation we

9900
04:51:24,981 --> 04:51:28,581
were able to restore parks and

9901
04:51:28,584 --> 04:51:29,286
rec centers in districts four,

9902
04:51:29,286 --> 04:51:29,853
eight and nine and I think

9903
04:51:29,853 --> 04:51:31,853
we're just scratching

9904
04:51:32,989 --> 04:51:33,957
the surface of what it means

9905
04:51:33,957 --> 04:51:34,658
when we really lean into assets

9906
04:51:34,658 --> 04:51:37,580
that people from around

9907
04:51:38,528 --> 04:51:39,960
the world know San Diego for

9908
04:51:39,960 --> 04:51:41,496
and leverage those to

9909
04:51:42,532 --> 04:51:43,200
the benefits of everyday,

9910
04:51:43,200 --> 04:51:43,567
everyday people from across

9911
04:51:43,567 --> 04:51:45,567
the city.

9912
04:51:47,771 --> 04:51:48,639
I'm glad to see that and I will

9913
04:51:48,639 --> 04:51:52,239
continue to advocate for us to

9914
04:51:52,976 --> 04:51:55,376
reallocate funding away from

9915
04:51:57,470 --> 04:51:57,915
floc and surveillance.

9916
04:51:57,915 --> 04:52:01,515
If there's one lesson that I

9917
04:52:01,952 --> 04:52:02,586
think is important to take from

9918
04:52:02,586 --> 04:52:06,186
the from from the out from

9919
04:52:06,623 --> 04:52:07,323
the events of last week is that

9920
04:52:07,323 --> 04:52:10,923
there's and when it comes to

9921
04:52:11,940 --> 04:52:11,728
safety at least that there's no

9922
04:52:11,728 --> 04:52:14,728
amount of dollars spent on

9923
04:52:15,566 --> 04:52:16,199
enforcement that can equal

9924
04:52:16,199 --> 04:52:16,900
the safety that comes when

9925
04:52:16,900 --> 04:52:20,500
people love each other and are

9926
04:52:20,537 --> 04:52:22,937
willing to sacrifice everything

9927
04:52:25,142 --> 04:52:25,809
to take care of each other a

9928
04:52:25,809 --> 04:52:26,477
unthinkable number of lives,

9929
04:52:26,477 --> 04:52:28,877
especially lives of children

9930
04:52:30,314 --> 04:52:31,150
was saved because three men

9931
04:52:31,150 --> 04:52:34,150
from the community loved their

9932
04:52:35,453 --> 04:52:36,320
community enough to put their

9933
04:52:36,320 --> 04:52:40,240
body on the line And I will not

9934
04:52:40,240 --> 04:52:40,623
pretend like there are not

9935
04:52:40,623 --> 04:52:42,623
emergencies that require

9936
04:52:47,197 --> 04:52:47,898
emergency response but

9937
04:52:47,898 --> 04:52:48,566
the people who do that work

9938
04:52:48,566 --> 04:52:51,566
cannot be everywhere at all

9939
04:52:52,803 --> 04:52:56,807
times and trying to do that is

9940
04:52:56,807 --> 04:52:57,541
a is a recipe for disaster.

9941
04:52:57,541 --> 04:53:00,541
It's an impossible task and

9942
04:53:01,812 --> 04:53:02,479
it's ultimately still cannot

9943
04:53:02,479 --> 04:53:03,180
create the safety that comes

9944
04:53:03,180 --> 04:53:06,180
from people loving each other

9945
04:53:06,583 --> 04:53:07,284
and taking care of each other

9946
04:53:07,284 --> 04:53:07,952
and the investments that young

9947
04:53:07,952 --> 04:53:08,552
people are asking us to make

9948
04:53:08,552 --> 04:53:10,952
investments the arts and

9949
04:53:11,688 --> 04:53:12,356
culture community is asking us

9950
04:53:12,356 --> 04:53:15,956
to make are both aimed at

9951
04:53:16,494 --> 04:53:17,194
creating a San Diego where

9952
04:53:17,194 --> 04:53:17,895
people can express their love

9953
04:53:17,895 --> 04:53:21,132
for each other, where they can

9954
04:53:21,132 --> 04:53:21,799
take care of each other And I

9955
04:53:21,799 --> 04:53:22,500
wholeheartedly believe that

9956
04:53:22,500 --> 04:53:26,571
that will be not just a safer

9957
04:53:26,571 --> 04:53:30,771
city but a safer city that that

9958
04:53:31,375 --> 04:53:31,876
feels better to live in and we

9959
04:53:31,876 --> 04:53:32,643
can be that city.

9960
04:53:32,643 --> 04:53:33,410
I'll have more to say about

9961
04:53:33,410 --> 04:53:35,879
the ways that we should be

9962
04:53:35,879 --> 04:53:36,581
pursuing revenue because we

9963
04:53:36,581 --> 04:53:40,181
should not have to live this

9964
04:53:40,451 --> 04:53:41,418
way where we are considering

9965
04:53:41,418 --> 04:53:45,289
whether or not we can fund safe

9966
04:53:45,289 --> 04:53:45,990
crosswalks for the blind or

9967
04:53:45,990 --> 04:53:49,590
services for the youth or arts

9968
04:53:50,895 --> 04:53:51,597
and culture programing as well

9969
04:53:51,597 --> 04:53:52,263
as a number of other very

9970
04:53:52,263 --> 04:53:54,999
important things that are on

9971
04:53:54,999 --> 04:53:55,866
the chopping block.

9972
04:53:55,866 --> 04:53:56,567
San Diego is too beautiful a

9973
04:53:56,567 --> 04:54:00,137
place with too good of people

9974
04:54:00,137 --> 04:54:00,839
for that to be our year to year

9975
04:54:00,839 --> 04:54:04,439
reality And so I look forward

9976
04:54:04,542 --> 04:54:05,243
to doing that work with you

9977
04:54:05,243 --> 04:54:05,943
council PRESIDENT And the rest

9978
04:54:05,943 --> 04:54:06,377
of our colleagues in our final

9979
04:54:06,377 --> 04:54:08,377
budget action.

9980
04:54:10,181 --> 04:54:10,682
Thank you.

9981
04:54:10,682 --> 04:54:11,480
>> All right.

9982
04:54:11,480 --> 04:54:11,683
Thank you.

9983
04:54:11,683 --> 04:54:12,282
Councilmember Ella Rivera.

9984
04:54:12,282 --> 04:54:14,786
We'll go next to Council

9985
04:54:14,786 --> 04:54:15,486
PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee you

9986
04:54:15,486 --> 04:54:16,187
council PRESIDENT I know most

9987
04:54:16,187 --> 04:54:18,622
of the public has departed but

9988
04:54:18,622 --> 04:54:19,390
even so I want to take

9989
04:54:19,390 --> 04:54:20,910
the moment to thank them many

9990
04:54:20,910 --> 04:54:23,691
of them who showed up early

9991
04:54:24,162 --> 04:54:24,896
today for a rally starting at

9992
04:54:24,896 --> 04:54:27,896
430 even before the hearing and

9993
04:54:28,433 --> 04:54:28,732
stayed for much of the evening

9994
04:54:28,732 --> 04:54:29,500
.

9995
04:54:29,500 --> 04:54:30,201
I want to thank the mayor and

9996
04:54:30,201 --> 04:54:33,337
staff as well for bringing us

9997
04:54:33,337 --> 04:54:34,104
to this point through the MAY

9998
04:54:34,104 --> 04:54:34,772
revision and to all of you for

9999
04:54:34,772 --> 04:54:37,172
sticking around and hearing

10000
04:54:37,642 --> 04:54:38,676
from the public.

10001
04:54:38,676 --> 04:54:42,746
That means a lot to us and I'm

10002
04:54:42,746 --> 04:54:43,547
sure to them as well.

10003
04:54:43,547 --> 04:54:47,147
I do want to acknowledge that

10004
04:54:47,318 --> 04:54:48,520
this budget is the especially

10005
04:54:48,520 --> 04:54:51,520
difficult budget that the mayor

10006
04:54:52,357 --> 04:54:55,957
and I have shared and that

10007
04:54:56,527 --> 04:54:57,295
the shortfalls we see in

10008
04:54:57,295 --> 04:54:58,290
funding are similar to what my

10009
04:54:58,290 --> 04:55:00,429
colleagues have described there

10010
04:55:01,199 --> 04:55:01,966
everywhere in this budget and

10011
04:55:01,966 --> 04:55:06,166
that is very much tied to how

10012
04:55:06,604 --> 04:55:07,338
the city is underfunded.

10013
04:55:07,338 --> 04:55:08,390
And so I know with public

10014
04:55:08,390 --> 04:55:11,209
comments on that tonight and I

10015
04:55:11,209 --> 04:55:12,430
just don't think we can ignore

10016
04:55:12,430 --> 04:55:12,410
that that is the reality that

10017
04:55:12,410 --> 04:55:14,410
we are in.

10018
04:55:16,347 --> 04:55:17,480
But I will note that I believe

10019
04:55:17,480 --> 04:55:17,816
that this budget as presented

10020
04:55:17,816 --> 04:55:21,416
even with its MAY revision does

10021
04:55:21,686 --> 04:55:22,387
not ultimately achieve

10022
04:55:22,387 --> 04:55:25,387
the balance that I believe

10023
04:55:26,257 --> 04:55:26,891
the council and the public are

10024
04:55:26,891 --> 04:55:29,891
seeking And so I'm looking

10025
04:55:31,396 --> 04:55:32,630
forward to taking the next step

10026
04:55:32,630 --> 04:55:32,664
where this moves from being

10027
04:55:32,664 --> 04:55:35,640
the proposed budget with

10028
04:55:36,434 --> 04:55:37,350
the MAY revision now to

10029
04:55:37,350 --> 04:55:37,702
the Council for its full

10030
04:55:37,702 --> 04:55:40,102
deliberations and the final

10031
04:55:41,239 --> 04:55:41,940
weeks and working with my

10032
04:55:41,940 --> 04:55:42,674
colleagues to do everything we

10033
04:55:42,674 --> 04:55:46,744
can to achieve a budget that we

10034
04:55:46,744 --> 04:55:47,345
can stand by and one that we

10035
04:55:47,345 --> 04:55:48,113
can ultimately approve.

10036
04:55:48,113 --> 04:55:51,983
And I do think we will have

10037
04:55:51,983 --> 04:55:52,620
that opportunity is

10038
04:55:52,620 --> 04:55:53,217
Councilmember Rivera noted

10039
04:55:53,217 --> 04:55:56,200
Several of us put a memo

10040
04:55:56,200 --> 04:55:56,721
together that outlined a number

10041
04:55:56,721 --> 04:55:59,721
of opportunities that we think

10042
04:56:00,692 --> 04:56:01,259
we can still seek to achieve

10043
04:56:01,259 --> 04:56:01,793
the structural changes

10044
04:56:01,793 --> 04:56:03,793
necessary to achieve

10045
04:56:06,640 --> 04:56:06,698
the balance that we are seeking

10046
04:56:06,698 --> 04:56:09,698
And I appreciate them for

10047
04:56:10,350 --> 04:56:10,735
the words that they've shared

10048
04:56:10,735 --> 04:56:11,603
and look forward to the work

10049
04:56:11,603 --> 04:56:11,903
that we do in the 11 or so days

10050
04:56:11,903 --> 04:56:13,903
ahead.

10051
04:56:15,774 --> 04:56:16,174
Well, 13 days ahead.

10052
04:56:16,174 --> 04:56:16,541
Thank you.

10053
04:56:16,541 --> 04:56:16,942
All right.

10054
04:56:16,942 --> 04:56:17,642
Thank you.

10055
04:56:17,642 --> 04:56:20,545
Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.

10056
04:56:20,545 --> 04:56:20,879
We'll go next to council Member

10057
04:56:20,879 --> 04:56:21,413
Whipple.

10058
04:56:21,413 --> 04:56:22,114
Thank you very much.

10059
04:56:22,114 --> 04:56:22,814
Council PRESIDENT Thank you to

10060
04:56:22,814 --> 04:56:25,830
everybody who provided comment

10061
04:56:25,830 --> 04:56:25,950
on the budget this evening.

10062
04:56:25,950 --> 04:56:29,550
Thank you to the mayor and

10063
04:56:30,288 --> 04:56:30,922
the city's leadership team and

10064
04:56:30,922 --> 04:56:31,623
city staff for taking it.

10065
04:56:31,623 --> 04:56:35,270
But members of the public had

10066
04:56:35,270 --> 04:56:35,727
to say tonight very much

10067
04:56:35,727 --> 04:56:36,361
looking forward to the Office

10068
04:56:36,361 --> 04:56:38,761
of the Independent Budget

10069
04:56:40,298 --> 04:56:40,966
Analysts report next Tuesday

10070
04:56:40,966 --> 04:56:43,966
that will compile the budget

10071
04:56:44,569 --> 04:56:45,304
memoranda that was submitted by

10072
04:56:45,304 --> 04:56:45,904
each of the council offices and

10073
04:56:45,904 --> 04:56:48,304
identify areas of shared

10074
04:56:49,741 --> 04:56:50,342
priorities that will help to

10075
04:56:50,342 --> 04:56:52,742
inform our final budget.

10076
04:56:54,120 --> 04:56:54,680
I thought there were very

10077
04:56:54,680 --> 04:56:56,680
compelling comments tonight

10078
04:56:59,517 --> 04:57:00,218
The Case for Restoring Arts and

10079
04:57:00,218 --> 04:57:00,919
culture funding is persuasive

10080
04:57:00,919 --> 04:57:04,489
and I look forward to working

10081
04:57:04,489 --> 04:57:05,223
with my colleagues to continue

10082
04:57:05,223 --> 04:57:07,623
supporting San Diego's valuable

10083
04:57:08,660 --> 04:57:09,361
arts and culture community.

10084
04:57:09,361 --> 04:57:12,361
I don't support cuts to

10085
04:57:13,132 --> 04:57:13,732
homelessness funding but I

10086
04:57:13,732 --> 04:57:14,432
understand the financial

10087
04:57:14,432 --> 04:57:15,100
environment that we're in So I

10088
04:57:15,100 --> 04:57:18,100
am focused on at least

10089
04:57:18,237 --> 04:57:18,937
preserving programs and

10090
04:57:18,937 --> 04:57:19,671
services that provide as many

10091
04:57:19,671 --> 04:57:22,671
people as possible with shelter

10092
04:57:23,876 --> 04:57:24,576
and housing And I share some of

10093
04:57:24,576 --> 04:57:25,210
the other priorities that were

10094
04:57:25,210 --> 04:57:27,713
brought up by a number of

10095
04:57:27,713 --> 04:57:28,380
people tonight.

10096
04:57:28,380 --> 04:57:28,914
The Budget Review committee

10097
04:57:28,914 --> 04:57:31,314
meets next Friday in

10098
04:57:33,485 --> 04:57:34,219
anticipation that as has been

10099
04:57:34,219 --> 04:57:34,820
mentioned the council taking up

10100
04:57:34,820 --> 04:57:37,820
the budget on the night.

10101
04:57:37,990 --> 04:57:38,691
So I look forward to

10102
04:57:38,691 --> 04:57:38,991
the conversations of the days

10103
04:57:38,991 --> 04:57:39,425
ahead.

10104
04:57:39,425 --> 04:57:39,792
>> Thank you.

10105
04:57:39,792 --> 04:57:40,159
All right.

10106
04:57:40,159 --> 04:57:42,159
Thank you.

10107
04:57:42,995 --> 04:57:43,762
COUNCILMAN Whitburn.

10108
04:57:43,762 --> 04:57:44,330
>> We'll go next to

10109
04:57:44,330 --> 04:57:45,290
Councilmember Moreno.

10110
04:57:45,290 --> 04:57:47,699
Thank you And thank you for

10111
04:57:47,699 --> 04:57:48,467
the presentation.

10112
04:57:48,467 --> 04:57:49,435
Thank you to all the staff that

10113
04:57:49,435 --> 04:57:52,371
is still here with us And also

10114
04:57:52,371 --> 04:57:53,339
thank you to the aba.

10115
04:57:53,339 --> 04:57:56,939
Thank you also to the members

10116
04:57:57,800 --> 04:57:57,576
of the community who have

10117
04:57:57,576 --> 04:57:58,210
provided us with their

10118
04:57:58,210 --> 04:58:00,210
viewpoints throughout this

10119
04:58:01,713 --> 04:58:02,548
whole process.

10120
04:58:02,548 --> 04:58:03,350
I know that this process can be

10121
04:58:03,350 --> 04:58:06,350
very time consuming but your

10122
04:58:06,486 --> 04:58:07,180
voice and input matters because

10123
04:58:07,180 --> 04:58:09,180
they're essential to

10124
04:58:10,856 --> 04:58:11,557
understanding how the budget

10125
04:58:11,557 --> 04:58:13,957
and numbers ultimately affect

10126
04:58:16,610 --> 04:58:16,695
our residents quality of life

10127
04:58:16,695 --> 04:58:17,329
to departments that affect

10128
04:58:17,329 --> 04:58:20,929
the quality of life for my

10129
04:58:21,700 --> 04:58:22,367
residents, our libraries and

10130
04:58:22,367 --> 04:58:25,367
parks and rec libraries are

10131
04:58:25,670 --> 04:58:26,272
essential community spaces for

10132
04:58:26,272 --> 04:58:26,972
learning and access to

10133
04:58:26,972 --> 04:58:28,972
knowledge providing residents

10134
04:58:30,843 --> 04:58:31,610
with valuable resources such as

10135
04:58:31,610 --> 04:58:34,610
computers, wi fi hotspots and

10136
04:58:35,881 --> 04:58:38,281
afterschool programing Park and

10137
04:58:40,585 --> 04:58:41,287
rec programs are vital for

10138
04:58:41,287 --> 04:58:43,287
promoting healthier lifestyles

10139
04:58:44,890 --> 04:58:45,557
and most importantly fostering

10140
04:58:45,557 --> 04:58:46,125
community connection through

10141
04:58:46,125 --> 04:58:48,125
recreation and social

10142
04:58:50,229 --> 04:58:50,796
programing especially when it

10143
04:58:50,796 --> 04:58:51,464
doesn't exist at home.

10144
04:58:51,464 --> 04:58:53,864
Together these core city

10145
04:58:54,966 --> 04:58:55,667
services create opportunities

10146
04:58:55,667 --> 04:58:56,302
and provide a solid a safe

10147
04:58:56,302 --> 04:58:58,302
welcoming environment for

10148
04:59:00,720 --> 04:59:00,606
residents in our communities

10149
04:59:00,606 --> 04:59:01,506
for them to succeed.

10150
04:59:01,506 --> 04:59:05,106
I am pleased to see that

10151
04:59:05,277 --> 04:59:05,878
libraries and Parks and Rec

10152
04:59:05,878 --> 04:59:08,278
have regained funding to

10153
04:59:08,714 --> 04:59:09,415
maintain current service levels

10154
04:59:09,415 --> 04:59:12,415
in District eight and that

10155
04:59:13,850 --> 04:59:13,519
other and other an underserved

10156
04:59:13,519 --> 04:59:14,252
communities.

10157
04:59:14,252 --> 04:59:14,954
These services are essential to

10158
04:59:14,954 --> 04:59:18,554
the quality of life for our

10159
04:59:18,724 --> 04:59:19,258
residents and should not be

10160
04:59:19,258 --> 04:59:19,659
treated as optional

10161
04:59:19,659 --> 04:59:21,659
investments.

10162
04:59:23,796 --> 04:59:24,463
What is frustrating is that

10163
04:59:24,463 --> 04:59:27,463
every year we find ourselves

10164
04:59:28,660 --> 04:59:28,867
fighting that same battle over

10165
04:59:28,867 --> 04:59:29,135
cuts to libraries and parks and

10166
04:59:29,135 --> 04:59:29,935
rec.

10167
04:59:29,935 --> 04:59:32,935
Year after year this council

10168
04:59:33,739 --> 04:59:34,339
has had to step in to preserve

10169
04:59:34,339 --> 04:59:34,707
these critical community

10170
04:59:34,707 --> 04:59:36,707
services.

10171
04:59:38,377 --> 04:59:39,780
Yet the following budget cycle

10172
04:59:39,780 --> 04:59:39,745
the same departments are once

10173
04:59:39,745 --> 04:59:42,745
again placed on the chopping

10174
04:59:43,249 --> 04:59:43,983
block.

10175
04:59:43,983 --> 04:59:46,983
This cycle is unsustainable and

10176
04:59:48,121 --> 04:59:48,787
there needs to be a better long

10177
04:59:48,787 --> 04:59:49,455
term approach to protecting

10178
04:59:49,455 --> 04:59:51,455
core neighborhood services.

10179
04:59:53,726 --> 04:59:54,394
Part of this approach is to

10180
04:59:54,394 --> 04:59:56,794
implement the city auditor's

10181
04:59:57,530 --> 04:59:58,197
recommendations that could

10182
04:59:58,197 --> 04:59:58,865
generate additional revenues

10183
04:59:58,865 --> 05:00:01,265
and produce meaningful cost

10184
05:00:02,802 --> 05:00:03,536
savings for the city.

10185
05:00:03,536 --> 05:00:04,203
These recommendations have been

10186
05:00:04,203 --> 05:00:06,172
made even before the severe

10187
05:00:06,172 --> 05:00:08,572
budget constraints we're facing

10188
05:00:10,977 --> 05:00:11,577
today.

10189
05:00:11,577 --> 05:00:12,145
One clear example is

10190
05:00:12,145 --> 05:00:14,145
the implementation of

10191
05:00:15,547 --> 05:00:16,182
recommendations related to

10192
05:00:16,182 --> 05:00:18,582
police overtime which has

10193
05:00:19,252 --> 05:00:19,886
already saved taxpayers

10194
05:00:19,886 --> 05:00:20,253
approximately $6.5 million

10195
05:00:20,253 --> 05:00:22,253
annually.

10196
05:00:24,857 --> 05:00:25,591
If more of these auditor

10197
05:00:25,591 --> 05:00:26,326
recommendations are implemented

10198
05:00:26,326 --> 05:00:29,326
the city could realize millions

10199
05:00:29,929 --> 05:00:30,263
of additional dollars in

10200
05:00:30,263 --> 05:00:30,997
savings.

10201
05:00:30,997 --> 05:00:33,997
i understand these reforms will

10202
05:00:34,967 --> 05:00:35,635
not happen overnight and that

10203
05:00:35,635 --> 05:00:38,350
savings MAY not materialize

10204
05:00:39,839 --> 05:00:40,540
immediately But we must always

10205
05:00:40,540 --> 05:00:43,540
govern as though every single

10206
05:00:44,577 --> 05:00:45,278
dollar matters.

10207
05:00:45,278 --> 05:00:45,911
I am very concerned about

10208
05:00:45,911 --> 05:00:48,311
the continued reduction to

10209
05:00:49,449 --> 05:00:50,490
storm water department because

10210
05:00:50,490 --> 05:00:50,749
my residents understand

10211
05:00:50,749 --> 05:00:51,384
firsthand the consequences of

10212
05:00:51,384 --> 05:00:53,384
underfunding this critical

10213
05:00:55,321 --> 05:00:55,988
infrastructure.

10214
05:00:55,988 --> 05:00:56,689
This budget was presented as

10215
05:00:56,689 --> 05:00:59,890
one that prioritizes public

10216
05:01:00,193 --> 05:01:00,893
safety.

10217
05:01:00,893 --> 05:01:01,627
Yet the failure to adequately

10218
05:01:01,627 --> 05:01:04,270
fund storm water infrastructure

10219
05:01:05,532 --> 05:01:05,999
represents a glaring gap in

10220
05:01:05,999 --> 05:01:07,999
that commitment.

10221
05:01:10,170 --> 05:01:10,870
The floods of JANUARY 2024

10222
05:01:10,870 --> 05:01:11,537
demonstrated exactly why storm

10223
05:01:11,537 --> 05:01:13,937
water infrastructure must be

10224
05:01:15,708 --> 05:01:16,750
treated as a core public safety

10225
05:01:16,750 --> 05:01:18,750
priority.

10226
05:01:19,713 --> 05:01:20,380
The death by a thousand cuts

10227
05:01:20,380 --> 05:01:20,947
approach to the Storm water

10228
05:01:20,947 --> 05:01:22,947
department jeopardizes

10229
05:01:25,510 --> 05:01:25,485
the safety and well-being of

10230
05:01:25,485 --> 05:01:27,485
our residents.

10231
05:01:29,489 --> 05:01:30,189
The National Oceanic and

10232
05:01:30,189 --> 05:01:32,189
Atmospheric Administration has

10233
05:01:33,727 --> 05:01:34,427
said that El Nino appears to be

10234
05:01:34,427 --> 05:01:35,195
taking shape which MAY bring

10235
05:01:35,195 --> 05:01:38,195
heavier than usual rains to

10236
05:01:39,633 --> 05:01:40,367
the area and the cities.

10237
05:01:40,367 --> 05:01:41,167
The city needs to make sure

10238
05:01:41,167 --> 05:01:44,167
we're fully prepared for this

10239
05:01:44,470 --> 05:01:45,138
storm.

10240
05:01:45,138 --> 05:01:45,605
In contrast with all

10241
05:01:45,605 --> 05:01:46,339
the funding that

10242
05:01:46,339 --> 05:01:48,739
the homelessness strategies and

10243
05:01:49,643 --> 05:01:50,309
solution departments received,

10244
05:01:50,309 --> 05:01:53,309
my residents still live with

10245
05:01:54,470 --> 05:01:54,781
the brutal reality of having

10246
05:01:54,781 --> 05:01:55,115
homeless in front of elementary

10247
05:01:55,115 --> 05:01:55,782
schools.

10248
05:01:55,782 --> 05:01:59,382
Over the past few months my

10249
05:01:59,853 --> 05:02:00,353
staff has been in constant

10250
05:02:00,353 --> 05:02:02,353
communication with

10251
05:02:03,322 --> 05:02:04,570
the principal of Perkins k

10252
05:02:04,570 --> 05:02:07,570
through eight school located in

10253
05:02:07,761 --> 05:02:08,462
district and in Barrio Logan.

10254
05:02:08,462 --> 05:02:09,162
In one incident the teachers

10255
05:02:09,162 --> 05:02:13,300
were not able to open the gate

10256
05:02:13,300 --> 05:02:14,340
to access the school because of

10257
05:02:14,340 --> 05:02:16,340
unhoused individuals blockading

10258
05:02:18,338 --> 05:02:19,105
the principals and parents have

10259
05:02:19,105 --> 05:02:19,840
shown me tents, cars, RVs

10260
05:02:19,840 --> 05:02:22,240
surrounding the school creating

10261
05:02:23,476 --> 05:02:24,277
conditions that no child should

10262
05:02:24,277 --> 05:02:27,877
ever have to see or experience.

10263
05:02:28,782 --> 05:02:29,549
Students at Perkins cannot walk

10264
05:02:29,549 --> 05:02:33,149
more than a few feet without

10265
05:02:33,520 --> 05:02:34,221
being exposed to things

10266
05:02:34,221 --> 05:02:37,221
children should never have to

10267
05:02:38,558 --> 05:02:39,259
see human feces, needles,

10268
05:02:39,259 --> 05:02:41,659
condoms, public nudity fights

10269
05:02:43,697 --> 05:02:44,131
People passed out on

10270
05:02:44,131 --> 05:02:44,798
the sidewalk.

10271
05:02:44,798 --> 05:02:47,198
Alcohol consumption and open

10272
05:02:48,669 --> 05:02:49,336
drug use.

10273
05:02:49,336 --> 05:02:52,336
These are the realities for

10274
05:02:54,740 --> 05:02:54,741
children in Barrio Logan and

10275
05:02:54,741 --> 05:02:55,750
they're simply just going to

10276
05:02:55,750 --> 05:02:55,742
school.

10277
05:02:55,742 --> 05:02:59,342
That's why it was a complete

10278
05:02:59,880 --> 05:03:04,510
shock to me when hst also took

10279
05:03:04,510 --> 05:03:04,685
a bit of budget mitigation of

10280
05:03:04,685 --> 05:03:06,685
$222 million reduction in

10281
05:03:09,556 --> 05:03:10,257
security services for safety

10282
05:03:10,257 --> 05:03:10,924
storage operations which would

10283
05:03:10,924 --> 05:03:13,324
impact the commercial street

10284
05:03:15,950 --> 05:03:15,595
safe storage site a few blocks

10285
05:03:15,595 --> 05:03:17,595
away from Perkins.

10286
05:03:20,100 --> 05:03:20,767
The property is also near our

10287
05:03:20,767 --> 05:03:21,468
ladies school which is right

10288
05:03:21,468 --> 05:03:25,680
next to it, which is a

10289
05:03:25,539 --> 05:03:26,206
kindergarten through eighth

10290
05:03:26,206 --> 05:03:26,840
grade school that has served

10291
05:03:26,840 --> 05:03:28,840
this community since 1945.

10292
05:03:30,511 --> 05:03:31,211
The city made a commitment to

10293
05:03:31,211 --> 05:03:31,878
the students and residents of

10294
05:03:31,878 --> 05:03:34,878
Logan Heights when it opened

10295
05:03:35,482 --> 05:03:36,150
the safe storage site in close

10296
05:03:36,150 --> 05:03:39,150
proximity to the school that

10297
05:03:40,540 --> 05:03:40,454
security would be in the area

10298
05:03:40,454 --> 05:03:41,187
24 seven.

10299
05:03:41,187 --> 05:03:44,187
This commitment must be honored

10300
05:03:45,659 --> 05:03:46,360
especially in a community where

10301
05:03:46,360 --> 05:03:46,860
government has already broken

10302
05:03:46,860 --> 05:03:48,860
so many promises.

10303
05:03:50,697 --> 05:03:51,398
It's unacceptable that the city

10304
05:03:51,398 --> 05:03:51,966
has a homeless strategies and

10305
05:03:51,966 --> 05:03:53,966
Solutions department.

10306
05:03:55,200 --> 05:03:55,802
Yet children in my district

10307
05:03:55,802 --> 05:03:56,269
have to be subjected subject to

10308
05:03:56,269 --> 05:03:58,269
this experience.

10309
05:04:00,807 --> 05:04:03,207
To these experiences every

10310
05:04:04,378 --> 05:04:04,978
single day neighborhoods in

10311
05:04:04,978 --> 05:04:05,613
District eight are often

10312
05:04:05,613 --> 05:04:06,213
overlooked and forgotten.

10313
05:04:06,213 --> 05:04:08,213
District eight residents

10314
05:04:10,117 --> 05:04:10,819
deserve the same level of

10315
05:04:10,819 --> 05:04:13,219
safety, urgency and investment

10316
05:04:14,688 --> 05:04:15,123
as every any other neighborhood

10317
05:04:15,123 --> 05:04:16,560
in San Diego.

10318
05:04:16,560 --> 05:04:20,256
So I would urge the mayor and

10319
05:04:20,494 --> 05:04:21,195
sd to pay attention to

10320
05:04:21,195 --> 05:04:21,862
the needs of my community and

10321
05:04:21,862 --> 05:04:24,862
most important the needs of

10322
05:04:25,733 --> 05:04:26,300
the children who attend Perkins

10323
05:04:26,300 --> 05:04:26,900
and our ladies school.

10324
05:04:26,900 --> 05:04:29,300
The city cannot continue

10325
05:04:30,470 --> 05:04:31,272
allowing families and students

10326
05:04:31,272 --> 05:04:34,872
to attend or live near Perkins

10327
05:04:37,110 --> 05:04:37,678
to have to suffer in this way.

10328
05:04:37,678 --> 05:04:40,678
The MAY revision shows that

10329
05:04:41,548 --> 05:04:41,882
cuts to arts and culture still

10330
05:04:41,882 --> 05:04:42,550
remain.

10331
05:04:42,550 --> 05:04:43,217
I've said this before this

10332
05:04:43,217 --> 05:04:45,617
reduction is not a

10333
05:04:46,153 --> 05:04:46,921
restructuring.

10334
05:04:46,921 --> 05:04:47,621
It is a dismantling.

10335
05:04:47,621 --> 05:04:51,221
Arts is a core function in

10336
05:04:51,791 --> 05:04:52,460
the city of San Diego a

10337
05:04:52,460 --> 05:04:52,993
commitment demonstrated with

10338
05:04:52,993 --> 05:04:55,393
penny for the arts.

10339
05:04:57,865 --> 05:04:58,532
The city has a strong record of

10340
05:04:58,532 --> 05:05:01,532
success in arts and culture.

10341
05:05:02,410 --> 05:05:03,700
The Old Globe and the Hoya

10342
05:05:03,700 --> 05:05:03,704
Playhouse have collectively

10343
05:05:03,704 --> 05:05:06,104
helped bring more than 70

10344
05:05:07,842 --> 05:05:08,509
productions to Broadway.

10345
05:05:08,509 --> 05:05:09,109
So it's frustrating to see

10346
05:05:09,109 --> 05:05:11,509
the city adopt ambitious

10347
05:05:12,780 --> 05:05:13,447
cultural equity plans and

10348
05:05:13,447 --> 05:05:14,147
celebrate the importance of

10349
05:05:14,147 --> 05:05:17,747
arts and culture only to turn,

10350
05:05:18,351 --> 05:05:19,200
dismantle and eliminate

10351
05:05:19,200 --> 05:05:19,687
the very resources needed to

10352
05:05:19,687 --> 05:05:22,870
make these commitments real.

10353
05:05:23,658 --> 05:05:24,258
We cannot say we value equity,

10354
05:05:24,258 --> 05:05:24,925
community investment and

10355
05:05:24,925 --> 05:05:26,925
cultural preservation while

10356
05:05:28,996 --> 05:05:29,630
proposing cuts that will have

10357
05:05:29,630 --> 05:05:30,264
disproportionate impact on

10358
05:05:30,264 --> 05:05:32,664
the communities that have

10359
05:05:35,350 --> 05:05:35,403
historically received

10360
05:05:35,403 --> 05:05:35,970
the least.

10361
05:05:35,970 --> 05:05:36,670
These programs support

10362
05:05:36,670 --> 05:05:38,670
neighborhood festivals, local

10363
05:05:40,307 --> 05:05:41,410
arts organizations, youth

10364
05:05:41,410 --> 05:05:43,410
programing, public performances

10365
05:05:45,446 --> 05:05:46,800
and cultural events that bring

10366
05:05:46,800 --> 05:05:46,681
our communities together.

10367
05:05:46,681 --> 05:05:49,810
>> I'm almost done here.

10368
05:05:50,385 --> 05:05:51,419
It's my last year.

10369
05:05:51,419 --> 05:05:55,619
>> I have a little more to say.

10370
05:05:55,857 --> 05:05:56,557
Creating economic activity jobs

10371
05:05:56,557 --> 05:05:57,125
and spaces where people feel

10372
05:05:57,125 --> 05:05:57,858
seen and represented.

10373
05:05:57,858 --> 05:06:01,696
And the city needs to be honest

10374
05:06:01,696 --> 05:06:02,330
about who will feel the cuts to

10375
05:06:02,330 --> 05:06:02,864
arts and cultural arts and

10376
05:06:02,864 --> 05:06:04,864
culture the hardest.

10377
05:06:07,670 --> 05:06:07,768
The city has to responsibility

10378
05:06:07,768 --> 05:06:08,468
to uphold the commitments and

10379
05:06:08,468 --> 05:06:11,468
plans it established for arts

10380
05:06:12,807 --> 05:06:13,141
and culture before this cutting

10381
05:06:13,141 --> 05:06:13,975
starts.

10382
05:06:13,975 --> 05:06:17,575
And I do not agree that

10383
05:06:18,246 --> 05:06:18,912
the communities of District

10384
05:06:18,912 --> 05:06:19,647
eight or communities across

10385
05:06:19,647 --> 05:06:20,810
the city should bear the burden

10386
05:06:20,810 --> 05:06:22,810
of these cuts.

10387
05:06:24,118 --> 05:06:24,786
While I do acknowledge that

10388
05:06:24,786 --> 05:06:25,420
the MAY revise is a step in

10389
05:06:25,420 --> 05:06:27,820
the right direction, this

10390
05:06:29,570 --> 05:06:29,657
budget is still far from where

10391
05:06:29,657 --> 05:06:33,257
I want the budget to be.

10392
05:06:33,761 --> 05:06:34,461
My residents continue to feel

10393
05:06:34,461 --> 05:06:35,129
the impacts of underfunding in

10394
05:06:35,129 --> 05:06:35,629
departments like stormwater

10395
05:06:35,629 --> 05:06:37,629
arts and culture.

10396
05:06:40,100 --> 05:06:40,768
Yet despite funding allocations

10397
05:06:40,768 --> 05:06:43,768
to departments such as hst,

10398
05:06:46,107 --> 05:06:46,741
many residents still do not see

10399
05:06:46,741 --> 05:06:47,441
meaningful improvement or

10400
05:06:47,441 --> 05:06:49,841
investments reflected in their

10401
05:06:51,279 --> 05:06:52,247
communities.

10402
05:06:52,247 --> 05:06:53,170
And I just want to put for

10403
05:06:53,170 --> 05:06:57,850
the record that I was one of

10404
05:06:57,850 --> 05:06:57,819
the council members that voted

10405
05:06:57,819 --> 05:06:58,553
against the flawed contract and

10406
05:06:58,553 --> 05:07:02,753
I'm happy to put that back on

10407
05:07:02,791 --> 05:07:04,791
the chopping block.

10408
05:07:07,796 --> 05:07:08,429
So as we end I continue I look

10409
05:07:08,429 --> 05:07:09,130
forward to working with my

10410
05:07:09,130 --> 05:07:12,130
colleagues to finalize my last

10411
05:07:14,680 --> 05:07:14,668
budget and this upcoming few

10412
05:07:14,668 --> 05:07:15,370
weeks and to continue my

10413
05:07:15,370 --> 05:07:15,836
commitment to the residents of

10414
05:07:15,836 --> 05:07:17,836
District eight.

10415
05:07:19,874 --> 05:07:20,275
Thank you.

10416
05:07:20,275 --> 05:07:20,975
All right.

10417
05:07:20,975 --> 05:07:21,609
Thank you, COUNCILMAN Moreno.

10418
05:07:21,609 --> 05:07:24,609
We'll go to MR. Monica.

10419
05:07:25,647 --> 05:07:26,447
I think that the risk of having

10420
05:07:26,447 --> 05:07:30,470
us here until midnight just a

10421
05:07:30,318 --> 05:07:31,860
few notes One Obviously my

10422
05:07:31,860 --> 05:07:31,719
office has its work cut out for

10423
05:07:31,719 --> 05:07:32,200
us over the next couple of

10424
05:07:32,200 --> 05:07:34,200
weeks.

10425
05:07:35,156 --> 05:07:35,857
We will do what we can to

10426
05:07:35,857 --> 05:07:36,424
identify any and all resources

10427
05:07:36,424 --> 05:07:37,125
to provide funding for

10428
05:07:37,125 --> 05:07:40,125
the programs that we've heard

10429
05:07:40,662 --> 05:07:41,363
about from the public tonight

10430
05:07:41,363 --> 05:07:42,290
and that this council has

10431
05:07:42,290 --> 05:07:42,697
identified as high priority

10432
05:07:42,697 --> 05:07:43,397
they want to see restored So

10433
05:07:43,397 --> 05:07:46,997
that work is going to happen.

10434
05:07:47,135 --> 05:07:47,836
I also want to note that

10435
05:07:47,836 --> 05:07:48,403
the comments we've heard from

10436
05:07:48,403 --> 05:07:49,104
the public tonight are

10437
05:07:49,104 --> 05:07:51,907
meaningful and it is important

10438
05:07:51,907 --> 05:07:52,207
for me and the council to hear

10439
05:07:52,207 --> 05:07:52,807
them.

10440
05:07:52,807 --> 05:07:53,508
It's also in my opinion

10441
05:07:53,508 --> 05:07:55,908
important that those comments

10442
05:07:57,479 --> 05:07:58,790
and that advocacy does not stay

10443
05:07:58,790 --> 05:07:58,413
directed solely at this

10444
05:07:58,413 --> 05:08:00,413
council.

10445
05:08:03,718 --> 05:08:04,351
I will note that out of

10446
05:08:04,351 --> 05:08:05,870
the several hundred public

10447
05:08:05,870 --> 05:08:07,487
comments carried tonight, there

10448
05:08:09,825 --> 05:08:10,525
was one relatively early on who

10449
05:08:10,525 --> 05:08:11,260
said the city to focus only on

10450
05:08:11,260 --> 05:08:13,260
the fundamentals.

10451
05:08:14,228 --> 05:08:14,930
He identified public safety for

10452
05:08:14,930 --> 05:08:15,629
the infrastructure and cut

10453
05:08:15,629 --> 05:08:16,164
everything else cut parks, cut

10454
05:08:16,164 --> 05:08:16,865
libraries, cut arts.

10455
05:08:16,865 --> 05:08:20,102
He said that welfare is a

10456
05:08:20,102 --> 05:08:20,835
charity and a luxury.

10457
05:08:20,835 --> 05:08:21,269
I personally disagree with that

10458
05:08:21,269 --> 05:08:23,269
very strongly.

10459
05:08:25,400 --> 05:08:25,673
I believe that every

10460
05:08:25,673 --> 05:08:26,207
councilmember up here also

10461
05:08:26,207 --> 05:08:28,207
disagrees with that.

10462
05:08:30,379 --> 05:08:31,112
But while that was one person

10463
05:08:31,112 --> 05:08:31,747
tonight out of several hundred,

10464
05:08:31,747 --> 05:08:34,747
he also represents a much

10465
05:08:35,484 --> 05:08:36,151
larger portion of the city's

10466
05:08:36,151 --> 05:08:36,818
voting population that many

10467
05:08:36,818 --> 05:08:40,418
here would care to admit And

10468
05:08:41,189 --> 05:08:41,989
they as much as or more than

10469
05:08:41,989 --> 05:08:42,698
anyone on this council needs to

10470
05:08:42,698 --> 05:08:43,391
be convinced of the importance

10471
05:08:43,391 --> 05:08:46,391
of funding for these programs

10472
05:08:47,529 --> 05:08:48,196
and ultimately convince to vote

10473
05:08:48,196 --> 05:08:48,864
for funding that would allow

10474
05:08:48,864 --> 05:08:49,565
the city to actually provide

10475
05:08:49,565 --> 05:08:51,965
its funding, provided services

10476
05:08:53,101 --> 05:08:53,802
and provide us programs on a

10477
05:08:53,802 --> 05:08:56,202
sustainable and ongoing basis.

10478
05:08:58,574 --> 05:08:59,307
In the near future though, as

10479
05:08:59,307 --> 05:08:59,841
you noted, Councilmember Foster

10480
05:08:59,841 --> 05:09:02,377
has more work to do.

10481
05:09:02,377 --> 05:09:03,278
We will work with you over

10482
05:09:03,278 --> 05:09:03,812
the next 13 days to get to a

10483
05:09:03,812 --> 05:09:04,178
budget on the ninth.

10484
05:09:04,178 --> 05:09:04,712
All right.

10485
05:09:04,712 --> 05:09:06,712
Thank you, Charles.

10486
05:09:08,583 --> 05:09:08,917
I will go back to Councilmember

10487
05:09:08,917 --> 05:09:09,184
Foster.

10488
05:09:09,184 --> 05:09:09,985
Yes.

10489
05:09:09,985 --> 05:09:10,751
And I know it's late and but I

10490
05:09:10,751 --> 05:09:13,751
just want to make this

10491
05:09:15,224 --> 05:09:15,824
announcement as I was not here

10492
05:09:15,824 --> 05:09:19,424
for the I'm going to say

10493
05:09:19,595 --> 05:09:20,462
the second half of the brc

10494
05:09:20,462 --> 05:09:21,196
meetings, but we do have a

10495
05:09:21,196 --> 05:09:23,596
special budget review committee

10496
05:09:25,467 --> 05:09:26,368
meeting scheduled for MAY 29th

10497
05:09:26,368 --> 05:09:30,568
2026 at 3 P.M. Where we have a

10498
05:09:31,640 --> 05:09:32,400
few outstanding items that were

10499
05:09:32,400 --> 05:09:32,907
not heard.

10500
05:09:32,907 --> 05:09:37,107
And they consist of some item q

10501
05:09:37,346 --> 05:09:38,470
The personnel department staff

10502
05:09:38,470 --> 05:09:38,747
item or the Commission on

10503
05:09:38,747 --> 05:09:39,515
Police Practices and I have on

10504
05:09:39,515 --> 05:09:42,515
here So bottom as additional

10505
05:09:44,520 --> 05:09:45,287
department review.

10506
05:09:45,287 --> 05:09:45,954
To date, Mayor I have not

10507
05:09:45,954 --> 05:09:48,954
received any requests but I

10508
05:09:49,958 --> 05:09:50,458
will definitely let you know if

10509
05:09:50,458 --> 05:09:51,930
anything comes up.

10510
05:09:51,930 --> 05:09:51,527
I just wanted to make that

10511
05:09:51,527 --> 05:09:52,194
announcement.

10512
05:09:52,194 --> 05:09:55,194
Council PRESIDENT And I will

10513
05:09:56,650 --> 05:09:56,331
turn it over to you to close us

10514
05:09:56,331 --> 05:09:56,699
out.

10515
05:09:56,699 --> 05:09:57,400
All right.

10516
05:09:57,400 --> 05:09:58,100
I think you COUNCILMAN Foster

10517
05:09:58,100 --> 05:10:01,100
and thank you for highlighting

10518
05:10:01,904 --> 05:10:02,237
that unusual Friday afternoon

10519
05:10:02,237 --> 05:10:03,710
meeting.

10520
05:10:03,710 --> 05:10:03,739
We don't to do too many of

10521
05:10:03,739 --> 05:10:06,739
those but when that when

10522
05:10:07,909 --> 05:10:08,610
the time calls you I want to

10523
05:10:08,610 --> 05:10:09,278
make sure that I did the thank

10524
05:10:09,278 --> 05:10:10,790
you was early on because I

10525
05:10:10,790 --> 05:10:12,714
probably forget by the time it

10526
05:10:12,714 --> 05:10:13,515
comes to me to wrap things up.

10527
05:10:13,515 --> 05:10:16,515
But I do appreciate everybody

10528
05:10:18,587 --> 05:10:19,255
that really dug in in terms of

10529
05:10:19,255 --> 05:10:19,955
developing the budget going

10530
05:10:19,955 --> 05:10:23,555
forward This given what we had

10531
05:10:24,493 --> 05:10:25,261
to do last year.

10532
05:10:25,261 --> 05:10:25,995
You know, it's kind of funny

10533
05:10:25,995 --> 05:10:26,695
that one person said I've never

10534
05:10:26,695 --> 05:10:30,295
seen this when we've been in

10535
05:10:30,933 --> 05:10:31,633
financial difficulties 21 to 22

10536
05:10:31,633 --> 05:10:32,368
with a lot of federal dollars

10537
05:10:32,368 --> 05:10:32,701
coming our way was a little bit

10538
05:10:32,701 --> 05:10:34,701
easier.

10539
05:10:36,939 --> 05:10:37,706
Last year was very tough and

10540
05:10:37,706 --> 05:10:38,407
we're we're doing more and I

10541
05:10:38,407 --> 05:10:39,141
know every year that I've been

10542
05:10:39,141 --> 05:10:42,141
a council member there's always

10543
05:10:42,411 --> 05:10:43,111
this talk about

10544
05:10:43,111 --> 05:10:43,846
the disproportionate size of

10545
05:10:43,846 --> 05:10:44,580
the police department If you do

10546
05:10:44,580 --> 05:10:48,750
the simple math or you do these

10547
05:10:48,750 --> 05:10:51,750
dramatic graphic pieces of art

10548
05:10:54,757 --> 05:10:55,490
as we saw earlier of course

10549
05:10:55,490 --> 05:10:56,191
the problem is that the police

10550
05:10:56,191 --> 05:10:56,826
department budget is too big.

10551
05:10:56,826 --> 05:10:59,826
The problem is every other

10552
05:11:01,429 --> 05:11:02,640
department is so grossly

10553
05:11:02,640 --> 05:11:02,765
underfunded that it makes

10554
05:11:02,765 --> 05:11:05,765
the look the police department

10555
05:11:06,668 --> 05:11:07,469
look oversize every department

10556
05:11:07,469 --> 05:11:08,137
that we have in the city is

10557
05:11:08,137 --> 05:11:10,537
underfunded And yet through

10558
05:11:13,342 --> 05:11:14,900
the very hard work of

10559
05:11:14,900 --> 05:11:14,744
the 12,000 employees through

10560
05:11:14,744 --> 05:11:17,144
the generosity of philanthropy,

10561
05:11:19,114 --> 05:11:19,849
through the volunteer, we are

10562
05:11:19,849 --> 05:11:20,383
still a great city and we still

10563
05:11:20,383 --> 05:11:21,170
make it all happen.

10564
05:11:21,170 --> 05:11:23,417
I think that's really

10565
05:11:25,654 --> 05:11:26,322
the testimony of what makes San

10566
05:11:26,322 --> 05:11:29,322
Diego so very, very special.

10567
05:11:31,793 --> 05:11:32,462
On a couple of things that was

10568
05:11:32,462 --> 05:11:33,129
mentioned again as everybody

10569
05:11:33,129 --> 05:11:36,129
said, I'm grateful for every

10570
05:11:38,670 --> 05:11:38,834
that take the time to turn out

10571
05:11:38,834 --> 05:11:42,238
wait very long to even just

10572
05:11:42,238 --> 05:11:42,939
speak for one minute As an

10573
05:11:42,939 --> 05:11:43,573
engineer I'm just excited How

10574
05:11:43,573 --> 05:11:44,720
many times stormwater was

10575
05:11:44,720 --> 05:11:46,720
mentioned tonight?

10576
05:11:48,177 --> 05:11:48,511
I think that's kind of unusual

10577
05:11:48,511 --> 05:11:49,278
.

10578
05:11:49,278 --> 05:11:50,120
For those of you who don't

10579
05:11:50,120 --> 05:11:50,613
remember my JANUARY memo budget

10580
05:11:50,613 --> 05:11:53,613
memo we had one priority

10581
05:11:54,784 --> 05:11:55,485
stormwater Thank you COUNCILMAN

10582
05:11:55,485 --> 05:11:55,818
Moreno for leaning in on that

10583
05:11:55,818 --> 05:11:56,486
as well.

10584
05:11:56,486 --> 05:11:59,486
That's still a very hard

10585
05:12:00,156 --> 05:12:00,823
conversation for us with

10586
05:12:00,823 --> 05:12:01,189
the revenue that we have to

10587
05:12:01,189 --> 05:12:01,925
work with.

10588
05:12:01,925 --> 05:12:05,525
The other thing that I've kind

10589
05:12:07,290 --> 05:12:07,663
of noticed in my district and

10590
05:12:07,663 --> 05:12:08,364
maybe my colleagues have I

10591
05:12:08,364 --> 05:12:11,964
don't think we've given a lot

10592
05:12:12,634 --> 05:12:13,268
enough credit to Misty and

10593
05:12:13,268 --> 05:12:14,300
libraries and Andy and Rec

10594
05:12:14,300 --> 05:12:17,603
Center and then Panda that when

10595
05:12:18,608 --> 05:12:19,375
we talked about cutting hours

10596
05:12:19,375 --> 05:12:19,776
we didn't really explain what

10597
05:12:19,776 --> 05:12:20,443
that meant.

10598
05:12:20,443 --> 05:12:24,430
And I know I had enough

10599
05:12:24,313 --> 05:12:24,881
briefings that those hours are

10600
05:12:24,881 --> 05:12:25,582
very strategic hours.

10601
05:12:25,582 --> 05:12:28,582
They're not arbitrary cuts in

10602
05:12:29,952 --> 05:12:30,687
hours but actually

10603
05:12:30,687 --> 05:12:31,387
understanding how our libraries

10604
05:12:31,387 --> 05:12:32,550
are being used and how our rec

10605
05:12:32,550 --> 05:12:35,550
centers that MAY not soften

10606
05:12:36,326 --> 05:12:37,127
the blow for those people have

10607
05:12:37,127 --> 05:12:37,426
a lot more hours in both those

10608
05:12:37,426 --> 05:12:39,426
cases.

10609
05:12:41,764 --> 05:12:42,432
But those are very strategic.

10610
05:12:42,432 --> 05:12:42,966
I'm going to have a

10611
05:12:42,966 --> 05:12:43,666
conversation with my

10612
05:12:43,666 --> 05:12:46,666
constituents in Ohio that are

10613
05:12:47,670 --> 05:12:47,971
not happy but it's better than

10614
05:12:47,971 --> 05:12:48,670
zero.

10615
05:12:48,670 --> 05:12:52,270
It's not the full 60 but those

10616
05:12:53,643 --> 05:12:54,377
are very strategic hours that

10617
05:12:54,377 --> 05:12:57,977
will be identified for that and

10618
05:12:59,816 --> 05:13:00,483
that is a good segue way to

10619
05:13:00,483 --> 05:13:03,483
the generosity that we have

10620
05:13:05,255 --> 05:13:06,189
across our city right now.

10621
05:13:06,189 --> 05:13:06,923
Fire Station 16 in La Hoya is

10622
05:13:06,923 --> 05:13:09,323
being remodeled through private

10623
05:13:12,194 --> 05:13:12,862
dollars last Friday we opened

10624
05:13:12,862 --> 05:13:13,496
up a new playground for all

10625
05:13:13,496 --> 05:13:15,896
three park through private

10626
05:13:17,500 --> 05:13:18,330
dollars and donated labor to

10627
05:13:18,330 --> 05:13:20,330
actually install it.

10628
05:13:24,307 --> 05:13:24,907
And as we heard lawyer make

10629
05:13:24,907 --> 05:13:25,642
backfilled some hours at

10630
05:13:25,642 --> 05:13:28,642
the library maybe interested in

10631
05:13:29,646 --> 05:13:30,112
backfilling some hours at

10632
05:13:30,112 --> 05:13:30,747
the rec center.

10633
05:13:30,747 --> 05:13:31,180
So I look forward to those

10634
05:13:31,180 --> 05:13:33,180
conversations.

10635
05:13:35,785 --> 05:13:39,385
Arts obviously was the big hot

10636
05:13:41,625 --> 05:13:42,259
topic this today I was at

10637
05:13:42,259 --> 05:13:42,559
the Ohio Playhouse Friday

10638
05:13:42,559 --> 05:13:43,292
night.

10639
05:13:43,292 --> 05:13:43,727
I certainly encourage you to go

10640
05:13:43,727 --> 05:13:45,727
see that play.

10641
05:13:47,297 --> 05:13:48,131
It's pretty amazing.

10642
05:13:48,131 --> 05:13:51,731
My wife was pretty active in

10643
05:13:53,336 --> 05:13:54,300
going to our museums there so

10644
05:13:54,300 --> 05:13:54,604
we certainly enjoy them How

10645
05:13:54,604 --> 05:13:58,204
much we can fund, how we

10646
05:13:59,410 --> 05:13:59,843
position the funding, the cycle

10647
05:13:59,843 --> 05:14:00,477
remains to be seen And also my

10648
05:14:00,477 --> 05:14:01,110
colleagues are digging in.

10649
05:14:01,110 --> 05:14:04,110
I appreciate doing some of

10650
05:14:05,282 --> 05:14:06,149
the hard work.

10651
05:14:06,149 --> 05:14:06,817
i would be remiss if I didn't

10652
05:14:06,817 --> 05:14:08,817
think Councilmember Woodburn

10653
05:14:10,821 --> 05:14:11,488
solving and making the dark

10654
05:14:11,488 --> 05:14:12,389
cloud of a ballot measure go

10655
05:14:12,389 --> 05:14:15,989
away so at least we have

10656
05:14:16,993 --> 05:14:19,993
certainty it will cost us 3.5

10657
05:14:22,666 --> 05:14:23,432
million in reduced revenue for

10658
05:14:23,432 --> 05:14:24,670
f y 27 that will have to

10659
05:14:24,670 --> 05:14:26,467
navigate but it certainly

10660
05:14:29,139 --> 05:14:29,806
allows us to focus on the core

10661
05:14:29,806 --> 05:14:32,806
issues that we heard tonight

10662
05:14:34,344 --> 05:14:35,780
and trying to figure out how to

10663
05:14:35,780 --> 05:14:38,780
adopt a budget going forward.

10664
05:14:40,484 --> 05:14:41,117
So with that again thank you to

10665
05:14:41,117 --> 05:14:41,685
everybody The public that

10666
05:14:41,685 --> 05:14:42,418
leaned in all the city

10667
05:14:42,418 --> 05:14:45,418
departments that have leaned in

10668
05:14:47,900 --> 05:14:47,824
to try to make sense of how we

10669
05:14:47,824 --> 05:14:48,392
deliver city services with less

10670
05:14:48,392 --> 05:14:50,392
than adequate revenue.

10671
05:14:53,229 --> 05:14:53,697
As Charles mentions on a

10672
05:14:53,697 --> 05:14:54,397
frequent basis.

10673
05:14:54,397 --> 05:14:55,980
Thank you to my colleagues for

10674
05:14:55,980 --> 05:14:58,980
making time during that recess

10675
05:14:58,434 --> 05:14:59,136
to hold this meeting to make

10676
05:14:59,136 --> 05:14:59,937
sure that we could hold it in

10677
05:14:59,937 --> 05:15:04,137
light of what we had to cancel

10678
05:15:05,142 --> 05:15:07,542
during last week's tragedy.

10679
05:15:10,130 --> 05:15:10,713
And with that, can you talk for

10680
05:15:10,713 --> 05:15:11,415
two minutes and take us back

10681
05:15:11,415 --> 05:15:12,148
And I'd like because we'll all

10682
05:15:12,148 --> 05:15:15,148
turn into pumpkins now with

10683
05:15:15,819 --> 05:15:16,587
that thank you to 324.

10684
05:15:16,587 --> 05:15:16,886
I know the lights are still on

10685
05:15:16,886 --> 05:15:18,886
there.

10686
05:15:20,957 --> 05:15:21,725
Thank you to the detail for

10687
05:15:21,725 --> 05:15:22,920
keeping us all safe here in

10688
05:15:22,920 --> 05:15:22,726
chambers.

10689
05:15:22,726 --> 05:15:23,394
And with that I will now

10690
05:15:23,394 --> 05:15:26,394
adjourn Council to the next

10691
05:15:26,997 --> 05:15:27,664
regularly scheduled council

10692
05:15:27,664 --> 05:15:30,664
meeting on Monday JUNE 8th,