[4:59] the All right good morning.
[5:00] I have a long day ahead of us
[5:03] so let's get this show
[5:03] underway.
[5:03] Good morning.
[5:07] I will now call the special
[5:08] City Council meeting of Tuesday
[5:08] JUNE 9th, 2026 to order Clerk
[5:12] Please call the roll.
[5:13] >> Thank you.
[5:13] Council PRESIDENT Council
[5:14] member Campbell Councilmember
[5:17] Whitburn here Council Member
[5:18] Foster Council Member Yvonne
[5:23] Wilbur Council PRESIDENT Pro
[5:26] Tem Lee Council Member Campo
[5:27] Councilmember Moreno
[5:28] Councilmember Ella Rivera and
[5:32] Council PRESIDENT LaCava
[5:32] present also attending
[5:33] the meeting or Assistant City
[5:33] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald
[5:37] Independent Budget Analyst
[5:37] Charles Mollica Council Affairs
[5:38] Advisor in the Mayor's Office,
[5:41] Code Advisor and myself your
[5:42] city clerk Diana Fuentes Thank
[5:42] you.
[5:43] Council PRESIDENT All right,
[5:43] Thank you.
[5:46] A quorum is now present.
[5:47] We will begin this morning with
[5:47] the land acknowledgment and
[5:48] the Pledge of Allegiance led by
[5:54] Council member Whitburn.
[5:55] We respectfully acknowledge
[5:56] that the committee should are
[5:59] the original inhabitants of
[6:00] the Unceded land Now no to say
[6:01] Diego Despite enduring
[6:03] the horrors of genocide and
[6:04] colonization, the cowboy spirit
[6:04] remains unbroken.
[6:08] We honor the resilience of
[6:08] their ancestors who fought to
[6:09] protect their culture and land.
[6:10] Today they carry their legacy
[6:13] forward ensuring that their
[6:14] traditions continue to thrive
[6:15] and gratitude and strength We
[6:18] stand with the committed and
[6:19] connected to our past and
[6:19] committed to a thriving future.
[6:23] Please face the flag Head over
[6:23] your heart.
[6:24] Ready?
[6:24] Begin.
[6:28] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[6:29] of the United States of America
[6:33] and to the Republic for which
[6:33] it stands One nation under GOD
[6:36] indivisible with liberty and
[6:40] justice for all.
[6:46] Clerk Please go over how
[6:46] the public can offer their
[6:47] testimony.
[6:47] >> Thank you.
[6:50] I'd like to highlight the slide
[6:51] on the screen that reviews how
[6:52] the public can offer their
[6:52] public testimony during this
[6:55] morning's meeting The order can
[6:56] be found on the agenda
[6:56] somewhere and found online or
[6:57] at the table in the back of
[7:00] the room If you are interested
[7:01] in speaking please complete a
[7:01] speaker slip located at
[7:05] the entrance of chambers and
[7:05] bring it to the front of
[7:06] the room in the clear box.
[7:06] Council ambassadors are
[7:09] available and can assist with
[7:10] questions and speaker slips.
[7:11] No further in-person testimony
[7:14] will be taken once the council
[7:14] begins Virtual testimony.
[7:15] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
[7:15] All right.
[7:19] Thank you again as a reminder
[7:20] today is Tuesday but we are not
[7:24] following the usual Tuesday
[7:24] agenda format as we announced
[7:25] yesterday.
[7:29] Obviously the early start is
[7:29] one signal on that We do
[7:34] proclamations and consent items
[7:34] yesterday.
[7:35] Thank you for everybody
[7:38] engaging in that We will start
[7:39] this morning with not agenda
[7:43] public comment and then we will
[7:43] be taking up a discussion
[7:44] agenda that will take us
[7:48] through the morning.
[7:49] We will reconvene after
[7:52] the lunch recess at 1 P.M. To
[7:53] get into the most important
[7:56] item and one of the most
[7:57] important items of the day
[7:57] which is the f y 2027 budget.
[8:00] So with that we will now take
[8:01] up non agenda public comment
[8:05] Council members respect and
[8:06] appreciate the public input and
[8:06] are fully committed to
[8:07] protecting every participant's
[8:10] free speech rights at council
[8:11] and committee meetings.
[8:11] Park Please proceed with public
[8:15] comment Purl 2.7 on agenda
[8:16] Public comment is an
[8:16] opportunity for members of
[8:19] the public to comment on items
[8:20] that are not on the agenda but
[8:20] within the subject matter
[8:21] jurisdiction of the City
[8:21] Council.
[8:25] Each speaker will have two
[8:25] minutes.
[8:26] Please note if there are eight
[8:26] or more speakers on a single
[8:27] topic the maximum time for
[8:30] the topic will be 16 minutes.
[8:31] If you're in chambers please
[8:31] submit your speaker slip to
[8:32] the front of the room.
[8:34] If you're joining us virtually
[8:35] you please raise your hand by
[8:36] tapping the raise your hand
[8:36] icon or star nine If you're
[8:39] calling participant back in
[8:39] the following individuals
[8:40] please come forward to
[8:41] the yellow reserved seats and
[8:44] then Apollo Madrigal if you can
[8:44] please come up to the podium
[8:45] and then we'll have Joyce
[8:49] Sonata and Max Schmidt.
[8:50] You can come up to those yellow
[8:50] seats.
[8:51] You'll have two minutes.
[8:52] Please proceed When you get to
[9:01] the microphone over here I'm
[9:01] good to go.
[9:02] Yeah.
[9:02] Hello, council members and
[9:06] hello Council PRESIDENT Carver
[9:06] .
[9:07] My name is Apollo Madrigal,
[9:08] PRESIDENT And Democrats at uc
[9:10] San Diego this morning I'm
[9:11] speaking on behalf of Triton
[9:12] Dems ucsd students and young
[9:15] people across San Diego and
[9:16] addressing the impending budget
[9:16] crisis.
[9:17] To put it simply, we can do
[9:20] better and young people are
[9:20] well aware of this.
[9:21] I want to first acknowledge
[9:22] the work that's been done by
[9:24] the Council to restore many of
[9:25] the deeply troubling cuts to
[9:26] arts education resources being
[9:30] housed and investment and our
[9:31] future to the Office of Child
[9:31] and Youth success.
[9:34] I along with my fellow students
[9:35] are cognizant of the positive
[9:36] impacts your effort will have
[9:39] on our great city and our
[9:39] community.
[9:40] However, we students are well
[9:41] aware of the existential threat
[9:44] the mere proposition of these
[9:44] cuts have to our future and
[9:48] the city as students while we
[9:49] still stare down the barrel of
[9:49] hundreds of thousands in
[9:53] student debt and the pursuance
[9:54] of knowledge and the honor to
[9:54] contribute to our community.
[9:57] City responds by defunding
[9:58] the very resources that got us
[9:59] here the solutions that will
[9:59] keep our city green and
[10:00] sustainable.
[10:03] And once again attempt to
[10:03] reduce resources being housed
[10:04] while students bounce on
[10:07] the tightrope of a housing
[10:08] crisis and a tumultuous job
[10:09] market, our city quietly tries
[10:13] to remove the safety net.
[10:13] I agree with the words of
[10:14] Councilmember Lee in saying
[10:17] that the artistic expression is
[10:18] what makes us human.
[10:18] It's all the more unfortunate
[10:22] that our humanity is contingent
[10:22] on multimillion dollar
[10:23] donations rather than
[10:23] institutional support.
[10:26] All the while our council
[10:27] remains complicit in
[10:28] the funding of mass
[10:28] surveillance of its citizens
[10:31] through hpr expansion.
[10:32] Yet resources for our most
[10:33] vulnerable investment our
[10:36] future and freedom of
[10:36] self-expression are deemed
[10:37] unnecessary or conditional.
[10:40] We get the message.
[10:41] Therefore I on behalf of
[10:42] Trenton Dems call on the City
[10:45] Council to deny this new budget
[10:46] because as young people we are
[10:47] aware of what's happening.
[10:50] We are aware of what's possible
[10:51] and we will keep showing up
[10:51] until we get there.
[10:52] Thank you all.
[10:56] Thank you for that.
[10:56] I give a little bit of leeway
[10:57] to a first time speaker.
[10:58] This is not agenda public
[11:00] comment so don't speak on
[11:01] anything that's on today's
[11:01] agenda.
[11:02] There's a time for that.
[11:02] I think you're probably in
[11:05] class today so a little bit of
[11:06] leeway as well.
[11:06] But for everybody else this is
[11:09] not agenda public comment I
[11:10] think of your opponent Joyce
[11:14] Nero, the love the ambassador
[11:18] city clerk okay.
[11:22] Yesterday I said part one of my
[11:23] comments on the trash pickup
[11:27] fees Today I'll say part two
[11:31] which is a batch of thank you's
[11:32] thank you to the Honorable San
[11:36] Diego Superior Court Judge Yuki
[11:41] to Oliver for all of her work
[11:41] through the litigation process
[11:42] especially her judicial
[11:47] discretion and as applied to
[11:47] the outcome of this case.
[11:51] Thank you to the former San
[11:55] Diego City attorney Mike a Gary
[11:56] and his law partner Maria
[11:56] Severinsen.
[12:01] The plaintiffs attorneys.
[12:01] Thank you to Heather Ferber,
[12:05] our current city attorney who
[12:10] signed off on the agreement.
[12:10] Thank you to council member
[12:15] Stephen Whitburn.
[12:15] Thank you to Labor leader and
[12:16] Port Commissioner Michaels who
[12:20] can't thank you to former Mayor
[12:24] Kevin Faulconer and thank you
[12:25] to all other involved attorneys
[12:29] And the biggest thank you of
[12:34] all is to all the public all of
[12:35] the public Many, many came and
[12:38] your voices were heard.
[12:39] Thank you.
[12:40] You really roared And we love
[12:44] that.
[12:44] So thank you to all of
[12:49] the public who spoke for and
[12:49] fought for.
[12:50] They really did fight, didn't
[12:50] they?
[12:54] There were beautiful example of
[12:54] what that that how that helps
[12:59] So they they spoke for they
[13:00] fought for this change of fees.
[13:04] Oh and one more thing.
[13:08] Good morning MR. Stamp.
[13:09] I hope you're listening.
[13:10] I second the motion and your
[13:14] suggestion, Jen regarding
[13:14] the proclamation.
[13:18] >> So it's going to be a
[13:19] beautiful day.
[13:19] >> Love to all.
[13:20] Thank you.
[13:23] Max Schmidt Hi.
[13:24] I just wanted to come out as an
[13:29] American mind control think
[13:29] done by liberal Freemasons.
[13:30] It started in 2016 when I
[13:33] started doing lots lots of
[13:34] grassroots protesting for
[13:34] Donald Trump such as flag
[13:38] waving every single day for
[13:39] hours and also posting online
[13:39] how the Zionist controlled
[13:43] white liberals are doing human
[13:44] sacrifices in the Masonic Lodge
[13:44] on basically what it's called
[13:48] neuro linguistics And you can
[13:49] look all into it on telepathic
[13:50] masons like the ones on city
[13:53] council can read your mind And
[13:54] what they do is they use
[13:58] English words to on constantly
[13:59] say your thoughts but
[13:59] the English words but they say
[14:04] something for example or say
[14:05] like how are you doing well And
[14:06] then my brain will interpret as
[14:09] you're going to and they'll
[14:09] like do things like that
[14:10] constantly nonstop.
[14:14] And I sat here for three hours
[14:15] yesterday waiting to speak and
[14:15] I've been praying all day that
[14:19] they hide behind 5150 laws.
[14:20] They're communist.
[14:21] If you try and speak about this
[14:25] they will detain you If you
[14:25] want 50 laws and throw you in
[14:26] prison like an animal.
[14:26] So I just want to speak
[14:29] the truth and risk getting 5150
[14:30] because this is America and
[14:31] the First Amendment still alive
[14:31] to me.
[14:33] I sat here for three hours
[14:34] yesterday and they tortured me.
[14:38] The city council members
[14:38] tortured me.
[14:39] They used neural linguistics.
[14:40] You can read all about it to
[14:43] constantly say my thoughts out
[14:44] loud to I couldn't think for a
[14:44] single second The city council
[14:48] sitting right behind this desk
[14:52] tortured me yesterday for three
[14:53] hours the same exact way I go
[14:53] out in public and get stalked
[14:57] and tortured And you'd better
[14:57] not 5150 me because the First
[14:58] Amendment is live and you know
[15:02] I'm not crazy and you know
[15:03] you're guilty guilty, guilty
[15:04] And you know that you have done
[15:07] a human sacrifice and
[15:07] the Masonic Lodge and you know
[15:08] you are cannibals and you know
[15:08] you are telepathic.
[15:13] How dare you try to mess with
[15:13] my head?
[15:14] How dare you mess up my head in
[15:17] an American city council when
[15:18] I'm here to talk about my
[15:19] freedom and you try to question
[15:24] my freedom and you better not
[15:24] try to say I'm crazy because
[15:25] I'm not crazy of the occult.
[15:28] >> I'm not crazy.
[15:28] >> That concludes knowledge at
[15:29] a public comment hearing
[15:30] Council chambers going to those
[15:33] participating remotely We have
[15:33] five speakers in the queue.
[15:34] Francine Maxwell If you can
[15:43] please unmute.
[15:44] >> Francine Maxwell There you
[15:44] go.
[15:45] Good morning Francine Maxwell
[15:48] Southeastern San Diego resident
[15:48] I want to thank everybody for
[15:52] their due diligence in giving
[15:53] us 9:00 am appreciative I want
[15:54] to make sure that we're on
[15:57] the same page of what
[15:58] transparency means If the city
[16:02] of San Diego pays out 30
[16:02] million and the taxpayers know
[16:03] you paid out of 30 million, why
[16:07] When we go and we scour and
[16:07] read closed session it says no
[16:08] report.
[16:08] No report.
[16:12] How can some payments be made
[16:13] public and then some payments
[16:13] are sealed?
[16:17] We know that San Diego Police
[16:17] Department officers former
[16:22] current are suing the city of
[16:22] San Diego.
[16:23] >> We should be able to access
[16:27] the list of lawsuits,
[16:28] the payouts that are occurring
[16:28] to the San Diego police
[16:33] officers and the public all
[16:33] within the same realm of
[16:38] transparency that is not
[16:38] occurring.
[16:39] I pulled up closed session and
[16:43] I saw Officer Art Scott and
[16:44] there was nothing there,
[16:44] nothing to report.
[16:48] So you MAY still be in
[16:48] litigation.
[16:49] We MAY still be waiting for
[16:50] someone to sign off but that
[16:54] does not negate
[16:54] the conversations that should
[16:55] be happening right now We have
[16:59] a couple that are divorced and
[16:59] both of them are in San Diego
[17:03] pd and they're both suing.
[17:04] We should have a conversation
[17:05] about that again as we continue
[17:09] to want to build a bridge of
[17:10] transparency, we want to build
[17:10] a bridge of trust.
[17:14] Let's have hard conversations
[17:15] If you're going to settle,
[17:19] settle no problem, turn around
[17:20] and let's just discuss it so
[17:21] that we can build on how not to
[17:24] do it again, how we are going
[17:25] to take what we settled for and
[17:25] build.
[17:26] You have still yet to have
[17:30] the conversation about the 30
[17:30] million.
[17:31] What is the department doing
[17:31] different?
[17:32] What has changed?
[17:35] Those are the conversations
[17:36] that have to happen Respect
[17:37] that Things are absolutely
[17:41] private but when it comes to
[17:41] our tax dollars nothing should
[17:42] be private.
[17:42] Thank you for allowing me to
[17:46] speak.
[17:47] Thank you.
[17:48] Next is Becky Rob if you can
[17:48] please.
[17:49] And you for Becky will be
[17:55] really strong Becky wrap for
[17:55] you.
[18:00] There you go.
[18:00] Good morning.
[18:01] My name is Becky Rapp and I'm
[18:02] here today to ask the city to
[18:05] prioritize public education and
[18:06] prevention regarding the risks
[18:10] associated with today's high
[18:11] potency marijuana products.
[18:11] The science around marijuana
[18:16] has changed dramatically over
[18:16] the last decade An ever growing
[18:17] body of evidence from
[18:21] researchers, hospitals, public
[18:22] health agencies and now
[18:23] the federal government can no
[18:23] longer be ignored.
[18:27] Just recently the us Substance
[18:28] Abuse and Mental Health
[18:29] Services Administration
[18:33] released a national advisory
[18:33] calling for health care
[18:34] providers to screen patients
[18:35] for cannabis use disorder and
[18:39] educate them about the risks
[18:39] associated with cannabis use
[18:40] across the lifespan.
[18:44] Sam says specifically
[18:44] highlights concerns related to
[18:49] addiction mental health impacts
[18:49] ,cannabis induced psychosis
[18:50] and increasing potency of
[18:50] modern products.
[18:55] Many San Diego and still
[18:55] believe that marijuana is
[18:56] the same product that existed a
[19:00] generation ago and it is not
[19:01] today's concentrates vapes
[19:05] edibles and high thc products
[19:06] can contain potency levels that
[19:06] would have been unimaginable
[19:11] just a few decades ago.
[19:12] Yet many consumers are unaware
[19:12] of the potential consequences
[19:17] especially young people whose
[19:17] brains are still developing.
[19:18] Consumers deserve honest
[19:22] science based information so
[19:23] they can make informed
[19:23] decisions.
[19:24] Parents deserve resources to
[19:28] recognize warning signs and
[19:29] young people deserve to hear
[19:29] the full story not just
[19:33] the marketing And individuals
[19:34] struggling with cannabis use
[19:35] disorder deserve to know that
[19:38] there is help available.
[19:39] I urge Council to support
[19:39] stronger public education
[19:43] efforts Community outreach and
[19:44] prevention campaigns that
[19:44] communicate the documented and
[19:50] science based health risks.
[19:50] >> Thank you.
[19:51] Thank you.
[19:52] Next is Judy Strang, if you can
[19:55] please On you.
[20:01] Well, good morning and thank
[20:02] you for the opportunity to
[20:02] speak from my workshop.
[20:05] Nine of us are scrambling this
[20:05] morning but thank you.
[20:09] I wanted to share some
[20:10] information on behalf of those
[20:11] who work with children,
[20:11] particularly those that are
[20:15] concerned about their exposure
[20:16] to alcohol, tobacco and
[20:16] marijuana.
[20:21] The research that comes out
[20:21] from the American Academy of
[20:22] Pediatrics is pretty clear
[20:25] about how they feel about
[20:26] marijuana use during pregnancy.
[20:27] But now we're hearing warnings
[20:32] about pre-pregnancy
[20:32] the interruption of the dna
[20:38] process that produces the and
[20:38] how it can affect the outcome
[20:39] for the baby.
[20:43] The cdc has followed up with
[20:44] this and pointed out how
[20:45] important it is for us to
[20:49] recognize that epigenetic
[20:49] changes happen with marijuana
[20:50] use pre-conception.
[20:55] Then conception as well during
[20:56] the time of babies being
[20:56] carried.
[21:00] We are concerned that this
[21:01] information is not getting out
[21:01] to our young women and young
[21:02] men.
[21:06] We also need to be reminded
[21:07] the cdc tells us that high
[21:07] potency thc marijuana crosses
[21:13] the placenta and passes into
[21:13] the about potentially exposing
[21:14] infants during these critical
[21:18] stages of brain development.
[21:19] Many of us have young children
[21:20] within our purview of care as
[21:20] do I.
[21:23] And recognize how critical
[21:24] these early years are and that
[21:29] our children deserve to come
[21:29] into childhood with as many
[21:30] benefits as they can.
[21:35] And we question and get
[21:36] the promotion, the billboards,
[21:37] the normalization of a few
[21:41] across the city regarding
[21:42] marijuana use is serving anyone
[21:42] well certainly profiteers but
[21:47] not our children.
[21:48] >> Thank you for letting me
[21:48] share.
[21:48] Thank you.
[21:49] If I MAY a time or two to
[21:53] include during your comments
[21:54] there are only two speakers in
[21:54] the queue at that time.
[21:55] Any additional speakers will
[21:55] not be taken.
[21:56] Blaire Beekman your next
[21:58] speaker and our final speaker
[21:59] is Hector.
[21:59] >> All right.
[22:00] Thank you everyone.
[22:03] Thanks for the meeting today
[22:04] and important meeting today.
[22:05] I had a clarifying question As
[22:10] you know, the budget items will
[22:10] be at 1:00 and you're expecting
[22:11] many people to speak on what
[22:14] I'm assuming are the future
[22:15] estates.
[22:16] Nothing in that item that is
[22:21] specifically meant to speak
[22:22] towards technology.
[22:23] So it seems like non agenda
[22:23] public comment I should be
[22:27] allowed to speak on the subject
[22:28] if I want to Just to clarify
[22:29] and question I won't speak I'll
[22:33] wait for my comments on
[22:34] technology at today's later
[22:35] meeting at this time not
[22:35] intended public comment I
[22:39] wanted to comment that I really
[22:44] have Thank you in how city
[22:45] Council has been working in
[22:45] the past few months in this
[22:46] budget time to really make
[22:50] clear the point on the on
[22:51] the purpose of social services
[22:56] and human care and care for our
[22:57] local neighborhoods.
[22:57] That's first And then we can
[23:02] address budget deficit issues.
[23:03] Budget deficit and its
[23:03] austerity does not have to take
[23:08] an over arching precedence and
[23:09] I hope we're really learning
[23:09] that and that's what we come
[23:14] back to next year And how to
[23:15] address our budget issues is
[23:16] addressing our social service
[23:20] needs of our local
[23:21] neighborhoods first and then we
[23:21] can address the deficit.
[23:22] I know the deficit is a
[23:25] troublesome thing.
[23:26] It MAY take a bit longer and
[23:27] years to fully work out and
[23:28] we're going to have to be in
[23:32] cutting practices for a while.
[23:33] But as long as we keep those
[23:34] social services in place, you
[23:38] know, bring back library hours
[23:39] there are ways to learn how to
[23:40] do that and we have to do all
[23:45] of that and to continue
[23:45] the good day centers.
[23:46] So good luck in those sort of
[23:49] good efforts And that's how we
[23:50] can talk about responsible tech
[23:51] use in our future And good luck
[23:55] to our afternoon meeting today
[23:56] What we can be doing It takes a
[23:57] community and participation not
[24:01] government dictates.
[24:02] >> That's our future.
[24:03] Guys, thank you.
[24:03] Thank you.
[24:07] And our final speaker is Hector
[24:07] .
[24:08] >> Good morning guys.
[24:08] Let's focus the city on
[24:14] building a state of the art
[24:14] sewer plant.
[24:15] The two you want to river Lou
[24:16] and turn it into drinking water
[24:19] and stuff Top a line and get
[24:20] money from tariffs from Mexico.
[24:25] There's so much angles going
[24:25] everywhere.
[24:26] Different things in the city
[24:27] and the county And let's focus
[24:32] on the sewer plant because
[24:32] because the kids down there
[24:33] the poor kids that have to live
[24:34] down there and breathe the air
[24:37] are worth it.
[24:38] Whatever color they are, they
[24:38] are worth it.
[24:44] Mexico does not care about us
[24:44] one bit.
[24:45] They'd be fixing their own
[24:46] sewer plant than any and that
[24:49] is gay pride month.
[24:50] The city should organize a
[24:50] SlutWalk from the city
[24:56] operations building down to
[24:57] where the are hanging on
[24:57] National Avenue down there to
[25:02] raise money for the sewer
[25:02] plant.
[25:03] That'd be great.
[25:03] It would incorporate the gay
[25:08] community that they love and
[25:08] they could all walk down there
[25:13] and raise money along the way,
[25:14] do all these events to raise
[25:14] money on the sewer plant And
[25:19] then when the city really work,
[25:20] the city of San Diego and
[25:23] the county and state worked in
[25:23] the 50s and 70s because white
[25:24] men were running the show They
[25:30] did it so we should have White
[25:31] History Month in JULY and
[25:36] celebrate the White guys that
[25:37] ran the show really well and it
[25:43] had great accomplishments in
[25:43] the city at that time.
[25:44] Now we're just down the hill
[25:44] sliding to nowhere.
[25:49] You know we were smelling
[25:49] Mexican for decades because
[25:54] the Democratic Party of these
[25:55] they're stealing the election
[25:55] in la right now The Democrats
[25:56] are thieves.
[26:01] All you guys are organized is
[26:01] SlutWalk and do your part The,
[26:07] the gay guys can be a part of
[26:08] it all genders all three of
[26:13] them that concludes my agenda
[26:14] Public comment for today's
[26:14] meeting.
[26:15] >> All right now an opportunity
[26:19] for knowledge in a public
[26:19] comment from the mayor's
[26:20] office, a city council member
[26:24] City clerk attorney I did not
[26:24] say any.
[26:25] All right.
[26:25] We'll move along.
[26:26] Let's take it up.
[26:30] Today's discussion agenda clerk
[26:31] Please introduce item 700 item
[26:35] 700 as the fiscal year 2026
[26:36] third quarter budget monitoring
[26:36] report.
[26:37] If you'd like to speak on this
[26:37] item, now's the time to submit
[26:41] your speaker steps to the front
[26:42] of the room in the clear box
[26:42] And if you are participating
[26:43] remotely please be sure to
[26:45] press star nine or the raise
[26:46] your hand icon that you council
[26:46] PRESIDENT All right.
[26:51] >> Because they have settled in
[26:51] .
[26:52] Introduce yourselves for
[26:52] the record and let us know how
[26:56] much time you need.
[27:03] Good morning.
[27:03] Council PRESIDENT McAllen
[27:04] Council members I'm Ben
[27:05] Battaglia, director of finance.
[27:05] And with me today is Rolando
[27:08] Chavo, Chief Financial Officer
[27:09] and Ember Gutierrez Financial
[27:10] operations Manager.
[27:15] We're here today to present
[27:15] the fiscal year 2026 third
[27:16] quarter budget monitoring
[27:16] report.
[27:17] And we'll need about 12 minutes
[27:24] for the presentation.
[27:24] This is the third budget
[27:25] monitoring report for
[27:25] the fiscal year.
[27:26] It was developed in
[27:29] coordination with departments
[27:29] based on nine months of
[27:30] financial activity.
[27:30] It includes a full analysis of
[27:35] projected revenues and
[27:35] expenditures for all general
[27:36] fund departments as well as a
[27:41] number of nonfederal funds.
[27:41] Overall general fund revenues
[27:42] and expenditures are both
[27:46] projected to be under budget
[27:46] resulting in a slight net
[27:47] positive position for
[27:52] the general Fund in both
[27:53] reflecting a variance of less
[27:53] than 1% from budget.
[27:57] However, there are some
[27:58] sensitivities that are detailed
[27:59] in the report including timing
[28:00] of expenditures and receipt of
[28:05] revenues that could have an
[28:05] impact on actuals at year end.
[28:06] The report also includes a
[28:10] number of appropriation
[28:11] requests and requested
[28:11] authorities which will be
[28:12] discussed in more detail.
[28:17] I want to thank all city
[28:17] departments for their
[28:18] contributions in developing
[28:19] this report and we've requested
[28:24] departments to attend today to
[28:24] help assist with any questions
[28:25] you might have.
[28:26] And I'll turn it over to Amber
[28:29] to walk through the specifics.
[28:30] >> Thank you, Ben.
[28:31] At a high level general fund
[28:34] revenues are projected to end
[28:35] the fiscal year 10.5 million or
[28:35] 0.5% of our budget.
[28:39] This is comprised of 6.9
[28:40] million decrease in major
[28:43] general fund revenues and 3.7
[28:44] million in departmental
[28:44] revenues.
[28:45] General fund expenditures are
[28:48] projected to end the fiscal
[28:49] year 12.2 million or 0.6% under
[28:49] budget.
[28:53] This is comprised of 28.7
[28:54] million in fringe and non
[28:55] personal expenditures partially
[28:59] offset by an average of 16.5
[28:59] million in personnel
[29:00] expenditures.
[29:04] Based on projections included
[29:05] in the third quarter report,
[29:05] the General Fund is expected to
[29:08] end the fiscal year with a
[29:08] positive 1.7 million ending
[29:09] that projected activity.
[29:14] Before elaborating further, we
[29:15] want to pause to summarize
[29:16] the mitigation actions
[29:16] implemented this fiscal year as
[29:20] well as positive developments
[29:21] that have improved the general
[29:21] fund fiscal position.
[29:22] These actions reflect
[29:22] intentional and ongoing
[29:27] strategies to maintain fiscal
[29:27] stability.
[29:28] This includes the f y 2026
[29:28] Budget Mitigation Actions
[29:33] Memorandum issued in NOVEMBER
[29:34] 2025 which is which implemented
[29:34] a request to fill process
[29:39] limiting hiring to the most
[29:40] critical positions directed
[29:40] suspension of discretionary
[29:41] spending and non-essential
[29:45] overtime and required contract
[29:46] reviews for potential savings.
[29:47] The city is also the city also
[29:51] advanced organization
[29:51] Realignment to improve
[29:52] efficiencies and identified
[29:53] available funding sources to
[29:57] support to support or reimburse
[29:58] eligible costs.
[29:59] Positive developments include
[30:03] reduced contributions to
[30:03] the Public Liability fund
[30:04] following receipt of onetime
[30:05] proceeds and improved
[30:09] performance of Major General
[30:09] fund revenues.
[30:10] Since the Media report here are
[30:10] the third quarter projections
[30:15] for the major general fund
[30:15] revenues compared to
[30:16] the current budget, overall
[30:19] revenues are projected to
[30:20] decrease by net 6.9 million
[30:20] primarily due to declines in
[30:21] transit occupancy tax revenues
[30:25] and other major revenues.
[30:26] Transit occupancy tax revenues
[30:30] are projected 3.9 million
[30:31] budget due to declines in
[30:32] international travel and
[30:32] moderate growth in leisure and
[30:36] business travel.
[30:37] Additionally, other major
[30:38] revenues are projected 18.1
[30:38] million under the current
[30:43] budget primarily due to
[30:43] negative interest earnings from
[30:44] reduced general fund cash
[30:44] balances.
[30:48] These decreases are partially
[30:49] offset by projected increases
[30:50] of 2.8 million in property tax
[30:55] due to higher collections 4.6
[30:55] million in sales tax due to
[30:56] stronger than anticipated
[31:00] second quarter receipts and 7.8
[31:00] million franchise fees.
[31:01] Following the receipt of
[31:04] the annual Genie cleanup
[31:05] payment in FEBRUARY since
[31:06] the release of the report we
[31:07] have received updated receipts
[31:11] from major revenues with
[31:12] the most significant uptick in
[31:12] property taxes coming in 2.4
[31:13] million below projections.
[31:17] This decrease is partially
[31:18] offset by increases of 1.1
[31:18] million in transit occupancy
[31:23] tax and 359,000 sales tax.
[31:24] Overall these updates result in
[31:28] a net decrease of 946,000
[31:29] compared to the third quarter
[31:29] report.
[31:30] Staff will continue to closely
[31:35] monitor revenues and
[31:36] expenditures for the remainder
[31:37] of fiscal year for departmental
[31:37] revenues.
[31:41] A 3.7 million decrease is
[31:42] primarily due to lower double
[31:42] park parking revenue in parks
[31:47] and recreation due shifts in
[31:47] the program's implementation
[31:48] timeline and adjustments to
[31:48] the fee structure.
[31:52] Additionally there are
[31:53] projected decreases in leaf and
[31:54] concession wayfinding kiosk and
[31:55] telecom revenue with an
[31:58] economic development reduced
[31:59] parking meter reimbursement and
[31:59] parking citation revenue and
[32:00] stormwater.
[32:04] A continued decline in cannabis
[32:04] business tax revenue in city
[32:05] Treasurer and reduced
[32:11] reimbursements from the County
[32:11] Fund for Homelessness Services.
[32:12] Based on the expenditure
[32:12] projections.
[32:16] These decreases are partially
[32:17] offset by increases in
[32:17] environmental services from
[32:18] higher reimbursements for code
[32:22] enforcement abatements,
[32:23] sidewalk sanitation and litter
[32:24] container management as well as
[32:28] work performed by the code
[32:29] compliance team.
[32:29] Fire Rescue is projecting
[32:30] higher reimbursements for
[32:35] Lifeguard Junior Lifeguard and
[32:35] paramedic services as well
[32:36] striping and deployments.
[32:41] Police revenues are projected
[32:41] to increase due to additional
[32:42] reimbursements for special
[32:43] events and parking enforcement
[32:43] activities.
[32:47] Joint projects.
[32:48] Transportation is projected to
[32:49] increase revenues due to higher
[32:49] Transnet and gas tax support
[32:54] for eligible expenditures while
[32:54] General Services projects an
[32:55] increase from higher
[32:55] reimbursements for tenant
[32:59] maintenance and repair
[32:59] activities.
[33:00] As noted earlier, general fund
[33:01] expenditures are projected to
[33:05] in the fiscal year 12.2 million
[33:06] under budget.
[33:10] This is comprised of 28.7
[33:11] million in fringe and non
[33:11] personnel expenditures
[33:15] partially offset by an average
[33:16] of 16.5 million in personnel
[33:16] expenditures for fringe and non
[33:17] personnel expenditures.
[33:21] The largest savings included
[33:22] 10.6 million in contracts
[33:23] primarily due to reduced
[33:27] contributions to the public
[33:28] liability fund following
[33:29] the receipt of onetime
[33:29] insurance proceeds.
[33:32] An updated claim denied claims
[33:33] assumptions 5.5 million
[33:33] transfers out primarily due to
[33:34] reduced transfers to the San
[33:40] Diego Regional Parks and
[33:40] the Mission Bay Improvement
[33:41] funds due to lower than
[33:41] anticipated Mission Bay lease
[33:46] revenues received by
[33:46] the Economic Development
[33:47] Department and 3.3 million in
[33:51] information technology due to
[33:52] lower non-discretionary costs
[33:52] supported by available fund
[33:53] balance and operational
[33:54] efficiencies to generate
[33:57] savings.
[33:58] Additional savings across
[33:59] remaining categories include
[33:59] reduced water costs in
[34:03] the parks and Recreation
[34:04] Department due to intentional
[34:05] conservation efforts.
[34:09] Deferred Capital Debt Service
[34:10] due to lower than anticipated
[34:11] principal draws and reduced
[34:11] principal and interest payments
[34:16] related to the fire rescue
[34:16] helicopter purchase.
[34:20] For personnel expenditures a
[34:21] 16.5 million overage if
[34:22] compared to 15.5 million in
[34:22] overtime primarily within
[34:26] the public safety departments
[34:27] which account for approximately
[34:28] 74.4% of the total increase.
[34:33] This includes increases in fire
[34:34] rescue to maintain constant
[34:34] staffing and police to support
[34:38] reimbursable activities such as
[34:39] special events and parking
[34:40] enforcement.
[34:40] Additional overtime is also
[34:45] anticipated in
[34:45] the transportation and parks
[34:46] and recreation departments to
[34:47] support emergency response and
[34:51] call backs and to maintain
[34:52] service levels during events
[34:52] and seasonal demands
[34:53] respectively.
[34:57] Detailed on this slide are
[34:57] the changes that occurred
[34:58] between the midyear and third
[34:59] quarter reports compared to
[35:02] the media report.
[35:03] Revenues are projected to
[35:03] increase by 3 million while
[35:04] expenditures are projected to
[35:08] decrease by 15.4 million
[35:08] resulting in a net improvement
[35:14] of 18.5 million for revenues.
[35:15] The increase is primarily in
[35:16] departmental revenues and due
[35:16] to efforts to identify and
[35:20] maximize eligible
[35:20] reimbursements from other
[35:21] funds.
[35:21] The four main major general
[35:26] fund revenues also reflect an
[35:27] increase including higher
[35:28] franchise fee revenue following
[35:28] the receipt of the annual acg
[35:32] cleanup payment of FEBRUARY as
[35:32] well as stronger than
[35:33] anticipated transient occupancy
[35:37] tax and sales tax receipts
[35:38] collected.
[35:39] These increases are largely
[35:39] offset by a decrease in other
[35:44] major revenues primarily due to
[35:44] decline in interest earnings
[35:45] due to reduced cash balances on
[35:50] the expenditures side, a 15.4
[35:51] million decrease is primarily
[35:52] due to reduced contributions to
[35:56] public liability fund following
[35:57] the fund's receipt of
[35:58] additional onetime insurance
[35:58] proceeds as well as lower
[36:02] nondiscretionary costs and
[36:03] clean water and information
[36:04] technology services.
[36:08] These decreases are partially
[36:09] offset by increases in
[36:09] personnel costs, primarily
[36:10] public safety and fire rescue
[36:15] To maintain confidence and
[36:16] increase termination fee
[36:16] primarily a belief based on
[36:21] separations To date.
[36:21] Here we have the general fund
[36:22] balances and reserve estimates
[36:23] based on the third quarter
[36:23] projections.
[36:26] The projected available fund
[36:27] balance or access equity is 1.7
[36:27] million.
[36:31] The third quarter report does
[36:32] not include any action items or
[36:33] for council consideration
[36:38] regarding the use of this
[36:39] balance nor is it proposed for
[36:41] use in the MAY revision to
[36:42] the f y 27 draft budget.
[36:43] This is primarily because while
[36:48] a net positive position is
[36:48] currently projected,
[36:49] projections do remain sensitive
[36:50] to changes in underlying
[36:54] assumptions projected revenues
[36:55] or savings not materialized and
[36:56] the city and the year with a
[36:56] negative fund balance.
[37:00] The city will need to draw upon
[37:01] the General Fund Stability
[37:01] Reserve to prevent a negative
[37:06] year end budgetary fund balance
[37:06] .
[37:07] This brings us to our requested
[37:08] authorities.
[37:08] The first request is our
[37:12] standard annual request as part
[37:13] of the purposes which allows
[37:14] appropriation transfers between
[37:14] departments to close out
[37:18] the fiscal year in compliance
[37:19] with the City Charter and
[37:19] Municipal Code.
[37:20] The second request is a
[37:24] contingency authorization to
[37:25] draw upon the facility reserve
[37:25] if needed and an amount not to
[37:30] exceed the level needed to
[37:30] ensure the general fund ends
[37:31] the fiscal year balance
[37:31] consistent with applicable
[37:36] financial reporting start
[37:36] standards and guidance on
[37:37] transparent disclosure of
[37:38] general fund balances and
[37:41] reserves.
[37:42] Lastly, the following are
[37:43] the recommended appropriation
[37:43] adjustments for the General
[37:48] Fund and select non general
[37:48] funds based on identified
[37:49] needs.
[37:49] As noted there are savings from
[37:53] the reduced contribution to
[37:53] the Public Liability fund.
[37:54] Staff is recommending
[37:55] reallocating non personnel
[37:59] appropriations among general
[38:00] fund departments to ensure
[38:01] continuity of operations and
[38:05] the required obligations for
[38:06] approved economic development
[38:06] compensation agreements, fire
[38:07] rescue contracted helicopter
[38:12] maintenance and transportation
[38:12] engineering and operational
[38:13] support.
[38:13] We are also requesting
[38:17] authority to increase
[38:18] appropriations and select nine
[38:19] general funds supported by
[38:19] either increased revenue or
[38:24] available fund balance of those
[38:24] funds to support fire ems
[38:25] staffing.
[38:29] And updated p emt program of
[38:30] Golf Course Maintenance
[38:31] operations at Technology Canyon
[38:31] Golf Course.
[38:35] Junior Lifeguard Contractual
[38:36] services and special events and
[38:36] filming for notice of right to
[38:37] be of support.
[38:42] To conclude the third quarter
[38:42] report projects a net positive
[38:46] position of 1.7 million an
[38:47] improvement of 18.5 million
[38:47] from the Media Report.
[38:52] Mitigation actions and other
[38:53] positive developments have been
[38:53] critical to improving
[38:54] the general fund position and
[38:57] will remain in effect in fiscal
[38:58] year end if actual results to
[38:59] differ materially from current
[39:00] projections and result in year
[39:04] end deficit.
[39:05] The general fund would need to
[39:06] draw upon the stability Reserve
[39:06] to maintain the positive
[39:07] balance.
[39:10] The report outlined outlined
[39:11] standard year and budget
[39:12] control authorities contingency
[39:17] according to draw upon a
[39:17] stability reserve if necessary
[39:18] and appropriation adjustments.
[39:22] The Department of Finance will
[39:22] continue to monitor revenues
[39:23] and expenditures and will
[39:23] provide an update with
[39:24] the release of the year end
[39:29] financial performance report on
[39:29] OCTOBER 7th of this year.
[39:30] >> That concludes our
[39:30] presentation.
[39:31] Were available for any
[39:31] questions.
[39:35] All right.
[39:36] Thank you for the presentation
[39:37] and good work.
[39:37] We'll turn it over to
[39:38] the office of the rba Charles.
[39:38] Great.
[39:38] Thank you.
[39:41] Council PRESIDENT Council
[39:41] members.
[39:42] On JUNE 2nd we released a
[39:46] report 26 Dash 17 which is an
[39:47] analysis of the third quarter
[39:47] report.
[39:48] My comments this morning will
[39:48] be brief because Ben and Amber
[39:49] already covered the numbers
[39:53] well and by and large we
[39:53] believe those numbers to be
[39:54] reasonable.
[39:54] It is worth noting that in
[39:57] comparison to the first quarter
[39:57] and mid-year reports, the third
[39:58] quarter projection overall
[39:59] better fiscal position for
[40:03] the city and there are fewer
[40:03] major surprises in it.
[40:04] However, there are a few items
[40:05] that we believe are worth
[40:08] flagging.
[40:09] On the revenue side, total
[40:09] general fund revenue was
[40:10] roughly $6.8 million below
[40:14] the adopted budget but $3
[40:15] million above where we were at
[40:15] the mid-year.
[40:16] The four major general fund
[40:21] revenue sources property tax
[40:22] sales tax, franchise fees and
[40:23] totty all showed better year in
[40:23] projections than they did at
[40:27] the mid-year although we note
[40:28] that it is still projected to
[40:29] end the year below budget
[40:32] projections nearly equal to
[40:33] actual fy 25 receipts and
[40:34] provide additional updates to
[40:39] our major general fund revenues
[40:40] since the release of the third
[40:41] quarter specifically related to
[40:41] property tax sales tax in
[40:41] total.
[40:45] I would just note that the fy
[40:45] 27 budget recommendation from
[40:46] my office that we will discuss
[40:47] this afternoon already do take
[40:50] those updates into account.
[40:50] There are some potential risks
[40:51] for other non major general
[40:55] fund revenues.
[40:56] Interest earnings are projected
[40:57] at-$11.1 million because
[40:57] the general fund has not
[41:02] maintained enough cash on hand
[41:02] to receive interest income.
[41:07] This is a $16.6 million swing
[41:07] from what was budgeted.
[41:08] Parking meter revenue is also
[41:11] coming in about $5 million
[41:12] below the budget largely driven
[41:12] by not implemented metered
[41:13] parking on Sundays as well as
[41:17] usage changes equipment cost
[41:17] from meter expansion.
[41:18] Finally we note the cannabis
[41:19] business tax is also slightly
[41:23] underperforming down about $2.5
[41:24] million from the adopted
[41:24] budget.
[41:29] The one largest risk associated
[41:29] with the projections was
[41:30] covered in the presentation and
[41:34] that was $7.4 million
[41:35] reimbursement from osa for
[41:35] the JANUARY 2024 storms.
[41:36] This reimbursement has not yet
[41:40] been finalized.
[41:41] If it is not received by AUGUST
[41:44] it would not count towards our
[41:45] fy 2026 and that would push our
[41:48] total revenue about $14 million
[41:49] below what it was in
[41:49] the adopted budget.
[41:50] On the expenditure side we are
[41:55] projecting about $8.5 million
[41:56] in the savings versus
[41:57] the adopted budget.
[41:57] That is primarily driven by non
[42:01] personal savings But we do
[42:02] caution that some of
[42:02] the assumptions associated with
[42:03] savings MAY be slightly
[42:07] optimistic in that they reflect
[42:08] generally past historical
[42:14] savings as opposed to savings
[42:14] associated with any specific
[42:15] action.
[42:15] We also note that overtime
[42:19] particularly in fire rescue and
[42:20] transportation continues to run
[42:21] above budget which has been a
[42:21] persistent issue.
[42:25] In general our overall
[42:26] recommendation is to approve
[42:26] the appropriation adjustments
[42:27] that are requested as well as
[42:31] authorized use of the stability
[42:32] reserve as a precaution And in
[42:33] the meantime to keep a very
[42:33] close eye on the Cal oas
[42:38] reimbursement between now and
[42:38] actual year end.
[42:39] >> We will continue to monitor
[42:39] and we will update this council
[42:40] as necessary as well.
[42:40] Thank you.
[42:44] Council PRESIDENT.
[42:44] >> All right.
[42:45] Thank you, John, as always.
[42:45] Helpful.
[42:46] With that, Clark, please
[42:47] proceed with public comment.
[42:47] Thank you.
[42:51] Council PRESIDENT I would like
[42:52] to know for the record that
[42:53] the Titan receives your
[42:53] comments of everyone coming in
[42:54] opposition of your comment form
[42:55] which have been distributed to
[42:56] the Council.
[42:57] We have Joyce in Noda and Mike
[42:58] Schmidt here to speak on this
[42:58] item.
[42:59] Joy, if you can please come up
[43:00] to the podium.
[43:00] >> You'll be our first speaker
[43:01] and you'll have a minute and a
[43:06] half.
[43:07] First of all, I want to say
[43:08] good morning to all
[43:12] the departments that are
[43:12] available for questions.
[43:13] That's great.
[43:18] Okay.
[43:18] A positive position for
[43:19] the general fund.
[43:24] That's music to my ears.
[43:24] Yet targets are going up and
[43:29] down so there's still a lot of
[43:30] uncertainty And it's just so
[43:36] hard for us to really deal with
[43:36] that.
[43:37] But we're doing good.
[43:41] So I didn't hear even one
[43:41] sentence.
[43:42] I didn't even hear anything
[43:46] about the structural budget
[43:47] deficit.
[43:47] So maybe it wasn't appropriate
[43:52] to include in this third third
[43:53] quarter report.
[43:59] At the same time it's there and
[43:59] we've got to got to got to
[44:00] listen to it.
[44:05] So aba.
[44:05] Charles Monaco, good morning.
[44:10] In your report you talked about
[44:11] the reserves as they relate to
[44:12] the structural budget deficit
[44:16] And I think you said that we're
[44:17] going to have some information
[44:17] on that this afternoon.
[44:18] I hope so because I don't
[44:22] understand it.
[44:23] But apparently it's very, very
[44:24] critical to our structural
[44:24] budget deficit.
[44:28] So I won't have time to do what
[44:29] else I wanted to do But
[44:30] Department of Finance you're
[44:35] doing a great job.
[44:35] You said this wonderful
[44:36] statement a month or two ago
[44:37] about the structural deficit.
[44:38] Thank you for that concluding
[44:39] comment.
[44:46] >> Management just come to
[44:46] the microphone.
[44:48] You have a minute and a half.
[44:55] >> The total revenue.
[44:55] >> This is just an opportunity
[44:56] for you to make your comments
[45:00] okay On I believe the total
[45:01] revenue for the third quarter
[45:01] budget was in the hundreds of
[45:06] millions if I'm correct.
[45:07] Is that correct or like some
[45:07] indicator?
[45:08] Anyway on property tax sales
[45:13] tax and cannabis tax is theft.
[45:13] This I do not trust
[45:18] the integrity of city council
[45:19] to be taking my money for
[45:20] property sales tax and cannabis
[45:25] tax when they don't care about
[45:25] the people.
[45:26] If they cared about the people
[45:27] they would be torturing me and
[45:30] linguistically and then
[45:31] mumbling We're going to 5150 If
[45:32] you talk about it all during
[45:36] your public agenda comment time
[45:36] .
[45:37] So these people are communist.
[45:38] These people's only goal is to
[45:42] create a one world government.
[45:42] If they can do that by having
[45:43] more legal immigrants, if they
[45:48] can do that by making more poor
[45:49] people homeless and killing
[45:49] them off when they're homeless
[45:50] and mind control and
[45:54] depopulating the country of
[45:54] patriots like they're trying to
[45:55] depopulate me for being a
[45:56] patriot whatever whatever they
[45:59] can do.
[46:00] These people do not care about
[46:00] human rights If they cared
[46:01] about people and the people of
[46:06] San Diego and human rights why
[46:06] would they be nervous
[46:07] linguistically torturing me and
[46:08] then saying we're going to 5150
[46:11] You threatening me?
[46:12] It's absolutely disgusting.
[46:12] I just wanted to say down with
[46:18] the court, down with
[46:18] Freemasonry.
[46:23] I'm not crazy And you know
[46:23] you're all guilty and how dare
[46:24] you treat me like this in a
[46:25] city council meeting?
[46:30] How dare you attack the time
[46:31] Minute time again of those
[46:32] participating remotely starting
[46:32] with Hector.
[46:39] >> If you can please unmute.
[46:39] >> Whatever mental health
[46:40] system we have that's that's
[46:44] how it's looking Now.
[46:45] So the mental mental health
[46:46] system is just this is probably
[46:47] more crazy than the people that
[46:51] are really suffering from
[46:51] mental health, you know and
[46:52] there's a difference between
[46:57] schizophrenic and organic brain
[46:57] disease or organic brain
[47:03] disease You do drugs and fries
[47:04] your brain if you did it there
[47:05] are people that just have
[47:09] schizophrenia out of nowhere,
[47:10] that kind of thing.
[47:10] It just happens.
[47:14] So anyway, let's focus on when
[47:15] you do the financial stuff make
[47:20] it simple Like yesterday we
[47:21] took out a loan to pay our
[47:27] short term bills and it what
[47:27] really wasn't explained like
[47:28] it's going to cost us we're
[47:30] taking out 1330 million
[47:31] whatever it was how much is it
[47:32] going to cost us over a year
[47:36] Just plain and simple.
[47:37] It's like borrowing money from
[47:38] your dad I'm going to borrow
[47:38] 50,000.
[47:42] It's going to cost I'm going to
[47:43] pay him back 60,000 over a year
[47:48] If I don't pay him back, what
[47:49] happens?
[47:49] You know that's the city's keep
[47:54] it more just a clear
[47:54] interpretation of what's going
[47:55] on financially.
[47:55] But anyway, good luck.
[48:02] Goodbye.
[48:02] >> Thank you.
[48:03] Next is Blair be kind of become
[48:04] please on you after that is
[48:07] Leonard all right.
[48:08] Thank you.
[48:08] We'll be friends.
[48:09] Yeah.
[48:10] I think the best way to address
[48:13] schizophrenia is through direct
[48:13] conversation and dialog.
[48:19] People fall through the cracks
[48:19] through honesty and direct, you
[48:20] know, caring dialog that I
[48:24] think really heals a lot of
[48:25] issues with our government too.
[48:26] I think we're all trying to
[48:26] work harder to build a better
[48:30] government community and
[48:30] bureaucracy.
[48:31] We do have bad patterns and we
[48:32] want to address them good like
[48:32] that.
[48:36] We all are trying to address
[48:36] our bad patterns now and
[48:37] improve upon them and that's
[48:42] working together and I hope we
[48:43] are finding answers with this
[48:43] item you know to offer try to
[48:47] offer some just healing advice
[48:48] that Charles Monaco has stated
[48:53] continuously If we don't have
[48:54] revenue sources we're going to
[48:54] be in trouble.
[48:55] I've learned you know that you
[49:00] know all the cities I've been
[49:00] talking about Oakland, San
[49:01] Francisco, L.A. They all have
[49:02] significant revenue sources so
[49:06] they can stave off the deficit
[49:06] concerns they have over a
[49:12] longer period of time.
[49:13] We don't have that in San
[49:13] Diego.
[49:14] It sounds like this item you
[49:14] guys are living you know, just
[49:18] like by, you know, skin your
[49:18] teeth to get through it.
[49:19] So thank you for the efforts
[49:23] you're doing.
[49:24] You know, I'm really
[49:25] disappointed that, you know, we
[49:29] can't I really hope we can have
[49:30] conversations about revenue and
[49:31] the people really understand
[49:36] that we can't just cut services
[49:37] in order to create our future
[49:37] government.
[49:37] >> Thank you.
[49:38] Thank you Leonard if you can
[49:48] please on you are Yes and hear
[49:48] me.
[49:49] Yes.
[49:49] Please proceed.
[49:49] All right.
[49:50] I've worked for the city of San
[49:55] Diego for 25 years nine years
[49:55] with their environmental
[49:56] services.
[50:01] The Cost of service report is
[50:01] deeply flawed.
[50:02] The culture of woman workers on
[50:03] point with the trash bins
[50:05] easily could have purchased a
[50:10] $2 rfid and retrofitted 200,000
[50:11] green, blue and black beans to
[50:11] save money.
[50:17] The amount of new black and
[50:18] blue green green cards were
[50:22] ground and recycled and it was
[50:23] a waste of money.
[50:24] The epa has committed the sin
[50:28] of oversaturated trash bins by
[50:29] selling them for $75 when they
[50:33] actually cost 45.
[50:37] Who made the $30 on 300,000
[50:37] beans?
[50:38] I witnessed court proceedings
[50:39] attorneys for the city of San
[50:39] Diego They were very
[50:45] incompetent witnesses.
[50:45] I believe Again she represented
[50:49] the general community in grand
[50:50] fashion Judge Oliver for
[50:51] hearing the case couldn't
[50:56] afford the city attorney's
[50:57] expert witness was a waste of
[50:57] taxpayers money Bringing
[50:58] the people from Fresno that are
[51:02] in San Diego was a disaster.
[51:08] Hdr Hilton and John Paul two
[51:09] consultants for the of service
[51:14] study robbed and raped the city
[51:15] for $7 million You want to make
[51:20] money back charge or make money
[51:21] off the recycling?
[51:21] >> Thank you for that
[51:22] concluding comment That
[51:23] concludes with a comment on
[51:23] this.
[51:26] I don't Thank you.
[51:27] Council PRESIDENT Right.
[51:27] Thank you City Clerk And with
[51:28] that will turn it over to my
[51:29] council colleagues for any
[51:31] questions, comments and
[51:32] entertain a motion And we'll
[51:32] start with the Chair of
[51:33] the Budget Committee Council
[51:37] member foster Oh oh yes.
[51:37] Thank you Council PRESIDENT And
[51:43] thank you to Rolando, you and
[51:49] your team and also to the ipa.
[51:50] I think there is positive news
[51:52] that potentially we can have a
[51:58] $1.7 million some excess
[51:59] equity.
[52:00] Can you just kind of fill in
[52:04] some of the blanks on the Cal?
[52:05] Oh yes.
[52:05] And what that I guess what
[52:10] the issues are delays have we
[52:10] met our requirements provided
[52:11] all the information they have
[52:12] what they need We crossed our
[52:16] t's dotted our eyes.
[52:17] Can you kind of shed some light
[52:17] and elaborate on that process
[52:22] and why it's so difficult to
[52:22] get the reimbursement?
[52:23] Absolutely.
[52:23] Thanks for the question,
[52:28] Councilmember.
[52:29] So my department as well as our
[52:35] oas Department has been meeting
[52:35] with oas over the last six
[52:36] months.
[52:39] We first met with them in
[52:40] DECEMBER to get a status update
[52:41] on how their review is coming
[52:41] along.
[52:45] It's coming along very, very
[52:46] slowly as you can imagine.
[52:46] Oh, yes.
[52:47] Has many, many, you know,
[52:51] jurisdictions that they're
[52:51] working on right now.
[52:57] At that time the estimate for
[52:58] the current fiscal year was
[52:59] about 7.4 million is what
[53:03] the city would receive related
[53:04] to the JANUARY 2024 storms.
[53:09] We recently met with them over
[53:10] the last month or so.
[53:11] They're still working through
[53:14] that now To date the city has
[53:15] received about 30 or 40,000 of
[53:15] that 7.4 million.
[53:20] We're hopeful that a majority
[53:21] of that will come in this year.
[53:26] However, it MAY be that that
[53:27] full 7.4 will not come in this
[53:27] fiscal year.
[53:28] We do have until AUGUST of this
[53:32] year to be able to crew
[53:33] anything that comes in at fy
[53:33] 26.
[53:34] If it isn't if it doesn't come
[53:38] in by AUGUST, the revenue will
[53:39] then be brought to 2027.
[53:40] But we are working very closely
[53:45] with oas getting regular status
[53:46] updates from them and our own
[53:46] staff, our work, our meeting
[53:51] with them weekly to get updates
[53:51] and the city has provided all
[53:52] the information to yes that
[53:56] they have requested today.
[53:56] Okay.
[54:03] Thank you for that And just so
[54:04] I'm clear, Charles, you kind of
[54:04] in just casual conversation
[54:09] kind of said separately the 10
[54:10] million is the number Is it
[54:11] the hard number 7.4 million or
[54:15] is there things that are kind
[54:15] of being discussed And that's a
[54:16] conservative estimate of what
[54:19] we're receiving.
[54:20] 7.4 is the current estimate.
[54:20] I think the 10 million or so
[54:25] was what was submitted and we
[54:26] get a percentage of that I
[54:27] think it's 70 or 80% of that
[54:31] total amount If approved.
[54:31] Okay.
[54:32] And how does that make us I
[54:33] guess that's 7.4 million in
[54:37] regards to making us whole on
[54:37] what would were eligible
[54:43] reimbursements I guess you're
[54:43] comfortable We covered what we
[54:44] needed to cover and included
[54:45] what we could include.
[54:49] Yeah it's if everything was
[54:49] approved that we submitted
[54:50] that's about a 70% support from
[54:55] them.
[54:55] Okay.
[54:55] All right.
[54:56] Thank you.
[54:56] You know, every dollar counts.
[55:01] Everything's important at this
[55:02] point so please keep all of us
[55:02] updated.
[55:03] I guess it's also good to see
[55:07] that we had the modest
[55:07] improvements with the property
[55:08] tax sales tax franchise fee.
[55:13] I think, you know, at the same
[55:13] time, you know, with the I
[55:14] guess small margins when it
[55:18] comes to our operations, I
[55:19] think as MS..
[55:19] Joy indicated, this deficit is
[55:24] still glaring at us.
[55:25] Clearing out is every time we
[55:30] have a budget conversation I
[55:30] think it's important that we
[55:31] continue to focus on that long
[55:36] term or long term solutions.
[55:37] I think it's going to continue
[55:37] to have to take robust
[55:38] conversations by this body as
[55:42] we continue to move forward
[55:43] even as we look at you know,
[55:43] we'll have further budget
[55:47] deliberations later this
[55:48] afternoon.
[55:49] But even with the recent
[55:54] settlements as we move forward
[55:54] and we talk about certainty
[56:00] versus uncertainty, right.
[56:00] We're adding you know, every
[56:01] decision we make has an
[56:02] implication And that decision
[56:05] we just made does some things
[56:06] we do have to consider as we
[56:11] look at the long term
[56:11] structural deficit.
[56:12] So thank you for the work on
[56:12] this.
[56:17] I will conclude my comments
[56:18] there and move staff's
[56:18] recommendation.
[56:19] >> All right.
[56:19] Thank you, sir.
[56:24] We have a motion by Council
[56:25] member Foster to move the staff
[56:25] recommendation.
[56:26] We'll go next to Council member
[56:26] Marino.
[56:30] Thank you for the presentation
[56:30] and also thank you to
[56:31] the partners to the Department
[56:32] of Finance for all your work
[56:36] this quarter report I think
[56:37] does a good job of presenting
[56:38] the state of the current year's
[56:42] budget which is challenging as
[56:43] you must utilize the most
[56:44] recent revenue data and
[56:44] projects through the end of
[56:48] the year.
[56:49] I do want to put on record that
[56:50] utilizing the stability
[56:54] reserves is something that
[56:55] should be the absolute last
[56:55] resort.
[56:56] I know that the Department of
[57:01] Finance certainly recognizes
[57:02] this and could that
[57:02] the Department of Finance
[57:06] outlined the process The city
[57:07] would follow to access reserve
[57:08] funds if necessary?
[57:13] >> Absolutely.
[57:13] So if this council were to
[57:14] grant the approval to utilize
[57:19] the stability reserve if needed
[57:20] as we're closing out the fiscal
[57:20] year fiscal year 2026, if we
[57:25] identify that we have a deficit
[57:26] and we'll know in the AUGUST
[57:31] SEPTEMBER timeframe as we're
[57:31] closing the books, we will then
[57:32] utilize the reserves in order
[57:37] to close balance to the city
[57:37] charter.
[57:38] >> The city has to close
[57:39] the general fund balance.
[57:39] Got you.
[57:42] So this action today allows you
[57:43] to utilize the reserve fund so
[57:44] you would not come back to this
[57:49] council?
[57:49] That's correct.
[57:50] Okay.
[57:50] However, what we would do is we
[57:51] would if we were to have to use
[57:52] the reserves we would come back
[57:54] to council as part of the year
[57:55] end performance report to
[57:56] notify you and to communicate
[58:01] whether we, you know, did use
[58:02] the reserves and if so, how
[58:02] much.
[58:02] >> Got you.
[58:06] So it would be an informational
[58:07] item that would come to
[58:07] the council before utilizing
[58:12] the funds It would be after
[58:13] after utilizing that we would
[58:14] notify the council how much was
[58:19] needed if needed.
[58:19] >> Got you.
[58:20] So if the city does need to dip
[58:21] into the reserves is the intent
[58:25] to provide the Council with
[58:25] the plan to refund
[58:26] the Stability Reserve in
[58:31] the mid-year budget report?
[58:31] Absolutely yes.
[58:32] That would be part of the plan
[58:33] That is also part of
[58:38] the reserve policy as well if I
[58:38] could add to it.
[58:39] So there is a possibility for
[58:40] example, as Charles was
[58:42] explaining and then if
[58:43] the revenue from Kelley Gas for
[58:44] example is collected in OCTOBER
[58:44] and NOVEMBER that money would
[58:49] be in excess of what we've
[58:50] already budgeted in 27.
[58:51] So that would those funds even
[58:54] though maybe would not be
[58:55] recognized in effect 26 we
[58:56] would have the ability to use
[58:56] that late Calloway's
[59:00] reimbursement to replenish
[59:00] the reserves if we ended up
[59:01] having to use them because of
[59:06] you know, things that are out
[59:06] of our control.
[59:07] >> I have more questions on
[59:08] that but I do want to close up
[59:12] my my mistake.
[59:13] Thank you for that though.
[59:13] I appreciate that.
[59:17] I appreciate your explanation.
[59:18] I am very hesitant to utilize
[59:18] the reserves.
[59:19] We didn't even do that during
[59:23] the pandemic which was a sudden
[59:24] and unpredictable event and
[59:25] that was before the cares Act
[59:30] funding was available to
[59:30] the city of San Diego.
[59:31] So I just want to point out I
[59:32] want to put on the record that
[59:36] I'm I would like to avoid that
[59:37] at all cost Regarding the $7.4
[59:42] million oas funds, will
[59:43] the funds go back to
[59:43] the general fund or will it get
[59:48] dispersed to each department
[59:48] that utilized the funds during
[59:49] the floods?
[59:54] It would be deposited into
[59:55] the general fund for general
[59:55] fund use.
[59:59] So 7.4 million is general fund.
[1:00:00] There also is some additional
[1:00:04] funding for environmental
[1:00:05] services to it's about $2
[1:00:05] million So that would go into
[1:00:11] the Enterprise Fund for
[1:00:12] Environmental Services was
[1:00:12] the only one that had an
[1:00:13] enterprise fund.
[1:00:13] That's right That okay I do
[1:00:16] know that amount.
[1:00:17] It's about 2,000,002 million.
[1:00:18] So we're looking at about 5
[1:00:18] million roughly considering
[1:00:24] that we get the 7 million back
[1:00:25] That's Oh yes, it's on top of
[1:00:25] the 7.20.
[1:00:27] That's on top of the 7.2.
[1:00:27] >> 7.4 is the general fund
[1:00:28] amount.
[1:00:32] Gotcha.
[1:00:33] Is there any other funds that
[1:00:34] we don't know about?
[1:00:34] No, That's it.
[1:00:34] Okay.
[1:00:35] You just mentioned
[1:00:39] environmental Services 2
[1:00:39] million which I didn't see in
[1:00:40] the documents but that doesn't
[1:00:41] mean that it's not there.
[1:00:45] I would welcome this council
[1:00:45] and the mayor to utilize
[1:00:51] the fund for flood prevention
[1:00:51] the beta I don't know what
[1:00:52] we're calling the p now
[1:00:57] the Beta Street Channel in
[1:00:57] the back is about last number
[1:00:58] was about $85 million
[1:01:02] considering what Chief Logan
[1:01:03] expressed regarding El Nino I
[1:01:08] think it's prudent for this
[1:01:09] council and this administration
[1:01:14] to put the money back into
[1:01:14] preventing future funds as
[1:01:15] we're all grappling through
[1:01:20] the lawsuits that the city of
[1:01:21] San Diego has based on the 2024
[1:01:21] floods, I think it would be
[1:01:25] prudent for us to allocate
[1:01:26] the remaining funds to that
[1:01:32] capital improvement project and
[1:01:32] I believe it's Beta Street
[1:01:33] Channel So I don't know for
[1:01:37] the record but I am looking
[1:01:43] forward to seeing the updated
[1:01:44] information.
[1:01:44] >> I think it's next month when
[1:01:45] we are going to discuss this
[1:01:50] issue again after the aba has
[1:01:50] also provided their analysis
[1:01:55] and I look forward to oas
[1:01:55] reimbursing us but thank you
[1:01:56] for that.
[1:01:56] Thank you.
[1:02:01] I'm sensing a declined to
[1:02:02] second the motion or did you I
[1:02:07] hate using reserve funds but
[1:02:07] that's okay I'm I'm cool with
[1:02:08] that You don't have to I'm I'm
[1:02:10] okay with seconding the motion
[1:02:15] Thank you.
[1:02:16] Okay with that We will So we
[1:02:23] have a motion by Councilmember
[1:02:23] Foster a second by
[1:02:24] Councilmember Reynold to move
[1:02:25] the staff recommendation.
[1:02:27] We'll go next to council member
[1:02:28] Bob Wolpert.
[1:02:29] >> Thank you very much and
[1:02:32] thank you for the work in
[1:02:33] the third quarter report.
[1:02:33] >> Thank you.
[1:02:34] To be able as well for your
[1:02:38] analysis I have good news that
[1:02:38] we're not projected to end in
[1:02:39] deficit we thought we would be
[1:02:40] so that's great you know
[1:02:45] provided we have to get cal yes
[1:02:46] to provide funding all of that
[1:02:46] I hope they do But I do have
[1:02:47] some questions in terms of you
[1:02:50] what are coming under revenue.
[1:02:51] I feel the airport authority as
[1:02:55] well and we watched it Canadian
[1:02:55] Airline after Canadian Airline
[1:02:56] only canceled their summer
[1:02:56] flights to San Diego.
[1:02:57] They actually took themselves
[1:03:00] out of the single market.
[1:03:01] They just stopped They closed
[1:03:02] all their gates because of what
[1:03:06] the chaos in Washington dc is
[1:03:06] causing And we saw that coming.
[1:03:07] Our PRESIDENT Was horrible to
[1:03:11] the Canadian government so they
[1:03:12] stopped coming here And so now
[1:03:13] we're seeing a result in
[1:03:14] the decline in international
[1:03:17] travel and they're flying over
[1:03:18] us.
[1:03:18] Going to Mexico is what we've
[1:03:19] been told to the airport
[1:03:19] authority which we can't
[1:03:23] control of course.
[1:03:24] But were we able to offset any
[1:03:24] of that with a Measure c
[1:03:29] appropriations we're now able
[1:03:29] to get or is still we're at a
[1:03:33] deficit because of travel we've
[1:03:34] seen over the last three months
[1:03:39] Todd has made a rebound which
[1:03:40] is which is really good news.
[1:03:44] So comparing f y 26 you're in
[1:03:45] projections to f y 25 actual
[1:03:49] projections They're about
[1:03:49] the same.
[1:03:50] So we're not seeing the large
[1:03:51] decrease that we had assumed in
[1:03:51] the major.
[1:03:54] So we're hoping that this
[1:03:55] rebound continues.
[1:03:56] We have increased d o t revenue
[1:04:00] projections for next fiscal
[1:04:00] year and we hope that that
[1:04:01] trend continues.
[1:04:01] >> Is that because we're
[1:04:05] charging a higher proportion
[1:04:06] because letter c or because
[1:04:07] we're actually seeing more
[1:04:08] travel, we are seeing more more
[1:04:09] being spent?
[1:04:09] >> Yeah.
[1:04:15] Okay.
[1:04:15] >> And then I have another
[1:04:16] question about police and fire
[1:04:17] overtime.
[1:04:17] It seems that our police
[1:04:21] department for the first time
[1:04:22] is actually doing well in
[1:04:23] budget These overtime our our
[1:04:27] fire department unfortunately
[1:04:27] they have obviously different
[1:04:28] incidences such as the fire in
[1:04:32] Toronto Valley yesterday which
[1:04:33] you cannot control how long and
[1:04:34] how lengthy the fire will be.
[1:04:38] But I do want to keep
[1:04:38] monitoring how many
[1:04:39] recruitments we do, how many
[1:04:43] academies you do because we are
[1:04:44] able to fully staff the fire
[1:04:45] department and they won't have
[1:04:45] to do as much overtime.
[1:04:49] So I want to continue to watch
[1:04:50] that.
[1:04:50] But kudos to the police for
[1:04:51] actually reducing their
[1:04:52] overtime budget this year.
[1:04:54] Other questions about
[1:04:55] transportation and I know that
[1:04:56] we needed more overtime based
[1:05:01] on the potholes, the rainy
[1:05:02] season, the floods How are we
[1:05:02] looking there?
[1:05:03] Do we need obviously Bethany,
[1:05:06] you also all be telling us that
[1:05:06] we need more transportation
[1:05:07] funds but do we need to make
[1:05:11] any more expenditures?
[1:05:11] How are you doing?
[1:05:12] What can we do to help with our
[1:05:18] streets and roads and sidewalks
[1:05:18] ?
[1:05:18] Good morning.
[1:05:19] Council Van Wilpert, Naomi
[1:05:20] Travis, interim director for
[1:05:22] transportation As we continue
[1:05:23] to communicate to this council
[1:05:24] our transportation's ongoing
[1:05:27] budget is significantly
[1:05:28] underfunded for the needs of
[1:05:29] the department We continue to
[1:05:33] need approximately $6 million
[1:05:33] in overtime just to deliver
[1:05:34] the baseline level of service
[1:05:38] and the demands that come to
[1:05:39] the department.
[1:05:43] So indeed with with this report
[1:05:44] we do need the appropriation
[1:05:45] and the allocation to be able
[1:05:46] to to close out our budget for
[1:05:49] the year.
[1:05:50] >> And is that budget that
[1:05:51] planned for in that that
[1:05:55] appropriation that's done here
[1:05:56] not not for the current fiscal
[1:06:00] year I think Naomi is talking
[1:06:00] about for next fiscal year they
[1:06:01] would need an additional 6
[1:06:05] million of overtime to maintain
[1:06:06] or increase their service
[1:06:10] levels to a certain standard
[1:06:10] for fy 27.
[1:06:11] >> Correct.
[1:06:11] Historically our department
[1:06:16] burns approximately $6 million
[1:06:19] in revenue this fiscal year fy
[1:06:20] 26 our baseline was
[1:06:21] approximately 2 million.
[1:06:25] Our department came to council
[1:06:25] twice in SEPTEMBER and in
[1:06:26] OCTOBER to identify a couple of
[1:06:30] mitigation opportunities to
[1:06:30] free up some general fund
[1:06:31] dollars so that our teams would
[1:06:36] be able to deliver emergency
[1:06:36] services on overtime.
[1:06:37] So we were here for
[1:06:37] the transfer of the in-house
[1:06:41] side the ip for one point
[1:06:42] million dollars in SEPTEMBER
[1:06:46] and came back in OCTOBER for
[1:06:47] the 1.8 million cpd allocation
[1:06:47] to the Transportation
[1:06:52] Department.
[1:06:52] Okay.
[1:06:53] i remember those and that's
[1:06:53] just how you've cobbled
[1:06:54] together the overtime you have.
[1:06:57] And next year we haven't
[1:06:57] identified how we're going to
[1:06:58] do this correct Next year We
[1:07:01] currently have I believe a 5
[1:07:01] million a little over 5 million
[1:07:02] in the budget which is which
[1:07:06] helps but it's still not enough
[1:07:07] for for what we historically
[1:07:07] need.
[1:07:07] Okay.
[1:07:08] Okay.
[1:07:08] Thank you.
[1:07:11] Thank you.
[1:07:12] And then I want to follow up on
[1:07:13] the questions about the reserve
[1:07:13] policy.
[1:07:16] I know that every year we vote
[1:07:17] on the third quarter on our
[1:07:18] budget report and we grant
[1:07:18] authority to use the reserves.
[1:07:19] I'm glad last year we did not
[1:07:21] have to.
[1:07:22] But is the authority unlimited?
[1:07:27] You know what if could you use
[1:07:27] all the reserves?
[1:07:28] >> You know, what are we
[1:07:32] granting here exactly?
[1:07:33] You would think that it would
[1:07:33] be limited to the amount that
[1:07:34] we would need.
[1:07:37] So for example, right now we're
[1:07:38] projecting 1.7 over budget.
[1:07:42] So then we would not need it If
[1:07:43] everything turns out the way
[1:07:43] the projections are holding if
[1:07:48] for whatever reason for example
[1:07:48] the county has money does not
[1:07:51] come in and that 1.7 would
[1:07:52] become closer to maybe-4
[1:07:53] million So we would need we
[1:07:57] basically we would be forced to
[1:07:57] tap into fund balance in
[1:07:58] the general fund in order to be
[1:08:02] able to mitigate that 4 million
[1:08:03] which means really the only
[1:08:07] source would be reserves.
[1:08:08] So it would be limited to i
[1:08:12] mean at this point now we're
[1:08:13] we're in JUNE So unless
[1:08:13] something catastrophic happens
[1:08:17] it would be really a very small
[1:08:18] amount that would be tapping
[1:08:18] into And then from there
[1:08:22] the discussion would be how do
[1:08:23] we replenish it?
[1:08:23] >> Okay.
[1:08:24] But we haven't contributed to
[1:08:26] the reserves in the past few
[1:08:26] fiscal years because of our
[1:08:31] budget woes.
[1:08:32] So that's why I'm getting more
[1:08:33] and more uncomfortable with
[1:08:33] the idea of ever even using
[1:08:36] reserves And I'd prefer that
[1:08:40] this actually came back to
[1:08:41] council to talk about it if we
[1:08:42] did have to use the reserves.
[1:08:46] >> And so that's what I'm
[1:08:46] feeling.
[1:08:47] You said you wouldn't know
[1:08:47] until around AUGUST or
[1:08:48] SEPTEMBER were dark in AUGUST
[1:08:51] and SEPTEMBER were here so we
[1:08:52] could vote for that the next
[1:08:56] time we come back to council
[1:08:57] will be for the year end
[1:08:57] financial performance report
[1:09:01] and that's in OCTOBER after
[1:09:02] essentially we've closed
[1:09:03] the books for the year We'll
[1:09:07] have as part of that report we
[1:09:07] will communicate to the council
[1:09:08] and the public essentially how
[1:09:11] we close the year either
[1:09:12] positive or negative if
[1:09:13] negative that amount would be
[1:09:17] needed to be drawn from
[1:09:18] the reserves.
[1:09:18] Okay.
[1:09:18] Thank you.
[1:09:22] I feel at this point I'd move
[1:09:22] more comfortable if you if we
[1:09:23] came back and had a discussion
[1:09:27] about reserves because there's
[1:09:27] a whole discussion we might
[1:09:28] have about our reserve policies
[1:09:32] and what that looks like So
[1:09:32] i'll just listen to the rest of
[1:09:33] my colleagues and hear what
[1:09:34] they have to say.
[1:09:34] But thank you for all the work
[1:09:35] on this.
[1:09:37] I appreciate it.
[1:09:38] Councilmember I will just know
[1:09:41] it's it's an important
[1:09:42] discussion but it might also be
[1:09:43] somewhat academic as opposed to
[1:09:43] whether or not you authorize
[1:09:47] use of reserves today or in
[1:09:52] AUGUST in as much as if we get
[1:09:52] to AUGUST and if 26 has a
[1:09:56] negative on balance we do not
[1:09:57] have any other way to close out
[1:09:57] our books without tapping into
[1:09:58] reserves.
[1:10:02] So if you don't take action
[1:10:02] today and we end up needing to
[1:10:03] use reserves in AUGUST you're
[1:10:06] going to have an item presented
[1:10:07] to you where you really don't
[1:10:07] have any realistic choices but
[1:10:08] to approve what staff put
[1:10:10] before you So just bear that in
[1:10:15] mind.
[1:10:15] All right.
[1:10:16] Thank you Council member Yvonne
[1:10:20] Wolpert And thank you Charles
[1:10:20] Go next to Council PRESIDENT
[1:10:25] Pro Tem we take PRESIDENT Thank
[1:10:25] you for the presentation and as
[1:10:26] always it's amazing to see how
[1:10:30] tightly we're trying to sort of
[1:10:31] stay in line with
[1:10:31] the projections and we're
[1:10:34] landing at least one on
[1:10:35] the positive side all dependent
[1:10:39] on this as reimbursement.
[1:10:39] So maybe to follow up on some
[1:10:40] of the questions my colleagues
[1:10:41] have asked on this front, I
[1:10:44] think last year in this third
[1:10:45] quarter budget monitoring
[1:10:45] report there was an actual
[1:10:48] request for a specific amount
[1:10:49] up to amount to be drawn from
[1:10:50] the stability reserves as an
[1:10:53] anticipation if it was
[1:10:54] necessary to do so Last year it
[1:10:57] was roughly $10 million and
[1:10:58] ultimately we did not need it
[1:11:02] By the year end you were able
[1:11:02] to show that we were able to
[1:11:03] mitigate that.
[1:11:03] Is there is there not an
[1:11:07] ability to appropriate a
[1:11:07] specific amount here if that
[1:11:08] would help to add to some
[1:11:12] comfort potentially you could
[1:11:16] let let's say you were to
[1:11:17] approve up to a $10 million
[1:11:18] amount again but we end up when
[1:11:21] we closed the books if for some
[1:11:22] reason that amount is higher
[1:11:23] than 10 million we would not
[1:11:26] have your approval or your
[1:11:27] authority to go beyond that.
[1:11:31] But as Charles mentioned, we
[1:11:32] have to be able to close
[1:11:32] the books at the end of
[1:11:33] the year Balanced So
[1:11:36] interesting that I guess I'm
[1:11:37] just trying to understand last
[1:11:37] year how you decided to pick a
[1:11:40] number.
[1:11:41] >> I think the number was
[1:11:41] really just based on
[1:11:45] the projection at the time we
[1:11:46] were you know luckily we were
[1:11:49] able to close the books with
[1:11:50] Right right on budget.
[1:11:54] We did not have a deficit So
[1:11:55] but Councilmember, if that's
[1:11:56] something you would want to
[1:11:57] entertain and just establish a
[1:12:00] limit that something we would
[1:12:00] be comfortable with as well.
[1:12:01] >> Yes.
[1:12:04] So I think if that was
[1:12:05] something that we had in
[1:12:05] practice last year and I wonder
[1:12:06] if that would help with some
[1:12:08] comfort here So that it's not
[1:12:09] just an unknown number.
[1:12:13] So I would propose that we
[1:12:18] amend us to limit pulling up to
[1:12:18] $10 million in reserves similar
[1:12:19] to last year That should cover
[1:12:20] if for some reason the Kelly us
[1:12:23] payment did not come in and any
[1:12:23] other issues that could arise
[1:12:26] in the next two and a half
[1:12:27] weeks that that should help
[1:12:27] cover that.
[1:12:31] So that would be one piece that
[1:12:31] I would throw out there.
[1:12:35] The second is that because this
[1:12:36] is contingent on a lot of this
[1:12:37] is really a discussion around
[1:12:40] the Kelly us reimbursement I
[1:12:40] would like to add an additional
[1:12:45] amendment that we direct that
[1:12:45] the Department of Finance would
[1:12:50] fully reimburse the reserves
[1:12:51] utilizing the Cal Oh yes
[1:12:51] reimbursement up to the amount
[1:12:55] of reserve funds that are
[1:12:55] utilized.
[1:12:56] So I just want to be very clear
[1:13:00] that we don't find ourselves in
[1:13:01] a situation where those funds
[1:13:02] don't come in, we pull from
[1:13:04] the reserves and then we start
[1:13:05] next year with a $7.4 million
[1:13:09] increase in revenues and that
[1:13:10] gets spent in some way.
[1:13:11] I think this council because of
[1:13:11] the discussion we're having
[1:13:14] we'd like to ensure that that
[1:13:15] Kaleo is reimbursement fully
[1:13:19] reimburses any reserve funds
[1:13:19] stability reserve funds that
[1:13:23] are utilized in this case I'd
[1:13:24] be happy and supportive of that
[1:13:28] and I think that's a great idea
[1:13:28] .
[1:13:33] The 10 million number I just
[1:13:34] sort of threw out there.
[1:13:34] So Charles, I want to look to
[1:13:35] you and if that could be less
[1:13:37] that's fine too.
[1:13:38] I just want to be I mean you
[1:13:42] can cap that at whatever amount
[1:13:43] you want maybe to have it be
[1:13:46] more in concordance with
[1:13:47] the cal Oh yes, Gramp maybe up
[1:13:48] to 7.6 million because if you
[1:13:51] draw more than that and the Yes
[1:13:52] grant comes in in OCTOBER, you
[1:13:55] can't fully reimburse the use
[1:13:56] of reserves with just that.
[1:13:57] So okay so let's let's change
[1:14:00] that So this will be an
[1:14:01] amendment that we authorize up
[1:14:01] to $7.6 million to be pulled
[1:14:05] from reserves with
[1:14:06] the stipulation that once that
[1:14:06] class reimbursement comes back
[1:14:10] that would be used to replenish
[1:14:11] any amount of the reserves that
[1:14:18] are utilized funds I don't
[1:14:18] write that up.
[1:14:19] >> So it is the maker of
[1:14:19] the motion.
[1:14:22] Okay with that?
[1:14:23] I am And just as I made my
[1:14:27] motion in the conversation that
[1:14:28] we had, I thought it was
[1:14:28] totally dependent on the Cal Oh
[1:14:31] yes, the 7.4 that would
[1:14:32] essentially make us whole.
[1:14:36] So I am totally in line with
[1:14:36] making that part of the motion
[1:14:41] for clarity purposes and
[1:14:42] direction.
[1:14:42] Okay.
[1:14:43] And the second third of
[1:14:43] the motion Yes, I'm okay with
[1:14:44] that.
[1:14:46] Thank you.
[1:14:46] All right.
[1:14:47] So I know the city clerk's
[1:14:48] office well and the city
[1:14:50] attorney will scramble but just
[1:14:51] just if I MAY, I think I heard
[1:14:54] 7.6 where the number 7.4 So I
[1:14:55] think the numbers should be
[1:14:55] 7.4.
[1:14:56] 7.4 is the estimate.
[1:14:59] Yes, that's correct.
[1:14:59] Okay.
[1:15:00] 7.4.4.
[1:15:00] Yes, seven point.
[1:15:04] So the city clerk the city
[1:15:05] attorney will craft that
[1:15:05] language and circulate it to
[1:15:08] the maker of the motion and
[1:15:09] make sure that we got that
[1:15:09] correct.
[1:15:13] That concludes your comments,
[1:15:14] sir.
[1:15:14] >> It does.
[1:15:15] Thank you.
[1:15:18] We'll go back to council member
[1:15:19] Eli Rivera.
[1:15:19] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
[1:15:22] Appreciate the presentation
[1:15:27] here and the work you did
[1:15:28] Charles and the work of my
[1:15:31] colleagues here.
[1:15:32] Charles as you were running
[1:15:39] through some of the variances
[1:15:43] actually before I do that a
[1:15:48] question of a transportation to
[1:15:49] what extent is the you are
[1:15:53] the overages that we're seeing
[1:15:53] related to what was budgeted
[1:15:58] for Because I'm seeing some
[1:15:59] correlation and I could be
[1:16:02] mistaken here in Charles feel
[1:16:03] free to jump in if I'm missing
[1:16:07] something as well between where
[1:16:07] we're underperforming or
[1:16:12] revenues coming in below were
[1:16:12] expected and we're we're above
[1:16:16] budget and I'm trying to
[1:16:17] understand Naomi I think you
[1:16:18] can have an impossible job
[1:16:21] because the expectations have
[1:16:22] not changed But revenue that's
[1:16:26] come in has just So when do you
[1:16:30] throttle back when the revenue
[1:16:31] starts to to slide from where
[1:16:35] it was anticipated to be or
[1:16:36] projected to be in the approved
[1:16:41] budget that that part of that
[1:16:41] is an operations question Then
[1:16:42] part of it is like a math
[1:16:44] question for Charles about
[1:16:45] making sure that I'm I'm not
[1:16:51] misreading where we're falling
[1:16:53] short there.
[1:16:54] One just want to make sure I'm
[1:16:55] clear on the question you for
[1:16:56] helping along as well I assume
[1:16:58] that referring to less revenue
[1:16:58] coming in from parking meter
[1:16:59] operations to reimburse
[1:16:59] transportation for their work
[1:17:03] Yeah Okay.
[1:17:04] So I'll let you handle
[1:17:04] the first question on that.
[1:17:05] How do you respond to what
[1:17:08] happened?
[1:17:08] >> Yeah, I'll jump in.
[1:17:09] So operationally we ensure that
[1:17:12] the overtime is for essential
[1:17:12] services.
[1:17:17] Of course emergencies call back
[1:17:18] We had back to back storms so
[1:17:19] we had to prioritize that
[1:17:23] debris clearing street like
[1:17:23] traffic signal resets knock
[1:17:24] over anything that's that's
[1:17:27] caused by by extreme weather or
[1:17:27] storms.
[1:17:28] And in this case this fiscal
[1:17:32] year we also make sure that we
[1:17:32] are prioritizing overtime for
[1:17:33] our paving projects.
[1:17:36] So anything that's already
[1:17:37] funded that's going to deliver
[1:17:38] the paving mileage that's
[1:17:38] budgeted for the fiscal year
[1:17:41] and just being very just
[1:17:46] ensuring that it's that either
[1:17:46] funded or something that is
[1:17:47] critical something that's
[1:17:51] emergency and has a funding
[1:17:56] source attached to it.
[1:17:56] Right.
[1:17:57] I guess that's what I'm trying
[1:17:57] to understand.
[1:17:58] I think there's a funding
[1:18:03] source attached but we're we're
[1:18:04] we've got a gap It's
[1:18:04] accumulating across over
[1:18:05] the course there And this is
[1:18:08] where I'm kind of looking for
[1:18:09] some help your Charles because
[1:18:13] I'm what I'm hearing is that
[1:18:14] you've been tasked with a list
[1:18:17] of things to do and we've
[1:18:18] allocated a certain amount of
[1:18:19] money for that.
[1:18:22] Your list doesn't change even
[1:18:23] if the money changes And I'm
[1:18:24] trying to understand where in
[1:18:24] the fiscal year you get
[1:18:28] the direction hey, the money is
[1:18:29] not what we thought it was
[1:18:32] going to be So we need to
[1:18:33] change the list of things that
[1:18:34] need to be done Otherwise we're
[1:18:38] going to end up over budget.
[1:18:39] So again, I kind of there's
[1:18:39] like the understand the budget
[1:18:40] piece which I'm looking to
[1:18:43] Charles for and then
[1:18:44] understanding how you're being
[1:18:45] directed on the operation side
[1:18:48] think of a few things you're on
[1:18:48] one on the operational side
[1:18:49] each department has analysts
[1:18:50] that goes over their budgets
[1:18:52] and kind of day to day basis to
[1:18:53] see what's coming in and how
[1:18:53] much they actually have, what
[1:18:56] their expenditures are using
[1:18:57] that and in consultation with
[1:18:57] the Department of Finance
[1:18:58] presumably with
[1:19:01] the administration as well if
[1:19:02] dollars are not coming in to
[1:19:03] the point they need to support
[1:19:07] activities or if cost of
[1:19:07] activities are coming in higher
[1:19:08] than what we've anticipated,
[1:19:11] there needs to be discussion on
[1:19:11] what can actually be done and
[1:19:16] then you get to the point where
[1:19:16] if the dollars are not there
[1:19:21] you'll have to see some amount
[1:19:21] of services that we asked
[1:19:25] departments to reform be cut
[1:19:25] back.
[1:19:26] There is a process provided in
[1:19:30] our budgetary principles which
[1:19:31] are agreed on each year for
[1:19:32] when there are times that a
[1:19:35] department or
[1:19:36] the administration needs to
[1:19:37] pull back on services that are
[1:19:37] assumed to be delivered in
[1:19:41] the proposed early adopted
[1:19:42] budget that there's
[1:19:42] notification sent to this
[1:19:45] Council and then that
[1:19:46] the budget government
[1:19:46] efficiency take up a discussion
[1:19:47] of that item at its next
[1:19:50] available committee meeting.
[1:19:51] I believe that specifically
[1:19:55] the Transportation they did
[1:19:55] send a memo right maybe last
[1:19:56] week talking about the overtime
[1:19:59] use and other items that would
[1:20:00] be scaled back from that.
[1:20:03] Maybe it's unfortunately timed
[1:20:04] in that we are very close to
[1:20:05] the end of the fiscal year So
[1:20:09] there's not really much that an
[1:20:09] additional discussion can
[1:20:10] potentially change on that at
[1:20:11] this point.
[1:20:14] But that is a process that
[1:20:15] we've got laid out and that was
[1:20:16] agreed to by both this council
[1:20:18] and the administration.
[1:20:24] So I guess kind of thank you
[1:20:25] coming back to you now and
[1:20:26] anyone from the operations side
[1:20:28] of things I think is again
[1:20:32] you've been given a list a to
[1:20:33] do list.
[1:20:34] We've given you amount at
[1:20:37] the beginning of the fiscal
[1:20:38] year allocated you a certain
[1:20:39] amount of resources to do that
[1:20:42] with And I just I want to make
[1:20:46] sure I'm clear on this There's
[1:20:47] a we're all on the hook for
[1:20:51] this because what I what I'm
[1:20:52] hearing is least part of this
[1:20:56] is after we kind of gave you
[1:20:57] the fuel you were supposed to
[1:20:58] need to get to your destination
[1:20:58] and we started siphoning fuel
[1:21:01] out of that tank and your
[1:21:02] destination didn't change And
[1:21:06] so the communication between
[1:21:10] operations and and the council
[1:21:11] isn't really important here
[1:21:12] because as decisions are being
[1:21:15] made to to pull back on on
[1:21:20] decisions that are related to
[1:21:21] revenue we need to understand
[1:21:25] the operational impacts of that
[1:21:26] real time.
[1:21:26] And again that's that's not a
[1:21:27] used thing.
[1:21:27] Naomi To a certain extent I
[1:21:32] guess it is but there's just a
[1:21:33] reality here that we're like
[1:21:37] continuing to defund activities
[1:21:38] that we've told you all that
[1:21:42] you want that we want done,
[1:21:43] that everyone wants done that
[1:21:43] the city wants done,
[1:21:49] the residents want done So what
[1:21:49] is a better way to communicate
[1:21:50] in real time And whether it's
[1:21:54] Naomi or Rolando or whoever
[1:21:55] wants to jump in here about
[1:21:55] what the operational impacts
[1:21:59] would be of the decisions that
[1:21:59] the council's making when it
[1:22:03] relates to increasing or
[1:22:04] decreasing the revenue flow
[1:22:09] after the budgets been approved
[1:22:09] .
[1:22:10] I can take a first down and
[1:22:11] Bethany wants to chime in as
[1:22:13] well.
[1:22:14] I think it just comes back to
[1:22:15] just this is philosophical
[1:22:18] discussion about both mayor and
[1:22:19] council are responsible for
[1:22:19] the budget, right?
[1:22:22] So they it is and neither
[1:22:23] council nor mayor can
[1:22:24] unilaterally impact what is
[1:22:28] contemplate it in the budget.
[1:22:29] What could happen though it is
[1:22:33] dynamic you could have JANUARY
[1:22:34] or a season where it's you know
[1:22:35] you know it's a much Rainier
[1:22:39] season and there's a lot of
[1:22:39] potholes and well there could
[1:22:40] be an emergency.
[1:22:40] So there are things that could
[1:22:43] happen during the year.
[1:22:44] Right now I'm a little less
[1:22:44] concerned with sorry about
[1:22:45] the variables because I think
[1:22:47] that's understood right 2024
[1:22:48] huge flood And we've got we
[1:22:53] have to deal with
[1:22:53] the emergency.
[1:22:54] But what I'm hearing Naomi say
[1:22:54] this is something a little bit
[1:22:57] different which is we were told
[1:22:57] to do this work.
[1:22:58] We're working off our project
[1:23:01] list and we're like that's
[1:23:02] the job.
[1:23:02] So head down, do the job.
[1:23:06] And then I'm also hearing that
[1:23:07] revenues are coming in below
[1:23:07] projections some of that
[1:23:12] related to policy decisions of
[1:23:12] the council And when does
[1:23:13] the thinking up happen in that
[1:23:16] instance Because emergencies
[1:23:17] have to be dealt with.
[1:23:18] We all have to pivot and make
[1:23:20] adjustments on the fly That's
[1:23:25] different than us decreasing
[1:23:25] revenue and keeping
[1:23:29] the workload the same because
[1:23:30] the obvious result of that is
[1:23:35] going to be being over budget.
[1:23:36] >> If I MAY share an example,
[1:23:37] hopefully this answers your
[1:23:40] question.
[1:23:41] For example streetlights we're
[1:23:41] not resourced to do that.
[1:23:42] We've we've communicated time
[1:23:44] over time that overtime is
[1:23:45] the only mechanism we have to
[1:23:46] be able to turn streetlights
[1:23:49] back on.
[1:23:50] We don't do that throughout
[1:23:51] the year unless it's in cpd's
[1:23:53] because we receive that
[1:23:54] allocation or it's an
[1:23:58] emergency, it's a knock over
[1:23:59] either from you know, a driver
[1:23:59] or a storm.
[1:24:00] So we would address
[1:24:03] the emergency but that asset
[1:24:04] does not get touched right
[1:24:04] because we don't have
[1:24:05] the budget for it.
[1:24:10] So that to you So Bethany Bees,
[1:24:11] our chief performance and
[1:24:13] logistics Officer So what I
[1:24:13] would add in terms of
[1:24:14] the mechanics about how this
[1:24:18] will function so transportation
[1:24:18] in that fy 27 budget has a
[1:24:19] certain amount of overtime
[1:24:22] associated with transportation
[1:24:23] has done is they've looked at
[1:24:23] the year over year overages and
[1:24:27] which teams are incurring those
[1:24:28] costs.
[1:24:28] So what we've done is we've
[1:24:29] established essentially
[1:24:33] allocations you don't see that
[1:24:33] breakdown but at the department
[1:24:34] level two operations level
[1:24:35] we're seeing a certain amount
[1:24:38] of overtime has been allocated.
[1:24:39] Then what we're doing is we're
[1:24:43] creating individual funding
[1:24:43] centers for let's say
[1:24:44] the streetlight team,
[1:24:44] the traffic safety team,
[1:24:47] the pothole team etc. Based on
[1:24:48] what our typical spend has been
[1:24:52] then what we do during quarter
[1:24:53] one midyear third quarter is
[1:24:54] see what individually those
[1:24:57] teams look like.
[1:24:58] They're tracking it And then I
[1:24:59] believe that's the mechanism
[1:24:59] where the operations then would
[1:25:02] follow into whether or not
[1:25:03] policy decisions and or revenue
[1:25:07] are are trending accordingly to
[1:25:08] match the operations.
[1:25:09] So using it that's the best
[1:25:12] mechanism to essentially true
[1:25:13] up those things and to
[1:25:13] communicate.
[1:25:14] But Rolando and I are happy to
[1:25:17] work with you if there's a
[1:25:18] better mechanism to demonstrate
[1:25:21] that figure does that when
[1:25:21] there are significant
[1:25:22] divergences in the expenditures
[1:25:23] or the revenues.
[1:25:26] One we hope that we can see
[1:25:26] that in the quarterly budget
[1:25:27] monitor reports like we're
[1:25:29] talking about right now and
[1:25:30] that both have communicated
[1:25:31] clearly in those reports as
[1:25:32] well as frankly in my Office of
[1:25:35] Analysis of those reports when
[1:25:36] they there's something that
[1:25:39] comes up between them or is
[1:25:40] going to be real change to what
[1:25:41] operations can be provided,
[1:25:44] that's something that should be
[1:25:45] communicated to this council
[1:25:46] through some kind of mechanism,
[1:25:49] be it a memo, be it a
[1:25:50] presentation, whatever.
[1:25:50] And then the final item I would
[1:25:55] note as you noted this some of
[1:25:55] the declines in revenue from
[1:25:59] what was in the adopted budget
[1:25:59] to where we are now are
[1:26:00] the result of some of
[1:26:01] the policy decisions that
[1:26:03] the council made after adoption
[1:26:04] of the budget.
[1:26:08] I will be frank the potential
[1:26:09] impacts of this Council
[1:26:09] choosing to take actions that
[1:26:13] generate less revenue those
[1:26:14] operational impacts should be
[1:26:14] presented to you at the time
[1:26:18] those items are brought before
[1:26:19] you and if they have not been
[1:26:19] filed they should be.
[1:26:23] Yeah I think in the future I
[1:26:23] think that's an important part
[1:26:27] of the conversation both for
[1:26:28] understanding the impacts and
[1:26:32] for making it less likely that
[1:26:37] we end up in a situation where
[1:26:42] we end up over budget because
[1:26:42] detaching the conversation
[1:26:47] about pulling back from
[1:26:48] the operational impacts it's a
[1:26:55] tiny portion of the story and
[1:26:56] so I appreciate that this is
[1:26:57] super helpful for me.
[1:27:00] >> I think that something this
[1:27:01] year one obviously we turned
[1:27:05] multiple switches last year on
[1:27:05] on revenue.
[1:27:06] There's less of that in this in
[1:27:10] this budget and moving forward
[1:27:15] I think kind of all of us need
[1:27:16] to that that more holistic
[1:27:19] conversation needs to happen
[1:27:20] when we're discussing decisions
[1:27:24] related to increasing or
[1:27:25] decreasing revenue and and then
[1:27:30] the communication piece from
[1:27:31] the operations side I mean
[1:27:31] quite literally like this is
[1:27:34] what my list I have this many
[1:27:35] projects to do and I'm going to
[1:27:39] have to chop off the bottom 25%
[1:27:39] if you do this like that's
[1:27:40] the sort of stuff that we need
[1:27:44] to wrestle with because that's
[1:27:44] the reality of the decisions
[1:27:45] are being that are being made.
[1:27:46] So anyway, just in
[1:27:49] the presentation as I was
[1:27:49] listening that was that
[1:27:50] particular piece
[1:27:52] the transportation piece stood
[1:27:53] out to me and I wanted to make
[1:27:54] sure that I wasn't conflating
[1:27:58] correlation with causation too
[1:27:58] much.
[1:27:59] I know that it's not quite as
[1:28:02] simple as that but there also
[1:28:07] does seem to be some causation
[1:28:07] on the council side on this
[1:28:08] particular issue.
[1:28:08] Thank you.
[1:28:12] Council PRESIDENT All right.
[1:28:12] Thank you, sir.
[1:28:18] And for Council PRESIDENT Pro
[1:28:18] Tem weigh in Customer
[1:28:21] replacement cost Marino We have
[1:28:21] the new language up there.
[1:28:22] We're going to make sure that
[1:28:23] you're that reflects what you
[1:28:27] all intended to but we'll go to
[1:28:27] council member Von Wolpert In
[1:28:28] the meantime thank you For me
[1:28:31] this amendment helps me in
[1:28:32] terms of combining the future
[1:28:32] discretion we're granting So
[1:28:36] I'm happy to support it.
[1:28:37] But to a council I think also
[1:28:40] part of it is the function of
[1:28:40] our committee system.
[1:28:41] Bethany Now you've come to
[1:28:42] the Active Transportation and
[1:28:45] Infrastructure Committee over
[1:28:46] and over to brief us on how
[1:28:47] much where our Transportation
[1:28:49] Department is suffering due to
[1:28:50] lack of revenue.
[1:28:51] So part of it is just we're on
[1:28:51] different committees.
[1:28:52] You have been the most
[1:28:52] transparent department.
[1:28:54] I think we've had in terms of
[1:28:55] my office has experience of
[1:28:56] telling us exactly what's going
[1:28:59] to happen, how many fewer
[1:29:00] potholes, how many more fewer
[1:29:01] miles And I just appreciate
[1:29:04] that very much because it's
[1:29:05] been, you know, sending off
[1:29:05] alarm.
[1:29:06] But we don't have the revenue
[1:29:06] of course.
[1:29:08] But I just want to say for our
[1:29:09] committee you've done a very
[1:29:10] good job being open and
[1:29:10] transparent.
[1:29:11] So maybe when we do the larger
[1:29:13] at full council we can
[1:29:14] highlight that more for
[1:29:15] everybody because it's one of
[1:29:15] the most common complaints we
[1:29:18] get is roads and sidewalks And
[1:29:19] you know we do the cip
[1:29:19] monitoring report but there's
[1:29:23] so much in it maybe we can do a
[1:29:24] better job for that my rest of
[1:29:25] the colleagues to see that
[1:29:27] particular portion because you
[1:29:28] guys have been sounding
[1:29:29] the alarm bell So I appreciate
[1:29:29] it.
[1:29:29] All right.
[1:29:30] Thank you.
[1:29:32] Council member Von Wolpert
[1:29:33] Council Member Whitburn Thank
[1:29:33] you.
[1:29:37] >> Council PRESIDENT So we're
[1:29:38] waiting on the Callaway Yes, I
[1:29:38] think I heard you mentioned
[1:29:42] that while Access equity is 1.7
[1:29:43] to the positive right now
[1:29:47] you're seeing less and property
[1:29:51] tax revenue coming in since
[1:29:51] the third quarter.
[1:29:52] But I guess my question is if
[1:29:56] that trend continues and you
[1:30:00] know we end up with a I mean
[1:30:01] sort of negative access to
[1:30:02] equity that's probably not a
[1:30:04] term but would we need to use
[1:30:09] reserves to cover that?
[1:30:10] Can you come back and get that
[1:30:11] from us if we're capping
[1:30:13] the 7.4 right here?
[1:30:14] Yeah.
[1:30:14] I think on the property tax
[1:30:19] side major shift there was
[1:30:22] related to our it's not the 1%
[1:30:23] We did get our our final rpi
[1:30:29] etf amount yesterday and it was
[1:30:34] down 2.2 to 2.2 about 200,000
[1:30:39] difference one point it was it
[1:30:39] was slight it's slightly down
[1:30:42] So the change to our third
[1:30:43] quarter projections is down
[1:30:43] about 2 or $300,000.
[1:30:44] Okay.
[1:30:47] Based on what we got yesterday.
[1:30:47] >> Okay.
[1:30:48] So you don't anticipate
[1:30:49] the need to go into reserves
[1:30:52] beyond now for property?
[1:30:53] Okay.
[1:30:54] Well at all I just want to be
[1:30:54] sure that there's a mechanism
[1:30:57] if for whatever reason there's
[1:31:00] a need to dip into reserves
[1:31:01] beyond the 7.4 billion from
[1:31:01] the Callaway Yeah.
[1:31:02] So we have a better mechanism
[1:31:05] to actually do that.
[1:31:06] That's a great question.
[1:31:06] So if council approves
[1:31:10] the action before you now
[1:31:10] that's up to 7.4 million If for
[1:31:14] some reason we do end
[1:31:15] the fiscal year with a deficit
[1:31:18] that's higher than 7.4 million,
[1:31:19] we will need to dip into
[1:31:20] the reserves in order to close
[1:31:23] that we would be bringing that
[1:31:24] information back to council as
[1:31:27] part of the year end financial
[1:31:28] performance report.
[1:31:28] >> Okay.
[1:31:29] So do you be able to get that
[1:31:33] done if necessary?
[1:31:33] Okay.
[1:31:33] Thank you.
[1:31:34] Just wanted to make sure we had
[1:31:37] that mechanism in place All
[1:31:37] right.
[1:31:37] Thank you.
[1:31:38] Council member Whitburn.
[1:31:42] I didn't see any objection to
[1:31:43] the language of that.
[1:31:44] It does reflect what the motion
[1:31:44] is.
[1:31:47] I'll offer a couple of
[1:31:47] thoughts.
[1:31:48] Thank you for the good work
[1:31:51] that you bring forward.
[1:31:52] I'll put on the record that in
[1:31:53] my final budget memo I did
[1:31:55] suggest the 1.7 as kind of a
[1:31:55] mitigation that was wrong.
[1:32:00] I do not support using the 1.7
[1:32:01] identified in the third quarter
[1:32:05] for the budget conversation
[1:32:06] this this afternoon and I
[1:32:10] appreciate how finance and
[1:32:10] the idea has communicated that
[1:32:19] to folks The I also want to
[1:32:20] make a reminder to folks we
[1:32:25] change the summer recess so we
[1:32:25] do come back AUGUST 24th.
[1:32:29] So there is a little bit of an
[1:32:30] opportunity as you began And I
[1:32:34] think you know to the I really
[1:32:34] appreciate that the outloud
[1:32:38] conversation by my colleagues I
[1:32:39] don't we shouldn't be under
[1:32:40] the illusion that what we're
[1:32:40] going to adopt and what we
[1:32:43] adopted in JUNE or what we're
[1:32:44] going to adopt this afternoon
[1:32:45] fully fund the departments and
[1:32:48] the workload they have.
[1:32:49] So right off the bat there is a
[1:32:49] disconnect between what
[1:32:52] the departments are hoping to
[1:32:53] do and the funds they actually
[1:32:54] get allocated and that's what
[1:32:57] we're having to live with
[1:32:58] during areas where we don't
[1:32:59] have the revenue to manage
[1:33:02] the workload going forward.
[1:33:03] So and I also as you've often
[1:33:07] reminded us the lag you know it
[1:33:08] would be great to get real time
[1:33:11] information on this.
[1:33:12] It doesn't come in real time.
[1:33:13] There's a lag between when do
[1:33:17] you find out about property tax
[1:33:18] for sales tax or pot?
[1:33:21] You know, we didn't get a third
[1:33:21] quarter report on APRIL 1st
[1:33:25] when the first quarter or
[1:33:25] the third quarter ended the day
[1:33:26] before.
[1:33:26] It takes a while for it to
[1:33:27] figure out.
[1:33:29] So that's the balance That's a
[1:33:30] challenge we have and how you
[1:33:31] communicate with us And it
[1:33:34] really strikes me that
[1:33:34] the public is not here
[1:33:35] listening to this because we
[1:33:36] say all sorts of kinds of
[1:33:39] things that adopting the budget
[1:33:40] this is where the rubber meets
[1:33:40] the road.
[1:33:41] How are we actually performing
[1:33:44] on what we talked about in JUNE
[1:33:49] And at the risk of irritating
[1:33:49] everybody, the one thing that's
[1:33:50] not being talked about out loud
[1:33:53] is that there actually is a
[1:33:54] mitigation for the oas and that
[1:33:58] is to cut 7.4 million out of
[1:33:58] the f y 27 budget this
[1:33:59] afternoon.
[1:34:02] I don't think anybody wants to
[1:34:03] talk about that but that would
[1:34:03] be the way to stop the talk
[1:34:08] about the reserve is to cut
[1:34:08] that money out And I'm looking
[1:34:09] at you and I'm not looking at
[1:34:11] that because I can imagine
[1:34:11] the looks on their faces going
[1:34:15] forward on that.
[1:34:20] i do want to make sure that
[1:34:21] there is an opportunity to
[1:34:22] the answer that you gave to
[1:34:22] Council member Whitburn that
[1:34:25] there is an opportunity to come
[1:34:26] much earlier to council when
[1:34:26] the numbers start to really be
[1:34:31] manifest and really you start
[1:34:31] to get a handle you'll know
[1:34:32] whether the money came in.
[1:34:34] So there is an opportune to
[1:34:35] come back to council and get
[1:34:36] further authorization if that
[1:34:40] is what is necessary.
[1:34:44] So because things could happen
[1:34:45] in the fourth quarter we don't
[1:34:46] have the fourth quarter numbers
[1:34:46] yet.
[1:34:46] Right.
[1:34:49] You have probably a little bit
[1:34:49] sense because you guys are
[1:34:50] pretty smart but that's
[1:34:51] the challenge we have going
[1:34:51] forward.
[1:34:54] So I think everybody on
[1:34:54] the operations side,
[1:34:55] the Department of Finance side
[1:34:58] and the council is doing
[1:34:59] the best with the challenges we
[1:35:00] have in front of us and trying
[1:35:03] to do that delicate balance
[1:35:03] because we do have so many
[1:35:08] needs that our constituents
[1:35:08] whether it's libraries and
[1:35:09] parks, whether it's stormwater,
[1:35:10] whether it's everything else in
[1:35:13] between and we're trying to
[1:35:14] figure out a way to do the best
[1:35:17] we can with those resources
[1:35:18] still meet a balanced budget at
[1:35:18] the end of the day.
[1:35:22] So I think that's part of
[1:35:23] the challenge.
[1:35:23] I really want to emphasize what
[1:35:27] you produced on Slide four
[1:35:28] which was the mitigation
[1:35:28] measures that were taken in
[1:35:33] the operational changes I think
[1:35:33] to some of my colleagues
[1:35:34] questions about when do you
[1:35:36] begin to realize there are some
[1:35:37] problems and what actions are
[1:35:41] you taking to try to minimize
[1:35:42] the financial impact of those
[1:35:46] and begin to send a clear
[1:35:46] message?
[1:35:47] I know for me I got
[1:35:48] the transportation memo I
[1:35:51] wasn't happy with it.
[1:35:52] I asked for an explanation.
[1:35:53] I'm not happy with that But I
[1:35:56] understood that and supportive
[1:35:56] of why that memo had to come
[1:36:01] out, why those actions need to
[1:36:01] be taken.
[1:36:02] But that's the hard
[1:36:02] conversations that we all have.
[1:36:06] I think we all understand we
[1:36:06] all own it.
[1:36:07] So I'm a little bit nervous
[1:36:10] about putting the 7.4 but I
[1:36:10] understand I'll be supportive
[1:36:15] of it today or for this vote.
[1:36:16] But thank you for the good work
[1:36:16] and navigating all
[1:36:20] the challenges we have and
[1:36:21] we'll go to Council member
[1:36:24] Foster Oh yes.
[1:36:25] I just wanted to add an
[1:36:26] additional comment As we were
[1:36:29] talking about the excess equity
[1:36:30] in the 1.7 I think if I
[1:36:30] understand your comments
[1:36:34] Council PRESIDENT I do have
[1:36:38] concern about the excess equity
[1:36:39] .
[1:36:40] I would like to see it actually
[1:36:44] go to our our reserves As we
[1:36:45] colleague just said, you know,
[1:36:48] we have not allocated dollars
[1:36:49] to our reserves over the past
[1:36:57] couple of of cycles and also
[1:36:58] just knowing that as we look at
[1:37:03] future years we have a deficit
[1:37:07] that we will have to address
[1:37:08] And I think at some point we
[1:37:12] really need to to dive in as we
[1:37:15] look at this fiscal year and
[1:37:16] really in 28 and 29 I think
[1:37:17] it's the more that we can
[1:37:21] secure and hold back And I say
[1:37:22] that during this budget cycle
[1:37:25] as revenues increased we still
[1:37:26] like to increase our
[1:37:30] expenditures where we need to
[1:37:31] to manage that a little better
[1:37:32] and hone in our core services.
[1:37:36] So I, I actually like that idea
[1:37:39] of this 1.7 and moving it over
[1:37:40] to two reserves if everything
[1:37:43] works and comes in right So All
[1:37:44] right.
[1:37:44] Thank you sir.
[1:37:45] Nothing Anybody else on
[1:37:48] the lights We do have a motion
[1:37:51] by council member Foster second
[1:37:52] by council member Morena which
[1:37:53] is staff recommendation as
[1:37:57] amended and as shown on
[1:37:57] the screen and not seeing
[1:38:01] anybody else in the lights
[1:38:02] please call the roll.
[1:38:02] I'm sorry The voting system
[1:38:11] Please cast your vote that
[1:38:12] passes 8 to 1 with Council
[1:38:12] member Campbell voting no Thank
[1:38:13] you.
[1:38:15] Council PRESIDENT All right.
[1:38:16] Thank you City Clerk And again
[1:38:19] thank you to good folks at dol
[1:38:25] and our cfo.
[1:38:26] Clerk Please introduce item 701
[1:38:29] Item 701 is the fiscal year
[1:38:29] 2026 Capital Improvements
[1:38:34] program Cap year end budget
[1:38:34] monitoring report and copy
[1:38:35] budget revisions.
[1:38:35] If you'd like to speak to this
[1:38:38] item now's the time to raise
[1:38:39] your hand by pressing Star nine
[1:38:40] or the raise your hand icon
[1:38:43] I'll get it.
[1:38:44] Just put it right there and
[1:38:45] then you can If you'd like to
[1:38:48] speak in person please just
[1:38:49] place your speaker slip in
[1:38:49] the clear box missing out or
[1:38:50] you can just place it right
[1:38:51] there in the clear box.
[1:38:54] Thank you.
[1:38:54] Thank you.
[1:38:59] Council PRESIDENT.
[1:38:59] All right.
[1:39:00] I see that you're seated.
[1:39:01] Introduce yourselves for
[1:39:03] the record and let us know how
[1:39:04] much time you need.
[1:39:04] >> Good morning.
[1:39:05] Council PRESIDENT And members
[1:39:09] of the Council this is Jody
[1:39:10] Pantalone, assistant director
[1:39:10] with the Department of Finance
[1:39:14] and presenting with me today is
[1:39:14] Michael Polo, financial
[1:39:15] operations manager.
[1:39:17] Also the duf will need about
[1:39:18] ten minutes.
[1:39:19] All right when you're ready
[1:39:23] give this reporters a
[1:39:23] semiannual update to
[1:39:24] the Capital Improvements
[1:39:24] program.
[1:39:28] It provides budget monitoring
[1:39:29] updates on several of the more
[1:39:32] critical capital program
[1:39:33] funding sources.
[1:39:33] This report also includes a
[1:39:37] consolidated action for
[1:39:37] council.
[1:39:41] This request includes $69.9
[1:39:42] billion in appropriations
[1:39:42] the appropriations and
[1:39:46] reallocations between projects.
[1:39:47] I will turn it over to Michael
[1:39:51] to go through the details.
[1:39:52] >> Good morning everyone.
[1:39:56] The slide shows a summary of
[1:39:56] the cip budget adjustments.
[1:39:57] Of the new appropriations
[1:40:01] the largest amounts come from
[1:40:02] the development impact fees
[1:40:02] Transnet and interest earnings
[1:40:06] on a sip Related grant.
[1:40:07] For the transfers the largest
[1:40:10] amounts come from the rtc ip
[1:40:11] fund in the San Diego Regional
[1:40:15] Parks Improvement Fund.
[1:40:16] >> For several years
[1:40:17] the Department of Finance,
[1:40:20] Transportation and Engineering
[1:40:21] Capital Projects departments
[1:40:22] have been working together to
[1:40:22] monitor and prioritize
[1:40:25] the spend down of Transnet
[1:40:26] funds held at sandag.
[1:40:27] Based upon current estimated
[1:40:31] revenues for the fiscal year,
[1:40:31] it is anticipated that both
[1:40:32] the congestion relief and
[1:40:35] maintenance transit funds will
[1:40:36] likely have available fund
[1:40:37] balance at the end of
[1:40:37] the fiscal year.
[1:40:40] These requests are included as
[1:40:41] part of the consolidated action
[1:40:45] item of this report.
[1:40:46] This graph shows where the city
[1:40:50] earns and compares to other
[1:40:51] agencies participating in
[1:40:51] the Transnet program.
[1:40:54] As of MARCH 31st, 2026 which
[1:40:55] shows our Transnet cash balance
[1:40:59] is about 100% of projected
[1:40:59] annual revenue.
[1:41:00] The Transportation Department
[1:41:04] currently estimates that
[1:41:04] the Transnet extension cash
[1:41:05] balance held at sandag will be
[1:41:08] approximately $39 million by
[1:41:09] JUNE 30th, 2026, representing
[1:41:13] approximately 81% of the city's
[1:41:13] annual revenue.
[1:41:14] The city continues to try and
[1:41:19] maintain low cash balances held
[1:41:19] at sandag and has been
[1:41:20] consistently among the lower
[1:41:23] municipalities among others in
[1:41:24] the region to participate in
[1:41:27] the program.
[1:41:28] The Department of Finance works
[1:41:29] closely with the Transportation
[1:41:33] Department to monitor and
[1:41:34] maximize the use of gas tech
[1:41:34] funding for right of way
[1:41:38] maintenance and improvements.
[1:41:39] Both are volatile funding
[1:41:39] sources as revenues can
[1:41:42] fluctuate depending both on
[1:41:43] the price of gas as well as
[1:41:43] consumer demand.
[1:41:47] So we will continue to monitor
[1:41:48] through the end of the fiscal
[1:41:48] year based upon current
[1:41:52] estimated revenues.
[1:41:53] It is anticipated that gas tax
[1:41:53] and armory funds MAY have
[1:41:57] available fund balance at
[1:41:57] the end of the fiscal year.
[1:41:58] The gas tax is proposing to use
[1:42:02] the anticipated fund balance as
[1:42:02] part of a 426 as part of this
[1:42:03] consolidated action.
[1:42:06] This report while the Armory
[1:42:10] funding is being used for 27
[1:42:11] draft budget as well as
[1:42:14] the four 27th MAY revision.
[1:42:19] >> The Department of Finance
[1:42:20] also works with engineering
[1:42:20] capital projects and various
[1:42:21] asset management departments to
[1:42:24] propose the best uses for
[1:42:25] the general Fund contributions
[1:42:25] to the c ip.
[1:42:29] Capital outlay Infrastructure
[1:42:29] and climate Equity funds.
[1:42:34] This table shows the expected
[1:42:34] uncommitted fund balances
[1:42:35] anticipated at the end of
[1:42:35] the fiscal year.
[1:42:39] The infrastructure fund is
[1:42:40] proposed to absorb additional
[1:42:40] debt service as part of this
[1:42:44] consolidated action to free up
[1:42:45] general fund resources and
[1:42:45] the Climate Equity Fund was
[1:42:49] included as part of the fiscal
[1:42:49] year 2027 draft.
[1:42:53] The ip budget.
[1:42:54] The slide showed the debt
[1:42:58] funded the ip appropriations
[1:42:59] and spend down as of the third
[1:43:02] quarter of fiscal year 2026.
[1:43:03] These represent the unfunded
[1:43:07] appropriated actions budgeted
[1:43:08] and expended The Capital
[1:43:16] Improvements program only and
[1:43:17] the slide shows the debt
[1:43:17] supported activity of both
[1:43:21] the capital improvements
[1:43:22] program and other capital needs
[1:43:22] that have been previously
[1:43:23] approved.
[1:43:26] The city has spent down
[1:43:27] the 2024 a lease revenue bond
[1:43:28] proceeds.
[1:43:31] The remaining authorized
[1:43:32] appropriations will be financed
[1:43:32] through future long term
[1:43:36] financings including
[1:43:36] the recently issued 2025 Alief
[1:43:40] revenue bonds.
[1:43:41] >> The slide shows the spend
[1:43:45] down progress on the WiFi
[1:43:46] alone.
[1:43:46] Many projects have not entered
[1:43:47] into the construction phase
[1:43:50] which is when we will see
[1:43:51] the spend down really start to
[1:43:54] ramp up.
[1:43:55] >> Shifting gears to
[1:43:59] the capital improvements
[1:43:59] program administrative budget
[1:44:03] updates the fiscal year 2026
[1:44:04] Appropriation ordinance
[1:44:04] authorizes the cfo to modify
[1:44:08] project appropriations for
[1:44:09] various fund or project
[1:44:09] management purposes under
[1:44:13] certain conditions.
[1:44:14] These administrative
[1:44:14] authorities create efficiencies
[1:44:18] across departments by saving
[1:44:18] time and helping to promote and
[1:44:19] implement cash management
[1:44:20] strategies in the capital
[1:44:23] program.
[1:44:23] Wanted to take this opportunity
[1:44:24] to highlight just a few of
[1:44:27] the various sections used
[1:44:28] during the second and third
[1:44:29] quarters of the fiscal year.
[1:44:33] There are additional details
[1:44:33] and examples included in
[1:44:34] the report.
[1:44:37] Section 235 authorizes the cfo
[1:44:38] to transfer and appropriate a
[1:44:39] maximum of $200,000 per project
[1:44:43] not to exceed 10% of
[1:44:44] the project budget from annual
[1:44:45] allocations or fund balance in
[1:44:51] order to complete the project.
[1:44:51] >> Section 237 authorizes
[1:44:55] the cfo to swap revenues
[1:44:56] sources between projects as
[1:44:57] long as the reallocations do
[1:45:01] not result in a net project
[1:45:01] increase.
[1:45:02] This authority was used to
[1:45:02] provide effective cash
[1:45:06] management and ensure
[1:45:07] the funding was spent on timely
[1:45:10] while also ensuring items that
[1:45:11] could not be financed were
[1:45:12] appropriately funded by cash
[1:45:14] funding sources.
[1:45:20] Section two caa authorized
[1:45:21] the cfo to appropriate revenue
[1:45:24] sources to projects from fund
[1:45:25] balance and to return existing
[1:45:29] revenue sources to fund balance
[1:45:29] within the same capital project
[1:45:30] where the net change in funding
[1:45:34] does not result in a net change
[1:45:34] to the project budget.
[1:45:35] This authority was used to
[1:45:39] spend on older funding sources
[1:45:40] or to keep the right mix of
[1:45:40] funding sources between
[1:45:41] the public utility funds for
[1:45:47] their projects.
[1:45:47] >> Section 239 authorizes
[1:45:51] the cfo to modify capital
[1:45:52] project budgets in accordance
[1:45:53] with the City Council approved
[1:45:56] financing plans.
[1:45:57] As we move away from community
[1:45:58] based if enough space this
[1:46:02] particular Aota will likely be
[1:46:02] used less and less each year.
[1:46:06] Section two 312 was used to
[1:46:06] appropriate older funds that
[1:46:10] are being targeted for closing
[1:46:11] as they no longer receive
[1:46:11] revenue other than interest
[1:46:15] earnings.
[1:46:16] Section two c 15 authorizes
[1:46:19] the cfo to modify
[1:46:20] the accounting of capital
[1:46:21] improvements program projects
[1:46:24] to ensure the use of the most
[1:46:25] appropriate project type.
[1:46:28] Section two c 16 similar in
[1:46:29] that it also allows
[1:46:29] the conversion if the project
[1:46:31] meets the thresholds to become
[1:46:36] a standalone project.
[1:46:37] So in conclusion this report
[1:46:37] request the allocation or
[1:46:42] transfer funds between projects
[1:46:42] of $69.9 million.
[1:46:46] We continue to have success in
[1:46:47] the spend down of
[1:46:48] transportation funds,
[1:46:51] infrastructure funds and bond
[1:46:51] proceeds.
[1:46:52] The successes attributed to
[1:46:52] various cash management efforts
[1:46:55] and a strong collaboration
[1:46:56] between the Department of
[1:46:57] Finance Engineering Capital
[1:47:00] projects and various asset
[1:47:01] management departments.
[1:47:02] Look forward to continuing
[1:47:05] discussions on improving
[1:47:06] the delivery of infrastructure
[1:47:06] in the capital program
[1:47:09] providing effective cash
[1:47:10] management of the program and
[1:47:11] increasing transparency.
[1:47:14] This effective cash manager is
[1:47:15] important given our limited
[1:47:16] resources and constraints to
[1:47:19] the capital program.
[1:47:20] >> Can be happy to answer any
[1:47:20] questions you MAY have.
[1:47:21] All right.
[1:47:25] Thank you for the presentation
[1:47:25] .
[1:47:25] Good work.
[1:47:26] Um.
[1:47:26] No report.
[1:47:29] I'm okay with that.
[1:47:30] >> Clerk Please proceed with
[1:47:30] public comment.
[1:47:31] Thank you.
[1:47:31] Mac Schmidt if you can please
[1:47:35] come up to the podium after
[1:47:35] that will be Joyce Senator.
[1:47:36] >> You can please come up to
[1:47:38] the other reserved seats.
[1:47:44] How much time do I have?
[1:47:44] >> One and a half.
[1:47:45] I just wanted to say that this
[1:47:48] PowerPoint is the perfect
[1:47:49] presentation of how demon
[1:47:50] possessed progressives work to
[1:47:53] try to create a one world
[1:47:53] government.
[1:47:54] They've got $100,000 they're
[1:47:58] allocating for the Balboa Park
[1:47:58] Mission Bay or the Mission Bay
[1:48:03] Golf course and then on their
[1:48:03] conclusion they put continued
[1:48:04] success spending down
[1:48:08] transportation cost.
[1:48:09] So they just basically spend
[1:48:13] money and say we have continued
[1:48:14] success and I don't trust these
[1:48:14] people.
[1:48:15] And the reason I don't trust
[1:48:15] these people is because I just
[1:48:18] want to open Pandora's Box into
[1:48:19] the entire population knows
[1:48:19] what's going on.
[1:48:23] A group rituals are so inside
[1:48:23] the Masonic Lodge are so
[1:48:27] powerful that it allows these
[1:48:28] people to teleport and become
[1:48:29] possessed by demons And then
[1:48:32] the demons command them to
[1:48:33] create a one world government
[1:48:33] And that's what's going on
[1:48:34] here.
[1:48:38] All these people are sipping to
[1:48:38] Satan in the Masonic Lodge and
[1:48:42] they basically live for occult
[1:48:42] group rituals where they
[1:48:43] sacrifice humans in the lodge
[1:48:47] in come possessed by demons to
[1:48:48] be like a living GOD to
[1:48:48] the point where they can
[1:48:49] teleport around and to
[1:48:51] the point where they can
[1:48:52] reincarnate and then state and
[1:48:53] commands them to create a one
[1:48:53] world government.
[1:48:57] They get together and say All
[1:48:57] right, let's create a one word
[1:48:58] government $100,000 for
[1:49:01] the baseball park golf course
[1:49:02] that we can just steal from
[1:49:03] the people to make them poorer
[1:49:03] and then we can just put on
[1:49:04] the end of the PowerPoint.
[1:49:06] Conclusion in continued success
[1:49:07] Spending down transportation
[1:49:08] cost to make it seem like we're
[1:49:11] doing a good job this is an
[1:49:12] embarrassment.
[1:49:12] Shame on all of you And that's
[1:49:13] disgusting that you teleporter
[1:49:16] and you should drive cars
[1:49:17] tracing out if you can please
[1:49:22] come forward.
[1:49:22] >> Thank you.
[1:49:26] Is a sign?
[1:49:27] Yes.
[1:49:27] Okay.
[1:49:27] Thank you.
[1:49:31] Thank you for your presentation
[1:49:36] And these Skype projects and
[1:49:37] the resources and the whole
[1:49:41] area is just so big and so
[1:49:42] complex And I really appreciate
[1:49:45] the way you worked with it and
[1:49:50] how you showed us pieces of it.
[1:49:50] So we certainly need
[1:49:51] collaboration and monitoring of
[1:49:55] the funds and the projects And
[1:49:56] I know and I know you're doing
[1:49:59] your best to make that happen
[1:50:00] for the public.
[1:50:00] So I want to talk about
[1:50:04] the structural budget deficit.
[1:50:05] What I want you to do is to
[1:50:09] speak to that on every single
[1:50:14] critical item, bring it to
[1:50:15] the table and look at it and
[1:50:19] incorporate it into what we
[1:50:24] need to do, what we are doing
[1:50:25] in both the long term and
[1:50:25] the short term.
[1:50:28] Of course the long term is very
[1:50:29] critical And I want to say this
[1:50:33] we need an officially we need
[1:50:38] an officially adopted plan to
[1:50:42] return to structural balance.
[1:50:43] We must bring this to the table
[1:50:48] now not next year not long will
[1:50:52] will take long term and we'll
[1:50:53] speak to it and bring it up in
[1:50:58] two years And thank you for
[1:50:58] that kind of tool.
[1:50:59] >> I've started the five minute
[1:50:59] time We're going to those
[1:51:00] participating remotely.
[1:51:05] Hector if you can please unmute
[1:51:05] .
[1:51:06] Thanks.
[1:51:06] They're one of the biggest
[1:51:07] danger facing is the water
[1:51:10] program so we should have
[1:51:11] updates on that every month.
[1:51:15] How much is going to cost?
[1:51:16] What are the billion dollar
[1:51:20] cost overruns like
[1:51:21] the railroad, the high speed
[1:51:24] rail, huge overruns and
[1:51:25] the city of San Diego biggest
[1:51:29] fear The biggest thing we got
[1:51:30] going I think now is
[1:51:30] financially the long term
[1:51:34] overruns of that project.
[1:51:35] We've got to do it month by
[1:51:35] month.
[1:51:39] There's going to be some big
[1:51:39] time extra bills come And so
[1:51:43] that's one thing we could do
[1:51:44] and then we should definitely
[1:51:48] fund the SlutWalk and maybe Max
[1:51:49] could be the grand marshal.
[1:51:50] We could do it to raise
[1:51:54] the money for the sewer plant
[1:51:54] that we got to build However we
[1:51:59] get the money, the design we're
[1:51:59] going to build big spats down
[1:52:03] there like big sized swimming
[1:52:03] pools down there to hold it and
[1:52:07] to treat it So but anyway, just
[1:52:12] keep it simple And then when
[1:52:13] you're trying to figure out how
[1:52:14] how it's not working out, tell
[1:52:16] them one excuses Hey,
[1:52:21] the mayors in the Philippines
[1:52:21] spending $450,000 and he's
[1:52:26] taken the budget and it's like
[1:52:26] the let them eat cake budget
[1:52:30] Let's de-fund everything and
[1:52:31] then just let them eat cake.
[1:52:35] Well that's you blame it on
[1:52:35] the mayor where he's in France
[1:52:36] and stuff goes to France and
[1:52:41] takes the money Thank you.
[1:52:42] >> Your time is concluded.
[1:52:43] Blair Beakman If you can please
[1:52:45] unmute I we're big fan thank
[1:52:49] you for the item You know
[1:52:50] the city items is a real
[1:52:54] important revenue It has its
[1:52:54] own plate of revenue that it
[1:52:59] can work from Good Look how
[1:53:00] we're reviewing such concepts
[1:53:03] at each department can be
[1:53:03] creating their own revenue.
[1:53:04] We talked about that yesterday
[1:53:08] with the waste manager solid
[1:53:12] waste management issues and
[1:53:13] that should be hopefully a
[1:53:17] regular conversation to have.
[1:53:18] You know each department having
[1:53:18] its own revenue source source
[1:53:22] where it comes from.
[1:53:23] So thank you for the work of
[1:53:23] this department what you can be
[1:53:26] doing It's important to me to
[1:53:31] really note that in your
[1:53:32] procurement for all these
[1:53:36] projects coming up in the next
[1:53:36] few years when you include tech
[1:53:37] tech accountability in that
[1:53:41] procurement process it makes
[1:53:41] something really clear to other
[1:53:42] cities that you're trying to
[1:53:47] talk with or to other you know
[1:53:47] or cities or corporations or
[1:53:51] you know, private entities
[1:53:52] whoever what you what our goals
[1:53:55] and objectives are for
[1:53:56] the future San Diego And when
[1:53:57] you when you put that into
[1:54:00] the tech accountability into
[1:54:01] the process it it does
[1:54:01] something really important in
[1:54:05] expectations and best practices
[1:54:06] It just everything becomes a
[1:54:10] more understandable process ipo
[1:54:11] which is what we're trying to
[1:54:15] do with the park issues right
[1:54:16] now If you've noticed everyone
[1:54:16] thank you for that concluding
[1:54:19] comment That does conclude
[1:54:20] public comment on this item.
[1:54:21] >> All right.
[1:54:21] Thank you, City Clerk.
[1:54:22] And with that we'll turn it
[1:54:24] over to council for questions.
[1:54:29] Comments Entertain a motion.
[1:54:30] >> I'm almost happy to make
[1:54:34] the motion to approve
[1:54:34] the recommendation.
[1:54:35] All right.
[1:54:36] So we have a motion by council
[1:54:39] member whitburn.
[1:54:40] >> We'll go next to council
[1:54:40] member Von Wolford.
[1:54:42] Thank you Council present.
[1:54:43] I'm happy to second the motion
[1:54:44] and thank you for the report
[1:54:45] and all the work we're doing to
[1:54:47] try and get copies going.
[1:54:48] My one question is what are we
[1:54:51] doing to try and contain our
[1:54:51] costs?
[1:54:52] I feel that contractors when
[1:54:52] they see the city coming they
[1:54:56] upcharge us for the price of
[1:54:57] everything from asphalt to
[1:55:01] building materials and you know
[1:55:02] we were suing a fire engine
[1:55:06] company for overcharging us for
[1:55:07] the parts of fire engines.
[1:55:08] You know, what are we doing to
[1:55:21] try and contain our costs here
[1:55:21] ?
[1:55:22] Good morning Council member
[1:55:23] Onyeama City Engineer The staff
[1:55:26] continue monitoring all bids
[1:55:26] coming in and ensuring that on
[1:55:27] with the engineering estimates
[1:55:30] we also participate in multiple
[1:55:30] regional media meetings and
[1:55:34] collaboration with other
[1:55:35] agencies to ensure that our
[1:55:36] bids are coming in are very
[1:55:40] similar in nature and then
[1:55:41] looking for ways to improve
[1:55:45] the scrutiny of all the bids
[1:55:45] and analyzing them as we go.
[1:55:46] So we're keeping a really close
[1:55:50] tab on all the bids are coming
[1:55:51] in and monitoring this one and
[1:55:51] comparing that on the regional
[1:55:55] level as well.
[1:55:56] So and then it's coming in I
[1:55:56] mean Iliffe can shed more light
[1:56:00] but as we see new bids coming
[1:56:00] in that are within
[1:56:04] the engineering estimate and
[1:56:04] then if it's above
[1:56:05] the engineering estimate we
[1:56:08] ensure this is justified And
[1:56:09] then compared to other agencies
[1:56:13] within the region.
[1:56:13] Okay.
[1:56:14] And what about in housing?
[1:56:15] I mean is it cheaper for us to
[1:56:18] do a mile of mill paid in house
[1:56:19] rather than Odessa overlay
[1:56:22] contracted out?
[1:56:23] >> I mean it's not comparisons
[1:56:24] apples to apples because
[1:56:27] the work really included and
[1:56:28] the teams as it's different in
[1:56:32] natures on what is comprised of
[1:56:33] the contract such as the curb
[1:56:37] ramps for instance that are not
[1:56:38] part of the multi delivery.
[1:56:38] So the cost is not really
[1:56:41] comparable from that
[1:56:42] perspective but something we
[1:56:43] add Both teams are comparing
[1:56:46] notes and and they're coming
[1:56:51] within the range both of them.
[1:56:56] Okay I'm just I'd love to hear
[1:57:01] if we you know taking out
[1:57:02] the programs for the sidewalks
[1:57:03] I'm sure we could figure out
[1:57:03] how to do that in house too.
[1:57:06] But I just the cost of our cap
[1:57:10] keeps growing and I just don't
[1:57:11] know what to do about it.
[1:57:12] So yeah, I mean this is
[1:57:15] the cost of doing business
[1:57:16] right now as the materials
[1:57:17] costs continue to fluctuate and
[1:57:21] other outside factors such as
[1:57:21] the tariff and whatnot really
[1:57:22] makes the market a little bit
[1:57:25] unstable.
[1:57:26] But as we again compare notes
[1:57:27] with other agencies within
[1:57:31] the region, this is across
[1:57:31] the board and probably you see
[1:57:36] the airport project for
[1:57:36] instance is coming way above
[1:57:37] budget and then the amount of
[1:57:38] change orders.
[1:57:40] So something we're trying to
[1:57:41] continue keeping a close tabs
[1:57:41] on it.
[1:57:42] In the meantime we're looking
[1:57:45] for a way to improve our
[1:57:45] contract documents to not allow
[1:57:50] for any change in order as we
[1:57:51] award the contract as well.
[1:57:52] This is something in our
[1:57:55] control and this is what staff
[1:57:55] they're constantly working
[1:57:56] toward.
[1:57:56] Okay, got it.
[1:58:00] Luckily at the airport we
[1:58:01] actually are getting a lot of
[1:58:02] change orders on this portion
[1:58:02] of the terminal.
[1:58:05] We're actually on budget which
[1:58:05] is great But yeah, I mean
[1:58:10] the tariffs are something that
[1:58:10] we can't control and our
[1:58:11] businesses are being price
[1:58:11] gouging by the Americans are
[1:58:14] paying the tariffs.
[1:58:15] We are the ones paying these
[1:58:15] tariffs.
[1:58:16] It's been very clear And so I
[1:58:19] just that's very hard for a
[1:58:20] city to have to absorb because
[1:58:20] we can't control whether or not
[1:58:21] the price the United States
[1:58:24] puts on tariffs off and on.
[1:58:24] So okay.
[1:58:25] Well thank you for answering
[1:58:26] the question And I'm always
[1:58:29] interested to see what we can
[1:58:29] do.
[1:58:29] >> All right.
[1:58:30] Thank you.
[1:58:34] And I fail to mention that we
[1:58:35] do have a motion by
[1:58:35] Councilmember Whipper and a
[1:58:36] second by COUNCILMAN Paul
[1:58:37] Wolpert to move the staff
[1:58:38] recommendation.
[1:58:39] >> Or maybe I did I don't know
[1:58:40] But we'll go to Councilmember
[1:58:42] Foster.
[1:58:47] Thank you for that And it just
[1:58:48] just really quick on my
[1:58:52] colleague's question there's
[1:58:56] there's no way that a general
[1:58:57] contractor should be able to
[1:59:01] have a lower cost to do milling
[1:59:02] paving.
[1:59:02] We just isolate asphalt work
[1:59:06] that should not they should we
[1:59:07] should be able to be very, very
[1:59:11] competitive But I'll leave that
[1:59:11] there.
[1:59:12] That's a conversation for
[1:59:16] another day I guess just with
[1:59:17] the item one Thank you for
[1:59:17] the presentation.
[1:59:21] I do have just a couple of
[1:59:21] quick questions on some
[1:59:22] specifics.
[1:59:26] I see I do appreciate in
[1:59:30] regards to Marie Whitman that
[1:59:30] we are moving forward.
[1:59:31] I see we are moving some
[1:59:32] dollars going from debt to cash
[1:59:35] to get our initial worked on
[1:59:36] the demolition.
[1:59:36] So I do appreciate those
[1:59:40] efforts as you're working to
[1:59:41] get that done before our JULY
[1:59:44] 12th date for our big Encanto
[1:59:44] block party.
[1:59:49] >> But I do see that we are
[1:59:49] taking that cash from
[1:59:50] the Paradise Hills Community
[1:59:50] Park Trail.
[1:59:54] >> Can you give me an update on
[1:59:55] where we're at with that
[1:59:55] project and when we will be
[1:59:59] seeing that move forward?
[2:00:00] I guess if I can ask that
[2:00:14] question, council member will
[2:00:14] get you the update on this one.
[2:00:15] >> This is a project delivered
[2:00:19] by in-house Parks and Rec staff
[2:00:19] and then we will make sure to
[2:00:20] get you the update on this.
[2:00:24] Okay, Great know Thank you.
[2:00:27] And just very quick back to
[2:00:28] the paving Most of the work now
[2:00:33] is been the I mean we give
[2:00:33] priority to our teams right We
[2:00:37] are trying to contract out
[2:00:38] the bare minimum as we go Those
[2:00:39] are the one bundled with
[2:00:42] pipelines project and other
[2:00:43] work within the right of way.
[2:00:44] So this is the direction that
[2:00:47] we're gearing toward that I
[2:00:47] understand.
[2:00:47] >> I understand and I
[2:00:51] understand there's more work to
[2:00:52] do as we are And also the one
[2:00:53] thing that we need to be
[2:00:56] careful is to make sure that we
[2:00:57] can execute right.
[2:00:57] We know the condition of
[2:00:58] the yard.
[2:00:58] We know condition of certain
[2:01:01] things.
[2:01:02] So we need to make sure that we
[2:01:02] are taking that into account
[2:01:03] too.
[2:01:06] So I don't want to throw all of
[2:01:06] the miles on you at this point
[2:01:07] but I just like to see it
[2:01:08] continue to improve and
[2:01:09] continue to expand.
[2:01:15] So thank you for those efforts
[2:01:15] .
[2:01:16] What else do I have here?
[2:01:20] Also I think this is probably
[2:01:25] another park and rec question
[2:01:26] but I know we have some things
[2:01:27] going on with our tennis club
[2:01:30] There and so I'll be following
[2:01:31] up with Park and Rec to make
[2:01:34] sure that we have that project
[2:01:35] continuing to move forward as
[2:01:39] we address the media and
[2:01:40] certain things.
[2:01:41] So looking forward to that one
[2:01:44] coming on board as well.
[2:01:45] I think with that I don't have
[2:01:50] any other questions or comments
[2:01:50] at this time.
[2:01:50] Thank you.
[2:01:51] All right.
[2:01:55] Thank you, Councilmember
[2:01:55] Foster.
[2:01:56] I will go next to Council
[2:01:56] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.
[2:01:59] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT and
[2:02:00] I'll be quick Appreciate some
[2:02:01] of the changes that are that
[2:02:04] we're seeing with this update.
[2:02:05] But I also just really wanted
[2:02:05] to give a special thanks to
[2:02:06] Rania and the entire team as
[2:02:09] well because we know not every
[2:02:10] project is the same.
[2:02:13] Some have challenges.
[2:02:14] So one of the items here is
[2:02:14] South Neighborhood Park which
[2:02:18] has been difficult and has
[2:02:19] taken far longer than I think
[2:02:20] we all anticipated.
[2:02:20] We've had another project in so
[2:02:22] that is ahead of schedule and
[2:02:23] every single time I think just
[2:02:24] the willingness of the team to
[2:02:25] try to work with the community
[2:02:27] to understand and
[2:02:28] the variability in these
[2:02:29] projects to try to figure out
[2:02:32] how we're keeping contractors
[2:02:33] accountable to what we put them
[2:02:33] towards.
[2:02:38] It is a challenge and so we
[2:02:38] appreciate the partnership and
[2:02:39] actually trying to use our
[2:02:42] dollars wisely but also
[2:02:43] communicate with the public in
[2:02:44] a way that doesn't offer some
[2:02:44] trust as to how we're
[2:02:47] delivering these major csp
[2:02:48] projects.
[2:02:48] So thank you to the team for
[2:02:52] the work on that front.
[2:02:53] Thank you.
[2:02:53] All right.
[2:02:54] Thank you.
[2:02:56] Not seeing anyone else in
[2:02:57] the lights I add my thanks to
[2:02:58] the work and especially
[2:03:01] the effort that you started a
[2:03:02] few years ago was to make sure
[2:03:03] that we don't have money
[2:03:06] sitting around and and buckets
[2:03:07] that we do everything we can to
[2:03:10] put money in our hands to work
[2:03:11] And I think it's made a
[2:03:12] significant difference in terms
[2:03:15] of being able to fund the vip
[2:03:15] rollout.
[2:03:16] I know that there is one change
[2:03:20] in my district but that will be
[2:03:21] returning fba funds back to
[2:03:25] the community and we'll look
[2:03:26] forward to reallocating those
[2:03:30] dollars at a different time.
[2:03:31] You know the other other
[2:03:32] thought that I had which is
[2:03:35] probably as dangerous as
[2:03:35] the one that I comment that I
[2:03:39] made earlier goes to one of my
[2:03:39] colleagues comments about kind
[2:03:40] of getting updated and
[2:03:43] the decisions we make One
[2:03:44] project start to get very, very
[2:03:48] expensive for whatever reason
[2:03:49] and whether there is really a
[2:03:54] process I, I think last year I
[2:03:54] kind of just the moment that
[2:03:55] this is the moment to say
[2:03:58] something about a project and
[2:03:59] the increased budget that it is
[2:04:03] being identified with and do I
[2:04:04] still support one in my
[2:04:04] district?
[2:04:05] Do I ask my colleagues whether
[2:04:07] they still support
[2:04:08] the allocation of funds knowing
[2:04:13] that we use multiple buckets to
[2:04:14] be able to fund our very big
[2:04:14] projects And you guys are
[2:04:17] amazing in terms of identifying
[2:04:18] those buckets whether it's
[2:04:19] grants, community deaths
[2:04:22] citywide deaths etc. Etc. Going
[2:04:22] forward.
[2:04:27] But sometimes I pause and
[2:04:27] wondering about as this project
[2:04:28] just got beyond the pale and
[2:04:32] maybe we should rethink it But
[2:04:33] I'll circle back It's I'm only
[2:04:34] talking about projects in my
[2:04:37] district so I want to be clear
[2:04:37] about that But I'll circle back
[2:04:41] on that kind of conversation
[2:04:42] and I know it's just so
[2:04:43] difficult takes so long.
[2:04:43] So anyway, thank you for
[2:04:44] the good work.
[2:04:46] So we do have a motion by
[2:04:47] council member whitburn,
[2:04:48] the second by council member
[2:04:49] Von Wilpert to move the staff
[2:04:50] recommendation Please call
[2:04:55] the roll and start the voting
[2:04:55] system.
[2:04:56] Please cast your vote And that
[2:04:59] passes unanimously 9 to 0.
[2:05:00] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All
[2:05:00] right.
[2:05:05] Thank you And with that please
[2:05:05] Clark please introduce item 702
[2:05:08] Item 702 is the fiscal year
[2:05:08] 2025 annual reporting on
[2:05:09] development impact fees and
[2:05:13] other city planning managed
[2:05:14] funds along with capital
[2:05:18] improvement program allocations
[2:05:18] .
[2:05:19] If you'd like to speak on this
[2:05:20] item, now's the time to raise
[2:05:22] your hand by pressing Star nine
[2:05:23] or the raise your hand icon And
[2:05:23] if you are here in council
[2:05:24] chambers please be sure to
[2:05:26] submit your speaker slips to
[2:05:27] the front of the room in
[2:05:27] the clear box.
[2:05:28] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[2:05:28] All right.
[2:05:33] Thank you.
[2:05:34] >> And as you settle yourselves
[2:05:35] in, please introduce yourselves
[2:05:38] for the record and let us know
[2:05:39] how much time you need.
[2:05:39] Good morning, everyone.
[2:05:42] I'm Sameera Rao, assistant
[2:05:43] deputy director with City
[2:05:43] Planning.
[2:05:44] I have with me Eduardo
[2:05:47] Hernandez will be making
[2:05:48] the presentation and we will
[2:05:48] need 10 to 12 minutes.
[2:05:49] All right, when you're ready.
[2:05:52] Okay.
[2:05:52] Thank you very much.
[2:05:57] Good morning.
[2:05:58] >> Today we're presenting on
[2:05:59] the un a report of development
[2:06:01] impact fees as well as other
[2:06:02] city planning managed funds for
[2:06:02] fiscal year 2025.
[2:06:06] This item includes a request
[2:06:07] for City Council approval to
[2:06:07] appropriate development impact
[2:06:08] fee funds towards a list of a
[2:06:11] specific capital improvement
[2:06:12] program projects to further
[2:06:12] spend on community specific
[2:06:13] funds that have been in
[2:06:14] the accounts for more than five
[2:06:19] years.
[2:06:23] As mentioned before, this
[2:06:23] package includes three items
[2:06:24] the city is required to
[2:06:28] mitigate by the mitigation fee
[2:06:28] Act to provide an annual report
[2:06:29] on development impact fees also
[2:06:30] known as Death to the City
[2:06:33] Council.
[2:06:33] This act mandates that local
[2:06:34] agencies with this program
[2:06:35] makes a specific information
[2:06:37] available to the public and
[2:06:38] establish certain findings
[2:06:38] related to their funds that
[2:06:41] have been in their account in
[2:06:42] an allocated for a period of
[2:06:43] five years or longer.
[2:06:46] This and a report is being
[2:06:47] presented to the City Council
[2:06:48] to satisfy the requirements of
[2:06:48] the Mitigation Fee Act.
[2:06:52] We also have broken out
[2:06:52] the report to include a
[2:06:53] separate section for all other
[2:06:54] fees collected by city planning
[2:06:57] including habitat acquisition
[2:06:58] fee, climate equity,
[2:06:58] neighborhood enhancement fee
[2:07:01] and historic Preservation Fund.
[2:07:02] In addition, we are requesting
[2:07:03] the City Council adopt a
[2:07:06] resolution team to establish a
[2:07:07] capital improvement program
[2:07:08] Capital Improvement Project.
[2:07:11] Alternate ascap record in
[2:07:12] the city's financial system
[2:07:12] solely for administrative and
[2:07:16] accounting purposes.
[2:07:17] This action is necessary to
[2:07:17] facilitate reimbursement of
[2:07:21] eligible project costs using
[2:07:22] development impact fee funds
[2:07:22] that have been held in
[2:07:25] the account for more than five
[2:07:25] years.
[2:07:26] Previous reimbursements were
[2:07:26] provided in the form of credits
[2:07:30] established in the cpa record
[2:07:30] and will enable reimbursement
[2:07:31] in cash and does not constitute
[2:07:34] approval of a new project.
[2:07:35] Lastly, we are requesting City
[2:07:39] Council approval to allocate
[2:07:40] community specific development
[2:07:41] impact fee funds that have been
[2:07:42] in the account for over five
[2:07:43] years to two specific
[2:07:47] infrastructure projects.
[2:07:48] >> The report provides
[2:07:49] information on the type and
[2:07:49] amount of fees collected.
[2:07:52] Beginning and ending fund
[2:07:53] balance.
[2:07:53] Amount of fees collected
[2:07:57] including interest Earned.
[2:07:58] Project funded in any injury
[2:07:59] from transfers or loans made.
[2:08:02] It also provides findings for
[2:08:03] funds that have been in each
[2:08:04] account for over five years and
[2:08:04] have not yet been allocated to
[2:08:09] projects.
[2:08:10] >> Development impact fees are
[2:08:11] fees imposed on projects to
[2:08:14] cover all or a portion of
[2:08:15] the cost of public
[2:08:15] infrastructure needed due to
[2:08:19] new growth and development.
[2:08:20] >> All development impact fees
[2:08:24] must be expended in accordance
[2:08:25] with their associated nexus
[2:08:25] study.
[2:08:29] Nexus studies determine how
[2:08:29] much the impact fees can be
[2:08:30] charged to a new development
[2:08:34] and which type of projects are
[2:08:34] eligible for development impact
[2:08:35] fee funding.
[2:08:35] There are two types of nexus
[2:08:39] studies fees.
[2:08:40] One is plan based nexus study
[2:08:41] which live to specific projects
[2:08:44] on which the development impact
[2:08:44] fee funds can be expended and
[2:08:48] the other is standards based
[2:08:49] nexus study which establishes
[2:08:50] public infrastructure standards
[2:08:52] that must be met under
[2:08:53] the prior system.
[2:08:58] >> Each community had its own
[2:08:58] public facilities financing
[2:08:59] plan which serve as a as
[2:09:02] the Nexus study for community
[2:09:02] Development Impact Fee.
[2:09:03] These plans define local
[2:09:06] infrastructure projects and fee
[2:09:07] structures but over time led to
[2:09:08] inconsistent and outdated rates
[2:09:12] across communities.
[2:09:12] The Citywide Development Impact
[2:09:13] Fee structure now replaces
[2:09:16] those 43 communities
[2:09:17] communities specific studies
[2:09:17] with four citywide nexus
[2:09:21] studies for parks mobility
[2:09:22] libraries and fire rescue along
[2:09:25] with an all time mass mobility
[2:09:26] fee.
[2:09:26] So that burden didn't fall on
[2:09:27] the entire city for that needed
[2:09:30] infrastructure.
[2:09:31] All new development
[2:09:31] applications submitted on or
[2:09:34] after JULY 1st of 2023 are
[2:09:35] subject to these citywide
[2:09:36] development impact fees.
[2:09:39] Since community specific
[2:09:40] development impact fees are no
[2:09:40] longer updated, the public
[2:09:44] facilities financing plan that
[2:09:44] supported them no longer
[2:09:45] require revisions.
[2:09:49] This shift creates a modern,
[2:09:49] equitable and efficient
[2:09:50] framework ensuring consistent
[2:09:54] development impact fee rates,
[2:09:55] unlocking unused funds and a
[2:09:56] line increase spending with
[2:09:56] with citywide infrastructure
[2:10:02] needs.
[2:10:03] >> As noted in the previous
[2:10:03] slide, the transition from
[2:10:06] community specific development
[2:10:07] impact fees to citywide fees
[2:10:07] will take several years to
[2:10:11] fully materialize.
[2:10:11] However, the shift is already
[2:10:12] well underway.
[2:10:16] In fiscal year 20 2024
[2:10:17] community revenue represented
[2:10:21] approximately 64% of total
[2:10:24] revenue whereas in fiscal year
[2:10:25] 2025 it declined to
[2:10:26] approximately 35% with citywide
[2:10:29] revenue increasing from 36 to
[2:10:34] 65% over the same period.
[2:10:35] >> It is however important to
[2:10:35] note that development impact
[2:10:39] fees are just one of several
[2:10:39] funding sources to fund
[2:10:40] infrastructure and continue to
[2:10:44] be a critical component and
[2:10:44] support the Capital Improvement
[2:10:45] Program's budget to provide
[2:10:48] needed infrastructure.
[2:10:49] >> While the report goes into a
[2:10:54] lot of detail regarding each of
[2:10:55] the funds, here's a glance at
[2:10:55] the revenue collected and
[2:10:56] expended.
[2:10:58] The total development impact
[2:10:59] fees collected including
[2:10:59] commuter and citywide for
[2:11:02] fiscal year 2025 is around
[2:11:02] $50.2 million and the city was
[2:11:06] able to expend around 81.1
[2:11:07] million on infrastructure
[2:11:07] projects.
[2:11:12] This is a step in the right
[2:11:12] direction as we have
[2:11:13] successfully expended
[2:11:13] development impact fee funds on
[2:11:16] the much needed infrastructure
[2:11:17] projects across the city.
[2:11:17] This is helped significantly by
[2:11:21] the ability to access citywide
[2:11:21] development impact fees and
[2:11:22] make up any funding gaps left
[2:11:28] by community specific funds
[2:11:29] under the Mitigation Fee Act.
[2:11:29] The city is required to make
[2:11:30] findings for any development
[2:11:34] impact fee funds that have
[2:11:34] remained unspent for more than
[2:11:35] five years.
[2:11:38] This ensures that all funds
[2:11:39] collected from development are
[2:11:39] actively program for eligible
[2:11:43] public improvements and remain
[2:11:44] consistent with adopted public
[2:11:44] with adopted public facilities
[2:11:48] financing plans.
[2:11:48] For this reporting period a
[2:11:49] total of 38 accounts have
[2:11:53] balanced the Middle five year
[2:11:53] threshold.
[2:11:54] The good news is that most of
[2:11:54] those funds are already
[2:11:58] appropriated to specific
[2:11:58] capital projects and will be
[2:11:59] expanded as those projects
[2:12:03] progress toward construction.
[2:12:03] However, these five communities
[2:12:04] better behind entrenched
[2:12:07] northern areas of the city
[2:12:08] Sarah Meza, Carmel Valley and
[2:12:08] Mission Valley.
[2:12:12] If you'll have an allocated
[2:12:13] balance that no need to be
[2:12:14] addressed through new
[2:12:16] appropriations as part of
[2:12:17] the five year findings required
[2:12:18] by the mitigation fee and if
[2:12:18] staff is requesting City
[2:12:21] Council approval to appropriate
[2:12:21] these remaining or community
[2:12:22] specific funds to eligible
[2:12:25] projects identified in
[2:12:26] the corresponding public
[2:12:27] facilities financing plans,
[2:12:27] the goal is to ensure
[2:12:31] compliance with the with
[2:12:32] the Mitigation Fee Act, reduce
[2:12:32] unspent balances and continue
[2:12:35] advancing infrastructure
[2:12:36] improvements in communities
[2:12:37] where these funds were
[2:12:40] originally collected.
[2:12:41] >> Instead request City Council
[2:12:42] approval to appropriate
[2:12:46] community specific funds that
[2:12:46] have been in the count for over
[2:12:47] five years toward Creekside
[2:12:51] Park and Hickman Fields as part
[2:12:52] of the Department of Finance
[2:12:52] item presented earlier today.
[2:12:55] Funds that have been in
[2:12:56] the account for more than five
[2:12:57] years purpose Pacific Highlands
[2:12:58] Ranch and or University
[2:13:00] The city will be allocated to
[2:13:00] existing chp projects.
[2:13:01] Please keep in mind that these
[2:13:05] are funds collected from
[2:13:05] the community and can only be
[2:13:06] spent within the community in
[2:13:07] which they were collected.
[2:13:10] Unless otherwise noted in their
[2:13:11] financial plans, these
[2:13:11] appropriations will further
[2:13:14] support the city's efforts to
[2:13:14] reduce the fund balances in
[2:13:19] communities Specific funds.
[2:13:20] >> The next slide show
[2:13:24] the Development Impact fee
[2:13:25] revenue expended.
[2:13:25] Cash balance and fund balances
[2:13:26] in fiscal year 2025.
[2:13:30] The current fund balance as of
[2:13:33] quarter three in fiscal year
[2:13:34] 2026 this community development
[2:13:34] impact fee amounts include all
[2:13:39] community based funds not
[2:13:39] including Otay Mesa Local
[2:13:40] mobility development impact fee
[2:13:41] because it's a localized fee
[2:13:44] established in conjunction with
[2:13:45] the city or other development
[2:13:45] impact fees.
[2:13:46] For all these slides please
[2:13:49] note that the cash balance
[2:13:49] includes funds set aside for
[2:13:50] projects but not yet expended.
[2:13:53] Fund balance means the amount
[2:13:54] of money that has not been
[2:13:55] allocated to projects and is
[2:13:58] available to be allocated.
[2:14:03] >> This slide shows information
[2:14:04] for the citywide funds which
[2:14:09] are parks Library fire rescue
[2:14:09] Mobility and Otay Mesa Local
[2:14:14] mobility.
[2:14:15] Now the Regional Transportation
[2:14:15] Congestion Improvement Program
[2:14:20] Fund also known as the Transit
[2:14:23] extension or tcap fee collected
[2:14:24] $9 million, expended the 1.4
[2:14:25] million and had a fund balance
[2:14:27] of 7.9 million at the end of
[2:14:32] fiscal year 2025.
[2:14:33] >> Although the active
[2:14:34] Transportation in Lieu Fund did
[2:14:37] not receive revenue during
[2:14:38] fiscal year 2025, several
[2:14:38] developments and development
[2:14:43] projects remain subject to this
[2:14:44] fee and are expected to
[2:14:45] contribute to the fun as they
[2:14:45] reach completion and undergo
[2:14:50] final inspection.
[2:14:51] In addition and over the years
[2:14:52] the city has established
[2:14:52] several especially its funding
[2:14:56] mechanisms outside of
[2:14:57] the development fee structure
[2:14:57] to address emerging priorities
[2:15:01] which includes habitat
[2:15:02] acquisition fund, neighborhood
[2:15:05] fund, Climate Equity Fund and
[2:15:06] Historic Preservation Fund.
[2:15:06] These programs were adopted
[2:15:07] independently of city wide and
[2:15:11] community development impact
[2:15:11] fees and have been collected
[2:15:12] under their respective
[2:15:13] authorizations since their
[2:15:16] inception.
[2:15:17] Our annual report provides more
[2:15:17] detail on the amounts collected
[2:15:18] expenditure imbalances for each
[2:15:24] of these funds.
[2:15:24] >> All current finance
[2:15:25] financial summaries for funds
[2:15:29] managed by the City Planning
[2:15:29] Department can be found by
[2:15:30] searching for City of San Diego
[2:15:34] planning financial summaries or
[2:15:35] by using the qr code or wire or
[2:15:36] web address provided on
[2:15:36] the slide.
[2:15:39] As next level City Planning
[2:15:39] staff continue to bring
[2:15:40] the annual Development Impact
[2:15:41] Free Report to City Council
[2:15:44] each year and are anticipating
[2:15:45] coming to Council in the fall
[2:15:45] with an update to the Citywide
[2:15:49] Development Impact Fee Nexus
[2:15:49] studies.
[2:15:49] In order to meet
[2:15:50] the infrastructure needs of
[2:15:51] community members across
[2:15:54] the city due to new growth and
[2:15:55] development and with that we
[2:15:59] conclude our presentation.
[2:16:00] All right.
[2:16:00] Thank you very much for
[2:16:01] the work and the presentation.
[2:16:02] Clerk Please proceed with
[2:16:04] public comment.
[2:16:05] >> Mike Schmidt if you can
[2:16:06] please come up to the podium.
[2:16:10] You'll have a minute and a half
[2:16:10] after that as Joyce and you
[2:16:11] have become please come forward
[2:16:13] to the other reserved seats on
[2:16:19] another PowerPoint about
[2:16:20] revenue being basically stolen
[2:16:20] from the people of San Diego to
[2:16:25] spend with whoever however you
[2:16:25] want to.
[2:16:26] There's no transparency in
[2:16:26] these PowerPoints.
[2:16:30] I wish that they would break
[2:16:31] down into more detail where
[2:16:31] exactly actually the money's
[2:16:36] going on All of you are trying
[2:16:36] to create a one world
[2:16:37] government.
[2:16:37] You don't care about the people
[2:16:38] of San Diego.
[2:16:41] You care about the demons
[2:16:42] inside you commanding you to do
[2:16:42] things.
[2:16:43] And I just wanted to take a
[2:16:46] moment to say that I'm a mind
[2:16:47] control victim and part of
[2:16:52] being a mind control victim as
[2:16:53] they try and convince me I'm
[2:16:53] going to And the people on
[2:16:54] city council are using neuro
[2:16:56] linguistics to try to convince
[2:16:57] me I'm going to too And I'm
[2:16:58] Catholic So I believe that I'm
[2:17:02] going to heaven and I don't
[2:17:02] appreciate it.
[2:17:03] And for this to be going on in
[2:17:04] city council and actual occult
[2:17:08] programs Victim I'm trying to
[2:17:09] speak his part and make his
[2:17:09] voice heard and then people
[2:17:13] abusing him Neuro
[2:17:14] linguistically you're trying to
[2:17:15] make him an abuse victim.
[2:17:15] It's absolutely disgraceful and
[2:17:18] I even talked to the security.
[2:17:19] Do you know what telepathic
[2:17:20] neuro linguistic harassment is?
[2:17:23] And he said No, I don't know
[2:17:24] And that's B.S. The security
[2:17:25] knows exactly what's going on
[2:17:28] So I actually demand every
[2:17:29] single one of you to not only
[2:17:30] step down from office but to
[2:17:31] turn yourself into the police
[2:17:34] for harassment because saying
[2:17:35] scaring me so bad that it makes
[2:17:43] my tingle and then saying
[2:17:44] we're about to make your
[2:17:44] tingles and threatening me
[2:17:45] neuro Linguistically I still
[2:17:46] think physical assault down
[2:17:47] with the occult I'm not crazy
[2:17:50] down of the occult tracing out
[2:17:51] if you can please come forward
[2:17:51] after that as Mary Serrano if
[2:17:52] you can please come forward to
[2:17:55] the yellow reserved seats.
[2:17:56] First of all I want to say this
[2:17:57] Thank you everyone because this
[2:18:01] is great.
[2:18:02] We've got a full guy.
[2:18:07] Yes, we've got the mayors rep.
[2:18:07] We've got the operations
[2:18:08] department and we have public
[2:18:12] speakers.
[2:18:13] This is what it's all about.
[2:18:17] So thank you so much for that.
[2:18:18] All right.
[2:18:22] So on this item in particular
[2:18:23] so City Planning Manage Funds
[2:18:28] cip program allocations.
[2:18:28] All right.
[2:18:33] We've got funds equal money
[2:18:34] versus allocations using
[2:18:39] the money we have revenues
[2:18:39] expenditures.
[2:18:40] This is the heart of
[2:18:45] the structural budget deficit.
[2:18:45] It's really quite simple Money
[2:18:50] in, money out And we've got to
[2:18:55] make it simpler because it is
[2:18:55] simpler.
[2:18:56] And so I want to again say this
[2:19:00] I'm going to repeat it.
[2:19:01] This is kind of what I'm going
[2:19:02] to focus on now as we move
[2:19:02] forward.
[2:19:06] We need an officially adopted
[2:19:11] plan to return to structural
[2:19:12] balance.
[2:19:12] Please let's get together on
[2:19:18] this and I just it's good to be
[2:19:19] here.
[2:19:19] >> Love to all Mary, begin.
[2:19:23] Please come forward.
[2:19:29] Okay.
[2:19:29] Mary Soriano, PRESIDENT La Hoya
[2:19:35] Town Council Develop an impact
[2:19:35] fees La Hoya had it legacy
[2:19:36] funds and I think I looked into
[2:19:40] it a couple of years ago We had
[2:19:41] about $350,000.
[2:19:41] Not sure what's happening with
[2:19:46] that today but now I guess
[2:19:46] the city decided to put that
[2:19:51] all in one pot and what
[2:19:52] the frustration is frustration
[2:19:52] is is that I could see maybe a
[2:19:57] point of imbalance that you
[2:19:57] mentioned because at one they
[2:19:58] were legacy funds and other
[2:20:02] towns didn't have enough or had
[2:20:03] more.
[2:20:03] But at the same time legacy
[2:20:08] funds actually allowed us
[2:20:09] locally to be able to put
[2:20:10] things into what we need in our
[2:20:14] local towns.
[2:20:15] So I think we really need to
[2:20:16] look at a local perspective on
[2:20:21] the fund.
[2:20:21] It's been taken away from us.
[2:20:22] Thank you.
[2:20:25] Thank you for the five minute
[2:20:25] time or going to those
[2:20:26] participating remotely.
[2:20:27] >> Blair Beckman If you can
[2:20:30] please unmute.
[2:20:31] >> All right.
[2:20:35] Thank you for Beakman Thanks to
[2:20:36] the words of Mark two I started
[2:20:37] to hear really constructive
[2:20:40] ideas about you know, actual
[2:20:41] items agenda items and it was
[2:20:42] really good comment from him.
[2:20:47] You know, I don't know if I
[2:20:47] fully agree with with these
[2:20:48] ideas but it was constructive
[2:20:52] If he works on that working on
[2:20:52] those terms he's he be really
[2:20:53] good for the process and good
[2:20:58] luck He could do that and we
[2:20:58] all understand its current
[2:20:59] feelings how he's being treated
[2:21:00] and I respect his rights.
[2:21:04] I think we all want to respect
[2:21:05] his right to be speaking to
[2:21:05] the subject matter man We'll
[2:21:06] all be going good.
[2:21:09] So good how we can be doing
[2:21:09] that.
[2:21:10] I think he can do well with
[2:21:10] that.
[2:21:10] Thank you.
[2:21:14] I wanted to comment that yeah
[2:21:15] we want to be positive So so we
[2:21:20] stick to the items agenda items
[2:21:20] themselves like myself At this
[2:21:25] time I need to speak to a an
[2:21:26] interesting item.
[2:21:26] I have questions for this item
[2:21:31] you know more than you know
[2:21:32] mainly just questions about how
[2:21:33] do we address the future
[2:21:37] development fees.
[2:21:38] We do deal with it in terms of
[2:21:39] impact fees consistency or do
[2:21:44] we deal as it's a flexible
[2:21:44] variation, a continual
[2:21:45] variation That's the normal
[2:21:45] standard practices.
[2:21:48] It's a respectable way to work.
[2:21:49] >> It accomplishes things.
[2:21:50] Consistency is also a very
[2:21:54] respectable way to work and I
[2:21:54] hope we can consider
[2:21:55] consistency in building our
[2:22:00] future projects and impact
[2:22:01] the issues or a number of
[2:22:01] issues.
[2:22:02] Thank you.
[2:22:02] Thank you.
[2:22:04] Next is Hector if you can
[2:22:04] please.
[2:22:10] >> I'm you.
[2:22:10] >> It's good to hear the city's
[2:22:11] equal opportunity taking
[2:22:16] the money from The Hoya as they
[2:22:16] do like the golf place and
[2:22:17] everybody else.
[2:22:17] Maybe that's a little equity
[2:22:18] show And through the city there
[2:22:22] now and then I'm wondering how
[2:22:23] you guys are going to blame it
[2:22:28] on Trump the vote you did for
[2:22:29] the city meters the parking
[2:22:34] meters that Trump's wall to Is
[2:22:35] it the terrorists fault?
[2:22:36] >> You probably got to find a
[2:22:39] way to pay to go throughout
[2:22:40] the day without blaming Trump
[2:22:41] only one time of day you know
[2:22:45] you just you know, play
[2:22:46] the race card and I'll give you
[2:22:47] three times a day on the race
[2:22:47] card like that.
[2:22:52] But anyway, it's all about
[2:22:53] the money and just we don't got
[2:22:57] any money and that's the way it
[2:22:58] is.
[2:22:58] >> Thank you.
[2:22:58] Thank you.
[2:23:02] That concludes public comment
[2:23:03] on this item.
[2:23:03] >> All right.
[2:23:04] Thank you, City clerk We'll
[2:23:10] turn it over to the council
[2:23:10] please.
[2:23:11] No clapping while people are
[2:23:12] talking Simple ask Well now
[2:23:15] turn over to council for
[2:23:16] questions, comments and
[2:23:16] entertain a motion.
[2:23:17] We'll start with council member
[2:23:18] on Water.
[2:23:21] I thank you for the report on
[2:23:22] our fees and I'm glad that we
[2:23:27] have moved to city wide because
[2:23:28] it's enabling us to spend down
[2:23:29] the smaller lives that weren't
[2:23:32] getting money into their
[2:23:33] pocket.
[2:23:33] That is great.
[2:23:34] At the same time I do not
[2:23:38] believe we are collecting
[2:23:39] enough revenue to actually
[2:23:40] provide the services that we
[2:23:40] promised our residents when new
[2:23:44] development comes in.
[2:23:45] I know we're going to have a
[2:23:45] larger conversation about that
[2:23:51] later so I'm not going to talk
[2:23:51] about Nexus and all that.
[2:23:52] But what I do want to point out
[2:23:53] is that we are severely under
[2:23:56] collecting for what we need to
[2:23:56] build.
[2:23:57] In my district we have
[2:24:04] the trails and what do you
[2:24:05] think you and you village and I
[2:24:06] can even think of all the other
[2:24:06] names of developers coming in
[2:24:09] and they were supposed to build
[2:24:10] parks but they're not in Black
[2:24:10] Mountain.
[2:24:11] Phase two is already going to
[2:24:16] be cut in half And so what do
[2:24:17] we do about this?
[2:24:17] They promise that all these
[2:24:18] parks and fire stations whatnot
[2:24:19] are not delivering.
[2:24:25] How do we hold them to this for
[2:24:25] the particular projects that
[2:24:26] are at issue?
[2:24:31] I will have to confer with our
[2:24:32] department services department
[2:24:33] and get back to your office on
[2:24:33] the particular details of those
[2:24:37] developments And then with
[2:24:38] respect to your questions of
[2:24:38] the overall funding, we are
[2:24:44] constrained development impact
[2:24:44] fees do fund or are able to
[2:24:49] fund the amount attributable to
[2:24:50] the burden posed by the new
[2:24:50] development.
[2:24:51] But we are not permitted to
[2:24:51] charge an amount that is
[2:24:55] greater than that amount.
[2:24:56] As you mentioned, the City
[2:24:57] Planning Department is working
[2:25:01] on updating our nexus studies
[2:25:02] for the citywide development
[2:25:03] impact fees And so I do
[2:25:05] anticipate and welcome a larger
[2:25:06] conversation in the coming
[2:25:12] months on that issue.
[2:25:13] Okay.
[2:25:13] So then what we the Planning
[2:25:14] Department we discussed how
[2:25:15] much it should be or say, you
[2:25:18] know, you guys brought forward
[2:25:19] the Trails project and they had
[2:25:23] promised you 3600 and
[2:25:24] recreational point value and
[2:25:29] electric vehicle all the things
[2:25:30] they promised and they're not
[2:25:31] delivering.
[2:25:31] And so what do we do about
[2:25:31] that?
[2:25:32] Is that your department who
[2:25:35] enforces it or who so all
[2:25:36] permitting is done through
[2:25:37] the department Services
[2:25:37] Department And so any
[2:25:42] conditions related to park
[2:25:42] improvements provided on site
[2:25:43] would go through department
[2:25:48] service department, city
[2:25:48] Planning Department opposes
[2:25:49] the department impact fees.
[2:25:49] >> Yes.
[2:25:53] But you also bring us
[2:25:54] the projects to approve them.
[2:25:55] They're going to build these
[2:25:55] parks and then they don't.
[2:25:56] Yeah.
[2:25:56] So those projects are brought
[2:25:59] forward by department services
[2:26:00] department and so we can
[2:26:01] connect with that department
[2:26:01] and get back to you on any
[2:26:06] specific details for those
[2:26:07] projects or anyone here who can
[2:26:12] answer the question since we're
[2:26:13] talking about this.
[2:26:18] No, that's my I don't believe
[2:26:19] anybody from Development
[2:26:19] Services is here.
[2:26:20] I know staff has met with your
[2:26:20] team a number of times on this
[2:26:24] project more than happy to
[2:26:24] continue meeting on this
[2:26:25] project to make sure that
[2:26:26] the promises made to
[2:26:30] the community are executed and
[2:26:30] delivered upon.
[2:26:31] But I think we would have to
[2:26:32] set up a follow up call with
[2:26:36] dsd and your team to to hash
[2:26:37] that out.
[2:26:37] >> Okay.
[2:26:41] So this is the conversation So
[2:26:42] if somebody wants to build a
[2:26:43] project in anyone's district
[2:26:43] they have 100 houses say and
[2:26:48] instead of paying into the city
[2:26:49] by different parks
[2:26:49] the developer says we're going
[2:26:50] to build the park on site so
[2:26:51] then they don't have to pay
[2:26:53] the debt.
[2:26:54] Correct.
[2:26:54] There are certain procedures
[2:26:55] where you can be exempt from
[2:26:56] payment of the diff when you're
[2:26:59] providing on site parks And so
[2:27:00] if a park is not being provided
[2:27:01] on site then they do not
[2:27:05] receive that that corresponding
[2:27:06] exemption from the department
[2:27:06] impact fee and they would be
[2:27:10] subject to the payment of that
[2:27:11] .
[2:27:11] It's not always straightforward
[2:27:12] because we are restricted under
[2:27:16] state law under which fee
[2:27:17] schedule we can impose due to
[2:27:17] the timing of the application
[2:27:22] that that development came in
[2:27:23] And so we would have to do more
[2:27:24] of a deep dive analysis and get
[2:27:28] back to our office on what
[2:27:29] the particulars of that
[2:27:30] department impact fee would
[2:27:30] look like where the park is not
[2:27:35] being provided or what are
[2:27:36] the fire station You know
[2:27:36] the fire station block on ranch
[2:27:37] was supposed to be built way
[2:27:40] before I got elected by
[2:27:40] the developer.
[2:27:41] They never did to the city,
[2:27:42] picked up the tab and we're
[2:27:47] doing it now in the next I'm
[2:27:48] not going to put in an access
[2:27:49] fee study if people say they're
[2:27:52] going to do things that are not
[2:27:53] you know we have no teeth built
[2:27:53] in to actually require them to
[2:27:54] do this.
[2:27:54] They can build all the housing
[2:27:59] they want Then when it comes to
[2:28:00] the amenities like oh it's too
[2:28:00] expensive sorry community,
[2:28:01] we're going to build these for
[2:28:01] you.
[2:28:02] Why don't we put it that they
[2:28:03] have to build the park first
[2:28:04] for the fire station first
[2:28:05] before they can sell a house?
[2:28:10] You know I just this is
[2:28:11] happening over and over in our
[2:28:11] community and we're certainly
[2:28:12] not collecting enough the fees
[2:28:13] to build out the fire stations
[2:28:13] that we need.
[2:28:15] I mean we just heard from
[2:28:16] the fire rescue department how
[2:28:17] they are working out of
[2:28:17] crumbling facilities and they
[2:28:22] collected over $1 million in
[2:28:22] the fees for a fire.
[2:28:28] It just isn't working.
[2:28:28] You know, we promise our
[2:28:29] communities are going to have
[2:28:29] amenities.
[2:28:30] We bring new development in and
[2:28:33] then they don't And I just I
[2:28:34] don't understand how
[2:28:35] the planning department is
[2:28:35] engaged in enforcing the things
[2:28:40] that you bring to us, you know,
[2:28:45] So we're just go in the back
[2:28:46] over and over and I'm not going
[2:28:47] to approve a new negative study
[2:28:47] unless there's actual teeth to
[2:28:51] it.
[2:28:52] So so just a quick point of
[2:28:52] clarification When negative
[2:28:57] duties are approved,
[2:28:58] the council adopts a resolution
[2:28:59] imposing the fees and those are
[2:28:59] the fees that the Planning
[2:29:03] Department does impose on each
[2:29:03] project that comes forward.
[2:29:04] There are some larger projects
[2:29:05] particularly in your district
[2:29:05] that have separate
[2:29:09] discretionary approvals that
[2:29:10] outline certain park
[2:29:11] improvements that are being
[2:29:11] brought forth.
[2:29:12] The details of those particular
[2:29:15] project specific approvals are
[2:29:21] enforced through the permit
[2:29:21] process.
[2:29:22] But with respect to the on
[2:29:23] the impact fees, the next two
[2:29:23] studies that the Council
[2:29:26] approves and the corresponding
[2:29:27] fees our department does impose
[2:29:33] for each developer project.
[2:29:34] Okay.
[2:29:34] Well we'll have to have a
[2:29:35] conversation when the next test
[2:29:36] becomes I'm just sick of
[2:29:39] the city but we're in the bad
[2:29:40] with people promises things
[2:29:41] they don't do it so okay Thank
[2:29:45] you.
[2:29:45] All right.
[2:29:46] Thank you.
[2:29:46] Councilmember Von Wilpert not
[2:29:47] turning on the lights.
[2:29:48] I'm going to move the staff
[2:29:50] recommendation and then a
[2:29:51] couple of questions.
[2:29:54] One, as you brief me this is an
[2:29:55] f y 2025 report So it's not
[2:29:56] where we are today although
[2:30:00] there are some questions about
[2:30:01] the current fund balances.
[2:30:02] So that's Appreciate it.
[2:30:06] I know one of the conversations
[2:30:07] about our crb process is which
[2:30:12] funds are most flexible and
[2:30:13] let's pick those up first
[2:30:13] before we do the ones that are
[2:30:14] a lot of things.
[2:30:15] Is there anything that this
[2:30:18] council needs to do on a
[2:30:19] legislative or policy level
[2:30:20] that makes it easier to spend
[2:30:24] down the community?
[2:30:25] >> Yes, I can assure you
[2:30:26] the city staff has worked with
[2:30:31] many city departments including
[2:30:31] each of the asset manager
[2:30:32] departments, internal capital
[2:30:33] projects and Department of
[2:30:36] Finance to as well as ideas
[2:30:37] office to identify ways to
[2:30:37] spend down this money in
[2:30:42] the most efficient way possible
[2:30:43] .
[2:30:43] There are a lot of constraints
[2:30:44] that we are up against and
[2:30:45] the city unfortunately has its
[2:30:48] hands tied on due to
[2:30:49] constitutional limitations as
[2:30:49] well as mitigation fee Act
[2:30:54] requirements Procedurally it is
[2:30:55] also not as simple as amending
[2:30:56] state law because a lot of
[2:30:57] these requirements stem from
[2:31:01] the constitution itself And so
[2:31:02] those are the constraints that
[2:31:03] we have But we do kind of do
[2:31:07] the opposite of what you said
[2:31:08] is that we use the most
[2:31:08] constrained funding source
[2:31:09] first when we're funding a
[2:31:13] project And Department of
[2:31:14] Finance works very carefully
[2:31:15] with our team in city planning
[2:31:15] to be able to do that and make
[2:31:19] sure that we are leaving
[2:31:20] the more flexible funds for
[2:31:20] more flexible funding.
[2:31:21] But when we can allocate
[2:31:25] the projects that have that
[2:31:25] more constrained funding those
[2:31:26] do go first.
[2:31:26] >> Okay.
[2:31:31] Thank you for politely
[2:31:31] correcting.
[2:31:32] One of things you noticed is
[2:31:36] this issue about the five year
[2:31:36] limitation.
[2:31:37] I think you're resolving two of
[2:31:37] the communities.
[2:31:41] I think there's still three
[2:31:41] left to in my district.
[2:31:42] Do we have a game plan?
[2:31:46] Are we at risk or Yes.
[2:31:53] So we do identify the whole
[2:31:53] purpose of one of the main
[2:31:54] purposes of this report that is
[2:31:55] before you is that we are
[2:31:59] required to make findings to
[2:31:59] keep funds and account for more
[2:32:00] than five years.
[2:32:00] So the findings for each of
[2:32:04] those are included in
[2:32:04] the materials included.
[2:32:05] As part of this we do have
[2:32:06] additional projects identified
[2:32:10] for expenditure and then I'll
[2:32:11] let my team speak to future
[2:32:17] allocations as well.
[2:32:18] We have five accounts with
[2:32:18] moneys in the account that has
[2:32:19] been in five years but no
[2:32:23] projects or two of them we're
[2:32:23] bringing forward Two of them
[2:32:27] are being funded by item and
[2:32:27] then one other one is Gama
[2:32:28] Valley which over the last
[2:32:29] three years we have reduced
[2:32:33] the fund balance significantly.
[2:32:34] I think we had around $12
[2:32:34] million.
[2:32:35] We brought it down to more like
[2:32:35] $1.2 million.
[2:32:39] There are certain active
[2:32:40] projects but they don't have a
[2:32:41] funding need at this time.
[2:32:41] But as construction progresses
[2:32:42] that is going to be an
[2:32:46] opportunity and that's how we
[2:32:46] will manage the additional $1.2
[2:32:47] million that is due in
[2:32:47] the account.
[2:32:52] We're not appropriating it to a
[2:32:52] specific project at this time
[2:32:53] but we will keep an eye out and
[2:32:54] work on that.
[2:32:57] Okay.
[2:32:58] Thank you very much.
[2:32:59] You have way too many buckets
[2:32:59] of money to manage but I
[2:33:03] appreciate the good work that
[2:33:04] you do and somehow I take a
[2:33:10] hold of it and community is
[2:33:10] still kind of the legacy for
[2:33:16] projects that were covered by
[2:33:16] that when we still have
[2:33:17] the community depth And so you
[2:33:18] still have to manage those and
[2:33:22] spend them down and track them
[2:33:22] and all that.
[2:33:23] So thank you for that very good
[2:33:23] work.
[2:33:24] So I did move the staff
[2:33:28] recommendation.
[2:33:28] >> We'll go next to
[2:33:29] Councilmember Foster.
[2:33:29] Yes.
[2:33:30] Thank you council PRESIDENT And
[2:33:33] thank you for the presentation.
[2:33:34] I just wanted to as I look at
[2:33:40] this item I understand we have
[2:33:41] some difference in salary in
[2:33:41] council neighborhood is
[2:33:46] possible if we can fall back,
[2:33:46] get a commitment, fall back,
[2:33:47] have some conversations and
[2:33:48] look at how we can deploy those
[2:33:51] dollars and get them actually
[2:33:52] in place.
[2:33:52] I think it would be a very,
[2:33:56] very good conversation if
[2:33:57] you're open to that.
[2:33:58] Yes Councilmember, there is
[2:34:03] about $800,000 in the difficult
[2:34:04] for Encanto neighborhoods and
[2:34:05] we're happy to work with your
[2:34:05] office to identify projects
[2:34:06] that that funding can be
[2:34:10] allocated toward.
[2:34:10] Okay.
[2:34:11] I appreciate that.
[2:34:11] And also how are we doing in
[2:34:15] regards to our fire Um fire
[2:34:16] allocation.
[2:34:17] We have Station 51 there that
[2:34:22] is still a temporary facility
[2:34:23] And um, you know I made this
[2:34:23] thing before and I'll make it
[2:34:27] again I'm not going to be
[2:34:28] supportive of any other fire
[2:34:29] stations and I'm referring to
[2:34:33] Fairmont Avenue Fire Station
[2:34:34] until 51 is we receive a
[2:34:39] permanent facility per council
[2:34:40] member.
[2:34:40] I'll have to get back to you on
[2:34:41] the current status of Fire
[2:34:42] Station 51.
[2:34:46] I do recognize the Fairmont
[2:34:46] fire station allocation as it
[2:34:51] reads in the report It is a
[2:34:52] look back to what was invested
[2:34:52] to get us to this point now So
[2:34:58] no future allocations and it's
[2:34:59] not funding any future work And
[2:34:59] so I think it meets the goal of
[2:35:04] not pursuing that until
[2:35:04] the fire Station 51 is
[2:35:05] resolved.
[2:35:05] I'll do follow up with your
[2:35:10] office to get an update from
[2:35:10] you.
[2:35:10] >> All right.
[2:35:11] Thank you for that.
[2:35:15] With that I will be I will
[2:35:16] second the motion Council
[2:35:16] president All right.
[2:35:16] Thank you.
[2:35:17] With that we have a motion by
[2:35:18] myself on the second by
[2:35:23] Councilmember Foster to move
[2:35:23] the staff recommendation not
[2:35:24] see anybody else in the lights.
[2:35:25] >> Please call the roll.
[2:35:25] That's right.
[2:35:26] The voting system.
[2:35:30] Please get your vote That
[2:35:31] passes unanimously 920.
[2:35:32] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[2:35:32] All right.
[2:35:37] Thank you.
[2:35:38] And again thank you to staff
[2:35:38] for the good work.
[2:35:43] Clerk Please introduce item 703
[2:35:44] Item 723 is the allocation of
[2:35:44] fiscal year 2027 parking meters
[2:35:49] are revenue for transportation
[2:35:49] infrastructure improvements.
[2:35:50] If you'd like to speak to this
[2:35:51] item please be sure to submit a
[2:35:55] speaker step to the front of
[2:35:56] the room in the clear box or if
[2:35:56] you're participating virtually
[2:35:57] now's the time to raise your
[2:36:00] hand by pressing Star nine or
[2:36:00] the raise your hand icon.
[2:36:01] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[2:36:02] All right Thank you.
[2:36:05] I see staff coming into
[2:36:06] the dias once you get yourself
[2:36:11] comfortable please introduce
[2:36:12] yourselves for the record and
[2:36:13] let us know how much time you
[2:36:17] need.
[2:36:17] Good morning.
[2:36:23] Council PRESIDENT And council
[2:36:23] members.
[2:36:24] My name is Alex Waldo, interim
[2:36:24] deputy director with
[2:36:25] Transportation.
[2:36:29] I'm also joined by Naomi
[2:36:29] Chavez, interim director And we
[2:36:34] will need ten minutes by way of
[2:36:34] background.
[2:36:35] Community parking districts
[2:36:40] were originally established to
[2:36:41] manage a portion of the parking
[2:36:42] revenue and ensure revenues are
[2:36:46] reinvested back into
[2:36:47] the communities where they are
[2:36:47] generated.
[2:36:51] There are eight established
[2:36:51] parking meter zones currently
[2:36:52] there are five.
[2:36:53] There are active downtown
[2:36:58] uptown Mid-City Pacific Beach
[2:36:58] and Balboa Park.
[2:37:02] Parking meter revenues must
[2:37:03] remain within the parking meter
[2:37:04] zone and support activities to
[2:37:07] benefit parking mobility and
[2:37:14] traffic safety improvements In
[2:37:14] OCTOBER 2025 Council powers cpd
[2:37:15] revenue allocations under
[2:37:21] Council Policy 100 Dash 18
[2:37:21] through fiscal year 2027 That's
[2:37:25] a two year pause allowing
[2:37:26] parking meter revenues to be
[2:37:27] prioritized for transportation
[2:37:27] infrastructure improvements
[2:37:33] Council allocate add $1.8
[2:37:33] million to Transportation
[2:37:34] Department to accelerate
[2:37:38] delivery of transportation
[2:37:39] infrastructure maintenance work
[2:37:40] within the parking meter zones
[2:37:44] beyond their normal operations
[2:37:45] .
[2:37:45] The intent was to provide
[2:37:46] additional capacity through
[2:37:47] overtime so city crews could
[2:37:50] make meaningful progress on
[2:37:51] long standing maintenance needs
[2:37:52] and transportation safety
[2:37:56] improvements.
[2:37:57] Since that initial allocation
[2:38:03] td has completed a significant
[2:38:03] amount of infrastructure
[2:38:04] maintenance work within
[2:38:05] the parking meter zones.
[2:38:09] These are extra repair work
[2:38:10] being done in O.T. And speeds
[2:38:10] are receiving enhanced services
[2:38:14] compared to non cpd areas.
[2:38:15] Improvements include over 2000
[2:38:18] streetlight restorations more
[2:38:19] than 3300 pothole repairs,
[2:38:24] sidewalk improvements nearly
[2:38:24] 50,000 linear feet of crosswalk
[2:38:28] striping at nearly 100
[2:38:29] intersections traffic signage,
[2:38:30] pavement markings and over
[2:38:35] 20,000 linear feet of ab four
[2:38:35] went three at the red curbing
[2:38:36] at intersections per day
[2:38:37] lighting improvements.
[2:38:40] These investments greatly
[2:38:40] support neighborhood safety
[2:38:41] accessibility and vision zero
[2:38:42] goals td has been providing
[2:38:46] regular monthly updates to
[2:38:47] council offices on project
[2:38:47] status expenditures and
[2:38:55] accomplishments to date.
[2:38:55] >> So while significant
[2:38:56] progress has been made,
[2:38:57] substantial maintenance and
[2:39:01] safety needs remain within all
[2:39:01] parking meter zones.
[2:39:02] Existing backlogs continue to
[2:39:06] include the streetlight repairs
[2:39:07] ,the sidewalk repairs, traffic
[2:39:08] safety upgrades and some
[2:39:12] efficiency related improvements
[2:39:13] .
[2:39:13] Many of these requests
[2:39:14] originate from Get It Done
[2:39:14] reports or stakeholder
[2:39:15] feedbacks and ongoing
[2:39:19] operational assessment.
[2:39:20] So continued funding will allow
[2:39:20] td to maintain momentum and
[2:39:24] continue addressing these
[2:39:25] critical infrastructure needs
[2:39:26] without interruption into
[2:39:29] fiscal year 2027.
[2:39:29] Again, the funding
[2:39:30] appropriation provides
[2:39:31] supplemental funding primarily
[2:39:35] through overtime to deliver
[2:39:36] transportation improvements
[2:39:37] beyond what can be accomplished
[2:39:37] through our normal operations
[2:39:41] alone.
[2:39:42] We continue to maintain ongoing
[2:39:47] coordination with cpd
[2:39:48] stakeholders, council offices
[2:39:48] and community partners to
[2:39:49] discuss the transportation
[2:39:53] infrastructure needs and
[2:39:53] investment priorities.
[2:39:58] At the end of MAY last month we
[2:39:58] held four meetings requesting
[2:39:59] for their feedback on these
[2:40:04] priorities.
[2:40:05] We also invited community and
[2:40:06] planning groups that previously
[2:40:09] had no role in the cpd funding
[2:40:10] .
[2:40:10] We compiled a list of their
[2:40:11] priorities for fiscal year 27
[2:40:12] and we'll be looking at those
[2:40:17] requests to see which ones we
[2:40:17] can implement Given the limited
[2:40:18] funding available we remain
[2:40:23] committed to regular
[2:40:24] communication including monthly
[2:40:24] progress updates and will work
[2:40:29] collaboratively with cpd
[2:40:29] stakeholders to promote
[2:40:30] transparency, accountability
[2:40:31] and ongoing investments in
[2:40:31] the neighborhood.
[2:40:38] Transportation improvements.
[2:40:39] >> So this item is essentially
[2:40:40] the fiscal year 27 continuation
[2:40:43] of Transportation Department's
[2:40:44] efforts.
[2:40:45] We are requesting Council to
[2:40:48] appropriate another $1.8
[2:40:49] million in existing parking
[2:40:50] meter revenue fund balances to
[2:40:54] continue the maintenance of
[2:40:55] safety improvements within
[2:40:56] downtown Uptown Mid-City and
[2:41:00] Pacific Beach parking meter
[2:41:00] zones.
[2:41:01] There are available parking
[2:41:02] meters on balances within each
[2:41:06] community as shown on the far
[2:41:06] right column.
[2:41:07] That would be the fund balance
[2:41:11] remaining after the $1.8
[2:41:12] million allocation.
[2:41:13] Approval of this item will
[2:41:13] allow us to continue
[2:41:14] reinvesting parking meter
[2:41:17] revenues into transportation
[2:41:18] maintenance and safety
[2:41:18] improvements that directly
[2:41:19] benefit the communities where
[2:41:24] those revenues are generated.
[2:41:25] And with that we're happy to
[2:41:25] answer any questions.
[2:41:30] All right.
[2:41:30] Thank you for the work and
[2:41:31] the presentation.
[2:41:31] Clerk Please proceed with
[2:41:35] public comment.
[2:41:36] >> Out if you can please come
[2:41:46] forward to the microphone.
[2:41:47] >> Allocation of parking meters
[2:41:52] zone revenue for transportation
[2:41:58] infrastructure improvements.
[2:41:59] This is put back into
[2:41:59] the respective communities and
[2:42:04] that's a wonderful, wonderful
[2:42:05] thing.
[2:42:05] So thank you so much for that.
[2:42:10] I have a question and a concern
[2:42:16] that relates to this Has our
[2:42:22] parking fee revenues been or
[2:42:23] will be impacted by errors and
[2:42:28] citations that were sent to
[2:42:28] the public?
[2:42:29] Has litigation has a litigation
[2:42:34] ruling been done against
[2:42:35] the city on that?
[2:42:35] Is there a possible appeal in
[2:42:39] the works?
[2:42:40] I read something in
[2:42:41] the Union-Tribune just recently
[2:42:41] and I.
[2:42:47] I stepped back because I
[2:42:47] thought oh no not another $10
[2:42:48] million hit or something we
[2:42:48] didn't expect.
[2:42:53] But it was in the Union-Tribune
[2:42:54] I think like a week this week
[2:42:54] or last week.
[2:42:59] So heads up on that public and
[2:42:59] everybody.
[2:43:04] So dear transportation please
[2:43:05] protect our revenues from cuts
[2:43:11] that we can control.
[2:43:12] It's we've got to do that.
[2:43:18] Okay.
[2:43:19] Thank you so much for
[2:43:19] listening.
[2:43:20] A great morning for you this
[2:43:20] afternoon.
[2:43:23] Well, thank you.
[2:43:24] >> That does it for public
[2:43:25] comment hearing council
[2:43:25] chambers going and then
[2:43:26] participating remotely.
[2:43:27] We just have one speaker in
[2:43:30] the cupola Beekman if you can
[2:43:30] please unmute.
[2:43:31] >> All right big man.
[2:43:35] Thank you for this item.
[2:43:36] Good luck on addressing our sun
[2:43:37] issues.
[2:43:37] I felt something was a little
[2:43:40] awkward in addressing the sun
[2:43:41] parking issues to reduce
[2:43:42] the parking hours as much as
[2:43:48] possible.
[2:43:48] >> Good luck in that kind of
[2:43:49] effort.
[2:43:49] Thank you for your effort.
[2:43:50] I reviewed how you worked on
[2:43:54] the proposed parking issue and
[2:43:55] you did try to reduce the fees
[2:43:55] a lot.
[2:43:56] Thank you for that.
[2:44:01] I think you left the non
[2:44:02] residential for the $16 a
[2:44:05] little high barrier to come
[2:44:06] down to 12 I think because I
[2:44:07] can work on such things in
[2:44:07] the future overall.
[2:44:11] Good work.
[2:44:11] >> We're trying to adjust our
[2:44:12] parking.
[2:44:12] I wanted to quickly note I
[2:44:16] heard this anecdotal story.
[2:44:17] When local governments try to
[2:44:22] over work on their parking
[2:44:23] issues they have a tendency to
[2:44:24] become more conservative in
[2:44:24] their overall thinking and
[2:44:29] actions.
[2:44:30] It's a good fair warning for
[2:44:30] ourselves how we proceed.
[2:44:35] You know, to be wary of that.
[2:44:35] We've had a lot of parking
[2:44:36] worries and had to deal with a
[2:44:41] lot of things and I notice that
[2:44:42] we ended up growing a bit more
[2:44:43] conservative in our thinking
[2:44:43] from that the way we were
[2:44:47] acting and working.
[2:44:48] That was a few months ago.
[2:44:49] I hope we're coming out of that
[2:44:49] now.
[2:44:50] You've tried to make some good
[2:44:54] choices are flexible choices
[2:44:55] with parking and thank you for
[2:44:55] that because look how we work
[2:44:56] on this item continuously.
[2:44:59] Thank you.
[2:44:59] >> Thank you.
[2:45:00] Our next speaker is Hector.
[2:45:05] If you can please unmute I
[2:45:06] would like to thank
[2:45:06] the Transportation Department
[2:45:07] for paving the roads from
[2:45:11] Mission Valley all the way up
[2:45:12] to the Home Depot now.
[2:45:13] Over the last few years they've
[2:45:13] done a little bit road Each
[2:45:17] time they've just done the last
[2:45:17] one by my house.
[2:45:18] So it's a total luxury drive
[2:45:24] and I'm freshly paved roads
[2:45:25] through the Home Depot in
[2:45:25] Claremont and now they're
[2:45:28] working at the Claremont two
[2:45:29] Torrey Pines So they'll be
[2:45:29] the next things going on
[2:45:30] anyway.
[2:45:34] Allocate the money.
[2:45:35] I don't know man.
[2:45:36] I think should allocated to
[2:45:40] the SlutWalk get that thing
[2:45:41] going to get the guys going out
[2:45:45] there to raise money for
[2:45:46] the sewer treatment plant
[2:45:46] the water treatment plant stuff
[2:45:52] and no more studying and things
[2:45:53] on how to do the money.
[2:45:58] No more studies for anything
[2:45:58] that would really save the city
[2:45:59] a lot of money.
[2:46:04] Sorry No more money for looking
[2:46:05] at the road condition.
[2:46:05] Everybody knows the roads that
[2:46:06] need to be paved.
[2:46:10] There's no use in wasting money
[2:46:10] on allocating any kind of money
[2:46:16] toward any kind of studies or
[2:46:17] anything.
[2:46:17] And you know even the genders.
[2:46:20] Well now I realize there's
[2:46:21] three genders, there's male
[2:46:21] there's females and mentally
[2:46:27] ill.
[2:46:27] That's the third gender.
[2:46:28] I had a breakthrough in
[2:46:29] the gender game.
[2:46:34] Instead of 15 now there's only
[2:46:34] three.
[2:46:34] Thanks a lot.
[2:46:39] That is a good public comment
[2:46:39] on this item.
[2:46:40] >> All right.
[2:46:41] Thank you, city Clerk And with
[2:46:41] that will go back to council
[2:46:45] for questions, comments
[2:46:45] Entertain a motion.
[2:46:46] We'll start with council member
[2:46:47] Whitman Thank you Council
[2:46:51] PRESIDENT This program which
[2:46:51] has been enacted really gives
[2:46:52] the city the opportunity to
[2:46:57] manage the parking revenues
[2:46:57] directly for a couple of years
[2:46:58] really the Transportation
[2:46:59] Department to deliver
[2:47:04] the improvements quickly and
[2:47:04] reflect what the communities
[2:47:05] are looking for there.
[2:47:05] It's allowed us to take
[2:47:06] immediate action.
[2:47:10] It's pressing neighborhood
[2:47:11] needs like fixing streetlights
[2:47:15] it to downtown north Park
[2:47:16] Crosswalks have been repainted.
[2:47:22] It's really helped to improve
[2:47:23] public safety and other areas.
[2:47:24] We've been seeing those
[2:47:24] results.
[2:47:26] There have been 185 traffic
[2:47:27] safety improvements including
[2:47:32] two crosswalks and stop signs
[2:47:33] striping read capacity to
[2:47:37] comply with the 80 for 30 day
[2:47:37] lighting requirements In
[2:47:43] District three we've seen 17
[2:47:43] crosswalks downtown, 14 with
[2:47:48] cities located uptown.
[2:47:48] Everybody has walked.
[2:47:53] I'd be street up the way here
[2:47:54] by that taco stand will notice
[2:47:55] that that sidewalk has been
[2:47:55] repaired which was a terrible
[2:48:00] trip hazard for quite some time
[2:48:00] but it has been fixed with
[2:48:05] the use of this program
[2:48:06] the funds that have been
[2:48:06] allocated directly to
[2:48:07] the Transportation Department
[2:48:12] to do those things And I really
[2:48:12] want to recognize that
[2:48:13] the communication by
[2:48:13] the Transportation Department,
[2:48:17] the monthly detail reports that
[2:48:18] have been sent to the office
[2:48:19] into the parking districts have
[2:48:23] really outlined the great
[2:48:24] amount of work that has been
[2:48:25] done as a result of this
[2:48:29] program and just really
[2:48:30] appreciate the communication
[2:48:35] but also teams that have been
[2:48:36] working overtime to get these
[2:48:36] projects that otherwise quite
[2:48:41] likely would not well they
[2:48:41] would not have been done as
[2:48:42] soon as they are.
[2:48:43] So this is proving to be a real
[2:48:43] benefit certainly for
[2:48:47] the communities that I
[2:48:47] represented to express my
[2:48:48] appreciation to
[2:48:49] the Transportation Department
[2:48:54] and I am happy to make
[2:48:55] the motion to approve the staff
[2:48:55] recommendation.
[2:48:56] All right.
[2:48:56] Thank you.
[2:48:57] So so we have a motion by
[2:48:57] Council member Whitburn to move
[2:48:59] the staff recommendation will
[2:49:00] go to Councilmember de Lovato.
[2:49:00] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
[2:49:04] Thanks for the presentation
[2:49:05] here.
[2:49:05] I'll start by seconding
[2:49:06] the motion.
[2:49:10] I also want to say thank you
[2:49:11] for the way that we are
[2:49:11] tracking and monitoring
[2:49:12] the work that's being done with
[2:49:17] the parking your funds and I
[2:49:17] think the emails that you send
[2:49:18] with those updates are super
[2:49:21] helpful for us and we
[2:49:22] communicate that back out to
[2:49:23] our community So it's super
[2:49:27] helpful for them to know what
[2:49:28] work is actually being done.
[2:49:29] I've had a few conversations
[2:49:29] with constituents who while
[2:49:33] certainly not happy to be
[2:49:33] paying for parking felt
[2:49:39] differently when they knew what
[2:49:40] had been done with those
[2:49:40] resources.
[2:49:41] That being said, we've had kind
[2:49:45] of an ongoing conversation
[2:49:46] between my office and
[2:49:47] transportation department and
[2:49:50] mayor's office about being more
[2:49:56] and more committed to having a
[2:49:57] conversation with the community
[2:50:02] about how these funds are are
[2:50:02] invested.
[2:50:03] And the reason I think this is
[2:50:07] important is because again,
[2:50:08] while no one likes paying for
[2:50:08] parking, there is a I think
[2:50:13] pretty unique opportunity with
[2:50:14] parking meters to really draw
[2:50:15] the line between a dollar
[2:50:20] invested by a community member
[2:50:21] in their city and seeing that
[2:50:21] dollar spent by their city.
[2:50:26] Generally speaking I think
[2:50:27] the city does a pretty poor job
[2:50:27] actually of explaining how it
[2:50:28] is that we are spending tax
[2:50:31] dollars of letting folks know
[2:50:32] how the money that they
[2:50:32] contribute to the city's
[2:50:37] coffers get spit out in by way
[2:50:38] of city services or resources
[2:50:43] or city projects.
[2:50:44] And the line here is so short
[2:50:50] and straight you put a dollar
[2:50:50] into a meter, it gets spent in
[2:50:51] the immediate proximity of that
[2:50:55] of that meter.
[2:50:56] I think there's opportunity
[2:50:57] here to develop more trust and
[2:50:57] more of an understanding of why
[2:51:01] revenue is valuable.
[2:51:02] So as you all know, we had a
[2:51:03] committee workshop at Adams
[2:51:07] Avenue Rec Center on how new
[2:51:08] revenue in normal height should
[2:51:08] be spent.
[2:51:12] I'm not going to pretend like
[2:51:13] that was an entirely fun
[2:51:14] conversation.
[2:51:19] It wasn't And we walked out of
[2:51:19] there with a clear sense of
[2:51:20] what the committee's priorities
[2:51:20] were.
[2:51:21] We've kept that going and with
[2:51:25] an online survey and so where
[2:51:25] I'm going with this is I
[2:51:26] really, really think we should
[2:51:30] be leaning into this even more
[2:51:31] .
[2:51:32] I know that we're putting signs
[2:51:32] up and work is done saying this
[2:51:33] was work was paid for with
[2:51:36] parking It needed dollars but
[2:51:37] making the providing an
[2:51:41] opportunity at the time of
[2:51:42] the transaction for residents
[2:51:43] to provide their input on how
[2:51:44] dollars are spent is something
[2:51:48] that I think again could help
[2:51:48] build trust and help educate
[2:51:49] the public about why revenue is
[2:51:54] important So could I actually
[2:51:54] turn to you on this because I
[2:51:55] know it's a conversation we've
[2:51:58] been having as we we look
[2:51:58] forward into the next fiscal
[2:52:05] year to to what extent should
[2:52:05] those of us who have parking
[2:52:10] meter districts in our
[2:52:10] communities be expecting to
[2:52:11] have a little bit more
[2:52:15] prominent opportunities for
[2:52:16] committee members to express
[2:52:17] their priorities for how this
[2:52:22] this revenue is invested?
[2:52:22] Yeah.
[2:52:23] And thank you for that question
[2:52:24] Councilmember and I've really
[2:52:24] appreciated the collaboration
[2:52:28] with your office to to make
[2:52:29] that effort at the forefront
[2:52:29] and with your community
[2:52:30] engagement team being out in
[2:52:35] the community as our avenues
[2:52:35] rolled out And then also your
[2:52:36] ideas and feedback on
[2:52:41] the a-frame signs the stickers
[2:52:41] ,the social media posts that
[2:52:42] stand out getting a little bit
[2:52:46] more priority and level setting
[2:52:47] of expectations I guess on
[2:52:48] the front end is helpful And so
[2:52:48] you absolutely have
[2:52:49] the commitment to be more
[2:52:52] proactive before work is done
[2:52:53] to better understand what
[2:52:54] the priorities of residents who
[2:52:58] live in cpd are, whether that
[2:52:59] is a proactive survey sent by
[2:52:59] your office or office and
[2:53:05] consider whether that's a qr
[2:53:05] code at the kiosk to take that
[2:53:06] survey or other forms as your
[2:53:09] community wraps around town
[2:53:10] council meetings, planning
[2:53:11] groups and things like that.
[2:53:11] And so yes, absolutely that
[2:53:12] commitment is there to continue
[2:53:17] collaborating to make sure that
[2:53:18] folks know the dollars they're
[2:53:19] spending are getting reinvested
[2:53:19] back in their neighborhood.
[2:53:20] I appreciate that but I like
[2:53:22] your quoted that again at
[2:53:23] the point of transaction I
[2:53:24] think actually is a really good
[2:53:24] opportunity that will everyone
[2:53:25] do it?
[2:53:25] No.
[2:53:29] Well some people market yes.
[2:53:30] But there's again two things
[2:53:30] that happen there.
[2:53:31] One the level setting of
[2:53:31] expectations, letting it be
[2:53:34] known what can and can't be
[2:53:35] funded with those dollars and
[2:53:36] to for those who do participate
[2:53:40] in that process they will see
[2:53:40] that work done If we give them
[2:53:41] a transparent list of the work
[2:53:46] that can be completed, we can
[2:53:46] turn that into action And again
[2:53:52] we expect everyone to be
[2:53:52] supportive of parking fees.
[2:53:53] No.
[2:53:53] Do I expect a parade at the end
[2:53:54] of this?
[2:53:54] No.
[2:53:57] But I do think we can be a
[2:53:58] place where community trusts a
[2:53:58] little bit more the city to to
[2:54:02] use its dollars wisely and can
[2:54:03] better understand why revenue
[2:54:04] is essential piece of
[2:54:08] the equation when services and
[2:54:08] capital investments are
[2:54:09] demanded rightfully so by our
[2:54:15] residents.
[2:54:16] Thank you for the time there.
[2:54:17] Council PRESIDENT And that
[2:54:17] concludes my second.
[2:54:17] All right.
[2:54:21] Thank you Councilmember.
[2:54:22] So we have a motion by
[2:54:23] Councilmember Woodburn, a
[2:54:23] second by council member Ella
[2:54:24] Rivera to move the staff
[2:54:25] recommendation will go to
[2:54:29] council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[2:54:29] Daniels PRESIDENT I just have 1
[2:54:30] or 2 questions with this update
[2:54:33] There was a lot of mention in
[2:54:34] the update that the funding
[2:54:35] that is being utilized to
[2:54:35] accomplish some of
[2:54:37] the additional work is that all
[2:54:43] overtime funding for fiscal
[2:54:43] year 26.
[2:54:44] >> Yes And what we are bringing
[2:54:50] forward for you today is 1.1
[2:54:50] million and overtime funding at
[2:54:51] approximately 700,000 and be
[2:54:54] and should in the future if you
[2:54:55] anticipate this to continue to
[2:54:55] largely require the use of
[2:55:00] overtime in order to deliver
[2:55:01] the work that's specifically
[2:55:01] for the parking districts.
[2:55:06] Yes.
[2:55:07] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem I
[2:55:07] guess I would ask how is that
[2:55:08] decision made as to what's
[2:55:11] actually coming out of assuming
[2:55:17] over time costs a lot more than
[2:55:18] the regular work that
[2:55:18] department we're specifically
[2:55:19] expecting over time out of
[2:55:23] these parking districts which
[2:55:24] to me just sort of been drawn
[2:55:24] down faster from them as we
[2:55:30] would with other projects in
[2:55:30] the city.
[2:55:31] Like I'm somebody who's
[2:55:31] actually performance in
[2:55:35] logistics officer.
[2:55:36] So if you look at the summary
[2:55:37] in the budget document that
[2:55:37] will outline the revenue
[2:55:38] associated with each parking
[2:55:42] meter area and that it will
[2:55:43] outline by each department
[2:55:43] the eligible expenditures and
[2:55:48] the cost associated with them.
[2:55:48] So there's plenty of work
[2:55:49] that's going on in regular time
[2:55:50] in these parking meter areas
[2:55:54] and we actually have more
[2:55:54] eligible expenditures than we
[2:55:55] have revenue associated with
[2:55:55] it.
[2:55:59] So what this is doing is trying
[2:56:00] to get extra time out of our
[2:56:00] transportation crews to try to
[2:56:05] mitigate some of the backlogs.
[2:56:06] What we heard from a lot of
[2:56:07] those stakeholders as part of
[2:56:08] our engagement process is that
[2:56:11] they were looking for enhanced
[2:56:12] services.
[2:56:12] So the overtime is what's
[2:56:13] providing that direct
[2:56:13] connection to the enhanced
[2:56:18] level of service.
[2:56:18] Yeah.
[2:56:19] And I only ask as I think it's
[2:56:20] fair to be transparent about it
[2:56:20] which is I've always struggled
[2:56:24] with this item recognizing that
[2:56:24] we're taking dollars that
[2:56:25] communities felt like they had
[2:56:30] a say in and that they that
[2:56:31] were intended for projects that
[2:56:31] were over and beyond what
[2:56:32] the city is typically
[2:56:32] responsible for.
[2:56:36] And so as much as I cherish you
[2:56:37] know, I think everyone should
[2:56:37] celebrate I just feel like
[2:56:38] the sidewalks and crosswalks
[2:56:41] are being done And I also can
[2:56:42] look at that sometimes and feel
[2:56:42] like the system that was
[2:56:43] designed with the council
[2:56:46] policy previously that's that
[2:56:47] part of the work should have
[2:56:48] always come from the 85% that
[2:56:48] came from the city.
[2:56:49] But now we're celebrating that
[2:56:53] additional work being done by
[2:56:53] the city from the remaining 15%
[2:56:54] which is largely funded through
[2:56:58] overtime meaning it cost even
[2:56:59] more to do that work And I know
[2:57:00] for some of them they would
[2:57:00] probably go back and pick other
[2:57:04] items that they identified
[2:57:05] within their communities that
[2:57:06] were needed.
[2:57:06] That's where I think
[2:57:07] the community feedback is
[2:57:10] important in the future because
[2:57:11] I'm sure when some of the park
[2:57:11] districts were started didn't
[2:57:12] all intended to spend that
[2:57:18] funding on the work that they
[2:57:19] do the city was already
[2:57:19] responsible for They were
[2:57:20] hoping that it would help
[2:57:21] accomplish things that the city
[2:57:21] does not going to do that
[2:57:24] the community identified.
[2:57:25] And so for example in my
[2:57:25] district if the county makes
[2:57:29] the whole area still being
[2:57:29] looked at as a potential area
[2:57:30] to add parking meters, I think
[2:57:31] that discussion will be very
[2:57:34] difficult without any active
[2:57:35] participation for the committee
[2:57:36] parking district which was
[2:57:41] formed before this policy
[2:57:41] basically eliminated them
[2:57:42] temporarily.
[2:57:42] So I just I know that because I
[2:57:46] think it'll be a challenge
[2:57:47] always as we're looking to
[2:57:48] the future I understand that
[2:57:48] the selling point is that we're
[2:57:53] able to accomplish more but I
[2:57:54] think from a communications
[2:57:54] standpoint we have to we have
[2:57:55] to be able to show them why
[2:57:58] that's doing something more and
[2:57:59] how their feedback is still
[2:58:00] valued and not that this was
[2:58:00] just a way to supplant
[2:58:05] the city's lack of funding for
[2:58:05] our overtime needs.
[2:58:06] So with that said I did not
[2:58:11] support this item last and this
[2:58:11] came a year ago.
[2:58:12] I still don't support this item
[2:58:13] for the same reasons and so
[2:58:16] I'll be voting on the motion.
[2:58:17] All right.
[2:58:17] Thank you.
[2:58:18] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem not
[2:58:18] see anybody else in the lights.
[2:58:22] Thank you for the work in
[2:58:22] bringing this forward.
[2:58:23] Just a couple of questions.
[2:58:28] I've heard from my constituents
[2:58:29] when we've done some sidewalk
[2:58:29] repairs that was caused by a
[2:58:30] street tree that the street
[2:58:34] tree was not replaced, that not
[2:58:35] an eligible fund.
[2:58:40] Our use of these funds I'm not
[2:58:41] going to ask you about
[2:58:41] specifics.
[2:58:42] I don't actually know
[2:58:42] specifics.
[2:58:45] But are we allowed to replace
[2:58:46] the tree that was the wrong
[2:58:47] tree and cause three problems
[2:58:52] and why don't you get back to
[2:58:53] me?
[2:58:53] It's not important for this
[2:58:54] vote but I'd like to know and
[2:58:55] be able to answer
[2:58:57] the constituents.
[2:58:58] The other part that I was
[2:58:59] curious about was when we took
[2:59:04] action in OCTOBER which was
[2:59:05] the first action we allocated
[2:59:10] the 1.89 and this time we're
[2:59:11] doing exactly the same amount.
[2:59:11] There's nothing magic about
[2:59:12] that dollar amount that you
[2:59:15] chose to do that or that is
[2:59:16] based on the Transportation
[2:59:17] Department's capacity to
[2:59:17] deliver on the work.
[2:59:22] >> Okay.
[2:59:23] So if we said the more money
[2:59:24] because the fund balances are
[2:59:24] bigger you would say no thank
[2:59:29] you because we just don't have
[2:59:29] the capacity to really close
[2:59:30] Like okay that makes a lot of
[2:59:33] impact.
[2:59:34] And to answer your first
[2:59:34] question, the parking funds are
[2:59:35] two for project that I have
[2:59:38] mobility and parking in
[2:59:39] the district So you have to say
[2:59:40] that the trees would not be an
[2:59:44] eligible expense.
[2:59:45] >> Okay.
[2:59:45] All right.
[2:59:46] Sad to hear but I understand
[2:59:51] the nuance of there and thank
[2:59:51] you for taking the time.
[2:59:52] I know I have some questions
[2:59:53] When I got the briefing on this
[2:59:57] and you took the time to
[2:59:58] explain why there was such a
[2:59:58] small amount I mean not a pb
[2:59:59] but pd parking meters are
[3:00:03] relatively new pretty small
[3:00:03] compared to the other parking
[3:00:04] districts.
[3:00:04] I appreciate your willingness
[3:00:09] to take the time to answer my
[3:00:09] questions.
[3:00:10] So with that we have a motion
[3:00:13] by Councilmember Whitburn, a
[3:00:14] second by Councilmember Ella
[3:00:14] Rivera.
[3:00:15] >> Please call the roll I'm
[3:00:16] sorry the voting system has
[3:00:24] your vote and that passes 8 to
[3:00:25] 1 with Council PRESIDENT Pro
[3:00:26] Tem Lee voting no Thank you,
[3:00:26] Council PRESIDENT.
[3:00:27] All right.
[3:00:29] Again thank you to good folks
[3:00:30] of transportation for your
[3:00:30] work.
[3:00:31] So that brings us to the end of
[3:00:32] the morning session.
[3:00:36] We will now adjourn for
[3:00:36] the noon recess and reconvene
[3:00:38] in open session at 1 P.M. Or
[3:00:55] shortly thereafter And
[3:00:56] good afternoon and welcome to
[3:00:56] Council Chambers.
[3:01:01] >> Can you hear me?
[3:01:01] I almost have the clap once but
[3:01:02] I guess we're above
[3:01:05] kindergarten.
[3:01:06] I'm your city clerk Deanna
[3:01:06] Fuentes and we're happy to have
[3:01:07] you here in council chambers
[3:01:10] for this meeting.
[3:01:11] Hello.
[3:01:11] Just wanted to make sure that
[3:01:12] if you have anybody seating
[3:01:13] time make sure that you submit
[3:01:15] all of those speakers lips
[3:01:16] together at one time so that we
[3:01:17] make sure that we give you that
[3:01:20] seated time.
[3:01:20] The council PRESIDENT Will also
[3:01:21] remind you at one point that if
[3:01:22] you'd like if you like
[3:01:25] something thumbs up if you
[3:01:25] don't thumbs down, clapping
[3:01:26] doesn't allow the next person
[3:01:29] being called to actually come
[3:01:30] up to the yellow reserved seats
[3:01:31] And that's the last thing I'll
[3:01:34] say when I call your name I
[3:01:35] tend to call some of them in in
[3:01:36] batches so you can all come up
[3:01:39] to the yellow reserved seats to
[3:01:40] make it easier for you to come
[3:01:40] up to the microphone When it is
[3:01:44] your turn to speak.
[3:01:44] So watch out for your name and
[3:01:45] thank you again for coming down
[3:01:46] and participating.
[3:02:38] Have a great afternoon
[3:03:30] and
[3:05:16] will
[3:05:25] okay.
[3:05:53] Okay.
[3:06:13] That's very yeah I'm not really
[3:06:41] I yeah I know your last
[3:07:22] question to that one Yeah All
[3:07:23] right we're we're going to get
[3:07:28] started that afternoon that
[3:07:29] you've all been waiting for So
[3:07:30] if we could all began to settle
[3:07:35] down.
[3:07:35] There we go.
[3:07:39] There we go.
[3:07:40] All right.
[3:07:40] Good afternoon.
[3:07:41] I will now reconvene the city
[3:07:44] council meeting of Tuesday,
[3:07:45] JUNE 9th, 2026 clerk Please
[3:07:46] call the roll.
[3:07:48] >> Thank you.
[3:07:48] Council PRESIDENT Council
[3:07:53] member Campbell Council Member
[3:07:54] Whitburn here Council Member
[3:07:57] Foster here Council Member
[3:08:03] Yvonne Wilbur and Pro Tem Lee
[3:08:03] You're here Council Member Can
[3:08:08] you hear Council Member Moreno
[3:08:13] Present Council Member Ella
[3:08:14] Rivera and Council PRESIDENT
[3:08:14] LaCava present also attending
[3:08:17] the meeting our Assistant City
[3:08:18] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald
[3:08:19] Independent Budget analyst
[3:08:23] Charles Monica Council Affairs
[3:08:23] Advisor Matt your gang General
[3:08:27] and Policy Director from
[3:08:28] the mayor's office as well as
[3:08:28] the mayor himself and myself
[3:08:31] your city clerk Diana Fuentes
[3:08:32] Thank you.
[3:08:33] >> Council PRESIDENT All right.
[3:08:37] Thank you, MADAM City Clerk
[3:08:38] before we a quorum is now
[3:08:38] present so we are underway.
[3:08:42] I see a lot of new faces in
[3:08:43] the audience.
[3:08:43] I know there's going to be a
[3:08:44] lot of passion and emotion on
[3:08:47] some of the issues we'll be
[3:08:47] discussing for the fy 2027
[3:08:48] budget.
[3:08:51] So I'm going to read the script
[3:08:52] When we have these kinds of
[3:08:56] sessions I want to remind
[3:08:57] everyone about the city's
[3:08:57] practices and procedures for
[3:08:58] public comment at city council
[3:09:01] meetings.
[3:09:01] We certainly welcome your
[3:09:02] public participation at our
[3:09:03] hearings.
[3:09:06] Speakers MAY address
[3:09:07] the Council during public
[3:09:08] comment and also in connection
[3:09:10] with specific items of business
[3:09:11] on the agenda.
[3:09:12] However, the city must make
[3:09:12] sure that no one person or
[3:09:15] group of people disrupt
[3:09:16] the meeting in a way that
[3:09:17] prohibits other speakers from
[3:09:17] expressing their ideas and
[3:09:21] opinions excessive yelling and
[3:09:22] screaming or speaking beyond
[3:09:22] ones a lot of times are
[3:09:25] examples of that kind of
[3:09:26] behavior that disrupts
[3:09:26] the meeting.
[3:09:27] It is not the content is
[3:09:28] the disruption that we're
[3:09:31] focusing on.
[3:09:31] So to make sure that everyone
[3:09:32] here has an opportunity to
[3:09:35] address the council, I will
[3:09:36] alert an individual or
[3:09:36] individuals if I think their
[3:09:37] conduct becomes disruptive.
[3:09:41] The disruption continues.
[3:09:41] I'll roll the individual out of
[3:09:42] order and if the disruption
[3:09:43] continues further will declare
[3:09:45] a recess so that we can restore
[3:09:46] order.
[3:09:47] >> At this point I will direct
[3:09:50] the individual leave the room
[3:09:50] and if the individual refuses
[3:09:51] police will escort
[3:09:51] the individual out of
[3:09:52] the building.
[3:09:55] If we have to repeat this
[3:09:56] process of warning and recess
[3:09:56] the meeting all members of
[3:09:57] the public will be excused from
[3:09:59] the council chamber credential
[3:10:00] Media will be allowed to remain
[3:10:00] once again We have these
[3:10:04] practices and procedures to
[3:10:04] protect the rights of other
[3:10:05] speakers who wish to address
[3:10:06] the Council and to allow
[3:10:08] the Council to conduct
[3:10:09] the public's business.
[3:10:09] So with that clerk please
[3:10:13] introduce item seven oh four.
[3:10:16] >> Item 704 is the approval of
[3:10:17] the city's fiscal year 2027
[3:10:17] budget.
[3:10:18] If you'd like to speak to this
[3:10:21] item now is the time to please
[3:10:22] bring your speaker slip up to
[3:10:22] the front of the room into
[3:10:23] the clear box and if you are
[3:10:27] participating remotely now's
[3:10:27] the time to raise your hand by
[3:10:28] pressing Star nine or the raise
[3:10:28] your hand icon.
[3:10:31] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All
[3:10:31] right.
[3:10:32] >> Thank you.
[3:10:33] So this item the staff is
[3:10:36] the office of the Independent
[3:10:36] Budget analyst So Charles kick
[3:10:37] us off and make sure we get an
[3:10:38] introduction.
[3:10:41] Everybody who was speaking and
[3:10:42] how much time the team needs.
[3:10:42] >> Right.
[3:10:42] Thank you.
[3:10:45] Council PRESIDENT.
[3:10:46] We had roughly 30 minutes to go
[3:10:47] through representation.
[3:10:47] All right.
[3:10:48] All right.
[3:10:50] So we are here this afternoon
[3:10:51] at the conclusion of this
[3:10:51] year's budget process to
[3:10:55] discuss our office's final
[3:10:55] budget report which is before
[3:11:01] you today I am joined for this
[3:11:01] presentation by Emily, Jillian
[3:11:02] and Alina and Jordan Moore.
[3:11:05] Although our entire team is
[3:11:06] also here for questions and
[3:11:06] follow up discussion our
[3:11:09] presentation this afternoon
[3:11:10] will largely cover the items
[3:11:10] that we discussed at Friday's
[3:11:14] final brc hearing.
[3:11:15] I will kick us off with a brief
[3:11:15] overview and then my team will
[3:11:16] walk you through the bulk of
[3:11:19] our presentation before I wrap
[3:11:20] up with recommended actions and
[3:11:20] concluding thoughts.
[3:11:24] I'll start with an overview of
[3:11:24] the last two months.
[3:11:25] The proposed budget was
[3:11:28] released on APRIL 15th.
[3:11:28] That budget included a number
[3:11:29] of significant cuts and those
[3:11:32] reflected the city's ongoing
[3:11:33] structural budget deficit.
[3:11:37] In early MAY this council heard
[3:11:38] hearings over the course of a
[3:11:39] week to walk through that
[3:11:39] budget proposal and then
[3:11:43] the mayor released a revised on
[3:11:46] MAY 13th that MAY revise
[3:11:46] identified $13.5 million in
[3:11:47] additional resources mainly
[3:11:51] from stronger hotel tax revenue
[3:11:52] and transfers to the general
[3:11:53] fund from the golf course fund.
[3:11:53] Then they revised and used
[3:11:56] those resources to fund $13.5
[3:11:56] million in expenditure
[3:12:01] restorations including library
[3:12:02] and rec center hours and
[3:12:02] districts for 89 as well as
[3:12:06] shoreline restrooms and funding
[3:12:06] for youth drop in centers.
[3:12:07] Then on Tuesday, JUNE 2nd my
[3:12:11] office released ibr report 26
[3:12:12] Dash 15 That report identifies
[3:12:16] additional resources beyond
[3:12:17] those that are in the MAY
[3:12:17] revise and we also recommend
[3:12:18] technical adjustments and
[3:12:21] corrections and finally
[3:12:22] incorporate the restoration of
[3:12:23] programs based on our review of
[3:12:26] Councilmember Budget memos that
[3:12:27] we received on MAY 20th.
[3:12:31] The item before you today is
[3:12:31] the proposed budget as modified
[3:12:32] by the MAY revise along with
[3:12:36] the additional modifications
[3:12:37] that are recommended by
[3:12:37] the Ibus office.
[3:12:41] The task of this Council today
[3:12:42] is to adopt a final budget.
[3:12:43] In doing so you can make
[3:12:46] additional modifications but it
[3:12:47] is also essential and legally
[3:12:47] required that the budget that
[3:12:51] is adopted remains balanced.
[3:12:52] Turning to our report itself it
[3:12:56] is worth noting and
[3:12:57] highlighting that we identified
[3:12:57] resources that can support
[3:13:01] the restoration of all items
[3:13:02] that were included in a
[3:13:03] majority of Council member
[3:13:03] memos.
[3:13:04] This includes the partial
[3:13:06] restoration of arts funding as
[3:13:07] well as the Child and Youth
[3:13:07] Success Program.
[3:13:11] The film program manager
[3:13:12] position cpf, the Small
[3:13:12] Business Enhancement Program
[3:13:16] and others.
[3:13:17] At a high level our report
[3:13:18] covers five main areas.
[3:13:20] First, we recommend three
[3:13:21] modifications that can be
[3:13:21] implemented with no net impact
[3:13:25] to the city's general fund.
[3:13:26] These are the restoration of
[3:13:27] arts and cultural funding an
[3:13:30] alternative package for
[3:13:30] homelessness programs and
[3:13:31] the transfer of the Office of
[3:13:32] Labor Standards and Enforcement
[3:13:35] to the City Attorney's Office.
[3:13:36] These were all supported by a
[3:13:37] majority of council members in
[3:13:40] their nanos and my team will
[3:13:41] walk through each of them.
[3:13:45] We then identify and recommend
[3:13:45] an additional $6.6 million in
[3:13:46] general fund resources based on
[3:13:50] updated revenue projections,
[3:13:51] expenditure reductions and
[3:13:51] technical corrections Of this
[3:13:55] amount 4.5 million is ongoing.
[3:14:00] Those identified sources can
[3:14:01] support all majority supported
[3:14:01] expenditures as well as other
[3:14:06] recommended adjustments which
[3:14:06] all together total $2.9
[3:14:07] million.
[3:14:09] That leaves 2.6 million in
[3:14:13] remaining ongoing resources and
[3:14:14] 1.1 million in remaining one
[3:14:15] time resources.
[3:14:17] Our office does recommend that
[3:14:18] the one time resources be set
[3:14:19] aside either into reserves or
[3:14:22] held as excess equity to help
[3:14:23] protect against upcoming fiscal
[3:14:24] challenges although ultimately
[3:14:25] that will be this Council's
[3:14:28] decision.
[3:14:29] While the budget that we are
[3:14:30] discussing today is balanced,
[3:14:31] it is also worth noting that it
[3:14:33] is not structurally balanced
[3:14:34] and setting aside one time
[3:14:35] resources today instead of
[3:14:38] spending them can help avoid
[3:14:38] that structural imbalance from
[3:14:43] growing that accounted for
[3:14:44] There are $2.6 million in
[3:14:49] remaining ongoing resources.
[3:14:49] While we have recommended
[3:14:50] funding all expenditures that
[3:14:54] were in the memos of a majority
[3:14:54] of council members.
[3:14:55] There were additional items
[3:14:56] that were not in a majority of
[3:15:00] memos but were in the mouths of
[3:15:01] four council members.
[3:15:01] Our officers identified
[3:15:05] resources to cover that can
[3:15:06] cover some but not all of
[3:15:06] those.
[3:15:07] Chief among those requests was
[3:15:10] additional library and rec
[3:15:11] center restorations along with
[3:15:12] some potential additional
[3:15:16] revenue resources.
[3:15:16] In general we present each of
[3:15:17] those items without a
[3:15:18] recommendation although in some
[3:15:21] we actually recommend against
[3:15:22] pursuing them.
[3:15:23] My team will walk us through
[3:15:23] these as well.
[3:15:27] Finally we discuss additional
[3:15:27] considerations the city's
[3:15:31] structural deficit, the impacts
[3:15:32] of the trash fee and Balboa
[3:15:33] Park paid parking settlement
[3:15:36] that was approved yesterday and
[3:15:36] the city's enormous unfunded
[3:15:37] infrastructure needs.
[3:15:38] Council should consider all of
[3:15:42] these as it engages in its
[3:15:43] final deliberations on the f y
[3:15:43] 27 budget.
[3:15:48] With that I will turn this
[3:15:48] presentation over to Amy.
[3:15:49] >> Thank you very much,
[3:15:49] Charles.
[3:15:51] I will first start by
[3:15:52] highlighting the recommended
[3:15:52] modifications to the budget
[3:15:53] that would each have no net
[3:15:57] impact to the general fund.
[3:15:58] First our office proposes a
[3:16:01] restoration of up to $6 million
[3:16:02] for the three arts and culture
[3:16:02] grant programs that were
[3:16:06] eliminated in the proposed
[3:16:07] budget on nine Councilmembers
[3:16:07] supported some type of
[3:16:11] restoration to these grant.
[3:16:12] The proposed budget would pay
[3:16:15] 12.1 million of annual debt
[3:16:16] service on the 1998 Convention
[3:16:16] Center expansion bond from
[3:16:17] the special promotional
[3:16:21] programs budget which is also
[3:16:22] where Arts and Culture Fund is
[3:16:25] traditionally coming from Our
[3:16:26] office recommends instead using
[3:16:27] up to $6 million of Measure c
[3:16:27] funds to partially pay for
[3:16:31] annual debt service in fiscal
[3:16:32] year 2027.
[3:16:35] This would in turn free up $6
[3:16:36] million in special promotional
[3:16:37] programs budget that could then
[3:16:41] go towards arts and culture.
[3:16:42] While council MAY free up to
[3:16:42] the full 12.1 million amount by
[3:16:46] using Measure c Convention
[3:16:46] Center funds.
[3:16:47] We recommend against using more
[3:16:51] than $6 million And there are
[3:16:51] two reasons.
[3:16:52] First, the county of San Diego
[3:16:54] has committed almost $3 million
[3:16:55] for arts program grants and
[3:16:55] the private foundation
[3:16:59] announced they would also
[3:17:00] provide $3 million for arts and
[3:17:01] culture funding the next year.
[3:17:01] And second, while the use of
[3:17:05] measure c convention center
[3:17:06] funds to pay existing
[3:17:07] convention center debt service
[3:17:11] is legally permissible.
[3:17:11] The convention center faces an
[3:17:12] operating deficit and large
[3:17:13] capital needs backlog.
[3:17:16] The convention center will
[3:17:17] eventually need significant
[3:17:17] resources to move forward with
[3:17:18] a future expansion which was
[3:17:22] the primary intent of Measure c
[3:17:23] Regarding the $6 million that
[3:17:23] we do recommend, we should
[3:17:27] suggest it be allocated to
[3:17:27] the three grant programs
[3:17:28] proportional to their fiscal
[3:17:32] year 2026 budgeted amounts and
[3:17:33] we previously suggested council
[3:17:33] consider implementing funding
[3:17:34] caps to ensure more
[3:17:37] organizations can be supported
[3:17:38] .
[3:17:38] If councilmembers do not
[3:17:39] support the restoration amount
[3:17:39] or caps.
[3:17:40] We recommend noting that in
[3:17:43] today's final budget action on
[3:17:44] homelessness services
[3:17:49] the program reductions in
[3:17:49] the MAY revision most closely
[3:17:50] resemble Option a from our
[3:17:51] office's review of the proposed
[3:17:53] budget but includes the closure
[3:17:54] of Arrow Drive safe parking
[3:17:55] instead of prevention
[3:17:55] reductions.
[3:17:59] Our office recommends three
[3:18:00] modifications to the MAY
[3:18:00] revision.
[3:18:00] The modifications were
[3:18:01] developed by the Housing
[3:18:05] Commission and in consultation
[3:18:06] with h r 56 councilmembers
[3:18:09] supported these program
[3:18:10] reductions and a seventh
[3:18:10] councilmember supported three
[3:18:11] of the alternate reductions
[3:18:12] The recommended alternate
[3:18:15] reductions include first a $1.6
[3:18:21] million reduction to the 16th
[3:18:21] and meeting shelter $1.3
[3:18:22] million less than the MAY
[3:18:25] revision.
[3:18:26] This would result in
[3:18:27] the reduction of 50 beds which
[3:18:30] is less than the estimated 200
[3:18:31] to 250 beds reduced and to be
[3:18:32] revised while 50 guys would
[3:18:32] still be reduced they will be
[3:18:35] replaced by expanded capacity
[3:18:36] at another shelter.
[3:18:37] Next we recommend the closure
[3:18:40] of the 37 bed city funded
[3:18:41] lighthouse shelter due to
[3:18:44] operational challenges running
[3:18:45] two different service models at
[3:18:45] the same site.
[3:18:48] This would reduce expenditures
[3:18:49] by 980,000.
[3:18:49] However, these beds would
[3:18:50] continue to operate under a
[3:18:54] different program without city
[3:18:55] funding.
[3:18:56] And lastly we recommend the use
[3:18:59] of $406,000 in state grant
[3:18:59] funding for the family
[3:19:00] reunification program.
[3:19:03] These three modifications
[3:19:04] netted additional $42,000 in
[3:19:04] seatings and we recommend they
[3:19:09] be used to support additional
[3:19:10] wind down funding at the new
[3:19:10] Good Day Center.
[3:19:11] The program operator
[3:19:14] transitions to a scaled down
[3:19:14] services at a smaller site.
[3:19:15] The elimination of security at
[3:19:20] the Old Central Library and
[3:19:21] safe parking at your drive in
[3:19:22] Central Elementary remain
[3:19:26] unchanged from the MAY revision
[3:19:26] Last recommended recommended
[3:19:27] modification without a net
[3:19:31] general fund impact is to
[3:19:32] restore one fte program manager
[3:19:32] position and Office of Labor
[3:19:33] Standards and Enforcement in
[3:19:37] transferring all of
[3:19:38] the personnel revenue and
[3:19:38] expenditure from the City
[3:19:39] Treasurer's office to the City
[3:19:43] Attorney's Office.
[3:19:43] Once in the City Attorney's
[3:19:44] office grant and penalty
[3:19:45] funding can be used to offset
[3:19:48] dollar general fund costs for a
[3:19:49] net zero impact.
[3:19:49] We note that our office has
[3:19:54] made a technical correction to
[3:19:54] the table summarizing these
[3:19:55] adjustments in a report on page
[3:19:56] ten to ensure they are budget
[3:19:56] neutral.
[3:19:59] This proposal was supported by
[3:20:00] seven councilmembers in their
[3:20:01] budget priority memos.
[3:20:05] Next transitioning to our
[3:20:06] office's recommendations for
[3:20:06] ongoing and one time revenue
[3:20:07] adjustments and resource
[3:20:11] modifications.
[3:20:11] Like Charles previously
[3:20:12] mentioned, our office
[3:20:13] identified $4.5 million in
[3:20:17] ongoing resources and 2.1
[3:20:17] million in 1 time resources for
[3:20:18] a total of $6.6 million.
[3:20:23] In later slides Gillian will
[3:20:23] detail the exact expenditures
[3:20:27] but we were recommending using
[3:20:27] 1.9 million in ongoing
[3:20:31] resources and $180,000 in one
[3:20:32] time resources for a total of
[3:20:32] 2.9 million.
[3:20:36] This leaves 2.6 million in
[3:20:37] ongoing resources and 1.1
[3:20:37] million in 1 time resources
[3:20:38] remaining.
[3:20:41] Given the structural budget
[3:20:42] deficit and economic
[3:20:43] uncertainty, we'd like to
[3:20:43] stress the importance of not
[3:20:48] using any ongoing remaining
[3:20:49] resources for any new ongoing
[3:20:49] expenditures that could
[3:20:50] exacerbate the deficit.
[3:20:54] Additionally, we recommend
[3:20:55] leaving one time remaining
[3:20:56] resources as excess equity or
[3:20:59] reserve contribution to help
[3:21:00] address any unexpected needs in
[3:21:01] fiscal year 2027.
[3:21:05] This table breaks down where
[3:21:05] office identified ongoing
[3:21:06] resources based on revenue
[3:21:07] adjustments, expenditure
[3:21:07] reductions and technical
[3:21:11] adjustments.
[3:21:12] We identified additional
[3:21:12] ongoing revenue from
[3:21:13] the transient occupancy tax
[3:21:18] sales tax and an increased
[3:21:19] reimbursable amount from
[3:21:19] the low moderate Income Housing
[3:21:20] Asset Fund.
[3:21:23] However, these resource
[3:21:24] increases are more than offset
[3:21:24] by decreases in property taxes
[3:21:29] Cannabis business taxes and a
[3:21:30] reduced transfer from
[3:21:30] the Parking Meter Operations
[3:21:35] Fund to net $319,000 in reduced
[3:21:35] revenue.
[3:21:36] Our office also identified
[3:21:40] budgeting expenditure
[3:21:40] reductions that could be made
[3:21:41] due to revised NOVEMBER
[3:21:42] election cost reductions.
[3:21:47] Revised property management
[3:21:47] cost projections for one on one
[3:21:48] and the reduction of one fte
[3:21:52] Public affairs Program Manager
[3:21:53] in the police department
[3:21:54] the latter of which was
[3:21:54] supported by five
[3:21:55] councilmembers.
[3:21:58] These expenditure reductions
[3:21:59] matched to 3.4 million in
[3:22:00] ongoing savings.
[3:22:00] Lastly, we identified a
[3:22:05] technical correction to
[3:22:05] the transit transfer to
[3:22:06] the general fund and trusted
[3:22:07] the demolition of a building at
[3:22:10] Liberty Station as ongoing to
[3:22:11] instead be one time reverse
[3:22:12] the errant transfer of one fte
[3:22:17] hazardous material Inspector
[3:22:18] two from the refuse disposal
[3:22:18] fund to the general Fund and
[3:22:19] corrected the fte count and
[3:22:23] personal expenditures of a
[3:22:23] recreation center restoration
[3:22:24] error.
[3:22:27] These corrections net 1.5
[3:22:27] million in ongoing savings.
[3:22:28] Finally we note that a report
[3:22:33] identified updated residual ppf
[3:22:34] as a potential resource but
[3:22:35] with an amount listed as tbd
[3:22:39] since the release of a report
[3:22:40] our allocations were finalized
[3:22:43] and they will have a negative
[3:22:44] impact of $185,000 on our
[3:22:48] fiscal year 2027 resources and
[3:22:49] recommend that be reflected in
[3:22:54] any final budget motion today.
[3:22:54] This list breaks down the eight
[3:22:55] one time resources Our office
[3:23:00] identified that next to 2.1
[3:23:01] million of these one time
[3:23:04] resources we would like to
[3:23:05] highlight the $621,000 in
[3:23:05] savings identified in
[3:23:06] the performance Analytics
[3:23:10] department After working with
[3:23:11] Pando to identify additional
[3:23:11] savings.
[3:23:12] These savings included budgeted
[3:23:16] personnel expenditure savings
[3:23:17] from holding three positions
[3:23:17] vacant and changes to the cost
[3:23:18] sharing for gas mapping program
[3:23:22] licenses.
[3:23:23] Access equity in fiscal year
[3:23:23] 2026 is not proposed as the one
[3:23:24] time resource to be used in
[3:23:28] fiscal year 2027 because of
[3:23:29] elevated risks associated with
[3:23:29] budgeting but not yet received
[3:23:34] revenue in fiscal year 2026.
[3:23:35] Additionally, our office
[3:23:35] recommends leaving
[3:23:39] the remaining 1.1 million in
[3:23:40] unused one time resources for
[3:23:41] potential for potential access
[3:23:41] equity or reserve contributions
[3:23:45] in fiscal year 2027.
[3:23:45] Now I will hand it over to
[3:23:46] Jillian.
[3:23:46] Thank you, Amy.
[3:23:50] Now I'll go over our office's
[3:23:51] recommended expenditure
[3:23:52] modifications which includes
[3:23:56] all majority supported items in
[3:23:57] councilmember budget
[3:23:57] modification memos.
[3:23:58] They mostly fall within
[3:23:59] the category of ongoing
[3:24:03] expenditures with seven items
[3:24:04] totaling 1.9 million.
[3:24:08] First there's 900,000 for
[3:24:09] Council's community projects
[3:24:09] programs and service grants for
[3:24:14] kpbs which equates to $100,000
[3:24:15] per council office.
[3:24:18] We note that this amount could
[3:24:19] be reduced or made one time to
[3:24:20] free up ongoing resources for
[3:24:20] other things.
[3:24:24] Next is 336,000 to Restore
[3:24:25] the Child and your success
[3:24:29] program coordinator with
[3:24:30] $100,000 for contracted youth
[3:24:30] services.
[3:24:31] We also recommend placing this
[3:24:34] position in the mayor's office
[3:24:35] to strengthen policy
[3:24:35] involvement and coordination.
[3:24:40] There's $263,000 to restore
[3:24:41] the city auditor's budget.
[3:24:45] This is partially offset by
[3:24:46] $55,000 at one time Cut to
[3:24:46] the office if recommended or
[3:24:50] requested to take instead.
[3:24:51] There's $215,000 to restore
[3:24:55] the filming Program manager
[3:24:56] 165,000 to restore the cut to
[3:24:57] our office to avoid staffing
[3:24:57] reductions.
[3:25:02] 21,000 for the addition of a
[3:25:02] deputy city clerk two in
[3:25:03] the clerk's office which is net
[3:25:08] of anticipated passport
[3:25:08] revenue.
[3:25:09] And finally $20,000 for ongoing
[3:25:09] licensing costs for the new
[3:25:13] case management system for
[3:25:14] the Ethics Commission.
[3:25:18] We also have three recommended
[3:25:19] one time items totaling
[3:25:19] 980,000.
[3:25:20] The first is restoring the base
[3:25:24] budget for the small Business
[3:25:25] Enhancement Program at 750,000.
[3:25:26] Second is funding for
[3:25:26] the Office of the Commission on
[3:25:30] Police Practices Complaint and
[3:25:31] Investigation Management System
[3:25:32] for 200,000.
[3:25:37] This item actually had support
[3:25:37] from four councilmembers but we
[3:25:38] were able to identify savings
[3:25:42] within the office to offset
[3:25:43] much of the cost.
[3:25:47] And finally is one the one time
[3:25:48] portion of the new Ethics
[3:25:52] Commission software system for
[3:25:52] $30,000.
[3:25:53] So that completes our formal
[3:25:53] recommendations which again
[3:25:58] includes all majority supported
[3:25:58] items.
[3:25:59] After funding them we have $3.7
[3:26:03] million in remaining resources
[3:26:04] of which $2.6 million is
[3:26:04] ongoing.
[3:26:08] When looking at items supported
[3:26:09] by four councilmembers there
[3:26:12] are an additional items
[3:26:13] totaling 4.4 million With
[3:26:14] the remaining resources only a
[3:26:15] portion of that items could be
[3:26:19] funded.
[3:26:20] And because of that we present
[3:26:21] the following items as
[3:26:21] potential additions and are not
[3:26:25] part of our recommendation.
[3:26:26] Before going into them we want
[3:26:27] to again stress the importance
[3:26:27] of keeping the city's long term
[3:26:32] fiscal stability in mind and
[3:26:33] constraining the addition of
[3:26:33] any new ongoing expenditures
[3:26:37] especially if they would worsen
[3:26:38] the structural budget deficit
[3:26:43] versus the full restoration of
[3:26:44] both recreation center and
[3:26:45] library hours totaling 2.9
[3:26:45] million.
[3:26:49] For both of these our office
[3:26:50] includes location by location
[3:26:51] cost to guide any partial
[3:26:51] restorations.
[3:26:56] Next is 592,000 for the police
[3:26:56] department front counter
[3:26:57] staffing which would limit
[3:27:02] the hiring freeze for these
[3:27:02] positions.
[3:27:03] Next is council funding for
[3:27:04] arts culture and community
[3:27:08] festival grants or ccf for
[3:27:09] $450,000 or $50,000 per office.
[3:27:14] There's $222,000 to restore 24
[3:27:15] hour security at the Storage
[3:27:20] Connect Center in line with
[3:27:20] the initial agreement with
[3:27:21] the community.
[3:27:21] We do note that security has
[3:27:26] been reduced since JANUARY and
[3:27:27] both agencies and the police
[3:27:27] department report no
[3:27:31] operational impacts or security
[3:27:32] concerns.
[3:27:33] However, if there was a break
[3:27:33] in and any items were lost that
[3:27:37] could have severe impacts on
[3:27:38] individuals experiencing
[3:27:38] homelessness.
[3:27:39] Finally there was support for
[3:27:44] restoring a chief operating
[3:27:44] officer by promoting one
[3:27:45] existing deputy chief operating
[3:27:50] officer.
[3:27:50] The net cost would be about
[3:27:55] $194,000 based on timing and
[3:27:56] salary assumptions which would
[3:27:56] vary if implemented.
[3:28:02] Now I will cover additional
[3:28:03] potential resources supported
[3:28:04] by several council members or
[3:28:08] identified by our office.
[3:28:08] Some have significant drawbacks
[3:28:09] so we recommend against
[3:28:14] pursuing them as shown in red
[3:28:15] on the slide.
[3:28:19] First is the elimination of
[3:28:20] Axon by 90 software in
[3:28:20] the police department.
[3:28:21] This doesn't produce general
[3:28:25] fund savings because it isn't
[3:28:26] budgeted within the general
[3:28:26] fund.
[3:28:29] Next is implementation of two
[3:28:29] officer units in the police
[3:28:30] department.
[3:28:31] We recommend against this item
[3:28:36] as it would result in a 40%
[3:28:36] reduction in patrol vehicles
[3:28:37] which would lead to fuel
[3:28:42] savings but would likely have
[3:28:43] detrimental impacts to response
[3:28:43] times especially in divisions
[3:28:47] with large geographic service
[3:28:48] areas to address response
[3:28:48] times.
[3:28:49] It would require increased
[3:28:54] overtime costs leading to
[3:28:55] likely no savings or
[3:28:55] potentially increased costs
[3:28:56] instead.
[3:29:00] Another option is one that our
[3:29:01] office identified which is
[3:29:01] reallocating homocysteine grant
[3:29:06] funds that support the Regional
[3:29:07] Task Force on Homelessness.
[3:29:07] Fourth hmas System used to
[3:29:12] report program outcomes in
[3:29:13] service utilization.
[3:29:14] However, this would require
[3:29:14] the task force to find
[3:29:18] alternative funding for this.
[3:29:19] Four council members supported
[3:29:20] the exploration of cost savings
[3:29:24] through reductions to car
[3:29:24] allowances, cell phones and
[3:29:25] non-essential travel expenses.
[3:29:29] $616,000 is the maximum
[3:29:30] estimate we have for this since
[3:29:30] it doesn't account for
[3:29:35] increases related to employees
[3:29:35] submitting for mileage
[3:29:36] reimbursements or travel that's
[3:29:41] still likely needed.
[3:29:41] Eliminating cell phone costs
[3:29:42] would also require labor
[3:29:47] discussions that MAY also have
[3:29:47] offsetting costs.
[3:29:48] So we recommend against that
[3:29:48] option.
[3:29:53] Next is cancellation of
[3:29:53] the automated license plate
[3:29:54] reader or a lpr contract.
[3:29:59] This is a service bundled with
[3:30:00] Ubiquiti, a contract for
[3:30:01] the use of smart street lights
[3:30:04] to cancel a lpr.
[3:30:05] Only would require contract
[3:30:06] renegotiation determine a
[3:30:06] savings amount which we don't
[3:30:11] have identified at the moment.
[3:30:12] Alternatively the whole
[3:30:13] contract could be terminated
[3:30:17] with 30 days notice which would
[3:30:18] lead to $2 million in savings.
[3:30:23] We also raised for
[3:30:24] consideration an item that
[3:30:24] would require action to make
[3:30:25] fees for public safety support
[3:30:30] at special events organized by
[3:30:30] nonprofits.
[3:30:31] A 100% cost recoverable Instead
[3:30:35] of providing existing discounts
[3:30:36] .
[3:30:36] This would generate up to $2.1
[3:30:37] million.
[3:30:42] And finally for council members
[3:30:42] asked our office to identify $3
[3:30:43] million in cuts to departments
[3:30:48] with higher unclassified staff
[3:30:49] such as Panda and
[3:30:49] Communications Department.
[3:30:53] We identified 200 I'm sorry
[3:30:54] 621,001 time savings for Panda
[3:30:59] which is included in our
[3:30:59] recommendations.
[3:31:00] Since this falls short of
[3:31:01] the $3 million target we
[3:31:05] provided additional information
[3:31:06] on the major activities of both
[3:31:06] departments with associated
[3:31:11] costs as well as high level
[3:31:11] potential impacts of reducing
[3:31:12] these functions.
[3:31:13] Should Council decide that they
[3:31:16] are no longer a priority?
[3:31:17] It should be noted that other
[3:31:18] departments with higher
[3:31:18] proportions of unclassified
[3:31:23] staff are in other departments
[3:31:24] including independent or
[3:31:24] elected official offices.
[3:31:30] With that I'll hand it off to
[3:31:30] Jordan.
[3:31:31] >> Thank you, Jillian.
[3:31:31] So before we conclude again
[3:31:32] there are additional
[3:31:36] considerations that we believe
[3:31:37] the Council and the public
[3:31:37] should be made aware of and
[3:31:38] should be present in your minds
[3:31:39] as you go about making
[3:31:39] the final budget decisions
[3:31:40] today.
[3:31:45] Next slide.
[3:31:46] >> The first is the city's
[3:31:46] structural budget deficit.
[3:31:47] While some progress has been
[3:31:50] made on addressing the long
[3:31:51] term structural budget deficit,
[3:31:52] the overall problem remains
[3:31:52] unsolved and the budget is
[3:31:53] currently constructed.
[3:31:58] The MAY revise is still
[3:31:58] structurally imbalanced by
[3:31:59] about $15.3 million.
[3:32:04] But if reserve contributions in
[3:32:04] line with the current reserve
[3:32:05] policy were included, that
[3:32:08] imbalance will grow to $95.4
[3:32:09] million.
[3:32:09] We know in our report no
[3:32:10] reserve contributions have been
[3:32:13] made since 2023 and fiscal year
[3:32:14] 2022 is the last time the city
[3:32:15] had reserves in line with what
[3:32:18] the policy would have called
[3:32:19] for.
[3:32:19] Additionally, while projections
[3:32:23] in APRIL showed a smaller
[3:32:23] deficit of $32.9 million for
[3:32:27] 2028 and potential surplus in
[3:32:28] fiscal year 2029, those
[3:32:28] projections are now no longer
[3:32:29] viable.
[3:32:33] I'll discuss the impacts of
[3:32:34] the settlement from yesterday
[3:32:35] on the next slide but
[3:32:35] the impacts of that settlement
[3:32:36] will result in long term
[3:32:39] revenue declines.
[3:32:40] There are also however
[3:32:40] additional cost pressures such
[3:32:46] as both be finalized and still
[3:32:46] to be negotiated labor
[3:32:47] contracts that while the ones
[3:32:48] that have been approved to date
[3:32:48] have limited cost impact in
[3:32:53] the near term, they're
[3:32:53] currently projected to increase
[3:32:54] costs significantly beginning
[3:32:55] in fy 2029 and beyond.
[3:32:57] And I will note that most
[3:32:58] likely doesn't also include
[3:32:59] the impacts for things that you
[3:32:59] heard about yesterday.
[3:33:03] There are also cost pressures
[3:33:04] from potential litigation and
[3:33:04] financial exposure due to
[3:33:05] failing infrastructure which
[3:33:09] when combined with everything
[3:33:10] else suggests there is a lot
[3:33:10] more work that will need to be
[3:33:11] done to improve the city's long
[3:33:15] standing financial issues.
[3:33:16] It is crucial that the city
[3:33:17] consider how to right size
[3:33:21] the organization in order to
[3:33:22] avoid the perpetuating cycle of
[3:33:23] annual budget cuts and restore
[3:33:23] the public confidence that will
[3:33:26] be needed to address this as
[3:33:33] well as other issues.
[3:33:33] As mentioned, the recently
[3:33:34] approved agreements from
[3:33:35] yesterday on solid waste fees
[3:33:38] and parking in Balboa Park are
[3:33:39] not anticipated at this time to
[3:33:40] have an impact on the 2027
[3:33:40] budget but they will result in
[3:33:45] ongoing revenue declines.
[3:33:46] On the solid waste piece rates
[3:33:50] are now reduced for fiscal year
[3:33:51] 2029 which combined with
[3:33:52] the mitigating actions that you
[3:33:52] heard about yesterday will most
[3:33:57] likely result in an increased
[3:33:58] turn off on spending of around
[3:34:02] $10.8 million in 28 and $10
[3:34:02] million in 2029 and would
[3:34:03] potentially be that amount or
[3:34:04] larger in every year thereafter
[3:34:08] unless a new cost of service
[3:34:09] study is completed.
[3:34:09] The mitigating actions again
[3:34:10] mostly include were service
[3:34:14] levels such as the elimination
[3:34:14] of walking and pickup in weekly
[3:34:15] recycling which if the council
[3:34:16] did wish to maintain both
[3:34:19] levels would require additional
[3:34:20] fund contributions.
[3:34:24] Additionally now the fees are
[3:34:25] locked in place and with as i
[3:34:26] mentioned any unanticipated
[3:34:26] cost increases for waste
[3:34:30] collection such as labor costs,
[3:34:31] vehicle maintenance and
[3:34:31] disposal fees will require
[3:34:32] additional general fund
[3:34:37] resources to fund a service
[3:34:38] that is not provided to all of
[3:34:39] the city's residents.
[3:34:39] But it was only provided to
[3:34:42] some based on the municipal
[3:34:43] code.
[3:34:43] Given this general fund
[3:34:44] exposure, our office recommends
[3:34:45] that environmental services
[3:34:49] develop and produce a five year
[3:34:50] financial outlook that covers
[3:34:51] their operations particularly
[3:34:51] but not exclusively funded by
[3:34:55] the solid Waste Management Fund
[3:34:56] that can be present alongside
[3:34:56] the general fund and beauty
[3:35:01] outlooks every year on paid
[3:35:02] parking.
[3:35:02] At least at this point.
[3:35:03] When we wrote this report there
[3:35:07] was no anticipated impact for
[3:35:08] 2027 as again neither parking
[3:35:09] was set to remain in place
[3:35:09] through the end of the calendar
[3:35:10] year.
[3:35:14] We had anticipated that revenue
[3:35:14] from Zoom remained about $3
[3:35:15] million.
[3:35:15] I will note this is possibly up
[3:35:19] in the air to the rapidly
[3:35:20] changing development but as far
[3:35:21] as our report was concerned we
[3:35:21] assumed that $3 million would
[3:35:26] stay for the non-new parking
[3:35:26] lots.
[3:35:27] Updated revenue projections
[3:35:27] with these thoughts are now
[3:35:28] based based on recent
[3:35:32] experience with indicate that
[3:35:32] the overall revenues of paid
[3:35:33] parking had not been eliminated
[3:35:34] would have been about
[3:35:34] the amounts included in
[3:35:37] the current budget based on
[3:35:38] the half year of revenue and
[3:35:38] combined combined with
[3:35:39] the reduction in expenses to
[3:35:44] the non-school lot would result
[3:35:45] in a net zero budget impact to
[3:35:45] the general fund for 27.
[3:35:49] However the hope this would
[3:35:50] lower ongoing net revenue by
[3:35:54] about $9.4 million beginning in
[3:35:54] 2028 and obviously continuing
[3:36:00] thereafter.
[3:36:01] Lastly, even if it is possible
[3:36:06] to replace the city for day to
[3:36:07] day operations with ongoing
[3:36:08] revenue, it would still not
[3:36:08] resolve the ongoing
[3:36:12] infrastructure funding deficit
[3:36:13] which as of the last ip outlook
[3:36:17] was around $7.8 billion over
[3:36:17] the next five years.
[3:36:18] As is usual, storm water
[3:36:22] remains the driving force
[3:36:23] behind this ever increasing
[3:36:23] deficit with current but with
[3:36:24] current capital budgets mostly
[3:36:28] relying on reactive needs and
[3:36:29] emergency funding.
[3:36:30] However, storm water is not
[3:36:30] the only major asset with a
[3:36:34] deficit.
[3:36:35] There are also significant
[3:36:36] deficits for streets,
[3:36:40] streetlights, sidewalks, parks
[3:36:41] and public safety assets such
[3:36:42] as police and fire stations.
[3:36:42] Without additional funding
[3:36:47] mostly I would know for capital
[3:36:47] renewal of existing
[3:36:48] infrastructure or funding to
[3:36:52] add new infrastructure called
[3:36:52] one community finance or other
[3:36:53] documents.
[3:36:53] The city's current
[3:36:54] infrastructure is basically set
[3:36:58] to go on a run to fail mode
[3:36:58] which is mentioned will
[3:36:59] increase financial liabilities
[3:36:59] for the city, reducing
[3:37:04] resources for other operating
[3:37:04] services in the long run.
[3:37:05] Additionally, maintenance of
[3:37:06] existing infrastructure
[3:37:11] continues to be underfunded
[3:37:12] quickening the run to failure
[3:37:12] cycle while the MAY revision
[3:37:16] and the budget modifications
[3:37:17] presented do return some
[3:37:17] service levels.
[3:37:18] Facility maintenance which
[3:37:22] ensures the services have a
[3:37:23] place to happen is still being
[3:37:23] cut.
[3:37:24] This is an issue that due to
[3:37:28] its magnitude will require
[3:37:29] significant new revenue as even
[3:37:30] the wholesale elimination of
[3:37:30] some current city services
[3:37:36] would not generate the savings
[3:37:36] necessary to address
[3:37:37] the infrastructure funding gap.
[3:37:38] And now I'll hand it back to
[3:37:41] Charles to conclude.
[3:37:41] Thank you, Jordan.
[3:37:42] So that brings us to our final
[3:37:43] recommended actions taking
[3:37:48] these actions would result in
[3:37:48] the adoption of a balanced fy
[3:37:49] 27 budget.
[3:37:52] The first two actions on
[3:37:53] the slide are to adopt
[3:37:53] the proposed budget as modified
[3:37:54] by the MAY revise and as
[3:37:58] modified by my office's
[3:37:58] recommendations.
[3:37:59] We do note that our report
[3:38:03] identified $3.7 million in
[3:38:04] additional resources for which
[3:38:04] we do not make recommendations
[3:38:08] and council could allocate this
[3:38:09] amount to additional
[3:38:10] expenditures today although we
[3:38:10] do suggest at one time amounts
[3:38:14] identified preserved.
[3:38:14] Finally we make three
[3:38:15] recommendations that would
[3:38:16] provide for additional arts
[3:38:20] funding, provide an alternative
[3:38:21] package of homelessness program
[3:38:21] as well as a transfer
[3:38:22] the Office of Labor Standards
[3:38:25] and Enforcement to the City
[3:38:26] Attorney's office all of which
[3:38:27] can be accomplished without any
[3:38:27] impact to the city's general
[3:38:31] fund.
[3:38:33] With that I will wrap up with a
[3:38:37] few observations on next slide.
[3:38:38] First, there is some good news
[3:38:39] here Adopting a balanced budget
[3:38:44] for fy 27 that includes
[3:38:45] meaningful majority supported
[3:38:45] surplus restorations if
[3:38:49] possible.
[3:38:50] Our office identified
[3:38:50] sufficient resources to fund
[3:38:51] all of the modifications that
[3:38:55] were supported by a majority of
[3:38:56] this council.
[3:38:56] The Arts and Cultural
[3:38:57] Restorations The Alternative
[3:39:01] Homelessness package and
[3:39:02] the llc transfer can all be
[3:39:02] done with no net impact to
[3:39:07] the general fund and that is a
[3:39:07] real achievement given
[3:39:08] the fiscal environment that we
[3:39:08] are working in.
[3:39:09] But I also want to be direct
[3:39:13] about what adopting a balanced
[3:39:13] budget today will not
[3:39:13] accomplish.
[3:39:14] It will not solve the city's
[3:39:19] structural fiscal issues.
[3:39:19] Our structural deficit will
[3:39:20] persist into fy 28 with a gap
[3:39:25] of nearly $33 million projected
[3:39:26] out of the proposed budget that
[3:39:26] will likely grow the small
[3:39:31] surplus that was last projected
[3:39:31] in Nephi 29 is also unlikely
[3:39:32] given the impacts of
[3:39:35] the settlement and labor cost
[3:39:36] that we discussed and
[3:39:36] the city's unfunded
[3:39:41] infrastructure backlog at
[3:39:41] nearly $8 billion over the next
[3:39:42] five years alone will continue
[3:39:43] to compound every year that
[3:39:47] goes unaddressed The ongoing
[3:39:48] misalignment between the city's
[3:39:52] revenues and the cost of city
[3:39:53] services that residents expect
[3:39:54] particularly around
[3:39:54] infrastructure cannot be solved
[3:39:59] through cuts inefficiencies
[3:39:59] alone.
[3:40:00] We have stated this before
[3:40:01] The numbers continue to bear
[3:40:05] this out and addressing this
[3:40:06] misalignment will ultimately
[3:40:06] require a significant new
[3:40:11] revenue source.
[3:40:11] Securing that new revenue will
[3:40:12] require a future public vote.
[3:40:13] And to that end building and
[3:40:18] maintaining public trust cannot
[3:40:18] just be a political
[3:40:19] consideration but must be a
[3:40:23] fiscal consideration as well.
[3:40:23] And so as you consider any
[3:40:24] additional modifications beyond
[3:40:25] those that my office has
[3:40:29] recommended, I urge each
[3:40:30] councilmember to weigh this
[3:40:30] reality against your final
[3:40:31] budget decisions.
[3:40:35] The decisions that you make
[3:40:35] today will either strengthen or
[3:40:36] weaken the foundation for
[3:40:37] the conversation that the city
[3:40:41] needs to have with residents
[3:40:42] about the true cost of city
[3:40:42] services and the revenues that
[3:40:46] are needed to provide them
[3:40:47] sustainably.
[3:40:47] And to the members of
[3:40:48] the public that are here this
[3:40:48] afternoon.
[3:40:52] For those of you that are here
[3:40:53] to advocate for more
[3:40:54] restorations, please consider
[3:40:54] that identifying what you want
[3:41:00] funded all the addresses half
[3:41:00] of what's needed.
[3:41:01] The other half is ensuring that
[3:41:02] the city has the ongoing
[3:41:05] resources needed to pay for
[3:41:05] them.
[3:41:05] Our current resource
[3:41:06] constraints mean that any major
[3:41:10] restoration or new program can
[3:41:10] only be funded by cutting
[3:41:11] something else without
[3:41:12] additional revenue.
[3:41:16] This will remain the case and
[3:41:17] additional resources, as I
[3:41:18] said, will ultimately require a
[3:41:18] public vote.
[3:41:23] So if you are here today to ask
[3:41:24] us Council to provide more
[3:41:25] funding for services that you
[3:41:25] rightly care about, I would
[3:41:29] also encourage you to have that
[3:41:30] same conversation with your
[3:41:30] neighbors.
[3:41:31] Because if council alone cannot
[3:41:35] solve the resource side of that
[3:41:35] equation with that my team and
[3:41:36] I are available and look
[3:41:37] forward to this afternoon's
[3:41:40] discussion.
[3:41:41] >> All right.
[3:41:41] Thank you, Charles.
[3:41:42] Thank you to your entire office
[3:41:46] for the very deep and
[3:41:47] thoughtful identification of
[3:41:47] expenditures and resources
[3:41:53] validating them as necessary
[3:41:53] and the candor in which you
[3:41:54] express that throughout your
[3:41:58] team.
[3:41:59] >> So with that, please proceed
[3:42:00] with public comment.
[3:42:00] Thank you.
[3:42:01] Council PRESIDENT We do have a
[3:42:05] little over two hours of public
[3:42:05] comment here in council
[3:42:06] chambers and about 60 people
[3:42:10] with their hands raised in
[3:42:11] the virtual queue.
[3:42:12] So it will be one minute per
[3:42:12] person.
[3:42:13] As noted previously if I call
[3:42:16] your name in a batch it's to
[3:42:17] come up to the front row in
[3:42:18] the yellow reserved seats to
[3:42:19] make it easier for you to get
[3:42:22] up to the microphone.
[3:42:23] We will be starting with Greg.
[3:42:29] So I'm sorry but you know I'm
[3:42:29] off to a bad start today.
[3:42:34] My apologies.
[3:42:35] >> But you have time to go to
[3:42:36] by Rudy Liberia.
[3:42:36] Rudy, can you please raise your
[3:42:39] hand?
[3:42:45] Rudy, can you hear him down?
[3:42:51] >> She does need to be or he he
[3:42:52] or she MAY need to be present
[3:42:52] for them to send you time.
[3:42:57] So I will go to Robert Morales
[3:42:57] .
[3:42:58] Ron Morales, please come up.
[3:42:59] You have time seated by Sarah
[3:42:59] Lopez.
[3:43:03] Can you please raise your hand
[3:43:04] ?
[3:43:04] And then I'm going to
[3:43:05] the following individuals
[3:43:06] please come up to the other
[3:43:06] reserved seats Stand Goodman
[3:43:09] Fernanda Flores, Doris Wynn,
[3:43:10] Steven Gold and Akilah
[3:43:10] Templeton.
[3:43:11] If you can all please come up
[3:43:15] to the yellow reserved seats.
[3:43:16] Robert you'll have two minutes.
[3:43:16] Please start ready.
[3:43:20] Excellent.
[3:43:21] Thank you.
[3:43:21] Good afternoon.
[3:43:22] Council PRESIDENT And council
[3:43:26] members.
[3:43:27] My name is Robert Morales and I
[3:43:28] am the business representative
[3:43:31] for I.R.S. Local 122.
[3:43:32] I represent more than 2600 Arts
[3:43:37] and Entertainment Convention
[3:43:37] and trade show workers
[3:43:38] throughout San Diego County.
[3:43:42] I want to thank council members
[3:43:43] Lee and Foster for spearheading
[3:43:49] a plan of action to address
[3:43:49] the proposed 2027 budget cuts
[3:43:54] to the arts and culture funding
[3:43:54] .
[3:43:55] So kudos.
[3:43:56] I also want to recognize County
[3:44:01] Supervisor Monica Step at
[3:44:02] the San Diego Private
[3:44:06] Foundation for stepping forward
[3:44:07] and taking action to support
[3:44:08] our region's arts community.
[3:44:13] These proposed cuts would have
[3:44:14] real impact on working
[3:44:15] families, local businesses,
[3:44:19] cultural organizations and
[3:44:20] thousands of workers who help
[3:44:21] bring arts, entertainment
[3:44:21] conventions and community
[3:44:26] events to life in San Diego.
[3:44:31] Arts and culture are not
[3:44:32] expenses to be cut.
[3:44:32] They are investments.
[3:44:37] They strengthen our community,
[3:44:37] enrich our neighborhoods and
[3:44:38] create jobs.
[3:44:43] I urge all council members to
[3:44:44] vote yes on this common sense
[3:44:45] proposal and demonstrate your
[3:44:49] commitment to preserving San
[3:44:49] Diego's vibrant arts and
[3:44:50] culture sector.
[3:44:50] Thank you for your time and
[3:44:55] consideration.
[3:44:56] Thank you, Gregg.
[3:44:57] Is Rudy back in?
[3:45:01] Thank you.
[3:45:02] >> You'll have two minutes.
[3:45:02] Please proceed.
[3:45:02] Thank you.
[3:45:03] Good morning, council members.
[3:45:08] My name is Greg Sylvester's All
[3:45:08] the PRESIDENT 8122 I represent
[3:45:09] the workers who build load and
[3:45:09] run and support live
[3:45:13] entertainment theater, film,
[3:45:14] television conventions and
[3:45:14] cultural events throughout this
[3:45:15] region.
[3:45:19] I'm here today to speak in
[3:45:20] favor of the budget before you.
[3:45:20] I know this has been a
[3:45:21] difficult budget year and I
[3:45:25] want to acknowledge the work
[3:45:26] that has been done to listen,
[3:45:26] adjust and respond to
[3:45:27] the community.
[3:45:31] In particular I want to thank
[3:45:32] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[3:45:32] as well as Budget Chair Foster
[3:45:33] for the leadership in restoring
[3:45:37] Arts and culture funding for
[3:45:37] the Council and the Council and
[3:45:43] for preserving the city's film
[3:45:44] office position.
[3:45:44] Arts and culture are just fine.
[3:45:45] Sorry.
[3:45:49] Arts and culture are not just
[3:45:50] line items they are workers
[3:45:50] stages, classrooms,
[3:45:55] neighborhood events, museums,
[3:45:55] theaters.
[3:45:56] Music, dance, film.
[3:45:56] And the organizations that make
[3:46:01] San Diego feel like San Diego.
[3:46:01] These dollars touch
[3:46:02] institutions like the Old
[3:46:03] Globe, San Diego Opera,
[3:46:06] the Symphony, San Diego musical
[3:46:07] theater and many smaller
[3:46:07] organizations across the city.
[3:46:08] I also want to thank you for
[3:46:13] preserving the city's film
[3:46:13] office position.
[3:46:14] That position is not just
[3:46:14] paperwork it is the front door
[3:46:18] for productions that want to
[3:46:19] film here and be crew hotel
[3:46:20] rooms, catering and parking.
[3:46:24] Local spending and national
[3:46:24] visibility to San Diego.
[3:46:25] I also want to acknowledge
[3:46:25] the Convention center.
[3:46:30] For my members it is not
[3:46:31] abstract.
[3:46:32] It is one of the most important
[3:46:32] workplaces in the city.
[3:46:35] Its expansion and modernization
[3:46:36] must remain part of the long
[3:46:37] term conversation.
[3:46:37] They are connected pieces of
[3:46:41] the same economy.
[3:46:42] So I support this budget
[3:46:43] because it keeps the door open.
[3:46:44] But this restoration should be
[3:46:48] seen as a bridge not just
[3:46:48] the finish line.
[3:46:49] It gives the city to the city
[3:46:49] philanthropy, labor, tourism
[3:46:54] and the creative community time
[3:46:55] to build something more
[3:46:55] permanent.
[3:46:56] >> Thank you for listening and
[3:46:56] thank you for your time.
[3:47:00] Thank you.
[3:47:01] >> Dan Goodman.
[3:47:07] Dan Goodman Are you here?
[3:47:08] >> Fernanda Flores Do you have
[3:47:12] to be present when they're
[3:47:12] here?
[3:47:13] Fernanda Flores You have time
[3:47:14] to buy that card.
[3:47:18] Thank you so much.
[3:47:19] You'll have two minutes.
[3:47:19] Please proceed.
[3:47:19] Thank you.
[3:47:20] Good afternoon, Chair LaCava.
[3:47:20] Anything?
[3:47:21] Council members?
[3:47:23] My name is Fernanda Flores.
[3:47:24] I am also a 28 year resident of
[3:47:25] District four and the political
[3:47:30] director without the local 122.
[3:47:34] Today we're probably
[3:47:35] representing 5000 stagehands
[3:47:35] throughout San Diego and
[3:47:36] Coachella Valley.
[3:47:36] We urge you to vote yes on
[3:47:40] the updated budget proposal
[3:47:40] including potential
[3:47:41] modifications by four council
[3:47:41] members.
[3:47:42] Arts and culture is often
[3:47:46] viewed as an extra for
[3:47:47] the people I represent.
[3:47:47] It is not.
[3:47:48] It is an economic engine Any
[3:47:52] source of employment for
[3:47:53] thousands of workers who keep
[3:47:53] our theaters, cultural
[3:47:54] institutions and community
[3:47:58] spaces running.
[3:47:59] When arts funding is cut, jobs
[3:48:00] are lost, opportunities
[3:48:01] disappear and communities
[3:48:04] suffer.
[3:48:05] As we look at the state of
[3:48:05] the world today, uncertainty of
[3:48:10] hitting workers at every level
[3:48:10] from federal funding cuts and
[3:48:11] economic stability instability
[3:48:15] to challenges at the state
[3:48:16] level, working families are
[3:48:17] facing growing job insecurity
[3:48:22] and threats to their careers
[3:48:22] wondering whether their jobs
[3:48:23] will be there tomorrow.
[3:48:24] That issue is also deeply
[3:48:28] personal to me.
[3:48:28] Growing up I was
[3:48:29] the beneficiary of city funded
[3:48:30] recreation center programs.
[3:48:35] For seven years my father made
[3:48:35] sacrifices so my siblings and I
[3:48:40] could take that going to class
[3:48:41] at that kind of rec center with
[3:48:42] MR. Evans, a veteran and a
[3:48:46] mentor who helped shape my
[3:48:47] confidence and discipline as a
[3:48:47] brown woman.
[3:48:48] My father believed that
[3:48:48] investing in those
[3:48:51] opportunities would give us
[3:48:52] the tools not just to survive
[3:48:53] but to thrive.
[3:48:53] Today I stand before you as
[3:48:57] proof of what public investment
[3:48:58] in community programs can
[3:48:58] accomplish.
[3:48:59] The decisions you make today
[3:49:03] will determine whether the next
[3:49:04] generation of San Diego and
[3:49:05] those same opportunities on
[3:49:08] behalf of our people will win
[3:49:09] 22.
[3:49:09] Thank you for listening with
[3:49:10] empathy for finding solutions
[3:49:15] and continuing to stand with
[3:49:16] working families and investing
[3:49:17] in the jobs and communities
[3:49:17] that make Then you go to find a
[3:49:18] city.
[3:49:22] >> Thank you.
[3:49:22] Thank you for that concluding
[3:49:23] remark.
[3:49:23] Doris when after Doris win
[3:49:27] we're going to have Stephen go
[3:49:28] Akilah Templeton, Jim Whalen
[3:49:34] join Senator and Nicole Maria
[3:49:34] Ramirez If you can please come
[3:49:35] up to the other reserve seats.
[3:49:36] >> Please proceed.
[3:49:39] My name is Doris Wynn, resident
[3:49:39] of District one speaking as a
[3:49:40] volunteer with San Diego 350.
[3:49:45] I'm here today to ask you fund
[3:49:46] the Multimodal road safety team
[3:49:46] in the fiscal year 27 budget.
[3:49:46] Why?
[3:49:50] Because cutting plans for
[3:49:51] bicycle lanes and crosswalks
[3:49:52] makes our communities less
[3:49:52] safe.
[3:49:56] In addition, improving bicycle
[3:49:57] lanes, crosswalks and other
[3:49:57] multimodal measures make it
[3:49:58] more attractive for people to
[3:49:59] drive less.
[3:50:02] Reducing emissions and
[3:50:03] pollution that contribute to
[3:50:03] climate change.
[3:50:04] We understand that resources
[3:50:08] are tight but we believe there
[3:50:09] are places in the budget where
[3:50:10] money can be saved and used to
[3:50:10] fund multimodal road safety
[3:50:15] teams specifically use Transnet
[3:50:15] or arm or mra funds and
[3:50:16] prioritize safety over other
[3:50:21] transportation priorities.
[3:50:22] Council the flock surveillance
[3:50:27] contract and taxpayer funded
[3:50:28] subsidies for police at Petco
[3:50:28] Park.
[3:50:29] Thank you very much.
[3:50:33] Without the team we aren't
[3:50:34] going to see new bike lanes or
[3:50:35] potholes for a long time.
[3:50:36] >> Thank you for listening.
[3:50:42] >> Go.
[3:50:43] My name is Steven Gelb and I'm
[3:50:49] the board PRESIDENT Of San
[3:50:49] Diego.
[3:50:49] 350.
[3:50:50] I urge you to restore
[3:50:50] the multimodal team to
[3:50:51] the budget.
[3:50:55] Consider that up to 30% of San
[3:50:56] Diego cannot drive because of
[3:51:00] age disability license
[3:51:01] suspension or not being able to
[3:51:02] afford a car.
[3:51:02] Prioritizing biking
[3:51:07] infrastructure at this moment
[3:51:08] when residents are being
[3:51:09] squeezed by the cost of car
[3:51:13] ownership and high gas prices
[3:51:14] sends the message that
[3:51:14] the city's transportation
[3:51:15] network is for those who can
[3:51:20] afford to drive and not for
[3:51:20] everyone.
[3:51:21] I also support the River Park
[3:51:22] Foundation's push for the West
[3:51:25] Valley River crossing.
[3:51:26] I recently cycled across
[3:51:27] the river on Marina Boulevard
[3:51:31] and cars whizzed by me and cut
[3:51:32] me off as they accelerated onto
[3:51:33] highway ramps.
[3:51:38] The crossing would transform
[3:51:38] the situation.
[3:51:39] It would also be a recreational
[3:51:40] asset allowing San Diego to
[3:51:44] enjoy the river's natural
[3:51:44] beauty.
[3:51:45] >> Thank you.
[3:51:45] Thank you.
[3:51:46] Akeelah Templeton.
[3:51:50] I They attempted to you by
[3:51:51] Marshall Anderson.
[3:51:51] Thank you.
[3:51:52] You'll have two minutes.
[3:51:52] Please proceed.
[3:51:53] Thank you.
[3:51:53] Thank you.
[3:51:57] Council PRESIDENT And members
[3:51:58] of the City Council.
[3:51:58] Afternoon, Mayor Gauna.
[3:51:59] My name is Akeelah Templeton
[3:52:02] and I serve as the ceo of
[3:52:03] Veterans Village of San Diego.
[3:52:07] As you all can imagine,
[3:52:08] the initial budget proposal
[3:52:09] generated significant concern
[3:52:14] among our unhoused veteran
[3:52:14] clients their families and of
[3:52:15] course our staff.
[3:52:20] Many fear displacement of
[3:52:20] the veterans who are currently
[3:52:21] residing on our campus to make
[3:52:26] room for a new opioid treatment
[3:52:26] program.
[3:52:31] So today I'm here to first
[3:52:31] thank the San Diego Housing
[3:52:32] Commission for updating its
[3:52:37] budget priority memorandum to
[3:52:38] clarify that a site for these
[3:52:39] treatment beds have not yet
[3:52:43] been determined.
[3:52:43] I'd also like to thank
[3:52:49] the independent budget analyst
[3:52:49] for noting in the budget
[3:52:50] modification report that
[3:52:51] Veterans Village of San Diego
[3:52:55] is no longer being
[3:52:55] contemplated.
[3:52:56] And then lastly because bfd
[3:53:01] remains referenced in
[3:53:02] the mayor's revised budget, I
[3:53:02] would respectfully request that
[3:53:07] today's action clearly reflect
[3:53:08] the understanding that no site
[3:53:13] has been selected and that
[3:53:13] the veterans village of San
[3:53:14] Diego campus is not being
[3:53:19] considered for this proposal.
[3:53:20] >> Thank you all for your time
[3:53:20] and have a great afternoon.
[3:53:24] Thank you.
[3:53:25] Dan Goodman.
[3:53:25] That's me.
[3:53:30] Sorry Nature called.
[3:53:31] >> Please proceed.
[3:53:31] Good afternoon, Council
[3:53:32] members.
[3:53:32] My name is Dan Goodman.
[3:53:38] I'm a local videographer and a
[3:53:38] stage name but I with 1.2
[3:53:39] people visit San Diego for
[3:53:43] the beaches and the weather.
[3:53:43] But what makes them stay and
[3:53:48] come back is and build a life
[3:53:48] here is the culture that we
[3:53:49] create together.
[3:53:49] It's in the theaters.
[3:53:55] It's in the music, it's in
[3:53:55] the conventions and in
[3:53:56] the festivals that bring our
[3:54:00] neighborhoods to life.
[3:54:01] As someone who works behind
[3:54:01] the scenes, I can tell you that
[3:54:02] every performance represents
[3:54:03] hundreds of hours worked by
[3:54:10] local people here workers,
[3:54:10] artists, technicians and small
[3:54:11] businesses throughout our city.
[3:54:15] >> This funding isn't just an
[3:54:16] investment in the arts it
[3:54:17] investment in San Diego's
[3:54:17] identity.
[3:54:21] Our economy and our community.
[3:54:22] I appreciate the leadership and
[3:54:23] the collaboration that has
[3:54:27] brought this proposal forward
[3:54:28] and I urge you guys to support
[3:54:28] this.
[3:54:29] Thank you.
[3:54:37] Thank you, Jim Whalen Good
[3:54:37] afternoon.
[3:54:38] Council PRESIDENT Carver
[3:54:43] Members of the commission on
[3:54:43] the Commission not on
[3:54:44] the Commission any more.
[3:54:48] City Council in America I am
[3:54:49] here in my personal capacity
[3:54:49] because this is real life and
[3:54:54] it's important while the budget
[3:54:54] is important all around I'm
[3:54:55] here for the arts and with some
[3:55:01] concern on block I want to
[3:55:02] thank Tony Reyes by the way for
[3:55:02] consistently highlighting these
[3:55:03] issues and forcing me to pay
[3:55:06] attention better.
[3:55:07] I like what I'm hearing about
[3:55:08] restoring the arts funding.
[3:55:08] That's great and I would like
[3:55:12] to get it back 200%.
[3:55:13] Block, however, is a different
[3:55:13] story.
[3:55:14] Both sides have valid points
[3:55:18] here.
[3:55:19] It is a force multiplier
[3:55:19] indeed.
[3:55:20] But it also gives me concerns
[3:55:24] about empowering police and
[3:55:24] accountability.
[3:55:25] There have been already some
[3:55:25] bad false identifications not
[3:55:31] to mention the easy misuse of
[3:55:31] data.
[3:55:32] That said, there is a value to
[3:55:33] floc and if we are going to
[3:55:37] fund any of it at least why
[3:55:38] don't we use it where it should
[3:55:38] be targeted for being needed?
[3:55:40] Thank you for your attention.
[3:55:45] >> Thank you for raising it.
[3:55:51] Our city needs a new vision
[3:55:52] that fosters all components of
[3:55:52] our budget.
[3:55:57] Your public all of you are at
[3:55:58] the very top of our city's
[3:56:03] organization chart.
[3:56:03] Our city has a structural
[3:56:04] budget deficit for our city to
[3:56:10] become the great city we strive
[3:56:10] for so we can all thrive.
[3:56:15] We need a new vision a noble
[3:56:16] vision.
[3:56:16] A noble vision.
[3:56:22] Dear public special shout out
[3:56:22] to our mayor.
[3:56:23] What vision would you fight
[3:56:23] for?
[3:56:27] What are we fighting for?
[3:56:28] Do we really know?
[3:56:33] In my opinion a new vision is
[3:56:34] the kickstart we need for
[3:56:39] the boldness We need and to
[3:56:40] unravel and solve our
[3:56:40] structural budget deficit.
[3:56:46] Thank you for listening.
[3:56:47] It's great to be here with all
[3:56:47] of you today.
[3:56:49] Love to all Nicole Murray
[3:56:50] rumors we can please come
[3:56:55] forward.
[3:57:02] Good afternoon Wealth.
[3:57:03] Today I'm speaking to you at
[3:57:04] the chair of the San Diego jail
[3:57:07] Betty Hastert Task Force.
[3:57:07] We support funding for the San
[3:57:08] Diego Police Department,
[3:57:13] especially funding for hpr.
[3:57:14] For us and the lgbt community
[3:57:15] it's not about technology.
[3:57:19] It's about safety, about
[3:57:20] results and a proven record of
[3:57:21] stopping crime, especially hate
[3:57:21] crimes.
[3:57:24] Help your help investigators
[3:57:25] identify and arrest criminals
[3:57:26] who have been driving by gay
[3:57:31] nightclubs and shooting at
[3:57:32] these establishments with
[3:57:32] pellet guns not only causing
[3:57:37] serious physical harm but
[3:57:38] creating fear and hate when
[3:57:38] criminals spray painted
[3:57:39] swastikas and hateful
[3:57:44] homophobic slurs in Hillcrest.
[3:57:44] Alper also helped catch
[3:57:45] the criminals.
[3:57:50] The bottom line is this tool is
[3:57:51] working.
[3:57:51] It allows crime, protects our
[3:57:52] communities and makes better
[3:57:55] use of limited police
[3:57:56] resources.
[3:57:56] As a senior I can also tell you
[3:58:02] it makes us also feel safer in
[3:58:02] our community.
[3:58:03] Thank you for that concluding
[3:58:03] sentence.
[3:58:04] Barry Edelstein if you can
[3:58:05] please come forward to
[3:58:08] the microphone.
[3:58:09] And then if I can have
[3:58:10] the following individuals
[3:58:10] please come forward to
[3:58:11] the other reserved seats.
[3:58:15] Marshall Veteran Larry Webb.
[3:58:15] Janie Emerson.
[3:58:20] Catherine Douglas Baer Wolfe.
[3:58:20] Nicole Lilly.
[3:58:26] Kevin Vino.
[3:58:27] And coming up you if you can
[3:58:28] all please come forward to
[3:58:28] the first row.
[3:58:31] Barry, you have time ceded to
[3:58:32] you by James Lawson.
[3:58:32] Thank you.
[3:58:37] Peter Comiskey Oh, sorry No,
[3:58:38] just by James Lawson.
[3:58:38] They got connected.
[3:58:43] You have two minutes.
[3:58:44] >> Please proceed.
[3:58:44] Thanks.
[3:58:44] Good afternoon, Council
[3:58:45] members.
[3:58:45] I'm Barry Edelstein with
[3:58:48] the old Globe.
[3:58:49] I'm here to urge you to vote
[3:58:50] for this budget.
[3:58:50] This has been a tough process
[3:58:55] and the conversations we've all
[3:58:56] been having have been hard.
[3:58:56] But on behalf of a constituency
[3:59:00] of a quarter million people
[3:59:01] served by the Old Globe, 30,000
[3:59:05] of them served for free and on
[3:59:06] behalf of nearly 1200 full and
[3:59:06] part time employees many of
[3:59:07] them union labor.
[3:59:11] I want to thank you all for
[3:59:11] your hard work.
[3:59:12] We're grateful in particular to
[3:59:13] Councilmember Lee Councilmember
[3:59:16] Foster for their innovative
[3:59:17] approach to solving this
[3:59:17] problem and also to
[3:59:18] the partnership of the county
[3:59:18] and the great private
[3:59:23] foundation for their visionary
[3:59:23] participation.
[3:59:24] But you know, I want to thank
[3:59:25] the entire council because we
[3:59:28] know those of us in the arts
[3:59:29] sector that all nine council
[3:59:30] members have expressed their
[3:59:30] support for the arts and
[3:59:34] culture in our city.
[3:59:35] We see that we recognize it and
[3:59:35] we're grateful for it.
[3:59:36] What's happened over this past
[3:59:40] month is that our sector has
[3:59:40] really come together.
[3:59:41] It has expressed a sense of
[3:59:45] solidarity that I have not seen
[3:59:46] in the 14 years that I've been
[3:59:47] in San Diego.
[3:59:47] I moved here from New York City
[3:59:48] where there is a very
[3:59:52] sophisticated approach to
[3:59:53] public funding for the arts.
[3:59:54] We have a lot to learn from
[3:59:54] that place.
[3:59:58] When I came here I knew that my
[3:59:59] life was going to be enhanced.
[3:59:59] I look back on 14 years and I
[4:00:00] see that I've been living an
[4:00:04] extraordinary eerily blessed
[4:00:04] existence.
[4:00:05] To be the head of one of
[4:00:06] the greatest arts institutions
[4:00:09] in the country when I look at
[4:00:10] the hard work that this council
[4:00:11] is doing, the hard work that
[4:00:11] the city is doing to really
[4:00:15] express its understanding of
[4:00:16] what the arts can contribute to
[4:00:17] the quality of life of every
[4:00:18] San Diego And it makes me want
[4:00:21] to redouble my efforts to find
[4:00:22] a really permanent solution a
[4:00:23] stable solution that the city
[4:00:28] can boast about And we can go
[4:00:29] to New York and say we know how
[4:00:29] to fund the arts in a way that
[4:00:30] you guys haven't even dreamed
[4:00:30] of.
[4:00:33] So I look forward to working
[4:00:34] with all of you and to you to
[4:00:35] MR. Mayor, on a solution that's
[4:00:36] going to make San Diego proud.
[4:00:39] Thanks again for your support.
[4:00:40] >> Let's please move forward
[4:00:40] from here.
[4:00:41] Thanks.
[4:00:41] Thank you.
[4:00:45] And as noted, I had some paper
[4:00:46] clipped to a different speaker
[4:00:47] steps So Peter Kaminski or
[4:00:47] Kaminski and Susan Martin if
[4:00:54] you can please come forward.
[4:00:55] >> And it's Martin if you can
[4:00:56] please come forward to
[4:00:56] the other reserved seats.
[4:00:59] Peter, you can come up to
[4:00:59] the microphone.
[4:01:00] >> Here's what's next.
[4:01:04] It was just a papercut.
[4:01:05] >> Council PRESIDENT Members of
[4:01:06] the council Peter Kaminski
[4:01:10] Baobab Park Cultural
[4:01:10] Partnership.
[4:01:11] Thanks for your overwhelming
[4:01:12] public comments regarding arts
[4:01:16] and culture and your shared
[4:01:17] dedication for a vibrant world
[4:01:17] class San Diego.
[4:01:21] If I had time I could walk
[4:01:22] through each and every one of
[4:01:23] you and the great comments you
[4:01:23] have made in support.
[4:01:27] I want to recognize
[4:01:28] the incredible collaborative
[4:01:29] work of Cristina martinez with
[4:01:33] Arts and Culture San Diego and
[4:01:33] Bob Lehmann from Arts Matters
[4:01:34] together with the hundreds of
[4:01:35] advocates and thousands of
[4:01:39] members of the general public
[4:01:39] who express their opinions
[4:01:40] through multiple channels.
[4:01:41] Members of the Cultural
[4:01:46] Partnership are very grateful
[4:01:46] to Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
[4:01:47] Cantley Budget chair Foster
[4:01:50] Grant Oliphant from Krebs
[4:01:51] Foundation and Supervisor
[4:01:51] Montgomery.
[4:01:52] We urge you we urge you to
[4:01:57] return arts and culture funding
[4:01:58] to the highest possible level
[4:01:58] flagged by Council PRESIDENT
[4:02:02] Pro Tenley to ensure that we
[4:02:03] have no longer an ongoing
[4:02:08] battle that impacts arts and
[4:02:08] culture every day.
[4:02:09] >> Thank you for that
[4:02:10] concluding sentence.
[4:02:14] That was Martin.
[4:02:14] >> Hello.
[4:02:19] My name is George Munoz and I
[4:02:19] am speaking on behalf of
[4:02:20] the Chicano Federation and in
[4:02:21] solidarity with the Community
[4:02:24] Budget Alliance.
[4:02:24] The contradictions in this
[4:02:25] budget are impossible to
[4:02:25] ignore.
[4:02:29] Somehow there's always more
[4:02:30] money for criminalization and
[4:02:30] surveillance but not for
[4:02:31] investing in youth and working
[4:02:35] class people and in
[4:02:36] historically disadvantaged
[4:02:36] communities.
[4:02:37] Passing a budget that only
[4:02:40] allocates the bare minimum for
[4:02:41] youth, public spaces,
[4:02:41] environmental justice and
[4:02:42] housing protections is not fair
[4:02:46] for us.
[4:02:46] It's not fair for
[4:02:47] the marginalized community.
[4:02:48] Members of East Village and
[4:02:52] condo convoy Linda Vista Sunny
[4:02:53] see the Southeast.
[4:02:53] If you truly value your
[4:02:57] communities as much as you say
[4:02:57] you do then cancel flock and
[4:02:58] allocate more funds for
[4:03:03] libraries, parks, stormwater
[4:03:03] infrastructure and the Office
[4:03:04] of Child and Youth Success.
[4:03:09] >> Resist multilateral
[4:03:10] wrestling You have time seating
[4:03:11] people sitting on time.
[4:03:13] Marty Zimmerman a beacon please
[4:03:14] raise your hand.
[4:03:14] You'll have two minutes.
[4:03:15] Please proceed.
[4:03:19] Oh, okay.
[4:03:20] >> Good afternoon.
[4:03:20] My name is Marcella Duran.
[4:03:24] I'm in charge of as a volunteer
[4:03:25] of 92 board captains.
[4:03:29] And I've heard everybody here
[4:03:30] because I've been here many
[4:03:30] times that safety is important
[4:03:35] right?
[4:03:35] Safety is important no matter
[4:03:36] what community we're from.
[4:03:40] So my community of Neighborhood
[4:03:41] Watch watches urges you today
[4:03:46] to support the l p r
[4:03:46] technology.
[4:03:47] And a good example is
[4:03:51] the recent kidnaping of
[4:03:52] the woman who was taken by her
[4:03:52] ex-boyfriend and shoved in a
[4:03:53] car.
[4:03:57] And the way they found her was
[4:03:58] through the al pr These are
[4:03:58] real life people.
[4:04:02] And I wish it wasn't such a
[4:04:03] hard decision but we're talking
[4:04:07] about safety safety and your
[4:04:08] community Safety and mine.
[4:04:08] And cutting the San Diego
[4:04:13] police budget and removing a
[4:04:13] tool to help solve crimes in
[4:04:14] each one of our communities is
[4:04:18] really an effort to defund
[4:04:18] the police.
[4:04:19] That's what we're talking
[4:04:19] about.
[4:04:23] And that's great for all
[4:04:24] the people who don't like
[4:04:24] the police.
[4:04:28] But police cannot be judged as
[4:04:29] a general group You have to
[4:04:30] look at them, their people and
[4:04:30] their individuals.
[4:04:35] The if you do cut out these
[4:04:35] tools and continue to put
[4:04:40] the pressure on them, it's
[4:04:44] going to decrease morale and
[4:04:45] they're not going to be able to
[4:04:46] solve crimes as fast as they
[4:04:50] have been with the El Paso.
[4:04:51] Please make your decision with
[4:04:51] an open mind and not prejudice
[4:04:56] And I really appreciate your
[4:04:56] time.
[4:04:57] >> Thank you.
[4:04:57] Larry Webb, if you can please
[4:04:59] come forward and remember your
[4:05:05] time to by Nikki Zimmerman
[4:05:05] Sorry, I just wanted to say
[4:05:06] thank you.
[4:05:06] Thank you.
[4:05:10] Councilmember Lori Webb,
[4:05:11] founding member of the Coastal
[4:05:11] Coalition.
[4:05:15] We strongly oppose defunding
[4:05:16] Diego Police Department to be
[4:05:17] clear, failing to fund
[4:05:20] the continued use of officers
[4:05:21] effectively reduces
[4:05:22] department's ability to protect
[4:05:26] the public.
[4:05:27] Government's foremost
[4:05:27] responsibility is public
[4:05:28] safety.
[4:05:32] There is no dispute that our
[4:05:32] police department is
[4:05:33] understaffed eliminating a
[4:05:36] proven force multiplier
[4:05:37] multiplier will only worsen
[4:05:37] the challenges created by
[4:05:42] the current officers shortage.
[4:05:43] While our technology is not
[4:05:46] perfect, it remains one of
[4:05:47] the most effective tools
[4:05:48] available until a better
[4:05:48] alternative exists.
[4:05:52] So it has funded hundreds of
[4:05:52] additional officers that should
[4:05:56] continue to be supported
[4:05:56] cutting 40% of the beach
[4:05:57] maintenance positions from
[4:06:02] the parks and Rec budget MAY
[4:06:02] have significant unintended
[4:06:07] consequences.
[4:06:07] This team is responsible for
[4:06:08] constructing the protective
[4:06:12] berms around Mission Bay each
[4:06:13] winter with a 40% reduction in
[4:06:13] staffing, the department will
[4:06:17] be unable to perform this
[4:06:17] critical work increasing
[4:06:18] the risk of flooding for
[4:06:22] hundreds of homes.
[4:06:22] Such pouring flooding could
[4:06:23] expose the city to substantial
[4:06:27] liability and result
[4:06:28] potentially millions of dollars
[4:06:32] for property damage claims in
[4:06:33] addition, San Diego beaches are
[4:06:34] among the city's most valuable
[4:06:38] assets and a primary attraction
[4:06:38] for visitors Maintaining clean
[4:06:39] well capped beaches is
[4:06:43] essential to preserving
[4:06:44] the visitor experience.
[4:06:44] The decline in beach
[4:06:45] maintenance could negatively
[4:06:48] impact tourism resulting in a
[4:06:49] drop in European sales tax
[4:06:49] revenues.
[4:06:54] We all recognize that certain
[4:06:55] items in our personal budgets
[4:06:55] are necessities such as food
[4:06:56] and shelter.
[4:06:58] We fund those needs before
[4:06:59] spending on discretionary items
[4:07:03] government funding budgets
[4:07:04] should follow the same
[4:07:05] principle until public safety
[4:07:11] and long term interests such as
[4:07:12] these are fully funded.
[4:07:12] Discussion Thank you for
[4:07:13] creating contact a lower
[4:07:14] priority Think about concluding
[4:07:18] Comment Jeannie Emerson Good
[4:07:19] afternoon Council.
[4:07:22] >> Safety is priority number
[4:07:22] one.
[4:07:23] If we aren't safe in the city
[4:07:24] then the rest of the budget
[4:07:27] doesn't make any difference.
[4:07:28] I know there's a big concern
[4:07:29] about privacy relative to
[4:07:33] the Alpers How many people here
[4:07:34] have a smartphone?
[4:07:35] How many people have a smart
[4:07:38] watch?
[4:07:39] >> How many people are on
[4:07:39] social media, have an Alexis
[4:07:42] device in their house, have a
[4:07:43] ring doorbell or do other
[4:07:47] things on Google and research
[4:07:48] things.
[4:07:48] I'm here to tell you that if
[4:07:53] you do worldwide there's a
[4:07:54] profile on you on all of your
[4:07:54] preferences and everything you
[4:07:58] want you have no privacy.
[4:07:58] The Alpers simply read license
[4:08:03] plates.
[4:08:03] They save lives and solve
[4:08:04] crimes.
[4:08:07] Please continue to fund this
[4:08:08] key element of our San Diego
[4:08:09] Police Department.
[4:08:12] Thank you.
[4:08:13] >> Katherine Douglas, if you
[4:08:17] can please come forward.
[4:08:17] Good afternoon.
[4:08:18] This council has a choice.
[4:08:22] Are you going to look at our
[4:08:23] communities in the face and say
[4:08:24] you're willing to give up a
[4:08:27] truly effective, accurate tool
[4:08:28] that has proven time and time
[4:08:31] again to accelerate the capture
[4:08:32] of murderers, human
[4:08:33] traffickers, robbers, burglars
[4:08:36] hit and run drivers, fugitives,
[4:08:37] kidnapers, perpetrators of
[4:08:37] domestic violence and
[4:08:42] perpetrators of other violent
[4:08:42] crimes.
[4:08:43] Or are you going to do
[4:08:46] the right thing and fund this
[4:08:47] game changing technology that
[4:08:47] has provided critical
[4:08:51] investigative leads that aid sd
[4:08:52] pd in solving cases faster and
[4:08:57] with greater accuracy?
[4:08:57] Yelpers are investigative
[4:09:00] accelerator and force
[4:09:01] multiplier for our understaffed
[4:09:02] police department.
[4:09:06] They generate real time leads
[4:09:07] that result in far safer
[4:09:08] communities The expectation of
[4:09:11] privacy is moot.
[4:09:12] We are all being tracked by our
[4:09:16] smart phones, smart TVs, voice
[4:09:16] assistants, security cameras,
[4:09:20] laptops and wireless routers Do
[4:09:21] the right thing.
[4:09:22] Thank you for the next sentence
[4:09:26] Bear Wolf I only have a minute
[4:09:31] so I'll go quick.
[4:09:32] First of all, thank you for all
[4:09:32] of this opportunity.
[4:09:33] Secondly, I come to you today
[4:09:36] not to speak to you but to
[4:09:37] speak to your humanity as a
[4:09:37] college professor in
[4:09:41] the humanities I can tell you
[4:09:41] we teach at Miramar.
[4:09:42] We teach the police, we teach
[4:09:42] the fire firefighters and
[4:09:45] without understanding what
[4:09:46] humanity is they are useless.
[4:09:50] And also when it comes to these
[4:09:51] flight technology things of
[4:09:51] this nature please do your
[4:09:55] research and not Google
[4:09:55] assistant but actual research.
[4:10:00] Like I tell my students these
[4:10:00] things do not work.
[4:10:01] There are people getting
[4:10:02] arrested because the facial
[4:10:04] recognition is doing making
[4:10:05] mistakes And please remember
[4:10:09] that your daughter your son has
[4:10:10] a favorite story.
[4:10:10] You have a favorite song.
[4:10:11] That song got you through
[4:10:15] the worst breakup of your life.
[4:10:15] These are the human things that
[4:10:19] we need because that's what
[4:10:19] defeats crime And all
[4:10:20] the research shows that and
[4:10:21] I'll leave you with this quote
[4:10:24] from Dune which everyone here
[4:10:25] knows about Once men turn their
[4:10:25] thinking over to machines and
[4:10:28] the hope that this world will
[4:10:29] set them free, they are only
[4:10:30] permit other men.
[4:10:30] Thank you for that concluding
[4:10:31] sentence.
[4:10:34] Thank you Nicole Lilly And if I
[4:10:38] can have Kevin Vino Corrina
[4:10:39] Pugh, Christine Martinez, Bob
[4:10:43] Lehman, Michael Werber and
[4:10:44] Khalid Alexander Lucky Aiden
[4:10:47] and Humaira Go Sophie please
[4:10:48] come up to the front row.
[4:10:48] Please proceed.
[4:10:49] Hello, my name is Nicole Lilly.
[4:10:52] I I'm a renter resident of
[4:10:53] District three and
[4:10:53] the executive director of our
[4:10:57] Time to Act The investments you
[4:10:57] make today have impacts far
[4:10:58] beyond the next fiscal year.
[4:10:59] We're done pleading.
[4:11:02] We are demanding investments in
[4:11:03] a future where all San Diego
[4:11:03] ans can thrive.
[4:11:04] Let me be clear that future is
[4:11:07] free of free from surveillance.
[4:11:08] It is free from bloated police
[4:11:08] budgets and subsidies for
[4:11:12] the wealthy that future invest
[4:11:12] in the community.
[4:11:13] It has a fully resourced office
[4:11:17] of Child and youth success.
[4:11:17] It prioritizes stormwater
[4:11:18] infrastructure and housing.
[4:11:19] It funds parks and arts and
[4:11:22] create safe spaces for San
[4:11:23] Diegans to thrive amongst
[4:11:23] friends and family rather than
[4:11:27] under invasive camera lenses
[4:11:27] and abusive officers.
[4:11:28] I am a organizer in San Diego.
[4:11:32] I am a young person in San
[4:11:33] Diego and I am telling you that
[4:11:34] floc surveillance and any kind
[4:11:36] of surveillance is harmful and
[4:11:37] dangerous to our communities.
[4:11:38] It does not create safety.
[4:11:41] It is a proven failure of
[4:11:42] technology and always having
[4:11:46] smartphones and technology is
[4:11:47] not a license to surveil our
[4:11:47] communities.
[4:11:52] >> Thank you, Kevin Wehner
[4:11:52] Kevin, before you come up we
[4:11:56] were doing really good but I
[4:11:56] know that passion excitement
[4:11:57] with people you agree and
[4:12:00] disagree with is starting to
[4:12:01] bubble up.
[4:12:01] >> The professor that spoke I
[4:12:02] didn't hear this last part of
[4:12:05] his probably excellent comments
[4:12:06] because people started getting
[4:12:06] excited by what he was saying
[4:12:10] Give everybody a chance whether
[4:12:11] you like what they're saying or
[4:12:12] don't like so that we can hear
[4:12:14] them clearly They took a long
[4:12:15] time to sit here and wait wait
[4:12:18] patiently for their chance for
[4:12:19] a 1 or 2 minutes.
[4:12:20] So let's give everybody a
[4:12:23] chance to speak and allow all
[4:12:23] of us to hear them.
[4:12:24] Go ahead.
[4:12:24] Thank you.
[4:12:28] Council members.
[4:12:29] My name is Kevin.
[4:12:30] I'm with our Times act Youth
[4:12:33] led 51c3 nonprofit a resident
[4:12:34] of District one and on the Wall
[4:12:35] Community plan a group And I'm
[4:12:37] urging you guys not to continue
[4:12:38] funding Floc We do not want
[4:12:42] mass surveillance in our city
[4:12:42] and this funding is millions of
[4:12:43] dollars that could be better
[4:12:46] spent on other projects that
[4:12:47] actually help citizens instead
[4:12:48] of stalking citizens.
[4:12:48] We know that Flock has shared
[4:12:51] their data with the federal
[4:12:51] government that has been going
[4:12:52] after residents in our
[4:12:52] community.
[4:12:57] We would rather see this
[4:12:57] funding go to projects like
[4:12:58] O.C. Weiss which is the Office
[4:13:00] of Child and Youth Success
[4:13:01] which helps young people across
[4:13:01] the city.
[4:13:02] They're very small budget.
[4:13:04] They're only 350,000 and they
[4:13:05] bring in millions of dollars in
[4:13:09] grants specific funding.
[4:13:09] Right now in the San Diego
[4:13:12] Unified School District, 8% of
[4:13:13] students and their families are
[4:13:14] going to experience
[4:13:14] homelessness in the San Diego
[4:13:17] Unified School District.
[4:13:18] So it is really critical that
[4:13:19] we give funding to the Office
[4:13:20] of Child and Youth Success to
[4:13:22] really help out with youth
[4:13:22] issues because it also affects
[4:13:23] the families that are
[4:13:24] supporting youth here in
[4:13:24] the city.
[4:13:25] Thank you.
[4:13:25] >> Thank you.
[4:13:30] Coming up, you.
[4:13:31] >> Good afternoon council
[4:13:31] members.
[4:13:35] My name is Carina Pugh.
[4:13:36] My pronouns are she her and I
[4:13:37] am speaking today on behalf of
[4:13:39] the San Diego lgbt Community
[4:13:39] Center.
[4:13:40] I'm asking the Council today to
[4:13:41] take bold action and vote to
[4:13:44] pass a budget that invests in
[4:13:45] every San Diego and especially
[4:13:46] our most underserved
[4:13:49] communities including the and
[4:13:50] trans folks living in our city.
[4:13:51] Time and time again our
[4:13:53] community shows up to these
[4:13:54] budget hearings to ask our
[4:13:55] elected leaders to invest in us
[4:13:55] the people.
[4:13:59] Today we're asking you to do it
[4:13:59] again to invest in our youth by
[4:14:00] ensuring programs like
[4:14:01] the Office of Child and Youth
[4:14:03] Success remain funded and
[4:14:04] accessible to the public to
[4:14:05] invest in our lgbtq plus
[4:14:08] community by ensuring
[4:14:09] the Opioid Settlement Fund
[4:14:10] allocation in the MAY revised
[4:14:10] remains allocated to Substance
[4:14:14] Use Disorder services for
[4:14:15] the community to invest in What
[4:14:15] we say makes San Diego
[4:14:19] America's finest cities city
[4:14:19] our arts, our culture and
[4:14:20] the people who keep
[4:14:23] the creative heart of San Diego
[4:14:23] beating.
[4:14:24] Please ensure that the city's
[4:14:25] budget invests in the entire
[4:14:25] San Diego community.
[4:14:26] Thank you.
[4:14:31] Christine Martinez.
[4:14:36] Good afternoon.
[4:14:37] >> I'm Christine Martinez from
[4:14:38] Arts and Culture San Diego.
[4:14:41] I'm here to support council
[4:14:41] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and
[4:14:42] Budget Chair Henry Foster in
[4:14:46] their plan to restore much of
[4:14:47] the arts and culture budget.
[4:14:49] Thank you to both of you and
[4:14:50] thank you to all nine of our
[4:14:51] City Council members who have
[4:14:51] been so vocally supportive of
[4:14:55] arts and culture throughout
[4:14:55] this budget process.
[4:14:56] We appreciate you taking
[4:14:56] the time to listen to hundreds
[4:14:59] of our arts and culture
[4:15:00] community who emailed your
[4:15:00] offices called, rallied and
[4:15:04] gave public testimony.
[4:15:05] It is obvious you understood
[4:15:05] the very real risk to our
[4:15:06] community.
[4:15:09] We appreciate this plan to get
[4:15:10] us through to next year as we
[4:15:11] work toward a more sustainable
[4:15:13] plan.
[4:15:14] Let's keep the arts and culture
[4:15:15] economic engine fueled and
[4:15:18] ready to work for San Diego.
[4:15:19] Thank you.
[4:15:20] Bob Lehman if you can please
[4:15:20] come forward.
[4:15:23] Bob Lehman.
[4:15:23] Good afternoon Council
[4:15:28] PRESIDENT And City.
[4:15:28] City Council Members I'm here
[4:15:29] to thank Council PRESIDENT Pro
[4:15:33] Tem Ken Lee and Council Member
[4:15:34] Foster for their great plan
[4:15:38] working together with
[4:15:38] the Premier's Foundation to
[4:15:39] restore much of the funding for
[4:15:43] arts and culture and also more
[4:15:43] importantly looking at
[4:15:47] the collaborative efforts of
[4:15:48] working with the county and
[4:15:49] foundations in the future to
[4:15:49] resolve this problem.
[4:15:52] Going forward.
[4:15:53] We look forward to working with
[4:15:54] you and the mayor and
[4:15:54] the mayor's office going
[4:15:57] forward to make this something
[4:15:57] that doesn't happen every year
[4:15:58] but a plan that works great for
[4:15:59] our entire region.
[4:16:01] Thank you.
[4:16:02] >> Thank you.
[4:16:03] Michael Warburton if you can
[4:16:06] please come forward.
[4:16:07] >> I'd like to clarify
[4:16:07] something for the budget team.
[4:16:11] The county's arts funding is
[4:16:12] going directly to artists and
[4:16:13] not for operational support.
[4:16:17] That's important because
[4:16:18] the area museum we need that
[4:16:19] operational support in shoulder
[4:16:22] seasons.
[4:16:22] I look at the osp funding as
[4:16:23] payrolls right?
[4:16:26] That gets us through the hard
[4:16:26] times and especially now we're
[4:16:27] still going to be dealing with
[4:16:28] six months of hard times with
[4:16:30] the paid parking.
[4:16:31] So thank you in advance for
[4:16:32] voting for this modified budget
[4:16:36] and also to I'm really looking
[4:16:37] forward to leaning in with
[4:16:40] the arts community and with
[4:16:40] city council to really figure
[4:16:41] out a long term solution for
[4:16:45] the arts funding.
[4:16:45] It needs to happen.
[4:16:48] It's been on the plan for what,
[4:16:49] 12 years now?
[4:16:49] Something like that.
[4:16:50] So let's finally pull
[4:16:51] the trigger and make this thing
[4:16:51] happen.
[4:16:52] Thank you.
[4:16:57] Khalid Alexander?
[4:16:57] >> Yeah.
[4:16:58] Hello, Counsel.
[4:17:03] Khalid Alexander born and
[4:17:03] raised in San Diego And ever
[4:17:04] since this guy over here was
[4:17:08] elected and we had a majority
[4:17:08] Democratic Senate up here, I've
[4:17:09] never been as ashamed to be a
[4:17:12] San Diego and as proud to be
[4:17:12] from District four.
[4:17:13] Today you have a very simple
[4:17:16] question You're going to either
[4:17:17] vote to support and fund
[4:17:18] the police or you're going to
[4:17:21] support the people.
[4:17:22] We're asking you that you
[4:17:22] support the people.
[4:17:23] Are you going to support
[4:17:26] the police whose union dues go
[4:17:26] to funding the maga agenda?
[4:17:27] Or are you going to support
[4:17:30] people who are targets of
[4:17:31] the pro mega agenda?
[4:17:31] We request that you support
[4:17:35] the people who are begging you
[4:17:36] to support programs that
[4:17:37] prevent crime and that you
[4:17:40] defund the police that continue
[4:17:41] to perpetuate the crime that
[4:17:42] we're talking about.
[4:17:42] Support the people.
[4:17:43] The police.
[4:17:45] Invest in programs that prevent
[4:17:46] crime, not the police who
[4:17:46] perpetuate it.
[4:17:47] Thank you.
[4:17:53] Lucky Aiden.
[4:17:54] >> Good afternoon.
[4:17:58] Council members Lucky eating
[4:17:59] with pana and the Trust sd
[4:17:59] Coalition.
[4:18:00] Over the past several weeks
[4:18:03] you've heard directly from
[4:18:03] community members on what
[4:18:04] matters to us.
[4:18:08] We asked you to invest in our
[4:18:08] neighborhoods fund parks,
[4:18:09] libraries, arts and youth
[4:18:13] programs and the services to
[4:18:13] help families thrive.
[4:18:14] We ask you to reject harmful
[4:18:17] technologies that
[4:18:18] disproportionately target civil
[4:18:19] our marginalized communities
[4:18:21] immigrant communities,
[4:18:22] communities of color and young
[4:18:22] people.
[4:18:23] Today your vote will show us
[4:18:27] whether you are truly listening
[4:18:27] to us.
[4:18:27] We will.
[4:18:28] Will you stand with San Diego?
[4:18:29] The San Diegans who report
[4:18:32] repeatedly called for
[4:18:32] investment in people Or will
[4:18:33] you ignore those voices and
[4:18:34] move forward with policies that
[4:18:37] cause harm?
[4:18:37] Many of you campaigned on
[4:18:38] standing with immigrants, youth
[4:18:41] working families in strictly
[4:18:42] underserved communities.
[4:18:42] You spoke about equity
[4:18:46] accountability and people
[4:18:46] putting people first.
[4:18:47] But your values are proving
[4:18:50] that during a campaign these
[4:18:51] are the they are proven in
[4:18:52] moments like this.
[4:18:52] Today is one of those moments.
[4:18:53] The community is paying
[4:18:59] attention.
[4:18:59] Thank you.
[4:19:00] Omara Yusef, you Amira, you
[4:19:01] have a lot of time, a lot of
[4:19:04] people sitting your time if
[4:19:05] they can please raise their
[4:19:05] hand.
[4:19:06] Mused Ahmed.
[4:19:09] Sorry means diamond.
[4:19:09] Can you please raise your hand?
[4:19:10] Thank you.
[4:19:14] Mohammed Mohammed obtain to to
[4:19:18] a mic.
[4:19:19] Thank you.
[4:19:19] Fatima say side.
[4:19:23] Thank you.
[4:19:23] You'll have five minutes.
[4:19:24] Please proceed.
[4:19:25] My name is Humaira Safi with
[4:19:28] the trust as the coalition and
[4:19:29] senior policy strategist with
[4:19:32] Pana.
[4:19:33] Today your vote shows where
[4:19:33] your values lie.
[4:19:37] Do you stand with the community
[4:19:38] and the programs and services
[4:19:42] we all need as San Diegans?
[4:19:43] Or do you stand with a Georgia
[4:19:46] based company and give those
[4:19:47] vital funds that we need here
[4:19:51] in San Diego to an organ to a
[4:19:52] company that has ties with
[4:19:52] the Trump administration?
[4:19:56] Flock has been proven time and
[4:19:57] time again to be ineffective
[4:20:00] that even your own reports
[4:20:01] demonstrate that 99.97% of hits
[4:20:06] are completely useless.
[4:20:07] That and I wonder what you all
[4:20:11] think What happens when you get
[4:20:12] hundreds of data points
[4:20:12] Hundreds of thousands of data
[4:20:16] points are collected on our of
[4:20:16] our community.
[4:20:16] Right.
[4:20:17] Do you all think of
[4:20:20] the immigrant community,
[4:20:21] the lgbt communities,
[4:20:21] the Muslim communities,
[4:20:22] the black and brown communities
[4:20:25] who are put in harm's way
[4:20:26] because you all are collecting
[4:20:26] this data.
[4:20:30] A company that has so many
[4:20:31] problems that is so poisonous
[4:20:31] that 68 cities across
[4:20:35] the country have ended their
[4:20:36] floc contracts.
[4:20:37] >> If you all did the right
[4:20:39] thing here today you would not
[4:20:40] be the first and you will
[4:20:41] definitely not be the last city
[4:20:44] to end the contract.
[4:20:45] Okay This is a community.
[4:20:46] This is a cost that is not
[4:20:46] worth it.
[4:20:49] It's not cost.
[4:20:50] >> It's not worth it for
[4:20:50] the community cost
[4:20:51] the financial cost and
[4:20:54] the legally liability.
[4:20:55] More than that though, I just
[4:20:55] want you all to understand
[4:20:59] today is about who do you stand
[4:20:59] with?
[4:21:00] Councilmember Yvonne Wilber
[4:21:03] Every time we bring this to you
[4:21:04] you cry and you have tears and
[4:21:04] you talk about that one police
[4:21:05] officer that died.
[4:21:08] I want to know what about our
[4:21:09] community?
[4:21:10] Are you what are the where are
[4:21:13] the tears for our communities?
[4:21:14] Where are the tears for our
[4:21:15] immigrant communities who are
[4:21:15] separated?
[4:21:17] Where are the tears for
[4:21:18] the Muslim community Who is
[4:21:18] recovering from a domestic
[4:21:23] terrorist attack on our
[4:21:23] communities?
[4:21:24] Where are the tears for our
[4:21:24] children who are now because of
[4:21:28] what happened, because of these
[4:21:29] two teenagers that came to our
[4:21:33] Islamic center and killed three
[4:21:37] of our heroes?
[4:21:38] Where is the tears for them?
[4:21:38] Okay.
[4:21:39] Where are the tears for our
[4:21:43] children who are now afraid to
[4:21:43] go outside who are bedwetting,
[4:21:47] some of them who have gone
[4:21:47] mute.
[4:21:47] Okay.
[4:21:48] Where is the tears for our
[4:21:52] communities Because we don't
[4:21:52] feel it.
[4:21:53] You can say all you all want
[4:21:54] all council members who are not
[4:21:57] who are not understanding
[4:22:00] the fact that this technology
[4:22:01] was used as a tool that
[4:22:05] actually pulled resources away
[4:22:06] from saving our three heroes
[4:22:06] that day.
[4:22:11] >> I just wanted to make sure
[4:22:11] you all understand what you are
[4:22:12] voting for.
[4:22:12] >> Okay.
[4:22:15] Hmm.
[4:22:16] >> Police relied on faulty
[4:22:20] flock technology rather than
[4:22:20] using common sense practices
[4:22:24] that could have saved the lives
[4:22:25] of our three heroes.
[4:22:26] Stop saying that you stand with
[4:22:29] immigrant communities and urge
[4:22:29] the federal government to shut
[4:22:30] down ice or to fund the state
[4:22:34] security Because you know what?
[4:22:35] There's a vote in front of you
[4:22:36] right now that you can do to
[4:22:39] work with our communities and
[4:22:40] protect our communities.
[4:22:40] When hpr was first being
[4:22:43] considered in 2023, icac
[4:22:44] specifically said don't put it
[4:22:44] in front of our mosque because
[4:22:47] they understood that our
[4:22:48] communities were going to be
[4:22:52] used and we're going to be put
[4:22:52] in harm's way if this
[4:22:53] technology was put in front of
[4:22:54] our senators.
[4:22:54] Okay.
[4:22:57] And so we understand that
[4:22:58] the PRESIDENT And
[4:22:58] the administration and those
[4:23:02] members of Congress who are
[4:23:02] calling us all terrorists and
[4:23:03] telling us to go back to our
[4:23:04] country are going to use
[4:23:07] technologies like this to
[4:23:07] weaponize against us.
[4:23:11] >> So there are council members
[4:23:12] here for council members
[4:23:12] council Pro Tem Lee, council
[4:23:17] member Foster Council member
[4:23:17] Sean Nila Rivera and Vivian
[4:23:21] Marino who have a proposal in
[4:23:22] front of you.
[4:23:26] Please I'm asking each one of
[4:23:27] you Council member to cover
[4:23:27] Council member Whitburn Council
[4:23:31] member Von Wilbur.
[4:23:32] I don't know.
[4:23:33] Council Member Alec Campbell
[4:23:36] and Raul Campo We need you to
[4:23:37] actually stand with our
[4:23:37] communities.
[4:23:41] We need these vital services.
[4:23:41] Our community needs parks,
[4:23:42] libraries.
[4:23:45] Our children need arts to
[4:23:46] recover from the pain that we
[4:23:46] are feeling.
[4:23:50] Then and we are rebuilding a
[4:23:54] sense of safety and belonging
[4:23:55] And we need those vital
[4:23:55] services.
[4:23:56] We don't need any more flack
[4:23:56] api technology.
[4:23:58] So please stand with them.
[4:24:07] >> Thank you.
[4:24:08] If I can have the following
[4:24:12] individuals.
[4:24:12] Thank you.
[4:24:13] Can I have the following
[4:24:13] individuals please come forward
[4:24:14] to the microphone and to
[4:24:16] the yellow reserved seats.
[4:24:17] Patricia Serrano if you can
[4:24:18] please come to the microphone
[4:24:21] after That will be Lynell
[4:24:22] Brown, Shaheed Price, Mitchell
[4:24:27] Woodson, Mimi Hernandez.
[4:24:31] >> These Van Huong, Amelia
[4:24:36] Lopez and Margarita Valdes as
[4:24:37] well as Belen Hernandez.
[4:24:38] Can you all please come forward
[4:24:41] to the front row?
[4:24:42] That speech was worth a round
[4:24:42] of applause.
[4:24:46] Let's not do it again.
[4:24:46] Okay.
[4:24:47] Patricia One was worthwhile.
[4:24:50] Sorry.
[4:24:51] >> Patricia, please proceed.
[4:24:52] Good afternoon.
[4:24:52] My name is Patricia Serrano and
[4:24:56] I work for Pilar.
[4:24:57] I just want to say they are
[4:24:57] good friends and community
[4:25:00] members are hurting because of
[4:25:01] luck.
[4:25:01] Enable this to happen and must
[4:25:05] be stopped and protect San
[4:25:05] Diego.
[4:25:06] I want to speak directly to
[4:25:09] Miami.
[4:25:10] You have followed my mind both
[4:25:14] on how you are a candidate for
[4:25:18] District 48 and now how you
[4:25:23] stood up to Trump in voting for
[4:25:24] Flag as a vote for Trump.
[4:25:26] You don't understand our
[4:25:27] communities.
[4:25:28] You don't understand immigrant
[4:25:32] communities.
[4:25:33] It is enough to say that you
[4:25:33] are anti-Trump.
[4:25:34] It's not enough.
[4:25:34] It's not enough.
[4:25:40] >> You have to act.
[4:25:41] >> Today you have the choice to
[4:25:44] do a stand with our communities
[4:25:45] ,our brothers and sisters, our
[4:25:49] Muslim communities, our black
[4:25:49] communities, our immigrant
[4:25:54] communities.
[4:25:55] >> Down to thank you for that.
[4:25:59] Concluding Remarks Lynell Brown
[4:26:00] Because I hear okay.
[4:26:08] Shaheen Price.
[4:26:08] Good afternoon.
[4:26:13] Council members My community
[4:26:17] needs investment.
[4:26:18] It needs resources.
[4:26:19] My community don't need
[4:26:22] surveillance or the continuance
[4:26:23] of overpolicing in our
[4:26:23] communities.
[4:26:27] Why do we continue to give as
[4:26:27] dpd billions to harass
[4:26:28] the black and brown peoples in
[4:26:31] our communities?
[4:26:33] My my community is South San
[4:26:35] Diego District four.
[4:26:36] Give my committee the resources
[4:26:37] to thrive like other
[4:26:41] communities are able to thrive
[4:26:45] with resources Funding South
[4:26:46] These treatment centers fund
[4:26:46] the community and not
[4:26:47] the police.
[4:26:49] You know smart streetlights,
[4:26:54] lpr drones you know these
[4:26:55] things don't keep us safe.
[4:26:56] You know I heard of a lot of
[4:26:57] people come up here talking
[4:26:59] about taking a police and
[4:27:00] the guy over there about how to
[4:27:04] keep us safe But we know what
[4:27:05] really keep communities safe
[4:27:08] and invest in our communities.
[4:27:13] >> Michelle Wilson good
[4:27:13] afternoon.
[4:27:19] And Charlie Woods said I'm
[4:27:20] the legal director of Pillars
[4:27:20] of the Community.
[4:27:22] >> I have one minute one minute
[4:27:23] to tell you all the data about
[4:27:27] alpa and its law technology.
[4:27:27] I have one minute to share
[4:27:28] stories after stories about
[4:27:31] community members who have been
[4:27:32] harassed by the police.
[4:27:32] I can do that.
[4:27:35] But one minute isn't enough.
[4:27:36] >> We've spent hours at city
[4:27:40] council telling you exactly
[4:27:41] that giving you the data,
[4:27:41] giving you the community
[4:27:42] experiences.
[4:27:45] And that's not enough.
[4:27:45] >> But one message is
[4:27:46] resoundingly clear Our
[4:27:50] communities do not trust
[4:27:50] the police.
[4:27:51] They do not prevent crime.
[4:27:55] Instead they enforce
[4:27:55] harassment, discrimination and
[4:27:59] racism on our community
[4:28:00] members.
[4:28:00] I see it every single day.
[4:28:04] And this budget is a message of
[4:28:05] your values.
[4:28:09] So are you deciding to continue
[4:28:09] to fund that harassment,
[4:28:10] discrimination and racism or
[4:28:14] are you deciding to fund
[4:28:14] prevention of crime by funding
[4:28:15] our communities?
[4:28:18] >> That's on you.
[4:28:23] Mimi Hernandez Hernandez What's
[4:28:24] up City members We don't need a
[4:28:29] lpr We need c o m m you and I t
[4:28:29] y.
[4:28:33] And we need you to do the right
[4:28:34] thing by getting behind our
[4:28:34] people.
[4:28:35] For those of you who are left
[4:28:37] to vote, we're going to tell
[4:28:38] you now do not vote yes on that
[4:28:42] system.
[4:28:43] Yesterday four young four young
[4:28:47] including a minor black boys
[4:28:48] were pulled over and 30 cop
[4:28:49] cars for four young black boys
[4:28:52] just for them to go to jail for
[4:28:53] something that they weren't
[4:28:56] even involved in or didn't do.
[4:28:57] It took us the community c o m
[4:29:02] m and I t y community.
[4:29:03] It took us to come and save
[4:29:07] those young black boys Not no
[4:29:07] system.
[4:29:08] So we say it again and again
[4:29:11] and again Put the money where
[4:29:12] it belongs, put it in the right
[4:29:12] resources.
[4:29:13] Allow us to do what we do.
[4:29:16] The community Think about it.
[4:29:17] They can take that way up north
[4:29:21] somewhere But what we see in
[4:29:22] southeast San Diego District
[4:29:26] 49821 whatever we don't see it
[4:29:26] nowhere else.
[4:29:27] >> Thank you for that
[4:29:27] concluding sentence.
[4:29:35] Leila Aziz Council PRESIDENT
[4:29:36] Not going waste my time on
[4:29:36] the others.
[4:29:37] We know that they're not with
[4:29:37] us.
[4:29:40] We got one about to run against
[4:29:40] a Republican as a moderate
[4:29:44] Republican and I don't know how
[4:29:45] that's going to turn out.
[4:29:49] LaCava You are going to give
[4:29:49] the San Diego Police Department
[4:29:54] technology when they are filing
[4:29:56] all complaints and oversight
[4:30:02] and miscellaneous.
[4:30:03] Why would you not ensure that
[4:30:07] Measure a is fully implemented
[4:30:07] And there's good oversight,
[4:30:08] strong strategic oversight
[4:30:12] without giving them some power
[4:30:13] that they've already
[4:30:13] demonstrated?
[4:30:16] If they have it they'll do it
[4:30:17] what they want with it.
[4:30:18] One time I saw Marty ask him
[4:30:18] Are you going to do the right
[4:30:19] thing?
[4:30:21] And they said yes.
[4:30:22] It was like a cartoon.
[4:30:27] We have the structure get
[4:30:27] the cbp get oversight together
[4:30:28] and then you can have these
[4:30:31] other conversations But
[4:30:32] everything else you're doing
[4:30:32] harm.
[4:30:37] >> Thank you, Van Horn.
[4:30:41] I know Brown's here and Brown
[4:30:42] is here His did I call his
[4:30:47] speakers in Our group is before
[4:30:47] me here.
[4:30:48] I said he wasn't here.
[4:30:55] Oh please come forward.
[4:30:55] Can you go to the microphone
[4:30:59] over there?
[4:31:04] Oh, hello.
[4:31:04] Oh hi.
[4:31:05] City council and mayor and
[4:31:09] everybody I'd like to thank you
[4:31:10] for allowing that money to come
[4:31:13] back in case it comes back.
[4:31:14] If it comes back, you know, we
[4:31:15] appreciate it.
[4:31:19] You know we've been doing a lot
[4:31:20] of work in this community and
[4:31:21] you can see by the vote turnout
[4:31:23] you know, we had a bunch of
[4:31:24] parties vote to party.
[4:31:28] We knocked on doors and we got
[4:31:29] everybody to come out and vote
[4:31:29] for this district so that we
[4:31:33] could see if the change could
[4:31:34] be made.
[4:31:35] And we tried to from one color
[4:31:35] to another and that's thanks to
[4:31:37] the work that we do in
[4:31:38] the community, you know, and we
[4:31:42] have the power to change things
[4:31:42] .
[4:31:43] So and we showed it by going
[4:31:47] out there and having people
[4:31:47] vote.
[4:31:48] So the change that we need to
[4:31:49] make is within us But it's
[4:31:52] because of you guys so we need
[4:31:53] you guys to help us make a
[4:31:56] difference by, you know, a fair
[4:31:57] invested in our community.
[4:32:02] Give me a hand.
[4:32:03] You know the drop centers we
[4:32:04] here we fight.
[4:32:06] We got a feisty woman right
[4:32:07] here.
[4:32:07] >> Thank you for that
[4:32:08] concluding sentence.
[4:32:08] Van Horn.
[4:32:12] I can have the following
[4:32:12] individuals please come forward
[4:32:13] to the microphone and then to
[4:32:16] the other reserved seats Van
[4:32:17] Juan Amelia Lopez.
[4:32:17] Margarita Valdez.
[4:32:22] Belen Hernandez Paloma Quote
[4:32:23] The Victor Ponce de Caleb
[4:32:27] Flores, Ashley Leyva and Ramos
[4:32:31] Noah you work and Janica
[4:32:32] Falkner if you can all come
[4:32:33] forward as well as Patricia
[4:32:37] Mondragon Van Huang if you can
[4:32:37] please come to the microphone.
[4:32:41] >> We're a group Which group
[4:32:45] What's the name?
[4:32:45] >> Okay.
[4:32:50] You'll be managing your own
[4:32:51] time then because there's no
[4:32:54] checkbox checked Is it from Van
[4:33:07] Wang all the way to I don't got
[4:33:16] a Victor went to okay to Victor
[4:33:20] that six please proceed.
[4:33:21] >> Hello council members again
[4:33:24] I'm here as a youth organizer
[4:33:25] with Mid-City Kan and a
[4:33:26] homeowner in City Heights.
[4:33:30] I want to thank you all for
[4:33:30] the restorations to
[4:33:31] the libraries park and rec
[4:33:33] centers in d 48 and the nine I
[4:33:34] am here asking you to keep this
[4:33:35] restorations in the final
[4:33:38] budget that you vote for today
[4:33:38] and to fully restore the hours
[4:33:43] for our parks and rec centers.
[4:33:44] These spaces are especially
[4:33:44] useful to have for our youth
[4:33:45] during the summer.
[4:33:48] Ed is a space to foster
[4:33:48] community like the parks after
[4:33:49] dark events that we see
[4:33:49] the activities offered
[4:33:52] throughout these spaces help
[4:33:53] our youth have healthy outlets
[4:33:54] and the libraries provide a
[4:33:57] designated cooling zone during
[4:33:58] the hot summer days when
[4:33:58] streets when heat strokes
[4:33:59] become a concern.
[4:34:02] Our hope is that we continue to
[4:34:03] have parks that are open where
[4:34:04] we can hear laughter, smell
[4:34:07] food from gatherings, see
[4:34:08] diverse spaces, feel the metal
[4:34:11] of the slides and taste letters
[4:34:11] from the palette that'll again
[4:34:12] please fully restore the hours
[4:34:16] for libraries Park and rec
[4:34:17] centers and thank you for what
[4:34:17] you have been able to restore
[4:34:21] so far.
[4:34:26] Hello City COUNCILMAN Inspector
[4:34:27] Ponti and the organizer of
[4:34:27] Mid-City can where I've had
[4:34:28] the pleasure working with our
[4:34:30] youth council since 2018.
[4:34:31] Since then many of them have
[4:34:32] grown up and I'm happy to say
[4:34:36] that they're all doing well So
[4:34:37] have continued their
[4:34:37] involvement committee work and
[4:34:38] now actually going back a trip
[4:34:39] contributed to their community
[4:34:40] in their own ways.
[4:34:40] They are just a handful of
[4:34:41] examples So it's possible when
[4:34:42] you invest in youth and set up
[4:34:44] them to succeed that
[4:34:44] achievements demonstrate
[4:34:45] the incredible potential of
[4:34:46] young people when given
[4:34:50] opportunities and support And I
[4:34:50] believe their ongoing
[4:34:51] contributions will continue to
[4:34:52] positively impact our community
[4:34:52] for years to come.
[4:34:55] However, I believe the city
[4:34:56] offering to support and
[4:34:57] contribute them and contribute
[4:34:57] to them by successfully
[4:35:00] restoring that by fully
[4:35:01] restoring the proposed cuts to
[4:35:02] the Office of Child and Success
[4:35:05] Centers children Our youth and
[4:35:06] youth deserve more than
[4:35:06] symbolic support.
[4:35:10] There's a visible permanent and
[4:35:10] adequately funded office that
[4:35:11] can coordinate services,
[4:35:12] leverage additional funding and
[4:35:14] ensure their their needs remain
[4:35:15] at the center of city policy.
[4:35:20] We just got a chance to go last
[4:35:21] week with our youth to
[4:35:22] the event that they hosted in
[4:35:25] those beautiful I see so many
[4:35:26] youth there in the space just
[4:35:26] being able to gather once they
[4:35:28] amongst each other have been
[4:35:29] able to connect, being able to
[4:35:30] see the different resources
[4:35:30] that are available to them in
[4:35:34] the city And this isn't
[4:35:34] possible without that office
[4:35:35] putting that together and
[4:35:36] coordinating that I know that
[4:35:38] there's funding is limited so I
[4:35:39] would recommend cutting
[4:35:39] the proposed block funding
[4:35:43] that's going there.
[4:35:44] We've seen that only harming
[4:35:44] our communities.
[4:35:45] We wanted to ensure that we can
[4:35:48] distribute the money from there
[4:35:48] to the youth instead.
[4:35:52] Thank you.
[4:35:53] >> Okay We are grateful for
[4:35:58] the restoration and to parks
[4:35:58] that my colleague Paloma
[4:35:59] already mentioned but we are
[4:36:03] also still disappointed and sad
[4:36:03] by the remaining cuts to
[4:36:06] the Parks Department
[4:36:07] specifically three positions
[4:36:08] which are to park designers
[4:36:10] which each cost 170,000 per
[4:36:11] position with overhead and
[4:36:15] the assistant deputy director
[4:36:16] Parks infrastructure and assets
[4:36:17] 220 k per year The park
[4:36:21] designers are part of the asset
[4:36:21] management team led by Deputy
[4:36:25] Director Michelle Obama, Sean
[4:36:25] They play a vital role in
[4:36:26] the delivery of minor capital
[4:36:30] projects in-house design in
[4:36:30] project completion in a shorter
[4:36:31] amount of time and less cost by
[4:36:34] eliminate these positions you
[4:36:35] are effectively outsourcing
[4:36:39] their jobs to consult and
[4:36:40] contracts which are
[4:36:41] significantly more expensive
[4:36:44] and take much longer.
[4:36:45] For example on Wall Street Park
[4:36:48] Playground Improvement 95 k
[4:36:49] Parks and Rec cost in lieu of
[4:36:52] acp Playground improvement cost
[4:36:53] of 3 million ib scripts
[4:36:56] Sidewalk widening 290 k Parks
[4:36:57] and rec costs in lieu of acp
[4:36:59] estimated cost of 3.2 million
[4:37:00] The Parks Asset Management team
[4:37:04] works so effectively with
[4:37:04] the community and nonprofits
[4:37:05] that they produce high quality
[4:37:10] park designs in do it as a
[4:37:11] front at a fraction of the cost
[4:37:11] that acp does it That's how we
[4:37:14] got Henwood Park done for
[4:37:18] the first two years This team
[4:37:18] oversees 1.2 billion worth of
[4:37:19] capital projects with the acp
[4:37:23] Department in over 30 million
[4:37:23] of privately delivered parks
[4:37:27] and amenities.
[4:37:28] They also manage and oversee
[4:37:32] 134 million grant funds outside
[4:37:33] funding coming into the city
[4:37:37] for Parks and Rec The moment
[4:37:38] you approved this budget today
[4:37:38] you just made repairs more
[4:37:42] expensive on less.
[4:37:42] Unless you restore these
[4:37:46] positions I ask you to at least
[4:37:47] restore the Deputy director to
[4:37:48] keep the asset management team
[4:37:51] operational.
[4:37:52] Please pick up your pen so that
[4:37:53] you can write this down and add
[4:37:57] it to the budget 220 k to
[4:37:57] restore the Assistant Deputy
[4:38:01] Director of Parks
[4:38:02] Infrastructure and Assets Can
[4:38:03] you do this for our youth in
[4:38:03] our parks?
[4:38:08] Thank you.
[4:38:09] I don't have a script or notes
[4:38:14] so I'm just going um this
[4:38:14] the first time I heard about
[4:38:15] these cameras which is where
[4:38:19] because they're going to record
[4:38:20] every single every single
[4:38:24] citizen's of San Diego or
[4:38:28] wherever and we should every
[4:38:33] single one of us should know
[4:38:36] that we are being recorded and
[4:38:37] every single one of us should
[4:38:42] know that we there are votes
[4:38:42] going without us knowing
[4:38:47] because we are a member of this
[4:38:48] community and we deserve to
[4:38:52] know and it should be
[4:38:53] everywhere.
[4:38:53] Everyone should have.
[4:38:57] These are information.
[4:38:58] It should be on billboards.
[4:39:02] People should if they know
[4:39:02] there would be lines and lines
[4:39:06] and lines of people go in here
[4:39:08] And that's all I have for you.
[4:39:14] >> Happy Friday.
[4:39:14] Thank you.
[4:39:15] Thank you.
[4:39:16] Kaley Flores, if you can please
[4:39:19] come forward to
[4:39:19] the microphones.
[4:39:20] >> After that we'll have Ashley
[4:39:25] Leyva and a Ramos Noah, Jenny
[4:39:29] Faulkner, Patricia Mondragon
[4:39:29] And instead of available you
[4:39:30] can all please come up to
[4:39:33] the yellow reserved seats.
[4:39:34] >> Kaley, please proceed.
[4:39:35] Hello council members.
[4:39:38] My name is Katie Flores and I'm
[4:39:39] here with Ace and the Community
[4:39:39] Budget Lions.
[4:39:42] So firstly thank you for
[4:39:43] starting to show support
[4:39:43] towards the youth of San Diego
[4:39:47] by starting the restoration of
[4:39:48] the parks and starting the fund
[4:39:51] the youth and arts But I'm also
[4:39:52] here to plead with you all to
[4:39:52] do more.
[4:39:53] Not only should San Diego be
[4:39:56] focusing more on funding our
[4:39:57] youth, giving them resources
[4:39:58] and opportunities to grow but
[4:40:01] that includes providing funding
[4:40:01] towards places where they can
[4:40:02] feel safe Libraries, community
[4:40:06] resource centers Majority of
[4:40:06] the proposed budget is
[4:40:11] allocated to public safety or I
[4:40:12] should say a version of public
[4:40:12] safety.
[4:40:16] Definitely not my version
[4:40:16] because my version of public
[4:40:17] safety is being able to walk
[4:40:21] the streets without fear of ice
[4:40:21] attacks to the people in our
[4:40:22] communities.
[4:40:22] The data tracking the mass
[4:40:26] surveillance and stalking I'm
[4:40:27] pleading with you to cancel
[4:40:30] your contract with Block
[4:40:31] allocate those funds and
[4:40:31] resources to the youth instead.
[4:40:34] Thank you.
[4:40:39] >> Ashley Leyva.
[4:40:40] >> Good afternoon City Council
[4:40:41] members.
[4:40:44] My name is Ashley Labor and I
[4:40:45] live in District eight.
[4:40:46] I am a member of ace and a
[4:40:46] member of the Community Budget
[4:40:49] Alliance.
[4:40:50] I am here as a concerned
[4:40:50] community member and educator.
[4:40:54] The arts It's incredibly,
[4:40:55] incredibly important to me and
[4:40:56] many other committee members
[4:40:59] because of the immense positive
[4:40:59] impact it has on
[4:41:00] the development of children.
[4:41:04] I don't oh I know I don't have
[4:41:08] to explain the benefits that
[4:41:09] the arts and other youth
[4:41:09] programs have in a community
[4:41:13] but the disadvantage of block
[4:41:14] and the flawed police
[4:41:14] department present presence is
[4:41:18] concerning especially when
[4:41:19] the already target art
[4:41:19] disenfranchized youth and
[4:41:23] communities funding floc will
[4:41:23] be a failure on your part.
[4:41:25] I urge you to not fund floc and
[4:41:28] instead invest in
[4:41:28] the well-being and future of
[4:41:29] our children and communities.
[4:41:31] Thank you.
[4:41:36] And I'm Ramos.
[4:41:37] >> Hello council members.
[4:41:38] My name is and Ramos.
[4:41:41] I'm a community organizer with
[4:41:42] a's and a member of
[4:41:46] the Committee on Budget Lines.
[4:41:47] I want to start off by thanking
[4:41:47] you for restoring the funding
[4:41:50] for arts and culture like
[4:41:51] genuinely these are the city
[4:41:52] resources actually keep our
[4:41:55] community safe because it
[4:41:56] allows for people to build a
[4:41:57] genuine sense of community with
[4:42:00] each other instead of fostering
[4:42:01] a growing isolation and hate
[4:42:02] that leads to the violence
[4:42:02] around us.
[4:42:06] But it is the bare minimum And
[4:42:07] what we also need is to cancel
[4:42:08] the contract with the block
[4:42:11] This company has already
[4:42:11] violated public trust by
[4:42:12] sharing our private data so why
[4:42:15] should we keep throwing away
[4:42:16] millions of tax dollars to fund
[4:42:16] a violent mass surveillance
[4:42:20] technology that targets working
[4:42:21] class people?
[4:42:21] >> And also this budget deficit
[4:42:25] will continue until we hold
[4:42:26] corporations like Flagg
[4:42:27] accountable who are profiting
[4:42:30] and weaponizing their
[4:42:30] technology against us and
[4:42:31] corporations like core civic
[4:42:32] accountable who keep
[4:42:35] dehumanized immigrants and are
[4:42:35] continually allowed to profit
[4:42:36] off of violence and
[4:42:39] exploitations of human beings.
[4:42:39] >> Thank you.
[4:42:40] Thank you.
[4:42:44] No Hayek.
[4:42:45] >> Good afternoon Council
[4:42:45] members.
[4:42:49] My name is No I'm a researcher
[4:42:50] with the Center on Policy
[4:42:50] Initiatives and a member of
[4:42:51] the Community Budget Alliance.
[4:42:54] How many stories does it take
[4:42:55] for you to see, listen and
[4:42:58] value someone?
[4:42:59] Hundreds of San Diegans have
[4:43:00] told you their stories this
[4:43:00] year sometimes about the joy
[4:43:03] they find through parks,
[4:43:04] libraries and arts sometimes
[4:43:05] about the challenges they face
[4:43:07] as young people in this city
[4:43:08] with dwindling support
[4:43:09] sometimes about the sorrow and
[4:43:12] anxiety of flooding every time
[4:43:13] it rains always about what they
[4:43:17] need from this city to thrive.
[4:43:18] Our communities have made it
[4:43:18] clear that more criminalization
[4:43:22] and surveillance do not keep us
[4:43:22] safe or help us thrive.
[4:43:23] What I'm asking you to do is
[4:43:23] your job.
[4:43:27] Listen to San Diegans not to
[4:43:28] corporations money or your next
[4:43:28] political ambition.
[4:43:32] Listen to San Diegans.
[4:43:32] Value our experiences and
[4:43:33] invest in us.
[4:43:36] Cancel the contract fund Youth
[4:43:37] Success Libraries, Parks and
[4:43:38] Rec the stormwater department
[4:43:41] and install the pedestrian
[4:43:42] beacon near Rosa Parks
[4:43:42] Elementary.
[4:43:43] >> San Diegans have told you
[4:43:44] what they need to thrive.
[4:43:47] Now show us you've been
[4:43:47] listening.
[4:43:48] >> Thank you, Jenny Co-Founder
[4:43:52] Jenny you have time ceded to
[4:43:53] you by Chris Kennison If you
[4:43:54] can please raise his hand as
[4:43:58] well as it's my order.
[4:43:58] Thank you.
[4:43:59] You'll have three minutes.
[4:44:03] Please proceed when ready.
[4:44:04] How come I met you too?
[4:44:05] Anyway, I am Janika Addie for
[4:44:07] resident with a lie in San
[4:44:08] Diego and a member of
[4:44:08] the Community Budget Alliance.
[4:44:11] We all know San Diego is prone
[4:44:12] to floods especially in black,
[4:44:12] brown and low income
[4:44:13] communities.
[4:44:15] We did the work to prove our
[4:44:16] communities are asking for
[4:44:17] prevention of any future
[4:44:17] disasters.
[4:44:20] We stand here more than two
[4:44:20] years later on the fence about
[4:44:21] about providing preventative
[4:44:25] funding in communities we have
[4:44:26] seen historically underfunded,
[4:44:30] undervalued and overpoliced.
[4:44:31] What are we saying to
[4:44:31] communities that had to swim
[4:44:35] through sewage to rescue their
[4:44:35] neighbors And after the city
[4:44:40] had been warned numerous times
[4:44:41] and those those warnings were
[4:44:41] ignored?
[4:44:42] The warnings came from
[4:44:44] the storm water department,
[4:44:45] the aba and many other city
[4:44:46] officials is cutting stormwater
[4:44:49] funding how you honor and
[4:44:50] uplift human dignity of those
[4:44:54] flood survivors.
[4:44:55] We cannot continue to run
[4:44:55] the city as we have.
[4:44:58] Council members It's your most
[4:44:59] important job is to listen to
[4:44:59] your constituents.
[4:45:03] Only four of you have heard our
[4:45:04] calls and have finally stood
[4:45:04] with us.
[4:45:05] Thank you.
[4:45:08] Ella Rivera, Foster Lee and
[4:45:09] Moreno for calling out what has
[4:45:13] been in front of us for so
[4:45:13] long.
[4:45:16] We are wasting $2 million
[4:45:17] annually to fuel ineffective
[4:45:18] and overpriced technology that
[4:45:22] solves less than 1% of crimes.
[4:45:22] Instead of thinking through
[4:45:26] real solutions that will bring
[4:45:27] back resources and trust into
[4:45:27] our communities to the rest of
[4:45:32] you especially those of you who
[4:45:35] are running for other seats and
[4:45:36] that are up for reelection We
[4:45:37] remember we will remember this
[4:45:41] when we go to vote.
[4:45:41] Instead of funding rec centers,
[4:45:42] libraries and parks, you have
[4:45:43] sat through hours of public
[4:45:45] comment and ignored us.
[4:45:46] You have an opportunity today
[4:45:47] to do the right thing.
[4:45:50] We are living through history
[4:45:51] and the city of San Diego has
[4:45:52] the opportunity to take
[4:45:52] the lead in the state of
[4:45:55] California and the rest of
[4:45:55] the country.
[4:45:56] Today you can follow the aba's
[4:45:57] recommendations to reject
[4:46:00] surveillance dollars in our
[4:46:01] city budget and say no to
[4:46:01] the big corporations that are
[4:46:02] targeting our communities and
[4:46:05] further damaging our city.
[4:46:05] We need bold ideas and real
[4:46:10] investments in our people, not
[4:46:10] punishment.
[4:46:11] Please act now and uplift
[4:46:11] the people's budget and modify
[4:46:13] the budget to reflect
[4:46:14] the people's true needs.
[4:46:18] And with that we will again do
[4:46:19] a moment of silence for
[4:47:05] the flood survivors
[4:47:05] .
[4:47:10] >> Patricia Madrigal.
[4:47:11] >> After Patricia will be in
[4:47:15] Cervello Beth Givens.
[4:47:16] Claire Snyder.
[4:47:20] Juan Cordero.
[4:47:21] Cristina Garibay Taylor.
[4:47:21] Maria Lorena Garcia.
[4:47:26] Franco de Mayo.
[4:47:27] And Ian Embry.
[4:47:30] If you can all please come up
[4:47:31] to the front row now Patricia
[4:47:32] you have time ceded to you by
[4:47:35] Olivia Castillo.
[4:47:35] >> Thank you.
[4:47:36] You'll have two minutes.
[4:47:36] Please proceed.
[4:47:37] Good afternoon.
[4:47:40] Council members Patricia
[4:47:40] Mondragon with Alliance San
[4:47:41] Diego, a member of
[4:47:44] the Community Budget Alliance
[4:47:45] Trustee Coalition and the San
[4:47:46] Diego Immigrant Rights
[4:47:46] Consortium.
[4:47:50] We are our District three
[4:47:50] residents.
[4:47:51] As you finalize this budget, we
[4:47:54] urge you to invest in
[4:47:55] the programs that protect human
[4:47:56] rights and make our communities
[4:47:56] stronger.
[4:48:00] San Diego and have been clear
[4:48:00] about what creates safety
[4:48:03] stable housing, youth programs
[4:48:04] ,libraries, arts and cultural
[4:48:05] services, homelessness
[4:48:09] prevention and infrastructure
[4:48:09] that protects families from
[4:48:10] flooding and climate disasters.
[4:48:14] Yet this budget underfund many
[4:48:15] of those priorities while
[4:48:15] continuing to invest in
[4:48:18] policing and surveillance
[4:48:19] technologies like Floc Alper.
[4:48:23] >> Just a few minutes ago
[4:48:27] Congress voted to add $70
[4:48:27] billion for ice and Border
[4:48:28] Patrol.
[4:48:33] All of you expressed anger
[4:48:34] after the Denver for cat ice
[4:48:34] raid.
[4:48:37] Today you can do something
[4:48:38] about it by ending the pilot
[4:48:38] contract.
[4:48:42] >> We ask you to to to reject
[4:48:42] the false choice between public
[4:48:46] safety and community
[4:48:47] investment.
[4:48:47] Real safety comes from
[4:48:48] preventing homelessness,
[4:48:51] supporting young people,
[4:48:52] keeping families housed and
[4:48:53] ensuring neighborhoods have
[4:48:53] the infrastructure they need to
[4:48:56] withstand future disasters.
[4:48:57] >> That means restoring funding
[4:49:02] for community service and
[4:49:02] the full $100 million for
[4:49:07] stormwater infrastructure.
[4:49:08] >> I want to end by saying my
[4:49:12] niece is here with me today.
[4:49:12] >> She's a rising sophomore in
[4:49:13] high school at Senior Unified
[4:49:14] School District.
[4:49:17] This is her first city council
[4:49:17] meeting.
[4:49:18] She's not ready to speak yet
[4:49:21] but she's watching.
[4:49:22] She's watching to see what her
[4:49:26] future is.
[4:49:27] She's watching you guys to see
[4:49:28] if you're going to invest in
[4:49:31] her future or in more
[4:49:31] surveillance.
[4:49:32] I hope you choose people over
[4:49:35] technology communities over
[4:49:36] monitoring and adopt about a
[4:49:37] budget that gives the next
[4:49:40] generation a city where they
[4:49:40] can thrive.
[4:49:41] Thank you for that concluding
[4:49:44] comment and Cervello.
[4:49:49] >> Good afternoon everyone.
[4:49:50] My name is Ian Sidwell.
[4:49:51] I am a member of the Asia
[4:49:54] Pacific American Labor Alliance
[4:49:55] and I'm also the chairperson of
[4:49:55] the San Diego Immigrant Rights
[4:49:56] Consortium.
[4:50:00] I am a practicing immigration
[4:50:00] attorney that defends many of
[4:50:01] our community members from
[4:50:05] deportation every day I
[4:50:05] interact with immigrant
[4:50:06] families who are suffering from
[4:50:09] this cruel mass deportation
[4:50:10] policies of this administration
[4:50:11] For over a year now the racist
[4:50:15] Trump administration has
[4:50:15] violently separated families,
[4:50:16] kidnaped community members
[4:50:19] surveilled and racially
[4:50:20] profiled black and brown
[4:50:21] communities, denied due process
[4:50:24] and violated human rights of
[4:50:25] our community members.
[4:50:25] Now while the federal
[4:50:29] government is intending to
[4:50:30] intensify its attack of our
[4:50:31] communities, is the city of San
[4:50:35] Diego going to give them more
[4:50:35] tools to conduct mass
[4:50:39] surveillance on us in the city
[4:50:40] of San Diego willing to be
[4:50:40] complicit in these attacks
[4:50:44] against communities of color?
[4:50:44] You have a choice and I implore
[4:50:45] you to invest in our
[4:50:45] communities.
[4:50:47] Thank you so much.
[4:50:47] >> Thank you.
[4:50:57] Beth Givens.
[4:50:57] >> Yeah.
[4:50:58] I urge you to cancel the flock
[4:51:02] Ale pr contract to nearly 70
[4:51:02] cities have done so including
[4:51:06] seven in California primarily
[4:51:07] for violating city data sharing
[4:51:08] rules, inaccurate data and
[4:51:11] residents objections to
[4:51:12] warrantless surveillance.
[4:51:16] A San Diego man was wrongfully
[4:51:17] jailed for several weeks for a
[4:51:17] violent crime he did not commit
[4:51:21] because of erroneous data he's
[4:51:22] likely to sue.
[4:51:22] Such errors have occurred
[4:51:26] elsewhere across the nation.
[4:51:27] Further, the police department
[4:51:27] kept one here captain here who
[4:51:31] pushed hard for flock was hired
[4:51:31] by flock upon retirement.
[4:51:36] That is shady to say the least.
[4:51:37] Flux technology is flawed and
[4:51:40] its leadership has thumbed its
[4:51:41] nose at city's rules by sharing
[4:51:44] data with federal law
[4:51:45] enforcement in violation of
[4:51:45] local laws.
[4:51:50] The fbi is now seeking real
[4:51:50] time access to Alper data
[4:51:54] nationwide According to recent
[4:51:55] news reports.
[4:51:55] The money spent on Floc 2
[4:51:56] million a year could well be
[4:51:59] allocated elsewhere.
[4:52:00] >> Libraries.
[4:52:00] Rec centers.
[4:52:01] Thank you.
[4:52:01] Thank you.
[4:52:02] Including sentence we have
[4:52:04] clear Snyder.
[4:52:05] Next is a group that will be
[4:52:09] sharing time but if they can
[4:52:10] please raise their hand even if
[4:52:11] they will be speaking so that I
[4:52:12] can put that time on the clock
[4:52:15] and I understand you have a
[4:52:15] PowerPoint as well.
[4:52:16] Claire Snyder Liliana So Diana,
[4:52:18] please raise your hand.
[4:52:19] >> Alex Castillo Please raise
[4:52:23] your hand.
[4:52:24] >> We are going to la To la.
[4:52:28] Please raise your hand.
[4:52:28] C.J. Mendoza Please raise your
[4:52:29] hand.
[4:52:33] Olivia Davis, Tristan Carmen
[4:52:38] and Christian accent.
[4:52:38] Thank you.
[4:52:39] You'll have nine minutes.
[4:52:41] Please proceed.
[4:52:42] Hello.
[4:52:42] Budget Review Committee and
[4:52:43] counsel continuously During
[4:52:47] these past few months you have
[4:52:48] heard from each of us on
[4:52:48] the importance and on
[4:52:51] the importance of investing in
[4:52:52] youth through Aussie whilst at
[4:52:53] youth level We believe that
[4:52:53] every young person should have
[4:52:56] everything that they need to be
[4:52:57] happy, healthy and reach their
[4:52:57] full potential.
[4:53:00] One way of ensuring that vision
[4:53:00] is by having committed staff at
[4:53:04] the city of San Diego dedicated
[4:53:05] to driving critical investments
[4:53:09] in child care accessibility,
[4:53:09] youth leadership and family
[4:53:10] support systems.
[4:53:10] Everything mentioned above is
[4:53:14] what Aussie Wales accomplishes
[4:53:15] and more as outlined in its
[4:53:15] specific goals in the Child and
[4:53:19] Youth Plan which was recently
[4:53:20] unanimously adopted by council
[4:53:20] last year.
[4:53:24] Aussie Why I got pushed into
[4:53:25] the library department to save
[4:53:28] money while also stripping away
[4:53:29] its autonomy to actually have
[4:53:29] effective interdepartmental
[4:53:33] communication and
[4:53:34] collaborations that persist.
[4:53:35] Positionality this year
[4:53:38] translated into a hasty
[4:53:39] decision at the Mayor's office
[4:53:40] office which was eliminating
[4:53:43] Ozawa as completely.
[4:53:44] Currently we know six council
[4:53:44] members support
[4:53:49] the preservation of Aussie
[4:53:50] wires and we thank you for it
[4:53:51] because today's fight is ensure
[4:53:53] that the office doesn't
[4:53:53] disappear.
[4:53:54] Children and youth should also
[4:53:54] be a commitment for
[4:53:56] the remaining council members
[4:54:01] and I'll pass it over to Claire
[4:54:01] .
[4:54:02] >> Last week the Office of
[4:54:02] Child.
[4:54:02] Sorry.
[4:54:06] Next slide please.
[4:54:07] >> Last week the Office of
[4:54:08] Child and Youth success proved
[4:54:08] exactly why they are vital to
[4:54:09] our city.
[4:54:11] They hosted the first citywide
[4:54:12] Youth Summit above Balboa Park
[4:54:16] bringing together over 200
[4:54:17] young people and dozens of
[4:54:17] community partners including us
[4:54:18] youth.
[4:54:21] Well our time to act The lgbt
[4:54:22] Center Reality Changers San
[4:54:22] Diego Public Library and San
[4:54:25] Diego promise known as Core
[4:54:26] Planning Partners.
[4:54:26] Next slide please.
[4:54:30] This wasn't just another event.
[4:54:31] It was entirely youth centered
[4:54:32] and had youth at the forefront
[4:54:35] of planning and execution.
[4:54:36] Featuring youth led workshops
[4:54:37] rooted in the city's Child and
[4:54:38] Youth plan and art activities
[4:54:41] facilitated by the San Diego
[4:54:42] Creative Youth Development
[4:54:42] Network.
[4:54:43] O.C. Is something rare and
[4:54:45] essential.
[4:54:46] They broke down silos and
[4:54:46] convened a massive diverse
[4:54:47] coalition across multiple
[4:54:51] sectors to lift up our young
[4:54:51] people.
[4:54:52] Next slide please.
[4:54:56] This is exactly what O.C. Weiss
[4:54:57] was created to do and it's what
[4:54:57] they do best.
[4:55:01] We need them funded, supported
[4:55:01] and sustained so they can
[4:55:02] continue doing this crucial
[4:55:05] work alongside and for San
[4:55:06] Diego's youth.
[4:55:06] This is what we're talking
[4:55:07] about when we're talking about
[4:55:11] community safety.
[4:55:11] >> We're not talking about
[4:55:12] the alba.
[4:55:12] We're talking about this youth
[4:55:15] joy youth resource is.
[4:55:16] >> And I'll pass it to Alex to
[4:55:17] talk more about her experience
[4:55:24] at the youth summit.
[4:55:25] >> All right.
[4:55:26] Good afternoon, council
[4:55:26] members.
[4:55:29] My name is Alex Castillo.
[4:55:30] I'm a District eight
[4:55:30] constituent here.
[4:55:35] Last week I was very fortunate
[4:55:35] to attend the O.C. Youth
[4:55:36] Council an event filled with
[4:55:39] activity booths free
[4:55:40] professional headshots,
[4:55:40] resource tables, breakout rooms
[4:55:44] and of course the opportunity
[4:55:45] to connect with potential
[4:55:49] employers and connect with
[4:55:49] fellow youth.
[4:55:50] I went with my sister last week
[4:55:51] and we both came out better
[4:55:51] than when we came in.
[4:55:54] My sister who has been away
[4:55:55] from home for four years going
[4:55:58] to college came back and
[4:55:59] learned about resources old and
[4:56:03] new such as internships with
[4:56:04] the sd Parks and Rec department
[4:56:05] and support from organizations
[4:56:08] such as Saluda.
[4:56:09] She feels especially confident
[4:56:10] after the networking
[4:56:10] opportunities she had with
[4:56:13] the teen clinic as she is
[4:56:14] looking for research
[4:56:15] opportunities as a psych grad.
[4:56:18] >> I mean I was very content to
[4:56:19] connect with folks my age
[4:56:23] access resources and I'm very
[4:56:24] happy that I won a raffle to
[4:56:27] the San Diego Plunge Pool and
[4:56:28] the Youth Summit was such a
[4:56:28] great event.
[4:56:29] And it could have been
[4:56:29] the last.
[4:56:33] So don't get me wrong we're
[4:56:34] very grateful for the support
[4:56:37] but we need to keep supporting
[4:56:37] .
[4:56:38] >> Okay, So can we have
[4:56:38] the next slide please?
[4:56:42] One more.
[4:56:43] >> One more please.
[4:56:46] And thank you Alex for sharing
[4:56:47] your story.
[4:56:48] Without this office we can't
[4:56:51] support young people like Alex
[4:56:52] .
[4:56:52] But on this last slide we did
[4:56:53] want to highlight the partners
[4:56:57] across different organized
[4:56:57] groups that stood with us to
[4:56:58] support the Office of Child
[4:56:59] Abuse Success That includes
[4:57:01] community based organizations,
[4:57:02] service providers, labor and
[4:57:02] education groups.
[4:57:06] We need a fully functioning
[4:57:07] autonomous office that is also
[4:57:07] fully funded.
[4:57:11] Next year we will have to come
[4:57:11] back and continue the fight.
[4:57:12] If City little leadership is
[4:57:15] unable to figure out how this
[4:57:16] office can be sustained.
[4:57:17] Throughout these past few
[4:57:20] months of community engagement
[4:57:21] in this budget cycle we have
[4:57:21] also suggested the cancellation
[4:57:25] of the you because contract
[4:57:26] which is $2 million that money
[4:57:27] would be better spent directly
[4:57:31] into the community instead of
[4:57:31] going into the pockets of a
[4:57:32] wealthy corporation or see why
[4:57:36] this is non-negotiable viable.
[4:57:36] There is no city department or
[4:57:37] program that supports youth
[4:57:37] the same way.
[4:57:41] This office aims to I as a
[4:57:42] Iliana Soriano want to be clear
[4:57:45] that when Mayor Todd Gloria
[4:57:46] tries to justify making this
[4:57:46] cut because we have a state
[4:57:50] funded program that is
[4:57:50] literally not the same we
[4:57:51] cannot compare compare apples
[4:57:55] and oranges especially because
[4:57:56] the employee in and power
[4:57:57] program that I went to mainly
[4:58:00] exposes careers in public
[4:58:01] service and is limited to youth
[4:58:04] who are required to be enrolled
[4:58:05] in academic or technical
[4:58:05] school.
[4:58:06] Osiris on the other hand, is
[4:58:09] committed to our youth
[4:58:09] specifically vulnerable
[4:58:10] populations such as opportunity
[4:58:14] youth who are both disconnected
[4:58:15] from education and workforce
[4:58:19] opportunity should be for all.
[4:58:19] Likewise, if the Council
[4:58:20] adopted the and supported a
[4:58:24] plan to support children and
[4:58:24] youth then today must you must
[4:58:28] put that symbolic gesture into
[4:58:28] action and ensure that
[4:58:29] investments in youth are
[4:58:31] permanent by funding the office
[4:58:32] of child and you success.
[4:58:36] Thank you.
[4:58:36] We're done.
[4:58:41] Thank you so much.
[4:58:42] If I can have one Cordero,
[4:58:42] please come forward.
[4:58:43] Juan, I know you have a
[4:58:47] PowerPoint as well and you have
[4:58:47] people seating you time they
[4:58:48] can please raise their hand.
[4:58:51] Cristina Garibay Taylor is on
[4:58:53] speaker.
[4:58:54] I'm on speaker Speaker He is
[4:58:58] sitting.
[4:58:59] We're in the same group.
[4:59:03] Okay.
[4:59:04] >> But you guys will all be
[4:59:04] sharing time together.
[4:59:08] Uh, so you'll have three
[4:59:08] minutes on the clock and you
[4:59:11] guys can speak or else I give
[4:59:12] you one minute each and
[4:59:12] the thing will ding and then
[4:59:16] the next speaker comes up.
[4:59:17] >> So that's better.
[4:59:17] But if we can Well no, no, no.
[4:59:18] Let's keep it separate.
[4:59:21] Okay.
[4:59:21] So Juan Cordero, will you need
[4:59:22] the PowerPoint?
[4:59:24] Okay, We'll put the PowerPoint
[4:59:25] up.
[4:59:26] You'll have your minute and it
[4:59:39] will ding.
[4:59:40] Oh, I think there's these paper
[4:59:41] clips kind of start clipping
[4:59:41] together And so that's what
[4:59:44] happened.
[4:59:44] My apologies, but when there's
[4:59:48] your PowerPoint, please
[4:59:48] proceed.
[4:59:49] >> I'm here regarding
[4:59:52] the Granger and Obi Street
[4:59:53] conditions I have pictures
[4:59:57] slides to share.
[4:59:58] They're just going to continue
[4:59:58] running.
[4:59:59] My mother lives in Granger
[5:00:03] Street for over 40 years.
[5:00:03] She's 92 years old.
[5:00:07] I used to live there and i
[5:00:08] still take physical care of my
[5:00:08] mother.
[5:00:13] Exercise is important for her
[5:00:13] health.
[5:00:14] She has a walker and tries to
[5:00:14] walk.
[5:00:18] There are no sidewalks and
[5:00:19] the unevenness of the street
[5:00:19] because of the potholes.
[5:00:23] It's difficult and could be
[5:00:23] hard for her.
[5:00:27] When I drove my mom with broken
[5:00:28] ribs trying to MISS
[5:00:32] The potholes was inedible.
[5:00:33] No matter how slow I drove
[5:00:34] the jog will cause pain to my
[5:00:37] mother.
[5:00:37] I know there are city
[5:00:38] governments tries to do their
[5:00:42] best with what they have by.
[5:00:43] But I also know of streets
[5:00:46] There are planned to be
[5:00:47] resurfaced.
[5:00:47] They are not as damage as our
[5:00:48] own streets.
[5:00:52] This is my way to bring
[5:00:52] attention to this.
[5:00:53] Thank you for that concluding
[5:00:53] comment.
[5:00:57] Christina And you have time to
[5:01:02] you by James Gale.
[5:01:03] There's no baby or no age
[5:01:07] limits here.
[5:01:07] >> You have two minutes.
[5:01:08] Please proceed.
[5:01:08] We'll get the next PowerPoint
[5:01:14] up Now.
[5:01:22] Thank you for your patience.
[5:01:23] There you go.
[5:01:27] Please proceed.
[5:01:28] My name is Christine Lagarde.
[5:01:29] Right.
[5:01:29] Taylor.
[5:01:32] I am here to request for
[5:01:33] resurfacing of the 1000 block
[5:01:34] Granger Street and 1400 Block
[5:01:34] Illinois Avenue.
[5:01:38] The presentation illustrates
[5:01:38] deteriorating conditions of
[5:01:39] these roads.
[5:01:42] Next slide.
[5:01:43] >> Here is the current list of
[5:01:44] upcoming city led street
[5:01:47] resurfacing and overlay
[5:01:48] projects for Southern San
[5:01:48] Diego.
[5:01:49] Granger and Ebola are not
[5:01:52] included.
[5:01:53] >> Next slide.
[5:01:53] Number three in this example
[5:01:57] Will House Drive is currently
[5:01:57] in good condition with a pcr
[5:02:01] score of 86 from its 2023
[5:02:01] evaluation.
[5:02:05] It received maintenance in 2018
[5:02:08] and it's scheduled for
[5:02:09] additional maintenance in 2027.
[5:02:09] Next slide.
[5:02:13] Look at Granger Street in 2016
[5:02:14] Granger Street received a score
[5:02:17] of eight placing it in failed
[5:02:18] category.
[5:02:21] By 2023 its high score had
[5:02:22] improved slightly to 17 which
[5:02:26] still falls within the serious
[5:02:26] condition range.
[5:02:27] City records indicate that
[5:02:30] Granger's last major
[5:02:30] maintenance was in 1990 1998 30
[5:02:31] years ago.
[5:02:35] These data points suggest that
[5:02:35] Granger has not been
[5:02:36] prioritized for roadway
[5:02:36] improvements.
[5:02:40] Granger is not currently
[5:02:40] scheduled for resurfacing in
[5:02:44] 2027 despite its poor condition
[5:02:44] .
[5:02:45] Slide six please.
[5:02:49] In the last 365 days zero
[5:02:50] reports were made for potholes
[5:02:55] along will house Drive while 15
[5:02:55] plus reports were submitted for
[5:02:56] Granger Street.
[5:03:00] Explain to me how is this
[5:03:00] possible?
[5:03:04] Whoever is making this
[5:03:04] decisions has demonstrated a
[5:03:05] remarkable level of
[5:03:09] incompetence.
[5:03:10] My neighbors and I attended
[5:03:10] various local community
[5:03:11] planning group meetings to
[5:03:14] raise awareness and ask for
[5:03:14] help.
[5:03:15] On MARCH 26th the board sent a
[5:03:18] formal letter to the mayor's
[5:03:19] office and Transportation
[5:03:19] Department.
[5:03:20] And no action has been taken.
[5:03:23] How is it possible that
[5:03:24] the Transportation Department
[5:03:25] will choose to prioritize a
[5:03:25] street like Wheelhouse Drive
[5:03:28] whose in great condition and
[5:03:29] which receives zero requests
[5:03:32] for street maintenance and has
[5:03:33] completely ignored Granger
[5:03:33] Street?
[5:03:36] >> Thank you.
[5:03:37] >> Thank you, Maria Lorena
[5:03:42] Garcia.
[5:03:43] I Lorena Garcia and I am a
[5:03:44] homeowner on Elbow Avenue.
[5:03:48] I'm here to act the city to
[5:03:48] pave our street during
[5:03:51] the heavy rain in 2021 our cul
[5:03:52] de sac flooded badly because
[5:03:56] our street is made up loose
[5:03:57] gravel and has many potholes.
[5:04:01] Dirt rock and debris wash down
[5:04:01] the street and clogged
[5:04:02] the sewer.
[5:04:02] The flooding was so severe that
[5:04:05] it looked like a river running
[5:04:06] through my property.
[5:04:06] Mud and rock ended up in my
[5:04:10] pool in my driveway causing
[5:04:11] damages and requiring extensive
[5:04:11] cleanup.
[5:04:15] We at a we pay our property
[5:04:16] taxes every year as we pay late
[5:04:20] we are charged penalty.
[5:04:21] We do our part at the taxpayer
[5:04:21] and we believe our neighborhood
[5:04:24] deserve basic infrastructure
[5:04:25] improvement including a
[5:04:30] properly properly paved street.
[5:04:30] >> Thank you.
[5:04:35] Thank you Franco Demayo.
[5:04:35] If I can have the following
[5:04:36] people please come up to
[5:04:39] the yellow reserved seats in
[5:04:39] Embry Aria Grossman Mark
[5:04:45] Frederick and Satomi or Jake e
[5:04:50] as making their Brock Corvet
[5:04:53] Melody core villain Joshua Dunn
[5:04:54] and Manuel Enriquez If you can
[5:04:55] all please come forward to
[5:04:55] the front row.
[5:04:58] You'll have one minute.
[5:04:59] >> Please proceed.
[5:05:00] We never voted for this as
[5:05:03] surveillance state.
[5:05:04] The people have a voice you
[5:05:04] best appreciate because Uncle
[5:05:05] Sam is a scam and he ain't even
[5:05:08] a man.
[5:05:09] You think we don't know what
[5:05:09] your plan is?
[5:05:10] Agenda 2030 is a no go so just
[5:05:14] chill.
[5:05:14] Y'all better back the people
[5:05:15] yolo for reals.
[5:05:15] Get the plaque out.
[5:05:18] Get the out.
[5:05:19] Get the out.
[5:05:19] Get the out.
[5:05:24] Get the out.
[5:05:27] Get the out Get the out Get
[5:05:28] the floor Count Get the out.
[5:05:33] Get the out.
[5:05:33] Get the out.
[5:05:34] Get the out.
[5:05:38] Creepy old men I will go south
[5:05:42] Turned into a peeping tom
[5:05:43] trying as fast as he can but he
[5:05:46] don't know right from wrong So
[5:05:47] we say Get the out Get the
[5:05:52] out Get the out and get the
[5:05:52] out Get the out.
[5:06:06] Get the out.
[5:06:07] >> Thank you for the musical
[5:06:07] reprieve And Embry, if you can
[5:06:14] please come forward in red.
[5:06:15] I did not bring my guitar but
[5:06:19] I'll still go back.
[5:06:19] Good afternoon, City Council.
[5:06:20] My name is Ian Henry and I'm
[5:06:21] the advocacy and community
[5:06:22] manager for the San Diego
[5:06:23] County Bicycle Coalition.
[5:06:24] I'm here today to urge you to
[5:06:25] pass a budget with funding for
[5:06:27] the multi-modal team.
[5:06:28] In the past this Council has
[5:06:29] embraced the mission of Safer
[5:06:29] Streets.
[5:06:33] You've adopted vision Zero
[5:06:33] Affirm Safety as the highest
[5:06:34] transportation related priority
[5:06:35] Pass the Complete Streets
[5:06:38] policy and approve the Climate
[5:06:38] Action Plan.
[5:06:39] Now we need you to fund
[5:06:40] the multimodal team.
[5:06:43] We will not achieve our Vision
[5:06:43] Zero and climate goals by
[5:06:44] treating traffic safety or
[5:06:44] something.
[5:06:48] We need million dollar sips or
[5:06:48] state funded grants to pursue.
[5:06:49] It must be interwoven into
[5:06:52] the regular work of
[5:06:53] the Transportation Department
[5:06:53] making improvements every time
[5:06:54] we touch a street.
[5:06:56] That is what the multimodal
[5:06:56] team does.
[5:06:57] Eliminating this team would be
[5:06:58] a mistake that would take years
[5:07:01] to recover from.
[5:07:02] With a tiny portion of armory
[5:07:03] funding we can enable this team
[5:07:05] to continue their work and
[5:07:06] making our streets safer and
[5:07:07] more livable.
[5:07:08] >> Thank you for your time Aria
[5:07:14] Grossman.
[5:07:14] >> Good afternoon.
[5:07:15] My name is Aria Grossman.
[5:07:19] I'm the policy manager at
[5:07:20] Circulate Planning and Policy
[5:07:20] and I'm here one final time to
[5:07:24] urge you to fund the multimodal
[5:07:24] team in the final budget.
[5:07:25] These positions that I'm asking
[5:07:28] you to retain are engineers
[5:07:29] dedicated to making our streets
[5:07:30] safer and preventing future
[5:07:30] crashes.
[5:07:33] If we want less traffic deaths
[5:07:34] we cannot continue to be a city
[5:07:34] of people that are only
[5:07:38] supportive of safety
[5:07:38] improvements when tragedy has
[5:07:39] already struck.
[5:07:40] We have to invest in
[5:07:43] preventative measures if we
[5:07:44] want to ensure that the ride to
[5:07:45] school or the walk to the bus
[5:07:45] stop is safe.
[5:07:48] That is what this team does and
[5:07:49] quite literally the cheapest
[5:07:52] and most efficient way possible
[5:07:53] .
[5:07:53] Thankfully we have the tools to
[5:07:54] preserve this core city
[5:07:55] function without touching
[5:07:57] the general fund.
[5:07:58] I urge all of you to support
[5:07:58] funding for the multimodal team
[5:08:02] using Armory dollars.
[5:08:02] Thank you again to
[5:08:03] Councilmembers Campo Whitburn
[5:08:04] and LaCava who have been
[5:08:07] repeatedly vocally supportive
[5:08:07] of this action.
[5:08:08] At the end of the day making
[5:08:11] sure our roads are safe for
[5:08:12] drivers, pedestrians and
[5:08:12] cyclists is a basic core
[5:08:13] responsibility of the city.
[5:08:17] And please maintain those core
[5:08:17] services.
[5:08:18] >> Thank you.
[5:08:18] Mark Frederick if you can
[5:08:21] please come forward.
[5:08:22] Thanks and good afternoon.
[5:08:22] I'm Mark Frederick.
[5:08:23] I'm the program manager for
[5:08:26] real estate dispositions for
[5:08:27] the city of San Diego at least
[5:08:27] for the next three weeks.
[5:08:31] I'm one of the program managers
[5:08:31] whose position is set to be cut
[5:08:32] from the f y 27 budget.
[5:08:35] I'm speaking today as a private
[5:08:36] citizen and I'm not here to try
[5:08:37] to save my job.
[5:08:38] However, I would like to put at
[5:08:41] least one face in name to
[5:08:41] the impending layoffs and offer
[5:08:42] a few thoughts on the impacts
[5:08:45] of the cuts.
[5:08:46] I've been the program manager
[5:08:47] for real estate dispositions
[5:08:47] for three years.
[5:08:50] I came to the city to help
[5:08:51] after working as a commercial
[5:08:52] real estate broker here in town
[5:08:52] for 20 years.
[5:08:55] My primary function at the city
[5:08:55] has been to negotiate and
[5:08:56] manage the sale of surplus city
[5:08:59] owned property in accordance
[5:09:00] with the State Surplus Land Act
[5:09:01] primarily for the development
[5:09:05] of Affordable housing and to
[5:09:05] provide new sources of income
[5:09:06] to help offset the city's
[5:09:09] budget shortfalls.
[5:09:10] This work will continue after I
[5:09:10] leave the city but I can tell
[5:09:11] you based on my experience that
[5:09:14] the quality, quantity and
[5:09:15] efficiency of these
[5:09:16] transactions will go down after
[5:09:19] my position is cut.
[5:09:20] Thank you for listening.
[5:09:20] It's been nice working with you
[5:09:24] and a pleasure serving the city
[5:09:24] .
[5:09:25] >> I sincerely wish you all
[5:09:25] good luck.
[5:09:26] Thank you for that concluding
[5:09:29] remark and setting me back and
[5:09:29] have the following individuals
[5:09:35] Please come up to the yellow
[5:09:35] reserved seats as Mike Quintero
[5:09:39] brought Cavite Melody Kavalan,
[5:09:40] Joshua Don Manuel and Riechers.
[5:09:41] It really helps if you come up
[5:09:45] to those yellow reserved seats.
[5:09:45] Please proceed.
[5:09:46] Hi my name is instead of Magic
[5:09:46] Estrada.
[5:09:48] Estrada with the San Diego
[5:09:49] Building and Construction
[5:09:49] Trades Council.
[5:09:50] Here today I ask you all to
[5:09:53] pull money out of flock.
[5:09:54] I only have a minute so keep it
[5:09:54] quick.
[5:09:55] We're out here pushing
[5:09:57] apprenticeships into
[5:09:57] communities.
[5:09:58] We do so because we understand
[5:09:59] that when folks have access to
[5:10:02] opportunity to jobs they will
[5:10:02] have better outcomes in their
[5:10:03] life.
[5:10:03] When we pull this money from a
[5:10:06] program that nobody has trust
[5:10:07] in and put it into something
[5:10:08] like the Office of Youth and
[5:10:11] Child Success.
[5:10:12] We know that we will all
[5:10:13] benefit from the outcomes of
[5:10:17] that cause symptom.
[5:10:17] Everybody wants to go after
[5:10:18] the symptoms because it's
[5:10:19] better in the in the headlines.
[5:10:21] It makes us all feel good but
[5:10:22] the causes is what we really
[5:10:22] need to tackle.
[5:10:26] And that's not what we're doing
[5:10:27] with this.
[5:10:27] So please pull this money out.
[5:10:28] Put it in the Office of Youth
[5:10:31] and Child Success and help us
[5:10:32] build some trust in our city.
[5:10:32] Thank you.
[5:10:45] As making federal how Council
[5:10:45] Members My name is Beryl and
[5:10:46] I'm a resident of the for you
[5:10:48] so Hi Steven I'm a community
[5:10:49] organizer in the community and
[5:10:49] a member of a community budget
[5:10:50] alliance.
[5:10:53] Austerity is a choice much like
[5:10:54] how the city has a choice and
[5:10:55] its last opportunity to uphold
[5:10:58] its values through our budget.
[5:10:58] I want to thank those of you
[5:10:59] who have already fought to
[5:11:03] restore cuts to the arts of us
[5:11:04] in our various tba priorities.
[5:11:05] But I also want to heed
[5:11:07] the warning that you have
[5:11:08] repeatedly heard from our
[5:11:08] constituencies.
[5:11:09] But the alpa contract does not
[5:11:13] work from them.
[5:11:13] I know you've heard from me
[5:11:14] mind Granny but they MAY like
[5:11:14] it.
[5:11:15] But frankly what we do know
[5:11:18] about Flock is that it was used
[5:11:19] to hunt down a woman in Texas
[5:11:20] who thought abortion care.
[5:11:22] But it's been used to hunt down
[5:11:22] migrants.
[5:11:23] And how much longer until it's
[5:11:24] used against us Against your
[5:11:27] and trans community who have
[5:11:28] already been labeled as
[5:11:29] domestic terrorists by our
[5:11:29] federal government, Save our
[5:11:32] Kids Fund our growth fund
[5:11:33] the city and keep it going.
[5:11:35] Thank you, Brooke.
[5:11:40] Please come forward.
[5:11:41] >> Good afternoon, City council
[5:11:42] members.
[5:11:46] My name is brought Cabinet.
[5:11:47] I am a resident of District six
[5:11:47] and work in District three.
[5:11:48] I urge you to approve
[5:11:51] the budget proposed today by
[5:11:52] the aba and commend the public
[5:11:53] private proposal announced last
[5:11:56] Friday by Council PRESIDENT Pro
[5:11:57] Tem Lee and Council Member
[5:11:57] Foster.
[5:11:58] This proposal is an important
[5:11:58] step toward ensuring the arts
[5:12:00] and culture organizations have
[5:12:01] the resources necessary to
[5:12:01] continue serving our
[5:12:02] communities and advancing their
[5:12:05] missions.
[5:12:06] Like many organizations San
[5:12:07] Diego Pride I work for San
[5:12:10] Diego Pride Happy Pride has
[5:12:11] already made difficult
[5:12:12] decisions to reduce programing
[5:12:12] in response to declining
[5:12:15] funding opportunities rising
[5:12:16] city costs for public safety
[5:12:16] and event permitting and
[5:12:17] increased security needs Amid a
[5:12:20] troubling rise in anti lgbt
[5:12:21] violence organizations should
[5:12:22] not be forced to cut community
[5:12:25] programing in order to afford
[5:12:26] the security needed to keep our
[5:12:26] community safe.
[5:12:27] The magnitude of the proposed
[5:12:30] budget before it was well
[5:12:31] beyond what most organizations
[5:12:32] could afford or planned for.
[5:12:35] In contrast to this alternative
[5:12:36] budget would restore funding to
[5:12:36] a level that allows orgs to
[5:12:37] adapt responsibly while
[5:12:40] continuing to serve the public.
[5:12:41] >> We urge you to restore these
[5:12:42] funds.
[5:12:46] Thank you, Melanie If you can
[5:12:47] please come forward.
[5:12:51] Melody Corella Okay.
[5:12:51] >> Thank you Joshua Done
[5:12:52] neither.
[5:12:56] Joshua You said I do have to
[5:12:57] say for the record making sure
[5:12:58] Manuel and Ricky's but I
[5:13:01] appreciate you're telling me.
[5:13:01] Hello.
[5:13:05] My name is on the case.
[5:13:06] I am with the Center on Policy
[5:13:06] Initiatives.
[5:13:07] I am born here and born and
[5:13:09] raised here in San Diego And
[5:13:10] growing up for myself I want to
[5:13:14] say that I've seen the city you
[5:13:15] know, change so much.
[5:13:16] One of the big things that for
[5:13:20] me has been great has been
[5:13:20] seeing youth programs flourish.
[5:13:21] You know, from the time when I
[5:13:25] was a child to now that I've
[5:13:25] been organizing in
[5:13:26] the community, we need more
[5:13:26] youth programs, more
[5:13:30] opportunities for leadership.
[5:13:30] We appreciate some of
[5:13:31] the restoration spending that
[5:13:32] have been done but I'm here to
[5:13:35] advocate that You know, I hope
[5:13:36] that you all as our
[5:13:37] representatives for San Diego
[5:13:37] and to do what's best for San
[5:13:40] Diegans and say hey, we don't
[5:13:41] need to prioritize cameras and
[5:13:46] machines over people over youth
[5:13:46] These are people who are losing
[5:13:51] their job youth who are losing
[5:13:51] opportunities.
[5:13:52] So I come here to, you know,
[5:13:55] advocate for you all to please
[5:13:56] represent us and say let's
[5:13:56] cancel the whole block contract
[5:14:00] and save $2 million and put
[5:14:00] that back into our communities.
[5:14:02] >> Thank you, Grace Professor
[5:14:09] Jimenez.
[5:14:10] After that will be Christian
[5:14:10] Fuentes, Jean Turgeon, if you
[5:14:13] can please come forward.
[5:14:14] >> Please proceed.
[5:14:14] How come?
[5:14:20] My name is Grace Victoria
[5:14:21] Rojas, M.A..
[5:14:22] My parents are c they aged and
[5:14:24] I am a member of cpi Center on
[5:14:25] Policy Initiatives as a student
[5:14:25] for economic justice and also
[5:14:29] as Alliance of Californians for
[5:14:29] Community Empowerment.
[5:14:30] >> I'm here to demand that we
[5:14:35] cancel Floc right here right
[5:14:38] now because 2 million of that
[5:14:39] needs to go to the community
[5:14:42] and you're telling us no
[5:14:43] because for safety.
[5:14:48] >> But Floc is funded by a
[5:14:49] billionaire and you're giving
[5:14:53] those funds to him and also
[5:14:54] he's Peter Thiel which is also
[5:14:54] a Zionist.
[5:14:59] >> Also on the Epstein files.
[5:14:59] So what are your values?
[5:15:00] Are you and the values of
[5:15:01] the billionaires?
[5:15:04] Are you in the values of
[5:15:04] the people?
[5:15:05] >> Because we don't feel that
[5:15:05] 50.
[5:15:06] And as a person you're talking
[5:15:09] about like crimes Well fund
[5:15:14] education fund things that will
[5:15:15] help the community not create
[5:15:15] crime.
[5:15:16] >> And I don't give my tax
[5:15:20] dollars for funding.
[5:15:21] Thank you for that concluding
[5:15:21] comment.
[5:15:22] Your time has concluded.
[5:15:25] Christian Fuentes, Christian
[5:15:25] Fuentes, are you here?
[5:15:33] Well, thank you.
[5:15:33] Well, hi everyone.
[5:15:38] Thank you so much for
[5:15:39] the opportunity to be here.
[5:15:40] I want I'm going to be very
[5:15:40] quick.
[5:15:41] I think something that is very
[5:15:43] important to me is the youth
[5:15:44] services.
[5:15:44] So if you could please, please,
[5:15:45] please prioritize Office of
[5:15:46] the Youth Services.
[5:15:49] Right now I know it's not a
[5:15:50] good time economically for
[5:15:52] people but I feel like you is
[5:15:53] one of them that has been hit
[5:15:53] the most especially
[5:15:54] unemployment especially for
[5:15:55] those that have graduated from
[5:15:58] college recently.
[5:15:58] It's very bad right now.
[5:15:59] So please consider funding
[5:16:04] the youth services And if you
[5:16:05] can remove the money from
[5:16:06] the youth services that will be
[5:16:06] held.
[5:16:08] >> I live in District eight so
[5:16:09] yeah.
[5:16:09] Thank you so much.
[5:16:15] Bye Jean.
[5:16:16] So tired that are you doing?
[5:16:20] Are you here not Daniel
[5:16:20] Cleveland Clinic?
[5:16:24] No that's about climbing Get
[5:16:24] Daniel Ellis.
[5:16:25] Dingman Grant Guthrie.
[5:16:29] Leonard Alberto Vera Maria
[5:16:35] Cortez.
[5:16:35] Isabel Kay.
[5:16:36] Please come up to the yellow
[5:16:40] reserved seats.
[5:16:41] >> John Brady.
[5:16:46] Jillian Quint or any of you
[5:16:46] Jean?
[5:16:51] >> No Jean Going once?
[5:16:57] No Jean Warren Joyce Daniel and
[5:16:58] maybe Daniel Caleb I am jt No
[5:17:07] Daniel left Dingman.
[5:17:08] Please come up to
[5:17:08] the microphone.
[5:17:09] You have people seating your
[5:17:12] time.
[5:17:13] Sasha LaVar, please raise your
[5:17:16] hand And Megan Day please raise
[5:17:17] your hand.
[5:17:23] No Megan Day We'll start with
[5:17:23] the two minutes of Megan Day is
[5:17:24] in the overflow.
[5:17:27] >> Please come in and raise
[5:17:28] your hand and I'll add that
[5:17:28] minute.
[5:17:29] You'll have two minutes for now
[5:17:33] please proceed.
[5:17:34] >> Hey, my name is Alice.
[5:17:38] I'm from District two.
[5:17:38] Now about a year ago my
[5:17:43] neighbor's car was entirely
[5:17:44] destroyed in a flood that could
[5:17:44] have been prevented.
[5:17:48] It did not happen because there
[5:17:49] was unexpected weather.
[5:17:50] It happened because the nearest
[5:17:54] storm drain was a block and a
[5:17:54] half away and completely
[5:18:00] overloaded That neighbor needed
[5:18:01] storm water front deck.
[5:18:05] >> There was a picture that I
[5:18:05] saw growing on the San Diego
[5:18:06] River bike path.
[5:18:07] Now for those who don't know a
[5:18:10] Decorah is a plant that is
[5:18:11] extremely poisonous including
[5:18:16] to touch the people who go on
[5:18:16] that path to walk.
[5:18:17] >> Need our parks funded so
[5:18:22] that could be removed.
[5:18:22] I got here by bus and by
[5:18:27] walking I did the multi-modal
[5:18:28] safety team that makes sure
[5:18:29] that I don't get hit by a car
[5:18:33] when I cross the street
[5:18:34] the police want to block.
[5:18:38] >> People here need so many
[5:18:39] things and none of them are
[5:18:44] cameras.
[5:18:45] We at the end of the day even
[5:18:46] putting aside all my personal
[5:18:51] concerns with what flock is a
[5:18:55] machine you are deciding
[5:18:56] whether to find a machine or
[5:18:57] whether to fund the people that
[5:19:05] live here and need your help.
[5:19:05] >> Thank you for your time.
[5:19:06] That's all you're done.
[5:19:12] Three letter Hello Honorable
[5:19:13] Council PRESIDENT Council
[5:19:18] Members Thank you for making
[5:19:19] street safety a priority this
[5:19:20] year through speed reductions
[5:19:24] and community plan updates.
[5:19:25] I've seen your commitment but I
[5:19:25] really can't understand how
[5:19:26] staff expects existing work to
[5:19:30] be completed by anyone except a
[5:19:31] fully funded multimodal team.
[5:19:31] Would this Council represent
[5:19:35] its constituents and function
[5:19:36] as intended with half or none
[5:19:37] of its members?
[5:19:41] I put a lot of effort into
[5:19:42] getting the College Area
[5:19:43] community plan passed with Safe
[5:19:47] Streets initiatives specific
[5:19:48] civically on managing the road
[5:19:49] a quarter of the I have nearly
[5:19:50] been hit on by cars multiple
[5:19:54] times and I don't see how I
[5:19:54] could feel safe on Montezuma
[5:19:55] without the work that
[5:19:56] the multimodal team does.
[5:19:59] Please use those armory funds
[5:19:59] and fully staffed multimodal
[5:20:00] team this year.
[5:20:04] Thank you Gilbert Olvera or
[5:20:10] Hill whatever.
[5:20:11] >> Thank you and good afternoon
[5:20:11] Council PRESIDENT Council
[5:20:16] Members My name is Gilbert.
[5:20:16] I'm with the Legal Aid
[5:20:17] Society's Inigo Legality is a
[5:20:18] recipe for the city's eviction
[5:20:18] prevention program which
[5:20:21] provides free legal services.
[5:20:21] Case management rental
[5:20:22] assistance to low income San
[5:20:23] Diego is to prevent
[5:20:27] homelessness.
[5:20:28] We understand the city's facing
[5:20:29] serious budget constraints and
[5:20:29] we're grateful for the mayor
[5:20:30] and Council for Investing in
[5:20:34] Homelessness Prevention.
[5:20:35] Ebv is one of cinema's most
[5:20:35] effective tools for preventing
[5:20:36] homelessness.
[5:20:38] From JULY 2024 through MARCH
[5:20:39] 26th, the program served nearly
[5:20:42] 40,000 households representing
[5:20:43] over 8000 residents while
[5:20:44] providing thousands of clinic
[5:20:44] services, hotline responses,
[5:20:48] referrals and outreach events
[5:20:49] in the city.
[5:20:49] Ebs Also smart fiscal
[5:20:50] investment an average one time
[5:20:54] cost per household of about
[5:20:55] $1,100 compared to the nearly
[5:20:55] $50,000 per year per
[5:20:56] chronically homeless person.
[5:21:01] It cost our government
[5:21:01] eviction, prevented evictions
[5:21:07] early avoids far greater deaths
[5:21:07] the cost of shelters,
[5:21:08] healthcare systems, emergency
[5:21:09] services and the courts.
[5:21:09] We urge County to maintain
[5:21:12] level ib funding and thank you
[5:21:13] for your time.
[5:21:13] >> Thank you.
[5:21:17] Maria Cortez.
[5:21:24] >> Hello my name is Maria
[5:21:24] Cortez.
[5:21:25] I'm a resident of City Heights
[5:21:30] and I am opposing you
[5:21:31] considering cutting cutting
[5:21:36] the parks and rec hours.
[5:21:37] I know, I know some of us have
[5:21:37] been saved but to consider
[5:21:43] cutting their cutting their
[5:21:43] hours is ridiculous because
[5:21:44] the kids in the youth and even
[5:21:48] the seniors we deserve a safe
[5:21:49] place to go to.
[5:21:50] We deserve to have somewhere
[5:21:54] somewhere to relax somewhere or
[5:21:55] to stay out of trouble
[5:21:56] especially for our youth and
[5:22:00] also defunding the police and
[5:22:01] the fire department.
[5:22:01] That's ridiculous because who's
[5:22:06] going to be there when to
[5:22:06] answer your call And there's
[5:22:07] nobody there.
[5:22:08] I know it ain't going to be
[5:22:12] Ghostbusters.
[5:22:12] So I'm saying don't defund
[5:22:13] the police, don't defend
[5:22:14] the fire department and also
[5:22:18] consider don't defund libraries
[5:22:25] and the park hours because this
[5:22:26] is what we need.
[5:22:26] >> Thank you for that.
[5:22:29] Isabel Kay.
[5:22:30] Hello, I'm City Council
[5:22:30] PRESIDENT LaCava.
[5:22:35] I reside in District one and I
[5:22:36] have to say that even in
[5:22:37] District one streets are in a
[5:22:42] terrible mess that La Hoya and
[5:22:43] the much needed commuter bike
[5:22:48] path up the Gilman Drive is
[5:22:48] still not completed and
[5:22:49] the stormwater and habitat
[5:22:54] restoration project at
[5:22:54] the Northern Wildlife Reserve
[5:22:55] is still not funded and
[5:22:55] completed.
[5:22:59] Where is all this money going
[5:23:00] that the city has?
[5:23:01] I do support fully funding
[5:23:06] Measure b's needs including
[5:23:06] the Commission for Police
[5:23:07] Practices.
[5:23:12] I finitely support eliminating
[5:23:13] the flood system entirely.
[5:23:13] This is a system that has
[5:23:18] allowed the targeting and
[5:23:19] assassination of teachers,
[5:23:24] students, poets, doctors,
[5:23:24] ambulance drivers in Gaza and
[5:23:30] in Lebanon in many places.
[5:23:31] >> Thank you for that
[5:23:32] concluding remark.
[5:23:32] John Brady if you can please
[5:23:37] come forward your time.
[5:23:37] Thank you By Matthew Carney
[5:23:38] Thank you so much.
[5:23:38] You'll have two minutes.
[5:23:39] Please proceed.
[5:23:42] I city council members John
[5:23:43] Brady with lived experience
[5:23:44] advisors We speak on behalf of
[5:23:44] the homeless community.
[5:23:48] I know this has been a tough
[5:23:49] year and you guys have done
[5:23:50] the best of me Gloria included
[5:23:54] in keeping funding in place.
[5:23:55] I just want to share that
[5:23:55] the Good Day Center is a much
[5:23:56] needed resource cutting funding
[5:23:59] for that facility.
[5:24:00] While I know that many of
[5:24:01] the folks that owned property
[5:24:02] around that area would like to
[5:24:05] see it go away, it's going to
[5:24:05] be a loss of a critical
[5:24:06] resource that cannot be easily
[5:24:06] replaced.
[5:24:10] I also want to talk about
[5:24:11] the cuts to the funding for
[5:24:12] the family shelter that we were
[5:24:13] announcing too soon to be
[5:24:17] opening.
[5:24:18] You know, as we know we do not
[5:24:18] have enough shelter spaces.
[5:24:22] It is it's a difficult time out
[5:24:23] on the streets.
[5:24:24] We don't know what the impact
[5:24:24] is going to be with the food
[5:24:29] stamp cuts that will be in
[5:24:30] place starting JUNE 1st That
[5:24:33] could affect as many as nearly
[5:24:34] 100,000 residents in the county
[5:24:34] of San Diego.
[5:24:35] So I have to ask in these
[5:24:36] difficult times that you
[5:24:40] consider restoring that
[5:24:40] funding.
[5:24:41] >> Thank you very much.
[5:24:41] Thank you.
[5:24:42] Jillian Quince If you can
[5:24:46] please come forward I will
[5:24:47] update that We have about 35
[5:24:48] speakers left here in council
[5:24:48] chambers and 23 with their
[5:24:49] hands raised.
[5:24:53] I can have Danielle Gomez, Amy
[5:24:53] Kenmore, Kerry Lander, Nadia
[5:24:58] Keene Are you Care of Rainbow
[5:24:58] Spaces Vivian Quinonez and
[5:25:04] Jared Wilson Please come
[5:25:04] forward to the other reserved
[5:25:05] seats.
[5:25:05] Please proceed.
[5:25:06] Good evening Council I'm
[5:25:09] the River Trail advocacy
[5:25:10] manager Jillian Quint here with
[5:25:11] you again on behalf of the San
[5:25:12] Diego River Park Foundation.
[5:25:16] We strongly support Council
[5:25:17] PRESIDENT MacArthur's budget
[5:25:17] request to reopen the West
[5:25:22] Valley River crossings Kip and
[5:25:23] also Council member Whipper and
[5:25:24] for your steadfast support as
[5:25:27] well we urge the full Council
[5:25:28] to join them and vote to
[5:25:29] include the West Valley River
[5:25:33] crossing in the budget.
[5:25:34] This project was identified in
[5:25:34] the Impact Fee study and has a
[5:25:35] clear nexus for the funds.
[5:25:39] It's backed by over 300 city
[5:25:40] wide letters and multiple city
[5:25:40] plans.
[5:25:41] It is now in the hands of
[5:25:45] the city to provide the lift
[5:25:45] off.
[5:25:46] Let's utilize the existing
[5:25:51] revenue obligation Using these
[5:25:52] fees does not compete with
[5:25:52] general fund.
[5:25:53] Instead it commits to districts
[5:25:57] to three, seven and nine
[5:25:58] increasing safe access to a
[5:25:58] regional greenway for
[5:26:04] communities that span nine
[5:26:04] miles east along the scenic
[5:26:05] over the trail watershed.
[5:26:06] >> This crossing transforms a
[5:26:10] dangerous gap in Thank you for
[5:26:11] doing our work.
[5:26:11] Thank you.
[5:26:15] Danielle Gomez Hello City
[5:26:15] Council members My name is
[5:26:16] Danielle.
[5:26:21] I'm a resident of District nine
[5:26:22] member of City Heights Defense
[5:26:22] Committee and a mental health
[5:26:23] Board student.
[5:26:24] City Heights Defense Committee
[5:26:27] works closely with our
[5:26:28] immigrant and refugee neighbors
[5:26:29] who are being harmed by dhs And
[5:26:29] I.
[5:26:32] I support the people's budget
[5:26:33] And I've learned through my
[5:26:34] mental health work study that
[5:26:34] being a community member we
[5:26:38] keep us safe.
[5:26:39] It's not the police or
[5:26:40] surveillance that does that for
[5:26:44] a community Wellness and safety
[5:26:45] comes from community care and
[5:26:46] resourcing care decreases crime
[5:26:46] and increases safety and
[5:26:51] outcomes for all community
[5:26:52] members through humanistic
[5:26:52] prevention and intervention.
[5:26:56] These technologies are not with
[5:26:57] humans in mind and are not with
[5:26:58] care and are not recommended by
[5:26:59] psychologists, academics,
[5:26:59] people in the field that study
[5:27:02] the humanity of them.
[5:27:03] What works for communities I
[5:27:04] ask you to decrease police
[5:27:08] funding by 2% canceled entire
[5:27:08] block contract leave canceled a
[5:27:11] subcontract to save 2 million
[5:27:12] and invest in what actually
[5:27:13] creates community safety youth
[5:27:13] programs, parks, libraries,
[5:27:18] culture, public health all of
[5:27:18] these things.
[5:27:19] >> Thank you for that
[5:27:19] concluding remark.
[5:27:24] Amy in Council members My name
[5:27:24] is Amy kind of morning teacher
[5:27:25] a Latin American studies
[5:27:30] program at uc San Diego.
[5:27:31] I'm also a member of my
[5:27:32] teachers union and also a
[5:27:32] member of the City Defense
[5:27:36] Committee.
[5:27:36] Just next week we're going to
[5:27:37] be celebrating the amazing
[5:27:38] achievements of many of our
[5:27:38] students.
[5:27:39] Many of them have carried
[5:27:42] additional burdens that most of
[5:27:43] us never know working full time
[5:27:44] navigating housing and food
[5:27:47] insecurity, helping take care
[5:27:48] of younger siblings.
[5:27:48] The very programs on Earth are
[5:27:49] the ones that have helped them
[5:27:50] thrive and will continue to
[5:27:54] help them thrive.
[5:27:55] But this is the thing that
[5:27:56] really gets me.
[5:27:56] Last year some of my students
[5:27:57] didn't even get to go to their
[5:28:00] graduations.
[5:28:01] Their family members didn't
[5:28:01] join them because at this very
[5:28:02] moment ice raids were picking
[5:28:06] up in Southern California And
[5:28:07] they're telling me now that
[5:28:08] this year they're also not
[5:28:08] going to fly because they're
[5:28:09] scared because they know what
[5:28:12] is tracking them.
[5:28:13] They know it's not accountable
[5:28:14] And we fear and that is truly a
[5:28:14] shame and we can do better And
[5:28:19] we know these contradictions
[5:28:19] when you talk to your attacks
[5:28:20] continue and our students out
[5:28:24] of fear we invest in them in
[5:28:25] their future and not in flock.
[5:28:26] Thank you, Carrie.
[5:28:29] If you can please come forward
[5:28:29] .
[5:28:30] >> Hello.
[5:28:30] My name is Carrie.
[5:28:35] She hurt and I'm speaking as a
[5:28:36] concerned citizen who lives in
[5:28:36] District two.
[5:28:37] The proposed budget still
[5:28:41] historically cut services such
[5:28:42] as libraries, art arts
[5:28:42] programs, homelessness
[5:28:47] outreach, substance abuse
[5:28:47] programs and many, many others
[5:28:48] that have a direct benefit on
[5:28:48] our community.
[5:28:49] If we are serious about public
[5:28:54] safety and preventing crime
[5:28:54] then we need more of these
[5:28:55] programs defunded, not
[5:28:55] defunded.
[5:28:59] When I moved to San Diego early
[5:29:00] last year I was truly shocked
[5:29:00] to see that my local O.B.
[5:29:05] Library was only open Tuesdays
[5:29:06] to Saturdays.
[5:29:06] Surely such an important
[5:29:07] community hub would have
[5:29:08] the full support of the city
[5:29:11] that is known for being so
[5:29:12] family friendly?
[5:29:13] So I'm here today fighting for
[5:29:13] these important programs and
[5:29:18] services to receive even more
[5:29:18] funding, not less.
[5:29:19] Specifically, if lot cameras
[5:29:20] don't prevent crime investments
[5:29:24] in the community, do I urge
[5:29:24] the council to end the contract
[5:29:25] and get rid of cameras?
[5:29:25] Thank you.
[5:29:29] Nadia Khan Are you able to
[5:29:34] based.
[5:29:36] >> Hi my name is Mike niu and I
[5:29:39] want to advise you to send
[5:29:40] Please restore the hours for
[5:29:41] the San Diego City libraries.
[5:29:45] We have over 250 individual
[5:29:45] interactions over 30 events
[5:29:46] that we participate with San
[5:29:50] Diego City Library and all
[5:29:51] those youth come from
[5:29:52] communities where they are
[5:29:56] either unhoused or they are
[5:29:57] lower income.
[5:29:57] These events allow them to
[5:29:58] participate free of charge and
[5:30:03] allow them to be part of it.
[5:30:04] >> I've seen librarians feed
[5:30:05] them, help them tutor them and
[5:30:09] all of this is done without
[5:30:09] block cameras, flock cameras
[5:30:14] and police officers don't serve
[5:30:15] the community the way that
[5:30:16] librarians do and they deserve
[5:30:16] our respect and they deserve to
[5:30:20] be a priority.
[5:30:21] Please make sure that you
[5:30:22] restore the hours for
[5:30:24] the libraries will be known as
[5:30:30] if you can please come forward
[5:30:31] .
[5:30:38] So good evening Councilmember.
[5:30:39] My name is Julie.
[5:30:39] I am 16 years old.
[5:30:40] I'm about to be a senior at
[5:30:44] Lincoln High School and I live
[5:30:44] in District four.
[5:30:45] I'm here to sit and volunteer
[5:30:46] with the Center on Policy
[5:30:50] Initiatives.
[5:30:50] I've been working at the rec
[5:30:51] center of this past year and my
[5:30:52] wish is that we do not cut
[5:30:56] the budget for rec centers
[5:30:57] because it cuts deep into our
[5:30:57] community.
[5:30:58] How we connect with each child
[5:31:03] and how we try to find a way
[5:31:03] these troubles of the older
[5:31:04] generation to walk through our
[5:31:04] doors.
[5:31:09] We do not only fund parks, rec
[5:31:09] centers and libraries but that
[5:31:10] you maintain the funding so
[5:31:11] that kids like me don't have to
[5:31:14] spend our summer break asking
[5:31:14] you to give us the resources we
[5:31:15] deserve.
[5:31:19] Thank you for your time.
[5:31:19] >> Excuse me.
[5:31:26] Darren Wilson journals And
[5:31:26] after that will be Phillip
[5:31:27] Phillip Ling.
[5:31:27] Christopher Gomez.
[5:31:32] Karina Vega, Anthony Ramos and
[5:31:33] Elise going If you can all
[5:31:33] please come up to the yellow
[5:31:39] reserved seats as well as Mary
[5:31:39] Soriano.
[5:31:40] Jerry do you have time ceded to
[5:31:40] you by David?
[5:31:44] People ask.
[5:31:44] Thank you so much.
[5:31:45] You'll have two minutes.
[5:31:45] Please proceed.
[5:31:46] Thank you.
[5:31:46] Thank you and good afternoon to
[5:31:49] council PRESIDENT Council
[5:31:50] members.
[5:31:50] My name is Gerard Wilson and
[5:31:51] the PRESIDENT Of the San Diego
[5:31:52] Police Officers Association.
[5:31:55] I want to thank the council
[5:31:55] members who supported restoring
[5:31:56] some sworn police officer
[5:31:57] positions in their budget
[5:31:57] memos.
[5:32:00] Specifically, there are two
[5:32:01] critical roles that we need
[5:32:01] restored in this budget.
[5:32:05] One is a sergeant in the sex
[5:32:05] crimes unit and the other is a
[5:32:06] sergeant in the Graffiti and
[5:32:07] Virgin Gangs Unit.
[5:32:10] These positions provide direct
[5:32:11] operational value to
[5:32:11] the department and the public.
[5:32:12] Both of these positions are
[5:32:16] currently filled by senior
[5:32:16] supervisors.
[5:32:17] The sex crimes sergeant
[5:32:17] oversees some of the most
[5:32:18] sensitive investigations we
[5:32:22] handle and during already
[5:32:23] convicted sex offenders of
[5:32:23] which there are over 1200 in
[5:32:24] the city of San Diego are
[5:32:28] registered.
[5:32:29] If this position is cut,
[5:32:29] the duties will fall on an
[5:32:30] already overworked sex crimes
[5:32:30] unit.
[5:32:34] The graffiti sergeant helps
[5:32:35] address quality of life issues
[5:32:35] in emergency entrance
[5:32:36] throughout neighborhoods in
[5:32:36] the city.
[5:32:39] Additionally for police
[5:32:40] officers, positions are being
[5:32:41] cut at a time when response
[5:32:41] times are rising.
[5:32:44] We have two of these specific
[5:32:45] positions are restored that
[5:32:46] will get targeted investments
[5:32:50] in improve efficiency and
[5:32:51] service delivery and ask for
[5:32:51] them in restoring these
[5:32:52] positions and ask for your
[5:32:52] help.
[5:32:56] Thank you today and also want
[5:32:57] to thank our city Clerk MS.
[5:32:58] Point eyes on your hard work on
[5:32:59] days like today to make sure it
[5:32:59] runs smoothly efficiently It's
[5:33:02] neutral and we definitely
[5:33:03] appreciate you So thank you
[5:33:03] very much.
[5:33:04] You were efficient About 42
[5:33:04] seconds left.
[5:33:08] Thank you so much.
[5:33:08] >> Philip Lane if you can
[5:33:09] please come forward.
[5:33:14] Good afternoon.
[5:33:15] My name is Philip.
[5:33:15] I'm in Residence District seven
[5:33:16] and participate with the city
[5:33:19] of River Park Foundation.
[5:33:20] I come to request support to
[5:33:21] the West Valley River crossing
[5:33:25] the city of River Trail.
[5:33:26] It's essential to the quality
[5:33:26] of life in Mission Valley which
[5:33:31] is exploding in population and
[5:33:32] enables the community to enjoy
[5:33:33] physical activity a natural
[5:33:33] setting important for mental
[5:33:38] and physical health.
[5:33:38] Right now there's a gap at that
[5:33:39] bridge the river trail forcing
[5:33:43] families and pedestrians onto
[5:33:44] high speed roads just to get
[5:33:48] across the west for crossing
[5:33:49] bridges, critical buildings,
[5:33:50] pedestrian and bicycle will
[5:33:55] transforming broken unsafe gap
[5:33:56] into a continuous flow allowing
[5:33:57] people to travel safely from
[5:34:01] east to west All end up without
[5:34:02] needing a car.
[5:34:02] Beautiful public infrastructure
[5:34:07] an investment in our economic
[5:34:08] vitality and tourism.
[5:34:09] Turning pass through areas and
[5:34:15] through destinations.
[5:34:16] Most importantly, I wanted to
[5:34:18] thank you for putting all this
[5:34:18] .
[5:34:25] >> Good afternoon, Council
[5:34:26] members.
[5:34:26] My name is Christopher Gomez
[5:34:27] and I'm an organizer with
[5:34:28] the San Diego and Ariel
[5:34:28] Counties Labor Council also a
[5:34:30] resident of District three And
[5:34:31] I'm here to support innovative
[5:34:31] solutions during these
[5:34:32] incredibly challenging fiscal
[5:34:32] times.
[5:34:36] You have the choice to invest
[5:34:37] in your constituents and their
[5:34:37] concerns to listen to
[5:34:38] the overwhelming research that
[5:34:41] shows funding social services
[5:34:42] is a crime prevention tactic
[5:34:43] that makes communities more
[5:34:47] safe, more livable.
[5:34:48] Or you can choose to continue
[5:34:49] funding a dystopian technology
[5:34:49] that has shown us its flaws
[5:34:54] time and time again that has
[5:34:55] shown us its many avenues for
[5:34:55] abuse and how it will
[5:34:56] inevitably be used by this
[5:35:00] Federal ministration to harm
[5:35:01] the very communities it claims
[5:35:01] to protect.
[5:35:02] Ending Floc will not solve
[5:35:02] the budget crisis.
[5:35:06] We understand this but this
[5:35:07] choice matters to the people
[5:35:07] who be most impacted by
[5:35:08] the changes to funding in
[5:35:08] the city.
[5:35:12] We urge you to listen to them.
[5:35:13] We urge you to listen to us and
[5:35:14] divert flight contract funds to
[5:35:14] preventative community
[5:35:15] services.
[5:35:17] Thank you.
[5:35:24] Corina Vega.
[5:35:25] I want to see my time to
[5:35:25] Anthony Ralph.
[5:35:29] Okay Anthony please come up.
[5:35:30] You'll have two minutes.
[5:35:30] Please proceed.
[5:35:30] All right.
[5:35:31] Thank you.
[5:35:32] Council, I would like to start
[5:35:35] by asking this room Well,
[5:35:36] actually specifically the chief
[5:35:37] of police since I know that
[5:35:37] he's here right now, I would
[5:35:41] like to ask him if they have to
[5:35:42] break laws to catch criminals.
[5:35:42] What's the point of law
[5:35:47] enforcement?
[5:35:47] Please?
[5:35:48] I'm asking you Joe LaCava,
[5:35:49] don't waste this public
[5:35:53] engagement, this crowd
[5:35:54] participation.
[5:35:54] This is a level of civic
[5:35:55] parties.
[5:35:55] This is a level of civic party
[5:35:56] participation that you rarely
[5:35:59] see.
[5:36:00] Don't squander it.
[5:36:00] Don't squander the good faith
[5:36:01] of the people in this room who
[5:36:02] believe their civic
[5:36:02] participation matters because
[5:36:05] it does.
[5:36:06] This is what the social
[5:36:07] contract is predicated upon.
[5:36:07] We agree to be governed so long
[5:36:11] as you agree to listen to us
[5:36:12] PRESIDENT I'm begging you to be
[5:36:12] responsible.
[5:36:13] Our city is at a breaking point
[5:36:17] Trust in the police has never
[5:36:18] been lower and rightfully so.
[5:36:18] Just last Sunday the Times of
[5:36:21] San Diego reported that two men
[5:36:22] were falsely arrested and
[5:36:22] imprisoned based on
[5:36:23] the misreadings of the data
[5:36:28] provided to them by flock from
[5:36:28] sdp.
[5:36:29] These two men were arrested.
[5:36:30] They weren't even in the same
[5:36:30] area where the car was stolen
[5:36:34] But because sdp failed to read
[5:36:34] the license plate they entered
[5:36:35] a car description matching what
[5:36:39] they thought they saw.
[5:36:40] Turns out they were wrong.
[5:36:41] Well, now those two men are
[5:36:44] suing the city asking for $1.5
[5:36:44] million each.
[5:36:45] When the dust is settled on
[5:36:50] that lawsuit and the city
[5:36:50] settles for violating their
[5:36:51] rights, we will likely lose $1
[5:36:52] million on that single error
[5:36:56] alone which is nearly half
[5:36:57] the cost of the flight
[5:36:57] contract.
[5:36:58] For those of you supporting
[5:36:59] this block contract, I want to
[5:37:02] ask why is this collateral
[5:37:02] damage acceptable to you?
[5:37:03] Why don't you care about human
[5:37:04] rights, privacy rights or
[5:37:08] fiscal responsibility in
[5:37:08] the middle of a budget crisis?
[5:37:09] Is it because this is coming
[5:37:13] out of the public reserve funds
[5:37:13] ?
[5:37:14] Sdp needs a better way to
[5:37:15] unload their staffing issue
[5:37:19] than offloading their labor to
[5:37:20] luxury surveillance technology
[5:37:21] in a predictive police state.
[5:37:27] Thank you Can't leave for
[5:37:27] changing your position on Floc.
[5:37:28] That means a lot to the city of
[5:37:28] San Diego.
[5:37:32] Please the cava this is on you
[5:37:33] do the right thing.
[5:37:34] >> Concluding remarks My
[5:37:37] apologies and at least going I
[5:37:38] do see here that you'd like to
[5:37:39] register your position in
[5:37:40] opposition but you do not wish
[5:37:40] to speak so that will be kept.
[5:37:44] For the record.
[5:37:44] Maria Soriano if you can please
[5:37:45] come forward.
[5:37:51] Mario Soriano And then Ariane
[5:37:51] Dixit.
[5:37:52] Daniel Soraya Danny Zou
[5:37:57] Kimberly Molina.
[5:37:58] Blaire Beekman.
[5:37:58] Travis Bouchard.
[5:37:59] Marco Barreto.
[5:38:04] Serena Koza, Nathalie Roski and
[5:38:05] Max Schmidt.
[5:38:10] Can you all come forward to
[5:38:10] the front row?
[5:38:11] Marie you have time to go to my
[5:38:11] house.
[5:38:12] Ammerman Can you please raise
[5:38:16] your hand after there I'm
[5:38:16] sorry.
[5:38:17] We'll come right in.
[5:38:21] Potential new trustee
[5:38:22] the council but can have So
[5:38:22] raise your hand.
[5:38:23] Oh, thank you.
[5:38:27] You'll have two minutes.
[5:38:27] >> Please proceed.
[5:38:28] Mary three on know PRESIDENT
[5:38:31] Look Hoya Town Council Revenue
[5:38:31] solution The city is leaving
[5:38:32] millions on the table
[5:38:38] Development impact dif are not
[5:38:42] collected on 80 use under
[5:38:43] 750ft set by California law I
[5:38:47] urge this Council to implement
[5:38:52] 80 you 750.99ft minimum to
[5:38:56] trigger death over 5780 you'd
[5:39:01] have been built average 600 to
[5:39:01] 800ft.
[5:39:06] That's a conservative a $57
[5:39:07] million in potential funds for
[5:39:07] roads, fire services,
[5:39:12] libraries, parks and rec
[5:39:13] accountability matters grand
[5:39:17] jury found in both 2020 to 2025
[5:39:21] that the city rift returning
[5:39:22] $178 million to property owners
[5:39:27] under the Mitigation Fee Act.
[5:39:28] Faa for lack of reporting fire
[5:39:33] safety San Diego will burn not
[5:39:34] if when Yesterday 2200 homes
[5:39:34] evacuated.
[5:39:40] In fact the rental valley and
[5:39:41] Oceanside the nearest
[5:39:41] helicopter water refill flight
[5:39:45] from La Hoya is 15 minutes
[5:39:45] away.
[5:39:46] Cuts in consolidation to our
[5:39:46] fire department hurts the fire
[5:39:51] rescue department.
[5:39:51] Please listen to our fire
[5:39:52] rescue department on what they
[5:39:58] need with ad revenue.
[5:39:58] It can fund helicopter water
[5:40:03] ditch full recreation center
[5:40:03] hours with maintenance and care
[5:40:08] local for local rec centers
[5:40:08] shade structure over
[5:40:09] playgrounds.
[5:40:09] Currently there are no trees
[5:40:10] and no shade.
[5:40:15] Aarp quit build traffic calming
[5:40:16] for interim capital improvement
[5:40:22] fund and concrete paving on
[5:40:25] Nardo Street Set the 750.99
[5:40:26] minimum 80 square footage
[5:40:26] Invest in our community.
[5:40:32] Thank you everyone.
[5:40:39] Hello my name is Ari indicated
[5:40:39] I'm a resident of District one
[5:40:40] and the board PRESIDENT Of
[5:40:44] the Student Civil Liberties
[5:40:45] Union which is a youth
[5:40:45] nonprofit.
[5:40:46] I'm here to demand two things
[5:40:49] Firstly the continued funding
[5:40:50] of the Office for Child and
[5:40:51] Youth Services.
[5:40:51] Sorry success in San Diego with
[5:40:52] additional funding through
[5:40:56] the full termination of our
[5:40:56] city's automated license plate
[5:40:57] reader contract with
[5:40:57] the vehicle or at least our
[5:41:02] subcontract with.
[5:41:03] Furthermore, them and
[5:41:04] the overinflated police budget
[5:41:08] has placed a multimillion
[5:41:09] dollar burden on the city and
[5:41:10] instead of supporting and
[5:41:10] promoting our marginalized
[5:41:14] populations we are using
[5:41:15] surveillance that is dangerous
[5:41:16] misuse and a harmful waste of
[5:41:20] our city resources that hurts
[5:41:20] our immigrant and people of
[5:41:21] color populations.
[5:41:22] In order to really change
[5:41:22] the landscape of crime and
[5:41:27] homelessness in our city, we
[5:41:27] have to invest in the real
[5:41:28] problem which is our investment
[5:41:28] in the community.
[5:41:33] So please do take the right
[5:41:34] decision and de-fund work and
[5:41:35] support the Office of Child
[5:41:38] Youth Success.
[5:41:39] >> Thank you.
[5:41:39] Thank you, Daniel.
[5:41:39] Sorry.
[5:41:44] Good afternoon, Council
[5:41:45] members.
[5:41:45] My name is Daniel Soria.
[5:41:46] I am the executive director of
[5:41:47] Students Civil Liberties Union
[5:41:50] representing a coalition of
[5:41:51] student organizers across
[5:41:52] districts one and three.
[5:41:52] How you vote on this budget
[5:41:56] demonstrates where your values
[5:41:56] life.
[5:41:57] We will always discover money
[5:41:58] for surveillance and criminal
[5:42:03] criminal ization but somehow
[5:42:03] investing in youth, in parks,
[5:42:08] in environmental justice well
[5:42:09] oftentimes we deem that
[5:42:09] downright unaffordable.
[5:42:14] We reject that logic.
[5:42:15] Austerity is indeed a choice
[5:42:20] and today so is accountability
[5:42:20] .
[5:42:21] So we ask that you support
[5:42:21] the future leaders of the city.
[5:42:25] Here is one concrete choice
[5:42:26] right in front of you at this
[5:42:27] moment Cancel the ubiquitous
[5:42:32] surveillance contract.
[5:42:33] Take that money and put it
[5:42:33] where it belongs into youth
[5:42:34] access into libraries, parks
[5:42:37] and recreation, stormwater
[5:42:38] infrastructure and in a
[5:42:38] pedestrian beacon outside
[5:42:43] the Rosa Parks Elementary
[5:42:43] beyond the cycle.
[5:42:44] >> Thank you, council members.
[5:42:49] Thank you, Danny.
[5:42:50] Good afternoon, Council
[5:42:50] members.
[5:42:51] My name is Dan and I'm a
[5:42:55] resident of District one of
[5:42:56] the Burlington Civil Liberties
[5:42:56] Union and the San Diego Youth
[5:42:57] Action Network.
[5:43:01] I'm here today on behalf of my
[5:43:02] other peers young people who
[5:43:03] want to build their future
[5:43:06] the San Diego beloved District
[5:43:07] one District three District six
[5:43:07] District eight and I ask
[5:43:08] the Council to cancel
[5:43:12] the contract with you because I
[5:43:12] ask that the City Council
[5:43:13] terminate this contract because
[5:43:18] we so need programs for youth
[5:43:19] access and services that allow
[5:43:20] us the city to thrive instead
[5:43:20] of surveillance.
[5:43:24] It doesn't make any sense that
[5:43:24] while more funds are dedicated
[5:43:25] to criminalization programs for
[5:43:26] us, for young people and
[5:43:29] working class individuals are
[5:43:30] thrown to the wayside, I'm
[5:43:35] asking you all to prioritize,
[5:43:35] to prioritize our well-being
[5:43:36] and not just and not to mention
[5:43:37] that many of us have been
[5:43:41] shocked by the recent use of
[5:43:42] these smart cameras leading to
[5:43:43] wrongful arrest.
[5:43:43] I'll be more shocked if this
[5:43:47] unreliable, unreliable and
[5:43:47] innovative technology is
[5:43:48] prioritized over the well-being
[5:43:48] of San Diego's youth.
[5:43:53] So I'm asking PRESIDENT LaCava
[5:43:54] and Councilmember Woodburn to
[5:43:55] please terminate the Thank you
[5:43:55] for that concluding remark.
[5:43:57] >> Kimberly Mullin Kimberly
[5:44:05] Molnar here Emily Lyon.
[5:44:05] Blair Beckman.
[5:44:06] Blair Beckman are you here?
[5:44:07] Please come up to
[5:44:13] the microphone after Blair will
[5:44:13] be Travis Bouchard.
[5:44:17] Margo Hado Serena Kooser.
[5:44:18] Natalie Roski Max Schmidt.
[5:44:22] Arianna a Claire Vanessa
[5:44:23] melendez, Nerissa Gonzalez.
[5:44:27] Please all come up to the front
[5:44:27] row.
[5:44:28] >> Blair please come up to
[5:44:40] the microphone.
[5:44:40] All right.
[5:44:41] Claire Beekman stumbling and
[5:44:41] mumbling.
[5:44:45] Thank you.
[5:44:46] Thank you, Council for our
[5:44:47] possible good direction in our
[5:44:48] current budget work as there is
[5:44:51] much anger and fear towards our
[5:44:52] practices at this time, City
[5:44:52] Council MAY present some
[5:44:53] interesting plans today or soon
[5:44:58] to try to leave work But if
[5:44:59] this new plan doesn't work and
[5:44:59] San Diego will have to continue
[5:45:00] with Block in a few months
[5:45:04] time, can we then be prepared
[5:45:04] for immediate next steps for
[5:45:05] something of a 6 to 12 month
[5:45:06] study session commission
[5:45:11] process that invite the entire
[5:45:12] San Diego community and so we
[5:45:12] can decide together who could
[5:45:16] be the best to help your vendor
[5:45:17] besides Block for the future of
[5:45:17] San Diego.
[5:45:18] I've described regularly that
[5:45:21] this is what Oakland Alameda
[5:45:22] County are trying to develop at
[5:45:23] this time.
[5:45:23] It is simply an important model
[5:45:24] for San Diego.
[5:45:24] I have also regularly described
[5:45:28] for the past year now have
[5:45:29] smaller amounts of
[5:45:29] strategically placed
[5:45:30] surveillance can accomplish
[5:45:31] mostly the same public safety
[5:45:34] needs and local neighborhoods
[5:45:35] and they can also save up to
[5:45:36] possibly $125,000 or more.
[5:45:41] We also need more open and
[5:45:41] accountable community
[5:45:42] conversation about procedures
[5:45:42] and guidelines You can help
[5:45:45] your Thank you tonight
[5:45:46] including comment in real time.
[5:45:47] How do we have that
[5:45:47] conversation?
[5:45:51] Travis Bouchard openly.
[5:45:57] Hello Travis District seven.
[5:45:58] In the words of Harvey Milk let
[5:46:03] me have my tax money go for my
[5:46:04] protection and not my
[5:46:04] prosecution.
[5:46:05] Let my tax money go to
[5:46:09] protection of me when you can't
[5:46:10] be a champion of Harvey Milk
[5:46:16] legacy while voting to fund
[5:46:17] police surveillance and
[5:46:17] de-funding rec centers,
[5:46:18] libraries, arts and youth.
[5:46:22] Prioritizing someone Recovering
[5:46:23] or stolen care over kids having
[5:46:23] access to libraries and rec
[5:46:28] centers is evil behavior role.
[5:46:34] >> So I'm going to rake you
[5:46:35] over the coals in 28 with your
[5:46:36] you're able villainizing street
[5:46:39] vendors for a full minute and
[5:46:40] now funding government
[5:46:40] surveillance potentially for a
[5:46:41] second time.
[5:46:41] Remember the left and right are
[5:46:42] aligned.
[5:46:47] They don't want government
[5:46:48] surveillance.
[5:46:48] It's a bipartisan issue.
[5:46:49] You don't narrow hopes you're
[5:46:51] going to bash them right now
[5:46:52] cancel bloc class action
[5:46:52] lawsuits are coming which will
[5:46:53] further kill your budget
[5:46:58] funding Ultimately.
[5:46:59] >> Marco Rubio hurdle Marco you
[5:47:03] have time to to you by killing
[5:47:09] Mayor Giuliani.
[5:47:10] Okay, two minutes Please
[5:47:10] proceed.
[5:47:11] Hi, my name is Serena Kooser.
[5:47:15] I would also like to proceed my
[5:47:15] time to my coworker Serena
[5:47:16] because I think you'll have
[5:47:17] three minutes.
[5:47:17] Please proceed.
[5:47:17] Hi.
[5:47:20] Council members.
[5:47:21] My name is Michael Lockhart,
[5:47:22] resident of District three.
[5:47:27] I'm here to advocate for
[5:47:27] the canceling of the Flugge
[5:47:28] contract and funding of of
[5:47:33] humans and arts programs and
[5:47:33] parks and raising libraries
[5:47:34] The unrolling of mass
[5:47:39] surveillance technology started
[5:47:39] after 2001 after 911 and it's
[5:47:44] well documented of the way that
[5:47:44] the mass surveillance
[5:47:45] technologies have been abused
[5:47:50] by the government targeting
[5:47:50] people of color Muslims, Arabs
[5:47:55] And even though we we're we're
[5:47:56] we're positioning ourselves as
[5:48:02] trying to prevent hate crimes
[5:48:02] in certain areas by
[5:48:03] implementing surveillance
[5:48:08] technologies, there's a much
[5:48:09] longer and larger track record
[5:48:10] of mass surveillance being used
[5:48:10] as one large hate crime against
[5:48:15] Americans by by the government.
[5:48:16] And this is something that it's
[5:48:21] demonstrated you know, over 25
[5:48:22] years and it's something that
[5:48:22] 32 cities across the U.S. Have
[5:48:27] have understood and decided to
[5:48:27] to cancel their their contracts
[5:48:28] Write it.
[5:48:32] We're trying to act like if
[5:48:33] we're afraid of of some
[5:48:33] individuals while there's a
[5:48:38] much larger governmental abuse
[5:48:39] violation issue and because
[5:48:44] it's not if it's it's when
[5:48:45] these these technologies are
[5:48:45] going to be infiltrated abused
[5:48:50] and and it just creates more
[5:48:51] loopholes for for the abuse of
[5:48:57] law enforcement and and it
[5:48:58] creates a self-reinforcing loop
[5:49:02] where if if you're if you
[5:49:02] taking resources away from from
[5:49:03] individuals and you them and
[5:49:08] your and those resources into
[5:49:09] law enforcement you just
[5:49:10] further criminalizing those
[5:49:14] those communities please cancel
[5:49:15] the flight contract and fund my
[5:49:20] communities thank you thank
[5:49:20] you.
[5:49:24] He didn't use the third minute.
[5:49:25] You still want to set your time
[5:49:31] to Serena?
[5:49:31] Is it okay?
[5:49:32] Natalie Rescue please come
[5:49:32] forward.
[5:49:35] You have time to two by Dan and
[5:49:42] then end that Okay.
[5:49:43] >> You'll have three minutes.
[5:49:43] Please proceed.
[5:49:48] It's ironic I stand here with
[5:49:48] almost speechless but with so
[5:49:49] many things to say And it's
[5:49:50] kind of I guess what you would
[5:49:54] say deja vu because I was here
[5:49:59] in 2020 two to have a 24 hour
[5:49:59] safe with me.
[5:50:00] We're talking about cutting
[5:50:05] this new elementary 24 hour
[5:50:05] safe sleeping sites for
[5:50:06] families.
[5:50:11] I'm losing my job.
[5:50:12] >> So and here I am in this
[5:50:17] loop this loop and now not only
[5:50:18] that, this is what happened.
[5:50:18] This is just some of
[5:50:19] the tickets.
[5:50:20] I'll remind people this is what
[5:50:23] happened to me while I was
[5:50:24] homeless the first time So now
[5:50:29] I'm a target for block.
[5:50:29] This puts me an algorithm.
[5:50:30] I've never been in trouble with
[5:50:34] the law ever.
[5:50:35] >> I don't have a police
[5:50:36] record.
[5:50:36] I'm a mom of four children.
[5:50:41] i am tired of carrying all
[5:50:41] these papers because when
[5:50:42] you're in the system then you
[5:50:43] have to have all these papers
[5:50:46] And when you're homeless trying
[5:50:47] to keep track of all these
[5:50:48] papers and dates and times it's
[5:50:53] exhausting And I am a willing
[5:50:53] abled body sound in mind person
[5:50:58] that cannot do what you're
[5:50:59] asking people to do when you're
[5:51:00] unhoused.
[5:51:05] I can't do it.
[5:51:06] I'm a I was a comedic athlete.
[5:51:10] I internship for the Navy
[5:51:16] treating sea lions in dolphins
[5:51:16] .
[5:51:17] I'm a college graduate.
[5:51:17] I'm a smart person.
[5:51:22] I contribute to my community
[5:51:23] and I can't do what you ask
[5:51:28] people to do that are unhoused
[5:51:29] That is real and not to be
[5:51:34] homeless again.
[5:51:35] I was never in the system until
[5:51:35] covid happened.
[5:51:40] We have these governmental
[5:51:40] bodies that are doing things.
[5:51:41] The information's out there.
[5:51:45] I'm not asking you to believe
[5:51:45] me.
[5:51:46] I'm asking you to do
[5:51:46] the research.
[5:51:51] Covid was put That's a crime
[5:51:52] against humanity.
[5:51:53] It's a crime against our state.
[5:51:53] Then if we're vaccinating
[5:51:58] people now they're sick Now we
[5:51:58] have mosquitoes Now we have
[5:52:04] flock and you know we have
[5:52:04] carparks for the police.
[5:52:05] >> Did anybody know that I was
[5:52:09] just at San Diego last week?
[5:52:10] Carfax is giving police
[5:52:10] information.
[5:52:11] So you look at your oil change
[5:52:16] and you had a Carfax car.
[5:52:16] Now go to the police.
[5:52:17] Look it up.
[5:52:17] That's one thing I'm not asking
[5:52:21] you guys to believe me.
[5:52:22] I'm asking you to do
[5:52:23] the research And now I'm an
[5:52:27] algorithm In that time being
[5:52:28] housed I've created an llc, a
[5:52:28] nonprofit.
[5:52:29] I'm trademarking a methodology
[5:52:34] for sports athletics.
[5:52:35] I've launched a podcast.
[5:52:35] I can't do any of those things
[5:52:41] And you're hired.
[5:52:42] I'm going to circle.
[5:52:42] It's not hard.
[5:52:43] Oh, it's housing authority.
[5:52:43] Housing is all you need.
[5:52:44] Contact Todd.
[5:52:46] I'm waiting for Sarah Jacobs
[5:52:46] office.
[5:52:47] >> Call me back.
[5:52:47] It's like Thank you for your
[5:52:48] concluding remark.
[5:52:52] Max Schmidt I just wanted to
[5:52:57] say that I do not support
[5:52:58] the city of San Diego taxing us
[5:53:03] at all And I want to say I love
[5:53:04] the people of San Diego.
[5:53:04] They are some of the nicest
[5:53:05] people in the world and I do
[5:53:09] not I'm opposed to all tax
[5:53:10] period.
[5:53:10] And I just wanted to also draw
[5:53:16] attention to on what we can
[5:53:16] allocate tax towards and
[5:53:17] something I believe we can
[5:53:17] allocate Maybe if you have
[5:53:22] taxes towards is the miracle of
[5:53:26] the sun and Saddam of Portugal
[5:53:26] 1917 and the events in Lubbock,
[5:53:27] Texas and England Lubbock Texas
[5:53:32] on there is a miracle in Texas
[5:53:33] on the feast of the assumption
[5:53:33] that was not aliens it was
[5:53:37] the Blessed Virgin Mary I want
[5:53:38] to say English word programing
[5:53:39] If you say GOD is not dead and
[5:53:45] then if you say Nevada Area 51
[5:53:45] Nevada and then test your eyes
[5:53:46] how you blink you can see
[5:53:47] you're a victim of English word
[5:53:51] programing and the Luciferian
[5:53:52] are doing human sacrifices So
[5:53:52] no they know GOD is not dead or
[5:53:53] they want to name a programing
[5:54:01] GOD is not dead Arianna Okay
[5:54:07] I'm Arianna declare prime is
[5:54:13] arbitrary Violence is not
[5:54:14] arbitrary Flock cameras record
[5:54:19] arbitrary events cherry picked
[5:54:20] to be crime by violent bigots
[5:54:26] putting people in cages.
[5:54:27] You define these people as
[5:54:27] criminals I devise to find them
[5:54:31] And survivors surviving toxic
[5:54:32] actions toxic actions to
[5:54:33] survive accommodate toxic
[5:54:37] societal structure.
[5:54:38] You speak on California's
[5:54:39] ongoing economic struggle.
[5:54:44] Government snuffed business out
[5:54:45] like a legal horror film using
[5:54:50] legal structure that is cruel
[5:54:51] and unusual parody opening and
[5:54:52] running a business to house
[5:54:56] feed and provide independent
[5:54:57] mobility so you can stay home
[5:54:58] Meaning like this is a human
[5:55:02] fundamental need.
[5:55:03] There is no reason for any
[5:55:09] adult of any ability They
[5:55:09] should be able to be here to
[5:55:10] sustain their needs.
[5:55:11] >> We need to support our
[5:55:11] citizens.
[5:55:13] Thank you for that computer
[5:55:13] work.
[5:55:19] >> Vanessa is Good afternoon.
[5:55:26] My name is Vanessa Mildred and
[5:55:27] I represent the Filipino Worker
[5:55:27] Center and I'm a member of
[5:55:31] the Community Budget Alliance
[5:55:31] of San Diego.
[5:55:32] My phone is at 4%.
[5:55:33] I'll try to make this that many
[5:55:38] communities have a deep
[5:55:38] distrust of surveillance and
[5:55:39] overpolicing because of a long
[5:55:44] history of racial profiling.
[5:55:44] The data tells a clear story.
[5:55:48] According to the aclu, nearly
[5:55:49] 30% of black men report
[5:55:49] experiencing police violence
[5:55:53] just in 2025 after 911, 30,000
[5:55:54] foreign nationals were placed
[5:55:59] into deportation proceedings as
[5:56:00] a part of the us federal
[5:56:00] response.
[5:56:01] Yet none were charged with
[5:56:01] terrorism.
[5:56:05] Do these examples show that
[5:56:06] expanding surveillance and
[5:56:06] enforcement does not
[5:56:11] automatically create more
[5:56:11] safety or reduce crime but
[5:56:12] greater harm to minority
[5:56:17] communities?
[5:56:18] >> I urge you to cancel
[5:56:19] the Floc surveillance contract
[5:56:19] Instead invest those public
[5:56:23] dollars in the services that
[5:56:24] actually strengthen our
[5:56:24] communities.
[5:56:30] >> Thank you Neurosci Gonzalez
[5:56:30] She had to go.
[5:56:31] Okay, Thank you.
[5:56:32] Kevin Wehner, Kevin, if you can
[5:56:35] please come up to
[5:56:35] the microphone.
[5:56:40] Amanda Hare Hill Amanda Kevin
[5:56:48] Winn Thank you.
[5:56:49] That was a doop then Amanda
[5:56:49] Hearing goal Gwendolyn Garcia
[5:56:52] Gabriel Aravena allegedly.
[5:56:53] Audra Lilly Irani Marco
[5:56:59] Espinosa and final call for
[5:57:00] Kimberly Mullen.
[5:57:00] Please come up to the yellow
[5:57:01] reserved seats.
[5:57:02] Amanda please come up to
[5:57:09] the microphone.
[5:57:10] >> My city council in a city
[5:57:14] full of generations of military
[5:57:15] men and women who have put
[5:57:16] their lives on the line to
[5:57:20] protect the Constitution of
[5:57:20] this country I find it
[5:57:21] absolutely despicable that you
[5:57:27] are sitting here in your cushy
[5:57:28] sleep and air conditioning
[5:57:28] being so comfortable crapping
[5:57:32] all over the Fourth Amendment
[5:57:33] Rights of our families have
[5:57:33] bled and died.
[5:57:35] The begging with the press of a
[5:57:41] button This is one of
[5:57:47] the safest cities in the nation
[5:57:48] and we have a huge budget
[5:57:49] deficit continuing to fund lpr
[5:57:53] with not only an unreasonable
[5:57:54] seizure of our data it is also
[5:57:55] fiscally irresponsible and
[5:57:59] empirically unwarranted.
[5:58:00] Your own data screams that I
[5:58:05] personally have a hacktivist
[5:58:06] who is able to get into
[5:58:12] the camera system.
[5:58:13] >> Luckily they had altruistic
[5:58:13] intent.
[5:58:14] Their time has concluded it's
[5:58:18] going to enable criminals to
[5:58:19] commit more crimes.
[5:58:19] Thank you.
[5:58:20] You can definitely email
[5:58:20] comments and a city caucus
[5:58:21] continue your doctor and those
[5:58:22] will be distributed.
[5:58:23] >> And you were Amanda,
[5:58:23] correct.
[5:58:35] So Gwendolyn Garcia I.
[5:58:35] I'm Gwen.
[5:58:36] I'm a resident of District nine
[5:58:36] and a volunteer with the San
[5:58:37] Diego River Park Foundation.
[5:58:40] I'm also here with
[5:58:40] the forecast.
[5:58:41] First the San Diego cameras and
[5:58:42] police don't keep our community
[5:58:47] safe.
[5:58:47] We've known this for decades
[5:58:48] and we were reminded last month
[5:58:51] when sd pd and their lp failed
[5:58:52] to prevent the anti-Muslim
[5:58:53] terrorist attack at the Islamic
[5:58:53] Center of San Diego.
[5:58:58] They had their chance and they
[5:58:58] failed.
[5:58:59] Investment in community and
[5:59:00] infrastructure are what keep us
[5:59:00] safe.
[5:59:03] I live in District nine and I
[5:59:04] want to connect the community.
[5:59:05] Which is why I strongly support
[5:59:05] the San Diego River Park
[5:59:08] Foundation's request to use
[5:59:09] developer impact fees to fund
[5:59:09] the West Valley River crossing.
[5:59:10] Completing the segment Lake
[5:59:14] City Council District two,
[5:59:14] three, seven and nine It gives
[5:59:15] us a safe, beautiful non
[5:59:19] vehicular route to the beach or
[5:59:20] employment centers, transit and
[5:59:21] local businesses.
[5:59:21] Residents want to swap driving
[5:59:25] for carbon free multi-modal
[5:59:26] commute but do not feel safe or
[5:59:26] like this is a realistic option
[5:59:31] until this link is established.
[5:59:32] Please help connect us and make
[5:59:33] sustainable travel a reality in
[5:59:33] our community.
[5:59:33] Thank you.
[5:59:37] Thank you, Gabriel.
[5:59:43] >> Our Ravenna.
[5:59:43] >> Hello.
[5:59:44] My name is Gabriella.
[5:59:45] I'm a union member of Teamsters
[5:59:48] for 81 and constituent of
[5:59:49] District three.
[5:59:49] Hi, Steven.
[5:59:54] Not good enough.
[5:59:55] Not good enough.
[5:59:55] Even how many of your
[5:59:56] constituents including those
[6:00:01] from lgbt community that you
[6:00:01] use of progressive performative
[6:00:02] MS..
[6:00:06] Do you need to hear tell you
[6:00:07] that they do not want floc
[6:00:12] technology for you to listen?
[6:00:13] Please we are begging you to
[6:00:14] oppose cancel eliminate block a
[6:00:18] lpr technology.
[6:00:18] It's creepy and it's super
[6:00:19] weird and we do not want it
[6:00:23] because it's usually being used
[6:00:23] as collective data for mass
[6:00:24] surveillance.
[6:00:24] It's also pushing racism and
[6:00:29] ice agents and allowing them to
[6:00:29] kidnap and terrorize our
[6:00:29] community.
[6:00:30] Stop performing and be
[6:00:34] progressive for real.
[6:00:35] Our problems, problems and
[6:00:36] deficits are due to corruption
[6:00:40] within our government Utilities
[6:00:41] ,food system and every aspect
[6:00:41] of our lives.
[6:00:42] We need to immediately stop a
[6:00:47] lot of council members from
[6:00:48] using Thank you for that.
[6:00:48] Something like voting or more.
[6:00:49] We don't have a budget problem
[6:00:50] like have black rocketing
[6:00:50] remark I do have to be fair
[6:00:56] allegedly Audra.
[6:00:56] >> After that will be Lily
[6:01:01] Irani, Marco Espinosa Kimberly
[6:01:02] Moreland Those are our final
[6:01:02] speakers here in council
[6:01:06] chambers trading children and
[6:01:06] youth success for a digital
[6:01:07] prison is extremely negligent
[6:01:08] and people need to take a
[6:01:12] broader step back and see that
[6:01:13] this hpr this is going into
[6:01:13] residential neighborhoods.
[6:01:18] People are getting contracts
[6:01:19] with it And the fact is is when
[6:01:20] it's put together with ai and
[6:01:20] things like Palantir in these
[6:01:24] fusion centers and the fact
[6:01:25] that they can have piggyback
[6:01:25] access, they have you know an
[6:01:30] enterprise contracts with these
[6:01:31] fusion centers that advanced
[6:01:32] tech that use advanced
[6:01:35] technology that's insulated
[6:01:36] from legal legislative
[6:01:37] processes that would allow us
[6:01:41] to get rid of it And San Diego
[6:01:42] Police Department is one that
[6:01:43] is feeding into these analytics
[6:01:47] and you know, once it's at
[6:01:48] the fusion center it goes out.
[6:01:49] So it's like no matter what you
[6:01:53] guys do this digital prison is
[6:01:54] here, It's going to be
[6:01:54] weaponized.
[6:01:55] We can see that All you have to
[6:01:56] do is look at China but it's
[6:01:58] like you guys are going to
[6:01:59] bring it in in some other
[6:02:00] fashion whether or not it's
[6:02:04] walk or not And we need to be
[6:02:05] very concerned because it's all
[6:02:05] of us, not just immigrant.
[6:02:06] >> Thank you.
[6:02:10] Lily Irani Hi, my name is Lily
[6:02:11] Iranian, a resident of d-3 and
[6:02:15] a member of dsa.
[6:02:16] So Hi Stephen and I am also a
[6:02:17] member of the uc San Diego
[6:02:21] Faculty Association so Hi Joe.
[6:02:22] People have made very powerful
[6:02:22] points about how every dollar
[6:02:26] we spend on flag total 2
[6:02:27] million a year should be spent
[6:02:28] on local jobs in arts parks and
[6:02:31] rec child and youth services
[6:02:32] and transportation planning.
[6:02:32] So I want to share some facts
[6:02:37] that maybe haven't been shared
[6:02:37] before.
[6:02:38] In Milwaukee, a police officer
[6:02:41] search for his partner and her
[6:02:41] ex-boyfriend over 170 times on
[6:02:42] a flag system in Kansas.
[6:02:47] The police chief searched for
[6:02:47] his ex 280 times.
[6:02:48] So Fox talking at a click of
[6:02:52] the mouse.
[6:02:52] And these are stories from
[6:02:53] other cities.
[6:02:53] But now we learn from the times
[6:02:56] of San Diego that five months
[6:02:57] ago Hugo Parra was wrongly
[6:02:58] jailed for a month for missing
[6:03:02] the holidays with his family
[6:03:03] based on flawed flight data.
[6:03:03] And we only know this because
[6:03:07] of dogged reporting so we can
[6:03:08] only imagine how many other
[6:03:09] stories like this are already
[6:03:13] happening in San Diego.
[6:03:13] >> But the fog makes us less
[6:03:14] safe and jobs keep the money
[6:03:14] local.
[6:03:18] Marco Espinoza.
[6:03:24] Afternoon.
[6:03:25] My question is to the in terms
[6:03:29] of the what I hear about Flock
[6:03:30] today and of all the times I've
[6:03:34] come to these public meetings
[6:03:35] I'm pretty sure I've heard
[6:03:39] the are use of flock is extreme
[6:03:40] only limited and it's very
[6:03:44] narrow and but there's a lot of
[6:03:45] confusion and animosity towards
[6:03:50] the parent company and how it's
[6:03:51] used in other cities.
[6:03:51] I could be wrong in
[6:03:55] interpreting number incorrectly
[6:03:56] here which I've done.
[6:03:59] But anyway I just wanted to get
[6:04:00] that one off.
[6:04:01] Not that I'm trying to give any
[6:04:05] cover but if there is confusion
[6:04:06] out there that could be it
[6:04:06] people just aren't aware of Oh
[6:04:07] shoot I used up all my time.
[6:04:10] I'm so sorry I'm such a dork.
[6:04:11] Anyways, uh, the retirement
[6:04:15] program um.
[6:04:16] I don't want anyone in
[6:04:17] the future running for office
[6:04:22] to be using that as excuses And
[6:04:22] I'll be watching.
[6:04:27] >> And then Kimberly Mullen No
[6:04:27] .
[6:04:28] Kimberly Mullen That does
[6:04:28] conclude public comment here in
[6:04:29] council chambers We are now
[6:04:32] going to those participating
[6:04:33] remotely I'm sorry at the five
[6:04:34] minute timer it is one minute
[6:04:37] apiece as it was in person We
[6:04:38] have 27 people with their hands
[6:04:38] raised starting with Josephine
[6:04:39] vote if you can please raise
[6:04:42] please unmute yourself.
[6:04:43] Hi I'm here.
[6:04:43] Please proceed.
[6:04:47] Okay.
[6:04:48] Once again let me pull it up.
[6:04:49] Okay.
[6:04:49] Hi.
[6:04:50] I want to echo the comments of
[6:04:52] other community members.
[6:04:53] We cannot strengthen an
[6:04:53] unaccountable state security
[6:04:54] apparatus at the expense of
[6:04:58] real long standing safety and
[6:04:58] real opportunity for
[6:04:59] the people.
[6:04:59] I also want to speak to
[6:05:03] longtime property owners and
[6:05:04] more wealthy San Diego
[6:05:04] neighborhoods.
[6:05:05] You guys are the ones who are
[6:05:09] robbing our city and a large
[6:05:10] part of the reason for this
[6:05:10] deficit every time you vote to
[6:05:13] preserve your low property
[6:05:14] taxes and you steal from your
[6:05:14] neighbors.
[6:05:18] Traditionally before Prop 13,
[6:05:19] property taxes were how cities
[6:05:19] and counties in California
[6:05:20] funded their services and
[6:05:23] infrastructure And this it's
[6:05:24] still the case for most other
[6:05:24] states.
[6:05:28] Every time we've tried to raise
[6:05:29] the cap on increasing property
[6:05:30] taxes, homeowners have voted
[6:05:30] against it.
[6:05:31] Shame on you for stealing from
[6:05:34] your neighbors and for those
[6:05:35] who know about it But don't
[6:05:35] speak up.
[6:05:36] I'm home owning neighbors When
[6:05:39] you pay your to your property
[6:05:39] taxes year after year.
[6:05:40] And now here today when you try
[6:05:41] to take money from services
[6:05:45] that we need and make to make
[6:05:45] the city charge for parking
[6:05:46] make the police need to issue
[6:05:49] parking tickets to fund their
[6:05:49] departments instead of actually
[6:05:50] help keeping us safe.
[6:05:54] You vote to surveil us because
[6:05:55] of your own paranoia.
[6:05:55] Make no mistake that you're
[6:05:56] stealing from us from your
[6:05:59] precious police force and
[6:06:00] forcing the zero sum game.
[6:06:01] We can't keep playing this
[6:06:01] game.
[6:06:04] We need real revenue sources
[6:06:05] And that's an even if we had
[6:06:05] the money.
[6:06:11] We cannot strengthen an
[6:06:11] unaccountable.
[6:06:12] Sorry your time did run out
[6:06:13] with my apologies Jason Maybe
[6:06:17] if you can please unmute.
[6:06:18] >> Hi my name is Jason.
[6:06:18] I urge you to keep
[6:06:19] the multimodal traffic safety
[6:06:22] team funded at least partially
[6:06:23] since we have no net impact on
[6:06:27] the general fund because
[6:06:27] the Transportation Department
[6:06:28] is already funded.
[6:06:29] This is about priorities within
[6:06:32] transportation.
[6:06:33] In SEPTEMBER of 2024 this
[6:06:33] Council unanimously passed a
[6:06:37] resolution to affirm safety as
[6:06:38] transportation's highest
[6:06:38] priority.
[6:06:42] The traffic safety team is only
[6:06:43] 2% of the transportation
[6:06:43] budget.
[6:06:44] If safety truly is the highest
[6:06:47] priority we can certainly
[6:06:48] dedicate 2% of
[6:06:48] the transportation budget to it
[6:06:52] even if that means 4% fewer
[6:06:52] potholes to fill.
[6:06:56] Just this Saturday a 62 year
[6:06:56] old woman was killed crossing a
[6:06:57] section of Elkhorn Boulevard
[6:07:00] where there's no crosswalk for
[6:07:01] a quarter of a mile.
[6:07:01] That section is scheduled for
[6:07:05] resurfacing later this year.
[6:07:06] This is exactly the type of
[6:07:06] dangerous street conditions
[6:07:10] that multimodal traffic safety
[6:07:11] team is critical for fixing.
[6:07:12] >> So please fund them.
[6:07:12] Thank you.
[6:07:12] Thank you.
[6:07:16] Next is Barbara Gordon If you
[6:07:16] can please unmute Barbara
[6:07:20] Gordon.
[6:07:21] >> City's number one
[6:07:22] responsibility is public
[6:07:22] safety.
[6:07:25] I urge you to not cancel
[6:07:26] the police department's
[6:07:26] automated license plate
[6:07:30] recognition program.
[6:07:31] This technology has proven to
[6:07:31] be one of the department's most
[6:07:35] effective crime fighting tools
[6:07:36] helping officers quickly
[6:07:37] identify stolen vehicles,
[6:07:40] locate suspects and solve
[6:07:41] serious crimes that might
[6:07:45] otherwise remain unsolved.
[6:07:46] At a time when public safety
[6:07:46] remains a top concern for
[6:07:50] residents, it would be
[6:07:51] counterproductive to weaken a
[6:07:52] technology that provides law
[6:07:55] enforcement with timely
[6:07:55] objectives and actionable
[6:07:56] information.
[6:08:00] I urge you this Council to
[6:08:01] prioritize community safety by
[6:08:05] maintaining support for the a l
[6:08:06] p r program preserving
[6:08:10] the tools that help keep San
[6:08:11] Diego residents and businesses
[6:08:16] and neighborhoods safe.
[6:08:16] Thank you.
[6:08:16] Thank you.
[6:08:18] Next is Kate Kate burnett
[6:08:24] please unmute.
[6:08:25] >> I'll thank you all again for
[6:08:25] the opportunity.
[6:08:26] My name is Keeper and I am
[6:08:28] calling on behalf of the arts
[6:08:29] and Culture community and in my
[6:08:33] role at the San Diego Museum of
[6:08:33] Art.
[6:08:34] Again, we so appreciate
[6:08:35] the eBay and the City Council
[6:08:38] for finding really creative
[6:08:43] ways to leverage public private
[6:08:44] partnerships to ensure that
[6:08:45] the arts and culture industry
[6:08:49] in the city maintains its sort
[6:08:49] of excellence even in this
[6:08:50] difficult budget year.
[6:08:54] Echoing my ask from Friday
[6:08:54] regardless of whether you
[6:08:59] managed to restore fully
[6:09:00] the nearly $12 million grant
[6:09:03] funding, we hold it at 6
[6:09:03] million or we get it somewhere
[6:09:04] in between.
[6:09:07] We are asking you to maintain
[6:09:08] the existing grant allocation
[6:09:08] structure.
[6:09:13] We are incredibly aware of
[6:09:17] equity concerns and the need to
[6:09:18] mitigate impacts as much as
[6:09:18] possible and we will continue
[6:09:22] to do so in long term
[6:09:23] conversations.
[6:09:23] But we're hoping for this year
[6:09:27] to keep the funding the same.
[6:09:28] >> Concluding remarks Nancy, if
[6:09:29] you can please unmute Nancy
[6:09:32] Weatherford and before you
[6:09:33] begin that was the five minute
[6:09:33] timer.
[6:09:34] >> No additional speakers will
[6:09:36] be taken.
[6:09:37] 28 speakers are in the queue.
[6:09:37] Please proceed.
[6:09:42] Hi.
[6:09:42] Can you hear me?
[6:09:43] Yes.
[6:09:43] Please proceed.
[6:09:44] Thank you.
[6:09:44] Happy pride.
[6:09:45] My name is Nancy Rella Ford.
[6:09:46] I'm a resident of District
[6:09:47] three and a member of the lgbtq
[6:09:47] community.
[6:09:51] I want to quickly thank
[6:09:52] Councilmember Whitburn for
[6:09:53] getting rid or helping to get
[6:09:59] rid of double park paid parking
[6:09:59] .
[6:10:00] And then I will just say please
[6:10:04] defund Floc and redirect those
[6:10:04] funds to community needs.
[6:10:07] I want to thank the four
[6:10:08] council members who have
[6:10:08] proposed a start to that effort
[6:10:12] and I urge you Council member
[6:10:13] Whitburn and the others to join
[6:10:13] them.
[6:10:17] Members of the broader lgbt two
[6:10:22] trans community and residents
[6:10:22] of your diverse district are
[6:10:23] harmed more than helped by
[6:10:27] police surveillance technology
[6:10:27] .
[6:10:28] It's easy for older white
[6:10:32] people like me to if we don't
[6:10:33] look outside our own bubble to
[6:10:33] believe the story that please
[6:10:37] keep us safe and technology
[6:10:38] prevents crime and those things
[6:10:42] are not true if we just look
[6:10:42] outside our bubble or listen to
[6:10:43] people here your time has
[6:10:43] concluded.
[6:10:47] >> Andrew.
[6:10:48] >> Andrew Andrew Sorry Andrew
[6:10:49] Hollingworth If you can please
[6:10:49] unmute.
[6:10:51] Yes, thank you.
[6:10:52] >> I'm Andrew Hollingworth
[6:10:53] representing the Peninsula
[6:10:53] Community Planning Board in
[6:10:55] District two.
[6:10:56] We urge the restoration of cuts
[6:11:00] to recreation centers libraries
[6:11:01] and arts and culture in
[6:11:02] District two and city wide for
[6:11:05] which four of you supported new
[6:11:06] budget minimum rent
[6:11:06] memorandums.
[6:11:10] You should fund this by further
[6:11:10] cuts to bloated city staffing,
[6:11:11] wages and benefits.
[6:11:14] We also urge cutting car
[6:11:15] allowances, cell phones and
[6:11:19] travel for city staff.
[6:11:20] We reject any tax and fee
[6:11:20] increase is an already
[6:11:24] overburdened residence as
[6:11:24] advocated by the ipa and
[6:11:29] COUNCILMAN Rivera as evidenced
[6:11:29] by the rejection of Measure
[6:11:30] eight last week by Taxpayers
[6:11:34] for City Staff made more than
[6:11:34] the us PRESIDENT.
[6:11:35] At least ten made more than a
[6:11:38] us senator so wages and
[6:11:39] salaries are still bloated.
[6:11:40] Please restore the cuts to
[6:11:43] library and rec center and
[6:11:44] the arts.
[6:11:44] >> Thank you.
[6:11:45] Thank you Taxpayer If you can
[6:11:49] please unmute.
[6:11:55] >> Hello and good afternoon.
[6:11:55] >> I am here to state my
[6:11:59] opposition to cuts to the arts
[6:12:00] and parks services and would
[6:12:04] urge our City Council to
[6:12:05] consider ending our contract
[6:12:05] with Block.
[6:12:06] I'd like to thank the City
[6:12:09] Council for being patient and
[6:12:10] hearing our voice for many many
[6:12:10] against these meetings On
[6:12:14] Tuesday afternoons are
[6:12:14] unattainable as we work very
[6:12:15] hard to enjoy America's finest
[6:12:15] city.
[6:12:19] Our investment in park is not
[6:12:19] keep us safe.
[6:12:20] Our investment in communities
[6:12:23] does So if we're able to
[6:12:24] address the root cause of crime
[6:12:28] which is shattered social
[6:12:29] services and funding we'll be
[6:12:29] able to prevent crime.
[6:12:33] Unlike mass surveillance,
[6:12:34] giving away our right to
[6:12:34] privacy today is taking away
[6:12:38] rights for future generations.
[6:12:43] I again implore you to cancel
[6:12:44] the flight contract and
[6:12:44] reinvest in San Diego to make
[6:12:48] sure that we remain America's
[6:12:48] finest city.
[6:12:50] Be leaders not reactionaries
[6:12:56] and flock.
[6:12:59] Next is a phone number ending
[6:13:00] in 26602660 If you can please
[6:13:01] unmute star six.
[6:13:07] After that is Jesse Schmidt.
[6:13:07] >> 2660.
[6:13:08] There you go.
[6:13:12] Good afternoon Council members
[6:13:12] .
[6:13:13] My name is Brendan Segal and
[6:13:14] I'm a senior policy advocate
[6:13:15] for the aclu of any one
[6:13:16] Imperial County.
[6:13:17] How we choose to invest our
[6:13:17] money dictates the future of
[6:13:20] our city.
[6:13:20] Our budget should tell
[6:13:21] the story of hope over fear.
[6:13:22] Fear is funding
[6:13:22] the surveillance of our
[6:13:25] community members while
[6:13:26] reducing the services that keep
[6:13:26] them safe and supported.
[6:13:30] Fear is bankrolling automated
[6:13:30] license plate readers and
[6:13:31] already dangerous technology
[6:13:32] under a hospital administration
[6:13:35] in anticipation of problems
[6:13:36] that have not yet occurred and
[6:13:36] MAY never occur.
[6:13:37] There is the planned
[6:13:40] overinvestment in law
[6:13:40] enforcement all while
[6:13:41] recklessly accepting San Diego
[6:13:42] police departments skyrocketing
[6:13:45] over time and civil lawsuit
[6:13:46] settlement cost as the price of
[6:13:46] supposed safety.
[6:13:49] We need to change the story.
[6:13:50] Hope is investing in a future
[6:13:51] where all can thrive.
[6:13:51] It means funding proven
[6:13:54] solutions to the problems that
[6:13:55] we are facing right now.
[6:13:56] Hope means supporting our youth
[6:13:56] in community centered services
[6:14:00] and programs like parks and Rec
[6:14:01] libraries, the Office of Child
[6:14:02] and Youth Success and the Arts.
[6:14:04] Hope means finding peaceful
[6:14:05] infrastructure Serving
[6:14:06] the constituents of this city
[6:14:06] means investing in our future
[6:14:10] and not our oppression.
[6:14:11] Funding services San Diego
[6:14:12] desperately need but San Diego
[6:14:12] budget tell us their time has
[6:14:13] come.
[6:14:14] Thank you.
[6:14:18] Jesse if you can please unmute
[6:14:18] .
[6:14:19] You.
[6:14:19] Good afternoon Council
[6:14:23] PRESIDENT And Council members.
[6:14:24] My name is Jesse Committee and
[6:14:25] I served as you District
[6:14:25] Commissioner on the Commission
[6:14:28] on Gang Prevention and
[6:14:28] Intervention.
[6:14:29] I'm here today in support of
[6:14:29] ending the city's automated
[6:14:33] license plate reader contract.
[6:14:34] I want to thank COUNCILWOMAN
[6:14:34] Vivian Moreno for her
[6:14:35] commitment to working with
[6:14:38] community and continuing to
[6:14:38] uplift our voices and concerns.
[6:14:42] As someone who works on issues
[6:14:43] related to violence prevention
[6:14:43] and community safety, I believe
[6:14:44] that we must be thoughtful
[6:14:47] about the types of investments
[6:14:48] that we actually make
[6:14:48] throughout our communities.
[6:14:51] District has north of 100 hpr
[6:14:52] cameras throughout our
[6:14:55] community nearly 20% of which
[6:14:56] are within a half mile of
[6:15:00] Chicano bart cameras stretching
[6:15:00] along Logan Avenue.
[6:15:01] Communities that have
[6:15:02] historically been overpoliced
[6:15:05] including immigrant
[6:15:06] communities, communities of
[6:15:06] color and low income
[6:15:07] neighborhoods often bear
[6:15:10] the greatest burden of expanded
[6:15:11] surveillance.
[6:15:11] Public safety is strongest when
[6:15:12] communities trust the public
[6:15:15] institutions.
[6:15:16] That trust is built through
[6:15:16] investment in people, not
[6:15:17] perpetual expansion of
[6:15:21] surveillance infrastructure.
[6:15:21] I urge the Council to terminate
[6:15:22] this contract.
[6:15:22] Time has expired.
[6:15:26] Thank you Satterlee for
[6:15:26] following Martinez Cano.
[6:15:29] After that is Tanner Moreno
[6:15:34] said slowly If you can think of
[6:15:35] your constituents have spoken
[6:15:35] to you for hours about
[6:15:36] the importance of funding
[6:15:40] communities, the realities of
[6:15:41] funding floc how it would
[6:15:41] target women marginalized
[6:15:44] communities and do more harm
[6:15:44] than good.
[6:15:45] But I'll speak to you about
[6:15:46] what you like.
[6:15:50] Money Floc will lose money for
[6:15:51] San Diego whereas the arts and
[6:15:51] community orgs increase
[6:15:52] funding.
[6:15:55] Floc will not cost 2 million.
[6:15:56] It will cost much much more.
[6:15:57] San Diego police is already
[6:16:00] facing a lawsuit due to misuse
[6:16:00] of Floc data.
[6:16:03] They're seeking 1.5 million
[6:16:04] each in damages.
[6:16:05] That's not 2 million for Floc
[6:16:05] That's 5 million.
[6:16:08] With many more incidents to
[6:16:09] come Floc is easy, easily
[6:16:12] hackable and it has already
[6:16:13] been used in disgusting ways to
[6:16:14] support eyes and harass
[6:16:14] citizens.
[6:16:17] You cannot afford floc and
[6:16:18] nobody wants it.
[6:16:19] Support youth services arts
[6:16:22] community orgs.
[6:16:23] Nobody wants Floc and San Diego
[6:16:24] cannot afford it.
[6:16:27] Thank you.
[6:16:28] Thank you.
[6:16:28] Next is Tanner.
[6:16:35] If you can please unmute Tanner
[6:16:36] .
[6:16:42] Hello.
[6:16:43] We can hear you.
[6:16:43] Please proceed.
[6:16:43] Sorry.
[6:16:44] Yes, thank you.
[6:16:45] I would like to thank
[6:16:47] councilmembers Shani Le Rivera,
[6:16:48] Henry Foster Cantley and Vivian
[6:16:52] Moreno for a proposal to end
[6:16:52] the contract and put money back
[6:16:53] into the communities of San
[6:16:56] Diego.
[6:16:57] Just this week at the Times of
[6:16:58] San Diego reported how Floc led
[6:17:02] an innocent man to be jailed
[6:17:02] for over a month.
[6:17:06] It doesn't keep you in your
[6:17:06] safe because it's to waste
[6:17:07] money on lawsuits and our
[6:17:11] freedoms.
[6:17:11] Councilmember Flippen.
[6:17:12] As a member of your district
[6:17:15] please vote to shut down Fort.
[6:17:15] Protect our civil liberties and
[6:17:16] put our money back to our
[6:17:19] communities for everyone.
[6:17:20] >> Thank you.
[6:17:20] Thank you.
[6:17:22] Next is Francis If you can
[6:17:27] please unmute just a couple of
[6:17:32] blocks from where you're all at
[6:17:33] .
[6:17:33] At Bluebottle Coffee I
[6:17:34] overheard Mayor Gloria tell
[6:17:35] the chair of the San Diego
[6:17:38] Democratic Party they needed to
[6:17:38] make sure the public didn't
[6:17:39] blame the city for
[6:17:39] the flooding.
[6:17:43] Budgets are moral documents.
[6:17:43] The flooding was a direct
[6:17:47] result of years of neglected
[6:17:47] drain planning in poor
[6:17:48] neighborhoods.
[6:17:51] But you all voted for.
[6:17:52] And do you remember when many
[6:17:52] many of you approved
[6:17:56] the mayor's plan to criminalize
[6:17:56] the unhoused?
[6:17:57] Well, how much time now do
[6:18:01] the police spend doing sweeps
[6:18:02] and picking people up?
[6:18:02] I actually watch someone then
[6:18:06] spend a half hour arresting a
[6:18:07] man in a wheelchair for missing
[6:18:08] a court date.
[6:18:11] That man needed food, a shower
[6:18:11] shelter and a community that
[6:18:16] cares about him not police.
[6:18:16] Dehumanizing him in public and
[6:18:21] and and taking him in.
[6:18:22] Perpetuating a broken system.
[6:18:23] I'm personally appalled
[6:18:26] The mayor Gloria was chosen to
[6:18:26] lead the Council of Mayors.
[6:18:27] I hope instead of spreading
[6:18:30] draconian policies he'll learn
[6:18:30] from other mayors.
[6:18:31] >> Lead with your time has
[6:18:37] concluded I schreier I mean try
[6:18:38] and try out me to me if you can
[6:18:39] please unmute.
[6:18:45] Oh, hi all My name is Sparky.
[6:18:46] Dear councilmembers I'm
[6:18:46] sparking me.
[6:18:48] You're an engineering Ph.D.
[6:18:49] Student and three resident.
[6:18:49] It's time to abandon a
[6:18:50] dystopian desire for a
[6:18:53] surveillance state in favor of
[6:18:54] one that serves the people and
[6:18:54] truly protects us.
[6:18:57] What keeps us safe Investing in
[6:18:58] child and youth success.
[6:18:59] What keeps us safe?
[6:18:59] Putting money towards arts,
[6:19:02] culture, libraries and parks
[6:19:03] Who keeps us safe?
[6:19:04] We keep us safe Not flock not
[6:19:07] corporations not over
[6:19:08] surveillance.
[6:19:08] Now it's your time to decide If
[6:19:09] you'll join us you get to
[6:19:10] decide with your wallet.
[6:19:12] Thank you.
[6:19:13] >> Thank you.
[6:19:13] Next is Yana.
[6:19:18] If you can please unmute Yana
[6:19:18] Merino.
[6:19:21] Oh, can you guys hear me?
[6:19:22] >> Yes please proceed.
[6:19:22] Thank you.
[6:19:27] I'm here to oppose the cuts to
[6:19:27] our infrastructure.
[6:19:28] You now know that floor cameras
[6:19:29] have zero oversight no
[6:19:32] meaningful impact and leaves us
[6:19:32] vulnerable for lawsuits.
[6:19:33] Do not forget it failed to stop
[6:19:36] the Islamic center shooting an
[6:19:37] event enabled by our mayor and
[6:19:38] this council failure to meet
[6:19:40] Islamophobia with the same zeal
[6:19:41] It discourages dissent toward a
[6:19:42] foreign nation.
[6:19:42] So why pour millions into a
[6:19:46] tool that does not work?
[6:19:46] You know these systems continue
[6:19:47] to amplify algorithmic racial
[6:19:50] profiling in neighborhoods
[6:19:51] already over police.
[6:19:51] The cpd 2025 crime report shows
[6:19:55] that overall crime fell by 6%
[6:19:56] and is expected to stay on
[6:19:56] trend.
[6:19:57] Yet our spending on
[6:20:00] surveillance keeps rising.
[6:20:01] Honestly, how is an officer
[6:20:01] supposed to prevent crime when
[6:20:02] our youth have nowhere to go?
[6:20:05] We should be investing in arts,
[6:20:06] public space, youth programs
[6:20:07] and infrastructure the things
[6:20:07] that are proven to build
[6:20:10] community resilience And to
[6:20:10] the folks who say we already
[6:20:11] carry a smartphone so who cares
[6:20:14] about privacy with respect Many
[6:20:14] of them can't even find
[6:20:15] the brightness setting on their
[6:20:15] device.
[6:20:16] Please divest from Private
[6:20:19] Shady companies and invest in
[6:20:19] San Diego and not in our
[6:20:20] criminalization.
[6:20:23] Thank you.
[6:20:23] >> Thank you Tony.
[6:20:24] If you can please unmute Tony
[6:20:30] Harrison You know yes I'll come
[6:20:34] and serve Verizon's concerns as
[6:20:36] an extra veteran can hear me
[6:20:36] Yes we can.
[6:20:41] >> Please proceed.
[6:20:50] I notice that the up has been
[6:20:51] all over the city and it's not
[6:20:54] something that I paid for or
[6:20:55] that we had a vote on And and
[6:21:00] like I said I me being a
[6:21:01] veteran fought for our rights
[6:21:04] and our freedoms and this
[6:21:05] violates that freedom.
[6:21:08] I feel like we should defund
[6:21:09] our law contract and reinvest
[6:21:13] into the community and to
[6:21:14] the ymca Boys and Girls Club,
[6:21:18] the Arts because those programs
[6:21:22] work and the community for
[6:21:23] which we all grow and benefit
[6:21:27] from that Defund police.
[6:21:31] Thank you, Nancy.
[6:21:36] If you can please unmute.
[6:21:37] >> Hi, I'm a mom to two
[6:21:37] littles.
[6:21:41] I'm an organizer and I work in
[6:21:42] homeless services and public
[6:21:42] health.
[6:21:43] I have used my First Amendment
[6:21:46] rights a lot since OCTOBER
[6:21:46] 2023.
[6:21:47] >> I'm asking you to cancel a
[6:21:48] contract and use the money to
[6:21:51] fund community care including
[6:21:52] libraries, parks and rec and
[6:21:53] the feel good day center.
[6:21:56] Is about investment with a 99.9
[6:21:57] fail rate.
[6:21:57] It's about investment When it
[6:22:00] failed to stop a domestic
[6:22:01] terrorist attack.
[6:22:02] A good investment is focused on
[6:22:05] prevention by preventing a
[6:22:06] costly outbreak and providing
[6:22:07] showers and laundry or
[6:22:11] preventing overflowing yards by
[6:22:11] providing a place for someone
[6:22:12] to receive their medical
[6:22:12] renewal paperwork.
[6:22:16] Case management support and
[6:22:16] training and employment help to
[6:22:17] keep their Medi-Cal under H.R.
[6:22:17] One.
[6:22:21] This is wise.
[6:22:21] Foxman used to wrongly accused
[6:22:22] and jail people.
[6:22:25] It's been used to stalk women
[6:22:26] protesters and immigrants and
[6:22:30] cpd for documents Are now so
[6:22:31] severely redacted and one
[6:22:31] officer looks up when and how
[6:22:35] often.
[6:22:36] How can I trust that you'll
[6:22:37] catch any wrongdoing by an
[6:22:37] officer when cpd did it
[6:22:41] willingly do that when your
[6:22:41] time has concluded?
[6:22:42] Harry Evans If you can please
[6:22:45] unmute.
[6:22:49] Good afternoon and thank you
[6:22:50] for the slurry ideas to fund
[6:22:51] the multimodal program.
[6:22:54] They designed safe crossings
[6:22:55] and complete streets in all
[6:22:59] nine council districts In 2024
[6:23:00] crashes kill three times more
[6:23:00] San Diegans than homicides.
[6:23:04] That's a safety need.
[6:23:05] This team also wins state
[6:23:08] grants and supports affordable
[6:23:09] housing.
[6:23:09] Cutting them would cost
[6:23:10] the city And you know about
[6:23:14] costly lawsuits from crashes.
[6:23:15] This team would help avoid that
[6:23:18] for general revenue.
[6:23:18] Sell custom San Diego street
[6:23:19] signs.
[6:23:19] Like other cities do.
[6:23:24] New York City just sold out of
[6:23:24] Knickerbocker Avenue signs.
[6:23:27] Guess why?
[6:23:28] For everyone else, let's
[6:23:29] pressure Congress to cut just
[6:23:32] one f-35 fighter jet.
[6:23:33] That alone would cover
[6:23:33] the deficit.
[6:23:34] Thank you for your continued
[6:23:37] investment in the multimodal
[6:23:37] program and fund the West
[6:23:38] Valley River crossing.
[6:23:42] It really would be epic for all
[6:23:43] San Diegans.
[6:23:43] >> Thank you.
[6:23:46] Thank you, Danny.
[6:23:51] If you can please unmute me.
[6:23:56] Yes, please proceed.
[6:23:56] So my name is Danny Rose.
[6:23:57] I'm a resident of District
[6:23:57] three.
[6:24:01] If this council claims to care
[6:24:01] about the people that you
[6:24:02] represent then I ask you to
[6:24:03] think about your neighbors who
[6:24:03] are just trying to make it
[6:24:05] through the week.
[6:24:06] Think about parents who are
[6:24:07] looking for something free to
[6:24:07] do with their kids on a
[6:24:08] Saturday.
[6:24:10] Think about kids and teens that
[6:24:11] need somewhere to be when
[6:24:11] school is out.
[6:24:12] Think about college students
[6:24:13] who are stretched thin and just
[6:24:16] need to go sit in a park that's
[6:24:16] maintained or study in a
[6:24:17] library that's openly access to
[6:24:19] those things is how people are
[6:24:20] holding it together.
[6:24:21] We make it to the next week
[6:24:21] with the support of our
[6:24:25] community and we can only help
[6:24:25] each other if we have space
[6:24:26] safe spaces dedicated to doing
[6:24:26] so.
[6:24:29] Block Safety cameras don't do
[6:24:29] that.
[6:24:30] Surveillance doesn't make
[6:24:30] people feel safe.
[6:24:31] It makes people feel watched.
[6:24:33] Cities don't become communities
[6:24:34] because you put more cameras on
[6:24:35] their corners.
[6:24:35] So today you have an
[6:24:36] opportunity to tell us with
[6:24:40] your vote that you see us.
[6:24:40] You hear us and you're going to
[6:24:41] invest in us.
[6:24:41] Please cancel the flier
[6:24:43] contract.
[6:24:44] >> One of the library's arts
[6:24:45] parks and youth programs.
[6:24:45] Thank you.
[6:24:47] Thank you.
[6:24:48] And x is John Stump.
[6:24:52] If you can please unmute.
[6:24:53] John Stump I can on mute for
[6:24:57] you.
[6:24:57] >> There you go.
[6:24:58] Yes, Thank you very much.
[6:25:02] Earlier I provided you a
[6:25:02] suggestion for gaining more
[6:25:06] funds by charging a rebate to
[6:25:11] any operator in the Belmore
[6:25:12] Park and other parks that pays
[6:25:16] their employees more than half
[6:25:16] $1 million a year.
[6:25:20] What I'm concerned about in
[6:25:21] this budget is particularly for
[6:25:26] the council persons in
[6:25:27] districts four, eight and nine.
[6:25:31] Have you provided that funding
[6:25:35] for the 2024 flood victims?
[6:25:39] Is there money in the liability
[6:25:40] fund to pay the half billion
[6:25:44] dollars worth of claims for
[6:25:49] the 2024 flood victims?
[6:25:50] Or is an attorney like Michael
[6:25:50] Geary going to have to come and
[6:25:54] demand those funds from you in
[6:25:54] that trial?
[6:25:55] Thank you very much.
[6:25:55] Bye bye.
[6:25:57] Next is Pat Wilson please on
[6:26:07] mute but Wilson presents San
[6:26:07] Diego Public Library.
[6:26:08] Sorry I couldn't be there in
[6:26:08] person today.
[6:26:12] Thank you for being responsive
[6:26:13] to the public's advocacy on
[6:26:13] behalf of libraries, parks and
[6:26:14] the arts.
[6:26:18] Investing in community
[6:26:18] resources is public safety.
[6:26:19] There's still more work to be
[6:26:22] done though.
[6:26:23] Library hours haven't been
[6:26:23] fully restored even to 2026
[6:26:24] levels.
[6:26:27] So we request that be done.
[6:26:28] Every community just needs its
[6:26:32] libraries open and staffed.
[6:26:33] The retro pennant skaters
[6:26:34] branch should only be closed
[6:26:34] for as long as the much needed
[6:26:36] renovations take.
[6:26:37] Not all year Auction tech
[6:26:40] recreation centers are also
[6:26:41] vital resources and should be
[6:26:42] prioritized over surveillance
[6:26:42] technology.
[6:26:46] You can cancel a contract and
[6:26:47] no one wants it.
[6:26:48] Thank you very much for your
[6:26:51] attention and good luck on
[6:26:52] the rest of the day.
[6:26:52] Thank you David.
[6:26:56] See if you can please unmute.
[6:26:56] Good afternoon.
[6:26:57] My name is David Cathal and I'm
[6:27:01] calling from Pacific Beach.
[6:27:02] I want to emphasize how
[6:27:03] important public safety is for
[6:27:05] me, my neighborhood and people
[6:27:06] all across the city.
[6:27:07] Several city council members
[6:27:07] say that they too prioritize
[6:27:11] public safety and I ask them to
[6:27:12] invest in one of the best ways
[6:27:12] to keep San Diego safe.
[6:27:15] That is funding the multi-modal
[6:27:16] team.
[6:27:16] It is easy to downplay and
[6:27:17] dismiss the dangers of poorly
[6:27:20] designed intersections and
[6:27:21] crossings until someone dies in
[6:27:22] funding the multi-modal team.
[6:27:25] There is an opportunity to
[6:27:25] proactively save lives.
[6:27:26] You cannot save these lives
[6:27:29] through weed brush and graffiti
[6:27:30] abatement.
[6:27:33] You cannot save lives with 12
[6:27:33] miles of slurry seal.
[6:27:34] If you wish to do more than
[6:27:38] just pay lip service to public
[6:27:38] safety and instead actually do
[6:27:39] something about it if you value
[6:27:43] the lives of all San Diegans
[6:27:43] including the ones who choose
[6:27:44] to walk, ride and roll please
[6:27:48] use the r m funds to fund
[6:27:49] the multi-modal team.
[6:27:53] The West Valley River Crossing
[6:27:53] should also be funded.
[6:27:54] >> Thank you.
[6:27:55] Zoom user If you can please
[6:28:02] unmute zoom user.
[6:28:03] A pop up should have shown I
[6:28:09] can't mute for you.
[6:28:10] >> I will have to go to
[6:28:11] the next speaker if you can't
[6:28:19] name yourself Alida Travis If
[6:28:23] you can please unmute.
[6:28:28] Alita.
[6:28:29] >> Good afternoon City Council
[6:28:29] members.
[6:28:33] I'm only that Travis print of
[6:28:33] the Open Library and
[6:28:34] Opportunity Council.
[6:28:38] Thank you COUNCILMAN Foster
[6:28:38] Rivera Moreno and all of you
[6:28:42] for supporting our libraries to
[6:28:43] stay open and for our Parks and
[6:28:43] Rec.
[6:28:47] Again, I'm asking you to
[6:28:48] continue working on those
[6:28:52] priorities and especially to
[6:28:53] make sure that the fund
[6:28:57] the funds are for the arts and
[6:28:57] culture programs as well.
[6:29:02] These services are priority for
[6:29:03] our youth families and in all
[6:29:05] communities especially in
[6:29:06] District four, eight and nine.
[6:29:07] Please, please, please make
[6:29:11] sure that those three services
[6:29:11] continue in all of our
[6:29:15] communities especially for
[6:29:16] eight and nine.
[6:29:21] I urge you do not support block
[6:29:21] funding.
[6:29:22] Thank you.
[6:29:22] Thank you.
[6:29:24] Next speakers Dominic Landry if
[6:29:24] you can please unmute.
[6:29:29] >> Hi.
[6:29:29] Hi.
[6:29:30] Yes my name is Dominic Landry
[6:29:31] from the East Village
[6:29:31] Association and I'm here to
[6:29:34] speak in support of
[6:29:34] the maintenance of the lpr
[6:29:38] system utilized by sd pd.
[6:29:39] East Village is a large
[6:29:39] district.
[6:29:44] We are the largest downtown
[6:29:44] residential district and
[6:29:48] because of our size we see and
[6:29:49] because of our accessibility we
[6:29:49] see a lot of unfortunate
[6:29:53] criminal acts that happen in
[6:29:54] and around downtown that seem
[6:29:55] to pass through our district
[6:29:58] And having an additional tool
[6:29:59] for pd to follow up on crimes
[6:30:02] and prosecute crimes via
[6:30:03] evidence gathering that is
[6:30:04] provided by the lpr system
[6:30:07] helps our downtown community
[6:30:08] remain safer and helps keep
[6:30:08] criminals accountable.
[6:30:12] I don't think that necessarily
[6:30:13] that we need to choose between
[6:30:14] arts funding or youth success
[6:30:16] funding and lpr funding.
[6:30:17] I consider both matters of
[6:30:21] public safety and I think it's
[6:30:22] incumbent upon this council to
[6:30:22] find a way forward in which we
[6:30:27] can accomplish both task in
[6:30:27] terms of funding our youth
[6:30:28] services but also keeping our
[6:30:28] public safe.
[6:30:31] Thank you.
[6:30:32] >> Thank you.
[6:30:32] We do have eight speakers left
[6:30:33] in the queue.
[6:30:33] No additional speakers will be
[6:30:35] taken because if you can please
[6:30:45] unmute you are unmuted.
[6:30:46] >> We do not hear you here in
[6:30:46] council chambers.
[6:30:49] I'm not sure of the device that
[6:30:49] you're speaking into MAY be
[6:30:54] muted as well.
[6:30:55] If you cannot fix your
[6:30:58] technical difficulties will.
[6:30:59] We will need to move on
[6:31:03] the device your phone or tablet
[6:31:04] or any device that you're using
[6:31:08] MAY be muted.
[6:31:09] You can definitely send in your
[6:31:13] comments through City clerk at
[6:31:13] San diego.Gov.
[6:31:16] Courtney if you can please
[6:31:21] unmute.
[6:31:22] >> Good afternoon honorable
[6:31:22] council members My name is
[6:31:25] Courtney Multi-skilled with
[6:31:26] the ymca of San Diego County in
[6:31:27] Children First Collective.
[6:31:31] Thank you for being open to
[6:31:31] learning about how thriving
[6:31:36] communities are safe
[6:31:36] communities and restoring
[6:31:37] funding to arts and culture
[6:31:41] Park and Rec library and
[6:31:42] importantly the Office of Child
[6:31:45] and Youth Success I report and
[6:31:46] recommendations for a position
[6:31:46] back under the mayor's team
[6:31:50] will help continue the Child
[6:31:51] and Youth Plan really see this
[6:31:55] as a baseline and something to
[6:31:56] build upon.
[6:31:57] We want to applaud all of
[6:31:57] the young people who showed out
[6:32:01] through budget discussions and
[6:32:02] recognize the presentations
[6:32:05] given by used will our time to
[6:32:06] act amidst City Council Over
[6:32:06] the last couple of weeks we
[6:32:10] encourage council members and
[6:32:10] the mayor to set conditions
[6:32:11] where young people continue to
[6:32:14] be engaged and heard for civic
[6:32:14] engagement.
[6:32:15] Appoint your youth
[6:32:16] commissioners and young people
[6:32:20] cheap show and out Thank you.
[6:32:20] >> Thank you.
[6:32:22] Next is Susan if you can please
[6:32:27] unmute Thank you.
[6:32:27] >> My name is Susan Baldwin.
[6:32:31] I'm a d9 resident.
[6:32:32] After listening to
[6:32:33] the testimony today I urge you
[6:32:37] to cancel the flier contract
[6:32:37] and invest those funds in park
[6:32:41] and Recreation and library
[6:32:42] programs that benefit San Diego
[6:32:42] youth.
[6:32:47] Thank you to the council
[6:32:48] members who support council
[6:32:51] canceling clock But to those
[6:32:51] who have not gotten there yet I
[6:32:52] sincerely hope you change your
[6:32:57] mind and vote to shut down.
[6:32:57] >> Block.
[6:32:58] Thank you.
[6:33:00] Next is Seth Hall.
[6:33:01] If you can please unmute Serve
[6:33:05] hall.
[6:33:06] >> Thank you.
[6:33:10] Council members set up hall
[6:33:10] with the trust us Nicole and
[6:33:15] it's very clear from
[6:33:16] the testimony across
[6:33:16] the community today that
[6:33:20] surveillance system blocking
[6:33:20] ubiquity is the wrong
[6:33:25] technology in the wrong place
[6:33:25] at the wrong time.
[6:33:26] And the only remaining question
[6:33:30] from this process is whether we
[6:33:31] have the wrong city leaders in
[6:33:34] place as well.
[6:33:35] Four council members have
[6:33:36] proposed biting the bullet
[6:33:39] making difficult decisions to
[6:33:40] reprioritize and fund community
[6:33:44] services and fund the things
[6:33:45] that the people who are talking
[6:33:46] to you are asking for.
[6:33:50] The question is do we have a
[6:33:50] majority of city council and a
[6:33:54] mayor who will double down on
[6:33:55] using the wrong technology even
[6:33:59] when the vast majority of
[6:33:59] the community is asking you to
[6:34:03] please redirect the funding?
[6:34:04] I implore the City council
[6:34:05] members to make difficult
[6:34:09] decisions but to go ahead and
[6:34:10] make them today and listen to
[6:34:10] the community.
[6:34:11] >> Your time has concluded and
[6:34:12] thank you so much Benjamin
[6:34:13] Nichols If you can please
[6:34:17] unmute.
[6:34:18] >> Hello, my name is Benjamin
[6:34:19] Nichols and I'm the executive
[6:34:19] director of the Who Quest
[6:34:22] Business Association and I
[6:34:23] represent 1800 small business
[6:34:23] and property owners.
[6:34:26] We register our support for
[6:34:27] the preservation of the alpaca
[6:34:31] camera Technology has a vital
[6:34:32] tool for preserving public
[6:34:32] safety and Hillcrest.
[6:34:33] The troubling rise in
[6:34:36] incidences we witnessed several
[6:34:36] years ago including a pellet
[6:34:37] gun attack and the appearance
[6:34:40] of hate filled graffiti
[6:34:41] throughout the neighborhood has
[6:34:42] receded due to the presence of
[6:34:42] these cameras.
[6:34:45] This technology isn't about
[6:34:46] surveillance but it's about
[6:34:47] providing a sense of safety to
[6:34:50] our customers and projecting
[6:34:51] the message to criminals that
[6:34:51] they will be caught.
[6:34:54] I must also report our
[6:34:55] opposition to the proposed
[6:34:56] increase of police fees related
[6:35:00] to special events.
[6:35:01] Raising these fees is a way to
[6:35:01] see your neighborhood.
[6:35:04] Street fairs canceled right
[6:35:04] now.
[6:35:05] Police staffing represents over
[6:35:06] 20% of the budgets for our
[6:35:09] neighborhood festivals.
[6:35:10] We have already canceled
[6:35:10] beloved neighborhood events
[6:35:14] because these huge costs.
[6:35:14] >> This is untenable.
[6:35:15] Thank you for your time.
[6:35:18] Thank you.
[6:35:23] Annexes Carina Hellman.
[6:35:23] >> Hello?
[6:35:24] Can you hear me?
[6:35:24] Yes.
[6:35:24] Please proceed.
[6:35:28] Hi, my name is Carina and I'm
[6:35:29] here as a concerned citizen.
[6:35:33] I urge you to cancel the Ale
[6:35:37] Park Block contract.
[6:35:38] It is a serious risk to our
[6:35:38] privacy and civil liberties.
[6:35:42] It does not require
[6:35:43] establishing probable cause and
[6:35:46] obtaining search warrants which
[6:35:47] provide oversight and
[6:35:50] accountability as required by
[6:35:51] the Fourth Amendment.
[6:35:51] Some folks MAY ask why should I
[6:35:55] care if I have nothing to hide?
[6:35:56] Because you don't get to decide
[6:35:56] what suspicious looks like
[6:36:00] tomorrow and mistakes happen
[6:36:01] and you're the one who pays for
[6:36:01] them.
[6:36:05] As history has shown, when
[6:36:06] governments or third parties
[6:36:06] gain unchecked surveillance
[6:36:10] powers their eventually used
[6:36:10] against people who aren't doing
[6:36:11] anything wrong until someone
[6:36:15] decided they are until early in
[6:36:20] 2025 apps weren't used for
[6:36:20] tracking immigrants.
[6:36:21] But now they are.
[6:36:24] Despite policies prohibiting
[6:36:25] it.
[6:36:25] >> History has shown that
[6:36:26] powerful your time has
[6:36:29] concluded at my apologies your
[6:36:30] time has concluded.
[6:36:30] Blaine Wagner, if you can
[6:36:31] please on mute.
[6:36:34] Blaine Wagner.
[6:36:35] >> How am I coming through One?
[6:36:36] Yeah, one minute.
[6:36:36] Please proceed.
[6:36:38] We can hear you.
[6:36:39] >> Hello?
[6:36:40] Members of the City Council.
[6:36:40] My name is Blaine Wagner and I
[6:36:44] live in Bunker Hill in District
[6:36:44] three.
[6:36:45] First off, I want to thank you
[6:36:45] for listening to all of our
[6:36:48] comments and dedicating your
[6:36:48] time to our city.
[6:36:49] I'd like to comment to urge
[6:36:50] the City Council to include
[6:36:53] the multimodal transportation
[6:36:54] team in the budget to members
[6:36:54] in their full capacity.
[6:36:59] According to the city's
[6:36:59] official Vision Zero data in 20
[6:37:00] 2454 San Diego lost their lives
[6:37:03] on our safer streets while in
[6:37:04] another hundred and 38 were
[6:37:04] severely injured.
[6:37:08] These figures are not some
[6:37:09] random statistics from a far
[6:37:09] far away land.
[6:37:10] There are own neighbors and
[6:37:10] loved ones.
[6:37:13] The multimodal team is an
[6:37:14] investment in directly saving
[6:37:15] lives pure and simple through
[6:37:15] vital work like daylighting
[6:37:18] reviews and street redesigns.
[6:37:19] I know we're budget sensitive
[6:37:20] at the moment.
[6:37:20] For this reason I recommend
[6:37:23] using the flexible mra or
[6:37:24] Transnet Funds consulting
[6:37:24] the multimodal team during
[6:37:28] routine street repaving creates
[6:37:28] an incredibly cheap opportunity
[6:37:29] to build safer streets and
[6:37:33] completely avoids expensive
[6:37:33] capital projects later and
[6:37:34] saves our neighbors lives.
[6:37:34] >> Thank you.
[6:37:35] Thank you.
[6:37:38] Next is senior Sanchez and then
[6:37:39] our final speaker review at
[6:37:39] Voices.
[6:37:50] Sign up please unmute icons
[6:37:51] again.
[6:37:51] Hear me now?
[6:37:51] Yes.
[6:37:52] Please proceed.
[6:37:54] Okay.
[6:37:55] >> I do not believe that cbt
[6:37:56] should be rewarded with
[6:37:57] expanded surveillance powers
[6:37:59] while serious questions about
[6:38:00] accountability and public trust
[6:38:00] remain unresolved.
[6:38:05] Now as dpd Officer Brandon
[6:38:06] Mcgivern is facing federal
[6:38:06] child exploitation charges
[6:38:09] involving multiple minors while
[6:38:10] he is entitled to due process,
[6:38:10] these allegations have
[6:38:11] understandably shaken public
[6:38:14] confidence in the Department.
[6:38:15] At the same time, taxpayers
[6:38:16] continue to pay for lawsuits
[6:38:16] and settlements involving
[6:38:19] police misconduct by officers
[6:38:19] and community members raise
[6:38:20] concerns about favoritism,
[6:38:21] retaliation and a lack of
[6:38:24] transparency.
[6:38:25] And after the horrific attack
[6:38:26] at the Islamic Center claimed
[6:38:29] the lives of me and Abdullah
[6:38:30] Mansoor as he had an idea of
[6:38:31] why we should be asking whether
[6:38:34] more surveillance is actually
[6:38:35] preventing violence and not
[6:38:35] simply collecting more data
[6:38:36] after tragedy strikes.
[6:38:39] For as dpd receives more
[6:38:40] surveillance technology
[6:38:40] the public deserves
[6:38:41] accountability, transparency
[6:38:43] and proof that these systems
[6:38:44] are making our community safer.
[6:38:44] Trust must come before more
[6:38:45] power does.
[6:38:48] Thank you.
[6:38:48] >> Thank you.
[6:38:49] Voices if you can please.
[6:38:53] And you.
[6:38:54] >> Hi.
[6:38:55] My name is a teacher and
[6:38:55] the executive director for Big
[6:38:56] Voices.
[6:38:57] I have been engaged in
[6:38:57] the budget process in 2020 now
[6:38:58] and every single time.
[6:39:02] My only hope is for more people
[6:39:03] to engage in the same process
[6:39:07] because the conversation about
[6:39:08] the budget on the one side I
[6:39:09] hear the police turning people
[6:39:11] out talking about public safety
[6:39:12] and a very singular perspective
[6:39:17] The camera and that's it.
[6:39:17] But the other side of
[6:39:18] the conversation you MAY not
[6:39:22] hear it is and I want to state
[6:39:23] it out loud is that you cannot
[6:39:24] balance the budget on a single
[6:39:25] day department.
[6:39:26] You have to balance the budget
[6:39:27] on every single services
[6:39:31] department and needs of
[6:39:32] the community.
[6:39:32] Because you know what?
[6:39:36] Camera does not send no kids to
[6:39:36] college.
[6:39:37] Its libraries do park keep kids
[6:39:41] alive and healthy.
[6:39:42] They will send it to our kids
[6:39:45] colleges and our culture would
[6:39:46] make all kids more imaginative
[6:39:46] to become better leaders.
[6:39:50] The joke about going to
[6:39:51] lobbying to all of you council
[6:39:51] member is that the question is
[6:39:56] all we have ever done in adult
[6:39:57] city I am asking your time has
[6:39:59] concluded.
[6:40:00] For the record this item did
[6:40:01] receive 12 comments in favor
[6:40:01] and 29 comments in opposition
[6:40:05] Very comment form which have
[6:40:05] been distributed to the Council
[6:40:06] That does conclude public
[6:40:07] comment on item 704.
[6:40:09] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
[6:40:09] >> All right.
[6:40:13] City Clerk First let's give a
[6:40:14] big thank you to city Clerk and
[6:40:22] all the city parks staff.
[6:40:23] >> They always do an amazing
[6:40:28] job juggling all the slips that
[6:40:28] come in the bundling the paper
[6:40:29] clips, the paper clips that go
[6:40:33] sideways, the handwriting that
[6:40:37] cannot be written.
[6:40:38] But thank you for that.
[6:40:38] Before I turn over to my
[6:40:39] colleagues, I do want to thank
[6:40:42] Charles and Gillian and
[6:40:43] the Office of the aba for your
[6:40:47] work over the past few weeks.
[6:40:48] It's an extraordinary amount of
[6:40:49] work processing a lot of data.
[6:40:53] I do want to thank the mayor
[6:40:56] for sitting through with the 45
[6:40:57] chiefs for the city through
[6:40:57] the various department heads
[6:41:00] that are in the audience
[6:41:01] listening in and will make
[6:41:01] themselves available if our
[6:41:05] colleagues have any questions.
[6:41:06] i also want to start out by
[6:41:09] recognizing Councilmember
[6:41:10] Foster who has been the chair
[6:41:15] of the Budget Committee,
[6:41:15] chaired the Budget Review
[6:41:16] Committee.
[6:41:19] And as Council PRESIDENT I'm
[6:41:20] going to extend the courtesy to
[6:41:21] let you control
[6:41:21] the conversation.
[6:41:25] Obviously you will kick this
[6:41:26] off and we'll see how it goes.
[6:41:30] But Friday was not your last
[6:41:31] day as budget chair.
[6:41:34] >> We're going to keep you a
[6:41:35] tight rein on you, sir, because
[6:41:36] you've really done the work and
[6:41:39] dug in you and your staff and
[6:41:40] it is very much appreciated.
[6:41:44] I will have more comments but I
[6:41:45] wanted to kind of signal to my
[6:41:49] colleagues about how we should
[6:41:49] run this.
[6:41:50] We are going to get a budget
[6:41:54] adopted to day to night.
[6:41:54] Let's see how we get there.
[6:41:55] So with that council member
[6:41:58] foster chair of our budget
[6:41:59] committee kick us off.
[6:41:59] Thank you.
[6:42:03] Council PRESIDENT And thank you
[6:42:03] to the independent budget
[6:42:08] analyst and your team for all
[6:42:11] the work with this fy 2027
[6:42:12] budget process not just for
[6:42:16] the work with the Council but
[6:42:16] also for the work with
[6:42:17] the public and community town
[6:42:21] halls.
[6:42:21] It's always good to have you
[6:42:23] and your team in District four
[6:42:24] so thank you for your
[6:42:28] willingness to always come out
[6:42:28] .
[6:42:29] Also just want to thank
[6:42:33] the public for your engagement
[6:42:34] during this budget development
[6:42:38] cycle not just for today.
[6:42:38] These conversations have
[6:42:43] because of the challenges that
[6:42:43] we face with this budget.
[6:42:44] We tried our best in working
[6:42:48] with Council PRESIDENT To make
[6:42:48] sure we offered additional
[6:42:49] opportunities for public
[6:42:53] engagement because as we are
[6:42:53] trying to deal with
[6:42:54] the structural deficit we just
[6:42:57] want to make sure that we do
[6:42:58] everything we can to understand
[6:43:03] your thoughts, your needs as we
[6:43:03] continue to move forward.
[6:43:07] I would also like to thank
[6:43:12] the mayor and city staff as I
[6:43:12] said, you know, this has been
[6:43:13] going this has been a long road
[6:43:16] to get us here today.
[6:43:17] >> First I want to start by
[6:43:21] also acknowledging
[6:43:21] the structural deficit.
[6:43:22] And thank my colleagues for
[6:43:26] the robust discussion that has
[6:43:27] taken place this year.
[6:43:27] As everyone is aware, we
[6:43:31] started the f y 2027 budget
[6:43:35] discussions with about $120
[6:43:36] million structural deficit.
[6:43:36] This structural deficit did not
[6:43:40] begin yesterday nor is it
[6:43:41] the cause of this council.
[6:43:45] Rather is the cause of years of
[6:43:46] mismanagement by the very
[6:43:50] individuals that we see today
[6:43:51] in press conferences and on
[6:43:52] social media that are
[6:43:55] intentionally misleading
[6:43:55] the public.
[6:43:59] And I must say this budget
[6:44:00] cycle demands tough discussions
[6:44:04] and decisions.
[6:44:05] But as I have previously said,
[6:44:09] even in a deficit we must not
[6:44:10] lose our moral compass.
[6:44:13] >> For me this is about
[6:44:14] the city's priorities and what
[6:44:15] the city plans to prioritize in
[6:44:19] its budget.
[6:44:19] And unfortunately due to
[6:44:23] the deficit, city services are
[6:44:23] affected which in turn directly
[6:44:24] impacts the quality of life for
[6:44:28] residents.
[6:44:29] I represent communities that
[6:44:30] for generations have been
[6:44:32] overlooked in budget
[6:44:33] conversations.
[6:44:33] These are working families
[6:44:37] primarily people of color who
[6:44:38] have long endured
[6:44:39] disinvestment, inadequate
[6:44:42] infrastructure and lack of
[6:44:43] access to opportunity.
[6:44:47] Let me be very clear.
[6:44:48] Equity has to continue to be
[6:44:52] the path forward.
[6:44:53] >> And as we continue to move
[6:44:57] away from across the board cuts
[6:44:57] ,it will be more
[6:44:58] uncomfortable.
[6:45:02] Change is not easy.
[6:45:02] But change we must.
[6:45:07] This proposal budget has made
[6:45:07] progress.
[6:45:11] When we look at equity we are
[6:45:12] investing in community and our
[6:45:17] youth essential for safety,
[6:45:17] workforce development and
[6:45:21] community well-being.
[6:45:22] We are restoring library parks
[6:45:26] and recreation.
[6:45:27] Prioritizing services in
[6:45:27] under-resourced communities
[6:45:30] where these services are
[6:45:31] critical to the success of our
[6:45:31] neighborhoods.
[6:45:36] We are investing in
[6:45:36] infrastructure in our
[6:45:37] under-resourced communities.
[6:45:41] We must hold the line and go
[6:45:41] further.
[6:45:45] A city where equity drives
[6:45:46] investment decisions must be
[6:45:51] our standard, not a sound bite.
[6:45:51] As we move forward the city
[6:45:52] must continue to address
[6:45:55] the structural deficit.
[6:45:55] And the city must improve
[6:45:56] Regarding transparency and
[6:46:00] accountability.
[6:46:01] We must improve public trust.
[6:46:05] There is still much to do and I
[6:46:06] look forward to the discussions
[6:46:10] to come as we work to make San
[6:46:11] Diego the best it can be and
[6:46:14] meet the call of all residents
[6:46:18] to the residents of District
[6:46:19] four And I spend my days with
[6:46:23] one question on my heart.
[6:46:26] What is in the best interest of
[6:46:27] District four?
[6:46:27] And I stand committed to
[6:46:28] ensuring that District four
[6:46:32] receives investment that it
[6:46:32] deserves.
[6:46:33] And so with that Council
[6:46:35] PRESIDENT I offer the following
[6:46:40] motion MADAM Clerk, if we can
[6:46:49] pull up the slide deck Next
[6:46:49] slide.
[6:46:57] Next slide.
[6:46:58] So with that item number one I
[6:47:01] move that we approve
[6:47:02] the mayor's fiscal year 2027
[6:47:06] proposed budget as modified by
[6:47:07] the mayor's MAY revision.
[6:47:10] >> Number two approve the eib's
[6:47:11] recommended final budget
[6:47:15] expenditure modification tions
[6:47:16] included in ibr report.
[6:47:20] Number 26 dash 15 as summarized
[6:47:20] in Table two.
[6:47:24] Recommended General Fund
[6:47:25] Expenditure Modifications Page
[6:47:25] 20.
[6:47:29] And as supported by recommended
[6:47:30] resources identified in Table
[6:47:30] one.
[6:47:30] Recommended General Fund
[6:47:34] resources for modifications to
[6:47:35] f y 2027 Budget Page 12 with
[6:47:39] the following modifications to
[6:47:40] Table one to reduce residual
[6:47:40] redevelopment Property tax
[6:47:46] Trust Fund r f the amount of
[6:47:52] $185 I will just as a point of
[6:47:56] clarification if I can ask
[6:47:57] the City Attorney's office do I
[6:47:58] need to read into the record
[6:48:01] each and every dollar value or
[6:48:02] is referencing the tables?
[6:48:05] Does that mean that satisfy
[6:48:10] what we need?
[6:48:11] >> These are already in the ibj
[6:48:16] reports so you can just read
[6:48:16] them.
[6:48:16] Okay.
[6:48:17] Think about saying all
[6:48:20] the dollar amounts.
[6:48:21] >> Okay.
[6:48:22] So then what I will do is I
[6:48:26] will read through for table two
[6:48:27] as shown the aba's recommended
[6:48:30] general fund expenditure
[6:48:31] modification from the iab
[6:48:31] report 26 Dash 15.
[6:48:35] The following are ongoing
[6:48:36] operating budget items restored
[6:48:40] cps Child and Youth Success
[6:48:40] Program Coordinator and Non
[6:48:41] Personnel Expenditures Office
[6:48:44] of the City Auditor
[6:48:45] Restorations Special Events
[6:48:45] Filming Program Manager
[6:48:49] Restoration Independent Budget
[6:48:50] Analyst Office Restoration
[6:48:54] Monies allocated for a Deputy
[6:48:54] City Clerk two and funding
[6:48:55] provided for the Ethics
[6:48:59] Commission Management Software
[6:49:03] Licensing fee I'm sorry.
[6:49:04] Yes.
[6:49:09] Licensee fee For one time
[6:49:09] operating budget items
[6:49:10] the following are restored or
[6:49:13] included The Small Business
[6:49:14] Enhancement Program The Office
[6:49:15] of the Commission on Police
[6:49:18] Practices Complaint and
[6:49:18] Investigation Information
[6:49:19] Management System and
[6:49:20] the Ethics Commission
[6:49:23] Management Software
[6:49:26] Implementation Item number
[6:49:27] three approve the restoration
[6:49:34] of the multi-modal team for
[6:49:35] 1.41.44 $1,450,000 within
[6:49:38] the Transportation Department
[6:49:39] and authorize the same amount
[6:49:40] the use of road maintenance and
[6:49:44] rehabilitation account rmr
[6:49:45] funds to reimburse work of
[6:49:49] the team on eligible projects.
[6:49:49] Number four Approve arts and
[6:49:54] culture funding in the amount
[6:49:57] of $6 million by transferring
[6:49:58] $6 million in Measure c
[6:49:58] Convention center funds to
[6:49:59] the special promotional
[6:50:02] programs budget for payment of
[6:50:03] existing convention center debt
[6:50:07] as described on pages five
[6:50:08] through seven an award freed up
[6:50:09] special promotional program
[6:50:19] dollars to arts I'm sorry to
[6:50:20] hold on really quick Just need
[6:50:24] to check something two Arts
[6:50:29] organization is using currently
[6:50:33] established methodology number
[6:50:34] five approve alternative
[6:50:35] homelessness program reductions
[6:50:38] as described on pages seven
[6:50:39] through nine In place of those
[6:50:43] reflected in the MAY revision
[6:50:43] adjustments or which have no
[6:50:48] net budgetary impact number six
[6:50:49] approve the restoration of one
[6:50:49] program manager within
[6:50:52] the Office of Labor Standards
[6:50:53] and Enforcement transfer
[6:50:57] the existing 28 fte positions
[6:50:58] and restored program manager
[6:50:59] from the City Treasurer's
[6:50:59] office to the City Attorney's
[6:51:03] Office and increase city
[6:51:04] Attorney office revenue by 2.2
[6:51:07] million as described on pages
[6:51:11] nine through ten I have a
[6:51:11] number seven approve
[6:51:12] the following expenditure
[6:51:16] restorations and additional
[6:51:17] operating expenditures Library
[6:51:21] restorations all branches
[6:51:22] recreation center restorations
[6:51:26] all parks and rec centers Arts
[6:51:27] and culture a community
[6:51:31] festival program funding
[6:51:31] $450,000 Homelessness Security
[6:51:34] services for safe Storage
[6:51:35] Police Department Graffiti Unit
[6:51:40] Supervisor Police Department
[6:51:40] Sex Registration Unit
[6:51:41] Supervisor.
[6:51:45] Stormwater clearance includes
[6:51:49] Wetland and channel maintenance
[6:51:54] The amount of $1,345,451
[6:51:54] includes expansion of Lifeguard
[6:51:58] Wilderness program Fire Rescue
[6:51:59] Community Resource Officer and
[6:52:03] taking the excess equity and
[6:52:04] making a contribution to
[6:52:08] the general Fund Stability
[6:52:12] Reserve in the amount of $1.7
[6:52:12] million.
[6:52:13] Number eight to effectuate
[6:52:17] action seven Allocate
[6:52:17] the following identified
[6:52:21] resources Take in additional
[6:52:22] property management cost
[6:52:27] savings and also defund
[6:52:31] the smart street light
[6:52:32] automated license plate reader
[6:52:36] contract.
[6:52:37] Again I would like to note for
[6:52:38] the record in regards to
[6:52:41] the license plate reader
[6:52:42] contract I have very specific
[6:52:46] concerns and ethical issues
[6:52:47] regarding on how that contract
[6:52:50] was awarded.
[6:52:52] As we know it was a sole source
[6:52:55] negotiated contract and
[6:52:56] the current and the officer
[6:52:57] that was responsible for
[6:53:01] negotiating that contract is
[6:53:01] now employed by
[6:53:02] the manufacturer.
[6:53:05] We have already had data
[6:53:10] breaches within our own system
[6:53:11] and as stated during public
[6:53:14] comment almost 70 cities have
[6:53:15] either rejected or canceled
[6:53:19] the flight contracts.
[6:53:23] Moving to item number nine
[6:53:23] appropriate $750,000 from
[6:53:24] the Mission Valley Urban Impact
[6:53:28] Fee to a new capital
[6:53:29] improvement project scope
[6:53:29] project for the West Valley
[6:53:33] River Crossing and item number
[6:53:37] ten allocate the remaining 2.6
[6:53:38] million from the Neighborhood
[6:53:42] Enhancement Fee Fund to
[6:53:43] the Affordable Housing
[6:53:44] Preservation Fund to be managed
[6:53:47] by the San Diego Housing
[6:53:47] Commission.
[6:53:48] And with that that concludes
[6:53:52] the motion to approve the f y
[6:53:52] 27 budget.
[6:53:56] Council PRESIDENT You stepped
[6:53:57] up and delivered my friend.
[6:54:01] Well done.
[6:54:01] All right.
[6:54:02] So we have a motion by Council
[6:54:06] member Foster as hard copy that
[6:54:06] was distributed and was on
[6:54:07] the screen briefly We'll go
[6:54:11] next to Council PRESIDENT Pro
[6:54:12] Tem Lee Thank you Council
[6:54:12] PRESIDENT And thank you to
[6:54:16] the public for your patience
[6:54:17] and feedback not just as we
[6:54:20] finalize the budget today but
[6:54:21] throughout the months of this
[6:54:21] process.
[6:54:22] I want to thank Chair Foster
[6:54:23] for his leadership through this
[6:54:25] process as well as walking
[6:54:26] through this motion.
[6:54:27] I'm going to take a quick aside
[6:54:31] to recognize our six interns
[6:54:32] Saba, Natalie, Paulo and Jacob
[6:54:35] who are back here of all
[6:54:35] meetings.
[6:54:36] They chose this meeting to be
[6:54:37] their first meeting to be in
[6:54:37] chambers.
[6:54:38] Thank you for making that
[6:54:43] choice.
[6:54:43] >> Thank you for the ipa.
[6:54:44] We cannot accomplish what we do
[6:54:48] without their work But I want
[6:54:48] to note especially that
[6:54:49] the public benefits
[6:54:52] tremendously from their ability
[6:54:53] to provide greater transparency
[6:54:53] and clarity in understanding
[6:54:57] every step of this budget
[6:54:57] debate took all of our
[6:54:58] priorities and ultimately
[6:54:59] recommended a series of actions
[6:55:02] that matches with many of those
[6:55:03] priorities including restoring
[6:55:04] funding for community programs
[6:55:07] and projects the Office of
[6:55:08] Child and Youth Success,
[6:55:09] the film program manager and
[6:55:09] much more.
[6:55:12] I want to especially note my
[6:55:13] frustration that with every
[6:55:14] budget year we see attempts to
[6:55:14] cut funding for the city's
[6:55:17] critical oversight offices such
[6:55:18] as the Office of the City
[6:55:18] Auditor.
[6:55:22] Thank you for restoring that
[6:55:23] and I certainly believe it is
[6:55:24] time that we now take action to
[6:55:24] prevent this annual back and
[6:55:27] forth with our auditor moving
[6:55:27] forward.
[6:55:28] We often talk about how a
[6:55:32] budget is a statement of our
[6:55:33] values not just as ambiguous
[6:55:33] beliefs, not even just the KPIs
[6:55:36] or goals we work to achieve
[6:55:37] year over year but perhaps
[6:55:41] literally what do we value?
[6:55:41] And from the very start of our
[6:55:42] budget hearings I have stated
[6:55:46] that it's not enough to simply
[6:55:47] balance our budget fiscally but
[6:55:50] to actually deliver a balance
[6:55:50] that meets the needs of
[6:55:51] residents throughout every part
[6:55:52] of San Diego.
[6:55:55] To me a balanced city means
[6:55:56] that we value the significance
[6:55:57] of our libraries and recreation
[6:56:00] centers for the critical role
[6:56:01] they play especially for young
[6:56:01] people.
[6:56:05] This motion provides a full
[6:56:06] restoration of library and
[6:56:06] recreation center hours across
[6:56:09] the city.
[6:56:10] We value our artistic and
[6:56:14] cultural economy One that we've
[6:56:14] studied provides over $1
[6:56:15] billion of economic impact but
[6:56:19] which also impacts are very
[6:56:19] livelihoods and what it means
[6:56:20] to be a San Diego And I'm proud
[6:56:23] to have collaborated with
[6:56:24] Budget Chair Foster as we held
[6:56:25] numerous discussions with
[6:56:28] stakeholders throughout our
[6:56:29] arts and culture community,
[6:56:30] the tourism industry and
[6:56:33] philanthropic partners to not
[6:56:34] only seek restoration of
[6:56:34] funding for this year but to
[6:56:35] begin the broader regional and
[6:56:38] collaborative discussions about
[6:56:39] how we move forward.
[6:56:39] I want to take this moment to
[6:56:44] thank our county supervisors
[6:56:44] Chair Larson Riemer, Vice Chair
[6:56:45] Montgomery Step and Pro Tem
[6:56:46] Aguirre for their recent
[6:56:49] support of arts and culture not
[6:56:49] in place of the city's efforts
[6:56:53] but as an addition to what we
[6:56:53] envision is needed for our
[6:56:54] region.
[6:56:57] Thank you to the previous
[6:56:58] foundation who stepped up at
[6:56:59] this critical moment with a
[6:57:02] matching commitment of $3
[6:57:02] million Again not to backfill
[6:57:07] the city but to show that they
[6:57:07] can collaborate with the city,
[6:57:08] the county and the entire arts
[6:57:11] and culture community to
[6:57:11] explore a new path forward
[6:57:12] Together with this proposal's
[6:57:16] restoration of kps and aco
[6:57:19] funding we restore over $10.3
[6:57:20] million back into our
[6:57:20] communities.
[6:57:25] Finally, we absolutely do value
[6:57:29] public safety in this city in
[6:57:30] fact, I'm sure many members of
[6:57:31] the public would be happy to
[6:57:32] point out that our budget seems
[6:57:35] to value it heavily.
[6:57:36] But I would also note that we
[6:57:36] don't just value public safety
[6:57:40] in the form of our police
[6:57:41] department which does do
[6:57:41] essential and critical work
[6:57:44] that keeps all of us safe on a
[6:57:45] daily basis.
[6:57:46] This motion shows that we value
[6:57:50] the safety that is achieved
[6:57:50] through a variety of our core
[6:57:54] services libraries that teach
[6:57:54] and provide safe spaces rec
[6:57:55] centers that keep youth and
[6:57:59] families active stormwater
[6:58:00] channel maintenance needs that
[6:58:00] are recommended by our fire
[6:58:04] chief ahead of future storms.
[6:58:05] And finally funding to support
[6:58:05] Lifeguard Wellness Fire
[6:58:09] Department outreach needs and
[6:58:09] police department positions to
[6:58:13] address sex crimes and graffiti
[6:58:14] All of these I consider to be
[6:58:18] part of public safety as well.
[6:58:19] This council has had plenty of
[6:58:19] difficult discussions about
[6:58:20] the use of automated license
[6:58:23] plate readers and as a
[6:58:24] councilmember I have supported
[6:58:28] the use of lpr technology and
[6:58:29] believe that it can support our
[6:58:30] effort when it comes to solving
[6:58:33] crimes.
[6:58:34] Even in doing so I've also
[6:58:34] fought to tighten our
[6:58:38] regulatory regulations around
[6:58:39] its use and to ask that we
[6:58:39] identify new potential vendor
[6:58:42] options.
[6:58:43] If this were a year where
[6:58:44] resources were abundant I would
[6:58:47] choose to fund every one of
[6:58:47] these priorities.
[6:58:48] But that's not this year.
[6:58:52] This is a year when the city
[6:58:52] faces difficult choices and
[6:58:55] we're being asked to choose
[6:58:56] what comes first and when that
[6:58:59] choice is between the use of
[6:59:00] lpr technology versus restoring
[6:59:04] libraries and rec center hours
[6:59:04] funding storm water channel
[6:59:05] clearance that the city has
[6:59:09] frankly neglected for decades
[6:59:10] and that our fire chief again
[6:59:17] has explicitly identified as a
[6:59:17] public safety priority or even
[6:59:17] funding actual police officers
[6:59:17] and other public safety
[6:59:19] personnel doing work in our
[6:59:20] communities.
[6:59:24] >> To me that choice is clear.
[6:59:25] >> Take the three minutes.
[6:59:25] These are the core services
[6:59:29] this city must deliver and I am
[6:59:30] willing to redirect funding
[6:59:33] from our technology to make all
[6:59:34] of that possible.
[6:59:35] Let me close that by noting
[6:59:38] that each of these last few
[6:59:39] years this mayor has proposed
[6:59:43] each budget cycle to cut
[6:59:44] libraries, to cut rec centers
[6:59:44] and this year to decimate
[6:59:48] the city's commitment to public
[6:59:49] arts and culture support.
[6:59:49] Each year this Council steps in
[6:59:53] to explore every possible
[6:59:54] avenue to restore these
[6:59:54] critical facilities, programs
[6:59:57] and services.
[6:59:58] What is frustrated many of us
[6:59:59] is not simply that we're facing
[7:00:03] fiscal challenges.
[7:00:03] Many major cities are facing
[7:00:07] fiscal challenges.
[7:00:08] What is frustrated us is being
[7:00:09] repeatedly told that these cuts
[7:00:13] are inevitable only to discover
[7:00:13] that alternatives existed And
[7:00:17] this council with the ipa was
[7:00:18] left to do the work of finding
[7:00:22] them.
[7:00:22] We and the public we want to
[7:00:26] believe We want to know that
[7:00:27] even if a budget proposal does
[7:00:28] not protect everything we care
[7:00:32] about that we will and that we
[7:00:36] are doing everything we
[7:00:37] possibly can to protect those
[7:00:41] things we claim to value.
[7:00:41] So today I believe this motion
[7:00:42] reflects exactly that
[7:00:46] commitment.
[7:00:46] It demonstrates that even in a
[7:00:47] difficult year we are willing
[7:00:50] to fight for libraries,
[7:00:50] recreation centers, arts and
[7:00:55] cultural programs and
[7:00:56] the public safety services that
[7:00:56] San Diego fans value most.
[7:01:00] And with that I proudly second
[7:01:00] this motion.
[7:01:01] All right.
[7:01:01] Thank you.
[7:01:04] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tom Lee.
[7:01:05] So we have a motion by Council
[7:01:08] member Foster a second by
[7:01:08] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[7:01:13] as distributed by our Budget
[7:01:14] Chair Council member Foster.
[7:01:14] We'll go next to council member
[7:01:18] Eli Rivera.
[7:01:19] Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[7:01:19] Charles Thank you to you and
[7:01:23] your team for all the work you
[7:01:24] did throughout this process.
[7:01:25] Thank you to the mayor and your
[7:01:28] team for engaging in
[7:01:28] conversation.
[7:01:30] Chair Foster thank you for
[7:01:35] everything you've done since
[7:01:36] the beginning of this process
[7:01:36] I've been consistently
[7:01:40] emphasizing that these
[7:01:40] conversations about the budget
[7:01:41] must begin with a vision for
[7:01:42] the city that we're trying to
[7:01:45] build.
[7:01:46] I've also tried to be clear
[7:01:46] that I'm willing to make
[7:01:47] difficult choices if it means
[7:01:50] moving us toward a San Diego
[7:01:51] that prioritizes San Diegans,
[7:01:54] our working families, our young
[7:01:55] professionals, our youth not
[7:01:55] the wealthy interests that have
[7:01:56] too often dictated our
[7:01:59] priorities.
[7:02:00] The decision today is an
[7:02:00] opportunity to act on the on
[7:02:01] the values we spent this budget
[7:02:04] season talking about.
[7:02:05] I want to thank Council
[7:02:06] President Pro Tem Lee and
[7:02:09] Budget Chair Foster for acting
[7:02:09] on their values and doing
[7:02:10] the work to identify
[7:02:14] responsible resources to
[7:02:14] largely restore arts and
[7:02:15] culture funding.
[7:02:15] Thank you for rolling up your
[7:02:18] sleeves and doing that.
[7:02:19] I'm also glad the Mayor's
[7:02:19] office and Department of
[7:02:23] Finance and ipa worked with us
[7:02:24] to revise the budget in such a
[7:02:25] way that included the choice to
[7:02:29] modernize our use of accessible
[7:02:29] funds to maintain operations at
[7:02:30] libraries, parks and rec
[7:02:33] centers in districts four,
[7:02:34] eight and nine.
[7:02:34] Every dollar that we spend
[7:02:35] reflects a choice about what
[7:02:38] matters most to us.
[7:02:39] What matters most to me is that
[7:02:40] the people in our community can
[7:02:43] see a future for themselves and
[7:02:43] feel that we believe in them
[7:02:44] and love them especially our
[7:02:48] youth.
[7:02:48] That commitment raises
[7:02:49] questions that I think are
[7:02:50] worth asking out loud and
[7:02:50] wrestling with.
[7:02:53] Do we want to support arts and
[7:02:54] culture organizations that
[7:02:54] enrich our communities and make
[7:02:57] self-expression accessible to
[7:02:58] all San Diego?
[7:02:59] Or do we want to use public
[7:02:59] dollars to subsidize a single
[7:03:02] billionaire owned enterprise?
[7:03:06] Do we want to spend scarce
[7:03:07] resources on a 24 seven ai
[7:03:07] powered surveillance?
[7:03:11] Or do we want to use those
[7:03:12] dollars to keep parks open,
[7:03:12] restored library hours and
[7:03:13] create opportunities for young
[7:03:17] people, families and seniors in
[7:03:17] our rec centers?
[7:03:18] One point on the surveillance
[7:03:21] question We've heard from San
[7:03:22] Diegans for years now about why
[7:03:25] so many in our community
[7:03:26] distrust this technology.
[7:03:26] The data breaches
[7:03:27] the inappropriate relationship
[7:03:30] between the officer who
[7:03:31] champion the technology and
[7:03:32] the company who makes millions
[7:03:32] for our city.
[7:03:35] The untrustworthiness of
[7:03:36] the corporation we contract
[7:03:36] with.
[7:03:36] The posture of a fascist
[7:03:37] federal government that has
[7:03:40] shown it will use any tool
[7:03:41] available to use it to use
[7:03:41] against immigrants and
[7:03:45] dissenters.
[7:03:46] And we just learned about one
[7:03:46] more reason for serious
[7:03:47] concern.
[7:03:50] And that's the false sense of
[7:03:51] confidence this technology
[7:03:52] creates and what that can cost
[7:03:52] us.
[7:03:56] That false confidence led to
[7:03:56] the wrongful jailing of two
[7:03:57] innocent people in our city.
[7:03:58] One of them spent over a month
[7:04:00] behind bars missing
[7:04:01] Thanksgiving with his family
[7:04:01] for something he didn't do.
[7:04:05] The legal cost to the city will
[7:04:06] likely be significant.
[7:04:07] But more importantly the cost
[7:04:10] to him his family and
[7:04:10] the distress shown by those who
[7:04:14] know the story cannot be undone
[7:04:15] .
[7:04:15] And there are the other moments
[7:04:16] that are much more difficult to
[7:04:17] count when officers wait for an
[7:04:20] lpr to ping.
[7:04:20] While action could have been
[7:04:21] taken.
[7:04:21] That's not safety.
[7:04:25] That's technology getting in
[7:04:25] the way of work.
[7:04:26] It's irresponsible and
[7:04:30] unnecessary to spend nearly $2
[7:04:30] million on a system that has
[7:04:31] produced this outcome while we
[7:04:34] are telling kids their library
[7:04:34] hours are being cut.
[7:04:35] I support the motion made by
[7:04:36] Councilmember Foster because it
[7:04:39] moves us closer to the city
[7:04:40] that we should be a city where
[7:04:41] our young people feel loved and
[7:04:43] supported by an office
[7:04:44] dedicated to their health,
[7:04:44] happiness and success.
[7:04:45] A city where libraries, parks
[7:04:49] and rec centers remain open and
[7:04:49] accessible to every community.
[7:04:50] A city with safer streets for
[7:04:54] everyone whether they walk,
[7:04:54] bike or drive.
[7:04:55] Through continued support for
[7:04:58] the multimodal transportation
[7:04:59] team a city with a vibrant arts
[7:05:00] and culture ecosystems
[7:05:03] supported through a coordinated
[7:05:04] partnership with the city,
[7:05:08] the county and philanthropy.
[7:05:09] And to that point I do want to
[7:05:09] say thank you, Kim.
[7:05:12] You and your team within
[7:05:13] the Division of Race and Equity
[7:05:13] in the Ideas Office for
[7:05:14] pointing out a structural issue
[7:05:17] that we've had for a long time
[7:05:18] in terms of how arts funding is
[7:05:18] distributed.
[7:05:21] I know that we're not going to
[7:05:22] make the strides that we could
[7:05:22] make this year on that front
[7:05:26] but I do think it's important
[7:05:27] again to wrestle with
[7:05:28] the question of what as we're
[7:05:28] distributing and investing in
[7:05:32] arts and culture should we be
[7:05:32] factoring in that we are
[7:05:36] contributing more to
[7:05:37] organizations where the city
[7:05:37] where the executives make more
[7:05:38] than entire organizations get
[7:05:41] on an annual basis?
[7:05:42] That's a community conversation
[7:05:43] that needs to be wrestled with.
[7:05:43] And I thank you all for
[7:05:48] pointing that out.
[7:05:49] And that brings me to where we
[7:05:50] thought we shouldn't be
[7:05:51] wrestling with on a year by
[7:05:56] year basis.
[7:05:57] San Diegans I'm not satisfied
[7:06:01] with this budget.
[7:06:02] To that point, San Diegans
[7:06:02] should not be scrambling to
[7:06:03] save funding for their most
[7:06:06] cherished neighborhood
[7:06:06] services.
[7:06:07] Firefighters and lifeguards
[7:06:07] should not have to beg this
[7:06:08] city for the basics They need
[7:06:10] to do their jobs.
[7:06:11] That is not who we should be.
[7:06:12] We cannot continue avoiding
[7:06:15] the underlying problem.
[7:06:16] We must address our revenue
[7:06:16] challenges and our ongoing
[7:06:20] structural budget deficit year
[7:06:21] after year we find ourselves
[7:06:21] fighting over what services to
[7:06:22] cut and what services to save.
[7:06:25] I asked a question at
[7:06:26] the beginning of this budget
[7:06:27] cycle What city do we want to
[7:06:27] be?
[7:06:29] Again and again San Diegans
[7:06:30] have shown up and told us they
[7:06:30] want more.
[7:06:31] They want better and they
[7:06:35] believe we can do more, can do
[7:06:35] more and be better.
[7:06:36] I agree with them.
[7:06:39] The next important conversation
[7:06:40] is about how we collect
[7:06:41] the resources necessary to get
[7:06:41] there.
[7:06:42] I say tax the rich and wealthy
[7:06:44] and make tourist pay their fair
[7:06:44] share.
[7:06:45] I think most San Diegans agree.
[7:06:46] But that's a conversation for
[7:06:49] tomorrow.
[7:06:50] We've got a budget to pass
[7:06:50] today.
[7:06:51] This motion reflects
[7:06:54] responsible budgeting and our
[7:06:54] shared values.
[7:06:55] It prioritizes the services
[7:06:55] that residents use every day
[7:06:59] and invests in the quality of
[7:06:59] life that makes neighborhoods
[7:07:00] stronger.
[7:07:04] And I hope this this motion in
[7:07:04] front of us will pass.
[7:07:05] It doesn't get us entirely to
[7:07:05] the city.
[7:07:09] We should be but it's a step
[7:07:09] forward.
[7:07:09] We'll keep fighting for
[7:07:10] the rest.
[7:07:11] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[7:07:14] All right.
[7:07:14] Thank you, Council member Ella
[7:07:15] Rivera.
[7:07:15] We'll go next to Council member
[7:07:16] Moreno.
[7:07:19] Thank you for the presentation
[7:07:19] And and first I would like to
[7:07:23] thank our budget review
[7:07:24] committee chair council member
[7:07:25] Foster and all your staff for
[7:07:28] writing a efficient and
[7:07:29] transparent budget process.
[7:07:30] Thank you to all the community
[7:07:33] members who have voiced their
[7:07:34] viewpoints throughout this
[7:07:34] hearing.
[7:07:38] We are listening.
[7:07:38] Also thank you to the aba for
[7:07:39] your continuing and your
[7:07:43] continued analysis of this
[7:07:43] budget and suggested
[7:07:44] modifications.
[7:07:48] The original proposed budget
[7:07:48] was being balanced on the backs
[7:07:49] of communities that have been
[7:07:53] underserved by the city for
[7:07:53] decades.
[7:07:54] The motion before us today as
[7:07:57] crafted by my colleagues take
[7:07:58] major steps in the right
[7:08:02] direction.
[7:08:02] If given the choice of
[7:08:03] defunding automated license
[7:08:07] plate reader technology or
[7:08:08] keeping core services like
[7:08:12] parks and rec libraries open we
[7:08:13] should absolutely be choosing
[7:08:17] park and rec and libraries to
[7:08:18] stay open in the city of San
[7:08:22] Diego.
[7:08:22] Automated license plate readers
[7:08:27] should never be viewed as a
[7:08:28] substitute for the relationship
[7:08:32] Trust and presence that comes
[7:08:32] from having police officers
[7:08:37] actively engaged in our
[7:08:37] community.
[7:08:38] This is not the first time I
[7:08:41] voiced concern about
[7:08:42] surveillance technology.
[7:08:45] When the contract was first
[7:08:45] introduced I raised questions
[7:08:50] about privacy data security and
[7:08:50] the potential for misuse.
[7:08:54] I still am concerned about this
[7:08:55] PRESIDENT's administration's
[7:08:59] use of surveillance technology
[7:09:00] and I'm still concerned about
[7:09:04] how ice and other agencies
[7:09:05] might be using this technology
[7:09:06] to target specific groups of
[7:09:09] people.
[7:09:10] I have a responsibility to
[7:09:14] carefully evaluate technologies
[7:09:15] that collect and store large
[7:09:19] amounts of information about
[7:09:19] the public.
[7:09:20] This is why I voted no When
[7:09:23] the contract first came to
[7:09:24] council.
[7:09:24] And I would urge my colleagues
[7:09:25] to vote for the motion on
[7:09:28] the floor and the floor to
[7:09:33] defund the Floc surveillance.
[7:09:33] Moving on The restoration of
[7:09:34] arts and cultural funding is
[7:09:38] particularly important to
[7:09:39] communities that I represent.
[7:09:39] I want to thank I want to take
[7:09:42] this opportunity to think Chair
[7:09:43] Foster Pro-Tem Lee and
[7:09:47] the private foundation.
[7:09:47] For many years I have urged
[7:09:48] the arts and cultural community
[7:09:52] to bring the services to date.
[7:09:52] Thanks to that commitment my
[7:09:56] community has been exposed to
[7:09:57] arts and culture and I would
[7:10:00] venture to say that many of my
[7:10:01] residents first exposure to
[7:10:01] arts and cultural programing
[7:10:05] comes through programs
[7:10:06] supported by the city.
[7:10:10] Arts and culture is a core
[7:10:11] service of the city because
[7:10:14] this council has said this
[7:10:15] through policies like Penny for
[7:10:19] the Arts Anyone who disagrees
[7:10:20] with me I would welcome them to
[7:10:21] slash our arts and cultural
[7:10:24] funding.
[7:10:25] >> I'm also pleased to see this
[7:10:29] Council honor its commitment to
[7:10:30] continue 24 hour security at
[7:10:34] the storage Connect Center
[7:10:35] site.
[7:10:35] Indeed, when this storage
[7:10:39] facility was first introduced
[7:10:43] to council in 2018 before I was
[7:10:44] elected the city made a
[7:10:48] commitment to keep 2047
[7:10:48] security on the safe storage
[7:10:52] site on 116 South 20th Street
[7:10:53] which I will point is right
[7:10:57] next to Our Lady of Guadalupe
[7:10:58] Church right that has an
[7:11:02] elementary school in it.
[7:11:03] >> Funding for security
[7:11:06] services at the safe storage
[7:11:07] facility is about more than a
[7:11:07] line item in the budget.
[7:11:11] It's about keeping a promise to
[7:11:11] the community.
[7:11:16] I remain deeply moving right on
[7:11:17] to another topic I still remain
[7:11:20] deeply concerned about
[7:11:21] the proposed reduction to
[7:11:22] several stormwater programs.
[7:11:26] I know these concerns are
[7:11:26] shared by the Storm water
[7:11:27] department.
[7:11:31] I was very happy to see Fire
[7:11:31] Chief Logan recognize what i
[7:11:32] said during the budget reviews.
[7:11:35] I stated during the MAY
[7:11:36] revision discussion The city
[7:11:40] must learn from the storms of
[7:11:41] 2024 and prepare for future
[7:11:46] severe weather events including
[7:11:46] the possibility of a Super El
[7:11:50] Nino this year.
[7:11:51] I appreciate the proactive ness
[7:11:55] of the new head of the office
[7:11:55] of Emergency Services Fire
[7:11:56] Chief Logan for looking into
[7:12:00] what preventative measures
[7:12:00] the city can take before
[7:12:05] disaster happens.
[7:12:05] >> Funding for storm Water
[7:12:06] channel clearance is essential
[7:12:10] to protecting public safety and
[7:12:11] safeguarding our communities.
[7:12:15] >> However, the broader reality
[7:12:16] remains the Storm water
[7:12:20] department must be funded at a
[7:12:20] level that allows it to
[7:12:21] adequately maintain and
[7:12:25] modernize our infrastructure so
[7:12:26] that it can withstand
[7:12:26] the increasingly severe storms
[7:12:30] we're facing.
[7:12:30] One way that I welcome to
[7:12:35] achieve all of these goals is
[7:12:36] by implementing the many
[7:12:36] recommendations that the city
[7:12:40] auditor has proposed to this
[7:12:41] administration.
[7:12:41] I also support
[7:12:45] the recommendations to
[7:12:45] strengthen oversight and
[7:12:46] accountability through
[7:12:46] investment in the city
[7:12:50] Auditor's Office, the Ethics
[7:12:51] Commission, the City Clerk's
[7:12:55] Office and the Office of Labor
[7:12:55] Standards and Enforcement.
[7:13:00] Residents expect transparency
[7:13:01] and an end in effective
[7:13:01] government and these functions
[7:13:05] are essential to maintaining
[7:13:06] public confidence in the city.
[7:13:10] I believe the motion on
[7:13:11] the floor as crafted by my
[7:13:12] colleague reflects many of
[7:13:16] the values this Council has
[7:13:16] consistently expressed.
[7:13:21] Investing in core city
[7:13:21] services, protecting community
[7:13:25] resources and ultimately
[7:13:26] ensuring that our budget
[7:13:26] decisions are aligned with
[7:13:31] the needs of the residents.
[7:13:32] So I'm very supportive of
[7:13:32] the motion before us today.
[7:13:35] Thank you.
[7:13:36] All right.
[7:13:36] Thank you.
[7:13:37] Council member Moreno.
[7:13:42] We'll go next to Council member
[7:13:42] .
[7:13:43] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
[7:13:43] Thank you to the members of
[7:13:45] the public who joined us
[7:13:46] through the entire process.
[7:13:47] Thank you to the eib's office
[7:13:47] for your good work and analysis
[7:13:51] and working with my staff to
[7:13:51] analyze this throughout
[7:13:52] the throughout the last month
[7:13:53] and a half.
[7:13:55] Marianne, your team of course
[7:13:56] for being at these meetings and
[7:13:57] listening the whole time.
[7:14:01] And thank you to our budget
[7:14:01] chair for his preparation and
[7:14:02] guidance throughout this.
[7:14:05] I appreciate just how much
[7:14:10] the motion in front of us does
[7:14:11] in terms of meeting
[7:14:11] the priorities that serve
[7:14:14] District seven residents.
[7:14:15] Office of Child and Youth
[7:14:16] Success was something I
[7:14:18] obviously championed in 2021
[7:14:18] and happy to see that re
[7:14:23] refunded in this measure.
[7:14:24] Small Business Enhancement
[7:14:25] Program As the chair of edi and
[7:14:25] I are I've been pressing for
[7:14:28] that every single year
[7:14:29] undeniably and of course
[7:14:29] the opposite The independent
[7:14:33] offices that hold the city
[7:14:34] accountable not just the mayor
[7:14:35] but also the city council,
[7:14:35] the city auditor, the ethics
[7:14:39] commission and all of those
[7:14:39] getting funding absolutely
[7:14:40] critical.
[7:14:44] And of course working hard year
[7:14:44] after year to restore library
[7:14:49] hours, recreation hours Those
[7:14:50] are of immense importance to
[7:14:54] children In Linda Vista and
[7:14:55] children in every community.
[7:14:55] Oftentimes communities of
[7:14:59] concern are described in one
[7:15:00] part of the city and I can
[7:15:01] attest with my own eyes that
[7:15:05] there are low income and
[7:15:05] working class families in every
[7:15:06] single neighborhood in my
[7:15:10] district who rely on those
[7:15:10] services and absolutely
[7:15:11] appreciate the advocacy of not
[7:15:14] just me but all nine city
[7:15:15] council members.
[7:15:16] And last but not least the arts
[7:15:20] and culture community for
[7:15:20] pressing so hard for a complete
[7:15:21] gutting back to where we are
[7:15:25] today.
[7:15:26] It's a very, very strong signal
[7:15:26] that the community sent that I
[7:15:31] absolutely stand with And I do
[7:15:32] have to appreciate that we're
[7:15:35] seeing graffiti unit supervisor
[7:15:36] in the sex registration unit
[7:15:37] supervisor place back in that
[7:15:41] is undeniably important What I
[7:15:41] see through the rest of
[7:15:46] the motion definitely has my
[7:15:46] support.
[7:15:47] I do appreciate that the West
[7:15:51] Valley River crossing something
[7:15:52] that I've pushed for before
[7:15:53] while sitting in the sandag
[7:15:56] boardroom and sitting with San
[7:15:56] Diego River Park Foundation
[7:16:01] trying to get that connected.
[7:16:02] It's not always a DR. Steven
[7:16:03] Gallop who comes in to advocate
[7:16:06] for that with me but many, many
[7:16:11] people as I see this entire
[7:16:12] motion before us I'm deeply,
[7:16:13] deeply appreciative.
[7:16:16] But there is a $2 million
[7:16:16] problem The idea of license
[7:16:21] plate readers being directly
[7:16:21] pitted against children and
[7:16:22] youth and families is a false
[7:16:27] choice as any as false of any
[7:16:27] choice as we've seen in this
[7:16:28] entire debate.
[7:16:31] And of course it's deliberate
[7:16:32] It forces us to ignore
[7:16:33] the reality of what these tools
[7:16:37] do to save lives in the city
[7:16:37] every day.
[7:16:38] Let me be clear I want every
[7:16:42] person to feel safe in our
[7:16:42] city.
[7:16:43] When I was a prosecutor for
[7:16:47] the city, whether it was trying
[7:16:48] a trial or a verdict and having
[7:16:49] 12 people find their peers
[7:16:53] guilty or it was dismissing a
[7:16:53] case with a green sheet many,
[7:16:58] many times justice has to be
[7:17:02] done and lawyers collect some
[7:17:03] of that evidence.
[7:17:03] But ending the use of Alpers
[7:17:08] does not make everyone in this
[7:17:09] city feel safe.
[7:17:09] It doesn't make us safer.
[7:17:13] First of all, no piece of
[7:17:14] technology can stop all crime.
[7:17:15] I don't think it was ever
[7:17:18] promised as such.
[7:17:19] If the measure of success is
[7:17:20] that some tool is going to stop
[7:17:24] all crime, well then that's a
[7:17:24] measure that will never be met.
[7:17:25] No tool will ever be perfect.
[7:17:30] I don't think anyone on
[7:17:31] the streets ever promised that
[7:17:31] either.
[7:17:31] And personally I resent
[7:17:35] the idea of placing children
[7:17:35] and families directly against
[7:17:36] this technology because I've
[7:17:40] had families who've had their
[7:17:40] children and their their
[7:17:45] fathers, their aunts and uncles
[7:17:46] the perpetrators who murdered
[7:17:47] them, beat them to death and
[7:17:50] went to their court with this
[7:17:51] multiple times trying to see it
[7:17:59] on a weekly basis.
[7:17:59] Those families aren't faceless
[7:18:00] people.
[7:18:04] They're humans oftentimes who
[7:18:05] are at a park when they got
[7:18:09] beat to death.
[7:18:10] The reality is that
[7:18:15] the children that are kept safe
[7:18:16] because their abusers are found
[7:18:20] those children are human beings
[7:18:20] .
[7:18:21] >> Who here wants to go tell
[7:18:26] those families no, your family
[7:18:31] doesn't get justice.
[7:18:39] The domestic violence survivors
[7:18:40] ,they get justice.
[7:18:50] >> Do you sit in a courtroom,
[7:18:50] You prosecute a person who's
[7:18:56] done something heinous.
[7:18:57] And the difference between a
[7:18:57] guilty conviction and that
[7:19:01] person walking free is an lpr
[7:19:07] who here stands with that
[7:19:07] criminal.
[7:19:12] I don't think the person or I
[7:19:13] don't think anybody in that
[7:19:13] room.
[7:19:14] One more outburst and you'll
[7:19:15] have to be escorted.
[7:19:18] You know the rules.
[7:19:19] Let them talk.
[7:19:19] We'll let everybody else talk.
[7:19:20] But you agree with them or not?
[7:19:23] Now here's the difference.
[7:19:24] I don't think anybody in here
[7:19:25] is trying to get rid of lawyers
[7:19:29] stands with that criminal.
[7:19:30] I'm not going to take
[7:19:30] the debate in that direction.
[7:19:35] I know you want people to have
[7:19:39] justice fairness on both hands
[7:19:40] because you're human.
[7:19:46] I'm human.
[7:19:47] All these councilmembers up
[7:19:47] here are human.
[7:19:48] We're trying to make human
[7:19:51] decisions.
[7:19:57] The fear of parents that are
[7:19:57] relying on Amber Alerts to find
[7:19:58] their missing children that's
[7:19:58] human.
[7:20:02] As I've said in public and on
[7:20:03] the dais, I unequivocally
[7:20:08] condemn the humanitarian abuses
[7:20:08] that are occurring across this
[7:20:09] country.
[7:20:13] I've made my perspective clear
[7:20:13] .
[7:20:14] I've done my part in elections
[7:20:15] to make sure that never came to
[7:20:19] pass in our country.
[7:20:20] And I'll highlight again why I
[7:20:25] really deeply resent the way
[7:20:26] this conversation goes.
[7:20:31] Someone raising children with
[7:20:31] multiple heritages Mexican and
[7:20:37] Iranian heritage Mexican
[7:20:39] immigrant and Muslim parents
[7:20:40] knowing this is the world
[7:20:46] they're inheriting.
[7:20:46] I know that world where they're
[7:20:47] going to walk and be viewed
[7:20:51] suspiciously by virtue of their
[7:20:51] last name.
[7:20:57] That fear is real.
[7:20:58] But here's a question I come
[7:20:58] back to every day.
[7:20:59] What's the impact of
[7:21:04] the decision today and
[7:21:04] tomorrow?
[7:21:05] Ending the El Al pr contract
[7:21:09] doesn't alleviate everyone's
[7:21:09] fear.
[7:21:10] For many people it actually
[7:21:11] increases it.
[7:21:15] Tomorrow the city would lose
[7:21:16] the public safety tool that
[7:21:16] saves lives each and every day.
[7:21:20] >> So many other cities around
[7:21:21] us using that technology,
[7:21:22] removing it in essence would be
[7:21:23] inviting more crime to our
[7:21:30] neighborhood.
[7:21:31] You can laugh.
[7:21:31] Okay, But I'm going to tell you
[7:21:36] home and Julissa.
[7:21:36] Second warning Nobody
[7:21:37] interfered with anybody's
[7:21:42] ability to talk.
[7:21:42] It's a simple rule.
[7:21:43] Extend the courtesy.
[7:21:44] Put your thumbs up or thumbs
[7:21:48] down.
[7:21:48] Let the individual speak.
[7:21:49] As I said, it was never about
[7:21:49] content.
[7:21:51] It was about disruption and
[7:21:58] disrupting the meeting.
[7:21:58] Thank you.
[7:22:03] Council PRESIDENT.
[7:22:09] It's not logical to remove them
[7:22:10] when so many other cities
[7:22:11] around us have them and then we
[7:22:11] are no longer we're no longer
[7:22:14] part of that network.
[7:22:21] That's not a tradeoff I'm
[7:22:22] willing to make.
[7:22:22] That's not a tradeoff that
[7:22:23] the vast majority of our
[7:22:26] constituents are asking for.
[7:22:27] Council member Foster I
[7:22:33] appreciate the details you have
[7:22:33] in here but there's $2 million
[7:22:34] problem one that I think
[7:22:39] sacrifices significant public
[7:22:39] safety evidence collection for
[7:22:45] us to hold people accountable
[7:22:45] in court which is what it does.
[7:22:46] >> I've seen it firsthand.
[7:22:47] Thank you.
[7:22:53] I think a council member can't
[7:22:53] be our connector Council member
[7:22:54] Von Wolford, thank you very
[7:22:55] much And thank you to Charles
[7:22:57] and your entire team for all
[7:22:58] the incredible work you do
[7:22:58] every year on our budget
[7:22:59] process.
[7:23:00] Thank you to the mayor's office
[7:23:03] and Department of Finance and
[7:23:04] everybody And thank you,
[7:23:05] Councilmember Foster for
[7:23:05] putting together the budget
[7:23:06] motion.
[7:23:09] What I'm very pleased to see
[7:23:10] that we are going to be
[7:23:10] restoring the funding for arts
[7:23:11] and culture.
[7:23:15] It's fantastic.
[7:23:15] Thank you art and culture for
[7:23:16] coming to be here every year.
[7:23:17] But I do hear you on finding a
[7:23:17] permanent solution.
[7:23:21] Agreed.
[7:23:21] And if there is no greater
[7:23:22] proof that arts and culture
[7:23:29] create incredible jobs in an
[7:23:29] economy here in San Diego, it's
[7:23:30] our focus.
[7:23:30] Is the hard working stagehand
[7:23:34] workers who put together this
[7:23:35] incredible you know, Comic-Con
[7:23:35] is coming.
[7:23:36] It's one of the biggest year to
[7:23:37] build a city inside
[7:23:37] the convention center.
[7:23:40] And so I want to thank the ac
[7:23:41] workers for being here to show
[7:23:42] us that arts and culture is not
[7:23:42] only need in our communities
[7:23:45] but also create jobs at
[7:23:46] the same time leading to my
[7:23:46] next point which is we have to
[7:23:47] protect working people from
[7:23:50] wage theft.
[7:23:51] There are so many people who go
[7:23:52] in and work incredibly hard in
[7:23:53] their employer does not pay
[7:23:56] them for a fair day's wages and
[7:23:57] they steal their wages.
[7:23:58] It is a real crime that needs
[7:23:58] to be addressed.
[7:23:59] The San Diego District
[7:24:03] Attorney's Office has found
[7:24:03] that an overwhelming majority
[7:24:04] of surveyed hourly workers face
[7:24:09] some form of stolen wages.
[7:24:09] Yet a massive proportion of
[7:24:10] these violations go unreported
[7:24:11] because they are vulnerable
[7:24:15] workers.
[7:24:16] I'm talking about low wage
[7:24:16] earners.
[7:24:17] Immigrant populations are
[7:24:18] taking advantage all the time
[7:24:18] by employers.
[7:24:21] Service sector workers anyone
[7:24:22] paid hourly.
[7:24:23] So I'm very glad to see that we
[7:24:27] are going to in this motion
[7:24:28] putting forward a program
[7:24:28] manager position in the Office
[7:24:29] of Labor Standards Enforcement
[7:24:30] to combat wage theft in
[7:24:33] the city.
[7:24:34] I'm glad we're taking it over
[7:24:35] to the city attorney's office
[7:24:35] because that can be a self
[7:24:36] recovering funding position.
[7:24:40] The more fines and fees you get
[7:24:41] from criminal employers you can
[7:24:41] put it back into the system to
[7:24:46] enforce it against anyone else.
[7:24:47] So I think that's a really
[7:24:47] great change.
[7:24:48] I'm also glad to see that we
[7:24:49] are using our opioid settlement
[7:24:52] funds as they are intended to
[7:24:52] be used which is combating
[7:24:53] the addiction crisis in our
[7:24:54] streets, in our homes.
[7:24:59] Thank you to the lgbt Center
[7:24:59] for being here.
[7:25:00] I'm very glad we're going to be
[7:25:01] partnering with you to be doing
[7:25:03] subsidies treatment for some of
[7:25:04] our most vulnerable lgbtq folks
[7:25:05] who have historically been
[7:25:05] kicked out of treatment
[7:25:10] programs because they come out
[7:25:11] as gay.
[7:25:11] And so I'm glad to see we are
[7:25:12] doing this.
[7:25:12] I'm also glad to see we're
[7:25:16] continuing our partnership in
[7:25:16] our emergency rooms with
[7:25:17] the transition support team at
[7:25:18] uc San Diego to get people help
[7:25:22] if they survive an overdose and
[7:25:22] wake up in your bed.
[7:25:23] I want to thank Legally for
[7:25:24] being here with the eviction
[7:25:28] prevention program Partnering
[7:25:28] our eviction prevention funds
[7:25:29] with a qualified lawyer from
[7:25:29] Legal Aid is the best
[7:25:30] partnership we can do to keep
[7:25:34] people in their homes.
[7:25:35] I want to legally where I used
[7:25:36] to survey the eviction defense
[7:25:36] clinics and the restraining
[7:25:41] order clinics and I know how
[7:25:42] important it is to have that
[7:25:43] back rent so you can pay it and
[7:25:43] it does not affect you.
[7:25:46] So thank you for being here for
[7:25:47] the fire department.
[7:25:48] Do you have a question for
[7:25:48] Chief Logan?
[7:25:52] Considering we just had a fire
[7:25:53] to date yesterday in support of
[7:25:54] Alley one.
[7:25:54] Thank you for your work on that
[7:25:58] but I just want to ask again
[7:25:59] and make sure that we are fully
[7:25:59] funded for our aerial
[7:26:00] operations to protect the city
[7:26:03] from fires this coming year.
[7:26:04] Yes, we are.
[7:26:04] What?
[7:26:04] Thank you.
[7:26:05] Fantastic.
[7:26:09] Also, you know, I really want
[7:26:10] to make sure that we have
[7:26:11] strong qualified women in our
[7:26:11] fire department.
[7:26:15] You know, every the city has
[7:26:16] done pay equity studies to show
[7:26:17] that women can be paid less.
[7:26:21] Unfortunately, city employees
[7:26:22] and hardest glass ceilings to
[7:26:22] crack has been the fire
[7:26:23] department.
[7:26:27] And so I was very sad to see
[7:26:28] that the Women's Firefighter
[7:26:28] Academy was not restored this
[7:26:29] year.
[7:26:30] But I do want to make sure that
[7:26:34] there are qualified women in
[7:26:35] leadership positions And that's
[7:26:35] what you were committed to
[7:26:36] going to do?
[7:26:36] Yes.
[7:26:41] Okay.
[7:26:42] But you can be qualified.
[7:26:42] We're not just supporting
[7:26:43] anybody Believe you don't want
[7:26:44] to send me into a burning
[7:26:44] building.
[7:26:45] I will not be able to help
[7:26:45] anybody.
[7:26:45] But thank you.
[7:26:50] I appreciate that.
[7:26:51] And finally, when it comes to
[7:26:51] public safety, you know, we
[7:26:52] discussed this a bit on Friday
[7:26:55] but I do believe we need to
[7:26:56] have a holistic conversation on
[7:26:56] public safety.
[7:26:57] I believe we need both.
[7:27:02] We need our parks and rec and
[7:27:03] libraries.
[7:27:03] We need arts and we need police
[7:27:08] officers to respond to criminal
[7:27:08] activities that make those
[7:27:09] public spaces unsafe.
[7:27:10] You know, when I first got
[7:27:10] elected there was a fatal
[7:27:15] stabbing in a community park in
[7:27:16] Favor Springs And none of
[7:27:17] the families who use that
[7:27:20] community park want to go back
[7:27:21] there until the suspect who
[7:27:21] murdered somebody was arrested
[7:27:26] because it was no longer a safe
[7:27:26] space.
[7:27:27] I don't believe that we have to
[7:27:30] take away funding from one part
[7:27:31] of public safety or to fund
[7:27:31] the other.
[7:27:32] We can have both.
[7:27:36] I reject the premise that
[7:27:37] the only way to have a good
[7:27:38] parking brake system is by
[7:27:38] defunding part of our police
[7:27:39] department.
[7:27:43] The city spent $60 million
[7:27:44] buying new traffic lanes for
[7:27:44] everybody recently which is now
[7:27:45] apparently would affect our
[7:27:49] general fund based on
[7:27:50] the settlement that we just did
[7:27:50] on crashes.
[7:27:51] I mean that's ridiculous.
[7:27:52] New trashcans don't make anyone
[7:27:52] safer.
[7:27:55] We could have rejected that and
[7:27:55] funded both our police
[7:27:56] department and our parks and
[7:27:57] rec and our libraries.
[7:28:00] So I don't agree with this
[7:28:01] premise right now at all.
[7:28:01] I also think we need
[7:28:02] the Commission on Police
[7:28:03] Practices to be funded to be
[7:28:06] part of our public safety and
[7:28:07] our No shots fired program for
[7:28:08] violent interruption.
[7:28:08] So I'm glad to see that in this
[7:28:09] motion we are providing
[7:28:13] technology that they need at
[7:28:14] the Commission on Police
[7:28:18] Practices and I hear so often
[7:28:19] about what other cities do or
[7:28:20] police and other cities do.
[7:28:24] We cannot control what's
[7:28:25] happening in other cities and
[7:28:25] what the police officers choose
[7:28:26] to do in other cities.
[7:28:27] It is horrendous.
[7:28:31] If anyone wants to stalk a
[7:28:31] girlfriend based on technology
[7:28:32] that is awful, they should be
[7:28:32] fired.
[7:28:37] And in this city we're fighting
[7:28:38] to make sure that ice does not
[7:28:38] come in.
[7:28:39] I want to thank you for beating
[7:28:42] on the due process ordinance to
[7:28:43] make sure that ice agents are
[7:28:43] not allowed on city property
[7:28:44] without a warrant just like
[7:28:44] police should be able to.
[7:28:48] And we have led the vote to sue
[7:28:49] ice taken to court alongside
[7:28:50] our sister city in Minneapolis
[7:28:54] to prevent them from coming
[7:28:55] into our communities.
[7:28:56] And we've led the fight to make
[7:28:56] sure that our systems are
[7:29:00] locked down.
[7:29:01] San Diego is the only one in
[7:29:01] the state that I know of that
[7:29:02] doesn't share automated license
[7:29:03] plate reader data with other
[7:29:08] cities.
[7:29:08] They did when we first tried to
[7:29:09] mine an audit court that we
[7:29:10] turned that function off
[7:29:10] because we don't trust other
[7:29:12] cities.
[7:29:13] Even at that level
[7:29:14] underestimated before.
[7:29:14] So I want a commitment again
[7:29:15] from our police department that
[7:29:18] we are not cooperating in
[7:29:19] immigration enforcement and
[7:29:20] that there will be consequences
[7:29:20] for any officer who violates
[7:29:27] California state law.
[7:29:27] Good evening.
[7:29:33] Council Member.
[7:29:33] Absolutely.
[7:29:34] We are committed to one abiding
[7:29:35] by state law and also being
[7:29:40] transparent about the way that
[7:29:41] we're using that technology.
[7:29:45] I want to thank you, Chief.
[7:29:46] >> You know, I've heard we
[7:29:47] litigate this issue so many
[7:29:47] times.
[7:29:51] I mean I'm a member of
[7:29:52] the lgbtq community and I
[7:29:52] remember when the hate crimes
[7:29:53] were happening a few years ago
[7:29:57] before Pride and there was an
[7:29:58] unidentified gunmen who was
[7:29:59] shooting pellets at people just
[7:30:04] sitting in bars or bridges and
[7:30:04] somebody almost lost an eye and
[7:30:05] we couldn't find that person
[7:30:06] until we had an npr interview.
[7:30:13] This is making us safer.
[7:30:14] But I'm also just so confused
[7:30:15] about this conversation because
[7:30:15] I believe in accountability and
[7:30:20] trust in oversight which we
[7:30:21] have worked so hard to do in
[7:30:21] the city.
[7:30:22] We have to hold police officers
[7:30:23] accountable when they break
[7:30:23] the law.
[7:30:26] I'm glad that Wanda Fisher is
[7:30:27] no longer in the department But
[7:30:28] the same time during the height
[7:30:31] of the MeToo look the MeToo
[7:30:32] movement I remember across
[7:30:32] the country we all said hey,
[7:30:37] survivors of sexual assault and
[7:30:38] violence have to be believed.
[7:30:38] They have to be held
[7:30:39] accountable.
[7:30:39] The perpetrators have to go.
[7:30:43] We jailed Harvey Weinstein and
[7:30:44] others but just yesterday we
[7:30:50] found out about a woman who was
[7:30:50] kidnaped in the mermaid
[7:30:51] community by her domestic
[7:30:51] violence abuser.
[7:30:53] Witnesses saw her being pulled
[7:30:59] into a car screaming.
[7:31:00] She got out.
[7:31:01] He pulled her back into the car
[7:31:01] taking to her house.
[7:31:02] And the only reason we caught
[7:31:06] this guy is because his license
[7:31:06] plate triggered on on.
[7:31:11] She's a victim.
[7:31:11] Why aren't we going to support
[7:31:16] her abuser being caught?
[7:31:17] I don't understand it.
[7:31:18] There was a woman who lost her
[7:31:23] life this weekend when her
[7:31:24] abuser came from Arizona and
[7:31:25] shot her in the head while she
[7:31:25] was pregnant.
[7:31:26] These are the people that I
[7:31:29] care about when we talk about
[7:31:30] this so we can go back to
[7:31:31] the old way of policing if we
[7:31:33] want But there'll be
[7:31:41] consequences of that if it.
[7:31:41] All right.
[7:31:42] Thank Councilmember Obama
[7:31:46] Albert not seeing anybody else
[7:31:46] on the lights.
[7:31:47] I guess I'll kind of close it
[7:31:50] up.
[7:31:51] I'm going to be particularly
[7:31:56] brief as some of you especially
[7:31:57] those that have already left
[7:31:57] have anticipated.
[7:31:58] But I do want to thank
[7:32:03] Councilmember Foster for your
[7:32:03] leadership and especially your
[7:32:04] work today.
[7:32:08] The progress from the initial
[7:32:09] four person memo to what is in
[7:32:10] front of us is our rather
[7:32:14] extraordinary piece of work.
[7:32:14] Listening to the public,
[7:32:15] listening to your colleagues
[7:32:20] during budget conversations.
[7:32:21] Again, thank you to the aba.
[7:32:26] I also want to thank Council.
[7:32:27] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[7:32:28] and Councilmember Foster for
[7:32:28] their work on the arts funding
[7:32:29] and what it took to pull that
[7:32:32] together.
[7:32:33] And the partnership with
[7:32:34] the private foundation as well
[7:32:39] as the county.
[7:32:39] Again I want to thank
[7:32:40] Councilmember Whitburn for
[7:32:41] the work on the settlement
[7:32:41] agreement which removed a very
[7:32:45] dark cloud that would have hung
[7:32:45] over us in these budget
[7:32:51] conversations going forward.
[7:32:51] Real quickly I can still
[7:32:57] remember my attempt last year
[7:32:58] to get a little extra money
[7:32:59] into stormwater and that failed
[7:33:03] So to see in excess of 1.3
[7:33:03] million being proposed is
[7:33:04] rather an extraordinary change
[7:33:09] and I really applaud my
[7:33:09] colleagues for that.
[7:33:15] So at the end of the day was
[7:33:15] really only one question I
[7:33:16] think is everybody's mind.
[7:33:17] And so let me I'm not a
[7:33:17] storyteller.
[7:33:18] I'm just going to cut to
[7:33:21] the chase.
[7:33:21] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee
[7:33:22] enough often think very, very
[7:33:27] much like in the introduction
[7:33:27] you gave sir to your logic is
[7:33:32] exactly the same process I got
[7:33:33] you on the pivot.
[7:33:33] The question for you was a
[7:33:38] matter of the budget If I
[7:33:39] understood correctly with
[7:33:40] the concerns and the places we
[7:33:40] were aligned.
[7:33:44] For me it is not I think we can
[7:33:44] do both.
[7:33:50] I don't think there is one
[7:33:51] incident that justifies
[7:33:51] the lpr.
[7:33:52] I don't think that one incident
[7:33:57] that justifies eliminating a
[7:33:57] person that I respect who made
[7:34:01] an important point I'm not
[7:34:02] going to disrespect by using
[7:34:03] her name with my comment gave
[7:34:03] me my workplan for the rest of
[7:34:04] the year.
[7:34:08] There is work to be done.
[7:34:08] We are not done with
[7:34:14] the Ubiquiti contract and I
[7:34:14] look forward to conversations
[7:34:15] with them.
[7:34:21] So while I love so much of what
[7:34:22] is in this motion I will be
[7:34:26] voting no.
[7:34:27] So with that I see nobody else
[7:34:31] on the lights.
[7:34:32] We do have a motion by Council
[7:34:33] member Foster.
[7:34:36] We have a second by Council
[7:34:37] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.
[7:34:38] We are voting on the handout
[7:34:38] here.
[7:34:42] In front of the council members
[7:34:43] going forward So please call
[7:34:43] the roll.
[7:34:46] >> I'm sorry the voting system
[7:35:00] Please cast your vote and that
[7:35:00] fails 5 to 4 with council
[7:35:01] PRESIDENT Like all the Council
[7:35:02] member Campo Council member Von
[7:35:04] Wilpert Council on the report
[7:35:04] and Council Member Campbell
[7:35:05] voting No Thank you Council
[7:35:06] PRESIDENT Okay we're not done.
[7:35:10] We still have work to do and as
[7:35:11] I said at the onset Council
[7:35:11] Member Foster I would return to
[7:35:12] you if you wanted to offer an
[7:35:14] alternative motion.
[7:35:19] Yes.
[7:35:26] And I just want to to make
[7:35:26] something clear.
[7:35:29] This was not a pit one against
[7:35:34] the other.
[7:35:35] This is what I identified in
[7:35:41] the budget as I want And I
[7:35:42] think if we are going to have
[7:35:42] serious conversations about a
[7:35:47] structural deficit, we need to
[7:35:47] really understand
[7:35:48] the difference between a want
[7:35:52] and a need.
[7:35:53] And I can appreciate certain
[7:35:58] individuals who think
[7:35:58] the camera or license plate
[7:36:04] reader makes them safe.
[7:36:05] But truly what makes people
[7:36:07] safe is community And I think
[7:36:13] we need to be honest about that
[7:36:13] .
[7:36:17] And as much as we talk about
[7:36:24] the tell it to cities, I am
[7:36:25] very, very taken aback by how
[7:36:33] much we disregard certain
[7:36:34] communities and their lives as
[7:36:39] well as community members And I
[7:36:40] have to say that like that
[7:36:45] because I truly do question Do
[7:36:46] we care about all people or do
[7:36:50] we just care about a select few
[7:36:51] ?
[7:36:51] And the longer I sit in this
[7:36:56] seat every day I feel
[7:36:57] the latter And we are only
[7:37:04] concerned about a select few.
[7:37:05] I think it even tells in
[7:37:11] the conversations as we talk
[7:37:12] about how we handle supplements
[7:37:13] and the dollar values that are
[7:37:17] put on individuals lives.
[7:37:17] Some of the most difficult
[7:37:18] conversations that I have ever
[7:37:23] had to have in my lifetime and
[7:37:24] I must tell you is times I'm
[7:37:34] just purely disgusted So I
[7:37:35] believe that there council
[7:37:44] PRESIDENT For now and I do have
[7:37:51] an alternate motion to present
[7:37:52] and I will ask the city
[7:37:58] attorney as I go through this
[7:37:59] let me know if there are
[7:38:04] certain things that need to be
[7:38:04] said that I have not said
[7:38:05] because some of it is
[7:38:06] repetitive from the last last
[7:38:09] item.
[7:38:10] >> So with that you should have
[7:38:19] do you have a slide deck?
[7:38:25] Thank you.
[7:38:26] >> So with that council
[7:38:27] PRESIDENT I would like to enter
[7:38:30] in a new second motion.
[7:38:35] I will start as I did before
[7:38:36] item number one approve
[7:38:40] the mayor's f y 2027 proposed
[7:38:41] budget as modified by
[7:38:45] the mayor's MAY revision number
[7:38:46] to approve the eib's
[7:38:47] recommended final budget
[7:38:51] expenditure modifications
[7:38:52] included in ida report number
[7:38:58] 26 Dash 15 as summarized in
[7:38:59] Table two Recommended General
[7:39:02] Fund Expenditure Modifications
[7:39:03] page 20 and as supported by
[7:39:03] recommended resources
[7:39:08] identified in table one
[7:39:09] Recommended General Fund
[7:39:09] resources for modifications to
[7:39:13] f y 2027 Budget Page 12 with
[7:39:18] the following modifications to
[7:39:18] Table one to reduce again
[7:39:19] the residual Redevelopment
[7:39:20] Property Tax Trust Fund revenue
[7:39:26] r t f in the amount of $185,000
[7:39:31] Excuse me Councilmember If
[7:39:31] the if your the things are
[7:39:32] the same from the last motion
[7:39:33] you can say that you can okay
[7:39:37] through blank are the same as
[7:39:38] the last motion and then read
[7:39:39] the others to save time.
[7:39:49] Okay The just let me check my
[7:39:50] number.
[7:39:54] So item number three is
[7:39:55] the same That's c multimodal
[7:40:04] team item for is the same That
[7:40:07] is the arts and culture portion
[7:40:13] item five is the same as
[7:40:14] the alternative homelessness
[7:40:19] program item six is the re
[7:40:20] relocation of the Office of
[7:40:22] Labor Standards and Enforcement
[7:40:22] .
[7:40:32] >> That's the same for
[7:40:49] the number seven changes Number
[7:40:56] seven changes to include the c
[7:41:01] c f in the amount of $450,000
[7:41:08] That's ongoing funding.
[7:41:09] >> It includes the homelessness
[7:41:10] security services for city
[7:41:12] staff just 220 $2,000.
[7:41:13] >> We also have the stormwater
[7:41:19] wetland and channel
[7:41:19] maintenance.
[7:41:20] We are including an ongoing
[7:41:23] cost of $841,000 for stormwater
[7:41:24] clearing.
[7:41:29] We are including a one time
[7:41:33] expenditure of $1,000,093 and
[7:41:33] 2020 $0.07.
[7:41:34] We are including an expansion
[7:41:40] of lifeguard wellness program
[7:41:44] that's an ongoing expense of
[7:41:45] 173,285 and the contribution to
[7:41:49] general fund stability reserve
[7:41:49] one time 1.7 million That is
[7:41:53] the same as the last item.
[7:41:59] Moving on to item number eight
[7:42:00] approve the following
[7:42:00] expenditure restorations and
[7:42:01] additional operating
[7:42:05] expenditures for the following
[7:42:06] library restoration at these
[7:42:07] located at the following
[7:42:12] locations North Park Location
[7:42:13] the Mira mesa location and
[7:42:17] the Linda Vista location for
[7:42:18] the following recreation center
[7:42:18] Restorations The following
[7:42:23] locations Carmel Valley Pacific
[7:42:24] Highlands Ranch Rob Athletic
[7:42:29] Field Canyon Side Doyle Mira
[7:42:30] mesa Hourglass Field Novella
[7:42:35] Noble Athletic Fields and
[7:42:36] Stanley to effectuate action
[7:42:41] seven and eight allocate
[7:42:41] the additional resources again
[7:42:42] the additional property
[7:42:43] management cost savings in
[7:42:47] the amount of $200,000.
[7:42:51] Item number ten is the same
[7:42:52] appropriate 750,000 for Mission
[7:42:53] Valley Urban Impact Fee Fund to
[7:42:53] a new capital improvement
[7:42:58] project for the West Valley
[7:42:59] River Crossing and item number
[7:43:04] 11 allocate the remaining 2.6
[7:43:04] million from the Neighborhood
[7:43:05] Enhancement Fund to
[7:43:05] the Affordable Housing
[7:43:10] Preservation Fund to be managed
[7:43:10] by the San Diego Housing
[7:43:11] Commission.
[7:43:11] And with that Council PRESIDENT
[7:43:15] That concludes the second
[7:43:16] motion.
[7:43:16] All right.
[7:43:17] Thank you very much, sir.
[7:43:23] We'll go now to council
[7:43:24] PRESIDENT Pro Tem to Thank you,
[7:43:24] PRESIDENT Thank you Chair
[7:43:28] foster Budget chair foster for
[7:43:28] expressing his thoughts on this
[7:43:29] as well and council position.
[7:43:34] I appreciate that We're a
[7:43:35] council where we understand
[7:43:36] that we have different
[7:43:36] perspectives and we MAY
[7:43:37] actually think of times
[7:43:39] the same and come to different
[7:43:40] resolutions.
[7:43:40] I will for one say just because
[7:43:46] I think this is coming up quite
[7:43:47] a bit up here I don't think
[7:43:47] this is a I don't think this is
[7:43:48] a scenario we're talking about
[7:43:52] whether we're being forced to
[7:43:52] make false choices.
[7:43:53] The reality is we are being
[7:43:57] asked to make choices And in a
[7:43:58] city where we don't have
[7:43:58] the resources, the only
[7:43:59] difficult thing we get to do is
[7:44:03] make those choices.
[7:44:04] They might be hard choices.
[7:44:04] We might disagree with
[7:44:05] the choices but I certainly be
[7:44:09] mine when I felt like it was
[7:44:10] one worth making because we had
[7:44:14] every opportunity to restore
[7:44:15] every hour for libraries, rec
[7:44:15] centers much more.
[7:44:20] So I understand why Without
[7:44:21] that we are in a slightly
[7:44:22] different position.
[7:44:27] I do support this motion as
[7:44:27] well.
[7:44:28] I believe it will continue to
[7:44:29] deliver on providing some
[7:44:32] restorations across libraries
[7:44:33] and rec centers.
[7:44:34] It will provide us an
[7:44:34] opportunity to address some of
[7:44:35] the public safety needs that
[7:44:39] have been mentioned especially
[7:44:39] on the stormwater channel
[7:44:45] clearance side because that has
[7:44:46] been emphasized heavily And I
[7:44:46] just want to share my
[7:44:47] appreciation again to Chair
[7:44:51] Foster for taking the time to
[7:44:51] be prepared for this moment and
[7:44:52] appreciate the public for being
[7:44:57] along for the ride with that I
[7:44:58] was going to motion.
[7:44:59] All right.
[7:44:59] So we have a motion by
[7:45:00] Councilmember Foster and a
[7:45:00] second by Council PRESIDENT Pro
[7:45:04] Tem Lee On this second motion
[7:45:05] we'll go next to Councilmember
[7:45:05] Moreno.
[7:45:05] Thank you.
[7:45:09] I am supportive of the motion
[7:45:10] on the floor and I would like
[7:45:10] to add an amendment to
[7:45:15] the motion.
[7:45:15] I would like to include
[7:45:16] the fuel and fleet savings for
[7:45:20] from the police department at
[7:45:21] $370,000 as an additional
[7:45:26] ongoing resource and also to
[7:45:26] restore the graffiti unit
[7:45:32] supervisor at 196,450 and sex
[7:45:33] registration unit supervisor at
[7:45:46] 100 at 197,890 $197,881.
[7:45:47] Accepting that amendment,
[7:45:57] Council member Foster Can we
[7:45:58] just take a quick second to
[7:46:01] check the balancing of
[7:46:07] the numbers quickly if I MAY?
[7:46:12] You said 373 75 Okay.
[7:46:17] It's 370, not 375 So I think
[7:46:23] it's down We let us put 375
[7:46:34] just to be over And you put up
[7:46:34] .
[7:46:35] Councilmember Foster
[7:46:35] the identified cost of those
[7:46:40] two positions came to around
[7:46:40] 396 million With the motion
[7:46:44] that you put forward there was
[7:46:45] roughly a $26,000 unallocated
[7:46:49] So 375 for 26 is balanced
[7:46:49] provided you want to take that
[7:46:55] quarter second or the motion
[7:47:01] I'll take it.
[7:47:01] Okay.
[7:47:02] Thank you.
[7:47:02] The motion has been amended as
[7:47:06] shown on the screen.
[7:47:07] That concludes your comments.
[7:47:08] That concludes my comments.
[7:47:12] Thank you.
[7:47:13] All right.
[7:47:13] Thank you for that.
[7:47:14] So we'll go next to
[7:47:14] Councilmember Ila Rivera.
[7:47:18] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
[7:47:23] Thank you Chair Foster for this
[7:47:24] thoughtful alternative.
[7:47:25] Thank you for your comments
[7:47:29] because I do think that
[7:47:30] the part that you named is
[7:47:36] important to name.
[7:47:36] It plays itself out in really
[7:47:37] important ways in our community
[7:47:38] When we tell people we care
[7:47:42] about them and they matter to
[7:47:42] us but we don't actually act
[7:47:43] upon the things that they're
[7:47:43] asking us to do.
[7:47:48] They do not trust that we
[7:47:48] actually care about them And we
[7:47:51] just saw this in a very, very
[7:47:57] tragic way a few weeks ago
[7:47:58] where the city that should have
[7:47:58] been able to offer comfort and
[7:48:04] support and love wasn't seen as
[7:48:04] a trusted source of those
[7:48:09] things because requests have
[7:48:10] continuously fallen on deaf
[7:48:15] ears.
[7:48:16] So I'm not going to question
[7:48:16] motive or intent behind
[7:48:22] the words of support that are
[7:48:22] offered from the dais.
[7:48:23] But I'm going to offer caution
[7:48:27] that if we use those words and
[7:48:28] do not back it up with action
[7:48:33] when tough moments come we're
[7:48:34] going to be told to go away not
[7:48:39] thank you for being here And
[7:48:39] that is fair because that's how
[7:48:44] every relationship works And
[7:48:45] council PRESIDENT Pro Tem, I
[7:48:51] appreciate you saying what you
[7:48:51] said today is choice day.
[7:48:56] This council decision day We
[7:49:02] make choices so if the choices
[7:49:03] being presented are not
[7:49:04] acceptable then we need to see
[7:49:08] alternatives.
[7:49:09] But absent an alternative we
[7:49:10] just continue to play the same
[7:49:14] game over and over poking holes
[7:49:14] at potential solutions and
[7:49:20] perpetuating this idea that
[7:49:21] we're just, you know, one
[7:49:22] middle manager away from
[7:49:26] balancing the whole city and
[7:49:27] that is not real.
[7:49:31] We're two decades in plus of
[7:49:32] underfunding the city of
[7:49:37] letting conservative radicals
[7:49:38] tell us that smaller and
[7:49:38] smaller and smaller and smaller
[7:49:43] is better with the goal of
[7:49:44] privatizing the entire thing so
[7:49:45] their buddies can make as much
[7:49:48] money as possible.
[7:49:49] And I don't know how many times
[7:49:50] we as Democrats are going to
[7:49:51] follow them down that path but
[7:49:56] at a certain point we're either
[7:49:56] going to choose an alternative
[7:49:57] or we're going to end up having
[7:50:00] to sell this at the city after
[7:50:01] the folks who want to buy it or
[7:50:12] make money off it.
[7:50:13] The option in front of us still
[7:50:13] does a lot of good.
[7:50:18] It it makes sure that our
[7:50:19] Office of Charlie Success
[7:50:19] maintains funding.
[7:50:24] We get some libraries and parks
[7:50:24] and rec centers open again.
[7:50:25] The stormwater funding is
[7:50:30] incredibly important and make
[7:50:35] no mistake if the whole budget
[7:50:36] isn't as good as it should be,
[7:50:37] this motion isn't as good as
[7:50:40] the last one and I support this
[7:50:41] one because it's it's a better
[7:50:42] direction But at the end of
[7:50:46] the day we're leaving $2
[7:50:47] million in resources on
[7:50:47] the table that could be opening
[7:50:48] more rec centers, opening more
[7:50:49] libraries and opening more
[7:50:52] parks And I think that's a
[7:50:53] shame and I don't think we're
[7:50:54] safer for it.
[7:50:58] So thank you for the thoughtful
[7:50:59] alternative COUNCILMAN Foster
[7:51:00] I'll be supporting the motion a
[7:51:04] point of clear point of
[7:51:04] clarification Point of
[7:51:05] information.
[7:51:11] Okay.
[7:51:11] All right.
[7:51:12] So can I Well next up what I
[7:51:13] would like to get something
[7:51:20] pointed out First I believe in
[7:51:20] the amendment $375,000 was
[7:51:21] mentioned something about fuel
[7:51:26] as first time ever that I was
[7:51:27] going to jump in actually try
[7:51:28] and provide some clarification
[7:51:34] on that one.
[7:51:34] This conversation too I wanted
[7:51:37] to be explicitly clear that
[7:51:37] the $370,000 in savings of
[7:51:38] fleet clean fuel costs
[7:51:43] associated with at police
[7:51:44] department I assume is coming
[7:51:47] from the suggestion to move to
[7:51:48] two officer patrol units.
[7:51:49] Please correct me if that's not
[7:51:54] the case.
[7:51:55] I'm not seeing any correction
[7:51:55] so I will assume that is
[7:51:56] the case.
[7:51:59] I would just note I'll answer
[7:52:00] that Yes.
[7:52:01] If you recall originally when
[7:52:05] Chief Nez like was here he
[7:52:05] offered up a $750,000 savings
[7:52:12] at the time in speaking with
[7:52:12] Chief deadline on your question
[7:52:13] listen, if you go through it
[7:52:17] and you go he's he indicated
[7:52:18] that it was for safety reasons,
[7:52:23] right.
[7:52:24] And we've had this conversation
[7:52:25] Officers do not show up at a
[7:52:29] call by themselves.
[7:52:29] They have another unit that
[7:52:35] comes with them.
[7:52:35] Point of clarification.
[7:52:36] I'm sorry I'm answering
[7:52:36] the question.
[7:52:42] Oh, you're making something up
[7:52:43] from a chief that hasn't been
[7:52:43] trained for a couple of years.
[7:52:47] What What Councilmember Foster
[7:52:48] finish and then it will be your
[7:52:48] turn.
[7:52:49] I think you've got
[7:52:49] the information that you were
[7:52:52] seeking.
[7:52:53] Yes.
[7:52:53] So that's where it comes from?
[7:52:54] Yes.
[7:52:59] And instead of doing it in
[7:52:59] further conversations instead
[7:53:00] of taking it to where it was
[7:53:05] the entire fleet, it was cut to
[7:53:11] a lower number to allow
[7:53:12] the police department to
[7:53:16] determine how they will work
[7:53:17] within these components.
[7:53:18] Appreciate that Councilmember.
[7:53:23] I was going to note two things
[7:53:24] One that the amount that is in
[7:53:27] this motion is less than
[7:53:28] the $750,000 was initially
[7:53:28] there.
[7:53:29] Presumably that that that means
[7:53:30] that there is some opportunity
[7:53:33] for the police chief for
[7:53:34] the department to choose where
[7:53:38] or which units would go to two
[7:53:38] officers.
[7:53:39] There will likely still be some
[7:53:40] impact on overtime and response
[7:53:40] times.
[7:53:45] I will leave that to
[7:53:45] the council decide on
[7:53:46] the merits of the other note
[7:53:50] that I was going to make is
[7:53:51] that this is likely something
[7:53:51] that would require meeting
[7:53:52] confer with the play.
[7:53:58] That said, I also know that
[7:53:58] the play suggested moving to
[7:53:59] two officer patrol units so
[7:53:59] presumably that would be a
[7:54:00] relatively quickly in confer
[7:54:01] session But just want to
[7:54:06] highlight that.
[7:54:07] Thank you.
[7:54:07] All right.
[7:54:08] That was the comment you want
[7:54:08] to make on the lights.
[7:54:12] Okay.
[7:54:13] Councilmember Campbell, I
[7:54:13] didn't mean to jump in but I
[7:54:14] don't want to get back and
[7:54:17] forth going on here But
[7:54:18] important clarifications I
[7:54:19] think evolved out of your point
[7:54:19] of order.
[7:54:24] So so I want to know if that
[7:54:25] has to go to meet and confer
[7:54:30] that it is not appropriate to
[7:54:30] put into this budget at this
[7:54:31] moment.
[7:54:32] It's something that's just been
[7:54:32] added.
[7:54:36] It wasn't in the previous
[7:54:42] motion so could I the police
[7:54:43] chief to come and talk about
[7:54:44] this or I'm meeting confer
[7:54:47] issues I might defer to
[7:54:48] the city attorney's office.
[7:54:54] Okay, sure.
[7:54:54] Yes.
[7:55:00] This type of change would need
[7:55:00] to go through the meeting
[7:55:01] confer process.
[7:55:06] i would also like to add that
[7:55:07] although the charter gives
[7:55:07] the Council the authority to
[7:55:08] adopt the budget and make cuts,
[7:55:12] the charter also gives
[7:55:12] the police chief the power and
[7:55:13] authority to operate in control
[7:55:17] of the police department
[7:55:18] subject to applicable rules.
[7:55:18] So those are all things that
[7:55:19] the Council should factor into
[7:55:24] their discussions.
[7:55:28] So for clarification is
[7:55:29] the $375,000 included in
[7:55:35] the current motion or not?
[7:55:36] Yes.
[7:55:37] She made COUNCILMAN Moreno made
[7:55:41] the amendment and make her
[7:55:42] the motion in the second set.
[7:55:42] Yes.
[7:55:43] Somebody else part of
[7:55:46] the motion Now.
[7:55:46] Okay.
[7:55:47] And then that decision is then
[7:55:48] up to the police department
[7:55:52] after the meeting confer
[7:55:53] the police chief under the city
[7:55:53] charter.
[7:55:58] Yes.
[7:55:58] Okay.
[7:55:58] Okay.
[7:55:59] So thank you very much And I
[7:56:04] appreciate that that
[7:56:05] clarification.
[7:56:06] I was on the lights because I
[7:56:10] wanted to say a few words about
[7:56:11] our budget that it is our
[7:56:17] responsible body to balance
[7:56:18] the budget unlike last year and
[7:56:18] to ensure that we make
[7:56:22] thoughtful decisions and
[7:56:23] maintain essential services we
[7:56:23] need to deliver core services
[7:56:28] with fiscal discipline.
[7:56:29] We need public safety.
[7:56:34] It is the city's primary
[7:56:35] responsibility to our citizens.
[7:56:36] Our budget decisions should
[7:56:40] continue to support
[7:56:40] the personnel and resources
[7:56:41] necessary to maintain our
[7:56:46] police, fire, rescue and
[7:56:46] lifeguards.
[7:56:47] I support keeping smart street
[7:56:47] lights and license plate
[7:56:52] readers through this particular
[7:56:53] contract until it is over and
[7:56:58] then hopefully we can find a
[7:56:58] better provider.
[7:56:59] At the time this contract was
[7:57:00] made there was only one
[7:57:04] provider that provided both and
[7:57:05] that's why it was a single
[7:57:05] source.
[7:57:10] These are common sense tools
[7:57:11] that help our police officers
[7:57:11] do their jobs more effectively
[7:57:16] and keep our community safe.
[7:57:17] These technologies have helped
[7:57:17] locate missing children,
[7:57:18] seniors and have led to
[7:57:22] the arrest of very serious
[7:57:23] criminals.
[7:57:27] They have supported 792
[7:57:27] investigations, recovered $7.5
[7:57:28] million in stolen property
[7:57:28] lives.
[7:57:34] The recovery of 580 stolen
[7:57:38] vehicles contributed to 20%
[7:57:39] reduction in auto theft in our
[7:57:44] city in just the past year.
[7:57:45] And I want our police
[7:57:45] department continues to face
[7:57:46] staffing challenges.
[7:57:50] It simply does not make sense
[7:57:51] to take away tools that are
[7:57:52] helping solve crimes and
[7:57:56] protect San Diego and we should
[7:57:57] continue also supporting our
[7:57:57] arts and culture community as
[7:58:03] we have done these investments
[7:58:03] strengthen neighborhoods,
[7:58:04] support local jobs, drive
[7:58:09] tourism and economic activity
[7:58:09] across the city.
[7:58:10] The arts feed our souls but
[7:58:16] also provides revenue for our
[7:58:16] city.
[7:58:17] The restoration of
[7:58:21] the stormwater clearance
[7:58:22] measures is very important was
[7:58:27] requested by our fire chief and
[7:58:28] it is most welcome especially
[7:58:28] given the climate changes that
[7:58:33] indicate we MAY have to face
[7:58:33] huge rainstorms in this coming
[7:58:40] year And so therefore I want to
[7:58:40] thank you for the second motion
[7:58:41] and amendments and I will vote
[7:58:41] in favor.
[7:58:45] Thank you all right.
[7:58:46] Thank you.
[7:58:47] COUNCILMAN Campbell, go back to
[7:58:47] Councilmember Camp you.
[7:58:48] Thank you.
[7:58:52] Council PRESIDENT.
[7:58:53] Just an issue of housekeeping
[7:58:56] of the revise on page 12 there
[7:58:57] there's still $2.4 million in
[7:59:01] expenses associated with the 72
[7:59:01] bed shelter expansion at
[7:59:02] veteran building veteran
[7:59:06] village San Diego last year
[7:59:07] from the Housing Commission,
[7:59:07] bsd is no longer being
[7:59:08] considered for the funding
[7:59:12] because it's a different site
[7:59:13] is currently being identified
[7:59:13] and we have a little bit of
[7:59:17] clarity on that piece and
[7:59:18] exactly what it means There's
[7:59:19] that revised site has been
[7:59:25] abandoned and we're looking for
[7:59:25] a completely different place to
[7:59:26] put that money comes more if I
[7:59:30] MAY or I'm here.
[7:59:31] Yes, 72 bed shelter would be
[7:59:32] funded with opioid settlement
[7:59:35] funds which are obviously very
[7:59:36] restricted And we are under our
[7:59:41] negotiations with the Senior
[7:59:41] Housing Commission working
[7:59:42] towards an opportunity for that
[7:59:48] shelter irrespective of
[7:59:49] the veteran's vote to give us.
[7:59:49] >> Okay.
[7:59:50] Does that mean that I just want
[7:59:53] to very clear veterans villages
[7:59:54] any ago is no longer the site
[7:59:55] where we're looking to spend
[7:59:55] that opioid So mainly
[7:59:59] the senior Housing Commission
[8:00:00] who I believe is there with you
[8:00:01] today did release and ask you
[8:00:05] for opportunities for folks to
[8:00:06] provide options to us if they
[8:00:07] did not provide it to
[8:00:11] the Housing Commission that
[8:00:12] they would not be considered at
[8:00:13] this time.
[8:00:13] >> Okay.
[8:00:17] Thank you for that clarity.
[8:00:18] I want to touch base on one
[8:00:23] item related to public safety.
[8:00:24] It was not discussed much over
[8:00:29] the last few days or weeks but
[8:00:30] it's something that because
[8:00:33] I've done the ride along with
[8:00:34] Firehouse one really matters to
[8:00:34] me the bomb squad And I know
[8:00:35] that right now we're moving to
[8:00:39] cross staffing for that under
[8:00:40] the current proposal you know
[8:00:41] knowing that that's the only
[8:00:46] team that's dedicated to
[8:00:46] addressing bomb threats in our
[8:00:47] city's public city's response
[8:00:48] whether it's schools, clinics,
[8:00:52] wherever it comes in from.
[8:00:53] I know that for many years
[8:00:53] those were crossed out.
[8:00:54] I know that now it looks like
[8:00:58] we're going back to it.
[8:00:58] That's something in the future
[8:00:59] I want us to move away from
[8:01:03] because of the burnout that we
[8:01:04] heard from our officers, our
[8:01:07] firefighters and local one 45
[8:01:08] yesterday.
[8:01:08] And so I will continue to
[8:01:09] advocate for that.
[8:01:13] But knowing that that hasn't
[8:01:14] come up as a majority item I
[8:01:15] know that that's unlikely to be
[8:01:15] accepted today.
[8:01:19] The last thing I wanted to
[8:01:20] point out because we're at
[8:01:24] the end of this item something
[8:01:25] that everything we've talked
[8:01:26] about today is really
[8:01:26] downstream at the end of
[8:01:27] the process and we haven't
[8:01:31] taken too much time to talk
[8:01:32] about the upstream issues
[8:01:36] especially since there is a
[8:01:37] budget structure, a budget
[8:01:38] deficit that is persisting And
[8:01:38] that's because the way
[8:01:43] the problem is actually
[8:01:43] presented to us through
[8:01:44] the budget cycle it's actually
[8:01:45] focusing on the thing right in
[8:01:45] front of us instead of
[8:01:49] something that hasn't been
[8:01:50] dealt with for many years.
[8:01:50] We take what we had last year,
[8:01:51] we review it, we see what
[8:01:54] didn't work, what worked, what
[8:01:55] obligations we have and that's
[8:01:55] all appropriate analysis.
[8:01:56] But one thing I see frequently
[8:02:00] is that the job roles and
[8:02:01] the procedures within our
[8:02:01] departments it remains decades
[8:02:02] old.
[8:02:05] We have maintained buildings
[8:02:06] but we also have to maintain
[8:02:07] our approach to the delivery of
[8:02:08] public services and those job
[8:02:11] roles are overly complicated at
[8:02:12] this moment The job
[8:02:13] descriptions are very outdated,
[8:02:13] the performance plans are
[8:02:17] outdated as well and more than
[8:02:17] anything there's just too much
[8:02:18] inflexibility to do new things
[8:02:19] that the public expects.
[8:02:23] That's actually we're one of
[8:02:24] the reasons why there's so many
[8:02:25] middle managers that grew over
[8:02:25] the last several decades not
[8:02:28] because we didn't want to do
[8:02:29] better or cheat more.
[8:02:30] It's because we didn't actually
[8:02:30] fix a systemic problem which is
[8:02:34] job descriptions and duties did
[8:02:34] not evolve and thus the jobs
[8:02:35] did not evolve And that hurts
[8:02:36] all of our workers whether
[8:02:39] they're supervisors or they're
[8:02:40] unionized members supervisors
[8:02:40] can't that they have to do
[8:02:45] their job anymore while
[8:02:45] represented workers can't grow
[8:02:46] and display the full breadth of
[8:02:46] their skill.
[8:02:50] That's a very detailed and
[8:02:50] descriptive way of saying that
[8:02:51] our constituents feel this one
[8:02:52] question every day Why does it
[8:02:56] take so long to get things done
[8:02:56] around here?
[8:02:57] It's not all about funding and
[8:02:57] budget.
[8:02:58] It's actually the internal
[8:03:01] structure that we actually have
[8:03:02] our workforce working under
[8:03:03] because our employees have very
[8:03:07] high workloads, limited time
[8:03:08] And so the incentive is to work
[8:03:09] very, very hard every single
[8:03:13] day but not be able to see how
[8:03:13] to transform their job and
[8:03:14] transform the department over
[8:03:15] the long term which is another
[8:03:19] way of saying modernize it to
[8:03:19] 2026 And within the supervisor
[8:03:20] ranks specifically we have very
[8:03:23] skilled employees program
[8:03:24] coordinators, program managers
[8:03:25] They were often unionized
[8:03:29] workers who we wanted to keep
[8:03:30] on and they took over these
[8:03:31] supervisory role positions
[8:03:35] created literally to keep them
[8:03:35] in place particularly since
[8:03:36] there was a wage freeze for
[8:03:37] most city employees for over a
[8:03:40] decade.
[8:03:41] But today we now see less
[8:03:42] accountability in those
[8:03:42] specific roles What they're
[8:03:45] doing No one's tracking that in
[8:03:46] a detailed way.
[8:03:46] So the discussion about
[8:03:47] the budget and the distrust and
[8:03:51] the questions about why things
[8:03:52] are set to be cut that's all
[8:03:52] downstream and it matters And
[8:03:56] it's the reason we're having
[8:03:57] the same conversation over and
[8:03:58] over again is because of
[8:03:58] the upstream lack of
[8:03:59] modernization.
[8:04:02] We need to have our personnel
[8:04:03] department and Civil Service
[8:04:03] Commission truly analyze job
[8:04:04] roles and job duties in
[8:04:05] the city so that the council in
[8:04:08] the mayor's office and our
[8:04:08] barrios, our city unions can
[8:04:09] together pinpoint which roles
[8:04:13] need to be adjusted, maximize
[8:04:14] productivity and accountability
[8:04:14] And when it's done right city
[8:04:15] employees will be able to do
[8:04:19] the thing they do best in which
[8:04:20] they do what they love to do
[8:04:20] which is serve the public.
[8:04:21] I think we'll have that
[8:04:24] discussion the another day.
[8:04:25] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[8:04:25] All right.
[8:04:26] Thank you, Councilmember Campo.
[8:04:27] We'll go back to Councilmember
[8:04:30] Bumper.
[8:04:31] Thank you very much.
[8:04:31] And I second what councilor can
[8:04:32] be said about modernizing our
[8:04:35] personnel department and
[8:04:36] getting technology in the city
[8:04:36] we can actually utilize them
[8:04:37] from Our department was using
[8:04:41] horrible software for their
[8:04:42] billing until recently So I'm
[8:04:42] glad that that is all being
[8:04:43] fixed.
[8:04:43] I do have a question about
[8:04:44] the amendment of the motion
[8:04:45] though If you could bring it up
[8:04:56] on the screen please.
[8:04:57] I'm so sorry that Catherine
[8:05:01] Marino made over 12.
[8:05:01] Okay.
[8:05:07] So my eyes are going to get a
[8:05:07] little better.
[8:05:08] So I am very supportive of
[8:05:08] including the graffiti unit
[8:05:12] supervisor and the six
[8:05:12] registration supervisor back
[8:05:13] into the budget.
[8:05:16] My question is just that
[8:05:17] the two unit are two police
[8:05:18] officers per car how that's
[8:05:23] going to be deployed Because in
[8:05:24] my district we only have four
[8:05:25] cars that go out sometime
[8:05:25] actually four by two and kids
[8:05:30] all the way from Mesa all up to
[8:05:30] San Pascal.
[8:05:32] We have four cars that will
[8:05:33] territories If you put two at
[8:05:33] one time or 12 hour shift where
[8:05:37] there's only one car, four cans
[8:05:37] just to get one car from my
[8:05:38] district.
[8:05:38] So I just want to were the most
[8:05:42] understaffed districts in
[8:05:43] the city.
[8:05:43] So I just want to make sure
[8:05:44] with the chief that that's not
[8:05:47] going to happen up in our area
[8:05:47] .
[8:05:48] It's just not possible.
[8:05:49] I do understand some officers
[8:05:49] might want to ride impaired and
[8:05:50] that's fine.
[8:05:50] That could cut down on
[8:05:53] distractions and that's fine
[8:05:54] But it should be flexible and
[8:05:54] it should be based on voluntary
[8:05:55] choice is not mandated for
[8:06:00] areas like ours.
[8:06:06] I don't know.
[8:06:07] We'll do our best to try to
[8:06:08] make it work but if it was an
[8:06:10] idea that I thought was a good
[8:06:11] one I would have proposed it
[8:06:11] originally.
[8:06:12] We agree with the aba's
[8:06:16] perspective that this could
[8:06:16] impact response times
[8:06:21] negatively and or increase our
[8:06:22] overtime to make sure that we
[8:06:23] have the proper amount of cars
[8:06:25] in the field.
[8:06:28] We'll do our best.
[8:06:35] >> Okay.
[8:06:36] Well I know we'll have to go to
[8:06:37] meeting Confer but I do want to
[8:06:37] and obviously the police want
[8:06:40] to run but that would be a
[8:06:40] significant hindrance to
[8:06:41] answer.
[8:06:45] No one calls up in our district
[8:06:45] saying we only have two cars
[8:06:46] going out on second watch.
[8:06:46] Understand it.
[8:06:47] Okay.
[8:06:53] Thank you.
[8:06:53] >> Thank you, Councilmember.
[8:06:54] We'll go next to Councilmember
[8:06:57] Whitman.
[8:06:58] Thank you, council PRESIDENT.
[8:07:01] That just gave me a little bit
[8:07:02] of pause there, a little bit
[8:07:03] concerned about the prospect of
[8:07:07] increased response times and
[8:07:08] some of the other concerns
[8:07:12] expressed by the chief.
[8:07:17] I do support the restoration of
[8:07:17] the two supervisors.
[8:07:18] I personally given what we just
[8:07:22] heard from the chief would
[8:07:26] probably prefer to fund that
[8:07:26] from $375,000 out of that
[8:07:31] excess equity rather than from
[8:07:32] the fuel and fleet savings.
[8:07:36] I won't make that as amendment
[8:07:37] .
[8:07:37] We'll see if everybody else of
[8:07:42] the council wants to do that.
[8:07:43] Aside from that one concern
[8:07:43] there, I will say this is a
[8:07:47] reasonable budget that reduces
[8:07:48] the deficit and maintains key
[8:07:52] services.
[8:07:52] I was determined to prevent a
[8:07:53] closure of shelters that would
[8:07:57] force homeless people back out
[8:07:58] onto the streets.
[8:07:58] This budget ensures that that
[8:08:02] won't happen But fortunately
[8:08:03] this budget does not provide
[8:08:03] additional shelter beds that
[8:08:04] could help more people off
[8:08:08] the streets.
[8:08:08] But at least we're not going
[8:08:09] backwards.
[8:08:09] It is good that we are
[8:08:13] restoring significant funding
[8:08:14] for the arts to be clear but
[8:08:15] really restoring funding for
[8:08:19] people youth will be inspired
[8:08:19] by the arts communities who
[8:08:20] attend free performances that
[8:08:23] they otherwise couldn't afford
[8:08:24] workers who are employed by
[8:08:25] the arts and all of us who
[8:08:25] benefit from the revenue that
[8:08:28] is generated by visitor
[8:08:29] spending.
[8:08:29] The restoration of the special
[8:08:34] events filming program ed is
[8:08:34] good for our city.
[8:08:35] This program at position helps
[8:08:39] to attract and coordinate
[8:08:40] movies being filmed in our city
[8:08:40] and commercials being filmed in
[8:08:44] our city That is great exposure
[8:08:45] for San Diego.
[8:08:49] There's a film shoot tomorrow a
[8:08:49] sponsor of the nascar races is
[8:08:50] shooting a promotional
[8:08:51] commercial tomorrow with say
[8:08:54] Diego's downtown skyline in
[8:08:54] the background.
[8:08:59] This budget restores library
[8:09:00] rec center hours and restores
[8:09:00] the Small Business Enhancement
[8:09:01] Program.
[8:09:04] There's funding for
[8:09:05] the multi-modal team the West
[8:09:05] Valley River crossing Many of
[8:09:09] the things that were restored
[8:09:10] in this budget were restored
[8:09:11] because residents engaged in
[8:09:14] this budget process and shared
[8:09:14] their priorities.
[8:09:15] So thank you to everybody who
[8:09:19] participated in this process.
[8:09:19] I do want to thank Budget Chair
[8:09:20] Foster and his team for
[8:09:23] the many hours that they have
[8:09:24] invested in this process.
[8:09:25] Thank you To the opposite
[8:09:29] the independent budget analyst
[8:09:30] Their analysis has been
[8:09:30] invaluable The very public
[8:09:31] hearings that they have
[8:09:34] participated in have helped to
[8:09:35] engage city residents in this
[8:09:35] process.
[8:09:39] I appreciate the council
[8:09:40] PRESIDENT All of my colleagues
[8:09:40] for what has been a
[8:09:41] collaborative and productive
[8:09:46] process at times a process but
[8:09:46] a productive one.
[8:09:50] Thank you to the mayor's office
[8:09:51] for engaging the council early
[8:09:51] in the process.
[8:09:54] I think that was very helpful
[8:09:55] to all of our city departments
[8:09:56] and staff who have worked
[8:10:00] extensively on this budget and
[8:10:00] who have worked extensively
[8:10:01] with us And I appreciate
[8:10:05] the city Attorney's office for
[8:10:05] their legal analysis.
[8:10:06] And last but not least thank
[8:10:09] you to my staff Every member of
[8:10:10] my team has helped out either
[8:10:11] through policy analysis or
[8:10:14] through public engagement.
[8:10:15] A lot of people have been
[8:10:16] involved in this budget
[8:10:16] process.
[8:10:17] So thanks to all of you Again,
[8:10:19] I think we have a reasonable
[8:10:20] budget that reduces the deficit
[8:10:21] and maintains key services and
[8:10:25] I will be in support.
[8:10:25] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[8:10:26] All right.
[8:10:26] Thank you, Councilmember
[8:10:27] Whitburn.
[8:10:29] Not see anybody else on
[8:10:30] the lights.
[8:10:34] A few closing comments for five
[8:10:35] of us This is the sixth budget
[8:10:37] cycle that we're going through
[8:10:38] .
[8:10:39] I think every year the process
[8:10:43] has gotten better through
[8:10:44] Monica montgomery's leadership.
[8:10:48] >> Now Councilmember Fosters
[8:10:49] leadership.
[8:10:50] I think we have a city, a big
[8:10:53] city still have a long way to
[8:10:54] go to really figure out how to
[8:10:54] dig deep on budget.
[8:10:58] The budget is so big and so
[8:10:59] complex and there are so many
[8:10:59] buckets of expenditures and
[8:11:03] funding that it makes it a
[8:11:03] challenge.
[8:11:04] I appreciate Councilmember
[8:11:08] Foster's work on zero based
[8:11:09] budgeting on contracting.
[8:11:09] I would be curious to see how
[8:11:13] that manifests itself going
[8:11:14] forward and I appreciate
[8:11:18] the double work that you and
[8:11:19] your office took to come up
[8:11:22] with a updated motion.
[8:11:23] >> One of the pieces that were
[8:11:28] eliminated in this update of
[8:11:31] motion was not funding all
[8:11:32] reduced hours and recreation
[8:11:37] centers on Friday my team and I
[8:11:37] introduced the possible use of
[8:11:41] Recreation Center fund balances
[8:11:42] as a way to restore recreation
[8:11:43] center hours an idea that has
[8:11:47] generally been vetted by
[8:11:47] the ipa Parks and Recreation
[8:11:48] And I believe the city
[8:11:51] Attorney's office.
[8:11:52] However, it became quite
[8:11:55] apparent to me on Friday that
[8:11:56] introducing something so new
[8:11:57] and so novel and that would
[8:12:01] have been a fundamental policy
[8:12:01] call was not appropriate for
[8:12:05] this budget conversation in
[8:12:06] this short amount of time.
[8:12:10] However, I understand
[8:12:10] the Department MAY introduce
[8:12:11] this to the individual rec
[8:12:14] councils as an option for them
[8:12:15] to restore hours as they
[8:12:20] balance restoring hours funding
[8:12:20] programs, funding repairs but
[8:12:21] that is a choice they can make
[8:12:24] on a recreation center by a
[8:12:25] recreation center balance.
[8:12:26] But we MAY have another option
[8:12:29] on the table as Charles would
[8:12:30] remind us, that probably does
[8:12:30] qualify as a one time option
[8:12:34] not a ongoing option going
[8:12:34] forward.
[8:12:39] We'll see if and when that goes
[8:12:39] forward.
[8:12:40] But I appreciate
[8:12:43] the thoughtfulness.
[8:12:44] While I'm not a big fan of
[8:12:45] funding individual positions, I
[8:12:48] do respect Councilmember
[8:12:48] Marino's introduction of those
[8:12:49] two positions and
[8:12:53] the thoughtfulness in listening
[8:12:54] to comments to only propose
[8:12:58] half the dollar amount so that
[8:12:58] I can be more strategic about
[8:13:02] when and where the northern
[8:13:03] the folks in the northern part
[8:13:04] of my district would also have
[8:13:07] the same concerns.
[8:13:07] But I also realize and learned
[8:13:11] through this process that
[8:13:12] response time is based on
[8:13:16] the first officer that shows up
[8:13:17] and then you have to wait for
[8:13:18] that second officer.
[8:13:19] I did ride along this as well
[8:13:19] and saw what happened.
[8:13:24] So it's a delicate balance and
[8:13:25] I trust that the chief and
[8:13:31] the department and the way will
[8:13:31] figure that I think I'd
[8:13:34] negotiate a contract So throw
[8:13:35] that into part of the contract.
[8:13:39] Maybe I'm not going to tell you
[8:13:40] how to do your business.
[8:13:40] I'm not authorized to negotiate
[8:13:41] contracts but that seems like a
[8:13:44] real time saving opportunity
[8:13:48] And with that I will be
[8:13:49] supportive of this motion so
[8:13:50] not see anybody else in
[8:13:53] the lights.
[8:13:54] We do have an updated motion
[8:13:55] put forward by Councilmember
[8:13:58] Foster and seconded by
[8:13:58] the Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
[8:14:03] Lee and amended by Council
[8:14:03] member Marino.
[8:14:04] So unless there's any other
[8:14:04] questions or comments and I
[8:14:08] don't see any.
[8:14:09] >> Please call the roll clerk
[8:14:09] as I read the voting system
[8:14:19] please cast your vote That
[8:14:20] passes unanimously 9 to 0.
[8:14:20] All right.
[8:14:24] Thank you for that.
[8:14:25] Thank you for everybody's
[8:14:25] patience.
[8:14:26] We're not done.
[8:14:29] We still have one book of
[8:14:29] business to finish up here at
[8:14:34] starting at 615.
[8:14:34] With that, the crowd seems to
[8:14:39] be leaving relatively quietly.
[8:14:40] So Clerk please introduce item
[8:14:44] 705I didn't know anybody want
[8:14:44] to longer break this a power
[8:14:47] through all right please
[8:14:55] introduce item 705 as an item
[8:14:56] 7o5 is a proposed fiscal year
[8:14:56] 2027 City of San Diego
[8:15:01] Affordable Housing Fund Annual
[8:15:01] Plan.
[8:15:02] If you would like to speak on
[8:15:02] this item, now is the time to
[8:15:05] raise your hand by pressing
[8:15:06] Star nine or the raise your
[8:15:07] hand icon or if you are here in
[8:15:10] person now's the time to submit
[8:15:11] your speaker slip at the front
[8:15:14] of the room in the clear box.
[8:15:15] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
[8:15:20] All right.
[8:15:20] Probably take a little bit of
[8:15:21] time to sit down because we're.
[8:15:21] No, no, no.
[8:15:24] Come sit down or wait for
[8:15:27] the room to clear and
[8:15:46] the voices to subside and okay.
[8:15:46] >> All right.
[8:15:47] Looks like it's quieted down in
[8:15:51] chambers.
[8:15:52] So when you're ready, introduce
[8:15:52] yourself for the record and let
[8:16:05] us know how much time you need
[8:16:06] .
[8:16:06] I need about ten minutes.
[8:16:07] All right.
[8:16:11] And just like I said, unity
[8:16:12] stuff for the record, make
[8:16:12] sure.
[8:16:13] Thank you again when you're
[8:16:15] ready.
[8:16:18] Good afternoon, Council members
[8:16:19] seven point vice PRESIDENT Of
[8:16:20] financial services of the San
[8:16:24] Diego Housing Commission.
[8:16:25] With me is principal budget and
[8:16:29] reporting analyst Matt Hagan's
[8:16:29] .
[8:16:30] This afternoon we seek your
[8:16:32] approval of the proposed fiscal
[8:16:33] year 2027 Affordable Housing
[8:16:37] Fund and your plan The plan was
[8:16:38] approved by the Land Use and
[8:16:40] Housing Committee on MAY 14th,
[8:16:41] 2026 and by the Housing
[8:16:46] Commission Board on APRIL 16,
[8:16:46] 2026.
[8:16:46] We'll start with a quick
[8:16:50] discussion of the Fund, then
[8:16:51] we'll take a look at the fund
[8:16:52] revenue over the years and
[8:16:56] we'll provide details on
[8:16:59] budgeted programs for fiscal
[8:16:59] year 27.
[8:17:00] >> The City of San Diego's
[8:17:04] Affordable Housing Fund is
[8:17:04] composed of two permanent
[8:17:09] annually renewable funding
[8:17:10] sources First the Housing Trust
[8:17:14] Fund which was established in
[8:17:14] 1990.
[8:17:15] It consists of revenue from
[8:17:19] housing impact fees on
[8:17:19] commercial development and loan
[8:17:20] repayments.
[8:17:23] Second, the inclusionary
[8:17:24] Housing Fund which was
[8:17:25] established in 2003 It consists
[8:17:28] of revenue from the collection
[8:17:29] of fees on residential
[8:17:33] development and from then on
[8:17:34] repayments and the developers
[8:17:37] has the option to either build
[8:17:38] affordable housing units or pay
[8:17:39] the fees that will be used in
[8:17:42] the creation and preservation
[8:17:48] of affordable housing And
[8:17:48] the slide here display
[8:17:49] the history of fee collection
[8:17:52] for both funds.
[8:17:53] The Blue Line represent a
[8:17:53] housing trust fund which hovers
[8:18:00] between $1.2 million and $3.1
[8:18:00] million annually.
[8:18:01] The Red Orange Line represent
[8:18:05] inclusionary fees as you can
[8:18:06] see does fluctuate more
[8:18:10] dramatically in fiscal year 20
[8:18:14] 2023 and 2024 Fee collection
[8:18:17] were around $700,000 and $2.9
[8:18:18] million respectively.
[8:18:22] But in fiscal year 2025 because
[8:18:23] of the fees paid by two large
[8:18:26] development project in city
[8:18:27] center and current MISS
[8:18:31] The areas the fee collection
[8:18:31] were $15.8 million.
[8:18:36] Many factors affect collection
[8:18:36] including economic factors,
[8:18:37] development activity,
[8:18:41] the timing of fee collections
[8:18:42] and the number of development
[8:18:43] that choose to build affordable
[8:18:46] housing units rather than pay
[8:18:47] the Affordable housing fund fee
[8:18:51] for the purpose of
[8:18:51] the Affordable Housing Fund
[8:18:55] annual plan and by extension to
[8:18:56] Housing Commission's budget.
[8:18:57] We use an estimate based on a
[8:18:59] historical calculation and
[8:19:04] current collections.
[8:19:05] Since inception, the Affordable
[8:19:09] Housing Fund has assisted was
[8:19:10] the creation and preservation
[8:19:13] of over 10,100 Fordable housing
[8:19:17] units assisted in more more
[8:19:18] than 31 thousands and began
[8:19:19] experiencing homelessness and
[8:19:22] assisted over 410 household to
[8:19:27] become first time homebuyers.
[8:19:28] I will now personal to mare
[8:19:29] will share the model program
[8:19:30] and a proposed funding
[8:19:34] allocations.
[8:19:35] Thanks Crystal Good evening.
[8:19:39] Sorry Good afternoon everyone.
[8:19:40] Affordable housing funds MAY be
[8:19:40] allocated to programs
[8:19:44] identified in the list of model
[8:19:45] programs for fiscal year 2027.
[8:19:49] We propose allocating the funds
[8:19:50] to rental housing finance,
[8:19:50] homelessness activities and
[8:19:53] loans to create accessory
[8:19:54] dwelling units that were
[8:19:55] committed in prior years and
[8:19:58] required to be affordable
[8:19:59] rentals for households with low
[8:19:59] income.
[8:20:00] As part of the plan
[8:20:00] preparation.
[8:20:04] We continue to solicit feedback
[8:20:04] through outreach efforts.
[8:20:05] We made presentations to
[8:20:08] the University Mission Beach
[8:20:09] and Troy especially community
[8:20:13] planning groups.
[8:20:14] A video of our presentation
[8:20:14] about the Affordable Housing
[8:20:17] Fund and your plan including
[8:20:18] Closed Captioning was also made
[8:20:19] available on our website and
[8:20:23] sdh Seized public engagement
[8:20:24] portal and as public input to
[8:20:27] increase awareness of
[8:20:28] the annual plan and the comment
[8:20:28] period.
[8:20:29] We also emailed households who
[8:20:32] previously participated in a
[8:20:33] survey for the study about
[8:20:34] residential evictions in
[8:20:37] the city of San Diego and
[8:20:38] posted on the agency's social
[8:20:39] media accounts.
[8:20:42] Members of the public were
[8:20:43] invited to provide comments on
[8:20:44] how they thought we should best
[8:20:47] use the Affordable Housing Fund
[8:20:47] funds.
[8:20:48] The comments we received are
[8:20:51] attached to the proposed annual
[8:20:51] plan.
[8:20:52] With that in mind, let's take a
[8:20:56] look at the proposed allocation
[8:20:56] .
[8:20:59] Here you can see the fiscal
[8:21:00] year 2027 proposed funding
[8:21:01] allocation to the various
[8:21:05] programs as compared to
[8:21:05] the fiscal year 2026
[8:21:06] allocation.
[8:21:09] As a reminder, the Affordable
[8:21:10] Housing Fund is only one of
[8:21:11] the multiple funding sources
[8:21:11] the Housing Commission
[8:21:14] administers for housing
[8:21:15] assistance and homelessness
[8:21:15] programs.
[8:21:19] This annual plan includes
[8:21:20] the proposed uses of only
[8:21:20] the Affordable Housing Fund and
[8:21:24] the anticipated outcomes
[8:21:24] associated with the fund.
[8:21:25] The Revised Housing Commission
[8:21:28] budget which is coming out
[8:21:29] shortly, will reflect proposed
[8:21:29] sources and uses for all
[8:21:33] the funds we administer with an
[8:21:37] estimated $37.1 million in fund
[8:21:38] balance and $5.4 million in
[8:21:38] revenues.
[8:21:42] We propose funding
[8:21:42] the following $22.4 million
[8:21:47] towards prior year commitments
[8:21:47] from notices of funding
[8:21:48] availability on notice and
[8:21:51] committed accessory dwelling
[8:21:52] unit loans.
[8:21:52] These are funds that were
[8:21:53] awarded in prior years Some of
[8:21:56] the no for developments have
[8:21:57] received board approval while
[8:21:58] others are in different stages
[8:22:01] of finalizing their funding
[8:22:01] stack.
[8:22:02] In fiscal year 2027 we are also
[8:22:06] allocating $9 million towards a
[8:22:07] new note for additional funding
[8:22:10] sources Besides the Affordable
[8:22:11] Housing Fund, the court will
[8:22:14] make a total of $22 million
[8:22:14] available for the fiscal year
[8:22:15] 2027 No fund.
[8:22:19] We also propose allocating $5.8
[8:22:19] million towards homelessness
[8:22:23] programs that include landlord
[8:22:24] engagement prevention and
[8:22:25] diversion and transitional
[8:22:25] housing grants.
[8:22:29] The remaining funds are
[8:22:30] allocated to ongoing capacity
[8:22:31] building program administration
[8:22:34] and some legal fees.
[8:22:34] The Total Affordable Housing
[8:22:37] Fund plan commitments are $39
[8:22:40] million in fiscal year 2027.
[8:22:41] Here's another representation
[8:22:45] of the proposed allocation 78%
[8:22:46] is committed to rental housing
[8:22:47] finance activities for
[8:22:48] the production of affordable
[8:22:53] housing.
[8:22:54] >> Here we can see two examples
[8:22:54] of newly constructed affordable
[8:22:58] housing developments But with
[8:22:58] financing the included
[8:22:59] affordable housing fund
[8:23:02] revenues.
[8:23:03] Today we're asking City Council
[8:23:06] to take the actions detailed in
[8:23:07] the staff report and shown on
[8:23:17] this slide that concludes
[8:23:18] the presentation where
[8:23:18] available answer questions.
[8:23:19] >> All right.
[8:23:19] Thank you very much for
[8:23:22] the work and for
[8:23:22] the presentation.
[8:23:23] Clerk Please proceed with
[8:23:23] public comment.
[8:23:26] Thank you.
[8:23:27] Council PRESIDENT We have joy
[8:23:28] Senator please come forward to
[8:23:28] the microphone.
[8:23:30] After that we have Natalie
[8:23:31] Roski as well as Max Schmidt
[8:23:37] and allegedly Audra Joy.
[8:23:40] You'll have a minute and a half
[8:23:40] .
[8:23:44] >> Thank you.
[8:23:49] Excuse me just a minute.
[8:23:49] Okay.
[8:23:54] I'll just sort of piece it
[8:23:55] together as best I can.
[8:23:59] Um, just did this this
[8:23:59] afternoon.
[8:24:00] I love love that machine back
[8:24:04] there.
[8:24:05] So replaced homelessness with
[8:24:09] housing instability.
[8:24:10] I really like that.
[8:24:13] I love the leap program.
[8:24:14] Landlord Engagement and
[8:24:18] Assistance Program.
[8:24:19] They do that where I live and
[8:24:23] so I have a lot of interaction
[8:24:24] with it and I absolutely
[8:24:25] support it and I really really
[8:24:28] think it works.
[8:24:29] I love the prevention and
[8:24:34] diverse diverse vision program
[8:24:34] Love Flexible spending program.
[8:24:39] Now on the approval end of it
[8:24:42] where the funds were stated to
[8:24:45] be around 39 million and then
[8:24:46] 22 million of that had been
[8:24:50] approved in prior years.
[8:24:51] Now I know some of those
[8:24:52] projects can take forever but
[8:24:55] what I don't get is when you
[8:24:59] come back to the next portion
[8:25:00] which is authorized, how do you
[8:25:05] reallocate projects that were
[8:25:06] held up and then you have a new
[8:25:10] batch of project and how do you
[8:25:11] decide who you're going to give
[8:25:11] them to?
[8:25:14] So I don't know if that makes
[8:25:15] sense and I didn't like
[8:25:16] the wording in response to
[8:25:20] market demands.
[8:25:20] I liked in response to
[8:25:21] opportunities but I like
[8:25:25] clarity on market demand.
[8:25:25] Thank you for that concluding
[8:25:26] comment.
[8:25:26] Natalie Raskin are you here?
[8:25:30] Natalie Rash Here.
[8:25:34] I do not see her Dan In Are you
[8:25:35] here if you wanted to speak.
[8:25:44] Max Schmidt Um hi.
[8:25:45] I just want to say that I kind
[8:25:45] of wish you had a longer
[8:25:48] microphone for how tall I am or
[8:25:49] at least a chair I can sit down
[8:25:49] on.
[8:25:53] >> But anyway, um, I just
[8:25:53] wanted to say that I'm against
[8:25:57] the proposed fiscal year 2027
[8:25:58] Affordable Housing Fund, omb's
[8:26:02] annual Plan and the reason why
[8:26:03] is because it is a ridiculous
[8:26:07] plan And I just want to take a
[8:26:08] moment to shine light on what's
[8:26:09] happening.
[8:26:12] Um, not all Freemasons are evil
[8:26:13] and a lot of the young
[8:26:17] Freemasons actually support me
[8:26:17] fighting for 0% tax.
[8:26:21] I've been here for eight hours
[8:26:22] today um, talking to these
[8:26:23] people in City Hall and they're
[8:26:26] some of the friendliest people
[8:26:26] in the world.
[8:26:27] So I just want to make that
[8:26:28] point clear and I wanted to say
[8:26:31] I am paying for a libertarian
[8:26:32] revolution that does fight for
[8:26:35] zero 0% tax no taxes at all.
[8:26:36] >> And I just wanted to say I
[8:26:37] am for exposing that everyone
[8:26:41] up here is in the New World
[8:26:42] Order trying to make a one
[8:26:42] world government and that
[8:26:45] accord group rituals are so
[8:26:46] powerful that when these people
[8:26:46] do human sacrifices in
[8:26:50] the Masonic Lodge they actually
[8:26:50] have the ability to read minds
[8:26:54] teleport feel like a living GOD
[8:26:55] reincarnate and I'm out here
[8:26:59] exposing them and I just want
[8:27:00] to say that I'm very excited
[8:27:01] that people have been giving me
[8:27:01] feedback of how I stood up
[8:27:04] today almost made world history
[8:27:05] and there's something there.
[8:27:06] English word programing
[8:27:09] Repeating Nevada fifth Area 51
[8:27:10] Bears repeating GOD is dead
[8:27:10] because GOD is not dead.
[8:27:14] We need an increase of faith
[8:27:15] because 30% of time has
[8:27:15] concluded allegedly Order if
[8:27:25] you can please come forward.
[8:27:26] >> I'm just wondering when you
[8:27:27] guys are going to treat
[8:27:30] the homeless like people and
[8:27:31] not a number I feel like you
[8:27:35] know, is any of this stuff
[8:27:35] really working?
[8:27:36] I mean you guys do these nice
[8:27:37] presentations.
[8:27:40] You talk about, you know, tens
[8:27:41] of millions of dollars in
[8:27:41] accounts and what you're going
[8:27:45] to do with it But it's just
[8:27:46] like the 24 billion on
[8:27:47] homelessness that this state
[8:27:50] it's like word that go you guys
[8:27:51] got some of it where to go you
[8:27:51] know what I mean?
[8:27:52] Like the problem doesn't get
[8:27:55] better It literally continues
[8:27:55] to get worse And it's like if
[8:27:56] that is what's happening
[8:27:59] shouldn't it be time to course
[8:28:00] correct and actually like
[8:28:01] really think about these be
[8:28:04] like what would you want if you
[8:28:05] guys were the ones out on
[8:28:05] the streets?
[8:28:09] I don't feel like you put
[8:28:09] yourself in that position and
[8:28:10] you really are thinking about
[8:28:14] it in that manner.
[8:28:15] I think you guys just do it
[8:28:16] like it's business as usual.
[8:28:16] Let's just get this stuff
[8:28:19] passed.
[8:28:20] We got to get out of here.
[8:28:21] We have something to do All
[8:28:21] while the people you know are
[8:28:24] just hoping that this money is
[8:28:25] going to be used to get them
[8:28:28] off the streets and they just
[8:28:28] continue doing Wait for that
[8:28:33] concluding comment.
[8:28:37] >> Oh, Natalie Raji, is your
[8:28:38] dad's here so you'll get
[8:28:38] the minute.
[8:28:43] Please proceed.
[8:28:44] >> It's a housing authority.
[8:28:47] So this is item seven and five
[8:28:47] the proposed fiscal year 2027
[8:28:48] City of San Diego Affordable
[8:28:51] Housing Fund.
[8:28:52] >> Oh geez.
[8:28:53] I just feel like I'm in a loop.
[8:28:55] Like it's just this constant
[8:29:00] circle of filing these papers,
[8:29:01] getting someone to listen to me
[8:29:06] heard Like I said it's heard
[8:29:06] says Oh no contact Housing
[8:29:10] Authority Contact Housing
[8:29:11] authority I don't even want to
[8:29:15] be in this loop.
[8:29:16] I don't want to I don't even
[8:29:16] want to have a voucher.
[8:29:20] But situations happen.
[8:29:21] Covid happened and here I am
[8:29:24] and now I'm going to be there
[8:29:25] again.
[8:29:26] >> So who do I need to speak
[8:29:26] to?
[8:29:28] Who do you put me in front of
[8:29:29] Because I can't get a hold of
[8:29:30] anybody.
[8:29:34] I have Sarah Jacobson office.
[8:29:35] They haven't gotten back to me.
[8:29:39] They said they hand my
[8:29:39] paperwork to hud.
[8:29:40] I don't know what is happening.
[8:29:43] Why do you know what's
[8:29:44] happening?
[8:29:44] But we need to pull our heads
[8:29:45] out of the sand as a society
[8:29:49] And what's going on in this
[8:29:49] administration and all of these
[8:29:50] things because the ripples
[8:29:53] haven't even hit us yet from
[8:29:54] what's happening.
[8:29:58] They haven't Our food, our
[8:30:02] homes, the fertilizer like I
[8:30:03] said, the mosquitoes.
[8:30:08] >> And so while being housed
[8:30:08] I've done many things It's
[8:30:09] going to be disrupted again And
[8:30:13] I'm here to build community And
[8:30:17] it's hurtful that I'm trying to
[8:30:18] do good things and yet I got
[8:30:18] all these things to battle.
[8:30:22] Thank you.
[8:30:22] >> That doesn't mean public
[8:30:23] comment here in council
[8:30:24] chambers going to those
[8:30:27] participating online we have
[8:30:28] two speakers.
[8:30:28] Kathleen Lippert, if you can
[8:30:29] please unmute.
[8:30:29] You have a minute and a half
[8:30:34] please proceed.
[8:30:35] Kathleen Lippert, I can't
[8:30:38] unmute for you.
[8:30:39] Sorry.
[8:30:39] Thank you very much.
[8:30:43] The lack of city required
[8:30:44] infrastructure for housing
[8:30:45] projects always will allow
[8:30:49] greedy developers to decrease
[8:30:49] costs and increase profits.
[8:30:53] Future infrastructure cost
[8:30:54] cheaply built projects with or
[8:30:58] without infrastructure and
[8:30:59] without green space will become
[8:30:59] taxpayer burden.
[8:31:03] Equity is not a path forward
[8:31:04] but a step back to tribalism.
[8:31:08] It is a want not a need.
[8:31:08] Discriminating against anyone
[8:31:09] population simultaneously
[8:31:13] discriminate aids against
[8:31:13] another and the goal of
[8:31:17] achieving equity is a myth.
[8:31:18] It's a but it's a useful
[8:31:19] strategy for politicians equity
[8:31:23] goals distort incentives,
[8:31:24] reduce motivation and trap to
[8:31:24] them.
[8:31:28] Disadvantage groups and
[8:31:28] dependency loops Without a
[8:31:32] vision for future farmer plans
[8:31:32] to offer equity licenses for
[8:31:33] those formerly convicted of
[8:31:37] drug crimes was not a path
[8:31:38] forward but a return to a life
[8:31:42] that harmed them and their
[8:31:42] families.
[8:31:43] City photos showing a city
[8:31:46] dominated by featureless cold
[8:31:47] uniform one dimensional housing
[8:31:51] projects MAY be a dream of
[8:31:52] Google Brutalist architects but
[8:31:56] their dystopian nightmare for
[8:31:56] humans unbridled housing
[8:31:57] projects destroyed single
[8:32:01] family residences, violate
[8:32:02] community plans, ignore
[8:32:02] community dissent and
[8:32:07] opposition and will destroy our
[8:32:08] most charming and unique
[8:32:08] communities Hillcrest,
[8:32:13] Oceanside, North Park, Little
[8:32:14] Italy and Barrio Logan are time
[8:32:18] has concluded Blair Beakman if
[8:32:19] you can please on mute All
[8:32:21] right we're Beakman thanks a
[8:32:22] lot for this item Over the past
[8:32:23] year I've been I was amazingly
[8:32:27] impressed by some city
[8:32:27] government presentations and
[8:32:31] the work of what part's doing
[8:32:31] right now.
[8:32:32] They're really finding housing
[8:32:36] for people and they made that a
[8:32:37] very clear point in what
[8:32:37] they're doing And with that it
[8:32:41] made it clear to me that, you
[8:32:41] know, with all the housing
[8:32:42] ordinance things we've been
[8:32:45] doing or the unhoused ordinance
[8:32:46] things in downtown and such,
[8:32:47] you know some city governments
[8:32:50] down was really dedicated to
[8:32:51] the idea of housing and it was
[8:32:55] really important and it managed
[8:32:55] just made something really
[8:32:56] clear to me how to work on
[8:33:00] issue Shelter is important.
[8:33:00] Working on housing just seems
[8:33:04] really key and I want to better
[8:33:05] understand that And I guess
[8:33:05] you're trying to do that here.
[8:33:09] I heard housing is opening up
[8:33:10] in California overall at this
[8:33:14] time And would this be a time
[8:33:15] I'm I suppose that market rate
[8:33:19] housing was the standard in
[8:33:20] what they've used but is this a
[8:33:20] time we can start talking more
[8:33:23] about middle income housing?
[8:33:24] >> If you can remember in
[8:33:24] the Bay Area their housing
[8:33:28] costs are so expensive.
[8:33:29] I mean they constantly complain
[8:33:29] that they can't build
[8:33:33] affordable housing There were
[8:33:33] housing costs in San Diego are
[8:33:34] much cheaper actually now It's
[8:33:38] affordable housing and how we
[8:33:39] can talk about how to have that
[8:33:39] conversation.
[8:33:43] Good luck with that And I'm
[8:33:44] very concerned that we could
[8:33:45] have been talking about aren't
[8:33:48] I stuck for the future to leave
[8:33:49] flock in the next few months
[8:33:52] just as a trial basis to lower
[8:33:53] budget concerns?
[8:33:53] >> Sorry your time has
[8:33:54] concluded Francis as our final
[8:33:57] speaker Francis, please on
[8:33:58] mute.
[8:33:58] >> Hi.
[8:34:02] I wanted to first have to say
[8:34:03] thank you to the Council for
[8:34:07] this meeting the opportunity to
[8:34:08] hear the public go vote and
[8:34:11] think in particular those
[8:34:12] members of the council that you
[8:34:16] know, truly seem to be
[8:34:16] listening to the community on
[8:34:17] this item.
[8:34:21] I want to just mention as we're
[8:34:21] talking about affordable
[8:34:22] housing I think right now you
[8:34:25] know there's so many people who
[8:34:26] have zero income and no
[8:34:30] prospects for income and are,
[8:34:31] you know, left out from
[8:34:34] the shelters the shelters lack
[8:34:40] a lot of Well, I heard there
[8:34:41] nasty I heard a lot of people
[8:34:41] don't want to go to shelters
[8:34:44] because they're nasty and or
[8:34:45] just to talk about, you know
[8:34:49] what We really have to be
[8:34:50] thinking about facilities
[8:34:54] public showers, bathrooms.
[8:34:54] You know, we're talking about
[8:34:58] getting people off the street,
[8:34:59] improving our city and making
[8:35:00] quality of life happy for
[8:35:04] everyone.
[8:35:05] Let's give people let's invest
[8:35:05] a little bit extra and make
[8:35:06] sure there is a lot of like
[8:35:09] outdoor shower facilities and
[8:35:09] safe sleeping sites.
[8:35:13] We need more of that.
[8:35:13] We can't not do that every day.
[8:35:14] We're not doing more of that.
[8:35:18] There's people getting raped on
[8:35:19] the street or beaten up while
[8:35:23] they're just trying to survive
[8:35:23] .
[8:35:24] >> That is a thank you.
[8:35:25] Thank you.
[8:35:25] That does conclude the public
[8:35:28] comment for this item.
[8:35:29] >> Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
[8:35:29] All right.
[8:35:29] Thank you.
[8:35:30] City Excuse me.
[8:35:30] Thank you.
[8:35:33] City Clerk.
[8:35:33] With that we'll turn over to
[8:35:34] colleagues for questions.
[8:35:35] Comments entertain a motion.
[8:35:35] We'll start with the chair.
[8:35:36] Land use and Housing Council
[8:35:42] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee I think
[8:35:43] as reservation of minutes on
[8:35:44] here with the quick we do hear
[8:35:46] this at the land use and
[8:35:47] housing committee I don't think
[8:35:47] we need to add too much more on
[8:35:51] this particular item but I will
[8:35:51] think that Sandy Housing
[8:35:52] Commission team for
[8:35:52] the presentation I think with
[8:35:55] that I'll simply move
[8:35:55] the staff's recommendation.
[8:35:56] >> All right.
[8:35:57] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
[8:36:00] please move the staff
[8:36:00] recommendation will go to
[8:36:01] Councilmember Moreno.
[8:36:01] Happy to second.
[8:36:02] All right.
[8:36:05] We have a second So we have a
[8:36:06] motion by Council PRESIDENT Pro
[8:36:06] Tem Lee, a second by council
[8:36:09] member Moreno to move the staff
[8:36:10] recommendation not see anybody
[8:36:11] else in the light.
[8:36:15] I'll just say you for the very
[8:36:15] good work.
[8:36:16] I hope that one public holiday
[8:36:19] misunderstood what this item
[8:36:20] was about because I do not
[8:36:21] agree with the statements she
[8:36:24] made but all kinds of opinions
[8:36:24] out there So thank you for
[8:36:25] the very good work.
[8:36:28] This is a continuing challenge
[8:36:29] the end of the pipeline going
[8:36:32] from those on the street to
[8:36:33] actually having a home that
[8:36:38] they can possibly entertain.
[8:36:39] So with that again we have a
[8:36:39] motion by Council PRESIDENT Pro
[8:36:43] Tem Lee in a second by Council
[8:36:44] member Marina move this item
[8:36:46] please call the roll Sorry
[8:36:47] the voting system Please cast
[8:36:56] your vote.
[8:36:56] >> Thank you.
[8:36:57] That passes unanimously with
[8:37:01] Council member Campbell Absent
[8:37:01] .
[8:37:02] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
[8:37:02] All right.
[8:37:03] Thank you City Clerk We will
[8:37:04] now adjourn as the city council
[8:37:05] and convene as the housing
[8:37:06] authority clerk Please
[8:37:10] introduce housing Authority
[8:37:10] Item one Housing Authority Item
[8:37:11] one is the San Diego Housing
[8:37:14] Commission Proposed fiscal Year
[8:37:15] 2027 budget.
[8:37:15] If you'd like to speak on this
[8:37:19] item, now's the time to submit
[8:37:19] your speakers up to the front
[8:37:20] of the room in the clear box
[8:37:21] And if you are participating
[8:37:24] remotely please be sure to
[8:37:25] raise your hand by pressing
[8:37:25] Star nine or the raise your
[8:37:29] hand icon.
[8:37:30] Thank you Council PRESIDENT Oh
[8:37:33] right now we're watching for
[8:37:34] the PowerPoint slide deck to
[8:37:39] come up know There we go So
[8:37:40] once again staff introduce
[8:37:44] yourselves for the record and
[8:37:45] let us know how much time you
[8:37:45] need.
[8:37:45] Hello.
[8:37:48] Good afternoon Council members.
[8:37:49] I'm also sent out via the lead
[8:37:50] chief operating Officer at
[8:37:53] the San Diego Housing
[8:37:53] Commission.
[8:37:54] We'll need about 6 or 7 minutes
[8:37:54] for a presentation.
[8:37:57] All right, when you're ready.
[8:37:58] The proposed budget we are
[8:37:59] presenting to you today
[8:37:59] includes a few updates from
[8:38:02] what we presented to the Budget
[8:38:03] Review committee on MAY 7th.
[8:38:03] We will highlight those
[8:38:04] revisions in today's
[8:38:09] presentation as we go through
[8:38:10] the proposed budget today we
[8:38:15] will draw your attention to a
[8:38:15] few revisions to the budget
[8:38:16] from what we presented to
[8:38:17] the Budget Review Committee a
[8:38:20] few weeks ago.
[8:38:20] We'll also discuss
[8:38:21] the challenges we're navigating
[8:38:23] and the actions we've taken to
[8:38:28] balance our budget.
[8:38:33] We are proposing a budget of
[8:38:37] $694 million That is $6 million
[8:38:37] more than the initial budget we
[8:38:38] presented to the budget review
[8:38:41] committee in MAY.
[8:38:42] The $6 million change is due
[8:38:45] primarily to one an increase of
[8:38:46] $3.5 million and moving to work
[8:38:49] or mtw revenue After we
[8:38:50] received the hud funding letter
[8:38:54] to an increase of $2.4 million
[8:38:55] in philanthropic grant funding
[8:38:59] for homelessness programs and
[8:39:03] finally an increase of $750,000
[8:39:04] in capital expenditures
[8:39:04] following the award of the San
[8:39:08] Diego Gas and Electric Funds
[8:39:08] under the Multifamily Energy
[8:39:09] Savings Program.
[8:39:13] This budget continues to
[8:39:14] advance our mission to foster
[8:39:15] social and economic stability
[8:39:18] by ensuring the development and
[8:39:18] preservation of quality
[8:39:19] affordable housing solutions
[8:39:22] for San Diego and this slide
[8:39:23] provides an overview of
[8:39:27] the fiscal challenges.
[8:39:28] This slide provides an overview
[8:39:29] of the fiscal challenges we are
[8:39:33] navigating and as we showed in
[8:39:34] our previous presentation, our
[8:39:37] federal funding is not
[8:39:38] sufficient to support rental
[8:39:38] assistance for the families
[8:39:39] currently in our voucher
[8:39:41] programs.
[8:39:42] This has required us to use
[8:39:43] diminishing mtw voucher
[8:39:47] reserves to achieve a balanced
[8:39:47] budget.
[8:39:47] Local reserves are also
[8:39:52] insufficient to meet all of
[8:39:53] the needs they have supported
[8:39:57] in the past.
[8:39:57] Here you can see again many of
[8:40:00] the steps we have taken so far
[8:40:01] to contain costs and generate
[8:40:05] revenue.
[8:40:06] >> Our recent reduction in our
[8:40:10] workforce and other adjustments
[8:40:11] are among our cost containment
[8:40:15] efforts along with other
[8:40:15] initiatives in our strategic
[8:40:16] plan.
[8:40:16] These efforts will also create
[8:40:18] a more sustainable fiscal
[8:40:24] outlook for the future.
[8:40:30] Yeah, I think it should be
[8:40:30] Slide seven.
[8:40:31] We're recalibrating the talking
[8:40:36] points with the slide.
[8:40:36] Again, this slide shows our
[8:40:39] budgets over the past five
[8:40:39] years.
[8:40:40] Budgets have been higher in
[8:40:41] recent years due to new funding
[8:40:45] sources such as the state's
[8:40:48] homekey program which launched
[8:40:58] in 2020 for our rental
[8:40:58] assistance program.
[8:40:59] Since our budget review
[8:41:02] committee presentation last
[8:41:03] month we made a small
[8:41:04] adjustment to our mtw funding
[8:41:08] to align with the funding
[8:41:09] letter received from hud.
[8:41:12] Was this adjustment in fy 2027
[8:41:16] will invest more than 341
[8:41:16] million to help our
[8:41:17] approximately 17,000 households
[8:41:21] with low income through a
[8:41:21] Section eight Housing Choice
[8:41:25] voucher program.
[8:41:25] As we discussed previously with
[8:41:29] the Budget Review Committee,
[8:41:30] the proposed budget also
[8:41:31] commits up to 22 million in gap
[8:41:35] financing to develop to
[8:41:35] increase the affordable housing
[8:41:36] supply in our city.
[8:41:39] The budget also includes
[8:41:40] approximately 6 million in city
[8:41:41] neighborhood enhancement fee
[8:41:44] funds.
[8:41:45] Now I'm Minister for Affordable
[8:41:49] Housing Preservation Subject to
[8:41:50] approval from the Housing
[8:41:50] Authority and City Council In
[8:41:53] addition to first time
[8:41:54] homebuyer program budget of 3.4
[8:41:58] million will fund assistance
[8:41:59] for up to 40 households to
[8:42:00] become homeowners.
[8:42:04] We'll also budgeted 7.9 million
[8:42:04] to rehabilitate housing
[8:42:09] Commission on units to support
[8:42:10] our ongoing commitments to
[8:42:12] provide equality, affordable
[8:42:17] housing.
[8:42:18] >> The proposed a total corpus
[8:42:21] homelessness budget is 77.7
[8:42:24] million and include 52.6 or 60%
[8:42:25] of city funded homelessness
[8:42:30] programs and 25.2 million or
[8:42:34] 32% of Housing Commission
[8:42:35] programs funded by grants and
[8:42:35] local funds.
[8:42:39] We administer the homelessness
[8:42:40] budget used to here will be
[8:42:41] adjusted based on the City
[8:42:44] Council final determination and
[8:42:53] that was taken to date.
[8:42:54] The proposed homelessness
[8:42:58] budget would support ongoing
[8:43:02] operations of approximately
[8:43:03] 1300 shelter beds and 87
[8:43:03] transitional housing beds.
[8:43:08] City funding will also continue
[8:43:08] to support homelessness service
[8:43:12] programs including the programs
[8:43:13] on this slide based on
[8:43:17] the city's final budget
[8:43:18] determination.
[8:43:18] We'll wrap up our presentation
[8:43:20] with a few slide about proposed
[8:43:26] uses and sources of funds.
[8:43:31] >> The proposed budget spending
[8:43:35] for fy 27 amounts to 561
[8:43:39] million That consists of 359
[8:43:39] million for rental assistance
[8:43:40] programs 102 million for real
[8:43:43] estate which includes 22
[8:43:44] million for capital
[8:43:48] expenditures, 73 million for
[8:43:48] homeless illness and 27 million
[8:43:52] for operation support.
[8:43:52] Since the Budget Review
[8:43:57] Committee presentation on
[8:43:57] housing program expense I have
[8:43:58] increased by 1.4 million.
[8:44:02] >> This is mainly a result of
[8:44:03] the award of philanthropic
[8:44:04] local funding to support
[8:44:07] homelessness programs.
[8:44:11] Capital expenditure have
[8:44:12] increased by $750,000 following
[8:44:16] the award of additional funds
[8:44:17] through the multifamily energy
[8:44:24] saving program in fiscal year
[8:44:25] 27 we'll have a net decrease of
[8:44:25] 41 position.
[8:44:29] This reflects 58 eliminated
[8:44:30] position.
[8:44:34] Those workforce reduction are
[8:44:34] offset by the addition of three
[8:44:35] position for property
[8:44:39] management for the newly
[8:44:40] acquired Starling Drive
[8:44:48] property a direct hire position
[8:44:49] to serve as our homeownership
[8:44:49] advisor.
[8:44:50] Funded by a grant from
[8:44:54] the Wells Fargo Foundation.
[8:44:55] And 13 additional position for
[8:44:56] a city staff to manage more
[8:44:59] than more sgc properties
[8:45:00] in-house which resulted which
[8:45:03] will result result in a cost
[8:45:07] saving of approximately
[8:45:07] $700,000.
[8:45:08] Next we'll look at Jen's
[8:45:12] separate sources of funds.
[8:45:15] This table will compare fiscal
[8:45:16] year 27.
[8:45:20] This table compares fiscal year
[8:45:21] 2027 and 2026 funding sources
[8:45:25] across federal and local and
[8:45:26] state categories.
[8:45:27] Key changes since the Budget
[8:45:30] Review Committee presentation
[8:45:31] include in local funds
[8:45:34] the addition of 2.6 million in
[8:45:34] local grants for use in
[8:45:35] homelessness, housing
[8:45:39] innovation programs as well as
[8:45:40] the award of 750,000 for
[8:45:44] the multifamily energy savings
[8:45:44] programs.
[8:45:47] Federal funding Additional 3.5
[8:45:48] million of judgment assistance
[8:45:48] funds.
[8:45:52] Following the receipt of our
[8:45:52] official funding letter for
[8:45:55] calendar year 2026, we've
[8:45:59] budgeted an estimated 353
[8:45:59] million from hud and
[8:46:00] approximately 16.7 million in
[8:46:04] voucher reserved drawdown to
[8:46:05] cover all rental assistance
[8:46:09] expenses for all revenues
[8:46:10] continuing to be the primary
[8:46:14] source of funding and accounts
[8:46:15] for 72% of new revenue with mtw
[8:46:19] more specifically representing
[8:46:20] 64% of the budgeted new revenue
[8:46:27] for fiscal year 27.
[8:46:28] Updates through
[8:46:29] the presentation such as an
[8:46:31] increase in funding for mtw and
[8:46:32] associated voucher programs
[8:46:35] resulted in 4 million increase
[8:46:39] to our total fund balance
[8:46:39] primarily 2,000,002 million in
[8:46:44] housing assistance payment
[8:46:44] reserve and the remainder to
[8:46:45] program restricted reserves.
[8:46:49] Our 133 million fund balance
[8:46:53] includes 73 million in program
[8:46:54] restricted funds previously
[8:46:55] committed for no fers and
[8:46:58] affordable housing activities
[8:46:58] and 60 million in reserve
[8:47:03] including real estate operating
[8:47:03] debt service and mtw housing
[8:47:07] assistance payment reserves.
[8:47:08] Even with a very modest
[8:47:11] increase in reserve level,
[8:47:12] the 60 million of projected
[8:47:13] reserve from mil remains well
[8:47:16] below the minimum reserve
[8:47:17] target of 70 million and
[8:47:18] significantly lower than
[8:47:20] the recommended stabilization
[8:47:25] target reserve level.
[8:47:26] Today we are requesting that
[8:47:27] the housing authority take
[8:47:30] action detailed in the staff
[8:47:35] report and shown on the slide.
[8:47:36] As we have discussed we will
[8:47:40] continue to use our reserves in
[8:47:40] fiscal year 2027 to assist our
[8:47:41] families and serve our
[8:47:44] community.
[8:47:45] But the efforts we have
[8:47:46] undertaken provide us more
[8:47:46] fiscal stability and move us
[8:47:49] toward a stronger financial
[8:47:50] footing for the years to come.
[8:47:51] This concludes our presentation
[8:47:54] and we are available to answer
[8:47:55] any questions you MAY have.
[8:47:55] All right.
[8:47:56] Thank you for the work and
[8:48:00] thank you for the presentation
[8:48:00] .
[8:48:01] Clark Please proceed with
[8:48:01] public comment.
[8:48:02] Joyce In your honor, if you can
[8:48:03] please come forward to
[8:48:05] the microphone After that will
[8:48:06] begin to hire and then John
[8:48:08] Brady ending with allegedly
[8:48:16] Andre Oh, that's enough and not
[8:48:21] enough time but that's okay.
[8:48:26] When we got hit by hud and
[8:48:27] the San Diego San Diego Housing
[8:48:27] Commission came out with their
[8:48:31] new plan to to have the seniors
[8:48:36] and other low income people
[8:48:36] fixed income people having to
[8:48:37] pay more for their rent.
[8:48:41] The reason that really bothered
[8:48:42] me was because we didn't have
[8:48:45] the there was this even
[8:48:46] the board Commissioner Cushman
[8:48:47] really spoke forward about this
[8:48:50] at the board meeting.
[8:48:51] He was shocked by how low
[8:48:55] the reserves were And so that
[8:48:56] that really hit me like our
[8:49:00] beautiful housing commission
[8:49:01] hadn't really done their work
[8:49:05] to keep that stable base to
[8:49:09] help our vulnerable people.
[8:49:10] And so I wasn't too happy about
[8:49:11] the budget last year and now
[8:49:15] we've got layoffs and we've got
[8:49:16] rent increases for fixed income
[8:49:16] people.
[8:49:20] But on this budget I do want to
[8:49:23] say this this strategic plan
[8:49:24] the new one is fabulous.
[8:49:29] It's absolutely excellent.
[8:49:30] And so I'm very positive about
[8:49:33] moving forward on this budget
[8:49:34] and I hope the reserves I don't
[8:49:35] fully understand reserves but I
[8:49:39] hope they're going to get
[8:49:39] better.
[8:49:40] I do understand that they
[8:49:43] weren't good And before So if
[8:49:44] you haven't had a chance to
[8:49:45] look at this, this is
[8:49:49] absolutely five star.
[8:49:49] So thank you very much and I
[8:49:50] approve that concluding
[8:49:50] comment.
[8:50:01] Jen to hear.
[8:50:02] >> Good afternoon ladies and
[8:50:02] gentlemen.
[8:50:06] My name is Jeannie and Sali and
[8:50:07] let me just say first thank you
[8:50:08] for your hard work.
[8:50:11] I just ran into a piece where
[8:50:12] you really worked hard for my
[8:50:12] life.
[8:50:15] I've been out there ten years
[8:50:15] and I happen to have moved into
[8:50:19] St Theresa's Calcutta for a
[8:50:20] good probably four years.
[8:50:25] But I had trouble the whole
[8:50:25] time I'm evicted today.
[8:50:26] I'm not quite sure why.
[8:50:30] Mark Colvin of Housing
[8:50:31] Commission a housing commission
[8:50:36] just evicted and just without.
[8:50:38] I'm homeless as of the third.
[8:50:42] I'm not quite sure why that
[8:50:42] happened.
[8:50:51] He took my voucher away six
[8:50:52] 2424 JUNE 1st as 30th of 24 And
[8:50:56] I'm just finding this out and
[8:50:57] I'm not quite sure where all
[8:51:02] the others where that since
[8:51:03] then that I've been living
[8:51:03] there comfortably.
[8:51:07] All the sudden I'm I'm left
[8:51:07] out.
[8:51:08] I haven't read out my voucher
[8:51:12] nor am I also my sexuality to
[8:51:13] be able to move with this
[8:51:16] council helping build a
[8:51:16] protection for me.
[8:51:17] I'm not quite sure where
[8:51:21] the conflict was.
[8:51:22] I didn't have I was I'm not
[8:51:23] aware of any violations that I
[8:51:29] can't discuss.
[8:51:32] It was just JUNE 2nd that five
[8:51:33] shows came and said I was no
[8:51:39] longer welcome there at my at
[8:51:40] my apartment I made thank you
[8:51:40] for that my work.
[8:51:42] My voucher is Thank you so much
[8:51:43] for that concluding remark.
[8:51:47] John Brady John Brady you have
[8:51:50] time to you by Matthew Carney
[8:51:51] You'll have three minutes.
[8:51:51] >> Please proceed.
[8:51:55] So she's in behavioral health
[8:51:56] program called No Place Like
[8:51:56] Home.
[8:51:57] It's supposed to be managed and
[8:52:00] supported by case management.
[8:52:01] From what I understand from and
[8:52:05] I've been engaged with this
[8:52:05] almost two years.
[8:52:10] The client did not have she she
[8:52:11] she did not have electricity
[8:52:15] for over a year.
[8:52:15] Meanwhile there was an electric
[8:52:16] subsidy built into her rent.
[8:52:19] She lost her hud voucher
[8:52:20] apparently because not having
[8:52:21] electricity is one of
[8:52:24] the requirements from hud.
[8:52:25] And yet there was a $69 a month
[8:52:29] subsidy provided clearly in
[8:52:30] the billing statements that I
[8:52:30] have seen where the property
[8:52:34] management should have been
[8:52:35] either giving her money to pay
[8:52:36] the subsidy or paid the
[8:52:36] electric bill.
[8:52:39] But for a $30 a month electric
[8:52:40] bill somehow we've allowed
[8:52:45] somebody a 61 year old woman to
[8:52:49] become homeless.
[8:52:50] And that's my problem here.
[8:52:50] And this is the issue that
[8:52:54] we've said multiple times
[8:52:55] Nobody owns the client when it
[8:52:55] comes to these situations.
[8:52:59] I've been in the middle of a
[8:53:00] circular shooting range and I
[8:53:00] will give compliments to
[8:53:03] the Housing commission because
[8:53:04] they're the only ones that
[8:53:05] really have gotten involved in
[8:53:06] trying to figure out what's
[8:53:06] happened here.
[8:53:08] But it's been a week since
[8:53:09] she's been evicted and we still
[8:53:10] don't have any clarity about
[8:53:13] why that happened.
[8:53:14] And this is why we advocate for
[8:53:19] an ombud someone within
[8:53:19] the housing commission to look
[8:53:20] at any eviction for anyone that
[8:53:23] is in affordable or supportive
[8:53:24] housing and reviews that
[8:53:27] process to make sure that we
[8:53:28] have done everything.
[8:53:28] Clearly we've got behavioral
[8:53:29] health issues here.
[8:53:33] Clearly we did not do the right
[8:53:33] thing.
[8:53:37] We failed her and now she's
[8:53:37] homeless.
[8:53:38] She spent ten years on
[8:53:38] the street.
[8:53:41] We got her into housing for
[8:53:42] four years.
[8:53:42] Somehow they managed to let her
[8:53:43] live there, paid the bill or
[8:53:46] somehow for two years after
[8:53:47] supposedly her voucher was
[8:53:47] terminated.
[8:53:51] And we still don't have clarity
[8:53:51] about what happened here.
[8:53:55] That's not acceptable And
[8:53:56] there's another person who
[8:53:57] wanted to come here but was
[8:54:00] afraid to speak up who also has
[8:54:01] a 60 day ad terminate a loss of
[8:54:05] notice to move out because of
[8:54:05] an electric bill that didn't
[8:54:06] get paid.
[8:54:10] And this is happening We get
[8:54:11] these calls because nobody
[8:54:14] knows where else to turn to and
[8:54:15] this is happening a lot.
[8:54:15] We cannot continue to allow
[8:54:18] this to happen.
[8:54:19] We need a role somewhere in
[8:54:24] this giant system of ours to
[8:54:28] make sure that no 61 year old,
[8:54:29] 63 year old nobody that is in a
[8:54:30] behavioral health and permanent
[8:54:33] supportive housing gets evicted
[8:54:33] for this kind of money.
[8:54:34] It's ridiculous And frankly we
[8:54:38] should find housing for her.
[8:54:39] Thank you.
[8:54:47] Allegedly Andre, this is what
[8:54:47] I'm talking about.
[8:54:52] >> There's somebody right in
[8:54:52] front of you guys and you just
[8:54:54] sit up there on your phones and
[8:55:00] like because it's the end of
[8:55:00] the day you guys just went
[8:55:04] through all of your your things
[8:55:05] and it's like you're presented
[8:55:06] with real life situations that
[8:55:10] shouldn't be happening And you
[8:55:10] sit here and you say that you
[8:55:11] provide solutions.
[8:55:15] This help has been weaponized.
[8:55:15] These people are
[8:55:16] the gatekeepers of that help
[8:55:16] The ones that are going and
[8:55:19] getting these grant funds that
[8:55:19] you guys are distributing are
[8:55:24] the problem because they are
[8:55:24] the make or break her of you
[8:55:26] being in a home and your rent
[8:55:31] going up.
[8:55:32] >> When are you guys going to
[8:55:33] take it seriously like Joe
[8:55:36] Those those shelters are nasty.
[8:55:37] >> What Francis said is true.
[8:55:41] Do you guys ever go to them?
[8:55:42] >> I would like to see you guys
[8:55:45] go stay at Tent City.
[8:55:46] >> Tell me if you feel safe
[8:55:47] overnight or even right out
[8:55:51] here where these people lay
[8:55:55] that you guys walk over.
[8:55:56] >> I don't understand.
[8:55:56] Like you sit here and talk
[8:55:57] about caring and what you do.
[8:56:04] What are you doing?
[8:56:05] It's a disgrace.
[8:56:05] It's so embarrassing.
[8:56:10] It's so sad to see people cry
[8:56:10] and then they have to leave And
[8:56:11] people only want to come in
[8:56:12] here because they're terrified.
[8:56:14] >> They're terrified of
[8:56:15] exposing what's happening
[8:56:16] because it comes and it falls
[8:56:19] upon deaf ears.
[8:56:24] >> Natalie you're asking Hi.
[8:56:31] Thank you for listening today.
[8:56:32] Natalie Roshni I don't know if
[8:56:32] you or guys are familiar with
[8:56:35] who Robert Edward Grant is.
[8:56:35] He's like a mathematical genius
[8:56:39] and he created his own I called
[8:56:40] Ryan architect and I had
[8:56:44] the privilege to ask MR. Robert
[8:56:45] Grant if he would ask his
[8:56:49] architect how he would build
[8:56:50] this shelter.
[8:56:51] And I think this is where we
[8:56:52] need to start thinking outside
[8:56:55] of the box and really think
[8:57:00] about resonating with Earth's
[8:57:00] frequency and how we build
[8:57:01] things because we have all of
[8:57:05] these energies that are coming
[8:57:06] at us all the time And I like
[8:57:07] to hear Do you hear a little
[8:57:09] bit of what he said from
[8:57:10] the Kodak perspective?
[8:57:14] >> Homelessness is not merely
[8:57:15] the absence of shelter.
[8:57:15] It is the disconnection from
[8:57:19] the basic harmonic triad one
[8:57:20] root stability, shelter and
[8:57:24] safety to emotional resonance
[8:57:28] community and belonging.
[8:57:33] Three Personal frequency
[8:57:33] Meaningful contribution.
[8:57:34] When these harmonics collapse
[8:57:35] the individual falls out of
[8:57:40] phase with social structures
[8:57:44] solution Restoring harmonic
[8:57:44] coherence one anchor the root
[8:57:49] frequency create transitional
[8:57:50] harmonic shelters not just beds
[8:57:54] but spaces tuned with sound
[8:57:54] light and geometry that
[8:57:56] stabilize the root chakra use
[8:58:02] 432 You can you can look Thank
[8:58:16] you Kestrel as castronovo.
[8:58:16] Good evening.
[8:58:21] I would just like to simply add
[8:58:21] to feelings that have been said
[8:58:25] that I would encourage and
[8:58:30] actually urge all of you to go
[8:58:35] visit any of these shelters or
[8:58:40] places that are funded But not
[8:58:44] pre noticed If there's any way
[8:58:45] you can visit them and walk
[8:58:49] the walk that someone MAY have
[8:58:50] to walk when they're doing
[8:58:54] intake and see what's really
[8:58:54] going on.
[8:58:59] I have spoken with people that
[8:59:03] have taken job opportunities at
[8:59:04] specific shelters and they've
[8:59:05] worked a few days and couldn't
[8:59:10] do it.
[8:59:11] They said the way things were
[8:59:19] being run they at best were not
[8:59:20] .
[8:59:20] They were being managed very
[8:59:25] well and I've talked to a lot
[8:59:30] of different people that work
[8:59:34] in the field in the trenches
[8:59:34] and they all agree something
[8:59:39] needs to be done and no one's
[8:59:39] there.
[8:59:39] Direct report tools aren't
[8:59:43] managing it.
[8:59:44] And I'll try to think how to
[8:59:45] make a better presentation on
[8:59:45] this.
[8:59:51] >> Thank you.
[8:59:52] Thank you.
[8:59:52] Sorry The five minute time
[8:59:53] we're going to those
[8:59:53] participating remotely.
[8:59:55] We currently have two speakers
[8:59:56] in the queue.
[8:59:56] >> Blair Beckman if you can
[8:59:57] please unmute.
[9:00:00] Oh hi.
[9:00:01] Blair Bateman.
[9:00:01] I am attending the Paul Simon
[9:00:04] concert tonight at the Ready
[9:00:05] Ben Show.
[9:00:05] I'm sitting down here now and
[9:00:10] so he had because of covid he's
[9:00:10] lost his hearing a bit and
[9:00:15] that's really sad for an artist
[9:00:15] such as him this music.
[9:00:19] A reminder that with our
[9:00:20] bureaucracy as I said earlier,
[9:00:20] people can fall through
[9:00:21] the cracks.
[9:00:23] We're at a time I said that
[9:00:24] this morning where the time to
[9:00:25] we can more quickly help people
[9:00:28] when we see that happening and
[9:00:29] make adjustments And I hope we
[9:00:33] can be helping the person today
[9:00:33] .
[9:00:34] Good luck on those efforts.
[9:00:35] Good luck in the efforts that I
[9:00:38] guess it would Market rate
[9:00:39] housing that has helped
[9:00:43] kickstart a new housing boom
[9:00:43] that's slowly happening or kind
[9:00:44] of happening in California at
[9:00:45] this time possibly.
[9:00:48] Can we adjust ourselves to want
[9:00:49] to consider middle income more?
[9:00:53] And I hope we can.
[9:00:53] It's an important concept how
[9:00:58] we be addressing the items
[9:00:59] these sort of items with city
[9:01:04] governments, staff and their
[9:01:04] work.
[9:01:05] You Good day Thunder.
[9:01:05] I hope we're going to be
[9:01:06] working more at the New York
[9:01:08] City Center and concentrating
[9:01:09] on their social service needs
[9:01:09] and that can be more of a
[9:01:14] regular item and we can
[9:01:15] continue on.
[9:01:15] Neil Good.
[9:01:16] And to conclude.
[9:01:18] Really good luck.
[9:01:18] Well I'll save my concluding
[9:01:22] remarks about your technology
[9:01:23] for tomorrow's meeting so thank
[9:01:23] you.
[9:01:24] >> Thank you.
[9:01:27] Francis If you can please
[9:01:27] unmute.
[9:01:28] Then after that is Nancy.
[9:01:32] All right Francis Yes you will
[9:01:37] hear Ola share some experiences
[9:01:39] of Head.
[9:01:44] Recently I've one of
[9:01:49] the unhoused friends I've made
[9:01:49] is bored as You know there's
[9:01:54] nothing She has no purpose, no
[9:01:59] job opportunity No no You know
[9:02:00] ability to get into a home a
[9:02:04] real home and have a room of
[9:02:05] one's own is what everyone
[9:02:08] really needs and deserves.
[9:02:13] And there's a lack of
[9:02:13] the community.
[9:02:14] i mean earlier we're talking
[9:02:15] about the cutting of the arts
[9:02:15] and the culture And and you
[9:02:18] know, I think about, you know,
[9:02:19] community programs.
[9:02:19] Let's not leave the unhoused
[9:02:23] community out of community
[9:02:24] programs that are fun and
[9:02:24] social and like you know,
[9:02:28] include the learning but also
[9:02:29] just community.
[9:02:33] I want to suggest that, you
[9:02:34] know, it's been awesome to see
[9:02:34] the Prebys Foundation really
[9:02:38] step up and throw down And they
[9:02:43] do a lot of focus on belonging
[9:02:43] And what would it mean for
[9:02:47] the unhoused folks that you
[9:02:47] know, people struggling
[9:02:52] the impoverished, the you know
[9:02:52] ,to actually feel like they
[9:02:53] mattered and they were part of
[9:02:54] the community know that's where
[9:02:57] we need to spend money and
[9:03:00] focus I believe things.
[9:03:05] Nancy, if you can please unmute
[9:03:06] .
[9:03:06] >> Hi there.
[9:03:07] I'm Nancy with your Families
[9:03:10] for Justice.
[9:03:11] Um, I'm getting an alert about
[9:03:12] being a panelist here.
[9:03:17] When I say can I get you some
[9:03:18] time my apologies please
[9:03:18] decline will pass your time.
[9:03:21] Right.
[9:03:21] >> Okay.
[9:03:21] Thank you.
[9:03:22] Um, I work in homeless services
[9:03:26] for three agencies implementing
[9:03:26] counseling programs.
[9:03:29] My team previously housed 85
[9:03:30] people with each year in
[9:03:30] the pandemic.
[9:03:34] I am extremely concerned about
[9:03:34] all of those people becoming
[9:03:35] homeless.
[9:03:35] >> In OCTOBER the Housing
[9:03:39] Commission budget could do more
[9:03:41] to ensure protections for those
[9:03:47] people.
[9:03:48] I also want to mention that
[9:03:49] counseling programs are not
[9:03:49] going to be the solution that
[9:03:52] you think they are or want them
[9:03:52] to be especially when
[9:03:53] the Medi-Cal enrollment comes
[9:03:57] and I spoke about this before.
[9:03:58] But truly if people cannot get
[9:04:02] their mail at the gate center
[9:04:02] to maintain their medical
[9:04:03] enrollment.
[9:04:03] That's going to be a problem.
[9:04:06] They will lose their counseling
[9:04:06] case manager if they cannot
[9:04:10] complete a job requirement or
[9:04:11] training or educational
[9:04:12] programs, they will lose their
[9:04:12] medical.
[9:04:17] We're going to have overflowing
[9:04:18] .
[9:04:18] So keeping something like
[9:04:19] the your good day center makes
[9:04:19] sense.
[9:04:20] Also love the idea of
[9:04:21] the person.
[9:04:22] I have attempted personally
[9:04:25] with my staff to get numerous
[9:04:26] people into permanent
[9:04:27] supportive housing when they
[9:04:30] get matches but if they cannot
[9:04:31] act swift and arch they lose
[9:04:35] that chance to even get in to
[9:04:36] the queue.
[9:04:36] And especially navigating these
[9:04:41] instances of eviction I think
[9:04:41] it's a great ask and a really
[9:04:42] encouraged to incorporate that
[9:04:43] in the budget.
[9:04:43] Thank you.
[9:04:46] Thank you.
[9:04:46] >> That concludes public
[9:04:47] comment on this item.
[9:04:47] All right.
[9:04:48] Thank you, City Clerk.
[9:04:51] So before we turn this over to
[9:04:51] my members for questions
[9:04:52] comments entertain a motion Is
[9:04:54] this individual getting some
[9:04:55] help, Lisa?
[9:04:59] Okay.
[9:05:00] Yes.
[9:05:05] Casey was aware of this
[9:05:05] particular situation.
[9:05:06] It is quite complex.
[9:05:10] It seems like something's been
[9:05:10] devolving for a couple of years
[9:05:11] now and we're trying to figure
[9:05:14] out what that looks like.
[9:05:15] In the meantime, we're also
[9:05:16] trying to offer a shelter
[9:05:19] opportunities and other interim
[9:05:19] housing while we figure out
[9:05:20] what's happened.
[9:05:20] Okay.
[9:05:23] Thank you for that effort So
[9:05:24] with that I'll turn it over to
[9:05:25] the council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
[9:05:28] Lee Think about council
[9:05:29] PRESIDENT Thank you for asking
[9:05:33] about that directly as well.
[9:05:34] Um I do want to thank the Sandy
[9:05:34] Housing Commission for the vast
[9:05:35] portfolio of work that you
[9:05:38] administer in the city of San
[9:05:38] Diego from housing assistance
[9:05:39] through vouchers and our
[9:05:42] preventative programs.
[9:05:43] You help us in addressing
[9:05:44] homelessness and also in
[9:05:44] managing a significant
[9:05:48] portfolio of affordable housing
[9:05:48] Despite the volatility of
[9:05:52] federal and state funding.
[9:05:53] I do want to thank the Housing
[9:05:54] Commission team for continuing
[9:05:54] to ensure that Santiago remains
[9:05:57] competitive and proactive when
[9:05:58] it comes to leveraging many of
[9:05:58] our programs.
[9:06:02] You continue to pursue vouchers
[9:06:03] as difficult as that is in this
[9:06:07] environment And to embrace
[9:06:08] additional affordable housing
[9:06:08] production.
[9:06:09] I don't want to pretend like
[9:06:12] any of the work that you've
[9:06:12] done has been easy especially
[9:06:13] in an environment where we have
[9:06:16] our challenges continue to
[9:06:17] outpace our ability to address
[9:06:17] all of them.
[9:06:21] And what I want to share is
[9:06:22] that reflected in this budget
[9:06:23] is the Housing Commission's own
[9:06:26] efforts to make the difficult
[9:06:27] decisions that it's had to make
[9:06:28] doing so by engaging with
[9:06:31] stakeholders and ultimately by
[9:06:32] acting with urgency so that you
[9:06:35] can get ahead of some of
[9:06:36] the cliffs that you are bound
[9:06:40] to face shortly And I think
[9:06:41] that work is reflected in this
[9:06:41] budget.
[9:06:42] It's reflected in some of
[9:06:43] the conversations we've had
[9:06:45] with this council as well And I
[9:06:46] think there are some positives
[9:06:50] on the horizon too.
[9:06:51] I want to thank you for
[9:06:51] continuing to lead the way in
[9:06:54] particular on preservation
[9:06:55] efforts and to Councilmember
[9:06:55] Moreno especially for her
[9:06:59] continued leadership and
[9:07:00] advocacy on that front.
[9:07:00] I'm looking forward to
[9:07:01] the council taking our next
[9:07:04] steps to officially approve
[9:07:05] the establishment of an
[9:07:06] affordable Housing preservation
[9:07:09] fund.
[9:07:10] So with that again want to
[9:07:10] share my thanks to the Housing
[9:07:11] Commission for the work that
[9:07:14] you do And given the recent
[9:07:17] approval we just took on the f
[9:07:18] y 27 adopted budget I do want
[9:07:23] to make a motion and I'm going
[9:07:23] to ask to be put up on the on
[9:07:24] the slides with an amendment to
[9:07:27] it which is to approve the f y
[9:07:28] 2027 San Diego Housing
[9:07:31] Commission budget as proposed
[9:07:32] with the following
[9:07:36] modifications one which is a
[9:07:37] $2.6 million from the City of
[9:07:37] Santa Cruz neighborhood and
[9:07:41] Enhancement Fee Fund to be
[9:07:41] transferred to the Affordable
[9:07:42] Housing Preservation Fund to be
[9:07:43] managed by the Housing
[9:07:45] Commission and two adjustments
[9:07:46] to conform to alternative
[9:07:47] homelessness program reductions
[9:07:50] adopted in the City of San
[9:07:51] Diego f y 2027 adopted budget
[9:07:55] as described in the Independent
[9:07:56] Budget analysts report Number
[9:07:59] 26 Dash 15 on pages seven
[9:08:00] through nine and this motion
[9:08:04] simply assures that in
[9:08:04] approving this budget we make
[9:08:09] the necessary changes to match
[9:08:09] to the adopted budget that
[9:08:10] the Council just passed Right
[9:08:11] before this concludes my
[9:08:14] comments.
[9:08:14] Okay.
[9:08:15] Thank you.
[9:08:15] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem I
[9:08:19] believe you probably were aware
[9:08:19] of these changes.
[9:08:20] Yeah.
[9:08:20] Okay I see nodding heads.
[9:08:24] I will go next to Councilmember
[9:08:24] Ella Rivera.
[9:08:25] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
[9:08:25] Thank you for the presentation
[9:08:26] here.
[9:08:27] I'll start by seconding
[9:08:31] the motion.
[9:08:37] Everything PRESIDENT Pro tem
[9:08:38] said about the difficult
[9:08:38] circumstances that we're in.
[9:08:42] Lisa thank you for making sure
[9:08:42] your team is out there and
[9:08:46] working to provide support.
[9:08:51] It would be good to know if
[9:08:52] the council could get an update
[9:08:55] on the status but I also want
[9:08:56] to recognize that every time
[9:08:57] we've been in a situation like
[9:09:00] this I know you care enough to
[9:09:00] like I was personally involved
[9:09:05] yourself in making sure that
[9:09:05] folks are taken care of to
[9:09:09] the best of your ability And
[9:09:10] that's incredibly difficult
[9:09:11] because the resources that you
[9:09:15] are are provided to deal with
[9:09:19] these with the whole thing is
[9:09:20] not enough.
[9:09:21] And I know that if you had your
[9:09:25] way everyone would be taken
[9:09:26] care of in a much better way
[9:09:26] than than we currently Take
[9:09:30] care of people.
[9:09:31] I just want to you don't have
[9:09:31] to respond to that if you want
[9:09:34] to You can I guess I will just
[9:09:38] say so We weren't unaware of
[9:09:39] this woman's case and our
[9:09:43] homeless team in our rental
[9:09:44] assistance team has been
[9:09:45] working together on this.
[9:09:48] It's a lot to unravel but it
[9:09:49] feels like there are sort of
[9:09:49] multiple places where either
[9:09:53] the system or the regulations
[9:09:53] failed This client whether it's
[9:09:58] property management supervision
[9:09:58] ,voucher requirements that
[9:09:59] there's sort of multiple things
[9:10:00] that came together that that
[9:10:03] did not serve her and she fell
[9:10:04] through that net And that is
[9:10:08] very obviously very concerning
[9:10:08] and really demonstrates that
[9:10:09] our programs still need to
[9:10:13] improve and look different than
[9:10:14] they do when the programs are
[9:10:14] supposed to keep people house
[9:10:17] end up potentially penalizing
[9:10:18] them.
[9:10:18] Right.
[9:10:19] And when service provision
[9:10:22] isn't enough to actually help
[9:10:23] them navigate that.
[9:10:23] So we're doing what we can to
[9:10:24] look into it and we'll keep you
[9:10:27] updated.
[9:10:27] I appreciate that.
[9:10:28] And there's parts of this that
[9:10:32] are as you said, difficult to
[9:10:32] unravel.
[9:10:36] There's a lot going on and some
[9:10:41] of it, you know, just could be
[9:10:42] about designing a system that
[9:10:43] doesn't treat every person
[9:10:46] seeking assistance as a suspect
[9:10:47] and instead shows up to support
[9:10:50] them and say no one should be
[9:10:51] homeless because housing is a
[9:10:52] human right and we're going to
[9:10:52] start from there.
[9:10:54] But that's not the system
[9:10:59] that's been built And until
[9:11:00] that's the way we approach
[9:11:04] things we're not going to be
[9:11:08] doing folks that we're not
[9:11:09] going to be treating people as
[9:11:10] well as we should.
[9:11:14] At the same time you have again
[9:11:18] fewer resources than you should
[9:11:19] be working with.
[9:11:19] Those resources are being a
[9:11:28] chainsaw is being taken to them
[9:11:28] at the federal level and that's
[9:11:29] unacceptable as well.
[9:11:33] And so you know, while we're
[9:11:38] welcome to all go on too long
[9:11:39] about this, we know it's been a
[9:11:40] long day but it is so
[9:11:43] frustrating to see folks
[9:11:44] showing up needing this sort of
[9:11:48] assistance and yes, people
[9:11:48] sleeping outside this building
[9:11:49] while we are spending billions
[9:11:52] of dollars on an unnecessary
[9:11:53] war while we are giving away
[9:11:53] handouts to billionaires while
[9:11:57] we are doing everything except
[9:11:57] taking care of the most
[9:12:01] vulnerable people and at
[9:12:02] the local level also not
[9:12:07] willing to make people who have
[9:12:07] multiple homes pay their fair
[9:12:11] share not asking some of
[9:12:12] the wealthiest corporations in
[9:12:13] the country to pay their fair
[9:12:16] share.
[9:12:17] All of that is happening.
[9:12:17] We could have dedicated
[9:12:18] resources to take care of
[9:12:21] people better So just like
[9:12:22] the city budget is a is an
[9:12:25] opportunity for choices, there
[9:12:26] are choices that are involved
[9:12:31] in why we are where we are.
[9:12:32] I will just finish by
[9:12:35] expressing the appreciation
[9:12:36] that Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
[9:12:37] shared for you Seeing this and
[9:12:40] acting and making difficult
[9:12:41] decisions earlier earlier
[9:12:45] rather than later to avoid
[9:12:46] the painful decisions that
[9:12:46] we're wrestling with and being
[9:12:49] even more painful.
[9:12:50] So thank you Lisa.
[9:12:51] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[9:12:51] That concludes my second.
[9:12:52] All right.
[9:12:55] So we have a motion by Council
[9:12:55] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and
[9:12:56] second by council member Eli
[9:13:00] Rivera as shown up on
[9:13:00] the screen.
[9:13:01] And thank you council PRESIDENT
[9:13:05] For dotting the I's and
[9:13:06] crossing the t's and make sure
[9:13:06] that the two actions today
[9:13:09] correlated.
[9:13:10] >> And we'll go next to council
[9:13:11] member Von Wolpert.
[9:13:11] Thank you.
[9:13:12] Council PRESIDENT Yes, thank
[9:13:15] you Council PRESIDENT Pro tem
[9:13:16] for making sure these match and
[9:13:20] thank you for the work in
[9:13:20] the presentation and for
[9:13:21] assisting the young women
[9:13:28] outside with her needs.
[9:13:28] I also want to thank you for
[9:13:29] taking really strategic and
[9:13:32] very painful actions to right
[9:13:33] the ship because we saw in
[9:13:34] the last two years reserves
[9:13:38] dwindling and dwindling and
[9:13:38] dwindling and it was unclear
[9:13:39] what was going to happen to
[9:13:42] the Housing Commission budget.
[9:13:43] These are not actions you
[9:13:44] wanted to take You know,
[9:13:47] cutting personnel by 13%, $7
[9:13:51] million that's a lot dipping
[9:13:51] into reserves once again
[9:13:55] because the cost of keeping up
[9:13:56] with the rent in San Diego is
[9:13:57] not fully funded by
[9:14:01] the vouchers that we get from
[9:14:01] the federal government.
[9:14:02] They haven't been listening for
[9:14:02] years about that.
[9:14:05] I mean it is still remarkable
[9:14:06] that we're we're spending $340
[9:14:09] million to assist 17,000
[9:14:09] families.
[9:14:10] I don't want that to go
[9:14:10] unnoticed.
[9:14:15] That is a huge effort.
[9:14:16] We obviously need more And I
[9:14:19] agree with Councilor Olivia
[9:14:20] that we shouldn't be spending
[9:14:21] billions of taxpayer dollars on
[9:14:21] a fruitless war in the Middle
[9:14:25] East and tax breaks to wealthy
[9:14:26] people and payouts to people in
[9:14:32] JANUARY six who want to do
[9:14:33] the That's not what our tax
[9:14:33] dollars should be used where
[9:14:34] they should be used for
[9:14:35] homelessness and housing.
[9:14:36] That's not that you can control
[9:14:37] or we can control here at
[9:14:40] the city level.
[9:14:41] But part of the problem that
[9:14:41] we're in is because of
[9:14:46] the values in Washington D.C.
[9:14:46] That trickle down to us.
[9:14:47] So and I know you're trying
[9:14:51] your best to advocate I
[9:14:52] appreciate you've gone directly
[9:14:52] to dc to advocate with folks
[9:14:53] about what's happening but I
[9:14:56] just I mean this is not great
[9:14:57] that you have to make these
[9:15:01] changes but I appreciate you
[9:15:01] doing the hard things to make
[9:15:02] sure that the budget is
[9:15:06] fiscally sound And I think my
[9:15:06] last question is just how can
[9:15:07] we be helpful in giving you
[9:15:11] the resources you need when
[9:15:12] further government cuts are
[9:15:12] going to hit?
[9:15:13] They're going to affect
[9:15:16] the folks who are in Section
[9:15:17] eight You know Medicaid cuts
[9:15:17] Health care is about to be
[9:15:20] ripped away from people.
[9:15:21] We're already seeing snap
[9:15:21] benefits.
[9:15:22] People aren't signing up.
[9:15:26] So your folks are going to need
[9:15:26] more help.
[9:15:27] So how can you be helpful?
[9:15:28] They are And part of it is
[9:15:30] going to be getting information
[9:15:31] out to folks about their
[9:15:32] community resources that are
[9:15:32] available to them.
[9:15:35] We have a much more robust
[9:15:36] community resource page on our
[9:15:37] website than we have before.
[9:15:37] We're pushing a lot of
[9:15:41] information out to our voucher
[9:15:42] holders or public housing
[9:15:43] residents to our families as
[9:15:45] well around that information.
[9:15:46] So we'll make sure we're
[9:15:47] sharing this with you so that
[9:15:51] you're sharing this with your
[9:15:51] constituents And that's from
[9:15:52] like boots on the ground.
[9:15:56] It's getting information out
[9:15:56] through all of your community
[9:15:57] reps and that way we've also
[9:15:58] worked with community based
[9:16:01] organizations to help us make
[9:16:01] our website and our information
[9:16:02] when people reach out to us
[9:16:06] more robust So our community
[9:16:06] partners have been really
[9:16:07] helpful from an advocacy
[9:16:08] standpoint and I just can't
[9:16:11] help but take this I want to go
[9:16:12] back to a little bit of also
[9:16:13] you both you and Councilmember
[9:16:15] Rivera said this is like we
[9:16:16] have programs that maybe are
[9:16:17] sometimes the regulations
[9:16:17] currently or requirements
[9:16:21] penalize people And we need we
[9:16:22] need we need them to be better
[9:16:22] We need them to be supporting
[9:16:26] people and serving people.
[9:16:27] That's not what's happening at
[9:16:27] the federal level.
[9:16:28] At a federal level those
[9:16:32] programs are getting more and
[9:16:32] more diluted from a sense of
[9:16:38] how many how few people can be
[9:16:38] served, how few people can we
[9:16:39] serve, how can we restrict
[9:16:42] the type of people and
[9:16:42] populations we serve?
[9:16:43] So advocacy at a state or local
[9:16:47] and a federal level is more
[9:16:48] important than ever And your
[9:16:49] support when we push back and
[9:16:52] we take legal action against
[9:16:53] our own government to protect
[9:16:54] our families is important too
[9:16:54] And we really value that And
[9:16:57] thank you for that support.
[9:16:57] Thank you.
[9:16:58] Thank you very much And Council
[9:16:59] PRESIDENT That concludes my
[9:17:03] comments.
[9:17:04] All right.
[9:17:04] Thank you.
[9:17:05] Council We'll go next to
[9:17:05] council member Whitmer Thank
[9:17:06] you.
[9:17:09] Council PRESIDENT Thank you for
[9:17:09] the presentation all the work
[9:17:10] that's gone into the budget.
[9:17:14] Thank you to Council PRESIDENT
[9:17:15] Pro Tem Lee for the amendment.
[9:17:19] I'll be supporting this And MR.
[9:17:20] Coats, thank you for sharing
[9:17:21] what you know so far about
[9:17:24] the situation that
[9:17:25] the constituent who apparently
[9:17:26] lost her housing is dealing
[9:17:33] with Your team is out there
[9:17:34] trying to assist her.
[9:17:38] My staff was out there trying
[9:17:38] to help.
[9:17:43] I would like it if your team
[9:17:44] could follow up with my office
[9:17:44] on this just so that we can
[9:17:49] understand what happened.
[9:17:50] But as she was surrounded by
[9:17:54] the best of the brightest, I'm
[9:17:55] confident that you know, people
[9:17:56] are going to help her to
[9:17:56] the degree that we get a little
[9:17:59] concerned about what else MAY
[9:18:00] be going on out there that is
[9:18:01] causing people to fall through
[9:18:04] the cracks which as you said,
[9:18:05] it's a very complex system.
[9:18:06] There's just a lot going on.
[9:18:10] But if it's possible that there
[9:18:10] are other people falling
[9:18:11] through the cracks, I would
[9:18:12] want to know why that might be
[9:18:15] And more importantly what we
[9:18:15] could do to prevent that.
[9:18:16] >> Absolutely.
[9:18:16] And I'll make sure that
[9:18:17] the entire council gets an
[9:18:20] update as well.
[9:18:21] And when we do see things come
[9:18:22] up where we see oh, this is a
[9:18:23] systemic issue, not a one off,
[9:18:26] then we certainly look to where
[9:18:27] we can make improvements on
[9:18:27] that.
[9:18:28] That also helps Like on
[9:18:31] the homelessness side obviously
[9:18:31] we do compliance but on the on
[9:18:32] the voucher side it's how we
[9:18:33] work with our partners.
[9:18:37] This is a partner project with
[9:18:37] St Teresa's father Joe's and
[9:18:43] the county as well I believe so
[9:18:44] yeah there's a lot of players
[9:18:44] in addition to keep you Thank
[9:18:45] you Council PRESIDENT All right
[9:18:49] thank council Bern So does she
[9:18:49] have someplace to go tonight or
[9:18:53] that offers been made?
[9:18:53] I don't know.
[9:18:54] Okay.
[9:18:54] Thank you.
[9:18:58] I see some nodding heads in
[9:18:58] the background.
[9:18:59] Okay.
[9:19:03] I appreciate the work you do.
[9:19:04] I'm not sure where Commissioner
[9:19:05] Cushman was going but I know
[9:19:09] that if you didn't tighten down
[9:19:09] on the budget that you were on
[9:19:10] a path insolvency and that
[9:19:14] really wouldn't MAY have
[9:19:15] protected somebody for a few
[9:19:15] short amount of time and you
[9:19:20] would have been an unacceptable
[9:19:20] outcome.
[9:19:21] So you made the hard choices.
[9:19:25] I think you made harder choices
[9:19:25] than we've made here at City
[9:19:26] Hall but it's very much
[9:19:31] appreciated.
[9:19:31] Insolvency in the continuing
[9:19:32] work despite the changing
[9:19:33] landscape is certainly
[9:19:37] the priorities.
[9:19:38] So I thank you Council
[9:19:39] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee for
[9:19:42] really leaving a lasting and
[9:19:42] amending the action.
[9:19:43] So with that we do have a
[9:19:48] motion by Council PRESIDENT Pro
[9:19:49] Tem Lee as shown on the screen
[9:19:50] seconded by council member Eli
[9:19:53] Rivera.
[9:19:54] >> Please call the roll I'm
[9:19:55] sorry the voting system Please
[9:20:04] cast your vote That passes
[9:20:04] unanimously 7 to 0 with Council
[9:20:09] member Moreno and Council
[9:20:10] member Campbell absent.
[9:20:10] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All
[9:20:11] right.
[9:20:11] Thank you.
[9:20:15] One last thing to do We will
[9:20:15] now take up housing authority
[9:20:16] knowledge and the public
[9:20:16] comment.
[9:20:17] Housing Authority members
[9:20:20] respect and appreciate
[9:20:20] the public's input are fully
[9:20:21] committed to protecting every
[9:20:22] participant's free speech
[9:20:25] rights at the Housing Authority
[9:20:26] meetings.
[9:20:26] Clerk Please proceed with
[9:20:27] public comment.
[9:20:27] Thank you.
[9:20:32] Council PRESIDENT Pearl 2.7 An
[9:20:33] Agenda Public comment is an
[9:20:33] opportunity for members of
[9:20:34] the public to comment on items
[9:20:37] that are not on the agenda but
[9:20:37] within the subject matter
[9:20:38] jurisdiction of the Housing
[9:20:38] Authority.
[9:20:39] Each speaker will have two
[9:20:39] minutes.
[9:20:40] If you're in chambers please
[9:20:43] submit your speaker slip.
[9:20:43] If you're joining us virtually
[9:20:44] please raise your hand by
[9:20:45] tapping the raise your hand
[9:20:45] icon or the clock participant
[9:20:48] star nine Joyce anybody if you
[9:20:49] can please come forward after
[9:20:53] that is allegedly under okay
[9:20:59] you see this is was fairly
[9:21:05] polished about six pages which
[9:21:06] I did very late last night
[9:21:11] before our sleep when I woke up
[9:21:11] this morning And now what 12
[9:21:16] hours under my belt.
[9:21:16] But I want to speak very
[9:21:17] extemporaneous to you on
[9:21:22] the homeless issue and
[9:21:22] the issue of living this life.
[9:21:27] I want you to know that we are
[9:21:33] all doing our best and I want
[9:21:34] you to believe that I want you
[9:21:34] to wake up every single morning
[9:21:38] and pat yourself on the back
[9:21:44] because we are doing our best.
[9:21:45] I have worked with the homeless
[9:21:48] for 18 years on many levels.
[9:21:54] We can't help them really.
[9:21:54] It's too big.
[9:22:00] It's individual, it's vast.
[9:22:01] Their stories are vast just
[9:22:04] like our lives are vast I one
[9:22:10] of the quit to just live it
[9:22:11] Just live the miracle that we
[9:22:12] are setting on that we are
[9:22:17] angry about that we are blaming
[9:22:22] people about this is a miracle
[9:22:23] and it goes by in a blink.
[9:22:23] Believe me I know it.
[9:22:28] It's going by.
[9:22:29] It will blink.
[9:22:29] Don't MISS It.
[9:22:30] You guys that have the little
[9:22:33] bitty beautiful baby don't MISS
[9:22:34] It.
[9:22:34] Don't get angry at the federal
[9:22:35] government.
[9:22:40] Yes To your fight But at night
[9:22:41] laugh at all those babies and
[9:22:45] all you are doing the best
[9:22:46] deal.
[9:22:46] >> Believe me, I know it for
[9:22:47] sure.
[9:22:50] I get it.
[9:22:51] I got it.
[9:22:52] Thank GOD I got it.
[9:22:57] It's a miracle.
[9:22:58] It's a miracle And we're doing
[9:23:03] the best love to all.
[9:23:04] Thank you for that concluding
[9:23:05] comment allegedly If you can
[9:23:08] please come forward.
[9:23:14] Yeah, I guess maybe treat this
[9:23:15] problem like if it was your
[9:23:19] child.
[9:23:26] I mean this is a systemic issue
[9:23:27] and it's like we can blame
[9:23:28] Washington dc all we want that
[9:23:32] compounds on the problem But
[9:23:33] this has been going on forever
[9:23:38] and it's sad because it is a
[9:23:39] community problem and like
[9:23:43] Henry was talking about I mean
[9:23:43] our community has been
[9:23:44] fractured because of people
[9:23:49] like you So it's like the left
[9:23:50] and the right and let's fight
[9:23:50] each other instead of joining
[9:23:55] together and actually not
[9:23:55] turning away from
[9:23:55] the suffering.
[9:23:56] And that's what happens is
[9:23:57] people turn away from it
[9:23:57] because it's really hard to
[9:24:01] look at and it's like what I
[9:24:02] deal with with child
[9:24:06] trafficking it's very difficult
[9:24:07] and that's why most people want
[9:24:08] to just push it away and it's
[9:24:13] like the homeless It's like
[9:24:14] it's easier to walk over them.
[9:24:14] It's easier to say move down
[9:24:15] the street because you're an
[9:24:20] eyesore than to actually go and
[9:24:20] help them.
[9:24:21] And it's like you guys you do
[9:24:25] your budget and you do these
[9:24:25] contracts and you kind of leave
[9:24:26] it there But this room would be
[9:24:31] overfull with the amount of
[9:24:31] people that have this same
[9:24:32] issue this woman has But they
[9:24:37] can't They're afraid to come up
[9:24:38] here afraid of retaliation,
[9:24:38] afraid of something worse
[9:24:43] happening than being evicted.
[9:24:44] And it's like there are a lot
[9:24:44] of players And that's
[9:24:45] the problem is that it goes out
[9:24:49] to so many people that it's
[9:24:50] like if you want to deal with
[9:24:51] you got to go to them and then
[9:24:51] they send you over here and
[9:24:54] then they send you over here
[9:24:55] and that's why the system
[9:24:56] doesn't work.
[9:24:56] But it should because people
[9:24:57] should feel like they belong
[9:25:02] enough to be taken care of And
[9:25:02] that's why I said What if it
[9:25:07] was your child?
[9:25:08] I don't feel like you guys
[9:25:09] would act the same And I just
[9:25:15] feel like it's like if you
[9:25:16] Natalie were asking if you
[9:25:22] could please come forward.
[9:25:22] Hey, just two more minutes.
[9:25:23] I really wish I could let you
[9:25:24] finish listening to Robert
[9:25:27] Edward Grant's solution on how
[9:25:28] we build shelters and evolve
[9:25:33] and how we build them and how
[9:25:34] they're placed in community
[9:25:37] involvement while they're there
[9:25:44] in the shelter that woman was
[9:25:44] having a panic attack is
[9:25:49] basically what was happening
[9:25:50] And I feel for her because that
[9:25:56] is how I I don't I feel that I
[9:25:57] don't have the panic and that's
[9:26:02] a really feeling to have is
[9:26:02] having a panic attack is
[9:26:06] the probably worst worst things
[9:26:07] I have four children that I'm
[9:26:07] raising in this society and
[9:26:08] it's mind blowing what's
[9:26:13] happening Mind blowing it's
[9:26:14] mind blowing And so at least
[9:26:18] when my children grow up and
[9:26:19] they hear about all these heart
[9:26:20] disease, these horrible things
[9:26:25] that are happening in our
[9:26:25] administration, they're going
[9:26:26] to ask me, Mom, why didn't
[9:26:31] anybody do anything?
[9:26:32] My choice is huge.
[9:26:32] The problem is huge And hud
[9:26:37] should be held accountable.
[9:26:38] How do we make that happen?
[9:26:38] I don't know.
[9:26:39] I don't know.
[9:26:42] I pulled my kids from public
[9:26:43] school.
[9:26:43] Everybody pull your kids from
[9:26:44] public school.
[9:26:44] We're going to have to
[9:26:49] sacrifice at some point
[9:26:49] something to regain power back
[9:26:50] for the people they're supposed
[9:26:54] to work for us Somehow
[9:26:59] the switch flipped But this is
[9:27:00] getting way out of control And
[9:27:01] and now with this disclosure
[9:27:06] movie they're trying to use
[9:27:11] fear mental warfare on people
[9:27:11] do the research.
[9:27:12] There are multidimensional
[9:27:16] beings that are interacting, do
[9:27:17] the research and they're using
[9:27:22] fear.
[9:27:23] Thank you for the five minute
[9:27:23] timer.
[9:27:28] Castronovo Sorry Samantha
[9:27:29] Astronaut You'll have two
[9:27:29] minutes.
[9:27:30] Please proceed.
[9:27:35] Good evening Council members
[9:27:35] The timer was at two minutes is
[9:27:36] that correct?
[9:27:39] Okay it's at 532.
[9:27:40] That's great.
[9:27:44] I'm learning how to speak in
[9:27:44] one minute two minute locks.
[9:27:50] So thank you for bearing for me
[9:27:51] learning how to do that Hope to
[9:27:51] get much better.
[9:27:52] The things I want to mention
[9:27:55] right now is I'm just planning
[9:27:56] a feed of thought and I hope
[9:28:01] it's appropriate to plant these
[9:28:01] seeds.
[9:28:02] If not, please let me know when
[9:28:03] you're considering the right
[9:28:08] now I believe it's 10% When
[9:28:09] there's new properties that are
[9:28:13] built, 10% should be and you
[9:28:18] know the language I'm I'm
[9:28:19] learning this topic right now
[9:28:19] and I plan to learn it better
[9:28:24] But I'm I'm hoping that some
[9:28:25] way somehow we can increase
[9:28:26] that to 20% or maybe more
[9:28:30] because right now if a 40 unit
[9:28:35] building is built, 10% is only
[9:28:36] four units and that's
[9:28:37] incredibly competitive And even
[9:28:41] if you think about just
[9:28:42] everyone out there that's
[9:28:42] trying to be able to afford
[9:28:47] rent, that's a very small
[9:28:47] number.
[9:28:52] The next thing you plan on is
[9:28:58] let's see when people are left
[9:29:04] unhoused by court things such
[9:29:05] as probate and when assets are
[9:29:10] settled often family members
[9:29:10] will be left without shelter
[9:29:11] just the way things go Also in
[9:29:16] family court if there can be
[9:29:17] some sort of I don't know what
[9:29:22] the right word is use
[9:29:32] legislation laws that the ones
[9:29:32] not being unhoused somehow
[9:29:37] think about that and provide
[9:29:38] shelter for those becoming
[9:29:38] unhoused by probate and family
[9:29:39] court issues.
[9:29:44] I'm going to have to think of a
[9:29:45] better way to present that And
[9:29:52] also, you know, thank you for
[9:29:52] your comments.
[9:29:53] I so the five minutes we're
[9:29:54] going be participating online
[9:29:54] we have Blair Beckman If you
[9:29:56] can please unmute then after
[9:29:56] that as Francis All right.
[9:30:02] >> We're going and on agenda
[9:30:02] public comment or housing
[9:30:08] issues or I thank you for items
[9:30:08] overall we are trying to
[9:30:14] address our budget how it works
[9:30:14] in with housing issues I been
[9:30:15] learning important lessons that
[9:30:19] we that city government of San
[9:30:20] Diego is trying to address
[9:30:20] extremely low and very low
[9:30:24] income housing more I'm trying
[9:30:25] to find out how that is
[9:30:26] happening and understand that
[9:30:31] better and there's a commitment
[9:30:32] to that and how to understand
[9:30:32] that.
[9:30:33] So I'm hopeful and what you can
[9:30:37] be doing in those terms to
[9:30:37] address are very low and
[9:30:43] extremely low in this new state
[9:30:49] year coming up and you know
[9:30:49] what Joyce was saying I have a
[9:30:50] bit of hope in what we're doing
[9:30:55] at this time is going to set a
[9:30:56] good taste for how we consider
[9:31:01] our budget issues in the coming
[9:31:01] years.
[9:31:02] I'm not certain but I'm hopeful
[9:31:03] if I can be of any help to that
[9:31:03] situation.
[9:31:07] So we'll pull it back that you
[9:31:07] know over the next few days I
[9:31:12] hope to talk more about a items
[9:31:13] to address you know short term
[9:31:19] changes to the current block
[9:31:20] program that can bring a new
[9:31:21] way up here a vendor at a much
[9:31:25] more cost budget wise and save
[9:31:26] you budget always I'm surprised
[9:31:26] no one talked about that today
[9:31:27] to talk about that in
[9:31:30] the coming week we have a
[9:31:31] little bit of time left here in
[9:31:32] JUNE to talk about it but it's
[9:31:33] tough to know how we can do
[9:31:35] that And I'll be talking about
[9:31:36] that kind of stuff later in
[9:31:37] this week.
[9:31:37] Thank you.
[9:31:38] Thank you, Francis, if you can
[9:31:38] please.
[9:31:46] I'm you So I just want to talk
[9:31:46] about like what I see is an
[9:31:52] elephant in the room just
[9:31:53] before this storm of your voted
[9:31:57] for $2 million for flock and
[9:31:58] then turn around and are like
[9:32:03] you know saying that you want
[9:32:04] to do everything to help
[9:32:04] everyone who's falling through
[9:32:09] the cracks that $2 million a
[9:32:10] flock literally could be going
[9:32:15] directly into saving people's
[9:32:15] lives and pulling people off
[9:32:16] the streets today and keeping
[9:32:21] people off the streets and I
[9:32:22] think it's I mean, Bernie, I
[9:32:22] have to call you up like it's
[9:32:23] really down there for you to
[9:32:27] have just voted for that and
[9:32:27] then say that you can't control
[9:32:28] things and that the federal
[9:32:32] government is there
[9:32:33] surveillance I mean come on,
[9:32:37] let's use that money and create
[9:32:38] a real emergency plan Like
[9:32:39] we're at the point where we
[9:32:39] need to create a tent city.
[9:32:44] Let's let's create let's think
[9:32:45] out of the box.
[9:32:46] Let's create some sort of
[9:32:50] shelter that can actually not
[9:32:50] get nasty.
[9:32:51] I mean let's look at Burning
[9:32:57] Man and Outdoor wilderness
[9:32:57] camping and like you know,
[9:32:58] let's get let's let's start to
[9:33:02] stop just spending money on
[9:33:09] things of course that you're
[9:33:10] actually going to get out of
[9:33:10] the bureaucracy.
[9:33:11] Well it will go back to
[9:33:11] the surveillance.
[9:33:15] You know a big other as far as
[9:33:15] we know the surveillance is
[9:33:16] keeping track of the unhoused
[9:33:17] folks and making sure they
[9:33:20] don't get into the nice
[9:33:20] neighborhoods.
[9:33:21] You know, and that's that's
[9:33:26] it's we got every go to be as a
[9:33:27] social worker and a librarian
[9:33:31] that's going to be solving
[9:33:32] the problems.
[9:33:33] We know that a lot of money is
[9:33:33] getting wasted on things that
[9:33:38] are just keeping some people
[9:33:39] safe but are literally again
[9:33:39] those are the people stepping
[9:33:40] over the other people.
[9:33:44] America supposed to be a place
[9:33:45] where we help each other and
[9:33:45] it's up to us to do it.
[9:33:46] Thank you.
[9:33:46] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
[9:33:50] Thank you, General.
[9:33:50] The car for the housing
[9:33:51] authority.
[9:33:51] All right.
[9:33:51] Thank you.
[9:33:52] City clerk We will now adjourn
[9:33:55] as a housing authority and
[9:33:56] reconvene as a city council And
[9:33:57] so city clerk, you and your
[9:34:01] team I want to thank you once
[9:34:02] again for a very long day and
[9:34:05] how you handle it And also City
[9:34:06] 24 stays up late with us Pretty
[9:34:12] much appreciate that And our
[9:34:12] executive detail for the good
[9:34:13] work that you do and for
[9:34:18] the soul that stuck around all
[9:34:18] day long.
[9:34:19] We will now adjourned Council
[9:34:20] to the next regularly scheduled
[9:34:22] council meeting on Monday June