[27:57] .

[28:29] And

[29:30] then

[30:52] when

[32:39] you

[32:46] oc Good

[32:46] afternoon.

[32:47] We're going to get the council

[32:47] meeting started.

[32:52] I will now reconvene the City

[32:53] Council meeting of Monday, JUNE

[32:53] 15th, 2026 Clerk please call

[32:54] the roll.

[32:58] >> Thank you.

[32:58] Council PRESIDENT Council

[32:59] Member Campbell Council Member

[33:04] Whitburn Council Member Foster

[33:04] Council Member Ron Wilpert

[33:10] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[33:10] Councilmember Ocampo

[33:15] Councilmember Moreno PRESIDENT

[33:16] Council Member Isla Rivera and

[33:17] Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[33:21] present also taking the meeting

[33:22] our Sin City Attorney Michelle

[33:22] Garland, independent budget

[33:23] analyst Charles Mollica and

[33:27] myself your city clerk Diana

[33:27] Fuentes.

[33:28] >> Thank you.

[33:28] Council PRESIDENT All right,

[33:29] thank you.

[33:29] A quorum is now present.

[33:33] Let's start off do we have any

[33:33] comments from the mayor's

[33:34] office, council member, city

[33:35] attorney, independent budget

[33:37] analyst or city clerk Not

[33:38] seeing any.

[33:39] The clerk will now go over how

[33:39] the public can offer their

[33:44] testimony.

[33:45] Thank you.

[33:45] Council PRESIDENT I'd like to

[33:46] highlight the slide that will

[33:47] momentarily be on the screen

[33:50] that does review the public

[33:50] testimony during this

[33:51] afternoon's meeting.

[33:52] The order can be found on

[33:56] the agenda Summary found online

[33:57] at the table in the back of

[33:57] the room.

[33:58] If you'd like to raise your

[34:02] hand please press star nine or

[34:02] the raise your hand icon if you

[34:03] are here virtually and if

[34:04] you're here in person please

[34:06] submit a speaker slip to

[34:07] the front of the room and place

[34:08] them in the clear box.

[34:08] If you are seating time please

[34:09] be sure to submit those

[34:12] speakers lips together at one

[34:13] time if you're in person.

[34:14] There are also council

[34:14] ambassadors at the back of

[34:18] the room that can assist you

[34:19] with these speaker's lips.

[34:20] No further in-person testimony

[34:21] will be taken once the council

[34:25] begins virtual testimony.

[34:25] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[34:26] All right.

[34:26] Thank you for that.

[34:30] Clerk Please introduce item 400

[34:31] items 400 is a resolution in

[34:32] support of Somali community.

[34:33] >> If you'd like to speak on

[34:36] this item now's the time to

[34:37] raise your hand by pressing

[34:37] the star nine or raise your

[34:38] hand icon Or if you are hearing

[34:43] council chambers please be sure

[34:44] to submit your speaker slip to

[34:44] the front of the room in

[34:45] the clear box at this time.

[34:49] Thank you Counsel Present.

[34:49] >> All right.

[34:50] Thank you.

[34:50] Council member Yellow River.

[34:51] We'd like to kick us off.

[34:52] Thank you so much Council

[34:52] PRESIDENT I won't.

[34:55] I, I suppose my comments were

[34:55] for later on but I just want to

[35:00] say thank you for helping us

[35:00] get this item docketed.

[35:01] Thank you City Attorney's

[35:02] office for working with us on

[35:02] this and I'm very proud to hand

[35:06] it over to Anita and Lucky

[35:07] Anita is a representative in

[35:13] our office and Lucky is with

[35:13] our good partners with

[35:14] the Partnership for the Better

[35:18] a New American take away.

[35:18] Hey, good afternoon.

[35:19] Council PRESIDENT, council

[35:19] members, City Attorney Ivey and

[35:25] the members of the public.

[35:26] My name is any some of it a

[35:26] community representative with

[35:27] Council District nine And

[35:28] joining me today is my

[35:32] co-presenter here looking at it

[35:33] on behalf of council members

[35:33] Shawn Ella Rivera and Pan of

[35:36] the partnerships of events with

[35:37] some new Americans and

[35:37] the members of the Somali

[35:38] community here in San Diego we

[35:42] are presented a resolution

[35:43] expressing support for Somali

[35:44] residents in San Diego and

[35:44] condemning the racist rhetoric,

[35:49] harassment and discrimination

[35:49] that have increasingly targeted

[35:50] Somalia Americans.

[35:51] I will now begin the brief

[35:57] overview of this item this

[35:58] resolution response to series

[35:59] of attacks directed at

[35:59] the Somali community including

[36:04] inflammatory statements made by

[36:04] PRESIDENT Trump, harmful

[36:05] federal actions targeting

[36:06] Somali immigrants and

[36:10] harassment, stalking and

[36:11] intimidation of Somali child

[36:12] care providers by social media

[36:17] influencers including here in

[36:17] Senegal.

[36:18] The resolution also recognizes

[36:18] the harm caused when political

[36:22] leaders and public figures use

[36:23] rhetoric that stigmatizes

[36:23] immigrants, promotes

[36:28] discrimination and creates fear

[36:29] within communities that have

[36:29] come to this country seeking

[36:30] safety and opportunity.

[36:34] The Somali community is an

[36:35] essential part of Senegal.

[36:35] Somali residents are our

[36:40] neighbors workers, business

[36:41] owners, caregivers, faith

[36:42] leaders and community builders.

[36:46] We help make our city stronger,

[36:47] more vibrant and more

[36:47] welcoming.

[36:48] Today we have an opportunity to

[36:52] make clear that illegal reject

[36:53] hate rejects scapegoating and

[36:54] stands with the members of our

[36:58] Somali community who have been

[36:59] targeted simply because of who

[36:59] they are.

[36:59] I will now turn to

[37:00] the background that outlines

[37:04] the circumstances that make

[37:05] this action necessary.

[37:05] Over the last year PRESIDENT

[37:11] Trump along with many public

[37:11] officials and influencers have

[37:12] engaged in a series of verbal

[37:17] attacks and policy actions

[37:18] targeting the Somali community

[37:18] in the United States.

[37:19] These actions and racist

[37:19] rhetoric have created

[37:23] widespread fear in the Somali

[37:24] community nationwide and here

[37:24] in San Diego, which is home to

[37:25] a large Somali-American

[37:30] population.

[37:31] The use of derogatory racist

[37:31] language to scapegoat this

[37:32] community must be addressed.

[37:35] Abdi has far reaching

[37:35] implications.

[37:36] Every opportunity has been

[37:37] taken to the father Somali

[37:41] community.

[37:42] In 2025 the use of language

[37:43] like calling Somalis low iq

[37:47] garbage and saying that their

[37:48] country stinks We don't want

[37:48] them here.

[37:49] It's intolerable.

[37:53] The only Somali-American in

[37:54] Congress, Congresswoman Ilhan

[37:55] Omar, has been continuously

[37:59] targeted with calls that she

[37:59] should be expelled from

[38:00] Congress and this country.

[38:00] This administration has used

[38:05] statements to justify

[38:06] anti-immigration policies

[38:06] finding a convenient scapegoat

[38:07] in the Somali American

[38:11] community.

[38:11] Somalis are black, largely

[38:12] Muslim immigrants making us an

[38:17] easy target for racism,

[38:18] Islamophobia and anti-immigrant

[38:18] sentiment.

[38:23] Hate speech is not just limited

[38:24] to rhetoric and policies.

[38:24] These also translate into

[38:25] violence against our

[38:30] communities.

[38:31] On MAY 18th, the San Diego

[38:31] Muslim community experienced a

[38:36] horrific attack rooted in hate.

[38:36] The attack of the Islamic

[38:37] center and school did not occur

[38:37] in a vacuum.

[38:41] Anti-Muslim bigotry is a direct

[38:41] result of a polarizing

[38:42] political climate in which

[38:47] elected leaders including

[38:47] the PRESIDENT And the members

[38:48] of Congress have normalized

[38:49] the hatred of Muslims.

[38:52] It has created an environment

[38:53] where anti-Muslim hate has

[38:54] become all too common.

[38:58] And without accountability this

[38:59] hate turns into violence.

[39:00] We represent what this country

[39:04] had always expressed the best

[39:04] of us.

[39:05] We are vibrant, hardworking,

[39:10] resilient, industrious and

[39:11] devoted to our families and

[39:12] the larger community.

[39:16] But to the PRESIDENT And his

[39:17] sympathizers, we are an easy

[39:17] target.

[39:18] This administration has used

[39:23] hateful sentiments to justify

[39:24] their crackdown using ice's

[39:24] brutal forces to detain and

[39:28] deport Somalis and other

[39:29] immigrant individuals and

[39:29] families.

[39:30] Shortly after Trump had made

[39:34] false accusations of fraud,

[39:35] Somali businesses across

[39:35] the country were intimidated

[39:36] and harassed by ice, including

[39:40] Somali restaurants and

[39:41] nonprofits here in San Diego.

[39:42] We then followed escalation in

[39:46] Minnesota over the last several

[39:47] months where mass ice agents

[39:47] targeted immigrant communities

[39:48] with impunity.

[39:52] The entire nation was left with

[39:53] the false notion that somehow

[39:54] childcare providers are bilking

[39:58] the government of taxpayer

[39:58] dollars.

[39:59] But all but every allegation

[39:59] against them has been suspect

[40:04] consciously been proven false.

[40:05] We watched these attacks watch

[40:06] these attacks become deadly.

[40:11] With the death Rene Nicole and

[40:11] Alex Pratt.

[40:12] And if that wasn't enough, this

[40:16] administration has terminated

[40:16] temporary protected status

[40:17] alternatives for Somali

[40:22] immigrants.

[40:23] Taking away the federal

[40:23] commission that gave them

[40:24] the right to be here while

[40:25] adjusting their immigration

[40:25] status.

[40:27] Suddenly people who came here

[40:33] legally were undocumented and

[40:34] the early 20 26.

[40:34] >> Trump Use of false claims of

[40:35] child care fraud in Minnesota

[40:39] to pull funding for child care

[40:40] for low income families in

[40:40] multiple states.

[40:44] He moved to freeze over 10

[40:45] billion in federal child care

[40:49] and family assistance funding

[40:50] 35 states including California,

[40:50] Carlisle, Illinois, Minnesota

[40:55] and New York.

[40:56] This is the face of a growing

[40:56] need for child care across

[40:57] the country.

[40:57] And here in San Diego.

[41:01] There are over 4600 childcare

[41:01] centers and at home child care

[41:06] providers in San Diego that

[41:07] offer care for children so

[41:07] the parents could be part of

[41:08] the workforce.

[41:13] As for low income families,

[41:14] childcare continues to be a

[41:14] backbreaking cost.

[41:15] The ymca of San Diego County

[41:18] supports more than 10,000 local

[41:19] families to subsidize childcare

[41:19] programs.

[41:24] But right now there are over

[41:25] 7000 families on the waiting

[41:25] list for a state subsidized

[41:30] childcare in the region.

[41:30] This means only three out of

[41:31] ten eligible families are

[41:36] currently receiving the help

[41:37] that they need.

[41:37] Let's be clear this is another

[41:42] attempt of scapegoating and

[41:43] similar communities to end much

[41:43] needed childcare subsidies for

[41:48] low income families before

[41:48] moving forward.

[41:49] I want to give counsel a

[41:54] glimpse into what Somali

[41:55] childcare providers have been

[41:55] experiencing.

[42:00] Somali childcare providers have

[42:00] been receiving nonstop

[42:01] harassing phone calls and

[42:01] voicemails.

[42:06] Some providers have shared call

[42:07] logs showing 50 to 100 missed

[42:07] calls.

[42:08] What you are about to hear is

[42:12] an example of a voicemail

[42:12] received by a small child care

[42:13] provider.

[42:23] This is one of not a criminal

[42:24] answer to your door.

[42:24] Are you a liar?

[42:33] You should be deported quickly

[42:34] .

[42:34] You are criminals and you need

[42:35] to be kicked out of the United

[42:35] States.

[42:39] The criminals and you should be

[42:39] deported again.

[42:44] Make sure we burn you guys.

[42:45] It's funny and I love it.

[42:50] I hope you get deported soon.

[42:51] >> What you just heard is not

[42:57] just an isolated incident.

[42:57] This is one example of

[43:00] harassment Child from small

[43:01] childcare providers have been

[43:07] facing today.

[43:07] The next few slides contain

[43:08] statements from childcare

[43:13] providers and parents who have

[43:13] been directly impacted by this

[43:14] harassment.

[43:14] These are real examples of fear

[43:19] and uncertainty uncertainty

[43:19] families are experiencing.

[43:20] Providers have reported people

[43:25] showing up to their home,

[43:25] filming their properties,

[43:26] following them in cars and

[43:26] targeting them online.

[43:31] Parents are concerned about

[43:32] their safety, the well-being of

[43:32] their children and providers

[43:33] are concerned about their own

[43:37] safety and the safety of their

[43:37] children in their care.

[43:38] I will give counsel a moment to

[44:11] review these statements

[44:12] .

[44:12] >> Trump's false allegations of

[44:13] fraud have had a far reaching

[44:14] implications for Somali

[44:19] community as a whole not only

[44:19] during their livelihoods but

[44:20] their safety as well.

[44:24] Recent YouTube influencers like

[44:25] Newt surely who started in

[44:26] Minnesota have also come to San

[44:30] Diego to harass and stop child

[44:30] care providers.

[44:31] As you all heard from

[44:35] the previous slide, that's just

[44:36] one of the many hateful

[44:36] voicemails childcare providers

[44:37] have gotten.

[44:41] Some of these voicemails are

[44:42] even too far out to even play

[44:43] our lot here today.

[44:43] These attacks have continued

[44:48] until today.

[44:48] Nick Shirley Copycats have

[44:49] harassed and stalked black

[44:53] immigrant women using degrading

[44:54] language to describe the race

[44:55] they're calling nonstop showing

[45:00] up to their homes, following

[45:01] them cards and creating a deep

[45:02] fear that alter the joy and

[45:05] safety once characterized by

[45:11] family childcare, childcare

[45:12] providers are afraid to go

[45:12] outside, walk children to parks

[45:17] or even open the door to their

[45:18] home childcare facility when

[45:18] the doorbell rings.

[45:19] Parents who once sent their

[45:22] children to these high quality

[45:23] neighborhood providers are

[45:24] afraid for the safety and

[45:29] well-being of their children.

[45:30] As a city we must do more to

[45:30] correct this part.

[45:35] Today's resolution says no

[45:35] more.

[45:36] Not in San Diego.

[45:41] Not in California.

[45:41] Not in our name.

[45:42] This is the time to stand

[45:45] together across regions and

[45:46] communities to stop the spread

[45:52] of state sponsored terror.

[45:53] >> Council PRESIDENT.

[45:53] Council Members.

[45:58] City Attorney Ivey and

[45:59] the members of the public.

[46:00] The requested action before us

[46:04] today is an adoption of this

[46:04] resolution.

[46:05] A yes vote does four things.

[46:10] First, it reaffirms our support

[46:11] to Somali residents and

[46:16] recognizes their invaluable

[46:16] contributions to cultural,

[46:17] economic and civic life here in

[46:17] San Diego.

[46:22] Second, if we are friends, our

[46:22] commitment to being a welcoming

[46:26] city where every person

[46:27] regardless of where they came

[46:28] from or how they arrived here

[46:28] can live free from

[46:33] discrimination, harassment and

[46:33] intimidation.

[46:34] Third, it makes clear that this

[46:39] council reject hateful

[46:40] rhetoric, discriminatory and

[46:40] discriminatory policies and

[46:46] targeted attacks directed at

[46:46] Somali communities and other

[46:47] immigrant and refugee

[46:52] communities And fourth a direct

[46:52] the city to work with child

[46:53] care providers to strengthen

[46:57] security measures that help

[46:58] protect providers, children and

[46:58] families who have been forced

[47:02] to live with fear because of

[47:03] these ongoing acts of

[47:08] harassment.

[47:09] This resolution is more than

[47:09] words.

[47:14] It's about making clear when a

[47:15] community is targeted.

[47:15] San Diego When I look the other

[47:16] way we will sit down with our

[47:21] neighbors who defend their

[47:21] dignity, their safety and their

[47:27] right to belong.

[47:27] For Somali families, childcare

[47:28] providers and community members

[47:32] who have endured harassment,

[47:33] intimidation and fear, this

[47:38] council has an opportunity to

[47:39] send a simple message here

[47:40] today your value valued You are

[47:45] welcome and do not stand alone.

[47:46] i respectfully ask for your

[47:51] support on this resolution.

[47:51] Thank you.

[47:52] All right.

[47:52] Thank you.

[47:52] Go ahead.

[47:57] If there's any questions, we

[47:57] also have a volunteer with

[47:58] the Senegal Police Department

[47:59] along with city division here

[48:03] today.

[48:03] >> All right.

[48:04] Thank you for the work and

[48:05] thank you for the presentation

[48:05] this afternoon.

[48:09] Clerk Please proceed with

[48:10] public comment.

[48:10] >> Thank you.

[48:11] Council PRESIDENT We do have

[48:12] over 50 speakers here on this

[48:15] item If you can please come up

[48:16] to the yellow reserved seats at

[48:16] the front of the room.

[48:20] That would be greatly

[48:20] appreciate your help with

[48:21] getting you up to

[48:21] the microphones.

[48:22] Samantha It's a what?

[48:25] If you can please come up to

[48:26] the microphone.

[48:27] Samantha And then if I can have

[48:30] Kimberly Mullen join Senator

[48:31] Max Schmitt and Ruth Kaplan,

[48:32] please come up to the yellow

[48:36] reserved seats.

[48:37] Samantha you'll have one

[48:37] minute.

[48:37] Please proceed.

[48:38] Good afternoon.

[48:42] My name is Samantha Etisalat

[48:43] and I am a staff attorney at

[48:44] the aclu of San Diego and

[48:48] Imperial County is the majority

[48:48] of our state's population are

[48:49] immigrants or children of

[48:50] immigrants, immigrants and

[48:54] refugees are our neighbors,

[48:54] friends, colleagues, frontline

[48:55] workers and teachers.

[48:59] San Diego has long been a place

[49:02] of opportunity and at one point

[49:03] hosted the second largest

[49:04] population of Somali refugees

[49:04] in the nation.

[49:09] Today members of our Somali

[49:10] community community are facing

[49:10] growing hostility and

[49:10] persecution.

[49:14] Local child care providers are

[49:15] being targeted due to a

[49:16] nationwide harassment campaign

[49:20] anti-Muslim rhetoric is not

[49:20] only threatening

[49:21] the livelihoods it has taken

[49:22] the lives of members of our

[49:25] community.

[49:26] By supporting this resolution

[49:26] we reaffirm our commitment to

[49:31] inclusion, dignity and safety

[49:31] for all members of our

[49:32] community.

[49:32] Let this commitment carry us

[49:33] forward and inspire more

[49:36] actions to truly make San Diego

[49:37] America's finest city for all.

[49:37] >> Thank you.

[49:39] Thank you, Kimberly.

[49:45] >> Hello.

[49:46] My name is Kimberly and I live

[49:46] in District nine.

[49:47] I'm here today in support of

[49:50] this resolution affirming

[49:51] solidarity with the Somali

[49:51] community of San Diego and

[49:55] standing against hate and

[49:55] discrimination.

[49:56] San Diego is strengthened by

[49:57] the diversity of of its

[50:00] residents and each of those

[50:01] residents deserves to feel

[50:01] safe, respected and valued.

[50:02] No family should live in fear

[50:05] because of their race,

[50:06] religion, ethnicity or

[50:06] immigration background.

[50:11] When any community experiences

[50:11] discrimination or hate it

[50:15] affects us all and undermines

[50:16] the values of inclusion,

[50:17] dignity and respect that our

[50:17] city strives to uphold.

[50:21] I applaud this effort to stand

[50:22] with the Somali community.

[50:22] This resolution sends an

[50:26] important message that San

[50:27] Diego rejects bigotry in all

[50:27] its forms and stands united in

[50:31] defense of the dignity, safety

[50:32] and humanity of all its

[50:32] residents.

[50:33] Thank you.

[50:36] Thank you, Joyce Senator.

[50:37] >> >> Thank you.

[50:41] You see, I have no written

[50:42] comments.

[50:42] I'm speaking from the heart of

[50:46] course Yes to this resolution

[50:51] And I'm so sorry about child

[50:52] care and things that are

[50:53] happening and everything else.

[50:54] It's just it's so sad And when

[50:56] especially when it involves

[50:57] children.

[50:57] But I want to tell you this

[51:01] When that terrible event

[51:02] happened at the mosque, I found

[51:03] something inside of me that

[51:03] shocked me.

[51:07] I found hate.

[51:07] I really had never found it

[51:12] that cleanly before.

[51:13] I hated the haters and I need

[51:18] your help with this because I

[51:18] don't know what to do with it.

[51:22] I've I've come out of it quite

[51:23] a bit but I realize that it's

[51:27] in me that I have that kernel

[51:28] of hate inside of me and I

[51:33] don't want to hate the haters

[51:33] because that only hurts me and

[51:34] all of you really.

[51:38] So that's what I wanted to

[51:38] share with you that I want to

[51:39] come from a place of love and I

[51:42] don't know how to do that.

[51:42] Thank you.

[51:43] Thank you.

[51:48] Maximilian Schmidt Then if I

[51:48] can have the following

[51:49] individuals please come up to

[51:52] the yellow reserved seats.

[51:53] Jessica River David Say.

[51:57] Kevin Vino and Patricia

[51:57] Serrano.

[51:58] >> Please proceed.

[52:02] Hi.

[52:02] I just wanted to offer some

[52:06] advice that could help all

[52:07] targeted religious communities

[52:11] including the local people of

[52:11] Somalia.

[52:15] I believe Somalia on this

[52:16] considered one of the most

[52:17] corrupt countries in the world

[52:17] And I believe this could also

[52:21] help people in Somalia who are

[52:21] possibly being targeted and

[52:26] maybe also help all religions

[52:26] being targeted on people When

[52:30] they stalk you they can

[52:31] actually see through your eyes

[52:31] through the third eye.

[52:35] And it's important to know that

[52:36] because they're going to try

[52:36] and say that it's technology or

[52:37] something and it's not.

[52:39] And the reason why that can

[52:40] help you is because if you

[52:41] realized if you're surrounded

[52:45] by a group of people and you

[52:45] look around and they all have

[52:46] stiff necks and then when you

[52:49] look at them they make an

[52:50] exaggerated motion, it can make

[52:51] you subconsciously paranoid.

[52:51] It's called Zers.

[52:54] It's on And many people think

[52:55] that they MAY be going mentally

[52:55] ill.

[52:55] I think if the religious

[52:56] community knew that these

[52:59] people can look to your eyes,

[53:00] this third eye they could know

[53:01] they're not crazy and maybe you

[53:01] could help them when they're

[53:03] being targeted.

[53:03] >> Thank you.

[53:04] I did get a submission from

[53:05] Ruth Caplan but she registered

[53:08] her position in a favor and did

[53:09] not wish to speak.

[53:10] Jessica Roper, if you can

[53:10] please come up to

[53:13] the microphone.

[53:13] >> >> Sure.

[53:18] Jessica Roper, District three.

[53:19] Good afternoon.

[53:21] I'm here today from day three

[53:22] to speak in support of my

[53:23] friends and neighbors from

[53:23] the Somali community who are

[53:26] experiencing unjust and

[53:27] frightening levels of

[53:31] discrimination and harassment.

[53:32] Since moving to San Diego ten

[53:32] plus years ago.

[53:33] I've met Somali San Diegans

[53:36] through work volunteering

[53:36] interfaith celebrations and

[53:41] meals together.

[53:42] Each and every time I've been

[53:42] welcomed.

[53:45] I've been through their

[53:46] generosity and I've seen

[53:46] the commitment to making San

[53:50] Diego a vibrant place for all

[53:51] to live, work, play and learn.

[53:55] Somali San Diegans deserve.

[53:56] Somalis San Diego deserve to

[54:00] experience respect, inclusion

[54:01] and belonging in the city.

[54:01] They contribute to

[54:05] strengthening every day.

[54:06] Please stand with with us and

[54:06] with the Somalis With Somali

[54:10] San Diegans today and let them

[54:11] know that they are the beloved

[54:11] part of our community.

[54:13] Support this resolution please

[54:13] .

[54:18] >> Thank you, David.

[54:23] >> >> Good afternoon.

[54:24] I am heartbroken for my

[54:24] community that today's

[54:28] resolution is necessary.

[54:29] Yet here we are.

[54:29] It is absurd that we must

[54:32] affirm that our neighbors are

[54:33] welcome, supported and valued.

[54:34] Yet here we are.

[54:37] It is beyond belief that we

[54:38] would have to affirm that our

[54:39] neighbors should be able to

[54:40] live their lives without fear

[54:43] of discrimination and

[54:43] harassment.

[54:44] Yet here we still are and it is

[54:47] shameful that we should need to

[54:48] publicly denounce

[54:49] discriminatory policies and

[54:53] actions or that we should need

[54:53] to specifically act to protect

[54:54] child care workers and the kids

[54:57] in their care from targeted

[54:58] intentional acts of hatred and

[54:59] intimidation.

[55:02] Yet here we are here in my city

[55:03] needing to plainly state all of

[55:07] it because of the actions and

[55:08] words of a shameful few.

[55:09] So as a board member of the San

[55:12] Diego organizing Project a

[55:12] resident MR. Whitburn of

[55:13] District three and someone who

[55:17] believes in the basic promises

[55:18] of our country, I ask each of

[55:18] you to vote in favor of this

[55:19] resolution.

[55:20] Thank you.

[55:25] >> Kevin Reno.

[55:26] Good evening Council.

[55:27] My name is Kevin Reno.

[55:31] Coming here from with our time

[55:34] to act for a youth led a51c3

[55:35] nonprofit and a resident of

[55:35] District one.

[55:39] Strongly urging you guys to

[55:40] unanimously support this

[55:40] resolution.

[55:41] It has been an extremely

[55:45] difficult year for the Somali

[55:45] community from the attack on

[55:49] the xd to just the general

[55:49] harassment at daycare centers

[55:50] And it is just we really need a

[55:54] resolution to support all San

[55:55] Diegans here today.

[55:55] No resident of the city should

[55:59] be living in fear for their

[55:59] lives let alone the fear of

[56:00] their children while they're

[56:01] away at a daycare center.

[56:04] So please support this

[56:04] resolution just because it is

[56:08] the right thing to do.

[56:09] Patricia Serrano if I can have

[56:13] Aden is Carla plans?

[56:18] Maria Chavez, Mehran Al Gori

[56:19] and Johanna Hester please come

[56:23] forward to the yellow reserved

[56:23] seats.

[56:23] >> Please proceed.

[56:24] What afternoon?

[56:28] My name is Patricia Serrano and

[56:28] I work for finance.

[56:29] I appreciate the effort to pass

[56:32] this resolution.

[56:33] We are living in unprecedented

[56:37] times where Muslims blacks and

[56:38] immigrants are being

[56:38] criminalized just because of

[56:42] who we are.

[56:42] The rhetoric of this government

[56:43] against Somali is growing.

[56:47] We are we as a community cannot

[56:48] stop discrimination of our

[56:50] neighbors, friends.

[57:00] And for me, my family San Diego

[57:05] is if we can show the country

[57:05] that San Diego is a welcoming

[57:09] regardless of religion

[57:10] nationality of color.

[57:10] Thank you.

[57:13] Thank you, Erin.

[57:18] >> I guess.

[57:18] Good afternoon.

[57:24] My name is Aden and I live

[57:24] district four.

[57:27] I'm here today in support of

[57:27] this resolution because every

[57:32] San Diego deserve to feel safe,

[57:33] protected and value in their

[57:33] community.

[57:37] No family should have to live

[57:38] in fear because of their race

[57:42] religious intake or immigration

[57:43] background.

[57:43] San Diego must take must take a

[57:47] clear stand in Afghanistan.

[57:48] Usman.

[57:48] Intimidation and discrimination

[57:52] targeting Somali community.

[57:53] As a parent I am deeply

[57:56] troubled by the harassment that

[57:57] Somali family and child care

[58:02] provided Child care is on in

[58:03] social service.

[58:04] And children should be able to

[58:07] learn and grow in safe

[58:08] environment free from stalking,

[58:13] harassment and in emphasis

[58:13] period.

[58:17] But individuals in addition

[58:21] through misinformation and

[58:21] harmful because.

[58:22] >> Thank you for that

[58:29] concluding comment Carla.

[58:33] Carla Flores I think.

[58:34] Good afternoon.

[58:34] My name's Carla.

[58:35] Excuse me.

[58:42] Interpreter.

[58:43] See your interpreter there?

[58:45] They come in on us but at

[58:45] the end for normal people of

[58:46] Latin phrases Cortez.

[58:49] But I think what I meant for

[58:53] the country might be San Diego

[58:53] .

[58:54] I live in San Diego.

[58:55] So your call your for me Amara.

[59:00] I am a member of very well

[59:01] there w o u d w we provided

[59:02] with our a longer.

[59:03] And I'm also a day care

[59:03] provider.

[59:03] Yes, Cooper.

[59:08] And I'm very worried Yeah

[59:09] Conocimiento now that in this

[59:17] time companeros families are

[59:23] our problem our companions of

[59:24] the Somali community.

[59:24] >> Yes.

[59:25] And in the passages those are

[59:28] those they are being persecuted

[59:28] and looked for.

[59:34] Estamos we do not know rhetoric

[59:35] up Also we are looking at

[59:38] living and seeing a very bad

[59:38] rhetoric.

[59:39] heroes are la Comunidad Mosul

[59:42] Many immigrants directed to

[59:42] the Muslim refugee community.

[59:46] >> If just are to do this

[59:47] palabras these attitudes and

[59:48] words important very matter

[59:52] what California then me murder

[59:53] because they just they make

[59:55] everyone afraid you you this

[59:56] information and they caused

[59:56] this information.

[1:00:00] >> And when ambiental creating

[1:00:01] an environment down there

[1:00:05] lawyers are normalized to where

[1:00:05] the hate is now prevalent and

[1:00:10] normalized it have consequences

[1:00:10] and the consequences.

[1:00:15] Well the real is can be real it

[1:00:21] racist abuse and very sad for

[1:00:21] them.

[1:00:22] And for all of us almost for

[1:00:23] narco money that because we are

[1:00:24] one community in San Diego in

[1:00:25] San Diego than the grandmothers

[1:00:29] better where we want respect

[1:00:30] more respect and we and we

[1:00:30] should give respect.

[1:00:32] Thank you very much which you

[1:00:35] seem aggressive.

[1:00:40] Next is Maria Chavez.

[1:00:41] Good afternoon.

[1:00:45] My name is Maria Chavez.

[1:00:46] I am the Immigration legal

[1:00:46] director at pana Partnership

[1:00:49] for the Advancement of New

[1:00:50] Americans and a proud resident

[1:00:51] of District nine As an

[1:00:54] immigration attorney who

[1:00:55] represents dozens of Somalis in

[1:00:56] the San Diego community.

[1:01:00] I fully support this resolution

[1:01:00] to protect them.

[1:01:01] Our Somali neighbors have been

[1:01:04] the victims of hateful rhetoric

[1:01:05] by this administration and its

[1:01:05] supporters and that rhetoric

[1:01:09] spilled over to stalking and

[1:01:09] continuous harassment by

[1:01:10] so-called YouTube reporters and

[1:01:14] others.

[1:01:14] They spread false accusations

[1:01:15] against Somali daycare

[1:01:18] providers writ large.

[1:01:19] These baseless accusations have

[1:01:20] harmed them, their livelihoods

[1:01:23] and the families who rely on

[1:01:23] them for child care.

[1:01:24] San Diego is better than this.

[1:01:28] A San Diegans We have to step

[1:01:29] up to protect our communities

[1:01:32] Given the federal government's

[1:01:33] failure And this proclamation

[1:01:33] proves that we remain a

[1:01:36] welcoming and inclusive city

[1:01:37] and denounce discriminatory

[1:01:38] rhetoric and policies that

[1:01:41] target Somalis and all

[1:01:42] immigrant communities.

[1:01:42] >> Thank you.

[1:01:43] Thank you.

[1:01:47] Marin Liguori.

[1:01:48] Marin You have time ceded to

[1:01:49] you by Abdullahi.

[1:01:51] If you can please raise your

[1:01:52] hand.

[1:01:52] Thank you so much.

[1:01:53] You'll have two minutes.

[1:01:53] Please proceed.

[1:01:56] Good afternoon.

[1:01:57] My name is Ben and I am a

[1:01:58] family child care provider and

[1:02:01] a proud member of United

[1:02:01] Domestic Workers And I stand

[1:02:02] here today in support of this

[1:02:06] resolution because I work

[1:02:06] alongside my Somali family

[1:02:10] childcare providers who strain

[1:02:11] our community every single day.

[1:02:12] Through their hard work, their

[1:02:15] cultural richness and their

[1:02:16] dedication to the children and

[1:02:20] families, Somali providers

[1:02:21] bring invaluable expertise,

[1:02:21] language and cultural knowledge

[1:02:25] to early childhood education.

[1:02:26] They make San Diego stronger,

[1:02:30] more vibrant, more whole and

[1:02:31] yet they're being targeted,

[1:02:35] harassed and accused of fraud

[1:02:35] without evidence.

[1:02:36] People show up at their home

[1:02:40] with cameras spreading false

[1:02:40] accusations and fear.

[1:02:41] We cannot separate these from

[1:02:42] the tragedy at the Islamic

[1:02:45] Center just weeks ago where we

[1:02:46] lost three members of our

[1:02:50] community because of hate.

[1:02:51] >> Words have consequences.

[1:02:55] Harassment has consequences.

[1:02:56] The Somali providers and

[1:03:00] families in San Diego deserve

[1:03:01] safety, respect and

[1:03:01] the recognition they deserve

[1:03:05] for the essential work they do.

[1:03:06] This resolution sends a clear

[1:03:09] message.

[1:03:10] San Diego celebrates and

[1:03:11] protects our Somali community.

[1:03:15] I urge our leaders to support

[1:03:15] this resolution.

[1:03:19] Thank you, Johanna.

[1:03:25] >> Good afternoon, Council

[1:03:25] members.

[1:03:26] I am Joanna Hester.

[1:03:26] I am the Deputy Executive

[1:03:29] director for uw.

[1:03:30] Along with I am also the vice

[1:03:34] chair for Child Care Providers

[1:03:34] United.

[1:03:35] I want to specifically thank

[1:03:39] Council member Shawn Isla for

[1:03:39] bringing this resolution

[1:03:40] forward.

[1:03:40] I childcare members have

[1:03:43] witnessed first hand

[1:03:44] the threatening rhetoric and

[1:03:44] behavior of self-styled

[1:03:48] journalists who have harassed

[1:03:49] child care providers and

[1:03:53] children in pursuit of YouTube

[1:03:53] likes and views with no regard

[1:03:57] for dangers they are creating.

[1:03:58] And with the support of

[1:03:59] the PRESIDENT Of our United

[1:04:02] States, child care providers

[1:04:03] are the backbone of our state

[1:04:04] and our country's economy.

[1:04:07] Without child care many people

[1:04:08] cannot go to work or support

[1:04:08] their families.

[1:04:12] Yet these providers are being

[1:04:13] threatened and harassed because

[1:04:21] of the color of their skin or

[1:04:22] the country that that where

[1:04:23] their they came from.

[1:04:26] The resolution sends a clear

[1:04:27] message to our Somali providers

[1:04:27] They stand with them.

[1:04:31] Thank you all so much Dugmore.

[1:04:36] >> After Doug Moore will have

[1:04:37] Chris Kennison, Rabbi Machar,

[1:04:41] Ross Mom Eleanor Franco and

[1:04:42] Germaine Rock.

[1:04:43] Korva, if you can please come

[1:04:46] up to the other reserved seats

[1:04:46] Please proceed.

[1:04:47] >> Good afternoon.

[1:04:48] My name is Doug Moore and I'm

[1:04:51] the executive director of uaw,

[1:04:51] a union representing homecare

[1:04:55] and family child care providers

[1:04:56] including over 40,000 here in

[1:04:56] San Diego County.

[1:05:00] The resolution brought forward

[1:05:01] by Council COUNCILMAN San

[1:05:02] Angelo speaks directly to our

[1:05:05] child care providers,

[1:05:06] especially those in our city's

[1:05:07] vibrant Somali community who in

[1:05:10] recent months have felt

[1:05:11] the impact of direct attacks on

[1:05:12] their businesses and lives

[1:05:15] because of racist accusations

[1:05:16] that they are committing fraud

[1:05:17] in their homes.

[1:05:21] Dangerous individuals who care

[1:05:25] more about personal attention

[1:05:25] than the safety of children

[1:05:26] have been knocking on doors and

[1:05:30] making baseless accusations

[1:05:30] against Somali child care

[1:05:31] providers all while being

[1:05:35] praised for it in Washington.

[1:05:36] Here in San Diego we know our

[1:05:40] Somali community is a

[1:05:40] welcoming, welcoming, valued

[1:05:41] and essential part of

[1:05:45] the fabric of our city.

[1:05:45] This resolution sends a clear

[1:05:49] message to them and the rest of

[1:05:50] the community to stand with

[1:05:50] them.

[1:05:51] >> Thank you for that

[1:05:51] concluding sentence.

[1:06:02] Thank you, Chris Kennison.

[1:06:02] >> Hello y'all.

[1:06:06] I mean I'm here today in full

[1:06:07] support of this resolution

[1:06:08] standing with my brothers and

[1:06:08] sisters.

[1:06:11] No one should be living in fear

[1:06:12] based off the color, religion

[1:06:12] or country of origin.

[1:06:15] We deserve to feel respected,

[1:06:16] valued and given the dignity

[1:06:17] that all people deserve.

[1:06:21] Since we're on the topic of

[1:06:21] child care, Vivien, I ask you

[1:06:22] to get the justice for Gianna.

[1:06:25] She's a five year old black

[1:06:26] girl with special needs that

[1:06:27] just lost her life last week in

[1:06:27] daycare.

[1:06:31] She drowned and the story swept

[1:06:31] under the rug.

[1:06:35] If she was white, blue eyed

[1:06:36] blond hair this story would be

[1:06:40] all over the news.

[1:06:41] And I'm here supporting her

[1:06:41] family but I'm also here

[1:06:44] supporting my Somali brothers

[1:06:45] and sisters because they face

[1:06:49] the same things that everyone

[1:06:50] else in our community is

[1:06:50] facing.

[1:06:51] People of color and they

[1:06:53] deserve the justice.

[1:06:54] So I'm in support of this

[1:06:55] resolution.

[1:07:03] Thank you to Rabbi Rabbi for Hi

[1:07:03] there.

[1:07:04] >> This is Rabbi Mike Ross.

[1:07:04] I'm speaking to you

[1:07:07] representing Congress and or

[1:07:08] Hadash.

[1:07:08] Steve members of the council

[1:07:12] and PRESIDENT Look hava thank

[1:07:12] you.

[1:07:13] We have members all across your

[1:07:13] districts.

[1:07:16] The Jewish people were born in

[1:07:17] bigotry and slavery in

[1:07:18] Pharaoh's Egypt in which we

[1:07:21] were treated as less than.

[1:07:21] And our lives were deemed as

[1:07:22] worthless.

[1:07:25] This is Jewish history across

[1:07:26] the generations where we've

[1:07:31] been treated as less than human

[1:07:31] across the globe.

[1:07:32] That's naturally why I want to

[1:07:33] be here in support of this

[1:07:36] community.

[1:07:37] But it's also our religious

[1:07:37] teaching which says that every

[1:07:38] human being is created in GOD's

[1:07:39] image.

[1:07:41] B'Tselem, Elohim.

[1:07:41] When the PRESIDENT Says that

[1:07:42] our neighbors are garbage who

[1:07:45] won't work and we don't want

[1:07:46] them in our country, we as Jews

[1:07:46] know this rhetoric.

[1:07:50] It has led to our deaths.

[1:07:51] We know this man, Nick Shirley,

[1:07:51] who promoted and defended an

[1:07:55] anti-Semitic video entitled I

[1:07:56] Exposed New Jersey's Jewish

[1:07:56] Invasion.

[1:08:00] We are as Jews are obligated to

[1:08:01] protest against any time our

[1:08:05] people our neighbors, our

[1:08:05] friends are treated as less

[1:08:06] than we need you to vote.

[1:08:07] Thank you for that conclude

[1:08:10] unanimous to support this.

[1:08:10] Eleanor Franco Elena Franco

[1:08:15] Sorry it's even my middle name.

[1:08:20] I should know that.

[1:08:20] Okay.

[1:08:20] Good afternoon everybody.

[1:08:21] My name is Alina Franco and I'm

[1:08:24] here on behalf of Mount Hope to

[1:08:25] express my support of

[1:08:29] the Somali community.

[1:08:30] I reject and of this resolution

[1:08:31] I'm sorry and of this

[1:08:34] resolution I reject

[1:08:35] the ignorant comments of our

[1:08:35] current administration

[1:08:36] regarding the Somalian people.

[1:08:39] These comments are intended to

[1:08:40] instill fear and uncertainty

[1:08:40] and their intent is to make

[1:08:44] them feel unwelcome.

[1:08:44] It is important that we as a

[1:08:45] city speak up against this form

[1:08:48] of hatred and ignorance.

[1:08:49] Our city and communities are

[1:08:50] strongest when every resident

[1:08:50] feels safe.

[1:08:54] Respected and included When any

[1:08:54] community feels targeted or

[1:08:58] marginalized, it affects

[1:08:59] the health and unity of our

[1:08:59] city as a whole.

[1:09:00] Please vote yes on this

[1:09:03] resolution.

[1:09:07] Thank you, Jermaine.

[1:09:12] >> And then suffix so Jermaine,

[1:09:12] please proceed.

[1:09:17] >> Hi, my name is Jermaine

[1:09:18] Corbett and I work in District

[1:09:18] nine.

[1:09:19] I'm here today in support of

[1:09:22] this resolution because every

[1:09:22] San Diego deserves to feel

[1:09:23] safe, respected and valued in

[1:09:26] their community.

[1:09:27] When political leaders use fear

[1:09:28] and division to target

[1:09:31] Somali-American Muslims,

[1:09:32] immigrants and other

[1:09:33] communities, the consequences

[1:09:33] are real.

[1:09:37] We saw that here in San Diego

[1:09:38] on MAY 18th when three of our

[1:09:41] community members were murdered

[1:09:42] in a hateful attack on

[1:09:42] the Islamic center.

[1:09:43] Hate filled words fuel hate

[1:09:47] filled actions.

[1:09:47] That is why this resolution

[1:09:48] matters.

[1:09:49] It makes clear that San Diego

[1:09:52] stands with the Somali

[1:09:52] community, rejects hate

[1:09:53] discrimination and violence in

[1:09:53] all its forms.

[1:09:57] Thank you so much.

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

[1:09:58] Next we have a suffix or hump

[1:10:01] drama or humor.

[1:10:02] If you can please come forward

[1:10:03] to the microphone.

[1:10:07] After that we have Remo Abdi or

[1:10:08] Mira Yusuf allegedly Audra and

[1:10:12] Anika Faulkner as well as Tedd

[1:10:13] Womack.

[1:10:13] If you can all please come

[1:10:14] forward to the yellow reserved

[1:10:16] seats.

[1:10:17] Now you have time seated to you

[1:10:18] by some individuals they can

[1:10:18] please raise their hand.

[1:10:22] Amina for us I mean so far.

[1:10:22] Thank you.

[1:10:25] And Asha Ahmed Thank you.

[1:10:26] >> You'll have three minutes.

[1:10:30] Please proceed.

[1:10:30] Good afternoon.

[1:10:31] Before I begin, I would like to

[1:10:32] thank everyone who came here

[1:10:35] today to support our Somali

[1:10:36] community.

[1:10:37] Your presence means a lot and I

[1:10:41] appreciate all of you taking

[1:10:41] time to stand together against

[1:10:45] hate and discrimination.

[1:10:46] My name is Safia Jama.

[1:10:46] I live in District nine.

[1:10:51] Also I am a childcare provider

[1:10:51] with you and union.

[1:10:55] You'd w c c b you.

[1:10:56] I'm here today in support of

[1:11:01] resolution because every cent

[1:11:01] you again deserve to feel safe,

[1:11:04] respect and value in their

[1:11:04] community.

[1:11:05] As a Somali community member

[1:11:09] and a child care provider I

[1:11:10] have seen how harassment,

[1:11:14] intimidation and misinformation

[1:11:15] can be effect Family especially

[1:11:19] I experienced myself.

[1:11:20] Few people called me text me

[1:11:22] and came my home and harassment

[1:11:27] and calling names.

[1:11:28] As a small business childcare

[1:11:32] provider children should be

[1:11:33] able to learn grow in a safe

[1:11:36] environment Fear from stalking

[1:11:37] ,harassment and

[1:11:37] discrimination.

[1:11:42] I support this resolution

[1:11:43] because it is sending a clear

[1:11:46] message that San Diego is done

[1:11:47] against hate and discrimination

[1:11:51] targeting the Somali community

[1:11:51] and all marginalized groups.

[1:11:57] I am also concerned about

[1:12:01] the harmful physical that too

[1:12:01] often is scapegoats

[1:12:02] immigration, Muslims and Somali

[1:12:06] Americans.

[1:12:07] Words matter when fear and

[1:12:11] misinformation as bred by

[1:12:12] influential voices.

[1:12:15] They can create an environment

[1:12:16] where hatred becomes

[1:12:16] normalized.

[1:12:21] Also today I would like to

[1:12:22] thank Council Council and for

[1:12:26] taking this important step.

[1:12:27] I would like to also like I

[1:12:27] would like.

[1:12:30] I would like also like to

[1:12:31] extend my sincere sincere

[1:12:36] appreciation to Shawn Elver for

[1:12:37] bringing our community together

[1:12:40] for this leadership in

[1:12:41] supporting this effort.

[1:12:41] Thank you all.

[1:12:48] Thank you.

[1:12:48] Romo Aubrey.

[1:12:49] Rama you have people sitting

[1:12:50] your time.

[1:12:51] Fatima aside Fatima please

[1:12:51] raise your hand.

[1:12:52] Thank you.

[1:12:54] And of the housing.

[1:12:55] Please raise your hand.

[1:12:55] You'll have three minutes.

[1:12:59] Please proceed.

[1:12:59] All right.

[1:13:00] Good afternoon.

[1:13:05] My name is Rama Abdi.

[1:13:06] I'm the director of organizing

[1:13:06] campaign with Pan Out of

[1:13:08] Partnership Plot advancement of

[1:13:09] North Americans.

[1:13:09] And I'm also a proud resident

[1:13:12] of District nine.

[1:13:13] There is a lot of our community

[1:13:16] who are not here today because

[1:13:17] they are afraid to come outside

[1:13:20] especially after what happened

[1:13:21] on MAY 18th.

[1:13:22] >> I wanted to thank our our

[1:13:26] city council member, my city

[1:13:27] council member Shannon Rivera

[1:13:31] for bringing this resolution

[1:13:31] forward.

[1:13:32] For standing with our

[1:13:32] community.

[1:13:36] Thank you for not staying

[1:13:36] silent when our community has

[1:13:40] been targeted.

[1:13:40] Your support and leadership

[1:13:41] means a lot to us.

[1:13:41] Thank you.

[1:13:45] Today I'm speaking on behalf of

[1:13:46] Somali child care providers,

[1:13:50] families, community members who

[1:13:51] have been affected by racism,

[1:13:54] Islamophobia and on to Somali

[1:13:55] hate.

[1:13:55] I work closely with Somali

[1:13:59] child care providers across San

[1:13:59] Diego.

[1:14:00] There are hardworking woman who

[1:14:04] care for our children every day

[1:14:04] .

[1:14:05] The support working families

[1:14:09] run a small business and help

[1:14:09] our community try.

[1:14:14] But despite all that they do.

[1:14:14] Many have been targeted with

[1:14:15] hateful comments, false

[1:14:19] accusation and harassment

[1:14:20] simply because they're Somali

[1:14:23] and they're Muslim.

[1:14:24] As a director of organizing I

[1:14:28] see the impact these hate has

[1:14:29] on our community.

[1:14:33] What start online does not stay

[1:14:34] online.

[1:14:34] It affects people.

[1:14:38] It affects mothers.

[1:14:38] It affects fathers.

[1:14:39] It affects our elders, Young

[1:14:39] people.

[1:14:43] It makes people feel unsafe,

[1:14:43] unwelcome.

[1:14:44] And I'm also worried about our

[1:14:44] children.

[1:14:47] When Somali children hear

[1:14:48] hateful words from a leader and

[1:14:52] public figure, they begin to

[1:14:56] question whether they belong.

[1:14:57] >> They begin to wonder if

[1:14:58] there is something wrong with

[1:15:01] who they are.

[1:15:02] No child should feel that way.

[1:15:05] Our community came to this

[1:15:06] country has second safety,

[1:15:06] peace and opportunity.

[1:15:11] We came here with help.

[1:15:11] We are hard worker.

[1:15:12] We pay taxes.

[1:15:12] We start businesses.

[1:15:15] We care for our neighbors.

[1:15:16] We contribute to this city

[1:15:16] every day.

[1:15:20] We're proud to be part of San

[1:15:20] Diego.

[1:15:21] This resolution is important

[1:15:21] because it sent a clear

[1:15:22] message.

[1:15:25] Somali family belong here.

[1:15:26] Our children belong here.

[1:15:29] Hate has no place in San Diego

[1:15:30] .

[1:15:30] We take we're not asking for

[1:15:31] special treatment.

[1:15:34] We're asking for dignity,

[1:15:35] respect, opportunity to live,

[1:15:35] work and rise.

[1:15:39] Raise our family here without

[1:15:40] fear.

[1:15:40] Again, thank you so much to my

[1:15:41] council member, our council

[1:15:45] members, Chancellor Rivera and

[1:15:46] other entire Council member for

[1:15:48] standing with Somali community

[1:15:48] .

[1:15:49] >> Thank you.

[1:15:54] You have people sitting your

[1:15:55] time Mohammed Omar if you can

[1:15:59] please raise your hand.

[1:15:59] Thank you.

[1:16:00] And Paul, if you can please

[1:16:01] raise your hand.

[1:16:03] You'll have three minutes.

[1:16:04] But if I can ask allegedly

[1:16:04] Aldridge, Anika Faulkner, Ted

[1:16:08] Womack It's Omar Chavez.

[1:16:09] Daniel Alvarado to please come

[1:16:13] up to the yellow reserved

[1:16:13] seats.

[1:16:13] Please proceed.

[1:16:14] All right.

[1:16:14] Thank you.

[1:16:17] Am I ready to be with

[1:16:18] the Partnership for

[1:16:18] the Advancement of New

[1:16:19] Americans?

[1:16:22] Pena is an organization that

[1:16:23] advances the full economic,

[1:16:27] civic and social inclusion of

[1:16:28] refugees in San Diego across

[1:16:31] the state and across

[1:16:32] the country.

[1:16:33] We are founded, led and staffed

[1:16:33] by immigrant and refugee

[1:16:38] communities and we are proud to

[1:16:38] be multiracial and

[1:16:39] multicultural organization that

[1:16:42] seeks the meaningful freedom

[1:16:42] for all.

[1:16:43] I want to thank council member

[1:16:47] Ella Rivera for bringing forth

[1:16:48] this important resolution to

[1:16:48] council.

[1:16:52] It is so important for our

[1:16:53] communities right now to feel

[1:16:57] heard, to feel you know, that

[1:16:58] our leadership is with us.

[1:16:58] So thank you for that.

[1:17:01] And I want to thank all

[1:17:02] the folks who are here today

[1:17:03] despite the fear despite all of

[1:17:07] the attacks on this community,

[1:17:08] they are here and so are

[1:17:08] allies.

[1:17:09] Thank you all.

[1:17:12] The vile attack that have been

[1:17:13] stated by this PRESIDENT And

[1:17:17] his sympathizers are just

[1:17:18] disgusting And I hope we can

[1:17:20] all agree with that fact.

[1:17:26] >> You know, the fact that not

[1:17:27] only has it been done but it

[1:17:28] has been a continuous flow of

[1:17:32] influencers who have come to

[1:17:32] harass our Somali community

[1:17:37] needs to be understood as to

[1:17:38] how invasive that is.

[1:17:38] Children are afraid to go

[1:17:42] outside.

[1:17:43] The child care providers who

[1:17:44] care for children I mean my

[1:17:48] children went to day care for

[1:17:49] years and I just couldn't

[1:17:49] imagine how terrified

[1:17:50] the parents are because they

[1:17:53] are scared to open the doors.

[1:17:54] They are scared to take kids to

[1:17:55] the park.

[1:17:58] They're no longer taking them

[1:17:59] to the park.

[1:18:00] They are no longer able to have

[1:18:00] the same kind of free

[1:18:05] environment safe environment

[1:18:05] that existed before because of

[1:18:06] this kinds of harassment.

[1:18:10] And a couple of weeks ago we

[1:18:11] understood that this what this

[1:18:12] harassment can lead to as well.

[1:18:15] We now in San Diego fully

[1:18:19] understand from our three

[1:18:20] heroes deaths and the you know,

[1:18:21] recovery that our community

[1:18:24] that Muslim community is doing

[1:18:24] right now what that what those

[1:18:25] implications can be.

[1:18:30] And so what we are asking for

[1:18:30] is courageous leadership.

[1:18:35] We are asking for you all to

[1:18:36] support this resolution as a

[1:18:37] first step but to continue to

[1:18:40] stand with our Somali

[1:18:41] community, with our Muslim

[1:18:42] community, with our immigrant

[1:18:42] community, all vulnerable

[1:18:46] communities more must be done

[1:18:47] to protect us from harm.

[1:18:51] I hope that we all recognize

[1:18:52] this as a first step in that

[1:18:53] this morning in a letter was

[1:18:58] sent to the governor's office

[1:18:58] asking for $20 million

[1:18:59] allocation.

[1:19:03] Councilmember Eli Rivera and

[1:19:04] Councilmember Lee, thank you

[1:19:05] for signing on to that request.

[1:19:05] We ask all of council to fund

[1:19:09] that because you know what our

[1:19:10] Somali community in City

[1:19:11] Heights, many of the centers

[1:19:11] and the Islamic centers are

[1:19:16] actually not having services

[1:19:16] anymore because there is an

[1:19:17] increased number of hate that

[1:19:17] they are receiving.

[1:19:18] So thank you for that

[1:19:19] concluding remark.

[1:19:30] >> Allegedly Andre So I wish

[1:19:31] people could see the forest

[1:19:31] through the trees.

[1:19:32] There is significant

[1:19:36] consequences for misinformation

[1:19:36] And let's get it straight There

[1:19:41] are Somali daycares that were

[1:19:42] engaged in fraud.

[1:19:43] There were not all of them but

[1:19:48] some of them And unfortunately

[1:19:48] it is putting a stain on

[1:19:49] the community And that is

[1:19:53] unfortunate because this has

[1:19:54] been facilitated by our own

[1:19:54] government.

[1:19:55] They didn't get the funding

[1:20:00] without that.

[1:20:01] They're not called clearing

[1:20:01] centers for no reason And it's

[1:20:05] sad because it's like this puts

[1:20:06] communities in danger But if

[1:20:07] you guys could see that it's

[1:20:07] the government doing this to

[1:20:11] us, they want us to be divided.

[1:20:12] They do it to us intentionally.

[1:20:13] So it's like look at us, let's

[1:20:17] look at each other as opposed

[1:20:17] to the people that give out

[1:20:18] the funding and that put us in

[1:20:19] these positions because you

[1:20:23] should be mad at people in your

[1:20:24] own community who have been

[1:20:24] engaged in that fraud that are

[1:20:25] putting you guys in this

[1:20:31] position and instead we want to

[1:20:31] fight left versus right, white

[1:20:32] versus black, whatever it is.

[1:20:32] But we need to look at

[1:20:33] the culprit including you

[1:20:41] comment Jacob Faulkner Thank

[1:20:41] you.

[1:20:42] How are you?

[1:20:42] To many what I am unique a

[1:20:47] resident of d d4 what the lines

[1:20:47] in ago I am here in strong

[1:20:48] support of this resolution

[1:20:49] because every human deserves to

[1:20:51] feel safe respected and valued

[1:20:52] in their community.

[1:20:53] No human should live in fear

[1:20:53] because of their race,

[1:20:54] religion, ethnicity or

[1:20:57] immigration background Growing

[1:20:58] up in southeast San Diego I

[1:20:59] attended Freese Elementary

[1:20:59] where I learned alongside many

[1:21:03] different cultures and

[1:21:03] religions.

[1:21:04] My favorite part of school was

[1:21:05] singing This Land is Your Land

[1:21:05] which the lyrics read.

[1:21:09] This Land is your land and this

[1:21:10] land is my land.

[1:21:11] From from California to the New

[1:21:15] York island From the redwood

[1:21:16] forest to the Gulf Stream

[1:21:17] waters This land was made for

[1:21:17] you and me.

[1:21:18] And singing that pretty much

[1:21:21] every day in school That

[1:21:22] allowed me to feel connected no

[1:21:23] matter who I stood by, no

[1:21:27] matter the color of their skin,

[1:21:28] no matter their religion.

[1:21:29] I felt connected with my

[1:21:29] classmates.

[1:21:33] Every child deserves to feel

[1:21:34] connected with their classmates

[1:21:34] and the people that they're

[1:21:35] surrounded by.

[1:21:39] No child should be scared to go

[1:21:40] to school.

[1:21:40] The survivors of MAY 18th are

[1:21:41] scared to go to school.

[1:21:42] Thank you for this passage

[1:21:48] resolution thanking Ted Womack

[1:21:49] .

[1:21:55] Everybody, I'm here in support

[1:21:55] of this resolution today

[1:21:56] because I'm concerned about

[1:21:57] the rhetoric being used against

[1:22:01] black folks.

[1:22:02] So in the first time it's not

[1:22:03] going to be the last time.

[1:22:04] And with the black community

[1:22:07] specifically, you know, we're

[1:22:08] one of the easiest communities

[1:22:08] to target not because we're

[1:22:09] weak, not because we're

[1:22:12] unorganized but because there's

[1:22:13] often nobody there to stand

[1:22:14] with us and support us.

[1:22:14] The government that we look to

[1:22:18] and ask you for help is often

[1:22:19] not behind us.

[1:22:19] So this resolution is a really,

[1:22:20] really huge step in showing

[1:22:24] the support and showing how we

[1:22:25] could stand strong and be

[1:22:25] strong together.

[1:22:26] So please pass this resolution

[1:22:30] today and pass it to protect

[1:22:30] those members and brothers and

[1:22:31] sisters of our black community.

[1:22:32] Thank you.

[1:22:39] Thank you, Ethan.

[1:22:40] >> Good afternoon, everyone.

[1:22:45] My name is Travis with the y in

[1:22:45] San Diego and also resident of

[1:22:46] Golden Hill and City Council

[1:22:47] District three.

[1:22:51] I'm here in strong support of

[1:22:52] the resolution before us today

[1:22:52] because every San Diego

[1:22:53] deserves the right to human

[1:22:56] dignity to feel safe and

[1:22:57] respected in the city that we

[1:22:57] love.

[1:22:58] No person should have to live

[1:22:59] in fear because of race,

[1:23:02] religion or immigration status

[1:23:02] .

[1:23:03] While I support this resolution

[1:23:04] as an important first step, I

[1:23:04] also urge you Council members

[1:23:09] to take meaningful action in

[1:23:09] your work.

[1:23:10] Last week five of you ignored

[1:23:15] our calls and what you would

[1:23:16] have been meaningful action if

[1:23:17] you stood against a budget that

[1:23:18] would have put people over

[1:23:21] surveillance surveillance

[1:23:21] technology that was supposed to

[1:23:22] help all San Diego and

[1:23:27] irreparably fall short for

[1:23:28] the Somali community on

[1:23:28] the 18th.

[1:23:29] Thank you, Council for

[1:23:30] supporting this resolution

[1:23:30] today.

[1:23:33] I look forward to how you will

[1:23:34] unequivocally oppose

[1:23:34] discriminatory practices,

[1:23:40] policies and rhetoric in all

[1:23:41] shapes and forms.

[1:23:41] >> Thank you.

[1:23:42] If I can have Daniela please

[1:23:46] come up to the microphone.

[1:23:46] Daniela Alvarado.

[1:23:47] After that if I could have

[1:23:52] Rachel is Arnel Castro Dale

[1:23:52] McKinstry please come up and

[1:23:53] MS..

[1:23:53] La Yusef please come up to

[1:23:58] the yellow reserved seats.

[1:23:58] Please proceed.

[1:23:59] Good afternoon.

[1:23:59] My name is and the chief

[1:24:03] operating officer for Pena

[1:24:04] Patria doesn't arise on its

[1:24:04] own.

[1:24:05] It's cultivated in environments

[1:24:09] with prejudice is normalized,

[1:24:10] excused or given a platform by

[1:24:11] elected officials and public

[1:24:15] figures.

[1:24:15] That normalization has real

[1:24:16] consequences.

[1:24:17] It emboldens those who would

[1:24:17] intimidate, harass and harm

[1:24:20] their neighbors.

[1:24:21] Today's resolution is a

[1:24:22] statement of who we are as a

[1:24:22] city.

[1:24:23] I am honored to stand with

[1:24:27] the Somali community who I

[1:24:28] consider my extended family and

[1:24:28] affirm that San Diego believes

[1:24:29] that every resident deserves to

[1:24:33] live with dignity, with safety

[1:24:34] and respect but simply cannot

[1:24:35] be a hollow word.

[1:24:39] It must mean something real and

[1:24:39] specific to the people living

[1:24:40] it and that looks different

[1:24:41] from community to community.

[1:24:41] From the Somali community

[1:24:45] safety means more than

[1:24:45] the absence of violence.

[1:24:46] It means belonging.

[1:24:46] It means being seen, heard

[1:24:51] protected, not treated as a

[1:24:51] threat.

[1:24:52] That is a standard that we must

[1:24:52] hold ourselves to.

[1:24:56] That makes this resolution

[1:24:57] makes it clear that San Diego

[1:24:58] will not stand for bigotry.

[1:24:58] We are united in our commitment

[1:25:02] to particularly including

[1:25:07] Stanton's Rachel Lozano Castro

[1:25:07] .

[1:25:08] >> Good afternoon.

[1:25:08] My name is Rachel.

[1:25:09] I'm Castro.

[1:25:12] I live in District four work in

[1:25:13] District nine.

[1:25:13] We're speaking from heart.

[1:25:18] Today was my sister before I

[1:25:19] don't know what to do with

[1:25:20] the hate in my heart right now

[1:25:20] I'm a practicing Christian.

[1:25:24] I was in elementary school

[1:25:24] during 911.

[1:25:25] I lost people that day.

[1:25:25] There's other things to do with

[1:25:31] grief and hate then turn it on

[1:25:31] others.

[1:25:32] So as I'm not from here but

[1:25:36] I've lived here in San Diego

[1:25:37] for over a decade and somebody

[1:25:37] whose family has been in this

[1:25:42] country for generations it's a

[1:25:42] hard time to want to stay in

[1:25:43] San Diego except for leadership

[1:25:44] and solidarity like you.

[1:25:48] So thank you Councilmember.

[1:25:48] And whether we want to make

[1:25:49] the right decision, Judge,

[1:25:53] whether we want to have people

[1:25:54] like me keep my business here

[1:25:54] and have children here, are we

[1:26:00] going to stand in solidarity

[1:26:00] with our neighbors or are we

[1:26:01] not?

[1:26:01] That's that's what we're

[1:26:02] deciding.

[1:26:02] So I urge you to do the right

[1:26:03] thing.

[1:26:03] Thank you.

[1:26:09] Thank you, Dale.

[1:26:09] Hello everyone.

[1:26:15] My name is Dale Magnani and I'm

[1:26:15] here to speak in favor of this

[1:26:16] resolution.

[1:26:20] It's important for our elected

[1:26:21] officials to use whatever tools

[1:26:21] at their disposal disposal to

[1:26:25] push back publicly against

[1:26:26] organized racism and violence.

[1:26:27] American fascism today is based

[1:26:32] on organized racism and phobia.

[1:26:33] And there are few communities

[1:26:34] that understand that better

[1:26:35] than Somali-Americans.

[1:26:38] I strongly support this

[1:26:39] resolution, but I hope

[1:26:39] the members of this council

[1:26:44] continue their advocacy in

[1:26:45] defense of marginalized people.

[1:26:45] Beyond resolutions.

[1:26:51] I know for example, that Floc

[1:26:51] is a really controversial issue

[1:26:52] and I understand that there are

[1:26:56] people in this chamber who are

[1:26:57] seeking higher office, various

[1:26:58] higher offices.

[1:27:03] You know, these are the tough

[1:27:03] decisions that you are going to

[1:27:04] be expected to make.

[1:27:05] If you do want a promotion.

[1:27:08] And you know, I hope you

[1:27:09] encourage this resolution but

[1:27:10] there's a lot more to do.

[1:27:14] >> So.

[1:27:15] MS..

[1:27:21] Maslin My apologies.

[1:27:22] You.

[1:27:22] Oh sure my staff will come up

[1:27:23] and get it and you have time to

[1:27:24] do it by Monday.

[1:27:27] Mohammed Marican please raise

[1:27:28] your hand.

[1:27:28] Thank you and have.

[1:27:29] Thank you.

[1:27:32] You'll have three minutes.

[1:27:33] Please proceed.

[1:27:34] Thank you and good afternoon.

[1:27:39] Counsel Present.

[1:27:40] Item number two Submitted

[1:27:40] Counsel.

[1:27:41] My name is Michael Yusuf.

[1:27:45] I live in District four.

[1:27:46] And I'm here today in strong

[1:27:50] support of agenda item as 400

[1:27:50] and a resolution in support of

[1:27:51] Somali community.

[1:27:57] I support this resolution

[1:27:57] because every single deserves

[1:28:02] to feel safe, respected and

[1:28:03] valued in their community no

[1:28:03] matter what the country how

[1:28:08] they look like or the language,

[1:28:09] the speak or what faith they

[1:28:09] choose.

[1:28:13] No family should have to live

[1:28:14] in fear because of their race,

[1:28:14] religion, ethnicity,

[1:28:15] immigration background or

[1:28:19] refugee experience.

[1:28:20] San Diego must take a stand

[1:28:21] against harassment,

[1:28:26] intimidation and

[1:28:26] discrimination.

[1:28:27] Target is a community

[1:28:31] the Somali community unique

[1:28:31] because our identity sits at

[1:28:32] the intersection of many

[1:28:37] communities.

[1:28:38] We are Muslims.

[1:28:39] We are a future.

[1:28:43] We speak a language other than

[1:28:44] English.

[1:28:44] And for that reason we are

[1:28:50] targeted for all this hate.

[1:28:56] Whoever takes hates whoever

[1:28:57] hates black people is going to

[1:28:57] survive.

[1:28:58] Whoever hates immigration

[1:29:01] refugees aggressively.

[1:29:02] For that reason we go through a

[1:29:07] lot or our families our kids.

[1:29:07] So I am also deeply concerned

[1:29:08] by the dangerous rhetoric used

[1:29:13] by political leaders and public

[1:29:14] figures including PRESIDENT

[1:29:18] Trump and members of Congress

[1:29:19] to scapegoat and demonize

[1:29:20] Somali Americans, Muslims and

[1:29:25] immigrants and Arab allies

[1:29:26] communities.

[1:29:26] Let us know what you think and

[1:29:27] especially specifically when

[1:29:31] you use megaphone to call

[1:29:32] people such words.

[1:29:37] I don't repeat those words in

[1:29:38] my tongue to say what that guy

[1:29:42] in the White House said Somali

[1:29:43] community.

[1:29:43] As someone who cares deeply

[1:29:44] about children and families

[1:29:50] because I the co-founder and

[1:29:51] ceo of Info Charitable which

[1:29:55] serves the majority of

[1:29:56] the Somali people So my kids.

[1:29:57] And when those words were saved

[1:30:00] by the PRESIDENT.

[1:30:01] Actually their self-esteem was

[1:30:06] damaged.

[1:30:07] Imagine what a tv ad

[1:30:07] the PRESIDENT Is saying such

[1:30:12] words to them to their

[1:30:13] community.

[1:30:13] So for that reason we would

[1:30:17] like him to support this

[1:30:18] resolution.

[1:30:19] I would really like to express

[1:30:24] my gratitude to my brother

[1:30:24] Sean.

[1:30:25] Thank you very much.

[1:30:25] And history Will Burke.

[1:30:31] What are you doing for this

[1:30:32] community?

[1:30:32] We did appreciative and thank

[1:30:33] you all of you.

[1:30:40] Thanks for all.

[1:30:41] >> Thank you for that

[1:30:41] concluding remarks.

[1:30:42] You lose.

[1:30:42] Good article.

[1:30:45] Thank you Your time has

[1:30:46] concluded.

[1:30:46] Thank you so much for your

[1:30:47] remarks.

[1:30:47] Now, now come comes Shima.

[1:30:51] Now if you can please come up

[1:30:51] to the microphone.

[1:30:52] After that I have prosperity

[1:30:52] land.

[1:30:58] Gina or John When?

[1:30:59] Ashley Mendiola, Petros House

[1:31:02] and Sally.

[1:31:03] Ousmane, if you can all please

[1:31:03] come forward to the other

[1:31:04] reserved seats please proceed.

[1:31:09] Hello, my name is now Captain.

[1:31:09] I'm executive director of

[1:31:10] the current organization of San

[1:31:10] Diego.

[1:31:14] Serving refugees and newcomers

[1:31:15] from Burma and most of them

[1:31:16] live in District nine.

[1:31:16] I'm here today in support of

[1:31:17] this resolution.

[1:31:21] When the Somali community are

[1:31:22] targeted and anti-Muslim hate

[1:31:22] is normalized, we are all

[1:31:28] targeted and nobody is safe in

[1:31:28] this kind of society.

[1:31:29] And when current refugees

[1:31:34] started to live in Selwyn 27

[1:31:35] they struggle a lot just

[1:31:36] because they are new to this

[1:31:40] country.

[1:31:40] And to meet their urgent needs.

[1:31:41] We started an organization in

[1:31:46] 2009 after learning how Somali

[1:31:46] community leaders organize

[1:31:47] the community and supported

[1:31:47] their refugee family to be

[1:31:51] included in the San Diego

[1:31:51] community.

[1:31:52] Since they continue learning

[1:31:53] from Somali community leaders,

[1:31:57] sisters and brothers how to

[1:31:58] organize, how to support and

[1:31:59] respect one another and how to

[1:32:04] be kind to all neighbors no

[1:32:05] matter what their backgrounds

[1:32:05] religion This is art.

[1:32:07] >> Thank you.

[1:32:13] Prosperity land.

[1:32:14] Good afternoon.

[1:32:14] My name's Prosperity.

[1:32:15] I'm here on behalf of

[1:32:19] the current organization of San

[1:32:20] Diego.

[1:32:20] I'm here in support of this

[1:32:21] resolution because every San

[1:32:26] Diego deserves to feel safe and

[1:32:26] respected in their communities.

[1:32:27] As a friend of the Somali

[1:32:28] community, I'm troubled by

[1:32:28] the harassment directed at

[1:32:32] Somali families and child care

[1:32:33] providers.

[1:32:33] As a longtime resident of

[1:32:34] District nine, I've grown up

[1:32:39] with my Somali refugee peers

[1:32:39] who are, by the way, very kind,

[1:32:40] hilarious and generous and they

[1:32:44] make a good for Masa.

[1:32:45] And and they are now working in

[1:32:46] cybersecurity, in health care

[1:32:51] and finance and are actively

[1:32:51] serving their communities and

[1:32:55] are arguably 100% extremely

[1:32:56] valuable members of society.

[1:32:56] And my Somali friends and their

[1:33:02] communities deserve to be heard

[1:33:02] by the city of San Diego.

[1:33:03] I applaud this effort to stand

[1:33:04] with the Somali community.

[1:33:07] San Diego must reject bigotry

[1:33:08] in all its forms and stand

[1:33:09] united in defense of

[1:33:12] the dignity and safety of all

[1:33:13] its residents.

[1:33:13] >> Thank you.

[1:33:14] Thank you.

[1:33:19] Gina Winberg Esteemed council

[1:33:19] members.

[1:33:24] My name is Jana and I'm a

[1:33:25] constituent of PRESIDENT

[1:33:25] LaCava.

[1:33:26] I am here in solidarity with

[1:33:30] the San Diego Somali community

[1:33:31] and affirmed this resolution

[1:33:32] against hate and

[1:33:32] discrimination.

[1:33:33] No one should live in fear due

[1:33:37] to their race, religion or

[1:33:37] immigration status.

[1:33:38] And in addition to adopting

[1:33:39] this resolution, I urge

[1:33:43] the city to take additional

[1:33:43] steps to protect cherished

[1:33:44] child care workers and kiddos.

[1:33:48] I am also here at the Jewish

[1:33:49] member of Dor Hadash in support

[1:33:50] of our Muslim cousins.

[1:33:54] As Jews we know acutely

[1:33:54] the ugly impacts of hateful

[1:33:55] rhetoric and scapegoating.

[1:33:56] And collective liberation is

[1:34:00] the only way forward.

[1:34:01] Thank you and please vote

[1:34:01] unanimously to support this

[1:34:05] resolution.

[1:34:05] Thank you.

[1:34:11] Ashley Mendiola.

[1:34:12] Hello.

[1:34:17] Good afternoon.

[1:34:18] My name is Ashley from the San

[1:34:22] Diego Organizing Project and a

[1:34:23] constituent of District eight.

[1:34:24] I'm here today in support of

[1:34:25] this resolution because nobody

[1:34:28] should have to live in fear

[1:34:29] because of their race,

[1:34:29] religion, ethnicity or

[1:34:30] immigration background.

[1:34:34] It's heartbreaking to hear what

[1:34:35] my brothers and sisters are

[1:34:35] going through.

[1:34:40] San Diego Council Please stand

[1:34:40] solidarity with the community.

[1:34:41] People deserve to be treated

[1:34:46] with dignity and feel safe.

[1:34:46] >> Council members Today you

[1:34:47] have an opportunity to take a

[1:34:52] clear stand against harassment

[1:34:52] ,intimidation and

[1:34:53] discrimination targeting

[1:34:54] the Somali community in San

[1:34:54] Diego.

[1:34:58] I ask you to please vote in

[1:34:58] favor of this resolution.

[1:34:59] Thank you, Petros.

[1:35:05] Hackers.

[1:35:05] >> Council Members My name is

[1:35:10] Petros Hagos.

[1:35:11] I grew up in City Heights where

[1:35:12] my Somali brothers I'm here

[1:35:15] with City High ctc and I would

[1:35:16] like to say that we are in

[1:35:17] support of this resolution and

[1:35:21] we stand with the Somali

[1:35:21] community members who have

[1:35:22] experience, harassment,

[1:35:23] discrimination and targeting.

[1:35:26] Every resident deserves to feel

[1:35:27] safe, respected and welcome

[1:35:27] regardless of their city

[1:35:28] nationality, religion or

[1:35:28] background.

[1:35:33] The Somali community as part of

[1:35:34] City Heights and they're part

[1:35:34] of every community in America

[1:35:38] And I know this because I grew

[1:35:39] up my brothers To see them

[1:35:40] experienced as my brothers and

[1:35:41] sisters, to see them experience

[1:35:43] what they're going through

[1:35:44] right now really affects us and

[1:35:45] should affect everybody.

[1:35:50] This resolution sends an

[1:35:50] important message that San

[1:35:51] Diego values inclusion, dignity

[1:35:52] and belonging for our community

[1:35:55] and reaffirms our commitment to

[1:35:56] ensuring the Somali residents

[1:35:57] are seen, supported and an

[1:35:57] essential part of our

[1:35:58] community.

[1:36:01] Thank you for your support.

[1:36:07] >> Salihu Osman.

[1:36:07] Afternoon.

[1:36:08] My name is only Osman.

[1:36:10] I'm working at District nine

[1:36:11] today.

[1:36:11] I'm coming over here to support

[1:36:16] this resolution.

[1:36:16] >> I'm here today to support

[1:36:17] the resolution because every

[1:36:21] Sunday I deserve to feel safe,

[1:36:22] respected, valued in their

[1:36:22] community.

[1:36:27] No family should have to live

[1:36:28] in fear because of their race,

[1:36:32] religion, ethnicity or

[1:36:33] immigration background.

[1:36:37] San Diego must take clear stand

[1:36:37] against harassment,

[1:36:38] intimidation and discrimination

[1:36:42] targeting the Somali community

[1:36:43] .

[1:36:43] For example, in MAY 18th

[1:36:49] Islamic Center of San Diego all

[1:36:50] of us we know what happens.

[1:36:50] Time we are healing all our

[1:36:53] children Who goes that Islamic

[1:36:54] center is still there in

[1:36:54] trauma.

[1:36:59] So we need to support this

[1:36:59] resolution to support our

[1:37:04] children, for our families and

[1:37:04] we need to go forward to

[1:37:05] inclusively happy helping each

[1:37:05] other.

[1:37:10] >> Thank you.

[1:37:10] >> The Nora Arena, The Nora

[1:37:14] Arena.

[1:37:15] Please come to the microphone

[1:37:15] as you make your way up.

[1:37:16] I'd like to note for the record

[1:37:20] that we did have four speakers

[1:37:21] in favor that did not wish to

[1:37:21] speak and one comment in favor

[1:37:24] that was submitted on your web

[1:37:25] comment form which hasn't been

[1:37:26] distributed to the council.

[1:37:26] Please proceed.

[1:37:30] Hi, good afternoon.

[1:37:30] I'm Peanut Arena executive

[1:37:31] director with the San Diego

[1:37:32] Organizing Project.

[1:37:35] We're a network of

[1:37:36] congregations across the county

[1:37:36] and I'm also a resident of

[1:37:37] District eight.

[1:37:40] I live in Chester and we're

[1:37:41] here as your please here in

[1:37:42] support and in partnership with

[1:37:45] Pana and other organizations in

[1:37:46] San Diego.

[1:37:46] I'm serving Somali and Muslim

[1:37:50] community members with Pan Out.

[1:37:51] We've spent the last ten months

[1:37:52] exploring the question about

[1:37:56] about how to protect and be

[1:37:56] able to serve impacted

[1:38:00] community members from

[1:38:01] the deportation machine and

[1:38:01] the lawlessness of ice and

[1:38:06] other federal agencies.

[1:38:07] So and in our work and our

[1:38:08] communities of faith believe

[1:38:08] that every single human being

[1:38:12] is made in the image of GOD.

[1:38:12] And we believe that

[1:38:16] the families that caregivers

[1:38:16] and the Somali community in

[1:38:17] this moment is a community that

[1:38:21] is not being seen that way and

[1:38:21] is not being respected and

[1:38:22] protected.

[1:38:23] I'm here in support of this

[1:38:26] resolution and believe you all

[1:38:26] should.

[1:38:27] I think it's a low and small

[1:38:27] ask.

[1:38:28] I think the expectation of

[1:38:31] elected officials should be

[1:38:32] greater.

[1:38:32] Thank you for that concluding

[1:38:33] sentence.

[1:38:33] Shalom.

[1:38:41] Avery Lopez Shalom Right here.

[1:38:45] Shalom Mabuti Lopez Community

[1:38:46] Member and District District

[1:38:47] three I'm here to support my

[1:38:50] Somali and Muslim brothers and

[1:38:50] sisters.

[1:38:51] I say to my neighbors You are

[1:38:55] more than welcome your San

[1:38:56] Diegans and I'm here in deep

[1:39:00] support of this resolution

[1:39:01] beyond just saying we do not

[1:39:02] accept the hate that has been

[1:39:06] thrown at us from every angle

[1:39:11] from the highest to those that

[1:39:11] are online.

[1:39:12] We need to do something to

[1:39:12] protect our children.

[1:39:16] Every child should feel just as

[1:39:17] safe as any other child living

[1:39:20] in any other community.

[1:39:21] Every parent should feel just

[1:39:22] as safe as I did just right now

[1:39:25] as I picked up my kid from

[1:39:26] child care.

[1:39:26] Everyone deserves that same

[1:39:30] level of safety and dignity.

[1:39:31] >> Vote yesterday.

[1:39:31] Thank you.

[1:39:35] That does conclude our speakers

[1:39:36] here in person and we will now

[1:39:36] go to those participating

[1:39:39] remotely I'm sorry at the five

[1:39:39] minute timer we have 15

[1:39:40] speakers in the queue starting

[1:39:44] with me and my You'll have one

[1:39:44] minute Please proceed.

[1:39:45] >> Hello my name is Minh.

[1:39:48] My Good afternoon everyone.

[1:39:54] I am also the board chair of

[1:39:54] Voices, a local grassroot

[1:39:55] nonprofit based here in City

[1:39:58] Heights District nine San

[1:39:58] Diego.

[1:39:59] Well our grassroot organization

[1:40:02] with Voices is dedicated to

[1:40:03] the development and empowerment

[1:40:04] of the Vietnamese community in

[1:40:07] San Diego.

[1:40:08] We stand in solidarity with our

[1:40:11] Somali neighbors.

[1:40:12] Everyone deserves a place where

[1:40:13] they feel safe and welcome and

[1:40:16] we support this resolution in

[1:40:17] support of the Somali

[1:40:17] community.

[1:40:21] Thank you.

[1:40:22] Next is Naomi.

[1:40:25] If you can please unmute Daniel

[1:40:30] My name is Naomi Gammel.

[1:40:31] I'm a senior staff attorney at

[1:40:35] the Child Care Law Center and

[1:40:36] the Child Care Law Center is a

[1:40:36] statewide legal support center.

[1:40:39] We are here today in support of

[1:40:40] this resolution because San

[1:40:41] Diego must take a clear stand

[1:40:44] against harassment and

[1:40:44] discrimination targeting some

[1:40:45] Somali families and childcare

[1:40:49] providers.

[1:40:50] >> Family childcare providers

[1:40:50] should be able to work and

[1:40:51] children should be able to

[1:40:54] learn and safe environments

[1:40:55] free from stalking and

[1:40:55] harassment.

[1:40:59] We support this effort to stand

[1:41:00] with the Somali community

[1:41:00] against hate, racism,

[1:41:01] discrimination and harassment.

[1:41:05] Thank you.

[1:41:05] >> Thank you.

[1:41:11] Next is Ellen.

[1:41:11] >> Ellen if you can please

[1:41:12] unmute.

[1:41:14] Hi, my name is Ellen Freydis.

[1:41:15] I live in District two.

[1:41:16] I want to speak in favor of

[1:41:17] this resolution as I believe it

[1:41:20] is important to speak up

[1:41:21] against hate othering and

[1:41:21] profiling.

[1:41:22] These attitudes lead to

[1:41:25] violence as we saw in

[1:41:25] the recent fatal attack on

[1:41:26] the local Islamic center.

[1:41:29] I am not Somali.

[1:41:30] I am not Muslim but this

[1:41:31] affects all of us.

[1:41:35] I did not feel safe when ice

[1:41:35] raided my old neighborhood in

[1:41:36] South Park when there were men

[1:41:39] on rooftops hunting humans.

[1:41:40] I did not feel safe when myself

[1:41:41] and my white skin immigrant

[1:41:45] husband were passed over by

[1:41:45] masked armed ice agents parked

[1:41:49] outside our door because they

[1:41:50] spotted someone browner.

[1:41:50] Violence and hate is not

[1:41:51] the answer.

[1:41:53] The Somali community

[1:41:54] unfortunately is experiencing

[1:41:59] this culture disproportionately

[1:41:59] due to their rich culture

[1:42:03] the color of their skin and

[1:42:03] their rich religious

[1:42:04] traditions.

[1:42:04] And I stand against that hate

[1:42:05] as we all should.

[1:42:08] We need to speak up in passing

[1:42:08] this resolution.

[1:42:09] Resolution is a part of that.

[1:42:12] Thank you.

[1:42:13] >> Next is test If you can

[1:42:22] please unmute test test I can

[1:42:26] commute for you.

[1:42:30] I'll go on to our next caller

[1:42:31] It voices if you can please

[1:42:40] unmute voices If you can please

[1:42:49] unmute.

[1:42:54] Only move on to our next caller

[1:42:59] Crypto Bradley if you can

[1:42:59] please unmute.

[1:42:59] All right.

[1:43:00] Thanks for taking my call.

[1:43:04] I would like to add another

[1:43:08] motion to denouncing the guys

[1:43:09] in Israel killing all

[1:43:09] the Muslims in the Gaza Strip.

[1:43:13] That would be something we

[1:43:14] could add to this thing because

[1:43:18] I'm not for guys living in fear

[1:43:19] but even the Somalis in San

[1:43:20] Diego don't have it as bad as

[1:43:24] if they're in Lebanon right now

[1:43:28] And the Israelis are bombing.

[1:43:29] But anyway, I am also for that

[1:43:32] I'm for the mass rapid deport

[1:43:33] tation of all non-citizens in

[1:43:37] the United States wherever

[1:43:38] country you came from.

[1:43:42] It's time to go back because

[1:43:43] Trump's winning the war and

[1:43:43] he's going to come back with

[1:43:47] heavy on ice is going to really

[1:43:48] hit us hard in San Diego and

[1:43:51] it's great.

[1:43:52] It'll be a rapid deportation.

[1:43:56] Everyone will have to go home

[1:43:56] and they can get their lives

[1:43:57] back in their own country and

[1:44:01] live happily ever after or not

[1:44:02] here but in their own.

[1:44:07] >> But your time as concluded

[1:44:07] Tristin Barry if you can please

[1:44:11] unmute just in very.

[1:44:11] >> Hello Counsel My name is

[1:44:12] Tristan Barry and I'm the youth

[1:44:15] organizer with Youth.

[1:44:16] Well I'm here today in support

[1:44:16] of this resolution because

[1:44:17] every San Diego deserves to

[1:44:20] feel safe, respected and valued

[1:44:21] in their community.

[1:44:21] No family should have to live

[1:44:22] in fear because of their race,

[1:44:23] religion, ethnicity or

[1:44:25] immigration background.

[1:44:25] San Diego must take a clear

[1:44:26] stand against harassment,

[1:44:27] intimidation and discrimination

[1:44:30] targeting the Somali community

[1:44:30] Somali community.

[1:44:31] Under this current

[1:44:31] administration we have seen

[1:44:34] the adoption of dangerous

[1:44:35] rhetoric used to attack

[1:44:36] Somali-Americans, Muslims,

[1:44:36] immigrants and other

[1:44:39] marginalized communities And we

[1:44:40] as a city cannot allow those in

[1:44:44] power to spread fear suspicions

[1:44:45] and false narratives for

[1:44:45] political gain especially when

[1:44:46] we have seen the direct impacts

[1:44:48] of these kind of words can have

[1:44:49] We saw this on MAY 18th and two

[1:44:50] individuals carried out a

[1:44:54] direct attack on our Muslim

[1:44:55] community that left three lives

[1:44:56] taken from us, three lives that

[1:44:56] had an impact much beyond their

[1:44:58] own because of how much they

[1:44:59] poured themselves into their

[1:44:59] community.

[1:45:00] We as a city need to adopt

[1:45:03] language that acknowledges

[1:45:03] the contributions of our Somali

[1:45:04] community.

[1:45:04] We need to promise to protect

[1:45:05] them and we need to acknowledge

[1:45:08] that people are targeting their

[1:45:09] community and we are refusing

[1:45:09] to be a part of that.

[1:45:10] >> Thank you.

[1:45:10] Thank you.

[1:45:12] Next is youth.

[1:45:13] Youth?

[1:45:17] Well if you can please unmute.

[1:45:18] >> Good afternoon.

[1:45:18] My name is Claire Snyder with

[1:45:22] Youth World and I'm a resident

[1:45:22] of District three.

[1:45:26] I am here in support of this

[1:45:27] item in this resolution.

[1:45:28] All young people all children

[1:45:32] deserve to feel safe, be able

[1:45:33] to learn and grow in

[1:45:36] environments that are free from

[1:45:37] harassment, stalking and

[1:45:43] hateful speech.

[1:45:43] And this anti-Muslim bigotry

[1:45:49] didn't come from anywhere.

[1:45:50] It's fueled by our political

[1:45:50] climate.

[1:45:53] Political leaders and it should

[1:45:54] not be tolerated at all.

[1:45:58] Like many others have said, I

[1:45:58] encourage you to not only

[1:46:02] support this item but also take

[1:46:03] action and stand on your words

[1:46:04] When you say you support

[1:46:07] communities.

[1:46:08] We see when you say you when

[1:46:08] you say something and then you

[1:46:09] don't do it.

[1:46:13] So I encourage you all to take

[1:46:14] action as well.

[1:46:14] Thank you.

[1:46:15] Thank you.

[1:46:17] Next is Blair Beekman.

[1:46:17] If you can please unmute.

[1:46:18] Five minute timer has also

[1:46:18] concluded.

[1:46:23] No additional speakers will be

[1:46:24] taken after this.

[1:46:24] >> We have ten speakers in

[1:46:25] the queue.

[1:46:25] Blair Bachman Please proceed.

[1:46:27] I Beekman.

[1:46:28] i'm on the trolley.

[1:46:29] Hopefully my zoom won't cut

[1:46:29] out.

[1:46:32] Thanks a lot for this item.

[1:46:33] Thank you for these efforts.

[1:46:33] I think this is an item that

[1:46:36] really can resonate in San

[1:46:37] Diego and I think we can all

[1:46:42] understand and work towards

[1:46:43] ending this sort of day of

[1:46:43] hatred in our local

[1:46:43] communities.

[1:46:47] So thank you immensely for it.

[1:46:48] With that said, I'm sorry if

[1:46:48] I'm going to sound like Mother

[1:46:52] Hubbard here but there is an

[1:46:52] initial cause and purpose of

[1:46:57] why the Trump administration

[1:46:58] has been angry at certain

[1:47:01] groups of people in this

[1:47:02] country who he feels are

[1:47:02] getting away with murder on

[1:47:05] welfare basically.

[1:47:06] You can have an argument on

[1:47:07] the merits of that or not but

[1:47:08] he wants to work out a better

[1:47:11] system.

[1:47:11] Why is that in its place

[1:47:12] bringing in so much hatred and

[1:47:16] spite towards other people?

[1:47:16] And that's the real problem

[1:47:17] with Trump and their way of

[1:47:17] working.

[1:47:21] They MAY have 1 or 2 ideas

[1:47:21] Bring it in.

[1:47:25] We can turn all of that.

[1:47:25] That's not the way to define

[1:47:29] policy or bureaucracy to how

[1:47:30] it's concluded.

[1:47:30] Liliana if you can please

[1:47:33] unmute.

[1:47:39] >> Lillian I can't hear me.

[1:47:40] There you go.

[1:47:40] Hello.

[1:47:40] Hi.

[1:47:43] I counsel today.

[1:47:44] Well my name is Ivana.

[1:47:45] I'm here with you as well.

[1:47:48] I'm the director of policy

[1:47:48] there and I was also born and

[1:47:52] raised in City Heights.

[1:47:53] I have a lot of love and

[1:47:57] appreciation for the Somali

[1:47:58] community and the people that I

[1:47:58] grew up with.

[1:48:02] And as a young person growing

[1:48:02] up in that community today, I

[1:48:06] want to support that resolution

[1:48:09] because they are important and

[1:48:14] a pillar of light would

[1:48:14] actually be exposed to

[1:48:19] different cultures is like And

[1:48:23] they also deserve to feel safe

[1:48:24] ,feel respected and valued.

[1:48:25] And through this resolution

[1:48:28] that's what they achieve.

[1:48:29] We also need to take care of

[1:48:30] our youngest son Diggins

[1:48:33] because there was a lot of

[1:48:34] issues coming up in child care

[1:48:39] facilities owned by Somali

[1:48:40] families were being stalked.

[1:48:40] So I just wanted you to support

[1:48:43] this item because of those

[1:48:44] reasons.

[1:48:44] >> Thank you.

[1:48:45] That concludes your time.

[1:48:48] Carmen Carmen But a lot of

[1:48:52] elders.

[1:48:52] >> Yes.

[1:48:53] Hello?

[1:48:53] Can you hear me?

[1:48:53] Yes.

[1:48:54] Please proceed.

[1:48:54] Okay.

[1:48:55] My name is Carmen.

[1:48:56] I live in District nine.

[1:48:57] I'm also here with you as well.

[1:48:58] I'm here today in support of

[1:49:01] this resolution because every

[1:49:01] San Diego deserves to feel

[1:49:02] safe, respected and valued in

[1:49:02] their community.

[1:49:06] San Diego must take a clear

[1:49:07] stand against harassment,

[1:49:07] intimidation and discrimination

[1:49:10] targeting the Somali community

[1:49:10] .

[1:49:11] I'm deeply concerned by

[1:49:12] the dangerous rhetoric used by

[1:49:12] political leaders and public

[1:49:15] figures including

[1:49:16] the PRESIDENT, of course and

[1:49:17] members of Congress to

[1:49:17] scapegoat and demonize

[1:49:20] Somali-Americans and Muslims,

[1:49:21] immigrants and other

[1:49:21] marginalized communities.

[1:49:22] These individuals with

[1:49:25] positions of power our

[1:49:25] purposefully spreading fear,

[1:49:26] suspicion and false narratives

[1:49:27] for political gain which in

[1:49:30] turn leads to consequences.

[1:49:30] Much beyond political debate

[1:49:35] we've seen this most recently

[1:49:36] MAY 18th three members of our

[1:49:36] community were murdered.

[1:49:39] These are painful reminders

[1:49:40] that hateful rhetoric does not

[1:49:41] remain confined to social media

[1:49:44] speeches broadcast.

[1:49:45] They inspire violence and

[1:49:45] tragedy.

[1:49:49] This resolution sends an

[1:49:49] important message that San

[1:49:50] Diego rejects bigotry in all of

[1:49:54] its forms and stands united in

[1:49:55] defense of the dignity, safety,

[1:49:55] humanity of all its residents.

[1:49:57] Thank you.

[1:49:58] >> If you can please unmute

[1:50:03] Karina.

[1:50:03] That afternoon Council members

[1:50:04] my name is Karen a few pronouns

[1:50:05] or she her and I'm calling

[1:50:07] today in support of this

[1:50:07] resolution on behalf of the San

[1:50:08] Diego lgbt Community Center.

[1:50:12] It has no place in San Diego.

[1:50:13] Our Somali neighbors are

[1:50:14] integral to the rich diverse

[1:50:17] fabric of our San Diego

[1:50:17] community and each and every

[1:50:18] one of them deserves to be

[1:50:22] safe, respected and welcomed as

[1:50:23] a community center that serves

[1:50:23] the diverse base of San Diego

[1:50:27] and including our immigrants.

[1:50:27] We know all too well

[1:50:28] the feeling of discrimination

[1:50:29] and the constant fear for your

[1:50:31] safety When national leaders be

[1:50:32] harmful rhetoric about your

[1:50:32] community.

[1:50:33] Our communities are under

[1:50:36] attack but through this false

[1:50:36] and dangerous rhetoric as well

[1:50:37] as through discriminatory

[1:50:38] policies that in our direct

[1:50:41] harm upon our communities we

[1:50:42] reject this hate and we know

[1:50:43] that strength is our strength

[1:50:43] and unity.

[1:50:45] We will not allow this hate to

[1:50:46] divide our communities because

[1:50:47] we know that we are stronger

[1:50:50] and more resilient as one to

[1:50:50] our Somalian immigrant

[1:50:51] neighbors.

[1:50:51] The center's doors will always

[1:50:52] be open to you.

[1:50:55] We respect you and you will

[1:50:56] always have a place here in San

[1:50:56] Diego.

[1:50:57] Thank you Councilmember Ella

[1:50:59] Rivera for bringing forth this

[1:51:00] resolution and to our other

[1:51:00] council members and chambers

[1:51:01] please support this item.

[1:51:01] Thank you.

[1:51:04] Thank you.

[1:51:05] Next is Courtney If you can

[1:51:08] please unmute.

[1:51:09] >> Good afternoon honorable

[1:51:09] council members.

[1:51:13] My name is Courtney.

[1:51:14] My apologies Courtney and we

[1:51:18] will restart your time Every

[1:51:19] once in a while I press

[1:51:19] the wrong button.

[1:51:20] >> Please proceed.

[1:51:20] No problem.

[1:51:23] Good afternoon Honorable

[1:51:24] council members My name is

[1:51:26] Courtney about calling today

[1:51:27] with Children First Collective

[1:51:27] San Diego.

[1:51:28] We stand in solidarity with

[1:51:31] people who make up our child

[1:51:31] care sector on behalf of

[1:51:32] children and families and

[1:51:35] providers will continue to

[1:51:36] fight for a system that works

[1:51:37] for all And today that's

[1:51:40] especially important with this

[1:51:41] resolution which we support and

[1:51:45] encourage all councils to vote

[1:51:46] unanimous on it.

[1:51:50] As an aspiring ally it's an

[1:51:50] honor to be welcomed into a

[1:51:51] small community whether that's

[1:51:54] with family childcare providers

[1:51:55] or with partner organizations.

[1:51:59] But warm welcome the incredible

[1:52:00] culture inspires hope.

[1:52:04] And so today's vote is a vote

[1:52:05] for hope and not hate in San

[1:52:06] Diego.

[1:52:09] Thank you so much.

[1:52:09] Thank you.

[1:52:10] Next is DR. Kathleen If you can

[1:52:12] please unmute I phone 143.

[1:52:17] >> DR. Kathleen.

[1:52:22] Good afternoon.

[1:52:23] Thank you so much for

[1:52:23] the opportunity.

[1:52:24] My name is Kathy.

[1:52:27] DR. Kathleen Almond.

[1:52:28] I live in the fourth District.

[1:52:29] I am 95 years old and I never

[1:52:33] thought that I would live to

[1:52:37] see the tear come through our

[1:52:38] community And day I'm begging

[1:52:42] the council to pass this

[1:52:46] resolution And so thank you for

[1:52:46] your comments.

[1:52:48] Francine Maxwell If you can

[1:52:53] please unmute.

[1:52:54] Hello.

[1:52:54] Yes.

[1:52:59] Yes.

[1:52:59] >> Sorry.

[1:53:00] Good afternoon.

[1:53:00] Francine Mazzeo, Southeastern

[1:53:02] San Diego resident Thank you so

[1:53:03] much for the presentation and

[1:53:04] full support.

[1:53:04] I am hoping that after

[1:53:08] the resolution passes that

[1:53:08] the plans will be made with

[1:53:12] the PRESIDENT Of the United

[1:53:13] States Conference of Mayors,

[1:53:17] our mayor who has themed a city

[1:53:17] for all of us.

[1:53:18] Hate has no place.

[1:53:18] Absolutely.

[1:53:22] So if everyone in the room

[1:53:22] could go over to the mayor's

[1:53:26] representative and ask him to

[1:53:27] reactivate the mayors advisory

[1:53:27] groups.

[1:53:28] We learned a lot from

[1:53:31] the communities so that we can

[1:53:32] get in front of things that are

[1:53:32] going to happen.

[1:53:36] We are living in treacherous

[1:53:36] times right now and

[1:53:37] conversation is needed on all

[1:53:37] fronts.

[1:53:42] So in full support of

[1:53:42] the resolution, the next steps

[1:53:46] are what's important so that

[1:53:46] things do not continue looking

[1:53:47] performative in our city.

[1:53:48] And that would entail that

[1:53:51] the mayor pull things off

[1:53:52] the shelf, implement more

[1:53:56] conversations citywide so that

[1:53:56] we can all get to learn each

[1:53:57] other and continue to move in

[1:53:57] love.

[1:54:00] Thank you for allowing me to

[1:54:01] speak.

[1:54:01] >> Thank you.

[1:54:05] Next is 8813 if you can please

[1:54:13] unmute and 813.

[1:54:13] Okay we don't need the mayor to

[1:54:14] do that.

[1:54:14] We can do it ourselves.

[1:54:17] But anyways the take on swallow

[1:54:18] here and I'm asking the City

[1:54:18] Council to pass a resolution to

[1:54:22] protect community but

[1:54:23] the reality is that this

[1:54:23] Council does not stand for

[1:54:27] truth or protection.

[1:54:28] It stands for political

[1:54:32] self-interest and public image

[1:54:32] and protection of itself.

[1:54:33] This is more divide and conquer

[1:54:37] rhetoric where government

[1:54:37] positions itself as

[1:54:38] the protector and savior.

[1:54:42] Well and used to decline.

[1:54:43] Many people still believe and

[1:54:46] trust the government is here to

[1:54:47] protect them.

[1:54:48] But trust is built through

[1:54:51] transparency, accountability

[1:54:52] and equal treatment for

[1:54:52] everyone.

[1:54:56] That's something that this

[1:54:57] board does not practice.

[1:54:57] And reminder to the people

[1:55:01] listening response Stability

[1:55:01] Reminder Responsibility for

[1:55:06] real solutions does not rest

[1:55:06] with government.

[1:55:07] It rests with the people.

[1:55:10] With communities coming

[1:55:11] together directly honestly

[1:55:11] without political manipulation.

[1:55:16] Shaun your time has concluded.

[1:55:17] John Stump If you can please

[1:55:20] unmute.

[1:55:25] >> Hi, good afternoon.

[1:55:26] >> Several of the speakers have

[1:55:26] called for I support

[1:55:27] the resolution.

[1:55:33] I'm a city hater.

[1:55:34] Several of the speakers have

[1:55:34] called for action.

[1:55:38] I hope during the council's

[1:55:38] consideration of this item that

[1:55:43] they call before them

[1:55:43] the criminal division of

[1:55:47] the City Attorney and

[1:55:48] the police department to ask

[1:55:48] them whether they have

[1:55:52] sufficient authority and

[1:55:53] resources to prosecute,

[1:55:57] identify and prosecute these

[1:55:58] hateful people.

[1:56:02] Is it a crime in San Diego,

[1:56:03] the city of San Diego to do

[1:56:03] these acts?

[1:56:07] How many people have been

[1:56:08] successfully prosecuted and

[1:56:12] jailed?

[1:56:13] The district attorney should

[1:56:17] probably be called in and find

[1:56:18] out how many have been in

[1:56:22] prison for these hateful acts.

[1:56:23] >> Take action.

[1:56:23] Thank you for the talk.

[1:56:24] Bye bye.

[1:56:27] Thank you.

[1:56:28] Our last speaker is is Mohamed

[1:56:29] Abdullahi.

[1:56:32] Please and meet him.

[1:56:33] Thank you so much for

[1:56:33] the opportunity to speak on

[1:56:37] this man Abdullahi.

[1:56:37] And unfortunately I cannot be

[1:56:38] there in person today as I'm in

[1:56:41] transit.

[1:56:42] I want to reiterate my support

[1:56:42] for this resolution.

[1:56:46] I think this is more than just

[1:56:46] a recognition of this beautiful

[1:56:47] community.

[1:56:50] It is an acknowledgment of

[1:56:51] the story of resilience,

[1:56:52] sacrifice and belonging that

[1:56:55] the Somali community brings in

[1:56:56] that hate has no place in our

[1:56:56] city.

[1:56:57] This resolution sends a very

[1:57:00] important message to this

[1:57:01] community to the city of San

[1:57:02] Diego and to the youth who are

[1:57:05] listening and watching the way

[1:57:06] that we respond when hate

[1:57:06] rises.

[1:57:10] It tells our Somali community

[1:57:11] and the youth that they are

[1:57:12] seen that they belong, that

[1:57:15] their story is part of

[1:57:16] the story of this city.

[1:57:17] And at a time when too many

[1:57:20] communities are facing division

[1:57:20] fear and minister

[1:57:21] misunderstanding, this

[1:57:21] resolution is going to

[1:57:25] recognize the contribution of

[1:57:26] our Somali community and help

[1:57:26] build a more stronger, more

[1:57:30] united front and future for all

[1:57:30] of us.

[1:57:31] i want to thank the Council for

[1:57:32] considering this resolution and

[1:57:35] I look forward to folks voting

[1:57:35] for it.

[1:57:36] >> Thank you.

[1:57:36] Thank you.

[1:57:37] That concludes further comment

[1:57:39] for this item.

[1:57:40] All right.

[1:57:41] Thank you, City Clerk And thank

[1:57:44] you those who showed up in

[1:57:45] chambers to speak your truth,

[1:57:49] your lived experience.

[1:57:50] And thank you to the friends

[1:57:50] and neighbors and organizations

[1:57:54] that join in and solidarity to

[1:57:55] speak with one voice on

[1:57:56] something that is so critical

[1:58:00] about defining who we are as a

[1:58:00] city.

[1:58:01] And I appreciate those who take

[1:58:04] the time to call in remotely.

[1:58:05] With that I will turn it over

[1:58:09] to my colleagues.

[1:58:09] >> Council Member Rivera Thank

[1:58:10] you.

[1:58:10] Council PRESIDENT.

[1:58:14] Let me begin by thanking some

[1:58:15] of our partners who helped

[1:58:19] today.

[1:58:20] Cathy thank you for your work

[1:58:20] on this for the city attorney's

[1:58:21] office.

[1:58:24] We very much appreciate you.

[1:58:25] Amara Rama rama with

[1:58:25] the Partnership for

[1:58:28] the Advancement of Americans.

[1:58:33] Thank you for your work and

[1:58:34] lucky And he said thank you.

[1:58:38] I think I wanted to start with

[1:58:43] what I know about the Somali

[1:58:43] community and I think we

[1:58:44] actually see a lot of it in you

[1:58:47] too.

[1:58:47] Smart, courageous, strong,

[1:58:48] kind, family focused and

[1:58:52] community oriented.

[1:58:52] The resolution is a product of

[1:58:53] your hard work.

[1:58:56] Very well done.

[1:58:57] And also I want to emphasize

[1:59:02] the courageous piece of that

[1:59:02] because it took a lot takes a

[1:59:03] lot for you to sit in those

[1:59:06] seats and and provide

[1:59:07] the presentation that you

[1:59:07] provided.

[1:59:12] I've had the privilege of

[1:59:13] working with the Somali

[1:59:13] community since the beginning

[1:59:14] of my time working in City

[1:59:16] Heights.

[1:59:17] And time and again I've seen

[1:59:18] those traits that I just

[1:59:18] mentioned.

[1:59:21] And one of the best things

[1:59:22] about working in and with

[1:59:25] representing District nine has

[1:59:26] been the opportunity to stand

[1:59:29] arm in arm with communities

[1:59:30] from all over the world.

[1:59:31] And some of those folks are

[1:59:35] from cultures I've been part of

[1:59:35] or close to and others that

[1:59:39] I've come to to know and love.

[1:59:40] And in this work I get to see

[1:59:44] and appreciate some of

[1:59:45] the common threads that knit

[1:59:45] people of all backgrounds into

[1:59:46] what I think is a really

[1:59:49] beautiful tapestry here in San

[1:59:50] Diego.

[1:59:50] And those are love and care for

[1:59:54] all of our children.

[1:59:54] The energizing optimism and

[1:59:55] imagination of youth and

[1:59:59] the unrivaled power of

[1:59:59] motivated moms and

[2:00:00] grandmothers.

[2:00:03] And those are values that I see

[2:00:04] clearly in the San Diego Somali

[2:00:04] community.

[2:00:09] I've seen the community improve

[2:00:09] the way our children are fed at

[2:00:10] school.

[2:00:12] Youth lead other young people

[2:00:13] in creating a vision for a

[2:00:14] better future.

[2:00:15] And workers lead and win

[2:00:18] campaigns that expand rights

[2:00:22] and opportunities for all

[2:00:26] workers over many years working

[2:00:30] alongside folks evolved into

[2:00:31] trusted partnerships which are

[2:00:32] evolved into close friendships.

[2:00:32] Close friends became adopted

[2:00:33] Members of my family mentees

[2:00:33] became some of my most

[2:00:33] dependable and irreplaceable

[2:00:33] coworkers.

[2:00:37] And the leaders of teams that

[2:00:38] we built together.

[2:00:38] I definitely would not be where

[2:00:42] I am or able to do what I do in

[2:00:42] District Nine's office would

[2:00:43] not be able to do what we do

[2:00:46] without San Diego's Somali

[2:00:47] community.

[2:00:47] At the same time, despite their

[2:00:51] strength and resilience, Donald

[2:00:52] Trump has repeatedly attacked

[2:00:52] the Somali community.

[2:00:56] Each round of attacks seems to

[2:00:57] grow more venomous and more

[2:00:58] dangerous as he grows more

[2:00:58] desperate to distract from his

[2:01:02] failures, his lies and his

[2:01:02] corruption by scapegoating

[2:01:03] vulnerable groups with no

[2:01:06] regard for the harm it causes

[2:01:07] and of course others from his

[2:01:11] regime and those who ride

[2:01:11] the coattails of his hate.

[2:01:12] Have joined his chorus.

[2:01:16] It's disgusting.

[2:01:16] It's dangerous and it

[2:01:17] absolutely cannot be allowed to

[2:01:17] fester.

[2:01:21] The reasons why are numerous

[2:01:22] and should be obvious But I

[2:01:23] want to point to the one that

[2:01:26] has made me the most angry and

[2:01:27] scared about the moment that we

[2:01:27] were in.

[2:01:28] And that's the stalking and

[2:01:28] harassment of child care

[2:01:30] providers the people who care

[2:01:35] for our babies.

[2:01:36] Dehumanization is the worst

[2:01:36] form of hate.

[2:01:37] It opens the door to what is

[2:01:40] otherwise unimaginable.

[2:01:44] When we make one group of

[2:01:49] people no longer people

[2:01:50] the absolute worst things

[2:01:50] happen.

[2:01:51] I think the most stark and

[2:01:54] frightening example of when a

[2:01:55] community is being dehumanized

[2:01:56] comes when the children from

[2:01:56] that community are seen as

[2:01:59] acceptable targets or

[2:02:00] collateral targets of hate

[2:02:03] violence or cruelty.

[2:02:04] >> We heard about that

[2:02:08] happening here in San Diego of

[2:02:13] the homes and facilities where

[2:02:14] children of all backgrounds

[2:02:18] were being taken care of had

[2:02:28] doors knocked on and men posted

[2:02:29] up outside demanding to see

[2:02:33] the children.

[2:02:33] This is something that no

[2:02:34] child, no parent, no child care

[2:02:37] provider should have to deal

[2:02:38] with.

[2:02:42] And it's really important that

[2:02:42] we make that clear.

[2:02:43] So to the Somali community I

[2:02:47] want to say thank you for all

[2:02:48] you've done and continue to do.

[2:02:48] I could not be more proud to be

[2:02:52] in community with you and call

[2:02:52] so many of you friends.

[2:02:53] I love you and our city should

[2:02:56] show you love through action.

[2:02:56] Earlier this year when Somali

[2:02:57] child care providers were

[2:03:02] targeted, I did work with

[2:03:02] the mayor, the chief of police

[2:03:03] and City Attorney Ferber to

[2:03:06] partner in ensuring that

[2:03:10] actions were taken to both

[2:03:11] protect childcare facilities

[2:03:12] and ensure that our child care

[2:03:15] providers know their rights and

[2:03:16] their ability to enforce

[2:03:20] the law when they're being

[2:03:21] targeted with harassment and

[2:03:21] intimidation.

[2:03:25] And this resolution is another

[2:03:26] important step.

[2:03:26] So I ask my colleagues to

[2:03:30] support this motion motion as a

[2:03:31] first act of love from our city

[2:03:32] to a community that

[2:03:32] consistently shows and acts

[2:03:33] with love.

[2:03:34] With that I move approval of

[2:03:35] the recommendation.

[2:03:39] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[2:03:40] Thank you Council members.

[2:03:41] >> So we have a motion by

[2:03:41] Council member Eli Rivera to

[2:03:44] move the resolution.

[2:03:45] We'll go next to Council

[2:03:45] PRESIDENT Pro Tem we think

[2:03:50] Council PRESIDENT And first off

[2:03:51] thank you to council member

[2:03:52] Isla Rivera and his staff for

[2:03:52] bringing this resolution

[2:03:55] forward in partnership with

[2:03:55] Pana and the Somali community.

[2:03:59] Someone said it in the audience

[2:03:59] earlier.

[2:04:00] Words do matter and they also

[2:04:04] have consequences.

[2:04:05] Our current federal

[2:04:05] administration has continued to

[2:04:06] advance rhetoric that seeks to

[2:04:09] divide communities.

[2:04:10] They help to reinforce harmful

[2:04:11] stereotypes and they create

[2:04:14] conditions that have allowed

[2:04:15] hate, discrimination, racism

[2:04:19] and xenophobia to not only

[2:04:20] exist because let's face it I

[2:04:21] think we all know that it's

[2:04:24] always existed but to spread

[2:04:29] and now to do so in the open.

[2:04:30] As many of you have shared this

[2:04:31] rhetoric and the policies that

[2:04:34] have followed escalated to an

[2:04:35] environment where outside

[2:04:35] social media, social media

[2:04:39] personality have come to our

[2:04:40] city to target, to follow and

[2:04:45] to harass Somali immigrant

[2:04:45] child care providers in their

[2:04:46] places of work.

[2:04:53] And I especially wanted to test

[2:04:53] .

[2:04:54] It is the testing that our

[2:04:54] federal administration and

[2:04:58] those who are seeking social

[2:04:58] media views and clicks and then

[2:05:02] including some San Diego ins

[2:05:03] have specifically targeted

[2:05:03] child care providers.

[2:05:08] I think many of us recognize

[2:05:09] that child care is extremely

[2:05:14] challenging especially post

[2:05:14] covid.

[2:05:15] We've had many stories of child

[2:05:19] care providers closing many of

[2:05:20] us in the community recognize

[2:05:21] how expensive child care has

[2:05:21] become.

[2:05:24] And that challenge doesn't even

[2:05:25] begin to speak to the challenge

[2:05:26] that is faced by those who are

[2:05:30] actually providing that care in

[2:05:30] our communities.

[2:05:31] So I want to thank many of you

[2:05:35] who are here today, especially

[2:05:35] those of you with Unite

[2:05:36] domestic workers who represent

[2:05:40] our child care workers because

[2:05:41] of the few that remain.

[2:05:42] That work is ever more

[2:05:46] important to ensure that a

[2:05:46] community can thrive.

[2:05:51] Our schools child care centers

[2:05:52] and houses of worship are

[2:05:52] essential community spaces

[2:05:53] where everyone should feel safe

[2:05:56] and welcome.

[2:05:57] And I think it's fair to say

[2:05:58] that the horrific attack to

[2:06:01] the Islamic Center of San Diego

[2:06:02] faced is a recent reminder of

[2:06:02] the worst dangers of

[2:06:08] the rhetoric that is brought

[2:06:08] before our city and our nation

[2:06:12] and that we must come together

[2:06:13] when it comes to protecting our

[2:06:14] neighbors and exemplifying

[2:06:18] firsthand that we can build a

[2:06:19] society where everyone feels

[2:06:23] safe, valued and included.

[2:06:23] So I think today why this

[2:06:24] resolution is important is

[2:06:28] because it's our chance to

[2:06:29] recognize that our matters our

[2:06:34] words matter too And they have

[2:06:34] a significance in allowing

[2:06:35] the city of San Diego to be

[2:06:35] heard.

[2:06:40] In doing so we uplift our child

[2:06:41] care providers and our child

[2:06:41] care workers.

[2:06:45] We denounce hate, racism and

[2:06:46] xenophobia.

[2:06:50] And we stand with more than

[2:06:50] 15,000 Somali-American

[2:06:51] neighbors who call San Diego

[2:06:51] home.

[2:06:52] We also recognize that

[2:06:56] the Somali community has made

[2:06:56] significant cultural, civic and

[2:06:57] economic contributions that we

[2:07:01] believe strengthen San Diego.

[2:07:02] And we celebrate the fact that

[2:07:07] many immigrants and refugees

[2:07:08] are an integral part of

[2:07:08] the city.

[2:07:09] Those are our words and I hope

[2:07:10] that they matter as well.

[2:07:14] So thank you again to

[2:07:15] Councilmember Rivera for

[2:07:16] bringing this for it not just

[2:07:16] to pander to small community

[2:07:19] but clearly to many of

[2:07:20] the partner organizations who

[2:07:20] came out today in solidarity

[2:07:24] and to speak in one collective

[2:07:25] voice.

[2:07:26] >> And with that I am proud to

[2:07:26] second the motion.

[2:07:26] All right.

[2:07:31] Thank you.

[2:07:32] So we have a motion by

[2:07:33] Councilmember Eli Rivera in a

[2:07:34] second by council PRESIDENT Pro

[2:07:34] Tem Lee.

[2:07:37] We will go next to

[2:07:37] Councilmember Whipper.

[2:07:38] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[2:07:38] Thank you.

[2:07:39] Council member Isla Rivera to

[2:07:42] you and your team for bringing

[2:07:43] forward this resolution.

[2:07:43] Thank you to both of you for

[2:07:44] the presentation.

[2:07:48] It is very important that

[2:07:48] the city publicly push back

[2:07:53] the hateful rhetoric that has

[2:07:53] been targeting many of our

[2:07:54] residents.

[2:07:58] The attacks and harassment of

[2:07:59] Somali child care providers or

[2:08:00] the Somali community in general

[2:08:05] or the black community in

[2:08:06] general is completely

[2:08:06] unacceptable.

[2:08:07] The thousands of San Diego

[2:08:10] those who are members of

[2:08:11] the Somali community should not

[2:08:12] have to live in fear.

[2:08:12] Several speakers this afternoon

[2:08:17] asked not just for words but

[2:08:17] also for action.

[2:08:22] The fourth proposed action that

[2:08:22] Cultivator Isla Rivera includes

[2:08:23] in this resolution is a request

[2:08:27] from the council that the city

[2:08:27] work with child care providers

[2:08:28] to increase security measures

[2:08:33] to protect the children in

[2:08:34] their care.

[2:08:35] And I would ask the city make a

[2:08:35] concerted effort to work with

[2:08:39] child care providers to

[2:08:39] increase their security.

[2:08:40] One of the foremost

[2:08:41] responsibilities of our city is

[2:08:45] to protect the public safety

[2:08:45] and that includes the Somali

[2:08:46] community.

[2:08:46] We also need to counteract

[2:08:50] these racist narratives by

[2:08:51] recognizing the significant

[2:08:52] contributions of the Somali

[2:08:56] community in San Diego.

[2:08:57] The contributions are

[2:08:57] innumerable across many

[2:08:58] sectors.

[2:08:58] Child care being one of them.

[2:09:03] Thank goodness for at home

[2:09:04] child care providers Child care

[2:09:08] is one of the greatest needs in

[2:09:08] our city.

[2:09:14] Thank goodness for uw and child

[2:09:14] Care Providers United They make

[2:09:15] it possible for many people

[2:09:16] including members of the Somali

[2:09:20] community to provide high

[2:09:21] quality child care.

[2:09:25] Speaking for the 150,000

[2:09:26] residents in my district, we

[2:09:26] are grateful for that.

[2:09:27] I will also highlight that here

[2:09:31] in District three as especially

[2:09:32] the resolution the House of

[2:09:36] Somalia was accepted as

[2:09:36] the first African country to

[2:09:37] join the House specific

[2:09:38] relations in Balboa Park.

[2:09:42] That is a point of pride for my

[2:09:42] district and for our city.

[2:09:43] That recognition as well

[2:09:43] deserved.

[2:09:44] So even as others sowed

[2:09:48] the seeds of prejudice, I am

[2:09:49] pleased that our city embraces

[2:09:50] the many ethnic communities

[2:09:50] that make up San Diego

[2:09:54] including our Somali community

[2:09:55] And I'll be supporting the item

[2:09:55] today.

[2:09:56] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[2:09:57] All right.

[2:09:57] Thank you, Councilmember

[2:09:58] Whitburn.

[2:10:00] We'll go next to Councilmember

[2:10:00] Campo.

[2:10:01] >> Thank you.

[2:10:01] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:10:02] I want to thank the members of

[2:10:03] the public who've come in today

[2:10:06] to share their words in support

[2:10:07] of the resolution and thank

[2:10:08] the District nine office in

[2:10:09] Councilmember Gila River for

[2:10:09] authoring it.

[2:10:13] Would like to recognize what a

[2:10:14] good job uw has done in

[2:10:14] organizing and protecting and

[2:10:20] advocating for the needs of

[2:10:20] their members whether they're

[2:10:21] Somali or not.

[2:10:22] But of course standing up for

[2:10:26] the Somali community.

[2:10:26] I also see in the crowd today a

[2:10:27] good friend the honorable

[2:10:28] Delfina Gonzalez from the Hotel

[2:10:32] Water District.

[2:10:32] So it's good to see her as

[2:10:33] well.

[2:10:33] You know, I think the having

[2:10:38] worked on childcare issues and

[2:10:38] with uw on issues related

[2:10:43] childcare in home childcare

[2:10:44] the City Council supported a

[2:10:45] law back in 2023 that my office

[2:10:45] authored to make sure that

[2:10:49] landlords wouldn't take

[2:10:50] advantage of in-home childcare

[2:10:50] providers.

[2:10:51] The thing that really is so

[2:10:55] disgusting about this is it's

[2:10:56] intentionally focusing on a

[2:10:57] group of people who are

[2:11:02] immigrants mostly immigrants

[2:11:02] who are taking care of our

[2:11:03] children because they know

[2:11:04] the thing you love the most

[2:11:08] the people I think everyone in

[2:11:09] the public cares about more

[2:11:09] than anything is their family

[2:11:10] and their young ones.

[2:11:13] And they're trying to besmirch

[2:11:14] the work you do And everything

[2:11:20] I've ever seen from the child

[2:11:20] care providers uaw, Somali or

[2:11:21] any of the other groups that do

[2:11:25] this in home care is excellent

[2:11:25] work.

[2:11:26] Their parents of those children

[2:11:32] rave about how good you are at

[2:11:32] the work you do, how their

[2:11:33] children develop, how they

[2:11:37] learn to read, how they have

[2:11:38] good social skills.

[2:11:38] You're one of the best we have

[2:11:43] as a community in providing

[2:11:44] this service and you make it

[2:11:49] less expensive for everybody

[2:11:50] which is like the incredibly

[2:11:50] stupid part of the attack on

[2:11:55] your community.

[2:12:01] >> Many of us have children up

[2:12:02] here who and we know the cost

[2:12:03] of child care right now.

[2:12:07] And I just have to say that in

[2:12:08] terms of the contributions that

[2:12:12] councilmember and so rightly

[2:12:13] pointed out, raising our

[2:12:19] children is the most important

[2:12:20] you could provide and you do it

[2:12:21] well and you do it at less

[2:12:21] expensive than many other

[2:12:25] places.

[2:12:26] And so I wish every San Diego

[2:12:27] and an American could see what

[2:12:27] I've seen in my district and

[2:12:31] around the city that you're

[2:12:32] supporting economic

[2:12:32] development, childhood

[2:12:37] development, all the things we

[2:12:38] beg members of the public to

[2:12:38] help us with.

[2:12:43] You do it.

[2:12:44] So thank you very much for this

[2:12:45] for your service to our

[2:12:49] community, for your union, for

[2:12:50] standing up for you and for and

[2:12:50] for working within your union

[2:12:55] as well.

[2:12:56] And I'm proud to support this

[2:12:56] resolution because

[2:12:57] the contribution you make is

[2:13:01] improve being our society

[2:13:01] absolutely improving it.

[2:13:02] >> So thank you very much.

[2:13:07] I'll be in support.

[2:13:08] >> All right.

[2:13:08] Excuse me.

[2:13:09] Thank you.

[2:13:09] Councilmember Campi, I'll go

[2:13:13] next to Councilmember Vaughn

[2:13:13] Wolpert.

[2:13:14] Thank you.

[2:13:14] And thank you, Councilmember

[2:13:15] Rivera for bringing forth a

[2:13:16] resolution today.

[2:13:19] I am very proud to support our

[2:13:20] resolution affirming our city's

[2:13:20] commitment to San Diego Somali

[2:13:24] community and thank you for

[2:13:25] being here very much.

[2:13:25] Our Somali neighbors are

[2:13:26] important part of the fabric of

[2:13:30] San Diego.

[2:13:31] You contribute to our economy.

[2:13:32] You enrich our culture, raise

[2:13:36] families here, help others

[2:13:37] raise their families if they're

[2:13:38] struggling to access child care

[2:13:38] And you do it so well.

[2:13:42] You're very good at your jobs

[2:13:43] and we appreciate the work you

[2:13:43] do.

[2:13:44] You operate businesses.

[2:13:44] You strengthen our civic life.

[2:13:49] Your success is our city's

[2:13:49] success At a time when

[2:13:50] immigrant and refugee

[2:13:55] communities understand that we

[2:13:56] face fear, discrimination and

[2:13:57] uncertainty, it is important

[2:13:57] that we make clear here today

[2:14:01] San Diego is a welcoming city

[2:14:02] and we welcome our Somali

[2:14:03] community into our city.

[2:14:07] Every resident deserves to live

[2:14:08] with safety, dignity, pursue

[2:14:08] opportunity and participate

[2:14:13] fully in our community and our

[2:14:14] life here Regardless of your

[2:14:14] national origin or immigration

[2:14:15] status or where you come from

[2:14:16] or who you love, who you

[2:14:19] ascribe to.

[2:14:20] All of all of us deserve

[2:14:20] dignity and respect in our

[2:14:21] communities.

[2:14:24] We also stand firmly against

[2:14:25] harmful rhetoric and actions

[2:14:26] that seek to divide us.

[2:14:31] Words can turn into hateful

[2:14:31] violence like we saw at our

[2:14:32] Islamic center here in San

[2:14:35] Diego when three people

[2:14:36] tragically lost their lives

[2:14:37] saving the lives of hundreds of

[2:14:41] children.

[2:14:42] And finally, this resolution

[2:14:42] recognizes the importance of

[2:14:47] protecting our Somali own child

[2:14:47] care providers from harassment

[2:14:48] and intimidation.

[2:14:48] You have faced unthinkable

[2:14:53] harassment.

[2:14:54] And I actually have a question

[2:14:55] for our police department who's

[2:14:55] here And I'm glad we have

[2:14:56] the multi cultural storefront

[2:15:00] up and running but I do have a

[2:15:01] question.

[2:15:02] If someone from police can come

[2:15:02] answer it.

[2:15:03] One of the things we have to

[2:15:05] stop is people making money on

[2:15:05] social media for harassing

[2:15:10] other people And it is

[2:15:11] horrendous.

[2:15:12] >> And people do have a First

[2:15:12] Amendment right to freedom of

[2:15:17] expression in this country.

[2:15:17] I hope we can stop hate but

[2:15:18] they do not have a right to

[2:15:19] make money.

[2:15:23] So how can we tell the YouTubes

[2:15:24] and the metered in the Googles

[2:15:25] the alphabet to the world to

[2:15:25] take down these accounts so

[2:15:26] they can't make money by

[2:15:29] harassing our child care

[2:15:29] providers?

[2:15:30] >> I think it comes down to

[2:15:30] pressure.

[2:15:31] It's putting pressure on these

[2:15:31] folks.

[2:15:34] It's clearly set a tone here

[2:15:35] where we look into it from

[2:15:36] the city on three sides and

[2:15:40] we've had upwards of over a

[2:15:41] dozen complaints of harassment

[2:15:42] from both Internet as well as

[2:15:42] through the different

[2:15:43] organizations.

[2:15:46] We're taking them all seriously

[2:15:47] ,document all of them and set

[2:15:48] them up through the city

[2:15:48] attorney's office.

[2:15:49] I think a lot of pressure is

[2:15:52] being pressure on these

[2:15:53] entities.

[2:15:53] >> So let us know how we can

[2:15:54] help.

[2:15:58] I'm happy to send this

[2:15:59] resolution to all of the tech

[2:15:59] companies which are based in

[2:16:04] California which need to learn

[2:16:05] what they're doing as wrong.

[2:16:05] So I just think it's horrible.

[2:16:11] People should not be able to

[2:16:11] make money off this.

[2:16:12] But thank you And we're happy

[2:16:13] to help sign on to any effort

[2:16:15] we can.

[2:16:16] I want to thank you, D.W. For

[2:16:17] being here today and for being

[2:16:17] at Union Proud.

[2:16:21] We need more labor protections

[2:16:22] in this country to stop people

[2:16:23] from harassing others on

[2:16:23] the job.

[2:16:24] And thank you for being here

[2:16:24] too.

[2:16:28] And even at you know, 90, 94,

[2:16:29] 95 years young, you're still

[2:16:30] out advocating.

[2:16:33] So I appreciate you for being

[2:16:34] here.

[2:16:34] And it is terribly scary when

[2:16:39] the PRESIDENT United States

[2:16:40] have been hateful, horrible and

[2:16:40] just plain ignorant statements

[2:16:41] about our small community.

[2:16:46] But it's not just the White

[2:16:46] House.

[2:16:46] And that's what's getting

[2:16:47] scarier and scarier.

[2:16:48] Hateful rhetoric against our

[2:16:51] Muslim community is growing in

[2:16:52] national politics and it should

[2:16:53] scare all of us.

[2:16:57] I'm not going to repeat what

[2:16:58] they said because their words

[2:16:58] do not deserve to be repeated.

[2:16:59] But we have a U.S.

[2:17:04] Representative in Congress such

[2:17:04] as Brandon Gill and Texas

[2:17:05] Senator Tommy Tuberville and

[2:17:09] Alabama Representative Randy

[2:17:10] Fine in Florida And you all get

[2:17:11] in Tennessee who have all faced

[2:17:11] horrible backlash for their

[2:17:16] horrible anti-Muslim posts and

[2:17:16] have made incredibly hateful

[2:17:17] Islamophobic comments.

[2:17:17] We must reject our hate.

[2:17:21] There is no place for

[2:17:22] Islamophobia in our United

[2:17:23] States government.

[2:17:27] What worries me even more is

[2:17:28] the trend we're seeing in

[2:17:28] national politics is changing.

[2:17:29] Speaker Johnson and his

[2:17:32] leadership have shown no

[2:17:33] interest in reprimanding any of

[2:17:34] these members of Congress for

[2:17:34] their hate.

[2:17:38] None.

[2:17:39] And this is a change from 2019

[2:17:40] when we saw then-Speaker

[2:17:44] Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

[2:17:45] here in California and his

[2:17:45] leadership team voted a

[2:17:50] horrible man Representative

[2:17:51] Stephen King in Iowa off of all

[2:17:52] of his congressional committees

[2:17:53] after he questioned publicly

[2:17:53] whether white supremacy should

[2:17:57] come back to this country.

[2:17:57] He faced consequences then.

[2:17:58] They are not facing

[2:17:59] consequences now and it is

[2:18:02] deeply scary.

[2:18:03] But here in San Diego we're

[2:18:04] going to push back.

[2:18:10] And today on behalf of

[2:18:11] the council, thank you again to

[2:18:11] council certainly where we are.

[2:18:12] Thank you so much for everyone

[2:18:14] present in all the hard work

[2:18:15] you put into this.

[2:18:16] We stand with our Somali

[2:18:16] community.

[2:18:16] We value you.

[2:18:17] We see you And I'm proud to

[2:18:24] support this resolution.

[2:18:24] >> All right.

[2:18:25] Thank you.

[2:18:25] Council member Obama.

[2:18:26] I will go next to council

[2:18:29] member Campbell Thank you so

[2:18:30] much.

[2:18:30] I want to say that I'm in

[2:18:31] complete agreement with all of

[2:18:36] the words that my colleagues

[2:18:36] have said.

[2:18:36] Welcome to America.

[2:18:42] That's what all Americans

[2:18:42] should be saying.

[2:18:43] Welcome And we're glad you came

[2:18:48] and we want you to know that we

[2:18:49] believe everyone is created

[2:18:54] equal and we have had a hard

[2:18:54] time in this country.

[2:18:55] If you look at our 250 year

[2:19:00] history and living up to our

[2:19:00] promise.

[2:19:01] And I want you to know that we

[2:19:05] in San Diego will live up to

[2:19:06] our promise.

[2:19:06] We will stand up with you.

[2:19:07] We will fight with you.

[2:19:12] We believe in you.

[2:19:12] We are your neighbors, your

[2:19:13] friends, your brothers, your

[2:19:13] sisters.

[2:19:17] We are all one people and we

[2:19:17] believe that we live it.

[2:19:23] And as old as I am, I'm telling

[2:19:23] you I'm 80 years old.

[2:19:24] Not as old as Captain Cheese.

[2:19:28] My hero.

[2:19:29] But Kathryn and I when we had

[2:19:34] young children we didn't have

[2:19:35] good in-home child care.

[2:19:35] And I want to thank you for

[2:19:41] providing that and the safety

[2:19:41] for those children.

[2:19:42] Thank you so much.

[2:19:47] I don't know how long some of

[2:19:48] you have been here but if it's

[2:19:52] less than 12 years or so you

[2:19:52] have lived under this trump And

[2:19:57] he does not represent our

[2:19:58] country and our only power as

[2:20:03] citizens is our vote.

[2:20:04] And the only way we have power

[2:20:09] is to use our vote.

[2:20:10] And so those of you who can

[2:20:15] vote please remember it's so

[2:20:15] important.

[2:20:16] It really is our only power in

[2:20:16] a big democracy.

[2:20:22] So let us work hard.

[2:20:23] Let us get out the vote next

[2:20:23] time.

[2:20:27] Let us make sure we never have

[2:20:27] another demagogue, another

[2:20:28] follower of Hitler, another

[2:20:33] Hitler.

[2:20:34] Certainly not in this country

[2:20:34] ever.

[2:20:35] We are all one and we are

[2:20:36] together with you.

[2:20:43] >> Thank you.

[2:20:44] >> Council member Ala.

[2:20:49] Thank you.

[2:20:50] I just want to say thank you my

[2:20:50] colleagues for the comments you

[2:20:54] made, the support you've shown

[2:20:55] .

[2:20:56] I, I also wanted to make sure

[2:21:01] that I relayed the appreciation

[2:21:01] from the Somali community to

[2:21:02] domestic workers.

[2:21:07] I didn't intentionally try to

[2:21:08] keep as much about the Somali

[2:21:12] leaders as possible but as is

[2:21:13] the case with our Somali

[2:21:14] community, they wanted to make

[2:21:14] sure that that appreciation was

[2:21:18] shown.

[2:21:19] And that plays itself out in a

[2:21:19] multitude of ways.

[2:21:24] Obviously I'm supporting

[2:21:24] the childcare providers but

[2:21:25] also just providing community

[2:21:26] space for Ede and for other

[2:21:30] important community

[2:21:30] celebrations.

[2:21:31] I also want to say thank you

[2:21:31] for that.

[2:21:35] Again, very much like our

[2:21:36] leaders within the community to

[2:21:37] make sure that that

[2:21:41] appreciation was spread as wide

[2:21:42] as possible.

[2:21:43] So thank you again, my

[2:21:43] colleagues and thank you to all

[2:21:44] the allies who showed up today.

[2:21:48] Very, very appreciative for

[2:21:49] the way this conversation has

[2:21:49] happened.

[2:21:50] I'll hand it back to you.

[2:21:50] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:21:51] Thank you.

[2:21:51] All right.

[2:21:52] Thank you.

[2:21:54] Council member Ella Rivera.

[2:21:55] So I'll jump in here to close

[2:21:55] it out.

[2:21:59] Thank you council member for

[2:22:00] your work the work of your

[2:22:00] amazing staff in District nine

[2:22:01] who time and time again helped

[2:22:05] lead us into these

[2:22:05] conversations that are so very

[2:22:06] important.

[2:22:06] Thank you to Pana and your

[2:22:11] leadership over the years and

[2:22:11] what you've done and what

[2:22:12] you've taught me.

[2:22:17] We don't always agree but you

[2:22:18] have taught me an awful lot

[2:22:18] since the first time I went to

[2:22:22] a Pana rally years and years

[2:22:23] ago.

[2:22:23] Thank you again.

[2:22:24] As I said at the onset to all

[2:22:28] of you who showed up who took

[2:22:29] the time to show up to show

[2:22:29] that collective solidarity

[2:22:34] about what is happening with

[2:22:35] the Somali community, what is

[2:22:36] happening with the childcare

[2:22:41] providers and to push back

[2:22:41] against people who are trying

[2:22:42] to fill an empty soul, an empty

[2:22:47] heart with hate and rhetoric

[2:22:47] because they think that makes

[2:22:48] them more important.

[2:22:49] And as my colleagues have said,

[2:22:53] we live in a very challenging

[2:22:54] time where social media spreads

[2:22:54] like wildfire and people can

[2:22:59] hide behind the anonymity of

[2:23:00] social media and make

[2:23:00] themselves try to feel good

[2:23:05] while they impose hate and

[2:23:05] rhetoric.

[2:23:06] And as many of you said, words

[2:23:11] matter because it's not only

[2:23:11] that hateful words but it's

[2:23:12] when it gets translated to

[2:23:13] action and people who think

[2:23:17] they have a mandate because

[2:23:17] they heard something on social

[2:23:18] media or they hear it over and

[2:23:19] over again, they think that

[2:23:23] gives them direction.

[2:23:23] They think it gives them

[2:23:24] purpose when they so sadly

[2:23:25] sadly do not.

[2:23:29] And to the hate that you are

[2:23:30] exposed to that you feel and as

[2:23:30] my colleagues at each of you

[2:23:35] pointed out as my colleagues

[2:23:36] pointed out, childcare

[2:23:37] providers you have the most

[2:23:40] precious gift that you take

[2:23:41] care of on behalf of our

[2:23:41] children, our next generation

[2:23:46] and the love and support that

[2:23:47] you impose on them as a child

[2:23:51] care provider is what gives me

[2:23:51] hope going forward that we are

[2:23:56] raising our children in a way

[2:23:57] that will overwhelm this

[2:23:57] awfulness.

[2:23:58] And while I appreciate

[2:24:03] Councilmember Bob Wolpert and

[2:24:04] the officer from pd when you

[2:24:04] have the social media giants in

[2:24:08] the back pocket of this

[2:24:09] PRESIDENT, it can be daunting

[2:24:09] at times to think that there

[2:24:13] will be an end to this But

[2:24:14] we've got two and a half years

[2:24:19] If we can survive that and I

[2:24:20] know we will that we can change

[2:24:21] this course of this country

[2:24:25] back to what the original

[2:24:25] vision was.

[2:24:29] And so we appreciate each and

[2:24:29] every one of you despite some

[2:24:30] of the challenges we have in

[2:24:34] balancing the life of our city,

[2:24:35] our state, our country.

[2:24:36] We will continue to look for

[2:24:39] ways to be supportive, to be

[2:24:40] protective, to go after those

[2:24:46] who would seek to do harm and

[2:24:46] ill will there.

[2:24:47] So I do appreciate the police

[2:24:51] department your attention to

[2:24:51] this the city attorney's office

[2:24:52] and even to the district

[2:24:56] attorney in those good efforts.

[2:25:01] So we using the words of others

[2:25:02] that are smarter and more

[2:25:02] eloquent than me we will

[2:25:03] overcome this challenge

[2:25:07] constantly reach out to each of

[2:25:07] our districts if we can be help

[2:25:08] and support in any way.

[2:25:12] And I think there's a letter

[2:25:13] out there I would be happy to

[2:25:14] cosign it if it is helpful in

[2:25:16] moving that financial support

[2:25:17] forward.

[2:25:22] So with that we have a motion

[2:25:23] by council member Ella Rivera

[2:25:23] and a second by Council

[2:25:27] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.

[2:25:28] >> Please call the roll I'm

[2:25:28] sorry the vote the voting

[2:25:37] system Please cast your vote.

[2:25:38] >> My apologies.

[2:25:38] MAY I get your vote For

[2:25:47] the record Council member Yes.

[2:25:53] And that passes unanimously 8

[2:25:53] to 0 with Councilmember Foster

[2:25:54] absent.

[2:25:54] >> Thank you.

[2:26:02] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:26:03] You're going to stay for

[2:26:07] the next item.

[2:26:08] I'm so excited.

[2:26:13] Oh well, let's just pause for a

[2:26:14] moment and give these good

[2:27:10] folks a chance to

[2:27:34] work.

[2:27:35] All right.

[2:27:40] Clerk Please introduce items

[2:27:40] 201 and 202 Thank you.

[2:27:43] >> Council PRESIDENT Item two

[2:27:44] one is the fiscal year 2027

[2:27:45] Maintenance Assessment

[2:27:45] Districts Annual reports for

[2:27:48] Parks and Recreation Department

[2:27:51] And item 2 or 2 is the fiscal

[2:27:52] year 2027 Main Assessment

[2:27:52] District annual reports for

[2:27:53] the Economic Development

[2:27:56] Department.

[2:27:57] If you'd like to speak to these

[2:27:58] items, now's the time to raise

[2:28:00] your hand by pressing Star nine

[2:28:00] or the raise your hand icon Or

[2:28:01] if you're hearing council

[2:28:02] chambers to submit your

[2:28:05] speakers up to the front of

[2:28:05] the room in the clear box.

[2:28:06] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[2:28:06] All right.

[2:28:09] Thank you City Clerk for these

[2:28:10] items.

[2:28:10] We will take the staff

[2:28:11] presentations together public

[2:28:14] testimony and council comment

[2:28:15] on these items will also be

[2:28:16] taken together and then we'll

[2:28:19] take separate votes on each

[2:28:20] item.

[2:28:20] So with that staff please

[2:28:21] introduce yourselves for

[2:28:24] the record and let us know how

[2:28:25] much time you need for

[2:28:25] the joint presentation.

[2:28:29] Good afternoon Council members.

[2:28:30] Thank you for your time today.

[2:28:31] My name is Michael Jones and

[2:28:34] with me is Rhea again Aldo And

[2:28:35] for our presentation will

[2:28:36] require approximately seven

[2:28:36] minutes.

[2:28:37] All right, when you're ready.

[2:28:41] Thank you.

[2:28:42] A maintenance assessment

[2:28:47] district or mad is a legal

[2:28:47] mechanism to allow property

[2:28:48] owners the ability to fund

[2:28:51] improvements and activities

[2:28:52] within a boundary defined by an

[2:28:56] assessment engineer.

[2:28:57] These tricks take on many

[2:28:57] scopes of service, several of

[2:28:58] which are shown here.

[2:29:01] Landscaping is the most common

[2:29:01] type of improvement generally

[2:29:06] occurring in medians, parks and

[2:29:06] rights of way.

[2:29:07] Methods operate with legal

[2:29:11] authority to engage in

[2:29:11] improvements and activities

[2:29:12] under the guidance of

[2:29:15] legislation at both the State

[2:29:15] and local levels.

[2:29:16] State Law, the Municipal Code

[2:29:19] and City Council policy are

[2:29:20] written to allow districts

[2:29:24] maximum operational flexibility

[2:29:24] .

[2:29:25] A primary goal of these

[2:29:26] policies is to give communities

[2:29:29] the ability to offer virtually

[2:29:30] any type of feasible

[2:29:30] improvement or activity.

[2:29:34] Next, I'd like to turn it over

[2:29:35] to Rhea to cover the next

[2:29:39] section Rhea.

[2:29:39] >> Thank you Mike.

[2:29:40] Good afternoon Council members.

[2:29:43] There are 64 maintenance

[2:29:44] assessment districts in

[2:29:47] the city of San Diego of which

[2:29:48] 54 receive oversight from

[2:29:48] the Parks and Recreation

[2:29:51] Department and ten from

[2:29:52] the Economic Development

[2:29:52] Department.

[2:29:53] Mather Located in every council

[2:29:56] district from the border to

[2:29:57] the northernmost parts of

[2:29:57] the city.

[2:30:01] The city's assessment Areas map

[2:30:01] is an interactive tool

[2:30:02] available to the public to

[2:30:05] locate methods operating

[2:30:06] citywide.

[2:30:06] Economic development methods

[2:30:10] shown here in blue are located

[2:30:11] in commercial areas providing

[2:30:11] related services such as

[2:30:15] beautification, retail

[2:30:16] retention and district branding

[2:30:17] through seasonal banners.

[2:30:20] Parks and Recreation match

[2:30:20] shown in yellow operate

[2:30:21] primarily in residential

[2:30:24] neighborhoods.

[2:30:25] >> Oversight and accountability

[2:30:29] are key components to managing

[2:30:30] a mad as each district is

[2:30:31] governed by its own engineer's

[2:30:34] report and assessment

[2:30:35] structure.

[2:30:35] To support this the city uses

[2:30:39] various contract types to

[2:30:40] administer services and

[2:30:40] activities for Parks and

[2:30:41] recreation.

[2:30:44] The districts are managed by

[2:30:45] city staffed with service

[2:30:49] delivery through contracts with

[2:30:49] for profit vendors.

[2:30:50] Bird Rock and Savita are

[2:30:51] the exceptions managed by

[2:30:54] nonprofit organizations for

[2:30:55] economic development.

[2:30:56] The private The districts

[2:30:59] primarily operate under

[2:31:00] management agreements with

[2:31:00] nonprofit organizations with

[2:31:04] service delivery provided by

[2:31:05] staff or through subcontracted

[2:31:05] vendors.

[2:31:09] All ten economic development

[2:31:09] methods will be managed by

[2:31:12] nonprofits in fiscal year 27

[2:31:13] including Barrio Logan and

[2:31:14] Central Commercial which will

[2:31:17] transition from city

[2:31:18] management.

[2:31:18] Seven Economic development

[2:31:22] methods are managed by local

[2:31:23] business associations that also

[2:31:23] manage manage a business

[2:31:26] improvement district.

[2:31:27] This shared management

[2:31:28] structure allows them to

[2:31:31] coordinate resources and

[2:31:31] district priorities and

[2:31:32] leverage assessments to bring

[2:31:33] additional investments to those

[2:31:36] communities.

[2:31:37] >> The next two slides

[2:31:42] highlight the visible impact of

[2:31:43] matters in their communities.

[2:31:43] Parks and recreation matters

[2:31:44] shown here support

[2:31:46] the maintenance and

[2:31:47] beautification of landscaped

[2:31:47] areas, parks and medians.

[2:31:51] These districts are well

[2:31:52] positioned to coordinate with

[2:31:52] city departments and local

[2:31:56] stakeholders helping deliver

[2:31:56] services effectively and

[2:31:57] aligned with neighborhood

[2:32:01] service needs.

[2:32:01] >> Economic development methods

[2:32:05] shown here contribute to

[2:32:06] cleaner and more welcoming

[2:32:06] business districts.

[2:32:10] Landscape maintenance Sidewalk

[2:32:11] cleaning and beautification are

[2:32:12] some examples of day to day

[2:32:15] services shown on this slide.

[2:32:16] >> Most districts also offer

[2:32:20] opportunities for community and

[2:32:21] property owners to get involved

[2:32:22] such as through neighborhood

[2:32:22] cleanups and district

[2:32:26] walkthroughs which help guide

[2:32:26] service priorities.

[2:32:27] With that I'll turn it back

[2:32:27] over to Michael.

[2:32:31] Thank you, Rhea.

[2:32:32] Each district is formed with an

[2:32:32] accompanying engineer

[2:32:35] assessment engineer's report

[2:32:36] and is implemented upon a

[2:32:37] successful vote of affected

[2:32:40] property owners.

[2:32:40] This is effectively

[2:32:41] the governing document that

[2:32:44] specifies which improvements

[2:32:45] can occur and at what

[2:32:46] frequencies.

[2:32:46] The difference between general

[2:32:50] and special benefit is an

[2:32:51] important point of distinction.

[2:32:51] Mads MAY only fund those

[2:32:54] services which are above

[2:32:55] the city standard and confer a

[2:32:56] special benefit to assessment

[2:32:59] payers.

[2:32:59] The engineer's report is

[2:33:00] updated annually to include new

[2:33:04] parcel data.

[2:33:05] Changes in land use and an

[2:33:05] updated budget for each

[2:33:06] district.

[2:33:09] It is important to note that

[2:33:10] assessments MAY increase or

[2:33:10] decrease or remain the same

[2:33:11] based upon the needs of

[2:33:13] the district and fiscal

[2:33:14] considerations.

[2:33:14] Some elements of the report

[2:33:18] such as boundaries assessment,

[2:33:19] methodology, locations and

[2:33:19] service frequencies MAY not be

[2:33:23] updated through the annual

[2:33:23] process.

[2:33:24] These changes in assessment

[2:33:25] levies are shared with

[2:33:27] community members, stakeholders

[2:33:28] or advisory committees

[2:33:29] associated with one or multiple

[2:33:32] districts.

[2:33:33] The proposed actions before

[2:33:36] the Council today for item two

[2:33:36] include the approval of

[2:33:40] the fiscal year 2027 annual

[2:33:40] reports.

[2:33:41] In addition, the Department

[2:33:41] seeks authorization to allow

[2:33:45] the cfo to expend funds and

[2:33:46] collect revenues that will

[2:33:48] sustain the operations of all

[2:33:49] 54 districts under Parks and

[2:33:49] Recreation oversight.

[2:33:53] Additionally, the Council will

[2:33:54] allow the cfo via department

[2:33:58] via the department to execute

[2:33:59] the manual billing of property

[2:33:59] owners who do not receive a

[2:34:03] property tax bill.

[2:34:03] >> For item 2o2.

[2:34:04] Proposed actions include

[2:34:07] approval of the fiscal year

[2:34:08] 2027 annual reports for

[2:34:08] the Economic Development

[2:34:12] Department.

[2:34:13] Authorize the cfo to

[2:34:13] appropriate and expend mad

[2:34:16] funds and manually bill

[2:34:17] the property owners not billed

[2:34:18] by the county.

[2:34:21] Proposed actions four and five

[2:34:21] Request consideration to waive

[2:34:25] mad Council policy 121 for

[2:34:26] Little Italy and Adams Avenue

[2:34:26] mouths.

[2:34:30] Allowing each district's

[2:34:30] operating reserve to fall below

[2:34:32] the required minimum of 10% of

[2:34:37] operating expenditures.

[2:34:38] The proposed actions ensure

[2:34:39] each of our departments ability

[2:34:42] to submit the assessments to

[2:34:43] the county by the AUGUST 10th

[2:34:44] deadline for inclusion on

[2:34:47] the owner's property tax bill.

[2:34:48] All of this ensures a seamless

[2:34:51] continuity of service.

[2:34:52] For more information, members

[2:34:53] of the public can visit each

[2:34:57] department's web page and

[2:34:57] the interactive map outlining

[2:34:58] district boundaries.

[2:35:01] These are all useful resources

[2:35:01] for learning more about

[2:35:02] the Maintenance Assessment

[2:35:03] District program here in San

[2:35:05] Diego.

[2:35:06] And finally, this concludes our

[2:35:07] presentation.

[2:35:07] We appreciate your time today.

[2:35:10] Thank you.

[2:35:10] All right.

[2:35:11] Thank you for the presentation

[2:35:12] and thank you for the work to

[2:35:15] bring forward these annual

[2:35:15] reports.

[2:35:16] With that, Clark, please go to

[2:35:17] public comment.

[2:35:17] Thank you.

[2:35:21] Council PRESIDENT Maximilian

[2:35:21] Schmidt if you can please come

[2:35:22] forward.

[2:35:25] You'll have two minutes to

[2:35:25] speak on both items 2a1, two

[2:35:29] and two to.

[2:35:30] After that we have Petros

[2:35:34] Haggas and Ben Nichols.

[2:35:35] You can come forward to

[2:35:36] the yellow reserved seats at

[2:35:39] the front ending with allegedly

[2:35:40] .

[2:35:40] Please proceed on using

[2:35:44] property tax for landscaping

[2:35:45] maintenance and cleaning of

[2:35:46] parks and what you're calling

[2:35:50] the beautification of parks.

[2:35:51] I think it's important that we

[2:35:54] call out something else that is

[2:35:55] going on in San Diego's and

[2:35:55] parks across the whole world

[2:35:59] Really This is also happening

[2:35:59] in mainland China.

[2:36:00] They're trying to make the code

[2:36:04] actually designed the buildings

[2:36:04] and created the buildings

[2:36:05] surrounding the parks and

[2:36:05] the buildings and

[2:36:09] the architecture and the parks

[2:36:09] And they're actually trying to

[2:36:10] make the buildings look two

[2:36:10] dimensional.

[2:36:13] This type of architecture is

[2:36:14] called brutalism And the reason

[2:36:14] they're trying to do that is

[2:36:17] because of someone's death.

[2:36:18] Perception is messed with.

[2:36:19] They can disassociate easier

[2:36:22] and be mind controlled easier

[2:36:23] or be influenced to think a

[2:36:24] certain way by telepathic

[2:36:27] people because the majority of

[2:36:28] the West Coast are telepaths

[2:36:29] who MAY try to influence

[2:36:33] someone to be liberal or to be

[2:36:34] a socialist.

[2:36:35] And I just wanted to say that

[2:36:38] also the buildings are designed

[2:36:39] to make you afraid to look at

[2:36:39] the sky where there's many

[2:36:43] unnecessary right angles built

[2:36:43] into the architecture as well

[2:36:44] so that when you look up at

[2:36:47] the sky it's almost like a

[2:36:48] dagger or a right angle like

[2:36:49] coming down on you to make

[2:36:53] the sky look jagged so you're

[2:36:53] afraid to look at the sky.

[2:36:57] So I just know that a lot of

[2:36:57] people who are escaping from

[2:36:58] colds and trying to enjoy our

[2:37:03] parks they MAY I MAY be able to

[2:37:04] help people if I let them know

[2:37:07] that Don't be afraid to look at

[2:37:08] the sky even if there's a giant

[2:37:12] ominous building hovering over

[2:37:13] you with right angles hanging

[2:37:14] off it unnecessarily And that

[2:37:16] has intense brutalism

[2:37:17] architecture that looks two

[2:37:17] dimensional to make you

[2:37:21] dissociate do not be afraid to

[2:37:22] look at the skies in our parks

[2:37:23] and I think you'll like

[2:37:23] education like this If we're

[2:37:26] going to be taking property tax

[2:37:27] for extra property tax for

[2:37:27] landscaping maintenance and

[2:37:31] cleaning and the beautification

[2:37:32] of our parks, I think that we

[2:37:33] can help people with a message

[2:37:36] of when you enjoy San Diego's

[2:37:36] parks, don't be afraid to look

[2:37:37] at the sky.

[2:37:37] And I say that because they're

[2:37:40] building buildings to intention

[2:37:41] only make it hard to look at

[2:37:42] the sky.

[2:37:46] >> Next is pictures huggers You

[2:37:49] are speaking on item 202 so

[2:37:50] you'll have one minute.

[2:37:51] >> Hello Council members one I

[2:37:55] was petrels I worked for city

[2:37:56] high cities here as a program

[2:37:56] manager overseeing the main

[2:37:57] assessment district.

[2:37:59] The main assessment district

[2:38:00] plays a critical role in

[2:38:01] keeping city highways clean and

[2:38:01] safe and welcoming those

[2:38:04] services such as graffiti

[2:38:05] removal, litter abatement,

[2:38:05] legal dumping responses,

[2:38:08] landscaping and corridor

[2:38:09] beautification.

[2:38:09] The district improves quality

[2:38:10] of life while serving as a

[2:38:13] direct conduit between

[2:38:14] residents, businesses and

[2:38:14] community concerns to ensure

[2:38:17] issues are addressed

[2:38:18] efficiently.

[2:38:19] Rapidly these efforts go beyond

[2:38:23] appearances clean and work,

[2:38:24] maintain corridors, promote

[2:38:25] walkability, strong community

[2:38:28] pride, improve public safety

[2:38:29] and contribute to a more

[2:38:29] vibrant local community

[2:38:29] economy.

[2:38:33] I'm also proud to share that

[2:38:33] this year of organized five

[2:38:34] community cleanups two

[2:38:38] beautification events with

[2:38:38] additional cleanups and

[2:38:39] beautification events coming up

[2:38:42] in the near future called

[2:38:42] Beautify the Block.

[2:38:43] These efforts have brought

[2:38:47] students, residents, businesses

[2:38:51] and community partners together

[2:38:52] to work collectively towards a

[2:38:53] cleaner community.

[2:38:53] >> Thank you very much.

[2:38:54] Thank you.

[2:38:56] Ben Nichols Hello.

[2:38:57] >> My name is Benjamin Nichols

[2:39:01] and I'm with the Hillcrest

[2:39:02] Business Association.

[2:39:03] I'm here today to urge your

[2:39:03] support for the maintenance

[2:39:05] assessment district program

[2:39:06] administered by Economic

[2:39:07] Development Department Since

[2:39:11] our districts formation several

[2:39:11] years ago, we have built a

[2:39:12] robust suite of clean and safe

[2:39:15] programs.

[2:39:16] These include monthly

[2:39:17] sidewalks, steam cleaning,

[2:39:20] daily trash pickup, annual tree

[2:39:21] trimming security patrols and

[2:39:22] after hours on call security

[2:39:26] services, we have also filled

[2:39:26] every vacant tree well in

[2:39:30] Hillcrest we've removed

[2:39:31] hundreds of graffiti tags every

[2:39:32] week and we continue to

[2:39:36] maintain the iconic Hillcrest

[2:39:36] sign and the Hillcrest Pride

[2:39:37] flag.

[2:39:40] i'm happy to note that the epa

[2:39:41] has managed to keep funding for

[2:39:44] administrative overhead at less

[2:39:45] than 10% of the budget.

[2:39:46] I hope the council will feel

[2:39:50] the same about the importance

[2:39:50] of this program and vote to

[2:39:51] support the item.

[2:39:51] Thank you.

[2:39:55] Thank you.

[2:39:56] >> Allegedly Audra you'll have

[2:39:57] two minutes speaking on items

[2:40:04] 2012 and 2 or 2.

[2:40:04] So exciting becoming a target

[2:40:09] of the salami over Somali

[2:40:09] community Now whatever.

[2:40:13] Um, just for being here.

[2:40:14] >> It's great.

[2:40:14] Oh yeah.

[2:40:18] So these you know, districts

[2:40:19] that you guys create I mean

[2:40:20] the promises that you guys

[2:40:23] engage with these nonprofits,

[2:40:24] they're all for profit.

[2:40:25] So I don't even know why we say

[2:40:28] that they're not And there is

[2:40:28] fraud, waste and abuse with

[2:40:29] the nonprofits And it's like we

[2:40:30] want to sit here and say that

[2:40:33] there is no fraud, waste and

[2:40:34] abuse going on and we're

[2:40:34] targeting people.

[2:40:35] Yes, people are being targeted

[2:40:37] but there is fraud happening

[2:40:38] and it's like you can't even

[2:40:42] expose that.

[2:40:43] No, Jennifer, there's no fraud

[2:40:43] happening at all.

[2:40:44] None.

[2:40:44] Absolutely not.

[2:40:48] Or is it just what Trump See,

[2:40:48] that's the thing you'll say

[2:40:52] with Trump there is But if it

[2:40:52] involves anybody else there

[2:40:53] isn't And that's a significant

[2:40:57] problem because we should be

[2:40:57] talking about these things

[2:41:01] Instead we brush it under

[2:41:02] the rug and say it's like a

[2:41:02] racist thing to talk about.

[2:41:03] >> No, it's happening across

[2:41:06] the board And again I shouldn't

[2:41:09] be a target because of that.

[2:41:15] That's not fair.

[2:41:16] It's like that's what you guys

[2:41:16] do though.

[2:41:17] You come in and you sow discord

[2:41:20] with the people so that we

[2:41:20] fight each other instead of

[2:41:21] looking at you guys for doing

[2:41:25] what you're doing.

[2:41:25] That money from these daycares

[2:41:29] was given by the government and

[2:41:30] it's like it's just ridiculous

[2:41:34] that we like want to pretend

[2:41:35] like everything is just good

[2:41:35] and cupcakes and rainbows just

[2:41:39] trump That man's got to get out

[2:41:40] of here.

[2:41:40] >> Those problems existed

[2:41:44] before he was here and the fact

[2:41:45] that you guys want to sit up

[2:41:46] there on your diets and act

[2:41:48] like that's not true, shame on

[2:41:53] you won't you guys for lying to

[2:41:57] the people and acting like you

[2:41:58] have nothing to do with it.

[2:41:59] >> It's a disgrace People will

[2:42:03] have their homes taken if they

[2:42:03] don't pay this tax But if you

[2:42:04] don't provide what needs to be.

[2:42:07] Ain't nothing going to happen

[2:42:08] during the five minute time

[2:42:09] going to those participating

[2:42:11] remotely starting with Hector

[2:42:16] If you can please unmute or

[2:42:16] I'll speak on both.

[2:42:16] Thanks.

[2:42:17] Yeah.

[2:42:21] The we should assess any

[2:42:22] illegal aliens that are

[2:42:22] associated with these

[2:42:26] businesses and towns double

[2:42:26] the assessment rate If you're

[2:42:30] an American citizen you get a

[2:42:31] thousand and if you're an

[2:42:35] illegal alien or harboring them

[2:42:36] or or are waiting on your visa

[2:42:37] or scam and your green card

[2:42:40] double the assessment value and

[2:42:41] pay a bonus for people that

[2:42:45] expose them.

[2:42:46] So if you know someone who's

[2:42:49] doing it you get 50% of

[2:42:50] the fines The actual person

[2:42:53] would be like a about And those

[2:42:54] two Somali girls who are lying

[2:42:58] on the stand that said that $20

[2:42:59] billion was fake, that Trump

[2:43:03] was making up those $20 billion

[2:43:04] fraud scams off the government.

[2:43:09] That was a blatant lie But I

[2:43:10] was going to try to make it

[2:43:13] lighter and not have you guys

[2:43:14] heard any Somali jokes Like how

[2:43:16] many Somalis does it take to

[2:43:27] screw in a lie?

[2:43:28] >> Next caller is Blair

[2:43:28] Beckmann If you can please

[2:43:33] unmute please.

[2:43:36] >> Hi, we're Beakman.

[2:43:37] Thank you.

[2:43:37] Are you speaking on both items?

[2:43:38] Yeah.

[2:43:40] Thank you.

[2:43:41] So yeah I would like to comment

[2:43:46] that as how the mad reports can

[2:43:46] work.

[2:43:47] It's my understanding and I'm

[2:43:50] hoping that as as parking has

[2:43:55] been ended parking commissions

[2:43:56] have been ended in San Diego

[2:43:56] Possibly the magic stores can

[2:44:00] be a way to bring parking and

[2:44:01] local small businesses together

[2:44:05] To discuss issues to address

[2:44:06] funding concerns.

[2:44:06] Hopefully the tech

[2:44:10] accountability I work with can

[2:44:10] always be included in that.

[2:44:11] What can be the future of that

[2:44:15] and how to develop it Well you

[2:44:16] know it's not just about safety

[2:44:20] with the tech but it's hard to

[2:44:21] have good civil protections

[2:44:21] with the public safety tech

[2:44:25] also That's it's a balance of

[2:44:25] all of that And good luck in

[2:44:29] working on those good efforts

[2:44:30] And I guess that's about it for

[2:44:34] myself on that item.

[2:44:35] I think I hope the jury doesn't

[2:44:38] feel disappointed.

[2:44:39] We definitely we have to

[2:44:40] address what is rhetoric and

[2:44:44] how we all address rhetoric And

[2:44:45] there isn't one side that has a

[2:44:49] full on plate and rhetoric.

[2:44:50] It's a working effort from all

[2:44:50] of us.

[2:44:51] Good luck what we can develop.

[2:44:53] Thank you.

[2:44:54] Our next speaker is Christopher

[2:44:54] Gomes.

[2:44:55] Please unmute And then our

[2:44:59] final speaker after that is

[2:44:59] Robert.

[2:45:00] Christopher please let me know

[2:45:01] if you'd like to speak on both

[2:45:03] items or which item you'd like

[2:45:04] to speak on specifically to

[2:45:04] the main assessment district

[2:45:10] pertaining to the nonprofits.

[2:45:11] >> Okay.

[2:45:11] One minute.

[2:45:12] Thank you.

[2:45:16] I would first like to say thank

[2:45:16] you very much to economic

[2:45:17] development for their continued

[2:45:21] support in assisting our non

[2:45:21] profit corporations in

[2:45:22] assessing or excuse me

[2:45:25] facilitating the maintenance

[2:45:26] assessment district.

[2:45:26] My name is Chris Gomez.

[2:45:27] I am the chief Executive

[2:45:28] Administrator for Little Italy

[2:45:31] Association and we administer

[2:45:32] 48 square blocks and known as

[2:45:35] the Road Lead in order of part

[2:45:35] of downtown San Diego.

[2:45:40] We have pressure washing daily

[2:45:41] water services, urban forestry,

[2:45:44] urban landscaping and several

[2:45:45] other activations that we do

[2:45:46] throughout the year that help

[2:45:49] to support our business,

[2:45:49] business, our property

[2:45:50] community.

[2:45:50] We are looking forward to

[2:45:54] seeing this move forward So we

[2:45:54] request that the Council

[2:45:55] approve this and that as well

[2:45:58] as the park and recommend.

[2:45:59] >> Thank you.

[2:46:00] And we do still have another

[2:46:03] caller robber and then Scott

[2:46:04] Kessler the five minute timer

[2:46:08] has not concluded.

[2:46:08] Can you hear me?

[2:46:09] Yes, please proceed.

[2:46:09] Are you speaking on both items

[2:46:13] or which item?

[2:46:13] Both items.

[2:46:14] Please proceed About two

[2:46:14] minutes.

[2:46:17] Thank you.

[2:46:18] You know, it's interesting I I

[2:46:19] did have to correct me on this

[2:46:22] point of order whether you guys

[2:46:23] just cut off the public comment

[2:46:24] because you disagree with

[2:46:27] the content And so I'd like to

[2:46:31] remind you of the violations

[2:46:32] that this board has already

[2:46:37] been involved with.

[2:46:37] Right.

[2:46:38] You guys do quorum checks now,

[2:46:38] right?

[2:46:41] Well, are you also going to cut

[2:46:42] off every public speaker

[2:46:45] because you disagree with them

[2:46:46] ?

[2:46:46] Are you going to disagree?

[2:46:47] Are you going to take away

[2:46:48] the First Amendment from

[2:46:50] reporters doing their job

[2:46:51] reporting on things like what

[2:46:55] if we stop reporting on all

[2:46:56] the financial stuff and you

[2:46:59] guys just sit and spend all

[2:47:00] the money you want?

[2:47:01] No one can ever call you out

[2:47:01] for spending the money.

[2:47:04] Thank what is the line you're

[2:47:05] willing to draw Because I just

[2:47:06] saw you cut off the public

[2:47:06] comment.

[2:47:09] You I mean are you going to do

[2:47:14] the same to me?

[2:47:14] You know you think nobody's

[2:47:15] watching.

[2:47:15] We're all watching from home

[2:47:19] right now and the audits will

[2:47:19] continue.

[2:47:20] Right?

[2:47:24] Like even financial audit

[2:47:24] should start now like we do

[2:47:25] meeting audits And this is just

[2:47:28] a brownout violations that you

[2:47:32] guys seem to be committing by

[2:47:33] cutting off the public's right

[2:47:33] to be heard.

[2:47:37] Redress grievance.

[2:47:38] You guys are walking into this

[2:47:42] knowing your recording all of

[2:47:42] these meetings right?

[2:47:47] Like the evidence is you when

[2:47:48] you speak on that dias and then

[2:47:52] when it turns on you all of a

[2:47:53] sudden you have to shut itself

[2:47:53] from exposing it right?

[2:47:57] That that your guys is great

[2:47:58] plan Like wait until you guys

[2:48:02] find out okay because this is

[2:48:02] just us talking right?

[2:48:07] And you can't even handle us

[2:48:07] talking.

[2:48:11] So I did vice this council then

[2:48:12] if they want to be in violation

[2:48:12] of the Brown Act continue to

[2:48:13] cut off public speakers, we'll

[2:48:19] make notice of that every time

[2:48:20] Time as concludes Scott Kessler

[2:48:24] if you can please unmute.

[2:48:24] >> Good afternoon Council

[2:48:25] members.

[2:48:29] I'm the executive director of

[2:48:30] the Adams Avenue Business

[2:48:31] Association or aba and we are

[2:48:35] in full support of item 2 or 2.

[2:48:36] Aba has managed mad services

[2:48:40] along our two and a half mile

[2:48:40] linear district since the early

[2:48:44] 90s After establishing our bid

[2:48:45] in 1985 our district crosses

[2:48:49] through the communities of

[2:48:49] Kensington Normal Heights and

[2:48:50] University Heights and is split

[2:48:53] between council districts three

[2:48:54] and night a B.A. Leverages its

[2:48:54] combined math and did

[2:48:58] assessment by factor 5 to 1

[2:49:01] raising an additional half $1

[2:49:02] million annually which gets

[2:49:02] reinvested in district

[2:49:07] activities and improvements.

[2:49:07] Aba was the first man the city

[2:49:08] allowed to self manage its own

[2:49:12] services in the early 90s

[2:49:12] The mad along with our other

[2:49:16] bid activities has returned

[2:49:17] great value to our 800 business

[2:49:20] and property owner members for

[2:49:21] the past 41 years.

[2:49:23] Mad services include

[2:49:24] maintaining 415 street trees

[2:49:25] which provide a lush urban

[2:49:29] canopy and the emptying of 40

[2:49:30] trash cans and removing litter

[2:49:33] and graffiti throughout

[2:49:34] the corridor every day of

[2:49:34] the week.

[2:49:35] >> I'm sorry your time has

[2:49:35] concluded If you're only

[2:49:38] speaking to item two to

[2:49:39] the timer was incorrectly put

[2:49:43] But if you're only speaking to

[2:49:43] the Economic Development

[2:49:44] Department That was a minute.

[2:49:45] Thank you for your comments so

[2:49:45] to speak.

[2:49:51] If you want one minute to talk

[2:49:52] Hector I have unmuted you If

[2:49:53] you'd like to speak on

[2:49:56] the topic of the maintenance

[2:49:56] assessment districts you will

[2:49:57] have one minute to speak on

[2:50:02] the actual topic of

[2:50:02] the maintenance assessment

[2:50:03] districts.

[2:50:03] >> Okay.

[2:50:06] So on the maintenance thing,

[2:50:07] keep an eye you know, maybe

[2:50:08] have a public hearing on

[2:50:10] the different guys so they can

[2:50:11] show their paperwork, You know,

[2:50:12] what do they spend on what Who

[2:50:16] gets it if their brothers

[2:50:17] getting all the contracts with

[2:50:20] spraying or if it's a sports

[2:50:21] it's on the up and up?

[2:50:22] It probably is but they

[2:50:26] probably want to come out and

[2:50:27] tell everyone about it.

[2:50:27] Here it is.

[2:50:28] Here's some numbers.

[2:50:30] Here's what we're doing and we

[2:50:30] want some more money and stuff

[2:50:31] like that.

[2:50:35] But then I'm still want to

[2:50:36] voice the thing about the guys

[2:50:37] that are not citizens that are

[2:50:39] into these programs they should

[2:50:40] be assessed double or there

[2:50:44] should be some penalty for that

[2:50:44] .

[2:50:45] You know we're now that we have

[2:50:46] those now we have the license

[2:50:49] plates readers we can kind of

[2:50:50] find them if we have to If they

[2:50:54] take off running, you know,

[2:50:54] they get exposed.

[2:50:55] They might want to run which

[2:50:59] happens even you guys you get

[2:50:59] exposed.

[2:51:00] You might want to take a

[2:51:00] vacation or take care of your

[2:51:04] dog or something or my dog has

[2:51:04] a headache.

[2:51:05] I got to go.

[2:51:08] Your time has concluded.

[2:51:09] >> That concludes public

[2:51:09] comment on these items.

[2:51:10] All right.

[2:51:10] Thank you to the clerk and

[2:51:13] thank you, Hector.

[2:51:14] With that we'll turn it over to

[2:51:18] my colleagues and your comments

[2:51:19] and questions can speak to both

[2:51:23] items and then we'll be taking

[2:51:23] separate motions for 201 and

[2:51:24] for 2 or 2 next hour Excuse me.

[2:51:27] First on the lights as council

[2:51:28] member Campbell, thank you so

[2:51:28] much.

[2:51:31] >> These items were heard in

[2:51:32] our committee Communities and

[2:51:36] Neighborhood Services and we

[2:51:36] appreciate so much your hard

[2:51:37] work and good presentation And

[2:51:41] I wonder if you would help

[2:51:41] those who misunderstand if you

[2:51:45] could explain to them in very

[2:51:46] simple terms what exactly a

[2:51:50] maintenance assessment district

[2:51:51] is and how the funds for it

[2:51:54] occur.

[2:51:55] Thank you for your question,

[2:52:00] Councilmember Campbell.

[2:52:00] That's obviously

[2:52:01] the existential question for

[2:52:01] Mars And the fundamental

[2:52:05] concept is that a mat is a

[2:52:05] legal mechanism by which

[2:52:09] property owners can assess and

[2:52:09] create funds for improvements

[2:52:14] and activities in a defined

[2:52:14] location And those frequencies

[2:52:15] and locations determine

[2:52:19] the boundary of the district.

[2:52:20] So in simple terms it's a way

[2:52:23] for owners, property owners to

[2:52:24] create ways to beautify and

[2:52:29] improve neighborhoods.

[2:52:29] Yes.

[2:52:30] And can you discuss how

[2:52:34] the funds are raised for that?

[2:52:35] >> Absolutely.

[2:52:35] So the funds are conferred upon

[2:52:39] upon formation.

[2:52:40] The first thing is it's sort of

[2:52:44] reverse engineered essentially

[2:52:45] the services are defined,

[2:52:45] the frequencies of locations

[2:52:46] are determined and then

[2:52:49] the boundaries are set within

[2:52:50] those boundaries.

[2:52:51] Property owners are then tasked

[2:52:54] with funding the program

[2:52:55] through their property tax bill

[2:52:59] via assessments and in that is

[2:53:00] an annual process that occurs

[2:53:04] that determines which services

[2:53:04] are continuing and which

[2:53:05] services are continuing at what

[2:53:10] rate etc. And then at that

[2:53:10] point the assessments are

[2:53:11] altered and changed based on or

[2:53:15] sometimes they don't change

[2:53:15] based on the needs of

[2:53:16] the district in terms of

[2:53:20] service and would relate to

[2:53:21] anything.

[2:53:21] Sure.

[2:53:25] I can add just a an additional

[2:53:26] piece to that as well.

[2:53:30] For each for the assessments

[2:53:31] each engineer's report for

[2:53:31] the for each district

[2:53:35] identifies an assessment

[2:53:35] methodology for for calculating

[2:53:36] the assessment for each

[2:53:41] property owner.

[2:53:41] Generally the assessment

[2:53:42] methodology involves building

[2:53:46] square footage of the property

[2:53:47] at time of land use as well.

[2:53:47] And so every year and

[2:53:51] especially with this annual

[2:53:51] process, the assessment

[2:53:56] calculation is based on

[2:53:56] the latest data that our

[2:53:57] department engineers work off

[2:54:01] of to create or to prepare

[2:54:02] the total budget for each

[2:54:07] district.

[2:54:07] Right.

[2:54:08] So in other words, people ask

[2:54:12] to be part of a method and then

[2:54:18] they are given mechanism I'm

[2:54:19] sorry which this can be

[2:54:19] organized by the government.

[2:54:23] The mechanisms are given by

[2:54:24] the government by the law but

[2:54:24] they themselves are

[2:54:28] volunteering to do this to

[2:54:29] improve their neighborhood and

[2:54:34] then they pay their assessed

[2:54:35] amount to help fund

[2:54:39] the improvement The city and

[2:54:40] the accounting department looks

[2:54:41] over them to make sure and

[2:54:45] audit that everything is

[2:54:46] kosher, everything is working

[2:54:47] well and working correctly and

[2:54:51] working honestly.

[2:54:51] And so with that I would be

[2:54:52] happy to make the motion to

[2:54:57] accept staff's recommendation.

[2:54:57] >> All right.

[2:54:58] Thank you, Councilmember

[2:54:58] Campbell.

[2:55:03] So we have a motion to move

[2:55:04] the recommendation from item

[2:55:04] 2a1.

[2:55:05] We'll go next to Councilmember

[2:55:05] Whitburn.

[2:55:08] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[2:55:09] Thank you, Councilmember

[2:55:10] Campbell for hearing this item

[2:55:10] at your committee.

[2:55:14] I would like to thank Parks and

[2:55:14] Recreation and the Economic

[2:55:15] Development Department for your

[2:55:16] work in support of our

[2:55:18] maintenance assessment

[2:55:19] districts.

[2:55:20] District three is fortunate to

[2:55:20] have several beds that improve

[2:55:24] the quality and safety of our

[2:55:24] communities.

[2:55:25] Adams Avenue First San Diego

[2:55:26] River Improvement Project

[2:55:30] Greater Hillcrest Little Italy

[2:55:31] Mission Hills Historic Street

[2:55:32] Lighting North Park University

[2:55:36] Avenue and Washington Street

[2:55:37] University Heights and

[2:55:37] Washington Street.

[2:55:43] Everybody who resides Visit or

[2:55:44] runs a business in one of these

[2:55:44] districts benefits from

[2:55:45] the enhanced services that a

[2:55:50] bad provides And I especially

[2:55:51] welcome with others the people

[2:55:51] on the ground who perform this

[2:55:52] often often physically

[2:55:54] demanding work usually without

[2:55:55] recognition or praise.

[2:55:55] They work to keep our sidewalks

[2:56:00] clean, our streets water too

[2:56:01] trimmed and our parkways

[2:56:02] maintained above all the other

[2:56:02] services they provide our city

[2:56:06] every day.

[2:56:07] >> Our neighborhoods are better

[2:56:08] off because of their dedicated

[2:56:08] efforts and I'm happy to second

[2:56:12] the motion.

[2:56:13] All right.

[2:56:13] Thank you, sir.

[2:56:14] So we have a motion by

[2:56:15] Councilmember Campbell,

[2:56:15] the second by Council Whitburn

[2:56:16] to move the staff

[2:56:19] recommendation for item 2a1.

[2:56:19] I don't see anyone else on

[2:56:24] the lights so I will add my

[2:56:25] thank you to Parks and Rec and

[2:56:25] Economic development.

[2:56:30] Fortunate to have help formed

[2:56:31] the map and under those two

[2:56:31] different umbrellas going

[2:56:36] forward and do appreciate and

[2:56:36] to the property owners you know

[2:56:42] their first line is those

[2:56:43] especially the self-managed

[2:56:43] ones and those that they have

[2:56:48] appointed to represent them.

[2:56:49] And of course we as a city are

[2:56:50] the backstop for that

[2:56:50] conversation going forward.

[2:56:55] So I appreciate what each of

[2:56:55] you do in your respective

[2:56:56] respective roles.

[2:57:01] The one question I wanted to

[2:57:02] ask was you know some 60 years

[2:57:06] ago the city really made a big

[2:57:07] push to really reach out to

[2:57:08] communities to engage them you

[2:57:08] know, essentially government

[2:57:13] work to be the eyes and ears on

[2:57:13] the ground.

[2:57:14] They know best what's happening

[2:57:14] in their neighborhoods, in

[2:57:19] their communities And we have a

[2:57:19] pretty robust history in

[2:57:20] the city often the leader

[2:57:24] across the country in that work

[2:57:24] .

[2:57:25] But of late there's been some

[2:57:25] observations maybe started with

[2:57:30] planning groups, some

[2:57:31] conversations about planning

[2:57:32] districts planning excuse not

[2:57:32] parking districts, parking

[2:57:36] districts that exist.

[2:57:37] We're in a two year pilot

[2:57:37] halfway through a two year

[2:57:38] pilot program.

[2:57:42] Let's not forget that when you

[2:57:42] look at maps through the Parks

[2:57:43] and Rec department, when you

[2:57:44] look at them through economic

[2:57:48] development, we feeling pretty

[2:57:49] solid about the way we've

[2:57:50] structured them, the way we

[2:57:50] manage them, the oversight and

[2:57:55] we feel comfortable about that

[2:57:56] when come once a year or so I

[2:57:57] wanted to ask the question now

[2:58:00] So thank you for the question

[2:58:01] Councilmember I think it's a

[2:58:01] very good one and I think that

[2:58:05] you know we look at the broad

[2:58:06] scope of how the program works.

[2:58:07] One of the things that makes me

[2:58:08] proud to do my job is

[2:58:13] the collaborative approach with

[2:58:13] communities.

[2:58:14] It does me no greater joy than

[2:58:14] to drive to a neighborhood and

[2:58:18] know that because of our city

[2:58:19] efforts as city staff and

[2:58:20] working collaborating with

[2:58:24] communities that an area or a

[2:58:25] neighborhood is more beautiful

[2:58:25] and cleaner because of it.

[2:58:31] So that to me tells me that we

[2:58:31] are doing things right.

[2:58:32] Certainly there are things we

[2:58:33] can evaluate and do better that

[2:58:36] it doesn't mean, does it exempt

[2:58:36] us from continuing to better

[2:58:37] what we do.

[2:58:37] But I am proud of

[2:58:38] the relationship we have with

[2:58:42] our community groups

[2:58:43] specifically in your district

[2:58:43] as well.

[2:58:44] I think we in Parks and

[2:58:44] Recreation we have a very good

[2:58:48] relationship with our bedrock

[2:58:49] community council and friends

[2:58:50] there and I'll let you expand

[2:58:50] on that.

[2:58:51] Thank you for the question.

[2:58:54] Council PRESIDENT I'm happy to

[2:58:55] respond to the Economic

[2:58:56] Development Department and

[2:58:56] welcome my management team over

[2:59:00] here to talk to fill in on

[2:59:00] anything that I'm missing.

[2:59:01] And in terms of economic

[2:59:05] development matters, self

[2:59:11] managed structure which is that

[2:59:12] nonprofit organizations are

[2:59:12] contracted by the city of San

[2:59:17] Diego to operate to deliver

[2:59:18] the services to determine

[2:59:19] the best composition of service

[2:59:23] delivery, whether whether that

[2:59:24] be in-house or through

[2:59:24] subcontracted vendors.

[2:59:28] And that is one that for

[2:59:34] economic development matters is

[2:59:35] the matter thrive when there's

[2:59:35] a nonprofit organization that

[2:59:36] is based in the community that

[2:59:40] has local resources,

[2:59:40] relationships with property

[2:59:46] owners and businesses that have

[2:59:47] essentially sort of that skin

[2:59:47] in the game.

[2:59:52] They are they are tasked with

[2:59:53] with delivering services that

[2:59:58] their property owners need.

[2:59:59] And so in order for them to

[2:59:59] really be more most effective

[3:00:04] in doing so is by involving

[3:00:05] the property owners in their

[3:00:06] operations and in every sort of

[3:00:10] aspect of their work When it

[3:00:11] comes to volunteering for

[3:00:16] community cleanups or

[3:00:16] determining the budget for

[3:00:17] the year or whether or not

[3:00:18] they're doing their job.

[3:00:23] And so I think what I will add

[3:00:23] to that is our nonprofits have

[3:00:29] had to be very resilient within

[3:00:29] really the last year as well

[3:00:30] with costs going up as

[3:00:34] independent nonprofit

[3:00:35] organizations are having to be

[3:00:36] very nimble and adaptable to

[3:00:41] ensure that the services can be

[3:00:41] provided as approved by this

[3:00:42] Council and as determined in

[3:00:47] their engineer's report.

[3:00:47] >> So hopefully that helps.

[3:00:48] Thank you for that affirmative

[3:00:48] response and very much

[3:00:54] appreciate the work We know

[3:00:54] it's so many of them.

[3:00:55] There's a lot of work in a lot

[3:00:56] of buckets You've got to be

[3:00:57] checking in along the way over

[3:01:00] the course.

[3:01:01] >> All right, Councilmember

[3:01:05] Kaplan, I'm sure okay.

[3:01:06] >> So we do have a motion by

[3:01:07] Councilmember Campbell,

[3:01:07] the second by COUNCILMAN

[3:01:08] Whitburn to move the staff

[3:01:11] recommendation for item 2 or 1.

[3:01:12] >> Please call the roll clerk.

[3:01:13] I'm sorry the auditor's on.

[3:01:16] Please cast your vote And that

[3:01:17] passes unanimously 8 to 0 with

[3:01:23] Councilmember Foster absent.

[3:01:24] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[3:01:24] All right.

[3:01:27] I take your motion for item 2

[3:01:27] or 2 Councilmember Campbell Yes

[3:01:33] as previously on this item I

[3:01:34] recommend and I move that we

[3:01:35] adopt staff's recommendation.

[3:01:35] Thank you.

[3:01:35] All right.

[3:01:40] Thank you.

[3:01:40] And I see a second by

[3:01:41] Councilmember Wilburn And with

[3:01:45] nobody else on the lights we

[3:01:46] have a motion by Councilmember

[3:01:47] Campbell the second by

[3:01:47] Councilmember Lippert to move

[3:01:51] the staff recommendation for

[3:01:51] item 2o2.

[3:01:52] >> Please call the roll clerk

[3:01:52] Outside of the voting system,

[3:01:56] please cast your vote And MR.

[3:02:03] H0 with Council member Foster

[3:02:03] Absent.

[3:02:03] Thank you.

[3:02:04] Council PRESIDENT All right

[3:02:05] Thank you again Thank you for

[3:02:08] your good work And with that

[3:02:09] clerk please introduce item two

[3:02:13] hundred three Council PRESIDENT

[3:02:17] Item 200 is the fiscal year

[3:02:18] 2027 Downtown Property and

[3:02:18] Business Improvement District

[3:02:19] Annual Report and Budget.

[3:02:24] If you'd like to speak on this

[3:02:25] item please be sure to submit

[3:02:25] your speaker steps to the front

[3:02:26] of the room in the clear box or

[3:02:30] if you're joining us virtually

[3:02:31] now's the time to raise your

[3:02:31] hand by pressing Star nine or

[3:02:32] the raise your hand icon.

[3:02:33] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[3:02:33] Right.

[3:02:33] Thank you.

[3:02:36] This item is solely instanced

[3:02:37] within district three and I

[3:02:37] believe council member Whitburn

[3:02:42] your interested in waiving

[3:02:42] the presentation?

[3:02:43] Yes happy to wait for it.

[3:02:47] I don't see anybody else

[3:02:47] requesting the presentation.

[3:02:48] So with that Clark let's go to

[3:02:52] public comment.

[3:02:53] Thank you Council PRESIDENT We

[3:02:54] do have some speakers for this

[3:02:59] item Maximilian Schmidt if you

[3:03:00] can please come forward to

[3:03:00] the podium And then allegedly

[3:03:05] Audra And then our final

[3:03:06] speaker is Alonzo Beavers Max

[3:03:11] of left allegedly order if you

[3:03:17] can please come forward.

[3:03:18] Okay.

[3:03:23] Give to and you guys wave in

[3:03:23] your presentation.

[3:03:24] >> You act like

[3:03:29] the presentations are for you

[3:03:29] guys.

[3:03:30] I mean some of the public would

[3:03:35] like to see them so they know

[3:03:36] what's going on but go ahead

[3:03:37] and pretend that they're for

[3:03:37] you guys and say you can wave

[3:03:38] them because nobody needs to

[3:03:41] hear it.

[3:03:41] You already know how you're

[3:03:42] going to vote And I'm just

[3:03:43] wondering when are we going to

[3:03:43] see improvements?

[3:03:46] You guys talk about it.

[3:03:47] You do a really great job

[3:03:47] bringing presentations, a lot

[3:03:52] of paperwork You know what I

[3:03:52] mean?

[3:03:53] Good storytelling Wondering

[3:03:54] when we're going to visually

[3:03:58] see this around us.

[3:03:59] Set a date that you guys plan

[3:04:04] to release at 2030 when Trump's

[3:04:05] gone and then you guys can be

[3:04:06] like Look at what we did.

[3:04:10] We did such a good job.

[3:04:11] I mean because like people are

[3:04:16] on the sidewalks, you know,

[3:04:16] peeing everywhere because you

[3:04:17] guys don't have any bathrooms

[3:04:22] for them But as long as we move

[3:04:23] them down the road you know

[3:04:23] what I mean?

[3:04:24] You can start moving them into

[3:04:27] somebody else's neighborhood

[3:04:28] and just say we clean this up.

[3:04:29] Look is that great?

[3:04:33] We told them to move down.

[3:04:34] >> Homelessness is gone.

[3:04:35] We are doing fantastic.

[3:04:36] You just don't go down a couple

[3:04:43] of blocks like you guys.

[3:04:43] It's so sad.

[3:04:44] Just interesting to see the way

[3:04:44] the government really works.

[3:04:48] Like I've had this like

[3:04:49] firsthand experience with it

[3:04:54] for years now and it is

[3:04:55] interesting because you guys

[3:04:56] are very good at pulling wool

[3:04:56] over people's eyes and making

[3:05:00] them believe that what you're

[3:05:01] doing is like bettering our

[3:05:02] lives, that you're providing

[3:05:06] public safety and you're

[3:05:07] combating homelessness and

[3:05:07] you're providing affordable

[3:05:08] housing.

[3:05:08] You know what I mean?

[3:05:13] It's like good salesmen.

[3:05:14] I mean just like Stephen looks

[3:05:14] You guys are good car salesmen,

[3:05:15] you know what I mean?

[3:05:19] It's interesting Just wondering

[3:05:20] when you guys are actually

[3:05:20] going to do it You were put up

[3:05:27] there to do actually you are.

[3:05:27] That's true.

[3:05:28] You're up there to do what

[3:05:29] you're so good job.

[3:05:29] I mean just just keep going And

[3:05:30] also the us if you can please

[3:05:35] come forward.

[3:05:36] Oh, you are Alonzo.

[3:05:36] Yes.

[3:05:37] Okay.

[3:05:37] Well you have a speaking slips

[3:05:42] here for six minutes.

[3:05:43] Thank you.

[3:05:43] Promise not take a bottle If I

[3:05:44] can just have the following

[3:05:47] individuals then raise their

[3:05:47] hand.

[3:05:48] Justin Murray and Danny Garcia,

[3:05:49] thank you so much.

[3:05:53] You'll have the six minutes.

[3:05:53] Please proceed.

[3:05:54] Thank you.

[3:05:54] Good afternoon.

[3:05:55] Council PRESIDENT Council

[3:06:00] members My name is Alonzo being

[3:06:01] a senior Vice PRESIDENT And

[3:06:01] executive director of

[3:06:02] the Downtown Zoning Partnership

[3:06:02] Clean Energy Program.

[3:06:05] I'm here today in strong

[3:06:05] support approval of the fiscal

[3:06:06] year 27 Downtown Property and

[3:06:10] Business Improvement District

[3:06:11] budget For more than 25 years,

[3:06:12] the downtown permit has

[3:06:16] successfully overseen

[3:06:16] the private partnership

[3:06:17] providing enhanced services

[3:06:22] beyond the city's baseline

[3:06:22] through assessments paid

[3:06:23] entirely by downtown property

[3:06:23] owners.

[3:06:24] We greatly appreciate

[3:06:29] the council's support for

[3:06:29] the renewal last year.

[3:06:30] Today the permit serves 280

[3:06:34] blocks and approximately 11,000

[3:06:35] property owners through

[3:06:36] downtown while supporting 86

[3:06:40] dedicated employees who work

[3:06:41] daily to keep our downtown

[3:06:41] clean, safe and welcoming.

[3:06:46] Since renewal we have expanded

[3:06:47] services to more than eight

[3:06:47] downtown parks and responded to

[3:06:51] over 41,000 service requests in

[3:06:52] the first nine months of this

[3:06:53] fiscal year alone our crews

[3:06:58] collected more than 1.1 million

[3:07:02] pounds of trash removed over

[3:07:02] 64,000 instances of human and

[3:07:07] pet waste power wash more than

[3:07:07] 42,000 sidewalks and removed

[3:07:08] 26,000 instances of graffiti

[3:07:13] and stickers.

[3:07:14] Our city ambassadors completed

[3:07:18] more than 95,000 service

[3:07:18] requests, conducted over 30,000

[3:07:19] individual welfare checks and

[3:07:23] performed more than more than

[3:07:24] 68,000 safety patrols through

[3:07:24] downtown.

[3:07:30] The people also continue to

[3:07:30] invest in downtown's appearance

[3:07:31] and vitality through

[3:07:35] maintenance of more than 100

[3:07:36] neighborhood planters public

[3:07:36] art installation, gateway

[3:07:41] beautification projects and

[3:07:42] the Adopt the Highway Program

[3:07:42] which currently has two major

[3:07:46] downtown entrances.

[3:07:47] Our operational enhancements

[3:07:48] include sidewalk deplaning

[3:07:49] rapid response teams and a

[3:07:53] fully based service request

[3:07:53] system have further improved

[3:07:54] efficiency and service

[3:07:54] delivery.

[3:07:58] These investments help create a

[3:07:59] cleaner, safer and more

[3:07:59] welcoming downtown while

[3:08:04] leveraging private investment

[3:08:05] to enhance shared public goals

[3:08:06] and improve quality of life for

[3:08:06] residents, businesses,

[3:08:10] employees and visitors.

[3:08:11] On behalf of the Downtown San

[3:08:12] Diego Partnership we

[3:08:12] respectfully request your

[3:08:17] approval of this item Today my

[3:08:18] colleagues and I are available

[3:08:19] to answer any questions.

[3:08:19] Thank you for your time and

[3:08:24] continued support by

[3:08:24] participating remotely.

[3:08:25] Blair Beckerman If you can

[3:08:31] please unmute.

[3:08:32] >> All right.

[3:08:32] Thank you.

[3:08:33] Yeah.

[3:08:38] As I mentioned earlier,

[3:08:39] the fact that you haven't

[3:08:40] funded any sources for a

[3:08:45] bathroom in the downtown area

[3:08:45] is of concern.

[3:08:46] And I mentioned it earlier how

[3:08:47] we address our accounts in

[3:08:51] homeless.

[3:08:51] I think we're going to have to

[3:08:52] look a bit more closely at in

[3:08:53] the next coming year.

[3:08:57] But like how we can do that.

[3:08:58] And thank you for this item.

[3:09:02] It looked at our downtown

[3:09:03] takeaways and that we can bring

[3:09:04] back Oh man I got one minute 33

[3:09:04] seconds.

[3:09:08] I'm going to say that with all

[3:09:09] I got you guys ended the you

[3:09:10] know no cars along Fifth Avenue

[3:09:15] with a nighttime and I hope you

[3:09:15] can bring that back.

[3:09:16] I mean that was like a major

[3:09:21] idea of how to bring back our

[3:09:21] future communities and

[3:09:22] pedestrian walkways and not

[3:09:27] that everything's filled with

[3:09:27] ten tons of traffic all

[3:09:28] the time And why why did you

[3:09:29] give that up?

[3:09:33] I really shocked that you guys

[3:09:34] don't want to continue

[3:09:39] pedestrians late at night along

[3:09:40] with an avenue and a couple

[3:09:40] other avenues downtown.

[3:09:41] I hope you can talk about that

[3:09:42] practice again and make that

[3:09:46] just a regular conversation Why

[3:09:47] we aren't talking about that

[3:09:47] now just for our basics of our

[3:09:51] future sustainability and our

[3:09:52] future selves that we have

[3:09:53] walkways with no cars And man I

[3:09:58] need that kind of conversation

[3:09:59] from you guys a lot more

[3:09:59] regularly and just a free

[3:10:03] flowing love of what our best

[3:10:04] practices are.

[3:10:04] >> Thank you.

[3:10:05] Thank you Hector If you can

[3:10:09] please unmute after that.

[3:10:10] All right.

[3:10:11] Thanks for taking my call.

[3:10:17] Thanks for clarifying that when

[3:10:17] I heard the word assessment are

[3:10:18] kind of a few years ago was a

[3:10:20] sense that 800,000 and now

[3:10:21] they're selling for 650.

[3:10:21] So we're fighting for

[3:10:27] the assessment circuit.

[3:10:28] We've been fighting it again to

[3:10:29] get it brought down to reality.

[3:10:32] That's what the county So I

[3:10:33] don't know is voluntary

[3:10:34] assessment said voluntary at

[3:10:34] the end and it's voluntary

[3:10:38] assessment I thought was just

[3:10:39] one assessment the county

[3:10:39] assesses and that's it.

[3:10:43] You got to find it.

[3:10:45] You got to agree you got to pay

[3:10:45] no matter what.

[3:10:49] But and it's got like 50 things

[3:10:49] on the tax bill.

[3:10:50] You know this bond measure,

[3:10:55] this thing this thing that you

[3:10:55] really start counting all sorts

[3:10:56] of things on the tax bill,

[3:11:01] property tax bills So they they

[3:11:02] did lower it once we're going

[3:11:02] through it again too.

[3:11:08] And they're doing

[3:11:09] the assessment So but that

[3:11:09] downtown one then they got

[3:11:12] the about I got to make a

[3:11:13] fortune if you could get us

[3:11:14] something that would eliminate

[3:11:19] the smell of dog urine I just

[3:11:20] walk down there and get down

[3:11:20] there but for the last in those

[3:11:24] areas in the morning it's like

[3:11:25] it's dog urine.

[3:11:26] It's not like a human fecal

[3:11:26] stuff.

[3:11:31] So much It's mainly everyone's

[3:11:32] got a dog and it's on many

[3:11:32] trees.

[3:11:37] I don't see how there's a tree

[3:11:37] that's even alive down there,

[3:11:38] you know, just because all

[3:11:42] the dogs and every time in

[3:11:42] the morning this smells like

[3:11:43] it's like that really I love

[3:11:48] the smell of maple in

[3:11:48] the morning there.

[3:11:49] It's like you're smelling that

[3:11:53] dog this morning.

[3:11:54] Well, they're doing a good job

[3:11:54] down there.

[3:11:55] They're trying all the guys on

[3:11:55] bikes.

[3:11:58] You doing good?

[3:11:59] The Padres want it clean.

[3:12:00] I disagree with about getting

[3:12:00] rid of a homeless shelter.

[3:12:04] No, that's that's a brutal

[3:12:05] thing.

[3:12:05] That's just more those guys are

[3:12:10] that seems to be working or

[3:12:11] whatever working me but it's

[3:12:15] just brutal to do that.

[3:12:15] >> Okay.

[3:12:15] Thank you.

[3:12:16] Thank you Alexis.

[3:12:17] Robert, if you can please

[3:12:20] unmute.

[3:12:20] Hello.

[3:12:21] Thank you.

[3:12:25] You know I find it highly

[3:12:25] inappropriate that the member

[3:12:30] sitting in a closed off area

[3:12:31] sitting next to staff makes a

[3:12:31] public comment instead of us

[3:12:36] hearing a presentation.

[3:12:37] I mean how am I a member of

[3:12:37] the public just viewing this

[3:12:42] supposed to make the public

[3:12:43] comment for the guy sitting

[3:12:47] next to staff makes his public

[3:12:48] comment which is basically

[3:12:48] the presentation, right?

[3:12:52] If it's got nothing to do with

[3:12:53] the presentation, why did he

[3:12:54] tell you all the good things

[3:12:54] that they're doing?

[3:12:58] You know, so I hear you guys

[3:12:58] got to be transparent.

[3:12:59] I don't know when you guys are

[3:13:03] going to get like oh you guys

[3:13:03] sat there.

[3:13:04] You release the paperwork what,

[3:13:05] 72 hours before the meeting.

[3:13:07] So people had three days to

[3:13:08] look over the paperwork and you

[3:13:09] won't even do a simple

[3:13:13] presentation.

[3:13:13] And then he comes on during a

[3:13:14] public comment and sells a

[3:13:17] presentation and everybody just

[3:13:22] sits there, never even mentions

[3:13:23] I mean this is your guys's

[3:13:23] diets.

[3:13:28] This is how I'm observing you

[3:13:29] really is Instead of being

[3:13:33] transparent you'll hide it

[3:13:34] under public comment and

[3:13:34] the rest of us got to make do

[3:13:35] with the information we get

[3:13:39] from that instead of you

[3:13:40] putting it all on a plane of a

[3:13:44] level playing field giving us

[3:13:45] the information and then let

[3:13:46] you all hear it before we make

[3:13:49] a public comment.

[3:13:49] I mean if he's sitting there

[3:13:50] next to staff I'm assuming he

[3:13:54] is stacked.

[3:13:55] So why wasn't that done during

[3:13:55] the presentation and done

[3:13:59] during the public comment where

[3:13:59] do you guys trying to hide

[3:14:00] That's that that's what I'm

[3:14:01] looking for because at this

[3:14:04] point he should have went up to

[3:14:05] the public comment Mike and

[3:14:05] spoke like the rest of us just

[3:14:10] like the rest of you on

[3:14:10] the diet should do If you want

[3:14:11] to make a public comment during

[3:14:13] an item do use your time to

[3:14:22] sneak or use our time to speak

[3:14:23] Your time has concluded.

[3:14:24] That concludes public comment

[3:14:28] on this item.

[3:14:28] Thank you.

[3:14:33] So the clerk will now turn over

[3:14:33] to council members for question

[3:14:34] comments Entertain a motion and

[3:14:35] we'll go to Councilmember

[3:14:35] Whitburn.

[3:14:38] Thank you very much Council

[3:14:39] PRESIDENT I very much

[3:14:39] appreciate the work of

[3:14:40] the Downtown Property of

[3:14:43] Business Improvement District.

[3:14:43] These are special benefits that

[3:14:44] are paid for by downtown

[3:14:48] property owners but they really

[3:14:49] benefit everybody visiting

[3:14:49] downtown.

[3:14:50] Those services include

[3:14:53] maintenance and safety and

[3:14:53] house care, business attraction

[3:14:58] beautification and much more.

[3:14:59] If you don't already know if

[3:14:59] you are tired, how did you

[3:15:00] notice trash or graffiti or

[3:15:00] something?

[3:15:03] I'd say if you could use

[3:15:03] the clean and safe app to

[3:15:07] report the issue 24 hours a

[3:15:08] day, seven days a week Clean

[3:15:09] and safe ambassadors respond

[3:15:12] nearly immediately to resolve

[3:15:17] reported issues.

[3:15:18] We are very fortunate to have

[3:15:18] the leadership of MR. Vice

[3:15:19] the executive director of

[3:15:21] the Clean and Safe Program

[3:15:22] sitting up here as well as

[3:15:23] senior program director Danny

[3:15:27] Garcia, director of Clean

[3:15:27] Services or MR. Romo

[3:15:30] Partnership Vice PRESIDENT

[3:15:31] Steve Murray is here as well.

[3:15:32] Thank you to the entire team

[3:15:36] for the hard work to keep

[3:15:36] downtown clean, safe and

[3:15:37] welcoming for residents and

[3:15:40] visitors alike.

[3:15:41] I also want to recognize

[3:15:41] the economic development team

[3:15:42] that works closely with our bid

[3:15:45] to ensure a thriving downtown.

[3:15:46] These services really do

[3:15:50] provide a great benefit and I'm

[3:15:51] happy to make the motion to

[3:15:51] support the staff

[3:15:52] recommendation.

[3:15:53] All right, Thank you council

[3:15:53] members.

[3:15:55] So we have a motion by Council

[3:15:56] member Whitburn to move

[3:15:56] The staff recommendation will

[3:15:57] go to Council member Campbell

[3:15:57] next.

[3:16:00] >> Thank you so much and thank

[3:16:01] you for the presentation and

[3:16:02] thank you for all that you do I

[3:16:05] secondary everything you said

[3:16:06] you helped so much to make

[3:16:10] downtown a welcoming place and

[3:16:10] I am happy to second

[3:16:11] the motion.

[3:16:11] >> All right so we have a

[3:16:15] motion by council member

[3:16:15] Whipper and a second by Council

[3:16:16] member Campbell to move

[3:16:19] the staff recommendation.

[3:16:23] >> clerk Please call the roll

[3:16:24] start of the voting system.

[3:16:30] Please cast your vote.

[3:16:39] Yeah that passes unanimously 8

[3:16:40] to 0 with Councilmember Foster

[3:16:40] absent.

[3:16:41] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[3:16:41] right.

[3:16:45] Thank you to staff for the good

[3:16:45] work.

[3:16:48] Clerk Please introduce item 2

[3:16:49] or 3 item 2 or 3 As

[3:16:49] the California Coastal

[3:16:52] Commission modifications to

[3:16:53] the 2024 Land Development Code

[3:16:53] update of the San Diego

[3:16:57] Municipal Code and those for

[3:16:58] Coastal Local Coastal Program.

[3:16:58] If you are here and like to

[3:16:59] speak to this item please be

[3:17:02] sure to submit Your speaker

[3:17:03] slips to the front of the room

[3:17:03] in the clear box If you are

[3:17:06] participating remotely now's

[3:17:07] the time to raise your hand by

[3:17:08] pressing Star nine or the raise

[3:17:08] their hand icon.

[3:17:11] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[3:17:11] right I see staff starting to

[3:17:16] settle in when you do introduce

[3:17:16] yourselves for the record and

[3:17:17] let us know how much time you

[3:17:20] need.

[3:17:21] Good afternoon.

[3:17:25] Council PRESIDENT And members

[3:17:26] of the City Council I am Angela

[3:17:26] Ding, an associate planner with

[3:17:30] the city planning department.

[3:17:31] Joining me today is city

[3:17:35] planning deputy director Seth

[3:17:35] Feeney.

[3:17:36] The item before you today is

[3:17:37] for the adoption of

[3:17:39] the California Coastal

[3:17:40] Commission modifications to

[3:17:40] the 2024 Land Development Code

[3:17:44] update to the San Diego

[3:17:45] Municipal Code and Local

[3:17:49] Coastal Program.

[3:17:49] The City Council adopted

[3:17:50] the 2024 Land Development Code

[3:17:57] update on JULY 16th, 2020 for

[3:17:57] the 2024 Land Development Code

[3:17:58] amendments to the San Diego

[3:17:59] Municipal Code and Local

[3:18:02] Coastal Program included 99

[3:18:03] amendments to the Municipal

[3:18:06] Code intended to simplify

[3:18:07] the city's development

[3:18:07] regulations, make the code more

[3:18:11] adaptable, eliminate

[3:18:12] redundancies and contradictions

[3:18:13] and increase predictability in

[3:18:17] the application of regulations.

[3:18:17] Comply with state law Correct

[3:18:21] Existing regulations and

[3:18:22] provide regulatory reforms.

[3:18:25] City staff submitted the 2024

[3:18:26] Land Development Code Update

[3:18:26] for Coastal Commission

[3:18:30] Certification on SEPTEMBER

[3:18:30] 10th, 2024.

[3:18:31] After reviewing the Land

[3:18:35] Development Code update on

[3:18:36] FEBRUARY 5th, 2026,

[3:18:36] the California Coastal

[3:18:37] Commission conditionally

[3:18:40] certified the 2024 Land

[3:18:41] Development Code update to

[3:18:42] the Municipal Code and local

[3:18:45] coastal program with three

[3:18:46] modifications.

[3:18:50] The Coastal Act requires

[3:18:50] the city to approve any

[3:18:51] proposed modifications prior to

[3:18:55] the amendments to the local

[3:18:55] coastal program taking effect

[3:18:56] in the coastal zone.

[3:19:00] If the modifications are

[3:19:00] approved by the City Council

[3:19:01] today the 2024 Land Development

[3:19:05] Code update and modifications

[3:19:05] will be resubmitted to

[3:19:06] the Coastal Commission for

[3:19:10] Final Certification.

[3:19:10] The 2024 Land Development Code

[3:19:15] Update amendments removed

[3:19:15] the physical environment as a

[3:19:16] condition for the denial of

[3:19:20] incentives in exchange for

[3:19:21] affordable housing dwelling

[3:19:21] units through a density bonus.

[3:19:25] The original strike out

[3:19:25] language erroneously included

[3:19:26] the word including which could

[3:19:29] be interpreted in a manner

[3:19:30] inconsistent with state law.

[3:19:31] The first Coastal Commission

[3:19:35] modification corrects this

[3:19:35] grammatical error by striking

[3:19:36] out the word including and

[3:19:39] adding the word on before

[3:19:40] environmentally sensitive

[3:19:40] lands.

[3:19:44] This amendment aligns

[3:19:44] the municipal code with

[3:19:47] California Government code

[3:19:48] section 65915 which removed

[3:19:49] the specified adverse impacts

[3:19:53] to the physical environment not

[3:19:54] as a condition for the denial

[3:19:55] of incentives for projects

[3:20:00] proposing a density bonus.

[3:20:01] The 2024 Land Development Code

[3:20:01] update included regulations

[3:20:05] regarding the granting of

[3:20:05] incentives for affordable

[3:20:06] development.

[3:20:10] These regulations clarified

[3:20:10] that the granting of incentives

[3:20:11] for affordable development

[3:20:15] would not require a land use

[3:20:15] plan amendment, zoning change

[3:20:16] study or other discretionary

[3:20:19] approval.

[3:20:20] The second proposed

[3:20:21] modification amends municipal

[3:20:27] code section one for 3.0 740c3

[3:20:27] to clarify that granting

[3:20:28] incentives for affordable

[3:20:32] development shall not require a

[3:20:32] land use plan amendment zoning

[3:20:36] change study or other

[3:20:37] discretionary approval except

[3:20:37] as required to comply with

[3:20:43] the California Coastal Act.

[3:20:44] The 2024 Land Development Code

[3:20:45] update also included

[3:20:48] regulations regarding

[3:20:49] the granting of waivers in

[3:20:50] exchange for affordable housing

[3:20:54] units through a density bonus.

[3:20:54] These regulations clarify that

[3:20:55] the granting of waivers would

[3:20:58] not require a general plan

[3:20:59] amendment, zoning change

[3:21:00] development permit or other

[3:21:03] discretion area approval.

[3:21:04] The second proposed

[3:21:08] modification amends municipal

[3:21:12] code section one for 3.0 743c

[3:21:12] to clarify that granting

[3:21:13] incentives for affordable

[3:21:17] development shall not require a

[3:21:18] general plan amendment Zoning

[3:21:21] Change Development permit or

[3:21:22] other discretionary approval

[3:21:23] except as required to comply

[3:21:29] with the California Coastal Act

[3:21:29] .

[3:21:30] Staff recommends the City

[3:21:30] Council adopt an ordinance to

[3:21:34] approve the Coastal

[3:21:34] Commission's modifications to

[3:21:35] the 2024 Land Development Code

[3:21:39] Update amendments to

[3:21:40] the Municipal Code and Local

[3:21:40] coastal program.

[3:21:44] The city councils approval of

[3:21:45] the modifications will allow

[3:21:46] the 2024 Land Development Code

[3:21:49] update to receive final Coastal

[3:21:50] Commission certification and

[3:21:54] all Code amendments associated

[3:21:55] with the item to take effect in

[3:21:55] the coastal zone.

[3:21:59] If the Council makes any

[3:22:00] amendments to the modifications

[3:22:00] the entire 2024 Land

[3:22:04] Development Code update will

[3:22:05] need to be resubmitted to

[3:22:06] the Coastal Commission for

[3:22:06] Certification.

[3:22:09] This could result in additional

[3:22:12] delays in implementing the 2024

[3:22:13] Land Development Code update

[3:22:14] within the coastal overlay

[3:22:14] zone.

[3:22:17] This concludes staff's

[3:22:18] presentation and we are

[3:22:18] available for questions.

[3:22:19] All right.

[3:22:22] Thank you for the presentation

[3:22:23] and the work to bring this

[3:22:23] forward.

[3:22:24] Clerk Please proceed with

[3:22:24] public comment.

[3:22:27] Thank you.

[3:22:28] Council PRESIDENT Maximilian

[3:22:32] Schmidt I don't see him here So

[3:22:33] allegedly Andre, if you can

[3:22:33] please come forward to speak on

[3:22:41] this item.

[3:22:42] >> I have to address a point of

[3:22:46] order because the fact that

[3:22:47] that man from Downtown

[3:22:47] Partnership just spoke during

[3:22:51] public comment on duty while

[3:22:52] he's doing a presentation

[3:22:56] that's you can't do that.

[3:22:57] That's not only a misuse of

[3:23:02] public funds, it's like that's

[3:23:02] against the Brown Act.

[3:23:03] You guys continued to do this.

[3:23:06] I just don't understand why

[3:23:06] you'd be like Let's waive

[3:23:07] the presentation and then not

[3:23:11] in his personal capacity but

[3:23:11] representing Downtown

[3:23:12] partnership he's getting public

[3:23:16] comment while presenting you

[3:23:20] guys with a presentation So

[3:23:20] there's significant issues with

[3:23:21] the Great White Way you guys

[3:23:22] are running these meetings.

[3:23:25] These are procedure will errors

[3:23:26] that are so simple And again

[3:23:29] it's like if we can't trust you

[3:23:30] to run a meeting to make sure

[3:23:31] that you're not having somebody

[3:23:35] speak in their technical or

[3:23:35] personal capacity under an

[3:23:40] entity like what the is going

[3:23:40] on?

[3:23:41] And you guys want to be like Oh

[3:23:41] my gosh Audra, you're being

[3:23:42] disruptive.

[3:23:42] Like are you going to send

[3:23:45] the officers after me again

[3:23:46] like you did with the Quorum

[3:23:46] when all of a sudden now you

[3:23:49] guys are checking to make sure

[3:23:50] you have quorum What You tried

[3:23:51] to criminalize me for holding

[3:23:54] you accountable Like these are

[3:23:54] the basics that you guys can't

[3:23:59] even follow and you're so

[3:24:00] annoyed Joe But it's like

[3:24:03] can't you guys just do your job

[3:24:04] right instead of getting it mad

[3:24:08] at me for calling it out?

[3:24:09] >> I mean all you guys have to

[3:24:12] do is you just sit here and

[3:24:12] witness you guys left and right

[3:24:14] violate the law And it's

[3:24:14] annoying because it's like you

[3:24:15] just want to act like what?

[3:24:19] We're up on a diet and like

[3:24:20] people put us here like what

[3:24:23] are you going to do about it?

[3:24:24] That's what people need to see

[3:24:25] is the arrogance of you guys

[3:24:29] that you sit up there and you

[3:24:30] act like we're untouchable.

[3:24:30] You can't do nothing to me.

[3:24:33] What are you going to do?

[3:24:34] Because I'll use your money to

[3:24:37] go after you and silence you

[3:24:38] And it's just sad.

[3:24:39] But people need to see this

[3:24:41] because you guys can't be

[3:24:46] trusted.

[3:24:47] So the five minute time timer

[3:24:48] going to those participating

[3:24:48] remotely starting with John

[3:24:53] Stump if you can please unmute

[3:24:53] .

[3:24:53] >> Okay.

[3:24:58] Thank you very much.

[3:24:59] Well I'm very pleased to

[3:25:07] support these amendments to

[3:25:12] the flawed Development Code.

[3:25:13] >> You know the last time I

[3:25:16] spoke to you concerning

[3:25:17] the amendments to

[3:25:21] the Development Code I asked

[3:25:26] that you continue and correct

[3:25:26] so you could correct

[3:25:35] the doubling of fees from $1000

[3:25:39] to $2380 for the public's

[3:25:44] patience and protesting a

[3:25:49] formal determination by staff I

[3:25:53] at that time presented to you

[3:25:54] the fact that there were errors

[3:25:55] in the staff report that you

[3:26:03] received justifying that raise

[3:26:04] .

[3:26:04] >> The main error of course was

[3:26:05] that it was Ypsi.

[3:26:08] It it was well we're going to

[3:26:09] charge these fees because we

[3:26:13] said so And second it was based

[3:26:18] on just raising the fees for a

[3:26:19] regular council meeting when

[3:26:22] the amount that you're supposed

[3:26:27] to recover is for a quasi

[3:26:28] judicial hearing.

[3:26:32] So please if you can do it to

[3:26:37] correct the errors that were in

[3:26:37] the Council commission please

[3:26:42] read docket and correct

[3:26:42] the errors and doubling

[3:26:47] the fees for public access to a

[3:26:48] judicial hearing.

[3:26:52] You you've got in the basis of

[3:26:53] your fees the defendant,

[3:26:56] the mayor's staff and the city

[3:27:01] attorney as being charged to

[3:27:02] the plaintiff the appellant.

[3:27:02] >> Please read our time.

[3:27:08] Thank you.

[3:27:08] Thank you Robert If you can

[3:27:09] please then you After that is

[3:27:11] Blair begin and then Hector.

[3:27:11] >> Thank you.

[3:27:12] You know thank you Dias for

[3:27:16] confirming my suspicion that

[3:27:17] that speaker was giving a

[3:27:17] presentation.

[3:27:21] I'm pretty sure we all agree to

[3:27:21] con that, you know, we'll talk

[3:27:25] about your next mistake right?

[3:27:26] You guys approved something too

[3:27:27] because the commission that has

[3:27:31] errors they approved and sent

[3:27:32] it back to you and now you're

[3:27:33] trying to get it re approved

[3:27:36] with the corrections even

[3:27:37] though they already approved it

[3:27:37] Right So they didn't catch your

[3:27:40] ear.

[3:27:41] Okay, let's talk about a whole

[3:27:42] nother thing that people who

[3:27:44] own the property don't even

[3:27:45] need your permission to do

[3:27:46] these things right.

[3:27:49] They can just do it without

[3:27:50] It's called work.

[3:27:51] It's called the right to build

[3:27:51] it Right.

[3:27:55] They have the right to privacy

[3:27:55] over oversee your power.

[3:27:59] You have no control over them.

[3:28:00] You know the only people you

[3:28:01] guys have control over is bus

[3:28:04] and then you make our lives

[3:28:09] like it's impossible to not

[3:28:10] come here and disagree with you

[3:28:10] guys.

[3:28:11] Why are you guys are sitting

[3:28:14] there looking at Newsome when

[3:28:14] he's making your life great

[3:28:15] Because now all the stuff that

[3:28:18] the developers want to do they

[3:28:19] all need none of your

[3:28:20] environmental studies they

[3:28:23] don't need a zoning read

[3:28:24] redistricting.

[3:28:24] You don't need nothing they

[3:28:25] could do without your

[3:28:25] permission.

[3:28:28] Start laughing at you.

[3:28:29] You guys are like the laughing

[3:28:30] stock of this right now And

[3:28:34] then the fact that you're re

[3:28:34] submitting an error just proves

[3:28:38] the point that this board is

[3:28:39] not perfect.

[3:28:39] All right.

[3:28:39] You guys make plenty of

[3:28:43] mistakes and it's time you

[3:28:43] start fessing up to them

[3:28:47] because like I said, the even

[3:28:48] dias the person speaking said

[3:28:49] that that was a presentation.

[3:28:52] Thank you for the presentation

[3:28:53] .

[3:28:53] Daggett Thank for my public

[3:28:54] comment for calling it out Now

[3:28:58] you just don't like the people

[3:28:58] who correct you right?

[3:28:59] You only want to hear from

[3:29:02] the people who agree with you

[3:29:03] and support your positions,

[3:29:03] right?

[3:29:07] So you know it's a big joke.

[3:29:08] You want to hear a joke about a

[3:29:08] bunch of political people.

[3:29:10] Are you going to silence me too

[3:29:11] for that one Haha.

[3:29:15] It's called freedom of speech.

[3:29:16] >> Blair Come if you can please

[3:29:21] unmute by Blair Beekman I felt

[3:29:26] the joke a previous was about

[3:29:26] to parter on hurting public

[3:29:30] meaning decorum to be perfectly

[3:29:30] honest free speech is important

[3:29:34] so it's about meaning decorum

[3:29:35] and that line was about to be

[3:29:39] crossed for this item But thank

[3:29:40] you for the presence of a

[3:29:41] comment overall along with

[3:29:41] the ira.

[3:29:44] I think they have a very

[3:29:45] interesting point that we

[3:29:45] really need to hear

[3:29:48] the presentations and passing

[3:29:49] them up really wraps what is

[3:29:50] going on with an item and

[3:29:54] better understanding it and for

[3:29:55] the person to then come back in

[3:29:58] the public meeting diet to give

[3:29:58] public comment It sounds a

[3:29:59] little odd.

[3:30:00] I'm going to have to understand

[3:30:03] this better in the future so

[3:30:03] good luck with that.

[3:30:07] Good luck and it's

[3:30:08] understanding that better.

[3:30:08] I wanted to comment for this

[3:30:12] item that you guys have been

[3:30:17] giving away a lot of land

[3:30:18] lately and it's been of concern

[3:30:21] city government land you know

[3:30:22] city government land is always

[3:30:23] a really a really important

[3:30:27] asset that and I know we're in

[3:30:27] difficult times but it is I

[3:30:31] hope you can be cautious about

[3:30:32] that or use that caution in

[3:30:33] your explanation to why you're

[3:30:35] giving up the land and and

[3:30:36] things like that.

[3:30:37] >> So good luck in those types

[3:30:41] of efforts.

[3:30:42] What you can do as always as my

[3:30:45] words these days on coastal

[3:30:46] commission things when you're

[3:30:50] doing things like you know

[3:30:51] the Midway Rising project we

[3:30:51] really have to be clear on what

[3:30:55] this sea level of issues are

[3:30:56] about with the project.

[3:31:00] It just makes for a better

[3:31:00] process for everyone and

[3:31:01] understanding what we're doing

[3:31:04] And if you don't explain that

[3:31:05] clearly that's your city

[3:31:06] Government staff's going to not

[3:31:09] talk about sea level rise If

[3:31:10] it's for other projects more

[3:31:11] clearly get the meaning here.

[3:31:12] You know we're supposed to be

[3:31:15] open about these things and

[3:31:16] that way we build on build

[3:31:19] the truth that we can all work

[3:31:20] for the community instead of

[3:31:21] hiding things that give me

[3:31:24] things halfway and a good time

[3:31:24] has concluded.

[3:31:25] >> Hector if you can please

[3:31:29] unmute next.

[3:31:30] Yeah dealing with the state is

[3:31:34] so shady now like our number

[3:31:34] one concern should be building

[3:31:35] a steady arts water treatment

[3:31:38] plant and you want a river just

[3:31:39] for all the kids that live down

[3:31:42] there and the adults above

[3:31:43] everything else like this I

[3:31:43] wouldn't give the state any

[3:31:48] more money just just make them

[3:31:49] an excuse or until we get

[3:31:49] the sewer plant built.

[3:31:53] State of the art math and have

[3:31:54] a reservoir down there and do

[3:31:57] gray water turned into a gray

[3:31:58] water They can they can do

[3:31:59] fields with but anything with a

[3:32:02] state it's really shady because

[3:32:03] like even the fire money

[3:32:07] the governor's wife with her

[3:32:08] nonprofit ran off with

[3:32:12] the money and then disappeared

[3:32:13] her nonprofit the next day when

[3:32:17] they found out about it and

[3:32:18] then blaming Trump Trump and

[3:32:21] talk about hey man today

[3:32:22] there's a lot of Trump haters

[3:32:22] on the board.

[3:32:23] You guys got as much hate.

[3:32:26] I don't hate Somali people.

[3:32:27] I don't hate black people.

[3:32:31] I don't hate Mexicans.

[3:32:32] You know I don't I don't have

[3:32:35] the time to hate them but I

[3:32:36] just don't want them living

[3:32:37] here if they're illegal.

[3:32:41] We've got other things to do to

[3:32:41] get our city back.

[3:32:42] We've got to build a dam in

[3:32:46] Lake Hodges That's going to

[3:32:46] take a lot of stuff.

[3:32:47] We got to clean up all the sand

[3:32:50] in the Tijuana River.

[3:32:51] There's huge amount of sand

[3:32:51] That's just just sewage, man.

[3:32:55] There's a lot of things we need

[3:32:56] the money for and we can do it

[3:32:56] in San Diego.

[3:32:59] We don't need a coast state

[3:33:00] commission telling us what we

[3:33:01] can do with the beach.

[3:33:04] We have 20 Do you have

[3:33:04] thousands of people that give a

[3:33:08] about our city and we don't

[3:33:09] need their advice but we don't

[3:33:10] want to model ourselves out of

[3:33:12] Oakland and San Francisco.

[3:33:13] Those guys are cities.

[3:33:18] Those guys are cities where oh

[3:33:23] man we got it here in San Diego

[3:33:23] man.

[3:33:24] I'm down at the trolley station

[3:33:27] down Mission Valley.

[3:33:28] It's beautiful down here.

[3:33:28] There's nobody down here.

[3:33:31] But anyway, good luck.

[3:33:32] That concludes public comment

[3:33:33] for this item.

[3:33:33] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[3:33:34] All right.

[3:33:36] Thank you.

[3:33:37] >> City Clerk Order!

[3:33:38] I thought you would be so good

[3:33:42] at reading people's faces that

[3:33:42] you would be able to read Mine

[3:33:43] has nothing to do with you.

[3:33:47] You were on point Robert was on

[3:33:47] point.

[3:33:48] I was so at that individual

[3:33:51] sitting up there But I chose

[3:33:51] decorum.

[3:33:52] Let him finish.

[3:33:53] We'll have a separate

[3:33:53] conversation.

[3:33:56] I agree Totally inappropriate

[3:33:57] for that individual to be

[3:33:57] sitting there in chambers.

[3:34:02] You the previous month, sir.

[3:34:02] But you're right.

[3:34:06] I chose decorum.

[3:34:06] >> Let him finish.

[3:34:07] It won't happen again under my

[3:34:11] watch Since I am one of

[3:34:12] the council members the two

[3:34:12] council members in the coastal

[3:34:16] zone Thank you for the good

[3:34:16] work.

[3:34:17] Thank you for your patience and

[3:34:19] chasing this for what, two

[3:34:20] years now And I will move

[3:34:20] approval of the staff

[3:34:24] recommendation Council member

[3:34:25] Campbell I seconded.

[3:34:29] Thank you.

[3:34:30] >> All right.

[3:34:30] Not seeing anybody else in

[3:34:31] the lights.

[3:34:33] We have a motion by myself and

[3:34:33] a second by Council member

[3:34:34] Campbell to move the staff

[3:34:34] recommendation.

[3:34:38] Please call the roll.

[3:34:39] >> I said of the voting system

[3:34:42] Please cast your vote That

[3:34:47] passes.

[3:34:48] Yeah sorry I didn't realize

[3:34:48] that passes unanimously with

[3:34:52] council member Moreno and

[3:34:53] Councilmember Foster absent.

[3:34:53] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[3:34:54] right.

[3:34:54] Thank you.

[3:34:57] That's the last discussion item

[3:34:57] of the day.

[3:34:58] We will now take up non agenda

[3:35:01] public comment council members

[3:35:02] respect and appreciate

[3:35:03] the public some point our fully

[3:35:03] committed to protecting every

[3:35:06] participant's free speech right

[3:35:07] that council and committee

[3:35:08] meetings clerk Please proceed

[3:35:12] with public comment Thank you

[3:35:12] Council PRESIDENT Pro forma

[3:35:13] Role 2.7 Non Agenda Public

[3:35:16] comment is an opportunity for

[3:35:16] members of the public to

[3:35:17] comment on items that are not

[3:35:18] on the agenda but within

[3:35:20] the subject matter jurisdiction

[3:35:21] of the City Council.

[3:35:22] Each speaker will have two

[3:35:22] minutes.

[3:35:24] Please know if there are eight

[3:35:25] or more speakers on a single

[3:35:25] topic the maximum time for

[3:35:28] the topic will be 16 minutes.

[3:35:29] If you are in chambers please

[3:35:29] submit your speaker slip If

[3:35:33] you're joining us virtually

[3:35:33] please raise your hand to speak

[3:35:34] by tapping the raise your hand

[3:35:37] icon or if you are calling

[3:35:37] Participant Star nine Jason

[3:35:38] Yard if you'd like to please

[3:35:41] come forward after that is

[3:35:42] Maximilian Schmidt but I don't

[3:35:42] see him here Then Charlene

[3:35:46] Antonino please proceed.

[3:35:50] First of all I have no idea how

[3:35:51] I'm going to say this but I do

[3:35:55] know how I'm going to start it

[3:35:56] so bear with me while I set

[3:35:57] the stage.

[3:36:01] I graduated from college in my

[3:36:01] middle age period and when I

[3:36:06] came out of college I had blown

[3:36:10] open my mind.

[3:36:11] It was a pretty fabulous,

[3:36:12] unbelievable defining moment

[3:36:15] for me And wouldn't you know,

[3:36:16] had I stumbled upon a movie

[3:36:20] called Rashomon And I highly

[3:36:21] recommend that it's very old

[3:36:29] and it's a story about a crime

[3:36:30] And three people have witnessed

[3:36:34] a crime and it tells the story

[3:36:37] of those three people and how

[3:36:43] really makes it a point about

[3:36:47] how life is unknowing and and

[3:36:48] where is the truth.

[3:36:52] So I bring that forward to our

[3:36:53] experiences with our speakers

[3:36:57] today and everything how it

[3:36:58] came together And I just want

[3:37:03] you to know that this is life

[3:37:07] and we're doing a great job at

[3:37:11] it All of us everybody.

[3:37:16] So don't give up.

[3:37:17] You can get angry if you want

[3:37:17] to.

[3:37:21] You can cut people off if you

[3:37:21] want to.

[3:37:22] It's all okay because we're

[3:37:25] stumbling.

[3:37:26] We're stumbling together.

[3:37:27] We don't know what the heck

[3:37:27] it's about.

[3:37:31] We're going to die and we can't

[3:37:35] stop it And here we are and

[3:37:36] we're muddling together to

[3:37:40] figure it out.

[3:37:41] I'll tell you this and I tell

[3:37:41] it truthfully We are living

[3:37:45] standing on a miracle.

[3:37:46] I get it.

[3:37:50] Get it While you're young This

[3:37:51] is a miracle called life Due

[3:37:55] for that concluding comment

[3:37:56] Charlene Alto Lino Charlene

[3:37:59] Antonino.

[3:38:00] Nick Gill Partner Booker please

[3:38:04] come forward Jessie to Angelus

[3:38:05] I don't see anyone else here so

[3:38:09] and then allegedly Andre please

[3:38:09] proceed.

[3:38:10] Good afternoon.

[3:38:14] My name is Annette copartner

[3:38:15] Booker I'm an Aaron Price

[3:38:16] Fellow and attend San Diego

[3:38:18] High School.

[3:38:19] Yesterday I had the pleasure of

[3:38:20] attending a commission on

[3:38:23] police practices meeting where

[3:38:23] the issue of pretextual stops

[3:38:24] was discussed.

[3:38:25] I'm here today to urge that you

[3:38:28] work with the Commission in

[3:38:29] pressuring the p t s d pd to

[3:38:32] reduce their use of this

[3:38:33] harmful practice.

[3:38:33] A top concern of the city

[3:38:37] government is public safety.

[3:38:38] Here are some statistics I

[3:38:39] believe demonstrate the impact

[3:38:42] pretext cops have on civil

[3:38:43] protection a study by the Vera

[3:38:46] Institute in big cities

[3:38:47] discovered that contraband was

[3:38:48] found in 1 to 2% of pretext

[3:38:51] stops.

[3:38:52] A study by the lapd found that

[3:38:56] 9% of the contraband found from

[3:38:57] those pretext stops from those

[3:38:57] pretext stops were dangerous

[3:39:02] arms meaning in total 9% of 2%

[3:39:06] pretext stops are successful in

[3:39:10] finding weapons 0.0018% of

[3:39:10] the time.

[3:39:11] The question you are faced with

[3:39:14] is does the 1 to 2% of pretext

[3:39:14] stops discovering contraband

[3:39:18] with an even smaller fraction

[3:39:19] Finding weaponry justify

[3:39:19] the continuation of an

[3:39:24] increasingly poor relationship

[3:39:25] between the police and

[3:39:25] historically marginalized

[3:39:29] communities To think that

[3:39:29] public safety is simply

[3:39:30] conducting arrests and catching

[3:39:33] criminals is a heavily limited

[3:39:33] perspective.

[3:39:34] Public safety lies in

[3:39:35] the police forces reputation

[3:39:38] and relationship to San Diego's

[3:39:39] and the argument can be made

[3:39:42] that pretext stops actually

[3:39:43] harm public safety and have a

[3:39:44] net negative effect when

[3:39:48] communities feel targeted.

[3:39:49] Will that help police to

[3:39:49] address crime?

[3:39:53] Well, community members be

[3:39:54] likely to cooperate with

[3:39:54] the police?

[3:39:56] Will your constituents feel

[3:39:57] safe dialing 911 The cop can

[3:39:58] only do so much to get our

[3:40:01] police department to reduce

[3:40:02] this problematic exercise of

[3:40:02] power.

[3:40:03] i urge you all to expand

[3:40:06] the level of authority the cp

[3:40:07] has over policy at p t.

[3:40:12] S pd, sd pd or at the very

[3:40:13] least provide support when they

[3:40:14] vote to recommend.

[3:40:14] Thank you.

[3:40:16] Thank your text will stop usage

[3:40:17] allegedly if you can please

[3:40:17] come forward.

[3:40:23] >> Rachel I love seeing kids

[3:40:23] come in and participate.

[3:40:28] Joe your face of annoyed with

[3:40:28] me is the same as the others so

[3:40:33] it's kind of hard to tell.

[3:40:34] I mean you'd say have a similar

[3:40:34] face, you know what I mean?

[3:40:35] So any help But I appreciate

[3:40:38] that there's always room for

[3:40:39] improvement to admit the things

[3:40:39] that we have done wrong and

[3:40:40] course correct.

[3:40:43] It's not that hard to do but

[3:40:44] most people hate doing it

[3:40:44] especially you guys especially

[3:40:45] about the Quorum.

[3:40:48] But I will take that as a win

[3:40:49] because you started doing your

[3:40:49] checks and so on top notch that

[3:40:53] on my belt as well.

[3:40:53] Yeah And Joy I love it.

[3:40:58] Life is an amazing treat and

[3:40:59] that's why I take it very

[3:40:59] seriously holding people

[3:41:03] accountable because the life

[3:41:04] doesn't have to be like this.

[3:41:05] It really doesn't It doesn't

[3:41:08] have to be where we give all

[3:41:09] these people like you bunch of

[3:41:09] money and you throw it away and

[3:41:13] people suffer and then we blame

[3:41:13] someone over here, blame

[3:41:14] someone over there instead of

[3:41:15] going What am I doing that is

[3:41:18] actually leading to this?

[3:41:19] I love course correcting.

[3:41:20] I love to look at myself and go

[3:41:23] Hmm I probably shouldn't do

[3:41:24] that And my gosh maybe I

[3:41:25] shouldn't even think that Oh

[3:41:25] gosh because it makes me better

[3:41:28] and the world around me changes

[3:41:29] and the world around us won't

[3:41:30] change until us as individuals

[3:41:34] sit there and course correct

[3:41:34] because everybody's like Oh

[3:41:35] it's Shawn, it's Marnie, it's

[3:41:38] Stephen.

[3:41:39] You know what I mean?

[3:41:40] And like yes you guys are

[3:41:43] responsible for things but as

[3:41:44] individuals were also

[3:41:45] responsible for what we allowed

[3:41:45] to happen.

[3:41:49] And so like as you guys get so

[3:41:50] annoyed with me, good I'm happy

[3:41:54] to be a gadfly because I go

[3:41:54] where the is and I want to

[3:41:55] expose it and show people that

[3:41:56] it doesn't have to be this way

[3:41:59] That we can turn things around.

[3:42:03] But it's unfortunate because

[3:42:04] the government is a business

[3:42:05] and until people see that and

[3:42:09] see that we are people are just

[3:42:10] trying to survive and giving

[3:42:14] you guys all the money and you

[3:42:15] give us like you should have

[3:42:16] enough money for the hugest

[3:42:16] mansion And what we get is a

[3:42:20] trailer park And it's

[3:42:21] unfortunate but when people can

[3:42:21] see that and course correct

[3:42:22] then we can change the world

[3:42:23] around us.

[3:42:24] >> be the change you want to

[3:42:31] see.

[3:42:31] I think you're going to

[3:42:32] participating remotely.

[3:42:33] We currently have eight

[3:42:33] speakers in the keynote speaker

[3:42:34] at the five minute timer

[3:42:40] starting with Blair Beekman.

[3:42:41] All right But Beekman my zoom

[3:42:41] MAY cut out Sorry about that.

[3:42:44] If it does you know my list

[3:42:45] I've been repeating from last

[3:42:49] week if we are we have

[3:42:50] the means to know how to leave.

[3:42:51] I hope we can continue those

[3:42:54] efforts.

[3:42:55] Your city government has ways

[3:42:56] you can work on it.

[3:42:56] Save some budget dollars.

[3:43:00] I think we should add to that

[3:43:00] the idea of having a way to

[3:43:05] make sure we have we can reduce

[3:43:06] our technology use in

[3:43:07] the community each year, get

[3:43:10] small incremental amounts that

[3:43:11] adds up over time and creates a

[3:43:12] consistent pattern that we're

[3:43:16] doing our practices responsibly

[3:43:17] and accountably.

[3:43:21] I think that can address a lot

[3:43:22] of issues why we keep bringing

[3:43:23] this stuff up to want to be

[3:43:23] addressed and then it keeps

[3:43:27] getting voted down and I think

[3:43:28] we have ways you know, people

[3:43:28] are really ready to leave.

[3:43:33] Block And if we have consistent

[3:43:34] ways to address our technology

[3:43:34] use, that's that.

[3:43:35] I think working on it that's

[3:43:38] the kind of conversation we

[3:43:39] have to have to start to have

[3:43:39] more regularly on those

[3:43:40] efforts.

[3:43:44] I really I think I missed my

[3:43:45] last public comment on the item

[3:43:46] about arguing about hatred

[3:43:50] towards Somali people.

[3:43:51] >> I really want to it as much

[3:44:02] as I respect all articles about

[3:44:03] competition and dialog I think

[3:44:07] Hillary has really points I

[3:44:17] believe particularly big and

[3:44:24] the people you are cutting up

[3:44:25] now we can't hear you.

[3:44:29] Can you hear me right now with

[3:44:29] 19 seconds?

[3:44:30] Yes I was out on a good space.

[3:44:30] Okay.

[3:44:31] Hopefully the clock will

[3:44:34] conclude.

[3:44:35] So you know as we're talking

[3:44:36] about a shared you know,

[3:44:40] understanding of issues, how do

[3:44:41] we do that without hatred and

[3:44:41] spite toward each other?

[3:44:46] How do we do that?

[3:44:47] >> Thank you.

[3:44:47] Thank you.

[3:44:48] Next is Terry and Scully If you

[3:44:52] can please unmute.

[3:44:53] >> Good afternoon San Diego

[3:44:53] City Council.

[3:44:58] My name is Terry and Skelly.

[3:44:58] I'm a planning group member, a

[3:44:59] parent and a public health

[3:44:59] educator.

[3:45:00] Children's Hospital

[3:45:04] pediatrician DR. Natalie Bob

[3:45:05] has spoken regarding

[3:45:05] the increase of adolescents to

[3:45:08] its emergency room in 2025

[3:45:09] because they needed treatment

[3:45:10] of some kind for their cannabis

[3:45:10] use.

[3:45:15] She said that prior to 2020 we

[3:45:16] were only seeing a handful of

[3:45:19] adolescents a year, maybe 20 or

[3:45:19] 30.

[3:45:20] Now it's over 600 emergency

[3:45:25] room families in 2025 and

[3:45:26] likely even more in 2026.

[3:45:31] Based upon these current trends

[3:45:32] I quote Cannabis products are

[3:45:33] far more potent today than what

[3:45:38] previous generations were

[3:45:39] exposed to.

[3:45:39] End quote.

[3:45:40] Pbs interviewed DR. Love in

[3:45:43] response to New research

[3:45:43] published in the Journal of

[3:45:44] American Medical Association

[3:45:48] regarding cannabis use with its

[3:45:49] increased risk for serious

[3:45:50] mental health conditions.

[3:45:55] The strongest associations in

[3:45:56] the study was for psychotic and

[3:45:56] bipolar disorders where

[3:46:00] the risk was about doubled.

[3:46:01] And importantly teens reported

[3:46:06] on their cannabis use about 1

[3:46:06] or 2 years before their mental

[3:46:07] health diagnosis.

[3:46:12] Again we see this public health

[3:46:12] crisis emerging in children and

[3:46:13] adolescents with early

[3:46:18] initiation of cannabis use.

[3:46:19] I think we as residents of San

[3:46:20] Diego need to ask ourselves

[3:46:24] what is early use marijuana

[3:46:25] means for the long term

[3:46:26] well-being of our younger

[3:46:26] residents and the many who care

[3:46:30] about them and take

[3:46:31] responsibility for reducing

[3:46:31] visibility and promotions that

[3:46:37] come with the selling of

[3:46:37] marijuana here in our city.

[3:46:38] Thank you for hearing my

[3:46:39] concerns this afternoon.

[3:46:39] Thank you.

[3:46:40] Next is Barbara Gordon.

[3:46:46] >> If you can please unmute

[3:46:47] with some or hear triple a

[3:46:52] report.

[3:46:52] Reminds us that the 100

[3:46:53] deadliest days for teen driving

[3:46:58] are between Memorial Day and

[3:46:58] Labor Day when teens are more

[3:46:59] likely to get in a car crash

[3:47:04] for reasons ranging from

[3:47:04] distractions to alcohol and

[3:47:05] drug use especially during

[3:47:09] the spring summer events.

[3:47:10] The National Highway Traffic

[3:47:11] Safety Administration says teen

[3:47:15] drivers ages 15 to 19 were

[3:47:19] involved in crashes that killed

[3:47:20] over 2320 people in 2024 alone.

[3:47:26] Drivers under the influence and

[3:47:26] alcohol are more likely to

[3:47:27] speed take risk and make poor

[3:47:31] decisions Increasing

[3:47:32] the likelihood of a crash

[3:47:33] injury and fatality.

[3:47:33] While the effects different

[3:47:37] from alcohol, marijuana

[3:47:37] impairment can still

[3:47:38] significantly reduce driving

[3:47:43] performance and increase car

[3:47:44] crashes, the impact extends

[3:47:45] beyond the driver.

[3:47:49] Impaired driving can lead to

[3:47:50] severe injury loss of life

[3:47:51] trauma for victims and family

[3:47:55] health care costs and strain on

[3:47:56] emergency services as well as

[3:47:56] law enforcement resources

[3:48:02] preventing impaired driving as

[3:48:02] a public safety priority.

[3:48:03] Education enforcement.

[3:48:08] Safe Transportation

[3:48:08] alternatives and community

[3:48:09] awareness efforts can help

[3:48:09] reduce impaired driving

[3:48:14] incidents and protect everyone

[3:48:14] who uses the road.

[3:48:19] Within our community even small

[3:48:20] improvements in prevention can

[3:48:20] save lives and reduce

[3:48:26] the devastating consequences of

[3:48:26] alcohol and marijuana related

[3:48:27] crashes.

[3:48:27] Thank you for letting me speak.

[3:48:33] Thank you.

[3:48:33] Next is John Stump if you can

[3:48:34] please on mute And a five

[3:48:38] minute timer did also conclude

[3:48:39] there were five speakers in

[3:48:39] the queue including MR. Stump.

[3:48:40] >> No additional speakers will

[3:48:40] be taken.

[3:48:41] Please proceed.

[3:48:47] Oh, thank you.

[3:48:48] You know we got a report that

[3:48:48] the El Nino is coming.

[3:48:53] Probably very high rains,

[3:48:54] perhaps the highest rates that

[3:49:02] we've seen since 1997.

[3:49:03] >> The council needs to take

[3:49:03] action and get reports before

[3:49:08] the rainy season starts again

[3:49:13] that all the places that

[3:49:14] flooded in 2024 because of poor

[3:49:19] maintenance.

[3:49:19] Those cases have been settled

[3:49:25] And what caused them The poor

[3:49:26] maintenance has been cured so

[3:49:30] that we're ready for the rains

[3:49:31] .

[3:49:37] Know flooding is caused because

[3:49:38] the council either didn't

[3:49:43] allocate the money to maintain

[3:49:44] the flood channels or

[3:49:49] the council allowed development

[3:49:49] in the floodplain causing

[3:49:56] concentration and movement of

[3:49:57] floodwaters from the floodplain

[3:49:57] to the surrounding community.

[3:50:01] It's your responsibility, you

[3:50:02] know, It's one of your primary

[3:50:07] responsibilities.

[3:50:08] So I hope that you're going to

[3:50:08] advocate in your committees and

[3:50:13] then in council on a schedule

[3:50:14] and a calendar before the rainy

[3:50:19] season starts that the channels

[3:50:20] have all been maintained and

[3:50:25] the flood liabilities from 2024

[3:50:30] have been settled and paid.

[3:50:31] >> Thank you very much.

[3:50:31] Thank you.

[3:50:32] Next is Robert if you can

[3:50:39] please unmute.

[3:50:40] >> Hello.

[3:50:40] So this is a public service

[3:50:46] announcement to any of the San

[3:50:47] Diego community power customers

[3:50:48] that are listening right now.

[3:50:52] If you'll notice in the past

[3:50:53] month they haven't been able to

[3:50:53] hold either of their meetings.

[3:50:57] I don't know.

[3:50:58] I think this board has

[3:50:59] representation there at this at

[3:51:03] this agency.

[3:51:04] And I believe that if you're

[3:51:05] not getting updates to

[3:51:09] the public, I'll go ahead and

[3:51:10] let them know what happened.

[3:51:11] So the first meeting was

[3:51:16] scheduled for JUNE 1st and to

[3:51:17] coincide with the election and

[3:51:21] listed locations it says

[3:51:22] verbatim the meeting will be

[3:51:22] held via the teams on above

[3:51:28] date and time Board members

[3:51:28] will attend and participate

[3:51:29] virtually in the meeting

[3:51:34] pursuant to the Brown Act

[3:51:35] Government Code 54953.

[3:51:39] And then it goes from locations

[3:51:39] listed above.

[3:51:40] Well one of those locations in

[3:51:40] San Diego City Hall.

[3:51:45] So was the city hall open to

[3:51:46] the public to participate in

[3:51:47] this meeting?

[3:51:51] The title of this The city Hall

[3:51:52] closed at 5:00 and we have a

[3:51:57] election center there.

[3:51:58] So they had it closed to

[3:51:58] the public.

[3:51:59] No one could attend

[3:51:59] the meeting.

[3:52:03] Go figure that I canceled

[3:52:03] the meeting got canceled

[3:52:04] because a member of the public

[3:52:05] showed up to a public meeting

[3:52:09] right.

[3:52:10] And then we go into the last

[3:52:10] meeting which was the clerk

[3:52:15] advisory committee and it has

[3:52:15] an alternate location.

[3:52:16] I'm just going to say before

[3:52:17] you and I'll let everybody look

[3:52:17] at the paperwork.

[3:52:21] But when I showed up arrival on

[3:52:22] location there was no notice of

[3:52:22] meeting.

[3:52:23] Right?

[3:52:27] It was it was being taken not

[3:52:27] in consideration of the right

[3:52:28] of the public to attend these

[3:52:29] meetings and especially for

[3:52:32] public officials representing

[3:52:33] you on the board And he's not

[3:52:34] telling you this is happening.

[3:52:34] Why is no one being

[3:52:35] transparent?

[3:52:38] Why why are they not correcting

[3:52:39] these issues that I'm coming up

[3:52:40] with month after month after

[3:52:47] month just throughout your time

[3:52:48] as concluded Madison if you can

[3:52:48] please on you and give as a

[3:52:51] reminder of the time and

[3:52:51] the timer has concluded if you

[3:52:52] raise your hand please submit

[3:52:55] comments to City Clerk of San

[3:52:55] diego.Gov and they will be

[3:52:56] distributed.

[3:52:56] >> Madison please proceed.

[3:52:57] Hello.

[3:52:57] Good evening, City Council

[3:52:58] members.

[3:53:01] As a mother of three young

[3:53:02] children I want to thank you

[3:53:03] for prioritizing the health and

[3:53:07] safety of San Diego's youth.

[3:53:07] California's Department of

[3:53:08] Cannabis Control recently

[3:53:09] unveiled a new artificial

[3:53:13] intelligence tool designed to

[3:53:13] help marijuana businesses

[3:53:14] identify packaging that MAY

[3:53:19] appeal to children.

[3:53:20] The tool flags things like

[3:53:21] cartoons, candy like imagery

[3:53:25] and youthful characters and

[3:53:26] packaging that imitates popular

[3:53:26] candy brands.

[3:53:31] I think this development sends

[3:53:32] an important message.

[3:53:33] State regulators clearly

[3:53:37] recognize that marijuana

[3:53:37] products are often marketed in

[3:53:38] ways that attract children.

[3:53:39] If Youth appeal were not a

[3:53:44] concern, there would be no need

[3:53:44] to create an ai system

[3:53:45] specifically designed to detect

[3:53:45] it.

[3:53:49] The reality is that today's

[3:53:50] marijuana products are often

[3:53:50] sold as gummies chocolates,

[3:53:55] candies and sweet flavored

[3:53:56] products.

[3:53:56] Young people are exposed to

[3:54:02] storefronts, advertisements,

[3:54:03] social media promotion and

[3:54:03] product packaging that can

[3:54:04] normalize marijuana use and

[3:54:07] make these products appear

[3:54:08] harmless.

[3:54:09] And policy makers I hope you

[3:54:09] will continue to evaluate city

[3:54:14] decisions through the lens of

[3:54:15] youth protection.

[3:54:15] Whether discussing marijuana

[3:54:19] storefronts, advertising

[3:54:20] signage or other cannabis

[3:54:20] related policies, we should

[3:54:25] always ask a simple question

[3:54:26] What message are we sending to

[3:54:26] children?

[3:54:27] If the state regulators are

[3:54:31] investing in artificial

[3:54:32] intelligence to keep marijuana

[3:54:33] products from appealing to

[3:54:33] kids, that should remind all of

[3:54:38] us that protecting youth must

[3:54:38] remain a top priority.

[3:54:39] Our children deserve

[3:54:40] communities where potentially

[3:54:44] harmful substances are not

[3:54:44] normalized or marketed in ways

[3:54:45] that capture their attention.

[3:54:46] Thank you.

[3:54:48] Thank you.

[3:54:49] >> Next is Francine Maxwell if

[3:54:50] you can please.

[3:54:55] I'm you.

[3:54:55] >> Sorry.

[3:54:56] Francine Maxwell, Southeastern

[3:55:00] San Diego resident.

[3:55:01] Now that we're getting through

[3:55:02] the attention of the budget,

[3:55:06] it's time to move to education

[3:55:07] of the community so that we can

[3:55:08] begin to build trust.

[3:55:12] So all throughout the budget

[3:55:13] season we talked about there's

[3:55:14] a fear of not trusting But

[3:55:19] again if we educate

[3:55:19] the community then there could

[3:55:20] be things that could

[3:55:20] the community could get on

[3:55:25] board with.

[3:55:26] So the comments about you know,

[3:55:26] we want people to pay their

[3:55:31] fair share and it's time to

[3:55:31] have an honest conversation

[3:55:32] about the revenue that has been

[3:55:37] missing so we could go I would

[3:55:37] hope that someone on

[3:55:38] the diocese would request that

[3:55:42] the I go back a couple of

[3:55:43] years.

[3:55:43] Let's start with when the trash

[3:55:44] tax was talked about and it

[3:55:48] used to be taboo but it wasn't

[3:55:49] or the year that you got it on

[3:55:50] the power of the community from

[3:55:54] the planning groups how much

[3:55:55] money did it cost then to, you

[3:56:00] know, block off streets for

[3:56:01] the special event charges that

[3:56:02] we didn't get from the Padres

[3:56:06] and move forward towards 2026

[3:56:07] and the conversation about how

[3:56:08] much money is laying on

[3:56:12] the table So let's start with

[3:56:13] all of the missing revenue that

[3:56:17] we could have had as we begin

[3:56:18] to look forward to how much

[3:56:19] revenue we could potentially

[3:56:19] get and talk about And let's

[3:56:24] educate the community again,

[3:56:25] you and I both know that

[3:56:26] education is the great

[3:56:30] equalizer that next generation

[3:56:30] of activists they need to be

[3:56:31] educated because the baton is

[3:56:36] absolutely being handed to

[3:56:36] them.

[3:56:37] But again they need to be

[3:56:38] educated so that they know

[3:56:39] where to look when they're

[3:56:42] reading the budget way before

[3:56:43] budget season and they can

[3:56:43] already have their questions

[3:56:48] crafted and so let's utilize

[3:56:49] the idea when you guys are on a

[3:56:50] legislative break they could be

[3:56:54] holding community meetings.

[3:56:54] Thank you for your

[3:56:55] consideration and thank you for

[3:56:56] allowing me to speak.

[3:56:56] Thank you.

[3:56:59] And our final is Hector.

[3:57:00] >> All right.

[3:57:01] Now I've got a thing for

[3:57:01] education too.

[3:57:06] I'm into it Like growing up

[3:57:07] when the fire alarm went off

[3:57:07] and school would go out Single

[3:57:11] file and go away from

[3:57:12] the school and sit in line.

[3:57:12] Now it's a different game Now

[3:57:17] when there's gunshots go off

[3:57:18] you got to show them your hands

[3:57:19] If you're running from gunshots

[3:57:24] gunshots you show your hands

[3:57:25] and you take off run it.

[3:57:30] If that kid who just got shot

[3:57:31] who was 16 years old and you

[3:57:32] got a gun on him that he would

[3:57:36] to show his hands when he went

[3:57:37] around that corner, he wouldn't

[3:57:37] have got shot.

[3:57:41] Cops look in there and they're

[3:57:42] looking for hands.

[3:57:42] He has hands heading and who

[3:57:43] knows what you know, the cop

[3:57:48] had to choose his own life and

[3:57:49] this kid's life was one of

[3:57:50] those choices, man And it would

[3:57:53] have been a lot better whoever

[3:57:54] turns the corner next time if

[3:57:55] they have their hands showing

[3:58:00] gunshot it's gunshots.

[3:58:01] Show your hands.

[3:58:01] I'm running from gunshots.

[3:58:06] I'm not running to the gunshots

[3:58:06] .

[3:58:07] The cops are And they got a

[3:58:07] gun, man.

[3:58:11] So I've had a cop pull a gun on

[3:58:12] me when I was a victim of a

[3:58:13] home invasion and I was

[3:58:13] the victim and the guys got

[3:58:18] away with some of my stuff and

[3:58:19] they got for the cop game

[3:58:19] the cop came guns drawn, man.

[3:58:24] He pointed at me and I showed

[3:58:25] my hands, man.

[3:58:26] It was like he was trained all

[3:58:29] he was trained He was a young

[3:58:29] guy.

[3:58:30] I was like 40.

[3:58:34] But show me your hands, man.

[3:58:35] And that would be a good

[3:58:36] education.

[3:58:36] Any young kids at ten years old

[3:58:41] fired right?

[3:58:41] School Show me your hands, Joe

[3:58:42] I'm running around a corner.

[3:58:43] Brian From the gunfire.

[3:58:47] Sean Hands Because they're

[3:58:48] going to save lives, man I

[3:58:48] think it would save lives

[3:58:52] anyway.

[3:58:53] It would make San Diego safer

[3:58:54] and a better place for

[3:58:55] everybody if they would sit on

[3:58:59] their hands.

[3:58:59] Okay, thanks.

[3:59:00] Thank you.

[3:59:00] That is not good knowledge in a

[3:59:01] public comment for today's

[3:59:01] meeting.

[3:59:04] All right.

[3:59:05] Thank you, City clerk With that

[3:59:05] does the city attorney have

[3:59:06] anything to report out from

[3:59:10] close session?

[3:59:11] Yes, thank you.

[3:59:11] There's one item to report

[3:59:12] today in closed session

[3:59:13] the city council took

[3:59:16] the following action.

[3:59:17] The city council voted on

[3:59:18] closed session Item number one

[3:59:18] Gabriela Durazo versus City of

[3:59:22] San Diego at all San Diego

[3:59:32] Superior Court Case number

[3:59:33] 37-2024-00023116-3u-po-ctl To

[3:59:33] accept a signed settlement

[3:59:37] offer the amount of $215,000.

[3:59:38] The motion passed 720 with

[3:59:43] councilmembers Foster and

[3:59:43] whitburn absent.

[3:59:44] >> That concludes my report.

[3:59:45] All right.

[3:59:45] Thank you for that.

[3:59:46] We will now adjourn as the city

[3:59:50] council to convene as a housing

[3:59:50] authority.

[3:59:51] Does the city attorney have

[3:59:52] anything to report out from

[3:59:52] housing authority closed

[3:59:55] session.

[3:59:56] There's nothing to report.

[3:59:56] All right.

[3:59:57] Thank you.

[3:59:57] We will now adjourn at

[3:59:58] the Housing Authority to

[4:00:01] reconvene as a city council.

[4:00:01] And with that we will adjourn

[4:00:02] council to the regularly

[4:00:03] scheduled council meeting on

[4:00:07] Tuesday, JUNE 16th, 2026 at 10

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