[3:09] the.

[3:09] >> All right.

[3:10] Good morning And I will now

[3:11] call the city council meeting

[3:13] on Monday, JUNE 29th, 2026 to

[3:14] order Clerk please call

[3:14] the roll.

[3:14] Thank you.

[3:15] Council PRESIDENT Council

[3:18] member Campbell Council Member

[3:22] Whitburn Council Member Foster

[3:23] Council Member Von Wilpert

[3:27] Council PRESIDENT Pro Timely I

[3:33] Apologies Council Member

[3:33] Campion here Council Member

[3:34] Moreno Council Member Ellen

[3:38] Rivera and Council PRESIDENT

[3:39] LaCava present also attending

[3:43] the meeting our city Attorney

[3:43] Heather Ferber, independent

[3:44] budget analyst Charles Monaco

[3:45] and myself your city Clerk

[3:48] Diana Fuentes.

[3:48] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[3:49] right, thank you.

[3:49] A quorum is now present.

[3:50] We will begin this morning with

[3:54] an invocation by Clark Winters

[3:54] followed with

[3:55] the acknowledgment and

[3:55] the Pledge of Allegiance led by

[4:00] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[4:00] Grant.

[4:01] Those who hold office in this

[4:05] city, the spirit of wisdom,

[4:06] charity and justice that was

[4:07] steadfast purpose.

[4:10] They MAY faithfully serve in

[4:11] their offices to promote

[4:15] the well-being of all people.

[4:16] >> We respectfully acknowledge

[4:17] the nation or the original

[4:17] inhabitants of the Unceded land

[4:20] Now known as San Diego.

[4:21] Despite enduring the horrors of

[4:22] genocide and colonization,

[4:24] the community spirit remains

[4:25] and broken.

[4:25] We honor the resilience of

[4:26] their ancestors who fought to

[4:29] protect their culture and land.

[4:30] Today they carry their legacy

[4:30] forward ensuring that their

[4:34] traditions continue to thrive

[4:34] in gratitude and strength.

[4:35] We stand with committed nation

[4:39] connected to our past and

[4:40] committed to a thriving future.

[4:40] Please raise a flag and join me

[4:44] in the Pledge of Allegiance But

[4:44] begin I pledge allegiance to

[4:48] the flag of the United States

[4:48] of America and to the Republic

[4:52] for which it stands one nation

[4:52] under GOD, indivisible with

[5:01] liberty and justice for all.

[5:02] >> And with that, Clark, please

[5:03] go over how the public can

[5:03] offer their testimony.

[5:06] Thank you.

[5:07] Council PRESIDENT I'd like to

[5:08] highlight the slide on

[5:08] the screen that reviews how

[5:09] the public can offer their

[5:11] public testimony during today's

[5:11] meeting.

[5:12] If you are located in person

[5:13] please complete the speaker

[5:13] slip.

[5:16] Please note that no further

[5:16] in-person testimony will be

[5:17] taken once the Council begins

[5:18] virtual testimony for a better

[5:20] meeting management purposes

[5:21] each speaker will have one

[5:21] minute per item per person.

[5:25] If you're joining us remotely

[5:25] please be sure to raise your

[5:26] hand now for closed session

[5:27] items by pressing Star nine or

[5:30] the raise your hand icon.

[5:31] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[5:31] All right.

[5:31] Thank you.

[5:32] With that please read

[5:33] the closed session item into

[5:33] the record.

[5:35] Conference with Labor

[5:36] Negotiators pursuant to

[5:39] California Government Code

[5:39] Section 54957.661 City

[5:40] Designated Management Team

[5:44] representatives.

[5:45] >> All right.

[5:45] And with that please proceed

[5:46] with public comment.

[5:49] There is no public comment here

[5:50] in council chambers going to

[5:51] those participating remotely.

[5:51] Blair Beckman, if you can

[5:54] please limit.

[5:55] There is one item in the closed

[5:59] session so you'll have one

[5:59] minute.

[6:00] >> Please proceed.

[6:00] Hi.

[6:00] Thank you.

[6:04] Blair Bateman.

[6:05] At the end of JUNE everyone I

[6:09] speak to is a JUNE.

[6:09] I wanted to comment with this

[6:12] kind of item and the many Union

[6:13] City government union worker

[6:18] groups involved with this item

[6:18] .

[6:19] It usually signifies some sort

[6:19] of labor talk but I mean I

[6:23] guess for this item you're

[6:23] going to speak specifically to

[6:24] police actions working with

[6:28] the police review Commission.

[6:28] Thanks and good luck.

[6:29] What You can be decided

[6:29] together.

[6:33] We are really trying to build a

[6:34] future of the police review

[6:38] body as cold and we keep

[6:39] sputtering a bit.

[6:43] I keep praying that the powers

[6:47] that be in San Diego can be of

[6:48] some help that you know, I

[6:49] think we're trying to reach out

[6:49] and develop a relationship with

[6:52] esdp.

[6:53] Good luck with that can mean

[6:54] and what you talk about and how

[6:57] it can be an accountable

[6:58] process for all of us and that

[6:59] we want to trust each other and

[7:03] what we talk and work on and

[7:07] work towards in the street.

[7:07] That does conclude your time.

[7:11] 8700 If you can please unmute.

[7:12] There's one item on the agenda

[7:12] You'll have a minute.

[7:17] Please proceed.

[7:18] Oh excuse me Joy.

[7:18] It's an item.

[7:21] This is my opinion.

[7:22] I find it interesting that

[7:26] the sd pd wants less

[7:26] surveillance use of

[7:31] miscellaneous and the public c

[7:35] p p wants more surveillance use

[7:36] of investigations.

[7:40] Therefore in labor negotiations

[7:41] on proposed operating

[7:45] procedures the balance

[7:45] the sweet spot will be what is

[7:50] enough Investigating and more

[7:51] is enough Miscellaneous This

[7:55] will build more trust on

[7:55] the public officer definition I

[8:00] am guided by Article b of

[8:03] the Charter Section 41.2 So

[8:08] I'll say this It's City Council

[8:09] call.

[8:09] Thank you for listening.

[8:10] It's going to be a beautiful

[8:11] day and a beautiful week.

[8:13] Love you all.

[8:14] >> Thank you.

[8:14] That does conclude public

[8:17] comment on this closed session

[8:18] agenda.

[8:18] >> All right.

[8:19] Thank you, city Clerk.

[8:19] And with that we will now

[8:20] recess in the closed session

[8:23] and reconvene council today at

[14:46] the.

[14:46] >> All right.

[14:46] Good afternoon.

[14:52] I will now reconvene the city

[14:53] council meeting on Monday, JUNE

[14:53] 29th, 2026.

[14:54] Clerk Please call the roll.

[14:57] Thank you.

[14:58] Council PRESIDENT Council

[14:58] Member Campbell Council Member

[15:04] Whitburn Council Member Foster

[15:05] Council Member Von Millburn

[15:11] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.

[15:12] Council Member Can you hear

[15:16] Council Member present Council

[15:17] Member Ella Rivera and Council

[15:18] PRESIDENT Look I also thank

[15:22] the meeting our Assistant City

[15:23] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald,

[15:23] independent budget analyst

[15:24] Charles Monica and myself your

[15:27] city Clerk Diana Fuentes.

[15:28] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[15:29] right, thank you.

[15:29] A quorum is now present.

[15:34] So let's start off by asking is

[15:34] there any comments from

[15:35] the mayor's office?

[15:36] Council members So the attorney

[15:36] independent journalist or city

[15:40] clerk I don't see anything.

[15:41] We'll move right along.

[15:41] So please go over how

[15:42] the public can offer their

[15:45] testimony.

[15:46] Thank you.

[15:46] Council PRESIDENT I'd like to

[15:47] highlight the slide on

[15:47] the screen that reviews how

[15:48] the public can offer their

[15:51] public testimony during this

[15:51] afternoon's meeting.

[15:52] The order can be found on

[15:53] the agenda summary found online

[15:53] or at the table in the back of

[15:57] the room.

[15:58] If you are in person please

[15:59] complete the speaker slip

[15:59] located at the entrance of

[16:00] chambers and bring it to

[16:02] the front of the room into

[16:03] the clear box.

[16:03] Council ambassadors are

[16:04] available near the entrance of

[16:05] chambers and can assist with

[16:09] questions and speakers Lips No

[16:09] for the person No further

[16:10] in-person testimony will be

[16:14] taken once the council begins

[16:15] Virtual testimony.

[16:16] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[16:16] right.

[16:16] Thank you for that.

[16:20] And as you slowly make your way

[16:21] down we'll have our deputy

[16:25] clerk Please introduce item or

[16:26] one item As for one.

[16:26] Information guide on group

[16:27] participation updates and

[16:31] council determination of

[16:32] community engagement efforts.

[16:32] >> All right.

[16:39] So it looks like you're settled

[16:39] in.

[16:39] Please enter your yourself for

[16:40] the record and let us know what

[16:41] time you need for your

[16:41] presentation.

[16:43] Thank you.

[16:43] Council PRESIDENT.

[16:44] Good afternoon Council

[16:44] PRESIDENT And members of

[16:45] the city council as well as

[16:49] those joining me here in-person

[16:49] and online.

[16:50] My name is Deanna Fuentes and I

[16:51] am your city clerk.

[16:54] I will need ten minutes for my

[16:54] presentation.

[16:55] All right.

[16:55] When you're ready.

[16:59] I'm pleased to present an

[16:59] overview of the recent

[17:00] initiatives aimed at expanding

[17:01] access to local government and

[17:06] compliance with sb 7o7 which

[17:06] we've all heard a lot about

[17:07] today We are reviewing ongoing

[17:12] proactive efforts to engage

[17:12] communities that do not

[17:13] traditionally participate in

[17:14] our public meetings.

[17:18] And our core goal is to remove

[17:18] barriers so that every San

[17:19] Diego feels empowered to have

[17:20] their voice heard in this

[17:24] chamber.

[17:24] At the heart of this initiative

[17:25] is our department's mission to

[17:29] provide accurate information

[17:30] and maximize public access to

[17:30] municipal government.

[17:31] But we know traditional

[17:36] notification methods don't work

[17:37] for everyone, especially

[17:37] historically underserved

[17:38] populations.

[17:42] To break those barriers down we

[17:43] didn't just push information

[17:43] out.

[17:44] We went out into the community

[17:44] to listen.

[17:48] We conducted four public

[17:48] listening sessions across

[17:49] districts one, seven and eight

[17:53] alongside a citywide survey

[17:54] that ran from OCTOBER 2025

[17:54] through MARCH 2026.

[17:55] We also engage with residents

[17:59] at community events and

[18:00] meetings in districts three,

[18:01] four, eight and nine.

[18:04] Now what did our residents tell

[18:05] us?

[18:05] Their feedback fell into clear

[18:06] themes They want simpler

[18:11] website navigation more visible

[18:11] public comment links plain

[18:12] language summaries of our

[18:17] complex agendas and expanded

[18:18] translation services.

[18:18] They also noted that a simple

[18:19] lack of awareness and

[18:23] scheduling conflicts often

[18:24] stand in their way.

[18:25] The direct community feedback

[18:25] is what helped shape some of

[18:29] the operational improvements we

[18:30] are presenting today.

[18:31] So we took that feedback and

[18:36] immediately translated it into

[18:36] action on the language and

[18:37] digital access front.

[18:38] Thanks to Panda's web team we

[18:43] have updated our website to be

[18:43] week 2.1 compliant for better

[18:44] ada accessibility.

[18:48] We also revamped our How to

[18:49] Participate web page making

[18:49] critical information available

[18:54] and not just our primary

[18:55] alternative languages but

[18:58] thanks to our city's new auto

[18:59] translation 22 languages

[18:59] overall.

[19:00] You will now see the English

[19:05] and Spanish language agendas

[19:06] featured prominently on the San

[19:07] Diego Doc website as well.

[19:10] Near the top we have

[19:11] streamlined our agenda

[19:12] formatting using plain language

[19:12] principles and even added a

[19:17] dedicated legislative glossary

[19:18] directly onto the council

[19:18] agenda.

[19:19] So government jargon isn't a

[19:23] barrier to participation.

[19:24] Physically we've distributed

[19:25] education materials to nearly

[19:29] 200 neighborhood locations over

[19:30] 200 neighborhood locations

[19:30] including libraries or

[19:36] recreation centers, cultural

[19:36] markets and faith based

[19:37] organizations and other

[19:37] community hubs such as

[19:42] laundromats and latrines across

[19:42] all nine districts.

[19:43] And looking ahead to JULY or

[19:48] just next week's agenda,

[19:48] the council PRESIDENT Is

[19:49] launching anticipated time

[19:50] allotments on the agenda to

[19:54] help residents better plan

[19:54] their participated around their

[19:55] participation around busy

[19:55] schedules.

[20:00] And we are officially launching

[20:00] our new organized presentation

[20:01] process on JULY 1st as adopted

[20:06] by the city Council.

[20:07] So what is an organized

[20:07] presentation?

[20:08] Let's dive into that new tool.

[20:12] This is an equity improvement

[20:13] adopted by the City Council to

[20:13] empower community groups to be

[20:18] income and to be in compliance

[20:19] with sb 707.

[20:19] Essentially an organized

[20:20] presentation allows a

[20:24] coordinated group of two or

[20:25] more individuals to share a

[20:26] unified position to speak

[20:30] collectively or choose a lead

[20:31] speaker for an allocated block

[20:31] of time during a meeting.

[20:32] This applies especially

[20:36] specifically to discussion or

[20:37] informational items listed on

[20:37] our agenda.

[20:42] This replaces the old

[20:43] traditional practice of seating

[20:44] time which was restricted

[20:48] exclusively to those who could

[20:49] show up in person.

[20:49] This new format equitably

[20:54] extends the exact same

[20:55] collective presentation

[20:56] opportunity and the ability to

[21:00] share PowerPoint presentations

[21:01] or other ab two hour online and

[21:01] virtual participants.

[21:04] Leveling the playing field for

[21:05] working families or homebound

[21:11] residents.

[21:12] We've designed the digital

[21:12] submission framework to be as

[21:13] intuitive and streamlined as

[21:13] possible.

[21:17] It breaks down into three

[21:18] simple steps for the community.

[21:18] Step one is to review

[21:19] the agenda.

[21:23] Groups must identify

[21:24] the specific item number or

[21:25] numbers that matter to them and

[21:25] look over the accompanying

[21:29] staff reports and allocated

[21:30] time per person for that item

[21:30] that is listed on the agenda.

[21:35] Step two is to submit

[21:36] the online sign up web form.

[21:37] The group's designated lead

[21:40] presenter can fill out the form

[21:41] at San diego.Gov/presentation.

[21:46] This must be done at least 24

[21:46] hours in advance of

[21:47] the scheduled meeting so our

[21:48] staff can verify the details.

[21:52] Step three is to submit

[21:53] materials if the group wants to

[21:57] use visual or audio aids like a

[21:58] PowerPoint presentation.

[21:58] They can upload them right

[21:59] along with the sign up form or

[22:04] use a follow up link emailed to

[22:05] them at sign up.

[22:05] They must submit them no later

[22:06] than two hours before

[22:09] the meeting starts.

[22:10] So for city council meetings

[22:10] that would be Monday and

[22:14] Tuesday depending on when

[22:20] the item is scheduled for.

[22:21] To ensure that a seamless user

[22:22] experience there is a seamless

[22:23] user experience we've

[22:27] integrated these tools right

[22:27] into the active areas of

[22:28] the city's existing web portal.

[22:32] When residents visit the main

[22:33] page San diego.Gov the Council

[22:33] Agenda portal or the City

[22:38] Clerk's Web page such as are

[22:39] main San Diego slash City Clerk

[22:44] or San Diego slash L.A. Or

[22:45] the legislative calendar you'll

[22:45] be able to see it prominently

[22:46] displayed and updated headers

[22:50] with direct links to public

[22:51] comment and organize

[22:51] presentations.

[22:56] We have also placed comment

[22:57] button public comment buttons

[22:57] and clear links to

[22:58] the dedicated group

[22:58] presentations portal.

[23:02] Right alongside the standard

[23:03] individual comment options this

[23:03] means the community member

[23:07] doesn't have to hunt their

[23:08] pages of text just to figure

[23:09] out how to participate.

[23:13] The link is also going to be on

[23:13] the agenda just as public

[23:14] comment is today when the lead

[23:19] presenter clicks through to San

[23:20] Diego Taco presentation.

[23:20] They are brought to this

[23:25] dedicated sign up interface.

[23:25] The system prompts them to

[23:26] select the meet the specific

[23:31] meeting body which can be

[23:32] the city council meeting or any

[23:32] of the committee agendas.

[23:36] The system then prompts them to

[23:37] select the specific meeting

[23:42] date which I'll just give Kevin

[23:42] a moment to bring up the actual

[23:43] website.

[23:43] Here it is.

[23:48] So you would see meeting body

[23:52] then click the calendar date

[23:53] and then input the exact agenda

[23:54] item number.

[23:59] You can also input the agenda

[24:00] item name so that they can give

[24:01] us a clue as to what item you

[24:01] are.

[24:05] If sometimes the item number

[24:06] gets missed input and it

[24:11] further has them read and check

[24:11] the acknowledgments to ensure

[24:12] everyone understands the rules

[24:13] of the road and we are managing

[24:16] expectations.

[24:17] Most importantly this is where

[24:17] they enter their participant

[24:22] roster and upload their slides

[24:23] behind the scenes.

[24:23] The entire web interface

[24:27] features full in translations

[24:28] appear to match our city's

[24:29] language access goal ensuring

[24:29] that language is never a

[24:34] barrier to organizing a group

[24:34] presentation.

[24:37] If you can go up to the top up

[24:38] Kevin and then just show

[24:43] the language in the language

[24:49] translation I can choose any

[24:50] language and it will change

[24:53] the form to be in any of the 22

[24:54] languages there.

[24:54] Thank you.

[24:55] We'll go back to our PowerPoint

[24:59] presentation to keep our

[25:05] council meetings moving

[25:05] efficiently.

[25:06] The program relies on the lead

[25:06] presenter.

[25:10] This individual serves as

[25:11] the primary operational link

[25:12] between the community group or

[25:13] a group that wishes to present

[25:16] and the clerk's office.

[25:17] The lead presenter handles

[25:17] the logistics.

[25:18] They make sure everyone in

[25:20] their group understands

[25:21] the rules and they sign off on

[25:22] the formal ignore

[25:22] acknowledgments during

[25:23] registration.

[25:26] When the agenda item is finally

[25:27] called in the council chambers

[25:31] it's the lead presenters job to

[25:31] verify that all listed members

[25:32] are present and know how to

[25:36] raise their hands either

[25:37] physically here in the room or

[25:37] digitally on the virtual

[25:41] meeting platform so that

[25:42] the clerk can accurately verify

[25:42] attendance just as we do today

[25:46] with seating time.

[25:47] Now to ensure fairness and

[25:47] transparency for all speakers.

[25:51] There are established clear

[25:51] structure time rules.

[25:55] First a group must have a

[25:56] minimum of two individuals and

[25:56] the total speaking time for any

[26:00] single organized presentation

[26:00] is capped at 15 minutes to

[26:01] ensure proper meeting

[26:04] management.

[26:05] How do we calculate the time?

[26:06] We multiply the number of

[26:09] verified present group speakers

[26:10] by the standard time allocated

[26:10] per person for that specific

[26:15] item on the agenda.

[26:18] For example, if the item allows

[26:19] two minutes per person and a

[26:20] group has four members present

[26:22] they get an eight minute block

[26:23] to present.

[26:28] However there is an attendance

[26:28] rule Every person listed on

[26:29] the roster must all be present

[26:33] either physically or virtually

[26:33] .

[26:34] When the item is called if a

[26:34] registered member is missing

[26:38] that portion of the time is

[26:39] forfeited and the group's total

[26:39] speaking block is reduced

[26:43] accordingly.

[26:44] Currently all members of a

[26:44] group must be present in one

[26:45] attendance format.

[26:49] If they are present in a mix

[26:49] format, the way that the lead

[26:53] presenter is attending is how

[26:53] the group's time will be

[26:54] calculated.

[26:55] For example if there is a group

[26:58] before but only two are present

[26:59] in chambers with the lead

[27:02] presenter the group will only

[27:02] get three minutes.

[27:03] The virtual attendee will not

[27:06] count towards that time

[27:07] allocation vice versa if

[27:08] the lead presenter is virtual

[27:11] and everyone else is present in

[27:12] chambers none of their time

[27:16] will go to them unless they

[27:16] attend virtually.

[27:20] We do hope to continue to work

[27:21] through our rfp process for a

[27:22] new agenda system and zoom to

[27:26] find a technology solution to

[27:26] allow for mixed attendance

[27:27] without meeting disruption in

[27:30] the future.

[27:31] Now equity means meeting our

[27:32] residents in the language they

[27:35] are most comfortable using as

[27:35] well.

[27:36] In strict alignment our equity

[27:40] objectives all in structures

[27:41] and win forms from

[27:41] the organized presentation

[27:42] process.

[27:42] Are fully available in

[27:44] the cities.

[27:45] Eight Primary Alternative

[27:46] Languages of Spanish Chinese

[27:49] Tagalog Vietnamese Arabic,

[27:50] Korean, Japanese and Laotian.

[27:51] I will note that the only

[27:55] required language per sb 707 is

[27:55] Spanish Such a bad card.

[27:59] >> We provide full language

[28:00] support and if anyone

[28:00] experiences technical glitches

[28:04] or has a question while

[28:05] navigating the portal they can

[28:05] call or email our staff

[28:08] directly for real time

[28:09] assistance.

[28:10] A new program is only effective

[28:14] if people actually know it

[28:14] exists.

[28:15] To get the word out ahead of

[28:16] the JULY roll out we are

[28:19] executing a multichannel

[28:19] outreach campaign.

[28:20] This includes distributing

[28:23] physical fliers to community

[28:24] homes, pushing targeted notices

[28:24] through diversity email

[28:28] listservs and launching a

[28:29] dedicated social media campaign

[28:30] across all of the city

[28:30] channels.

[28:33] We want to ensure that

[28:34] the community organization

[28:35] planning groups and grassroot

[28:38] coalitions is fully informed

[28:38] and ready to leverage this

[28:39] tool.

[28:43] In conclusion, these actions

[28:43] represent a sustained,

[28:44] proactive and good faith

[28:48] commitment to lowering barriers

[28:48] and ensuring equitable civic

[28:49] access.

[28:53] Perfectly aligning with our

[28:53] city's strategic core principle

[28:54] of equity and inclusion based

[28:57] on the extensive community

[28:58] listening, the technological

[28:59] and language upgrades and

[29:03] the deployment of the new

[29:03] organized presentation tool

[29:04] staff confidently believe that

[29:08] city that the city has made

[29:09] reasonable efforts to efforts

[29:09] to invite public participation.

[29:12] Therefore we respectfully

[29:13] request that the Council adopt

[29:14] a resolution finding that

[29:17] the city of San Diego has made

[29:17] reasonable efforts to encourage

[29:18] participation from communities

[29:21] that do not traditionally

[29:22] engage in public meetings and

[29:23] direct our office to continue

[29:26] implementing these vital

[29:26] outreach initiatives.

[29:27] I thank you for your time, your

[29:31] leadership and your partnership

[29:32] in making local government more

[29:36] accessible to all San Diegans.

[29:37] And a special thank you to

[29:38] the Panda Web team to the Park

[29:41] and Rec services director Andy

[29:42] Field and Misty Jones as well

[29:43] as Christina Beyeler from adb

[29:46] who have all been engaging with

[29:47] me to ensure that we get

[29:50] the word out as well as each

[29:51] one of your offices as much as

[29:51] possible.

[29:52] I'm happy to answer any

[29:54] questions you MAY have

[29:55] regarding the report or

[29:55] the upcoming rollout of

[29:56] the organized presentation

[29:56] process.

[30:00] Thank you Counsel PRESIDENT And

[30:01] apologies for the overrun.

[30:01] All right.

[30:01] Thank you.

[30:04] City Clerk 20th for

[30:04] the presentation.

[30:05] Deputy Clerk Please proceed

[30:08] with public comment.

[30:09] Thank you.

[30:09] Council PRESIDENT We received

[30:10] one request to speak from an

[30:13] individual in chambers.

[30:14] Paul Kruger please come

[30:14] forward.

[30:22] You'll have two minutes.

[30:23] I want to thank you And I had

[30:27] the time seated by Yvonne

[30:27] Jones.

[30:30] >> Yvonne Jones Okay.

[30:31] You'll have four minutes.

[30:35] Which one?

[30:36] >> Uh, thank you.

[30:40] Um, first let me express my and

[30:44] other people's appreciation for

[30:45] all the work that the city

[30:46] clerk did in making sure that

[30:51] the council is compliant with

[30:51] seven seven.

[30:55] I can tell it was a lot of work

[30:55] And those of us who participate

[30:59] in this project appreciate it.

[31:04] Um, but I wanted to use an

[31:04] opportunity here to focus again

[31:05] your attention on

[31:09] the importance of community

[31:09] planning groups.

[31:14] And I do understand why we're

[31:14] moving forward with this But

[31:19] you'll hear today on the phone

[31:20] from Victoria Lou Brousseau

[31:23] who's chair of the cpc and

[31:24] she's going to speak with you

[31:28] again about how crucial a role

[31:29] community planning groups can

[31:30] play in this process.

[31:34] Because one thing we know for

[31:34] sure is that these new rules

[31:35] are going to be very

[31:38] complicated for people to

[31:39] follow.

[31:43] And that we have already or you

[31:46] have already at hand a time

[31:47] tested five decade old process

[31:48] of community planning groups

[31:51] that are prepared, shared and

[31:52] more than able to give you

[31:57] information about how members

[31:57] of that community who you don't

[32:01] hear from often because

[32:02] unfortunately they don't have

[32:06] access to a lot of counsel

[32:06] offices and are not connected

[32:11] financially and politically.

[32:11] I have to say about important

[32:12] things that are happening in

[32:15] their neighborhoods.

[32:19] I know that there has been for

[32:20] the last five years criticism

[32:20] of community planning groups

[32:24] and I would like to just urge

[32:25] you what I think planning group

[32:28] members urged from

[32:29] the beginning which is that way

[32:34] to improve the process is not

[32:35] to silence or minimize

[32:35] community planning groups but

[32:39] to continue to expand their

[32:39] representation within

[32:44] communities by making each

[32:49] council office responsible or

[32:49] encouraged to work with

[32:54] community planning groups to

[32:54] expand notification of

[32:59] vacancies, to expand

[32:59] notification of elections so

[33:03] that more people participate

[33:04] and to ensure as we have done

[33:08] and in several planning groups

[33:09] that these planning groups

[33:13] represent the community.

[33:14] The biggest split of course

[33:18] would be from those who want to

[33:18] see pretty much unbridled

[33:22] development in our in our

[33:27] residential areas and how they

[33:28] are contrasted with those who

[33:32] want to take a more measured

[33:32] and realistic approach.

[33:37] And we can encourage those who

[33:38] are underrepresented if they

[33:42] are to run for election, to win

[33:47] election and to give a very

[33:47] Democratic voice to these

[33:48] meetings.

[33:51] So in closing, I would just

[33:52] urge you to please not forgo

[33:56] the opportunity to embrace

[33:57] the constructive work that

[33:57] community planning groups can

[34:01] do.

[34:02] And excuse me to listen to

[34:06] Victoria when she calls in.

[34:07] She couldn't be here in person

[34:11] and I know that coming here in

[34:12] person and speaking to you and

[34:16] looking at you does have a bit

[34:17] more of an impact than a

[34:17] telephone call.

[34:21] But hers will only be two

[34:21] minutes and I appreciate your

[34:22] attention.

[34:25] Thank you very much.

[34:25] >> Thank you.

[34:26] That does conclude the public

[34:27] comment hearing Council chamber

[34:30] is going to those participating

[34:30] remotely currently have seven

[34:31] people in the queue.

[34:34] Kate Callaghan If you can

[34:38] please unmute.

[34:39] >> Good afternoon.

[34:39] When this item came before

[34:43] the rules Committee several of

[34:44] us urged that community

[34:44] planning groups be given a seat

[34:48] at the table.

[34:49] Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[34:49] responded that we were

[34:50] misunderstood.

[34:53] Why the council was discussing

[34:54] community outreach.

[34:54] There was no misunderstanding.

[34:57] We rarely have the chance to

[34:58] point out publicly that

[35:02] the city has failed a genuine

[35:03] community engagement.

[35:03] That's where planning groups

[35:04] come in.

[35:08] There are members who are

[35:08] elected to serve the public

[35:09] just as all of you were.

[35:12] For 50 years they have carried

[35:12] out their mandate to speak for

[35:13] their communities.

[35:16] They survived an ugly campaign

[35:17] by special interest that

[35:21] questioned their integrity and

[35:21] their competence.

[35:22] They emerged stronger.

[35:26] They continue to represent San

[35:26] Diegans who are too often

[35:27] ignored.

[35:31] If you care about community

[35:32] engagement please adopt a seat

[35:32] at the table proposal that

[35:36] Victoria Brousseau has put

[35:36] before you.

[35:37] It is the best way to make sure

[35:41] that people and communities are

[35:41] represented and heard and

[35:42] respected.

[35:46] Thank you.

[35:47] Next is 8700 If you can please

[35:55] unmute.

[35:56] >> Thank you so much.

[36:00] I support this resolution on

[36:01] group participation and

[36:02] community engagement efforts.

[36:05] Well there were 15 items in

[36:08] the backup and the staff report

[36:09] itself was 12 pages.

[36:10] What does that tell you?

[36:10] Great job.

[36:13] I especially appreciate

[36:14] the office of the city clerk

[36:18] Fuentes and the rest of

[36:18] the team for encouraging

[36:23] participative participation of

[36:24] individuals and groups that do

[36:27] not traditionally participate

[36:28] in public meetings.

[36:32] Please speak up and let us hear

[36:33] your voice.

[36:37] Is that for me?

[36:38] I enjoyed hearing your

[36:38] presentation.

[36:41] City Clerk 20 For the second

[36:42] time This is a stellar

[36:46] initiative and so is your

[36:46] implementation of it.

[36:50] I'm so excited about it being

[36:53] rolled out by the rolling out

[36:58] on JULY 1st, 2026 with

[36:59] the first real City Council

[37:02] meeting on JULY 6th, 2026.

[37:07] I love the inclusion Inclusion

[37:07] Public Engagement Guide.

[37:12] That was a great idea.

[37:13] Now this is kind of a finishing

[37:17] paragraph with something else

[37:18] came up just a few minutes ago

[37:18] that I want to add to it So

[37:19] I'll say this first.

[37:22] Please keep on top of any

[37:22] additional funding that is

[37:26] needed over the 2027 budget.

[37:31] Let's keep this fire burning.

[37:32] So on the community planning

[37:36] groups I really haven't looked

[37:37] at that but I can tell there's

[37:41] an issue in this passion around

[37:41] the item including them.

[37:45] What I just wanted to say is

[37:46] that I know there's been some

[37:50] bumpy moments with

[37:51] the community planning groups

[37:51] yet I really respect PRESIDENT

[37:55] Carver's participation you

[37:55] know, leadership.

[38:00] He's been very involved with

[38:01] those groups and he really is

[38:02] on top of of kind of what's

[38:06] going on in the future and all

[38:06] of that.

[38:07] >> So what I just want your

[38:07] time has concluded.

[38:13] John, if you can please unmute

[38:13] .

[38:13] >> Hi.

[38:14] Good afternoon.

[38:18] Council members.

[38:19] MISS Congratulations.

[38:20] This is really amazing work.

[38:23] It shows a lot of thought.

[38:24] A lot of the changes that we've

[38:25] been hoping might be included

[38:28] in this are really love

[38:28] the ability to have a group

[38:32] participate particularly for

[38:33] those with disabilities who

[38:37] cannot show up in person.

[38:38] >> And speaking of which, I was

[38:39] wondering if there was any

[38:42] accommodation provided.

[38:43] I know we give extra time for

[38:44] folks that have language

[38:48] barriers or need translation.

[38:48] I feel that the same courtesy

[38:52] might want to be extended to

[38:52] those who have challenges with

[38:56] speech or speech impediments

[38:57] that cause them to not be able

[39:01] to articulate effectively or as

[39:01] quickly as others.

[39:06] The other thing I do I'm not

[39:07] sure if I heard but I would be

[39:08] nice to read to be able to read

[39:12] this during neutral position as

[39:12] opposed to for or against as we

[39:15] sign in for these things.

[39:16] I do have one other suggestion

[39:17] for you but that will take more

[39:22] time so I'll reach out to you

[39:22] independently but really great

[39:23] work.

[39:23] They're very supportive of

[39:24] this.

[39:26] I agree that Thank you Francine

[39:27] Maxwell if you can please

[39:27] unmute.

[39:29] >> There was also the five

[39:30] minute time where we have five

[39:31] speakers in the queue.

[39:31] No additional speakers will be

[39:32] taken.

[39:33] >> Francine Maxwell if you can

[39:37] please.

[39:37] >> Francine Maxwell

[39:38] Southeastern San Diego resident

[39:38] Thank you so much for

[39:42] the presentation and for

[39:43] support.

[39:43] Really want the Council to pay

[39:47] attention to what the clerk's

[39:47] office staff does.

[39:48] You get a glimpse of it but

[39:52] literally they're not supposed

[39:53] to work on the weekends with

[39:53] some of them, do their due

[39:54] diligence and go ahead and

[39:57] answer a quick question on

[39:58] the weekend unlike many of your

[39:58] offices.

[40:01] So want to make sure that you

[40:02] look at the diversity of when

[40:06] the meetings were very

[40:06] inclusive.

[40:11] You did not have to send for

[40:11] council for someone to consult

[40:12] from Colorado.

[40:16] I think we were doing a parking

[40:16] rack or we were doing something

[40:17] in water area and we had a

[40:20] consultant from Colorado.

[40:21] So I mean literally you have

[40:25] stars right there in

[40:26] the building.

[40:26] I mean some stars are getting

[40:27] stuck in elevators but they're

[40:30] still a star.

[40:31] And again, we want to make sure

[40:35] that everyone is educated in

[40:36] and if hopefully the council

[40:40] people that have newsletters

[40:41] maybe you'll put a corner

[40:41] clerk's corner in your

[40:45] newsletter so that while you're

[40:46] showing the wonderful events

[40:47] that you go to the handouts of

[40:50] resolution and certificates

[40:51] proclamations that you can help

[40:54] educate.

[40:55] Again, education is the key to

[40:56] everything.

[41:00] And a Clerks Corner and

[41:01] everybody's newsletter could

[41:04] give people insight on how to

[41:05] work the system, how to

[41:09] participate more in their city

[41:10] government because they know

[41:11] that their voice really counts

[41:15] and it counts more than just

[41:15] election season.

[41:16] So again, thanks to every

[41:19] person in that works for

[41:20] the clerk's office.

[41:24] You are absolutely seen we are

[41:24] listening to you and we

[41:25] appreciate your time and your

[41:25] talent.

[41:30] Thank you for allowing me to

[41:30] speak.

[41:30] Thank you.

[41:31] Blair Beckman if you can please

[41:34] unmute.

[41:34] >> Hi.

[41:38] Where Beckman are San Diego

[41:39] Civic Center.

[41:39] Elevators are starting to

[41:40] become infamous.

[41:40] Good luck.

[41:43] We can fix them elevators soon.

[41:44] Thanks a lot for this item.

[41:48] i'm in full agreement with

[41:49] the public comment.

[41:52] Stellar was used as a word.

[41:53] The concept that you are

[41:57] allowing over 20 plus languages

[41:58] so people can attend city

[42:02] council meetings now I was

[42:03] living in San Diego in 1986

[42:03] when they created English only

[42:07] laws that I feel were just

[42:08] learning to work through San

[42:08] Diego.

[42:12] San Jose made really

[42:13] significant strides in these

[42:15] sort of efforts in the mid and

[42:16] the 2015.

[42:17] You guys are coming through now

[42:21] San Diego San Jose's practicing

[42:21] what you're offering now and

[42:22] thank you immensely.

[42:23] That means everyone can

[42:26] participate.

[42:27] That's an amazing concept we

[42:27] haven't grasped fully yet.

[42:28] Good luck.

[42:31] We can continue to do that.

[42:32] Thank you for the idea of a

[42:37] neutral voice to vote to to put

[42:38] in your speaker card on issues.

[42:38] I'm totally in favor of that

[42:40] idea.

[42:41] I was a bit surprised that, you

[42:42] know, in working with community

[42:46] groups a very nice speech

[42:47] earlier that upon the beginning

[42:50] public speaker that really

[42:51] described the importance of

[42:51] community groups and what our

[42:52] current community groups are

[42:55] working towards.

[42:56] I mean it's a really

[42:57] participatory process.

[42:59] It's in our decency while

[43:00] others have money to accomplish

[43:04] things, a group of community is

[43:05] trying to offer ways that

[43:05] people who don't have

[43:06] advantages can be a part of

[43:09] the process and help create our

[43:09] process.

[43:10] >> I really hope that can be

[43:14] better expressed.

[43:15] It seems like you cut things

[43:15] short a bit on the Zoom

[43:16] comments on how to do that Even

[43:19] better.

[43:19] Good luck.

[43:20] You can continue that work and

[43:21] effort on that on those issues

[43:24] and San Diego County government

[43:25] is working on a subcommittee

[43:29] process They've taken notes

[43:30] from 707 like the close agenda

[43:34] item things but they need a bit

[43:35] of help in how to better

[43:35] understand its future that

[43:40] respects privacy.

[43:40] >> Good luck on those efforts

[43:41] too.

[43:48] Thank you Victoria Lorenzo Hey

[43:49] good afternoon.

[43:54] Council members Victoria

[43:54] Brousseau, Chair of the cpc.

[43:55] First I want to thank Paul for

[43:56] showing up and giving this

[43:59] comment since afternoon.

[43:59] I also want to thank the city

[44:00] Clerk office for all the great

[44:04] advancements with

[44:04] the distributing distributing

[44:05] information but continue to

[44:08] encourage the city clerk and

[44:09] the City council to continue

[44:09] refining public participation

[44:13] allowing time to be seated

[44:14] virtually is a great step

[44:14] forward.

[44:15] However, I remain concerned

[44:15] about the organized

[44:18] presentation process.

[44:19] Under the new rules volunteers

[44:20] must identify speakers gather

[44:24] commitments to cede time,

[44:24] collect names and submit those

[44:25] names in advance.

[44:28] That adds another level of

[44:28] coordination for volunteers

[44:29] that already donate time to

[44:29] participate.

[44:33] As for robust public

[44:33] engagement, I continue to

[44:34] advocate that the city already

[44:38] has an established network of

[44:38] community planning groups made

[44:41] up of more than 600 elected

[44:42] volunteers serving San Diego.

[44:46] If you truly want to strengthen

[44:47] public engagement, the answer

[44:47] is to provide with the cpses a

[44:51] seat at the table and

[44:52] empowering and promoting

[44:52] the community elected voices.

[44:56] This would complement public

[44:57] comment, not replace it and

[44:57] provide a predictable way for

[45:01] organized community voices to

[45:01] be heard.

[45:02] As the Planning Department

[45:05] continues to reduce the role of

[45:06] CPGs, I urge the City Council

[45:07] to move in the opposite

[45:10] direction, strengthen not

[45:11] diminish the role by formally

[45:16] providing CPGs and cpc a seat

[45:16] at the table.

[45:17] If the city wants stronger

[45:21] public engagement it should

[45:21] actively promote community

[45:22] planning groups as the local

[45:26] connection between residents

[45:26] and City Hall.

[45:27] Not leave each cpg to create

[45:31] its own public awareness Bpg

[45:31] and the cpc should be

[45:36] the city's front door to civic

[45:36] participation.

[45:37] Thank you again and I

[45:41] appreciate the time to speak

[45:42] with you guys and wish I could

[45:42] have come down there.

[45:43] But Scripps Ranches is further

[45:46] out and takes a lot more time

[45:47] and a lot more money.

[45:48] So I speak when I can and I

[45:51] appreciate you all giving

[45:51] attention to this matter.

[45:52] Thanks.

[45:52] Thank you.

[45:56] Next is Peggy Walker and then

[45:57] our final speaker is Natalie

[45:57] asking Peggy please.

[45:58] And you.

[46:00] Thank you.

[46:01] Good afternoon And thank you

[46:02] for explaining this process.

[46:05] All efforts to increase public

[46:06] participation in the governing

[46:06] process are good and in

[46:10] particular allowance for

[46:11] seeding time for virtual

[46:11] participants as well as

[46:15] in-person events.

[46:16] Solid equity improve allowing

[46:16] organized virtual presentations

[46:21] levels the playing field for

[46:21] all constituents especially

[46:25] those like myself who observe

[46:26] and participate in these

[46:26] meetings from an office finding

[46:30] it hard to make regular trips

[46:31] to council chambers and our

[46:34] mobile society.

[46:35] Virtual participation deserves

[46:36] to be recognized as important

[46:39] as in-person participation.

[46:40] It has enabled me, for example

[46:44] and I'm sure others to speak to

[46:45] issues when I'm not in town or

[46:49] able to drive downtown.

[46:50] And finally I attend my

[46:50] planning group and strongly

[46:54] support the suggestions earlier

[46:55] of giving planning groups a

[46:55] greater seat at the table

[46:59] including expanding council

[47:00] member or staff communication

[47:04] with pages in their districts.

[47:05] Planning groups are the best

[47:09] way to strengthen a community

[47:10] link to the council and they

[47:11] should be recognized for their

[47:14] importance.

[47:14] Thank you.

[47:15] Thank you.

[47:15] And our final speaker is

[47:16] Natalie Raskin.

[47:23] If you can please unmute and

[47:23] thank you.

[47:26] Another thing that I think is

[47:27] an amazing idea having more

[47:31] involved and having the ability

[47:31] .

[47:35] I think that you're a little

[47:35] jumbled up here.

[47:36] You sound a little bit Can you

[47:37] hear me now?

[47:41] Yes, that's better.

[47:42] >> Please proceed.

[47:42] I'm multitasking.

[47:45] I think it's it's amazing.

[47:46] I think having the opportunity

[47:47] for the community support

[47:52] involved is the best thing

[47:53] moving forward in this case.

[47:58] Feel a little sympathy stomach

[47:59] for what?

[48:04] That's what I'm on.

[48:08] We have to curb that and help

[48:08] People are also a part of how

[48:12] we best when we go.

[48:13] People that forget they are

[48:17] part of it.

[48:22] You're cutting out again Not

[48:25] hear me?

[48:34] >> You are cutting out again

[48:35] and we no longer hear you.

[48:40] I'm sorry.

[48:41] You can definitely submit

[48:41] comments to City clerk at San

[48:42] diego.Gov and those will be

[48:44] distributed to the council.

[48:49] But we have lost you.

[48:50] That does include public

[48:51] comment here in council

[48:51] chambers And regarding this

[48:53] item.

[48:54] >> All right.

[48:54] Thank you City Clerk.

[48:59] This now goes back to

[49:00] the Council to ratify

[49:00] the community engagement

[49:01] process and whether it met

[49:04] the standards of the 707 In

[49:09] addition to the extraordinary

[49:09] training session that the city

[49:10] clerk gave us on how this new

[49:14] process will move forward.

[49:15] So I'll kick things off.

[49:19] So again, thank you to Clark

[49:20] Francis and your team for

[49:21] the work and as well as

[49:21] the office of the City Attorney

[49:23] and everybody else that engaged

[49:24] in this process.

[49:27] And as a reminder sb 707

[49:28] requires us to put this in

[49:31] place by JULY 1st and our very

[49:32] first council meeting where

[49:32] we'll be using this new system

[49:36] will be Monday, JULY sixth.

[49:37] Sb 7 or 7 has many elements but

[49:40] for the public the most obvious

[49:41] will be the changes to

[49:42] the agenda to comply with

[49:46] translation requirements and

[49:47] changes to the public comment

[49:47] procedures to ensure equal

[49:51] treatment of in-person and

[49:51] virtual public commenters.

[49:52] Virtual public commerce will

[49:56] now allow seeding of time a

[49:57] first for the City of San Diego

[50:01] Sacramento path sb 707 with

[50:02] good intentions but provided a

[50:02] very short timeline for

[50:06] implementation and no

[50:06] additional resources.

[50:07] Nevertheless, the City clerk

[50:11] remain undaunted and was ready

[50:11] to take up the charge.

[50:12] And with our current staffing

[50:15] levels and with technology

[50:16] currently available in

[50:16] the marketplace it became clear

[50:17] that we could not fully

[50:20] replicate our existing

[50:21] in-person processes for virtual

[50:21] participation.

[50:26] So council had a choice either

[50:26] eliminate long standing option

[50:30] of city time during in-person

[50:30] public comment or reimagine

[50:31] the process And some

[50:35] jurisdictions like Encinitas

[50:36] opted to discontinue seeding

[50:36] time.

[50:37] Everyone has limited their own

[50:39] time and own presentation.

[50:40] Under my work as Council

[50:40] PRESIDENT And with

[50:44] collaboration from City Clerk,

[50:45] council administration and City

[50:46] Attorney's Office, we proposed

[50:46] changes to protect public

[50:50] participation by reimagining

[50:50] the process of seeding time.

[50:51] The changes were tested and

[50:54] revisited numerous times.

[50:55] I first brought in Information

[50:56] Item two Rules Committee in

[50:59] FEBRUARY with a framework for

[51:00] these changes.

[51:01] We listened to feedback from

[51:01] the public and committee

[51:05] members and adjusted.

[51:05] We had originally had different

[51:06] ideas.

[51:09] We proposed process only

[51:10] applying to groups of 5 to 10.

[51:11] Due to the administrative

[51:12] burden on the clerk's team

[51:14] however, with feedback from

[51:15] Rules Committee and the public

[51:16] I propose and Council adopted

[51:19] organize presentation groups

[51:20] for just two or more people.

[51:24] Additionally we reduced

[51:25] the signup time based on public

[51:25] feedback and I really have to

[51:26] give thanks to the city clerk

[51:29] and her team for willingness to

[51:30] do that.

[51:30] As you heard in

[51:31] the presentation, groups can

[51:33] now sign up 24 hours in advance

[51:34] of the meeting and provide

[51:37] their slides or presentation

[51:38] material if any as late as two

[51:39] hours before the meeting.

[51:43] That's a lot of scrambling by

[51:43] the city clerk's office to

[51:44] accommodate this further.

[51:47] Again, based on public feedback

[51:48] we are keeping the virtual

[51:53] comment period open for up to

[51:53] five minutes.

[51:54] Once in-person comment has

[51:57] ended in MARCH, Rules Committee

[51:58] unanimously voted on

[51:59] the revised proposal and

[52:02] forwarded to Council

[52:03] unanimously voted in forwarded

[52:04] to the Council in APRIL.

[52:06] Council heard this item on

[52:07] discussion and also voted

[52:07] unanimously to support

[52:12] the changes modifications to

[52:13] our publicic comment procedures

[52:13] were done out of a requirement

[52:16] to comply with state law and

[52:17] our commitment to preserving

[52:17] public participation.

[52:21] This proposal strikes a good

[52:22] balance between what was

[52:23] possible with our current

[52:26] resources and expanding this to

[52:26] virtual participants.

[52:27] Under these new procedures

[52:31] virtual participants can can

[52:32] now give presentations and as I

[52:37] mentioned at the onset we will

[52:38] now put this into practice

[52:38] after a lot of talk and a lot

[52:39] of discussion.

[52:42] Council's JULY 6th hearing will

[52:42] be the first time we will roll

[52:43] this out.

[52:47] >> It MAY all sound a bit

[52:48] complicated and as you saw

[52:49] the clerk has put out

[52:49] information guides and their

[52:52] office stands ready to help

[52:53] the public navigate the new

[52:53] processes.

[52:54] In closing the council and city

[52:57] clerk has been a statewide

[52:58] leader in hosting public

[52:58] comment both in-person and

[53:02] virtually And now we're

[53:03] stepping up to meet the intent

[53:06] of sb 77 with the resources.

[53:07] Bottom line we're expanding

[53:08] opportunities for public

[53:12] comment and input at our public

[53:12] hearings.

[53:13] There MAY be some bumps in

[53:14] the road but I have no doubt

[53:14] the clerk's team and council

[53:18] administration will be up to

[53:19] the challenge to help us all

[53:19] through it.

[53:20] Note They often do as they

[53:24] always do I should say in every

[53:25] council and committee hearing.

[53:28] And so to the comments of a

[53:29] members of the public, I

[53:30] certainly appreciate that And

[53:30] it's important to know that a

[53:34] seat at the table was not about

[53:35] public comment.

[53:35] It was a proposal to have

[53:39] dedicated time during a council

[53:40] action.

[53:40] I think that's a big change

[53:45] from what our past practices

[53:45] have been and I wonder about

[53:50] who we actually limited to.

[53:51] I was a big believer in

[53:51] community planning groups.

[53:52] I'm still a big, big believer

[53:55] and planning groups as well as

[53:55] the Community Planners

[53:56] committee.

[53:56] But there are so many other

[54:00] voices that we need to hear

[54:01] from when we make a decision

[54:02] and the variety of things that

[54:06] come across our diocese.

[54:06] And so we can continue

[54:07] the conversation about how we

[54:11] do that.

[54:11] But I think this is an

[54:12] important step because I used

[54:13] to be on the other side of

[54:16] the dice and I remember how

[54:16] much time was and how tricky it

[54:17] was to get people to cede time.

[54:21] But we see it time and time

[54:22] again about how it is possible

[54:27] we're going to roll this out on

[54:27] JULY 1st for an experience in

[54:28] JULY 6th and the four meetings

[54:32] we have in JULY and then we'll

[54:33] react and possibly pivot.

[54:38] This is brand new and we know

[54:38] there MAY be bumps as I said

[54:39] going forward.

[54:42] We do appreciate the planning

[54:43] groups.

[54:43] I know my colleagues appreciate

[54:44] the planning groups.

[54:44] I think we all appreciate

[54:48] the community planners

[54:49] committee as well.

[54:49] Going forward And we want to

[54:50] hear from them and we want to

[54:54] hear from every organized group

[54:55] whether it's neighbors for a

[54:55] better San Diego live

[54:59] experience advisors Alliance,

[55:00] Summit City can you name it

[55:01] They all have important voices

[55:04] to contribute to our decision

[55:05] making process.

[55:05] And with that I will move

[55:06] the staff recommendation and

[55:11] turn it over to my colleagues

[55:12] for either a second or a

[55:12] permit.

[55:15] Councilmember Marino have

[55:16] second and not seen any other

[55:21] councilmember mpo.

[55:22] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[55:23] Just briefly appreciate

[55:23] the members of the public who

[55:24] came in and spoke as they did

[55:26] in Rules Committee a couple of

[55:27] days ago and just reiterate my

[55:27] comments from rules out

[55:28] continually looking for ways to

[55:33] improve and increase public

[55:33] participation.

[55:34] There's no better person in our

[55:35] city government who does that

[55:35] than our city clerk.

[55:36] They want this.

[55:39] And I just want to say hearing

[55:39] them loud and clear and

[55:40] appreciating the role that

[55:44] species play and finding a

[55:44] bigger role for them moving

[55:45] forward continued Well I'm

[55:49] committed to doing that further

[55:50] into the future but I am in

[55:50] support today of the motion.

[55:51] >> Thank you.

[55:51] All right.

[55:52] Thank you, sir.

[55:56] And I forgot to mention with

[55:57] handy field in the background

[55:58] the councils are also another

[55:58] voice in a lot of these

[55:59] conversations.

[56:02] So see no one else on

[56:03] the lights a motion by myself

[56:03] and a second by COUNCILMAN

[56:04] Marino to move the staff

[56:07] recommendation Call the roll

[56:08] I'm sorry the voting system

[56:14] Please cast your vote and that

[56:15] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with

[56:15] Councilmember Foster and

[56:16] Councilmember Yvonne Wilbert

[56:19] Absent.

[56:20] Thank you, council PRESIDENT

[56:21] And thank you again.

[56:21] Thank you city Clerk, for all

[56:22] the good work you and your

[56:25] entire team and everyone who

[56:25] participated in that process.

[56:26] >> So with that please

[56:31] introduce item 400 items 400 as

[56:32] the proposed fiscal year 2027

[56:32] Recreation Center Fund Budget

[56:38] Opportunity Fund budget and

[56:38] 2025 complete outside report If

[56:39] you're here in council chambers

[56:40] I would like to speak on this

[56:43] item.

[56:44] Please be sure to submit your

[56:44] speakers live to the front of

[56:45] the room in the clear box And

[56:50] if you're participating online

[56:50] or via phone now's the time to

[56:51] raise your hand by pressing

[56:52] Star nine or the Raise your

[56:52] hand I can't thank you Council

[56:55] for that.

[56:56] >> All right.

[56:56] Thank you.

[56:57] I see a staff is settling in

[57:01] When you're ready, introduce

[57:02] yourselves for the record and

[57:02] let us know how much time you

[57:06] need.

[57:07] >> Good afternoon.

[57:13] Sara Erato, deputy director for

[57:14] the Parks and Recreation

[57:14] Department.

[57:15] With me today is Salome

[57:15] Martinez, program equity

[57:19] manager as well as Andy Field

[57:19] Department director.

[57:20] Today we have returned to

[57:20] present updates to the proposed

[57:24] fiscal year 2027 Recreation

[57:24] Center Fund and Opportunity

[57:25] Fund Budget.

[57:27] We are requesting eight minutes

[57:27] for the presentation.

[57:28] All right.

[57:33] When you're ready.

[57:34] On JUNE 16th the department

[57:34] presented the proposed fiscal

[57:35] year 2027 Recreation Center

[57:40] Fund an opportunity fund

[57:40] budgets to council resulting in

[57:41] concerns raised over how

[57:42] the Opportunity fund was being

[57:46] allocated and unspent

[57:46] Recreation Center fund dances

[57:47] without the Recreation Council.

[57:51] The Council returned this item

[57:52] to staff requesting that

[57:53] the opportunity fund allocation

[57:53] for Council District eight

[57:58] recreation centers be increased

[57:58] .

[57:59] The Allocation for Opportunity

[57:59] Fund be reevaluated using

[58:02] the assumption that fiscal year

[58:02] 26 budgets were fully expended

[58:03] to develop a plan for

[58:04] the expenditure of fund

[58:08] balances and to evaluate

[58:09] improvements to the Recreation

[58:10] Center Fund Budget and

[58:10] Opportunity Fund allocation

[58:14] process in the future.

[58:15] The next few slides we will

[58:16] review each of these

[58:20] recommendations.

[58:20] Recreation centers are

[58:21] supported through a combination

[58:22] of funding sources beginning

[58:25] with the general fund which

[58:26] provides core operating support

[58:27] needed to maintain services and

[58:27] facilities.

[58:32] In addition to general fund

[58:33] support we have recreation

[58:33] center funds that capture

[58:34] revenues generated through

[58:35] recreation center operations

[58:38] and reinvest those funds back

[58:38] into recreation services.

[58:39] Opportunity funds provide

[58:43] additional resources that are

[58:44] allocated to recreation centers

[58:45] and underserved communities for

[58:46] local priorities programs,

[58:49] equipment and minor maintenance

[58:50] projects.

[58:50] We also have actively we

[58:51] actively pursue grants from

[58:52] state, federal and private

[58:56] organizations to support

[58:56] specific projects, expand

[58:57] programing and improve

[58:57] facilities.

[59:01] Finally, donations from

[59:02] community members,

[59:02] organizations and partners help

[59:03] support programs and projects

[59:04] beyond what traditional funding

[59:08] sources MAY provide.

[59:09] Taking a closer look at

[59:09] recreation Center funds, there

[59:10] are several revenue sources

[59:13] that make up fund balance

[59:14] program registration fees from

[59:15] classes, camps, sports leagues

[59:15] and other recreational

[59:20] activities.

[59:20] Our primary source of revenue

[59:21] for the Recreation Center Fund

[59:22] revenue is also generated

[59:26] through permits for use of

[59:27] recreation buildings, athletic

[59:28] fields and park facilities for

[59:29] community events, leagues and

[59:32] private rentals.

[59:33] Annually Opportunity Fund

[59:33] allocations are deposited into

[59:34] recreation center funds to

[59:38] support underserved communities

[59:38] .

[59:39] Expanding programs, events and

[59:39] projects identified at

[59:40] the local level.

[59:44] Donations made specifically to

[59:45] a recreation center can also be

[59:46] deposited into a fund and used

[59:50] in accordance with the donor

[59:50] intent.

[59:51] Together these funding sources

[59:52] create a diversified funding

[59:52] model that allows recreation

[59:56] centers to maintain daily

[59:57] operations while also investing

[59:58] in programs, equipment and

[1:00:02] facility improvements.

[1:00:03] After running the analysis

[1:00:03] recommended in item two,

[1:00:08] the results remained similar in

[1:00:09] the original allocation

[1:00:10] disbursement resulting in even

[1:00:13] less item Council District

[1:00:13] eight receiving an allocation.

[1:00:14] With that the Department makes

[1:00:15] the following recommendation to

[1:00:19] move the budgets forward for f

[1:00:20] y 27 expenditure maintain

[1:00:21] the previously proposed

[1:00:24] opportunity Fund allocations of

[1:00:25] 555,000 to the 14 recreation

[1:00:25] centers originally identified

[1:00:30] in the staff report and

[1:00:31] Attachment b.

[1:00:34] In addition, utilize $100,000

[1:00:35] of Future Opportunity Fund

[1:00:36] revenue to support expanding

[1:00:36] opportunity fund allocations in

[1:00:41] the fiscal year 27 budget to

[1:00:42] all eight recreation centers in

[1:00:42] Council District eight.

[1:00:46] This would provide each site an

[1:00:46] additional $12,500 for

[1:00:47] the fiscal year 27 Recreation

[1:00:48] Center Fund budget.

[1:00:53] This would be a one time

[1:00:54] allocation of future revenues.

[1:00:54] Future allocations will follow

[1:00:59] a policy methodology at

[1:00:59] the time as it existed at

[1:01:00] the time of that year's

[1:01:05] allocation.

[1:01:05] As previously mentioned, staff

[1:01:06] assessed the Opportunity Fund

[1:01:09] scoring methodology assuming

[1:01:10] fiscal year 26 recreation

[1:01:10] center fund budgets had been

[1:01:11] fully expended.

[1:01:16] The analysis found similar

[1:01:16] results to the original scores

[1:01:17] with Council District eight

[1:01:20] allocations changing from two

[1:01:20] eligible sites to one.

[1:01:21] The findings suggest that

[1:01:22] broader elements of

[1:01:22] the Opportunity Fund scoring

[1:01:26] matrix and methodology work

[1:01:27] further evaluation to ensure

[1:01:27] the program effectively

[1:01:32] advances equity objectives

[1:01:32] which the Department is

[1:01:33] committed to evaluating prior

[1:01:38] to the fy 28 budget cycle.

[1:01:39] The third request of a plan to

[1:01:40] expend recreation center fund

[1:01:43] balances requires a broader

[1:01:44] discussion on why fund balance

[1:01:45] does exist for the immediate

[1:01:49] fiscal year 27 budget proposal.

[1:01:50] The Department updated all

[1:01:50] eight recreation center fund

[1:01:53] budgets in Council District

[1:01:54] eight to fully expend fund

[1:01:55] balances less $5,000 to support

[1:01:55] expanding programs and

[1:01:59] maintenance projects.

[1:02:00] As for the history of

[1:02:01] Recreation Center fund

[1:02:04] balances, these were created in

[1:02:05] 2018 with many balances

[1:02:06] starting with funds turned over

[1:02:10] by recreation councils who had

[1:02:11] been generating balances since

[1:02:12] their inception.

[1:02:12] To date community recreation

[1:02:17] groups continue to provide

[1:02:17] recommendations for recreation

[1:02:18] center fund expenditures and

[1:02:22] often include a reserve of

[1:02:23] funds over multiple years to

[1:02:23] support larger projects.

[1:02:24] In addition, recreation centers

[1:02:28] require sufficient fund

[1:02:29] balances at the start of

[1:02:29] the fiscal year to continue

[1:02:30] operating busy summer month

[1:02:35] programing and events.

[1:02:35] Also being annual revenues and

[1:02:36] expenditures can fluctuate

[1:02:37] throughout the year.

[1:02:37] Having fund balance does

[1:02:40] provide a safeguard against

[1:02:41] revenue shortfalls preventing

[1:02:45] spending and program freezes.

[1:02:46] In addition, fund balances MAY

[1:02:47] exist as a result of changes to

[1:02:47] procurement processes.

[1:02:51] Specifically the implementation

[1:02:52] of 8339 which requires a more

[1:02:53] robust contracting out review

[1:02:58] process for example contracting

[1:02:59] out review process previously

[1:03:00] took 14 to 45 days to process

[1:03:04] or as currently underway since

[1:03:04] FEBRUARY.

[1:03:05] The process takes 90 or more

[1:03:06] days depending on

[1:03:09] the procurement type.

[1:03:10] Also the department continues

[1:03:11] to face ongoing challenges

[1:03:11] primarily due to staffing

[1:03:15] capacity as it relates to

[1:03:16] navigating public works and

[1:03:17] maintenance contract process

[1:03:17] for facility repairs and

[1:03:21] improvements as well as

[1:03:22] recreation program contracts.

[1:03:23] While we have experienced

[1:03:23] delays in getting contracts in

[1:03:27] place in a timely manner to

[1:03:28] support these activities,

[1:03:28] the Department continues to

[1:03:29] work closely with various city

[1:03:32] departments to ensure

[1:03:33] compliance with these

[1:03:34] requirements and processes.

[1:03:38] Lastly, fund balances continue

[1:03:39] to grow as the department

[1:03:40] continues to leverage nonprofit

[1:03:40] partners and grants to fund

[1:03:45] specific programs events and

[1:03:45] projects.

[1:03:46] The supplemental funding

[1:03:47] sources have reduced our

[1:03:47] reliance on recreation center

[1:03:51] funds which allows fund

[1:03:52] balances to be preserved for

[1:03:52] future community priorities

[1:03:53] programs and investments.

[1:03:57] A couple of examples include

[1:03:58] the Padres Foundation donating

[1:03:59] $40,000 to Montgomery Lawler to

[1:04:03] cover field renovations that

[1:04:04] were previously budgeted for

[1:04:04] recreation center fund

[1:04:05] expenditure as well as

[1:04:05] the ongoing collaboration with

[1:04:10] Saanich Parks Foundation,

[1:04:11] the County Press Philanthropies

[1:04:11] and the private foundation to

[1:04:12] support the Parks After Dark

[1:04:15] program.

[1:04:16] Moving on to the last

[1:04:16] recommendation a possible

[1:04:21] recreation center Fund and

[1:04:22] Opportunity Fund reforms.

[1:04:22] The Department is committed

[1:04:23] over the upcoming year to work

[1:04:27] with eBay office of Race and

[1:04:27] Equity to analyze the policy

[1:04:28] and allocation process for

[1:04:33] improvements and to participate

[1:04:34] in the Allocation Process

[1:04:34] Committee to achieve a more

[1:04:35] equitable distribution of

[1:04:35] funding.

[1:04:39] We will meet with

[1:04:40] the Department of Finance to

[1:04:40] evaluate if the funds and both

[1:04:41] funds can be folded into

[1:04:44] the annual budget development

[1:04:45] and monitoring process.

[1:04:45] We will improve our

[1:04:46] communication efforts with

[1:04:51] the Council on the process for

[1:04:51] developing Budgets for

[1:04:52] Recreation Center Funds and

[1:04:52] Opportunity Fund.

[1:04:56] And lastly we will boost our

[1:04:57] efforts to work closely with

[1:04:57] operational staff and

[1:04:58] the Council to ensure unspent

[1:05:03] fund balances are prioritized

[1:05:03] and spent on community

[1:05:04] priorities.

[1:05:04] The Department updated

[1:05:09] attachments to the Recreation

[1:05:10] Center Fund budget proposals as

[1:05:10] well as Attachment b

[1:05:11] Opportunity Fund allocations to

[1:05:15] reflect the Increase

[1:05:16] Opportunity fund allocations as

[1:05:17] increased and increased budgets

[1:05:20] for Council District eight.

[1:05:20] Without the only changes to

[1:05:21] the proposed actions includes

[1:05:25] the addition of action for

[1:05:25] which authorizes

[1:05:26] the appropriation and

[1:05:26] expenditure of future revenue

[1:05:30] which was intended for fiscal

[1:05:30] year 28 allocations as part of

[1:05:31] the fiscal year 27 budget and

[1:05:35] expenditures specifically

[1:05:36] across all eight recreation

[1:05:37] center funds in Council

[1:05:37] District eight.

[1:05:38] The Department recommends

[1:05:41] approval of all actions as

[1:05:42] proposed to ensure

[1:05:42] the Recreation Center Fund

[1:05:43] budgets are approved in a

[1:05:48] timely manner and are available

[1:05:48] for use beginning JULY 1st to

[1:05:49] ensure constant continuity of

[1:05:49] summer programing.

[1:05:54] That concludes my presentation

[1:05:55] .

[1:05:55] >> Happy to take questions.

[1:05:56] All right.

[1:05:56] Thanks for the work and thank

[1:05:57] you for the presentation.

[1:05:58] Clerk Please go to Excuse me

[1:06:03] Officer The idea to have some

[1:06:03] comments.

[1:06:04] >> Thank you.

[1:06:04] Council PRESIDENT Kim Desmond

[1:06:05] from our Division of Race and

[1:06:06] Equitable provide our comments

[1:06:06] .

[1:06:07] Good afternoon to your local

[1:06:07] members of council.

[1:06:12] Our team wanted to outline some

[1:06:13] equity implications for this

[1:06:13] item including the upcoming

[1:06:14] fund budget.

[1:06:18] So our team has identified a

[1:06:18] couple of equity implications

[1:06:24] in the following categories.

[1:06:25] One some that were mentioned by

[1:06:25] Parks and Rec but one I want to

[1:06:26] highlight is the Opportunity

[1:06:30] Fund evaluation Committee

[1:06:30] scoring matrix process.

[1:06:31] We've had several conversations

[1:06:35] with Sara and team around this

[1:06:36] process in our team is

[1:06:36] committed to looking at

[1:06:37] the process in ways that we can

[1:06:42] make sure that it's more

[1:06:42] equitable.

[1:06:43] And we plan to work with staff

[1:06:46] to look at those improvements

[1:06:46] in the 2020 budget cycle.

[1:06:47] Some of the preliminary things

[1:06:48] that we saw regarding this item

[1:06:52] is improvement include

[1:06:53] increasing transparency so that

[1:06:58] we the recreation fund we can

[1:06:59] make sure that the money is

[1:07:00] being set aside in retained in

[1:07:05] the fund balance for

[1:07:05] the improve to other areas is

[1:07:06] that it's clear that those

[1:07:10] items are being used for and

[1:07:11] why it's set aside.

[1:07:12] Other opportunities includes

[1:07:12] looking at the actual

[1:07:16] opportunity fund scoring matrix

[1:07:17] to explore ways in which

[1:07:17] the matrix can be changed and

[1:07:23] we can examine and critique

[1:07:23] those factors.

[1:07:24] Factors of 21 include if

[1:07:30] the location is in a community

[1:07:30] concern and or it is adjacent

[1:07:31] to a pool.

[1:07:31] So our team is committed to

[1:07:34] looking at those factors in

[1:07:35] partnership with Parks and Rec.

[1:07:35] Last but not least in this

[1:07:40] particular category we

[1:07:41] recommended the department

[1:07:41] determine which individuals to

[1:07:46] be present to evaluate

[1:07:46] the Allocation of Opportunity

[1:07:47] Fund which is also charged with

[1:07:48] providing recommendations.

[1:07:53] Parks and Rec have invited our

[1:07:53] team to sit on this committee

[1:07:54] and so we wanted to just

[1:07:58] highlight that part as looking

[1:07:59] at who should be on

[1:07:59] the committee and we accept

[1:08:00] the invite from Parks and Rec

[1:08:05] to the consideration of them.

[1:08:06] I'll say this really quickly is

[1:08:07] that we know that not all rec

[1:08:07] centers are created equally so

[1:08:11] council MAY want to consider

[1:08:11] how facility limitations

[1:08:12] including side and upper upper

[1:08:16] recent offers of operational

[1:08:17] hours impact access to activity

[1:08:22] for stakeholders.

[1:08:23] So we recommend that Parks and

[1:08:23] Rec could identify a process to

[1:08:24] provide stakeholders with

[1:08:29] access information if their

[1:08:30] service is not provided at

[1:08:30] their location.

[1:08:31] So essentially if it's not

[1:08:35] provided there where else can

[1:08:35] they go?

[1:08:36] Last but not least regarding

[1:08:36] the subsidized contracts

[1:08:41] council MAY want to consider

[1:08:41] and monitor the increase in

[1:08:42] programs and activities in

[1:08:46] septa as it pertains to working

[1:08:47] with those provider to offer

[1:08:48] more activity and services.

[1:08:52] This includes the number of

[1:08:53] clear tangible programs and

[1:08:53] activities.

[1:08:54] The call from our team is

[1:08:54] aligned to address any

[1:08:59] questions as well as Celina is

[1:08:59] behind me.

[1:09:00] We look forward to answering

[1:09:01] any other questions regarding

[1:09:04] our suggestions for this fund.

[1:09:04] >> All right.

[1:09:05] Thank you for those comments.

[1:09:10] Always helpful in

[1:09:11] the conversation.

[1:09:11] >> Now let's go to public

[1:09:12] comment.

[1:09:12] Thank you.

[1:09:16] Council PRESIDENT Evelyn Smith

[1:09:17] if you can please come forward

[1:09:21] after that is allegedly under.

[1:09:27] >> You will have two minutes

[1:09:33] and Smith representative day

[1:09:34] four on the City Parks and Rec

[1:09:38] board and I'm just here

[1:09:39] requesting that these funds

[1:09:39] remain in the hands of

[1:09:44] the parks and Rec department

[1:09:45] because the parks and rec

[1:09:51] groups and the owners are

[1:09:51] committed to do really need

[1:09:52] these funds.

[1:09:52] Thank you.

[1:09:53] Thank you for the comments

[1:10:06] Allegedly Audra, you you guys

[1:10:06] thought I wasn't going to show

[1:10:07] up today.

[1:10:07] I bet would have been good.

[1:10:11] I think you are right.

[1:10:11] Yes.

[1:10:12] So my concern is what's

[1:10:13] happening at these rec centers

[1:10:17] and the parks and the safety of

[1:10:18] the children and really anybody

[1:10:24] that participates in engaging

[1:10:24] in those activities.

[1:10:25] >> And as you're talking about

[1:10:30] Parks after Dark program like

[1:10:30] that's a little scary.

[1:10:31] We don't have lights at parks

[1:10:31] rubble.

[1:10:32] People have been dying in your

[1:10:32] parks.

[1:10:36] I mean murdered it you know

[1:10:37] Linda Vista skate park or being

[1:10:41] brutally assaulted by officers

[1:10:42] I mean you don't really care

[1:10:42] because it doesn't really

[1:10:46] affect you but it's very

[1:10:47] detrimental what's happening at

[1:10:47] these places And these funds

[1:10:52] should be spent for safety and

[1:10:53] things like that to make sure

[1:10:54] there's lighting because people

[1:10:54] are getting raped.

[1:10:58] These are like perfect places

[1:10:59] when you're a rapist or

[1:10:59] something like that.

[1:11:00] If they're dark and there's

[1:11:04] secluded areas to go and take

[1:11:05] advantage of somebody and it's

[1:11:06] like you know we can sit here

[1:11:10] and virtue signal like what

[1:11:11] we're really doing is bringing

[1:11:12] forward something in

[1:11:12] the community which you are But

[1:11:16] if you're not ensuring that

[1:11:17] it's a safe place to go to then

[1:11:18] it's like where's our money

[1:11:18] really being spent?

[1:11:22] I mean you could sit there and

[1:11:23] have swings all day long but if

[1:11:24] children are being raped under

[1:11:24] the swings I mean how does that

[1:11:27] help?

[1:11:28] So I just feel like you guys

[1:11:33] need to be more you know,

[1:11:34] concerned about people's public

[1:11:34] safety and you know, the fact

[1:11:39] that, you know, you can just be

[1:11:39] going and enjoying the park and

[1:11:40] you know, an officer from

[1:11:41] the San Diego Police Department

[1:11:45] can just come up and like

[1:11:46] basically slam your face into

[1:11:46] the ground.

[1:11:51] You know, and brutally assault

[1:11:52] you and then you get charged

[1:11:52] with something.

[1:11:56] So it's just interesting

[1:11:57] the things that take place that

[1:11:58] isn't really of concern to

[1:12:03] people who you know, those are

[1:12:03] your constituents like Raul

[1:12:04] Campo.

[1:12:04] But you know, that's just

[1:12:05] the way the business goes.

[1:12:14] Good job involved Suzy or

[1:12:14] Gonzalez Walden people you

[1:12:19] can't read the person Sage

[1:12:19] Thank you.

[1:12:20] You'll have two minutes.

[1:12:21] Please proceed.

[1:12:21] Hi, my name is Sage Consultant.

[1:12:25] Well, I am the chair of Choice

[1:12:26] Valley Community Planning

[1:12:26] Group.

[1:12:30] I'm speaking to this in favor

[1:12:31] because obviously we all need

[1:12:36] more money for Parks and Rec.

[1:12:37] One of the issues that our

[1:12:41] community has is that finding

[1:12:42] what the metric is for each

[1:12:42] district for parks has been

[1:12:47] difficult to figure out.

[1:12:48] So I have brought you each

[1:12:49] something to look at.

[1:12:53] This is called the Trust for

[1:12:53] Public Land.

[1:12:58] This is a nationwide

[1:12:59] organization that that really

[1:13:00] just does a metric And in San

[1:13:03] Diego we rate pretty low for

[1:13:03] equity.

[1:13:04] So you know, the other piece is

[1:13:10] next week we're speaking over

[1:13:11] radio towers and this is a 31

[1:13:11] acre park.

[1:13:14] I know this is not on

[1:13:15] the agenda but I am And I

[1:13:15] really all the things that are

[1:13:20] happening with the presentation

[1:13:21] is this is going to be a really

[1:13:21] big deal for our community.

[1:13:25] So I would like you all to look

[1:13:30] at this Public safety is

[1:13:31] imperative in our community And

[1:13:32] if you consider public safety

[1:13:36] being clean air places to play,

[1:13:37] things for children to do and

[1:13:42] ways to invest in our children

[1:13:42] in our community this is this

[1:13:47] is for for our community really

[1:13:47] important.

[1:13:48] I find it interesting my

[1:13:51] council member isn't here today

[1:13:51] and this is what we're talking

[1:13:52] about.

[1:13:57] >> So thank you.

[1:13:57] >> Shut up here.

[1:13:58] Thank you.

[1:13:58] We'll pick that up.

[1:14:02] Paul, are you speaking to this

[1:14:03] item?

[1:14:03] Paul Kruger Are you speaking to

[1:14:04] this item?

[1:14:04] Okay.

[1:14:05] Just wanted to make sure before

[1:14:07] I went to virtual public

[1:14:08] comment I'm sorry the five

[1:14:09] minute timer going to those

[1:14:12] participating virtually we have

[1:14:13] six speakers in the queue 9885

[1:14:21] If you can please unmute line

[1:14:22] 85I can't imagine for you.

[1:14:22] >> There you go.

[1:14:23] Hi.

[1:14:27] Hi there I am.

[1:14:28] My name is Joanne Paquette.

[1:14:29] I am the secretary and you

[1:14:32] officer for Lucky Waller our

[1:14:33] Little League that is located

[1:14:34] at Montgomery Water Park.

[1:14:36] I have to just say that we're

[1:14:37] really sad to hear that our

[1:14:38] district is being passed up

[1:14:42] again this year for the second

[1:14:42] time And it's really important

[1:14:43] for us not to leave money on

[1:14:47] the table especially when a

[1:14:48] park with McMurry Waller has so

[1:14:49] many things that it needs fix

[1:14:52] and we have a playground that

[1:14:52] is not ada compliant.

[1:14:53] We have parking lots that have

[1:14:54] no lights to them or people

[1:14:56] can't get broken into them.

[1:14:57] We had the Padres come out last

[1:15:01] year and yes they donated

[1:15:01] $40,000 to have our fields

[1:15:02] flattened and modeled so that

[1:15:03] our kids could play on this

[1:15:03] field.

[1:15:05] And this is the first time

[1:15:05] since 1969 that these bills are

[1:15:10] fixed and we cannot depend on

[1:15:10] the charity of organizations to

[1:15:11] come in and step in to take

[1:15:14] care of what being neglected.

[1:15:15] And on top of that, yes, they

[1:15:16] came in and they fix those

[1:15:19] fields for us but then Parks

[1:15:20] and Rec allowed football and

[1:15:21] soccer to play on those fields

[1:15:21] and so we had to spend

[1:15:24] thousands of dollars this year

[1:15:25] to fix them again so that they

[1:15:26] can be playable for our players

[1:15:29] this spring And the season is

[1:15:30] almost over and we're going to

[1:15:31] have to hand it back over to

[1:15:31] football and soccer again.

[1:15:32] It is just going to happen

[1:15:34] again.

[1:15:34] The community has been stepping

[1:15:39] up to make sure that our parks

[1:15:40] look good but it's not enough

[1:15:40] and our kids deserve better and

[1:15:43] we deserve the funding and

[1:15:44] the funding that's left over

[1:15:45] the 300,000 is not even enough

[1:15:49] to start working to bring

[1:15:49] Montgomery Waller into

[1:15:50] compliance.

[1:15:50] The playgrounds need to be

[1:15:51] fixed.

[1:15:53] The lights need to be fixed.

[1:15:54] We don't have a scoreboard for

[1:15:55] our kids.

[1:15:58] We don't have a dog park.

[1:15:58] It's not safe.

[1:15:59] Our bathrooms are not great.

[1:16:00] It's just it's not okay that

[1:16:04] every year we get passed up and

[1:16:04] our families deserve better.

[1:16:05] This is something that I live

[1:16:08] in the community, something I

[1:16:09] was born there and this is

[1:16:09] something that we've been

[1:16:10] fighting for every year that I

[1:16:12] can remember.

[1:16:13] My parents fought for life in

[1:16:14] the parking lot.

[1:16:14] I'm almost 40 years old and we

[1:16:15] still don't have them.

[1:16:17] We cannot leave money on

[1:16:18] the table anymore and we need

[1:16:19] to look at these parks and

[1:16:23] these organized actions and

[1:16:23] these would be places that kids

[1:16:24] can go and have fun in a safe

[1:16:28] manner and give them

[1:16:28] the opportunity to improve and

[1:16:29] to grow because your time has

[1:16:32] concluded Becky Rapp is

[1:16:33] the next speaker.

[1:16:36] >> If you can please unmute.

[1:16:37] >> Yes, good afternoon.

[1:16:38] My name is Becky Rapp and it's

[1:16:42] unfortunate that we are to

[1:16:42] the point that we have to

[1:16:43] utilize opportunity funds to

[1:16:46] help fund parks and rec

[1:16:47] centers.

[1:16:47] Our communities are being asked

[1:16:48] to do more with limited

[1:16:51] resources while families

[1:16:52] continue to rely on these types

[1:16:52] of recreation programs

[1:16:57] especially now I do appreciate

[1:16:57] the city's commitment to

[1:17:01] expanding the recreational

[1:17:02] opportunities but we also need

[1:17:02] to look at opportunities to

[1:17:06] generate additional revenue

[1:17:07] without asking taxpayers to pay

[1:17:07] more.

[1:17:10] One opportunity is stronger

[1:17:11] enforcement of laws that

[1:17:15] already exist across San Diego

[1:17:16] illegal flavored tobacco

[1:17:17] products, intoxicating hemp

[1:17:19] products and other prohibited

[1:17:20] items continue to be sold

[1:17:24] openly, often and often in

[1:17:25] storefront windows near

[1:17:25] neighborhoods and recreation

[1:17:26] centers.

[1:17:30] These illegal sales undermine

[1:17:30] public health, increase youth

[1:17:31] exposure and create unnecessary

[1:17:35] burdens on our communities.

[1:17:35] Stronger enforcement will not

[1:17:36] only protect children and

[1:17:40] families, it could also

[1:17:40] generate substantial revenue

[1:17:41] through penalties, fines and

[1:17:44] enforcement actions.

[1:17:45] >> Those funds could be

[1:17:45] reinvested directly into our

[1:17:49] recreation system.

[1:17:50] Imagine what that could mean.

[1:17:54] Recreation centers could expand

[1:17:54] afterschool and summer programs

[1:17:55] parks that currently lack

[1:17:59] adequate lighting could finally

[1:18:00] be lit up making them safer and

[1:18:00] more accessible during

[1:18:04] the evening hours.

[1:18:04] Facilities could receive long

[1:18:05] overdue maintenance and

[1:18:09] neighborhoods with the greatest

[1:18:09] needs could benefit from

[1:18:10] additional recreational

[1:18:13] activities without relying

[1:18:14] solely on limited general fund

[1:18:18] dollars.

[1:18:18] I just encourage the city to

[1:18:23] make stronger enforcement of

[1:18:24] existing laws as part of its

[1:18:24] long term funding strategy for

[1:18:28] parks and Rec.

[1:18:29] >> Let's put it back into

[1:18:29] the community.

[1:18:30] Thank you.

[1:18:33] Thank you Blair Beakman If you

[1:18:37] can please unmute.

[1:18:37] >> All right.

[1:18:38] Thank you.

[1:18:38] We're Beakman.

[1:18:41] I think this is about the third

[1:18:42] time this item has been here at

[1:18:42] Council in committee in

[1:18:46] the past month and a half.

[1:18:46] Thank you.

[1:18:47] It's interesting for items to

[1:18:47] come back.

[1:18:51] I thought additional funding it

[1:18:51] was described today that

[1:18:52] additional funding is going to

[1:18:56] be going to District eight.

[1:18:57] So good luck how that can go to

[1:19:00] the park that was described as

[1:19:01] needing help.

[1:19:04] >> And you know as this is

[1:19:05] the third time with this item,

[1:19:08] I hope my ideas can be very

[1:19:09] much a part of this process in

[1:19:10] how we talk about the future of

[1:19:14] our tech accountability for

[1:19:14] the future of these rec centers

[1:19:19] and park systems in San Diego.

[1:19:20] It sounds like there's going to

[1:19:20] be a lot of new aspects of

[1:19:23] surveillance tech coming up and

[1:19:24] I think we should be well

[1:19:25] prepared that we not only ask

[1:19:29] for good surveillance tech but

[1:19:29] that we ask for good policies

[1:19:30] with the tech.

[1:19:33] I think I think we have to

[1:19:34] start moving past

[1:19:34] the euphemisms of sports

[1:19:38] utility lighting and learn to

[1:19:39] speak directly to the concept

[1:19:43] of biometric technology as an

[1:19:44] example and that we're not

[1:19:45] afraid to have that subject be

[1:19:48] a regular talking point in our

[1:19:48] community dialog.

[1:19:49] We don't know how to do that

[1:19:52] yet but yet biometric tech was

[1:19:53] all around us during the era of

[1:19:54] covid and in our post-covid era

[1:19:57] and yet we don't know how to

[1:19:58] practice having that

[1:19:58] conversation openly yet.

[1:20:02] It's really important to say

[1:20:03] that instead of sports utility

[1:20:03] lighting and I hope we make

[1:20:07] the efforts to do that.

[1:20:08] And for all the clamor to

[1:20:12] create new tech we have to have

[1:20:13] we have that has to be equally

[1:20:13] balanced with the concepts of

[1:20:17] good policy practices.

[1:20:18] And that's all I ask for.

[1:20:18] You know, in this sort of

[1:20:22] instance, you know how we can

[1:20:22] limit our tech is important and

[1:20:23] it can do that serve the same

[1:20:26] purposes.

[1:20:27] But having the good policies in

[1:20:28] place just adds that we're

[1:20:31] doing things well.

[1:20:32] We're doing it responsibly and

[1:20:33] holistically.

[1:20:36] I mean that's how you build

[1:20:37] the park community future and I

[1:20:37] hope you take to heart.

[1:20:41] Creating good tech policies

[1:20:42] with our future tech in our

[1:20:42] parks Your time has concluded

[1:20:46] and so has the five minute

[1:20:46] timer.

[1:20:47] We have three speakers in

[1:20:48] the queue with their hands

[1:20:48] raised.

[1:20:50] No additional speakers will be

[1:20:51] taken at 700 If you can please

[1:20:55] unmute.

[1:20:55] Thank you Joy.

[1:21:00] Assume that I support this

[1:21:04] movement of funds to see

[1:21:05] the eight Councilmember Moreno

[1:21:09] Ward I think it was just a week

[1:21:12] or two ago and I listened so I

[1:21:13] strongly support it.

[1:21:17] I really liked under the in

[1:21:18] the staff report under equal

[1:21:23] opportunity contracting info

[1:21:24] the way they spelled it out

[1:21:27] the whole the steps in

[1:21:28] the unfoldment of the process

[1:21:32] it just got me to a big yes

[1:21:32] real fast.

[1:21:33] So if you haven't read that

[1:21:38] section I highly recommend send

[1:21:38] it.

[1:21:39] So and then my next comment is

[1:21:42] on the c r g the community

[1:21:47] recreation groups Do we know

[1:21:48] this is not a judgment?

[1:21:51] I'm a little bit in the past

[1:21:52] with the recreation councils It

[1:21:55] was very bumpy the way it ended

[1:21:56] up but do we have enough

[1:22:01] transparency monitoring and

[1:22:01] oversight of the influence on

[1:22:06] funds and so forth The movement

[1:22:07] to influence

[1:22:07] the recommendations from the c

[1:22:11] r g groups and how that is all

[1:22:11] handled.

[1:22:16] Thank you Kim Desmond because

[1:22:16] I'm really excited about you

[1:22:21] being called to do work on

[1:22:22] the spend down and the scoring

[1:22:26] metrics.

[1:22:26] Recent Equity Department is

[1:22:31] really really needed on that

[1:22:31] and you're just going to come

[1:22:32] forward with your greatness and

[1:22:35] you're going to make it happen.

[1:22:36] So I love the Race and Equity

[1:22:40] Department.

[1:22:41] I was against it sort of it

[1:22:42] first being part of the idea.

[1:22:45] But you began beginning to be

[1:22:46] even better and better and

[1:22:47] greater and greater heroes for

[1:22:50] me on this important item.

[1:22:51] And then of course you MAY have

[1:22:55] to cut me off, sweetie.

[1:23:00] No grants in a nine, no grants

[1:23:00] and your time is concluded.

[1:23:04] Francine Maxwell if you can

[1:23:05] please unmute Francine Maxwell

[1:23:08] Southeastern San Diego resident

[1:23:08] Thank you so much for

[1:23:09] the presentation and full

[1:23:13] support of their request

[1:23:14] wanting to make sure that

[1:23:18] people go and make sure that

[1:23:19] the studies that were done in

[1:23:23] earlier years are pulled off

[1:23:24] the shelf before we decide to

[1:23:24] do another one because

[1:23:28] the things that were found

[1:23:28] remain the same.

[1:23:29] So before we spend more money

[1:23:32] on disparities steady let's

[1:23:33] make sure that we go to

[1:23:34] the shelves and pull off

[1:23:37] the programing equity study

[1:23:38] within the parking rec desist

[1:23:42] system and we MAY need to

[1:23:46] expand his board another seat

[1:23:47] at the table where it comes

[1:23:47] from the community Voice Not

[1:23:52] people that are paid where

[1:23:52] they're going to check a box

[1:23:56] and pretty much be able to pull

[1:23:57] out what the community has been

[1:23:57] knowing for years.

[1:24:01] We knew that there were issues

[1:24:01] with the hiring that our panels

[1:24:06] had relatives on it and so

[1:24:07] given that the department knows

[1:24:11] it we don't need to sit and

[1:24:11] continue to put committees

[1:24:12] together and put people that

[1:24:13] are going to sit there and talk

[1:24:16] about it and not change

[1:24:16] the narrative.

[1:24:21] So again, looking forward to

[1:24:21] more transparency and oversight

[1:24:22] within our parking rec.

[1:24:26] The system making sure that

[1:24:27] when people are turned out they

[1:24:31] are thoughtfully removed so

[1:24:32] that things can grow.

[1:24:32] Also remember that it's

[1:24:35] the council office that directs

[1:24:36] things that they want to as

[1:24:37] well and people that are in

[1:24:41] the areas of concern sometimes

[1:24:41] you remain the areas of concern

[1:24:42] because you need to look at

[1:24:43] what's going on behind

[1:24:45] the doors in the council office

[1:24:46] because our park was stacked to

[1:24:50] get a a plaza when we could

[1:24:51] have pushed harder and got a

[1:24:55] whole skate park across

[1:24:55] the street on some land that we

[1:24:56] own, all those people are gone.

[1:25:00] They attended the meeting and

[1:25:01] the park system knew that they

[1:25:02] were going to do it and so did

[1:25:02] the council office and that

[1:25:07] doesn't bode well.

[1:25:08] That concludes your time and

[1:25:12] our final speakers Peggy Walker

[1:25:13] Thank you again As a youth

[1:25:17] mentor I support this with a

[1:25:18] focus on safety and oversight.

[1:25:22] It's important to provide

[1:25:22] greater availability of healthy

[1:25:26] recreational choices in a safe

[1:25:27] place for children, especially

[1:25:27] in underserved communities.

[1:25:32] This is important at a time

[1:25:32] when youth are bombarded with

[1:25:33] so many diverse and not always

[1:25:37] healthy way to spend their time

[1:25:38] when case in point

[1:25:41] the overwhelming draft So some

[1:25:42] media another scores of studies

[1:25:43] have shown that when kids live

[1:25:47] near dispensaries for example

[1:25:47] they are more likely to use

[1:25:48] marijuana and as a result have

[1:25:52] higher rates of psychosis.

[1:25:52] There is a greater prevalence

[1:25:56] of dispensary dispensaries and

[1:25:57] higher rates of underage use

[1:25:57] marijuana use in underserved

[1:26:01] communities.

[1:26:02] So we need to counterbalance

[1:26:03] that with safe and equitable

[1:26:06] year round recreational

[1:26:07] opportunities for healthy youth

[1:26:07] activities.

[1:26:11] The interaction and engagement

[1:26:12] Thank you again.

[1:26:12] Thank you.

[1:26:16] And that concludes public

[1:26:16] comment on this item.

[1:26:17] >> All right.

[1:26:17] Thank you.

[1:26:18] City Clerk.

[1:26:19] An item like this I would

[1:26:21] normally go to the chair of

[1:26:21] the Community Neighborhood

[1:26:22] services but we're here a

[1:26:23] second time because of issues

[1:26:26] raised by District eight So I'm

[1:26:26] going to start out with council

[1:26:27] member Moreno.

[1:26:30] >> Thank you.

[1:26:31] I want to thank our Parks and

[1:26:31] Rec staff and

[1:26:35] the administration for your

[1:26:36] work on this revision and also

[1:26:36] to my colleagues for

[1:26:39] understanding my concerns on

[1:26:40] this item.

[1:26:41] When it was heard last week at

[1:26:45] Council the opportunity Fund is

[1:26:45] a special revenue fund created

[1:26:46] by the Parks and Rec Department

[1:26:49] to reduce historical

[1:26:50] disparities in recreation

[1:26:54] programing a goal that I

[1:26:55] strongly support In 2021

[1:26:59] the City of San Diego released

[1:26:59] their Park Master Plan and

[1:27:00] the Performance Audit of Equity

[1:27:04] and Recreation programing both

[1:27:04] identified inequities related

[1:27:08] to park access and recreation

[1:27:09] programing across the city.

[1:27:13] The performance audit

[1:27:17] recommendation recommendations

[1:27:18] six states that the Park and

[1:27:18] Rec Department should a

[1:27:22] developed document and

[1:27:23] implement a plan for directing

[1:27:27] resources including any equity

[1:27:28] based funding towards specific

[1:27:28] steps to eliminate identified

[1:27:32] disparities.

[1:27:33] The Opportunity Fund was

[1:27:37] created in direct response to

[1:27:38] that recommendation and it's

[1:27:42] deeply troubling that the fund

[1:27:42] itself is now reproducing

[1:27:43] the disparities it was designed

[1:27:47] to fix sit Since its inception

[1:27:51] in fiscal year 24, District

[1:27:51] eight has consistently received

[1:27:56] a disproportionately low share

[1:27:56] of opportunity fund allocations

[1:28:00] compared to other historically

[1:28:01] underserved districts.

[1:28:02] The numbers speak for

[1:28:06] themselves in fiscal year 24,

[1:28:06] District eight received 9% of

[1:28:11] the total opportunity Fund

[1:28:14] allocation In fiscal year 25,

[1:28:15] District eight got 24% in

[1:28:18] fiscal year 26 District eight

[1:28:22] got 12% Fiscal year 27 we're

[1:28:26] getting 26% and this is only

[1:28:27] after this revision and only

[1:28:31] with additional funds Over four

[1:28:32] years District eight has

[1:28:35] averaged roughly 18% of a fund

[1:28:40] explicitly designed to address

[1:28:40] underserved communities.

[1:28:44] To me that's a continuation of

[1:28:45] the same neglect these funds

[1:28:48] were created for and it's

[1:28:53] unacceptable.

[1:28:53] >> I also want to address

[1:28:54] the issue of unspent rec center

[1:28:58] funds.

[1:28:58] When this item was first

[1:29:01] brought forward, District eight

[1:29:02] had $1.2 million in funds and

[1:29:07] it was these exact funds that

[1:29:07] are obstructing my park and

[1:29:11] RECs from being considered for

[1:29:12] the opportunity fund Yet

[1:29:16] the money has not been spent.

[1:29:17] It was those unspent funds that

[1:29:21] disqualified our parks from

[1:29:22] being considered for

[1:29:22] opportunity fund dollars.

[1:29:26] I stated last time and I still

[1:29:27] have it I have an invoice for

[1:29:31] $34,000 for a scoreboard that

[1:29:32] Little League families have

[1:29:32] advocated for years.

[1:29:36] Montgomery Waller Park has

[1:29:41] $302,000 in identified needs

[1:29:41] with funds that have not been

[1:29:42] spent.

[1:29:46] The San Diego American Memorial

[1:29:47] Park Little League plays on

[1:29:51] baseball fields that need laser

[1:29:51] leveling clay for the bases

[1:29:52] proper fencing to allow for

[1:29:56] landscape maintenance and

[1:29:57] additional shading In this

[1:30:01] revision memorial park will not

[1:30:01] will now receive some funds but

[1:30:05] absolutely not enough to

[1:30:06] address the full scope of what

[1:30:06] the fields need.

[1:30:10] My residents deserve the same

[1:30:11] quality of parks and recreation

[1:30:15] programs that other that other

[1:30:16] communities across this city

[1:30:19] take for granted.

[1:30:20] The opportunity funds exist

[1:30:21] precisely to close the gap and

[1:30:25] right now it's falling short of

[1:30:25] that promise for District

[1:30:25] eight.

[1:30:29] I disagree with the historical

[1:30:30] trajectory of priority

[1:30:34] prioritization that has been

[1:30:34] presented because District

[1:30:38] eight deserves more.

[1:30:39] I do want to thank our Chief of

[1:30:44] race and equity Can Kim Desmond

[1:30:44] and I look forward I look

[1:30:48] forward to looking into

[1:30:48] the process that these

[1:30:52] opportunity funds get allocated

[1:30:52] .

[1:30:53] The committee members that are

[1:30:57] sitting on the committee that

[1:30:58] gets to decide how these funds

[1:31:02] are being spent which were to

[1:31:03] items that I brought up at

[1:31:04] the last meeting.

[1:31:04] When are you proposing to come

[1:31:07] back to this Council with your

[1:31:12] findings?

[1:31:13] >> So I think we can sketch out

[1:31:13] a timeline what Parks and Rec

[1:31:16] for f y 28 as looking at some

[1:31:17] of these factors I think it

[1:31:21] deserves some critique to make

[1:31:22] sure we're getting it right so

[1:31:23] we can come back with a

[1:31:23] timeline when we get with Parks

[1:31:25] and Rec If that suffices.

[1:31:26] Okay so we don't know yet.

[1:31:30] It could be a month.

[1:31:31] It could be seven months.

[1:31:32] That's right.

[1:31:36] It's up to the administration.

[1:31:36] >> Councilmember I think that's

[1:31:39] fair.

[1:31:40] The timeline is somewhat

[1:31:41] indeterminate right now.

[1:31:41] However, we anticipate that an

[1:31:44] updated process including

[1:31:45] members of the Opportunity Fund

[1:31:49] kind of committee would be in

[1:31:50] place in time for development

[1:31:51] of the fy 28 budget.

[1:31:54] So I know that you will not be

[1:31:54] sitting here next year but

[1:31:55] whoever succeeds you should

[1:32:00] have the benefit of having some

[1:32:00] folks from the draft team

[1:32:03] sitting on that committee when

[1:32:04] they see their fy 28 numbers

[1:32:05] presented to you.

[1:32:05] >> Wonderful.

[1:32:06] And so I would just like to

[1:32:08] read into the record

[1:32:09] the committee member titles We

[1:32:10] and these are all city of San

[1:32:14] Diego associate manager analyst

[1:32:14] a district manager, an area

[1:32:18] manager, a senior management

[1:32:19] analyst supervising rec

[1:32:19] specialist, a senior park

[1:32:24] ranger and I think recently

[1:32:24] added a philanthropic public

[1:32:28] partner into that.

[1:32:29] These are the folks that get to

[1:32:30] decide how much funding is

[1:32:33] being disbursed And obviously

[1:32:33] the city council puts

[1:32:38] the parameters as to what is

[1:32:38] puts the approves

[1:32:42] the parameters So definitely

[1:32:42] something that needs to be

[1:32:47] looked at with a finer lens.

[1:32:48] Also Council Councilmember

[1:32:48] Foster at the last meeting

[1:32:52] brought up the fact that he

[1:32:56] would wanted to see a funding

[1:32:57] allocations for these park and

[1:32:58] RECs at during the budget

[1:33:02] process which I very much

[1:33:02] welcome.

[1:33:07] So with that I would like to

[1:33:11] make an amendment to

[1:33:12] the staff's recommendation if I

[1:33:12] could find it here.

[1:33:16] So in section four and I'll

[1:33:17] read this authorize the chief

[1:33:21] financial Officer to

[1:33:22] appropriate and expend 100,000

[1:33:26] from the surf cubs Ports llc

[1:33:26] percentage ground lease

[1:33:27] payments scheduled for delivery

[1:33:31] into the Opportunity Fund for

[1:33:31] fiscal year 2028 Disbursement

[1:33:36] and redirect it to the fiscal

[1:33:36] year 2027 opportunity budget to

[1:33:41] be allocated to Montgomery

[1:33:41] Waller Little League for their

[1:33:45] scoreboard at $34,000 and

[1:33:50] allocate the remainder all

[1:33:54] across District eight.

[1:34:04] >> Let me see Scuse me Sorry

[1:34:04] once again to allocate to

[1:34:05] Montgomery Waller Little League

[1:34:11] for their scoreboard at $34,000

[1:34:21] and allocate evenly.

[1:34:22] >> Sorry can't even read my own

[1:34:26] notes to allocate evenly across

[1:34:31] all eight city rec centers and

[1:34:32] Council District eight at

[1:34:35] the amount of 8250 each and

[1:34:36] that will be my modification to

[1:34:39] the motion And I was I and I

[1:34:40] apologize I do want to thank my

[1:34:45] colleague Council member Shani

[1:34:48] Leo Rivera for proposing

[1:34:49] the $100,000 from the Surf Club

[1:34:49] Boards llc percentage ground

[1:34:53] lease payment.

[1:34:53] Thank you for that

[1:34:54] recommendation.

[1:34:57] I will note that District four

[1:35:01] and District nine are receiving

[1:35:02] $250,000 of opportunity funds

[1:35:05] which they 1,000% deserve.

[1:35:08] District eight is only getting

[1:35:09] $150,000 this year and that's

[1:35:13] because of the $100,000 that my

[1:35:14] colleague was able to identify.

[1:35:17] If not, we would only be

[1:35:18] getting $54,000.

[1:35:22] It's my district, my community,

[1:35:23] very underserved community and

[1:35:23] I will always fight tooth and

[1:35:28] nail to make sure that we get

[1:35:28] our fair share.

[1:35:29] So I hope to see if I I'll

[1:35:33] finish up next year as a member

[1:35:33] of the public I hope to see

[1:35:37] the opportunity funds being

[1:35:38] dispersed across all very much

[1:35:42] needed communities evenly and

[1:35:43] proportionately as well

[1:35:47] including Linda Vista.

[1:35:48] I will out of that one So thank

[1:35:52] you all right.

[1:35:53] Thank you, Councilmember

[1:35:53] Moreno.

[1:35:54] So we have a motion as amended

[1:35:57] and we'll get that up on

[1:35:58] the screen.

[1:35:58] >> I don't maybe hard copies We

[1:36:01] didn't get an email so yeah

[1:36:02] we'll get through All council

[1:36:03] members know what the amended

[1:36:07] motion is.

[1:36:08] >> So with that we'll go to

[1:36:08] Council Member Campbell.

[1:36:10] The Chair Thank you so much.

[1:36:11] Thank you so much.

[1:36:14] Council PRESIDENT There's

[1:36:15] 34,000 for the scoreboard.

[1:36:19] Is that part of the 12,500 each

[1:36:23] for the eight rec center areas

[1:36:24] in District eight or is that an

[1:36:26] additional funding from

[1:36:32] somewhere else?

[1:36:32] Thank you for the question.

[1:36:33] I do want to clarify since you

[1:36:36] made the motion that as part of

[1:36:37] the budget revision that we did

[1:36:38] for Montgomery Waller we did

[1:36:41] incorporate the repairs to

[1:36:42] the scoreboard as part of their

[1:36:43] budget So it has already

[1:36:45] included utilize in their

[1:36:46] recreation center fund budgets

[1:36:47] just in case that helps with

[1:36:51] your amendment.

[1:36:54] But the 34,000 is separate than

[1:36:55] the 12,500 that we originally

[1:36:55] recommended for each of the rec

[1:36:59] centers and Council District

[1:37:00] eight That is incorrect.

[1:37:04] Councilmember Campbell our

[1:37:05] colleague Shani Lowe Rivera

[1:37:05] discovered that we could

[1:37:08] potentially put $100,000 of

[1:37:11] surf club funding So out of

[1:37:12] those $100,000 the staff is

[1:37:15] proposing to divide up evenly

[1:37:16] into eight council into eight

[1:37:19] Council District eight parking

[1:37:22] Rex Right for a total of about

[1:37:23] 12,500.

[1:37:24] What I'm proposing is we take

[1:37:27] that 100,000 we fund the 34,000

[1:37:27] for that.

[1:37:31] So I'm not taking money out of

[1:37:32] anywhere else than what is

[1:37:35] already being proposed Out of

[1:37:39] the 100,000 we take 34 and we

[1:37:40] put it towards the scoreboard

[1:37:40] at Montgomery Waller and

[1:37:43] the remainder which is roughly

[1:37:47] 64,000 which equates to about

[1:37:48] 8250 divided up to the eight.

[1:37:49] So nothing there's no extra

[1:37:51] money coming out of anywhere.

[1:37:56] It's the 100,000 that clarifies

[1:37:56] it for me.

[1:37:57] Is that your understanding?

[1:38:01] Good afternoon Andy Field Parks

[1:38:02] and Recreation Director Yes, we

[1:38:05] understand we take the first

[1:38:05] portion of 100,000 towards

[1:38:06] the scoreboard then divide

[1:38:10] the remainder across the eight

[1:38:11] sites We got you.

[1:38:11] No problem.

[1:38:11] Thank you.

[1:38:12] Okay, Thanks you guys.

[1:38:15] I understand completely and I'm

[1:38:15] happy to second the motion.

[1:38:16] >> All right.

[1:38:20] We have a motion by council

[1:38:20] member Moreno Marina which was

[1:38:21] an amendment amended to

[1:38:25] the staff recommendation and a

[1:38:26] second by Councilmember

[1:38:26] Campbell.

[1:38:27] We'll go next to council member

[1:38:27] Eli Rivera.

[1:38:28] All right.

[1:38:31] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[1:38:31] Vic Sayre for the presentation

[1:38:32] and all that work for Parks and

[1:38:32] Rec.

[1:38:35] I appreciate the work that

[1:38:36] Councilmember Moreno did

[1:38:39] between last evening and this

[1:38:40] meeting in partnership with

[1:38:40] Parks and Rec and the Mayor's

[1:38:44] office to get to where we are

[1:38:45] today.

[1:38:45] I think this is an important

[1:38:49] conversation about the way that

[1:38:50] the Opportunity Fund is working

[1:38:51] in practice Now the idea behind

[1:38:54] it is incredibly important and

[1:38:55] that it starts with recognizing

[1:38:58] that there are rec centers in

[1:38:59] San Diego that have not been

[1:39:00] given the opportunity to

[1:39:04] succeed and that we have a

[1:39:04] system in place that made it

[1:39:05] more and more difficult for

[1:39:08] them to ever catch up.

[1:39:09] It's that that is reminiscent

[1:39:14] of the way many things work in

[1:39:15] our city and opportunity And i

[1:39:18] think is it is a really smart

[1:39:19] idea And now it's about making

[1:39:22] sure that the idea aligns with

[1:39:23] the vision that we have for our

[1:39:27] our rec centers and the goals

[1:39:28] of this specific program.

[1:39:32] So if I really do believe that

[1:39:37] if we properly frame

[1:39:38] the opportunity fund we can

[1:39:39] figure out the ways to to

[1:39:39] modify it in a way that

[1:39:42] achieves those goals.

[1:39:43] There's going to need to be

[1:39:44] some rightsizing and some

[1:39:47] improvements, some recognition

[1:39:48] that the way that things are

[1:39:48] being operationalized on

[1:39:51] the ground impacts ability for

[1:39:55] this fund to up to to work as

[1:40:00] intended.

[1:40:01] But all of that doesn't mean

[1:40:02] that the opportunity in itself

[1:40:05] it isn't important.

[1:40:06] I think it's important for

[1:40:06] members of the public to

[1:40:07] recognize I also did want to

[1:40:10] just make note that

[1:40:11] Councilmember Foster is on

[1:40:15] official business right now.

[1:40:16] He is not shy about ensuring

[1:40:19] that District four gets its

[1:40:23] fair share and was an important

[1:40:24] part of the conversation to

[1:40:26] ensure that District four

[1:40:27] wasn't left out of

[1:40:28] the conversation as this

[1:40:32] opportunity fund as

[1:40:33] the decisions were being made

[1:40:33] and that they didn't get any

[1:40:37] less than what they were

[1:40:37] deserving of just because we

[1:40:38] heard some some comments and I

[1:40:39] want to make sure that was on

[1:40:41] the record as well.

[1:40:42] The last thing I wanted to say

[1:40:46] is that I think the $100,000

[1:40:47] that we were able to to deploy

[1:40:47] here to address some of

[1:40:51] Councilmember Moreno's concerns

[1:40:52] and the direct result of this

[1:40:56] this council demanding more and

[1:40:57] demanding better from those who

[1:40:57] have the ability to pay more

[1:41:00] and treat the city better.

[1:41:01] It's an example of us leaning

[1:41:05] into that and then deploying

[1:41:06] that additional revenue in a

[1:41:06] way that serves a part of

[1:41:10] the city that's been the most

[1:41:10] left behind over the years.

[1:41:15] And you know in this case it's

[1:41:16] just $100,000.

[1:41:17] So not transformational from a

[1:41:20] city budget perspective but it

[1:41:20] also demonstrates that every

[1:41:21] single dollar that we get in

[1:41:25] that sort of way matters that

[1:41:26] the $34,000 that'll be deployed

[1:41:26] for the scoreboard is going to

[1:41:30] make a margin.

[1:41:31] A very big difference for

[1:41:31] the families who are at

[1:41:36] Montgomery Waller and we can't

[1:41:36] lose sight of that.

[1:41:37] That's just my way of saying

[1:41:41] that when we are entering into

[1:41:41] negotiations with any party

[1:41:46] with the city we need to

[1:41:46] squeeze as much out as possible

[1:41:50] because on the other end of

[1:41:51] that equation are families who

[1:41:52] will benefit from that And in

[1:41:56] this case it's $100,000 It'll

[1:41:57] feed into the opportunity fund

[1:41:58] and those hundred thousand

[1:41:59] dollars are being deployed to

[1:41:59] benefit the residents of

[1:42:00] District eight And in other

[1:42:05] circumstances there are similar

[1:42:05] positive outcomes that can be

[1:42:06] derived from us simply

[1:42:10] demanding more when we are in

[1:42:11] negotiations especially with

[1:42:16] very wealthy entities that are

[1:42:17] making a lot of money from

[1:42:21] their from from the agreements

[1:42:22] that they have from the city.

[1:42:22] So I'm glad that this is being

[1:42:23] this is being able to be

[1:42:27] deployed in this way But we're

[1:42:27] in a better place than we were

[1:42:28] a couple of weeks ago.

[1:42:29] I appreciate the work that was

[1:42:32] done to get to this place and

[1:42:32] look forward to more

[1:42:33] opportunities to make sure that

[1:42:37] we're that we're doing right by

[1:42:38] residents who were not done

[1:42:42] right by in the past.

[1:42:43] >> And that will conclude my

[1:42:43] comments.

[1:42:44] Council PRESIDENT Thank you.

[1:42:44] All right.

[1:42:48] Thank you, Councilmember Rivera

[1:42:49] I'll just out of course be

[1:42:50] supportive of this and I

[1:42:53] appreciate Park and Rec in

[1:42:54] everyone who pivoted after

[1:42:58] the input from the first

[1:42:58] meeting of this.

[1:43:03] You did an awful lot of work on

[1:43:04] that and have reevaluated a lot

[1:43:05] of your processes.

[1:43:08] There's more work to be done as

[1:43:09] you gain this And what I want

[1:43:10] to focus on something that I

[1:43:13] think Councilmember Foster

[1:43:14] pointed out about having this

[1:43:19] information not as a separate

[1:43:20] item after the budget is

[1:43:21] already approved but part and

[1:43:21] parcel of the budget because

[1:43:26] today we have very little room.

[1:43:27] The opportunity fund is x

[1:43:27] dollars and the question is how

[1:43:28] are you going to divvy up those

[1:43:32] x dollars if count if

[1:43:33] Councilmember El Overhead

[1:43:36] secured that hundred thousand

[1:43:36] it would have been a much

[1:43:37] different very painful

[1:43:37] conversation today.

[1:43:41] So having that information

[1:43:42] about even if it's only draft

[1:43:43] in terms of the rec center fund

[1:43:48] the opportunity fund during

[1:43:48] the budget conversations

[1:43:49] because a few dollars every

[1:43:53] dollar is painful that we don't

[1:43:54] give to Parks and Rec given how

[1:43:54] much you have to do and how

[1:43:55] much is on your plate but a few

[1:43:59] dollars taken from that

[1:43:59] operating budget for dedicated

[1:44:00] funds for individual rec

[1:44:04] centers and under resourced

[1:44:04] communities could have made a

[1:44:05] heck of a lot of difference.

[1:44:06] But we didn't know we didn't

[1:44:10] have those tools available to

[1:44:10] us.

[1:44:11] So one more thing to add to

[1:44:15] your list of how we do f y 28

[1:44:15] differently and maybe have you

[1:44:16] at least give us

[1:44:19] the opportunity or council

[1:44:20] the opportunity that more

[1:44:21] flexibility and weigh the pros

[1:44:26] and cons to benefits and

[1:44:27] the cost of any of those

[1:44:27] decisions going forward.

[1:44:30] So thank you for your good work

[1:44:31] .

[1:44:32] Thank you for that And again

[1:44:33] I'll throw in a to rec centers

[1:44:38] rec councils in district one

[1:44:38] through in money towards that

[1:44:39] opportunity fund beyond

[1:44:44] the regular process and oh that

[1:44:44] you created the opportunity to

[1:44:48] find out of scratch and maybe

[1:44:49] this is a good chance to kind

[1:44:49] of revisit the thinking that

[1:44:54] went into the opportunity funds

[1:44:55] now that we've got a few years

[1:44:56] under our belt.

[1:44:56] So anyway, thank you.

[1:45:00] Thank you to COUNCILMAN Moreno

[1:45:01] and everybody who weighed in

[1:45:02] last time and weighed in this

[1:45:06] afternoon and so that we do

[1:45:07] have the motion that is now up

[1:45:08] on the screen I think you heard

[1:45:12] it said out loud a couple of

[1:45:12] times.

[1:45:18] So the key being directing

[1:45:18] 34,000 directly to

[1:45:19] the Montgomery Recreation

[1:45:19] Center for the scoreboard and

[1:45:23] spreading the remainder of that

[1:45:24] 100,000 evenly across all eight

[1:45:25] recreation centers and council

[1:45:30] district in the $8,250 each.

[1:45:30] So with that not to anybody

[1:45:35] else in life, please call

[1:45:35] the roll.

[1:45:36] >> That's right the voting

[1:45:41] system Please cast your vote

[1:45:42] That passes unanimously 7 to 0

[1:45:43] with Councilmember Foster and

[1:45:43] Councilmember a little bit

[1:45:44] absent.

[1:45:47] >> Thank you, Council

[1:45:47] PRESIDENT.

[1:45:48] All right.

[1:45:48] Thank you, Clerk.

[1:45:51] So with that for the next two

[1:45:52] items we're going to update

[1:45:52] the order.

[1:45:56] We will first hear the item two

[1:45:57] establish the Affordable

[1:46:01] Housing Preservation Fund which

[1:46:01] is item one as the housing

[1:46:02] authority.

[1:46:06] Then we will hear item 402 from

[1:46:07] the city Planning Department as

[1:46:12] the City Council upon inclusion

[1:46:13] of those two items we will

[1:46:13] Return of Housing Authority to

[1:46:17] continue with today's business

[1:46:18] .

[1:46:18] So with that we will now

[1:46:19] adjourn as the City Council and

[1:46:24] convene as a special housing

[1:46:25] Authority meeting Clerk Please

[1:46:28] introduce Housing Authority

[1:46:29] Item ha1 of you council

[1:46:30] PRESIDENT Item one is to

[1:46:30] establish an affordable housing

[1:46:35] preservation Fund and amend

[1:46:35] the San Diego Housing

[1:46:36] Commission and Fiscal Year 2026

[1:46:40] budget to accept City of San

[1:46:41] Diego Neighborhood Enhancement

[1:46:42] fee funds for affordable

[1:46:42] housing preservation.

[1:46:43] If you'd like to speak on this

[1:46:48] item please be sure to submit

[1:46:49] the speaker up to the front of

[1:46:49] the room in the clear box Or if

[1:46:50] you're participating remotely

[1:46:53] please be sure to raise your

[1:46:53] hand by pressing Star nine or

[1:46:54] the raise your hand icon.

[1:46:54] Thank you.

[1:46:55] All right.

[1:46:59] Thank you so staff, please

[1:46:59] introduce yourself for

[1:47:00] the record and let us know how

[1:47:01] much time you need.

[1:47:01] >> Good afternoon, Councilor

[1:47:05] Senior Vice PRESIDENT, Real

[1:47:06] estate for Senior Housing

[1:47:06] Commission minutes, please.

[1:47:07] >> All right, When you're ready

[1:47:10] you staff is recommending that

[1:47:11] the housing authority of

[1:47:12] the city of San Diego authorize

[1:47:16] a senior housing commission to

[1:47:17] establish an affordable housing

[1:47:18] preservation fund and amend

[1:47:21] the Housing Commission's fiscal

[1:47:26] year 2026 budget to accept

[1:47:27] $5,913,554 instead of sending

[1:47:27] only renouncing funds that will

[1:47:28] be transferred from the city of

[1:47:29] San Diego to the Housing

[1:47:32] Commission to be deposited into

[1:47:33] the Housing Commission's

[1:47:34] Affordable Housing Preservation

[1:47:34] Fund.

[1:47:35] These are crucial, crucial next

[1:47:38] steps to help preserve

[1:47:38] the affordable rental homes

[1:47:39] citywide.

[1:47:39] We also support the City

[1:47:40] Council approved Affordable

[1:47:44] housing preservation strategy

[1:47:45] that was a commission study

[1:47:45] preserving affordable housing

[1:47:48] in the city of San Diego

[1:47:49] released MAY 2020 estimated

[1:47:50] that more than 13,000 units

[1:47:54] could become unaffordable by

[1:47:55] 2040 4200 restricted units MAY

[1:47:58] lose protections and up to

[1:47:59] 9250.

[1:47:59] Naturally, affordable homes

[1:48:00] will become unaffordable due to

[1:48:04] market pressures without

[1:48:05] without intervention 35% of all

[1:48:05] new production or simply

[1:48:11] replacing have lost

[1:48:11] affordability.

[1:48:15] On FEBRUARY 3rd, 2025 City

[1:48:15] Council approved a deed

[1:48:16] restricted Affordable Housing

[1:48:17] Preservation Ordinance

[1:48:17] spearheaded by Councilmember

[1:48:20] Fabian Moreno.

[1:48:21] Then on APRIL 10th 2025 at

[1:48:22] the request of City Council

[1:48:27] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee, chair of

[1:48:27] the Land Use and Housing

[1:48:28] Committee staff presented an

[1:48:29] informational report about

[1:48:32] the potential for the creation

[1:48:33] of an Affordable Housing

[1:48:33] Preservation fund Along with

[1:48:34] the options for its

[1:48:35] implementation, the committee

[1:48:38] asked us to return with

[1:48:39] recommendations and funding

[1:48:39] models going forward On

[1:48:43] SEPTEMBER 4th, 2025 staff

[1:48:43] returned to eliminate with a

[1:48:44] range of preservation

[1:48:45] strategies to create and

[1:48:45] implement an affordable housing

[1:48:49] preservation fund.

[1:48:49] The committee unanimously

[1:48:50] unanimously approved

[1:48:51] recommending that the City

[1:48:51] Council take the staff

[1:48:55] recommended actions to

[1:48:56] establish an affordable housing

[1:48:56] preservation fund.

[1:48:57] The committee requested

[1:49:01] the staff take the actions

[1:49:02] shown on the slide start of

[1:49:02] research to various funding

[1:49:03] models available to create and

[1:49:06] preserve affordable housing and

[1:49:07] naturally occurring housing In

[1:49:08] San Diego we spoke with

[1:49:08] industry professionals and

[1:49:13] consulted with other localities

[1:49:14] Determine the best options for

[1:49:14] the city of San Diego.

[1:49:15] We return to City Council to

[1:49:16] request the approvals needed to

[1:49:18] establish the fund and transfer

[1:49:19] the neighborhood enhancement

[1:49:24] funds to the Housing Commission

[1:49:25] in its approval of the City of

[1:49:26] San Diego's fiscal year 2026

[1:49:26] budget, the City Council

[1:49:30] allocated $5 million for

[1:49:31] the Neighborhood Enhancement

[1:49:32] Fund to the Affordable Housing

[1:49:37] Preservation Fund since that

[1:49:37] council action,

[1:49:38] the Neighborhood announcement

[1:49:42] Fund has grown to $5,913,544 as

[1:49:42] new as additional new

[1:49:43] developers paid for the Bond

[1:49:44] Housing Commission staff have

[1:49:47] worked with City of San Diego

[1:49:47] staff to bring a companion item

[1:49:48] to the city council to approve

[1:49:49] a transfer of funds from

[1:49:54] the city of San Diego Fund 2000

[1:49:54] Commission for the fiscal year

[1:49:55] 2026 Sources and uses of funds

[1:49:59] proposed for approval were not

[1:50:00] included in the Housing

[1:50:00] Commission's housing.

[1:50:01] The Housing Commission's

[1:50:04] Housing authority approved

[1:50:05] fiscal year 2026 budget.

[1:50:06] The Housing Commission is

[1:50:06] requesting approval from

[1:50:07] the Housing Authority to amend

[1:50:11] the Housing Commission's fiscal

[1:50:11] Year 2026 budget to authorize

[1:50:14] the Housing Commission to

[1:50:15] accept 5,000,913 $1,154 from

[1:50:16] any fund for Affordable Housing

[1:50:21] Preservation Fund activities to

[1:50:22] acquire and preserve both deed

[1:50:22] restricted and naturally

[1:50:23] occurring affordable housing

[1:50:27] properties.

[1:50:28] The Housing Commission's

[1:50:28] proposal for 26 Budget

[1:50:29] Amendment does not commit any

[1:50:33] funds to any specific strategy

[1:50:34] program or acquisition or

[1:50:38] individual property

[1:50:39] acquisitions, Bond

[1:50:40] authorizations and Preservation

[1:50:40] Fund program approvals will be

[1:50:44] brought back to the housing

[1:50:45] Commission Board of

[1:50:45] Commissioners, the Housing

[1:50:46] Authority and or City Council

[1:50:47] for separate approval before

[1:50:51] any funds are expended on a

[1:50:52] specific project.

[1:50:52] The Housing Authority and or

[1:50:53] City Council will set the final

[1:50:56] policy strategies for

[1:50:57] the Preservation Fund at a

[1:50:58] later date as the fund grows

[1:50:58] and additional types of

[1:51:03] investments are sought, Those

[1:51:04] proposals and any changes to

[1:51:05] preservation fund activities

[1:51:05] will be brought to the Housing

[1:51:09] Authority or City Council for

[1:51:09] approval.

[1:51:10] Staff recommend that

[1:51:11] the Housing authority of

[1:51:14] the City of San Diego take

[1:51:15] the actions detailed in staff

[1:51:21] report and shown on the slide.

[1:51:22] Thank you for your time.

[1:51:23] Francis Barros and I are able

[1:51:23] to answer any questions and

[1:51:27] that concludes our

[1:51:27] presentation.

[1:51:28] All right.

[1:51:28] Thank you for the work and

[1:51:29] thank you for the presentation.

[1:51:30] Please proceed with public

[1:51:30] comment.

[1:51:33] Thank you.

[1:51:34] Council PRESIDENT If I can have

[1:51:34] Paul Krueger please come

[1:51:35] forward after that as allegedly

[1:51:40] Adrienne and then Anthony Ross

[1:51:40] you can please come forward to

[1:51:41] the other reserved seats at

[1:51:41] the front.

[1:51:42] Anthony That would be greatly

[1:51:45] appreciated as well as Agenda

[1:51:45] You will have two minutes.

[1:51:46] >> Please proceed.

[1:51:47] I put in a slip for this and a

[1:51:51] slip for the next one that i

[1:51:52] would like almost the same.

[1:51:56] Would it be easier if I just

[1:51:57] made one presentation for four

[1:51:57] minutes and not on the next?

[1:51:58] The items are being taken

[1:52:02] separately so then your

[1:52:02] comments on Disappear.

[1:52:03] Thank you.

[1:52:04] I just wanted to call your

[1:52:07] attention to how significant

[1:52:08] this is in terms of unintended

[1:52:09] consequences of programs.

[1:52:13] The city council has approved

[1:52:14] and refused to modify over

[1:52:14] years of concern.

[1:52:19] The bonus idea program

[1:52:19] specifically removed from our

[1:52:25] housing stock Affordable

[1:52:26] starter housing at 750,000 or

[1:52:26] more.

[1:52:31] These homes are considered very

[1:52:32] affordable and they're in

[1:52:32] neighborhoods where housing is

[1:52:33] affordable.

[1:52:38] This policy allowed developers

[1:52:38] to turn these homes into rental

[1:52:43] units and build multiple units

[1:52:44] in the backyards where these

[1:52:45] bonus adu units affordable.

[1:52:49] No they were not.

[1:52:49] For every market rate unit

[1:52:50] the developer got they were

[1:52:55] allowed or required to build a

[1:53:01] quote unquote affordable unit.

[1:53:02] Those affordable units include

[1:53:07] moderate rate housing that

[1:53:07] rents for up to people who make

[1:53:08] more than 110% of the average

[1:53:13] median income for five years.

[1:53:14] We urge this council to revisit

[1:53:15] these rules and require

[1:53:20] developers to build truly low

[1:53:21] income housing and this council

[1:53:21] did not do that.

[1:53:26] The other issue here is what

[1:53:26] could lead communities has done

[1:53:32] to existing apartment buildings

[1:53:33] that because they're older or

[1:53:37] more affordable those those

[1:53:38] units examples in utc and

[1:53:43] Golden Hill were demolished to

[1:53:44] make room for developments that

[1:53:48] charge $2,700 for a one bedroom

[1:53:49] unit with quote unquote

[1:53:54] affordable units costing more

[1:53:55] than $2,500.

[1:53:56] We wouldn't be here if you

[1:54:02] would Please take time to

[1:54:02] review the consequences of

[1:54:03] these programs They are pointed

[1:54:03] out to you.

[1:54:05] >> Thank you.

[1:54:05] Thank you.

[1:54:11] Allegedly under course they

[1:54:12] didn't do it.

[1:54:17] They need to squeeze out as

[1:54:18] much as possible.

[1:54:18] Right.

[1:54:19] Sean, it's so interesting

[1:54:19] because you guys sit here and

[1:54:23] you do bring forward items like

[1:54:24] this like you're really going

[1:54:25] to preserve affordability.

[1:54:25] You can't preserve something

[1:54:29] that doesn't exist.

[1:54:30] So you guys sit here and act

[1:54:31] like we're providing affordable

[1:54:31] housing.

[1:54:35] Is it I mean is it really

[1:54:36] affordable even if you need

[1:54:36] some kind of voucher, does that

[1:54:37] mean it's still affordable?

[1:54:41] I mean would that mean it's not

[1:54:42] that you make more money to go

[1:54:42] in there?

[1:54:43] I mean it's like the way you

[1:54:47] guys pull wool over people's

[1:54:48] eyes to make it seem like what

[1:54:49] you're doing is beneficial to

[1:54:49] them.

[1:54:53] It's so sad because it's like

[1:54:53] this $5 million.

[1:54:54] >> I mean really what's going

[1:54:55] to do your time on acquiring

[1:54:58] and preserving like I mean you

[1:54:58] guys sit up there with a

[1:54:59] straight face.

[1:54:59] >> It's so sad because people

[1:55:04] are suffering.

[1:55:05] You sit up on your dais and you

[1:55:06] guys act like you know what

[1:55:10] that's like to try and figure

[1:55:10] out how you're going to pay

[1:55:11] your rent and what's actually

[1:55:12] affordable Like when you have

[1:55:16] people that are making hundreds

[1:55:17] of thousands of dollars and

[1:55:18] talking about affordability

[1:55:22] until you guys get paid 20

[1:55:23] bucks an hour and you're trying

[1:55:23] to make ends meet, I don't

[1:55:24] think that you have a right to

[1:55:28] talk about that because you

[1:55:29] don't have that kind of lived

[1:55:29] experience where you would

[1:55:30] understand what it's like to

[1:55:35] stretch a dollar Instead you

[1:55:36] guys come out to the people

[1:55:36] time and talk know Sean Do you

[1:55:37] know what that's like?

[1:55:37] Have you been homeless?

[1:55:40] You have for how long?

[1:55:40] Right?

[1:55:46] And look at you now right?

[1:55:47] Do you care about the people

[1:55:47] you walk over at night?

[1:55:48] You don't.

[1:55:49] So I mean you want to sit here

[1:55:52] and act like you've been

[1:55:53] homeless?

[1:55:53] I've been homeless too, but I

[1:55:54] actually give a about

[1:55:54] the people.

[1:55:55] I don't just walk over them and

[1:55:58] like Oh my gosh you're such an

[1:55:58] eyesore.

[1:55:59] Let's move you down the road.

[1:55:59] That's what's so sad.

[1:56:04] Yes, that's what you guys do.

[1:56:05] You don't go in and personally

[1:56:09] like encounter these people but

[1:56:10] yet you sit up here and decide

[1:56:11] what they can and what they

[1:56:16] can't afford and that is so

[1:56:16] egregious.

[1:56:20] >> Anthony please confirm.

[1:56:21] Well good afternoon City

[1:56:21] Council.

[1:56:27] I thought that this I mean it

[1:56:28] appeared to be cut and dry to

[1:56:33] me but after hearing some of

[1:56:33] the testimonies, some of

[1:56:34] the members of the public I'm

[1:56:35] not exactly sure.

[1:56:38] And I think that with regard to

[1:56:39] what one of the gentlemen said

[1:56:40] earlier with regard to

[1:56:40] the unintended consequences, I

[1:56:44] think that we should look into

[1:56:44] that.

[1:56:45] I think that I'm in support of

[1:56:50] this item on the contingency

[1:56:51] that we look into some of

[1:56:51] the unintended consequences

[1:56:54] that could happen as a result

[1:56:54] of this proposal.

[1:57:01] Thank you.

[1:57:02] Sorry I'm going to time are

[1:57:03] going to those participating

[1:57:04] remotely starting with Francine

[1:57:04] Maxwell If you can please

[1:57:07] unmute Francine that's all

[1:57:08] southeastern San Diego any of

[1:57:12] these required paragraph two in

[1:57:13] our dash 2021 dash 22 to be

[1:57:18] used solely to fund recreation

[1:57:18] amenities, active

[1:57:19] transportation and transit

[1:57:19] infrastructure projects.

[1:57:23] So 100% no amenities were or

[1:57:29] ever will be constructed with

[1:57:29] any benefit.

[1:57:30] Any money was not spent in any

[1:57:31] amenity in communities of

[1:57:35] concern or any infrastructure.

[1:57:36] 100% of money is now being

[1:57:37] proposed to be transferred into

[1:57:41] preserving the concentration of

[1:57:41] poverty in communities of

[1:57:42] concern without needed

[1:57:42] infrastructure.

[1:57:47] I could have sworn that my

[1:57:48] neighbors won their lawsuit

[1:57:48] against the city of San Diego

[1:57:52] in reference to

[1:57:53] the concentration of poverty.

[1:57:57] So again we're going to have to

[1:57:58] revisit this because it seems

[1:57:59] like people have forgotten

[1:58:05] about the win that my neighbors

[1:58:05] received building projects

[1:58:06] without amenities then using

[1:58:10] the money meant to improve

[1:58:11] the lives of the most

[1:58:11] vulnerable but instead ensuring

[1:58:17] they are without amenities.

[1:58:17] I think that there's something

[1:58:18] wrong unless I have just

[1:58:23] completely misread this.

[1:58:24] So I look forward to

[1:58:24] the education that I MAY

[1:58:29] receive from the diocese today

[1:58:29] .

[1:58:33] >> And again let's not forget

[1:58:34] about 100% is now being

[1:58:34] transferred preserving

[1:58:39] the concentration of poverty

[1:58:40] because District four is an

[1:58:41] area of concern and their

[1:58:46] neighbors get together and they

[1:58:46] win lawsuits.

[1:58:47] >> Thank you for allowing me to

[1:58:47] speak.

[1:58:48] Thank you.

[1:58:51] Next is 8700 If you can please

[1:59:01] unmute a joyful two Oh gosh I

[1:59:02] thought I was preparing for

[1:59:07] this in an unexpected items but

[1:59:08] that's not what I need to whine

[1:59:08] about or even cry.

[1:59:15] Thank you Paul Krueger Thank

[1:59:15] you Allegedly Audra Thank you.

[1:59:19] Francine Maxwell They all are

[1:59:20] telling us things You need to

[1:59:25] listen to those statistics

[1:59:26] about what's going to happen to

[1:59:27] you know, these covenants these

[1:59:32] these homes that are a year ago

[1:59:33] we looked at this We have a

[1:59:38] list of these things, these

[1:59:39] restrictive covenant properties

[1:59:40] that really didn't go under.

[1:59:44] I don't think we've really done

[1:59:45] anything dramatically to stop

[1:59:45] that.

[1:59:50] I really don't But I don't have

[1:59:51] the time So I'm just worried.

[1:59:57] I was very I love the word

[1:59:57] preservation.

[1:59:58] You all know that And I really

[2:00:01] was all for this whole new I

[2:00:02] still am.

[2:00:03] But are we missing something?

[2:00:08] I think we are and I don't know

[2:00:09] what it is so please help me

[2:00:09] with that, will you?

[2:00:15] So we can do better.

[2:00:15] >> Thank you for listening to.

[2:00:16] Next is John If you can play

[2:00:23] some you Good afternoon City

[2:00:23] council It's interesting

[2:00:24] the direction it's taken It's

[2:00:29] the same direction that I was

[2:00:30] going to go which is the most

[2:00:31] underserved community and most

[2:00:35] struggling is those that are

[2:00:35] living on our streets right now

[2:00:41] And we have decided to close

[2:00:41] the facility that represents

[2:00:47] over half of the bathrooms

[2:00:48] the only place where you can

[2:00:49] wash your personal items and

[2:00:53] get your clothes done and

[2:00:54] the only place where you can

[2:00:54] take a break even a park for

[2:00:58] homeless people to go to.

[2:00:59] So if this funding is for that

[2:01:00] for the purpose of meeting

[2:01:05] the needs of underserved

[2:01:05] communities I suggest we start

[2:01:06] there and then we should go

[2:01:11] over to the lot and talk about

[2:01:11] what's going on there because

[2:01:12] when we envision that we did

[2:01:13] not envision it at the density

[2:01:16] that it currently is operating

[2:01:16] at, we did not envision it

[2:01:17] without any ground cover to

[2:01:22] relieve you of just any point

[2:01:22] or when it rains.

[2:01:23] We do not agree to a place that

[2:01:27] has no shade and no community

[2:01:28] gathering places to relax.

[2:01:33] There is and it is divisible

[2:01:34] and dense beyond what we ever

[2:01:38] imagined were 2 to 300 tents in

[2:01:38] one location.

[2:01:42] We have zero adult shelters

[2:01:43] that are built for purpose or

[2:01:43] for that matter that are in

[2:01:48] place for anyone who is a

[2:01:49] single adult On our streets

[2:01:53] right now we've got four

[2:01:53] specialty groups.

[2:01:54] We've got it for families.

[2:01:54] We've got for people with

[2:01:55] disabilities people gay,

[2:01:58] lesbian.

[2:01:59] But if you're a single adult

[2:01:59] you get to live in a tent

[2:02:00] whether it's a group tent on

[2:02:03] asphalt or a tent and then a

[2:02:10] lot So I think we need to

[2:02:10] rethink our priorities here

[2:02:11] because honestly we're kind of

[2:02:14] make it some break up ranch

[2:02:15] look like a good idea and you

[2:02:21] know how I feel about that.

[2:02:21] Thank you.

[2:02:22] The five minute timer has been

[2:02:22] clear.

[2:02:28] We have two speakers in

[2:02:28] the can.

[2:02:29] No additional speakers will be

[2:02:29] taken.

[2:02:30] That was Blair Beekman and

[2:02:30] Natalie Raasch.

[2:02:31] Gabler if you can please unmute

[2:02:32] I thank you for Beakman Thank

[2:02:35] you Public comment today

[2:02:36] the previous public comment or

[2:02:41] as a lot of words and ideas on

[2:02:42] the concept of the future of

[2:02:42] the New York Day Center and he

[2:02:46] is just the best strongest

[2:02:47] voice to really talk about any

[2:02:47] possible future for the day

[2:02:51] center.

[2:02:52] I hope his voice is really

[2:02:52] listened to and realize what

[2:02:55] we're losing and giving that

[2:02:56] up.

[2:02:56] I think we understand its

[2:03:01] efficiency in giving it up.

[2:03:02] He's stating the practicalities

[2:03:03] why we need to keep it and work

[2:03:07] on concepts like it If we if it

[2:03:08] is depended where else are we

[2:03:11] going to go All Kruger also

[2:03:12] offered really interesting

[2:03:16] comments that was seconded by

[2:03:17] Anthony Thank you very much I

[2:03:18] would like to third that

[2:03:21] concept and and the idea that

[2:03:22] you're hearing good public

[2:03:27] voices on this matter and that

[2:03:28] help and I guess to thank our

[2:03:29] council persons you know I've

[2:03:33] been learning important lessons

[2:03:33] from our council person

[2:03:34] the Carver that I understand

[2:03:37] you guys do care about

[2:03:38] affordable housing at this time

[2:03:39] I'm better understanding that

[2:03:43] what you can be doing towards

[2:03:43] that subject towards truly

[2:03:48] affordable housing and with

[2:03:48] what the groups like path can

[2:03:49] do the work that they do has

[2:03:52] been nothing short of

[2:03:53] miraculous And we really have

[2:03:58] to be I hope those

[2:03:59] conversations become more and

[2:03:59] more clear.

[2:04:00] I mean it's more than just

[2:04:03] shelters that they offer and

[2:04:04] how we build that future is

[2:04:08] important from that how do we

[2:04:09] again talk about the future of

[2:04:10] places like New graduate center

[2:04:14] and services for people who

[2:04:14] really need it And look how

[2:04:18] this funding can be used to for

[2:04:19] a truly affordable end and that

[2:04:20] you guys have conversations

[2:04:24] here on the dsa in those good

[2:04:24] terms and good luck in

[2:04:25] listening to the public to all

[2:04:28] of us who've offered really

[2:04:29] interesting comment here today.

[2:04:29] >> Thank you.

[2:04:33] Thank you, Natalie Rush here

[2:04:34] last speaker please on media Hi

[2:04:38] Natalie Rashi a lot a lot of

[2:04:39] this is kind of confusing

[2:04:43] understanding the language

[2:04:44] that's being used as a

[2:04:48] stakeholder elder And I was you

[2:04:49] know, looking at the definition

[2:04:52] I consider myself a stakeholder

[2:04:53] and I don't know that we are

[2:04:54] considered a stakeholder.

[2:04:57] Some of us the voices that we

[2:05:01] have I think that moving

[2:05:02] forward we have to really be

[2:05:03] intentional and conscious of

[2:05:07] what we choose and how we

[2:05:08] choose to build buildings or

[2:05:11] build anything that we're

[2:05:12] doing.

[2:05:17] I was offered a apartment at

[2:05:17] Quattro for City Heights.

[2:05:22] I drove by there that whoever

[2:05:23] designed that that building it

[2:05:26] looks like a jail cell.

[2:05:27] The side window would be

[2:05:28] the freeway of the 15 I

[2:05:32] understood in that when we have

[2:05:33] to build affordable housing in

[2:05:37] areas where there's transits

[2:05:38] and such things but I don't

[2:05:41] know of anybody who's looked at

[2:05:41] that building or some of

[2:05:42] the other buildings that are

[2:05:42] built.

[2:05:46] It really stands out as you're

[2:05:47] in affordable housing.

[2:05:51] So if we're creating these I

[2:05:52] don't know it almost puts a tag

[2:05:56] on you again and I don't know

[2:05:57] whose intentions are or what

[2:06:00] they are when they're building

[2:06:01] these places that are supposed

[2:06:06] to include or be inclusive to

[2:06:06] our community.

[2:06:11] And I think that there is there

[2:06:15] is definitely we need to re

[2:06:20] approach how we move forward in

[2:06:20] this new day and age.

[2:06:25] Thank you.

[2:06:25] >> Thank you.

[2:06:26] That does conclude public

[2:06:27] comment on this item.

[2:06:27] All right.

[2:06:28] Thank you City Clerk.

[2:06:30] With that we'll turn over to

[2:06:30] council members questions,

[2:06:31] comments entertain a motion.

[2:06:32] We'll start with the chair of

[2:06:35] Land Use and Housing Council

[2:06:36] PRESIDENT Pro tem I think I was

[2:06:39] PRESIDENT And I want to start

[2:06:40] off by thanking my colleague

[2:06:40] Councilmember Renaud for her

[2:06:41] years of leadership and

[2:06:44] advocacy as the former chair of

[2:06:44] Planning and Housing Committee

[2:06:45] in bringing forward

[2:06:48] the Preservation Ordinance that

[2:06:49] was passed by this council

[2:06:49] earlier last year.

[2:06:53] This item came before the Land

[2:06:54] Use and Housing Committee in

[2:06:58] the fall and where we are doing

[2:06:58] is taking the next step in

[2:06:59] actually putting together a

[2:06:59] fund that supports our

[2:07:03] affordable housing preservation

[2:07:04] ordinance as we acknowledge at

[2:07:08] the time the ordinance was

[2:07:09] really just one initial step to

[2:07:09] move the city's affordable

[2:07:13] housing preservation strategy

[2:07:14] forward allowing for

[2:07:14] opportunities so that as

[2:07:17] affordable housing covenants

[2:07:18] expired, the city whether

[2:07:19] through the Housing Commission

[2:07:22] or through partners within

[2:07:23] the community who could

[2:07:23] participate in this fund could

[2:07:27] help and have the opportunity

[2:07:28] to preserve existing affordable

[2:07:31] housing and to renew their

[2:07:32] covenants in the years ahead.

[2:07:33] As you've heard from

[2:07:33] the presentation, there's been

[2:07:37] over 13,000 units that have

[2:07:37] been identified with covenants

[2:07:41] that would be expiring other

[2:07:41] nationally affordable housing

[2:07:42] occurring affordable housing

[2:07:46] that has been at risk And for

[2:07:47] much time the city has focused

[2:07:51] heavily primarily on producing

[2:07:52] new housing units.

[2:07:52] But at the same time we

[2:07:55] recognize that just producing

[2:07:56] new units doesn't necessarily

[2:07:57] ensure that the existing units

[2:08:00] with expirations on their

[2:08:01] covenants would actually be

[2:08:01] protected.

[2:08:05] And that's why we're here today

[2:08:05] working with the Housing

[2:08:06] Commission and Planning

[2:08:07] Department, the Neighborhood

[2:08:11] Enhancement fee was established

[2:08:13] specifically with housing

[2:08:14] preservation as one of its

[2:08:14] primary areas of emphasis And

[2:08:18] today we're looking not just at

[2:08:19] allocating the $5.9 million to

[2:08:23] start this fund but recognizing

[2:08:24] that the funds that were

[2:08:25] collected in that now have

[2:08:28] the opportunity actually be

[2:08:29] utilized for the purpose they

[2:08:29] were intended which is to

[2:08:30] provide for additional

[2:08:32] affordable housing

[2:08:33] opportunities specifically by

[2:08:34] protecting the ones that

[2:08:37] already exist.

[2:08:38] I do want to ask both Colin and

[2:08:42] Francis something that has been

[2:08:43] identified is that the staff

[2:08:43] report and the materials here

[2:08:48] talk about the $5.9 million as

[2:08:49] a part of f by 26.

[2:08:51] We're of course headed into

[2:08:51] that for 27 budget as well.

[2:08:52] And so we've been talking about

[2:08:53] a higher number of what's

[2:08:56] anticipated to ultimately go

[2:08:57] into this fund.

[2:08:57] >> Can you share about that?

[2:08:58] Yeah.

[2:08:58] Thank you for the question.

[2:09:00] So yes, this is strictly for

[2:09:04] fiscal year 2026 for the 5.9

[2:09:04] million in fiscal year 27

[2:09:07] there's an additional 2.7

[2:09:08] million to get bring us to a

[2:09:09] total of $8.5 million.

[2:09:12] That budget was already

[2:09:13] approved by city council.

[2:09:14] >> That's why we did not

[2:09:14] mention it in this report.

[2:09:17] Thank you.

[2:09:18] And let me just note that as

[2:09:21] much as we talked about

[2:09:21] the ordinance being a first

[2:09:22] step and the establishment of

[2:09:26] this fund being another step,

[2:09:27] there's a lot of work to do

[2:09:27] still $8.5 million is not a lot

[2:09:31] at the end of the day in terms

[2:09:32] of the number of housing units

[2:09:32] that can be impacted.

[2:09:35] We look at some of

[2:09:36] the developments that we've or

[2:09:36] some of the properties in

[2:09:39] the past where on the national

[2:09:40] affordable naturally occurring

[2:09:41] affordable side we've seen

[2:09:44] thousands of units shift hands

[2:09:45] to become market rate and we've

[2:09:46] lost that affordability to

[2:09:50] those who had the ability to

[2:09:50] act upon that.

[2:09:51] What this establishing this

[2:09:55] fund allows the city to do is

[2:09:55] to also look at other resources

[2:09:56] whether it's philanthropic

[2:10:00] partners, whether it's

[2:10:00] corporate and workforce

[2:10:04] partners within the region to

[2:10:05] think about how we can work

[2:10:05] collectively to have funding

[2:10:09] available so that as housing

[2:10:09] units either lose their

[2:10:10] covenants or naturally

[2:10:13] affordable occurring affordable

[2:10:14] units are identified where

[2:10:15] there's an opportunity for us

[2:10:19] to step in and preserve their

[2:10:19] existing cost so that

[2:10:23] homeowners renters etc. Can

[2:10:24] stay within the housing units

[2:10:24] that they're in.

[2:10:28] This fund is just the first

[2:10:28] step in allowing us to better

[2:10:29] be prepared to act upon that

[2:10:29] front.

[2:10:33] So again, we're just taking one

[2:10:34] step today We're opening a door

[2:10:38] inviting the opportunity to

[2:10:38] partner with others to expand

[2:10:43] upon our ability as a city to

[2:10:43] preserve affordable housing.

[2:10:44] Again, where this really

[2:10:47] focuses just as a starting

[2:10:47] point are the thousands of

[2:10:48] units that we have identified

[2:10:52] that are 55 year covenants for

[2:10:52] affordable housing that are

[2:10:53] expiring and the decade ahead.

[2:10:57] There's nothing else we can do

[2:10:58] for those units if we're not

[2:11:02] ready to act upon them and to

[2:11:03] encourage others to do so.

[2:11:03] The ordinance that was

[2:11:04] established that Councilmember

[2:11:07] Moreno helped to champion help

[2:11:08] provide the first right of

[2:11:08] refusal so that affordable

[2:11:11] housing developers and others

[2:11:12] could act before someone could

[2:11:12] come in.

[2:11:13] From a market rate standpoint

[2:11:17] this is a next step that allows

[2:11:17] the city to partner with folks

[2:11:18] to actually put funding and

[2:11:21] capital into doing just that.

[2:11:22] So with that I'm proud to move

[2:11:23] the staff recommendation on

[2:11:26] this item and look forward to

[2:11:27] the comments from my

[2:11:27] colleagues.

[2:11:28] Thank you.

[2:11:28] All right.

[2:11:28] Thank you.

[2:11:29] So we have a motion by Council

[2:11:31] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee to move

[2:11:32] the staff recommendation and

[2:11:33] we'll go next to council member

[2:11:35] Moreno.

[2:11:36] Thank you to the San Diego

[2:11:36] Housing Commission and city

[2:11:40] staff for bringing this item

[2:11:40] forward.

[2:11:41] I am pleased to support

[2:11:42] the final establishment of

[2:11:45] the Affordable Housing

[2:11:45] Preservation Fund and

[2:11:46] the transfer of

[2:11:47] the Neighborhood Enhancement

[2:11:50] Funds to build this important

[2:11:55] resource for San Diego.

[2:11:56] The reality is simple San Diego

[2:11:56] doesn't have enough affordable

[2:12:00] housing and while we must

[2:12:00] continue building more

[2:12:01] construction, it alone is not

[2:12:04] keeping up with the need.

[2:12:05] This is why preserving

[2:12:09] the Affordable homes we already

[2:12:10] have is just as important as

[2:12:14] building new ones.

[2:12:15] When an affordable housing

[2:12:16] property is put up for sale

[2:12:20] after the 55 year covenant it

[2:12:24] simply could be before it could

[2:12:25] be sold from an affordable

[2:12:25] housing developer to a private

[2:12:29] developer without the city ever

[2:12:30] having the opportunity to step

[2:12:34] in and preserve its

[2:12:34] affordability.

[2:12:35] To be clear, these are

[2:12:35] affordable homes that were

[2:12:39] built using public subsidies

[2:12:40] and it's critical that we keep

[2:12:44] them affordable.

[2:12:44] The Affordable Housing

[2:12:45] Preservation Ordinance that was

[2:12:49] mentioned by our pro tem is an

[2:12:50] ordinance that I worked very

[2:12:54] closely with with the San Diego

[2:12:55] Housing Commission in 2023 As a

[2:12:59] former chair of the Land Use

[2:13:00] and Housing Committee, I

[2:13:00] requested that the San Diego

[2:13:03] Housing Commission bring

[2:13:04] the committee information on

[2:13:05] what we could do to preserve

[2:13:08] affordable homes in San Diego

[2:13:09] in NOVEMBER 2024, the Land Use

[2:13:13] and Housing Committee

[2:13:13] unanimously recommended that

[2:13:14] the City Council adopt this or

[2:13:18] the order the previous

[2:13:18] ordinance which provides a

[2:13:23] right of first offer and right

[2:13:24] of first refusal to qualified

[2:13:28] entities including nonprofits

[2:13:28] and for profit organization or

[2:13:33] for profit organizations.

[2:13:33] And I do want to take this

[2:13:34] opportunity to thank the San

[2:13:38] Diego Housing Commission for

[2:13:38] how many meetings did you guys

[2:13:39] have during that?

[2:13:40] >> I know we're not talking

[2:13:42] about this but it's good to to

[2:13:43] put on record how many meetings

[2:13:43] you had.

[2:13:47] >> I've lost count.

[2:13:48] >> It was a lot was a lot.

[2:13:51] It was a lot of meetings But in

[2:13:52] 20 in 20 in FEBRUARY of 2025

[2:13:56] the Affordable Housing

[2:13:56] Preservation Ordinance was

[2:13:57] unanimously approved by

[2:14:01] the city council.

[2:14:02] This ordinance applies when

[2:14:02] the owner of an assisted

[2:14:06] housing development intends to

[2:14:07] sell the property.

[2:14:10] It requires the property owner

[2:14:11] to provide a notice of intent

[2:14:12] to sell to government and

[2:14:16] affordable housing entities

[2:14:16] three months before any

[2:14:20] offering to sell or listing

[2:14:21] with any real estate agent

[2:14:22] the Affordable Housing

[2:14:25] Preservation Ordinance prevents

[2:14:26] deed restricted affordable

[2:14:30] homes from being redeveloped

[2:14:30] into market rate or luxury

[2:14:34] housing.

[2:14:35] Now when a building with deed

[2:14:36] restricted affordable housing

[2:14:40] goes on the market we will have

[2:14:40] the opportunity to preserve

[2:14:44] that The those houses that pass

[2:14:45] ordinance I thought was very

[2:14:48] reasonable and it was an

[2:14:49] effective tool to keep deed

[2:14:50] restricted affordable units in

[2:14:54] place across San Diego

[2:14:54] basically keeping San Diego

[2:14:59] from losing affordable homes

[2:15:00] that they live in today We are

[2:15:04] now we're taking the next

[2:15:04] critical step the neighborhood

[2:15:08] enhancement for dollars JANUARY

[2:15:09] aided by new development are

[2:15:10] now being reinvested to

[2:15:13] preserve affordable housing and

[2:15:14] establishing the Affordable

[2:15:18] Housing Preservation Ordinance

[2:15:18] Fund which we are doing today

[2:15:19] will ensure we have

[2:15:23] the resources also known as

[2:15:24] money needed to act when these

[2:15:28] opportunities arise.

[2:15:29] So the first ordinance gave us

[2:15:29] the right to do it.

[2:15:33] Now this is providing us

[2:15:33] the money to do it.

[2:15:34] So having the Affordable

[2:15:38] Housing Preservation Ordinance

[2:15:38] Fund in place is an essential

[2:15:43] tool to ensure that we continue

[2:15:43] preserving exist existing

[2:15:47] affordable homes in San Diego.

[2:15:48] >> Do we need more housing?

[2:15:48] Yes.

[2:15:49] Do we need more parks?

[2:15:49] Yes.

[2:15:52] Do we need to make our parks

[2:15:53] and keep them up to speed?

[2:15:53] Absolutely yes.

[2:15:58] But we absolutely need need

[2:15:58] these funds And I want to take

[2:16:02] this opportunity to thank

[2:16:02] Council Pro Tem Lee and his

[2:16:03] staff for your continuous work

[2:16:07] on this very important effort.

[2:16:08] Could have just left it sitting

[2:16:11] on the shelf and we would have

[2:16:12] never had money to actually put

[2:16:13] our money where our mouth is.

[2:16:16] And I also want to take an

[2:16:17] opportunity to thank our I'm

[2:16:21] going to call you guys housing

[2:16:22] heroes to call in to Frances to

[2:16:22] Lisa.

[2:16:26] You guys are absolutely our

[2:16:26] housing heroes.

[2:16:27] We could have had that

[2:16:30] informational item and you

[2:16:31] could have, you know, told me

[2:16:32] everything I wanted to hear and

[2:16:35] we could have walked away and

[2:16:36] not had I want to say it was

[2:16:38] like it was a crazy amount of

[2:16:39] meeting like 15 or 33 meetings

[2:16:40] You could have never you didn't

[2:16:44] have you you didn't have to do

[2:16:44] it and you did it.

[2:16:45] >> And now we are seeing

[2:16:46] the fruits of your hard labor

[2:16:48] And I want to thank you for

[2:16:49] that And second the motion.

[2:16:49] >> Thank you.

[2:16:50] All right.

[2:16:50] Thank you.

[2:16:54] Council member Moreno So we do

[2:16:55] have a motion by Council

[2:16:56] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and

[2:16:56] second by council member Marina

[2:16:58] on move the staff

[2:16:59] recommendation will go next to

[2:16:59] council member Eli Rivera.

[2:17:03] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[2:17:07] Thank you Colin and Frances and

[2:17:08] Lisa and the whole Housing

[2:17:11] Commission team.

[2:17:16] >> Sometimes things are good.

[2:17:17] That's it.

[2:17:17] They're just good.

[2:17:21] This is good If we care about

[2:17:21] people being able to live in

[2:17:26] this city and stay in

[2:17:27] the communities that they live

[2:17:27] in they love and they're

[2:17:28] pouring their hearts into this

[2:17:30] is good period.

[2:17:35] >> This is making it easier for

[2:17:40] the city to actually do

[2:17:41] the things we say we want to

[2:17:41] do.

[2:17:45] So I think some of

[2:17:46] the confusion is coming from a

[2:17:50] a genuine place of not

[2:17:50] understanding exactly what

[2:17:51] the action is here in front of

[2:17:54] us.

[2:17:55] But I also think there's some

[2:17:59] folks who just will always find

[2:18:04] an opportunity to criticize

[2:18:04] everything that happens here to

[2:18:09] relitigate completely separate

[2:18:14] issues And what's in front of

[2:18:17] us right now is the result of

[2:18:18] one council member working hand

[2:18:22] in hand with the housing

[2:18:23] Commission to put a law on

[2:18:27] the books to to ensure that

[2:18:27] every single affordable housing

[2:18:29] naturally occurring affordable

[2:18:34] housing complex in San Diego

[2:18:39] isn't seen as fresh meat from

[2:18:44] Wall Street investors and

[2:18:44] people who want to flip homes

[2:18:49] regardless of what the impact

[2:18:49] is on community gives San Diego

[2:18:50] an actual chance to to compete

[2:18:53] and then council PRESIDENT Pro

[2:18:54] Tem Lee in partnership with

[2:18:55] the Housing Commission is

[2:18:58] making sure that the city has a

[2:18:59] vehicle to have the funding

[2:18:59] necessary to actually act on

[2:19:00] that law.

[2:19:06] >> This is good.

[2:19:06] >> So I'm appreciative of

[2:19:07] the effort that's gone into

[2:19:07] this.

[2:19:11] I am glad to see that we are

[2:19:12] taking actions to ensure that

[2:19:14] we can do the things that we

[2:19:23] say we want to do And there are

[2:19:24] plenty of reasons to be

[2:19:25] dissatisfied with the state of

[2:19:28] housing in San Diego.

[2:19:29] There are plenty of reasons to

[2:19:30] be dissatisfied with

[2:19:33] the progress we've made to make

[2:19:33] San Diego more affordable and

[2:19:38] this is good.

[2:19:42] So the last thing I will add

[2:19:43] and I had a chance to talk

[2:19:44] about this a little bit earlier

[2:19:47] alongside my colleagues

[2:19:48] Councilmember Moreno and

[2:19:48] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.

[2:19:52] But communities like City

[2:19:53] Heights and other parts of

[2:19:54] the city that were naturally

[2:19:54] occurring affordable housing

[2:19:58] exists and just to make sure

[2:19:58] that's a technical term so we

[2:19:59] can like define what we're

[2:20:02] talking about there Those are

[2:20:06] typically older homes that have

[2:20:07] have become more affordable

[2:20:11] over time or there's a deed

[2:20:12] restricted affordable housing

[2:20:17] that is about to where the deed

[2:20:17] restrictions are about to

[2:20:21] expire And that is the reason

[2:20:22] why investors are seeing it as

[2:20:26] chum in the water.

[2:20:27] And if we don't do this, what

[2:20:30] happens is a Wall Street

[2:20:35] investor or local developer who

[2:20:36] doesn't care about people comes

[2:20:36] in, buys a property, kicks

[2:20:40] the people out who are

[2:20:40] currently there, flips those

[2:20:41] units into air quote luxury

[2:20:42] apartments cause they're not

[2:20:47] really luxury and that

[2:20:52] the cycle continues.

[2:20:53] So some of the folks who've

[2:20:57] spoken kind of in opposition to

[2:20:58] this are the same people who

[2:20:58] talk about caring about

[2:20:59] community character and

[2:21:02] the community character that I

[2:21:03] care about comes from

[2:21:03] the people who live in those

[2:21:06] homes And this helps us protect

[2:21:07] those people.

[2:21:08] So thank you again everyone who

[2:21:09] worked on this who put effort

[2:21:12] in I'm glad we're doing this.

[2:21:13] This is good.

[2:21:14] That's why I'm supporting it

[2:21:14] And we'll vote yes.

[2:21:14] Thank you.

[2:21:17] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:21:18] All right.

[2:21:18] Thank you.

[2:21:19] Got Somerville or Rivera We'll

[2:21:19] go next to council member

[2:21:20] Whitburn Thank you.

[2:21:21] Council PRESIDENT Yes this is a

[2:21:22] great step forward.

[2:21:23] Thank you to the Housing

[2:21:23] commission, the planning

[2:21:24] department for all the work

[2:21:26] that's gone into it.

[2:21:27] So many people are struggling

[2:21:28] with the cost of living in San

[2:21:28] Diego.

[2:21:30] The biggest part of that is

[2:21:31] the cost of housing.

[2:21:32] We need more housing that is

[2:21:36] truly affordable And obviously

[2:21:36] one way to address that is to

[2:21:37] build more affordable housing.

[2:21:41] We're doing that.

[2:21:41] We're doing quite a bit of that

[2:21:42] in the district I represent

[2:21:45] here downtown Harrington

[2:21:46] Heights and the East Village

[2:21:46] opened up late last year.

[2:21:50] Jacaranda died in Cortez Hill

[2:21:50] opened up last month.

[2:21:55] We got another deed restricted

[2:21:55] affordable housing project

[2:21:59] going in up here on six between

[2:21:59] Cedar and Beach That will be

[2:22:00] opening before too long.

[2:22:03] All of those have or will have

[2:22:04] rents that are restricted based

[2:22:08] on the renter's income.

[2:22:08] But as we produce that new

[2:22:09] affordable housing we can't

[2:22:12] afford to lose the affordable

[2:22:13] housing that we already have

[2:22:17] Lose it because

[2:22:18] the department's rent

[2:22:19] restriction expires or because

[2:22:22] that apartment that simply has

[2:22:23] a low rent because of

[2:22:24] the market goes away or is

[2:22:28] replaced by something more

[2:22:28] expensive.

[2:22:29] Otherwise we're just spinning

[2:22:29] our wheels and we're not

[2:22:32] actually adding to the overall

[2:22:33] supply of affordable housing

[2:22:34] that we so desperately need.

[2:22:38] That is why this fund is such a

[2:22:38] big deal.

[2:22:39] The city dedicating funding

[2:22:42] specifically for preserving

[2:22:42] affordable housing is not

[2:22:43] something that very many cities

[2:22:43] are doing.

[2:22:46] This fund as has been

[2:22:47] discussed, could be used to

[2:22:48] acquire naturally occurring

[2:22:51] affordable housing before a

[2:22:52] private investor snaps it up

[2:22:53] could be used to preserve deed

[2:22:56] restricted affordable housing

[2:22:57] and with the city committing

[2:22:58] neighborhood enhancement for

[2:23:02] dollars year over year this is

[2:23:03] a sustained investment in

[2:23:07] keeping San Diego affordable.

[2:23:08] It's not just a one time

[2:23:08] effort.

[2:23:09] That's part of the beauty of

[2:23:09] this.

[2:23:11] This is going to help renters

[2:23:12] in my district who currently

[2:23:12] live in affordable housing and

[2:23:17] depend on their apartment to

[2:23:17] remain affordable.

[2:23:21] It means that when a landlord

[2:23:22] decides to sell that apartment

[2:23:22] building in North Park or

[2:23:26] Hillcrest or Golden Hill a

[2:23:26] building where people have

[2:23:27] lived for years and where rents

[2:23:31] are still affordable,

[2:23:31] the Housing Commission could

[2:23:32] have an opportunity to step in

[2:23:33] and buy it before a private

[2:23:36] investor does Before Redd's go

[2:23:37] up, before people get pushed

[2:23:41] out of their homes and out of

[2:23:41] their neighborhoods, it'll

[2:23:42] protect the affordable rents

[2:23:45] that exist right now and keep

[2:23:46] them affordable going forward.

[2:23:46] Every unit that we preserve is

[2:23:51] a family that doesn't have to

[2:23:51] move, a family that could stay

[2:23:52] in the neighborhood.

[2:23:55] A senior at fixed income who

[2:23:55] gets to stay in

[2:23:56] the neighborhood that they have

[2:23:57] called home for decades a

[2:24:00] worker who could still afford

[2:24:01] to live close to where they

[2:24:01] work.

[2:24:05] >> We lose thousands thousands

[2:24:06] of affordable units in this

[2:24:10] city every year that because

[2:24:11] they're necessarily tore down

[2:24:12] but because they're sold and

[2:24:15] the rents are raised this fund

[2:24:16] is how we start to fight back

[2:24:16] against that.

[2:24:17] So San Diego is doing something

[2:24:20] genuinely innovative here.

[2:24:21] I am proud to support it and I

[2:24:22] will join my colleagues

[2:24:25] colleagues in thanking all of

[2:24:26] you who have been involved in

[2:24:27] this incredibly important work.

[2:24:27] Thank you.

[2:24:31] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[2:24:31] >> Thank you Council member

[2:24:32] Whitburn.

[2:24:32] And we'll go next to Council

[2:24:33] member Campbell.

[2:24:35] Thank you so much for all

[2:24:36] the comments from all my

[2:24:36] colleagues that are absolutely

[2:24:40] correct.

[2:24:41] I remember gosh back just

[2:24:45] before I ran for council we

[2:24:50] lost a large affordable housing

[2:24:50] complex because the 55 years

[2:24:55] had run out and it was really

[2:24:55] difficult to get them to agree

[2:25:00] with the fact that please help

[2:25:01] us figure out a way to help

[2:25:02] these folks who are now elderly

[2:25:06] and can't move And they got

[2:25:06] they've been in this thing for

[2:25:11] 55 years So at any rate those

[2:25:11] times that's the history that

[2:25:15] led to ideas like this.

[2:25:16] This is an excellent idea and

[2:25:20] I'm definitely in favor and I

[2:25:21] want to thank all my colleagues

[2:25:21] for this as well as the Housing

[2:25:22] Commission.

[2:25:25] Again for your brilliance in

[2:25:25] trying to help us with our

[2:25:26] housing situation.

[2:25:30] Thank you.

[2:25:30] Thank you, Councilmember

[2:25:31] Campbell.

[2:25:35] Not anybody else on the lights

[2:25:35] .

[2:25:36] I'll add my thank you to member

[2:25:36] Maureen out Council PRESIDENT

[2:25:40] Pro Tom Lee the Housing

[2:25:41] commission excuse me city staff

[2:25:44] that has done the very good

[2:25:48] work here going forward and

[2:25:49] the one thing I want to really

[2:25:50] emphasize is that nobody is

[2:25:50] standing up and cheering and

[2:25:53] saying mission accomplished.

[2:25:54] This is a huge step towards

[2:25:59] solving a huge problem and we

[2:25:59] can't build fast enough.

[2:26:03] And as my colleagues have said

[2:26:04] ,this is an opportunity to

[2:26:05] preserve what we have and there

[2:26:08] is nothing more efficient, more

[2:26:09] green, more climate action plan

[2:26:13] friendly than simply preserving

[2:26:14] the development and buildings

[2:26:14] that we have already.

[2:26:17] So this is a huge step.

[2:26:18] I appreciate the emphasis in

[2:26:19] getting this place locked into

[2:26:23] place and then begin to think

[2:26:23] about what do we do next?

[2:26:27] Can we leverage this together

[2:26:28] and are funding other grants

[2:26:32] philanthropic philanthropy.

[2:26:33] As council PRESIDENT Pro Tem we

[2:26:36] talked about so we look forward

[2:26:37] to once you start getting into

[2:26:41] the weeds and where you go and

[2:26:46] this is a good day.

[2:26:47] It is a a step in the right

[2:26:48] direction So I'll be supporting

[2:26:48] as well.

[2:26:52] So we have a motion by Council

[2:26:53] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee and a

[2:26:53] second by Councilmember Moreno.

[2:26:58] Clerk Please call the roll I'm

[2:26:59] sorry the voting system Please

[2:27:03] cast your vote That passes

[2:27:09] unanimously unanimously 6 to 0

[2:27:10] with Council Member Campo,

[2:27:10] Councilmember Yvonne Wolpert

[2:27:14] and Councilmember Foster

[2:27:14] absent.

[2:27:15] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[2:27:15] All right.

[2:27:16] Thank you And again thank you

[2:27:17] to staff for the good work.

[2:27:19] We will now adjourn as

[2:27:19] the housing authority and

[2:27:20] reconvene as the City council

[2:27:23] clerk please introduce item 402

[2:27:24] items for a Tuesday agreement

[2:27:25] between the city of San Diego

[2:27:28] and the San Diego Housing

[2:27:28] Commission as the agency for

[2:27:29] the Transfer of Neighborhood

[2:27:32] Enhancement Fund fees to chc to

[2:27:33] support the Affordable Housing

[2:27:33] Preservation Fund.

[2:27:37] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[2:27:37] right.

[2:27:38] And staff as you're settling in

[2:27:41] when you're ready please

[2:27:42] introduce yourselves for

[2:27:43] the record and let us know how

[2:27:46] much time you need.

[2:27:47] We should only need five

[2:27:47] minutes.

[2:27:47] All right.

[2:27:48] When you're ready.

[2:27:50] All right.

[2:27:51] >> Good afternoon, council

[2:27:51] members.

[2:27:52] My name is Melissa Garcia and

[2:27:53] I'm a senior planner with

[2:27:56] the city planning Department.

[2:27:56] Today I'm joined by Marlin

[2:27:57] Pangilinan, program manager

[2:28:00] with the City Planning

[2:28:00] Department.

[2:28:01] We are here to present

[2:28:02] the agreement between the city

[2:28:05] of San Diego and the San Diego

[2:28:06] Housing Commission for

[2:28:06] the Transfer of Neighborhood

[2:28:07] Enhancement Fund fees to

[2:28:10] the San Diego Housing

[2:28:11] Commission to support

[2:28:11] the Affordable Housing

[2:28:15] Preservation Fund.

[2:28:15] The item proposes the following

[2:28:16] actions Authorize the mayor or

[2:28:20] designee to enter an agreement

[2:28:21] between the city of San Diego

[2:28:22] and the San Diego Housing

[2:28:24] Commission to transfer City

[2:28:25] Neighborhood Enhancement Fund

[2:28:26] fees to support the Affordable

[2:28:30] Housing Preservation Fund.

[2:28:30] And authorize the Chief

[2:28:34] Financial Officer or designee

[2:28:35] to appropriate and expend an

[2:28:39] amount not to exceed 8.5

[2:28:39] million from the city's

[2:28:40] Neighborhood Enhancement Fund

[2:28:41] to the San Diego Housing

[2:28:44] Commission for the purpose of

[2:28:45] supporting the Affordable

[2:28:49] Housing Preservation Fund.

[2:28:49] The Neighborhood Enhancement

[2:28:50] Fund consists of fees collected

[2:28:54] from developers participating

[2:28:54] in the Complete Community's

[2:28:55] Housing Solutions program which

[2:28:59] was adopted in 2020 and is a

[2:28:59] program that incentivizes

[2:29:03] housing production here transit

[2:29:04] while funding neighborhood

[2:29:04] amenities to be eligible to

[2:29:08] receive benefits under

[2:29:09] the Complete Community's

[2:29:09] Housing Solutions regulations.

[2:29:10] Applicants must either

[2:29:14] construct on site public

[2:29:15] amenities or pay a neighborhood

[2:29:18] enhancement in lieu fee.

[2:29:19] 50% of the net funds collected

[2:29:20] are to be used to fund

[2:29:24] recreation amenities, active

[2:29:25] transportation and transit

[2:29:28] infrastructure projects and

[2:29:29] the remaining 50% of the nef is

[2:29:30] to be used for affordable

[2:29:33] housing preservation.

[2:29:34] >> This action proposes to

[2:29:38] transfer a neighborhood

[2:29:39] enhancement fees to the San

[2:29:40] Diego Housing Commission's

[2:29:43] Affordable Housing Preservation

[2:29:44] Fund which is being established

[2:29:45] under a separate action by

[2:29:45] the Housing Authority.

[2:29:48] The Affordable Housing

[2:29:49] Preservation Fund will acquire

[2:29:52] and preserve deed restriction

[2:29:53] deed restricted, restricted and

[2:29:54] naturally occurring affordable

[2:29:54] housing for households earning

[2:29:58] between 30% and 150% of area

[2:29:59] median income.

[2:30:03] The fund will also preserve at

[2:30:04] risk deed restricted affordable

[2:30:07] housing that is nearing the end

[2:30:08] of its affordability term.

[2:30:09] It will also prevent

[2:30:12] displacement and leverage

[2:30:17] public and private investment.

[2:30:18] The staff recommendation is to

[2:30:18] authorize the mayor or designee

[2:30:19] to enter into an agreement

[2:30:22] between the city of San Diego

[2:30:22] and the San Diego Housing

[2:30:23] Commission to transfer a city

[2:30:27] neighborhood Enhancement Fund

[2:30:28] fees to support the Affordable

[2:30:29] Housing Preservation Fund and

[2:30:32] authorize the Chief financial

[2:30:33] officer or designee to

[2:30:33] appropriate and expend an

[2:30:38] amount not to exceed 8.5

[2:30:38] million from the city's

[2:30:39] Neighborhood Enhancement Fund

[2:30:42] to the San Diego Housing

[2:30:43] Commission for the purpose of

[2:30:43] supporting the Affordable

[2:30:47] Housing Preservation Fund.

[2:30:48] >> That concludes staff

[2:30:48] presentation.

[2:30:49] We're available for questions.

[2:30:49] All right.

[2:30:52] Thank you for the presentation

[2:30:53] ,Clark Please proceed with

[2:30:53] public comment.

[2:30:54] >> Paul Krueger if you can

[2:30:58] please come forward after that

[2:30:58] will be allegedly older than

[2:31:03] Anthony Ramos If you can please

[2:31:07] come to the front of the room.

[2:31:08] >> Oh, thank you.

[2:31:09] First I'd like to clarify that

[2:31:10] I don't oppose this nor

[2:31:13] the prior motion I spoke

[2:31:14] neutrally about them.

[2:31:18] Secondly, I want to stress that

[2:31:18] our concerns are as you

[2:31:23] yourselves have pointed out,

[2:31:23] the loss of quote unquote

[2:31:28] naturally occurring affordable

[2:31:28] housing could be and could have

[2:31:29] been prevented.

[2:31:34] I'm not here to relitigate

[2:31:34] anything.

[2:31:35] I'm here to stress to you and

[2:31:39] ask you to please moving

[2:31:40] forward listen to those who

[2:31:44] bring a wealth of knowledge and

[2:31:45] research.

[2:31:45] Six years ago we told you that

[2:31:49] commune complete communities

[2:31:50] and more than that the bonus

[2:31:54] edu program were destroying

[2:31:55] naturally occurring affordable

[2:31:56] housing They were destroying.

[2:32:00] Market level entry purchase

[2:32:01] housing by turning those homes

[2:32:05] into rentals and they were

[2:32:06] destroying opportunities for

[2:32:07] truly affordable housing by

[2:32:11] allowing developers to always

[2:32:12] choose the moderate income

[2:32:17] option for their bonus.

[2:32:21] The moderate income option was

[2:32:22] 100 and is 110% of the area

[2:32:27] Median income or more than

[2:32:28] $100,000 a year and resulted in

[2:32:32] rents of $2,500 for a 417

[2:32:32] square foot apartment.

[2:32:37] If you had only listened to us

[2:32:38] six years ago and simply took a

[2:32:42] critical look at these two

[2:32:43] programs, you would have saved

[2:32:48] a significant number of

[2:32:48] affordable homes moving

[2:32:49] forward.

[2:32:53] You have the opportunity to

[2:32:54] look critically at with our

[2:32:59] upcoming neighborhood homes for

[2:33:00] All of Us program to ask

[2:33:04] yourself for a viewpoint that

[2:33:05] do not reflect those with money

[2:33:11] and lobbying connections who

[2:33:11] speak with your.

[2:33:12] >> Thank you for including

[2:33:19] sentence at the allegedly ultra

[2:33:19] .

[2:33:25] >> Do you guys smell that It

[2:33:26] smells like gas all

[2:33:27] the gaslighting that you guys

[2:33:27] have done hopefully nobody

[2:33:31] likes imaginative plays will go

[2:33:32] up in flames It's so sad

[2:33:33] because it's like I still

[2:33:33] understand how you're literally

[2:33:36] pretending to preserve anything

[2:33:37] when $8.5 million even if you

[2:33:41] wanted to preserve those 13,000

[2:33:42] units it's like 650 bucks.

[2:33:43] I mean and then you're talking

[2:33:47] about buying these these

[2:33:48] affordable housing units that

[2:33:49] the deed restrictions have gone

[2:33:49] and how you can afford that And

[2:33:53] then who's going to take care

[2:33:53] of it?

[2:33:54] Dreams for change And then

[2:33:55] people will die just like they

[2:33:58] have a tent city to 17 in your

[2:33:59] district Stephen to last week

[2:33:59] How cool is that?

[2:34:00] Thursday and Friday.

[2:34:04] That's so exciting that it's

[2:34:05] just 17 and six months.

[2:34:05] Goodness good thing they're

[2:34:06] open But yeah they would be a

[2:34:10] good people to you know go in

[2:34:10] and take over one of these deed

[2:34:11] restricted units.

[2:34:12] I mean how about you guys

[2:34:16] What's with the 55 years?

[2:34:17] >> Why do we only do it 55

[2:34:17] years?

[2:34:18] So we come to a place like this

[2:34:19] and like oh my gosh, what are

[2:34:19] we going to do?

[2:34:21] Oh dang it, these people are

[2:34:22] going to sell this unit but

[2:34:22] we're going to put in an

[2:34:23] ordinance, We're going to get

[2:34:26] this money and tell people that

[2:34:27] if you pay a fee you don't have

[2:34:28] to create affordable housing

[2:34:28] even when we need it and there

[2:34:32] isn't anything affordable Like

[2:34:33] again you guys sit here and you

[2:34:33] say it's affordable.

[2:34:34] How can it be affordable if you

[2:34:42] have to have a subsidy for it?

[2:34:42] >> Just wondering are we

[2:34:43] redefining this just like we

[2:34:43] did with a woman?

[2:34:44] So now affordable means that as

[2:34:48] long as you have to get all of

[2:34:49] these things to help you pay

[2:34:50] for that means it's affordable

[2:34:53] to you.

[2:34:54] Like you literally get in

[2:34:55] the way of people being able to

[2:34:55] thrive in life.

[2:35:00] It's disgusting because you

[2:35:01] gaslight the people sitting

[2:35:01] here saying like This is good.

[2:35:02] Trust us.

[2:35:06] This is good right?

[2:35:07] This is this is so good.

[2:35:07] So good.

[2:35:08] It's good.

[2:35:08] That's all I can say is that

[2:35:09] it's good.

[2:35:15] Just trust us.

[2:35:16] It's bad for real.

[2:35:17] People are dying at 1030 and

[2:35:21] you guys won't even shut it

[2:35:22] down.

[2:35:23] >> You won't even do anything.

[2:35:23] But yet you're in litigation

[2:35:30] with Anthony Robles.

[2:35:31] Good afternoon, City Council.

[2:35:36] I wanted to start by thinking

[2:35:37] Vivian Moreno for explaining

[2:35:38] exactly what the ordinance does

[2:35:42] and how one of them establishes

[2:35:43] the procedure and one of them

[2:35:44] helps fund the procedure.

[2:35:48] I want to thank Kent Lee for

[2:35:49] explaining that as well to add

[2:35:50] that both of your explanations

[2:35:54] made a really what was what it

[2:35:54] was a complicated issue that I

[2:35:55] didn't understand really helped

[2:35:59] It really helps break it down

[2:36:00] so that I could understand it

[2:36:00] in terms that were more

[2:36:01] palpable And now it is

[2:36:05] something that I fully support

[2:36:06] .

[2:36:06] I am thankful, MISS Campbell

[2:36:07] for your input, your historical

[2:36:11] input.

[2:36:12] I really appreciate you sharing

[2:36:12] that expertise with regard to

[2:36:18] the context of the governance

[2:36:19] of the 55 year lease and how

[2:36:19] any expire We have to renew

[2:36:20] them and we have to have

[2:36:23] the funds to renew them.

[2:36:24] Every time I come to city

[2:36:25] council it's always humbling.

[2:36:25] There's always stuff that I

[2:36:26] learn.

[2:36:29] I show up wanting to oppose

[2:36:30] block and then I learn about

[2:36:31] tons more issues that I had no

[2:36:35] idea existed and had no idea

[2:36:36] how to even interpret.

[2:36:37] So I'm grateful for the work

[2:36:41] that's done here.

[2:36:46] And I also want to acknowledge

[2:36:47] the cynicism and the lack of

[2:36:53] trust that comes from repeated

[2:36:54] public engagement and feeling

[2:36:59] like there is a what's the word

[2:37:05] I'm looking for It was in

[2:37:06] packet It was left behind

[2:37:07] somebody they were talking

[2:37:11] about a planning group and they

[2:37:11] were talking about how

[2:37:12] the planning groups don't feel

[2:37:13] like they have an adequate seat

[2:37:13] at the table.

[2:37:14] It was the first agenda item

[2:37:17] unfortunately I was not here

[2:37:17] for it for that discussion But

[2:37:18] the point that was raised they

[2:37:22] mentioned it in the letter that

[2:37:23] was left behind I feel like it

[2:37:24] probably got a copy of it but

[2:37:25] it was mentioning how sometimes

[2:37:29] it feels like we don't have

[2:37:30] enough of a seat at the table

[2:37:30] to really have the input

[2:37:37] necessary to be qualified.

[2:37:37] >> Honestly thank you for

[2:37:38] completing that either by going

[2:37:39] to time or going to those

[2:37:40] participating remotely Starting

[2:37:40] with Hector If you can please

[2:37:46] unmute.

[2:37:47] All right.

[2:37:48] This one is probably going to

[2:37:51] be the Supreme Court Supreme

[2:37:52] Court ruling just came down

[2:37:52] with temporary legal status has

[2:37:58] been revoked for a million

[2:37:58] people.

[2:37:59] So anybody that's got their

[2:38:03] legal status revoked and send

[2:38:04] your county has got to leave.

[2:38:09] So make sure that the roles

[2:38:10] the roles of the buildings

[2:38:11] don't have any illegals in them

[2:38:11] to have to leave.

[2:38:15] So that would that would clear

[2:38:16] up housing problem but that

[2:38:16] would put in more spaces for

[2:38:21] rent like even 100,000 people

[2:38:22] are living here illegally work

[2:38:26] on that problem to deport them

[2:38:27] .

[2:38:28] That will open up a lot of

[2:38:28] housing, affordable housing and

[2:38:29] even some millionaire guys who

[2:38:33] are here illegally.

[2:38:34] So that'd be a good reason to

[2:38:34] do.

[2:38:39] And then about I'm all for

[2:38:40] the mayor of Barrio Logan for

[2:38:45] the new mayor to get some Tesla

[2:38:45] charging stations down there by

[2:38:51] the railroad tracks and get

[2:38:51] the banana company to get those

[2:38:52] Tesla trucks, the electric

[2:38:57] trucks are flying off

[2:38:58] the shelves the time companies

[2:38:58] are buying them And the Dow guy

[2:39:02] could set up a thing down there

[2:39:03] to charge these trucks and give

[2:39:04] the revenue to Barrio

[2:39:08] the Barrio Logan Don't let

[2:39:09] the city get the revenue Have

[2:39:10] the barrio get that revenue

[2:39:13] Like maybe it'd be like 500,000

[2:39:14] a month doing the charging

[2:39:20] station down there in battery

[2:39:21] thing that would be and guys

[2:39:21] could live there and watch it

[2:39:26] The barrio could I mention it

[2:39:26] doesn't get tagged They could

[2:39:30] provide security but no one

[2:39:30] ever tags the girls under

[2:39:31] the bridge right where they're

[2:39:37] tagging their neighborhood in

[2:39:37] District four but not in

[2:39:38] the barrio.

[2:39:43] Logan Nobody tags the murals

[2:39:43] because they provide security

[2:39:44] for their own stuff so that

[2:39:44] would be cool.

[2:39:48] Okay But thank you.

[2:39:54] Next is Jonathan please on you

[2:39:55] .

[2:39:55] Hi.

[2:39:56] I just wanted to make sure that

[2:39:57] it was understood with my prior

[2:40:00] comments that we do support

[2:40:01] the effort to retain affordable

[2:40:01] housing.

[2:40:06] The frustration that we're

[2:40:07] having is whether or not you

[2:40:07] know, there's 320 households

[2:40:12] that were on a used that are

[2:40:12] going to see those vouchers go

[2:40:13] away and they will not at this

[2:40:18] point as we understand it, have

[2:40:18] a place for them or their

[2:40:19] families to go.

[2:40:22] So that's almost 2000 people I

[2:40:27] you've got that You've got

[2:40:28] the loss of food stamps where

[2:40:29] people who are living on

[2:40:29] the streets there's some sort

[2:40:30] of insanity that people are

[2:40:35] going to be believe that those

[2:40:35] folks are going to be able to

[2:40:39] get a job or are volunteer for

[2:40:39] 20 hours a week.

[2:40:40] Clearly this is something

[2:40:40] designed by people that have no

[2:40:44] idea and now on top of it in

[2:40:45] the city where we've had

[2:40:46] multiple outbreaks amongst this

[2:40:50] population because of a lack of

[2:40:51] sanitation, we're taking half

[2:40:56] or more of the toilets offline

[2:40:57] that are available to them at a

[2:40:57] time where they're needed most

[2:41:02] on top of a place to clean

[2:41:03] their stuff, to relax and not

[2:41:03] be harassed.

[2:41:04] >> Remember we just talked

[2:41:08] about people investing in

[2:41:08] parks.

[2:41:09] People who are experiencing

[2:41:10] homelessness can't even go to a

[2:41:14] park without being harassed

[2:41:15] here And I'll say that And now

[2:41:16] that I've experienced it I will

[2:41:20] never again allow to stand up

[2:41:21] and help somebody who the city

[2:41:22] cannot help when they've been

[2:41:26] evicted because now my rv has

[2:41:31] been targeted and I got one

[2:41:31] morning and now I have $175

[2:41:32] ticket and I have left that rv

[2:41:36] as needed out on the overpass

[2:41:37] nearby my home for years But

[2:41:38] since it got tagged now we're

[2:41:44] targeting So why don't we take

[2:41:44] some of those resources and

[2:41:45] target people that are oh I

[2:41:49] don't know in illegally renting

[2:41:49] vacation homes so we can free

[2:41:50] up some housing.

[2:41:50] >> Thank you.

[2:41:55] Next is 8700 and then our final

[2:42:01] speaker is Blair Beekman.

[2:42:02] Joy Senator, first of all,

[2:42:07] Councilmember Rivera and

[2:42:08] Councilmember Moreno, I'm

[2:42:14] really I can't believe the two

[2:42:14] of you are just chatting.

[2:42:18] Councilmember Moreno, this is

[2:42:19] your big baby.

[2:42:20] You did get it rolling yet

[2:42:26] You're sitting there with

[2:42:26] Councilmember Rivera and you're

[2:42:31] talking while people are

[2:42:32] talking and telling you how

[2:42:32] they feel and what they care

[2:42:44] about What what you I it's

[2:42:44] beyond it's beyond me.

[2:42:46] It's beyond me What I need to

[2:42:53] believe you are the one thing

[2:42:59] to which you're my hero You're

[2:42:59] the one of those 20 or 30

[2:43:05] meetings You were just here

[2:43:05] beyond beyond your five star

[2:43:06] plus into the universe And

[2:43:11] the presentation tax

[2:43:11] exemptions.

[2:43:12] And I wish I could talk to you

[2:43:13] about which projects are exempt

[2:43:17] from those we don't qualify

[2:43:18] for.

[2:43:18] The ordinance said that it's

[2:43:19] brilliant These financial

[2:43:24] solutions are brilliant and why

[2:43:25] can't I understand the movement

[2:43:30] of the funds on both of these

[2:43:31] items?

[2:43:31] Why can't I?

[2:43:36] I look at I look at I look at

[2:43:37] it I'm not good at it.

[2:43:37] I'll say that.

[2:43:38] But why can't we understand

[2:43:39] what you're doing with these

[2:43:42] funds in the past and now And

[2:43:42] what was the companion item?

[2:43:47] I thought they were called a

[2:43:48] companion item.

[2:43:48] I'm just lost in the shuffle

[2:43:53] and I'm doing the best I can.

[2:43:53] >> Please listen to us.

[2:43:58] Love to all our next because

[2:44:03] Blair between please I mean

[2:44:10] what are we going academy for

[2:44:11] you I will need to move on If

[2:44:11] you are having technical

[2:44:15] difficulties there could be

[2:44:16] between.

[2:44:16] Yes, we can hear you.

[2:44:17] Please proceed.

[2:44:17] I just got a new phone, so

[2:44:18] thank you.

[2:44:20] It's working now.

[2:44:20] Yeah.

[2:44:21] I wanted to comment that I

[2:44:27] enjoyed watching Councilperson

[2:44:27] Moreno and and their

[2:44:28] conversations over the past few

[2:44:33] months Now it's been really

[2:44:34] engaging I think what they're

[2:44:34] talking about it seems like But

[2:44:38] hopefully they can make

[2:44:39] the arrangements to to listen

[2:44:40] more to public comment during

[2:44:40] public comment time as well.

[2:44:48] I wanted to comment that yeah

[2:44:49] this item as it can work with

[2:44:54] the baby asylum I thought of

[2:44:54] ideas I thought of a community

[2:44:55] land trust ideas and how well

[2:45:00] that can be working these items

[2:45:01] and what the future of that can

[2:45:01] be.

[2:45:06] I've always been a really

[2:45:06] important point that within

[2:45:07] this if we have a consistent

[2:45:12] pattern in how we fund our in

[2:45:13] movies developers then know

[2:45:17] what to expect and we can be

[2:45:18] very very clear in the concepts

[2:45:19] of what truly affordable

[2:45:24] housing can be about and they

[2:45:25] can be clear as well And they

[2:45:25] all understand the rules of

[2:45:26] the road a lot easier and be

[2:45:30] more giving I think to be more

[2:45:31] understanding of what is good

[2:45:31] policy and good practices

[2:45:36] instead of the continual casino

[2:45:37] that we usually practice that I

[2:45:42] agree work sometimes but other

[2:45:43] times we just get really really

[2:45:44] confused and everybody gets

[2:45:44] lost and hate each other from

[2:45:49] it, you know And then they say

[2:45:49] I don't want to ever support

[2:45:50] for affordable housing again,

[2:45:51] you know And when you go

[2:45:51] through that whole pattern and

[2:45:54] trip instead of just having a

[2:45:55] nice steady way or just

[2:45:55] consistently, you know, doing

[2:46:01] the best practices and I hope

[2:46:02] you can be working towards that

[2:46:02] To conclude.

[2:46:03] Thank you a lot for the words

[2:46:04] of John Again you mentioned

[2:46:07] affordable housing.

[2:46:08] It's really it's importance And

[2:46:08] can I mention mixed income

[2:46:09] ideas and ideas?

[2:46:13] How can we work towards new

[2:46:14] ideas of mixed income that

[2:46:15] offers a lot of flexibility and

[2:46:18] choices in our efforts?

[2:46:19] >> Thank you.

[2:46:19] That doesn't appear to comment

[2:46:24] on this item.

[2:46:24] >> All right.

[2:46:25] Thank you.

[2:46:25] City Clerk Without turning over

[2:46:26] to colleagues for questions

[2:46:27] Comments entertain a motion

[2:46:31] We'll start with the chair of

[2:46:31] the Land and Housing Committee

[2:46:32] council PRESIDENT Pro tem we

[2:46:35] think as a PRESIDENT Whereas

[2:46:36] the last item helped to

[2:46:36] establish the Affordable

[2:46:37] Housing Preservation Fund

[2:46:38] Outstanding Housing Commission.

[2:46:41] This item helps to allocate

[2:46:41] the funding from

[2:46:42] the Neighborhood Advancement

[2:46:43] Fund fees to the Housing

[2:46:43] Commission to complete

[2:46:48] the other side of it.

[2:46:48] >> So with that I will move

[2:46:49] the staff's recommendation.

[2:46:49] All right.

[2:46:50] Thank you.

[2:46:54] So we do have that motion

[2:46:55] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[2:46:55] and with the staff

[2:46:56] recommendation I'll go next to

[2:46:57] Councilmember Moreno.

[2:46:58] Happy to second item.

[2:46:58] All right.

[2:46:59] So we have motion by Council

[2:47:03] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee, a second

[2:47:04] by Councilmember Moreno to move

[2:47:04] the staff recommendation.

[2:47:10] We'll go to my way to say thank

[2:47:10] you.

[2:47:11] How did we get dropped?

[2:47:15] Do you want okay I'll just add

[2:47:16] my thanks for the good work to

[2:47:17] do this and I appreciate that

[2:47:21] brief explanation.

[2:47:22] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Maybe

[2:47:22] that helps one of the public

[2:47:23] commenters with that clerk

[2:47:27] Please call the roll So

[2:47:28] the voting system please cast

[2:47:37] your vote That passes

[2:47:38] unanimously 6 to 0 with

[2:47:39] Councilmember Campo

[2:47:39] Councilmember Opening

[2:47:40] Councilmember Foster Absent.

[2:47:40] Thank you.

[2:47:43] Council PRESIDENT All right

[2:47:44] Again thank you to staff for

[2:47:45] the item.

[2:47:45] We will now adjourn as the city

[2:47:46] council and reconvene

[2:47:49] the special Housing Authority

[2:47:50] meeting Clerk Please introduce

[2:47:50] Housing Authority Item two

[2:47:56] Authority Item two is

[2:47:56] the Federal Housing Commission

[2:48:00] Semiannual Grant Report JULY

[2:48:01] 1st, 2025 through DECEMBER 31st

[2:48:01] 2025.

[2:48:02] If you'd like to speak to this

[2:48:06] item please be sure to raise

[2:48:07] your hand by pressing Star nine

[2:48:07] or the raise your hand icon Or

[2:48:08] if you are hearing council

[2:48:11] chambers please be sure to

[2:48:12] submit your speakers to the box

[2:48:13] in the front of the room.

[2:48:18] Thank you.

[2:48:18] All right.

[2:48:19] As you said all yourself in

[2:48:19] please indicate or scuse me

[2:48:20] please state your name for

[2:48:21] the record and let us know how

[2:48:21] much time you need.

[2:48:27] Okay?

[2:48:27] There we go.

[2:48:28] Good afternoon.

[2:48:28] I'm Deborah Fishel for

[2:48:29] the senior vice PRESIDENT Of

[2:48:33] Community and Strategic

[2:48:33] Initiatives for the Housing

[2:48:34] Commission.

[2:48:34] With me is Polly Toledo,

[2:48:35] the housing programs manager

[2:48:39] Are presentation will be six

[2:48:39] minutes or less.

[2:48:40] All right.

[2:48:46] Well hang on the left.

[2:48:46] All right.

[2:48:47] We're getting ready.

[2:48:47] Okay.

[2:48:52] Let's go to the folks.

[2:48:53] That's all I did here But I'm

[2:48:53] going to stop there.

[2:48:54] I'm going to go there.

[2:48:57] There we go.

[2:48:57] So this informational report is

[2:48:58] being provided in accordance

[2:49:03] with the resolution number

[2:49:04] eight 1569 which granted

[2:49:04] the Housing Commission

[2:49:09] authority for a number of grant

[2:49:09] related activities.

[2:49:10] The report provides information

[2:49:15] on grant activities for

[2:49:16] the period of JULY 1st 2025

[2:49:19] through DECEMBER 31st, 2025.

[2:49:20] It covers competitive grants,

[2:49:21] noncompetitive grants and

[2:49:26] allocations grant funds passed

[2:49:26] through to the Housing

[2:49:27] Commission and agreements and

[2:49:31] contracts executed as a result

[2:49:32] of these sources of funds.

[2:49:32] During this reporting period

[2:49:37] there was activity on 13

[2:49:38] competitive funding

[2:49:38] opportunities.

[2:49:42] This included nine new and four

[2:49:43] renewal applications.

[2:49:46] We were notified of seven

[2:49:47] awards totaling more than $40

[2:49:47] million.

[2:49:52] There was one grant request for

[2:49:53] more than 490,000 that didn't

[2:49:57] unfortunately didn't advance to

[2:49:58] the next step in

[2:49:58] the application process.

[2:49:59] Finally, five applications for

[2:50:03] approximately $6.5 million were

[2:50:08] pending decisions as of

[2:50:08] DECEMBER 31st 2025.

[2:50:09] I will now provide you with

[2:50:10] the remaining grant activity

[2:50:14] details for this report.

[2:50:18] The nearly 40.1 million in

[2:50:19] grant awards came from three

[2:50:23] sources The California Housing

[2:50:24] and Community Development

[2:50:25] Department, the us Department

[2:50:25] of Housing and Urban

[2:50:29] Development and the County of

[2:50:29] San Diego.

[2:50:30] Please note that this total

[2:50:31] does not reflect the value of a

[2:50:35] grant that was awarded but for

[2:50:35] which the dollar amount was

[2:50:39] unknown as of DECEMBER 31st,

[2:50:39] 2025 and this total includes

[2:50:40] only the first year award

[2:50:45] amount for a grant that has two

[2:50:49] more one year options

[2:50:50] approximately 39.2 million in

[2:50:55] grant awards came from three

[2:50:56] separate programs administered

[2:50:56] by the California Housing and

[2:51:01] Community Development

[2:51:01] Department, also known as hpd.

[2:51:02] The programs include Hongqi

[2:51:06] plus Cal Home and the Local

[2:51:07] Housing Trust Fund.

[2:51:11] These awards will help create

[2:51:11] 205 affordable rental

[2:51:12] apartments including permanent

[2:51:16] supportive housing units for

[2:51:17] households experiencing

[2:51:17] homelessness.

[2:51:18] Additionally, they will support

[2:51:22] up to 19 households to be

[2:51:23] assisted through the housing

[2:51:24] commissions for first time

[2:51:27] homebuyer low income program

[2:51:28] and up to five households

[2:51:29] through the Accessory Dwelling

[2:51:32] Unit Finance program.

[2:51:37] The Commission received more

[2:51:38] than 727,000 in renewal funding

[2:51:38] from the federal family

[2:51:43] Self-sufficiency Program.

[2:51:43] This money pays for staff to

[2:51:44] provide families receiving

[2:51:48] federal rental assistance with

[2:51:49] financial literacy, employment

[2:51:49] and similar services to help

[2:51:53] them become more self-reliant.

[2:51:54] The Commission also was

[2:51:54] selected to continue its

[2:51:59] administration of the county of

[2:52:00] San Diego's as needed

[2:52:00] Downpayment and Closing Costs

[2:52:04] Assistance program.

[2:52:04] The program offers low interest

[2:52:07] deferred payment loans for

[2:52:08] first time homebuyers with low

[2:52:09] income and makes funds

[2:52:11] available to moderate income

[2:52:12] first time homebuyers in

[2:52:16] designated areas.

[2:52:17] The final two awards during

[2:52:21] this reporting period include a

[2:52:21] $10,000 from the banking

[2:52:22] institution City Community

[2:52:26] Investing and Development to

[2:52:27] support programs of the San

[2:52:27] Diego City County Reinvestment

[2:52:31] Task Force.

[2:52:32] Additionally, we were notified

[2:52:32] about a first time award of a

[2:52:36] federal youth homeless

[2:52:36] demonstration program funds

[2:52:37] which was granted to

[2:52:38] the Housing Commission by

[2:52:41] the San Diego Regional Task

[2:52:42] Force on Homelessness.

[2:52:42] The exact amount of the award

[2:52:47] was unknown at the end of this

[2:52:47] reporting period but we have

[2:52:48] since been notified that it is

[2:52:55] for more than 1.5 million.

[2:52:55] >> The Commission submitted a

[2:52:56] letter of interest to

[2:53:00] the California Wellness

[2:53:01] Foundation's Economic Safety

[2:53:05] Net program which unfortunately

[2:53:06] did not advance to the next

[2:53:07] stage though our request for

[2:53:10] approximately 490,000 to

[2:53:11] provide homelessness prevention

[2:53:15] assistance did fit within

[2:53:16] the foundation's strategies.

[2:53:17] There were limited funds to

[2:53:18] accommodate all the submissions

[2:53:23] as the Housing Commission had

[2:53:24] five submissions to three

[2:53:27] separate funding opportunities

[2:53:28] that were pending decision as

[2:53:29] of DECEMBER 31st 2025.

[2:53:33] Requests for funding for three

[2:53:33] separate projects were

[2:53:34] submitted to

[2:53:34] the congressionally directed

[2:53:37] economic development Initiative

[2:53:38] Community Project Funding

[2:53:38] through hud.

[2:53:42] Two of the project requests

[2:53:43] totaling approximately 4.4

[2:53:46] million were submitted via

[2:53:47] the Office of Congressman Scott

[2:53:47] Peters to support an affordable

[2:53:51] housing prevention program as

[2:53:52] well as an integrated recovery

[2:53:52] support program.

[2:53:56] Another request for 2 million

[2:53:57] to support the Velasco

[2:54:01] redevelopment project was

[2:54:02] submitted via the Office of

[2:54:06] Congresswoman Sara Jacobs and

[2:54:07] application was submitted to

[2:54:07] the County of San Diego's

[2:54:08] Community Development Block

[2:54:11] Grant requesting annual support

[2:54:12] for the Reinvestment Task Force

[2:54:15] for more than $121,000.

[2:54:19] The last pending request at

[2:54:20] the end of this reporting

[2:54:21] period was to head for Veterans

[2:54:21] Affairs supportive housing

[2:54:24] vouchers not including

[2:54:25] the budget authority for

[2:54:25] the rental housing vouchers

[2:54:30] which is unknown until

[2:54:30] the vouchers are awarded.

[2:54:31] The total for these pending

[2:54:32] grant request was more than 6.5

[2:54:37] million.

[2:54:41] The Housing Commission

[2:54:42] submitted six eligible renewal

[2:54:45] projects worth a combined total

[2:54:46] of more than 11.7 million That

[2:54:47] provided rapid rehousing and

[2:54:50] permanent supportive housing

[2:54:51] surface services through

[2:54:54] the continuum of care.

[2:55:00] No formal application for

[2:55:04] the Housing Commission also

[2:55:05] received two awards of grant

[2:55:05] funding totaling more than 18.5

[2:55:06] million.

[2:55:09] That was passed through from

[2:55:09] other entities.

[2:55:10] These awards will be leveraged

[2:55:14] with the housing Commission's

[2:55:14] Grant Award from the Homekey

[2:55:15] Plus program for Starline Place

[2:55:19] Affordable housing development.

[2:55:20] >> The funding includes more

[2:55:24] than 11.5 million in federal

[2:55:24] community development block

[2:55:29] grant fundraising passed

[2:55:30] the pass through by the city of

[2:55:33] San Diego and 7 million and

[2:55:33] Federal American Rescue Plan

[2:55:34] Act general purpose revenue

[2:55:35] passed through by the county of

[2:55:41] San Diego.

[2:55:42] Next up grant funding to

[2:55:45] the Housing Commission also is

[2:55:46] reinvested into the community

[2:55:46] and positively impact the local

[2:55:47] economy.

[2:55:50] During the first half of f y 20

[2:55:54] 2623 sub recipient agreements

[2:55:55] utilized approximately 28.7

[2:55:59] million in whole or in part

[2:56:00] from grant funding were

[2:56:00] executed.

[2:56:04] Additionally three contracts

[2:56:07] totaling approximately $122,000

[2:56:08] and hud Capital Fund program

[2:56:12] funding were also executed.

[2:56:12] That concludes our

[2:56:13] informational report and we're

[2:56:16] happy to answer any questions

[2:56:17] you MAY have.

[2:56:17] All right.

[2:56:18] Thank you for the work.

[2:56:19] Thank you for the presentation.

[2:56:22] Clark, please proceed with

[2:56:22] public comment.

[2:56:23] >> If you can please come

[2:56:24] forward to the microphone And

[2:56:38] after that is Anthony Ralphs.

[2:56:39] >> Just because I wish that you

[2:56:43] guys did all these things that

[2:56:44] you talk about like you do good

[2:56:48] presentations and whatnot But I

[2:56:48] mean it's scary to think about

[2:56:49] where this youth homeless

[2:56:53] funding is going to go When you

[2:56:57] give out money you you don't

[2:56:58] ensure that it's being used

[2:56:58] properly, that people aren't

[2:56:59] being abused.

[2:57:03] I mean, again, I'm going to

[2:57:03] bring up Tent City and Lot and

[2:57:07] the fact that like I don't know

[2:57:11] the exact number but it's close

[2:57:12] to 40 people have died at Tent

[2:57:17] City since it's in session.

[2:57:18] And Sean, you said you were

[2:57:19] even going to look into it.

[2:57:21] You said you care about

[2:57:22] homeless, that you've been

[2:57:22] homeless.

[2:57:26] Why doesn't it matter that

[2:57:26] those people are dying?

[2:57:27] Why does it matter that Ciara

[2:57:31] died on Friday?

[2:57:32] Why does it matter that people

[2:57:32] are being raped there?

[2:57:36] They're like there's rats and

[2:57:37] infestations but people are

[2:57:37] losing their lives there.

[2:57:41] And I just I really don't

[2:57:42] understand why someone like

[2:57:42] Steven will I get why he would

[2:57:46] Because he's an arrogant son of

[2:57:47] a And that's why he laughed in

[2:57:50] my face when Tammy died and why

[2:57:51] he doesn't give a that this

[2:57:55] older woman died on Thursday

[2:57:56] and a woman named Sierra died

[2:57:59] on Friday.

[2:58:00] How many more?

[2:58:01] I've asked you guys this for

[2:58:01] years now.

[2:58:05] How many people is enough that

[2:58:06] you will do something about

[2:58:10] tent City Bro What's the number

[2:58:15] Is 100 Is it You know like what

[2:58:16] What is is that threshold where

[2:58:16] it's like oh that death really

[2:58:19] matters Where we really should

[2:58:20] do something about that.

[2:58:24] I mean you're in litigation

[2:58:25] federal court for it and you

[2:58:26] guys were supposed to bring a

[2:58:28] response today and we'll see

[2:58:29] what what you've said.

[2:58:34] But how many is enough I guess

[2:58:37] if it's not your child it

[2:58:39] doesn't matter.

[2:58:44] >> Anthony Robles.

[2:58:49] >> Afternoon City Council I

[2:58:54] like to think our city

[2:58:55] employees for the presentation

[2:58:58] was a good presentation.

[2:58:59] Thankful for all

[2:59:00] the information that's been

[2:59:00] brought forth today.

[2:59:04] Um I do have concerns as a

[2:59:05] member of the public with some

[2:59:08] of the oversight with regard to

[2:59:09] some of these facilities has as

[2:59:13] has been mentioned by Audra.

[2:59:14] I would hope that we could look

[2:59:14] into that.

[2:59:15] I'd hope that we could be more

[2:59:18] accountable with the funds, how

[2:59:19] these funds are spent and

[2:59:19] ultimately how these services

[2:59:23] are delivered to the people.

[2:59:24] I have no problem with these

[2:59:24] funds going to these programs

[2:59:28] and helping people that need

[2:59:28] help.

[2:59:29] I would just hope that we could

[2:59:32] follow up on the oversight and

[2:59:33] the supervision and make sure

[2:59:34] that these programs are as

[2:59:37] effective in helping people as

[2:59:37] possible.

[2:59:38] With regard to the point that I

[2:59:42] was trying to make earlier,

[2:59:43] there's a San Diego community

[2:59:43] planner's committee letter

[2:59:44] probably was left for all of

[2:59:44] y'all.

[2:59:47] And it says these organization

[2:59:48] organizations exist and provide

[2:59:52] a meaningful pathway into local

[2:59:52] government talking about

[2:59:53] the importance of having

[2:59:56] members of planning groups

[2:59:57] participate in the discussions

[2:59:57] and how we serve as liaison

[3:00:01] between some of the policies

[3:00:02] that are implemented here and

[3:00:03] members of the general public

[3:00:06] understanding some of

[3:00:06] the policies that you all

[3:00:07] implement.

[3:00:07] I know that this was already

[3:00:10] discussed in Item se for a one

[3:00:11] but I just wanted to address it

[3:00:12] now within the context of

[3:00:15] saying we can provide that

[3:00:15] opportunity to help some of

[3:00:20] these issues become more better

[3:00:20] known to the public especially

[3:00:21] with regard to the Housing

[3:00:21] Commission.

[3:00:24] The grants, the agreements that

[3:00:25] are made.

[3:00:25] But it's in our best interest

[3:00:29] to have you all support with

[3:00:34] regard to the human rights

[3:00:34] issues, the privacy issues,

[3:00:35] the constitutional amendment

[3:00:36] issues this morning the Supreme

[3:00:41] Court handed down a decision

[3:00:42] with regard to all of our

[3:00:43] privacy concerns with regard to

[3:00:47] our location database tracking.

[3:00:47] I will mention that and non

[3:00:51] agenda public comment thank you

[3:00:52] started the five minute time

[3:00:52] are going to those

[3:00:56] participating remotely Hector

[3:00:57] if you can please unmute after

[3:01:00] that is 8700 and then Blair

[3:01:01] Beekman.

[3:01:01] >> It's great for you guys

[3:01:05] pursue all the grants it's

[3:01:06] great man Just get on some more

[3:01:06] grants It also throughout

[3:01:09] the city but there's also like

[3:01:14] been talk about taxing the rich

[3:01:15] so if you want to tax I'm all

[3:01:16] for taxing the rich politicians

[3:01:19] like Scott Peters has got $600

[3:01:23] Million on Google and Sarah

[3:01:24] Jacobs got 60 million But she's

[3:01:28] related to MR. Jacobs who's got

[3:01:29] like a trillion I wouldn't tax

[3:01:29] him.

[3:01:33] Let's just put a tax on

[3:01:34] the wealthy politicians that

[3:01:34] are in our purview.

[3:01:38] You and maybe just that million

[3:01:39] dollars a year to go to

[3:01:43] the housing fund and see how

[3:01:47] they like it will set the rich

[3:01:48] politician as $10 Million So if

[3:01:51] you got 10 million you should

[3:01:52] be able to afford not counting

[3:01:58] your house like you other house

[3:01:59] and the lawyer that is down But

[3:02:00] if you got 10 million somewhere

[3:02:03] that's called rich and we'll

[3:02:04] just put $1 million a year tax

[3:02:08] on the politicians and even

[3:02:09] some of your cronies below you,

[3:02:10] they might be sitting there

[3:02:13] talking to people.

[3:02:14] They might be loaded no kind of

[3:02:18] trust fund kids or something.

[3:02:19] But anyway that's what

[3:02:21] the Housing Commission just one

[3:02:22] house set a time target one

[3:02:27] house and try to make it work.

[3:02:27] However the grants flow or

[3:02:31] the people that live there see

[3:02:32] what happens and just one house

[3:02:32] at a time.

[3:02:36] It's it's going to be hard to

[3:02:37] compete with guys with billions

[3:02:41] of dollars and to them it's

[3:02:41] just a candy store.

[3:02:42] They're looking at that

[3:02:45] property and it's going to be

[3:02:46] hard for the city to match

[3:02:50] the funds or it's going to be a

[3:02:51] kind of it's going to be hard

[3:02:51] to do.

[3:02:52] The guys are paying them double

[3:02:55] What you guys are paying

[3:02:56] Anyway, good luck.

[3:02:59] >> 8700 If you can please

[3:03:09] unmute Joy Senator thank you.

[3:03:12] San Diego Housing Commission I

[3:03:13] love grants and I have been

[3:03:17] concerned about grants due to

[3:03:18] the way things have been

[3:03:22] unfolding the last few years So

[3:03:23] it looks like you're doing

[3:03:27] better with the competitive

[3:03:28] grants because at one point I

[3:03:29] thought we were going to form a

[3:03:32] working group and analyze what

[3:03:33] was happening on our not

[3:03:37] getting competitive grants and

[3:03:38] that never did happen.

[3:03:38] I don't know what happened to

[3:03:42] that working group But anyway

[3:03:42] it looks like things are really

[3:03:47] so that applied in a very good

[3:03:47] way.

[3:03:48] So thank you very much San

[3:03:51] Diego Housing Commission for

[3:03:52] that and keep up the work when

[3:03:56] we have that other item today

[3:03:57] on on the Opportunity Fund I

[3:04:02] was surprised to see that list

[3:04:06] Nine of the people on that list

[3:04:07] had zero grant money come in.

[3:04:12] So you know, I think it is it's

[3:04:16] much less and that's sad.

[3:04:17] So hopefully that will change

[3:04:21] and philanthropists to me are

[3:04:22] definitely invited to the table

[3:04:26] as all income levels are

[3:04:27] invited to our table and we can

[3:04:30] have a conversation of working

[3:04:30] together.

[3:04:31] So thank you Congressman Scott

[3:04:36] Peters so very much for your

[3:04:36] work for California and for San

[3:04:40] Diego And thank you

[3:04:41] Congresswoman Sarah Jacobs also

[3:04:45] for your help with the grants.

[3:04:45] You are very appreciated as are

[3:04:49] all people that work together

[3:04:50] to to make our city work and to

[3:04:55] make all levels of people work

[3:04:56] together.

[3:04:56] That is so appreciated.

[3:05:02] I love to all of you That

[3:05:03] completes your comments.

[3:05:03] Yes.

[3:05:07] Thank you.

[3:05:08] >> Thank you.

[3:05:09] Blair Bateman If you can please

[3:05:12] unmute.

[3:05:13] >> All right.

[3:05:13] Thank you Big Ben.

[3:05:14] Really nice to have a comment

[3:05:14] from Joy.

[3:05:16] Thank you.

[3:05:17] >> I learned a lot from what

[3:05:22] you just said Grants is a is a

[3:05:22] new process to me.

[3:05:23] >> I find it an interesting

[3:05:24] process to be learning about

[3:05:26] how our government can function

[3:05:31] and find ways of funding and so

[3:05:32] thank you for this item and

[3:05:36] good luck how this can develop

[3:05:36] .

[3:05:36] >> Thank you.

[3:05:38] Thank you John If you can

[3:05:43] please on you.

[3:05:44] Yes Thank you for all Thank you

[3:05:45] again.

[3:05:48] Hello.

[3:05:49] Hello John Brady with

[3:05:55] Experience Advisors Thank you

[3:05:55] again for this update.

[3:05:55] I you know I think as we are

[3:05:57] looking forward to another

[3:05:58] three years we need to be

[3:06:03] planning for even more cuts and

[3:06:08] and and really I guess where my

[3:06:12] frustrations are as I see

[3:06:13] the country and therefore our

[3:06:17] own city heading in a very dark

[3:06:18] direction when it comes to our

[3:06:19] support for people in need, our

[3:06:22] compassion and for people that

[3:06:23] have been impacted by any

[3:06:27] number of life struggles and a

[3:06:32] seemingly comfortable I guess

[3:06:33] they comfortable way that they

[3:06:36] society at large wants to

[3:06:37] accept that it's okay to blame

[3:06:41] the victim And I don't know how

[3:06:45] we reverse that but I do know

[3:06:46] that it does need a unified

[3:06:51] political voice locally here

[3:06:51] that is clearly saying we can't

[3:06:55] do this to our own people.

[3:06:56] We can't do this to our

[3:06:57] neighbors, we can't do this to

[3:07:00] our grandparents.

[3:07:01] We can't do this to our family

[3:07:01] members.

[3:07:02] We can't do this to even those

[3:07:02] strangers.

[3:07:04] We don't have.

[3:07:05] But we've got more belt

[3:07:09] tightening folks And these

[3:07:10] decisions are going to get even

[3:07:15] harder as we move forward.

[3:07:15] >> Thank you.

[3:07:16] That does include public

[3:07:17] comment for this item.

[3:07:20] All right.

[3:07:20] Thank you, city clerk.

[3:07:21] And with that I'll turn it over

[3:07:21] to my colleagues.

[3:07:24] This is an information item so

[3:07:25] no motion is required.

[3:07:25] >> I'll go to Council member

[3:07:26] Whitburn.

[3:07:28] Thank you.

[3:07:29] Council PRESIDENT Thank you for

[3:07:30] this report.

[3:07:30] Applying for these grants is

[3:07:34] critical work.

[3:07:34] It's a lot of work and

[3:07:35] the effort that you put into it

[3:07:38] is very much appreciated.

[3:07:39] Understanding that this report

[3:07:40] gives us the status as of

[3:07:43] the end of last year DECEMBER

[3:07:44] 31st that there were six

[3:07:48] pending grants at that time.

[3:07:49] Do you know if we've heard of

[3:07:50] any of those pending six grants

[3:07:50] since then?

[3:07:53] I fear that at your fingertips

[3:07:54] if you don't we can follow up.

[3:07:57] But I'm curious if you've heard

[3:07:58] one way or the other.

[3:07:59] >> Yeah, I don't have that

[3:07:59] information in my fingertips

[3:08:03] right now but we have heard

[3:08:03] back on probably most of them.

[3:08:04] Yeah.

[3:08:04] And we can certainly provide

[3:08:07] you with that information.

[3:08:08] Thank you.

[3:08:08] We did get some good news late

[3:08:09] on Friday.

[3:08:12] Not part of this program but

[3:08:13] that the state's hap program is

[3:08:16] going to be fully funded during

[3:08:21] the last budget And this MAY be

[3:08:22] a question for Lisa.

[3:08:26] We were forced to cut 50 beds

[3:08:27] at the 60 Newton shelter

[3:08:31] because there wasn't enough

[3:08:31] money to fund them all.

[3:08:32] Understanding that we got this

[3:08:36] news late Friday and you know

[3:08:36] it's the middle of the day on

[3:08:37] Monday.

[3:08:40] Do you have any idea yet

[3:08:41] whether the full funding will

[3:08:44] enable us to keep those 50

[3:08:44] beds?

[3:08:45] >> No, I don't.

[3:08:45] It's wonderful to see

[3:08:49] the amount of funding that has

[3:08:50] come through and for the state

[3:08:51] to really step up And I think a

[3:08:51] lot of the advocacy that

[3:08:54] happened with this council and

[3:08:55] with this mayor MAY have to

[3:08:55] make that happen.

[3:08:58] And shelter is definitely an

[3:08:59] eligible use for those funds.

[3:09:03] But we'll need to meet with

[3:09:04] the city's Homeless Strategies

[3:09:04] and Solutions department

[3:09:05] obviously have conversations

[3:09:08] with Council and the mayor

[3:09:09] about where that funding can

[3:09:09] go.

[3:09:09] >> Okay.

[3:09:13] Thank you very much.

[3:09:14] Appreciate that And thank you

[3:09:14] again for all the work to bring

[3:09:18] in funding and thank you

[3:09:18] Council PRESIDENT.

[3:09:19] All right.

[3:09:19] Thank you Council member

[3:09:20] whitburn.

[3:09:23] I don't see anybody else lights

[3:09:24] I'll just have my thank you for

[3:09:25] the good work and clearly you

[3:09:27] have the secret sauce of going

[3:09:28] after grants and securing

[3:09:29] the wins on that.

[3:09:33] So when there's too little

[3:09:34] resources it's incredibly

[3:09:34] important to do that.

[3:09:35] Good work.

[3:09:36] So thank you.

[3:09:37] >> Thank you.

[3:09:38] With that we will now proceed

[3:09:41] with the approval of

[3:09:42] the Housing Authority minutes.

[3:09:43] >> clerk Please proceed with

[3:09:46] public comment.

[3:09:47] >> Thank you.

[3:09:48] The public comment period for

[3:09:48] the housing authority minutes

[3:09:49] is now open and please note

[3:09:52] each speaker will have three

[3:09:52] will have one minute per item

[3:09:55] per person up to a maximum of 3

[3:09:55] minutes or 3 minutes on

[3:09:56] the agenda.

[3:09:58] Tuesday, MAY 12th, 2026 Regular

[3:09:59] Meeting Tuesday, JUNE 9th, 2026

[3:10:03] Regular meeting and Monday,

[3:10:04] JUNE 15th, 2026 Special meeting

[3:10:07] and allegedly order if you can

[3:10:16] please come forward.

[3:10:17] >> You'll have three minutes to

[3:10:21] speak on all three dates.

[3:10:22] >> So you're talking about

[3:10:22] bonds for housing homeless

[3:10:26] programs, litigation and these

[3:10:30] three meetings and you know

[3:10:31] we're getting in debt to

[3:10:35] pretend to provide housing.

[3:10:40] I just find it extremely

[3:10:41] difficult to like proceed when

[3:10:45] you guys hear people have died

[3:10:50] in your programs and it doesn't

[3:10:51] bother you enough to go, We

[3:10:51] should really look into that.

[3:10:55] >> We should figure out why

[3:10:55] this is happening.

[3:10:58] >> I mean, Steven why why

[3:10:58] aren't you doing that?

[3:11:08] Why is it funny to you?

[3:11:09] >> Everything done in the dark

[3:11:12] will come to the light And it

[3:11:13] does And it's sad because it's

[3:11:18] like I mean these people are

[3:11:19] put in like a prison there.

[3:11:22] You guys spend money at Tent

[3:11:23] City to put up a fence that is

[3:11:27] a wired like the ones that

[3:11:28] usually have the spikes going

[3:11:28] out.

[3:11:29] Like you go to a hotel and you

[3:11:32] see it because you don't want

[3:11:32] someone coming in But it tent

[3:11:36] city they're facing in like

[3:11:37] these people can't get out and

[3:11:38] you put them in fire danger by

[3:11:42] continuing to add tents and

[3:11:42] it's like you can't even see

[3:11:43] your way out of there and

[3:11:47] there's no fireworks Seeing

[3:11:48] wishers if there was a fire in

[3:11:48] Fenton, all is being dealt

[3:11:52] there and people are dying on

[3:11:56] it on a regular basis And yet

[3:11:57] Dreams for Change continues to

[3:12:01] get more funding because that's

[3:12:06] your friend Stephen and that's

[3:12:06] why you don't give a that

[3:12:07] these people are dying.

[3:12:10] That's like three people a

[3:12:15] month so far this year and

[3:12:18] everybody just sits there like

[3:12:23] who cares?

[3:12:28] And you wonder why people don't

[3:12:28] trust you.

[3:12:29] I'm not talking about someone

[3:12:34] taking a out on the sidewalk

[3:12:35] which happens all the time to

[3:12:37] allow people to come and clean

[3:12:37] it up.

[3:12:42] I'm talking about a life lost

[3:12:43] and you guys sit up here and

[3:12:44] act like you care about people

[3:12:47] But this falls upon deaf ears

[3:12:48] and we just keep giving them

[3:12:51] more money.

[3:12:56] Make it make sense.

[3:12:57] Why don't their lives matter

[3:13:01] enough to like question what's

[3:13:01] going on to go?

[3:13:06] Maybe we should look into this

[3:13:06] funding, make sure it's really

[3:13:07] going somewhere that is

[3:13:11] beneficial to people.

[3:13:12] I mean if Theresa Smiths wants

[3:13:12] people to stay there as long as

[3:13:16] possible I mean that's

[3:13:16] terrifying and literally they

[3:13:20] die before they'll ever get

[3:13:21] into housing.

[3:13:25] >> How sad going to those

[3:13:26] participating online.

[3:13:27] John Stump if you can please

[3:13:30] unmute and let me know which

[3:13:31] item or items of minutes you

[3:13:35] wish to speak to.

[3:13:35] Oh excuse me.

[3:13:36] I thought this was public

[3:13:36] comment.

[3:13:39] They'll be next.

[3:13:40] I'll come back to you John

[3:13:44] Please let me know which item

[3:13:45] or items you wish to speak to

[3:13:51] on the minutes.

[3:13:51] I'm sorry at that.

[3:13:52] This public comment goes well.

[3:13:54] I have you We'll come back to

[3:13:55] you right now Blair Beekman on

[3:13:58] the minutes Well where do you

[3:13:59] know where Big Ben I'm going to

[3:14:03] wait to for public comment

[3:14:03] Sorry about sorry.

[3:14:04] >> Okay.

[3:14:04] That does conclude the public

[3:14:09] comment on the minutes or I

[3:14:14] think you said sorry or I think

[3:14:15] you city Clerk And with that

[3:14:16] I'm going to make a motion to

[3:14:16] approve the minutes.

[3:14:17] Can I get a second

[3:14:18] Councilmember Marina Beach out

[3:14:18] Not anybody else seeking to

[3:14:23] speak So motion by myself and

[3:14:23] the second by Councilmember

[3:14:24] Moreno.

[3:14:27] Clerk please call the roll.

[3:14:28] >> I'm sorry The voting system

[3:14:36] Please cast your vote That

[3:14:37] passes unanimously 6 to 0 with

[3:14:42] Council member Campo,

[3:14:42] Councilmember Yvonne Wolpert

[3:14:43] and Councilmember Foster

[3:14:43] absent.

[3:14:44] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[3:14:44] All right.

[3:14:46] We will now adjourn as a

[3:14:47] housing authority and reconvene

[3:14:48] as the City council and take up

[3:14:51] non agenda public comment.

[3:14:52] Council members respect and

[3:14:53] appreciate the public's input.

[3:14:54] I fully committed to protecting

[3:14:56] every participant's free speech

[3:14:57] rights at council and committee

[3:14:58] meetings.

[3:14:58] >> Clerk Please proceed with

[3:15:01] public comment.

[3:15:01] >> Thank you.

[3:15:02] Council PRESIDENT Per rule 2.7

[3:15:03] on agenda Public comment is an

[3:15:03] opportunity for members of

[3:15:06] the public to comment on items

[3:15:07] that are not on the agenda but

[3:15:07] within the subject matter

[3:15:08] jurisdiction of the City

[3:15:11] Council.

[3:15:12] Each speaker will have two

[3:15:12] minutes.

[3:15:13] Please note if there are eight

[3:15:13] or more speakers on a single

[3:15:15] topic the maximum time for

[3:15:16] the topic will be 16 minutes.

[3:15:17] If you're in chambers please

[3:15:17] submit your speaker slip If

[3:15:20] you're joining us virtually

[3:15:21] please raise your hand to speak

[3:15:21] by tapping the raise your hand

[3:15:22] icon or if you are calling on

[3:15:25] Participant Star nine allegedly

[3:15:26] Audrey if you can please come

[3:15:30] forward And then Anthony Ralph

[3:15:31] so he can please come to

[3:15:31] the yellow reserved seats at

[3:15:35] the front of the room.

[3:15:35] It's interesting I wasn't here

[3:15:40] earlier because I was in care

[3:15:40] court now for myself.

[3:15:41] But hearing what they're going

[3:15:44] to do with Andrea being and

[3:15:45] it's such an educational

[3:15:49] experience just observing

[3:15:50] things like a board like this

[3:15:54] being in court and seeing how

[3:15:55] they use competency And then I

[3:15:55] think about how I'm telling you

[3:15:59] guys about people dying that

[3:16:00] are part of your community and

[3:16:04] that involve really people

[3:16:04] don't care.

[3:16:05] So I would think I mean you

[3:16:08] guys should be evaluated for

[3:16:09] competency to see I mean are

[3:16:10] you you you know if you don't

[3:16:14] really care about human life

[3:16:14] but you're saying that you do I

[3:16:15] mean perhaps you're incompetent

[3:16:18] and perhaps you guys should be

[3:16:19] sent to one of the psychiatric

[3:16:22] facilities and medicated until

[3:16:23] you can be deemed competent.

[3:16:23] Right.

[3:16:24] And somebody like me because

[3:16:28] this is how it goes Like

[3:16:28] someone like you guys would

[3:16:29] deem me incompetent because I

[3:16:32] don't go along with your

[3:16:32] ideologies.

[3:16:33] So imagine someone like me

[3:16:37] doing that to you and saying

[3:16:37] that the way that you feel is

[3:16:41] means that you are incompetent

[3:16:41] .

[3:16:42] It's interesting the way

[3:16:43] the world works and if you

[3:16:46] don't just kind of capitulate

[3:16:47] and go along and conform then

[3:16:51] you're seen as somebody who

[3:16:52] needs their behavior changed

[3:16:53] And it's like I literally could

[3:16:56] say that about you guys seeing

[3:16:57] that you don't care that people

[3:17:01] are dying all while professing

[3:17:01] that you do.

[3:17:02] >> But it's interesting the way

[3:17:06] that it's used to silence

[3:17:06] people And sure there's people

[3:17:07] that are incompetent

[3:17:11] potentially and need help and

[3:17:11] wouldn't be able to, you know,

[3:17:12] go through trial.

[3:17:15] >> But when it's literally

[3:17:16] being used to silence the truth

[3:17:17] about the people that are

[3:17:20] actually engaged in this care

[3:17:25] court and whatnot, what a smart

[3:17:25] weapon to use.

[3:17:26] You know what I'm saying?

[3:17:29] But imagine being that person.

[3:17:30] Thank GOD it's not you guys.

[3:17:30] Right?

[3:17:31] Right.

[3:17:34] Maybe it'll be one of your

[3:17:34] children.

[3:17:34] >> Who knows?

[3:17:38] We'll see who's in charge.

[3:17:43] Anthony Rose Yes, I will read

[3:17:48] today's reading from

[3:17:49] the Supreme Court.

[3:17:49] But first I just want to

[3:17:50] acknowledge that there is an

[3:17:52] inherent conflict of interest

[3:17:53] between those that want to

[3:17:54] leave work early and can do so

[3:17:58] with a short workday with which

[3:17:58] is facilitated by minimal

[3:18:02] public engagement and those

[3:18:03] members of the public that wish

[3:18:03] to have a robust, engaged,

[3:18:07] fully informed discussion that

[3:18:08] often requires extended hours

[3:18:09] of additional city council

[3:18:12] participation.

[3:18:13] So when the vast majority of

[3:18:13] your constituents demand you

[3:18:14] respect our concept of our

[3:18:17] constitutional protected

[3:18:17] privacy rights over your own

[3:18:22] esdp sponsored perception of

[3:18:22] public safety, it sends us

[3:18:23] the message that you prioritize

[3:18:25] getting off work early over

[3:18:30] doing your job.

[3:18:31] So here's the article You've

[3:18:32] probably had a chance to read

[3:18:35] it But this morning the Supreme

[3:18:36] Court ruled that when law

[3:18:37] enforcement officials used a

[3:18:37] geofence warrant a warrant that

[3:18:40] instructed Google to provide

[3:18:41] location data for cell phone

[3:18:41] users who were near a

[3:18:42] particular place during a

[3:18:46] specified time period to obtain

[3:18:46] evidence used to convict a

[3:18:50] Virginia man of a 2019 bank

[3:18:50] robbery.

[3:18:51] They conducted a quote search

[3:18:53] for the purposes of the Fourth

[3:18:54] Amendment By a vote of 6 to 3

[3:18:55] the justices sent Okello

[3:18:59] Patrice's case back to

[3:19:00] the lower court for it to

[3:19:00] consider whether his Fourth

[3:19:01] Amendment requires the search

[3:19:04] was quote reasonable.

[3:19:05] Writing for the majority,

[3:19:05] Justice Elena Kagan emphasized

[3:19:09] that quote An individual has a

[3:19:09] reasonable expectation of

[3:19:10] privacy in records about his

[3:19:14] cell phone's location and

[3:19:15] police intrude on that

[3:19:15] constitutionally protected

[3:19:19] interest when they demand

[3:19:20] the information even though for

[3:19:21] only a limited time and from a

[3:19:25] third party tech company there

[3:19:29] we have it the Supreme Court

[3:19:30] decided this morning that our

[3:19:34] location data on our on our

[3:19:35] cell phones is not fair game

[3:19:36] for third party applications to

[3:19:40] be utilized to track us.

[3:19:45] That should be a clear cut case

[3:19:45] .

[3:19:46] >> There are lawsuits all over

[3:19:47] the state of California against

[3:19:51] Floc Thank you for that

[3:19:51] concluding remark Five minute

[3:19:52] time We're going to those

[3:19:53] participating online.

[3:19:55] We currently have nine speakers

[3:19:55] in the queue starting with

[3:19:56] John.

[3:19:59] >> If you can please unmute.

[3:20:00] >> Good evening City Council.

[3:20:04] My first comment is that public

[3:20:05] comment should be at

[3:20:06] the beginning of the meeting or

[3:20:10] you should at least provide

[3:20:11] the opportunity for a number of

[3:20:11] people to speak at

[3:20:12] the beginning of the meeting.

[3:20:15] Because in part public comment

[3:20:15] is so that our voices are heard

[3:20:16] not only by us, not only by you

[3:20:20] but other members of

[3:20:20] the community.

[3:20:21] Secondly, I want to explain to

[3:20:25] you what it's like to be a

[3:20:25] target.

[3:20:26] I have had my rb now for two

[3:20:26] years.

[3:20:31] I have regularly parked it on

[3:20:31] the nearby overpass where semi

[3:20:35] tractor trailers parked

[3:20:36] limousines, other commercial

[3:20:41] businesses, vehicles got junk

[3:20:41] trailers.

[3:20:42] >> But for the moment until

[3:20:46] the moment somebody was

[3:20:47] identified as living in there

[3:20:47] And then I became a marked

[3:20:51] vehicle.

[3:20:52] So now 17 members of

[3:20:52] the community policing

[3:20:57] department are out and actively

[3:20:58] aware of where my vehicle is

[3:21:02] And now I've got 275 to $75

[3:21:02] ticket with no warning for

[3:21:07] trying to help.

[3:21:07] That's my office.

[3:21:08] That's the place we used to do

[3:21:08] surveys.

[3:21:12] That's the place I've never

[3:21:12] allowed anybody to live on it

[3:21:13] at least while I was out in a

[3:21:13] public space.

[3:21:17] So I'm a little in shock here

[3:21:17] how quickly we're able to act

[3:21:18] on that.

[3:21:20] >> But we can't pick up a911

[3:21:21] call.

[3:21:21] We've got to figure out where

[3:21:27] our priorities are.

[3:21:27] And right now going into this

[3:21:28] whole budget negotiation, I

[3:21:33] thought homelessness was off

[3:21:33] the table.

[3:21:34] And then I thought well, we're

[3:21:36] going to cut the new center not

[3:21:37] one member of the Community

[3:21:38] Budget Alliance or any of

[3:21:38] the other people that I know

[3:21:43] that advocate for homeless

[3:21:44] individuals had any clue when

[3:21:45] that went through that it was

[3:21:45] going to permanently close

[3:21:48] the neon good day center.

[3:21:49] We've been your close partner

[3:21:50] on this and I'll tell you I

[3:21:54] feel violated.

[3:21:54] Our trust is gone.

[3:22:00] And that's a sad place to be.

[3:22:01] >> Thank you, Blair Beckman If

[3:22:09] you can place on you.

[3:22:09] All right.

[3:22:09] Thank you.

[3:22:10] Plan b friends?

[3:22:10] Yeah.

[3:22:11] I thought we were working on a

[3:22:13] six day plan for the future of

[3:22:14] New York State Center.

[3:22:15] I was pretty shocked in what

[3:22:15] you've decided.

[3:22:16] I understand your decision and

[3:22:19] how it can be working.

[3:22:20] But the previous speaker is

[3:22:20] offering a lot of good public

[3:22:25] comment What we actually need

[3:22:26] within the data center and we

[3:22:27] have to be having that

[3:22:31] conversation more openly and

[3:22:31] regularly.

[3:22:32] As I've been mentioning myself

[3:22:32] I've been trying to mention

[3:22:37] John is up in the actual words

[3:22:38] Good luck in that effort.

[3:22:39] So what we can be talking about

[3:22:43] openly and I also wanted to

[3:22:43] mention there's been a lot of

[3:22:44] talk about encampment issues

[3:22:49] You know, or the government

[3:22:50] sponsored camp I heard before

[3:22:54] here you know that instead of

[3:22:54] you know, the 2 to 300 person

[3:23:00] site in San Diego, San Jose's

[3:23:01] model, they work, you know, in

[3:23:01] a much smaller frame you know,

[3:23:06] 35 to 50, 25 to 35 spaces for

[3:23:06] people.

[3:23:07] We can have one space in San

[3:23:11] Diego to say 100 people and

[3:23:12] then you know, create 3 or 4

[3:23:16] little smaller spaces that I

[3:23:17] think we can much better manage

[3:23:18] people and people will just be

[3:23:18] dying the way they currently

[3:23:23] are.

[3:23:24] This large encampment is

[3:23:24] creating a lot of again and we

[3:23:25] got to really consider our

[3:23:29] different options from that.

[3:23:30] So good luck on those efforts.

[3:23:31] Good luck that we can be

[3:23:31] listening to Andrea Evans case

[3:23:35] what she can be doing, what we

[3:23:36] can be doing for her so she can

[3:23:40] be free and regular She

[3:23:40] deserves it.

[3:23:41] I thank you for the words of

[3:23:41] Anthony.

[3:23:46] She actually mentioned concepts

[3:23:47] that we're working on in 2018

[3:23:51] We stopped something in 2018.

[3:23:52] Good work.

[3:23:52] We can continue what he's

[3:23:53] talking about and from that

[3:23:57] really address your issues in

[3:23:58] real time.

[3:23:58] There's a lot of subtlety in

[3:24:03] what he said and how he can and

[3:24:03] can't work that we need to more

[3:24:04] openly address And I'll talk

[3:24:10] about more tomorrow a lot more

[3:24:11] I need to say good luck with

[3:24:11] our public process right now,

[3:24:12] concluded Francine Maxwell.

[3:24:18] >> If you can please on your

[3:24:18] Nancy Maxwell Southeastern San

[3:24:24] Diego resident I want to thank

[3:24:25] the council for the education

[3:24:25] that came when I was

[3:24:30] misdirected.

[3:24:30] Really appreciate that.

[3:24:31] Now let's parlay that since

[3:24:32] there are so many upcoming

[3:24:36] legislative breaks, let's do it

[3:24:37] Educational series.

[3:24:38] Let's go to some parking risks

[3:24:42] and let's make sure that we try

[3:24:43] to educate the community all

[3:24:43] year long.

[3:24:48] I would like your first thing

[3:24:48] to be educational wise How can

[3:24:53] Steve Cushman be an advisor to

[3:24:54] the city, to the mayor's office

[3:24:54] and be on the Housing

[3:24:59] Commission?

[3:25:00] So it would seem like that

[3:25:01] would be a conflict to me.

[3:25:01] I completely understand that

[3:25:05] everybody is looking for their

[3:25:06] next gig and so Steve Cushman

[3:25:06] is not looking for his next gig

[3:25:07] because he's pretty much

[3:25:11] running our city.

[3:25:12] But the mayor is absolutely

[3:25:17] parlaying his dc trips and so

[3:25:17] maybe he's looking to get a

[3:25:18] position in hud or something.

[3:25:23] >> We don't have all

[3:25:23] the receipts but it seems like

[3:25:24] elected officials continue to

[3:25:29] hold things close to the vest

[3:25:29] And when somebody needs a good

[3:25:30] piece of press things come out

[3:25:35] very appreciative of District

[3:25:36] nine sharing with my neighbors

[3:25:37] that our elected official is on

[3:25:41] official business Love our

[3:25:42] neighbor National City Council

[3:25:42] member markets took a picture

[3:25:48] of our council member on a bus

[3:25:49] with our Board of Supervisors

[3:25:53] vice chair just wonderful

[3:25:54] communication through social

[3:25:54] media.

[3:25:55] So we're hoping that in

[3:25:55] the newsletter there will be a

[3:25:59] report in reference to

[3:26:00] the Baltimore official trip.

[3:26:05] >> Again, all city officials

[3:26:06] take all of these official

[3:26:06] trips.

[3:26:07] You sit on other boards and

[3:26:11] commissions, some of them are

[3:26:12] paid, some of them are not.

[3:26:13] But there never an educational

[3:26:17] component or a component to

[3:26:17] the constituents.

[3:26:18] So let's do better.

[3:26:19] Let's begin to educate the next

[3:26:23] generation.

[3:26:23] Thank you.

[3:26:24] Thank you.

[3:26:27] 8700 If you can please unmute

[3:26:35] 8700 city for committees so I

[3:26:35] can shape my comments is this

[3:26:40] each day this is not agenda

[3:26:41] public comment for the whole

[3:26:42] meeting for the for the city

[3:26:47] council meeting yes but there

[3:26:48] was no agenda Public comment No

[3:26:52] because it was a special

[3:26:53] meeting for you.

[3:26:58] Okay Thank you.

[3:26:59] We just catch my breath here a

[3:27:00] minute.

[3:27:05] Had two plans so we will need

[3:27:05] to start your time out.

[3:27:10] I think you I need to finish on

[3:27:15] this because I.

[3:27:16] I don't know.

[3:27:16] I'm coming strictly from

[3:27:22] extemporaneous and then I think

[3:27:23] I need to begin to get it out

[3:27:28] of joy to I voted yes for this

[3:27:30] week since we think

[3:27:36] the ordinance a small minority

[3:27:37] voted yes I'm never forget that

[3:27:43] day and here we are That's what

[3:27:44] we to where we are now And let

[3:27:49] me tell you that I still

[3:27:49] believe in our case.

[3:28:00] We think of and pivot away from

[3:28:00] that.

[3:28:01] I'm using a lens to look at

[3:28:05] the world.

[3:28:06] It's different for each of us

[3:28:07] that's proven scientifically

[3:28:12] and to my lens I can't see all

[3:28:13] the ugliness I'm hearing.

[3:28:18] I don't I've never witnessed it

[3:28:18] yet.

[3:28:18] I respect the people that are

[3:28:25] sharing their truth So I'm I to

[3:28:26] become sort of a rock and a

[3:28:26] hard place.

[3:28:30] I worked with the homeless for

[3:28:30] 20 years.

[3:28:31] David lost both my hair

[3:28:35] the water man He lived in

[3:28:36] the trenches Not really that he

[3:28:41] lived there as a hero and he

[3:28:46] told me a lot And these people

[3:28:47] they have stories that are

[3:28:52] beyond belief So we transition

[3:28:53] them from the streets into an

[3:28:58] enclosed space.

[3:28:59] He could save sleeping sight,

[3:29:05] make it safe and comfortable

[3:29:05] and take care of them.

[3:29:06] I don't know.

[3:29:06] It's a big transition.

[3:29:09] Let's talk more later with Joel

[3:29:09] .

[3:29:15] Thank you, Kathleen Lippert.

[3:29:15] Thank you.

[3:29:16] Good afternoon.

[3:29:22] Council and the public drug

[3:29:22] policy researcher.

[3:29:23] I follow drug research and best

[3:29:27] practices for decades.

[3:29:28] The year to year data is

[3:29:29] important but it is the long

[3:29:34] term trend of drug use that are

[3:29:35] that are the best indicators of

[3:29:36] a city's policies Whether or

[3:29:40] not they're preventing harms or

[3:29:40] contributing to collateral

[3:29:41] damage.

[3:29:47] The report I want to share

[3:29:47] today with Council is from

[3:29:48] the American Society of

[3:29:51] Addiction Medicine, which

[3:29:52] followed cannabis policy

[3:29:53] changes from 2009 to 2018.

[3:29:58] The researchers studied

[3:30:02] pediatric exposures of children

[3:30:02] under six years old to

[3:30:07] marijuana which were stable

[3:30:08] between 2000 and 2009.

[3:30:12] But beginning in 2010

[3:30:13] the increase of more than

[3:30:14] 6,000% in pediatric exposures

[3:30:19] to marijuana it was found oral

[3:30:20] ingestion was found to be

[3:30:24] responsible for the majority of

[3:30:25] exposures in young children.

[3:30:30] A concurrent prospective cohort

[3:30:31] found that virtually all of

[3:30:36] the of the effects were from

[3:30:37] hospital admissions in the U.S.

[3:30:42] And Canada For those under ten

[3:30:43] years old for severe toxicity

[3:30:47] from marijuana was from

[3:30:48] ingestions of edible

[3:30:48] preparations.

[3:30:54] The negative effects on

[3:30:55] children's health public health

[3:30:55] policy adjustments are

[3:31:00] warranted.

[3:31:00] Please the city should consider

[3:31:01] the manufacturers that it

[3:31:06] allows the small shops that

[3:31:07] continue to sell such broad

[3:31:12] edible products without any

[3:31:12] oversight or regulations And

[3:31:13] these are the products that are

[3:31:14] getting into the hands of

[3:31:18] children They need to be

[3:31:18] protected.

[3:31:19] >> I hope you will do that.

[3:31:19] Thank you.

[3:31:25] Your time has concluded.

[3:31:25] The five minute time are also

[3:31:26] concluded and there are eight

[3:31:27] speakers in the queue.

[3:31:27] No additional speakers will be

[3:31:29] taken.

[3:31:30] >> Barbara Gordon If you can

[3:31:34] please unmute Thank you.

[3:31:35] As a public health educator

[3:31:36] concerned about the lack of

[3:31:41] Smokefree policies, I wanted to

[3:31:42] share with you a peer review

[3:31:42] study regarding comprehensive

[3:31:47] Smokefree laws and

[3:31:47] cardiovascular disease

[3:31:48] mortality in U.S. Counties.

[3:31:53] This was published in

[3:31:54] the Journal of American Medical

[3:31:58] Association just JUNE of 2026.

[3:31:59] The research examined

[3:32:00] comprehensive Smokefree Laws

[3:32:05] Associate it with long term

[3:32:05] changes in cardiovascular

[3:32:10] disease mortality at the county

[3:32:11] level in the us.

[3:32:11] The 2026 county level study

[3:32:16] found that counties adopting

[3:32:17] comprehensive smokefree laws

[3:32:17] were associated with lower

[3:32:22] cardiovascular mortality over

[3:32:23] roughly a decade compared to

[3:32:24] similar counties that did not

[3:32:29] adopt such law.

[3:32:29] These findings are consistent

[3:32:30] with decades of research

[3:32:30] showing that comprehensive

[3:32:35] Smokefree policies reduce

[3:32:35] exposure to secondhand smoke

[3:32:36] and are associated with

[3:32:41] improvement of cardiovascular

[3:32:41] health.

[3:32:42] The strongest evidence supports

[3:32:46] Smokefree laws of any kind

[3:32:47] tobacco or marijuana indoors or

[3:32:47] outdoor public places without

[3:32:52] exception showed an average

[3:32:53] reduction of about 12

[3:32:57] cardiovascular death per 100

[3:32:58] people in this year.

[3:32:58] I think for city councils and

[3:33:03] local health departments that

[3:33:04] we can reduce exposure tobacco

[3:33:05] and marijuana secondhand smoke

[3:33:09] by enacting comprehensive well

[3:33:10] enforced smokefree ordinances

[3:33:15] along with it doing public

[3:33:16] health education and it will

[3:33:17] improve the lives of all San

[3:33:17] Diego.

[3:33:22] Thank you for letting me speak

[3:33:23] Ernie Casco If you can please

[3:33:33] unmute Brant Colorado Ernie

[3:33:34] Casco Lawyer Resident Attention

[3:33:39] District Attorney The end

[3:33:40] concern of Torrey Pines Dog

[3:33:40] Park Ongoing dispute The Dear

[3:33:45] Ernie email I received from cp

[3:33:46] p is completely unacceptable

[3:33:47] unacceptable It fails to

[3:33:51] address serious allegations

[3:33:52] made to City Council John

[3:33:53] LaCava and San Diego Police

[3:33:57] Department itself.

[3:33:58] It it completely ignores

[3:33:59] the victims and witnesses and

[3:33:59] the ongoing criminal activity

[3:34:04] and public safety concerns that

[3:34:05] tweet my slide report My first

[3:34:05] question is is where are

[3:34:09] the police reports addressing

[3:34:10] the victim and witnesses?

[3:34:10] Residents should not be forced

[3:34:15] to sign an access pass waiver

[3:34:16] under the threat of violence.

[3:34:16] I receive unanimous letters of

[3:34:22] support from the town council,

[3:34:22] the Hoyt Shores Association and

[3:34:23] the University Community

[3:34:27] Planning Group to stop this

[3:34:27] crime.

[3:34:28] Yet the court issues remain

[3:34:32] ignored while problems continue

[3:34:32] .

[3:34:33] I have experienced retaliation

[3:34:39] myself Serious injuries and

[3:34:40] assaults devastating personal

[3:34:40] loss to me and my family

[3:34:45] poisoned with a biohazard over

[3:34:46] the commercialization of Torrey

[3:34:47] Pines Glider part died with

[3:34:49] stage four cancer.

[3:34:50] I want to see this public park

[3:34:51] returned to the people and

[3:34:56] protected from future abuse.

[3:34:57] I'm asking City Council for

[3:34:57] three things.

[3:34:58] First, where are the police

[3:35:01] reports involving victim and

[3:35:02] witnesses?

[3:35:02] Let's see them.

[3:35:03] Second stop the illegal

[3:35:09] collection of public funding in

[3:35:10] the private accounts with a

[3:35:10] full city audit Until we find

[3:35:13] Sly report Where is the money

[3:35:14] going?

[3:35:14] Third, restore lawful public

[3:35:18] access and ensure that no one

[3:35:19] is forced into signing waivers.

[3:35:20] Time to address the victim and

[3:35:24] witnesses and force American

[3:35:25] law not administrative law and

[3:35:31] stand up for a constitutional

[3:35:32] recreational rights and

[3:35:32] freedoms.

[3:35:32] Thank you.

[3:35:36] Ready Casco You kid.

[3:35:37] My apologies, Ernie.

[3:35:42] Did you want to make any final

[3:35:43] comment?

[3:35:43] I didn't mean you.

[3:35:44] I thought you were dead.

[3:35:51] My apologies.

[3:35:51] Okay.

[3:35:52] You're not a meeting so we will

[3:35:53] proceed.

[3:35:53] Madison, if you can please.

[3:36:00] On.

[3:36:00] >> Hello.

[3:36:01] Good evening.

[3:36:01] City council members with

[3:36:02] the 4th of JULY holiday

[3:36:06] approaching, I want to briefly

[3:36:06] highlight an important public

[3:36:07] safety concern drug impaired

[3:36:11] driving especially when it

[3:36:12] comes to marijuana because

[3:36:13] while many people think of

[3:36:13] impaired driving primarily in

[3:36:17] terms of alcohol, marijuana can

[3:36:18] also significantly affect a

[3:36:19] person's ability to drive

[3:36:19] safely.

[3:36:23] It can slow down reaction time

[3:36:24] ,impair coordination, distort

[3:36:24] perception of distance and

[3:36:29] speed and reduce overall

[3:36:29] attention.

[3:36:30] These effects can make it much

[3:36:31] more difficult to respond

[3:36:31] quickly to changing road

[3:36:36] conditions, pedestrians or

[3:36:36] other drivers.

[3:36:37] One of the challenges with

[3:36:37] marijuana impairment is that

[3:36:41] people often underestimate it

[3:36:42] Unlike alcohol where there are

[3:36:43] well-known guidelines and

[3:36:47] widespread public messaging,

[3:36:48] many individuals do not fully

[3:36:48] recognize how long marijuana

[3:36:54] can impair judgment or how it

[3:36:54] can affect driving even hours

[3:36:55] after use.

[3:36:55] This can lead to risky

[3:36:59] decisions such as driving too

[3:37:00] soon after consumption or

[3:37:01] assuming they are fine to drive

[3:37:05] when they are not during

[3:37:06] holiday periods like the 4th of

[3:37:07] JULY when there is increased

[3:37:07] travel, social gatherings and

[3:37:12] celebrations the risks become

[3:37:13] even more significant.

[3:37:13] More cars on the road combined

[3:37:17] with impaired driving increased

[3:37:18] the higher potential for

[3:37:19] preventable accidents and

[3:37:19] injuries.

[3:37:20] I encourage our community to

[3:37:24] prioritize planning ahead this

[3:37:24] holiday using designated

[3:37:25] drivers, rancher services or

[3:37:30] other safe transportation

[3:37:30] options If substances are being

[3:37:31] used, public awareness and

[3:37:32] personal responsibility can go

[3:37:36] a long way in preventing

[3:37:36] tragedies.

[3:37:37] Thank you and I wish everyone a

[3:37:38] safe and happy holiday.

[3:37:38] Thank you.

[3:37:52] John Stump Oh John Stump Want

[3:37:53] to talk about three things

[3:37:54] the recent election I don't

[3:37:59] think the results in District

[3:38:04] four or in the controversial

[3:38:10] districts in New York City is a

[3:38:11] reflection that people want

[3:38:11] socialism.

[3:38:12] I think it's more reflection.

[3:38:16] They want change and they're

[3:38:17] not They're dissatisfied with

[3:38:22] the return they're getting in

[3:38:22] response are getting from

[3:38:23] elected officials They want

[3:38:23] change.

[3:38:28] Secondly, in today's newspaper

[3:38:29] there was a report about

[3:38:35] the separation or retirement of

[3:38:41] the ceo of Community Power.

[3:38:47] Community power is very fat.

[3:38:47] There's 150 employees who make

[3:38:52] salaries much greater than

[3:38:53] the city of San Diego and

[3:38:53] community power doesn't do

[3:38:54] anything.

[3:38:58] It's just an aggregator.

[3:38:59] It doesn't generate or

[3:39:04] distribute the council members

[3:39:05] that are in community power

[3:39:06] should be looking at the wages

[3:39:06] paid.

[3:39:09] Their third I need the city

[3:39:14] clerk to call me concerning

[3:39:15] the notice of appeals there's

[3:39:18] an appeal scheduled for next

[3:39:24] week the seventh and completely

[3:39:25] misunderstands what is being

[3:39:29] done in an appeal.

[3:39:30] The City Council is acting as a

[3:39:35] hearing body as judges and yet

[3:39:40] the mayor and the staff who are

[3:39:41] the group being appealed

[3:39:46] against are being given status

[3:39:47] in that appeal different than

[3:39:52] the appellant So that process

[3:39:52] either needs to be re noticed

[3:39:57] or changed and concluded Hector

[3:39:58] he complains on you.

[3:40:02] >> All right thanks.

[3:40:03] I'm just so disappointed and

[3:40:03] I'm not surprised at

[3:40:08] the outcome of the California

[3:40:08] budget how we didn't get

[3:40:13] millions of dollars to fix our

[3:40:13] sewer plant.

[3:40:14] Where's our 3 or 400 million to

[3:40:20] have a state of the art sewer

[3:40:20] plant at the border?

[3:40:21] It's a joke.

[3:40:24] It's the blind leading

[3:40:24] the blind.

[3:40:25] You end up smelling Mexican

[3:40:30] for another decade.

[3:40:30] Come on, man.

[3:40:31] We need we need a railroad high

[3:40:35] speed from Fresno to

[3:40:36] Bakersfield funded another

[3:40:36] couple billion.

[3:40:41] Where's our money?

[3:40:41] But come on, you guys, you got

[3:40:42] to be embarrassed.

[3:40:46] How could you have your kids

[3:40:46] that sewer gas growing up?

[3:40:47] You know?

[3:40:47] Come on.

[3:40:52] What are you going to tell

[3:40:52] them?

[3:40:53] Why don't they ask the dad?

[3:40:56] How do you smell that?

[3:40:57] How come we live here?

[3:40:57] How What's going on?

[3:40:58] Blame.

[3:41:01] Blame the Democratic Party.

[3:41:01] You can't blame Mexico.

[3:41:07] They don't got their together

[3:41:07] .

[3:41:08] They're only like building $1

[3:41:11] billion highway above Tijuana.

[3:41:12] Yeah, which is if you live

[3:41:13] below that today, you better be

[3:41:16] heavily into the Catholic

[3:41:17] Church with their rosary beads

[3:41:22] at night when they earthquake

[3:41:23] comes, that thing's going down

[3:41:23] bad And then there's going to

[3:41:27] be a flood, a sewer gas even

[3:41:28] more when that sewer breaks

[3:41:31] again over there it's it's

[3:41:32] frankly it's embarrassing And

[3:41:36] don't use the expression

[3:41:37] America's finest city until we

[3:41:38] have it all areas of the city

[3:41:42] and county until we have a

[3:41:43] sewer plant that can handle

[3:41:46] Tijuana's sewage.

[3:41:47] It's just disgusting that it's

[3:41:52] just it's totally disgusting.

[3:41:57] So anyway, the next time I'm

[3:41:58] I'm looking forward to next

[3:41:58] year when everyone gets

[3:42:04] deported is that'd be great.

[3:42:04] Round them up, man.

[3:42:05] Your time is concluded.

[3:42:06] Jodi Strang, if you can please

[3:42:09] unmute.

[3:42:10] >> Good afternoon City Council

[3:42:14] Thank you for this opportunity

[3:42:15] to share some thoughts.

[3:42:16] Perhaps you saw as I did

[3:42:19] the press conference on Friday

[3:42:20] regarding legislation that's

[3:42:25] been supported by our Senator

[3:42:25] Catherine Blake or as well as

[3:42:29] assembly person Lori Davis.

[3:42:30] It's sb 936 that would prohibit

[3:42:34] the sale of natural nitrous

[3:42:38] oxide canisters that are larger

[3:42:38] than eight grams.

[3:42:39] Noxious oxide joins a group of

[3:42:43] other products being sold at

[3:42:48] gas stations, Vape stores smoke

[3:42:48] shops across our city that are

[3:42:49] being purchased by our young

[3:42:53] people in particular they join

[3:42:54] Create Them which is another

[3:42:54] product that's illegal to sell

[3:42:58] that we're selling it in our

[3:42:58] city Nevertheless as well as

[3:43:02] magic mushrooms and hemp

[3:43:07] products that contain over

[3:43:08] limit And thus we get these

[3:43:11] high concentrated thc products

[3:43:12] hiding under hemp products.

[3:43:16] Sb 936 nitrogen oxide can cause

[3:43:17] serious damage to people who

[3:43:21] are inhaling them which tend to

[3:43:22] be our young people

[3:43:23] particularly brain damage.

[3:43:25] It seems to have its main

[3:43:26] effect neurologically and in

[3:43:27] many instances it has caused

[3:43:30] death.

[3:43:31] If you have an opportunity as a

[3:43:32] city council to support

[3:43:36] legislation and I know that you

[3:43:36] do and you have a lobbyist I

[3:43:40] would suggest you add sb 936 to

[3:43:40] your list Be a wonderful thing

[3:43:44] for our city council to

[3:43:45] recognize the role of these

[3:43:49] drugs primarily sold in our

[3:43:49] city at gas stations,

[3:43:53] convenience stores, vape stores

[3:43:54] and change the course of

[3:43:55] the young people's lives who

[3:43:55] are using them.

[3:43:59] Thank you.

[3:44:00] Thank you.

[3:44:00] Natalie Raskin If you can

[3:44:02] please unmute them after that

[3:44:08] is backing up.

[3:44:09] >> Hi Natalie Rush key here I

[3:44:12] agree with I think her name was

[3:44:13] Maxine There should be more

[3:44:17] education within the public in

[3:44:18] educating on how the system

[3:44:22] works and how the items work

[3:44:23] and being informed so that when

[3:44:27] they do have the opportunity to

[3:44:27] come speak they understand what

[3:44:31] they're speaking on and about

[3:44:32] and not just calling in and

[3:44:36] making random random

[3:44:37] statements.

[3:44:41] >> I'm also concerned with this

[3:44:45] possibility of a sun break

[3:44:46] ranch with all the things that

[3:44:50] are going on and these cuts no

[3:44:51] backup plan.

[3:44:51] >> I'm really doing some

[3:44:55] research as Maxine stated with

[3:44:56] Steve Cushman Now I'm starting

[3:45:00] to go down a rabbit hole

[3:45:01] because if it's not Sun Break

[3:45:05] ranch then what is it?

[3:45:06] Transparency I think is

[3:45:10] necessary for me and my family.

[3:45:14] >> And it also seems that

[3:45:14] the county is starting to go

[3:45:19] this direction as in now

[3:45:20] reframing homelessness as

[3:45:23] mental illness and addiction

[3:45:24] which I have neither of those

[3:45:29] but yet I will still be in this

[3:45:33] possible homeless category.

[3:45:34] Also what's concerning to me is

[3:45:38] that I was reading our tfa

[3:45:39] teachers data and how many

[3:45:40] people have entered

[3:45:44] homelessness and how many

[3:45:44] people exited.

[3:45:45] I have came to learn that they

[3:45:48] do not do statistics past 18

[3:45:52] months of a person staying

[3:45:53] housed or unhoused And these

[3:45:57] are certain things that I think

[3:45:58] we should be keeping track of

[3:45:59] because if we're not keeping

[3:46:03] people housed then we're just

[3:46:03] doing this vicious cycle and

[3:46:08] it's causing distrust amongst

[3:46:08] our community and the unhoused

[3:46:09] people and they don't want to

[3:46:13] have any.

[3:46:14] Sir, your time has come.

[3:46:14] Thank you.

[3:46:15] Becky Rapp, if you can please

[3:46:19] unmute.

[3:46:20] >> Good evening.

[3:46:21] My name is Becky Rapp and

[3:46:25] tonight I would like to share

[3:46:25] with the council what I shared

[3:46:29] with the active transportation

[3:46:29] and Infrastructure Committee

[3:46:30] last week.

[3:46:30] As I am concerned for road

[3:46:33] safety and the real

[3:46:34] consequences of reducing

[3:46:35] staffing in program that

[3:46:37] support Vision Zero.

[3:46:38] >> Traffic deaths continue to

[3:46:42] be a serious public safety

[3:46:42] issue and nationally about one

[3:46:47] third of fatal crashes involved

[3:46:47] in per driver.

[3:46:48] That includes not only alcohol

[3:46:52] but also drugs including

[3:46:52] marijuana.

[3:46:57] Federal data proves that many

[3:46:57] drivers involved in fatal

[3:46:58] crashes test positive for

[3:46:58] marijuana.

[3:47:02] When we reduce staffing for say

[3:47:03] for traffic safety, we're not

[3:47:03] simply cutting back on

[3:47:06] positions, we're weakening

[3:47:06] education planning and

[3:47:07] enforcement efforts that help

[3:47:11] prevent crashes before they

[3:47:11] happen.

[3:47:12] At the same time, California is

[3:47:16] advancing assembly Bill 2697

[3:47:17] which would allow local

[3:47:21] governments to authorize drive

[3:47:21] thru marijuana sales at

[3:47:22] licensed pot shops.

[3:47:25] The bill has already passed

[3:47:26] the Assembly and continues to

[3:47:27] move through the Senate.

[3:47:30] This proposal moves us in

[3:47:31] the opposite direction of

[3:47:31] Vision Zero.

[3:47:32] It's also important to know

[3:47:35] that there's nothing in

[3:47:36] the bill prohibiting adults

[3:47:36] from purchasing pot products

[3:47:37] while children are sitting in

[3:47:40] the back seat of the car.

[3:47:41] That sends the wrong message to

[3:47:42] families and undermines our

[3:47:45] efforts to protect public

[3:47:46] the young people.

[3:47:50] If we're serious about

[3:47:51] eliminating traffic deaths, we

[3:47:54] should not be reducing vision

[3:47:55] zero resources Why Policies are

[3:47:55] being advanced that could

[3:47:59] increase the convene instead of

[3:48:00] purchasing intoxicating

[3:48:00] products.

[3:48:01] So I urge this council to

[3:48:05] consider the importance of

[3:48:05] transportation, transportation

[3:48:06] safety.

[3:48:09] Continue investing and Vision

[3:48:13] zero and publicly oppose ab

[3:48:14] 2697.

[3:48:14] >> Thank you.

[3:48:14] Thank you.

[3:48:15] That does conclude public

[3:48:18] knowledge and a public comment

[3:48:19] on today's meeting.

[3:48:19] All right.

[3:48:20] Thank you, City Clerk.

[3:48:20] And with that does the office

[3:48:23] of the city attorney have

[3:48:23] anything to report out from

[3:48:24] closed session?

[3:48:25] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[3:48:27] There's no report out from

[3:48:28] closed session.

[3:48:28] >> All right.

[3:48:28] Thank you.

[3:48:29] We have one adjournment in

[3:48:32] memory by council member

[3:48:32] Moreno.

[3:48:37] >> I respectfully request that

[3:48:37] the council adjourn today's

[3:48:38] meeting in memory of MISS

[3:48:42] Veronica Medina, a committed

[3:48:42] and influential member of

[3:48:46] the San Isidro community.

[3:48:47] MISS Medina peacefully passed

[3:48:51] away on JUNE 19th, 2026.

[3:48:51] MISS Benita was a natural

[3:48:55] leader with a kind heart.

[3:48:56] Her dedication, compassion and

[3:48:57] humility were evident in her

[3:49:00] work with the San Isidro Youth

[3:49:01] and Families.

[3:49:02] As the coordinator of Pupil

[3:49:06] Services ses at the San Ysidro

[3:49:07] School District during the many

[3:49:11] years I had the privilege of

[3:49:11] knowing her through her

[3:49:12] community work and our time

[3:49:15] together in the San Isidro

[3:49:16] Women's Club.

[3:49:16] MISS Medina's presence was

[3:49:20] unfair unforgettable.

[3:49:20] Her laughter alone would have

[3:49:21] let you know she was in

[3:49:21] the room.

[3:49:25] The same warmth, grace and joy

[3:49:26] guided the way she served

[3:49:30] others and reflected the hope

[3:49:30] she carried for the San Isidro

[3:49:31] community.

[3:49:34] She made it her mission to

[3:49:35] improve the lives of students

[3:49:35] outside of the classroom.

[3:49:39] In doing this she provided

[3:49:39] students with the external

[3:49:40] foundation needed to be able to

[3:49:44] learn.

[3:49:44] This commitment was reflected

[3:49:45] in her development of

[3:49:48] the Primero homeless program

[3:49:49] which aimed to eliminate

[3:49:53] barriers to education for

[3:49:54] students and families

[3:49:54] experiencing homelessness.

[3:49:58] Through her work, MS. Medina

[3:49:58] built a strong network of

[3:49:59] community partnerships that

[3:50:03] connected students families to

[3:50:04] mental health services, housing

[3:50:08] assistance, food resources and

[3:50:09] other essential support for

[3:50:13] daily life.

[3:50:13] MS. Medina cultivated a safe

[3:50:14] and welcoming environment where

[3:50:18] she was known as a trusted

[3:50:19] colleague, advocate, mentor and

[3:50:19] friend.

[3:50:23] Throughout her life MS. Medina

[3:50:24] was recognized many times for

[3:50:27] her service and dedication And

[3:50:28] today we honor her

[3:50:29] contributions and ensure that

[3:50:33] her impact on the San Isidro

[3:50:33] youth families and the broader

[3:50:34] community will never be

[3:50:37] forgotten.

[3:50:38] My deepest condolences to her

[3:50:38] son Nathaniel, whom she loved.

[3:50:43] Dearly and MAY she rest in

[3:50:43] peace.

[3:50:44] >> Thank you, Councilmember

[3:50:47] Moreno.

[3:50:48] And with that we will now

[3:50:48] adjourn Council to

[3:50:49] the regularly scheduled council

[3:50:52] meeting on Tuesday, JUNE 30th,

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