[0:01] 28th, 2025 to order.

[0:02] >> Clerk please call the roll.

[0:03] Thank you.

[0:07] Council PRESIDENT Council

[0:07] Member Campbell Council Member

[0:08] Whitburn here Council Member

[0:13] Foster there Council Member Von

[0:13] Wilpert Council PRESIDENT Pro

[0:16] Tem Lee Council Member Campo

[0:17] Council Member Moreno and

[0:21] Council Member Isla Rivera

[0:22] present and Council PRESIDENT

[0:22] LaCava present Also attending

[0:26] the meeting our senior Chief

[0:27] Deputy City Attorney Carrie New

[0:27] for Independent Budget Analyst

[0:28] Charles Monaco Council Affairs

[0:32] Advisor in the Mayor's office

[0:32] Good advisor and myself your

[0:33] city clerk Diana Fuentes they

[0:34] cannot present.

[0:34] All right.

[0:36] Thank you.

[0:36] Clerk We have a quorum.

[0:37] We will begin this morning with

[0:38] the land acknowledgment and

[0:41] the Pledge of Allegiance led by

[0:41] council member Moreno Thank

[0:41] you.

[0:44] >> Please stand.

[0:49] >> We respectfully acknowledge

[0:50] that the culmination are

[0:51] the original inhabitants of

[0:55] the Unceded land now known as

[0:55] San Diego.

[0:56] Despite enduring the horrors of

[1:00] genocide and colonization,

[1:00] the community spirit remains

[1:01] unbroken.

[1:01] We honor the resilience of

[1:04] their ancestors who fought to

[1:05] protect their land and culture.

[1:09] Today they carry their legacy

[1:10] forward ensuring that their

[1:10] traditions continue to thrive

[1:14] and gratitude and strength We

[1:14] stand with the culmination

[1:19] connected to our past and

[1:19] committed to a thriving future.

[1:23] Now if you please place our

[1:23] flag, put your heart hand over

[1:28] your heart and repeat after me.

[1:29] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[1:33] of the United States of America

[1:33] and the Republic for which

[1:37] stands one nation under GOD,

[1:37] indivisible with liberty and

[1:42] justice for all.

[1:42] >> All right.

[1:47] As I mentioned, we have a

[1:48] quorum and is now the new

[1:48] practice.

[1:49] We'll be starting with

[1:52] the proclamation And for

[1:55] clarification on the record,

[1:56] item s501 is being presented by

[2:00] council member Reno and by

[2:01] Council member Foster Clark.

[2:01] Please proceed with public

[2:05] comment on the proclamations.

[2:06] >> Thank you.

[2:06] Quickly I'll just go over how

[2:07] the public can offer their

[2:09] public testimony during today's

[2:10] meeting.

[2:10] If you are in person please

[2:11] complete the speaker slip

[2:12] located at the entrance of

[2:15] chambers and bring it to

[2:15] the front of the room.

[2:16] Please come at your speakers up

[2:17] in a timely manner to ensure

[2:19] proper meeting management

[2:19] Council ambassadors are

[2:20] available near the entrance of

[2:21] chambers and can assist with

[2:24] questions and speakers slips As

[2:25] a reminder no further in-person

[2:26] testimony will be taken once

[2:28] the council begins Virtual

[2:28] testimony.

[2:29] If you would like to

[2:30] participate virtually you can

[2:30] do so via the webinar

[2:33] information found on the Agenda

[2:34] cover page.

[2:34] Members of the public who wish

[2:35] provide virtual testimony must

[2:36] enter the virtual queue by

[2:39] raising their hand by either

[2:39] dialing sa nine or pressing

[2:40] the raise your hand icon before

[2:43] the queue closes.

[2:44] The queue will close when

[2:44] the last virtual speaker

[2:47] finishes testimony or five

[2:48] minutes or whenever the last

[2:51] person speak speaks whichever

[2:52] occurs first for meeting

[2:52] management purposes during

[2:53] the proclamations and consent

[2:56] portions of the agenda speakers

[2:57] will have one minute per item

[3:00] and up to a maximum of three

[3:01] minutes If there are three or

[3:02] more items in that portion of

[3:05] the agenda for the proclamation

[3:09] items we have quite a few

[3:09] speakers.

[3:10] If I can have the following

[3:11] individuals please come

[3:11] forward.

[3:15] Dennis Don and Natasha Wong

[3:20] Louie When Karen Mack Maga

[3:24] Magpie Kathleen Dang and Lauren

[3:25] Garces you're speaking on items

[3:28] 30 and 31 subjectively.

[3:29] >> Dennis You can come up to

[3:41] the microphone oh good morning.

[3:46] Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[3:47] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[3:52] and honorable Council members.

[3:52] My name is Dennis Tome,

[3:53] Commissioner for Arts and

[3:55] Culture representing District

[3:55] six.

[3:56] I'm deeply honored to be

[3:56] reappointed to this role today

[4:00] and continue to serving our

[4:00] community.

[4:01] Before I begin I want to take a

[4:02] moment to acknowledge

[4:05] the devastating fires affecting

[4:05] Southern California.

[4:06] Our hearts and prayers are with

[4:10] the families and victims

[4:10] impacted as well as the brave

[4:11] firefighters and first

[4:14] responders working tirelessly

[4:15] to protect lives and

[4:15] communities.

[4:16] Their courage reminds us of

[4:20] the importance of coming

[4:20] together in unity especially

[4:24] through these times of crisis

[4:25] As we reflect on the strength

[4:26] that has carried us through

[4:26] difficult times.

[4:29] We are reminded of

[4:30] the significance of embracing

[4:30] who we are regardless of

[4:34] the challenges we face.

[4:34] For me this journey of

[4:35] embracing my heritage wasn't

[4:39] always easy.

[4:40] Growing up I was teased for

[4:40] being different, for speaking a

[4:44] different language at home and

[4:45] for celebrating traditions

[4:45] others didn't understand.

[4:49] But as I've grown I've come to

[4:50] see that our differences are

[4:51] not something to hide.

[4:53] There's something to celebrate

[4:54] rather than isolate.

[4:55] The proclamation of a lunar new

[4:59] Year is more than just a

[5:00] recognition of a cultural

[5:00] tradition.

[5:01] It's an opportunity to reflect

[5:04] on the colorblind values that

[5:04] bind us together as a city

[5:08] family renewal community and

[5:08] hope.

[5:09] These principles transcend our

[5:09] differences and remind us that

[5:13] even in the face of disaster or

[5:14] division we are strongest when

[5:18] we stand together.

[5:19] Just as a snake sheds its skin

[5:19] to grow.

[5:20] This proclamation marks a

[5:23] moment for San Diego to embrace

[5:24] growth that comes from

[5:24] understanding and honoring

[5:28] the cultural richness that

[5:29] makes our city so unique.

[5:29] It allows us to inspire future

[5:33] generations to embrace their

[5:34] heritage, to share their

[5:34] stories proudly and to create a

[5:37] more inclusive and united San

[5:37] Diego.

[5:38] On behalf of the Asian

[5:42] community, thank you for your

[5:42] leadership in making moments

[5:43] like this possible.

[5:47] Together we can continue to

[5:48] build a city where everyone

[5:48] feels seen, valued and

[5:49] celebrated.

[5:50] Thank you And happy Lunar New

[5:51] Year.

[5:51] >> Thank you.

[5:55] That does conclude your time.

[5:56] Natasha you also have two

[5:59] minutes speaking on items 30

[6:00] and 31.

[6:00] Thank you.

[6:00] Good morning.

[6:04] San Diego City Council Members

[6:05] My name is Natasha Wang and I'm

[6:09] the PRESIDENT Of the House of

[6:10] China, the superintendent of

[6:10] the Chinese school San Diego

[6:14] and also a commissioner on

[6:15] the Commission of the Status of

[6:15] Women.

[6:16] I thank you this morning for

[6:19] recognizing Lunar New Year, our

[6:23] most important cultural holiday

[6:24] for Asian-Americans and our

[6:28] Chinese-Americans as a

[6:29] Chinese-American woman I was

[6:29] born and raised here in San

[6:33] Diego and as long as I can

[6:34] remember this was the most

[6:34] significant holiday for our

[6:37] family.

[6:38] But it wasn't always celebrated

[6:39] in the mainstream America or

[6:42] here in San Diego.

[6:43] And more than 30 years ago my

[6:47] family and some community

[6:48] members we helped create

[6:49] the Chinese New Year Street

[6:53] Fair here in downtown and a

[6:56] very small simple dinner Last

[6:57] Saturday our organization

[7:00] celebrated our 46th annual

[7:01] Chinese New Year's Celebration

[7:05] the largest Chinese New Year

[7:06] gala in San Diego with almost

[7:07] 500 in attendance And it was

[7:11] attended by COUNCILMAN

[7:11] PRESIDENT Joe LaCava,

[7:15] COUNCILMAN Kent Lee, City

[7:16] Attorney Heather Herbert and

[7:20] San Diego Police Office Chief

[7:21] while we thank them for their

[7:21] support.

[7:26] Now today and this this year we

[7:27] see many San Diego's come out

[7:29] and celebrate with us

[7:30] especially over the next two

[7:31] weeks the House of China We

[7:35] will celebrate in Balboa Park

[7:39] FEBRUARY 15th and 16th with

[7:39] city with COUNCILMAN Whitburn

[7:40] and COUNCILMAN Kent Lee opening

[7:43] our ceremonies.

[7:44] It means a lot to us to have

[7:45] our city representatives and

[7:48] our San Diego and community

[7:48] celebrate because it means we

[7:49] belong.

[7:53] It means we value the Chinese

[7:54] and Asian-American cultural

[7:57] diversity and we appreciate it

[7:58] And we are so proud to share

[7:59] our culture and our traditions.

[8:03] Thank you so much.

[8:13] >> Next is Louie with.

[8:14] >> Good morning council

[8:15] members, gentlemen And I'm

[8:18] gonna.

[8:19] Happy New Year's in Vietnamese.

[8:19] Some of you MAY recognize me.

[8:22] Probably because of my fedora

[8:23] because that's what I wear.

[8:24] But I'm also a trustee of

[8:27] the San Diego City Employee

[8:27] Pension Plan.

[8:31] The mayor appointed me about

[8:31] four years ago.

[8:32] I'm also the incoming ceo of

[8:35] say, San Diego, a nonprofit in

[8:39] town about 50 years in

[8:39] existence.

[8:40] I am the first Asian American

[8:44] ceo.

[8:45] We serve about 35,000 San Diego

[8:45] in a year.

[8:48] Of that about 1000

[8:49] Asian-Americans.

[8:52] And of that about 350 school

[8:53] aged children who we serve

[8:57] every day, day in, day out.

[9:02] I came to the us as a refugee,

[9:03] grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

[9:06] At that time New Year's

[9:07] celebration that celebration

[9:11] was a very modest affair.

[9:12] We would make some home cook

[9:16] and family get together.

[9:17] It was a not a very large

[9:17] community.

[9:18] And so it was a very

[9:21] marginalized celebration.

[9:22] It was a celebration almost in

[9:26] hiding.

[9:27] Being here in San Diego for

[9:29] the last 20 something years and

[9:30] seeing the elevation of one of

[9:35] our most important family

[9:36] gathering and cultural

[9:36] gathering to be celebrated at a

[9:39] city level I think is just an

[9:40] amazing testimony of where this

[9:45] city has come and gone and

[9:46] arrived at.

[9:48] Also I'd say San Diego we have

[9:49] 30 something languages across

[9:50] all the people all the young

[9:54] people, the families that we

[9:54] support.

[9:55] So in the spirit of that I

[9:55] would encourage and I would

[9:59] love to see the other amazing

[9:59] cultures in our in our city be

[10:00] celebrated as well.

[10:04] So again, thank you for having

[10:04] us today.

[10:05] Love the proclamation and

[10:06] please keep up the great work.

[10:12] Thank you Karen.

[10:13] >> Good morning.

[10:18] City Council your dedicated

[10:18] staff and to the community

[10:19] members behind me.

[10:20] My name is DR. Carmen Malcolm

[10:23] who by?

[10:23] I am a proud educator but more

[10:24] importantly I'm someone who's

[10:27] loved our San Diego communities

[10:28] for over 45 years despite my

[10:32] not being born here.

[10:33] >> I have to share with you

[10:33] since JANUARY 20th my heart's

[10:34] been a little bit heavy because

[10:37] I have students and I have

[10:38] friends who now fear for their

[10:42] health, their safety and their

[10:42] well-being.

[10:46] So celebrations like the one

[10:46] we're about to have today

[10:47] together are key because they

[10:51] affirm who we are as a people.

[10:51] They affirm that no matter

[10:52] where we're from we're here now

[10:55] in San Diego and we all belong

[10:56] here In other parts of

[10:57] the country, celebrations like

[11:00] this wouldn't be allowed.

[11:01] People like me wouldn't be

[11:04] allowed to teach What I teach

[11:05] and that weighs heavy on my

[11:06] heart.

[11:06] And that's why celebrations

[11:10] like this are so key.

[11:10] I read that the year of

[11:11] the snake means fire and

[11:15] passion.

[11:15] I personally don't celebrate

[11:16] Lunar New Year but I celebrate

[11:19] my friends and community

[11:19] members who do.

[11:20] And I'm asking each of you in

[11:24] the years ahead to hold on to

[11:25] that fire and that passion to

[11:25] make sure that we let all of us

[11:29] who are here in San Diego know

[11:30] that they are welcome, that

[11:30] they are loved, that they

[11:33] belong here.

[11:38] >> I'm proud that we have

[11:38] students who are here to

[11:39] witness that.

[11:39] It's powerful when community

[11:43] members come together and we

[11:44] ask our decision makers to make

[11:44] choices on our behalf, That's

[11:45] really key.

[11:47] You all belong here as well.

[11:48] So I thank you all.

[11:52] City Council.

[11:53] Please join me join all of us

[11:54] in reminding the rest of our

[11:57] country that San Diego is not

[11:58] beautiful just for our beaches

[11:58] and our sunsets.

[12:02] It's beautiful because of

[12:02] the people Here we are

[12:03] the beauty of San Diego.

[12:03] Thank you.

[12:13] Happy Lunar New Year Catalina

[12:18] Catling Thank you.

[12:19] >> Good morning.

[12:20] City Council and city staff I'm

[12:20] Kathleen de Bord secretary of

[12:23] the Chinese Consolidate

[12:24] Benevolent Association, one of

[12:24] the oldest Chinese-American

[12:25] organizations founded in

[12:28] downtown San Diego in the late

[12:29] 1800s in what was then

[12:30] the Chinatown of San Diego a

[12:33] place for Chinese immigrants to

[12:34] arrive to San Diego.

[12:34] >> Many notable people have

[12:38] roots from this area such as

[12:39] former San Diego City Council

[12:40] member Tom Hom.

[12:40] We founded the First Lion Dance

[12:44] team the Lucky Line Dancers led

[12:45] by esteemed elders the late

[12:47] Rollie Quan and the late Albert

[12:47] Wang.

[12:48] Our organization has been

[12:51] active in San Diego for over

[12:52] 125 years focused on community

[12:56] service, cultural heritage and

[12:57] generational belonging.

[12:57] We're producing the 42nd San

[13:01] Diego Chinese New Year Fair in

[13:02] downtown San Diego on FEBRUARY

[13:03] 8th and ninth and we are

[13:06] honored and proud to be here to

[13:07] recognize the Lunar New Year

[13:08] with representatives from many

[13:11] diverse cultural organizations

[13:12] of our region.

[13:12] Please know there is more work

[13:16] to be done to recognize and

[13:16] amplify the communities who MAY

[13:17] not be present in this room.

[13:20] We encourage the city to

[13:21] continue building pathways for

[13:25] all communities to be empowered

[13:26] and civically engaged every day

[13:27] of the year and not just during

[13:31] cultural holidays.

[13:32] Wishing you all a happy lunar

[13:32] New Year and you're the snake

[13:36] going Hey Fat Choi.

[13:37] >> Tuchman Numbly in cnn Kuala

[13:41] thank you.

[13:42] Next is Lauren Garcia and you

[13:46] only spoke to item 30.

[13:47] >> Did you want to speak to

[13:47] item 31 as well?

[13:47] Thank you.

[13:50] Please proceed.

[13:50] Good morning and aloha.

[13:51] Honorable council member, city

[13:55] attorney and clerk and staff.

[13:56] My name is Lauren Bell Sita

[13:57] Garces and I am the current

[13:59] co-chair for the San Diego

[14:00] Asian Pacific Islander

[14:00] Coalition.

[14:03] Our coalition has grown to over

[14:04] 50 plus Asian and Pacific

[14:05] Islander serving organizations

[14:08] across San Diego County.

[14:08] And as a Filipino-American

[14:09] growing up in Hawaii I actually

[14:13] didn't celebrate Lunar New Year

[14:13] but I've been in San Diego for

[14:14] over ten years.

[14:15] And thanks to so many wonderful

[14:18] non-profits here today and

[14:19] beyond, we're able to celebrate

[14:19] free community events.

[14:23] We're able to go to amazing

[14:23] small businesses and Asian and

[14:24] Pacific Islander communities

[14:28] that support these celebrations

[14:28] like Convoy District Mira mesa

[14:29] City Heights and beyond.

[14:32] And I want to thank all those

[14:33] amazing community leaders who

[14:34] continue to support that work,

[14:37] continue to welcome us to

[14:37] celebrate with them.

[14:38] And with that I want to thank

[14:39] you all also for continuing to

[14:42] welcome these communities,

[14:42] continuing to represent them,

[14:43] continuing to advocate them and

[14:47] continuing to show why all

[14:48] these beautiful communities

[14:48] make San Diego such a beautiful

[14:52] and diverse place.

[14:53] We're here all to do the work

[14:53] with you and we're excited to

[14:56] do that work especially in

[14:57] these challenging times ahead.

[14:57] So with that with the spirit of

[15:01] Lunar New Year.

[15:02] Thank you all so much.

[15:02] Wishing everyone prosperity,

[15:03] health and wellness ahead.

[15:06] Thank you.

[15:09] >> Thank you, Joseph Joseph

[15:15] Robert Ramirez.

[15:16] Good morning.

[15:16] My name is Joseph Rancho

[15:17] Ramirez.

[15:17] My students call me Professor

[15:19] George Our prophet Jojo.

[15:20] I'm a professor of Asian

[15:21] American studies at

[15:23] Southwestern College and I live

[15:24] down south in 92154.

[15:25] I want to actually talk to you

[15:28] all about the importance of

[15:28] 2025 and the upcoming 2026

[15:29] Lunar New Year for many folks

[15:33] who are from Southeast Asia,

[15:34] the Vietnamese community and

[15:35] the Chinese community in

[15:35] Cambodia and Laos and those who

[15:39] were influenced and combine

[15:39] local communities with Lunar

[15:40] New Year 2025 was the last time

[15:43] they celebrated Lunar New Year

[15:44] in their homeland.

[15:47] 2025 marks the 50th anniversary

[15:48] of the refugee communities

[15:48] particularly Southeast Asian

[15:52] refugees here in San Diego

[15:52] where many of them were

[15:53] processed.

[15:55] And next year 2026 will be

[15:56] the first year they celebrated

[15:57] Lunar New Year as refugees in

[15:57] the United States.

[16:01] So it is important to support

[16:01] not just the cultural aspect

[16:04] but how these celebrations are

[16:05] connected to not just

[16:05] the people to the land but

[16:09] the story of overall San Diego

[16:10] San Diego's as we celebrate

[16:14] Lunar New Year, the fall of

[16:15] Saigon, the diaspora of

[16:15] Cambodian and Lao communities

[16:19] in San Diego.

[16:20] I want to make sure that we

[16:21] also support why these studies

[16:21] are important and how they are

[16:25] connected in Asian American

[16:25] studies in refugee studies and

[16:28] how us as a community are more

[16:29] than just immigrants.

[16:30] We are people with stories,

[16:34] lives stories that stories our

[16:34] ancestors are all connected in

[16:35] how we tell our narratives Here

[16:39] in San Diego.

[16:39] >> Thank you.

[16:39] Thank you.

[16:52] Next is Alan Alan Trent Hello

[16:52] council members and City

[16:52] Attorney.

[16:53] My name is Alan.

[16:57] I am the Treasurer for

[16:57] the Vietnamese American Youth

[16:58] Alliance.

[16:58] I am followed here by Kendra

[17:00] who is the current MISS Vietnam

[17:06] San Diego for another few days

[17:06] I would like to thank you all

[17:07] for all your support for

[17:10] the San Diego Day Festival.

[17:11] This is something that is near

[17:12] and dear to my heart from when

[17:16] I was a volunteer for

[17:16] the festival back in like high

[17:20] school and just working my way

[17:20] up into the organization to

[17:21] where it is now and the support

[17:22] that has been given to our

[17:25] festival and our organization

[17:26] has been amazing and something

[17:29] that I hold dear to my heart So

[17:30] for the years a year of

[17:31] the Snake I want to give a

[17:38] couple Vietnamese well-wishes

[17:39] for every single one of you So

[17:40] I'll do the translations in a

[17:44] little bit But it is

[17:45] essentially took my success As

[17:48] always our some low drum toy

[17:48] which essentially means I wish

[17:49] you all plenty of help and for

[17:51] each and every single one of

[17:52] you to live till 100.

[17:54] Thank you.

[17:59] Thank you so much.

[18:00] >> That does include public

[18:00] comment for proclamations here

[18:04] in council chambers I put five

[18:05] minutes on the clock going to

[18:05] those participating remotely

[18:08] starting with 7968 If you can

[18:09] please let me know which item

[18:12] or items you wish to speak to.

[18:12] Thank you.

[18:17] City Clerk 2830 31 and 501

[18:19] please You'll have three

[18:19] minutes.

[18:25] Please proceed.

[18:26] I join you at a district three.

[18:27] First of all, thank you

[18:29] everybody who just spoke it was

[18:33] so beautiful The words were

[18:34] just inspirational And

[18:38] the beautiful colors You were

[18:39] wearing that speak of

[18:39] the spirit of your culture.

[18:43] Thank you.

[18:44] Thank you so much.

[18:44] That was just so beautiful.

[18:52] So I'll be here to see I it's

[18:52] not my year so to speak, you

[18:57] know, symbolize that it's

[18:57] the snake I love snakes.

[19:02] The Seahawks using their speed

[19:02] and giving up their skin is so

[19:05] powerful a metaphor for change

[19:05] .

[19:06] So each individual can do that

[19:10] in their work for government

[19:11] and our beloved government

[19:15] workers all can look at

[19:16] removing their skin in regards

[19:20] to their work in government and

[19:21] changing and just joining

[19:26] the moment that is offered to a

[19:27] will have a full one whole year

[19:28] with the snake still going Hey

[19:31] Joy I'm that and then 31 days

[19:35] and you go oh by the way thank

[19:36] you Mayor Gloria.

[19:36] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[19:40] and DR. Campbell council member

[19:43] on that number 30 item and on

[19:44] 31.

[19:44] Thank you, Mayor Gloria.

[19:45] Thank you Again, Council

[19:48] PRESIDENT Pro tem the DR.

[19:49] Campbell excuse me I think it's

[19:56] kind of shoot me.

[19:56] Council member in Councilmember

[19:57] Elizabeth I So thank you.

[19:58] Thank you.

[19:59] So city of San Diego Lunar New

[20:03] Year we know it's a it's a

[20:03] great week and I know there's

[20:04] so many events offered to us so

[20:07] everybody can have a chance to

[20:08] participate And I love

[20:12] participating in downtown is

[20:13] very robust in the celebration

[20:17] So thank you for offering that

[20:18] whole week to us And that took

[20:22] advantage of it In these times

[20:23] which can be challenging we

[20:28] need to celebrate And so that's

[20:28] my vote.

[20:32] One council member Moreno All

[20:33] here of color all day I want to

[20:36] tell you thank you for that.

[20:37] Every time I hear you speak at

[20:41] city council it's a roar and it

[20:42] just is just who you are.

[20:46] And I thank you.

[20:47] Thank you so much for being

[20:47] present.

[20:48] There is city council and I

[20:51] love your and I want to

[20:52] recommend to the public that

[20:53] every day if you need to

[20:57] activate your roar listening to

[21:01] Katy Perry on YouTube when she

[21:05] sees her song war and so I love

[21:06] these proclamations at

[21:07] the beginning PRESIDENT My cava

[21:11] and thank you and love you all

[21:11] Thank you.

[21:12] >> Next is Blair Beekman your

[21:14] final speaker for proclamations

[21:20] If you can please unmute.

[21:21] Hi Thank you Blair Big Ben I

[21:23] want to speak on items 30 and

[21:24] 31.

[21:24] >> We'll have two minutes.

[21:27] Please proceed.

[21:28] Okay.

[21:28] Thank you.

[21:29] Hi Beekman Thanks a lot for

[21:32] these items and for the public

[21:33] Speakers earlier today are

[21:37] speaking on them earlier this

[21:37] morning.

[21:38] I have just returned from

[21:41] traveling to Southeast Asia for

[21:42] the first time and it's in a

[21:45] way my life is like 55 years

[21:46] old kind of complete now.

[21:51] It's a nice feeling and now

[21:51] it's a matter of just working

[21:52] towards next goals of life.

[21:55] You know, what do I want to go

[21:55] from here?

[21:59] And so my life has been I've I

[22:00] have major accomplishment in

[22:01] traveling to Southeast Asia in

[22:05] my life But it's a very

[22:05] grateful feeling.

[22:09] Good luck in continued work.

[22:10] It was really nice to hear

[22:10] that.

[22:11] Well, we have really important

[22:14] work to do about inviting

[22:15] inclusivity about in

[22:18] considering a care for all

[22:19] human beings in how we work

[22:24] within a society good luck how

[22:24] we can continue to do that And

[22:25] it's really difficult time and

[22:29] I hope we can do it.

[22:30] It's going to be a tough four

[22:32] years and good luck how we just

[22:37] work on we are we are of one

[22:37] world and we need to

[22:38] acknowledge that more than what

[22:42] the current administration I

[22:43] can just their minds can handle

[22:46] They cannot handle concepts

[22:47] that it can be okay to call a

[22:52] place the Gulf of Mexico.

[22:52] That's hard to take because

[22:53] look how we work on that and we

[22:56] can continue to call it

[22:56] the Gulf of Mexico.

[23:01] With that said, I also wanted

[23:02] to thank the Laotian community.

[23:06] I'm not saying that Laotian

[23:07] community hopefully that kind

[23:10] of saying it up in District six

[23:11] They have they had a moon

[23:15] festival I guess they're very

[23:16] popular or they have festivals

[23:16] anyway I don't know what

[23:20] festival what so popular I

[23:21] couldn't get a ticket to get in

[23:24] last year and I hope they can

[23:25] work in upcoming years for

[23:25] their festival that has a

[23:29] really good culinary vaccine to

[23:34] it that it can be open More

[23:34] time has concluded.

[23:35] >> Thank you for that and that

[23:38] concludes proclamation.

[23:43] Public comment All right.

[23:44] Thank you everybody that spoke

[23:44] we don't usually get that kind

[23:48] of enthusiasm among chambers So

[23:49] I appreciate what you did And

[23:52] just we don't normally allow

[23:52] that much applause but when

[23:53] the items are proclamations and

[23:57] ceremonial, I think it's well

[23:58] deserved.

[23:58] So thank you all for your

[24:02] enthusiasm and sharing it.

[24:03] So with that I'll now turn this

[24:04] over to my council member of

[24:04] questions and comments and a

[24:06] motion and we'll start out with

[24:11] council member Campbell Thank

[24:11] you so much.

[24:16] I would like to have time to

[24:20] remark on three of the parks.

[24:24] First of all proc 32 this is

[24:28] Officer Cirillo day.

[24:29] I want to thank my colleagues

[24:29] Mayor Gloria Councilmember

[24:33] Whitburn, Councilmember campo

[24:37] for joining me in proclaiming

[24:38] JANUARY 28th 2025 to be Officer

[24:39] Cirillo de where is there he

[24:39] is.

[24:46] Hey, Officer David Cirillo is

[24:50] retiring from the city after a

[24:51] remarkable 24 years in his

[24:55] career in the San Diego police

[24:55] Department.

[24:56] Officer Cirillo started his

[24:59] career back in 2000.

[25:00] One has been working with

[25:03] Western Division since 2002.

[25:04] In 2008 he was assigned to be

[25:08] community relations officer at

[25:09] the Western Division, a role he

[25:14] held for 17 years.

[25:14] It's remarkable assisting

[25:18] the community and improving

[25:19] relationships and connections

[25:22] between pd and the residents of

[25:23] our city officers.

[25:24] Cirillo has passionately served

[25:27] the residents of the peninsula

[25:28] and Old Town and District two

[25:29] where he provided first class

[25:33] constituents services at all

[25:33] times.

[25:34] Officer Cirillo, I want to

[25:38] thank you from my heart for

[25:38] your years of service for

[25:43] always working so closely with

[25:43] my staff and I.

[25:44] It has been such a delight to

[25:47] work with you.

[25:48] Your professionalism and

[25:49] diligence when working with our

[25:52] community is something that our

[25:52] office has appreciated

[25:57] tremendously.

[25:57] My chief of staff community

[26:00] reps and all of us think very

[26:01] highly of you and we will MISS

[26:02] You.

[26:05] Please don't be a stranger

[26:06] again On behalf of District two

[26:11] residents and my staff and I,

[26:11] we thank you so much for all

[26:12] the great work you've done all

[26:15] your years of service to our

[26:16] city and we wish you and your

[26:20] loved ones much Relax and

[26:20] happiness with your retirement

[26:21] time.

[26:23] Thank you so much for being so

[26:33] great.

[26:38] Next I would like to make some

[26:38] remarks about the European Cake

[26:39] Gallery.

[26:42] This is I want to congratulate

[26:43] the European Cake Gallery in

[26:46] Point Loma because they have

[26:47] their 50th anniversary this

[26:47] month.

[26:47] I know many of you have

[26:51] probably eaten the good things

[26:52] from there.

[26:52] It's been a staple in the Point

[26:55] Loma community since 1975 when

[26:56] it was opened by its owner

[27:00] Steven Ruzicka.

[27:01] They sell many classic pastries

[27:01] German chocolate cake, apple

[27:05] strudel and Steven Specialty a

[27:06] Swiss Black forest cake filled

[27:10] with Now don't get too loud

[27:13] about this but I know I did

[27:14] when I first heard it filled

[27:15] with chocolate mousse and

[27:18] whipped cream.

[27:19] What could be better?

[27:20] San Diego has so many wonderful

[27:23] small businesses that are

[27:24] the backbone of our local

[27:27] economy provide jobs for

[27:28] residents and I am so happy to

[27:29] see the European Cake Gallery

[27:32] has been thriving in our

[27:33] district too for so long.

[27:34] Congratulations to Steven and

[27:37] the European Cake Gallery team

[27:38] for reaching this incredible

[27:42] milestone in their history.

[27:47] And last but not least this is

[27:48] the year of the snake and this

[27:51] year's the 20th anniversary

[27:52] The Vietnamese-American Youth

[27:55] Alliance's Tet Festival

[27:56] the annual celebration of

[27:56] the Vietnamese New Year.

[28:00] This year's celebration will be

[28:01] held in District two at ntc

[28:05] Liberty Station from JANUARY

[28:06] 31st to FEBRUARY 2nd three day

[28:06] celebration of the New Year

[28:10] with traditional Vietnamese

[28:11] food performances and cultural

[28:15] practices such as exchanging

[28:18] lucky red envelopes with loved

[28:19] ones.

[28:19] 2025 is the year of the Snake

[28:20] and our understanding in

[28:23] the Vietnamese culture snakes

[28:24] are associated with

[28:28] intelligence and transformation

[28:28] .

[28:29] I want to wish everyone a happy

[28:33] Vietnamese New Year happy lunar

[28:34] New Year to everyone who

[28:34] celebrates.

[28:35] I hope everyone is able to

[28:38] leave behind all the troubles

[28:39] of last year just like a snake

[28:43] sheds its skin and welcome new

[28:43] beginnings in the New year.

[28:44] Thank you so much.

[28:49] Council PRESIDENT All right

[28:49] Thank you Gautham or Gamble.

[28:52] I'll go next to Councilmember

[28:53] Moreno.

[28:53] >> Thank you.

[28:54] And first and foremost I'm

[28:55] happy to make a motion to

[28:58] accept all the proclamations

[29:01] and I have comments on item 30

[29:02] 3132 and that's 5a1.

[29:06] I'll begin with comments on

[29:07] item as 5a1 Women of color raw

[29:11] day Today I join Council member

[29:15] Foster in proclaiming FEBRUARY

[29:16] 1st 2025 to be Women of Color

[29:20] War day in the city of San

[29:20] Diego.

[29:21] This proclamation celebrates an

[29:25] organization that has made a

[29:25] significant impact on our

[29:26] community by uplifting

[29:30] the voices achievements and

[29:30] aspirations of women of color.

[29:34] Founded in 2018 by Angela de

[29:38] Joseph Women of Color Raw grew

[29:39] from a deep recognition of

[29:39] the underrepresentation of

[29:43] women of color in politics and

[29:44] public service.

[29:48] Misty Josephs vision and

[29:49] dedication led to the stablish

[29:49] ment of a platform that not

[29:53] only celebrates black and brown

[29:54] elected officials but also

[29:57] inspires the next generation of

[29:58] leaders to pursue careers in

[30:02] public service.

[30:03] Through events like the annual

[30:04] Women of Color Raw Breakfast

[30:07] and the newly established

[30:07] Leadership Academy, this

[30:08] organization empowers young

[30:12] women from historically

[30:12] underserved communities.

[30:13] It provides them with life

[30:17] skills, career development

[30:18] opportunities and civic

[30:19] engagement training ensuring

[30:22] that they are well equipped to

[30:23] shape the future of our city

[30:23] and beyond.

[30:27] Each year women of women of

[30:28] color roar make makes it a

[30:32] priority to include young

[30:33] voices by sponsoring over 500

[30:37] high school and college aged

[30:38] women to attend the annual

[30:38] breakfast.

[30:39] These events give young women

[30:41] the opportunity to connect with

[30:42] successful community leaders,

[30:43] engage with public officials

[30:47] and envision their own future

[30:47] as changemakers.

[30:51] In addition, the Women of Color

[30:52] Raw Breakfast is a platform

[30:56] platform for showcasing

[30:57] positive achievements in our

[30:57] community where high ranking

[31:01] officials and community members

[31:02] come together to honor

[31:02] the strength, resilience and

[31:06] remarkable contributions of

[31:07] black and brown people.

[31:11] Today we acknowledge that

[31:12] the strength and leadership of

[31:13] women women of color have been

[31:17] a cornerstone in shaping not

[31:17] only our local communities but

[31:21] also our nation as a whole.

[31:22] Let us celebrate

[31:23] the visionaries, leadership and

[31:26] change agents who inspired all

[31:26] of us and commit to supporting

[31:30] the next generation of women

[31:31] leaders who will continue to

[31:32] make our city and our whole

[31:32] world a better place.

[31:36] It is with immense pride that I

[31:37] ask this Council to join

[31:37] Councilmember Knight in

[31:41] officially proclaiming FEBRUARY

[31:46] 1st, 2025 as women of color

[31:47] Fraud Day in the city of San

[31:47] Diego.

[31:47] Thank you for that.

[31:51] Moving on to item number 32.

[31:52] I would like to congratulate

[31:56] and thank Officer Cirillo on

[31:56] his retirement.

[32:00] Thank you for your commitment

[32:00] to the city of San Diego but

[32:05] also to the folks in all of San

[32:05] Diego.

[32:06] I hear every day is Saturday

[32:09] now moving forward So

[32:10] congratulations on that.

[32:14] I'd also like to comment on

[32:14] item 30 and 31 which recognizes

[32:18] San Diego Lunar New Year week

[32:18] and the Year of the Snake.

[32:23] I want to say I wish all San

[32:23] Diegans a happy lunar New Year

[32:24] And MAY Harmony bring you and

[32:28] your family wealth, prosperity

[32:28] and happiness.

[32:33] That concludes my comments.

[32:33] >> Council PRESIDENT.

[32:34] Thank you.

[32:34] All right.

[32:35] Thank you.

[32:36] So we have a motion to move

[32:38] the proclamation and now we'll

[32:39] go to Councilmember Foster.

[32:42] >> Yes, Thank you, Council

[32:43] PRESIDENT.

[32:43] I'd like to comment briefly on

[32:50] item 31 and item as 5a1.

[32:55] Thank you to Mayor Todd Gloria

[32:56] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Ken

[33:00] Lee Council members Raul Campo

[33:01] and Councilmember Shawn Isla

[33:02] Rivera for bringing the Lunar

[33:05] New Year week Proclamation

[33:05] forward.

[33:06] The proclamation brings

[33:07] awareness and promotes mutual

[33:10] respect for our Asian

[33:11] communities in San Diego and

[33:12] the communities where I serve

[33:14] in District four.

[33:14] On Friday along with the mayor

[33:15] and Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem

[33:19] Ken Lee, I attended the Asian

[33:19] Business Association Foundation

[33:20] Lunar Year Celebration.

[33:24] I was honored to celebrate

[33:24] Lunar New Year by feeding

[33:25] the Dragons.

[33:27] Let us during the Lion Dance

[33:28] symbolizing prosperity and good

[33:32] fortune for the year ahead.

[33:33] Thank you to the aba for this

[33:34] wonderful opportunity to

[33:37] participate in this moment.

[33:38] I want to wish everyone a happy

[33:42] lunar New Year.

[33:43] And that concludes my comments

[33:44] for the item.

[33:48] Also in regards to women of

[33:48] color Broadway thank you to my

[33:52] colleague Councilmember Vivian

[33:53] Moreno as we proclaim Women of

[33:57] Color Day in the city of San

[33:57] Diego.

[33:58] Thank you to the founder of

[34:02] Roar Angela Joseph for being a

[34:02] guiding light for women of

[34:03] color in our region.

[34:07] Roar is truly rooted in

[34:07] resilience.

[34:08] Raw champions, women of color

[34:11] and their pursuit of civic

[34:11] engagement and careers in

[34:12] public service.

[34:15] The District for office has

[34:16] long supported the Women of

[34:17] Color War organization.

[34:21] I am proud to say District four

[34:22] where I serve is home to some

[34:25] of today's most incredible

[34:26] elected officials.

[34:27] Secretary of State DR. Shirley

[34:32] Weber Assemblyman Member DR.

[34:32] Lee Shay Sharp Collins Senator

[34:36] DR. Akeelah Weber Pierson and

[34:36] Supervisor Monica McEnery Stepp

[34:41] all of which live in District

[34:41] four.

[34:42] Congratulations on your

[34:42] milestone.

[34:45] The seventh Annual 2025 Women

[34:47] of Color War Breakfast

[34:48] happening FEBRUARY 1st right on

[34:49] time to kick off Black History

[34:49] Month.

[34:53] A lot of hard work goes into

[34:54] pulling off an event like this

[34:58] year after year.

[34:58] Keep shining and keep roaring.

[34:59] You are making history.

[35:02] And that concludes my comments.

[35:03] Thank you.

[35:03] I'm going to take that as a

[35:04] second.

[35:04] Yes, sir.

[35:07] Thank you, sir.

[35:08] And with that we'll go to

[35:09] council member Whitburn.

[35:09] Thank you very much.

[35:10] Council PRESIDENT

[35:12] Congratulations to everybody

[35:13] who is being recognized with

[35:13] proclamations this morning.

[35:17] I want to welcome everybody

[35:18] here and everybody watching who

[35:18] are celebrating Lunar New Year

[35:22] and the year of the snake.

[35:23] Thank you to each of you who

[35:26] spoke about how important these

[35:27] celebrations are not only to

[35:28] you but to everybody in our

[35:31] city all the people who value

[35:32] everyone who makes San Diego

[35:36] the great city that it is.

[35:37] I thought many of your comments

[35:38] were really poignant this

[35:38] morning and I am proud that

[35:41] downtown and the international

[35:42] cottages in Balboa Park are an

[35:46] important part of

[35:47] the celebrations that are

[35:47] coming up.

[35:48] I also want to thank Officer

[35:51] David Cirillo for his many,

[35:52] many years of public service

[35:52] and congratulate him on his

[35:56] retirement from the San Diego

[35:57] Police Department.

[35:57] Officers Cirillo, as we heard,

[36:01] has spent many years of his

[36:02] career as a community police

[36:04] officer in District three.

[36:05] You have been so responsive to

[36:09] the residents, the community

[36:10] groups and so many people in

[36:11] District three and elsewhere.

[36:14] You have not only been

[36:15] responsive to those concerns,

[36:16] you have worked proactively

[36:19] over the years to really help

[36:22] the residents in in District

[36:22] three.

[36:23] When I heard that you were

[36:26] retiring, the first thought

[36:27] that came to mind is how is

[36:28] that even possible?

[36:29] But then it occurred to me that

[36:32] I have known you for at least

[36:32] 17 of the years that you have

[36:33] been in that role.

[36:37] Which makes us both feel older

[36:37] than either one of us would

[36:38] want to feel.

[36:41] But I.

[36:42] I guess it's about that time

[36:46] you have shown such dedication

[36:47] as a public servant over all of

[36:48] those years and work closely

[36:52] with our city council staff to

[36:52] address the needs of

[36:53] the community.

[36:53] You are an institution in

[36:56] district three and you will be

[36:56] greatly missed.

[36:57] >> Thank you for your service

[36:57] sir.

[37:01] All right.

[37:01] >> Thank you.

[37:02] And we'll go next to

[37:06] Councilmember Vaughn Walker.

[37:06] Thank you very much.

[37:07] And officers Will I'm going to

[37:11] invite you to come up and use

[37:11] of my time if you would like to

[37:12] say anything.

[37:12] Put you on the spot.

[37:13] Of course.

[37:15] And while you're coming up, I

[37:16] want to say congratulations

[37:16] again to all of my colleagues

[37:20] for such great proclamations as

[37:20] usual.

[37:21] I'll end on yours, sir, but

[37:24] please come on up first for

[37:25] Lunar New Year, week and week

[37:26] of the Snake.

[37:26] I'm so thrilled that you all

[37:27] are here.

[37:29] Natasha the great fantastic

[37:30] residents are five and I heard

[37:31] all about the celebration this

[37:34] weekend.

[37:35] Thank you for your service on

[37:35] the Commission on the Status of

[37:36] Women as well.

[37:38] I'm very excited for

[37:39] the celebration.

[37:40] It's something that we need to

[37:40] highlight even more every year

[37:41] And thank you for sharing

[37:44] the history that your family

[37:45] has contributed to San Diego.

[37:48] I'm also very excited for

[37:49] the woman of color of your day.

[37:50] Thank you to my colleague

[37:50] Councilmember Ramo for bringing

[37:53] this forward.

[37:54] And Councilmember Foster, it is

[37:54] so important to create

[37:55] opportunities to empower

[37:58] especially young girls and

[37:59] women of color to find their

[38:00] footing here in the world and

[38:03] step into leadership roles and

[38:04] become our change makers.

[38:04] So I'm very excited for

[38:08] the women of color Breakfast

[38:08] and Leadership Academy to

[38:09] provide invaluable experiences

[38:13] to equip young women with

[38:13] skills in civic engagement,

[38:14] engagement training and career

[38:19] development and finally

[38:19] officers Well I'm not thrilled

[38:20] you're retiring for this city

[38:22] but I'm thrilled for you.

[38:23] Thank you for your incredible

[38:24] service to our police

[38:24] department.

[38:28] Your role is one of the most

[38:28] important roles because you

[38:29] help build trust with our

[38:32] community and you are the face

[38:33] of the police department to so

[38:33] many people who have questions

[38:36] and have concerns and want to

[38:36] report crimes.

[38:37] >> So this is going to be one

[38:38] of the first of many

[38:41] retirements unfortunately

[38:42] coming up with our police and

[38:42] firefighters.

[38:43] I'm trying to figure out how to

[38:44] pass a law to prevent you from

[38:47] retiring but I haven't figured

[38:47] that out yet.

[38:48] So please call me up If you'd

[38:49] like to say anything, please

[38:51] use my time.

[38:52] >> Thank you very much.

[38:57] I won't speak long.

[38:57] i'm Irish, Italian and usually

[38:58] I do And a lot of people know

[38:58] me.

[38:59] No, that's true.

[39:01] I appreciate saints for coming

[39:01] to see me off today.

[39:02] I know that's not what you're

[39:06] really doing here but my son

[39:06] graduated last year from Saints

[39:10] so I relate to you guys and

[39:11] your teachers trying to keep

[39:12] you guys in line today to

[39:14] the community that's here today

[39:15] representing the new year.

[39:16] Thank you very much for

[39:16] everything that you do making

[39:19] sure that your culture is

[39:20] shared with out throughout

[39:20] the city.

[39:21] To the city council.

[39:25] I thank you all for allowing me

[39:25] to serve the city.

[39:26] I appreciate it so much.

[39:30] My goal has always been never

[39:30] to be about me but about

[39:31] the people that I serve and

[39:34] that includes the people,

[39:35] the citizens and then

[39:36] partnerships that I had with

[39:36] the city council members and

[39:40] the city council staff and

[39:40] the mayor and the mayor's

[39:41] staff.

[39:41] So over those years I've seen a

[39:44] lot of people come and go and

[39:48] built long relationships with a

[39:49] lot of the different people

[39:49] here.

[39:50] So thank you all for what you

[39:51] guys are doing.

[39:51] I truly believe this is

[39:54] the finest city in America.

[39:58] I think that our department is

[39:59] heads and shoulders over any

[40:00] other department in this nation

[40:00] Whenever there's trouble

[40:04] throughout this country I feel

[40:05] as if that is not how we would

[40:08] behave When I see some of

[40:08] the things that are negative

[40:09] that happen And I think that's

[40:10] because of our leadership and I

[40:13] appreciate our chief wall who's

[40:14] taking us in a new direction

[40:15] and all the support staff that

[40:18] he has.

[40:18] I appreciate the City council

[40:19] for allowing our police

[40:22] department to go out into

[40:23] the communities and build those

[40:24] bridges.

[40:26] And I appreciate every one of

[40:26] you in every one of your

[40:27] communities knowing that you

[40:28] guys go out there every day

[40:31] trying to better our community

[40:31] for the citizens.

[40:32] I know at times people don't

[40:37] always see eye to eye on issues

[40:37] but that's part of

[40:38] the discussion and that's how

[40:39] we we build bridges and we work

[40:39] together.

[40:41] So I sincerely want to thank

[40:42] City Council for all of you in

[40:43] all of your different

[40:46] communities and how you guys

[40:47] fight for your people And

[40:48] that's how I so I try to do it

[40:50] for Western Division.

[40:51] I tried to fight for

[40:51] the citizens and make sure that

[40:52] they were heard and help them

[40:55] because together we can

[40:56] continue to keep this city San

[40:56] Diego the finest city in

[41:00] America.

[41:01] I think that we hold the bar

[41:02] extremely high for other cities

[41:05] to try to live up to and that

[41:06] means our citizens, our police

[41:07] department, our city staff and

[41:10] our elected officials.

[41:11] And I think that when we go out

[41:12] to other cities we're able to

[41:12] say well, why can't you be more

[41:14] like us?

[41:15] And while we're doing that

[41:16] we're always trying to push

[41:16] that bar higher.

[41:18] So I appreciate you guys.

[41:19] >> Thank you all very much.

[41:42] Thank you.

[41:48] Yeah.

[41:48] And we'll go next to

[41:49] Councilmember Ila Rivera.

[41:49] Thank you.

[41:51] Council PRESIDENT.

[41:52] I want to thank my colleagues

[41:57] for all the proclamations that

[41:57] are brought forward today and

[42:01] definitely thank the community

[42:02] for showing up in the way that

[42:03] you you have this morning.

[42:06] Just I'm going to actually seat

[42:07] as much time as possible to

[42:07] council member Lee or Council

[42:11] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee so that

[42:11] he can share that with

[42:12] the community.

[42:12] I want to say thank you again

[42:16] to the community for showing

[42:16] up.

[42:17] I want to say thank you to

[42:19] the to the little Saigon

[42:20] Foundation for inviting me to

[42:25] attend their Lunar New Year and

[42:25] Little Saigon Foundation Tet

[42:30] Festival on Saturday.

[42:30] As always that was a fantastic

[42:31] event.

[42:35] Great to see community Bravo.

[42:35] It was actually like

[42:36] legitimately cold weather not

[42:39] just San Diego Cold but braved

[42:39] the cold weather to be out

[42:43] there And it's especially

[42:44] reflected on some of

[42:45] the comments made in public

[42:48] comment and having that

[42:49] festival in City Heights is

[42:50] especially powerful because we

[42:53] see such a great mix of

[42:53] different cultures and

[42:58] backgrounds and folks who came

[42:58] to the same community from

[43:02] different places But for

[43:03] the same reason and for many of

[43:04] the same reasons I should say

[43:07] and have have built a really,

[43:07] really strong community and

[43:12] watching especially young ones

[43:12] explore different culture and

[43:17] heritage and food with one

[43:17] another in this celebratory

[43:18] environment is just really

[43:21] powerful.

[43:22] And I think again speaking to

[43:26] what I heard this morning is

[43:27] really is a great reflection of

[43:27] what makes San Diego most

[43:31] important.

[43:32] Karen you're absolutely right.

[43:32] It's not the beaches.

[43:33] It's not the sunsets.

[43:36] It's our people.

[43:37] And and these celebrations are

[43:41] a great way of reminding us

[43:41] that.

[43:42] So thank you for that.

[43:45] And with that I will see

[43:46] the remainder of my time to

[43:47] council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[43:50] All right Thank you With next

[43:51] we'll go to Councilmember Campo

[43:52] Thank you council PRESIDENT And

[43:53] thank you to my colleagues for

[43:55] this great set of

[43:55] proclamations.

[43:56] Of course wishing everyone

[43:59] happy Lunar New Year And my

[44:00] staff and I will be out at

[44:01] the Linda Vista Farmer's Market

[44:02] for the Lunar New Year

[44:04] celebration this Thursday

[44:05] between 2 and 7 P.M. At

[44:06] the Linda Vista Shopping Center

[44:06] and I look forward to seeing

[44:09] many of you there though I am

[44:10] sad that we probably won't see

[44:14] officers there Willow there

[44:14] being a crew for Linda Vista

[44:18] parts of Mission Valley for so

[44:18] so long.

[44:19] I want to build off

[44:20] the comments that my colleagues

[44:23] and that you said for yourself,

[44:24] sir but we're deeply going to

[44:25] MISS You and know that the face

[44:27] of trust of with the public is

[44:28] almost always the first

[44:29] interaction someone has with

[44:32] their crew.

[44:33] So for the good things people

[44:34] think about our local

[44:34] government it starts with

[44:38] people in your role and you

[44:38] specifically for the last

[44:39] several decades for 24 years.

[44:42] So thank you very much And I

[44:43] salute you And that concludes

[44:43] my comments.

[44:44] >> Council PRESIDENT All right.

[44:45] Thank you.

[44:48] And Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem,

[44:48] I understand you're ceding your

[44:49] time for the special

[44:49] performance or do you want to

[44:53] speak now?

[44:53] Okay.

[44:54] You know, I was going to hold

[44:57] just to be the last deleted

[44:58] the performance.

[44:58] >> Okay.

[44:59] I think I'm going to be

[45:02] the last I'll be now and then

[45:02] we'll go to you.

[45:06] Okay.

[45:07] Thank you to my colleagues for

[45:08] all the proclamations and

[45:09] congratulations those being

[45:11] honored a special shout out for

[45:12] the recognition of the year

[45:13] the snake in the Lunar New Year

[45:16] and to have celebrated on

[45:16] Saturday night and then again

[45:17] this morning and embraced by

[45:20] the joy and the resilience of

[45:21] the Chinese and Asian

[45:22] communities just makes this

[45:22] year's celebration so much

[45:23] sweeter.

[45:25] Happiness, health and

[45:26] prosperity to all who

[45:26] celebrate.

[45:27] I'll echo the comments of my

[45:31] colleagues for Officer David

[45:31] Cyril on your retirement clear

[45:35] that you brought passion and

[45:35] outstanding service to

[45:36] the community she served and I

[45:37] thank you for your 24 years of

[45:40] outstanding service and

[45:43] dedication to the Department

[45:44] And item 33 which is the 70th

[45:45] anniversary of the La Hoya

[45:48] Symphony and chorus it's a

[45:48] nonprofit and proud affiliate

[45:49] with the University of

[45:52] California San Diego

[45:53] celebrating 70 years of musical

[45:54] performances.

[45:58] This milestone reflects

[45:58] the commitment and innovation

[45:59] that are brought to

[45:59] the community through both

[46:03] music and education.

[46:03] Their engagement with youth has

[46:04] made classical and contemporary

[46:05] music more accessible as they

[46:08] celebrate diverse musical

[46:08] traditions.

[46:09] Congratulations on 70 years and

[46:12] many more to come.

[46:13] And with I'll turn it over to

[46:13] you sir.

[46:17] Council PRESIDENT Or do we want

[46:18] to take the vote and then you

[46:19] can introduce the performance?

[46:19] >> I can I can start okay.

[46:22] And then we'll go from there.

[46:22] Thank you.

[46:23] Council PRESIDENT.

[46:24] It's certainly now my privilege

[46:24] to be joined by many of my

[46:28] colleagues and the mayor to

[46:28] bring forth items 30 and 31 San

[46:32] Diego Lunar New Year Week and

[46:32] the Year of the Snake here in

[46:33] San Diego.

[46:36] Starting tomorrow JANUARY 29th

[46:37] we are excited to ring in a new

[46:40] year with a new Zodiac animal.

[46:41] And as a day that is celebrated

[46:42] by over 2 billion people

[46:45] annually, the Lunar New Year is

[46:46] especially important to many of

[46:50] our local Asian communities in

[46:51] the state of California.

[46:51] Lunar New Year was actually

[46:52] recognized as an official

[46:55] holiday just a few years ago.

[46:56] And in San Diego we know that

[46:57] Lunar New Year has been

[46:57] celebrated by well over a

[47:00] century beginning in the 1800s

[47:01] when Santiago's first Asian

[47:01] communities developed for many

[47:04] families including mine, this

[47:05] holiday is a sacred time to

[47:06] reunite with loved ones to

[47:10] feast, to wish for health and

[47:10] prosperity and to engage in

[47:11] traditions everything from lion

[47:15] dancing to the gifting of lucky

[47:15] red envelopes a tradition we'll

[47:16] practice ourselves here in

[47:19] the council chambers in just a

[47:20] few minutes.

[47:20] In addition, many of our

[47:23] nonprofits small businesses and

[47:24] community leaders help to

[47:24] organize and support local

[47:28] Lunar New Year festivals

[47:29] throughout our region.

[47:29] And as you've heard from many

[47:30] of the speakers, these are

[47:33] festivals and celebrations that

[47:34] help to spotlight and enrich

[47:34] our city as a whole.

[47:35] And my office is certainly

[47:39] privileged to partake in many

[47:39] of these festivals each year.

[47:40] And this morning I think we're

[47:43] honored to be able to return

[47:44] the favor by having many of

[47:45] those aapi leaders here at City

[47:45] Hall.

[47:48] I like to take a moment to

[47:49] recognize those folks who have

[47:49] joined us today.

[47:53] We have California Apia

[47:53] Commissioner Matt Cooper Gay

[47:54] and Human Relations

[47:55] Commissioner Professor Swoosh

[47:58] Alex and Lauren who are

[47:59] the co-chairs of the San Diego

[47:59] api Coalition.

[48:03] Natasha, David, Lily, Cassandra

[48:04] and Ernie from the House of

[48:04] China and the Chinese School of

[48:08] San Diego which you heard held

[48:09] their annual gala just this

[48:09] last weekend.

[48:11] But the House of Chan will also

[48:12] be hosting their Chinese New

[48:13] Year Fair FEBRUARY 15th and

[48:16] 16th in Balboa Park.

[48:17] Kathleen, Jacinta and Lauren

[48:18] with the Chinese Consolidated

[48:22] Benevolent Association that

[48:22] hosts the Chinese New Year Fair

[48:23] FEBRUARY 8th and ninth in

[48:27] downtown off Third and j.

[48:28] Ellen and Kendra from

[48:28] the Vietnamese American Youth

[48:31] Alliance and MISS Vietnam San

[48:31] Diego who will be hosting their

[48:32] ted Festival this weekend in

[48:36] Liberty Station, the Little

[48:37] Saigon Foundation who as you

[48:37] heard from Councilmember Isla

[48:40] Rivera hosted their festival

[48:40] this past weekend in City

[48:41] Heights.

[48:41] As you can now tell, Lunar New

[48:45] Year is celebrated not just

[48:46] this month but next month for

[48:46] weeks at a time.

[48:50] The Little Saigon Foundation

[48:51] will just recognize them.

[48:51] Commissioner Dizzy Dewan from

[48:55] our arts and Culture Commission

[48:56] which will be reappointing

[48:59] later this morning and is

[49:00] the first appointed Vietnamese

[49:01] to send congratulations Dizzy

[49:04] learn from the Vietnamese

[49:04] Federation of San Diego.

[49:05] Sean we know you're back there

[49:06] somewhere representing Viet

[49:10] Voices and Hui from Pacific

[49:10] Arts Movement and the host of

[49:14] our integration Film Festival

[49:15] Bobby and Peter from Lao San

[49:15] Diego.

[49:21] Louis Nguyen who shared that

[49:21] he's the new ceo of Stacy

[49:22] Naidoo as of this month.

[49:24] Congratulations Louie.

[49:25] i believe we even have team

[49:26] members that are here from

[49:28] Cross Creek chicken in convoy

[49:29] representing And then finally

[49:29] you're going to meet soon

[49:33] the lucky line dancers Who are

[49:34] the oldest line dance troupe in

[49:34] San Diego Leah Rizzo, Annie

[49:39] David John Kathleen.

[49:39] And San Diego Police officer

[49:43] Jonathan Lowe, our performers

[49:44] who will be performing the Lion

[49:44] Dance.

[49:45] And thank you for the countless

[49:48] line dances that you perform

[49:49] throughout the month.

[49:50] And of course shout out to all

[49:53] the snakes who are in the room

[49:54] today and to all the snakes who

[49:57] know who will be born later

[49:58] this year Specifically this

[49:58] year is the year of the wood

[49:59] snake.

[50:02] And these are creatures who are

[50:03] celebrated for their charm,

[50:03] creativity and sharpness as

[50:07] well as their ability to shed

[50:08] their own skin symbolizing

[50:09] transformation and renewal.

[50:12] I'll give a special shout out

[50:12] to the snakes in my District

[50:13] six office as well.

[50:17] Gretchen, Ana and Joe.

[50:17] And thank you to Laurie from

[50:21] Oscar t imports for providing

[50:22] these beautiful snake themed

[50:23] envelopes for the city council

[50:23] today.

[50:26] So thank you again to all those

[50:27] who are coming out here to

[50:27] celebrate with your elected

[50:30] officials and the city.

[50:31] I'll close out by officially

[50:32] proclaiming in our city

[50:34] the weeks of JANUARY 29th

[50:35] through the Lantern Festival

[50:36] day of FEBRUARY 12th to be San

[50:39] Diego Lunar New Year Week.

[50:40] And then by proclaiming

[50:41] the entire year of January

[50:43] 29th, 2025 through FEBRUARY

[50:43] 16th 2026 to be the year of

[50:48] the snake throughout the city

[50:48] of San Diego.

[50:48] Happy New Year!

[50:55] Chuck Monomoy sending flock to

[50:56] be seen in quite a company that

[50:57] I thank you council PRESIDENT

[50:58] And my colleagues for the time

[50:58] and I'll turn to you to go

[51:02] ahead and call the roll and I

[51:02] believe after that will go

[51:03] ahead And welcome to the lines.

[51:03] >> All right.

[51:04] Thank you, sir.

[51:06] So we have a motion by

[51:07] COUNCILMAN Moreno and a second

[51:08] by Councilmember Foster to

[51:09] adopt all the proclamations.

[51:15] >> Clerk please call the roll.

[51:15] I started the voting system.

[51:16] Please cast your vote And that

[51:19] passes unanimously 9 to 0.

[51:20] >> Well, in addition, any

[51:20] introduction you might want to

[51:24] do, sir, we will have a special

[51:25] performance of the Lucky Lion

[51:28] Dancers followed by photos for

[51:29] the Lunar New Year and then

[51:33] also Officer David Solo.

[51:34] >> So do you want to do any

[51:38] special introductions now We'll

[51:39] turn it over to the local

[51:39] dancers.

[51:39] >> All right.

[51:43] You haven't seen like Eli and

[51:43] the dancers you're going to get

[52:24] a real treat

[54:25] this

[58:11] was all

[58:49] about

[59:03] I don't have a or

[59:14] the shot.

[59:47] Yeah, you're going to have I

[1:00:01] Have you been You know I got

[1:00:05] you your neck.

[1:02:06] Yes

[1:02:58] .

[1:03:18] You got all right as the crowd

[1:03:22] news out of chambers will get

[1:03:23] on with the rest of the council

[1:03:27] agenda and proceed with

[1:03:28] the approval of the consent

[1:03:31] items.

[1:03:32] Are there any request to pull

[1:03:38] an item by my council colleague

[1:03:39] or not?

[1:03:40] Did you want to pull an item?

[1:03:40] Okay.

[1:03:43] So first we'll start out with

[1:03:43] public comment.

[1:03:47] Clerk Please proceed.

[1:03:48] Thank you.

[1:03:51] Council PRESIDENT Please note

[1:03:52] each speaker will have one

[1:03:53] minute per item per person.

[1:03:55] If you would like to speak on

[1:03:56] three or more items you will

[1:03:56] have a maximum of three

[1:03:57] minutes.

[1:04:00] The consent agenda includes

[1:04:02] items 1053 52 103 107 and s504

[1:04:03] we did not receive any comments

[1:04:08] on items in the via the e

[1:04:08] comment portal.

[1:04:09] Also let me note for the record

[1:04:13] the potential appointments and

[1:04:14] re appointments that are on

[1:04:14] the agenda this morning.

[1:04:15] I don't want to two is

[1:04:15] the potential appointment of

[1:04:18] Christopher Lipski and

[1:04:19] reappointment of DR. Alberto

[1:04:22] Lopez Pulido, Dennis Dunn Fritz

[1:04:23] Friedman and Lee and Kim to

[1:04:23] the Commission for Arts and

[1:04:24] Cultures.

[1:04:27] Item 103 is a potential

[1:04:27] appointment of Schuyler

[1:04:28] McCarran to the Funds

[1:04:29] Commission I don't want to is a

[1:04:31] potential appointment of John

[1:04:32] Akira to the Human Relations

[1:04:35] Commission I don't want to five

[1:04:35] is the potential appointment of

[1:04:36] Eric Christian Gomez to

[1:04:36] the small advisory small

[1:04:40] Business Advisory Board Item

[1:04:41] 106 is the potential

[1:04:41] reappointment of Giovanni

[1:04:44] Ingoglia to the Mission Bay

[1:04:44] Park Committee Item 127 is

[1:04:45] the potential appointments of

[1:04:46] Britton Nelson and Richard

[1:04:49] Meeker Wallace to the Municipal

[1:04:50] Golf Committee.

[1:04:50] We have one speaker here in

[1:04:55] council chambers for item 103

[1:04:55] the Honorable William and Jr if

[1:04:57] you'd like to come up to

[1:05:11] the microphone you'll have one

[1:05:20] minute for your comments to

[1:05:20] the honorable Council members I

[1:05:26] come shameless slee As a father

[1:05:30] for Skyler McKeown I am

[1:05:31] resisting the opportunity to

[1:05:35] embarrass her.

[1:05:36] >> She has a passion for San

[1:05:39] Diego.

[1:05:40] She is a third generation San

[1:05:44] Diegan.

[1:05:45] One of her gifts is mercy.

[1:05:49] She's always since her youth

[1:05:50] had a passion for social

[1:05:54] justice and helping those less

[1:05:59] fortunate.

[1:06:00] >> I remember her looking at me

[1:06:01] with those big brown eyes

[1:06:03] saying Janelle is moving to San

[1:06:04] Diego and he needs a place to

[1:06:08] stay.

[1:06:09] He's homeless.

[1:06:10] So Janelle stayed with us

[1:06:13] the entire summer.

[1:06:18] She has been taking care of

[1:06:19] seniors for free for years

[1:06:23] because she has such a tender

[1:06:24] heart When she was in high

[1:06:29] school that p she was the only

[1:06:32] daughter who insisted that her

[1:06:33] father drive her to school and

[1:06:34] introduce her to all my

[1:06:38] apologies or your time has

[1:06:39] concluded very much vote for my

[1:06:43] daughter As five minute timer

[1:06:44] has started hearing council

[1:06:51] chambers going to those on

[1:06:51] the virtual 7968 If you can

[1:06:52] please unmute and let me know

[1:06:53] which item or items you wish to

[1:06:56] speak to.

[1:06:56] Thank you.

[1:07:00] In her 20s I will be speaking

[1:07:07] on item 1 or 2 excuse me 1 or 2

[1:07:12] through 107 and five All four

[1:07:12] okay.

[1:07:13] >> Okay You'll have three

[1:07:13] minutes.

[1:07:16] Please proceed.

[1:07:16] >> Okay.

[1:07:17] Thank you so much.

[1:07:20] I'm combining 1o2 all the way

[1:07:24] to Windows 7 with my comments

[1:07:25] because there are all these

[1:07:25] wonderful appointments for

[1:07:29] appointments and so forth and I

[1:07:30] really really am excited to

[1:07:34] speak for this because first of

[1:07:34] all thank you to three.

[1:07:39] Thank you Mayor Gloria Thank

[1:07:44] you Director China thank you.

[1:07:44] A city attorney's office Thank

[1:07:45] you City council and your

[1:07:49] districts and all the people

[1:07:50] all these wonderful people that

[1:07:54] have come forward to take on

[1:07:55] these positions Now the mayor

[1:07:59] and his weekly newsletter was

[1:08:00] very good about asking people

[1:08:04] to serve on these commissions

[1:08:04] and committees and so forth and

[1:08:05] just put out a call for people

[1:08:08] to do that.

[1:08:09] Thank you for that.

[1:08:10] Really, really appreciated your

[1:08:13] outreach on that And of course

[1:08:14] Director Tschida, what can we

[1:08:15] say about her?

[1:08:18] She's a dynamo And you know, we

[1:08:23] just it's just a great

[1:08:24] contribution and service and

[1:08:29] thank you to all the people.

[1:08:29] Let's see if I can read through

[1:08:31] real quick here Excuse me Arts

[1:08:37] and culture Funds Commission

[1:08:37] Human Relations Business

[1:08:42] Mission Bay Park Golf Community

[1:08:42] I think that covers it.

[1:08:47] So I'll switch to f 5 or 4.

[1:08:47] Thank you.

[1:08:48] Thank you.

[1:08:51] Councilmember Rivera we are

[1:08:52] here looking forward to

[1:08:55] the select committee on Cost of

[1:08:56] Living and thank you for giving

[1:08:57] us that heads up about a month

[1:09:00] to prepare for it because we

[1:09:01] need to do our homework and be

[1:09:05] ready for you and we're going

[1:09:06] to have a robust conversation.

[1:09:09] We're going to really looking

[1:09:10] forward to hearing

[1:09:10] the individual stories about

[1:09:14] their cost of living situation

[1:09:14] .

[1:09:15] And so again it's going to be

[1:09:19] robust.

[1:09:20] I just have that feeling.

[1:09:21] Councilmember Ito revered It's

[1:09:24] a great idea.

[1:09:25] Thank you for bringing it

[1:09:26] forward and I look forward to

[1:09:26] it.

[1:09:26] So very much.

[1:09:29] Love to all.

[1:09:30] >> Thank you.

[1:09:30] Next is Blair Beekman.

[1:09:31] If you can please unmute and

[1:09:39] let me know which item or items

[1:09:40] Hi Pressure Beekman Item five

[1:09:44] Door Calendar.

[1:09:45] Okay You have one minute Please

[1:09:45] proceed.

[1:09:49] I hope that's the right number

[1:09:50] .

[1:09:50] Thank you for the legislative

[1:09:52] calendar item for one minute I

[1:09:57] wanted to address you talk

[1:09:58] about ideas of equal

[1:09:58] opportunity contacting

[1:09:59] information I hope that is

[1:10:03] related to you had a council

[1:10:04] item a few weeks ago but they

[1:10:09] were afraid State of the City

[1:10:13] speech that talked about you

[1:10:13] know, the future of equal pay I

[1:10:14] can't quite remember it term

[1:10:18] but it's a very common helpful

[1:10:19] term of how we talk about our

[1:10:23] you know, equal equal pay

[1:10:24] issues in San Diego And that I

[1:10:29] think relates to ideas like

[1:10:29] the waste and that we work on

[1:10:33] those part of it together.

[1:10:33] Good luck in that work in

[1:10:37] the coming years I was

[1:10:37] interesting at the council

[1:10:38] meeting a few weeks ago that

[1:10:42] you talked about items related

[1:10:43] to you know, what could be

[1:10:47] the future of San Diego

[1:10:47] immigration office again and

[1:10:52] that could actually work in

[1:10:52] your sorry your time has

[1:10:53] concluded That does include

[1:10:54] public comment on the consent

[1:10:56] items.

[1:10:56] >> All right.

[1:10:57] Thank you everyone who spoke

[1:10:57] especially the touching

[1:11:01] comments by the father of one

[1:11:01] of the nominees.

[1:11:02] We will now go to council

[1:11:05] member questions and comments

[1:11:05] and entertain a motion for

[1:11:06] the consent agenda and we'll

[1:11:07] start with council member

[1:11:07] Marino.

[1:11:10] Thank you.

[1:11:11] I have comments on item 102

[1:11:12] appointment and reappointment

[1:11:15] to the commission for Arts and

[1:11:15] Culture.

[1:11:16] I'm happy to support

[1:11:21] the reappointment of DR. Albert

[1:11:21] Alberto Lopez Pulido to

[1:11:22] the Community for Arts and

[1:11:26] Culture for the District eight

[1:11:27] Representative Seat DR. Pulido

[1:11:30] is the founding Chair of

[1:11:30] the Department of Ethnic

[1:11:31] Studies at the University of

[1:11:35] San Diego and has been on

[1:11:36] the faculty since 2003.

[1:11:40] He's active with the Chicano

[1:11:41] Park Steering Committee which

[1:11:41] serves as the steward of

[1:11:45] Chicano Park in San Diego.

[1:11:46] He's also the director of

[1:11:50] the Turning Wheel Mobile

[1:11:50] Classroom Project, a

[1:11:51] partnership between the Chicano

[1:11:55] Park Museum and Cultural Center

[1:11:55] and usd that provides mobile

[1:12:00] space for supporting the needs

[1:12:00] and challenges of local

[1:12:01] communities.

[1:12:04] He's also vice chair of

[1:12:04] the Chicano Park Museum and

[1:12:05] Cultural Center Center's

[1:12:09] Advisory Board and DR. Pulido

[1:12:10] does so much for the community

[1:12:15] I know I see him often out in

[1:12:15] the community at community

[1:12:18] events and I'm just I thank you

[1:12:19] for for sharing yourself to

[1:12:23] the community.

[1:12:24] You certainly embody what we

[1:12:28] want in our community members

[1:12:29] and how we want them to be

[1:12:33] active and continue to give

[1:12:34] back even when they've made it

[1:12:34] right.

[1:12:38] So I congratulate and I've just

[1:12:39] I'm so thrilled to have you

[1:12:40] continue on this role on top of

[1:12:42] everything you're doing

[1:12:43] continue to give back to

[1:12:47] the city of San Diego through

[1:12:48] the Commission for Arts and

[1:12:48] Culture.

[1:12:52] So I thank you for that very

[1:12:53] much.

[1:12:55] Finally I will record a no vote

[1:12:56] on item 52 and I will support

[1:13:00] the balance of the consent

[1:13:01] agenda.

[1:13:01] >> Thank you very much and I'll

[1:13:05] take that as a motion to adopt

[1:13:06] .

[1:13:06] Yes, except for the item 52.

[1:13:08] Understood.

[1:13:09] >> All right.

[1:13:10] We'll go next to Councilmember

[1:13:13] Campbell.

[1:13:14] Thank you.

[1:13:15] Council PRESIDENT, I wish to

[1:13:19] speak on two of our consent

[1:13:23] items and I'd like to second

[1:13:23] the motion to accept our

[1:13:27] consent of first of all item 1

[1:13:28] or 2.

[1:13:32] I'm honored that Chris

[1:13:33] Campbell's Kozlowski I know I

[1:13:34] was going to do that Chris

[1:13:37] Glove ski a resident of Ocean

[1:13:38] Beach in our district two will

[1:13:42] be appointed to the Arts and

[1:13:43] Culture Commission.

[1:13:46] Chris was the senior manager

[1:13:47] for Arts and Community

[1:13:48] Partnerships for the San Diego

[1:13:51] County Regional Airport

[1:13:52] Authority which has some

[1:13:52] beautiful art.

[1:13:55] Thank you for that Developing

[1:13:56] programing with artists and

[1:13:57] arts organizations in San Diego

[1:14:01] And he led the creation of

[1:14:01] the New Arts Master Plan and

[1:14:02] worked on the development of

[1:14:06] the arts programing and

[1:14:07] infrastructure for our new

[1:14:07] Terminal one at the airport

[1:14:11] Prior to working at the Airport

[1:14:12] Authority, Chris was cultural

[1:14:12] affairs coordinator at the City

[1:14:16] of Chicago's Department of

[1:14:16] Cultural Affairs and special

[1:14:21] events overseeing the program

[1:14:22] of 80 music and dance concerts

[1:14:26] presented on behalf of the city

[1:14:26] of Chicago.

[1:14:27] In addition, he sits on the San

[1:14:31] Diego Regional Arts and Culture

[1:14:31] Coalition Steering Committee.

[1:14:35] The Obie Planning Board is a

[1:14:35] registered member of

[1:14:36] the American Association of

[1:14:40] Composers Authors Publishers

[1:14:40] and Songwriters of North

[1:14:41] America And given his ample

[1:14:45] experience working in the arts

[1:14:46] and culture world for his

[1:14:50] entire career, I support

[1:14:51] the appointment of Chris Club

[1:14:54] Ski to the Arts and Culture

[1:14:55] Commission and I so appreciate

[1:14:59] your willingness to serve And i

[1:15:00] also want to give a special

[1:15:01] shout out to my friend Fritz

[1:15:04] Friedman who has been appointed

[1:15:05] by the mayor to also serve on

[1:15:09] this commission.

[1:15:10] I would like to also speak on

[1:15:14] item 106 and I am so honored

[1:15:18] that Giovanni and Golia a

[1:15:19] resident of Ocean Beach in our

[1:15:19] district who is willing to be

[1:15:23] reappointed to the mission Bay

[1:15:23] Park Committee.

[1:15:24] Giovanni is an independent

[1:15:27] insurance broker and Medicare

[1:15:28] covered California other

[1:15:28] insurance markets.

[1:15:29] He is also the owner and

[1:15:33] operator of all American carpet

[1:15:33] cleaning.

[1:15:34] Giovanni served on the Ocean

[1:15:38] Beach planning Board for eight

[1:15:38] years the Obie Town Council for

[1:15:39] two years.

[1:15:42] There will be community plan

[1:15:43] Update subcommittee and he

[1:15:43] earned a Bachelor of Science in

[1:15:47] Geography and Urban Planning

[1:15:48] from Illinois State University

[1:15:49] Professional Certificate in

[1:15:52] Urban Planning from uc San

[1:15:56] Diego and given his dedication

[1:15:57] and overall knowledge of such

[1:16:02] diverse subjects I call him

[1:16:03] the Renaissance man I support

[1:16:03] heartily the reappointment

[1:16:07] Giovanni acknowledges to

[1:16:07] the mission.

[1:16:08] Bay Park Committee appreciate

[1:16:12] Joe your your willingness to

[1:16:12] serve again.

[1:16:13] Thank you so much.

[1:16:17] Thank you Counsel PRESIDENT All

[1:16:17] right.

[1:16:18] >> Thank you.

[1:16:18] So we have a motion by

[1:16:19] COUNCILMAN Marino second by

[1:16:20] Councilmember Campbell Go next

[1:16:22] to council member foster Oh

[1:16:22] yes.

[1:16:23] Thank you Council PRESIDENT And

[1:16:26] i would like to just briefly

[1:16:30] comment on item 1 or 3.

[1:16:31] I really would just like to

[1:16:34] take a moment to congratulate

[1:16:34] MS..

[1:16:35] Schuyler McCarran on being

[1:16:36] appointed to the Funds

[1:16:38] Commission.

[1:16:39] I won't spend too much time

[1:16:40] going over your professional

[1:16:40] achievements.

[1:16:44] I think China and the mayor

[1:16:48] outlined that to a great extent

[1:16:48] and just want to congratulate

[1:16:49] you on all the work that you

[1:16:53] have invested in yourself as

[1:16:58] you have accomplished what you

[1:16:58] have accomplished.

[1:16:59] I would like to follow up on

[1:17:01] the comments from your father

[1:17:02] because I think it really

[1:17:07] speaks to your heart and what

[1:17:07] you do in the Encanto community

[1:17:12] And oftentimes you're involved

[1:17:13] in the rec center in doing

[1:17:13] certain things.

[1:17:17] But I like to say that and

[1:17:18] think of it as you are actually

[1:17:22] a part of the rec center and

[1:17:22] the community always there

[1:17:23] working with my staff, talking

[1:17:27] with Tiffany on how you can

[1:17:28] bring more resources ensuring

[1:17:32] that the youth are very well

[1:17:32] taken care of and have

[1:17:33] the amenities even when it

[1:17:34] comes down to their uniforms

[1:17:37] and things of that nature to

[1:17:38] make sure that they are able to

[1:17:42] have a facility that they have

[1:17:43] a safe place, a place that they

[1:17:46] can call home and enjoy

[1:17:47] the community the way you have

[1:17:51] and also the way that I have.

[1:17:52] So just want to congratulate

[1:17:53] you on your appointment and

[1:17:53] look forward to working with

[1:17:57] you as we continue to move

[1:17:57] forward.

[1:17:57] So congratulations.

[1:17:58] All right.

[1:18:00] Thank you, sir.

[1:18:01] >> We'll go next to Council

[1:18:02] PRESIDENT Pro Tem.

[1:18:10] We thank of course PRESIDENT

[1:18:11] Sorry for the delay here on

[1:18:11] item 1 or 2.

[1:18:12] Wanted to take a moment to

[1:18:16] thank Commissioners Lee and Kim

[1:18:16] Fritz Friedman and Dennis

[1:18:17] Doogan on their appointments to

[1:18:19] the Arts and Culture Commission

[1:18:20] .

[1:18:20] Commissioner Kim is the founder

[1:18:21] of Pacific Arts Movement which

[1:18:22] presents the San Diego Asian

[1:18:25] Film Festival.

[1:18:25] She's a former colleague and a

[1:18:26] dear friend who helped put San

[1:18:27] Diego on the map when it comes

[1:18:29] to arts and cinema.

[1:18:30] She's also a yoga instructor

[1:18:31] with many students here in San

[1:18:32] Diego and is actually teaching

[1:18:35] a class right now which is why

[1:18:35] she couldn't make it.

[1:18:36] Congratulations to Leanne on

[1:18:39] her reappointment.

[1:18:40] Commissioner Friedman is

[1:18:41] the PRESIDENT Of Fritz Friedman

[1:18:41] Company and has had a long

[1:18:45] career in the entertainment

[1:18:45] industry as well as has been a

[1:18:46] producer on several film and

[1:18:47] television projects.

[1:18:49] He sits in several boards and

[1:18:49] was an adjunct professor at

[1:18:50] the usc School of

[1:18:51] Communications and Journalism

[1:18:53] at usc.

[1:18:54] I want to congratulate MR.

[1:18:55] Friedman as well.

[1:18:59] And lastly congratulations to

[1:19:00] Commissioner Dennis dessi Dwan

[1:19:03] who we just heard from earlier

[1:19:04] on our Lunar New Year item in

[1:19:04] chambers today.

[1:19:07] Does he have been a pillar in

[1:19:08] the community and over the past

[1:19:09] year has offered invaluable

[1:19:12] insight to the city and

[1:19:13] the Arts and Culture

[1:19:13] Commission.

[1:19:14] The owner of Black Lotus

[1:19:15] Tattoo, the first tattoo studio

[1:19:18] on Convoy Street and

[1:19:18] the founder of the Dwan

[1:19:19] Foundation for the Arts,

[1:19:23] the author of Memento Embracing

[1:19:23] the Darkness and much, much

[1:19:24] more.

[1:19:24] Does he as a leader in the api

[1:19:28] community support supporting

[1:19:29] many of our local cultural

[1:19:29] events as well as having

[1:19:32] recently completed his first

[1:19:32] public mural art where he

[1:19:33] donated over 30 hours of his

[1:19:37] time to paint a dragon Phenix

[1:19:37] in the heart of the convoy

[1:19:38] Asian Cultural District.

[1:19:39] Thank you Commissioner, for

[1:19:41] your presence here today for

[1:19:42] speaking on the lunar year item

[1:19:43] and to speak to the importance

[1:19:46] of our culture and community

[1:19:46] being represented.

[1:19:47] And certainly congratulations

[1:19:51] again on your appointment and

[1:19:51] want to thank the many

[1:19:52] commissioners who are being

[1:19:53] appointed or reappointed for

[1:19:56] their service to the city.

[1:19:56] Thank you.

[1:19:57] Council PRESIDENT.

[1:19:57] Thank you, sir.

[1:19:58] We'll go next to Councilmember

[1:19:58] Lipman.

[1:19:59] Thank you.

[1:20:01] Council PRESIDENT.

[1:20:02] I would like to congratulate

[1:20:02] everybody who is being

[1:20:03] appointed and reappointed as

[1:20:06] city boards and commissions

[1:20:06] today.

[1:20:07] Among them, as has been

[1:20:10] mentioned is District three is

[1:20:11] Fritz Friedman who is being

[1:20:11] reappointed to the Commission

[1:20:12] for Arts and Culture where he

[1:20:14] has served admirably over

[1:20:15] the past several years.

[1:20:16] And I too would like to

[1:20:20] congratulate Chris till

[1:20:21] upscaled his appointment to

[1:20:21] the Commission for Arts and

[1:20:22] Culture Verity organizations

[1:20:24] that benefit from the work of

[1:20:25] the Commissioner in my district

[1:20:29] and MR. Chalabi Ski's extensive

[1:20:30] experience will certainly

[1:20:30] enhance the commission.

[1:20:31] And I want to congratulate

[1:20:33] Cristian Gomez who's being

[1:20:34] appointed to the Small Business

[1:20:34] Advisory Board.

[1:20:35] MR. Gomez has operated

[1:20:39] the Whetstone Wine Bar

[1:20:40] the Baker Sell at Establishment

[1:20:40] known for an adventurous wine

[1:20:43] list award winning scenarios

[1:20:44] and gastronomic small plates.

[1:20:45] I want to thank MR. Gomez MR.

[1:20:48] Chalabi ski and MR. Friedman

[1:20:49] for their service to our city.

[1:20:50] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[1:20:50] All right.

[1:20:53] Thank you.

[1:20:53] >> Next council member Eli

[1:20:54] Rivera.

[1:20:54] All right.

[1:20:58] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[1:20:58] I'm going to just build on

[1:20:59] the comments made by my

[1:21:03] colleague Councilmember Foster

[1:21:03] Judge Judge Karen, you

[1:21:04] mentioned that your daughter

[1:21:08] has Grace and that she must

[1:21:08] have gotten that from you

[1:21:09] because she she would not have

[1:21:12] spared you the embarrassment if

[1:21:13] she was talking about you just

[1:21:16] knowing how proud she is of all

[1:21:17] of your accomplishments.

[1:21:22] I just got to I had a chance to

[1:21:22] know you for a while now and

[1:21:23] I'm really excited to see this

[1:21:26] appointment.

[1:21:26] Kind of reflexively I assumed

[1:21:27] it was for something in

[1:21:31] the arts and when I took

[1:21:31] another look and realized it

[1:21:32] was for the Venice Commission

[1:21:33] that made me even more excited

[1:21:35] and proud for you knowing

[1:21:36] the time and effort that you

[1:21:36] put into building

[1:21:40] the qualifications and resum\

[1:21:41] to be the very, very qualified

[1:21:41] appointee that you are.

[1:21:45] So congratulations on that.

[1:21:46] Thank you for being willing to

[1:21:46] commit your time and service to

[1:21:49] the city.

[1:21:50] And the last thing I'll say is

[1:21:51] I had a chance to go through a

[1:21:52] leadership program with

[1:21:55] Schuyler and Schuyler is one of

[1:21:55] the most unique and authentic

[1:21:56] leaders that I've had an

[1:22:00] opportunity to stand alongside

[1:22:00] And so I'm very excited to see

[1:22:03] you take those skills

[1:22:04] the professional experience

[1:22:05] that you've now developed and

[1:22:08] make sure that the city's funds

[1:22:09] are being taken care of in a

[1:22:10] way that I know will be

[1:22:11] impactful to the people.

[1:22:13] So thank you for your service

[1:22:13] Schuyler.

[1:22:14] >> Congratulations on your

[1:22:18] appointment.

[1:22:18] And with that I'm going to take

[1:22:19] the privilege of a council

[1:22:23] PRESIDENT And pause our meeting

[1:22:23] and allow the students to leave

[1:22:24] so they can make sure they get

[1:22:28] back to class on time.

[1:22:29] So thank you again for joining

[1:22:29] us this morning.

[1:22:33] I hope you learned a little bit

[1:22:33] about how local government

[1:22:34] works and got get to know some

[1:22:42] of your elected officials,

[1:22:43] right?

[1:22:47] >> Yeah And I would just point

[1:22:48] out that these are students

[1:22:48] from Saint Augustine High

[1:22:49] School.

[1:22:52] Saint Augustine is located in

[1:22:52] North Park.

[1:22:53] It attracts students from

[1:22:53] across the region for its

[1:22:57] academic excellence.

[1:22:58] Thank you very much for joining

[1:22:58] us to thank you for your

[1:22:59] interest in civic government.

[1:23:01] Thank you.

[1:23:02] Council PRESIDENT My apologies

[1:23:02] Council member I didn't know

[1:23:03] you wanted to add some more

[1:23:22] comments.

[1:23:23] Actually they're much quieter

[1:23:26] than I would have expected.

[1:23:32] We could have flipped out.

[1:23:32] >> So with that we'll go to

[1:23:36] council member Yvonne Wolpert.

[1:23:37] Thank you and thank you to

[1:23:38] the students for coming in as

[1:23:38] well.

[1:23:39] It's always good to see folks

[1:23:42] getting involved in local

[1:23:42] government.

[1:23:43] I just want to congratulate

[1:23:43] everybody being appointed

[1:23:44] today.

[1:23:46] Your Honor, I'm a lawyer so I

[1:23:47] will always call you Your

[1:23:47] Honor.

[1:23:48] Thank you for coming in today

[1:23:49] and speaking so highly of your

[1:23:51] daughter Schuyler.

[1:23:52] Congratulations.

[1:23:53] Not only are you successful in

[1:23:53] the private sector, you will

[1:23:56] now be very successful in

[1:23:57] the public sector as well.

[1:23:58] I also want to thank MR. Gomes

[1:24:00] for being here from Whetstone.

[1:24:01] It is actually one of my

[1:24:02] absolute favorite businesses in

[1:24:02] the city of San Diego.

[1:24:05] You have the most hospitable

[1:24:06] team at Whetstone.

[1:24:06] You have incredible wine

[1:24:11] selection and we need more

[1:24:11] small businesses like you.

[1:24:12] So I just want to thank you for

[1:24:15] creating such a wonderful space

[1:24:16] in that beautiful area And

[1:24:16] congratulations to everybody.

[1:24:17] >> Thank you.

[1:24:20] All right.

[1:24:21] Thank you.

[1:24:21] With that I too will

[1:24:22] congratulate all

[1:24:26] the appointments and those who

[1:24:26] nominated them in particular

[1:24:27] Item 124.

[1:24:30] Proud to have nominated John

[1:24:30] Secure to serve as a District

[1:24:31] one rep on the Human Relations

[1:24:35] Commission.

[1:24:35] I appreciate your willingness

[1:24:39] to serve our city And item 107

[1:24:39] congratulate District one and

[1:24:43] residents Brittany Nelson on

[1:24:44] your appointment to

[1:24:45] the Municipal Golf Committee.

[1:24:45] And again thank you if you're

[1:24:48] willing to serve in sharing

[1:24:49] some of your personal time on

[1:24:53] behalf of the city and on item

[1:24:54] 5o4 it's an opportunity for

[1:24:54] once again to thank council

[1:24:55] member Ella Rivera for standing

[1:24:58] up to select Committee on Cost

[1:24:58] of Living.

[1:25:02] So with that see no one else on

[1:25:03] the lights We do have a motion

[1:25:06] by Council member Moreno a

[1:25:06] second by Councilmember

[1:25:06] Campbell.

[1:25:09] Clerk Please call the roll I

[1:25:10] sorry of the voting system

[1:25:14] Please cast your vote That does

[1:25:18] pass unanimously 9 to 0 with

[1:25:19] Councilmember Moreno voting no

[1:25:22] in item 52.

[1:25:22] All right.

[1:25:23] We will now take up our morning

[1:25:27] discussion agenda Single item

[1:25:31] please introduce item as 502

[1:25:31] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[1:25:32] Items five two is the creation

[1:25:36] of Underground Utility District

[1:25:37] for North Claremont six l

[1:25:39] Hamish Alameda for x and 4x1

[1:25:40] and Barrio Logan eight h in

[1:25:40] Kensington 3cc1 and

[1:25:44] the adoption of the final

[1:25:45] mitigated negative declaration

[1:25:48] project number (595)959-4590.

[1:25:49] If you'd like to speak on this

[1:25:53] item please be sure to submit

[1:25:54] Your speaker slips to the high

[1:25:55] lectern and or raise your hand

[1:25:58] by pressing star nine or

[1:25:59] the raise your hand icon.

[1:25:59] >> Thank you very much.

[1:26:02] All right staff as you settle

[1:26:03] in, introduce yourselves for

[1:26:03] the record and let us know how

[1:26:04] much time you need for

[1:26:07] the presentation.

[1:26:08] Good morning, Chelsea Cletus,

[1:26:08] deputy director in

[1:26:12] the Transportation Department.

[1:26:13] With me is Jim Nibong,

[1:26:14] assistant deputy director with

[1:26:16] the utility undergrounding

[1:26:16] Program.

[1:26:17] We will need six minutes for

[1:26:18] our presentation.

[1:26:18] All right.

[1:26:18] Please proceed.

[1:26:21] Thank you very much.

[1:26:22] Today we are bringing forward

[1:26:26] the creation of districts for

[1:26:31] five project areas.

[1:26:32] >> a high level overview of

[1:26:33] this four part process includes

[1:26:36] today our first hearing where

[1:26:37] council will be taking action

[1:26:42] to vote whether or not to hold

[1:26:42] a notice to public hearing for

[1:26:43] these districts.

[1:26:46] Step two which is mailing

[1:26:47] notices to residents and

[1:26:50] utilities.

[1:26:51] The third step is a public

[1:26:56] hearing and the fourth step is

[1:26:56] the approval to dig a slightly

[1:27:00] deeper.

[1:27:01] Today is an opportunity to take

[1:27:06] action that sets a notice to

[1:27:06] hearing to determine that

[1:27:07] district creation is in

[1:27:10] the public's best interest.

[1:27:11] Our goal is to have this set

[1:27:14] four weeks from today FEBRUARY

[1:27:15] 25th, 2025.

[1:27:19] If that action is taken today,

[1:27:20] our next step is to follow

[1:27:24] the public hearing process to

[1:27:24] send emails, mail notices to

[1:27:28] utility owners and property

[1:27:29] owners in these areas.

[1:27:33] The third step is to have

[1:27:38] the notice to public hearing

[1:27:38] where council can find and

[1:27:39] determine that the creation of

[1:27:43] those districts is in

[1:27:43] the general public interest.

[1:27:47] It will also look at the secret

[1:27:48] documentation to approve

[1:27:49] mitigated negative declaration

[1:27:52] as well as notice of exemption

[1:27:53] for these items and then per

[1:27:58] the city's undergrounding

[1:27:58] utilities procedural ordinance.

[1:28:02] It will assign responsibility

[1:28:03] so the creation of these

[1:28:03] districts then assigns

[1:28:07] responsibilities to utility

[1:28:07] companies to convert their

[1:28:08] overhead lines to underground

[1:28:12] facilities.

[1:28:13] It also puts responsibility on

[1:28:13] property owners to either

[1:28:17] cooperate with the city to

[1:28:22] convert service connections or

[1:28:22] to self perform those service

[1:28:23] connections.

[1:28:27] And then once those items are

[1:28:28] approved we will be able to

[1:28:28] move forward with notice to

[1:28:31] proceed design, construct,

[1:28:32] construction etc. And this is a

[1:28:36] high level map of the locations

[1:28:37] of the five districts we are

[1:28:41] proposing to sort of get a

[1:28:42] little bit more granular.

[1:28:46] We have six ell North Claremont

[1:28:47] in Council District two we have

[1:28:51] both for x as well as 4x1 in

[1:28:51] council district four.

[1:28:56] We have Project eight h which

[1:28:59] is in Council District eight

[1:29:00] and Project three cc one and

[1:29:06] Council District nine.

[1:29:07] To reiterate staff

[1:29:07] recommendation today is to

[1:29:11] approve a resolution to set a

[1:29:12] public hearing date to consider

[1:29:16] the formation of the subject

[1:29:19] districts on FEBRUARY 25th

[1:29:20] 2025.

[1:29:20] And with that we are happy to

[1:29:21] answer any questions.

[1:29:24] Thank you.

[1:29:25] >> All right.

[1:29:25] Thank you for the presentation.

[1:29:26] Clerk Please proceed with

[1:29:27] public comment.

[1:29:27] Thank you.

[1:29:30] Counsel PRESIDENT I will note

[1:29:31] for the record that there was

[1:29:32] one comment in favor for item

[1:29:35] as or to submitted through our

[1:29:35] e comment form and that was

[1:29:36] distributed to the council Here

[1:29:37] in council chambers we have

[1:29:39] Doreen Diaz.

[1:29:40] You'll have two minutes.

[1:29:44] Please proceed.

[1:29:45] Thank you.

[1:29:49] I am in favor of this project

[1:29:54] but I am against the p did

[1:29:59] misuse of the name of my

[1:29:59] neighborhood.

[1:30:03] There are two completely

[1:30:03] separate neighborhood.

[1:30:07] One is called Ham Russia

[1:30:12] neighborhood And across the way

[1:30:13] is Alameda neighborhood.

[1:30:17] They are not one neighborhood.

[1:30:18] I am so fed up with seeing

[1:30:22] secret report and seeing maps.

[1:30:22] COUNCILMAN Henry Foster heard

[1:30:27] this personally on SEPTEMBER

[1:30:27] 21st at the Living Well center

[1:30:31] from me as well as FEBRUARY

[1:30:31] 2024.

[1:30:36] The maps are all wrong.

[1:30:36] The Planning Department is

[1:30:41] approving reports they approved

[1:30:45] a air quality report that said

[1:30:46] the Skyline Neighborhood

[1:30:50] the Encanto Planning Committee

[1:30:51] .

[1:30:52] Well, Hamish is in the skyline

[1:30:56] Paradise Hills Planning

[1:30:56] Committee.

[1:30:57] So if the planning committee

[1:31:01] can't see mistakes such as some

[1:31:01] company spendthrift company

[1:31:05] reviewing an Encanto planning

[1:31:06] map when it's the skyline

[1:31:10] Paradise Hills planning map

[1:31:11] that's a serious problem.

[1:31:15] That means there were proving

[1:31:16] report without looking at them.

[1:31:20] So once again I am in favor of

[1:31:20] this.

[1:31:21] I strongly suggest you do a

[1:31:21] public hearing.

[1:31:25] Notice I did not hear during

[1:31:26] this presentation what the cost

[1:31:29] would be to homeowners.

[1:31:30] Yes people have wanted this

[1:31:31] undergrounding for a decade but

[1:31:35] we need to know the cost and

[1:31:35] it's going to take at least 90

[1:31:36] days probably for people to

[1:31:39] come up with money if it's

[1:31:40] going to be more than a couple

[1:31:40] hundred dollars.

[1:31:44] So we need a public notice and

[1:31:48] I will be going to every house

[1:31:48] within 300ft ensuring that they

[1:31:49] do get one.

[1:31:50] Thank you for that concluding

[1:31:53] comment.

[1:31:54] I started the five minute time

[1:31:55] we're hearing council chambers

[1:31:55] going to those participating

[1:31:56] online.

[1:31:58] We currently have five speakers

[1:31:59] starting with Lori Saldana.

[1:32:02] If you can please unmute.

[1:32:02] Yes.

[1:32:03] Can you hear me?

[1:32:03] Yes.

[1:32:07] Please proceed.

[1:32:08] >> So I'm calling about

[1:32:11] the North Claremont proposal

[1:32:12] for Block six l and I need to

[1:32:16] ask what happened to the prior

[1:32:21] block that was designated back

[1:32:22] in 2019 as Prop block 6k2 for

[1:32:26] an underground utility

[1:32:26] district.

[1:32:27] If you look at that map you'll

[1:32:28] see it's north on Appleton

[1:32:31] going northward up to the end

[1:32:32] of the north Claremont area.

[1:32:35] But the street which is

[1:32:36] bordered just to the south of

[1:32:40] that we received a notice

[1:32:41] almost six years ago of an

[1:32:42] underground utility district

[1:32:46] and nothing has been done.

[1:32:46] Now I know there was a

[1:32:47] renegotiation of the franchise.

[1:32:50] I know there was covid But in

[1:32:51] the meantime another utility

[1:32:55] district for undergrounding was

[1:32:55] announced to the south of this

[1:33:00] neighborhood and others went to

[1:33:00] the north of this neighborhood.

[1:33:01] But the one that was announced

[1:33:05] on MAY 13, 2019 in a letter to

[1:33:06] property owners saying that

[1:33:09] the block 6k2 underground

[1:33:09] utility district was going to

[1:33:14] be formed has just apparently

[1:33:19] disappeared from the process

[1:33:19] And I have reached out to

[1:33:24] the offices I went to

[1:33:24] presentations on the other

[1:33:25] districts.

[1:33:25] No one can explain where

[1:33:29] the process is so I will

[1:33:30] continue asking and showing up

[1:33:30] and requesting information.

[1:33:33] All of these neighborhoods are

[1:33:34] within a block or two of

[1:33:38] canyons and open space and it

[1:33:42] is a fire hazard to have these

[1:33:43] utilities aboveground.

[1:33:44] And for those few of us who

[1:33:47] still have maintained mature

[1:33:48] trees as part of the Urban

[1:33:52] Forestry Initiative and are

[1:33:53] doing our best to maintain them

[1:33:53] even with overhead lines it is

[1:33:57] adding a cost and a burden

[1:33:58] because of having to trim it

[1:34:02] back more often And so these

[1:34:03] are all real costs and time

[1:34:08] costs and I would appreciate an

[1:34:08] update from Jennifer Campbell's

[1:34:09] office on the status of six k

[1:34:11] to your time to you included

[1:34:12] Next is 7968 If you can please

[1:34:23] unmute Thank you The city clerk

[1:34:24] out a district three a decision

[1:34:26] in my district but I really

[1:34:30] when I saw and any in there I

[1:34:31] immediately said I want to look

[1:34:31] at this.

[1:34:36] So a couple of things I heard

[1:34:39] that there's five districts so

[1:34:40] I heard the 4x1 and the 4x2 and

[1:34:43] that makes it five So I hope

[1:34:44] that clarifies for the public

[1:34:48] how that breaks down The final

[1:34:52] mitigated negative declarations

[1:34:53] through the years.

[1:34:54] I found those things to be so

[1:34:58] important for all of you and I

[1:34:59] know you always look at them

[1:35:03] and make sure that they're

[1:35:03] kosher before you adopt them.

[1:35:07] Setting the public hearing Date

[1:35:08] I love public hearings and this

[1:35:12] is so I can even put the word

[1:35:13] out at how important this is

[1:35:13] for the public.

[1:35:14] So thank you.

[1:35:17] Thank you.

[1:35:18] No question On the core you had

[1:35:21] that wonderful chart.

[1:35:25] It was scary but there was a

[1:35:26] 191 million total of I think

[1:35:30] there were well 4 or 5 items

[1:35:31] there I saw for four districts.

[1:35:35] So when and how it did physical

[1:35:35] considerate fiscal

[1:35:38] considerations were zero not

[1:35:38] something in a year or

[1:35:39] something.

[1:35:43] When and how will the cost hit

[1:35:44] a budget So and that word

[1:35:49] estimated cost always scares me

[1:35:50] when I'm involves a big project

[1:35:50] and they're complicated and

[1:35:53] with our economic cycles God

[1:35:53] only knows what an estimated

[1:35:58] cost means.

[1:35:58] So thank you.

[1:35:59] Thank you.

[1:35:59] This is important.

[1:36:02] Thank you Department for your

[1:36:03] presentation to all Thank you.

[1:36:06] Next is David Monti.

[1:36:11] >> If you can please unmute.

[1:36:11] >> Thank you Council members.

[1:36:12] My comment is just to let

[1:36:16] the council members of this two

[1:36:17] for 89 that your staffs have a

[1:36:21] responsibility with to work

[1:36:22] with their community planning

[1:36:25] groups After the second hearing

[1:36:25] to follow the advice of

[1:36:30] the utility undergrounding

[1:36:30] the advisory committee.

[1:36:31] >> So this is not just

[1:36:35] something for the utilities in

[1:36:35] the city.

[1:36:36] >> There is some community

[1:36:36] participation as well.

[1:36:39] Thank you.

[1:36:40] Thank you.

[1:36:40] Next is John Stump.

[1:36:44] If you can please unmute maybe

[1:36:49] Thank you very much as dg and e

[1:36:50] is the most expensive utility

[1:36:54] in the nation it's the most

[1:36:55] expensive utility in the nation

[1:36:58] because the vote of this

[1:37:03] council particularly

[1:37:04] the deciding vote of COUNCILMAN

[1:37:09] Then PRESIDENT Shawn e Rivera

[1:37:09] now you've got you're proposing

[1:37:13] next I agree with all

[1:37:14] the previous speakers

[1:37:17] particularly the speaker No on

[1:37:22] footnote on the footnote you're

[1:37:23] creating special districts and

[1:37:27] you're going to associate fees.

[1:37:28] Those fees can only be used for

[1:37:32] that specific benefit, not for

[1:37:33] any assistance to the general

[1:37:37] fund.

[1:37:38] That's the law under

[1:37:38] the California Constitution.

[1:37:42] I particularly concern when you

[1:37:42] set up these special utility

[1:37:47] districts that you've granted a

[1:37:47] franchise to a company that's

[1:37:52] making that's the most

[1:37:52] expensive and is making

[1:37:56] millions in profit and paying

[1:37:57] their executives millions that

[1:38:01] now you going to tax these

[1:38:02] properties to put their lines

[1:38:07] underground when it should have

[1:38:07] been a cost absorbed by

[1:38:12] the franchise Whatever you do

[1:38:12] and it looks like you're headed

[1:38:16] down this road because people

[1:38:16] want their utilities

[1:38:21] underground to make sure that

[1:38:24] when we pay the $100 million

[1:38:25] here to underground these

[1:38:29] utilities that whatever is put

[1:38:30] into those conduits belongs to

[1:38:33] the city of San Diego.

[1:38:34] And when a future council

[1:38:39] decides to make it a public

[1:38:40] utility we don't have to pay

[1:38:40] for those wires.

[1:38:44] You had a third time.

[1:38:45] >> Thank you very much.

[1:38:45] Bye bye.

[1:38:49] Thank you.

[1:38:50] Blair Wickman As our final

[1:38:50] speaker, the financial crisis

[1:38:53] concluded There we are all

[1:38:53] right.

[1:38:54] Thank you And thanks to

[1:38:55] the words of the previous

[1:38:58] speaker, MR. Stump and nice to

[1:38:58] hear.

[1:38:59] I wish I had better depth to

[1:39:03] understand any subject Growing

[1:39:07] up in the 80s it became a free

[1:39:08] market system in how we would

[1:39:11] use and place our utility and

[1:39:12] in offer maintenance.

[1:39:16] I don't know if that was such a

[1:39:16] great idea.

[1:39:17] We've been trained up in

[1:39:21] the Bay Area to bring back, you

[1:39:22] know, city owned utilities and

[1:39:25] city managed utility.

[1:39:26] Uh, good luck What MR. Stump

[1:39:27] has offered that I think it

[1:39:31] could be a really good system

[1:39:31] if we are a very organized

[1:39:32] system if you want to practice

[1:39:35] it I think you can bring some

[1:39:35] good results.

[1:39:39] Good luck on those efforts.

[1:39:40] I'm also thankful that you are

[1:39:40] thinking of these sort of

[1:39:41] things.

[1:39:43] So grateful.

[1:39:43] Thank you.

[1:39:48] It's a way to address wildfire

[1:39:48] danger for the future that

[1:39:53] we're trying to consider ways

[1:39:54] It's it's to me I'm trying to

[1:39:55] learn It can be a combination

[1:39:58] of things of how wildfires take

[1:39:58] place And we have it can be

[1:39:59] manmade.

[1:40:02] It can be natural.

[1:40:03] We have to kind of all be

[1:40:07] responsible and on alert in our

[1:40:12] fire issues in the future.

[1:40:12] I think we could have made

[1:40:13] steps to not for things not to

[1:40:17] happen in to San Diego the way

[1:40:18] they have We have we have to

[1:40:21] want to really care and not not

[1:40:26] when in excitement we are an

[1:40:27] event like what's happening in

[1:40:27] L.A. Happens that we don't

[1:40:31] offer a copycat and so good

[1:40:31] luck how we're doing

[1:40:36] responsible good practices by

[1:40:36] undergrounding.

[1:40:37] It's a part of the system of

[1:40:41] learning and in overall care

[1:40:41] and how we practice our

[1:40:42] practices in the future that we

[1:40:46] don't want to harm each other.

[1:40:46] That has to be a reminder and

[1:40:50] that we do good government

[1:40:51] practices in the following

[1:40:51] months and don't go crazy on

[1:40:52] our practices.

[1:40:55] Thank you.

[1:40:56] >> Thank you.

[1:40:56] That does conclude public

[1:40:57] comment and items 502 All

[1:40:57] right.

[1:40:58] Thank you.

[1:41:00] Anybody that called in we'll

[1:41:00] now go to my colleagues for

[1:41:01] questions and comments

[1:41:02] entertain a motion.

[1:41:05] We'll start out with council

[1:41:05] member Elio Rivera.

[1:41:06] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[1:41:09] Thank you for the work on this.

[1:41:09] I just will note the importance

[1:41:13] of undergrounding in areas

[1:41:14] along urban canyons.

[1:41:15] The area outlined in Kensington

[1:41:19] does run very near to urban

[1:41:19] canyons and so there's a there

[1:41:23] is a legitimate safety

[1:41:24] enhancement through the that

[1:41:24] would occur through

[1:41:29] the undergrounding of these

[1:41:29] wires.

[1:41:30] So thank you for your work on

[1:41:30] this.

[1:41:31] I will move staff

[1:41:33] recommendation Council

[1:41:33] PRESIDENT All right we have a

[1:41:34] motion by council member Yellow

[1:41:38] Rivera and we'll have a second

[1:41:42] by council member Marti von

[1:41:42] Wolpert.

[1:41:47] Think about it such not seeing

[1:41:48] anybody else in lights Have a

[1:41:52] couple of questions until you

[1:41:53] all have come to

[1:41:53] the Environment Committee Over

[1:41:54] the past three years we've seen

[1:41:57] some updates.

[1:41:57] We've seen some candid

[1:41:58] conversations about

[1:42:02] the struggles a number of

[1:42:03] people spoke about like we were

[1:42:07] charging new fees or we were

[1:42:07] creating.

[1:42:11] Can you clarify that in fact

[1:42:12] this that there is not going to

[1:42:16] be any charges to the property

[1:42:16] owners in any of these

[1:42:17] districts, is that correct?

[1:42:17] Yes.

[1:42:21] Your understanding is correct.

[1:42:22] So this is funded by a

[1:42:26] surcharge which is a percentage

[1:42:26] of the utility bill that goes

[1:42:27] into the surcharge fund and

[1:42:31] that is what pays for all

[1:42:32] underground throughout

[1:42:32] the entire city.

[1:42:35] There are no new fees or cost

[1:42:36] requirements on any subject

[1:42:36] residents okay.

[1:42:37] And it's a good reminder that

[1:42:40] everybody pays that surcharge

[1:42:41] Even if your community was

[1:42:41] built with underground

[1:42:45] utilities at the get go going

[1:42:46] forward And I think the only

[1:42:50] question is if their electrical

[1:42:50] panel is substandard or not

[1:42:51] according to code that there

[1:42:55] MAY be some issues there that

[1:42:56] need to be resolved.

[1:42:56] >> Yes.

[1:42:58] To clarify that piece.

[1:43:03] >> It's not to put them to a

[1:43:03] not to do anything more than

[1:43:09] what is required by the code to

[1:43:09] bring it up to standard And and

[1:43:12] I know that there has been some

[1:43:13] communication problems in

[1:43:17] the past by folks understanding

[1:43:18] what today's action would mean

[1:43:23] So one presumes that you come

[1:43:24] back in a week excuse me in a

[1:43:25] month and this is going to be

[1:43:27] adopted by the council.

[1:43:28] When would people actually see

[1:43:32] folks on the ground and

[1:43:33] starting the undergrounding

[1:43:33] process 2025 right now?

[1:43:37] Yeah, that's a great question.

[1:43:38] So as you know council

[1:43:42] PRESIDENT These projects are

[1:43:43] large infrastructure community

[1:43:46] improvement projects that span

[1:43:47] 5 to 7 years sometimes.

[1:43:50] So once we come back and

[1:43:51] council takes the action to

[1:43:51] approve these districts that

[1:43:56] will then allow us to go to

[1:44:00] into a notice to proceed then

[1:44:01] we do base maps etc. After all

[1:44:04] that data is completed we have

[1:44:05] a design portion that can

[1:44:09] sometimes sometimes take up to

[1:44:10] one year to 18 months to

[1:44:12] complete during that time at

[1:44:13] around 60% we have a community

[1:44:17] forum so that is one area that

[1:44:18] we are we improve for getting

[1:44:21] the community's input.

[1:44:22] After that we go into a

[1:44:26] construction time frame and

[1:44:26] after all the design is

[1:44:27] completed we do another public

[1:44:31] forum for for construction and

[1:44:32] construction can last depending

[1:44:36] on the phase anywhere where

[1:44:36] between 1 and 4 years including

[1:44:41] the very last section which is

[1:44:42] after the polls come down and

[1:44:42] all of the wires have been

[1:44:46] underground it we do community

[1:44:47] improvement So things like

[1:44:50] paving the road curb cut outs,

[1:44:50] tree planting and then we

[1:44:51] upgrade any kind of

[1:44:55] streetlights that are

[1:44:55] necessary.

[1:44:56] So when something comes before

[1:45:00] this body to approve to be

[1:45:00] approved, there are it goes

[1:45:05] into a lot of design for

[1:45:05] several years So people might

[1:45:10] not see, you know, actual

[1:45:10] the ground actually being

[1:45:11] trenched for several years.

[1:45:15] I will also add that my staff

[1:45:16] because of these communication

[1:45:20] struggles in the past I have

[1:45:21] staff that were directed to

[1:45:25] look at the overall customer

[1:45:25] journey and how many current

[1:45:26] touches we have during that

[1:45:30] customer journey.

[1:45:31] We found a good chunk of

[1:45:34] communication upfront but not a

[1:45:35] lot of communication during

[1:45:35] construction So we've

[1:45:39] identified those gaps and staff

[1:45:40] are currently developing

[1:45:40] additional communications so we

[1:45:44] can make sure that residents

[1:45:45] are more up to date more

[1:45:45] frequently.

[1:45:49] >> All right.

[1:45:50] I think key thing I think for

[1:45:53] anybody listening and this is

[1:45:54] we're talking several years

[1:45:58] going forward and you know, to

[1:45:59] be blunt, it's hard for me to

[1:46:03] support this item given how

[1:46:04] many projects that are actually

[1:46:05] construction ready that are

[1:46:08] just kind of stuck and not

[1:46:09] moving forward.

[1:46:10] Certainly some in my district

[1:46:13] perhaps and others others that

[1:46:14] are already in the design queue

[1:46:18] and we don't seem to have

[1:46:19] the ability and I'm not going

[1:46:23] to point fingers about who to

[1:46:24] blame and except maybe to blame

[1:46:27] everybody in the whole system

[1:46:28] And the way we do this what was

[1:46:29] originally an ambitious ideas

[1:46:32] but given the funding that we

[1:46:33] actually generate through our

[1:46:34] surcharge process and

[1:46:38] the dramatic increase in costs

[1:46:38] in delivering these you know, I

[1:46:39] think there's some serious

[1:46:42] questions about whether

[1:46:43] the dollars are there to even

[1:46:44] fund the ones that are in

[1:46:47] the queue already.

[1:46:48] And so I would hope that

[1:46:51] Councilmember Rivera would

[1:46:52] schedule at the Environment

[1:46:53] Committee an update on utility

[1:46:57] undergrounding to actually wrap

[1:46:57] our head around And it's hard

[1:47:01] for me to go back to my

[1:47:02] constituents and say we're

[1:47:02] already in the queue.

[1:47:06] We're not making any progress.

[1:47:07] Why do you keep creating new

[1:47:08] districts, diverting staff

[1:47:12] time, taking precious dollars

[1:47:12] away, creating new ones when

[1:47:13] you can't get the old ones done

[1:47:15] And I'm you know I'm not trying

[1:47:20] to single you out on this And I

[1:47:21] think both of you know where I

[1:47:25] come from on this but I think

[1:47:25] we need to think differently

[1:47:26] ometer And I know we change

[1:47:27] some of the priorities of which

[1:47:30] districts get identified

[1:47:30] through the through

[1:47:34] the agreements with city Jane

[1:47:35] and utility companies but I'm

[1:47:36] going to register a no vote on

[1:47:39] this just to kind of put an

[1:47:40] exclamation point on this so

[1:47:44] that we can come back and

[1:47:44] figure out what we're going to

[1:47:45] do and how we're actually going

[1:47:49] to show that we can deliver for

[1:47:49] all the dollars that we've

[1:47:50] collected which actually still

[1:47:51] very little when you really

[1:47:54] total it all up.

[1:47:55] But I know my constituents are

[1:47:55] not going to be particularly

[1:47:59] happy that we're identifying

[1:47:59] brand new districts and it's

[1:48:00] not the location of

[1:48:00] the districts.

[1:48:01] It's just let's get the ones

[1:48:04] that are already on the books

[1:48:04] done.

[1:48:09] So with that we have a motion

[1:48:09] by council member council

[1:48:10] member Eli Rivera, a second by

[1:48:12] council member Yvonne Wolpert.

[1:48:18] >> Please call the clerk or two

[1:48:19] The vote is just on Please cast

[1:48:19] your vote.

[1:48:24] Oh you can change and that

[1:48:29] passes 8 to 1 with Council

[1:48:30] PRESIDENT LaCava voting no.

[1:48:34] >> All right with that we'll

[1:48:35] take up non agenda public

[1:48:36] comment The council members

[1:48:38] respect and appreciate

[1:48:39] the public input and are fully

[1:48:39] committed to protecting every

[1:48:40] participant's free speech

[1:48:43] rights at Council and committee

[1:48:44] meetings.

[1:48:44] Clerk Please proceed with

[1:48:48] public comment.

[1:48:49] Thank you.

[1:48:50] Council PRESIDENT Pearl 2.7 on

[1:48:50] general public comment is an

[1:48:51] opportunity for members of

[1:48:53] the public to comment on items

[1:48:54] that are not on the agenda but

[1:48:55] within the subject matter

[1:48:55] jurisdiction of the City

[1:48:55] Council.

[1:48:58] Each speaker will have two

[1:48:58] minutes.

[1:48:59] Please note if there are eight

[1:49:00] or more speakers on a single

[1:49:02] topic the maximum time for

[1:49:03] the topic will be 16 minutes.

[1:49:04] If you are in chambers please

[1:49:04] limit your speaker slip If

[1:49:07] you're joining us virtually

[1:49:08] please raise your hand by

[1:49:09] tapping the raise your hand

[1:49:11] icon or if you are calling

[1:49:12] participant Star nine Doreen

[1:49:20] I'd like to come up Yes, thank

[1:49:21] you.

[1:49:21] I would like to remind

[1:49:25] everybody here that this

[1:49:26] council, whether you were

[1:49:30] PRESIDENT Or not, has had many

[1:49:31] grand jury findings due to lack

[1:49:34] of accountability, due to lack

[1:49:39] of transparency and in fact

[1:49:40] the one council policy that was

[1:49:43] demanded to be created 000 dash

[1:49:48] 33 and 32 isn't even being

[1:49:52] complied with because it says

[1:49:53] every two years and the two

[1:49:56] years expired DECEMBER 16th,

[1:49:57] 2024 there's supposed to be

[1:49:58] community input which should

[1:50:02] have started last JULY and and

[1:50:03] it should have been done in

[1:50:07] OCTOBER for a new vote in

[1:50:07] DECEMBER.

[1:50:08] So we need this council to

[1:50:12] actually try to stop following

[1:50:12] council policies.

[1:50:20] I submitted a ten page memo on

[1:50:21] a lot of inequities that are

[1:50:26] occurring within District four.

[1:50:30] We do we have homes built 1930

[1:50:30] 1940.

[1:50:31] We have some of the oldest

[1:50:31] homes in the city.

[1:50:36] We have military barracks that

[1:50:37] were turned into homes in image

[1:50:40] are there is lack of

[1:50:41] transportation and considering

[1:50:44] here Mazar I a transit priority

[1:50:45] area is blatant fraud.

[1:50:49] We do not have bus rapid

[1:50:50] transportation You would have

[1:50:50] to do eminent domain on at

[1:50:54] least a hundred homes before

[1:50:55] you could ever get rapid which

[1:50:58] defeats the purpose that

[1:50:59] the purpose of sb nine once

[1:51:03] again the homeowner act it was

[1:51:03] not supposed to be for

[1:51:04] investors and developers and

[1:51:08] Mayor Tory is friends.

[1:51:09] It was supposed to be for

[1:51:12] homeowners and sb nine is

[1:51:13] supported But this council

[1:51:17] policy with mobility choice

[1:51:18] sustainable development is not.

[1:51:21] >> Thank you.

[1:51:22] Thank you for that concluding

[1:51:23] comment.

[1:51:23] I thank you for your time for

[1:51:27] coming to the mlk I'm sorry

[1:51:28] the five minute timer I'm going

[1:51:28] to those participating online.

[1:51:30] We currently have nine speakers

[1:51:31] in the queue starting with

[1:51:35] Terri and Skelly.

[1:51:36] >> Good morning City Council

[1:51:40] members PRESIDENT Joe LaCava My

[1:51:41] name is Terrence Skelly.

[1:51:42] I'm a parent, a public health

[1:51:42] educator and a planning group

[1:51:46] attendee Recently DR. On It

[1:51:47] Live an emergency room and

[1:51:50] addiction medicine specialist

[1:51:51] provided a presentation

[1:51:51] entitled and I quote It's just

[1:51:55] pot What's the problem?

[1:51:56] And quote This presentation was

[1:51:57] appropriate for teens their

[1:52:00] parents, public health

[1:52:01] educators and legislators that

[1:52:05] care about the young people of

[1:52:06] their city And you can also

[1:52:09] watch it on YouTube, She begins

[1:52:10] by explaining that as an

[1:52:10] emergency room doctor in San

[1:52:14] Diego she was gravely,

[1:52:15] personally and professionally

[1:52:16] dismayed that there are there

[1:52:20] was a 690% increase in

[1:52:20] emergency room visits where

[1:52:24] the primary diagnosis was

[1:52:29] associated with marijuana.

[1:52:30] This equates to 37 cases a day

[1:52:31] on average at the county's

[1:52:34] hospital.

[1:52:35] Imagine the costs of

[1:52:36] the parents, their families,

[1:52:39] employers to the medical staff

[1:52:39] perhaps even to the police

[1:52:40] department.

[1:52:43] 17% of all adult smoking pot

[1:52:44] are clinically diagnosed with

[1:52:47] cannabis syndrome disorder.

[1:52:51] Among daily users it raises to

[1:52:52] 50% And DR. Love described

[1:52:53] the misery of cannabis

[1:52:56] withdrawal including sweating,

[1:53:01] tremors, sleeplessness, severe

[1:53:02] agitation and depression.

[1:53:03] >> And why do I mention this

[1:53:06] today the city council and

[1:53:06] others are looking at what

[1:53:11] causes the expenditures to our

[1:53:11] city services.

[1:53:16] Certainly marijuana and drug

[1:53:16] use should be at the top of

[1:53:17] everyone's list.

[1:53:21] Thank you for hearing my

[1:53:21] concerns this morning.

[1:53:22] >> Thank you.

[1:53:22] Next is Becky Rapp.

[1:53:30] If you can please unmute.

[1:53:30] Hello Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[1:53:35] and council members My name is

[1:53:35] Becky Rapp and I'm here today

[1:53:36] to bring to your attention a

[1:53:40] statement released by the Drug

[1:53:41] Enforcement Administration.

[1:53:44] Derek Marks the new interim

[1:53:45] administrator of the dea has

[1:53:46] brought attention to

[1:53:49] the damaging effects marijuana

[1:53:50] is having on our young people.

[1:53:51] Balch recognizes that updated

[1:53:54] research has indicated that

[1:53:55] the high potency thc marijuana

[1:53:55] is causing increased health

[1:53:59] risks particularly with

[1:54:00] the mental health of young

[1:54:00] people increasing

[1:54:04] the likelihood of volatile and

[1:54:04] violent behaviors.

[1:54:05] He stated I quote Obsessive pot

[1:54:09] smoking is associated with

[1:54:10] school shootings and that

[1:54:10] politics have been placed over

[1:54:14] public safety.

[1:54:15] The dea stated that the average

[1:54:19] percentage of thc which is

[1:54:20] the psychoactive cannabinoid in

[1:54:20] marijuana known for giving

[1:54:23] users a quote high feeling has

[1:54:24] been steadily increasing and

[1:54:28] reached an all time high

[1:54:29] significantly increasing

[1:54:29] the mental health problems of

[1:54:30] millions of Americans.

[1:54:33] The dea is concerned that their

[1:54:34] updated research is not getting

[1:54:35] the attention it deserves.

[1:54:39] I would suggest that the city

[1:54:39] request a detailed presentation

[1:54:40] from the county's health and

[1:54:43] Human Services Agency providing

[1:54:44] a detailed scientific analysis

[1:54:47] of the health risks surrounding

[1:54:48] high potency thc that is

[1:54:48] available today.

[1:54:52] This information should be

[1:54:53] publicly acknowledged as it's

[1:54:54] time to put people over

[1:54:54] profits.

[1:54:58] Following the lead of the dea

[1:55:03] and director Mouth thank you.

[1:55:03] Thank you.

[1:55:04] Next is 7968 If you can please

[1:55:08] unmute and thank you.

[1:55:13] >> Third point page tracing out

[1:55:13] of district three.

[1:55:17] I can't get my mind and my

[1:55:17] heart off of that.

[1:55:21] The most increase in crime was

[1:55:22] in hate crimes.

[1:55:26] So I spent some time one

[1:55:27] evening googling it and I want

[1:55:32] to share this with you.

[1:55:33] Mostly that is quote What are

[1:55:37] the root cause of hate?

[1:55:41] Hate is based in issues of

[1:55:42] power and control.

[1:55:46] Hate comes from the idea that

[1:55:47] certain people can and should

[1:55:51] have power and control over

[1:55:51] others.

[1:55:55] These ideas come from our

[1:55:56] history with certain people

[1:56:01] took power over others.

[1:56:01] This is my example.

[1:56:05] Native Americans who wanted

[1:56:06] their land, their resources and

[1:56:15] so forth also included on

[1:56:16] Google was their top five

[1:56:20] states in regards to hate

[1:56:20] crimes.

[1:56:21] >> Guess who's at the top?

[1:56:25] California.

[1:56:25] 1970 and 2023.

[1:56:29] New Jersey is second.

[1:56:30] New York is third.

[1:56:31] Washington is fourth.

[1:56:34] And Massachusetts is five.

[1:56:39] So here are my final comments

[1:56:40] on this And I'm continuing to

[1:56:40] do my own personal work on this

[1:56:44] And what can I do Shed our very

[1:56:49] old outdated skin.

[1:56:50] Like the year of the snake.

[1:56:54] Let's join together and do much

[1:56:55] more and remember these words

[1:56:59] which I have said time and time

[1:57:00] again through the years to all

[1:57:00] of you.

[1:57:01] We are all biased.

[1:57:04] We are all flawed.

[1:57:09] We are all wounded and we all

[1:57:09] bleed red.

[1:57:10] Thank you so much for

[1:57:11] listening.

[1:57:14] Let's join together and do my

[1:57:14] apologies.

[1:57:15] >> Your time has concluded.

[1:57:18] John Stump if you can please

[1:57:19] unmute.

[1:57:19] I also know that the five

[1:57:20] minute timer has concluded

[1:57:21] there are seven speakers in

[1:57:21] the queue and no additional

[1:57:27] speakers will be taken.

[1:57:27] >> Thank you very much for

[1:57:28] the presentation again by MRS.

[1:57:28] Doreen.

[1:57:32] I too am No one Footnote seven.

[1:57:36] Counsel Thank you Council

[1:57:37] Member PRESIDENT LaCava for

[1:57:42] being a ceremonial no vote on

[1:57:42] this surcharge.

[1:57:47] You know we are calling it a

[1:57:47] surcharge.

[1:57:48] And as he said everybody is

[1:57:53] paying it.

[1:57:58] But that's just a scheme around

[1:58:03] the Constitution and it is

[1:58:04] something that the city council

[1:58:08] led by COUNCILMAN Sean Eli

[1:58:13] Rivera impose on

[1:58:13] the population.

[1:58:18] So they're going to surcharge

[1:58:18] It's being charged as

[1:58:22] COUNCILMAN LaCava said to

[1:58:23] everybody but the benefit is

[1:58:28] going to be selective really

[1:58:28] distributed.

[1:58:32] COUNCILMAN Shani Le Rivera is

[1:58:33] going to put the benefit as a

[1:58:38] priority in the richest

[1:58:42] neighborhood in his district.

[1:58:43] Now a poor neighborhood in City

[1:58:43] Heights.

[1:58:47] My neighborhood isn't included

[1:58:48] or prioritized.

[1:58:52] I guess you know, when you

[1:58:57] become a elected official and

[1:58:58] no longer are campaigning for

[1:59:02] the people, you start to give

[1:59:09] the rich the greatest benefit.

[1:59:13] Please stop trying to solve

[1:59:14] your budget problems by putting

[1:59:19] more taxes, more fees onto

[1:59:19] the population.

[1:59:24] Start eliminating taxes and

[1:59:24] fees.

[1:59:25] Make That's how you make it

[1:59:25] affordable.

[1:59:28] Thank you very much.

[1:59:29] >> Thank you.

[1:59:30] Next is Devin If you can please

[1:59:33] unmute.

[1:59:33] Hi.

[1:59:34] Thank you for allowing me

[1:59:38] the opportunity to speak today

[1:59:38] .

[1:59:39] I come before you with concerns

[1:59:39] about the rapidly growing

[1:59:40] cannabis market and

[1:59:43] the increasing normalization of

[1:59:44] vaping products both of which

[1:59:45] are having harmful effects on

[1:59:48] our community particularly our

[1:59:48] youth.

[1:59:49] Recent data shows that more

[1:59:53] than half of cannabis sales

[1:59:54] come from just 20% of

[1:59:54] customers.

[1:59:58] We're also seeing an alarming

[1:59:59] rise in the use of vapes and

[1:59:59] concentrates.

[2:00:02] In fact vapes now account for

[2:00:03] 25% of cannabis sales

[2:00:07] nationwide and last year for

[2:00:07] the first time vape sales

[2:00:08] surpassed flower sales among

[2:00:12] Gen-z.

[2:00:13] This is deeply concerning

[2:00:16] vaping especially among young

[2:00:17] people poses significant health

[2:00:17] risks.

[2:00:18] The long term effects of

[2:00:21] inhaling concentrated cannabis

[2:00:22] oils and other chemicals are

[2:00:26] still largely unknown but early

[2:00:27] research shows they could

[2:00:27] include lung damage, mental

[2:00:30] health issues and a higher

[2:00:31] likelihood of addiction.

[2:00:32] These products are not only

[2:00:36] more potent but also more

[2:00:36] discreet making it easier for

[2:00:37] minors to access and use them

[2:00:40] without detection.

[2:00:41] We know that the developing

[2:00:42] brains of teenagers are

[2:00:46] particularly vulnerable to

[2:00:46] the addictive properties of

[2:00:47] cannabis and nicotine And these

[2:00:50] products especially in high

[2:00:51] concentrations pose serious

[2:00:52] risks to their future health

[2:00:55] and well-being.

[2:00:56] I urge this Council to consider

[2:00:59] the long term implications of

[2:01:00] this growing industry.

[2:01:00] We must prioritize public

[2:01:04] health and protect our youth by

[2:01:05] enacting stricter regulations

[2:01:06] on cannabis products and vaping

[2:01:10] including limitations on high

[2:01:10] potency offerings and better

[2:01:15] enforcement of age restrictions

[2:01:15] .

[2:01:16] Thank you for your time and

[2:01:16] consideration.

[2:01:17] Thank you.

[2:01:17] Next suspect Peggy Walker.

[2:01:22] If you can please unmute.

[2:01:22] >> Good morning.

[2:01:27] That's a youth health advocate

[2:01:27] .

[2:01:28] I came today to draw attention

[2:01:31] to statements meant to diminish

[2:01:32] the known harms of marijuana.

[2:01:34] Comments to this Council

[2:01:35] regarding the 2024 monitoring

[2:01:36] The Futures survey suggest

[2:01:41] marijuana use by high schoolers

[2:01:41] has not increased.

[2:01:45] The real story, however, is

[2:01:46] that the surveys show that

[2:01:46] youth rates are substantial

[2:01:49] like nearly 30% of 12th graders

[2:01:50] reporting past year use.

[2:01:54] The survey also showed 43% of

[2:01:55] those age 19 to 30 reporting

[2:01:59] cannabis use a 40 year record

[2:02:00] high for young adults.

[2:02:04] Speaking to this, DR. Jesse

[2:02:05] Brinkley, professor of

[2:02:05] psychiatry and addiction

[2:02:09] specialist at University of

[2:02:10] Colorado stated in the journal

[2:02:14] Psychiatry News that this is a

[2:02:15] population at risk.

[2:02:18] At age 18 our brains do not

[2:02:19] magically flip a switch and

[2:02:23] finish developing the extent of

[2:02:24] expanded legalization cannabis

[2:02:29] product offering and increased

[2:02:29] potency.

[2:02:29] Hinckley warned those

[2:02:33] unprecedented exposure to young

[2:02:34] people during a critical period

[2:02:38] of brain development.

[2:02:39] Studies by Hinckley found

[2:02:43] mounting evidence marijuana is

[2:02:44] fueling depression and suicide

[2:02:44] among youth.

[2:02:48] He found out lessened marijuana

[2:02:49] users nearly two and a half

[2:02:49] times more likely to be

[2:02:52] addicted to it And a half times

[2:02:53] more likely to have a major

[2:02:56] depressive episode and four

[2:02:57] times more likely to attempt

[2:02:57] suicide.

[2:03:01] And so I suggest data showing

[2:03:02] 30% of high school seniors

[2:03:06] using cannabis is very serious

[2:03:07] feeling substantial health

[2:03:08] problems and mental health

[2:03:08] risks.

[2:03:12] Thank you for your time.

[2:03:13] Thank you.

[2:03:16] Megan if you can please unmute

[2:03:16] .

[2:03:17] >> Thank you.

[2:03:18] Good morning Council members.

[2:03:18] Thank you for the opportunity

[2:03:21] to speak today.

[2:03:21] My name is Megan Stewart and

[2:03:22] I'm here to address a critical

[2:03:26] issue regarding public health

[2:03:26] and the opportunity we have to

[2:03:27] make proactive decisions.

[2:03:31] A recent article drafted by a

[2:03:32] physician and a public health

[2:03:32] professional highlighted

[2:03:36] the well documented link

[2:03:36] between alcohol and cancer.

[2:03:37] Identifying it as a leading

[2:03:41] preventable cause of seven

[2:03:41] types of cancer including,

[2:03:45] colon and liver cancers.

[2:03:45] Yet public awareness of this

[2:03:46] fact is alarmingly low.

[2:03:50] Only 45% of Americans know

[2:03:51] the simple fact that alcohol

[2:03:55] increases cancer risk.

[2:03:55] The alcohol industry has long

[2:03:58] normalized its presence in our

[2:03:59] culture from professional

[2:04:00] events to fundraisers.

[2:04:04] Even those focused on health.

[2:04:04] It's been so effective that we

[2:04:05] rarely question

[2:04:06] the consequences of promoting

[2:04:09] and consuming this toxin.

[2:04:09] And now we are paying

[2:04:10] the consequence as it causes

[2:04:13] nearly 100,000 cancer cases and

[2:04:14] 20,000 deaths annually in

[2:04:19] the U.S..

[2:04:20] We are at the early stages of

[2:04:20] the marijuana industry's growth

[2:04:23] and it is a sure to follow

[2:04:24] the same path as alcohol if we

[2:04:24] do not act now.

[2:04:28] The marijuana industry like big

[2:04:29] alcohol has immense lobbying

[2:04:29] power and the ability to shape

[2:04:33] public perception often

[2:04:34] downplaying risks to health and

[2:04:37] safety for the sake of profit.

[2:04:38] We can already see the signs as

[2:04:38] marijuana is being marketed as

[2:04:42] harmless or even health

[2:04:42] positive product.

[2:04:43] Just as alcohol once was.

[2:04:47] It's important to recognize

[2:04:48] that we don't have to wait

[2:04:48] decades to acknowledge

[2:04:49] the consequences.

[2:04:49] This Council has

[2:04:52] the opportunity to enact

[2:04:53] policies that prioritize public

[2:04:54] health by limiting advertising,

[2:04:57] regulating access and promoting

[2:04:58] public education about

[2:04:58] the risks of marijuana use.

[2:05:03] Thanks so much.

[2:05:03] >> Thank you.

[2:05:04] Blair Beckman If you can please

[2:05:08] unmute then I'll be Lori

[2:05:08] Saldana and Judy Strang and

[2:05:11] they'll be up.

[2:05:12] >> All right.

[2:05:12] Thank you.

[2:05:13] We're big fans.

[2:05:17] Thank Philharmonie Many thanks

[2:05:18] to the words of MR. Stump

[2:05:18] again.

[2:05:22] Yeah, I spoke yesterday on I

[2:05:25] think property owners they have

[2:05:26] kind of a certain

[2:05:27] responsibility to help and

[2:05:27] the picture of you know, our

[2:05:31] revenue issues in San Diego.

[2:05:35] I think they if you live in a

[2:05:36] house you have a lot of money

[2:05:37] basically.

[2:05:41] But it is with that that you

[2:05:41] know continual tax burdens on

[2:05:44] them is difficult because look

[2:05:45] how to address that I think

[2:05:46] there can be small increases in

[2:05:50] property tax to be of help.

[2:05:55] But these things that up and

[2:05:56] the underground wiring add to

[2:05:56] that thank you MR. Stamps work

[2:05:59] to really work on equitable

[2:06:00] distribution That's a really

[2:06:05] important concept and what to

[2:06:06] do with tax money on projects

[2:06:06] there's lots and working on San

[2:06:11] Diego and possibly working on

[2:06:11] sidewalk at the stay the same

[2:06:14] way sidewalk you work at

[2:06:14] the same I don't know

[2:06:19] forgiveness pattern that we

[2:06:20] built just an expectation that

[2:06:20] they pay for the majority of

[2:06:26] sidewalk they have working

[2:06:27] those efforts But that said I'm

[2:06:28] still working on my tech issues

[2:06:33] the lot you know the future of

[2:06:33] a called a quick check basement

[2:06:38] and removal of tech There's a

[2:06:39] district going on with

[2:06:43] the Hillcrest lgbt q Festival

[2:06:43] of JULY 2024.

[2:06:48] It's gone to court over

[2:06:48] the future of tech placement

[2:06:49] issues and exigent

[2:06:52] circumstances Quick tech

[2:06:53] placement and removal program

[2:06:54] can really help address

[2:06:57] the issue If you're not already

[2:06:57] addressing them It can be a

[2:07:02] really good guy that they're

[2:07:02] learning themselves.

[2:07:03] The name comes down in better

[2:07:04] practices and better exigent

[2:07:07] circumstance.

[2:07:08] The process could work to how

[2:07:09] This can be an open

[2:07:13] conversation coming up in in so

[2:07:13] if you're not already doing it

[2:07:15] thank you thank you Laurie

[2:07:16] Saldana if you can please

[2:07:20] unmute.

[2:07:21] Yes Can you hear me?

[2:07:21] Yes.

[2:07:21] Please proceed.

[2:07:25] Thank you so a reminder that

[2:07:25] the statement made by

[2:07:26] the council PRESIDENT At

[2:07:27] the start of every public

[2:07:30] comment session is the result

[2:07:31] of lawsuits filed on behalf of

[2:07:34] San Diegans who have their

[2:07:35] right to speak and address this

[2:07:39] Council violated on multiple

[2:07:39] occasions over the last several

[2:07:40] years both a Bill of Rights and

[2:07:41] the state's Brown Act

[2:07:44] guarantees that the public has

[2:07:45] a right to address elected

[2:07:46] officials both for a redress of

[2:07:49] grievances and also to voice

[2:07:50] agreement.

[2:07:50] And the council and Mayor have

[2:07:54] done a great job of recruiting

[2:07:55] people who agree with them to

[2:07:55] attend council meetings, wave

[2:07:59] signs and speak in support of

[2:08:00] things like mega shelters and

[2:08:04] raising regressive fees that

[2:08:05] disproportionately harm low

[2:08:05] income families.

[2:08:08] So that is their right, that is

[2:08:09] their strategy.

[2:08:09] We understand that.

[2:08:10] But what's disappointing is

[2:08:14] that after some of us do voice

[2:08:14] our disagreements whether it's

[2:08:18] development projects or poor or

[2:08:19] other issues that the council

[2:08:22] members then show a level of

[2:08:23] contempt and disrespect that

[2:08:24] has been showing up in recent

[2:08:27] weeks.

[2:08:28] There is a culture of contempt

[2:08:29] that is emerging in this

[2:08:33] country And I want to say that

[2:08:36] as one person who has served in

[2:08:37] elected office who has been

[2:08:37] threatened and had to have

[2:08:41] armed escort support time

[2:08:42] because of people who disagreed

[2:08:42] with legislation that I

[2:08:46] introduced, I understand

[2:08:47] the tendency to be protective

[2:08:48] But what I don't understand is

[2:08:52] why people would resort to name

[2:08:52] calling and insults against

[2:08:57] people who are doing their best

[2:08:57] to participate as volunteers,

[2:09:02] as people who are not paid as

[2:09:03] generously as you all are to

[2:09:07] attend these council meetings.

[2:09:07] So please keep that in mind as

[2:09:11] we go through this year and do

[2:09:11] your best to avoid descending

[2:09:12] into this culture of contempt

[2:09:16] and disrespect that we see

[2:09:16] emerging in too many other

[2:09:21] places around the country.

[2:09:21] Thank you, Judy Strain your

[2:09:22] final speaker.

[2:09:24] Please unmute.

[2:09:25] >> Good afternoon San Diego

[2:09:30] City Council Judy Strang here I

[2:09:31] came to report on the Board of

[2:09:35] Supervisors meeting this

[2:09:35] morning particularly consent

[2:09:39] item number one the added

[2:09:44] funding for the age group 18 to

[2:09:45] 25 that are in foster care to

[2:09:49] assist them for at least three

[2:09:50] more years with transitional

[2:09:50] housing.

[2:09:51] This is an age group that means

[2:09:54] a great deal to me as the bulk

[2:09:55] of my grandchildren are in that

[2:09:58] age range and I have watched

[2:09:59] that transition.

[2:10:03] I think it's out of childhood

[2:10:03] if you would And I think it's

[2:10:07] important to remember that

[2:10:08] depending on the year 50% of

[2:10:08] our eight year olds are still

[2:10:09] in high school.

[2:10:12] So it is an age group about

[2:10:13] which we have grave concern.

[2:10:17] So I much appreciate the news

[2:10:18] that the city of San Diego is

[2:10:18] launching their new initiative

[2:10:22] a Child and teen friendly city

[2:10:23] not a moment too soon And I

[2:10:27] hope that as you think about

[2:10:28] teens that she'll extend that

[2:10:32] teen boundary because that 18

[2:10:33] to 25 year old age range needs

[2:10:36] you They are the age group that

[2:10:37] the industries of addiction

[2:10:41] target be they tobacco stores,

[2:10:46] alcohol outlets or marijuana

[2:10:47] store fronts And we need to

[2:10:48] look carefully at the role they

[2:10:51] play and diverting our young

[2:10:52] people in a pathway that would

[2:10:55] make them more successful and

[2:10:56] not encourage that

[2:10:56] proliferation or more

[2:11:00] particularly normalize it by

[2:11:01] what we see in our billboards

[2:11:02] on our roadways.

[2:11:06] So thank you City going forward

[2:11:06] let's take a new look at those

[2:11:07] billboards.

[2:11:11] It's not what I would call a

[2:11:11] child and teen friendly city to

[2:11:15] have them looming over our

[2:11:16] Highway five and 15.

[2:11:21] Thank you.

[2:11:21] >> Thank you.

[2:11:22] That concludes on general

[2:11:23] public comment for today.

[2:11:23] All right.

[2:11:24] Thank you everybody that called

[2:11:25] in.

[2:11:25] We will now adjourn for

[2:11:26] the noon recess and reconvene

[2:11:29] open session at 2 P.M. Or

[2:12:24] shortly thereafter and not

[2:12:24] the.

[2:12:24] All right.

[2:12:31] We're going to get started.

[2:12:32] >> Good afternoon.

[2:12:32] I will now reconvene the city

[2:12:33] council meeting of Tuesday,

[2:12:36] JANUARY 28th, 2025.

[2:12:37] >> clerk please call the roll.

[2:12:37] Thank you.

[2:12:42] Council PRESIDENT Council

[2:12:42] Member Campbell Dear Council

[2:12:43] Member Whitburn here Council

[2:12:46] Member Foster Council Member

[2:12:46] Ron Wilber Council PRESIDENT

[2:12:51] Pro Tem Lee Council Member

[2:12:52] Campo here Council Member

[2:12:56] Moreno Council member Ella

[2:12:56] Rivera and Council PRESIDENT

[2:13:00] LaCava also attending

[2:13:00] the meeting.

[2:13:05] >> The other thing in

[2:13:06] the meeting our Sin City

[2:13:06] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald,

[2:13:07] independent Budget analyst

[2:13:08] Charles Mollica Council Affairs

[2:13:11] Advisor in the Mayor's office,

[2:13:11] Code advisor and myself your

[2:13:12] city clerk Diana Fuentes All

[2:13:15] right, Clark, will you read

[2:13:16] the agenda item for this

[2:13:16] afternoon so we know the order

[2:13:17] this afternoon the agenda items

[2:13:19] will be taken on the following

[2:13:22] order item 330 followed by item

[2:13:23] 331.

[2:13:23] All right.

[2:13:23] Thank you.

[2:13:27] Clerk a quorum is now present

[2:13:27] since we have could expect a

[2:13:28] lively meeting Before we start

[2:13:29] today's meeting I want to

[2:13:32] remind everyone about

[2:13:32] the city's practices and

[2:13:33] procedures for public comment

[2:13:37] at city council meetings

[2:13:37] the city welcomes public party

[2:13:38] participation at city council

[2:13:42] meetings.

[2:13:42] Speakers MAY address

[2:13:43] the Council during public

[2:13:44] comment and also in connection

[2:13:47] with a specific item of

[2:13:47] business on the agenda.

[2:13:48] However, the city must make

[2:13:51] sure that no person or group of

[2:13:52] people disrupt the meeting in a

[2:13:52] way that prohibits other

[2:13:53] speakers from expressing their

[2:13:56] ideas and opinions such as

[2:13:57] excessive yelling, screaming or

[2:13:58] speaking beyond once a lot of

[2:14:01] times or examples of disruption

[2:14:01] .

[2:14:02] So to make sure that everyone

[2:14:02] here has an opportunity to

[2:14:06] address the Council, I will

[2:14:07] alert an individual or

[2:14:07] individuals if I think their

[2:14:08] conduct becomes disruptive.

[2:14:11] If the disruption continues I

[2:14:12] will rule the individual out of

[2:14:13] order If the disruption

[2:14:15] continues further I will

[2:14:16] declare a recess so we can

[2:14:16] restore order.

[2:14:17] At that point I will direct

[2:14:20] the individual or individuals

[2:14:21] to leave the room And if

[2:14:25] the individual refuses to leave

[2:14:25] a police will escort

[2:14:26] the individual out of

[2:14:26] the building.

[2:14:27] And if we have to repeat this

[2:14:30] process of warning and

[2:14:31] recessing the meeting, all

[2:14:31] members of the public will be

[2:14:32] excused from the Council

[2:14:35] chamber credential media will

[2:14:36] be allowed to remain.

[2:14:36] Again, we have these practices

[2:14:40] and procedures to protect

[2:14:40] the rights of other speakers

[2:14:41] who wish to address the Council

[2:14:42] and to allow the Council to

[2:14:45] conduct conduct public business

[2:14:46] And as a little guideline for

[2:14:49] those of you maybe here for

[2:14:50] the first time if you have a

[2:14:51] sign it's fine.

[2:14:51] Make sure you're not blocking

[2:14:54] the view of anybody behind you

[2:14:55] and in lieu of clapping so that

[2:14:56] we can get all the public

[2:14:59] comment in.

[2:15:00] Some people like to shake hands

[2:15:01] might be away and the council

[2:15:04] will very much understand what

[2:15:05] you're what you're doing.

[2:15:06] So with that clerk please

[2:15:09] introduce item 330.

[2:15:10] Thank you.

[2:15:10] Item 330 is 690 Rosecrans

[2:15:13] Street project number rj

[2:15:14] 1065372.

[2:15:19] This item is not subject to

[2:15:20] the mayor's veto.

[2:15:21] If you'd like to speak on this

[2:15:21] item please submit a speaker

[2:15:23] said press star nine or

[2:15:24] the raise your hand icon if

[2:15:24] you're attending virtually.

[2:15:25] Thank you.

[2:15:25] All right staff please

[2:15:27] introduce yourselves for

[2:15:27] the record and let us know how

[2:15:28] much time you need for

[2:15:29] the presentation.

[2:15:32] >> Good afternoon, counsel.

[2:15:33] My name is Robin McCarty and I

[2:15:33] will need less than five

[2:15:34] minutes.

[2:15:35] Okay.

[2:15:36] Thank you.

[2:15:36] Proceed when you're ready.

[2:15:40] Thank you.

[2:15:41] >> Good morning.

[2:15:42] Council members and those in

[2:15:42] attendance from the public.

[2:15:43] My name is Robin McCarty and I

[2:15:46] will be presenting item number

[2:15:50] 330 on today's agenda.

[2:15:51] >> The project being presented

[2:15:53] today is located at 690

[2:15:54] Rosecrans Street and

[2:15:57] the residential single unit 1-7

[2:15:58] zone of the Peninsula Community

[2:16:01] Plan area.

[2:16:02] The 0.1 acre site is situated

[2:16:03] between Talbot Street and Owen

[2:16:07] Street approximately three

[2:16:09] miles south of the Interstate

[2:16:10] eight Freeway.

[2:16:10] >> The project proposes to

[2:16:11] vacate an unformed legal

[2:16:15] portion of Rogers Street.

[2:16:15] In addition, the project will

[2:16:16] demolish an existing single

[2:16:20] dwelling unit and construct a

[2:16:21] new two story single dwelling

[2:16:24] unit a new garage and a new

[2:16:24] accessory dwelling unit over

[2:16:25] the garage.

[2:16:28] The environmental evaluation

[2:16:29] determined the project to be

[2:16:30] exempt from the California

[2:16:33] Environmental Quality Act

[2:16:34] pursuant to Section 15332 for

[2:16:38] infill development project

[2:16:43] details include the demolition

[2:16:44] of the existing 1450 square

[2:16:48] foot single dwelling unit

[2:16:52] including a 442 443 square foot

[2:16:53] portion of the existing lower

[2:16:55] level and a 406 square foot

[2:16:56] portion of the existing garage.

[2:16:56] The new construction will

[2:17:00] include the addition of a 3160

[2:17:01] square foot two story single

[2:17:05] dwelling unit and 1811 square

[2:17:09] foot garage and a new 978

[2:17:10] square foot accessory dwelling

[2:17:10] unit above the garage.

[2:17:14] A section of the south

[2:17:15] elevation demonstrates the site

[2:17:16] conditions with manufactured

[2:17:18] slopes running from east to

[2:17:19] west.

[2:17:19] The east elevation illustrates

[2:17:23] the tiered layout of

[2:17:24] the structures designed to

[2:17:24] correspond with the grade of

[2:17:28] the and complement the natural

[2:17:29] landform as recommended in

[2:17:29] the community plan.

[2:17:30] In addition, the project

[2:17:34] proposes a variation in roof

[2:17:34] styles from the flat roof of

[2:17:38] the single Dwelling unit to

[2:17:39] the steep truth of the Adu

[2:17:40] intended to break up the visual

[2:17:43] prominence of the development

[2:17:44] site which is a hillside

[2:17:44] development recommendation of

[2:17:47] the community plan.

[2:17:48] >> The project proposes a

[2:17:49] public right of way vacation of

[2:17:53] an informal legal portion of

[2:17:53] Rogers Street to the west of

[2:17:54] Rosecrans Street.

[2:17:57] The portion to the west of

[2:17:58] the proposed vacation was

[2:17:59] previously vacated leaving

[2:18:02] the prop the proposed vacation

[2:18:03] area isolated from the original

[2:18:04] intent of connecting Rogers

[2:18:07] Street to Rosecrans Street.

[2:18:08] The project is also proposing a

[2:18:11] sewer easement as shown in

[2:18:12] the right of way drawing to

[2:18:13] the right of the aerial

[2:18:16] photograph.

[2:18:20] >> On JULY 13th, 2023

[2:18:21] the Peninsula Community Group

[2:18:22] voted 11 to 0 with no

[2:18:24] conditions to recommend

[2:18:25] approval of the project as

[2:18:30] presented.

[2:18:30] >> Staff determined that

[2:18:31] the project meets

[2:18:31] the regulatory guidelines of

[2:18:35] the San Diego Municipal Code

[2:18:35] Peninsula Community Plan and

[2:18:36] the local Coastal Program staff

[2:18:40] recommends approval of

[2:18:40] the public right of way

[2:18:44] vacation number pmt 317 3078

[2:18:45] and Coastal development permit

[2:18:49] number pmt 317 3079 Along with

[2:18:52] the adoption of a resolution

[2:18:53] determining that the project is

[2:18:54] categorically exempt from

[2:18:58] the California Environmental

[2:18:58] Quality Act.

[2:19:01] Pursuant to secret guidelines

[2:19:02] Section 15332 This concludes

[2:19:03] staff's presentation Subject

[2:19:07] matter Experts and

[2:19:07] the applicant team are

[2:19:08] available.

[2:19:08] Should you have any questions?

[2:19:09] Thank you.

[2:19:09] All right.

[2:19:12] Thank you for your

[2:19:12] presentation.

[2:19:13] I understand the applicant on

[2:19:14] this project is here but does

[2:19:17] not wish to make a

[2:19:18] presentation.

[2:19:18] Is that correct?

[2:19:19] That is correct.

[2:19:19] Correct.

[2:19:19] All right.

[2:19:22] Thank you for confirming that

[2:19:22] plaque.

[2:19:23] >> Please proceed with public

[2:19:23] comment.

[2:19:24] Thank you.

[2:19:26] We have one person here in

[2:19:27] council chambers.

[2:19:27] >> Cesar happier if you can

[2:19:38] please come forward.

[2:19:43] >> Sorry, I missed your class

[2:19:44] from yesterday and this morning

[2:19:48] we are sick but we are trying

[2:19:52] to be a student and learner.

[2:19:53] I oppose the construction of

[2:19:57] this kind of shelter.

[2:20:02] First recent Why accomplish

[2:20:05] from ceqa Is this

[2:20:06] the implementing guideline of

[2:20:10] the state environmental Quality

[2:20:15] Act of 1970?

[2:20:15] Answer me.

[2:20:16] You need to answer.

[2:20:21] I might be committing crime

[2:20:21] from MR. Lacob.

[2:20:25] I don't want to commit any

[2:20:26] felony here.

[2:20:26] I must be respectful.

[2:20:31] You stop the construction.

[2:20:31] You study the implementing

[2:20:32] guidelines of ceqa.

[2:20:35] Please.

[2:20:36] And you will know the reason

[2:20:36] why.

[2:20:42] Another thing is we have

[2:20:43] lessons in the past Like

[2:20:45] the lesson in the Montezuma

[2:20:50] Fire.

[2:20:51] They do not have the authority

[2:20:55] to interpret that property

[2:20:59] because that's the law.

[2:21:04] When I raise my hand in

[2:21:05] the meeting to say I know

[2:21:09] the answer nobody allowed me to

[2:21:10] speak up.

[2:21:10] We need more adequate water.

[2:21:14] Do you have adequate supply of

[2:21:15] water in that structure?

[2:21:15] Yes or no?

[2:21:18] You need not to answer.

[2:21:19] Is there a provision to catch

[2:21:24] this precious gift from nature?

[2:21:24] Rainwater.

[2:21:24] Nada.

[2:21:28] I saw your plan.

[2:21:28] Nada.

[2:21:29] It does not reflect the lessons

[2:21:33] in the past Four shelters

[2:21:34] decent home suitable

[2:21:34] surrounding.

[2:21:38] We have a nice ocean.

[2:21:38] Now.

[2:21:43] We will have to raise that that

[2:21:43] height.

[2:21:43] >> Time has come.

[2:21:44] Many more but only one for.

[2:21:45] 1 minute or 2 minutes.

[2:21:47] Thank you.

[2:21:48] >> Five minute timer has

[2:21:48] started here in council

[2:21:52] chambers Going to John Stump.

[2:21:53] John Stump If you can please

[2:21:58] unmute.

[2:22:01] I want that someone out here.

[2:22:01] Look at the question I have

[2:22:06] about this item is are all of

[2:22:11] the costs being absorbed and

[2:22:16] paid for by the applicant?

[2:22:17] Now I view is that's what's

[2:22:20] reflected in the staff report

[2:22:21] or is it one of these typical

[2:22:25] No financial employment

[2:22:30] implications for the city of

[2:22:35] San Diego gives free or

[2:22:35] subsidizes with taxpayer money

[2:22:40] Some projects and charges

[2:22:41] disproportionally others.

[2:22:45] Let's look at the item.

[2:22:54] Does it say any or not?

[2:22:55] >> Thank you very much.

[2:22:56] Blair Beekman If you can please

[2:23:04] unmute.

[2:23:05] >> Hi.

[2:23:05] Thank you.

[2:23:10] Blair Beekman Thank you for

[2:23:10] this item.

[2:23:11] Thank you for the words of MR.

[2:23:15] Harvey for Harvey are here.

[2:23:16] I'm pronouncing that correctly.

[2:23:18] MR. Harvey Here who he has

[2:23:19] inspired me to want to speak on

[2:23:21] this item So thank you for his

[2:23:27] words and a few words.

[2:23:31] Again to MR. Stump and how I'm

[2:23:32] addressing and thinking of

[2:23:32] issues.

[2:23:33] MR. Harvey ever brought up

[2:23:36] the idea of a textbook?

[2:23:37] There is not a use of secure in

[2:23:40] this item.

[2:23:41] I'm very worried that we really

[2:23:45] are like kind of trying to

[2:23:49] shortchange secure as much as

[2:23:50] we can to say that we're like

[2:23:51] innovative in being more

[2:23:54] streamlined and when secret

[2:23:54] does some really good thing.

[2:23:59] And we need to acknowledge that

[2:24:00] .

[2:24:00] With the recent wildfires in

[2:24:01] L.A..

[2:24:04] Gavin Newsom Governor Newsom

[2:24:04] has completely ended ceqa

[2:24:05] processes for the upcoming

[2:24:09] rebuilding process.

[2:24:10] We just had, you know, rains

[2:24:14] and some, you know, small

[2:24:15] mudslides in L.A. The past few

[2:24:19] days.

[2:24:19] What's the environmental impact

[2:24:20] going to be without any sort of

[2:24:24] sequel on the future

[2:24:24] rebuilding?

[2:24:25] I think there's going to be

[2:24:25] madness.

[2:24:28] I think we're in serious

[2:24:28] trouble and those are the kind

[2:24:29] of practices I don't want San

[2:24:33] Diego going to be following.

[2:24:33] I don't want wildfires to be

[2:24:38] creating this free for all for

[2:24:38] ourselves.

[2:24:39] You're basically inviting forms

[2:24:43] of disaster capitalism and I'm

[2:24:43] very worried.

[2:24:44] We have to really hold the line

[2:24:48] and and continue our best

[2:24:49] practices in light of really

[2:24:52] horrific events.

[2:24:53] Good luck how we can do that

[2:24:54] and I hope we can address this

[2:24:57] current issue if there can be

[2:24:58] good secret practices to

[2:24:58] involved with it that we don't

[2:25:02] have to be afraid to involve

[2:25:02] them.

[2:25:03] I'm sorry to say that I don't

[2:25:07] want to hurt the people who are

[2:25:08] wanting to build a home here

[2:25:08] but I'm sorry your time has

[2:25:09] concluded.

[2:25:12] >> Any additional comments Can

[2:25:12] be emailed in.

[2:25:13] Also there was for the record

[2:25:14] no public comment submitted via

[2:25:17] e comment for this item.

[2:25:18] Thank you.

[2:25:18] All right.

[2:25:19] Thank you, Clark.

[2:25:19] Well now I'll take

[2:25:21] Councilmember questions and

[2:25:22] comments, entertain a motion

[2:25:22] and we'll start with

[2:25:23] Councilmember Campbell.

[2:25:26] Thank you.

[2:25:27] >> Council PRESIDENT.

[2:25:30] This is in my district District

[2:25:30] two and this is further

[2:25:34] vacation of an area that was

[2:25:35] previously vacated where

[2:25:39] the city had wanted to have a

[2:25:40] street go through to Rosecrans.

[2:25:44] I think it's an excellent idea

[2:25:44] .

[2:25:45] i think the plan to build a

[2:25:46] structure there in such a way

[2:25:50] so that that is possible is a

[2:25:54] is a good idea and so I would

[2:25:55] like to make a motion to

[2:25:56] approve staff's recommendation.

[2:25:56] Thank you.

[2:25:59] All right.

[2:26:00] Thank you.

[2:26:00] We have a motion by

[2:26:01] Councilmember Campbell.

[2:26:02] We'll go next to Councilmember

[2:26:02] Whitburn.

[2:26:04] Happy to Second Councilmember

[2:26:04] Campbell's motion.

[2:26:05] All right.

[2:26:08] You know, seeing nobody else on

[2:26:09] the lights, we have a motion by

[2:26:10] Councilmember Campbell to move

[2:26:12] the staff recommendation a

[2:26:13] second by council member

[2:26:13] Whitburn.

[2:26:15] >> Clerk please call the roll I

[2:26:16] sorry the voting system.

[2:26:25] Please cast your vote.

[2:26:30] >> That motion passes

[2:26:31] unanimously 8 to 0 with Council

[2:26:32] member Isla Rivera absent.

[2:26:35] Thank you.

[2:26:36] All right.

[2:26:36] Thank you staff.

[2:26:39] So with that clerk please

[2:26:40] introduce item 331.

[2:26:40] >> Item 331 is the San Diego

[2:26:44] Municipal Code amendment to

[2:26:45] section 131.0431.

[2:26:49] Development Regulations Table

[2:26:52] 130 1-04d Related to rs-1-2

[2:26:52] zones in the Encanto

[2:26:56] neighborhood and southeastern

[2:26:57] San Diego Community Planning

[2:26:57] Areas Process five.

[2:27:02] If you'd like to speak to this

[2:27:02] item please be sure to submit

[2:27:03] your speaker slip to the high

[2:27:06] lectern If you are participate

[2:27:07] remotely press star nine or

[2:27:08] the raise your hand icon.

[2:27:08] Thank you.

[2:27:08] All right.

[2:27:11] Clerk Staff please introduce

[2:27:12] yourself the records and tell

[2:27:16] us how much time you need.

[2:27:16] Thank you.

[2:27:17] Council PRESIDENT Staff which

[2:27:17] need program manager with

[2:27:19] the City Planning department

[2:27:20] will need approximately ten

[2:27:20] minutes.

[2:27:21] All right.

[2:27:21] Please proceed when you're

[2:27:21] ready.

[2:27:22] Good morning.

[2:27:25] My name is Jeff Whitney.

[2:27:26] I'm a program manager with

[2:27:26] the city Planning Department.

[2:27:28] Joining me are planning

[2:27:29] director Heidi Von Blum, deputy

[2:27:30] Director Tate Galloway,

[2:27:34] principal planner Liz Side

[2:27:34] Canyon and senior planner Sam

[2:27:35] Solis.

[2:27:38] The item today is an amendment

[2:27:42] to the San Diego Municipal Code

[2:27:43] Section 13104312

[2:27:44] The Development Regulations for

[2:27:44] Residential Zones.

[2:27:50] Table 131-04d2 Repeal Footnote

[2:27:51] seven which reduces the minimum

[2:27:55] lot size for the rs one to

[2:27:59] zones from 20,000ft to 5000ft

[2:28:00] and applies the development

[2:28:00] regulations of the r.

[2:28:04] S17 zone to subdivisions in

[2:28:04] the Encanto neighborhoods and

[2:28:05] southeastern San Diego

[2:28:09] community planning areas.

[2:28:09] I would like to note that a

[2:28:10] revised California

[2:28:13] Environmental Quality Act

[2:28:14] Section 15162 memorandum was

[2:28:18] added to the docket today.

[2:28:18] This memorandum memorandum

[2:28:19] clarifies that with or without

[2:28:22] footnote seven any subdivision

[2:28:23] exceeding four dwelling units

[2:28:27] per acre would not be permitted

[2:28:27] as it would be inconsistent

[2:28:28] with the land use designation

[2:28:29] in the Encanto neighborhoods

[2:28:34] Community Plan City Planning

[2:28:39] Department staff is proposing

[2:28:40] the removal of Footnote seven

[2:28:40] from the San Diego Municipal

[2:28:44] Code Footnote seven

[2:28:44] specifically applies

[2:28:48] the development regulations of

[2:28:49] the year one seven zone for

[2:28:49] subdivisions in the rc one to

[2:28:52] zone within the Encanto

[2:28:53] neighborhoods in southeastern

[2:28:54] San Diego Community planning

[2:28:57] areas There are several

[2:28:58] legislative actions associated

[2:29:02] with Footnote seven that

[2:29:03] provide the background for

[2:29:04] the adoption of the footnote

[2:29:07] and the need for its removal.

[2:29:08] The Encanto Neighborhoods

[2:29:08] Community Plan was adopted by

[2:29:12] the City Council on NOVEMBER

[2:29:12] 16th, 2015.

[2:29:13] The Community Plan update

[2:29:17] designated The area outlined in

[2:29:18] red on the left side as

[2:29:22] residential very low allowing

[2:29:23] between 0 and 4 homes per acre

[2:29:27] Portions of the area designated

[2:29:28] for residential very low shown

[2:29:28] in the map on the right of

[2:29:29] the screen outlined with

[2:29:32] the red dashed line designated

[2:29:33] the community plan for

[2:29:34] residents for residential very

[2:29:37] low were zoned rs12 which

[2:29:38] limits lot sizes to 20,000ft

[2:29:40] allowing approximately two

[2:29:49] homes per acre.

[2:29:50] On DECEMBER 17th 2019 the City

[2:29:51] Council approved the 12th

[2:29:51] update Phase two to the Land

[2:29:54] development Code Introducing

[2:29:55] Footnote seven.

[2:29:55] This amendment reduced

[2:30:00] the requirement lot size in

[2:30:00] the r.

[2:30:01] S one to zone within

[2:30:01] the Encanto neighborhoods in

[2:30:04] southeastern San Diego

[2:30:04] Community planning areas from

[2:30:07] 20,000ft to 5000ft.

[2:30:08] This action did not modify

[2:30:09] the single family zoning for

[2:30:13] those lots or the requirement

[2:30:13] that the subdivision still be

[2:30:14] consistent with the community

[2:30:16] plan density of four units per

[2:30:24] acre.

[2:30:25] On DECEMBER 13th, 2021 the City

[2:30:26] Council approved the 2021 Land

[2:30:29] Development Code update which

[2:30:30] amended Footnote seven.

[2:30:31] This amendment applied

[2:30:35] the development regulations of

[2:30:35] the rs one seven base zone

[2:30:36] which includes reduced minimum

[2:30:39] lot dimensions and setback

[2:30:39] requirements consistent with a

[2:30:40] 5000 square foot minimum lot

[2:30:43] area.

[2:30:44] However to be consistent with

[2:30:45] the community plan proposed

[2:30:46] subdivisions cannot exceed

[2:30:48] the community plan's density of

[2:30:52] four units per acre.

[2:30:53] >> Footnote seven was presented

[2:30:58] at the Community Planners

[2:30:58] Committee and at public

[2:30:59] workshops for both citywide

[2:31:02] land development code updates

[2:31:03] as a land use decision that

[2:31:04] affected that only affected two

[2:31:07] communities The prior

[2:31:07] amendments should have been

[2:31:08] directly discussed with

[2:31:08] the affected communities and

[2:31:12] reviewed to determine if

[2:31:12] Footnote seven should apply

[2:31:13] citywide to ensure consistent

[2:31:17] application of development

[2:31:17] regulations.

[2:31:18] Today the City Planning

[2:31:18] Department is proposing to

[2:31:22] amend the municipal Code by

[2:31:25] removing Footnote seven from

[2:31:25] table 13104d.

[2:31:26] This will ensure the consistent

[2:31:30] application of development of

[2:31:35] the s12 zone citywide Repealing

[2:31:40] footnote seven would restore

[2:31:41] the 20,000 square foot lot

[2:31:44] minimum lot size in the r.

[2:31:44] S12 zone in the Encanto

[2:31:45] neighborhoods and southeastern

[2:31:48] San Diego community planning

[2:31:48] area.

[2:31:49] This change would apply

[2:31:49] consistent citywide regulations

[2:31:53] for the zone development

[2:31:53] project.

[2:31:54] Applicants could still request

[2:31:55] to rezone to achieve

[2:32:01] the community plan densities.

[2:32:01] >> The proposed amendment to

[2:32:06] remove footnote seven would

[2:32:07] decrease the allowed

[2:32:07] development potential in

[2:32:08] the affected communities but

[2:32:11] would result in the same

[2:32:12] development potential assumed

[2:32:12] in the community Plan Update

[2:32:14] adopted in 2015.

[2:32:15] The r.

[2:32:15] S12 zone density would be

[2:32:19] within the range of the land

[2:32:20] use designation in the adopted

[2:32:29] community plan as fair housing

[2:32:29] and redlining have been

[2:32:30] discussed at hearings related

[2:32:32] to Footnote seven the City

[2:32:33] Planning Department wanted to

[2:32:34] provide a clarification of

[2:32:37] the definition of fair housing

[2:32:38] and how it applies to Footnote

[2:32:39] seven California Government

[2:32:42] Code requires all public

[2:32:43] agencies in California to

[2:32:43] affirmatively further fair

[2:32:47] housing affirmatively

[2:32:48] furthering fair housing is

[2:32:48] defined as taking meaningful

[2:32:49] actions to address significant

[2:32:51] disparities in housing needs

[2:32:52] and access to opportunities.

[2:32:56] This includes replacing

[2:32:57] segregated living patterns with

[2:32:58] truly integrated balanced

[2:33:01] communities transforming

[2:33:02] racially and ethnically

[2:33:03] concentrated areas of poverty

[2:33:06] into areas of opportunity and

[2:33:07] fostering and maintaining

[2:33:08] compliance with civil rights

[2:33:11] and fair housing laws.

[2:33:12] Although the process by which

[2:33:13] Footnote seven was adopted did

[2:33:16] not represent planning

[2:33:17] practices procedurally it did

[2:33:18] not lead to outcomes that do

[2:33:21] not affirmatively further fair

[2:33:22] housing.

[2:33:22] Footnote seven allows

[2:33:25] additional market rate single

[2:33:26] family homes in low resource

[2:33:27] communities consistent with

[2:33:27] planning densities in

[2:33:31] the community plan and does not

[2:33:31] contradict fair housing

[2:33:32] principles.

[2:33:36] Fair housing includes expanding

[2:33:36] housing opportunities including

[2:33:37] more opportunities for

[2:33:40] homeownership and improving

[2:33:41] access to access to resources

[2:33:42] rather than restricting

[2:33:46] specific types of home

[2:33:46] development.

[2:33:47] Additionally, redlining was

[2:33:47] historically used to deny

[2:33:51] opportunity for homeownership.

[2:33:52] The adoption of the footnote

[2:33:52] allows for more homeownership

[2:33:55] opportunities and therefore is

[2:34:00] not a form of redlining.

[2:34:05] >> The proposed amendment to

[2:34:05] remove footnote seven would

[2:34:06] decrease the allowed

[2:34:06] development potential from

[2:34:09] approximately 642 single family

[2:34:13] homes to 177 homes which is a

[2:34:14] difference of 465 single family

[2:34:18] homes on lots zoned as one to

[2:34:18] within the Encanto

[2:34:19] neighborhoods.

[2:34:22] This change in development

[2:34:23] potential was calculated by

[2:34:23] applying the community plan

[2:34:27] land use density and minimum

[2:34:28] lot size required with or

[2:34:32] without the footnote using

[2:34:32] the existing community plan

[2:34:33] designation of four units per

[2:34:33] acre.

[2:34:36] The Southeastern San Diego

[2:34:37] Community Plan area does not

[2:34:37] have any change to

[2:34:38] the development potential since

[2:34:41] there are not any zone any lots

[2:34:42] zoned rs one two in

[2:34:46] the community.

[2:34:51] >> The state requires the city

[2:34:51] to identify if there are enough

[2:34:52] remaining sites in its housing

[2:34:55] element adequate sites

[2:34:56] inventory to meet the allocated

[2:34:56] housing goals.

[2:35:00] If a site identified in

[2:35:01] the inventory is rezone and

[2:35:01] that rezone would result in a

[2:35:05] reduction of housing capacity

[2:35:06] the general plan housing

[2:35:09] element 2021 through 2029

[2:35:10] Adequate sites inventory

[2:35:13] included sites zoned rs12 in

[2:35:14] the Encanto neighborhood's

[2:35:14] community planning area.

[2:35:18] These sites were addressed or

[2:35:19] assessed based on

[2:35:19] the development potential

[2:35:22] allowed under the rc one to

[2:35:23] base zone regulations.

[2:35:25] Without considering Footnote

[2:35:26] seven Therefore repealing

[2:35:26] footnote seven would not reduce

[2:35:30] the residential density of any

[2:35:31] lot identified in the adequate

[2:35:32] sites inventory below its

[2:35:34] current allocation toward

[2:35:35] meeting the regional housing

[2:35:39] need.

[2:35:44] The California Government Code

[2:35:45] does not allow a city to change

[2:35:46] the general plan or community

[2:35:49] plan land use designation and

[2:35:50] or zoning of a property to a

[2:35:53] less intensive use or reduce

[2:35:54] the intensity of land use

[2:35:55] within an existing land use

[2:35:55] designation or zoning below

[2:35:59] what was allowed under the land

[2:35:59] designation and zoning in

[2:36:03] effect on JANUARY 1st, 2018.

[2:36:04] The proposed repeal of

[2:36:08] the footnote would allow 465

[2:36:09] fewer single family homes on

[2:36:13] lots zoned rs1 to within

[2:36:14] the Encanto neighborhoods

[2:36:14] community plan area.

[2:36:18] This provision of state law

[2:36:18] would not be applicable as

[2:36:21] footnote seven was approved on

[2:36:22] DECEMBER 17th 2019 and amended

[2:36:23] on DECEMBER 13th 2021.

[2:36:27] The removal of footnote seven

[2:36:27] would result in the same

[2:36:28] intensity of the Encanto

[2:36:32] neighborhoods community plan

[2:36:33] land use and the rc one two

[2:36:36] zone that was adopted on

[2:36:36] NOVEMBER 16th, 2015 and in

[2:36:44] effect on JANUARY 1st, 2018.

[2:36:44] >> When a housing development

[2:36:45] application is submitted and

[2:36:49] deemed complete project is

[2:36:50] entitled to be reviewed and

[2:36:51] processed under the rules and

[2:36:55] regulations in effect at

[2:36:56] the time of submittal.

[2:36:56] Any changes to the regulations

[2:37:00] after the application is deemed

[2:37:01] complete do not apply to

[2:37:01] the project.

[2:37:02] Even if the changes occur

[2:37:04] before the project is fully

[2:37:05] approved or the building permit

[2:37:14] is issued, the effective date

[2:37:15] of the ordinance to remove

[2:37:15] Footnote seven would follow

[2:37:19] the city's procedures and

[2:37:20] the ordinance would have to

[2:37:20] take effect 30 days after

[2:37:24] the mayor's signature on

[2:37:24] NOVEMBER 18th.

[2:37:29] The choice Valley Community

[2:37:30] Planning Group received a staff

[2:37:30] presentation on the City

[2:37:31] Planning Department

[2:37:33] recommendation to amend

[2:37:34] the municipal Code to remove

[2:37:34] Footnote seven.

[2:37:35] The planning group unanimously

[2:37:38] passed the following motion to

[2:37:39] have the mayor issue an

[2:37:40] executive order that one no

[2:37:43] city official department or

[2:37:44] subdivision of the city

[2:37:44] administration approval of any

[2:37:48] project Reliant on footnote

[2:37:49] seven whether past, present or

[2:37:51] future and to footnote seven is

[2:37:52] deemed invalid and without

[2:38:00] effect on NOVEMBER 20th 2020

[2:38:01] for the Community Planners

[2:38:02] Committee unanimously passed a

[2:38:10] similar motion as described in

[2:38:11] the staff report.

[2:38:12] The Municipal Code regulations

[2:38:14] adopted by the city Council

[2:38:15] through a publicly notice

[2:38:16] process remain in effect and

[2:38:19] must be enforced and applied

[2:38:20] under the City Charter.

[2:38:20] The legislative authority to

[2:38:21] adopt or repeal such

[2:38:24] regulations resides exclusively

[2:38:25] with the City Council.

[2:38:26] A mayoral executive order

[2:38:30] directing staff not to apply

[2:38:30] these adopted regulations would

[2:38:34] undermine the City Council's

[2:38:35] legislative authority violating

[2:38:36] the separation of powers

[2:38:39] outlined in the city charter

[2:38:40] and could constitute an illegal

[2:38:41] action in violation of the city

[2:38:41] charter.

[2:38:45] The municipal Code and State

[2:38:45] law additionally retroactively

[2:38:48] applying new requirements to

[2:38:49] development project

[2:38:50] applications already submitted

[2:38:50] and in review could be a

[2:38:53] violation of state law.

[2:38:58] On DECEMBER 19th 2020 for

[2:39:02] the Planning Commission voted

[2:39:02] 5251 to recommend the City

[2:39:03] Council approval of an

[2:39:06] ordinance to repeal Footnote

[2:39:10] seven from table 13104

[2:39:14] The Today staff is recommending

[2:39:15] to adopt an amendment to

[2:39:15] the San Diego Municipal Code

[2:39:18] and Local Coastal Program

[2:39:19] Development regulations for

[2:39:20] residential zones.

[2:39:26] Table 13104 The in section

[2:39:27] 1310431 to remove footnote

[2:39:28] seven This concludes staff's

[2:39:32] presentation.

[2:39:32] >> Thank you.

[2:39:33] All right.

[2:39:33] Thank you for the presentation.

[2:39:36] Clerk Please proceed with

[2:39:36] public comment.

[2:39:37] >> Thank you.

[2:39:40] We do have over 60 people who

[2:39:41] would like to speak on this

[2:39:41] item so it will be one minute

[2:39:42] apiece.

[2:39:45] I have some reserved seats in

[2:39:46] the front in yellow when I call

[2:39:46] your name.

[2:39:49] If you can please come forward

[2:39:50] to those reserved seats for

[2:39:50] better meeting management.

[2:39:51] That would be greatly

[2:39:55] appreciated.

[2:39:56] So the first speaker is Dan

[2:40:01] Boileau or Jen Eastman.

[2:40:02] Kathleen MacLeod.

[2:40:02] MacLeod.

[2:40:03] Marcelino DaSilva.

[2:40:05] Allen Conrad and Vicki

[2:40:05] Estrella.

[2:40:06] If you can please come up to

[2:40:07] those reserved seats And Dan

[2:40:08] can come up to the microphone

[2:40:21] please.

[2:40:30] >> Dan, are you here?

[2:40:35] MR. PRESIDENT, council members

[2:40:36] and City Council My name is Dan

[2:40:37] Boyd with D.R. Horton

[2:40:41] representing speaking to

[2:40:41] the matter this evening.

[2:40:42] We've been with the community

[2:40:46] for over two years advocating

[2:40:46] our proposal which includes

[2:40:49] about 123 units.

[2:40:50] In doing so we applaud any

[2:40:54] attention that deservedly goes

[2:40:55] to the community plan.

[2:40:56] The community plan is

[2:40:59] the guarantee document.

[2:41:00] It is the principle in which

[2:41:01] footprints of communities are

[2:41:05] established and developed.

[2:41:05] If that community plan has

[2:41:06] changed, so does the makeup of

[2:41:09] that community.

[2:41:10] Zoning does not do that.

[2:41:11] The community plan does that.

[2:41:14] I'm not here advocating Our

[2:41:14] project is not subject to

[2:41:15] the agenda But I would like to

[2:41:19] say that it is possible to

[2:41:19] provide housing under this

[2:41:25] community plan within the 0 to

[2:41:26] 4 d per acre and comply with

[2:41:28] the community plan.

[2:41:29] As such our project is a fine

[2:41:30] example of that.

[2:41:34] It was deemed complete under

[2:41:35] the community plan and zoning

[2:41:36] which allows for time has

[2:41:39] concluded.

[2:41:39] Thank you.

[2:41:40] Thank you for that.

[2:41:41] Provide opportunities for new

[2:41:41] housing.

[2:41:42] Thank you Jen.

[2:41:47] Easement.

[2:41:48] >> Hi my name is Janet Eastman.

[2:41:52] You might recognize me as a

[2:41:52] resident who advocates for

[2:41:53] the relocation of the proposed

[2:41:57] Fairmount Fire Station.

[2:41:57] But no.

[2:41:58] Seven is a piece of the same

[2:41:58] puzzle.

[2:41:59] If further highlights

[2:42:02] the inequities of the region of

[2:42:03] this region of the city, I

[2:42:03] think that city council and I'm

[2:42:07] not sure who to point a finger

[2:42:08] at looks at a map and says Look

[2:42:09] there's a green space

[2:42:11] capitalism and let's build

[2:42:11] something massive like a

[2:42:12] housing development or

[2:42:16] apartment buildings that share

[2:42:17] a parking lot with a library or

[2:42:17] a four story fire station.

[2:42:21] It's never this area needs a

[2:42:22] park or a trail or an open

[2:42:22] green space.

[2:42:26] The inequity inequity will

[2:42:26] continue to persist in our

[2:42:27] communities unless we come

[2:42:30] together and take targeted

[2:42:30] consistent action.

[2:42:31] MR. Foster we are counting on

[2:42:35] you to represent our needs,

[2:42:36] take immediate action and

[2:42:36] remove the betrayal of Footnote

[2:42:37] seven in District four.

[2:42:39] Thank you.

[2:42:40] I yield my time.

[2:42:49] Kathleen Good afternoon.

[2:42:49] >> Council PRESIDENT LaCava,

[2:42:54] Henry Foster and other council

[2:42:55] members I'm Kathleen McCloud

[2:42:58] have owned my home in Encanto

[2:42:58] for 30 years and received

[2:42:59] occasional notices of public

[2:43:02] hearings affecting my property

[2:43:03] interest.

[2:43:07] However, I wasn't notified when

[2:43:07] the Planning Commission

[2:43:08] considered a rezoning in

[2:43:12] Emerald Hills that also applied

[2:43:13] to my property in yet another

[2:43:13] neighborhood.

[2:43:16] Footnote seven Not only

[2:43:16] rezoning a parcel to benefit

[2:43:20] the developer it rezoning 19%

[2:43:21] of very low density land in our

[2:43:25] planning area without affording

[2:43:26] hundreds of property owners due

[2:43:30] process rights to be informed

[2:43:31] and heard.

[2:43:31] The major scheme the major

[2:43:34] scheme took away our unique

[2:43:35] semi-rural community character.

[2:43:39] Without a community plan

[2:43:40] amendment as required by our

[2:43:43] information Bulletin 517I

[2:43:44] respectfully urge you to repeal

[2:43:44] Footnote seven.

[2:43:48] Halt projects in the pipeline

[2:43:48] as asserted by community

[2:43:53] standards.

[2:43:54] And thank you for that

[2:43:54] concluding comment process.

[2:43:55] Thank you for that Calling upon

[2:44:03] Marcelino.

[2:44:03] >> Good afternoon.

[2:44:04] My name is Marcelino de Silva.

[2:44:08] Our community of encounter has

[2:44:08] seen time and time again

[2:44:09] the disregard of our leaders

[2:44:10] when it comes to common sense

[2:44:13] practices used elsewhere in

[2:44:13] the city.

[2:44:14] In our area we have no

[2:44:16] sidewalks, no proper street

[2:44:17] lighting, irregular roads and

[2:44:18] most of these roads are in

[2:44:18] deplorable condition.

[2:44:22] Last year we had floods after

[2:44:23] heavy rainfall that debilitated

[2:44:23] our trolley system and

[2:44:27] destroyed interior of homes

[2:44:28] around it.

[2:44:28] Encounter now seems to be

[2:44:31] the new land buy in El Dorado

[2:44:32] for investors who want to

[2:44:33] maximize their profits by

[2:44:36] building as many ag use and

[2:44:37] junior ag use units that our

[2:44:38] city or loopholes will allow.

[2:44:42] No traditional rules apply for

[2:44:43] these newly proposed

[2:44:43] developments.

[2:44:44] No onsite parking, no regard to

[2:44:47] traditional fire codes, no

[2:44:47] environmental impact reports

[2:44:48] and no egress plan for

[2:44:52] the neighborhood taken into

[2:44:52] consideration.

[2:44:53] Our petition has been signed by

[2:44:56] more than 500 residents and

[2:44:57] continues to grow daily.

[2:44:57] We are certain that our numbers

[2:45:00] will be in the thousands when

[2:45:00] our local elections happens and

[2:45:01] we are going to remember who

[2:45:02] stood by us.

[2:45:06] >> Thank you Alan Connor.

[2:45:06] >> After that will be Wiki

[2:45:10] Australia and then after that

[2:45:11] if I can have the following

[2:45:11] individuals come up.

[2:45:15] Lucy Price Martha Abraham and

[2:45:15] Evelyn Smith and returns These

[2:45:19] are heavier.

[2:45:19] Please continue.

[2:45:20] I think I just heard

[2:45:21] the gentleman say that it would

[2:45:24] be illegal to stop

[2:45:25] the developments on on radio

[2:45:29] and clobber but I think it's it

[2:45:30] was illegal the way that this

[2:45:34] footnote was inserted and no

[2:45:35] one is taking accountability on

[2:45:35] this board of how it arrived

[2:45:38] there And who put it there and

[2:45:39] why.

[2:45:39] And so that's what I would

[2:45:40] like.

[2:45:43] I think that's a more illegal

[2:45:44] situation than idea that

[2:45:48] stopping the h r Horton

[2:45:49] development is illegal.

[2:45:53] Y'all got caught and y'all need

[2:45:54] to be take accountability And I

[2:45:57] want to hear who is who put

[2:45:57] this stuff there.

[2:46:00] That's what I care about

[2:46:05] because Ryan.

[2:46:10] >> Good afternoon.

[2:46:11] >> Council members Like most of

[2:46:12] the people in this room I

[2:46:12] oppose staff's recommendation

[2:46:15] as proposed.

[2:46:16] Footnote seven should be

[2:46:17] removed but must include

[2:46:20] the nullification of any and

[2:46:21] all projects resulting from its

[2:46:25] unlawful insertion into city

[2:46:25] code.

[2:46:26] By targeting only our

[2:46:27] under-resourced community.

[2:46:30] City staff violated fair

[2:46:31] housing law.

[2:46:31] Yeah they violated a law

[2:46:35] because you cannot discriminate

[2:46:36] against a community.

[2:46:36] They ignored more affluent

[2:46:40] affluent communities and picked

[2:46:41] one that they saw as

[2:46:41] vulnerable.

[2:46:45] They also skirted public

[2:46:46] transparency and input

[2:46:46] requirements by sneaking this

[2:46:49] footnote into the code behind

[2:46:50] closed doors.

[2:46:54] Please do not be swayed by

[2:46:55] the justifications you hear

[2:46:56] from the Planning Department.

[2:46:59] They are meant to distract and

[2:47:00] confuse.

[2:47:00] The core issue here is that

[2:47:04] they committed a bad act.

[2:47:05] Do not cosign on their

[2:47:09] discrimination on their on

[2:47:09] their deception.

[2:47:10] Stop it now please.

[2:47:13] Thank you for that Concluding

[2:47:13] remark.

[2:47:14] >> Lucy.

[2:47:18] Lucy Price.

[2:47:19] Good afternoon.

[2:47:20] Thank you so much for allowing

[2:47:24] me to speak.

[2:47:24] My name is Lisa.

[2:47:25] I'm so sorry.

[2:47:25] What I do.

[2:47:26] If you could just move speaking

[2:47:27] to the microphone more.

[2:47:27] >> Oh, okay.

[2:47:32] Sorry.

[2:47:32] My name is Lucy Price.

[2:47:33] My family has owned

[2:47:40] the property at 6608 Wonderland

[2:47:41] since 1907.

[2:47:42] Four generations in my family

[2:47:46] have attended Encanto

[2:47:46] Elementary School.

[2:47:50] I walked to school on bare dirt

[2:47:51] .

[2:47:51] My mother walked to school on

[2:47:55] 60th on bare dirt back in 1925.

[2:48:00] My father walked to school on

[2:48:00] bare dirt.

[2:48:05] When he went to Encanto your

[2:48:05] plan with this footnote will

[2:48:09] destroy habitat immensely.

[2:48:14] And I want you to remember that

[2:48:14] bats are federally protected

[2:48:15] animals.

[2:48:18] Here is no plan to protect

[2:48:19] the habitat and the animals.

[2:48:22] >> Thank you.

[2:48:27] >> Thank you, Martha.

[2:48:27] You have time seated.

[2:48:28] If they can please raise their

[2:48:29] hands.

[2:48:29] Brandon Becerra.

[2:48:32] Thank you.

[2:48:32] Canyon Becerra.

[2:48:37] Charles Douglas.

[2:48:41] Leo the Christa Fishman Myra

[2:48:41] Ramirez.

[2:48:46] I am leader Arthur Jackson and

[2:48:47] Becky Right.

[2:48:47] Rebecca Ryan.

[2:48:51] Sorry.

[2:48:52] I'll have ten minutes.

[2:48:52] Please proceed.

[2:48:53] My name is Martha Abraham and I

[2:48:56] live in Emerald Hills and I'm

[2:48:57] speaking on the record.

[2:49:00] I want to first address

[2:49:01] the rhetoric around the housing

[2:49:02] crisis If not seven was

[2:49:05] implemented citywide.

[2:49:06] Yes, this would be a housing

[2:49:07] crisis conversation but because

[2:49:09] it only affected one

[2:49:10] neighborhood it is no longer a

[2:49:10] housing conversation.

[2:49:14] Our community plan in 2015 had

[2:49:15] increased density by 39% not

[2:49:19] including four No.

[2:49:20] Seven and the bonus to use We

[2:49:21] already have allocated

[2:49:24] the space to increase our

[2:49:25] density that still honors our

[2:49:25] community plan.

[2:49:29] We have increased density in

[2:49:30] one of the most affordable

[2:49:33] areas in San Diego by 39%.

[2:49:34] Therefore we are creating

[2:49:38] homeownership opportunities

[2:49:39] based on our 2015 plan.

[2:49:43] We are not against housing

[2:49:44] again, we are not against

[2:49:44] housing.

[2:49:49] These laws have been zoned for

[2:49:49] housing.

[2:49:50] We welcome housing that is in

[2:49:51] accordance with our community

[2:49:54] and general plan and requires

[2:49:54] developers to apply the same

[2:49:58] zoning laws in place for

[2:49:59] the rest of the city of San

[2:49:59] Diego.

[2:50:00] A housing crisis is being

[2:50:03] weaponized to destroy our

[2:50:03] community and violate our

[2:50:04] community plan.

[2:50:08] There's a process in place for

[2:50:09] a reason by weaponizing

[2:50:09] the housing crisis.

[2:50:13] You are violating the process

[2:50:13] that ensures there is equity,

[2:50:18] justice and fair treatment.

[2:50:18] The staff report on JANUARY

[2:50:19] 10th stated.

[2:50:21] Footnote seven is not illegal.

[2:50:21] It's not racist, not

[2:50:22] discriminatory.

[2:50:23] It does not violate fair

[2:50:26] housing in fact it

[2:50:26] affirmatively furthers fair

[2:50:27] housing.

[2:50:29] So why are we getting rid of it

[2:50:30] ?

[2:50:34] >> >> The city attorney's memo

[2:50:35] On JANUARY 22nd our newly

[2:50:36] elected city attorney Heather

[2:50:40] Ferber states that without full

[2:50:41] analysis of the impacts of

[2:50:41] where higher density would

[2:50:45] apply, it is unknown if

[2:50:46] the application of footnote

[2:50:46] seven citywide would conflict

[2:50:49] with the city's climate action

[2:50:53] plan by increasing that density

[2:50:54] in areas without access to

[2:50:54] transit.

[2:50:55] It would also need to be

[2:50:59] analyzed for consistency with

[2:51:00] the general plan and applicable

[2:51:04] community plans.

[2:51:04] Application of Footnotes seven

[2:51:05] Citywide would require an

[2:51:08] amendment to the municipal Code

[2:51:09] and would require secure

[2:51:13] environment title review.

[2:51:18] >> So in order for for this to

[2:51:19] be applied citywide all these

[2:51:23] things need to be considered.

[2:51:24] Where these things considered

[2:51:24] when they were implemented in

[2:51:28] Encanto.

[2:51:32] >> So why is it that this has

[2:51:33] to be done applied citywide but

[2:51:37] not in Encanto?

[2:51:38] Footnote seven does not require

[2:51:42] developers to do what air

[2:51:43] because they are not rezoning

[2:51:44] the land under footnote seven.

[2:51:46] But the lots where we zoned

[2:51:51] with footnote seven So why

[2:51:51] didn't that trigger air?

[2:51:56] Where's our air?

[2:51:57] There's no air to support

[2:52:01] the zoning change and there is

[2:52:02] no due process.

[2:52:02] But you are still going to

[2:52:03] allow these projects to

[2:52:06] continue.

[2:52:07] >> Going back to the city

[2:52:12] attorney's memo, if you look at

[2:52:12] the document closely you will

[2:52:16] see another footnote Footnote

[2:52:17] to that footnote states other

[2:52:21] community concerns raised

[2:52:25] include process follow to amend

[2:52:26] Table 131-04d2 add footnote

[2:52:30] seven and effectively rezone

[2:52:33] from rs one two to rs one

[2:52:33] seven.

[2:52:34] We just said that a sequel

[2:52:38] would be required for rezoning

[2:52:39] and you said here again that

[2:52:42] those areas were rezone.

[2:52:47] >> So again where is the air

[2:52:47] possible conflict?

[2:52:48] It continues to say possible

[2:52:52] conflict with the Encanto

[2:52:52] community plan regarding park

[2:52:53] spaces.

[2:52:56] Possible conflict with

[2:52:57] the equity environmental

[2:52:58] justice elements of the city's

[2:53:02] general plan and and the best

[2:53:02] part.

[2:53:07] Violation of the California

[2:53:07] Environmental Quality Act

[2:53:08] sequel.

[2:53:12] Again, where is the air?

[2:53:13] Because right here she just

[2:53:17] said it violates it.

[2:53:17] Even though this footnote has

[2:53:22] violated secure, you are still

[2:53:23] going to allow these projects

[2:53:27] to proceed If for No.

[2:53:28] Seven violated sequel all these

[2:53:28] projects also violate secure

[2:53:31] these projects are the at

[2:53:32] the very least should require

[2:53:36] should be required to do a

[2:53:37] sequel environmental review

[2:53:37] because those lots have been

[2:53:41] rezone and a sequel

[2:53:42] environmental review is

[2:53:42] required.

[2:53:45] The last sentence of this

[2:53:46] footnote states those issues

[2:53:50] are not addressed in this

[2:53:50] memorandum This memorandum.

[2:53:55] So where's the memorandum where

[2:53:56] they're addressed and why

[2:53:57] hasn't that memo been provided

[2:54:02] to the public?

[2:54:03] >> There is a critical piece

[2:54:03] that is missing from today's

[2:54:06] conversation and that is to

[2:54:07] stop any project that is using

[2:54:08] footnote seven for approval

[2:54:11] that have already submitted an

[2:54:12] application.

[2:54:12] I hope someone can make a

[2:54:16] motion to add an amendment to

[2:54:21] not allow any project to use

[2:54:22] but No seven no matter where

[2:54:22] they are in the process.

[2:54:25] We keep bringing up legal

[2:54:26] implications where the legal

[2:54:28] implications considered when

[2:54:33] Footnote seven was passed No

[2:54:34] because y'all didn't think we

[2:54:35] were going to find it.

[2:54:39] Let alone sue you over it.

[2:54:43] >> Either way you will pay.

[2:54:44] You can have blood on your

[2:54:45] hands or you can do the right

[2:54:48] thing.

[2:54:49] Doing the right thing is

[2:54:50] defined as making a motion to

[2:54:53] add an amendment to not allow

[2:54:54] any projects to use for No.

[2:54:57] Seven no matter where they are

[2:54:57] in the process.

[2:55:02] I want you all to also

[2:55:02] understand the laws codes but

[2:55:03] notes and projects you approve

[2:55:06] are feeding into structural

[2:55:06] racism whether you know it or

[2:55:07] not.

[2:55:07] Structural racism pushes

[2:55:10] the agenda to destroy black

[2:55:11] families and black communities

[2:55:12] but No seven does does exactly

[2:55:16] that taking away our park

[2:55:16] space, taking away our native

[2:55:17] grasslands, destroying our

[2:55:20] natural habitats, furthering

[2:55:21] polluting our air, destroying

[2:55:25] our infrastructure that is

[2:55:25] already broken.

[2:55:26] And most of all it's creating a

[2:55:29] safety hazard.

[2:55:30] We know that our neighbor

[2:55:31] neighborhoods suffer from

[2:55:35] systemic racism that is

[2:55:35] perpetrated by racist policy

[2:55:39] and zoning.

[2:55:40] Racism and racial inequality

[2:55:41] will continue to perpetuate in

[2:55:45] our communities if we do not

[2:55:46] collectively commit to targeted

[2:55:46] and consistent action.

[2:55:49] Though our laws are much less

[2:55:50] explicitly racist today our

[2:55:55] public and private institutions

[2:55:55] continue to discriminate

[2:55:56] against people of color.

[2:55:58] I know no one likes to be

[2:55:59] called racists but we all have

[2:56:03] a bias and sometimes our biases

[2:56:03] are rooted in racist beliefs

[2:56:04] and we MAY and we MAY not even

[2:56:08] be aware of it.

[2:56:09] Racism is perpetuated through

[2:56:09] the people and until we address

[2:56:13] our own biases the cycles

[2:56:13] continue.

[2:56:14] i am convinced that there is a

[2:56:18] greater agenda to destroy and

[2:56:19] oppress people of color and

[2:56:23] addressing structural racism is

[2:56:23] no one's priority.

[2:56:24] We have been dehumanized.

[2:56:28] You do not see us.

[2:56:29] >> You do not hear us.

[2:56:29] Our community is under attack

[2:56:33] from the mayor's office, from

[2:56:34] dsd, the planning department

[2:56:38] and our own city council member

[2:56:38] .

[2:56:39] You cannot ignore what's going

[2:56:43] on in other districts because

[2:56:43] it's not your district or

[2:56:44] because it doesn't primarily

[2:56:45] affect you and your community.

[2:56:47] You are all in positions of

[2:56:48] leadership.

[2:56:48] It is your duty to serve

[2:56:49] the people and look out for

[2:56:55] their best interests.

[2:56:59] This is a monumental moment one

[2:57:00] that will be document added as

[2:57:01] part of our history.

[2:57:04] How will you how will your vote

[2:57:04] be documented?

[2:57:09] How will your vote be perceived

[2:57:09] ?

[2:57:10] I encourage all of you to visit

[2:57:10] our neighborhood.

[2:57:13] Any one of us will give you a

[2:57:13] tour.

[2:57:14] If you can see the devastation

[2:57:17] that is occurring with your own

[2:57:18] eyes, you cannot deny what we

[2:57:22] are saying.

[2:57:26] I leave you with this question

[2:57:26] .

[2:57:27] >> Would you allow this to

[2:57:31] happen in your district?

[2:57:36] >> If the answer is no, I ask

[2:57:37] you to make a motion to add an

[2:57:38] amendment to not allow any

[2:57:42] projects to use footnote seven

[2:57:42] no matter where they are in

[2:57:43] the process.

[2:57:46] I know that you MAY not want to

[2:57:47] step on Henri's toes but if he

[2:57:51] doesn't make this motion I ask

[2:57:52] one of you to stand up for

[2:57:54] justice.

[2:57:55] >> Equal protection and

[2:57:59] fairness.

[2:58:05] >> Next is Evelyn Smith.

[2:58:05] >> Evelyn Smith You have time

[2:58:09] ceded to you by Katie.

[2:58:10] >> My name was Paul.

[2:58:10] Yes.

[2:58:11] You'll be combing your body.

[2:58:14] Tenses are after Evelyn Smith

[2:58:15] since there's a lot of them I'm

[2:58:19] calling them all at once.

[2:58:20] Please proceed.

[2:58:20] Up to now Council PRESIDENT And

[2:58:23] council member Henry Foster.

[2:58:24] I am Evelyn Smith.

[2:58:28] I live in Emery Hills which I

[2:58:31] have lived there for 51 years

[2:58:32] the entire time that I lived in

[2:58:36] San Diego.

[2:58:36] I have been involved with

[2:58:37] the neighborhood council

[2:58:41] the entire time and I have been

[2:58:45] the council chair since 2015.

[2:58:50] I currently reside on at least

[2:58:51] ten boards and commissions so I

[2:58:54] know the need of a community.

[2:58:58] Yes we need houses but we don't

[2:58:58] want 123.

[2:59:03] I want community is a different

[2:59:08] world from any other district

[2:59:08] in the city.

[2:59:12] You know our stormwater system

[2:59:17] is in bad condition.

[2:59:18] The mayor has told us there's

[2:59:18] no funds to upgrade it.

[2:59:23] Park has not had a darn thing

[2:59:27] done to see if it was built in

[2:59:27] the 60s.

[2:59:31] We are living in a shambles and

[2:59:32] to put that many homes and our

[2:59:37] community they are not doing

[2:59:41] anything about the traffic.

[2:59:42] The school has put a cap on

[2:59:42] enrollment.

[2:59:47] So where it is chosen is gone.

[2:59:50] There is no busses provided by

[2:59:51] city schools anymore.

[2:59:55] So before you vote to keep

[2:59:56] footnote seven and to let

[3:00:00] the developer go ahead with

[3:00:01] that many homes think about a

[3:00:06] movie the spot Buckley made

[3:00:07] some years ago Do the right

[3:00:11] thing for the people at Encanto

[3:00:16] and do the right thing for all

[3:00:16] of the people that you

[3:00:21] represent not just one

[3:00:22] community.

[3:00:22] >> And I thank you.

[3:00:25] Next desperate to have you and

[3:00:26] Cesar Javier, if you can please

[3:00:27] come up to the mic.

[3:00:28] You'll have one minute each and

[3:00:30] then if I can have

[3:00:30] the following individuals

[3:00:31] please come up to the yellow

[3:00:31] reserved seats.

[3:00:35] Becca Batiste.

[3:00:35] Tiago Batiste.

[3:00:39] Marge Orgel, Janine Salas and

[3:00:39] then Kenny.

[3:00:40] My apologies if I mispronounce

[3:00:49] any names but it's all right.

[3:00:50] Okay.

[3:00:53] One minute.

[3:00:57] I am privileged to have your

[3:01:02] victim of toxicity West Bank

[3:01:03] Choice Creek.

[3:01:03] We are in opposition of

[3:01:07] planning Department proposal.

[3:01:08] We are requesting that City

[3:01:12] Council modify the proposal

[3:01:17] from the planning Department to

[3:01:21] halt and deny any all projects

[3:01:22] that have ever relied upon foot

[3:01:27] not.

[3:01:32] Please step down and be a brave

[3:01:32] and free American someone who

[3:01:36] really is fit to govern.

[3:01:41] MR. Mayor or our CHAIRMAN

[3:01:49] Environmental and free city

[3:01:55] Council Council.

[3:02:00] >> I am a witness since I was a

[3:02:01] substitute teacher at Encanto

[3:02:05] Elementary School I was

[3:02:06] unmindful because I was

[3:02:10] focusing on economics.

[3:02:10] Work, work, work and earn.

[3:02:15] Now I realize that from then on

[3:02:16] I was so curious how governance

[3:02:20] works and when my one year

[3:02:24] attendance classmate Council

[3:02:30] Rivera classmate Council or

[3:02:33] Lacob usher at the San Diego

[3:02:34] 350 we had a seminar there.

[3:02:38] You handed the appreciation to

[3:02:39] the bicyclist and environmental

[3:02:42] advocate Clean Air.

[3:02:43] The issue is a leadership

[3:02:43] failure.

[3:02:47] MAY we request our respectfully

[3:02:48] to step down because we are

[3:02:52] ready, brave and free

[3:02:52] knowledgeable, sober solving

[3:02:58] problem moguls.

[3:02:58] >> Please step down.

[3:02:59] Thank you for that comment,

[3:03:04] Becca Battista.

[3:03:05] >> Good afternoon.

[3:03:09] Council.

[3:03:10] I'm Becca Battista.

[3:03:11] I am opposed to the overturn a

[3:03:14] footnote seven as it stands and

[3:03:14] I'm requesting that the City

[3:03:15] Council modify the proposal to

[3:03:18] halt and deny any and all

[3:03:19] projects that have ever relied

[3:03:19] upon.

[3:03:20] Footnote seven.

[3:03:23] Our community of Encanto has

[3:03:24] been blatantly targeted with

[3:03:25] unfair building practices

[3:03:28] allowing developers

[3:03:29] the opportunity to build these

[3:03:30] large scale projects without a

[3:03:30] single dime Going back to our

[3:03:33] community or allowing us

[3:03:34] the decency to review this

[3:03:35] massive density increase and

[3:03:38] complete 180 degree change from

[3:03:38] our community plan.

[3:03:43] How is it that our city is

[3:03:43] giant with our city's giant

[3:03:44] deficit?

[3:03:44] You are allowing these projects

[3:03:47] to be shouldered by a community

[3:03:48] with such limited resources

[3:03:49] allowing shoddy apartment

[3:03:52] complexes to be approved

[3:03:53] without proper impact fees and

[3:03:54] environmental studies It is

[3:03:54] deeply wrong.

[3:03:57] Is your plan to just dump these

[3:03:58] projects on the shoulders of

[3:03:58] Encanto and just leave us to

[3:04:02] figure it out after the fact?

[3:04:02] The only explanation for this

[3:04:03] is that there is a

[3:04:06] collaboration between the city

[3:04:07] and the developers.

[3:04:08] We promise you that we will not

[3:04:09] sit quietly as we have done all

[3:04:12] these years.

[3:04:13] >> Thank you for that

[3:04:13] concluding comment.

[3:04:21] Tiago, what is the.

[3:04:22] I urge each of you to stop by

[3:04:26] my house, my neighborhood, Your

[3:04:27] neighborhood, MR. Foster.

[3:04:31] This is your people right here.

[3:04:32] We need your right now.

[3:04:33] We're not We are not getting

[3:04:35] heard by you and I.

[3:04:36] Please, I urge you guys to walk

[3:04:40] with us around our neighborhood

[3:04:41] choosing a block worth of a

[3:04:45] lots.

[3:04:46] How the city is allowing

[3:04:50] developers to destroy our

[3:04:50] neighborhood.

[3:04:55] I cannot think about any other

[3:04:56] thing but one more time, MR.

[3:04:56] Foster.

[3:04:59] We do need you.

[3:05:00] My doors are open for you.

[3:05:04] I can have a coffee with you.

[3:05:05] We can go around this

[3:05:09] neighborhood and I challenge

[3:05:10] you to walk to the trolley from

[3:05:15] any of those properties.

[3:05:15] Thank you, Marge.

[3:05:20] Good.

[3:05:21] >> Good afternoon, council

[3:05:21] members.

[3:05:25] I'm Marge Wargo, a happy

[3:05:26] resident in Encanto.

[3:05:30] For 40 years And I'm grateful

[3:05:34] that it looks like footnote

[3:05:35] seven is going to be removed.

[3:05:39] But I want to ask you to please

[3:05:40] amend that to be able to

[3:05:45] prevent the Klauber project and

[3:05:45] the Emerald Hills project from

[3:05:46] moving forward.

[3:05:49] We do not have

[3:05:50] the infrastructure in our

[3:05:54] community to be able to

[3:05:55] increase the density as those

[3:05:55] projects would do.

[3:06:00] We don't have the road space.

[3:06:00] The roads are a mess.

[3:06:03] We don't have fire exits

[3:06:04] adequate to large numbers of

[3:06:04] people.

[3:06:08] We're seeing what happens when

[3:06:09] neighborhoods can't get out of

[3:06:09] an area.

[3:06:14] Please amend the staff report

[3:06:19] and eliminate the permits for

[3:06:24] the Klauber project and Emerald

[3:06:24] Hills.

[3:06:24] >> Thank you for that

[3:06:25] concluding comment.

[3:06:27] Jeanine Salas.

[3:06:28] After that will be kind of key

[3:06:29] and then after that if I can

[3:06:33] have Andrea through Amelia

[3:06:33] Meany, Susan Baldwin and Hazel

[3:06:35] Higgins come up to those yellow

[3:06:36] reserved seats.

[3:06:41] >> Please proceed Along

[3:06:41] the term these homes, these

[3:06:45] single family homes, these

[3:06:46] homes that they're talking

[3:06:47] about are massive apartment

[3:06:51] complexes proposing to be about

[3:06:51] 500ft.

[3:06:55] What kind of family can live in

[3:06:55] a 500 square foot home?

[3:06:59] I think what this footnote is

[3:07:00] doing is setting a very

[3:07:01] dangerous precedent for our

[3:07:05] city, allowing special interest

[3:07:05] groups and private investors to

[3:07:09] exploit these backdoor tactics

[3:07:10] and negotiations without any

[3:07:14] kind of transparency,

[3:07:14] accountability or due

[3:07:14] diligence.

[3:07:19] These proposed developments are

[3:07:19] also exploiting these loopholes

[3:07:20] that will bypass paying any

[3:07:24] development impact fees.

[3:07:25] Why would we do that when we're

[3:07:25] in such a deficit?

[3:07:29] I don't understand it.

[3:07:30] That's the question we should

[3:07:31] be asking is why wouldn't we

[3:07:34] tax them?

[3:07:35] Why wouldn't we take money from

[3:07:35] investors that are going to

[3:07:39] make so much money?

[3:07:40] The Environmental Impact

[3:07:43] reporters from 2015 Thank you

[3:07:44] for that concluding comment.

[3:07:47] >> Next is Canning Keith.

[3:07:48] Can you have time seated if

[3:07:49] the following individuals can

[3:07:49] please raise their hand?

[3:07:51] Sage Gonzalez Spalding.

[3:07:56] Thank you Saatchi Eagleton or

[3:08:00] thank you Peter Wilding.

[3:08:01] Well, thank you.

[3:08:06] Lisa Bezerra, Brian Poland and

[3:08:08] Alex.

[3:08:13] As you know, our Alex.

[3:08:14] Oh, right there.

[3:08:14] Okay.

[3:08:14] Thank you.

[3:08:15] You'll have seven minutes.

[3:08:16] Please proceed.

[3:08:18] Hello.

[3:08:19] Hi.

[3:08:19] My name is Kenny Key in

[3:08:23] opposition of the current

[3:08:24] reversal with As it stands you

[3:08:27] need to remove that footnote

[3:08:28] seven as well as stop

[3:08:32] the projects and I love my

[3:08:33] city.

[3:08:34] You know I love my community.

[3:08:37] It's a beautiful community and

[3:08:38] I'm representing a lot of

[3:08:38] people here.

[3:08:39] I can't make it today.

[3:08:42] Senior citizens from our

[3:08:43] neighborhood I got an Air Force

[3:08:43] background.

[3:08:47] I work for the county of San

[3:08:47] Diego five and a half years.

[3:08:48] I've got thousands of hours of

[3:08:52] flying in traffic and working

[3:08:53] on repair and wrote for

[3:08:53] the county of San Diego to plow

[3:08:57] snow up in Julian Campo Alpine

[3:09:01] Spring Valley Road Station work

[3:09:01] 18 months on a striping crew.

[3:09:02] I'm probably one of the most

[3:09:05] qualified people in this room I

[3:09:05] know to speak on traffic and

[3:09:06] repair the roads.

[3:09:06] Okay.

[3:09:10] If you haven't done a job you

[3:09:11] can't speak on it.

[3:09:12] We need more people and

[3:09:15] understand the damage that's

[3:09:15] caused by traffic.

[3:09:15] Okay.

[3:09:16] On roads.

[3:09:16] Okay.

[3:09:22] So I want to speak to the fact

[3:09:25] that you guys are casting

[3:09:31] projects and and ideas that are

[3:09:31] just that They're just ideas.

[3:09:32] They're not proven, they're not

[3:09:36] based on data or you know, any

[3:09:36] kind of input that matters.

[3:09:40] You know, it's just based on

[3:09:41] you know, we're going to okay

[3:09:41] build let's do it like this.

[3:09:42] Okay?

[3:09:45] And that is not best practices

[3:09:46] We didn't elect you guys to get

[3:09:50] up here and demand best

[3:09:50] practices out of your staff and

[3:09:55] your employees of the city But

[3:09:56] you guys you don't hold

[3:09:59] yourself to the same standards

[3:10:00] when it comes to items that

[3:10:00] crossed your desk on this vote

[3:10:04] that require your vote.

[3:10:05] You're going to you're going to

[3:10:06] brush off the data that you

[3:10:09] need to make educated decisions

[3:10:10] on these projects that are

[3:10:10] coming your way.

[3:10:14] You go brush aside that

[3:10:14] information.

[3:10:15] I would say that's almost as

[3:10:21] true in violation of your oath

[3:10:21] .

[3:10:22] >> Okay.

[3:10:22] The last I checked people

[3:10:26] developers don't vote.

[3:10:30] They MAY give you some money

[3:10:30] but that don't shouldn't

[3:10:31] influence your decision making

[3:10:35] up here to voting is necessary

[3:10:40] But you're moral ethics and

[3:10:44] integrity is what we want to We

[3:10:45] put you up there today We need

[3:10:45] champion leadership.

[3:10:49] I remember George Stevens GOD

[3:10:50] rest his soul.

[3:10:50] He was our champion.

[3:10:54] He said to Standards District

[3:10:55] board He probably rolling over

[3:10:59] right now with

[3:11:00] the representation that we get.

[3:11:05] Yeah I said it because I love

[3:11:08] him on hills I love and care to

[3:11:09] Right now we can We're trying

[3:11:14] to take a video in a community

[3:11:14] that can rewind the tape and

[3:11:18] you guys as reset speeches

[3:11:19] talking about Martin Luther

[3:11:23] King and trying to align

[3:11:23] yourself in your districts with

[3:11:28] his values, his principles How

[3:11:33] dare you come in here today and

[3:11:33] defecate on his memory, his

[3:11:37] legacy by allowing this project

[3:11:42] to harm a black community?

[3:11:43] >> Let's call it like let's

[3:11:43] let's educate people Up until

[3:11:47] late 60s in the hills had

[3:11:47] redlining conditions.

[3:11:48] We couldn't buy property up

[3:11:51] there.

[3:11:52] It used to be a golf course

[3:11:52] Emerald Hill the churches was

[3:11:56] the clubhouse okay We couldn't

[3:11:57] even play up here Probably oc

[3:12:01] is one of the more beautiful

[3:12:02] locations in the city Don't

[3:12:05] okay And you want to give it to

[3:12:06] it to a developer at a state

[3:12:11] developer who want to take dump

[3:12:12] on our community with a shallow

[3:12:14] vision for our community not a

[3:12:15] shallow vision a 128 homes for

[3:12:20] millionaires That's not what we

[3:12:20] need.

[3:12:21] >> We need sensible

[3:12:25] comprehensive build and we

[3:12:25] don't need edu edu's wood no

[3:12:30] parking establishing a

[3:12:30] community.

[3:12:31] I bet you will do that.

[3:12:32] You bet you wouldn't do that at

[3:12:34] Torrey Pines Who a district

[3:12:35] representative You need to get

[3:12:39] on district board and making us

[3:12:39] look bad.

[3:12:40] This is America's finest city

[3:12:44] and right now it does not look

[3:12:44] like debt.

[3:12:45] This is a community push back.

[3:12:48] We are united You don't ignore

[3:12:49] push back Martin Luther King

[3:12:53] wouldn't ignored great He would

[3:12:54] not aligned himself with no Jim

[3:12:58] Crow Footnote whoever thought

[3:13:03] it out need to come clean and

[3:13:04] stand on your record.

[3:13:07] >> Yeah yeah yeah The people

[3:13:12] demand it We put you there.

[3:13:12] >> Okay.

[3:13:13] We need championship

[3:13:13] leadership.

[3:13:17] You need to be protecting us

[3:13:18] from aggressive developers.

[3:13:23] You need to call up the dogs.

[3:13:23] I buy sd.Com all that kind of

[3:13:24] stuff to companies that come in

[3:13:26] our neighborhood trying to give

[3:13:27] does pennies on the dollar to

[3:13:32] senior citizens to monitor real

[3:13:33] estate so you can tear down a

[3:13:36] home and put a former complex

[3:13:36] up.

[3:13:37] We don't want to cop apartment

[3:13:38] complexes.

[3:13:41] We want to be at a strip.

[3:13:42] We want to be able to transfer

[3:13:42] generational wealth just like

[3:13:43] y'all do in your district.

[3:13:46] Yeah, well but if you guys

[3:13:47] allow developers to come in and

[3:13:51] buy up our community yeah I'm

[3:13:52] going to refrain from language

[3:13:56] I want to use speak for buying

[3:14:00] up our community, selling off

[3:14:01] our assets to developers.

[3:14:05] >> We have no poor young black

[3:14:06] and brown families that want to

[3:14:06] buy.

[3:14:10] It's already hard to live to

[3:14:11] buy here.

[3:14:12] >> We never want to give away

[3:14:15] our property.

[3:14:15] Well how about fixing

[3:14:16] the world?

[3:14:16] How about putting some concrete

[3:14:20] sidewalks in the ghetto?

[3:14:20] >> The latest up here Juswant I

[3:14:23] don't know how she was but she

[3:14:24] broke up about 3 or 4

[3:14:25] generations and you all just

[3:14:25] ignore it.

[3:14:28] It's like you got to middle

[3:14:29] fingers pull back on us from

[3:14:34] City hall imo Hills South San

[3:14:35] Diego is how we feel this new

[3:14:38] yellow it we're telling you how

[3:14:39] we feel Does it matter?

[3:14:39] It would matter to Martin

[3:14:43] Luther King and me.

[3:14:44] >> It should matter to you

[3:14:47] where people okay The developer

[3:14:52] is not who you should represent

[3:14:53] If you if they show you it

[3:14:53] won't be the first and it won't

[3:14:57] be the last.

[3:14:57] >> Okay.

[3:15:02] You know you need to focus on

[3:15:02] the people.

[3:15:06] >> Please don't require them to

[3:15:07] have parking requirement.

[3:15:11] >> I mean the world conditions

[3:15:11] you don't even take care of now

[3:15:12] and you want to put a D.R.

[3:15:16] Horton project in a middle of a

[3:15:17] neighborhood and not require

[3:15:18] him to have no color.

[3:15:21] >> You guys ought to be ashamed

[3:15:22] of yourself.

[3:15:26] >> Andrea Yeah.

[3:15:27] Thank you, Andrea And then if I

[3:15:31] can have the following

[3:15:32] individuals in the front row a

[3:15:32] mini a mini Susan Baldwin and

[3:15:36] Hazel Higgins now you have time

[3:15:36] ceded to you by several

[3:15:37] individuals if they can please

[3:15:39] raise their hands has 19

[3:15:43] apostles whatever.

[3:15:48] Gregory Morales, Mary Young,

[3:15:53] Ian Mills Mills I'm sorry

[3:15:54] the handwriting's a bit

[3:15:59] difficult It looks like I Liam

[3:16:01] Maybe now Liam I'll come back.

[3:16:06] Rebecca Wilder Sorry to read

[3:16:10] Catherine Leanne Leon Lewis

[3:16:15] Caskey Marisol Campbell.

[3:16:16] Roslyn Cook.

[3:16:20] Janet Clover.

[3:16:24] Michelle Logan and Darlene Not

[3:16:25] Is there anyone that seated

[3:16:25] time that didn't get their name

[3:16:30] called What's your name sir

[3:16:30] John Mellencamp.

[3:16:35] >> Oh, Jim Yes, that is what it

[3:16:35] says.

[3:16:35] Thank you very much.

[3:16:36] You'll have 14 minutes.

[3:16:39] Please proceed.

[3:16:40] I am speaking on the record.

[3:16:41] I'm Andrea Head Hebrew.

[3:16:43] I am first and foremost a

[3:16:43] citizen of the United States of

[3:16:47] America and by law a national

[3:16:48] who owes my permanent

[3:16:49] allegiance to the United States

[3:16:49] of America which means its

[3:16:52] Constitution.

[3:16:53] I am the chair of Choice Valley

[3:16:54] Community Planning Group

[3:16:58] The following statement is

[3:16:58] entered into the record Encanto

[3:16:59] is used interchangeably with

[3:17:02] Choice Valley in the statement

[3:17:03] as the name change occurred a

[3:17:05] short time after the publishing

[3:17:06] of the 2015 Community Plan

[3:17:07] The adoption of Footnote seven

[3:17:10] which imposed selective zoning

[3:17:11] in the Encanto neighborhoods

[3:17:12] was a betrayal of our community

[3:17:15] and a clear violation of due

[3:17:16] process equal protection,

[3:17:17] environmental law and fair

[3:17:20] housing obligations.

[3:17:21] It was a policy enacted without

[3:17:22] meaningful input bypassing

[3:17:25] procedural safeguards,

[3:17:26] environmental reviews and our

[3:17:27] community's right to equitable

[3:17:31] development including that of

[3:17:32] 21st Century Parks as Degnan

[3:17:36] designated for our areas

[3:17:36] affected in our community plan.

[3:17:40] Footnote seven must be repealed

[3:17:40] retroactively because it was

[3:17:44] unlawful at inception and is

[3:17:45] poised to do irreversible and

[3:17:46] severe harm to our community.

[3:17:49] Before Footnote seven District

[3:17:50] four the low resource primarily

[3:17:54] nonwhite district with by far

[3:17:55] the greatest concentration of

[3:17:55] black San Diego and had

[3:17:59] crumbling roads, poor schools

[3:18:03] boarded up storefronts, food

[3:18:04] deserts severely deficient

[3:18:05] stormwater infrastructure trash

[3:18:08] strewn medians filled with

[3:18:09] cracked weed written asphalt

[3:18:13] and streets with no sidewalks.

[3:18:14] The few parks we have are

[3:18:14] broken down relics from

[3:18:18] the middle of the last century

[3:18:19] the only amenity we had was 17%

[3:18:23] of the city's r's one two Lot

[3:18:23] size.

[3:18:27] Footnote seven completely

[3:18:27] eliminated the one amenity we

[3:18:31] had District one the far

[3:18:32] wealthier and whiter District

[3:18:35] had all the things lacking in

[3:18:36] District four and had a

[3:18:39] whopping 61% of the rs one two

[3:18:39] Lot size.

[3:18:42] Footnote seven Reduced District

[3:18:43] four share of that lot size

[3:18:46] from 17% to zero while

[3:18:49] increasing District one share

[3:18:50] from 61% to 74%.

[3:18:55] Housing cost is driven at least

[3:18:55] as much by location as it is by

[3:18:56] inventory.

[3:18:59] Everyone is familiar with

[3:19:00] the retail and real estate

[3:19:04] maxim of location location,

[3:19:04] location.

[3:19:05] As long as there are large

[3:19:09] areas that are deemed undesired

[3:19:10] rebuild the cost of housing

[3:19:11] will remain inflated.

[3:19:14] Fixing this means leveling

[3:19:15] the public amenities available

[3:19:15] throughout our city.

[3:19:19] Modern well-paying park What

[3:19:20] I'm sorry Modern

[3:19:20] well-maintained parks bring

[3:19:24] higher quality retail and more

[3:19:25] residents with higher incomes,

[3:19:26] more schooling and more time to

[3:19:29] engage civically When Choice

[3:19:30] Valley is no longer considered

[3:19:34] undesirable, the prices of

[3:19:35] housing and other areas of our

[3:19:35] city will come down.

[3:19:40] Our community does not oppose

[3:19:40] housing.

[3:19:41] In fact the 2015 Encanto

[3:19:44] Community Plan significantly

[3:19:45] increased multi housing

[3:19:46] capacity by over 8000 units.

[3:19:49] While reducing single family

[3:19:50] units by 203 resulting in a net

[3:19:54] population increase of over

[3:19:57] 28,000 a 160% growth.

[3:19:58] So why are we so fiercely

[3:20:01] opposed to footnote seven?

[3:20:01] Because it was unlawful and

[3:20:02] unconscionable.

[3:20:06] It was buried within

[3:20:06] the sprawling Phase two of

[3:20:07] the 2019 land Development Code.

[3:20:11] A massive collection collection

[3:20:11] of amendments divided into

[3:20:16] three phases due to its sheer

[3:20:16] size.

[3:20:16] The Phase two update was

[3:20:17] presented to the Community

[3:20:20] Planners Committee or cpc on

[3:20:21] October 2nd, 2019, giving

[3:20:25] members only three weeks to

[3:20:25] review it before Planning

[3:20:26] Commission's hearing on OCTOBER

[3:20:29] 26th, 2019.

[3:20:29] At that Planning Commission

[3:20:30] meeting cpc Chair Wallace

[3:20:34] Wolford requested a three month

[3:20:34] continuance citing

[3:20:35] the overwhelming size of

[3:20:39] the update and the need for

[3:20:40] the cpc individual planning

[3:20:40] groups and the code monitoring

[3:20:43] team to adequately review and

[3:20:43] provide input.

[3:20:48] The cpc had voted unanimously

[3:20:48] 27 to 0 to support the requests

[3:20:49] underscoring the need for

[3:20:53] sufficient time for public

[3:20:54] participation which is required

[3:20:57] for meaningful due process.

[3:20:57] Priscilla Escobar, chair of

[3:21:02] the Code Monitoring Team,

[3:21:03] described the process as being

[3:21:03] quote like drinking out of a

[3:21:07] firehose in quote illustrating

[3:21:07] how overwhelming the rushed

[3:21:08] timeline was for those tasked

[3:21:11] with analyzing the changes.

[3:21:12] Despite these very valid

[3:21:12] concerns, the Planning

[3:21:13] Commission denied

[3:21:16] the continuance.

[3:21:17] Commissioner Vicki Granites

[3:21:17] harshly rebuked the cpc and

[3:21:21] Planning groups for quote being

[3:21:22] so far behind.

[3:21:22] While Commissioner Susan

[3:21:26] Pearson argued that there were

[3:21:27] time sensitive items requiring

[3:21:30] immediate approval notably

[3:21:30] during that meeting

[3:21:31] Commissioner William Hoffman

[3:21:32] questioned the rationale behind

[3:21:35] requirements of Footnote seven

[3:21:36] applying exclusively to

[3:21:37] southeastern San Diego and

[3:21:37] Encanto.

[3:21:40] In response, Planning

[3:21:41] department staff provided

[3:21:41] misleading justifications

[3:21:45] stating that Footnote seven was

[3:21:46] needed to quote clean up

[3:21:49] inconsistencies and avoid

[3:21:50] penalizing smaller lots in

[3:21:51] Encanto an assertion that

[3:21:54] failed to acknowledge

[3:21:55] the Ordinance's direct conflict

[3:21:56] with the Encanto neighborhood's

[3:21:56] community plan.

[3:22:00] Following this flawed process,

[3:22:00] the City Council voted

[3:22:03] unanimously on DECEMBER 17th,

[3:22:04] 2019 to adopt phase two of

[3:22:05] the Land Development Code

[3:22:05] update without incorporating

[3:22:09] any input from the cpc code

[3:22:09] monitoring team or individual

[3:22:13] planning groups.

[3:22:14] Footnote seven represents a

[3:22:15] violation of the affirmatively

[3:22:19] furthering fair housing or affo

[3:22:19] obligations under state and

[3:22:20] federal law.

[3:22:23] These obligations require local

[3:22:24] governments to actively

[3:22:25] dismantle housing

[3:22:27] discrimination and segregation

[3:22:28] while creating equitable

[3:22:28] opportunities for all

[3:22:29] residents.

[3:22:33] Footnote seven does

[3:22:33] the opposite.

[3:22:34] By disproportionately burdening

[3:22:37] choice Valley a predominantly

[3:22:37] black and Hispanic community

[3:22:38] with the reduction of

[3:22:41] greenspace to increase housing

[3:22:42] stock with reduced lot sizes

[3:22:43] and increased density it

[3:22:46] exacerbates preexisting

[3:22:47] inequities and segregated

[3:22:47] housing patterns.

[3:22:51] Furthermore, adding more market

[3:22:52] rate housing to an area already

[3:22:55] deemed undesirable due to its

[3:22:56] lack of resources and its

[3:22:57] racial segregation of primarily

[3:22:57] nonwhite residents.

[3:23:01] Does nothing to affirmatively

[3:23:01] further fair housing.

[3:23:02] Such housing will remain

[3:23:06] undervalued compared to

[3:23:07] virtually identical market rate

[3:23:07] housing in whiter high resource

[3:23:08] areas.

[3:23:11] Perpetuating the racial and

[3:23:12] economic inequities.

[3:23:12] That effort was designed to

[3:23:16] address.

[3:23:16] Additionally, the increased

[3:23:17] density allowed by Footnote

[3:23:20] seven imposes significant

[3:23:21] environmental burdens on our

[3:23:22] community including worsening

[3:23:22] heat island effects

[3:23:26] overburdened stormwater

[3:23:26] infrastructure and reducing

[3:23:30] access to public green spaces.

[3:23:30] These impacts contravene both

[3:23:31] Fair Housing Act and

[3:23:35] California's eight ffo mandates

[3:23:36] which demand proactive measures

[3:23:40] to address systemic inequities

[3:23:40] in housing and environmental

[3:23:41] quality.

[3:23:44] Footnote seven entrenches these

[3:23:45] disparities rather than

[3:23:45] alleviating them making it

[3:23:49] repeal necessary to comply with

[3:23:50] law and uphold fair housing

[3:23:50] principles.

[3:23:54] The city has failed to

[3:23:55] demonstrate that Footnote seven

[3:23:55] serves a public good that

[3:23:59] justifies the disparate impact

[3:24:00] it imposes on Choice Valley.

[3:24:00] While disparate impact on

[3:24:04] certain communities MAY in

[3:24:05] limited cases be permissible

[3:24:05] under equal protection

[3:24:09] principles if they are tied to

[3:24:10] a compelling public interest.

[3:24:10] Footnote seven fails to meet

[3:24:13] the standard to the extent

[3:24:14] the stated justification about

[3:24:15] cleaning code up and making it

[3:24:18] more consistent makes any sense

[3:24:19] And it's not suspected as a

[3:24:23] pretext for something shameful

[3:24:23] .

[3:24:24] It appears to have been done

[3:24:25] for administrative convenience

[3:24:28] rather than any demonstra ble

[3:24:29] benefit to the public at large

[3:24:30] or to the community It burdens

[3:24:33] as established in village of

[3:24:34] Arlington Heights versus

[3:24:34] Metropolitan Housing

[3:24:35] Development.

[3:24:38] Government policies that create

[3:24:39] racial disparities must have

[3:24:40] strong justifications rooted in

[3:24:42] the public good to withstand

[3:24:43] legal scrutiny.

[3:24:44] Footnote seven has no such

[3:24:47] justification This policy's

[3:24:48] disparate impact combined with

[3:24:52] its procedural irregularities

[3:24:53] renders it indefensible under

[3:24:53] equal protection principles.

[3:24:57] The city attorney's dedication

[3:24:58] to defending the indefensible

[3:25:02] acts of the city sets a new bar

[3:25:03] for behavior that is merely

[3:25:07] under the color of law.

[3:25:08] >> Footnote seven also violates

[3:25:09] Sequoyah, which mandates an

[3:25:12] environmental review for

[3:25:13] significant zoning changes.

[3:25:14] The failure to conduct an

[3:25:14] environmental impact report

[3:25:18] constitutes a deprivation of

[3:25:19] procedural due process a seek

[3:25:19] to ensure stakeholders are

[3:25:23] informed of potential

[3:25:23] environmental impacts and given

[3:25:24] the opportunity to participate

[3:25:26] in mitigating them.

[3:25:27] This omission denied residents

[3:25:28] of Choice Valley

[3:25:28] the opportunity to raise

[3:25:32] concerns about the increased

[3:25:32] densities environmental

[3:25:33] consequences such as heat

[3:25:33] island effect and storm water

[3:25:37] runoff as established in Moline

[3:25:38] versus Central Hanover Bank and

[3:25:42] Trust and Walker vs City of

[3:25:42] Hutchinson Due process requires

[3:25:43] notice reasonably calculated to

[3:25:47] inform interested parties and

[3:25:48] provide them a fair opportunity

[3:25:48] to be heard.

[3:25:52] The absence of a second

[3:25:52] mandated eia also violates

[3:25:53] precedent requiring

[3:25:57] environmental review of

[3:25:57] significant zoning changes per

[3:26:01] Know Oil Inc. Versus the City

[3:26:01] of Los Angeles.

[3:26:02] Furthermore, Footnote seven is

[3:26:06] substantively unlawful because

[3:26:06] it conflicts with the Encanto

[3:26:07] neighborhoods Community plan of

[3:26:11] 2015 and the city's general

[3:26:11] plan under Lester

[3:26:12] Communications Inc. Versus

[3:26:16] the City of Walnut Creek Zoning

[3:26:16] ordinances inconsistent with

[3:26:17] the general plan are invalid

[3:26:20] from inception.

[3:26:21] Footnote seven Increased

[3:26:21] density contradicts the Encanto

[3:26:25] community plan's provisions for

[3:26:25] infrastructure development,

[3:26:26] greenspace preservation and

[3:26:30] environmental sustainability

[3:26:31] rendering it void under this

[3:26:31] principle allowing projects to

[3:26:35] proceed under Footnote seven

[3:26:36] would set a dangerous precedent

[3:26:40] and undermine public trust If

[3:26:41] developers and city officials

[3:26:41] are allowed to benefit from

[3:26:44] ordinances later deemed

[3:26:44] unlawful.

[3:26:45] It creates a perverse incentive

[3:26:49] a perverse incentive for

[3:26:50] passing and relying on unlawful

[3:26:50] legislation.

[3:26:54] California Government Code

[3:26:59] 66498.1 prohibits reliant on

[3:27:00] ordinances that do not comply

[3:27:01] with state or federal law.

[3:27:03] Acker versus Baldwin

[3:27:04] invalidated development

[3:27:04] approval based on

[3:27:05] unconstitutional zoning code

[3:27:08] and Starbird versus County of

[3:27:09] San Benito has specific

[3:27:13] applications to violations of

[3:27:13] Sequoyah.

[3:27:14] Allowing such reliance would

[3:27:15] discourage accountability erode

[3:27:18] confidence in the city's

[3:27:19] planning processes and

[3:27:19] disproportionately harm

[3:27:23] marginalized communities.

[3:27:24] It is essential to send a clear

[3:27:25] message that unlawful

[3:27:27] ordinances cannot serve as

[3:27:28] the basis for development

[3:27:28] approvals.

[3:27:32] The Choice Valley Community

[3:27:33] does not oppose housing.

[3:27:33] Our 2015 community plan

[3:27:34] demonstrated our commitment to

[3:27:37] sustainable and equitable

[3:27:38] development.

[3:27:39] Footnote seven seven However

[3:27:42] disregarded our needs and

[3:27:43] the law prioritizing developer

[3:27:47] profits over both its

[3:27:47] retroactive repeal is necessary

[3:27:52] not only to correct past harms

[3:27:52] but to ensure a future where

[3:27:56] all San Diego communities are

[3:27:57] treated with fairness, dignity

[3:27:57] and respect.

[3:27:58] If there is a burden to be

[3:28:02] borne as a result of

[3:28:03] the unlawful passage of

[3:28:03] Footnote seven it should not

[3:28:06] fall on a demographic that has

[3:28:06] been misused and neglected for

[3:28:11] over a century.

[3:28:11] >> So City of San Diego.

[3:28:16] Pay the developers if they

[3:28:16] should prevail or you think

[3:28:17] they ought to prevail but halt

[3:28:21] the development that is based

[3:28:22] on wrong and unlawful zoning.

[3:28:22] That remedy though somewhat

[3:28:25] painful is the least our

[3:28:26] community's do on this matter

[3:28:29] and do this without board

[3:28:30] burdening our already low

[3:28:35] resource community with taking

[3:28:35] you to court.

[3:28:36] The recommendation before you

[3:28:40] today needs to amended to have

[3:28:41] explicit retroactive effect.

[3:28:45] The mere fact that footnote

[3:28:46] seven effectively resound an

[3:28:49] area with a significant change

[3:28:49] in density without an

[3:28:50] environmental impact review is

[3:28:55] all alone sufficient reason for

[3:28:55] you to amend it?

[3:28:56] This should be a no brainer

[3:28:58] decision albeit one that

[3:28:59] requires the courage of your

[3:29:03] patriotism.

[3:29:04] And just in terms of just math

[3:29:08] basic math one acre divided by

[3:29:11] 20,000ft is to two Lot two

[3:29:12] unit not four.

[3:29:16] >> Thank you.

[3:29:21] >> Next is Ameen Amin.

[3:29:22] You have time ceded to you by

[3:29:26] Sanam Pessl over Sanam Can you

[3:29:27] please raise your hand?

[3:29:27] >> Thank you so much.

[3:29:28] You'll have two minutes.

[3:29:30] Please proceed.

[3:29:31] Good afternoon.

[3:29:35] Well, let's be honest Footnote

[3:29:36] seven was quietly added to

[3:29:36] the city code.

[3:29:37] We all know that by now with no

[3:29:40] transparency on notice to

[3:29:41] the community And now it's

[3:29:42] being used to push through high

[3:29:45] density projects.

[3:29:46] These projects are

[3:29:46] fundamentally changing

[3:29:47] the character of our

[3:29:51] neighborhoods with or without

[3:29:51] our consent And they're based

[3:29:54] on a rule that none of

[3:29:55] the residents didn't even know

[3:29:55] existed.

[3:29:56] This isn't just about

[3:29:59] the density.

[3:30:00] It's about justice.

[3:30:01] And Canada has a long history

[3:30:05] of redlining and equality and

[3:30:05] this footnote feels like yet

[3:30:08] another blow to a community

[3:30:09] that already endured systemic

[3:30:14] inequalities for decades by

[3:30:14] allowing these projects to

[3:30:15] proceed.

[3:30:15] Accelerating gentrification

[3:30:18] displacing long time residents

[3:30:19] and continuing a legacy of

[3:30:23] unfair treatment.

[3:30:23] There's also a legal question

[3:30:24] here How can project still rely

[3:30:28] on a quietly added footnote one

[3:30:28] that many stakeholders weren't

[3:30:32] even aware of be considered

[3:30:33] valid?

[3:30:33] This lack of transparency

[3:30:34] undermines trust in the process

[3:30:38] and raises serious concerns

[3:30:38] about whether these projects

[3:30:39] comply with the principle of

[3:30:43] equality and due process.

[3:30:44] I urge the Council today to

[3:30:48] take immediate action halt

[3:30:49] these projects that are tied to

[3:30:49] footnote seven until a full

[3:30:53] review can be conducted with

[3:30:54] proper community community

[3:30:54] input.

[3:30:57] Let's take a step back and

[3:30:58] think about how we can support

[3:30:58] and can do it without

[3:31:02] continuing to perpetuate

[3:31:02] the pattern of inequality and

[3:31:03] displacement.

[3:31:07] >> Thank you xo Susan Baldwin.

[3:31:11] You have time to buy Yvonne

[3:31:11] Jones.

[3:31:12] Yvonne Jones are you here?

[3:31:12] Thank you.

[3:31:13] You'll have two minutes.

[3:31:16] Please proceed.

[3:31:16] >> Thank you.

[3:31:20] I am here speaking on behalf of

[3:31:21] neighbors for a better San

[3:31:21] Diego.

[3:31:22] In support of the Planning

[3:31:25] Department's recommendation to

[3:31:26] remove a footnote Footnote

[3:31:30] seven which only applied to

[3:31:31] the Troilus Valley Community

[3:31:31] Planning area and Southeastern

[3:31:35] Community Planning area where

[3:31:36] there is no such zoning and did

[3:31:40] not affect any other rs one to

[3:31:41] zoned lands in the city.

[3:31:45] Footnotes seven should be

[3:31:46] removed from the municipal code

[3:31:49] however because of the improper

[3:31:50] and apparently deliberatively

[3:31:54] deliberately deceptive process

[3:31:55] used to approve Footnote seven

[3:31:55] which has yet to be explained

[3:31:59] by the Planning Department or

[3:32:00] any city officials The removal

[3:32:03] of footnote seven should be

[3:32:04] applied retroactively to any

[3:32:08] projects that submitted

[3:32:08] applications using the footnote

[3:32:12] zoning including the two

[3:32:13] projects known as the Klauber

[3:32:14] Project and Radio Towers Old

[3:32:17] Memory Lane project.

[3:32:18] These projects should not be

[3:32:19] allowed to go forward as

[3:32:22] currently proposed.

[3:32:23] In addition, it is important to

[3:32:27] note both projects are located

[3:32:28] on community plan designated

[3:32:28] park land.

[3:32:33] The manner in which Footnote

[3:32:33] seven was adopted lumped in

[3:32:37] with a general land development

[3:32:38] code update deliberately and

[3:32:42] unfairly bypassing community

[3:32:43] input denied the community

[3:32:43] the ability to negotiate any

[3:32:47] community benefits such as

[3:32:48] setting aside a portion of both

[3:32:51] sites for park space to

[3:32:52] implement the community park

[3:32:53] designation In both the general

[3:32:57] plan recreation element and

[3:32:57] the community plan in exchange

[3:33:02] for subdivision of the land for

[3:33:02] development.

[3:33:06] Why were these projects?

[3:33:07] Why are these projects not

[3:33:08] required to process community

[3:33:12] plan and general plan

[3:33:12] amendments giving

[3:33:13] the designation Given

[3:33:17] the designation of the sites

[3:33:17] for Parkland?

[3:33:18] >> Thank you for that

[3:33:18] concludes.

[3:33:19] Thank you very much.

[3:33:25] Hazel Higgins And you have time

[3:33:30] to go to by DR. Catherine Pope

[3:33:30] .

[3:33:31] >> Catherine Pope There's

[3:33:31] another microphone that's lower

[3:33:35] for Come here Access.

[3:33:35] And I'm sorry I didn't see

[3:33:36] the hand of Catherine Pope.

[3:33:39] Thank you so much, DR.

[3:33:40] Catherine Pope.

[3:33:44] Thank you so much.

[3:33:44] Okay.

[3:33:48] Good afternoon, City COUNCILMAN

[3:33:49] And especially COUNCILMAN

[3:33:49] Foster.

[3:33:54] My arthritic body.

[3:33:58] 86 years young is not happy to

[3:33:59] be here with you this

[3:33:59] afternoon.

[3:34:03] I've been here many, many times

[3:34:03] before.

[3:34:08] I've served in my community for

[3:34:08] more than 60 years serving on

[3:34:13] the Southeast Development.

[3:34:13] Southeast Park and Recreation.

[3:34:18] PRESIDENT Of my pta for more

[3:34:18] than three years.

[3:34:19] PRESIDENT Of the Emerald Hills

[3:34:22] Neighborhood Council for more

[3:34:23] than three years Working with

[3:34:27] many, many.

[3:34:28] Many of my people My community

[3:34:28] people.

[3:34:32] I'd like to tell you about

[3:34:33] the Encanto task force.

[3:34:37] Many years ago.

[3:34:38] Petitioned the City Council to

[3:34:42] rezone the Encanto community.

[3:34:46] R 110 r 115 r 120 Because we

[3:34:50] liked the hillsides

[3:34:51] the openness and it all.

[3:34:55] >> The project that is planned

[3:34:56] .

[3:34:56] My kitchen window looks on it

[3:35:00] My my.

[3:35:01] i have two houses on Egret

[3:35:04] Street on the hillside one

[3:35:05] house down below and a vacant

[3:35:05] property.

[3:35:06] I have done a real estate

[3:35:09] license for many years and I

[3:35:10] could have moved I could have

[3:35:13] bought property in other areas

[3:35:14] but I like the Encanto

[3:35:14] community.

[3:35:18] But this is that my bell

[3:35:19] ringing.

[3:35:19] It's the same old.

[3:35:23] La la la And it's just a

[3:35:24] different day.

[3:35:24] This is our day in court.

[3:35:29] You listen to us but do you

[3:35:29] hear us?

[3:35:32] Do you really hear us?

[3:35:33] Do you hear us?

[3:35:38] Your hoper made me CHAIRMAN Of

[3:35:43] the open space in southeast San

[3:35:43] Diego and I took it seriously.

[3:35:47] It was 5.39 acres of designated

[3:35:47] adopted open space.

[3:35:51] So okay, that is your time But

[3:35:52] thank you very much for coming

[3:35:56] And that does conclude public

[3:35:56] comment hearing Council

[3:35:57] chambers will go to those

[3:35:58] participating remotely.

[3:36:01] I started the five minute time

[3:36:01] We're here in council chambers.

[3:36:02] We currently have ten

[3:36:03] individuals with their hands

[3:36:06] raised starting with John

[3:36:06] Stump.

[3:36:07] >> If you can please unmute.

[3:36:09] Thank you very much.

[3:36:10] I completely agree with

[3:36:14] the community presenters.

[3:36:19] GOD bless the soul of our

[3:36:23] COUNCILMAN George Stevens.

[3:36:24] I urge all the community

[3:36:28] members there to vote no on

[3:36:29] the proposal to increase their

[3:36:34] water fees and taxes.

[3:36:35] You got to cut off a form and

[3:36:38] send them in.

[3:36:39] I have property.

[3:36:42] My family has property in

[3:36:43] District four and I am

[3:36:48] the secretary of property at

[3:36:52] 4425 Home Avenue.

[3:36:52] We are being mistreated.

[3:36:53] It's racial.

[3:36:57] The complete southeastern San

[3:37:02] Diego Planning Group's scheme

[3:37:07] is racially based and there's

[3:37:08] no reason that Ridge view Home

[3:37:11] Avenue and Webster should be in

[3:37:12] City Heights.

[3:37:16] I just concluded sir.

[3:37:17] >> Next is Francine Maxwell If

[3:37:21] you can please unmute Francine

[3:37:26] Maxwell and resident Thank you

[3:37:26] for the presentation.

[3:37:30] Again we are looking for bold

[3:37:30] leadership.

[3:37:31] >> We've been looking for bold

[3:37:35] leadership for quite a while

[3:37:35] and although we enjoy our

[3:37:40] district elections sometimes

[3:37:41] it's a shot in the foot because

[3:37:42] you wouldn't treat all of San

[3:37:45] Diego as our mayor says a city

[3:37:46] for all of us that way.

[3:37:49] You allow one community to be

[3:37:50] treated a certain way because

[3:37:51] it's represented by one person.

[3:37:54] So since we are a democracy and

[3:37:59] everybody represents everybody

[3:38:03] ,let's go ahead and amend and

[3:38:04] make sure that it covers

[3:38:04] the past and the present and

[3:38:08] remove footnote seven.

[3:38:09] We know that there will be some

[3:38:13] challenges when it comes to you

[3:38:14] moving to your next office and

[3:38:14] you need those donations.

[3:38:18] But the donors, the developers

[3:38:19] are very forgiving So do do

[3:38:20] the right thing for the people.

[3:38:23] Thank you so much.

[3:38:24] >> Thank you.

[3:38:24] Next is Catalina in us?

[3:38:27] If you can please unmute.

[3:38:28] Thank you.

[3:38:28] I would like to start by saying

[3:38:32] I believe you.

[3:38:33] The City Council voted for

[3:38:34] the 12th planning update under

[3:38:37] false and deceitful testimony

[3:38:38] given to you by the planning

[3:38:38] group.

[3:38:39] And with that I would like to

[3:38:42] say please repeal footnote

[3:38:42] seven halt and terminate all

[3:38:46] permits that were illegally

[3:38:47] approved by the footnote.

[3:38:47] As most have indicated,

[3:38:51] the most inexpensive way to

[3:38:51] make this community back whole

[3:38:52] is by you halting, stopping

[3:38:56] terminating all and any

[3:38:56] footnote seven approved

[3:39:00] projects under the fairness

[3:39:01] Housing Governance Code of 8890

[3:39:01] 9.5.

[3:39:06] It requires a balanced living

[3:39:06] pattern.

[3:39:07] Encanto is a food desert.

[3:39:07] Adding housing to a food desert

[3:39:11] will make it a food depression.

[3:39:12] No to the Clabber Project and

[3:39:13] no to the radio project.

[3:39:15] Thank you.

[3:39:16] Thank you.

[3:39:16] Next is Robert Campbell.

[3:39:19] If you can please unmute.

[3:39:23] >> It's not enough to simply

[3:39:24] repeal Footnote seven Any

[3:39:25] project relying on it must be

[3:39:25] stopped immediately.

[3:39:29] Make the amendment to

[3:39:29] the Planning Department's

[3:39:30] proposal to retroactively void

[3:39:31] any project relying on Footnote

[3:39:31] seven.

[3:39:34] The City Attorney's JANUARY

[3:39:34] 22nd memorandum supposedly

[3:39:37] addressed the legality of

[3:39:37] footnote seven in the San Diego

[3:39:38] Municipal Code but only

[3:39:42] partially as a footnote to on

[3:39:42] page three of that memorandum

[3:39:43] indicates conflicts with

[3:39:46] the Encanto community plan

[3:39:47] the general plan equity and

[3:39:48] environmental justice as well

[3:39:48] as issues related to rezoning

[3:39:52] without due process and

[3:39:53] violations of sequel none of

[3:39:53] which were addressed in

[3:39:56] the memo.

[3:39:56] Why?

[3:39:57] Because these issues are

[3:39:57] indefensible and the city

[3:40:01] attorney knows it.

[3:40:01] The city attorney should have

[3:40:02] released an evaluation of all

[3:40:06] issues raised including those

[3:40:06] in footnote two of the memo to

[3:40:07] the Council and to the public

[3:40:08] for review.

[3:40:11] But did not which makes

[3:40:12] the council decision an easy

[3:40:12] one today.

[3:40:16] Council Please add the language

[3:40:17] to retroactively reject

[3:40:17] projects relying on footnote

[3:40:20] seven today or you'll end up on

[3:40:20] the side of history You'll

[3:40:24] probably live to regret.

[3:40:25] >> DR. Ethel Sims If you can

[3:40:29] please unmute.

[3:40:30] DR. Ethel Sims I can't unmute

[3:40:34] for you.

[3:40:35] I will have to move on to

[3:40:38] the next caller a pop up should

[3:40:43] come up to unmute.

[3:40:43] Hello.

[3:40:49] Yes, please proceed.

[3:40:49] Hi.

[3:40:50] Let me stop the apple since I

[3:40:50] live in the other side of Inver

[3:40:51] hills.

[3:40:53] Coronavirus states and this

[3:40:56] this development has been here

[3:40:56] for 45 years.

[3:40:57] I do think that footnote seven

[3:41:01] was wrong but moving forward I

[3:41:02] do feel like housing and

[3:41:02] community type beautification

[3:41:06] projects that will enhance our

[3:41:07] community are overdue.

[3:41:11] We always get in our community

[3:41:11] Encanto and Southeast.

[3:41:12] Some high density practices or

[3:41:13] just regular homes.

[3:41:17] There are kind of like designs

[3:41:18] similar to Coronado views and

[3:41:18] upgraded with them and Hills

[3:41:20] design.

[3:41:21] So they'll be single families

[3:41:21] Two stories.

[3:41:25] No one right now is living on

[3:41:26] the property that's proposed

[3:41:26] with D.R. Horton.

[3:41:30] So we can't have views any way

[3:41:31] but we get houses up there that

[3:41:31] we can upgrade.

[3:41:32] We can actually have

[3:41:34] neighborhoods that are kind of

[3:41:35] like have more amenities and

[3:41:36] become enhanced.

[3:41:39] Yes, we've been downplayed and

[3:41:40] there have been some

[3:41:40] irregularities and unfair

[3:41:41] treatment in our communities.

[3:41:45] But these housing projects can

[3:41:45] come in and it can actually

[3:41:50] enhance us and we can have an

[3:41:50] opportunity to connect.

[3:41:51] Time has concluded.

[3:41:51] My apologies.

[3:41:54] Victoria Brousseau also

[3:41:55] the five minute timer has

[3:41:55] concluded here in council

[3:41:56] chambers.

[3:41:58] There are six callers left.

[3:41:59] No additional callers will be

[3:41:59] taken.

[3:42:03] Victoria, please proceed.

[3:42:04] >> Good afternoon Council

[3:42:04] members As the victory lap

[3:42:08] Rizzo I'm the chair of

[3:42:08] the Scripps French Planning

[3:42:09] Group but I'm here to

[3:42:09] personally support

[3:42:13] the residents of Encanto and

[3:42:13] Choice Valley Community

[3:42:14] Planning Group.

[3:42:17] Bottom line that footnote seven

[3:42:18] was not properly vetted as

[3:42:18] acknowledged by the City

[3:42:19] Planning Staff report.

[3:42:22] The process by which

[3:42:23] the footnote seven was adopted

[3:42:24] did not represent best planning

[3:42:28] practices procedurally That's a

[3:42:28] quote from the report.

[3:42:29] Therefore it should be removed

[3:42:33] and any projects depending on

[3:42:33] it should be canceled.

[3:42:34] It's time for a win for

[3:42:37] the voice of the community.

[3:42:38] Again approve the removal of

[3:42:39] Footnote seven and legislate

[3:42:39] that the current projects

[3:42:43] relying on footnote seven be

[3:42:43] removed.

[3:42:44] Honor the community plan zoning

[3:42:47] established by appropriate

[3:42:48] procedures and do not allow

[3:42:49] the procedural mistakes by

[3:42:52] the city planning Department to

[3:42:52] adversely affect the residents

[3:42:53] of Choice Valley.

[3:42:57] Thank you for your time.

[3:42:57] >> Thank you.

[3:42:58] Next is Blaire Beekman.

[3:43:02] If you can please unmute.

[3:43:03] >> Hi we're Beekman.

[3:43:07] Always in the children's

[3:43:08] waiting pool trying to wade out

[3:43:08] into the deeper waters of

[3:43:09] the subject.

[3:43:12] I thank you.

[3:43:13] I'm interested in how you know

[3:43:16] we haven't beginning concepts

[3:43:16] to really want to develop

[3:43:17] generational wealth in

[3:43:21] the future of our housing.

[3:43:21] That's an important factor.

[3:43:26] And market rate housing.

[3:43:27] City government staff seem to

[3:43:27] be talking about that I'm not

[3:43:28] sure.

[3:43:31] But can we concentrate that We

[3:43:36] have to question you know,

[3:43:36] market rate housing and

[3:43:40] consider what housing can be

[3:43:41] for people and their incomes in

[3:43:45] the area and not you know means

[3:43:45] middle income housing and lower

[3:43:46] mixed income use Ideas I talked

[3:43:50] about often.

[3:43:51] You know that can be a factor

[3:43:55] in flexibility to this process

[3:43:55] really be considering to work

[3:43:56] organically with it.

[3:44:00] Please.

[3:44:01] We're in a new era.

[3:44:01] You've got a good community

[3:44:02] here asking questions.

[3:44:05] Good luck and organic.

[3:44:06] >> Thank you.

[3:44:06] Your time has concluded.

[3:44:07] Next is Sally.

[3:44:11] Sally Small.

[3:44:12] All righty then.

[3:44:12] Thank you.

[3:44:17] I am Sally Small Animal Hills

[3:44:21] resident co-PRESIDENT Of

[3:44:22] the Animal Health Neighborhood

[3:44:22] Council.

[3:44:25] As to footnote seven it's been

[3:44:26] made very clear by everyone

[3:44:30] ahead of me that not only do we

[3:44:31] not like it, we think it was

[3:44:32] decided upon behind closed

[3:44:35] doors.

[3:44:36] Yes, it was created in a way

[3:44:39] that is not open to the public

[3:44:44] presentations and not being

[3:44:45] able to be seen by very many

[3:44:45] people.

[3:44:46] You know the cpc asked for

[3:44:50] extra time back in 2019.

[3:44:50] Now come forward.

[3:44:54] It's out there.

[3:44:55] We need to say hey, get rid of

[3:44:59] the footnote.

[3:45:00] Get rid of the projects that

[3:45:04] have already been approved void

[3:45:05] them out completely and let

[3:45:06] them try again with the lower

[3:45:10] numbers But they need to have

[3:45:10] an environmental review and we

[3:45:11] need to support the people that

[3:45:15] live in that neighborhood.

[3:45:16] And your time has concluded.

[3:45:19] My apologies Dana Give it after

[3:45:20] that is Jeff Tutor and our

[3:45:27] final speaker 7968.

[3:45:27] >> Thank you.

[3:45:28] The city's timetable to

[3:45:31] finalize repeal of footnote

[3:45:31] seven is a slap in the face to

[3:45:32] Choice Valley.

[3:45:36] The timetables being maximized

[3:45:36] allowing more projects to

[3:45:39] submit plans before footnote

[3:45:40] seven effectively disappears.

[3:45:41] The council should be

[3:45:45] expediting this.

[3:45:45] Additionally, both the Klauber

[3:45:46] and Radio Tower projects are in

[3:45:50] areas designated for future

[3:45:51] parks in the 2015 Encanto

[3:45:51] Community Plan.

[3:45:55] How can the city allow these

[3:45:56] areas to be developed with

[3:45:56] housing without requiring

[3:46:00] community and general plan

[3:46:00] amendments?

[3:46:01] This is unconscionable.

[3:46:04] The city should and the city

[3:46:05] attorney should be looking at

[3:46:05] this.

[3:46:09] I do not believe this would be

[3:46:14] allowed in any other community

[3:46:14] only in district floor.

[3:46:15] >> Thank you for your time and

[3:46:18] consideration.

[3:46:19] >> Next is Jeff Huber.

[3:46:28] If you can please unmute Thank

[3:46:29] you council members and regret

[3:46:30] that I'm not able to attend in

[3:46:33] person today due to an illness

[3:46:33] but I can't emphasize enough

[3:46:34] how important this issue is.

[3:46:37] To reinforce earlier comments

[3:46:38] neighbors for better San Diego

[3:46:39] support staff's recommendation

[3:46:42] to remove footnote seven from

[3:46:43] Table 131 support of the Land

[3:46:44] Development Code.

[3:46:47] However, if we disagree with

[3:46:48] the Planning Department and

[3:46:49] City Attorney's justifications

[3:46:52] for allowing planning projects

[3:46:53] to continue taking advantage of

[3:46:57] Footnote seven regardless of

[3:46:58] whether it was legal, Footnote

[3:46:58] seven was here skillfully and

[3:47:01] deceptively written to skirt

[3:47:02] legal requirements or would

[3:47:03] have required.

[3:47:03] They go through the Community

[3:47:06] Plan amendment process which in

[3:47:07] turn would have required and

[3:47:11] allowed the residents to of

[3:47:12] Choice Valley to negotiate a

[3:47:13] park or other community benefit

[3:47:15] in exchange for the community's

[3:47:16] adopted plan.

[3:47:20] I urge you to not only remove

[3:47:25] Footnote seven but apply that

[3:47:26] removal to other future

[3:47:26] projects and current projects.

[3:47:27] Thank you.

[3:47:30] Thank you.

[3:47:31] >> Our final speaker is 7968.

[3:47:44] If you can please unmute and

[3:47:45] thank you to the quick

[3:47:45] communities ideally coming out

[3:47:46] of two three.

[3:47:46] I don't live in your district.

[3:47:47] Good luck to all of you.

[3:47:48] I'm going from a very tight

[3:47:49] view of this and I want to say

[3:47:54] this This is a beautiful

[3:47:58] historic moment and let's open

[3:47:59] our hearts and our minds to

[3:47:59] this.

[3:48:00] We are stumbling.

[3:48:04] There are human beings together

[3:48:04] figuring out this life and we

[3:48:08] are stumbling.

[3:48:09] So open your hearts and open

[3:48:10] your minds.

[3:48:14] I don't know what the answer is

[3:48:15] going to be but I respect and

[3:48:15] love the answer.

[3:48:18] We're stumbling.

[3:48:19] We're in this together.

[3:48:22] Let's keep it one San Diego one

[3:48:26] people and one dream Win all.

[3:48:27] >> Thank you.

[3:48:28] That concludes our public

[3:48:31] comment And item 331 for

[3:48:31] the record.

[3:48:32] We did receive eight web

[3:48:36] comments in opposition and 24

[3:48:36] in favor.

[3:48:37] Those were distributed to

[3:48:37] the council.

[3:48:41] Thank you.

[3:48:41] >> All right, you city clerk

[3:48:42] Thank you everybody that showed

[3:48:45] up today and participated.

[3:48:46] A special things for me as

[3:48:49] the council PRESIDENT For

[3:48:50] the respectful way that you

[3:48:51] conducted yourselves, you made

[3:48:51] it very clear about your

[3:48:55] passion on this issue but you

[3:48:56] allowed us to move quickly

[3:48:56] through in a fit not quickly,

[3:49:00] efficiently you through that

[3:49:01] And I appreciate those people

[3:49:01] that took the time to call in

[3:49:05] as well.

[3:49:06] So we'll now go to our council

[3:49:06] members for questions and

[3:49:09] comments and entertain a motion

[3:49:09] and we'll start with Council

[3:49:10] member Foster.

[3:49:14] >> Yes, Thank you Council

[3:49:15] PRESIDENT And thank you staff

[3:49:19] for the presentation.

[3:49:20] Also thank you to all

[3:49:20] the district four residents who

[3:49:24] came out today and provided

[3:49:24] public comment on this matter.

[3:49:25] As I have indicated on several

[3:49:29] occasions, I strongly support a

[3:49:30] balanced housing approach

[3:49:34] creating pathways to

[3:49:34] homeownership is critical to

[3:49:35] the sustainability of District

[3:49:38] four and we must continue to

[3:49:39] bring forward options and

[3:49:39] pathways for residents to build

[3:49:43] generational wealth through

[3:49:43] homeownership.

[3:49:44] I have stood by my community

[3:49:45] when it comes to fighting

[3:49:48] the concentration of poverty

[3:49:49] and the hundreds of deed

[3:49:49] restricted units.

[3:49:50] District four continues to

[3:49:53] receive.

[3:49:57] >> I would also like to again

[3:49:57] thank all the District four

[3:49:58] residents and community groups

[3:50:02] as they play a key role in

[3:50:03] the development, growth and

[3:50:03] sustainability of the district.

[3:50:06] And I will always encourage

[3:50:07] planners, developers and city

[3:50:11] staff to engage with our

[3:50:12] community when land use policy

[3:50:13] changes and developments are

[3:50:16] taking place.

[3:50:17] I want to thank the City

[3:50:17] planning staff for presenting

[3:50:21] information concerning this

[3:50:22] land use designation to

[3:50:22] the community and receiving

[3:50:26] their feedback.

[3:50:27] As I have previously previously

[3:50:28] said on this Dyess the lack of

[3:50:32] transparent and see and

[3:50:32] engagement in policy making

[3:50:33] affecting neighborhoods

[3:50:36] especially those historically

[3:50:37] discriminated against like

[3:50:37] District four is unacceptable

[3:50:41] And I continue to share my

[3:50:42] community's concern that

[3:50:43] the process or lack thereof

[3:50:46] regarding footnote seven was

[3:50:47] not transparent and inclusive.

[3:50:51] Also, as indicated by

[3:50:51] the city's current planning

[3:50:52] director Footnote seven was

[3:50:55] that was not done in accordance

[3:50:56] with city policies and best

[3:50:56] practices.

[3:51:00] Hence we are here today.

[3:51:01] Throughout this discussion

[3:51:05] there have been references to

[3:51:06] furthering fair housing.

[3:51:10] >> To be clear, large minimum

[3:51:11] lots do not further fair

[3:51:12] housing in our discriminatory

[3:51:15] as they were designed to keep

[3:51:15] specific individuals from

[3:51:19] moving into a community.

[3:51:20] >> These are policies that we

[3:51:21] must address as they continue

[3:51:25] to be harmful and further

[3:51:25] the economic divide which

[3:51:26] directly impacts quality of

[3:51:30] life and opportunity.

[3:51:34] I recently read a 2024 San

[3:51:34] Diego Law Review article

[3:51:35] Cutting zoning down to size

[3:51:39] revamp due to the legal

[3:51:40] vulnerability of urban minimum

[3:51:44] minimum size lot sizes where

[3:51:44] studies consistently highlight

[3:51:47] how these types of rules hurt

[3:51:48] affordability promote exclusion

[3:51:53] and waste land.

[3:51:54] Here it was indicated that

[3:51:55] large bean in lot size rules

[3:51:58] limit single family home

[3:51:58] ownership, drive up housing

[3:52:03] costs and deepen inequality by

[3:52:03] prioritizing rental focused

[3:52:08] multifamily developments.

[3:52:08] Houston, Texas provided a

[3:52:09] compelling example After

[3:52:13] reducing large minimum lot

[3:52:14] sizes in 1998, the city saw a

[3:52:14] surge in market driven

[3:52:18] investment that revitalized

[3:52:19] aging housing stock, increased

[3:52:22] generational wealth and

[3:52:23] strengthened its tax base.

[3:52:23] Research also reveals that

[3:52:27] the adoption of large minimum

[3:52:28] lot size rules in many cities

[3:52:32] outside the American South

[3:52:32] coincided with the arrival of

[3:52:33] black Americans during

[3:52:37] the second Great Migration and

[3:52:37] the push for school

[3:52:38] desegregation.

[3:52:42] This timing suggest that large

[3:52:43] median lot sizes were not only

[3:52:46] driven by fiscal considerations

[3:52:46] but also served exclusionary,

[3:52:51] racially motivated purposes.

[3:52:52] Frankly, frankly large minimum

[3:52:56] lot sizes are outdated and

[3:52:57] harmful serving as barriers to

[3:52:57] affordability while

[3:53:01] perpetuating exclusion and

[3:53:01] inequality.

[3:53:06] And to be clear I think it is

[3:53:07] we need to know and make sure

[3:53:10] we understand the history of

[3:53:10] District four.

[3:53:11] My family was one of the first

[3:53:14] black black families to move to

[3:53:15] the community and dealt with

[3:53:19] the discrimination firsthand.

[3:53:20] My grandfather built

[3:53:24] the Encanto baseball fields as

[3:53:25] a city would not do it.

[3:53:29] It is clear we need zoning

[3:53:30] reforms that promote equitable

[3:53:30] homeownership.

[3:53:34] >> We must champions zoning

[3:53:35] reforms that prioritize for

[3:53:36] sale homes and promote

[3:53:39] equitable access to

[3:53:40] homeownership citywide making

[3:53:44] our city a place where more

[3:53:44] residents can thrive.

[3:53:48] With that it is ever so

[3:53:49] critical that we support

[3:53:49] balanced for sale housing

[3:53:53] options in district four to

[3:53:54] ensure our sustainability while

[3:53:58] ensuring we preserve community

[3:53:58] character.

[3:53:59] Having said that, we also we

[3:54:03] have also received countless

[3:54:03] public comment from communities

[3:54:07] citywide regarding the city's

[3:54:08] adu density bonus program.

[3:54:12] These provisions go way beyond

[3:54:13] state regulations and are doing

[3:54:17] more harm than good.

[3:54:17] >> Thank you.

[3:54:21] As I spent the past weekend

[3:54:22] celebrating the life and legacy

[3:54:26] of Reverend DR. Martin Luther

[3:54:27] King Jr, I took time to drive

[3:54:31] in cancer and I must say that I

[3:54:32] agree with my community.

[3:54:33] The current adu density bonus

[3:54:37] program as implemented is

[3:54:37] destroying community character

[3:54:38] impacting for sale

[3:54:42] opportunities and potentially

[3:54:42] creating unsafe conditions.

[3:54:46] We must pauses program and

[3:54:46] address all unintended

[3:54:49] consequences and negative

[3:54:50] impacts that are affecting

[3:54:55] communities citywide.

[3:54:56] When I conclude I want to

[3:55:00] indicate that I am in support

[3:55:01] of staff's recommendation

[3:55:01] before us today.

[3:55:05] I will say again we must

[3:55:06] continue to support our working

[3:55:06] families.

[3:55:10] Our skilled and trained

[3:55:10] workforce teachers, nurses,

[3:55:15] firefighters, police officers,

[3:55:15] professionals, mothers,

[3:55:20] fathers, millennials and

[3:55:20] the like who seek to build

[3:55:21] generational wealth and have an

[3:55:25] opportunity tunity to buy, live

[3:55:26] and raise their families in

[3:55:30] District four and citywide.

[3:55:34] >> >> With that I move

[3:55:39] the following approves Das

[3:55:39] recommendation to remove

[3:55:40] the footnote seven from

[3:55:44] the Land Development code and

[3:55:45] to request that city staff

[3:55:49] return to City Council within

[3:55:50] 60 days with an action item to

[3:55:50] remove the city's 82 density

[3:55:54] bonus program so that the 82

[3:55:55] program is consistent with

[3:55:58] the state mandated adu

[3:55:59] regulations for single family

[3:55:59] zoned parcels.

[3:56:06] >> I would like to.

[3:56:07] >> I would like to thank my

[3:56:11] fellow council members and ask

[3:56:12] that you stand with me in doing

[3:56:13] what is right for our

[3:56:15] communities.

[3:56:16] >> And Council PRESIDENT This

[3:56:20] concludes my comments.

[3:56:21] >> All right.

[3:56:21] Thank you, sir.

[3:56:25] We'll get that up on the screen

[3:56:29] so everybody understands that.

[3:56:30] And we'll go next to council

[3:56:34] member Campo.

[3:56:35] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[3:56:36] I want to thank everyone who

[3:56:39] came to the meeting.

[3:56:40] Well, first the planning

[3:56:43] commission then all your

[3:56:44] community group meetings then

[3:56:49] to State of the City public

[3:56:49] comment and then today because

[3:56:54] this is a lot of time, effort,

[3:56:54] money out of your pocket that

[3:56:57] you're not working and having

[3:56:58] to find daycare or childcare.

[3:57:02] You've put exceptional effort

[3:57:03] into community concern As I'm

[3:57:07] looking at Councilmember

[3:57:08] Foster's motion approving an

[3:57:08] ordinance to get rid of

[3:57:13] footnotes seven that is clearly

[3:57:14] important and just on its own

[3:57:18] because it's clear that when it

[3:57:19] was put in it was not done

[3:57:19] the right way.

[3:57:22] Planning staff has said that

[3:57:23] that is at the core of why they

[3:57:23] want to get rid of it that it

[3:57:27] was not done the right way.

[3:57:28] That that's undeniably clear.

[3:57:32] The request to return to city

[3:57:33] staff for 60 days with an

[3:57:34] action item to the 80 density

[3:57:34] bonus program.

[3:57:37] I know that my constituents

[3:57:37] have serious serious concerns

[3:57:38] about how that's applied

[3:57:41] throughout the city.

[3:57:41] Councilmember Foster has

[3:57:42] described how this impacts

[3:57:46] the folks here.

[3:57:47] And I'll just say for the folks

[3:57:47] who are at home who can't see

[3:57:51] what we can see down here,

[3:57:56] there are a lot of red eyes and

[3:57:56] wrinkled foreheads And folks

[3:58:01] who are really, really anxious

[3:58:01] for the state of their

[3:58:05] community here angry as well.

[3:58:10] Yes.

[3:58:10] I think that these two

[3:58:15] components right here while

[3:58:15] obviously we also heard folks

[3:58:20] say that a pause on

[3:58:21] the projects is is an ultimate

[3:58:24] goal.

[3:58:25] I think that it is really

[3:58:29] important to understand what

[3:58:29] the city staff said about what

[3:58:33] that means to ask for that

[3:58:38] particular amendment.

[3:58:39] I have to ask our staff these

[3:58:42] items that are at the Club for

[3:58:43] Development and the Radio Tower

[3:58:47] those things those those things

[3:58:48] are discretionary items that

[3:58:52] are not just sailing through

[3:58:53] because we're not mentioning

[3:58:54] them specifically today.

[3:58:57] They do have to come back for

[3:58:58] different votes, don't they?

[3:58:58] That is correct.

[3:59:01] Those items will be separately

[3:59:02] noticed.

[3:59:06] And one of them was heard at

[3:59:06] this council, the Klauber

[3:59:09] appeal and that appeal was

[3:59:10] granted.

[3:59:10] I do anticipate that that item

[3:59:14] will return to this council for

[3:59:15] a decision on the subdivision.

[3:59:16] The Council retains approval

[3:59:19] authority over that subdivision

[3:59:20] and as part of that process

[3:59:23] required findings are required

[3:59:24] under state and local law for

[3:59:28] subdivisions for the D.R.

[3:59:29] Horton Radio Tower Project.

[3:59:29] That item is a process for

[3:59:33] subdivision approval process

[3:59:34] with an appeal right of appeal

[3:59:34] to the city council.

[3:59:35] All right.

[3:59:39] So both of those have to come

[3:59:39] to city council for a vote on

[3:59:40] specific items right there.

[3:59:40] That is correct.

[3:59:43] Okay.

[3:59:48] So what I think you mentioned

[3:59:49] the word notice, right?

[3:59:53] I think that it's important to

[3:59:58] it's important to keep in mind

[3:59:58] that this right here is

[4:00:03] achieving I think it sounds to

[4:00:04] me like two of the three things

[4:00:07] that folks in the chambers want

[4:00:08] And there's one thing left to

[4:00:09] be decided at two separate

[4:00:11] votes because they are two

[4:00:12] different concepts that will

[4:00:13] get deserved attention and look

[4:00:17] at an analysis.

[4:00:17] And and I think that that's

[4:00:18] important for everyone here to

[4:00:21] know as they leave here today

[4:00:26] that that aspect is not baked

[4:00:26] in.

[4:00:30] But I really think that

[4:00:31] Councilmember Foster's motion

[4:00:36] here is a substantial step

[4:00:37] forward towards protecting

[4:00:37] the community of Encanto

[4:00:40] protecting communities in my

[4:00:41] district with especially with

[4:00:41] that second part.

[4:00:45] And I really do want to ask

[4:00:45] about the concept of footnote.

[4:00:46] I know you brought this up at

[4:00:49] Planning Commission at what has

[4:00:50] there been a substantial review

[4:00:54] for any other types of

[4:00:55] footnotes that say in any

[4:00:59] particular community a Zoning

[4:01:00] that is on one map is actually

[4:01:03] not that because that is

[4:01:03] the very most disappointing

[4:01:08] part that such a footnote could

[4:01:09] ever get through.

[4:01:09] Has your staff looked for any

[4:01:10] more of those footnotes that

[4:01:13] actually say just kidding?

[4:01:14] >> rs one two means rs one

[4:01:18] seven.

[4:01:19] >> We have reviewed the land

[4:01:22] development code and we have

[4:01:23] not identified any other

[4:01:23] instances.

[4:01:23] Okay.

[4:01:27] I will.

[4:01:32] >> Besides the two projects on

[4:01:32] Klauber and Radio Tower

[4:01:36] anywhere else in the city.

[4:01:37] What I'm trying to say doesn't

[4:01:38] seem to be that there's any

[4:01:39] other projects relying on

[4:01:44] footnotes to deal with lot size

[4:01:45] density requirements that

[4:01:48] differentiates based on rs one

[4:01:49] whatever rs one whatever.

[4:01:53] >> I don't want to represent to

[4:01:54] you the entirety of the land

[4:01:55] development code but with

[4:01:55] respect to singling out a

[4:01:58] particular community I do not

[4:01:58] believe any additional exist.

[4:01:59] Okay.

[4:02:03] We we really need to make sure

[4:02:03] that that that is the thing is

[4:02:07] that singled out are the two

[4:02:08] key words that people are

[4:02:09] disappointed about.

[4:02:11] And so I think because this

[4:02:12] motion restores a a good amount

[4:02:17] of justice to what's going on

[4:02:17] here, I'm going to second

[4:02:18] the motion from Councilmember

[4:02:21] Foster and I appreciate that.

[4:02:22] So thank you for doing

[4:02:25] the analysis on that.

[4:02:26] Councilmember Foster

[4:02:27] Particularly that second item

[4:02:31] and I'll leave it at that for

[4:02:31] now.

[4:02:31] Thank you.

[4:02:36] We have a motion by Council

[4:02:36] member Foster, a second by

[4:02:37] Councilmember Campo and will go

[4:02:40] to the city attorney.

[4:02:40] Thank you Council PRESIDENT,

[4:02:41] for the clarification of that

[4:02:45] council.

[4:02:46] The item before you today was a

[4:02:46] notice to the public as a

[4:02:50] potential repeal of Footnote

[4:02:50] seven.

[4:02:51] It was not noticed for a few

[4:02:55] bonus issues or anything else.

[4:02:56] The Council certainly can take

[4:03:00] action on those in the future.

[4:03:00] It would just have to be

[4:03:01] noticed for a separate hearing.

[4:03:05] Therefore we recommend that

[4:03:05] the second part of the motion

[4:03:06] be removed.

[4:03:10] Other alternatives could be.

[4:03:11] You can certainly ask

[4:03:14] the mayor's office outside

[4:03:14] the motion to bring back which

[4:03:19] you would like either to

[4:03:20] council or to committee.

[4:03:20] It's just because of the state

[4:03:24] law noticing require ments we

[4:03:25] recommend it not be part of

[4:03:29] the actual motion.

[4:03:34] >> I appreciate the city

[4:03:34] attorney's position.

[4:03:38] However I find it very

[4:03:39] problematic.

[4:03:39] >> We are here.

[4:03:43] We are here discussing footnote

[4:03:44] seven which I think we have

[4:03:48] clearly indicated that

[4:03:49] the process that was followed

[4:03:53] it was okay.

[4:03:54] >> And so I take issue and I

[4:03:58] will I'm I'm say that's how we

[4:04:02] got put into place your right

[4:04:03] let me finish my comments.

[4:04:04] If it was acceptable as we move

[4:04:07] forward as we moved forward and

[4:04:12] we have two projects in India

[4:04:12] application process which I

[4:04:13] understand we do have

[4:04:17] opportunities to review those

[4:04:18] on their own but there's a

[4:04:22] motion on the floor and I would

[4:04:22] request that we call further

[4:04:23] question or have some

[4:04:26] additional dialog.

[4:04:27] And that's where I stand on

[4:04:36] this issue right now.

[4:04:37] >> So to clarify for the value

[4:04:41] the audience I'm supportive of

[4:04:41] the motion.

[4:04:46] I like to manage expectations.

[4:04:46] We don't know what action will

[4:04:47] be brought forward.

[4:04:50] This is not binding on

[4:04:51] the Council with due respect to

[4:04:55] my colleague but it is a way to

[4:04:56] assert a feeling by the Council

[4:05:00] in a stronger way than simply

[4:05:01] asking staff Would you please

[4:05:07] do this?

[4:05:07] Well we'll work with staff in

[4:05:12] terms of your timelines to do

[4:05:12] whatever analysis has to be

[4:05:17] done in whatever scale or scope

[4:05:18] this action requires.

[4:05:21] I have to admit I don't know

[4:05:22] what moving the City density

[4:05:26] bonus program to can be

[4:05:27] consistent with the state's adu

[4:05:31] regulations and the state's adu

[4:05:35] bonus density bonus I think is

[4:05:36] what I'm hearing from my

[4:05:37] colleague if I understand that

[4:05:37] correctly.

[4:05:41] So it is a more structured way

[4:05:46] for the Council to assert our

[4:05:47] legislative authority.

[4:05:47] I think the city Attorney has

[4:05:48] given us good guidance for us

[4:05:50] to hear and then for us to

[4:05:55] decide what we want to do.

[4:05:56] But with that I will go to

[4:06:00] council Bloomberg.

[4:06:01] Thank you and thank you to

[4:06:05] everyone who commented today.

[4:06:06] Thank you for this discussion.

[4:06:06] Thank you to Victoria who

[4:06:10] called in from Scripps Ranch

[4:06:11] Planning Group in Scripps Ranch

[4:06:11] has quite a few issues with

[4:06:15] the bonus edu program as well.

[4:06:16] I know we're not noted to

[4:06:16] discuss that today so I won't

[4:06:19] go further than that but my

[4:06:19] community also has issues with

[4:06:20] this program as well so I'm

[4:06:21] going to be supportive of

[4:06:24] the motion as well.

[4:06:25] I understand the concern it

[4:06:26] wasn't noticed but this is

[4:06:26] merely a request We're not

[4:06:29] amending the law today.

[4:06:30] So I see that we can make this

[4:06:34] request in the motion and of

[4:06:35] course I want to hear more

[4:06:35] about the discussion.

[4:06:36] I'm not committing my vote

[4:06:36] either way.

[4:06:37] I never do.

[4:06:38] I had a discussion.

[4:06:39] I also want to know more about

[4:06:43] new state laws that I know are

[4:06:44] coming down with mandates that

[4:06:44] are affecting us.

[4:06:45] So that's what I'd love to

[4:06:46] learn more about as we do this

[4:06:47] And I think Councilmember

[4:06:47] Foster for bringing this

[4:06:51] forward.

[4:06:52] >> We'll go next to

[4:06:53] Councilmember Campbell.

[4:06:53] Thank you very much.

[4:06:57] And thanks to my colleagues And

[4:06:57] thank you Councilmember Foster.

[4:07:02] I have ever since the density

[4:07:02] bonus program in the city was

[4:07:06] passed which far out does

[4:07:07] the state program about use?

[4:07:12] I my constituents have been so

[4:07:16] upset and the material ization

[4:07:17] of small little box on top of

[4:07:18] small little box on top of

[4:07:21] small little bugs called them

[4:07:25] to use and one on one one

[4:07:26] affordable one not and you can

[4:07:30] double your money and it's just

[4:07:31] we're having a terrible time in

[4:07:32] district two with this and I

[4:07:35] totally agree that this has got

[4:07:36] to be reviewed and I, I agree

[4:07:40] with my colleague Von Wilpert

[4:07:40] who's an excellent attorney and

[4:07:45] also here well, we're lucky We

[4:07:46] have excellent attorneys all

[4:07:50] around us here And I agree this

[4:07:51] is only a request So I think it

[4:07:55] would pass the muster And then

[4:07:59] when it comes back in 60 days

[4:07:59] let's hope everybody knows

[4:08:00] about it ahead of time, thinks

[4:08:04] about it, reads it and digests

[4:08:04] it because this is very, very

[4:08:08] important about keeping

[4:08:09] the quality of our

[4:08:10] neighborhoods in our city.

[4:08:13] So thank you very much.

[4:08:13] >> Okay.

[4:08:18] We're almost there.

[4:08:18] Come on.

[4:08:18] We'll go next to Councilmember

[4:08:18] Whitburn.

[4:08:19] Council PRESIDENT Just one

[4:08:19] request I would request that we

[4:08:20] bifurcate the motion if we

[4:08:25] could please.

[4:08:26] We have a motion on the floor.

[4:08:26] You'd have to ask the makers of

[4:08:27] the motion So I'm not willing

[4:08:32] to bifurcate.

[4:08:32] Come on.

[4:08:33] We're almost there.

[4:08:37] We're almost there.

[4:08:37] Okay.

[4:08:42] Councilmember Lee Oh, excuse

[4:08:42] me.

[4:08:43] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[4:08:44] Thank yous PRESIDENT Thank you

[4:08:47] for the presentation today on

[4:08:47] this item.

[4:08:48] We've certainly heard a lot

[4:08:49] about it in the last couple of

[4:08:49] months.

[4:08:51] I want to thank the planning

[4:08:51] Department for good due

[4:08:52] diligence in amending the land

[4:08:56] development code when this

[4:08:57] issue was brought up to

[4:08:57] the city's attention as those

[4:09:01] in the public might be able to

[4:09:01] tell.

[4:09:02] I know some requested that this

[4:09:03] happen as quickly as possible

[4:09:05] and our planning department

[4:09:06] actually does quite a lot And I

[4:09:07] think when you look at

[4:09:07] the substance of the item it's

[4:09:11] not just as simple as removing

[4:09:11] a footnote.

[4:09:12] You've done some due diligence

[4:09:15] in terms of checking with each

[4:09:16] cd, I believe and our relevant

[4:09:19] state officials to ensure that

[4:09:20] this will comply moving forward

[4:09:21] with the changes that

[4:09:21] the planning.

[4:09:24] That was a significant portion

[4:09:25] of the backup material.

[4:09:25] >> So I just wanted to confirm

[4:09:29] that Once again we had

[4:09:30] originally conferred with each

[4:09:33] city and then our our city

[4:09:34] attorney colleagues did confirm

[4:09:38] to us separately that we would

[4:09:39] be consistent generally

[4:09:43] speaking with based on

[4:09:44] the advice from the city

[4:09:45] attorney's office that we were

[4:09:47] able to move forward with

[4:09:48] the removal of the amendment.

[4:09:49] So we did later withdraw

[4:09:52] the requests from city.

[4:09:53] Understood.

[4:09:53] Okay.

[4:09:54] Thank you for clarifying that

[4:09:54] as well.

[4:09:57] I do And I also think

[4:09:58] the public commenters

[4:09:59] specifically all the residents

[4:09:59] of Encanto for your advocacy to

[4:10:03] correct this decision a

[4:10:03] decision that at the time of

[4:10:04] its adoption was frankly not

[4:10:07] representative of the best

[4:10:08] planning or land use practices.

[4:10:09] >> You've heard the city

[4:10:11] acknowledge that I think I too

[4:10:12] like you have been asking how

[4:10:13] that came out about to be.

[4:10:16] But I also can tell you that

[4:10:17] the folks in planning today are

[4:10:18] not the ones that were here at

[4:10:18] that time.

[4:10:19] And so as much as as as that

[4:10:22] might be something that we all

[4:10:22] want understanding of, I think

[4:10:23] how we move forward is probably

[4:10:27] just as important as well.

[4:10:27] I'm happy to support

[4:10:28] the removal of Footnote seven

[4:10:32] to restore the 20,000 square

[4:10:32] foot minimum lot size that

[4:10:33] matches the densities

[4:10:34] designated in the Canton

[4:10:36] neighborhoods Community plan

[4:10:37] area and which is also

[4:10:38] consistent with the application

[4:10:41] of development regulations

[4:10:42] citywide.

[4:10:42] I will note I want to thank

[4:10:43] Councilmember Foster for

[4:10:46] talking about just the issue of

[4:10:46] minimum lot size in general.

[4:10:51] I think I think for this

[4:10:51] footnote the most egregious

[4:10:52] component of it is what some of

[4:10:56] you have pointed out.

[4:10:56] It is the specificity in which

[4:11:01] it was applied only to specific

[4:11:03] neighborhoods even despite

[4:11:04] the rs 1-2 zoning being used in

[4:11:05] other neighborhoods throughout

[4:11:09] the city.

[4:11:10] Now if this was an attempt to

[4:11:10] apply that across the city we

[4:11:14] might still have the same

[4:11:14] arguments of whether that's

[4:11:15] appropriate.

[4:11:15] But I would I would argue that

[4:11:16] is actually a much more

[4:11:19] relevant way to approach a

[4:11:19] significant zoning change here

[4:11:23] with a zoning designation like

[4:11:24] this as opposed to doing it

[4:11:24] with within one community As

[4:11:25] many folks probably know in

[4:11:29] this room I have been a strong

[4:11:29] advocate for housing.

[4:11:30] I would not like to see that go

[4:11:33] away but also would like to see

[4:11:34] that fairly applied to high and

[4:11:34] highest resource areas

[4:11:35] throughout the city including

[4:11:37] within my own community as

[4:11:38] opposed to focused in

[4:11:38] communities especially that

[4:11:42] have been red line in the past

[4:11:42] .

[4:11:47] I appreciate that but I'll also

[4:11:47] want to address the second item

[4:11:52] that is attached here to

[4:11:53] the motion at hand.

[4:11:53] I also heard from the city

[4:11:57] attorney I will admit when I

[4:11:58] first saw it I also was a

[4:11:59] little bit concerned about

[4:11:59] where it fell within our notice

[4:12:02] guidelines.

[4:12:02] But you understand that

[4:12:03] the wording here is

[4:12:08] specifically that a request is

[4:12:08] being made to staff lessee I

[4:12:11] don't know if you could clarify

[4:12:12] in your opinion if that allows

[4:12:16] us some leeway if there are

[4:12:17] concerns about ramifications

[4:12:17] moving forward, I would at

[4:12:18] least like to know to

[4:12:19] the public what those

[4:12:24] ramifications might look like.

[4:12:28] The issue is that the second

[4:12:29] part of the motion includes an

[4:12:30] entirely different topic that

[4:12:34] wasn't in front of the council

[4:12:34] today.

[4:12:35] So I would be remiss if I did

[4:12:35] not advise you that under

[4:12:38] the Brown Act all that's in

[4:12:38] front of you is the footnote

[4:12:39] seven.

[4:12:39] However, this Council can

[4:12:41] certainly bring back anything

[4:12:47] else that it would like.

[4:12:47] Okay.

[4:12:48] Thank you for the guidance.

[4:12:52] Clear as clear water I guess in

[4:12:52] this particular case But but

[4:12:53] that is that is the guidance

[4:12:54] that I think is appropriate to

[4:12:56] given if we didn't hear that, I

[4:12:57] think that would that would be

[4:12:57] remiss if you do not provide it

[4:13:01] to us if we're going to talk

[4:13:02] about the 80 density bonus

[4:13:06] program as a whole as well of

[4:13:07] course Chair the Land Use and

[4:13:08] housing committee for the city,

[4:13:10] I will note that I think

[4:13:10] there's been many discussions

[4:13:11] whether it's behind the scenes

[4:13:12] on this council certainly

[4:13:14] hearing from the public that

[4:13:15] the density program bonus

[4:13:16] program has had some

[4:13:20] significant issues and folks

[4:13:20] have shared several egregious

[4:13:21] examples of the application of

[4:13:25] that.

[4:13:26] I will only fairly note to you

[4:13:26] that 80 density bonus program

[4:13:29] has also been used and not just

[4:13:30] in District four but in areas

[4:13:30] throughout the city to add

[4:13:34] additional housing and not

[4:13:34] always in the egregious manner

[4:13:35] that folks have seen.

[4:13:39] I can probably agree with you

[4:13:39] that seeing a 40 unit building

[4:13:43] pop up in a single family

[4:13:44] parcel right next to you is

[4:13:45] alarming for a million reasons

[4:13:49] and that's not going to be

[4:13:50] the same and we should not

[4:13:51] compare it as the same as when

[4:13:54] it is applied in other areas in

[4:13:54] much smaller capacities That

[4:13:55] MAY still not be okay with

[4:13:58] folks Some folks in this room

[4:13:59] but that do add housing to our

[4:13:59] stock.

[4:14:03] One of the issues that has been

[4:14:04] brought up about the program in

[4:14:05] the past and reported on by

[4:14:07] the media is whether it's

[4:14:07] actually delivering the very

[4:14:08] low and low income affordable

[4:14:12] housing opportunities that we'd

[4:14:13] like to see And that has not

[4:14:13] necessarily been the case in

[4:14:17] the program but it has

[4:14:17] delivered moderate income

[4:14:18] housing in a city where when

[4:14:22] you look at the reports that we

[4:14:23] take a look at year after year

[4:14:24] we often don't get moderate

[4:14:27] income housing in any

[4:14:28] productive way unless it just

[4:14:29] naturally happens.

[4:14:31] And so I will say that there

[4:14:32] has been some value to that

[4:14:33] program that we should not

[4:14:33] deny.

[4:14:36] At the same time as we're

[4:14:37] considering the detriments to

[4:14:37] it as well.

[4:14:41] So with that said, I would I

[4:14:42] would not personally jump

[4:14:43] straight to the idea of

[4:14:46] removing the program entirely

[4:14:47] because we haven't even

[4:14:48] conducted I believe a review of

[4:14:51] the program and its function at

[4:14:52] least since my time here on

[4:14:55] the Council and I think it

[4:14:56] deserves that review and

[4:15:00] the potential for any revisions

[4:15:01] that could be made moving

[4:15:01] forward.

[4:15:03] I'll take my additional three

[4:15:04] minutes but in this particular

[4:15:05] case I do understand that

[4:15:05] Councilmember Foster is simply

[4:15:08] making the request that staff

[4:15:09] return to this as a potential

[4:15:10] item that we might discuss at a

[4:15:14] council and that I will respect

[4:15:14] given the magnitude of this

[4:15:17] overall conversation.

[4:15:18] I just wanted to stay very

[4:15:19] clear for the record My

[4:15:23] positioning when it comes to

[4:15:23] how we approach housing

[4:15:24] decisions and that even for

[4:15:24] something like the density

[4:15:28] bonus program I'm very happy to

[4:15:28] have that discussion.

[4:15:29] But again I would not jump to

[4:15:32] simply removing it without

[4:15:33] understanding the full

[4:15:33] ramifications of what that

[4:15:34] looks like.

[4:15:34] So with that said I will

[4:15:38] conclude my time.

[4:15:38] Thank you to Councilmember

[4:15:39] Foster for your work on

[4:15:39] the same.

[4:15:40] All right.

[4:15:42] Councilmember Moreno, thank you

[4:15:43] for the presentation and thank

[4:15:46] you to all the members that

[4:15:47] came out today.

[4:15:47] I just want to be very clear

[4:15:52] that I absolutely do support

[4:15:52] the motion on the floor but I

[4:15:57] also want to be clear about

[4:15:58] the fact that I'm going to have

[4:16:01] to consider any any changes to

[4:16:02] the adu program separately from

[4:16:03] the action before us today.

[4:16:04] But I will be supporting

[4:16:05] the motion on the floor.

[4:16:10] >> Thank you.

[4:16:11] We'll go back to Council member

[4:16:11] Whipper.

[4:16:14] Thank you very much.

[4:16:14] Council PRESIDENT I strongly

[4:16:18] support the first part of

[4:16:21] the motion removing Footnote

[4:16:22] seven I am very hesitant to

[4:16:26] support a part of the motion

[4:16:26] that the city Attorney has

[4:16:27] specifically advised the City

[4:16:31] Council violates the Brown Act.

[4:16:36] I would ask the city Attorney

[4:16:36] and one of the reasons that I

[4:16:41] hesitate is because if

[4:16:41] the second part of the motion

[4:16:42] is found to violate the Brown

[4:16:45] Act and is thrown out, that

[4:16:46] would invalidate the entire

[4:16:46] motion And I don't think that's

[4:16:50] what anybody here wants to see.

[4:16:51] So let me ask the city attorney

[4:16:55] if the second part of this

[4:16:56] motion were found to be in

[4:16:59] violation of the Brown Act,

[4:16:59] would it in fact invalidate

[4:17:00] the entire motion or how would

[4:17:04] that be handled?

[4:17:09] >> >> I can't completely answer

[4:17:10] that question because that's

[4:17:11] something that would be up to a

[4:17:14] court to decide if someone

[4:17:15] filed a lawsuit alleging a

[4:17:19] Brown Act violation, then it

[4:17:24] would be possible that

[4:17:24] the court could invalidate

[4:17:25] the whole motion.

[4:17:29] But I can't speak to that.

[4:17:30] >> I'm sorry.

[4:17:30] Okay.

[4:17:34] I think it would be safer for

[4:17:35] everybody here to bifurcate

[4:17:35] the motion and lock in

[4:17:39] the repeal of footnotes seven

[4:17:40] and deal with the second part

[4:17:43] of the motion separately.

[4:17:44] But I will support the motion

[4:17:49] and if people want to take

[4:17:53] their chances okay,

[4:17:54] Councilmember Gilbert, thank

[4:17:58] you very much.

[4:17:59] A couple of things to add.

[4:18:02] One is it showed we could if

[4:18:03] there were a Brown Act

[4:18:04] violation allegation we could

[4:18:04] simply cure the motion.

[4:18:05] Correct.

[4:18:07] Just hear it again.

[4:18:09] We just have to go to court to

[4:18:11] be cured.

[4:18:12] >> The Brown Act as you know,

[4:18:16] has some requirements that

[4:18:21] someone before they do ask

[4:18:22] the city to cure the violation.

[4:18:23] That's not true for every

[4:18:26] single violation of the Brown

[4:18:27] Act.

[4:18:28] So I would need to double check

[4:18:28] on that.

[4:18:32] But to answer your question in

[4:18:32] part yes, generally the council

[4:18:36] would need to have an

[4:18:37] opportunity to cure that before

[4:18:37] a lawsuit could be filed.

[4:18:37] Okay.

[4:18:41] Thank you and I appreciate it.

[4:18:42] And I understand not having all

[4:18:42] the answers on the spot

[4:18:46] Attorneys get better all

[4:18:46] the time.

[4:18:47] I just wanted to also add more

[4:18:50] context to my request in terms

[4:18:51] of when we come back to have a

[4:18:55] discussion again in District

[4:18:56] five actually as far as I

[4:18:56] understand it, based on last

[4:19:01] year's report accepted the most

[4:19:01] infill density the second most

[4:19:05] of any district in the city

[4:19:05] some short of District three we

[4:19:06] accepted thousands of housing

[4:19:12] units in our district in

[4:19:12] pre-independence ghettos and

[4:19:13] Castle Mountain.

[4:19:14] Our script for Clean Plan Group

[4:19:14] is actually not against a new

[4:19:15] project going forward in

[4:19:16] Rasouli So our district does

[4:19:17] want to accept new housing for

[4:19:19] young families, for

[4:19:20] professionals we are we are all

[4:19:20] about that.

[4:19:21] Our concerns are about when

[4:19:24] things aren't planned.

[4:19:25] We can't have a 40 unit

[4:19:25] apartment building going up

[4:19:29] south of Cammarata Road where

[4:19:30] there's only one exit in and

[4:19:30] out and that community barn in

[4:19:33] 2003 we just had a major

[4:19:33] traffic back up in

[4:19:34] the evacuation of Rancho

[4:19:35] Bernardo when the fire broke

[4:19:38] out where all the new

[4:19:39] developments are and we're

[4:19:39] going to address that if we can

[4:19:40] fix it.

[4:19:40] I'm meeting with the police

[4:19:43] department next week to talk

[4:19:44] about evacuation procedures.

[4:19:44] We can certainly fix it but

[4:19:45] that's because these are

[4:19:48] planned developments and we

[4:19:49] know where they're going.

[4:19:49] And so I think that's part of

[4:19:53] our request is just to make

[4:19:53] sure that we have transparency

[4:19:54] in this and that things don't

[4:19:57] just pop up out of nowhere.

[4:19:58] So I'd love to talk about, you

[4:19:59] know, fire zones and evacuation

[4:20:02] plans when the when this comes

[4:20:03] back And again, I'm not

[4:20:04] committing my vote either way

[4:20:04] because I wouldn't do that.

[4:20:07] I'm committing to having a

[4:20:08] discussion again.

[4:20:08] So I appreciate that And thank

[4:20:12] you very much for your time.

[4:20:12] All right.

[4:20:13] I don't see anybody on

[4:20:16] the lights sitting here in this

[4:20:16] chair.

[4:20:17] I feel compelled It seems to me

[4:20:21] that there's definitely

[4:20:22] the vote for the first part and

[4:20:22] I believe there's actually

[4:20:26] definitely votes for the second

[4:20:26] part.

[4:20:27] The risk that the city attorney

[4:20:31] has not addressed and I don't

[4:20:32] think my colleagues have asked.

[4:20:36] We're fighting the clock on

[4:20:37] getting rid of footnote seven

[4:20:41] Any delay pushes the final

[4:20:42] action which is not final today

[4:20:46] goes through bureaucratic steps

[4:20:47] before footnote seven actually

[4:20:50] is a race from the books.

[4:20:51] Well anybody come after us for

[4:20:55] a brown I don't know But there

[4:20:56] is a risk But I think the votes

[4:21:01] are there if it were to

[4:21:05] bifurcated So that's my thought

[4:21:05] .

[4:21:06] I'm still going to support it

[4:21:11] as is But just want to make

[4:21:11] sure that all my colleagues

[4:21:15] including our esteemed

[4:21:16] colleague Councilmember Foster

[4:21:17] is aware of that option.

[4:21:17] But if you want to leave it

[4:21:20] like that in the sucker

[4:21:21] the motion wants to leave it

[4:21:22] like that So be it.

[4:21:27] I appreciate the comments

[4:21:32] Council PRESIDENT But as it

[4:21:36] stands right now I have tried

[4:21:41] to work with the administration

[4:21:42] .

[4:21:42] I have not heard anything in

[4:21:46] regards to a pause and when I

[4:21:47] say I drove the community I

[4:21:51] drove a project that is in

[4:21:51] the dead end of a hillside

[4:21:58] where I could not drive my car

[4:21:59] through the road to get there

[4:22:04] and for me I don't know how we

[4:22:05] get a fire truck through.

[4:22:08] There you go.

[4:22:13] And so I just have to stand on

[4:22:14] my position at this point And

[4:22:19] again it is to request an

[4:22:19] action to come back.

[4:22:23] As I do know there is a lot of

[4:22:24] discussion that needs to take

[4:22:28] place because when we roll this

[4:22:29] out and did the implementation

[4:22:33] clearly we did it wrong.

[4:22:33] Yeah And so I would request

[4:22:37] that we move forward and call

[4:22:38] for the question and let's move

[4:22:38] on.

[4:22:38] Thank you.

[4:22:42] That was the last comment.

[4:22:43] The motion is up there on

[4:22:43] the screen.

[4:22:47] Put forth by Councilmember

[4:22:48] Foster and a second by Council

[4:22:49] member Campo.

[4:22:52] Clerk Call the vote.

[4:22:53] >> I started the voting system.

[4:23:01] Please cast your vote.

[4:23:04] That does pass unanimously 8 to

[4:23:05] 0 with council member Yellow

[4:23:09] River absent.

[4:23:10] Okay with that action we will

[4:23:14] now adjourn Council for

[4:23:14] the next regularly scheduled

[4:23:15] Council meeting on Monday

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