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foreign

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everyone I thank you so much for being

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here um I will call to order this

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meeting the March 14th meeting of the

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Ventura County uh Board of Supervisors

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uh Madam clerk do you mind calling the

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roll

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supervisor girl here

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here

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supervisor Lopez here chair levere here

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and everyone could please us stand and

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join me in the Pledge of Allegiance

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all right item four is the approval of

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the minutes from our meeting of February

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28 2023 uh any of my colleagues wish to

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pull an item or a motion to approve

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so moved I'll second

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supervisor girl yes supervisor long

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yes supervisor Parvin yes supervisor

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Lopez yes chair levere yes and then item

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five is our agenda review Dr Johnson

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thank you Mr chair good morning

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supervisors members of the public and

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all staff in attendance today the agenda

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review is as follows item 8 opening

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public comments comment letter from

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Samuel Fang and Susana Macias Robles

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have been submitted item 36 County

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Executive Office approval of a strategy

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to direct the use of 15 million dollars

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allocated for affordable housing

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construction and Loan capital a board

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letter has been submitted

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item 37 County Executive Office approval

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of an allocation of 5.5 million as home

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key 3.0 funding requests to be heard

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before 10 a.m time certain items

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item 44 supervisor guerrell and

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supervisor Parvin public hearing

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regarding adoption of an ordinance

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repealing the Ventura County campaign

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Finance reform ordinance

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173 comment letters have been submitted

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and finally item 57 closed session

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conference with labor negotiators

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comment letter from Grace Dunleavy has

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been submitted this concludes engine to

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review Mr chair

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thank you Dr Johnson is there a motion

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to approve the agenda as revised

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the agenda has revised

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second

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supervisor girl yes

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supervisor loan yes

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supervisor Parvin yes

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supervisor Lopez yes chair levere yes

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okay and that takes us to our moment of

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inspiration and uh in March

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as we celebrate uh women's History Month

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I thought it'd be appropriate to

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recognize an organization in Ventura

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County that has been incredibly active

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engaged in the local political scene for

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many years and that is the League of

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Women Voters uh many of us who are

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elected have been through their debates

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they're usually the most professional

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and a best moderated debate something

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that I think all of us enjoy doing as we

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go through our our various campaigns and

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so I know I see uh four women from the

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league here this morning and I would

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like to invite up Susan King Roth who is

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the current vice president of the League

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of Women Voters of Ventura County

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and Miss Roth we have a certificate we'd

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like to present to you and

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um it says you know we as the Board of

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Supervisors honor and congratulate the

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League of Women Voters on its 103rd

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anniversary and commend the league for

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its steadfast commitment to strengthen

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and uphold its mission of empowering

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voters and defending democracy and so

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thank you so much for being here and I

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would love to invite you to make a few

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comments thanks so much chair Olivia

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um

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and members of the Board of Supervisors

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as he said my name is uh excuse me Susan

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King Roth is the Michael case yes okay

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sorry my voice is a bit hoarse this

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morning

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um

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I'm vice president at Kathy Morgan

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president of our league is currently

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traveling and asks that I present in her

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absence

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the League of Women Voters of Ventura

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county is deeply honored to be here

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today to present a moment of inspiration

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marches women's history month during the

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month we recognize the efforts of all

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the remarkable women who've contributed

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to this country and around the world

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often in defiance of the expectations of

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their time

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Carrie Chapman cat founder of the League

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of Women Voters is one such woman

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Carrie was born in 1859 and grew up in

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rural Iowa and became interested in

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women's rights at an early age

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she questioned why her mother did not go

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to town with her father and his farm

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hands to vote and we called her father

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saying that voting was too important a

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civic duty to be left to women

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her father also didn't want her to go to

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college believing that a girl did not

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need that much education however she did

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get a job and put herself through

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college earning a Bachelor of Science

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degree the only female in her graduating

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class

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she later became principal of high

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school and was promoted to

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superintendent of schools in Basin City

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Iowa one of the first women in the

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nation to be appointed to such a

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position

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after she married she became co-editor

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and publisher of the Mason City

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newspaper along with her husband

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unfortunately after less than two years

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her husband died so she supported

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herself by writing freelance articles

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editing newspapers giving lectures and

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becoming a paid field organizer for the

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Iowa women's suffrage association in

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1890 she married again and had the

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economic means to devote time to

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suffrage work after moving to New York

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City she began working with Susan B

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Anthony

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who chose her to succeed her as

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president of the National American Woman

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Suffrage Association she was twice

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elected to the presidency and became

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involved in the international suffrage

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movement she met with world leaders and

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was widely quoted in newspapers across

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the country

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soon her name became familiar in

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American households the struggle for

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women's suffrage was a long and bitter

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fight requiring 72 years of effort women

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who had never had public lives were

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emboldened to speak out March in the

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streets and protest

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lessons learned about the women's

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suffrage movement deeply influenced

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later American social justice and

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advocacy movements lobbying public

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relations and Grassroots organizing

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techniques developed by the suffragists

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including their use of non-violent

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protests became a model for later civil

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rights movements

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Carrie chapmancat founded the League of

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Women Voters on February 14 1920 six

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months before the ratification of the

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19th Amendment her vision and League

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of the league was that it should be

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nonpartisan working towards securing the

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infranchisement of women of every state

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removing legal discrimination against

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women and making democracy safe

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in fact the mission of the league today

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is empowering voters defending democracy

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and it continues to be non-partisan

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working to educate all of the electorate

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about issues and candidates and

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encouraging informed and active

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participation in government in the 1930s

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League members worked successfully for

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enactment of the Social Security Act as

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well as the Food and Drug Act after

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World War II The League carried out a

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national public support campaign at the

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request of President Franklin Roosevelt

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to establish the United Nations and to

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ensure U.S participation following the

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campaign President Harry Truman invited

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the league to serve as a consultant to

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the U.S delegation at the United Nations

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Charter conference

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one of the first organizations

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officially recognized by the yin un as

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an NGO the league still maintains

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official Observer status today

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throughout history League members laid

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grass movements for Universal voter

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registration campaign Integrity the

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right of reproductive Choice civil

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rights clean air and water safe and

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affordable housing and child care early

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in the history of the league it was

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committed to establishing child labor

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laws and equal pay for women

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more recently the League of Women Voters

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has worked to eliminate remaining

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obstacles to voter registration across

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the country it supported and advocated

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for redistricting reform to a limited

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partisan and or racial gerrymandering

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countering misinformation and

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disinformation

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protecting voting rights and educating

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voters with the intent of creating a

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stronger and more representative

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democracy the League of Women Voters of

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Ventura County provides candidate forums

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prior to its elections so that voters

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can hear directly from local candidates

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to better inform their choice when

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voting it educates voters about ballot

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measures based on factual information

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and conducts legislative interviews on

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Zoom with representatives from the state

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legislature

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League members also visit Ventura County

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high schools to explain the voting

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process and assist students with voter

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registration as well as award

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scholarships to students enrolled in

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three local colleges

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although the League of Women Voters has

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evolved over the last century it still

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continues to support the core Mission

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conceived in 1920 I would like to end

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with a quote from Carrie Chapman cat

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everybody counts in applying democracy

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and there will never be a true democracy

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until every responsible and law-abiding

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adult in it without regard to race sex

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color or Creed has his or her own

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inalienable and unpurchasable vote Voice

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in government thank you

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[Applause]

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well thank you Miss Roth for being here

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and sharing that really unique history

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that's quite appropriate for this month

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so we would love to come down and

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present this certificate to the to the

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league women and we'd love to take a

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picture

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yes

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we're gonna come up here yeah the front

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in the front here

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thank you

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you know it still shocks me that some

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people are not registered to vote

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it just it's amazing yeah yeah so thank

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you for bringing this up today yes

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hey item seven on our agenda this

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morning is our consent calendar items uh

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11 through 28. does anyone like to pull

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an item or ask any questions no and I'll

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consent item agenda forward

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supervisor guerrill yes

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supervisor long yes

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supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

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yes chair levere yes

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which takes us to public comments and I

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know we have quite a few public speakers

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this morning so why don't we um

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start with public comment

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thank you thank you chair lever

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to members of the public who wish to

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address the board today with live public

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comment on any agenda item please visit

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participants your name will be called in

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the order the registration was received

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and our first speaker is going to be

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um Lee green who's here in person

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followed by Barbara Marcy Ortiz and

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Rachel sleet so Lee green if you could

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please proceed to the podium you will

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have three minutes

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good morning good morning

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supervisor long thank you for wearing

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red this morning uh if that's

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appropriate

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foreign

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I didn't realize I was going to be first

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and would have to set the table

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as you no doubt are aware the county

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nurses are in negotiations for a new

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contract

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they still seem to be

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far apart from an agreement on several

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issues

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the one I my name is Lee green by the

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way and um

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I'm married to a nurse who has been with

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the county for 15 years working in

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vcmc's surgery Department

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and because she is there working right

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now you're hearing my voice instead of

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hers

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so I wanted to focus on the cola

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the cost of living adjustment that helps

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retain the value

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of the pension that the nurses receive

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a typical younger middle-aged person

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doesn't think about colas my wife has a

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master's degree in business

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but even she didn't think about coal is

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when she took the job

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neither did most of the other nurses at

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County but they are thinking about it

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now and they're not happy

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by refusing to give our nurses a cola

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the county is insisting that the nurses

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not the county bear the considerable

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burden of inflation

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the county saves a lot of money and the

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nurses lose a lot of money

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the county Hospital's recruiters ask

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nurses to work for substandard

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non-competitive wages

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why would anyone do that when they could

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take a job across the street for

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significantly more money

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one big reason is that the county offers

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a pension

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but what those recruiters don't say is

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that due to inflation that pension year

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by year will gradually Melt Away

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nurses who retired in 2000 at age 60 and

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are now 83 have seen

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74.7 percent of their pensions

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value simply disappear

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there is this is no small matter it goes

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to what sort of lives our nurses will

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have in their later years

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the nurses at vcmc work alongside techs

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and other staff whose pensions are

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protected by colas

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the nurses have no such protection what

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does this say about our County what does

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this say about us

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it's not right

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you supervisors were not the ones to

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formulate this policy Mr Green you're

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out of time well you can be the ones to

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correct it and give the nurses the

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financial security and you're out of

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time and we have 12 speakers ahead of

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you

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[Applause]

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okay our next speaker is going to be

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Barbara Marcy Ortiz followed by Rachel

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sleed and then Monica Kennedy

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good morning chair lever and supervisors

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my name is Barbara macri Ortiz and I'm

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here to support the nurses and their

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bargaining proposals

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you know over many years Ventura County

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created a really strong Health Care

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system

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for residents our nurses have always

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been the backbone of that system

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unfortunately the system is eroding

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because we no longer can recruit and

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train sufficient nurses

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to support the system why the working

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conditions and compensation for nurses

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are woefully inadequate

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so our nurses are training new nurses

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only to see them leave along with many

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senior nurses

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who have been the heart and soul of our

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system

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you know our primary problem started

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with covid and with the extreme strain

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put on the nurses who are our only real

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line of defense our nurses were the only

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ones who comforted our sick and dying in

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the hospitals his family and friends

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were locked out

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the nurses took all the risks

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they were Herald as Heroes as nurses

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died from covid and others retired

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because they couldn't handle it anymore

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the county relied on traveling nurses as

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a stop Gap

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to you know to keep keep the hospitals

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going

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during that period and but the pay of

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the traveling nurses just ballooned into

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millions and millions of dollars

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um

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now we've gotten through covid but the

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county never readjusted back we are now

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relying on traveling nurses rather than

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building back our infrastructure that

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made our system so strong

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knowledgeable and experienced nurses who

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are committed to Ventura County Health

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Care system and our hospitals

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a traveling nurse does not give you that

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and they are often inexperienced putting

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more pressure on our nurses for patient

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care making it harder and harder

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this negotiations the county must take

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care of our nurses so they can help the

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county build back our Health Care system

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and its infrastructure

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23 million dollars has been spent this

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fiscal year for traveling nurses 23

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million dollars

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if we don't invest in our own nurses

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that figure is going to continue to grow

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and we will lose even more nurses the

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Traveler's budget must be diverted now

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into supporting our own Health Care

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system and its nurses

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you know we need to build back a strong

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Health Care system that we're very proud

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of but in order to do that

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you know we need to improve it for the

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for the future by supporting our nurses

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these are the ones that support our

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hospitals and these are the ones you

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need to support thank you very much

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foreign

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followed by Monica Kennedy and then

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Katie dernmost

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I actually have two things to speak on

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today hopefully I'll get through both of

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them but I'm going to start with

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I'm gonna start with the safety of our

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children so I have two daughters my 13

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year old attends Balboa my 15 year old

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is a freshman at Buena

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this school year Senate bill to 328

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which establishes new mandatory start

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times for schools went into effect

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this bill did not affect my 13 year old

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her start time remained the same but my

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high school daughter now starts at 8 30.

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my issue is not the start time but what

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time the bus picks my daughter and many

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other kids up for school

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my daughter Audrey wakes up at 5 30 to

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get ready and is picked up at 6 50 a.m

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she arrives to school at roughly seven

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o'clock Audrey along with many other

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kids

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are waiting 90 minutes and on Fridays

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two and a half hours for school to start

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Fridays is a 9 30 start time to kill

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time a lot of the kids are going into

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the Vaughn shopping center on the corner

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of Victorian Telegraph

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the same shopping center that one month

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ago a group of teens were attacked and a

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teenage girl was slashed on her back

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with a knife by transient

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sorry this is that could have been my

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daughter

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oftentimes I

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I stop at the same shopping center on my

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way home from work I see homeless

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wandering the parking lot and often

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acting erratic I was not shocked to hear

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a child was attacked but I was thankful

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she did not lose her life

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at this time my concern is for the

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safety of my daughter along with many

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other kids waiting for school to start a

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few weeks ago I attended a

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transportation meeting that offered no

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Solutions

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SB 328 was signed by Governor Newsom to

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improve student

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to improve students chances of success

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this bill works with teenagers natural

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sleep rhythms

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at this time Buena bus riders have even

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and Ventura have even longer days than

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their safeties at risk Ventura County

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School Ventura Unified School District

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is not operating in the spirit of the

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Law changes need to be made to protect

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our children and improve the chances of

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success

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so I'm reading this for another nurse

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who was not able to be here we're just

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supervisors I've been a nurse at vcmc

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for 18 years I currently work in the

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Pediatrics caring for some of the

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County's most vulnerable vulnerable

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population I'm asking at the the board

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listens to our concerns and agrees to a

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fair contract so that vcmc will be able

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to retain and hire experienced nurses

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vcmc is the only Hospital in the county

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with a pediatric and Intensive Care Unit

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unfortunately due to uncomparable wages

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Rachel your time is up

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we need picu nurses

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[Applause]

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okay our next speaker is going to be

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Monica Kennedy followed by Kate durnbos

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and then Scott durnbos

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good morning I am Monica Kennedy I have

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been in LVN in the NICU at vcmc for the

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past 19 years working on night shift

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to my family I am known as Monica mommy

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daughter sister and wife

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to Ventura County I am better known as

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115580 my employee number that's all

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just a number

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we are here today to ask the county to

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not only listen to us but for us to be

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heard

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actions speak louder than words and we

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are asking to be presented with a

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contract that will help recruit and most

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importantly retain nurses and Health

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Care staff

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we are the backbone of the hospital and

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we are demanding dramatic change

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to think just not that long ago we were

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called Heroes where's the respect gone

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we have lost many nurses to other local

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hospitals in one month alone the NICU

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lost 13 seasoned nurses

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these were highly skilled nurses that

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were trained at vcmc staffed our unit

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for many years and left for higher pay

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and better working conditions

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01:06:02,700 --> 01:06:05,940
why are we the current regular staff not

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01:06:05,940 --> 01:06:08,099
worthy of the large budgets that are

568
01:06:08,099 --> 01:06:10,380
being approved for travel nurses

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01:06:10,380 --> 01:06:12,720
we are the same staff who left our

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01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:14,700
families and the safety of our homes

571
01:06:14,700 --> 01:06:18,540
while many including this board sat

572
01:06:18,540 --> 01:06:20,880
behind their computers safely conducting

573
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:24,240
business safely conducting business not

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01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:27,299
us we showed up to work are we not

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01:06:27,299 --> 01:06:30,240
worthy of an increase in our pay to be

576
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:32,640
competitive with surrounding hospitals

577
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:36,119
an increased for cost of living safe

578
01:06:36,119 --> 01:06:38,220
Staffing and consistent breaks and

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01:06:38,220 --> 01:06:40,319
lunches during our shifts

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01:06:40,319 --> 01:06:42,660
I hope that the board can make decisions

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01:06:42,660 --> 01:06:45,119
that bring positive change make

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01:06:45,119 --> 01:06:47,940
decisions that you can honestly say are

583
01:06:47,940 --> 01:06:50,220
right and you can lay your head down at

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01:06:50,220 --> 01:06:52,980
night and know these decisions you made

585
01:06:52,980 --> 01:06:55,140
are the ones you would want if you were

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01:06:55,140 --> 01:06:56,520
in our position

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01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,299
we too have families and after years of

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01:07:00,299 --> 01:07:03,420
always staying at vcmc for the patients

589
01:07:03,420 --> 01:07:05,940
these poor conditions are making us

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01:07:05,940 --> 01:07:08,819
think differently our patients deserve

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01:07:08,819 --> 01:07:18,140
more and we deserve more

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01:07:18,150 --> 01:07:23,099
[Applause]

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01:07:23,099 --> 01:07:25,319
okay our next speaker is Katie dernboes

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01:07:25,319 --> 01:07:27,000
followed by Scott durnbos and then Carla

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01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:29,270
Molina

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01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:31,020
good morning Ventura County Board of

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01:07:31,020 --> 01:07:33,420
Supervisors my name is Katie dornbos and

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01:07:33,420 --> 01:07:35,099
I am a member of the California Nurses

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01:07:35,099 --> 01:07:37,319
Association I've been a registered nurse

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01:07:37,319 --> 01:07:40,740
at vcmc for 18 years I'm a resident of

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01:07:40,740 --> 01:07:42,780
District 3 in Ventura County

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01:07:42,780 --> 01:07:45,420
we at CNA proudly represent Healthcare

603
01:07:45,420 --> 01:07:47,160
professionals throughout Ventura County

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01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:48,900
we as nurses and Health Care

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01:07:48,900 --> 01:07:50,700
Professionals are crucial stakeholders

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01:07:50,700 --> 01:07:53,220
in the realm of Public Health and we are

607
01:07:53,220 --> 01:07:55,140
eager to obtain a fair and Equitable

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01:07:55,140 --> 01:07:56,220
contract

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01:07:56,220 --> 01:07:58,319
I believe that this includes significant

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01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:00,660
wage increases to bring our members

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01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:02,880
close to the wage disparity I mean to

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01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,339
close the wage disparity with local

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01:08:05,339 --> 01:08:08,339
hospitals in the county this is the way

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01:08:08,339 --> 01:08:10,440
to be fiscally responsible

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01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:13,200
by decreasing and eventually eliminating

616
01:08:13,200 --> 01:08:15,420
the need for travel nurses these travel

617
01:08:15,420 --> 01:08:17,400
nurses receive compensation roughly

618
01:08:17,400 --> 01:08:20,100
three times a staff nurse's wage in

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01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,080
order to retain and recruit nurses with

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01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,600
experience and retain those who we train

621
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:26,699
in order to not lose them to other

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01:08:26,699 --> 01:08:28,440
hospitals for higher wages for the same

623
01:08:28,440 --> 01:08:30,960
work we must be compensated much more

624
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:33,480
than we are currently on our wage grid

625
01:08:33,480 --> 01:08:35,460
the highest paid nurse is still paid

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01:08:35,460 --> 01:08:37,199
significantly less than State average

627
01:08:37,199 --> 01:08:39,960
for a nurse this needs to change it is

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01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:41,819
your responsibility to help us achieve

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01:08:41,819 --> 01:08:43,980
that goal continuing to fund travel

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01:08:43,980 --> 01:08:46,140
nurses instead of increasing the wages

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01:08:46,140 --> 01:08:48,900
of our members is irresponsible we are

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01:08:48,900 --> 01:08:51,179
here because we deserve better we are

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01:08:51,179 --> 01:08:53,640
also requesting Cola known as the cost

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01:08:53,640 --> 01:08:55,440
of living adjustment in regards to our

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01:08:55,440 --> 01:08:57,660
retirement most of the other unions in

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01:08:57,660 --> 01:08:59,460
the county have Cola in their retirement

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01:08:59,460 --> 01:09:02,040
why do we not deserve this I'm here

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01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:05,460
today to ask you as all of the Ventura

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01:09:05,460 --> 01:09:06,960
County Board of Supervisors to advocate

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01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:09,600
for a fair agreement for CNA nurses and

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01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,480
health care professional thank you thank

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01:09:12,480 --> 01:09:14,180
you

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01:09:14,180 --> 01:09:17,640
[Applause]

644
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:19,920
I'm also here to speak on behalf to

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01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:22,739
finish off what Brandi was trying to say

646
01:09:22,739 --> 01:09:25,799
the picu is a valuable asset to the

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01:09:25,799 --> 01:09:28,440
county because it is imperative ma'am

648
01:09:28,440 --> 01:09:30,179
I'm really sorry but we we don't allow

649
01:09:30,179 --> 01:09:31,739
that as part of our protocols though

650
01:09:31,739 --> 01:09:34,319
okay yeah I'm sorry okay

651
01:09:34,319 --> 01:09:35,759
okay our next speaker is going to be

652
01:09:35,759 --> 01:09:37,859
Scott followed by Carla Molina and then

653
01:09:37,859 --> 01:09:42,709
Naomi Corpus

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01:09:42,719 --> 01:09:45,120
hi my name is Scott dornboss and I'm a

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01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:48,179
resident of District 3 in Ventura County

656
01:09:48,179 --> 01:09:50,279
I am here today on supporting my wife

657
01:09:50,279 --> 01:09:53,040
and all the CNA Healthcare professionals

658
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:55,940
recently I was admitted to the vcmc ER

659
01:09:55,940 --> 01:09:59,940
on December 19th with a ruptured artery

660
01:09:59,940 --> 01:10:02,219
and I nearly died

661
01:10:02,219 --> 01:10:04,980
I had to wait six hours for blood my

662
01:10:04,980 --> 01:10:07,980
nurse until 11 pm was a traveling nurse

663
01:10:07,980 --> 01:10:11,760
and thankfully a staff nurse took over

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01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:14,940
and noticed my vitals deteriorated

665
01:10:14,940 --> 01:10:18,719
I am I after being in the ICU tele and

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01:10:18,719 --> 01:10:21,360
Med surge units I got to go home on the

667
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:25,020
23rd I was back to Santa Paula ER and

668
01:10:25,020 --> 01:10:27,659
was transferred by ambulance to vcmc on

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01:10:27,659 --> 01:10:30,239
the 26th and was discharged again on the

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01:10:30,239 --> 01:10:31,980
29th

671
01:10:31,980 --> 01:10:34,140
it's because of the regular nurses and

672
01:10:34,140 --> 01:10:36,960
staff that I'm alive today this is why

673
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:39,719
it is critical that you take Recruitment

674
01:10:39,719 --> 01:10:41,460
and Retention of your nurses and Health

675
01:10:41,460 --> 01:10:43,739
Care staff seriously

676
01:10:43,739 --> 01:10:46,560
our hospitals need experienced staff

677
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:48,840
who are retained and compensated for the

678
01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:51,360
life-saving work they do I look forward

679
01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:53,100
to supporting my wife and her fellow

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01:10:53,100 --> 01:10:55,920
colleagues in their CNA negotiations and

681
01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:57,659
hope you do the same because that's

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01:10:57,659 --> 01:10:58,980
what's best for our families and

683
01:10:58,980 --> 01:11:00,000
communities

684
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:04,180
thank you

685
01:11:04,190 --> 01:11:08,870
[Applause]

686
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:10,260
speaker is going to be Carla Molina

687
01:11:10,260 --> 01:11:12,060
followed by Noemi Corpus and then

688
01:11:12,060 --> 01:11:15,120
Ignacio Gonzalez

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01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:17,400
good morning my name is Carla and I've

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01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:19,380
been a labor and delivery nurse at vcmc

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01:11:19,380 --> 01:11:21,719
for 12 years we're in a crisis right now

692
01:11:21,719 --> 01:11:24,120
we have nearly 160 plus Travelers

693
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:26,520
filling our Hospital some departments

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01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:27,960
expering more Travelers than regular

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01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:30,300
staff on any one shift this is a safety

696
01:11:30,300 --> 01:11:32,460
crisis a lot of these Travelers have way

697
01:11:32,460 --> 01:11:34,320
less experience than our seasoned nurses

698
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:37,199
one unit this week had a charge nurse an

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01:11:37,199 --> 01:11:38,880
orientee and the rest were Travelers

700
01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:41,760
this is a huge liability your seasoned

701
01:11:41,760 --> 01:11:42,960
nurses who have been here through thick

702
01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:44,580
and thin are feeling underappreciated

703
01:11:44,580 --> 01:11:47,280
and undervalued were burnt out we have

704
01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:49,260
lost countless nurses to local hospitals

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01:11:49,260 --> 01:11:51,239
for significant more pay

706
01:11:51,239 --> 01:11:53,100
the cost of inflation over the past

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01:11:53,100 --> 01:11:55,500
three years is astronomical and our pay

708
01:11:55,500 --> 01:11:57,239
and pension does not reflect the cost of

709
01:11:57,239 --> 01:11:58,739
living increase that we have been faced

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01:11:58,739 --> 01:12:00,960
with minimum wage can increase at the

711
01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:02,580
rate it has but healthcare workers are

712
01:12:02,580 --> 01:12:04,679
responsible for patient lives don't get

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01:12:04,679 --> 01:12:06,719
the same respect and appreciation

714
01:12:06,719 --> 01:12:08,400
I can tell you there are several senior

715
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:10,380
nurses who have already mentioned that

716
01:12:10,380 --> 01:12:12,360
they are waiting on our new contract to

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01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:14,159
take effect before deciding to leave to

718
01:12:14,159 --> 01:12:16,440
our local hospitals we need competitive

719
01:12:16,440 --> 01:12:18,120
wages and benefits that will entice

720
01:12:18,120 --> 01:12:20,460
employees to want to work here instead

721
01:12:20,460 --> 01:12:22,679
of only new nurses being trained and

722
01:12:22,679 --> 01:12:24,360
getting experience then leaving for

723
01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:27,060
better pay we need competitive wages in

724
01:12:27,060 --> 01:12:28,980
a pension with Cola to retain our nurses

725
01:12:28,980 --> 01:12:31,440
for our patients and and our nurses

726
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:38,570
thank you thank you

727
01:12:38,580 --> 01:12:40,679
thank you no I'm in followed by Ignacio

728
01:12:40,679 --> 01:12:44,390
and then Lisa mayallianis

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01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:47,219
hello everyone my name is Noe corpuz and

730
01:12:47,219 --> 01:12:48,540
I'm a member of California Nurses

731
01:12:48,540 --> 01:12:51,060
Association I've been a registered nurse

732
01:12:51,060 --> 01:12:52,800
at Ventura County hospital for two years

733
01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:55,260
but I've been a nurse for 12 years it is

734
01:12:55,260 --> 01:12:56,520
our belief in understanding our

735
01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:58,020
perspective on the ground is key to

736
01:12:58,020 --> 01:12:59,520
fully informed decision making by

737
01:12:59,520 --> 01:13:01,199
leadership

738
01:13:01,199 --> 01:13:04,080
it is not beneficial to hear um it's not

739
01:13:04,080 --> 01:13:05,880
only beneficial to hear expertise of our

740
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:07,739
workers but our testimonies also provide

741
01:13:07,739 --> 01:13:09,480
invaluable glimpse into how decisions

742
01:13:09,480 --> 01:13:11,640
made at the top actually play out in

743
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:14,159
reality as a break relief nurse I should

744
01:13:14,159 --> 01:13:15,840
be providing Chef relief to my fellow

745
01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:17,940
colleagues for their much needed breaks

746
01:13:17,940 --> 01:13:22,380
however far too often we are pulled from

747
01:13:22,380 --> 01:13:24,239
that work and told to take on patients

748
01:13:24,239 --> 01:13:26,520
as you know one break relief cannot

749
01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:28,140
provide break relief to every nurse

750
01:13:28,140 --> 01:13:30,300
working in one shift this means that

751
01:13:30,300 --> 01:13:32,580
nurses working 12-hour shifts or more on

752
01:13:32,580 --> 01:13:34,560
their feet running from patient room to

753
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:35,880
patient room from one end of the

754
01:13:35,880 --> 01:13:37,320
building to the other end of the

755
01:13:37,320 --> 01:13:40,260
building are not getting a moment of uh

756
01:13:40,260 --> 01:13:42,420
to eat to sit down and rest and at times

757
01:13:42,420 --> 01:13:44,760
even to use the restroom exhaustion

758
01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:47,699
jeopardizes safe patient care research

759
01:13:47,699 --> 01:13:48,840
has shown that tired Healthcare

760
01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:51,840
professionals are more up to errors and

761
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:53,460
missed markers that can indicate change

762
01:13:53,460 --> 01:13:55,800
in patients conditions it is also common

763
01:13:55,800 --> 01:13:58,080
sense that nurses who are work in who

764
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:00,120
are working in exhaust exhausted will

765
01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:01,920
not want to stay but will look for other

766
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:04,080
jobs where they will get the rest and

767
01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:06,600
meal breaks they deserve new nurses come

768
01:14:06,600 --> 01:14:08,100
to Ventura County Hospital to gain

769
01:14:08,100 --> 01:14:10,020
experience and leave once they become

770
01:14:10,020 --> 01:14:12,300
good nurses instead of retaining them

771
01:14:12,300 --> 01:14:13,800
the county continues to choose to

772
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:15,659
participate in revolving door of Staff

773
01:14:15,659 --> 01:14:18,000
instead of investing in lift terms

774
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,600
lift terms teams transport teams and

775
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:23,159
providing enough resources so that we

776
01:14:23,159 --> 01:14:25,679
can best serve our community it is truly

777
01:14:25,679 --> 01:14:27,179
unfortunate to see these nurses and

778
01:14:27,179 --> 01:14:29,219
Healthcare professional walk out of our

779
01:14:29,219 --> 01:14:30,900
facility after we have watched them grow

780
01:14:30,900 --> 01:14:32,820
and become such good skilled care

781
01:14:32,820 --> 01:14:35,460
providers we know how to grow and keep

782
01:14:35,460 --> 01:14:37,320
New Generation providers who will stay

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01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:39,060
at the county and advocate for highest

784
01:14:39,060 --> 01:14:41,520
quality of care highest quality of care

785
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:43,560
that our community deserve highest

786
01:14:43,560 --> 01:14:46,020
quality of care that your constituents

787
01:14:46,020 --> 01:14:49,980
deserve thank you thank you

788
01:14:49,990 --> 01:14:56,270
[Applause]

789
01:14:56,280 --> 01:14:58,679
and then Lisa Marianas and then Christy

790
01:14:58,679 --> 01:14:59,460
Lewis

791
01:14:59,460 --> 01:15:01,679
Ignacio

792
01:15:01,679 --> 01:15:03,540
good morning Board of Supervisors my

793
01:15:03,540 --> 01:15:05,100
name is Ignacio Gonzalez I'm a

794
01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:06,360
registered nurse at Ventura County

795
01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:08,940
Medical Center uh to this morning I'm

796
01:15:08,940 --> 01:15:11,100
going to be speaking for Laura Lopez the

797
01:15:11,100 --> 01:15:12,960
GI nurse who has worked for the county

798
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:15,960
for 42 years she's at work today and

799
01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:17,640
couldn't be here to speak for herself

800
01:15:17,640 --> 01:15:20,159
during the first six months of last year

801
01:15:20,159 --> 01:15:23,640
I lost three or four full-time trained

802
01:15:23,640 --> 01:15:26,280
GI nurses leaving me just to run the

803
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:27,840
department with several less trained

804
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:30,900
temporary all whom have since Departed

805
01:15:30,900 --> 01:15:33,120
the three GI nurses that left didn't

806
01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:34,920
retire or move out of state they went to

807
01:15:34,920 --> 01:15:38,280
other local hospitals sorry

808
01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:40,080
in clinics where they make more money

809
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:43,199
work less overtime and call and have

810
01:15:43,199 --> 01:15:45,060
better work-life balance these other

811
01:15:45,060 --> 01:15:47,760
facilities are much better staff

812
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:50,940
now my staff consists of me three pricey

813
01:15:50,940 --> 01:15:53,219
traveling nurses and I and an

814
01:15:53,219 --> 01:15:55,560
experienced per diem nurse and I like

815
01:15:55,560 --> 01:15:56,760
Duty nurse

816
01:15:56,760 --> 01:15:59,520
I work 45 Plus hours per week plus I'm

817
01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:01,739
on call two weekends per month I have no

818
01:16:01,739 --> 01:16:03,780
work life balance

819
01:16:03,780 --> 01:16:05,760
I've had a total of seven traveling

820
01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:07,380
nurses in my department during the last

821
01:16:07,380 --> 01:16:10,020
nine months I get up to speed I get them

822
01:16:10,020 --> 01:16:12,420
up to speed but soon they'll even go to

823
01:16:12,420 --> 01:16:14,580
the next contract this routine is not

824
01:16:14,580 --> 01:16:16,980
sustainable we need competitive wages

825
01:16:16,980 --> 01:16:18,780
and a pension with Cola to attract

826
01:16:18,780 --> 01:16:21,420
nurses and keep them and we need these

827
01:16:21,420 --> 01:16:26,850
improvements now thank you

828
01:16:26,860 --> 01:16:30,950
[Applause]

829
01:16:30,960 --> 01:16:33,120
okay next up is Lisa magayanas followed

830
01:16:33,120 --> 01:16:34,380
by Christy Lewis and then Jeremy

831
01:16:34,380 --> 01:16:35,460
Goldenberg

832
01:16:35,460 --> 01:16:37,380
good morning border supervisors my name

833
01:16:37,380 --> 01:16:39,000
is Lisa magayanis and I have been a

834
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:40,800
resident of Ventura County for 42 years

835
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:42,960
I'm deeply passionate about the quality

836
01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:44,280
of care that is given to our community

837
01:16:44,280 --> 01:16:45,840
members who pass through the doors of

838
01:16:45,840 --> 01:16:47,580
our two hospitals and public health

839
01:16:47,580 --> 01:16:49,560
agencies I currently work as an

840
01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:51,060
emergency room nurse at Santa Paula

841
01:16:51,060 --> 01:16:52,679
hospital and I'm floated between both

842
01:16:52,679 --> 01:16:55,320
ERS at vcmc and Santa Paula I was born

843
01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:57,239
at Santa Paula Hospital in 1980 and my

844
01:16:57,239 --> 01:16:59,340
oldest son was also born there in 2001.

845
01:16:59,340 --> 01:17:01,380
my father passed away at Santa Paula

846
01:17:01,380 --> 01:17:04,199
Hospital in the ICU in 2015. I have seen

847
01:17:04,199 --> 01:17:05,820
multiple family and friends receive

848
01:17:05,820 --> 01:17:06,960
their health care needs through our

849
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:08,460
hospital system and I'm proud to say

850
01:17:08,460 --> 01:17:10,140
that I was lucky to have some of the

851
01:17:10,140 --> 01:17:11,520
best training and learning experiences

852
01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:13,500
of Highly qualified and experienced

853
01:17:13,500 --> 01:17:16,040
nurses when I joined the agency in 2016.

854
01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:18,239
unfortunately this is no longer the case

855
01:17:18,239 --> 01:17:19,500
and there's a problem with our current

856
01:17:19,500 --> 01:17:21,420
working conditions we've lost highly

857
01:17:21,420 --> 01:17:22,860
qualified and experienced as nurses from

858
01:17:22,860 --> 01:17:25,020
the bedside both hospitals have multiple

859
01:17:25,020 --> 01:17:27,780
mass exoduses that nurses have left to

860
01:17:27,780 --> 01:17:28,920
other hospitals will they be better

861
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:30,179
compensated and have better working

862
01:17:30,179 --> 01:17:32,100
conditions I would like to share with

863
01:17:32,100 --> 01:17:34,140
you a day in the ER there's a charge

864
01:17:34,140 --> 01:17:35,820
nurse their role is required for traffic

865
01:17:35,820 --> 01:17:37,980
control they're responsible for multiple

866
01:17:37,980 --> 01:17:39,840
multitude of things including ambulances

867
01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:41,520
coming in the back door making sure the

868
01:17:41,520 --> 01:17:43,020
sickest patients have a bed and that all

869
01:17:43,020 --> 01:17:44,219
the nurses are getting their breaks

870
01:17:44,219 --> 01:17:46,080
among many other duties there's the

871
01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:47,460
triage nurse they're the nurse in the

872
01:17:47,460 --> 01:17:48,600
waiting room that puts their eyes on

873
01:17:48,600 --> 01:17:49,739
every patient that comes to the front

874
01:17:49,739 --> 01:17:52,020
door and prioritizes who's the sickest

875
01:17:52,020 --> 01:17:53,400
and needs to be seen by a provider

876
01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:55,500
quickly this by the way should be one of

877
01:17:55,500 --> 01:17:57,480
your most experienced nurses there's

878
01:17:57,480 --> 01:17:59,040
also the preceptor nurse the nurse who

879
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:00,659
is orientating a new nurse teaching them

880
01:18:00,659 --> 01:18:03,120
IV medications and protocols for how we

881
01:18:03,120 --> 01:18:04,320
prioritize and treat different

882
01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:06,600
emergencies due to lack of Staff core

883
01:18:06,600 --> 01:18:08,280
staff and experienced staff at times one

884
01:18:08,280 --> 01:18:09,840
nurse must fulfill all the roles above

885
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:11,880
in a single shift the stress that comes

886
01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:13,500
with all these responsibilities is

887
01:18:13,500 --> 01:18:15,420
defeating I can describe it as feeling

888
01:18:15,420 --> 01:18:16,980
like I've lost a Super Bowl sometimes

889
01:18:16,980 --> 01:18:18,840
because at the end of the day despite

890
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:21,420
all that we've done to go take care of

891
01:18:21,420 --> 01:18:22,440
the patients and give them the best

892
01:18:22,440 --> 01:18:24,360
quality care that we know we can give

893
01:18:24,360 --> 01:18:25,980
them and that they deserve it becomes

894
01:18:25,980 --> 01:18:28,020
nearly impossible would you like your

895
01:18:28,020 --> 01:18:29,699
mother father or child to be the patient

896
01:18:29,699 --> 01:18:31,140
whose nurses stretched into so many

897
01:18:31,140 --> 01:18:32,880
places they can't dedicate their time to

898
01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:35,100
your family's needs why do we have a

899
01:18:35,100 --> 01:18:37,620
lack of stuff it's simple we're unable

900
01:18:37,620 --> 01:18:39,000
to hire experienced nurses because we

901
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:40,860
don't offer competitive wages we train a

902
01:18:40,860 --> 01:18:42,420
new nurse and after six months to a year

903
01:18:42,420 --> 01:18:43,800
they're leaving a higher pain hospital

904
01:18:43,800 --> 01:18:45,960
with better conditions if we invest in

905
01:18:45,960 --> 01:18:47,040
our County nurses and we have

906
01:18:47,040 --> 01:18:48,600
competitive wages and an improved

907
01:18:48,600 --> 01:18:50,219
pension then maybe we would have more

908
01:18:50,219 --> 01:18:51,780
experienced nurses to apply to work at

909
01:18:51,780 --> 01:18:53,580
our hospitals and retain them and the

910
01:18:53,580 --> 01:18:55,620
new graduates stay for longer terms I'm

911
01:18:55,620 --> 01:18:57,360
here to ask you to help us to listen to

912
01:18:57,360 --> 01:18:59,280
us we are the ones dedicated to taking

913
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:01,140
care of you and your families we are the

914
01:19:01,140 --> 01:19:02,460
ones who are here because we want to be

915
01:19:02,460 --> 01:19:04,560
here we want to serve our counterparts

916
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:06,060
and the community members who are

917
01:19:06,060 --> 01:19:07,920
underserved that deserve the highest

918
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:10,080
quality we can give them I beg you to

919
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:12,239
invest in us our community deserves it

920
01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:17,630
and so do we thank you thank you

921
01:19:17,640 --> 01:19:18,380
thank you

922
01:19:18,380 --> 01:19:21,260
[Music]

923
01:19:21,260 --> 01:19:24,410
[Applause]

924
01:19:24,420 --> 01:19:27,960
hello my name is Kirsty Lewis I've been

925
01:19:27,960 --> 01:19:30,000
a nurse for 22 years

926
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:32,100
18 of those with the county

927
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,600
I've worked at Ventura County Medical

928
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:35,820
Center in Santa Paula Hospital

929
01:19:35,820 --> 01:19:37,739
I am an IC nurse but sometimes I work in

930
01:19:37,739 --> 01:19:39,239
the ER

931
01:19:39,239 --> 01:19:41,040
I'm here to tell you that nurses are

932
01:19:41,040 --> 01:19:43,760
burnt out and overworked these issues

933
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:46,140
existed before the pandemic but have

934
01:19:46,140 --> 01:19:48,000
only gotten worse

935
01:19:48,000 --> 01:19:49,980
in the ICU at Santa Paula hospital where

936
01:19:49,980 --> 01:19:52,679
I usually work we have recently lost two

937
01:19:52,679 --> 01:19:55,020
of our experienced nurses due to burnout

938
01:19:55,020 --> 01:19:58,260
and to obtain higher pay elsewhere

939
01:19:58,260 --> 01:20:01,080
one nurse had 12 years of ER and ICU

940
01:20:01,080 --> 01:20:03,360
experience and the other had 15 years of

941
01:20:03,360 --> 01:20:05,880
ER and ICU experience

942
01:20:05,880 --> 01:20:08,159
replacing experienced nurses is

943
01:20:08,159 --> 01:20:10,020
impossible with the current wages we

944
01:20:10,020 --> 01:20:12,120
have our highest paid nurse isn't even

945
01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:14,820
making the average wage compared to

946
01:20:14,820 --> 01:20:17,400
other surrounding facilities

947
01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:20,580
in the ER at Santa Paula Hospital

948
01:20:20,580 --> 01:20:23,159
we have lost most of our ER nurses over

949
01:20:23,159 --> 01:20:24,719
the last couple of years due to burnout

950
01:20:24,719 --> 01:20:26,760
being overworked

951
01:20:26,760 --> 01:20:28,679
and to obtain higher pay at other

952
01:20:28,679 --> 01:20:30,480
hospitals

953
01:20:30,480 --> 01:20:33,120
some have retired early doing be due to

954
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:35,219
being plain tired of being short staffed

955
01:20:35,219 --> 01:20:37,380
and expected to pick up the slack when

956
01:20:37,380 --> 01:20:38,880
other staff leave

957
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:42,600
we hire new grads they stay six months a

958
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:44,940
year in the leave

959
01:20:44,940 --> 01:20:46,800
to go to better pay and Better Staffing

960
01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:48,960
at other hospitals in the local area

961
01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:51,600
many times when I go to the ER there

962
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:54,480
will be one experienced staff nurse as

963
01:20:54,480 --> 01:20:56,760
Lisa described and the rest will be

964
01:20:56,760 --> 01:20:59,820
travel nurses this is scary

965
01:20:59,820 --> 01:21:01,620
we should be investing the County's

966
01:21:01,620 --> 01:21:03,960
money and staff nurses who live here in

967
01:21:03,960 --> 01:21:05,520
the county and are committed to working

968
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:07,260
to improve the hospital for the Long

969
01:21:07,260 --> 01:21:08,580
Haul

970
01:21:08,580 --> 01:21:10,500
we need raises and improvements to our

971
01:21:10,500 --> 01:21:12,600
pension to keep our nurses from leaving

972
01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:14,900
we need more support to prevent burnout

973
01:21:14,900 --> 01:21:17,940
we want to be able to provide the best

974
01:21:17,940 --> 01:21:19,980
possible care to our patients

975
01:21:19,980 --> 01:21:24,000
but we need your help to accomplish this

976
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:27,000
honestly we need less lip service that

977
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:29,640
we are heroes and more tangible evidence

978
01:21:29,640 --> 01:21:32,040
that we are valued

979
01:21:32,040 --> 01:21:33,900
we hope you can support our continued

980
01:21:33,900 --> 01:21:35,699
dedication to Quality and safe patient

981
01:21:35,699 --> 01:21:36,420
care

982
01:21:36,420 --> 01:21:38,699
by supporting our CNA negotiations to

983
01:21:38,699 --> 01:21:40,739
get a contract that we deserve thank you

984
01:21:40,739 --> 01:21:44,650
thank you

985
01:21:44,660 --> 01:21:47,930
[Applause]

986
01:21:47,940 --> 01:21:50,219
and last two speakers we're getting here

987
01:21:50,219 --> 01:21:52,320
from Jeremy Goldberg and then Gavin

988
01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:57,110
Jones is our last speaker

989
01:21:57,120 --> 01:21:58,739
good morning supervisors my name is

990
01:21:58,739 --> 01:22:00,300
Jeremy Goldberg I'm the executive

991
01:22:00,300 --> 01:22:01,860
director of the Central Coast labor

992
01:22:01,860 --> 01:22:05,040
Council we are an umbrella Union

993
01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:07,020
organization that has about 75

994
01:22:07,020 --> 01:22:09,840
Affiliates representing 70 000 members

995
01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:12,000
in Ventura County Santa Barbara County

996
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,040
and San Luis Obispo counties

997
01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:18,060
and so knowing that like I've I've been

998
01:22:18,060 --> 01:22:19,800
here before right with with a union

999
01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:22,140
that's got an issue before a board or a

1000
01:22:22,140 --> 01:22:25,260
city or a school district and we call up

1001
01:22:25,260 --> 01:22:27,120
to the supervisor's office or call the

1002
01:22:27,120 --> 01:22:30,120
the council members and we get this we

1003
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:32,580
get this line that like you know staff

1004
01:22:32,580 --> 01:22:34,800
is handling it it's not a it's not at

1005
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:37,199
our level yet we can't weigh in I think

1006
01:22:37,199 --> 01:22:38,940
you've heard today that like it's time

1007
01:22:38,940 --> 01:22:41,280
to weigh in right there's a problem

1008
01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:44,460
two weeks ago on a Monday I spent the

1009
01:22:44,460 --> 01:22:48,000
morning uh rallying with the healthcare

1010
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:50,219
staff the nurses at St John's Hospital

1011
01:22:50,219 --> 01:22:53,159
because there's a care crisis and

1012
01:22:53,159 --> 01:22:56,400
Tuesday I spent the evening with CNA at

1013
01:22:56,400 --> 01:23:00,000
vcmc same reason and the following

1014
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:01,620
morning on the Wednesday this is all in

1015
01:23:01,620 --> 01:23:05,100
one week not coordinated not planned the

1016
01:23:05,100 --> 01:23:07,560
Wednesday morning I spent at Los Robles

1017
01:23:07,560 --> 01:23:09,480
Hospital in Thousand Oaks doing the same

1018
01:23:09,480 --> 01:23:11,340
thing all right there that the care

1019
01:23:11,340 --> 01:23:13,980
crisis isn't one hospital it's it's

1020
01:23:13,980 --> 01:23:16,260
everywhere it's the entire industry

1021
01:23:16,260 --> 01:23:18,840
we've got to set the bar higher

1022
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:21,840
the last three years social media feeds

1023
01:23:21,840 --> 01:23:25,620
were just chock full of praising nurses

1024
01:23:25,620 --> 01:23:27,179
and health you know all health care

1025
01:23:27,179 --> 01:23:30,000
workers front line workers and now's

1026
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:32,520
time to make good on those promises you

1027
01:23:32,520 --> 01:23:34,080
know I

1028
01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:38,100
I I think right we we hit this we hit

1029
01:23:38,100 --> 01:23:40,260
this like moment in the pandemic where

1030
01:23:40,260 --> 01:23:42,300
as you know we're I think we heard a

1031
01:23:42,300 --> 01:23:44,280
couple times already that

1032
01:23:44,280 --> 01:23:46,620
a lot of folks were at home and our

1033
01:23:46,620 --> 01:23:48,000
nurses

1034
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,400
they put themselves at risk they put

1035
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:53,100
their families at greater risk then then

1036
01:23:53,100 --> 01:23:56,159
most of the rest of us and the best I

1037
01:23:56,159 --> 01:23:59,580
can do is to come here and look them in

1038
01:23:59,580 --> 01:24:01,440
the face and look you all in face and

1039
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:02,820
say thank you to them for everything

1040
01:24:02,820 --> 01:24:03,960
they did

1041
01:24:03,960 --> 01:24:06,900
I think you guys have the opportunity to

1042
01:24:06,900 --> 01:24:09,780
do something greater which is to fix the

1043
01:24:09,780 --> 01:24:12,120
crisis to find out what's going on in

1044
01:24:12,120 --> 01:24:14,460
negotiations to know exactly what they

1045
01:24:14,460 --> 01:24:16,080
are asking for what they put on the

1046
01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:18,780
table and and make good on all the

1047
01:24:18,780 --> 01:24:20,580
promises of the last three years because

1048
01:24:20,580 --> 01:24:23,040
I know we've talked about it we have

1049
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:25,860
regular meetings the the members the

1050
01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:28,560
workers of this County they're not going

1051
01:24:28,560 --> 01:24:31,100
to forget what the nurses did and so I

1052
01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:34,320
strongly encourage you to find out if

1053
01:24:34,320 --> 01:24:35,699
you don't know everything that's going

1054
01:24:35,699 --> 01:24:37,140
on if you don't know exactly what

1055
01:24:37,140 --> 01:24:39,239
they're asking for and

1056
01:24:39,239 --> 01:24:42,420
find out do the best you can to to you

1057
01:24:42,420 --> 01:24:44,219
know make it right and do right by the

1058
01:24:44,219 --> 01:24:47,699
nurses uh who went so far above and

1059
01:24:47,699 --> 01:24:49,380
beyond over the course of the last three

1060
01:24:49,380 --> 01:24:50,400
years

1061
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:52,739
um that they we we owe them this and a

1062
01:24:52,739 --> 01:24:56,689
whole lot more thank you

1063
01:24:56,699 --> 01:24:57,240
foreign

1064
01:24:57,240 --> 01:25:03,080
[Applause]

1065
01:25:03,080 --> 01:25:05,100
looks like our last speaker is going to

1066
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:06,540
be Gavin Jones I don't have any other

1067
01:25:06,540 --> 01:25:09,020
speakers registered or in our queue

1068
01:25:09,020 --> 01:25:11,159
thank you good morning uh Board of

1069
01:25:11,159 --> 01:25:13,260
Supervisors my name is Gavin Jones I am

1070
01:25:13,260 --> 01:25:15,420
a vcmc ER nurse and I've been there for

1071
01:25:15,420 --> 01:25:17,400
about 15 years and I live in District

1072
01:25:17,400 --> 01:25:18,600
three

1073
01:25:18,600 --> 01:25:21,300
uh as a board of directors member

1074
01:25:21,300 --> 01:25:23,520
they're responsible to the shareholders

1075
01:25:23,520 --> 01:25:25,140
I will remind you you are a Board of

1076
01:25:25,140 --> 01:25:26,520
Supervisors member and your

1077
01:25:26,520 --> 01:25:28,440
responsibilities to the people of this

1078
01:25:28,440 --> 01:25:30,120
community

1079
01:25:30,120 --> 01:25:32,880
our catchment area at vcmci is

1080
01:25:32,880 --> 01:25:34,440
approximately the size of railroad

1081
01:25:34,440 --> 01:25:37,580
Island in roughly the same population

1082
01:25:37,580 --> 01:25:40,199
vcmc is the trauma center for 75 percent

1083
01:25:40,199 --> 01:25:41,820
of the county takes care of the worst of

1084
01:25:41,820 --> 01:25:44,400
the worst traumas your trauma system is

1085
01:25:44,400 --> 01:25:46,140
on the verge of collapse and often Just

1086
01:25:46,140 --> 01:25:48,900
One charging or sick call away from not

1087
01:25:48,900 --> 01:25:50,940
being able to stay open

1088
01:25:50,940 --> 01:25:53,940
within the ER recently checked there's

1089
01:25:53,940 --> 01:25:56,460
44 nurses and of them over half are

1090
01:25:56,460 --> 01:25:58,739
Travelers 23 in fact

1091
01:25:58,739 --> 01:26:01,020
I've trained many new nurses over the

1092
01:26:01,020 --> 01:26:03,420
years usually takes over six months of

1093
01:26:03,420 --> 01:26:06,239
doing so at a huge cost to the community

1094
01:26:06,239 --> 01:26:09,480
and to you only to see them leave within

1095
01:26:09,480 --> 01:26:11,580
years this is not a good return on

1096
01:26:11,580 --> 01:26:13,620
investment we take care of some of the

1097
01:26:13,620 --> 01:26:15,300
sickest children in the county with our

1098
01:26:15,300 --> 01:26:17,520
NICU picu impedes

1099
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:19,800
this is not a left issue this is not a

1100
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:22,199
right issue this is not a labor issue

1101
01:26:22,199 --> 01:26:25,980
this is a county issue this is your

1102
01:26:25,980 --> 01:26:28,260
issue the five or you are the only

1103
01:26:28,260 --> 01:26:30,360
people that can solve it not your

1104
01:26:30,360 --> 01:26:33,300
negotiator the new demographics are Grim

1105
01:26:33,300 --> 01:26:35,880
we don't produce enough nurses to

1106
01:26:35,880 --> 01:26:38,460
replace those that have left this is not

1107
01:26:38,460 --> 01:26:40,500
just a county problem this is a world

1108
01:26:40,500 --> 01:26:43,440
problem and you must find ways to retain

1109
01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:46,020
the nurses that you have The Negotiator

1110
01:26:46,020 --> 01:26:48,300
only cares about the costs they don't

1111
01:26:48,300 --> 01:26:50,520
care about the consequences

1112
01:26:50,520 --> 01:26:52,560
you are supposed to care about the

1113
01:26:52,560 --> 01:26:55,560
consequences to your constituents the

1114
01:26:55,560 --> 01:26:58,260
flood of sick patients keeps coming

1115
01:26:58,260 --> 01:27:01,440
you are the only ones that can stop the

1116
01:27:01,440 --> 01:27:04,260
nurses from washing down the stream

1117
01:27:04,260 --> 01:27:05,940
this is your issue

1118
01:27:05,940 --> 01:27:08,580
it's not your negotiator's issue you're

1119
01:27:08,580 --> 01:27:10,440
the only ones that can protect the

1120
01:27:10,440 --> 01:27:12,120
people of this County and I'll remind

1121
01:27:12,120 --> 01:27:15,300
you this is your only responsibility

1122
01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:19,580
thank you for your time

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01:27:19,590 --> 01:27:26,580
[Applause]

1124
01:27:26,580 --> 01:27:27,260
thank you

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01:27:27,260 --> 01:27:28,739
[Applause]

1126
01:27:28,739 --> 01:27:30,360
chair liver there are no other requests

1127
01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:31,800
to speak thank you all right thank you

1128
01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:33,120
madam Clerk and thank you all for being

1129
01:27:33,120 --> 01:27:34,800
here and sharing your comments this

1130
01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:36,719
morning

1131
01:27:36,719 --> 01:27:42,709
uh item nine is CEO comments Dr Johnson

1132
01:27:42,719 --> 01:27:45,000
thank you Mr chair again thank you all

1133
01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:46,679
for being here expressing your comments

1134
01:27:46,679 --> 01:27:49,020
we do take them to heart thank you so

1135
01:27:49,020 --> 01:27:50,219
much

1136
01:27:50,219 --> 01:27:53,460
uh I want to congratulate uh Sheriff

1137
01:27:53,460 --> 01:27:55,380
freyhoff last week he had his briefing

1138
01:27:55,380 --> 01:27:56,760
breakfast and I want to thank him for

1139
01:27:56,760 --> 01:27:58,380
his remarks and his vision for law

1140
01:27:58,380 --> 01:28:00,600
enforcement in keeping our County safe

1141
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:03,600
as we move forward I also want to thank

1142
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:05,580
the District Attorney's office and the

1143
01:28:05,580 --> 01:28:08,760
Dei office and Council for planning the

1144
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:10,860
international women's day event that was

1145
01:28:10,860 --> 01:28:12,840
held at the Family Justice Center last

1146
01:28:12,840 --> 01:28:13,980
Wednesday

1147
01:28:13,980 --> 01:28:16,380
there were cultural presentations and

1148
01:28:16,380 --> 01:28:17,699
demonstrations

1149
01:28:17,699 --> 01:28:20,520
and the keynote was by Graciela Casillas

1150
01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:23,040
a heavyweight boxing champion that

1151
01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:25,679
shared her story of grit and resilience

1152
01:28:25,679 --> 01:28:30,300
as a worldwide heavyweight female boxer

1153
01:28:30,300 --> 01:28:33,239
I also want to thank the Dei team and

1154
01:28:33,239 --> 01:28:35,219
Natalie Hernandez for the women's

1155
01:28:35,219 --> 01:28:37,380
History Month video highlighting women

1156
01:28:37,380 --> 01:28:39,780
in the County Workforce that will be

1157
01:28:39,780 --> 01:28:42,300
shared with all employees via email in

1158
01:28:42,300 --> 01:28:45,120
honor of women's History Month

1159
01:28:45,120 --> 01:28:47,960
congratulations go to Dr Thomas Duncan

1160
01:28:47,960 --> 01:28:50,580
vcmc's director of trauma who was

1161
01:28:50,580 --> 01:28:52,320
presented with the Eastern Association

1162
01:28:52,320 --> 01:28:54,239
of surgical trauma president's

1163
01:28:54,239 --> 01:28:56,400
distinguished service award for his

1164
01:28:56,400 --> 01:28:58,260
outstanding contribution to the care of

1165
01:28:58,260 --> 01:29:00,300
trauma patients at the local Regional

1166
01:29:00,300 --> 01:29:01,860
and National level

1167
01:29:01,860 --> 01:29:05,460
also to Dr David araujo vcmc's Family

1168
01:29:05,460 --> 01:29:08,340
Medicine Residency director was chosen

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01:29:08,340 --> 01:29:11,100
among the more than 750 residency

1170
01:29:11,100 --> 01:29:13,739
directors in the nation to receive the

1171
01:29:13,739 --> 01:29:15,900
Nikita servano's outstanding program

1172
01:29:15,900 --> 01:29:18,300
Director award recognizing his

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01:29:18,300 --> 01:29:20,100
leadership in our residency which

1174
01:29:20,100 --> 01:29:21,900
remains one of the top four Family

1175
01:29:21,900 --> 01:29:25,080
Medicine training programs in the nation

1176
01:29:25,080 --> 01:29:27,360
lastly this evening I'll be attending

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01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:29,940
and I'm really happy to attend the 56th

1178
01:29:29,940 --> 01:29:32,760
annual Eagle Scout recognition dinner at

1179
01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:35,280
the Reagan Library thank you Mr chair

1180
01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:37,260
this concludes my comments

1181
01:29:37,260 --> 01:29:40,199
thank you madam CEO and we'll do board

1182
01:29:40,199 --> 01:29:41,940
comments now before we start the regular

1183
01:29:41,940 --> 01:29:43,440
agenda so why don't we start with that

1184
01:29:43,440 --> 01:29:45,719
supervisor guerrill thank you Mr chair

1185
01:29:45,719 --> 01:29:48,600
uh just a few things on March 1st I had

1186
01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:50,460
the opportunity to attend the state of

1187
01:29:50,460 --> 01:29:52,620
the University uh by Cal Lutheran

1188
01:29:52,620 --> 01:29:55,020
University president and I went over the

1189
01:29:55,020 --> 01:29:57,179
Strategic plan plan for clu and the

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01:29:57,179 --> 01:29:59,280
importance of the future and integration

1191
01:29:59,280 --> 01:30:02,520
of that that uh you know very

1192
01:30:02,520 --> 01:30:05,159
um respected and venerated academic

1193
01:30:05,159 --> 01:30:08,120
organization and entity in our community

1194
01:30:08,120 --> 01:30:12,120
it was very helpful on March 2nd I

1195
01:30:12,120 --> 01:30:15,420
attended a bioscience open house and

1196
01:30:15,420 --> 01:30:19,139
um it was a organization that was stood

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01:30:19,139 --> 01:30:22,620
up to to represent the life sciences as

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01:30:22,620 --> 01:30:24,060
they continue to grow in our community

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01:30:24,060 --> 01:30:26,400
and employ a lot of different people but

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01:30:26,400 --> 01:30:30,300
but the bioscience Alliance was formed

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01:30:30,300 --> 01:30:32,400
to to promote

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01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:35,960
um the life sciences particularly

1203
01:30:35,960 --> 01:30:38,280
biotech in our community and the growth

1204
01:30:38,280 --> 01:30:40,560
there and help them kind of incubate and

1205
01:30:40,560 --> 01:30:43,980
and expand their impact and their job

1206
01:30:43,980 --> 01:30:46,139
creation opportunity communities in in

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01:30:46,139 --> 01:30:49,199
Ventura County so that was exciting on

1208
01:30:49,199 --> 01:30:51,739
March 4th I had the honor of emceeing

1209
01:30:51,739 --> 01:30:54,719
the for the troops Gala at the Ronald

1210
01:30:54,719 --> 01:30:57,900
Reagan Library it was a opportunity to

1211
01:30:57,900 --> 01:31:00,300
to recognize our veterans but also to

1212
01:31:00,300 --> 01:31:02,159
raise money for great great cause and

1213
01:31:02,159 --> 01:31:04,980
that was for the troops we care packages

1214
01:31:04,980 --> 01:31:08,040
they send they've sent over 280 000

1215
01:31:08,040 --> 01:31:09,900
packages to deploy men and women in

1216
01:31:09,900 --> 01:31:12,300
uniform all over the world our our

1217
01:31:12,300 --> 01:31:15,179
service members men and women and so

1218
01:31:15,179 --> 01:31:17,340
that was a a great night and a good

1219
01:31:17,340 --> 01:31:19,980
opportunity uh to to recognize our local

1220
01:31:19,980 --> 01:31:21,120
veterans

1221
01:31:21,120 --> 01:31:24,000
on March 8th my staff participated in

1222
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:26,880
the groundbreaking for Miracle League of

1223
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:30,060
the 805 as a groundbreaking ceremony and

1224
01:31:30,060 --> 01:31:31,860
they are they exist to provide

1225
01:31:31,860 --> 01:31:34,100
opportunities for what we called

1226
01:31:34,100 --> 01:31:36,300
disabled or differently abled children

1227
01:31:36,300 --> 01:31:38,159
who would ordinarily be excluded from

1228
01:31:38,159 --> 01:31:38,960
playing

1229
01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:41,820
baseball in a team environment anyway

1230
01:31:41,820 --> 01:31:44,400
the uh the new rubberized turf field

1231
01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:46,320
there as is able to accommodate

1232
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:48,540
wheelchairs and crutches and provides a

1233
01:31:48,540 --> 01:31:50,699
amazing opportunity for some of our

1234
01:31:50,699 --> 01:31:53,820
challenged youth in Ventura County

1235
01:31:53,820 --> 01:31:56,460
um on um yesterday I had an opportunity

1236
01:31:56,460 --> 01:31:58,440
to tour the Arc of Ventura County

1237
01:31:58,440 --> 01:32:00,659
particularly the their facility in Simi

1238
01:32:00,659 --> 01:32:03,420
Valley I did so because there are so

1239
01:32:03,420 --> 01:32:04,679
many people from all over the county

1240
01:32:04,679 --> 01:32:06,719
that that are that that are that are

1241
01:32:06,719 --> 01:32:08,699
participants there

1242
01:32:08,699 --> 01:32:11,760
um and they support so many uh great

1243
01:32:11,760 --> 01:32:13,860
local residents I had a chance to shoot

1244
01:32:13,860 --> 01:32:15,600
some basketball with some of the

1245
01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:17,340
participants and get to meet them and

1246
01:32:17,340 --> 01:32:18,840
get to meet the staff and look at the

1247
01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:20,520
different programs and opportunities

1248
01:32:20,520 --> 01:32:22,920
they had there and um and it was it was

1249
01:32:22,920 --> 01:32:25,560
really heartwarming I'm maybe steal a

1250
01:32:25,560 --> 01:32:27,420
little bit of supervisor

1251
01:32:27,420 --> 01:32:31,080
um Longs Thunder by uh by talking up a

1252
01:32:31,080 --> 01:32:33,960
little bit of this weekend there is a

1253
01:32:33,960 --> 01:32:37,980
air show at Navy base Point Magoo navy

1254
01:32:37,980 --> 01:32:40,560
base Ventura County it's free it's open

1255
01:32:40,560 --> 01:32:44,460
to the public and it is uh hopefully

1256
01:32:44,460 --> 01:32:46,739
rain or shine we're going to see both

1257
01:32:46,739 --> 01:32:49,380
the the Navy's demonstration team Blue

1258
01:32:49,380 --> 01:32:51,840
Angels and the air Air Force

1259
01:32:51,840 --> 01:32:55,380
demonstration team Thunderbirds fly on

1260
01:32:55,380 --> 01:32:58,620
on Saturdays certainly and that's

1261
01:32:58,620 --> 01:33:00,719
amazing because those two demonstration

1262
01:33:00,719 --> 01:33:03,360
air teams don't usually fly together

1263
01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:05,639
only on some rare occasions but they'll

1264
01:33:05,639 --> 01:33:07,380
both be here in Ventura County it's

1265
01:33:07,380 --> 01:33:11,159
opening as I said to all residents and

1266
01:33:11,159 --> 01:33:14,040
it's free so I'd encourage you to go I

1267
01:33:14,040 --> 01:33:17,000
have uh finally a list of

1268
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:20,699
of individuals who sadly passed recently

1269
01:33:20,699 --> 01:33:23,520
who I'd like to ask my fellow colleagues

1270
01:33:23,520 --> 01:33:27,000
to adjourn in memory with today and

1271
01:33:27,000 --> 01:33:29,219
um of those I want to mention in

1272
01:33:29,219 --> 01:33:30,659
particular somebody I know personally

1273
01:33:30,659 --> 01:33:33,900
that was George Tash George passed uh

1274
01:33:33,900 --> 01:33:37,560
last week and left behind his wife of 48

1275
01:33:37,560 --> 01:33:40,679
years Debra who I'm whom I know and he

1276
01:33:40,679 --> 01:33:43,080
survived by his two children

1277
01:33:43,080 --> 01:33:46,139
um Jennifer and Adam the Tash family is

1278
01:33:46,139 --> 01:33:48,239
amazing they're small business owners

1279
01:33:48,239 --> 01:33:51,480
and Somas they created a beautiful

1280
01:33:51,480 --> 01:33:53,639
gardens called Eden Gardens where a lot

1281
01:33:53,639 --> 01:33:55,020
of people have been married a lot of

1282
01:33:55,020 --> 01:33:57,719
people have celebrated amazing events

1283
01:33:57,719 --> 01:34:00,719
It's a Wonderful It's a Wonderful venue

1284
01:34:00,719 --> 01:34:04,820
and George was just a a great person

1285
01:34:04,820 --> 01:34:08,580
a wonderful Community leader and he'll

1286
01:34:08,580 --> 01:34:11,940
be sorely missed so um with those with

1287
01:34:11,940 --> 01:34:13,440
George and the remainder of the

1288
01:34:13,440 --> 01:34:15,960
individuals I would be honored if we

1289
01:34:15,960 --> 01:34:17,880
could adjourn in their memory today

1290
01:34:17,880 --> 01:34:21,120
thank you Mr chair back to you thank you

1291
01:34:21,120 --> 01:34:23,100
um supervisor long

1292
01:34:23,100 --> 01:34:26,580
thank you very much uh super supervisor

1293
01:34:26,580 --> 01:34:28,920
Grill I love that you're talking about

1294
01:34:28,920 --> 01:34:30,540
things that are going great in my

1295
01:34:30,540 --> 01:34:33,840
district and Miracle League that is a

1296
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:36,960
county-wide uh location I've been

1297
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:39,600
working with Rick Pena and Randy

1298
01:34:39,600 --> 01:34:42,960
Churchill since 2015 before I was even a

1299
01:34:42,960 --> 01:34:46,139
supervisor on my school board hat

1300
01:34:46,139 --> 01:34:49,199
um but it's such a great opportunity to

1301
01:34:49,199 --> 01:34:51,360
provide for our children all children

1302
01:34:51,360 --> 01:34:54,780
and so I'm really excited that that is

1303
01:34:54,780 --> 01:34:57,000
moving forward it's a big push for

1304
01:34:57,000 --> 01:34:58,980
Ventura County we don't have that type

1305
01:34:58,980 --> 01:35:00,420
of facility and to have it at the

1306
01:35:00,420 --> 01:35:02,940
Freedom Park where all kids are playing

1307
01:35:02,940 --> 01:35:05,699
softball baseball I think is really a

1308
01:35:05,699 --> 01:35:07,679
great opportunity

1309
01:35:07,679 --> 01:35:09,659
um congrats you did a great job at the

1310
01:35:09,659 --> 01:35:12,719
four of the troops to be be up there

1311
01:35:12,719 --> 01:35:15,840
thank you for your service as well so

1312
01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:18,960
many of our members that live here in

1313
01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:21,300
Ventura County serve here their families

1314
01:35:21,300 --> 01:35:22,860
go to school here

1315
01:35:22,860 --> 01:35:25,500
um it's just a great

1316
01:35:25,500 --> 01:35:28,800
event and I just really appreciate Paula

1317
01:35:28,800 --> 01:35:31,139
Cornell and rosemary Allison for really

1318
01:35:31,139 --> 01:35:34,560
oh yeah for just the power to get that

1319
01:35:34,560 --> 01:35:38,400
done to serve our troops uh Sheriff's

1320
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:41,340
breakfast briefing it was nice to see so

1321
01:35:41,340 --> 01:35:43,679
many of our community members there

1322
01:35:43,679 --> 01:35:45,960
supporting our Sheriff's Public Safety

1323
01:35:45,960 --> 01:35:50,760
that is just key for our community I was

1324
01:35:50,760 --> 01:35:53,280
at the California State Association our

1325
01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:55,380
board of directors up in Sacramento last

1326
01:35:55,380 --> 01:35:58,199
week huge discussions in regards to

1327
01:35:58,199 --> 01:36:00,480
homelessness the services that we

1328
01:36:00,480 --> 01:36:04,080
provide wraparound Services many of the

1329
01:36:04,080 --> 01:36:05,699
presentations coming out from the

1330
01:36:05,699 --> 01:36:08,340
governor's office it was very timely to

1331
01:36:08,340 --> 01:36:10,800
be having these conversations we have

1332
01:36:10,800 --> 01:36:13,880
some items today for homelessness

1333
01:36:13,880 --> 01:36:17,520
and and hopefully we will make a a mark

1334
01:36:17,520 --> 01:36:19,800
on this it's not something that we can

1335
01:36:19,800 --> 01:36:22,260
do in a day but appreciate everyone's

1336
01:36:22,260 --> 01:36:25,440
efforts on that the California state

1337
01:36:25,440 --> 01:36:27,540
University Channel Islands is always

1338
01:36:27,540 --> 01:36:30,600
doing amazing things and we had our

1339
01:36:30,600 --> 01:36:33,719
social justice conference just last week

1340
01:36:33,719 --> 01:36:35,000
weekend

1341
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:37,560
Supervisor levere was there as well as

1342
01:36:37,560 --> 01:36:41,639
Dr Johnson and the check of five million

1343
01:36:41,639 --> 01:36:43,920
dollars for their child care was just

1344
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:45,840
very timely so I wanted to say thank you

1345
01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:48,540
to the board for supporting that we did

1346
01:36:48,540 --> 01:36:50,699
celebrate our International women's day

1347
01:36:50,699 --> 01:36:54,480
at our family Justice Center it was a

1348
01:36:54,480 --> 01:36:57,420
great opportunity to talk about the

1349
01:36:57,420 --> 01:37:00,480
differences in where our women where

1350
01:37:00,480 --> 01:37:03,000
they started where they're ending and

1351
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:05,340
how they power through for their

1352
01:37:05,340 --> 01:37:06,260
passions

1353
01:37:06,260 --> 01:37:10,139
so it was a pleasure to be there the

1354
01:37:10,139 --> 01:37:13,260
point Magoo Air Show I can't wait for it

1355
01:37:13,260 --> 01:37:16,260
it's going to be an exciting time and so

1356
01:37:16,260 --> 01:37:17,940
I want these storms to get through and

1357
01:37:17,940 --> 01:37:21,120
be done we have our app what is it the

1358
01:37:21,120 --> 01:37:23,100
atmospheric River that's coming through

1359
01:37:23,100 --> 01:37:26,040
today and tomorrow just in time so it'll

1360
01:37:26,040 --> 01:37:28,560
be done so we can have our air show I

1361
01:37:28,560 --> 01:37:30,420
wanted to say thank you to Public Works

1362
01:37:30,420 --> 01:37:34,139
and our Sheriff's fire for continuing to

1363
01:37:34,139 --> 01:37:36,659
serve our community Camarillo we had a

1364
01:37:36,659 --> 01:37:39,840
sinkhole on private property we have

1365
01:37:39,840 --> 01:37:42,480
Lake Piru and I can't believe I can say

1366
01:37:42,480 --> 01:37:45,179
this it might be overflowing

1367
01:37:45,179 --> 01:37:48,420
did any we were Rock Bottom pretty much

1368
01:37:48,420 --> 01:37:51,000
a little while ago to to actually say

1369
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:52,800
that we've captured that much water in

1370
01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:55,380
Ventura County speaks volumes

1371
01:37:55,380 --> 01:37:56,940
um so thank you for everyone who's

1372
01:37:56,940 --> 01:37:59,760
watching this safety is crucial for our

1373
01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:00,900
area

1374
01:38:00,900 --> 01:38:03,540
um Piru has been hit by many storms and

1375
01:38:03,540 --> 01:38:06,540
a lot of mud and dirt and debris so

1376
01:38:06,540 --> 01:38:08,340
we've been really actively working on

1377
01:38:08,340 --> 01:38:09,440
that

1378
01:38:09,440 --> 01:38:13,199
recovery to storm to recovery to storms

1379
01:38:13,199 --> 01:38:16,800
so it's it's really a plug-and-play that

1380
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:19,800
our our community is

1381
01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:21,179
um

1382
01:38:21,179 --> 01:38:24,300
getting from our our amazing staff so I

1383
01:38:24,300 --> 01:38:25,739
just want to say thank you so much for

1384
01:38:25,739 --> 01:38:28,159
that I know that there's extra

1385
01:38:28,159 --> 01:38:30,300
assistance out there and just really

1386
01:38:30,300 --> 01:38:32,340
appreciate the sheriffs

1387
01:38:32,340 --> 01:38:34,860
and with that I just like to join in

1388
01:38:34,860 --> 01:38:37,860
menu memory of those on this list and

1389
01:38:37,860 --> 01:38:40,199
thank you for the opportunity chair all

1390
01:38:40,199 --> 01:38:42,719
right thank you supervisor Parvin

1391
01:38:42,719 --> 01:38:44,159
thank you

1392
01:38:44,159 --> 01:38:45,960
well we had a lot of exciting things

1393
01:38:45,960 --> 01:38:47,699
going on since our last meeting we

1394
01:38:47,699 --> 01:38:51,120
sponsored a Simi Valley job fair trying

1395
01:38:51,120 --> 01:38:55,020
to fill those jobs grow the economy

1396
01:38:55,020 --> 01:38:57,179
um I also met with Caltrans District 7

1397
01:38:57,179 --> 01:38:59,820
Gloria Roberts where we talked about a

1398
01:38:59,820 --> 01:39:01,560
lot of ongoing projects but we also

1399
01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:04,679
spoke about the suicide bridge and

1400
01:39:04,679 --> 01:39:06,900
what's going on with that and the vctc

1401
01:39:06,900 --> 01:39:09,360
is very familiar with that

1402
01:39:09,360 --> 01:39:10,860
um I also met with the fire chief

1403
01:39:10,860 --> 01:39:12,780
Gardener who is really a

1404
01:39:12,780 --> 01:39:15,600
forward-thinking chief you know he has

1405
01:39:15,600 --> 01:39:17,280
so many great ideas and having that

1406
01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:19,800
meeting really helped um look at what

1407
01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:21,480
our future will look like relative to

1408
01:39:21,480 --> 01:39:23,400
being fire safe so I want to thank him

1409
01:39:23,400 --> 01:39:27,300
for his time I also attended the Ventura

1410
01:39:27,300 --> 01:39:29,600
County Cal Fire Academy graduation

1411
01:39:29,600 --> 01:39:31,800
actually that was the very first time

1412
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:34,440
and I love what they do and whenever we

1413
01:39:34,440 --> 01:39:36,719
are in trouble they're the first they're

1414
01:39:36,719 --> 01:39:38,280
almost the first ones here

1415
01:39:38,280 --> 01:39:40,020
of course Ventura County Fire first

1416
01:39:40,020 --> 01:39:42,120
those are two but there was in Moore

1417
01:39:42,120 --> 01:39:44,760
Park I remember many many fires and they

1418
01:39:44,760 --> 01:39:47,340
were there camping out laying in our

1419
01:39:47,340 --> 01:39:50,040
actually in our front yard sleeping in

1420
01:39:50,040 --> 01:39:52,320
between some of these fires so I had a

1421
01:39:52,320 --> 01:39:56,219
lot of personal contact with Cal Fire

1422
01:39:56,219 --> 01:39:57,780
um I toured the United Water

1423
01:39:57,780 --> 01:39:59,400
Conservation District's Freeman

1424
01:39:59,400 --> 01:40:02,040
diversion facility I've driven by that

1425
01:40:02,040 --> 01:40:05,040
place a million times I never drove in

1426
01:40:05,040 --> 01:40:06,360
that place I always thought they just

1427
01:40:06,360 --> 01:40:08,820
had two little Reservoir areas until I

1428
01:40:08,820 --> 01:40:10,139
went in there and this is a really good

1429
01:40:10,139 --> 01:40:12,120
time to visit there's a lot of water in

1430
01:40:12,120 --> 01:40:13,139
there

1431
01:40:13,139 --> 01:40:16,020
a lot of birds too so it's it's just

1432
01:40:16,020 --> 01:40:18,360
really amazing I was really impressed um

1433
01:40:18,360 --> 01:40:20,040
and while at the same time they're

1434
01:40:20,040 --> 01:40:21,719
preserving you know the steelhead trout

1435
01:40:21,719 --> 01:40:23,820
so it's just really fascinating to watch

1436
01:40:23,820 --> 01:40:24,659
that

1437
01:40:24,659 --> 01:40:26,040
I'm sure everybody's done that already

1438
01:40:26,040 --> 01:40:27,960
but it was my first time and it won't be

1439
01:40:27,960 --> 01:40:29,460
my last

1440
01:40:29,460 --> 01:40:32,520
and it's really windy over there too

1441
01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:35,100
um and also attended the state of the

1442
01:40:35,100 --> 01:40:36,900
city for the Simi Valley Unified School

1443
01:40:36,900 --> 01:40:38,639
District and their attendance is up

1444
01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:40,199
there's a lot of places in the county

1445
01:40:40,199 --> 01:40:43,199
where the attendance has decreased but

1446
01:40:43,199 --> 01:40:45,659
in Simi Valley it's growing I also met

1447
01:40:45,659 --> 01:40:47,699
with Nancy Schram the Ventura County

1448
01:40:47,699 --> 01:40:50,159
Library director as well as Ventura

1449
01:40:50,159 --> 01:40:51,840
County healthcare agency director and

1450
01:40:51,840 --> 01:40:54,600
Deputy directors and met with Resource

1451
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:56,820
Management Agency for a general plan

1452
01:40:56,820 --> 01:40:59,580
overview briefing this is all part of

1453
01:40:59,580 --> 01:41:02,100
that new supervisor training

1454
01:41:02,100 --> 01:41:04,199
and then I also got to witness some

1455
01:41:04,199 --> 01:41:05,940
pretty inspirational speakers one of

1456
01:41:05,940 --> 01:41:08,580
them being our Sheriff he was amazing at

1457
01:41:08,580 --> 01:41:09,560
that breakfast

1458
01:41:09,560 --> 01:41:12,120
he's so inspired he's really got

1459
01:41:12,120 --> 01:41:14,280
everyone charged up so when we left that

1460
01:41:14,280 --> 01:41:16,139
breakfast I was ready to conquer the

1461
01:41:16,139 --> 01:41:16,980
world

1462
01:41:16,980 --> 01:41:20,100
but I also attended Dr Condoleezza

1463
01:41:20,100 --> 01:41:21,780
Rice's speaking engagement at the Reagan

1464
01:41:21,780 --> 01:41:23,580
Library I found her to be incredibly

1465
01:41:23,580 --> 01:41:26,219
inspirational as well

1466
01:41:26,219 --> 01:41:28,440
and my first town hall meeting is coming

1467
01:41:28,440 --> 01:41:29,219
up

1468
01:41:29,219 --> 01:41:31,500
it'll be March 23rd at the Simi Valley

1469
01:41:31,500 --> 01:41:34,260
Elks Lodge there'll be plenty of food

1470
01:41:34,260 --> 01:41:38,219
and beverage so attendees will include

1471
01:41:38,219 --> 01:41:40,679
many here from the county to speak and

1472
01:41:40,679 --> 01:41:43,619
answer questions and lastly I'd like to

1473
01:41:43,619 --> 01:41:45,360
adjourn the meeting in the memory of the

1474
01:41:45,360 --> 01:41:47,340
people that I provided to the clerk of

1475
01:41:47,340 --> 01:41:49,080
the board but I also wanted to make a

1476
01:41:49,080 --> 01:41:51,659
comment about George Tash one thing you

1477
01:41:51,659 --> 01:41:53,940
may not know about George Tash is he's

1478
01:41:53,940 --> 01:41:56,159
actually an inventor too you may know

1479
01:41:56,159 --> 01:42:00,360
that he actually invented a plunger

1480
01:42:00,360 --> 01:42:02,340
and it's amazing and they sell them in

1481
01:42:02,340 --> 01:42:04,320
the stores so that's one thing most

1482
01:42:04,320 --> 01:42:05,880
people don't know about him he has so

1483
01:42:05,880 --> 01:42:08,219
many talents but that's a pretty amazing

1484
01:42:08,219 --> 01:42:09,239
one too

1485
01:42:09,239 --> 01:42:12,719
so on that I am complete thank you

1486
01:42:12,719 --> 01:42:15,420
thank you supervisor Lopez

1487
01:42:15,420 --> 01:42:17,040
thank you chair there's definitely been

1488
01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:18,780
a lot of really great events and

1489
01:42:18,780 --> 01:42:21,000
activities and opportunities to engage

1490
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:23,940
in the community so just to share of a

1491
01:42:23,940 --> 01:42:25,860
few uh that I think we've all been

1492
01:42:25,860 --> 01:42:29,280
crossing paths with each other as well I

1493
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:31,860
attended the women in ag mixer was just

1494
01:42:31,860 --> 01:42:34,199
nice to connect with with the really

1495
01:42:34,199 --> 01:42:37,619
strong group of women really impressed

1496
01:42:37,619 --> 01:42:41,760
by them really taking over our AG

1497
01:42:41,760 --> 01:42:43,920
industry here in Ventura County and I

1498
01:42:43,920 --> 01:42:46,219
think it's just really awesome

1499
01:42:46,219 --> 01:42:50,340
I attended the opening ceremony for the

1500
01:42:50,340 --> 01:42:53,280
first robotics competition that was held

1501
01:42:53,280 --> 01:42:56,760
at the Port of wainemi and it was also

1502
01:42:56,760 --> 01:42:59,219
supported by fathomworks at their

1503
01:42:59,219 --> 01:43:01,139
facility on site and it was just really

1504
01:43:01,139 --> 01:43:03,960
great to see so much energy very early

1505
01:43:03,960 --> 01:43:07,320
on a Saturday morning and to see the

1506
01:43:07,320 --> 01:43:12,080
competition just so Lively early on and

1507
01:43:12,080 --> 01:43:15,780
we had a participants from all over the

1508
01:43:15,780 --> 01:43:19,440
world there was a large team from from

1509
01:43:19,440 --> 01:43:22,400
Holland there was a team from Mexico

1510
01:43:22,400 --> 01:43:25,080
multiple states that were that were

1511
01:43:25,080 --> 01:43:27,060
participating so it was just a really

1512
01:43:27,060 --> 01:43:28,560
great event and hopefully encourages

1513
01:43:28,560 --> 01:43:31,380
other local schools to participate in

1514
01:43:31,380 --> 01:43:33,060
the future

1515
01:43:33,060 --> 01:43:34,020
um

1516
01:43:34,020 --> 01:43:35,639
these last few weeks have definitely

1517
01:43:35,639 --> 01:43:37,920
been very focused on our youth which has

1518
01:43:37,920 --> 01:43:40,739
been a really great for me a really a

1519
01:43:40,739 --> 01:43:43,020
really nice nice opportunities to engage

1520
01:43:43,020 --> 01:43:45,960
and and provide some advice and I think

1521
01:43:45,960 --> 01:43:48,000
just some representation for different

1522
01:43:48,000 --> 01:43:52,500
groups so I joined the Latino youth

1523
01:43:52,500 --> 01:43:54,179
leadership group at Thousand Oaks High

1524
01:43:54,179 --> 01:43:58,199
School to share about my experience and

1525
01:43:58,199 --> 01:44:01,920
hopefully provide them some guidance as

1526
01:44:01,920 --> 01:44:04,860
as they head into the future I also

1527
01:44:04,860 --> 01:44:06,540
attended the international Women's Day

1528
01:44:06,540 --> 01:44:09,080
celebration at the Family Justice Center

1529
01:44:09,080 --> 01:44:12,000
and the keynote speaker was Graciela

1530
01:44:12,000 --> 01:44:14,280
Casillas who is just a remarkable woman

1531
01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:17,699
and she has actually also been named The

1532
01:44:17,699 --> 01:44:19,860
Woman of the Year by Senator Monique

1533
01:44:19,860 --> 01:44:22,440
Limon for the 19th Senate District so it

1534
01:44:22,440 --> 01:44:24,119
was really exciting to make that

1535
01:44:24,119 --> 01:44:26,580
connection and highlight the the

1536
01:44:26,580 --> 01:44:28,980
significance and contributions of so

1537
01:44:28,980 --> 01:44:32,639
many women throughout our community I

1538
01:44:32,639 --> 01:44:34,440
also attended the Navy League Channel

1539
01:44:34,440 --> 01:44:37,500
Islands Council Awards luncheon they

1540
01:44:37,500 --> 01:44:40,139
recognize the CV of the year so that was

1541
01:44:40,139 --> 01:44:43,280
really great and then this past weekend

1542
01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:45,300
continuing on the

1543
01:44:45,300 --> 01:44:49,320
the youth Focus I participated in the

1544
01:44:49,320 --> 01:44:52,139
career day at Ocean View Junior High and

1545
01:44:52,139 --> 01:44:55,679
hopefully informed some seventh graders

1546
01:44:55,679 --> 01:44:57,300
about the work of the Board of

1547
01:44:57,300 --> 01:44:59,699
Supervisors and and really encouraging

1548
01:44:59,699 --> 01:45:01,980
them and and making driving the point

1549
01:45:01,980 --> 01:45:05,280
home about voting in the future so as

1550
01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:07,139
was mentioned today the importance of of

1551
01:45:07,139 --> 01:45:10,320
being registered to vote and I also

1552
01:45:10,320 --> 01:45:14,159
attended the seventh annual CSU csuci

1553
01:45:14,159 --> 01:45:16,260
Dia De La Familia there were about 200

1554
01:45:16,260 --> 01:45:19,080
families that attended and getting

1555
01:45:19,080 --> 01:45:21,739
connected to our higher education system

1556
01:45:21,739 --> 01:45:25,260
and then lastly

1557
01:45:25,260 --> 01:45:25,800
um

1558
01:45:25,800 --> 01:45:28,619
uh just with the the focus around

1559
01:45:28,619 --> 01:45:30,780
there's a lot of activity in the Fifth

1560
01:45:30,780 --> 01:45:32,460
District as was mentioned by both

1561
01:45:32,460 --> 01:45:35,340
supervisor gorrell and long on the air

1562
01:45:35,340 --> 01:45:37,380
show at Point Magoo happening this

1563
01:45:37,380 --> 01:45:40,020
weekend uh and there have been some

1564
01:45:40,020 --> 01:45:41,760
notices sent out about some road

1565
01:45:41,760 --> 01:45:44,100
closures so anyone attending just keep

1566
01:45:44,100 --> 01:45:46,560
an eye out for for those directions and

1567
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:48,239
and make sure that we're all safe out

1568
01:45:48,239 --> 01:45:51,119
there uh the city of Port Hueneme is

1569
01:45:51,119 --> 01:45:53,340
celebrating its 75th anniversary on

1570
01:45:53,340 --> 01:45:56,100
March 25th there will be a parade that

1571
01:45:56,100 --> 01:45:58,679
I'm looking forward to participate in at

1572
01:45:58,679 --> 01:46:01,560
10 A.M and then there will be a festival

1573
01:46:01,560 --> 01:46:04,440
so I encourage anyone out there to come

1574
01:46:04,440 --> 01:46:07,199
out and join in the celebration for the

1575
01:46:07,199 --> 01:46:11,639
city and then lastly the

1576
01:46:11,639 --> 01:46:13,920
uh we attended the the education

1577
01:46:13,920 --> 01:46:17,040
conference where Dolores Huerta was

1578
01:46:17,040 --> 01:46:20,159
present and we celebrated the uh the

1579
01:46:20,159 --> 01:46:22,320
commitment and the contribution from the

1580
01:46:22,320 --> 01:46:25,320
county towards the Early Education and

1581
01:46:25,320 --> 01:46:29,460
Childhood Center at csuci and she had

1582
01:46:29,460 --> 01:46:31,500
quite the presence last week here in in

1583
01:46:31,500 --> 01:46:33,360
the county

1584
01:46:33,360 --> 01:46:35,760
um specifically around the opening of

1585
01:46:35,760 --> 01:46:38,280
the uh Dolores Huerta exhibit at a

1586
01:46:38,280 --> 01:46:41,219
Smithsonian exhibit that is at the

1587
01:46:41,219 --> 01:46:44,400
Broome library at csuci and it is going

1588
01:46:44,400 --> 01:46:46,199
to be open and available to the

1589
01:46:46,199 --> 01:46:47,940
community through May 7th so I

1590
01:46:47,940 --> 01:46:49,500
definitely encourage anyone out there to

1591
01:46:49,500 --> 01:46:53,280
also come to csuci and I have also

1592
01:46:53,280 --> 01:46:55,739
submitted a list of people that I've

1593
01:46:55,739 --> 01:46:58,619
request we adjourn in memory of so that

1594
01:46:58,619 --> 01:47:00,540
concludes my comments thank you chair

1595
01:47:00,540 --> 01:47:02,520
thank you yeah and it's been mentioned

1596
01:47:02,520 --> 01:47:04,619
several times but uh I think most of us

1597
01:47:04,619 --> 01:47:07,199
attended uh sheriff sheriff freyhoff's

1598
01:47:07,199 --> 01:47:09,239
briefing last week and uh he really

1599
01:47:09,239 --> 01:47:11,100
knocked it out of the park I think his

1600
01:47:11,100 --> 01:47:13,020
passion for policing is really

1601
01:47:13,020 --> 01:47:14,699
inspirational particularly his passion

1602
01:47:14,699 --> 01:47:16,860
for a community policing and building

1603
01:47:16,860 --> 01:47:19,500
Partnerships with the communities uh

1604
01:47:19,500 --> 01:47:21,540
that he serves so a great job sheriff

1605
01:47:21,540 --> 01:47:23,820
freyhoff and I also wanted to think it's

1606
01:47:23,820 --> 01:47:25,020
been mentioned

1607
01:47:25,020 --> 01:47:27,179
um our district attorney Eric nazarenko

1608
01:47:27,179 --> 01:47:29,340
and our Dei office Kate English Stephen

1609
01:47:29,340 --> 01:47:30,960
oclair for an incredible event last

1610
01:47:30,960 --> 01:47:33,060
Wednesday at the Family Justice Center

1611
01:47:33,060 --> 01:47:34,739
in Ventura celebrating International

1612
01:47:34,739 --> 01:47:37,139
women's day in office my colleague

1613
01:47:37,139 --> 01:47:38,820
supervisor Lopez and supervisor long

1614
01:47:38,820 --> 01:47:41,280
offered a really inspirational remarks

1615
01:47:41,280 --> 01:47:42,719
and it was a great event

1616
01:47:42,719 --> 01:47:45,719
I want to thank the Ventura Elks and the

1617
01:47:45,719 --> 01:47:47,639
organizing committee we had the annual

1618
01:47:47,639 --> 01:47:50,159
Ventura St Patrick's Day Parade last

1619
01:47:50,159 --> 01:47:52,920
Saturday despite a consistent rain it

1620
01:47:52,920 --> 01:47:55,260
was good Irish weather and uh hundreds

1621
01:47:55,260 --> 01:47:56,400
and hundreds of people turned out it's

1622
01:47:56,400 --> 01:47:58,020
always a really fun day in Ventura and

1623
01:47:58,020 --> 01:47:59,639
so thanks to all of those who made that

1624
01:47:59,639 --> 01:48:01,020
happen

1625
01:48:01,020 --> 01:48:02,699
um I'm gonna be two reminders of

1626
01:48:02,699 --> 01:48:04,980
upcoming events one is this Thursday

1627
01:48:04,980 --> 01:48:08,760
March 16th Caltrans is hosting a public

1628
01:48:08,760 --> 01:48:10,560
meeting at the Oakview Park and Resource

1629
01:48:10,560 --> 01:48:13,380
Center regarding proposed changes they

1630
01:48:13,380 --> 01:48:16,139
are looking at making on Highway 33 from

1631
01:48:16,139 --> 01:48:19,159
Casita Springs up through Ojai

1632
01:48:19,159 --> 01:48:22,560
some some traffic calming changes and

1633
01:48:22,560 --> 01:48:24,600
some some some active Transportation

1634
01:48:24,600 --> 01:48:26,219
changes but if anybody wants to provide

1635
01:48:26,219 --> 01:48:28,139
feedback it's really important that they

1636
01:48:28,139 --> 01:48:30,360
go to this meeting it's 6 30 this

1637
01:48:30,360 --> 01:48:32,460
Thursday March 16th at the Oakview Park

1638
01:48:32,460 --> 01:48:33,960
and Resource Center

1639
01:48:33,960 --> 01:48:36,000
and then a reminder that this Sunday uh

1640
01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:38,360
we're having our annual Ronald McDonald

1641
01:48:38,360 --> 01:48:41,460
uh walk at San Buena Ventura State Beach

1642
01:48:41,460 --> 01:48:44,400
in Ventura at 9 00 a.m it's a walk they

1643
01:48:44,400 --> 01:48:45,960
do to raise money for the Ronald

1644
01:48:45,960 --> 01:48:47,820
McDonald room at Ventura County Medical

1645
01:48:47,820 --> 01:48:50,580
Center uh that room is an incredible

1646
01:48:50,580 --> 01:48:52,380
asset to the community to all of those

1647
01:48:52,380 --> 01:48:55,260
receiving Care at vcmc it's actually the

1648
01:48:55,260 --> 01:48:57,480
only Ronald McDonald room I believe in

1649
01:48:57,480 --> 01:48:59,460
the world located at a public hospital

1650
01:48:59,460 --> 01:49:03,360
and so it's really something that all of

1651
01:49:03,360 --> 01:49:05,580
us as stewards of ECMC should be proud

1652
01:49:05,580 --> 01:49:07,980
of and it's really uh great to do this

1653
01:49:07,980 --> 01:49:10,800
walk to raise money for that room and so

1654
01:49:10,800 --> 01:49:12,179
I will be there and I hope to see a lot

1655
01:49:12,179 --> 01:49:14,520
of you there this Sunday 9 A.M at uh Sam

1656
01:49:14,520 --> 01:49:16,860
Buena Ventura State Beach and then I

1657
01:49:16,860 --> 01:49:18,719
would like to adjourn in memory of those

1658
01:49:18,719 --> 01:49:21,060
on on the list I provided to the clerk I

1659
01:49:21,060 --> 01:49:22,320
want to call out several of them

1660
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:24,780
including several uh highly decorated

1661
01:49:24,780 --> 01:49:27,119
veterans but I want to start with Connie

1662
01:49:27,119 --> 01:49:28,560
bear who passed away she was actually

1663
01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:30,360
the longest serving board member of the

1664
01:49:30,360 --> 01:49:32,460
Ventura County Medical resource

1665
01:49:32,460 --> 01:49:35,219
foundation in 2000 15 she received the

1666
01:49:35,219 --> 01:49:37,739
Trailblazer award for her commitment to

1667
01:49:37,739 --> 01:49:40,320
social justice and health care for all

1668
01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:43,080
residents Paul Waters was a highly

1669
01:49:43,080 --> 01:49:46,440
decorated U.S Navy veteran Barbara Bean

1670
01:49:46,440 --> 01:49:49,560
a long time teaching career highly

1671
01:49:49,560 --> 01:49:51,480
respected teacher in the Ventura Unified

1672
01:49:51,480 --> 01:49:52,679
School District

1673
01:49:52,679 --> 01:49:55,260
uh Fred DeFazio who's a longtime police

1674
01:49:55,260 --> 01:49:57,659
officer with Ventura Police Department

1675
01:49:57,659 --> 01:50:01,320
John McCarthy who was a U.S Navy veteran

1676
01:50:01,320 --> 01:50:03,540
World War II actually and he earned

1677
01:50:03,540 --> 01:50:05,159
several medals and honors of Distinction

1678
01:50:05,159 --> 01:50:08,340
with his service Dennis John Beardsley a

1679
01:50:08,340 --> 01:50:12,179
U.S army veteran uh Lawrence Larry Diaz

1680
01:50:12,179 --> 01:50:14,639
Another World War II U.S Navy veteran

1681
01:50:14,639 --> 01:50:15,960
and he's one of those Fun Classic

1682
01:50:15,960 --> 01:50:18,300
stories about he was so passionate about

1683
01:50:18,300 --> 01:50:19,619
serving his country that he lied about

1684
01:50:19,619 --> 01:50:21,239
his age and actually enlisted when he

1685
01:50:21,239 --> 01:50:23,580
was only 17 years old to serve our

1686
01:50:23,580 --> 01:50:25,500
country in World War II

1687
01:50:25,500 --> 01:50:27,960
Ronald Edward cook who had a 40-year

1688
01:50:27,960 --> 01:50:31,739
teaching career in the city of Oxnard a

1689
01:50:31,739 --> 01:50:35,880
very a respected teacher and then uh

1690
01:50:35,880 --> 01:50:38,820
Daryl Pugh who was another U.S Air Force

1691
01:50:38,820 --> 01:50:42,659
veteran served during Vietnam but his

1692
01:50:42,659 --> 01:50:45,199
children Zach Sarah and Shekinah are

1693
01:50:45,199 --> 01:50:48,060
long-time interns a great great family

1694
01:50:48,060 --> 01:50:49,619
so we're thinking about all of them with

1695
01:50:49,619 --> 01:50:51,179
their father's passing

1696
01:50:51,179 --> 01:50:53,940
and with that that concludes my comments

1697
01:50:53,940 --> 01:50:56,400
so thank you everyone for your um

1698
01:50:56,400 --> 01:50:58,020
comments today I know how busy we all

1699
01:50:58,020 --> 01:50:59,159
are so it's always great to hear what

1700
01:50:59,159 --> 01:51:03,119
we're all up to in our various districts

1701
01:51:03,119 --> 01:51:06,060
and so we have a few minutes before the

1702
01:51:06,060 --> 01:51:07,920
10 o'clock time certain so why don't we

1703
01:51:07,920 --> 01:51:11,159
start with item 37 I know we want to

1704
01:51:11,159 --> 01:51:13,920
take that we have several people here to

1705
01:51:13,920 --> 01:51:15,840
present on this item and I believe

1706
01:51:15,840 --> 01:51:19,080
kicking it off is it Tracy are you

1707
01:51:19,080 --> 01:51:25,970
straight okay Tracy McCauley

1708
01:51:25,980 --> 01:51:27,420
we've been talking a lot about homeless

1709
01:51:27,420 --> 01:51:28,739
this morning and I think this is

1710
01:51:28,739 --> 01:51:30,119
something that's going to go a long way

1711
01:51:30,119 --> 01:51:35,470
to helping us with that crisis

1712
01:51:35,480 --> 01:51:37,920
yes okay

1713
01:51:37,920 --> 01:51:39,480
good morning chair oliviera members of

1714
01:51:39,480 --> 01:51:41,100
the board and Dr Johnson my name is

1715
01:51:41,100 --> 01:51:42,900
Tracy McCauley with the county executive

1716
01:51:42,900 --> 01:51:45,540
office I'm joined here today by Christy

1717
01:51:45,540 --> 01:51:47,699
Madden also from the executive office in

1718
01:51:47,699 --> 01:51:50,580
this gen parking series

1719
01:51:50,580 --> 01:51:54,119
okay I don't see Jen but that's okay

1720
01:51:54,119 --> 01:51:56,100
so in response to the covet crisis in

1721
01:51:56,100 --> 01:51:57,960
2020 the state of California rolled out

1722
01:51:57,960 --> 01:51:59,340
project room key which was meant to

1723
01:51:59,340 --> 01:52:01,080
temporarily shelter people through the

1724
01:52:01,080 --> 01:52:03,119
the crisis and has been operating

1725
01:52:03,119 --> 01:52:04,560
locally in our County since the

1726
01:52:04,560 --> 01:52:05,880
beginning of the crisis serving more

1727
01:52:05,880 --> 01:52:07,260
than 800 people

1728
01:52:07,260 --> 01:52:09,119
shortly thereafter the state created

1729
01:52:09,119 --> 01:52:11,159
project home key which was really meant

1730
01:52:11,159 --> 01:52:13,320
to Quick create shelter and permanent

1731
01:52:13,320 --> 01:52:15,540
Supportive Housing resources

1732
01:52:15,540 --> 01:52:18,300
locally our investments into Ventura

1733
01:52:18,300 --> 01:52:19,560
County from the home key program have

1734
01:52:19,560 --> 01:52:22,080
exceeded 48 million dollars and they've

1735
01:52:22,080 --> 01:52:24,300
resulted in or they will result in 158

1736
01:52:24,300 --> 01:52:25,920
units of permanent Supportive Housing

1737
01:52:25,920 --> 01:52:28,380
and 40 units of transition aged youth

1738
01:52:28,380 --> 01:52:30,659
transitional housing so we've had huge

1739
01:52:30,659 --> 01:52:32,280
success with home key in the first two

1740
01:52:32,280 --> 01:52:34,020
rounds

1741
01:52:34,020 --> 01:52:36,119
in anticipation of the third and the

1742
01:52:36,119 --> 01:52:37,679
final round of home key in December

1743
01:52:37,679 --> 01:52:39,540
County staff released a request for

1744
01:52:39,540 --> 01:52:41,820
letters of interest to partner with us

1745
01:52:41,820 --> 01:52:44,400
for this final round we received 13

1746
01:52:44,400 --> 01:52:46,980
responses with six eligible projects

1747
01:52:46,980 --> 01:52:49,800
remaining at the end of our cycle

1748
01:52:49,800 --> 01:52:51,960
staff evaluated and scored the six

1749
01:52:51,960 --> 01:52:53,639
projects and we had an evaluation

1750
01:52:53,639 --> 01:52:55,800
committee meet who convened reviewed the

1751
01:52:55,800 --> 01:52:57,300
scoring provided input and then

1752
01:52:57,300 --> 01:52:58,800
ultimately made the recommendations for

1753
01:52:58,800 --> 01:53:00,420
you today

1754
01:53:00,420 --> 01:53:02,280
we're requesting Board of Supervisors

1755
01:53:02,280 --> 01:53:04,260
approval to partner with and provide

1756
01:53:04,260 --> 01:53:06,119
match funding from the general fund home

1757
01:53:06,119 --> 01:53:09,420
key set aside for two projects and I'm

1758
01:53:09,420 --> 01:53:10,679
going to talk through briefly each of

1759
01:53:10,679 --> 01:53:12,960
these two successful projects the first

1760
01:53:12,960 --> 01:53:14,520
involves the acquisition and renovation

1761
01:53:14,520 --> 01:53:17,580
of La Quinta Inn in Ventura and 138

1762
01:53:17,580 --> 01:53:19,800
excuse me 136 units of permanent

1763
01:53:19,800 --> 01:53:21,239
Supportive Housing with two on-site

1764
01:53:21,239 --> 01:53:23,460
resident managers units in partnership

1765
01:53:23,460 --> 01:53:24,840
with the housing authority of the city

1766
01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:27,060
of San Buenaventura

1767
01:53:27,060 --> 01:53:29,159
a letter of support was provided by the

1768
01:53:29,159 --> 01:53:30,780
city with a significant contribution

1769
01:53:30,780 --> 01:53:33,480
recommended subject to council approval

1770
01:53:33,480 --> 01:53:35,280
additional Investments are going to be

1771
01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:36,360
made from the Housing Authority

1772
01:53:36,360 --> 01:53:37,980
including a sponsor loan and 30

1773
01:53:37,980 --> 01:53:39,719
project-based vouchers to support the

1774
01:53:39,719 --> 01:53:42,000
ongoing operations of this effort

1775
01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:43,679
we're requesting approval for this

1776
01:53:43,679 --> 01:53:45,360
project today in an amount of 5.5

1777
01:53:45,360 --> 01:53:47,340
million dollars to match the state home

1778
01:53:47,340 --> 01:53:49,199
key funds

1779
01:53:49,199 --> 01:53:51,119
this project is located in one of the

1780
01:53:51,119 --> 01:53:52,440
cities in the city of Ventura with one

1781
01:53:52,440 --> 01:53:54,420
of the highest homeless counts we also

1782
01:53:54,420 --> 01:53:56,280
as of our last report have 85 people

1783
01:53:56,280 --> 01:53:58,020
remaining in Project room key so this is

1784
01:53:58,020 --> 01:53:59,639
a key part of our strategy to exit

1785
01:53:59,639 --> 01:54:01,380
project room key

1786
01:54:01,380 --> 01:54:03,000
with us today from the Housing Authority

1787
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:04,739
we have Karen flock deputy director of

1788
01:54:04,739 --> 01:54:06,480
real estate development and Kyler

1789
01:54:06,480 --> 01:54:08,760
Carlson project manager for the Ventura

1790
01:54:08,760 --> 01:54:11,040
Housing Authority

1791
01:54:11,040 --> 01:54:12,840
the second project that we're

1792
01:54:12,840 --> 01:54:14,699
recommending today involves the

1793
01:54:14,699 --> 01:54:16,260
acquisition and renovation of the Days

1794
01:54:16,260 --> 01:54:18,659
Inn in Camarillo to create 62 units of

1795
01:54:18,659 --> 01:54:20,280
permanent Supportive Housing one

1796
01:54:20,280 --> 01:54:23,280
resident manager and 20 navigation beds

1797
01:54:23,280 --> 01:54:24,960
the City of Camarillo was a direct

1798
01:54:24,960 --> 01:54:26,940
responder to our request for letters of

1799
01:54:26,940 --> 01:54:28,139
interest and they're proposing a

1800
01:54:28,139 --> 01:54:30,000
substantial contribution as well subject

1801
01:54:30,000 --> 01:54:31,920
to council approval

1802
01:54:31,920 --> 01:54:33,719
we are requesting approval of County

1803
01:54:33,719 --> 01:54:35,639
match in the amount of 3.5 million

1804
01:54:35,639 --> 01:54:37,380
dollars to also leverage additional home

1805
01:54:37,380 --> 01:54:39,900
key funds this project is anticipated to

1806
01:54:39,900 --> 01:54:41,219
make a significant impact in

1807
01:54:41,219 --> 01:54:42,719
homelessness in the City of Camarillo

1808
01:54:42,719 --> 01:54:44,400
and surrounding areas

1809
01:54:44,400 --> 01:54:46,619
one quick point of clarification in our

1810
01:54:46,619 --> 01:54:47,940
staff report we mentioned the county

1811
01:54:47,940 --> 01:54:49,920
would be the lead applicant for home key

1812
01:54:49,920 --> 01:54:52,260
that's still under discussion we may be

1813
01:54:52,260 --> 01:54:53,639
the lead applicant on this project or

1814
01:54:53,639 --> 01:54:56,159
maybe a co-applicant if we are an

1815
01:54:56,159 --> 01:54:57,239
applicant we will come back to your

1816
01:54:57,239 --> 01:54:59,179
board with a resolution

1817
01:54:59,179 --> 01:55:01,920
with us today on Zoom we have Carmen

1818
01:55:01,920 --> 01:55:03,719
Nichols the assistant city manager for

1819
01:55:03,719 --> 01:55:05,760
the city of excuse me City of Camarillo

1820
01:55:05,760 --> 01:55:07,560
and also Alonso Ramirez a Senior

1821
01:55:07,560 --> 01:55:10,970
Management analyst

1822
01:55:10,980 --> 01:55:13,139
additionally today we're requesting your

1823
01:55:13,139 --> 01:55:15,000
board find both proposed projects exempt

1824
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:16,560
from environmental review under sequel

1825
01:55:16,560 --> 01:55:19,380
guidelines section 15301 which applies

1826
01:55:19,380 --> 01:55:21,239
to the minor alterations of existing

1827
01:55:21,239 --> 01:55:23,460
structures and Facilities

1828
01:55:23,460 --> 01:55:25,020
we will be returning to your board in

1829
01:55:25,020 --> 01:55:26,580
about a month to finalize partnership

1830
01:55:26,580 --> 01:55:28,199
agreements with the City of Camarillo

1831
01:55:28,199 --> 01:55:29,460
and their chosen housing provider

1832
01:55:29,460 --> 01:55:31,679
Jamboree housing and we'll also like

1833
01:55:31,679 --> 01:55:33,900
likely request approval of the

1834
01:55:33,900 --> 01:55:36,239
resolution on during that time upon

1835
01:55:36,239 --> 01:55:37,920
Award of home key funds we will return

1836
01:55:37,920 --> 01:55:40,020
to your board with Grant agreements for

1837
01:55:40,020 --> 01:55:42,780
both of these proposed Investments

1838
01:55:42,780 --> 01:55:44,460
as I close today I really want to thank

1839
01:55:44,460 --> 01:55:46,080
the evaluation committee who directed

1840
01:55:46,080 --> 01:55:47,940
staff and really put a lot of thought

1841
01:55:47,940 --> 01:55:50,340
and consideration and had the hard job

1842
01:55:50,340 --> 01:55:51,960
of really selecting these projects and

1843
01:55:51,960 --> 01:55:54,060
recommending them and I also just wanted

1844
01:55:54,060 --> 01:55:55,440
to thank all of our responders those

1845
01:55:55,440 --> 01:55:56,940
here today and those also who weren't

1846
01:55:56,940 --> 01:55:59,460
recommended receiving 13 Lois was really

1847
01:55:59,460 --> 01:56:01,860
a testament to the Partnerships in our

1848
01:56:01,860 --> 01:56:03,060
community and our commitment to ending

1849
01:56:03,060 --> 01:56:04,560
homelessness so it was really moving to

1850
01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,500
receive that many excellent responses

1851
01:56:07,500 --> 01:56:09,179
I'm here and happy to answer any

1852
01:56:09,179 --> 01:56:10,679
questions you may have and I thank you

1853
01:56:10,679 --> 01:56:13,440
in advance for your consideration

1854
01:56:13,440 --> 01:56:15,980
thank you Miss McCauley any questions

1855
01:56:15,980 --> 01:56:17,820
supervisor long

1856
01:56:17,820 --> 01:56:19,980
um are we going to hear from the City of

1857
01:56:19,980 --> 01:56:23,159
Camarillo or the city of Ventra is any

1858
01:56:23,159 --> 01:56:25,320
Speakers Going to speak from them I

1859
01:56:25,320 --> 01:56:26,340
believe they signed up for public

1860
01:56:26,340 --> 01:56:27,719
comment they're not part of the formal

1861
01:56:27,719 --> 01:56:29,820
presentation then I'll hold my comments

1862
01:56:29,820 --> 01:56:31,440
thank you okay we have three speakers

1863
01:56:31,440 --> 01:56:33,960
then why don't we do public comment okay

1864
01:56:33,960 --> 01:56:35,520
we'll be Leon

1865
01:56:35,520 --> 01:56:36,780
o Karen flock

1866
01:56:36,780 --> 01:56:39,600
Alonzo Ramirez

1867
01:56:39,600 --> 01:56:48,649
Yuna you have three minutes

1868
01:56:48,659 --> 01:56:51,000
hey my name is Leona Rollins I am the

1869
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:52,679
housing services manager for the city of

1870
01:56:52,679 --> 01:56:54,540
Ventura and I'm honored to be here today

1871
01:56:54,540 --> 01:56:57,540
to advocacy of the city of Ventura to go

1872
01:56:57,540 --> 01:56:59,520
ahead and show our support for this

1873
01:56:59,520 --> 01:57:01,619
project this project with me very much

1874
01:57:01,619 --> 01:57:03,780
to the city in a recent needs and gaps

1875
01:57:03,780 --> 01:57:05,100
assessment that was done in

1876
01:57:05,100 --> 01:57:06,840
consideration of our own harm or

1877
01:57:06,840 --> 01:57:09,540
allocation plan it was indicated that

1878
01:57:09,540 --> 01:57:10,980
affordable housing development is

1879
01:57:10,980 --> 01:57:13,500
essential to addressing The Chronic and

1880
01:57:13,500 --> 01:57:15,179
homelessness that we are facing at our

1881
01:57:15,179 --> 01:57:16,679
city of Ventura

1882
01:57:16,679 --> 01:57:18,599
this particular project will not only

1883
01:57:18,599 --> 01:57:20,400
provide housing to those facing chronic

1884
01:57:20,400 --> 01:57:21,780
homelessness it would also provide them

1885
01:57:21,780 --> 01:57:23,460
with needed wraparound services to

1886
01:57:23,460 --> 01:57:24,599
provide them with their long-term

1887
01:57:24,599 --> 01:57:26,460
success to ensure that they did not

1888
01:57:26,460 --> 01:57:28,920
return to home assist at a later date so

1889
01:57:28,920 --> 01:57:30,540
I'm this morning I am urging you to go

1890
01:57:30,540 --> 01:57:31,920
ahead and support this item in its

1891
01:57:31,920 --> 01:57:33,719
entirety and to help those that are

1892
01:57:33,719 --> 01:57:34,920
facing home assist in the city of

1893
01:57:34,920 --> 01:57:37,020
Ventura thank you so much for your time

1894
01:57:37,020 --> 01:57:38,639
thank you

1895
01:57:38,639 --> 01:57:41,099
our next speaker

1896
01:57:41,099 --> 01:57:43,020
that's going to be Karen flock good

1897
01:57:43,020 --> 01:57:46,699
morning my name is Karen block I'm the

1898
01:57:46,699 --> 01:57:48,540
deputy director for Real Estate

1899
01:57:48,540 --> 01:57:51,000
development with the city of the housing

1900
01:57:51,000 --> 01:57:51,900
authority of the city of San

1901
01:57:51,900 --> 01:57:56,940
Buenaventura and thanks to staff and in

1902
01:57:56,940 --> 01:57:58,980
anticipation thanks to all of you for

1903
01:57:58,980 --> 01:58:01,560
your support of this La Quinta project

1904
01:58:01,560 --> 01:58:03,000
we're really excited about this

1905
01:58:03,000 --> 01:58:05,699
opportunity to really have an impact on

1906
01:58:05,699 --> 01:58:07,880
addressing permanent Supportive Housing

1907
01:58:07,880 --> 01:58:10,800
for folks who are homeless or at risk of

1908
01:58:10,800 --> 01:58:11,940
homelessness

1909
01:58:11,940 --> 01:58:17,820
and I will also say thanks in advance

1910
01:58:17,820 --> 01:58:22,260
for uh the another item number 36 where

1911
01:58:22,260 --> 01:58:24,080
you're being recommended to provide

1912
01:58:24,080 --> 01:58:27,000
funding for the Housing Trust Fund

1913
01:58:27,000 --> 01:58:29,099
Ventura County as well as other

1914
01:58:29,099 --> 01:58:31,260
affordable housing developments thanks

1915
01:58:31,260 --> 01:58:32,580
again

1916
01:58:32,580 --> 01:58:35,280
thank you and then our next speaker is

1917
01:58:35,280 --> 01:58:37,860
going to be Alonso Ramirez

1918
01:58:37,860 --> 01:58:43,810
foreign

1919
01:58:43,820 --> 01:58:46,080
supervisors my name is Alonso Ramirez

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I'm the Senior Management analyst for

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01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:49,619
the City of Camarillo City manager's

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01:58:49,619 --> 01:58:51,659
office on behalf of the city manager and

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01:58:51,659 --> 01:58:53,040
the city council I would like to thank

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01:58:53,040 --> 01:58:55,260
the Board of Supervisors and staff for

1925
01:58:55,260 --> 01:58:56,699
their consideration of our letter of

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01:58:56,699 --> 01:58:59,159
interest for our home key project the

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01:58:59,159 --> 01:59:00,239
city is looking forward to this

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01:59:00,239 --> 01:59:01,920
partnership to bring services to those

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01:59:01,920 --> 01:59:03,780
who need in Camarillo we are very

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grateful for the hard work of staff and

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01:59:06,060 --> 01:59:07,800
the evaluation committee interviewing

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01:59:07,800 --> 01:59:09,659
our letter of interest as well as a

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01:59:09,659 --> 01:59:11,460
funding allocated by the board the

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01:59:11,460 --> 01:59:14,159
project will have a permanent support of

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01:59:14,159 --> 01:59:16,739
housing component and as long as as well

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01:59:16,739 --> 01:59:19,020
as Bridge housing component helping us

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01:59:19,020 --> 01:59:21,300
to close the loop on the Continuum of

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01:59:21,300 --> 01:59:23,820
housing in the City of Camarillo I'm

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01:59:23,820 --> 01:59:25,380
here available for any questions you may

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01:59:25,380 --> 01:59:27,300
have and thank you for the support

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01:59:27,300 --> 01:59:29,520
I have a question for you I just thought

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01:59:29,520 --> 01:59:30,960
this was a good opportunity for

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01:59:30,960 --> 01:59:33,540
community members to understand

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01:59:33,540 --> 01:59:35,460
um does the City of Camarillo have other

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01:59:35,460 --> 01:59:38,699
homes in the city for affordable housing

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01:59:38,699 --> 01:59:41,400
and so forth that they participate in

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01:59:41,400 --> 01:59:44,040
yeah the city does have a couple

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01:59:44,040 --> 01:59:45,719
components we're actually currently

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01:59:45,719 --> 01:59:47,699
working on a Berry Street project which

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01:59:47,699 --> 01:59:49,739
will bring a number of affordable

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01:59:49,739 --> 01:59:52,020
housing units to the City of Camarillo

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01:59:52,020 --> 01:59:54,300
they will be breaking ground pretty soon

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01:59:54,300 --> 01:59:58,580
we also have a program in which the city

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01:59:58,580 --> 02:00:02,040
procures homes and then resells them at

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02:00:02,040 --> 02:00:04,440
an affordable housing rate and then we

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02:00:04,440 --> 02:00:06,239
also have other affordable units of

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02:00:06,239 --> 02:00:07,920
sprinkle all throughout the city so City

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02:00:07,920 --> 02:00:09,780
Council in previous years have done has

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02:00:09,780 --> 02:00:13,380
done a really good job at increasing the

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02:00:13,380 --> 02:00:15,179
stock of affordable housing throughout

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02:00:15,179 --> 02:00:17,340
the city we're doing now is putting in

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02:00:17,340 --> 02:00:19,500
the other two steps in the Continuum of

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02:00:19,500 --> 02:00:21,179
housing in the City of Camarillo by

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02:00:21,179 --> 02:00:22,920
bringing Bridge housing and permanent

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02:00:22,920 --> 02:00:24,960
Supportive Housing and the existing

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02:00:24,960 --> 02:00:26,219
affordable housing in the City of

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02:00:26,219 --> 02:00:27,659
Camarillo as well so

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02:00:27,659 --> 02:00:29,460
thank you for highlighting that I think

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02:00:29,460 --> 02:00:30,840
it's really important for our community

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02:00:30,840 --> 02:00:33,360
members to understand this that this is

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02:00:33,360 --> 02:00:36,179
just one piece of the puzzle in which

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02:00:36,179 --> 02:00:38,159
the City of Camarillo has been working

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02:00:38,159 --> 02:00:40,340
on for years

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02:00:40,340 --> 02:00:43,380
from our past council member Charlotte

1975
02:00:43,380 --> 02:00:47,880
Craven Mike Morgan uh kildee so many

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02:00:47,880 --> 02:00:50,820
that have really the dailies have just

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02:00:50,820 --> 02:00:52,980
really invested in their Community I

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02:00:52,980 --> 02:00:56,520
think that this is one more step in in

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02:00:56,520 --> 02:00:58,880
trying to get that affordable housing

1980
02:00:58,880 --> 02:01:02,699
the networking of the services and

1981
02:01:02,699 --> 02:01:04,320
wanted to just say thank you I

1982
02:01:04,320 --> 02:01:05,820
appreciated meeting with your city

1983
02:01:05,820 --> 02:01:07,980
council and and managers in regards to

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02:01:07,980 --> 02:01:11,219
this project and very happy to see this

1985
02:01:11,219 --> 02:01:13,500
going forward thank you Mr chair if I

1986
02:01:13,500 --> 02:01:15,659
can before you leave sorry if when

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02:01:15,659 --> 02:01:17,580
you're done supervising along that's it

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02:01:17,580 --> 02:01:20,159
thank you survives Lopez thank you I

1989
02:01:20,159 --> 02:01:21,840
didn't want to let you go away

1990
02:01:21,840 --> 02:01:24,360
um curious if there is a current use of

1991
02:01:24,360 --> 02:01:26,400
the days in right now that would impact

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02:01:26,400 --> 02:01:29,420
any current uh

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02:01:29,420 --> 02:01:33,000
uh tenants or if you want to call them

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02:01:33,000 --> 02:01:35,400
that um and the reason I ask is because

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02:01:35,400 --> 02:01:37,440
I recently drove by and I noticed that

1996
02:01:37,440 --> 02:01:39,239
there were some Cal Vans

1997
02:01:39,239 --> 02:01:40,920
um pulling up and so just curious if

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02:01:40,920 --> 02:01:42,540
that's going to impact the current use

1999
02:01:42,540 --> 02:01:45,000
yeah no that's a good question um we uh

2000
02:01:45,000 --> 02:01:47,219
our understanding is that they see in

2001
02:01:47,219 --> 02:01:50,280
motel does have an h2a agreement with a

2002
02:01:50,280 --> 02:01:52,260
developer and they are housing some Farm

2003
02:01:52,260 --> 02:01:54,719
Workers on the interim basis our

2004
02:01:54,719 --> 02:01:57,780
understanding is that the property owner

2005
02:01:57,780 --> 02:01:59,460
will not be renewing that agreement that

2006
02:01:59,460 --> 02:02:01,020
agreement is set to and I believe in

2007
02:02:01,020 --> 02:02:03,060
August and they will not be renewing the

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02:02:03,060 --> 02:02:04,139
agreement

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um it's really up to the conversations

2010
02:02:06,360 --> 02:02:08,639
that our developer that we've selected

2011
02:02:08,639 --> 02:02:10,679
Jamboree housing Corporation and the

2012
02:02:10,679 --> 02:02:13,139
property owner need to have us to how

2013
02:02:13,139 --> 02:02:14,280
they're going to move forward with that

2014
02:02:14,280 --> 02:02:16,440
agreement but it does and if I remember

2015
02:02:16,440 --> 02:02:18,659
correctly on August so there will be no

2016
02:02:18,659 --> 02:02:21,900
relocation cost after August to re-house

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02:02:21,900 --> 02:02:23,520
these folks great thank you so much

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02:02:23,520 --> 02:02:26,149
thank you

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02:02:26,159 --> 02:02:28,440
all right thank you

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02:02:28,440 --> 02:02:30,719
any other questions for either our

2021
02:02:30,719 --> 02:02:33,420
public speakers or Miss McCauley

2022
02:02:33,420 --> 02:02:36,719
no I just I want to say uh but I think

2023
02:02:36,719 --> 02:02:37,980
both of these projects are going to be

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02:02:37,980 --> 02:02:39,780
transformational for Ventura and

2025
02:02:39,780 --> 02:02:43,260
Camarillo it's such a need and if the

2026
02:02:43,260 --> 02:02:44,580
fact that we're putting housing together

2027
02:02:44,580 --> 02:02:46,500
with services that really is kind of the

2028
02:02:46,500 --> 02:02:48,360
magic solution as far as as we can tell

2029
02:02:48,360 --> 02:02:50,400
in terms of best practices and so I want

2030
02:02:50,400 --> 02:02:51,840
to thank the city councils and the city

2031
02:02:51,840 --> 02:02:53,699
leadership in both of those cities and

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02:02:53,699 --> 02:02:55,679
then obviously you Tracy and Jan and

2033
02:02:55,679 --> 02:02:57,239
Christy for all of your work and kind of

2034
02:02:57,239 --> 02:02:59,400
shepherding this process and I know it's

2035
02:02:59,400 --> 02:03:01,139
a lot of work and so thank you for

2036
02:03:01,139 --> 02:03:02,580
getting us here today to make these

2037
02:03:02,580 --> 02:03:07,010
these levels of approval

2038
02:03:07,020 --> 02:03:08,880
um I'll motion to prove if there's no

2039
02:03:08,880 --> 02:03:10,739
further questions or comments

2040
02:03:10,739 --> 02:03:12,599
and I'll second if that's appropriate

2041
02:03:12,599 --> 02:03:15,960
right okay Madam Clerk

2042
02:03:15,960 --> 02:03:19,920
supervisor girl yes supervisor long yes

2043
02:03:19,920 --> 02:03:22,920
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

2044
02:03:22,920 --> 02:03:28,080
yes chair levere yes all right thank you

2045
02:03:28,080 --> 02:03:31,500
we are at 10 o'clock so we can start

2046
02:03:31,500 --> 02:03:33,980
our time certains and we have several

2047
02:03:33,980 --> 02:03:35,880
proclamations we're going to go through

2048
02:03:35,880 --> 02:03:38,340
now and I want to start with item 40

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02:03:38,340 --> 02:03:41,040
which is a presentation proclaiming the

2050
02:03:41,040 --> 02:03:44,580
month of March 2023 as National social

2051
02:03:44,580 --> 02:03:46,980
worker month in Ventura County I'd like

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02:03:46,980 --> 02:03:49,679
to invite our HSA director Melissa

2053
02:03:49,679 --> 02:03:51,179
Livingston up thank you for being here

2054
02:03:51,179 --> 02:03:52,260
this morning

2055
02:03:52,260 --> 02:03:53,820
and why don't I I'm going to read a

2056
02:03:53,820 --> 02:03:55,020
little from the proclamation and then I

2057
02:03:55,020 --> 02:03:56,880
know you have some comments and a short

2058
02:03:56,880 --> 02:03:58,860
video to share as well

2059
02:03:58,860 --> 02:04:01,619
um but where whereas the primary mission

2060
02:04:01,619 --> 02:04:03,599
of Social Work the profession is to

2061
02:04:03,599 --> 02:04:05,159
enhance human well-being and help meet

2062
02:04:05,159 --> 02:04:07,920
the basic needs of all people to provide

2063
02:04:07,920 --> 02:04:09,840
preventative Services as well as complex

2064
02:04:09,840 --> 02:04:11,639
case management with individuals and

2065
02:04:11,639 --> 02:04:13,980
families who need assistance overcoming

2066
02:04:13,980 --> 02:04:16,739
a range of barriers especially the most

2067
02:04:16,739 --> 02:04:21,000
vulnerable uh in our society and where

2068
02:04:21,000 --> 02:04:22,619
social workers are present throughout

2069
02:04:22,619 --> 02:04:24,360
our society including governments

2070
02:04:24,360 --> 02:04:26,760
schools universities social service

2071
02:04:26,760 --> 02:04:28,760
agencies communities and the military

2072
02:04:28,760 --> 02:04:31,159
and also health care and mental health

2073
02:04:31,159 --> 02:04:33,840
facilities and organizations

2074
02:04:33,840 --> 02:04:35,520
and where our social workers are the

2075
02:04:35,520 --> 02:04:37,380
largest group of mental health care

2076
02:04:37,380 --> 02:04:39,360
providers in the entire country and work

2077
02:04:39,360 --> 02:04:41,820
daily to help people overcome depression

2078
02:04:41,820 --> 02:04:44,159
anxiety substance abuse and other

2079
02:04:44,159 --> 02:04:46,619
disorders so that they can lead more

2080
02:04:46,619 --> 02:04:48,360
fulfilling lives

2081
02:04:48,360 --> 02:04:49,980
and where our social workers are also

2082
02:04:49,980 --> 02:04:51,659
guiding forces in times of Crisis

2083
02:04:51,659 --> 02:04:53,940
helping communities recover emotionally

2084
02:04:53,940 --> 02:04:56,760
from natural disasters such as floods

2085
02:04:56,760 --> 02:04:59,699
earthquakes and fires now therefore be

2086
02:04:59,699 --> 02:05:01,980
it resolved that in recognition of all

2087
02:05:01,980 --> 02:05:04,260
social workers in our community whose

2088
02:05:04,260 --> 02:05:06,119
shared commitment dedication and

2089
02:05:06,119 --> 02:05:08,639
advocacy improve lives every single day

2090
02:05:08,639 --> 02:05:10,679
the Ventura County Board of Supervisors

2091
02:05:10,679 --> 02:05:12,840
hereby proclaims the month of March 2023

2092
02:05:12,840 --> 02:05:15,480
as National Social Work month in Ventura

2093
02:05:15,480 --> 02:05:17,520
County and calls upon all citizens to

2094
02:05:17,520 --> 02:05:19,380
join us in celebration and support of

2095
02:05:19,380 --> 02:05:21,060
this important profession

2096
02:05:21,060 --> 02:05:23,040
so miss Livingston

2097
02:05:23,040 --> 02:05:24,719
right it appears we have social workers

2098
02:05:24,719 --> 02:05:25,780
in the room this morning

2099
02:05:25,780 --> 02:05:27,530
[Music]

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[Applause]

2101
02:05:32,460 --> 02:05:35,040
thank you chair levere members of the

2102
02:05:35,040 --> 02:05:37,080
board uh Dr Johnson for the record

2103
02:05:37,080 --> 02:05:38,820
Melissa Livingston the director of The

2104
02:05:38,820 --> 02:05:41,760
Human Service Agency and is my honor and

2105
02:05:41,760 --> 02:05:44,099
privilege to recognize social worker

2106
02:05:44,099 --> 02:05:46,619
month it is very much an honorable

2107
02:05:46,619 --> 02:05:49,020
profession and it's represented by the

2108
02:05:49,020 --> 02:05:51,239
people behind me in this room but social

2109
02:05:51,239 --> 02:05:54,000
worker month is a time to celebrate the

2110
02:05:54,000 --> 02:05:55,619
social worker profession

2111
02:05:55,619 --> 02:05:58,440
raising awareness and celebrating the

2112
02:05:58,440 --> 02:06:00,960
important life-changing work social

2113
02:06:00,960 --> 02:06:03,540
workers engage in Daily

2114
02:06:03,540 --> 02:06:06,179
social workers address the needs of

2115
02:06:06,179 --> 02:06:08,699
vulnerable children youth

2116
02:06:08,699 --> 02:06:12,780
adults families and communities bringing

2117
02:06:12,780 --> 02:06:15,659
attention to and advocating on social

2118
02:06:15,659 --> 02:06:17,460
justice issues

2119
02:06:17,460 --> 02:06:20,639
social workers are often the voice of

2120
02:06:20,639 --> 02:06:23,760
those whose voice goes unheard

2121
02:06:23,760 --> 02:06:28,080
and encounter barriers and challenges

2122
02:06:28,080 --> 02:06:31,440
in Equitable access to Services supports

2123
02:06:31,440 --> 02:06:32,639
and Wellness

2124
02:06:32,639 --> 02:06:35,940
social workers roles are rewarding and

2125
02:06:35,940 --> 02:06:38,639
meaningful but they are also very

2126
02:06:38,639 --> 02:06:41,480
challenging and complex can create

2127
02:06:41,480 --> 02:06:45,659
secondary trauma and compassion fatigue

2128
02:06:45,659 --> 02:06:49,800
self-care balance and resiliency support

2129
02:06:49,800 --> 02:06:52,619
the day-to-day commitment of our social

2130
02:06:52,619 --> 02:06:55,020
workers our entire social worker

2131
02:06:55,020 --> 02:06:57,840
Workforce today we recognize all social

2132
02:06:57,840 --> 02:07:00,780
workers across our County family and our

2133
02:07:00,780 --> 02:07:03,000
extended partner and community-based

2134
02:07:03,000 --> 02:07:05,639
Social Service networks we celebrate

2135
02:07:05,639 --> 02:07:09,179
their commitment contributions and the

2136
02:07:09,179 --> 02:07:10,739
difference they make

2137
02:07:10,739 --> 02:07:13,980
in people's lives social workers perform

2138
02:07:13,980 --> 02:07:16,500
a variety of roles touching a

2139
02:07:16,500 --> 02:07:18,599
cross-section of our communities

2140
02:07:18,599 --> 02:07:20,420
they do Administration and management

2141
02:07:20,420 --> 02:07:23,099
they support social policy and practice

2142
02:07:23,099 --> 02:07:26,520
from an Ethics equity and healing

2143
02:07:26,520 --> 02:07:28,139
Centric lens

2144
02:07:28,139 --> 02:07:30,540
they support advocacy and Community

2145
02:07:30,540 --> 02:07:33,420
organizing they support our aging

2146
02:07:33,420 --> 02:07:35,400
populations so they can live

2147
02:07:35,400 --> 02:07:38,580
independently be safe and be afforded

2148
02:07:38,580 --> 02:07:40,800
dignity and quality of life

2149
02:07:40,800 --> 02:07:42,900
our child welfare support strong

2150
02:07:42,900 --> 02:07:45,900
families with supportive safe and

2151
02:07:45,900 --> 02:07:48,300
nurturing environments

2152
02:07:48,300 --> 02:07:50,880
we support developmentally disabled

2153
02:07:50,880 --> 02:07:52,980
advocating for legal rights and

2154
02:07:52,980 --> 02:07:54,360
Independence

2155
02:07:54,360 --> 02:07:56,159
our Healthcare social workers address

2156
02:07:56,159 --> 02:07:58,920
the social determinants of Health

2157
02:07:58,920 --> 02:08:01,679
and factors that impact Wellness our

2158
02:08:01,679 --> 02:08:03,659
Justice and Corrections social workers

2159
02:08:03,659 --> 02:08:06,119
connect individuals to services and

2160
02:08:06,119 --> 02:08:09,540
supports providing hope and healing

2161
02:08:09,540 --> 02:08:11,699
our mental health and substance abuse

2162
02:08:11,699 --> 02:08:14,040
and clinical social workers provide

2163
02:08:14,040 --> 02:08:17,099
assessments intervention treatment and

2164
02:08:17,099 --> 02:08:19,440
wellness and by the way this is the

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02:08:19,440 --> 02:08:23,040
largest group represented Nationwide

2166
02:08:23,040 --> 02:08:25,980
and I'd be remiss if I didn't recognize

2167
02:08:25,980 --> 02:08:28,500
our own employee assistance program that

2168
02:08:28,500 --> 02:08:29,880
is always there for our own County

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02:08:29,880 --> 02:08:31,940
family and the variety of County

2170
02:08:31,940 --> 02:08:34,440
Employee Assistance programs that are

2171
02:08:34,440 --> 02:08:36,300
businesses have and other providers

2172
02:08:36,300 --> 02:08:38,400
across our Network

2173
02:08:38,400 --> 02:08:41,099
so now I would like to recognize one

2174
02:08:41,099 --> 02:08:43,980
story it's reflective of a father's

2175
02:08:43,980 --> 02:08:46,440
story that was recently highlighted by

2176
02:08:46,440 --> 02:08:49,139
the Ventura County Star radio laser and

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02:08:49,139 --> 02:08:51,780
20 affiliate stations across California

2178
02:08:51,780 --> 02:08:54,719
Nevada of a parent who was supported by

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02:08:54,719 --> 02:08:56,340
our children and family services social

2180
02:08:56,340 --> 02:08:57,480
workers

2181
02:08:57,480 --> 02:09:01,260
his name is Orlando Gonzalez Estrada and

2182
02:09:01,260 --> 02:09:04,099
he tells his story through a song called

2183
02:09:04,099 --> 02:09:06,599
Orlando's song so if we can play the

2184
02:09:06,599 --> 02:09:08,290
video

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02:09:08,290 --> 02:09:13,810
[Music]

2186
02:09:13,820 --> 02:09:17,629
you know

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02:09:17,639 --> 02:09:21,310
much

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[Music]

2189
02:09:33,440 --> 02:10:01,189
Evelyn Alvarez services

2190
02:10:01,199 --> 02:10:09,700
episode

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[Music]

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foreign

2193
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Familia

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is

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02:12:06,540 --> 02:12:22,189
serlo

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Alton area

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[Music]

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sacrifices

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foreign

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02:12:53,940 --> 02:13:18,950
[Music]

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02:13:18,960 --> 02:13:23,100
foreign

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[Music]

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02:13:29,300 --> 02:13:43,209
[Applause]

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02:13:43,219 --> 02:13:45,840
so many other social workers in the

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02:13:45,840 --> 02:13:47,699
community so we'd love to come down and

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02:13:47,699 --> 02:13:49,260
present you this Proclamation and we'd

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02:13:49,260 --> 02:13:51,000
love to invite all the social a lot of

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02:13:51,000 --> 02:13:52,020
you so let's see if we can all get

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02:13:52,020 --> 02:13:56,930
together and take a group shot

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02:13:56,940 --> 02:14:03,649
thank you

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02:14:03,659 --> 02:14:06,169
everything

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02:14:06,179 --> 02:14:28,250
else

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02:14:28,260 --> 02:14:30,840
all right everyone so you're gonna all

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02:14:30,840 --> 02:14:32,699
look at me let's just group and then

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02:14:32,699 --> 02:14:34,380
we'll be able to take the photos here

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02:14:34,380 --> 02:14:37,860
because there's so many people does that

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02:14:37,860 --> 02:14:39,599
work

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02:14:39,599 --> 02:14:41,639
so pios if you could take the picture

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02:14:41,639 --> 02:14:43,560
from this side

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02:14:43,560 --> 02:14:44,940
Natalie

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02:14:44,940 --> 02:14:52,370
yeah

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02:14:52,380 --> 02:14:53,940
okay I just wanted to make sure that

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02:14:53,940 --> 02:14:55,500
made sense

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02:14:55,500 --> 02:15:00,050
okay so all eyes on the dice

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02:15:00,060 --> 02:15:05,209
yeah they wanted

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to like

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02:15:09,659 --> 02:15:40,790
yes

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02:15:40,800 --> 02:15:43,300
thank you

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02:15:43,300 --> 02:16:36,169
[Applause]

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02:16:36,179 --> 02:16:38,519
all right

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02:16:38,519 --> 02:16:50,530
guys

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okay and then item 41 is a presentation

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02:16:54,300 --> 02:16:57,840
proclaiming the month of March 2023 as

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02:16:57,840 --> 02:17:00,300
American Red Cross month in Ventura

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02:17:00,300 --> 02:17:02,580
County and we as a county unfortunately

2236
02:17:02,580 --> 02:17:04,260
have had to rely on the American Red

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02:17:04,260 --> 02:17:06,479
Cross more than we would like over the

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02:17:06,479 --> 02:17:10,320
last five years fires and mass shootings

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02:17:10,320 --> 02:17:12,719
and storms and we've been through a lot

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02:17:12,719 --> 02:17:14,700
in Ventura County and it's because of

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02:17:14,700 --> 02:17:16,320
the support from the American Red Cross

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02:17:16,320 --> 02:17:19,080
that we've been able to excuse me get

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02:17:19,080 --> 02:17:21,300
through so many of these disasters and

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02:17:21,300 --> 02:17:23,040
emergencies so I'm really appreciative

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02:17:23,040 --> 02:17:24,920
of the Red Cross being here this morning

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02:17:24,920 --> 02:17:27,899
Sabrina ashgian is a board member of the

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02:17:27,899 --> 02:17:30,240
Ventura County uh I guess it's the

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02:17:30,240 --> 02:17:32,099
Pacific coast region of the Ventura

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02:17:32,099 --> 02:17:34,559
American Red Cross and I'd love to

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02:17:34,559 --> 02:17:36,240
invite you to make a few comments and I

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02:17:36,240 --> 02:17:37,439
know we all want to say our thanks and

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02:17:37,439 --> 02:17:38,639
then we can read from the presentation

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02:17:38,639 --> 02:17:40,500
after that that's great thank you so

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02:17:40,500 --> 02:17:42,300
much for having me good morning Tara

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02:17:42,300 --> 02:17:43,920
levere an honorable board members

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02:17:43,920 --> 02:17:46,920
supervisors gorrell long Parvin and

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02:17:46,920 --> 02:17:48,719
Lopez it's great to be here with all of

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02:17:48,719 --> 02:17:51,000
you as

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02:17:51,000 --> 02:17:52,439
um the supervisor said my name is

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02:17:52,439 --> 02:17:54,120
Sabrine Ashton I'm proud to represent

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02:17:54,120 --> 02:17:55,979
the American Red Cross Pacific Coast

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02:17:55,979 --> 02:17:59,219
region as a board member and volunteer

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02:17:59,219 --> 02:18:01,139
March is a very special time of year

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02:18:01,139 --> 02:18:03,120
when we celebrate American Red Cross

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02:18:03,120 --> 02:18:05,460
month to honor the people who make the

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02:18:05,460 --> 02:18:07,559
life-saving mission of our work possible

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02:18:07,559 --> 02:18:11,280
this annual tradition began in 1943 when

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02:18:11,280 --> 02:18:13,139
Franklin D Roosevelt declared the first

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02:18:13,139 --> 02:18:15,479
Red Cross month and every U.S president

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02:18:15,479 --> 02:18:18,420
since has honored this month as we

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02:18:18,420 --> 02:18:19,979
celebrate this year's Red Cross month

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02:18:19,979 --> 02:18:22,260
celebration I am proud to recognize the

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02:18:22,260 --> 02:18:24,300
incredible work done every day

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02:18:24,300 --> 02:18:26,880
the unwavering compassion displayed by

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02:18:26,880 --> 02:18:28,979
Red crossers is nothing short of amazing

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02:18:28,979 --> 02:18:30,899
despite the challenges of the past

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02:18:30,899 --> 02:18:33,120
couple of years of the pandemic and fire

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02:18:33,120 --> 02:18:35,519
and floods we continue to be there for

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02:18:35,519 --> 02:18:37,620
individuals and families who need us

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02:18:37,620 --> 02:18:40,320
most a dedication that truly embodies

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02:18:40,320 --> 02:18:42,479
the vital mission to deliver support

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02:18:42,479 --> 02:18:45,359
when help can't wait during emergencies

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02:18:45,359 --> 02:18:47,820
over this past year your red cross

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02:18:47,820 --> 02:18:50,880
Pacific Coast region has held 225 blood

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02:18:50,880 --> 02:18:53,939
drives we assisted nearly 100 families

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02:18:53,939 --> 02:18:57,059
who experienced Home Fires we handled

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02:18:57,059 --> 02:19:00,359
nearly 950 cases of service to the Armed

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02:19:00,359 --> 02:19:02,099
Forces branch

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02:19:02,099 --> 02:19:05,099
and our teams helped teach nearly 9 000

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02:19:05,099 --> 02:19:07,920
individuals basic first aid and other

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02:19:07,920 --> 02:19:09,599
life-saving skills

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02:19:09,599 --> 02:19:11,340
this Red Cross month I encourage

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02:19:11,340 --> 02:19:13,559
everyone to participate with us to help

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02:19:13,559 --> 02:19:15,840
by taking a preparedness class giving

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02:19:15,840 --> 02:19:20,219
blood donating financially or by

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02:19:20,219 --> 02:19:22,439
becoming a Red Cross volunteer I can

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02:19:22,439 --> 02:19:24,479
promise you that by doing any or all of

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02:19:24,479 --> 02:19:26,580
those things it will promote the

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02:19:26,580 --> 02:19:28,019
selfless service that make our

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02:19:28,019 --> 02:19:30,719
communities a better place to be so

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02:19:30,719 --> 02:19:32,399
thank you so much again for taking the

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02:19:32,399 --> 02:19:34,320
time to honor our work we are so

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02:19:34,320 --> 02:19:36,599
grateful for your commitment to the

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02:19:36,599 --> 02:19:38,639
American Red Cross thank you thank you

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02:19:38,639 --> 02:19:40,260
Sabrina I'd like to read two of the

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02:19:40,260 --> 02:19:42,000
paragraphs from our Proclamation I think

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02:19:42,000 --> 02:19:44,160
there are quite appropriate and it's

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02:19:44,160 --> 02:19:46,080
whereas in times of Crisis people in

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02:19:46,080 --> 02:19:48,120
Ventura County come together to help our

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02:19:48,120 --> 02:19:50,340
neighbors in need through humanitarian

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02:19:50,340 --> 02:19:52,020
efforts mobilizing the power of

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02:19:52,020 --> 02:19:54,359
Volunteers in the generosity of donors

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02:19:54,359 --> 02:19:57,000
thus our annual celebrations of American

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02:19:57,000 --> 02:19:59,280
Red Cross month are special time to

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02:19:59,280 --> 02:20:01,979
recognize and thank Our Heroes the Red

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02:20:01,979 --> 02:20:04,380
Cross staff volunteers and donors who

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02:20:04,380 --> 02:20:06,780
give their time and resources to provide

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02:20:06,780 --> 02:20:09,600
relief hope and comfort to Residents

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02:20:09,600 --> 02:20:12,479
this humanitarian spirit is part of the

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02:20:12,479 --> 02:20:14,220
foundation of our community and is

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02:20:14,220 --> 02:20:16,200
exemplified by American Red Cross

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02:20:16,200 --> 02:20:19,260
volunteers and donors and whereas this

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02:20:19,260 --> 02:20:21,359
work to prevent and alleviate human

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02:20:21,359 --> 02:20:24,000
suffering is vital to strengthening our

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02:20:24,000 --> 02:20:25,740
community's resilience our community

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02:20:25,740 --> 02:20:27,600
depends on the American on the American

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02:20:27,600 --> 02:20:29,880
Red Cross which relies on donations of

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02:20:29,880 --> 02:20:32,700
time time money and blood to fulfill its

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02:20:32,700 --> 02:20:35,100
humanitarian Mission today and into the

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02:20:35,100 --> 02:20:37,560
future building stronger more resilient

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02:20:37,560 --> 02:20:40,020
communities we dedicate this month of

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02:20:40,020 --> 02:20:42,240
March to all those who continue to

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02:20:42,240 --> 02:20:44,460
advance the noble Legacy of American Red

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02:20:44,460 --> 02:20:47,040
Cross founder Clara Barton who lived by

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02:20:47,040 --> 02:20:48,899
her words you must never think of

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02:20:48,899 --> 02:20:50,939
anything except the need and how to meet

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02:20:50,939 --> 02:20:53,100
it and we ask others to join this

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02:20:53,100 --> 02:20:54,660
commitment to give back to our community

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02:20:54,660 --> 02:20:56,939
so thank you so much for all you do all

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02:20:56,939 --> 02:20:58,920
of your volunteers do and we'd love to

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02:20:58,920 --> 02:21:00,120
come down and present this proclamation

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02:21:00,120 --> 02:21:14,050
to you so much thank you

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02:21:14,060 --> 02:21:40,969
thank you

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02:21:40,979 --> 02:21:46,070
yes

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02:21:46,080 --> 02:21:55,969
anyway

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02:21:55,979 --> 02:22:43,969
s

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02:22:43,979 --> 02:22:47,100
our next item is item 42 which is a

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02:22:47,100 --> 02:22:49,859
proclamation from supervisor Lopez

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02:22:49,859 --> 02:22:53,220
thank you Mr chair today I have before

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02:22:53,220 --> 02:22:55,680
us the a presentation of a resolution

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02:22:55,680 --> 02:22:58,319
proclaiming the month of March 2023 as

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02:22:58,319 --> 02:23:01,200
National nutrition month and recognizing

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02:23:01,200 --> 02:23:03,060
the partnership for a healthy Ventura

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02:23:03,060 --> 02:23:04,560
County's Health Champion award

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02:23:04,560 --> 02:23:06,600
recipients so I would like to introduce

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02:23:06,600 --> 02:23:08,880
our Public Health director Mr Rigo

2357
02:23:08,880 --> 02:23:10,500
Vargas

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02:23:10,500 --> 02:23:13,080
thank you good morning and uh chair

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02:23:13,080 --> 02:23:14,760
levere members of the board Dr Johnson

2360
02:23:14,760 --> 02:23:17,340
uh thank you for this resolution I'll be

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02:23:17,340 --> 02:23:19,560
very brief and my comments as we have a

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02:23:19,560 --> 02:23:21,540
very short but uh very exciting

2363
02:23:21,540 --> 02:23:24,899
presentation uh in uh in celebration of

2364
02:23:24,899 --> 02:23:27,000
national nutrition month but also in

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02:23:27,000 --> 02:23:28,979
recognition as was said of social

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02:23:28,979 --> 02:23:30,960
workers but also of our nutritionists

2367
02:23:30,960 --> 02:23:32,880
dietitians that work in public health

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02:23:32,880 --> 02:23:34,920
that work in the hospital and work in

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02:23:34,920 --> 02:23:36,840
our County also providing vital

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02:23:36,840 --> 02:23:39,000
information and services to keep our

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02:23:39,000 --> 02:23:42,120
families healthy I just wanted to put in

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02:23:42,120 --> 02:23:43,859
context this uh this celebration

2373
02:23:43,859 --> 02:23:45,720
rational nutrition month and also the

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02:23:45,720 --> 02:23:49,080
the awards uh that uh we are very proud

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02:23:49,080 --> 02:23:51,000
that you're going to help us give today

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02:23:51,000 --> 02:23:53,819
the partnership for a healthy Ventura

2377
02:23:53,819 --> 02:23:55,020
County has actually been in existence

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02:23:55,020 --> 02:23:57,000
for almost 25 years of Ventura County

2379
02:23:57,000 --> 02:24:00,140
Public Health gathered this group

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02:24:00,140 --> 02:24:02,760
many of them still with uh since that

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02:24:02,760 --> 02:24:04,859
time actually about 25 years ago to

2382
02:24:04,859 --> 02:24:06,720
address chronic disease prevention in a

2383
02:24:06,720 --> 02:24:08,700
comprehensive collaborative Manner and

2384
02:24:08,700 --> 02:24:10,500
the group has gone undergone different

2385
02:24:10,500 --> 02:24:13,200
name changes but it's been in existence

2386
02:24:13,200 --> 02:24:15,899
again for almost 25 years it has

2387
02:24:15,899 --> 02:24:17,760
representatives from our schools from

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02:24:17,760 --> 02:24:19,260
the healthcare sector

2389
02:24:19,260 --> 02:24:22,380
from the cities such as the Oxnard

2390
02:24:22,380 --> 02:24:24,120
police department and their Community

2391
02:24:24,120 --> 02:24:26,520
Services you'll hear more about that it

2392
02:24:26,520 --> 02:24:28,680
also has representatives from our

2393
02:24:28,680 --> 02:24:30,359
community organizations such as

2394
02:24:30,359 --> 02:24:32,280
FoodShare which you'll also hear about

2395
02:24:32,280 --> 02:24:33,899
uh shortly

2396
02:24:33,899 --> 02:24:35,520
um and so it's just a great partnership

2397
02:24:35,520 --> 02:24:37,260
it's it's organized currently into two

2398
02:24:37,260 --> 02:24:39,300
committees one recognizing the

2399
02:24:39,300 --> 02:24:42,180
outstanding work that are done by the

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02:24:42,180 --> 02:24:43,800
community organizations and another

2401
02:24:43,800 --> 02:24:46,800
committee is working to recognize and

2402
02:24:46,800 --> 02:24:49,380
put forth best practices in schools many

2403
02:24:49,380 --> 02:24:50,640
of our schools are doing really good

2404
02:24:50,640 --> 02:24:52,920
work around nutrition and also promoting

2405
02:24:52,920 --> 02:24:54,479
healthy eating active living and that's

2406
02:24:54,479 --> 02:24:56,399
the whole mission of the partnership is

2407
02:24:56,399 --> 02:24:58,560
is creating opportunities for healthy

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02:24:58,560 --> 02:25:01,640
eating active living and uh so um

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02:25:01,640 --> 02:25:03,960
without further to do I'd really like to

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02:25:03,960 --> 02:25:05,640
turn it over to the chair of one of

2411
02:25:05,640 --> 02:25:07,680
those uh committees the healthy

2412
02:25:07,680 --> 02:25:10,319
communities committee It Is chaired by

2413
02:25:10,319 --> 02:25:12,899
Miss Maria Martinez she's a community

2414
02:25:12,899 --> 02:25:16,439
services coordinator with our partner in

2415
02:25:16,439 --> 02:25:18,000
this effort the housing authority of the

2416
02:25:18,000 --> 02:25:20,220
city of Buena Ventura and what she's

2417
02:25:20,220 --> 02:25:22,620
going to do is is uh offer a little bit

2418
02:25:22,620 --> 02:25:25,200
through just three or four slides for

2419
02:25:25,200 --> 02:25:27,600
the context of this partnership and then

2420
02:25:27,600 --> 02:25:30,180
also the awards the awards by the way uh

2421
02:25:30,180 --> 02:25:32,880
prior to covid we're at an annual event

2422
02:25:32,880 --> 02:25:34,800
where your board helped helped us

2423
02:25:34,800 --> 02:25:37,020
recognize uh previous uh Health

2424
02:25:37,020 --> 02:25:38,880
Champions that are just doing exemplary

2425
02:25:38,880 --> 02:25:41,399
work in the area of promoting Health and

2426
02:25:41,399 --> 02:25:43,080
Wellness in the community so so without

2427
02:25:43,080 --> 02:25:45,180
further Ado I'd like to uh call up Maria

2428
02:25:45,180 --> 02:25:49,340
Martinez to conclude the representation

2429
02:25:49,340 --> 02:25:51,060
foreign

2430
02:25:51,060 --> 02:25:53,040
good morning chair Olivier members of

2431
02:25:53,040 --> 02:25:55,080
the board and Miss Johnson my name is

2432
02:25:55,080 --> 02:25:57,420
Maria Martinez as Rigo mentioned I'm the

2433
02:25:57,420 --> 02:25:59,760
chair for the healthy communities uh

2434
02:25:59,760 --> 02:26:01,380
Committee of the partnership for healthy

2435
02:26:01,380 --> 02:26:03,300
Ventura County as well as community

2436
02:26:03,300 --> 02:26:05,160
services coordinator for the housing

2437
02:26:05,160 --> 02:26:06,300
authority of the city of San

2438
02:26:06,300 --> 02:26:08,880
Buenaventura on behalf of the many

2439
02:26:08,880 --> 02:26:10,439
organizations that make up the

2440
02:26:10,439 --> 02:26:12,600
partnership I thank the board for

2441
02:26:12,600 --> 02:26:14,640
supporting the vision and mission of the

2442
02:26:14,640 --> 02:26:16,500
partnership to promote healthy eating

2443
02:26:16,500 --> 02:26:19,020
and active Lifestyles among residents in

2444
02:26:19,020 --> 02:26:21,300
all communities especially your low

2445
02:26:21,300 --> 02:26:23,040
resource communities to help reduce

2446
02:26:23,040 --> 02:26:26,160
obesity and chronic disease including

2447
02:26:26,160 --> 02:26:28,439
certain types of cancer heart disease

2448
02:26:28,439 --> 02:26:31,020
and diabetes which rank among the top

2449
02:26:31,020 --> 02:26:33,000
leading causes of death in Ventura

2450
02:26:33,000 --> 02:26:37,070
County next slide please

2451
02:26:37,080 --> 02:26:40,070
okay

2452
02:26:40,080 --> 02:26:43,200
so during the month of during the month

2453
02:26:43,200 --> 02:26:45,000
of March we hope everyone will join us

2454
02:26:45,000 --> 02:26:47,040
in celebrating National nutrition month

2455
02:26:47,040 --> 02:26:49,020
this is a campaign that was created over

2456
02:26:49,020 --> 02:26:51,660
50 years ago to bring attention

2457
02:26:51,660 --> 02:26:53,580
to the importance of developing healthy

2458
02:26:53,580 --> 02:26:56,760
eating and physical activity habits as

2459
02:26:56,760 --> 02:26:58,740
National nutrition month aligns so well

2460
02:26:58,740 --> 02:27:00,180
with the vision and mission of the

2461
02:27:00,180 --> 02:27:02,399
partnership for a healthy Ventura County

2462
02:27:02,399 --> 02:27:04,620
we take this opportunity each year to

2463
02:27:04,620 --> 02:27:06,660
identify and recognize Health champions

2464
02:27:06,660 --> 02:27:08,640
in our County individuals and

2465
02:27:08,640 --> 02:27:10,620
organizations that go above and beyond

2466
02:27:10,620 --> 02:27:12,960
in their work to improve the health and

2467
02:27:12,960 --> 02:27:15,000
well-being of the people and communities

2468
02:27:15,000 --> 02:27:19,370
they serve

2469
02:27:19,380 --> 02:27:22,319
the health Champions Award recipients

2470
02:27:22,319 --> 02:27:23,700
are selected for their work of

2471
02:27:23,700 --> 02:27:25,560
excellence and achievements in serving

2472
02:27:25,560 --> 02:27:28,260
the community in their respective areas

2473
02:27:28,260 --> 02:27:31,020
Mrs Elvira Savala is a community liaison

2474
02:27:31,020 --> 02:27:32,840
with the Oxnard Police Department

2475
02:27:32,840 --> 02:27:35,819
selected for her dedication to serving

2476
02:27:35,819 --> 02:27:40,200
the Oxnard Community for over 25 years

2477
02:27:40,200 --> 02:27:42,120
both as Community liaison with the

2478
02:27:42,120 --> 02:27:44,040
Oxnard police department and as

2479
02:27:44,040 --> 02:27:46,140
Community volunteer

2480
02:27:46,140 --> 02:27:47,700
she has empowered and connected

2481
02:27:47,700 --> 02:27:49,800
residents with critical resources to

2482
02:27:49,800 --> 02:27:51,899
meet their immediate needs most notably

2483
02:27:51,899 --> 02:27:55,080
during the kova 19 pandemic much of her

2484
02:27:55,080 --> 02:27:57,300
work was centered around connecting

2485
02:27:57,300 --> 02:27:58,740
residents to Neighborhood food

2486
02:27:58,740 --> 02:28:00,780
distributions and other critical food

2487
02:28:00,780 --> 02:28:03,120
resources as well as helping increase

2488
02:28:03,120 --> 02:28:06,060
exposure to healthily healthy locally

2489
02:28:06,060 --> 02:28:08,100
grown produce for Children and Families

2490
02:28:08,100 --> 02:28:10,260
by promoting and supporting Community

2491
02:28:10,260 --> 02:28:12,300
Gardens such as a Camino Del Sol

2492
02:28:12,300 --> 02:28:14,760
community garden she is also

2493
02:28:14,760 --> 02:28:16,620
acknowledged for her work in promoting

2494
02:28:16,620 --> 02:28:18,240
and fostering support for Community

2495
02:28:18,240 --> 02:28:21,240
walking clubs in the Rose Garden Rose

2496
02:28:21,240 --> 02:28:23,160
Park Colonia and Southwinds

2497
02:28:23,160 --> 02:28:25,560
neighborhoods promoting safe outdoor

2498
02:28:25,560 --> 02:28:27,720
physical activity and collaborating with

2499
02:28:27,720 --> 02:28:29,880
multiple organizations to bring services

2500
02:28:29,880 --> 02:28:32,460
to underserved communities we thank Mr

2501
02:28:32,460 --> 02:28:35,819
Vira Savala for being here today

2502
02:28:35,819 --> 02:28:37,920
FoodShare Ventura County was selected

2503
02:28:37,920 --> 02:28:39,600
for this steadfast dedication and

2504
02:28:39,600 --> 02:28:41,640
support to Ventura County residents in

2505
02:28:41,640 --> 02:28:43,620
making nutritious Foods more accessible

2506
02:28:43,620 --> 02:28:45,600
and for the Outreach efforts over the

2507
02:28:45,600 --> 02:28:47,460
last couple of years to increase

2508
02:28:47,460 --> 02:28:49,740
services to families in need especially

2509
02:28:49,740 --> 02:28:52,380
in the midst of the kova 19 pandemic

2510
02:28:52,380 --> 02:28:54,420
they served over two hundred thousand

2511
02:28:54,420 --> 02:28:56,340
residents last year reaching more than

2512
02:28:56,340 --> 02:28:59,160
double pre-pandemic levels as they

2513
02:28:59,160 --> 02:29:01,200
embarked on expanding Outreach efforts

2514
02:29:01,200 --> 02:29:03,060
by collaborating with an array of new

2515
02:29:03,060 --> 02:29:05,340
and existing Community Partners and

2516
02:29:05,340 --> 02:29:07,920
increasing specialized programming to

2517
02:29:07,920 --> 02:29:10,380
vulnerable populations such as their

2518
02:29:10,380 --> 02:29:13,200
free farmers markets the seniors senior

2519
02:29:13,200 --> 02:29:15,720
box program kids farmer markets and

2520
02:29:15,720 --> 02:29:18,120
tailored food backs for the unhoused

2521
02:29:18,120 --> 02:29:20,280
members of our community we thank miss

2522
02:29:20,280 --> 02:29:22,680
Monica white president and CEO of food

2523
02:29:22,680 --> 02:29:24,960
chair for being here today representing

2524
02:29:24,960 --> 02:29:29,870
the work of her team thank you

2525
02:29:29,880 --> 02:29:32,399
thank you and so with that thank you for

2526
02:29:32,399 --> 02:29:34,680
those introductions and really want to

2527
02:29:34,680 --> 02:29:36,300
express my appreciation to both

2528
02:29:36,300 --> 02:29:39,479
FoodShare Monica white and Elvira Savala

2529
02:29:39,479 --> 02:29:40,979
who have also worked with throughout our

2530
02:29:40,979 --> 02:29:43,920
community and she has is just a selfless

2531
02:29:43,920 --> 02:29:46,500
woman anytime that you call her up and

2532
02:29:46,500 --> 02:29:49,680
you ask her to you know there's this

2533
02:29:49,680 --> 02:29:50,520
need

2534
02:29:50,520 --> 02:29:53,939
um she there's no hesitation for her to

2535
02:29:53,939 --> 02:29:56,520
show up and give and give and give to

2536
02:29:56,520 --> 02:29:58,819
our community throughout Oxnard

2537
02:29:58,819 --> 02:30:01,080
disregarding boundaries disregarding

2538
02:30:01,080 --> 02:30:04,319
anything and and I know that there's a a

2539
02:30:04,319 --> 02:30:08,399
large community presence who just

2540
02:30:08,399 --> 02:30:10,520
admires you and appreciates you so much

2541
02:30:10,520 --> 02:30:13,979
thank you for all that you have done and

2542
02:30:13,979 --> 02:30:15,899
uh quite an honor to be able to

2543
02:30:15,899 --> 02:30:18,000
recognize you today and and just two

2544
02:30:18,000 --> 02:30:19,920
weeks ago as one of the promotoras who

2545
02:30:19,920 --> 02:30:21,540
participated in the program as well and

2546
02:30:21,540 --> 02:30:23,819
so this just goes to show how much you

2547
02:30:23,819 --> 02:30:26,280
continue to give and give and give so

2548
02:30:26,280 --> 02:30:29,520
thank you and so with that I we do have

2549
02:30:29,520 --> 02:30:33,960
a resolution from the board and as was

2550
02:30:33,960 --> 02:30:34,979
stated

2551
02:30:34,979 --> 02:30:38,399
um this uh this year's theme is fuel for

2552
02:30:38,399 --> 02:30:40,740
the future which reinforces the goal of

2553
02:30:40,740 --> 02:30:42,720
eating healthy a healthy diet with

2554
02:30:42,720 --> 02:30:44,819
plenty of fruits and vegetables that are

2555
02:30:44,819 --> 02:30:48,120
locally grown so that support our our

2556
02:30:48,120 --> 02:30:51,720
local Ag and whereas recognizing that

2557
02:30:51,720 --> 02:30:54,060
everyone has a role to play in turning

2558
02:30:54,060 --> 02:30:56,160
the tight against obesity and its

2559
02:30:56,160 --> 02:30:58,200
disproportionate impact on racial and

2560
02:30:58,200 --> 02:31:00,300
ethnic mind minority groups the

2561
02:31:00,300 --> 02:31:02,040
partnership for a healthy Ventura County

2562
02:31:02,040 --> 02:31:04,380
a collaborative Network that includes

2563
02:31:04,380 --> 02:31:06,120
representatives from Ventura County

2564
02:31:06,120 --> 02:31:08,040
Public Health school districts Community

2565
02:31:08,040 --> 02:31:10,620
organizations youth organizations and

2566
02:31:10,620 --> 02:31:13,319
others focuses on sharing resources that

2567
02:31:13,319 --> 02:31:15,540
promote healthy habits among residents

2568
02:31:15,540 --> 02:31:17,280
and supporting policies that Advance

2569
02:31:17,280 --> 02:31:20,460
Community Health and there's no better

2570
02:31:20,460 --> 02:31:23,160
people than FoodShare and Mr virasavala

2571
02:31:23,160 --> 02:31:25,439
to recognize in this effort for all that

2572
02:31:25,439 --> 02:31:27,540
you do to support the health of our

2573
02:31:27,540 --> 02:31:29,760
community in Ventura County so I have a

2574
02:31:29,760 --> 02:31:31,800
resolution two certificates and I'll

2575
02:31:31,800 --> 02:31:33,180
invite the rest of our board to come

2576
02:31:33,180 --> 02:31:34,859
down and take some pictures with with

2577
02:31:34,859 --> 02:31:37,700
everyone here thank you

2578
02:31:37,700 --> 02:31:45,650
thank you

2579
02:31:45,660 --> 02:31:47,580
so the recipients and their supporters

2580
02:31:47,580 --> 02:31:49,800
their organizations can come up on the

2581
02:31:49,800 --> 02:31:51,960
front as well

2582
02:31:51,960 --> 02:31:54,200
we have a police department team and

2583
02:31:54,200 --> 02:32:01,910
fuchsia thank you

2584
02:32:01,920 --> 02:32:21,670
congratulations

2585
02:32:21,680 --> 02:32:23,600
on this side

2586
02:32:23,600 --> 02:32:25,560
congratulations all right so you can

2587
02:32:25,560 --> 02:32:30,850
also follow in the back here

2588
02:32:30,860 --> 02:32:42,309
[Music]

2589
02:32:42,319 --> 02:33:03,950
from here

2590
02:33:03,960 --> 02:33:08,340
everybody

2591
02:33:08,350 --> 02:33:28,670
[Applause]

2592
02:33:28,680 --> 02:34:07,389
foreign

2593
02:34:07,399 --> 02:34:10,319
we're going to do 43 and then 45 and

2594
02:34:10,319 --> 02:34:11,939
then go to 44. I know there's a lot of

2595
02:34:11,939 --> 02:34:14,220
uh people here to speak on item 44 so

2596
02:34:14,220 --> 02:34:15,540
why do I do these two proclamations

2597
02:34:15,540 --> 02:34:18,120
first uh beginning with item 43 which is

2598
02:34:18,120 --> 02:34:21,359
a presentation from supervisor guerrell

2599
02:34:21,359 --> 02:34:23,640
yeah thank you for the opportunity

2600
02:34:23,640 --> 02:34:25,620
um before we start I want to see if some

2601
02:34:25,620 --> 02:34:28,740
of our our folks are here from

2602
02:34:28,740 --> 02:34:30,720
um The Arc of Ventura County Patricia

2603
02:34:30,720 --> 02:34:33,780
Schultz Lupe Escobar if you could come

2604
02:34:33,780 --> 02:34:35,460
down and join us yeah there you are come

2605
02:34:35,460 --> 02:34:37,080
down and join us at the podium if you

2606
02:34:37,080 --> 02:34:39,120
wouldn't mind Julie Duran and John

2607
02:34:39,120 --> 02:34:40,500
grissaf

2608
02:34:40,500 --> 02:34:42,960
if you're available come on down

2609
02:34:42,960 --> 02:34:46,740
um this uh has already been a part part

2610
02:34:46,740 --> 02:34:48,600
of our conversation this morning is

2611
02:34:48,600 --> 02:34:51,200
those with developmental disabilities

2612
02:34:51,200 --> 02:34:54,060
and there's hardly a family I know

2613
02:34:54,060 --> 02:34:55,740
including my own that hasn't been

2614
02:34:55,740 --> 02:34:57,479
touched

2615
02:34:57,479 --> 02:35:00,600
um by you know the

2616
02:35:00,600 --> 02:35:03,660
the issue that that comes from those

2617
02:35:03,660 --> 02:35:06,000
that have developmental disabilities and

2618
02:35:06,000 --> 02:35:08,220
and so

2619
02:35:08,220 --> 02:35:10,380
um it's really an honor today for me on

2620
02:35:10,380 --> 02:35:12,359
behalf of the board members we've all

2621
02:35:12,359 --> 02:35:16,020
signed this uh Proclamation declaring

2622
02:35:16,020 --> 02:35:19,020
March 2023 as a developmental

2623
02:35:19,020 --> 02:35:22,680
disabilities awareness month I had an

2624
02:35:22,680 --> 02:35:24,359
opportunity yesterday to spend some time

2625
02:35:24,359 --> 02:35:27,240
down at the Arc of Ventura County and

2626
02:35:27,240 --> 02:35:29,460
just the amazing things that are going

2627
02:35:29,460 --> 02:35:31,800
on down there the wonderful people I got

2628
02:35:31,800 --> 02:35:33,420
to meet the participants in all the

2629
02:35:33,420 --> 02:35:36,960
different programs and just

2630
02:35:36,960 --> 02:35:39,600
um really surrounded with support and

2631
02:35:39,600 --> 02:35:43,200
care and love and I got to shoot some

2632
02:35:43,200 --> 02:35:45,120
hoops I got to meet some people I got to

2633
02:35:45,120 --> 02:35:47,160
look at all of the different activities

2634
02:35:47,160 --> 02:35:49,140
that are going on all the time there but

2635
02:35:49,140 --> 02:35:51,000
it was just uh it was really

2636
02:35:51,000 --> 02:35:54,240
heartwarming it really was so it's it's

2637
02:35:54,240 --> 02:35:55,979
our honor to to be able to do this

2638
02:35:55,979 --> 02:35:58,080
Proclamation and I'm going to allow you

2639
02:35:58,080 --> 02:35:59,939
to to say anything or make any remarks

2640
02:35:59,939 --> 02:36:01,760
you'd like to about the ark or about

2641
02:36:01,760 --> 02:36:04,380
about the amazing constituents that you

2642
02:36:04,380 --> 02:36:06,479
support every single day but before I do

2643
02:36:06,479 --> 02:36:09,479
before you do if I could just read a few

2644
02:36:09,479 --> 02:36:12,500
of these whereas is on this resolution

2645
02:36:12,500 --> 02:36:14,939
more than seven million individuals with

2646
02:36:14,939 --> 02:36:17,520
developmental disabilities live in

2647
02:36:17,520 --> 02:36:19,560
United States and I think there are over

2648
02:36:19,560 --> 02:36:22,560
14 000 here in the County of Ventura 14

2649
02:36:22,560 --> 02:36:24,840
000. every person regardless of ability

2650
02:36:24,840 --> 02:36:26,939
has the value strengths infinite

2651
02:36:26,939 --> 02:36:29,280
capacity to learn and a potential to

2652
02:36:29,280 --> 02:36:30,840
make important contributions to the

2653
02:36:30,840 --> 02:36:33,240
local communities and celebrating the

2654
02:36:33,240 --> 02:36:34,920
abilities and contributions of people

2655
02:36:34,920 --> 02:36:36,960
with intellectual and developmental

2656
02:36:36,960 --> 02:36:39,479
disabilities can only serve to enrich

2657
02:36:39,479 --> 02:36:42,020
our community and enhance our diversity

2658
02:36:42,020 --> 02:36:44,640
more than 700 individuals with

2659
02:36:44,640 --> 02:36:46,380
intellectual developmental disabilities

2660
02:36:46,380 --> 02:36:49,380
receive educational employment and

2661
02:36:49,380 --> 02:36:51,420
Independent Living Services every day

2662
02:36:51,420 --> 02:36:54,960
from The Arc of Ventura County one of

2663
02:36:54,960 --> 02:36:57,000
the most amazing organizations that we

2664
02:36:57,000 --> 02:36:59,460
have here in our community The Arc of

2665
02:36:59,460 --> 02:37:02,040
Ventura county is celebrating 69 years

2666
02:37:02,040 --> 02:37:04,200
of service to individuals with

2667
02:37:04,200 --> 02:37:05,340
intellectual and developmental

2668
02:37:05,340 --> 02:37:07,880
disabilities and their families since

2669
02:37:07,880 --> 02:37:10,800
1954 and whereas developmental

2670
02:37:10,800 --> 02:37:13,020
disabilities aware awareness month is an

2671
02:37:13,020 --> 02:37:15,060
appropriate time to commemorate the

2672
02:37:15,060 --> 02:37:16,800
progress of improving the lives of

2673
02:37:16,800 --> 02:37:18,840
people with intellectual and dis and

2674
02:37:18,840 --> 02:37:21,180
developmental disabilities and identify

2675
02:37:21,180 --> 02:37:22,800
the improvements that remain in

2676
02:37:22,800 --> 02:37:26,160
achieving full inclusion now they're be

2677
02:37:26,160 --> 02:37:27,660
resolved that the Ventura County Board

2678
02:37:27,660 --> 02:37:30,140
of Supervisors do hereby Proclaim March

2679
02:37:30,140 --> 02:37:32,880
2023 is developmental disabilities

2680
02:37:32,880 --> 02:37:35,399
awareness month and urge our citizens to

2681
02:37:35,399 --> 02:37:37,620
give full support to empowering people

2682
02:37:37,620 --> 02:37:39,300
with intellectual and developmental

2683
02:37:39,300 --> 02:37:41,340
disabilities to live productive lives

2684
02:37:41,340 --> 02:37:43,819
and achieve their very fullest potential

2685
02:37:43,819 --> 02:37:46,160
presented on this day

2686
02:37:46,160 --> 02:37:48,780
thank you for everything you do I want

2687
02:37:48,780 --> 02:37:50,340
to see is there any public comment on

2688
02:37:50,340 --> 02:37:53,160
this besides our speakers but maybe

2689
02:37:53,160 --> 02:37:55,560
we'll go first to those at the podium if

2690
02:37:55,560 --> 02:37:58,560
you'd like to speak Lupe

2691
02:37:58,560 --> 02:38:01,680
hi my name is Lupe Escobar I wanted to

2692
02:38:01,680 --> 02:38:03,479
tell you guys thank you for supporting

2693
02:38:03,479 --> 02:38:10,010
us it really means a lot to us

2694
02:38:10,020 --> 02:38:12,960
yes thank you for having us we're very

2695
02:38:12,960 --> 02:38:16,740
proud of Lupe she is a self-advocate and

2696
02:38:16,740 --> 02:38:19,020
a paid employee of the Arc of Ventura

2697
02:38:19,020 --> 02:38:21,120
County as our Advocate coordinator so

2698
02:38:21,120 --> 02:38:23,899
I'm very proud of her accomplishments

2699
02:38:23,899 --> 02:38:26,880
I'm sorry what's your name

2700
02:38:26,880 --> 02:38:29,700
Patty thank you yeah thank you Patty

2701
02:38:29,700 --> 02:38:32,460
anybody else not necessary but if you'd

2702
02:38:32,460 --> 02:38:34,580
like to speak

2703
02:38:34,580 --> 02:38:36,960
well I want to thank the board for this

2704
02:38:36,960 --> 02:38:38,460
recognition

2705
02:38:38,460 --> 02:38:41,040
uh we're very happy with the progress

2706
02:38:41,040 --> 02:38:43,140
that our community members have made

2707
02:38:43,140 --> 02:38:46,080
under the help of some of the staff that

2708
02:38:46,080 --> 02:38:49,560
you see here uh it's an amazing as you

2709
02:38:49,560 --> 02:38:51,740
mentioned thank you for your kind words

2710
02:38:51,740 --> 02:38:53,939
as you mentioned it's an amazing

2711
02:38:53,939 --> 02:38:55,380
organization that's been in the

2712
02:38:55,380 --> 02:38:58,100
community for 63 years

2713
02:38:58,100 --> 02:39:00,960
69 I'm sorry

2714
02:39:00,960 --> 02:39:04,560
see I'm too young to know the song there

2715
02:39:04,560 --> 02:39:08,760
you go I say that but it is amazing the

2716
02:39:08,760 --> 02:39:12,420
growth that the participants achieve

2717
02:39:12,420 --> 02:39:14,700
through the guidance and organization

2718
02:39:14,700 --> 02:39:18,240
throughout our County and it really

2719
02:39:18,240 --> 02:39:21,420
allows these folks to integrate into the

2720
02:39:21,420 --> 02:39:24,359
community and be part of the community

2721
02:39:24,359 --> 02:39:26,460
in a way that's

2722
02:39:26,460 --> 02:39:30,359
very very honoring to our to our County

2723
02:39:30,359 --> 02:39:32,340
I want to thank you for your recognition

2724
02:39:32,340 --> 02:39:34,979
of the progress of these folks thank you

2725
02:39:34,979 --> 02:39:38,030
thank you

2726
02:39:38,040 --> 02:39:40,740
um and your name is John John thank you

2727
02:39:40,740 --> 02:39:43,560
yeah thank you John and then before we

2728
02:39:43,560 --> 02:39:45,359
come down to take a to take a photograph

2729
02:39:45,359 --> 02:39:47,760
I believe there's which we'd like to do

2730
02:39:47,760 --> 02:39:49,260
with you and anyone else here to support

2731
02:39:49,260 --> 02:39:51,060
this but I think there's one online

2732
02:39:51,060 --> 02:39:53,100
comment

2733
02:39:53,100 --> 02:39:55,140
thank you supervisor guerrell we have

2734
02:39:55,140 --> 02:39:56,939
one comment from Carol Shelton who's

2735
02:39:56,939 --> 02:39:59,220
with us today on Zoom

2736
02:39:59,220 --> 02:40:01,140
Carol can you please accept the prompt

2737
02:40:01,140 --> 02:40:08,530
to be promoted

2738
02:40:08,540 --> 02:40:10,800
okay I see you've been promoted if you

2739
02:40:10,800 --> 02:40:12,000
unmute your mic you'll have three

2740
02:40:12,000 --> 02:40:15,469
minutes to speak

2741
02:40:15,479 --> 02:40:18,540
hello my name is Carol Shelton I live in

2742
02:40:18,540 --> 02:40:20,939
Thousand Oaks I wanted to thank you for

2743
02:40:20,939 --> 02:40:23,100
proclaiming March as developmental

2744
02:40:23,100 --> 02:40:25,200
disabilities awareness month and

2745
02:40:25,200 --> 02:40:27,960
recognizing art Ventura County

2746
02:40:27,960 --> 02:40:29,880
that has been dedicated to this

2747
02:40:29,880 --> 02:40:32,640
community for the last seven decades Ark

2748
02:40:32,640 --> 02:40:35,520
does great work in Ventura County across

2749
02:40:35,520 --> 02:40:37,380
the state of California and across the

2750
02:40:37,380 --> 02:40:39,899
country Arc of California sends out a

2751
02:40:39,899 --> 02:40:42,240
Weekly Newsletter that allows families

2752
02:40:42,240 --> 02:40:44,460
like mine to keep up to date on issues

2753
02:40:44,460 --> 02:40:46,859
impacting us I have two boys with

2754
02:40:46,859 --> 02:40:49,020
developmental disabilities that were

2755
02:40:49,020 --> 02:40:51,420
born and have lived their entire lives

2756
02:40:51,420 --> 02:40:53,220
here in Ventura County

2757
02:40:53,220 --> 02:40:55,680
some may ask why proclamations like this

2758
02:40:55,680 --> 02:40:56,939
are necessary

2759
02:40:56,939 --> 02:40:58,920
and I would like to share my perspective

2760
02:40:58,920 --> 02:41:01,080
it tells people with developmental

2761
02:41:01,080 --> 02:41:03,540
disabilities that you see them

2762
02:41:03,540 --> 02:41:06,180
value them and are interested in their

2763
02:41:06,180 --> 02:41:08,399
lives and their successes

2764
02:41:08,399 --> 02:41:10,260
the lives of people with developmental

2765
02:41:10,260 --> 02:41:12,720
disabilities are in transition Equity

2766
02:41:12,720 --> 02:41:15,600
accessibility and inclusion and the

2767
02:41:15,600 --> 02:41:17,399
pandemic has shown the light on the

2768
02:41:17,399 --> 02:41:18,840
lives of people with developmental

2769
02:41:18,840 --> 02:41:20,840
disabilities and their families

2770
02:41:20,840 --> 02:41:23,399
conversations have started more and more

2771
02:41:23,399 --> 02:41:25,380
policies are considering the needs of

2772
02:41:25,380 --> 02:41:27,479
people with developmental disabilities

2773
02:41:27,479 --> 02:41:29,460
gone are the sheltered workshops

2774
02:41:29,460 --> 02:41:31,740
sub-minimum wages and the use of

2775
02:41:31,740 --> 02:41:34,140
segregated care facilities the promise

2776
02:41:34,140 --> 02:41:36,120
of true inclusion in the community is

2777
02:41:36,120 --> 02:41:37,620
here

2778
02:41:37,620 --> 02:41:39,600
people with developmental disabilities

2779
02:41:39,600 --> 02:41:42,120
have many talents and skills to share

2780
02:41:42,120 --> 02:41:43,920
with their Community they need

2781
02:41:43,920 --> 02:41:46,140
opportunities and access to jobs

2782
02:41:46,140 --> 02:41:48,720
Transportation housing Health Care

2783
02:41:48,720 --> 02:41:50,520
Emergency and Behavioral Health Care

2784
02:41:50,520 --> 02:41:51,780
Services

2785
02:41:51,780 --> 02:41:53,460
they need access to community

2786
02:41:53,460 --> 02:41:55,680
opportunities services

2787
02:41:55,680 --> 02:41:58,380
both during the day during the business

2788
02:41:58,380 --> 02:42:00,540
day and after

2789
02:42:00,540 --> 02:42:02,700
as items move across your desk for

2790
02:42:02,700 --> 02:42:04,740
approval may I ask that you consider how

2791
02:42:04,740 --> 02:42:06,300
people with developmental disabilities

2792
02:42:06,300 --> 02:42:09,240
will be impacted supported and served

2793
02:42:09,240 --> 02:42:11,340
people with developmental disabilities

2794
02:42:11,340 --> 02:42:14,399
are musicians artists Baristas Advocates

2795
02:42:14,399 --> 02:42:17,220
healthcare workers Hospitality workers

2796
02:42:17,220 --> 02:42:19,740
volunteers and small business owners the

2797
02:42:19,740 --> 02:42:21,240
list goes on and on

2798
02:42:21,240 --> 02:42:23,880
their son's daughters brothers sisters

2799
02:42:23,880 --> 02:42:26,819
uncles cousins mothers fathers and they

2800
02:42:26,819 --> 02:42:28,740
are your neighbors and residents of the

2801
02:42:28,740 --> 02:42:30,600
communities that you all were elected to

2802
02:42:30,600 --> 02:42:32,760
serve I cannot wait to see how this

2803
02:42:32,760 --> 02:42:34,439
Proclamation impacts you as you make

2804
02:42:34,439 --> 02:42:36,960
decisions on this board every person

2805
02:42:36,960 --> 02:42:39,060
should be valued respected and given the

2806
02:42:39,060 --> 02:42:41,040
opportunity to reach their fullest

2807
02:42:41,040 --> 02:42:43,260
potential here in Ventura County thank

2808
02:42:43,260 --> 02:42:45,060
you so much for this Proclamation and

2809
02:42:45,060 --> 02:42:48,720
thank you for your time

2810
02:42:48,720 --> 02:42:50,160
all right thank you we'd like to come

2811
02:42:50,160 --> 02:42:51,479
down and take a picture with you now if

2812
02:42:51,479 --> 02:42:54,410
we could thanks

2813
02:42:54,420 --> 02:44:34,730
thank you

2814
02:44:34,740 --> 02:44:36,180
all right thank you for that uh

2815
02:44:36,180 --> 02:44:38,040
Proclamation supervisor guerrell and

2816
02:44:38,040 --> 02:44:40,620
item 45 is a presentation from

2817
02:44:40,620 --> 02:44:42,359
supervisor Lopez

2818
02:44:42,359 --> 02:44:47,220
thank you Mr chair uh today uh I have a

2819
02:44:47,220 --> 02:44:50,100
proclamation resolution recognizing the

2820
02:44:50,100 --> 02:44:54,560
31 years of public service by our

2821
02:44:54,560 --> 02:44:58,859
Harbormaster Mr Gary hartensteiner and

2822
02:44:58,859 --> 02:44:59,580
uh

2823
02:44:59,580 --> 02:45:06,120
[Applause]

2824
02:45:06,120 --> 02:45:08,160
I almost didn't recognize them because

2825
02:45:08,160 --> 02:45:11,340
he's in a full suit so he's ready for

2826
02:45:11,340 --> 02:45:13,439
the transition out

2827
02:45:13,439 --> 02:45:15,240
uh but it's so great to have you here

2828
02:45:15,240 --> 02:45:19,200
and to have uh so many staff uh here to

2829
02:45:19,200 --> 02:45:21,060
recognize your service

2830
02:45:21,060 --> 02:45:23,939
um 31 years is is quite uh quite a time

2831
02:45:23,939 --> 02:45:26,520
and you've certainly seen so much uh

2832
02:45:26,520 --> 02:45:29,100
happening uh in the harbor and so it is

2833
02:45:29,100 --> 02:45:31,979
an honor to recognize uh your time uh

2834
02:45:31,979 --> 02:45:33,600
although I've I've probably been one of

2835
02:45:33,600 --> 02:45:34,580
the

2836
02:45:34,580 --> 02:45:37,380
supervisors to have probably the

2837
02:45:37,380 --> 02:45:41,399
shortest time serving alongside you

2838
02:45:41,399 --> 02:45:43,979
um it it is quite an honor and and I'm

2839
02:45:43,979 --> 02:45:45,780
sure there's others who can share a

2840
02:45:45,780 --> 02:45:48,540
little bit more uh in a moment but I

2841
02:45:48,540 --> 02:45:51,859
want to mention that under uh Mr

2842
02:45:51,859 --> 02:45:53,939
hernsteiner's leadership there was

2843
02:45:53,939 --> 02:45:56,160
training implemented for officers to

2844
02:45:56,160 --> 02:45:59,100
become emergency medical technicians and

2845
02:45:59,100 --> 02:46:00,780
training efforts that were coordinated

2846
02:46:00,780 --> 02:46:03,680
with the Ventura County Fire Department

2847
02:46:03,680 --> 02:46:06,479
increasing the level of Medical Response

2848
02:46:06,479 --> 02:46:09,060
and safety for the public

2849
02:46:09,060 --> 02:46:12,060
he also LED and oversaw the junior

2850
02:46:12,060 --> 02:46:14,340
lifeguard program which continues to

2851
02:46:14,340 --> 02:46:16,740
serve youth in our community and

2852
02:46:16,740 --> 02:46:19,080
collaborated with our local Boys and

2853
02:46:19,080 --> 02:46:22,260
Girls Club to help students with limited

2854
02:46:22,260 --> 02:46:24,000
resources to obtain scholarships to

2855
02:46:24,000 --> 02:46:27,479
participate in the program and and so

2856
02:46:27,479 --> 02:46:29,399
with that I know that there's a lot of

2857
02:46:29,399 --> 02:46:32,520
history in between all of all of this

2858
02:46:32,520 --> 02:46:34,979
that is mentioned but want to thank you

2859
02:46:34,979 --> 02:46:37,439
for your time and and wish you all the

2860
02:46:37,439 --> 02:46:40,439
best as as you look at your future

2861
02:46:40,439 --> 02:46:43,500
endeavors and still remaining a Ventura

2862
02:46:43,500 --> 02:46:45,920
County resident so not too far away

2863
02:46:45,920 --> 02:46:50,580
and so with that I do have before we

2864
02:46:50,580 --> 02:46:53,160
present the resolution I want to invite

2865
02:46:53,160 --> 02:46:56,399
our Harbor director Mr Michael Tripp to

2866
02:46:56,399 --> 02:47:01,250
share a few comments

2867
02:47:01,260 --> 02:47:02,580
yeah

2868
02:47:02,580 --> 02:47:04,140
good morning chair of the Year honorable

2869
02:47:04,140 --> 02:47:06,899
board members and Dr Johnson I'm here

2870
02:47:06,899 --> 02:47:09,780
today to honor Gary hertensteiner who as

2871
02:47:09,780 --> 02:47:11,640
you heard served the department for 31

2872
02:47:11,640 --> 02:47:14,160
years and during that time he worked his

2873
02:47:14,160 --> 02:47:15,899
way up he started out as a harbor patrol

2874
02:47:15,899 --> 02:47:17,460
officer and then became the harbor

2875
02:47:17,460 --> 02:47:20,100
Sergeant the harbor captain and in 2014

2876
02:47:20,100 --> 02:47:22,260
he got his current roles the Harbor

2877
02:47:22,260 --> 02:47:23,880
Master and

2878
02:47:23,880 --> 02:47:26,100
if you look at Channel Islands Harbor in

2879
02:47:26,100 --> 02:47:28,140
the the beautiful safe place that it is

2880
02:47:28,140 --> 02:47:30,540
today uh Mr hertensteiner had a lot to

2881
02:47:30,540 --> 02:47:33,120
do with that he's shaped those two teams

2882
02:47:33,120 --> 02:47:34,979
that he oversees our maintenance team

2883
02:47:34,979 --> 02:47:37,080
and our Harbor Patrol team into the the

2884
02:47:37,080 --> 02:47:38,640
fine running machines that they are

2885
02:47:38,640 --> 02:47:39,660
today

2886
02:47:39,660 --> 02:47:42,540
and when I think of Gary that the one

2887
02:47:42,540 --> 02:47:44,160
thing that I really comes out is

2888
02:47:44,160 --> 02:47:45,899
commitment he's always shown a

2889
02:47:45,899 --> 02:47:47,939
tremendous commitment both to the harbor

2890
02:47:47,939 --> 02:47:50,880
and to his staff and whenever we think

2891
02:47:50,880 --> 02:47:52,620
of different events and things like that

2892
02:47:52,620 --> 02:47:54,420
he always does think about you know what

2893
02:47:54,420 --> 02:47:55,740
kind of impact is that going to have on

2894
02:47:55,740 --> 02:47:58,260
the residents on my staff you know what

2895
02:47:58,260 --> 02:48:00,420
what what's going to be the end result

2896
02:48:00,420 --> 02:48:02,280
of you know the different plans that I

2897
02:48:02,280 --> 02:48:03,359
come up with

2898
02:48:03,359 --> 02:48:04,979
but

2899
02:48:04,979 --> 02:48:07,560
the the one thing that

2900
02:48:07,560 --> 02:48:10,080
I really wanted to say is that

2901
02:48:10,080 --> 02:48:13,080
Gary is really pledged his life to this

2902
02:48:13,080 --> 02:48:15,180
work and it's going to be hard replacing

2903
02:48:15,180 --> 02:48:18,180
them so with that I just like to

2904
02:48:18,180 --> 02:48:19,920
thank you Gary for all this years of

2905
02:48:19,920 --> 02:48:23,810
service

2906
02:48:23,820 --> 02:48:30,950
[Applause]

2907
02:48:30,960 --> 02:48:33,600
can I just make a comment I would just

2908
02:48:33,600 --> 02:48:36,000
love to thank you so much if anyone's

2909
02:48:36,000 --> 02:48:37,620
been on the Harbor whether you're

2910
02:48:37,620 --> 02:48:39,660
floating on a little toothpick of a

2911
02:48:39,660 --> 02:48:43,080
paddle board or getting surpassed by a

2912
02:48:43,080 --> 02:48:46,319
yacht I mean Public Safety has been

2913
02:48:46,319 --> 02:48:48,899
crucial and it's a way of life and you

2914
02:48:48,899 --> 02:48:52,620
know how you just love it and it shows

2915
02:48:52,620 --> 02:48:54,600
with the with the nature of the harbor

2916
02:48:54,600 --> 02:48:57,840
and the safety and commitment to all of

2917
02:48:57,840 --> 02:48:59,939
our Parolees I've been there where

2918
02:48:59,939 --> 02:49:03,000
someone has fallen bloody hit the deck

2919
02:49:03,000 --> 02:49:05,580
ran into the water the trolls there as

2920
02:49:05,580 --> 02:49:09,240
fast as possible I mean you if it if you

2921
02:49:09,240 --> 02:49:11,340
could think it it could happen and it

2922
02:49:11,340 --> 02:49:12,899
has at the harbor and you've been at the

2923
02:49:12,899 --> 02:49:14,880
lead to make sure that Public Safety was

2924
02:49:14,880 --> 02:49:16,800
number one and I just really want to

2925
02:49:16,800 --> 02:49:19,680
appreciate your years of service and you

2926
02:49:19,680 --> 02:49:21,240
will be truly missed on it thank you

2927
02:49:21,240 --> 02:49:23,240
thank you

2928
02:49:23,240 --> 02:49:26,100
it's been a great career

2929
02:49:26,100 --> 02:49:29,760
um it's a dream job I enjoy going to

2930
02:49:29,760 --> 02:49:31,200
work every day

2931
02:49:31,200 --> 02:49:34,620
I do have to say that I owe so much to

2932
02:49:34,620 --> 02:49:36,479
the Harbor Patrol and the maintenance

2933
02:49:36,479 --> 02:49:39,000
department and the fiscal department and

2934
02:49:39,000 --> 02:49:42,000
just that the admin they make me look

2935
02:49:42,000 --> 02:49:44,760
good so everybody there is so important

2936
02:49:44,760 --> 02:49:47,399
and I'm very lucky and blessed to have

2937
02:49:47,399 --> 02:49:49,910
them

2938
02:49:49,920 --> 02:49:52,020
thank you so much so with that we have a

2939
02:49:52,020 --> 02:49:54,180
resolution for you and invite anyone

2940
02:49:54,180 --> 02:49:56,880
else to join in the photo and thank you

2941
02:49:56,880 --> 02:49:59,220
again for all that you have done and uh

2942
02:49:59,220 --> 02:50:01,740
we'll keep seeing you around yes thank

2943
02:50:01,740 --> 02:50:03,770
you thank you

2944
02:50:03,770 --> 02:52:55,030
[Applause]

2945
02:52:55,040 --> 02:52:57,060
I think a lot of people have the same

2946
02:52:57,060 --> 02:52:58,319
idea why don't we take a quick two

2947
02:52:58,319 --> 02:53:00,720
minute break and we'll come back and and

2948
02:53:00,720 --> 03:03:10,570
do item 40 uh item 44. thank you

2949
03:03:10,580 --> 03:03:12,540
all right well thank you everyone for

2950
03:03:12,540 --> 03:03:14,460
your patience I'm gonna pivot really

2951
03:03:14,460 --> 03:03:16,740
quickly we have over 30 uh speakers on

2952
03:03:16,740 --> 03:03:19,439
item 44 and our Sheriff's Office been

2953
03:03:19,439 --> 03:03:21,240
patiently waiting so why don't we take

2954
03:03:21,240 --> 03:03:24,180
item 29 real quick Mr Persian thank you

2955
03:03:24,180 --> 03:03:25,920
for your patience and this is an

2956
03:03:25,920 --> 03:03:27,120
important item so we'll do it real quick

2957
03:03:27,120 --> 03:03:28,620
thank you

2958
03:03:28,620 --> 03:03:32,040
good morning chair levere members of the

2959
03:03:32,040 --> 03:03:33,060
board

2960
03:03:33,060 --> 03:03:35,040
I'm Michael prigion I'm the manager of

2961
03:03:35,040 --> 03:03:36,899
the crime lab

2962
03:03:36,899 --> 03:03:39,359
so I'm asking for the board you need my

2963
03:03:39,359 --> 03:03:41,880
glasses to prove and authorize the

2964
03:03:41,880 --> 03:03:44,640
county purchasing agent to execute a

2965
03:03:44,640 --> 03:03:47,220
three-year County of Ventura contract

2966
03:03:47,220 --> 03:03:50,279
number 8970.

2967
03:03:50,279 --> 03:03:52,080
it's an agreement with Bodhi technology

2968
03:03:52,080 --> 03:03:54,720
for a three-year term not to exceed one

2969
03:03:54,720 --> 03:03:56,700
million dollars

2970
03:03:56,700 --> 03:04:00,540
in February of 2022 your board ratified

2971
03:04:00,540 --> 03:04:03,180
the acceptance of the sexual assault kit

2972
03:04:03,180 --> 03:04:06,000
initiative known as sake

2973
03:04:06,000 --> 03:04:07,939
as part of that Grant application

2974
03:04:07,939 --> 03:04:10,620
obligation we identified sexual assault

2975
03:04:10,620 --> 03:04:13,260
kits that will be tested using the

2976
03:04:13,260 --> 03:04:15,960
latest DNA technology

2977
03:04:15,960 --> 03:04:18,060
the crime lab doesn't have the staff to

2978
03:04:18,060 --> 03:04:19,920
conduct these additional tests and

2979
03:04:19,920 --> 03:04:21,479
therefore we want to contract the

2980
03:04:21,479 --> 03:04:24,240
services out to a private Laboratory

2981
03:04:24,240 --> 03:04:26,819
or the technology was selected in a

2982
03:04:26,819 --> 03:04:29,580
competitive bid process

2983
03:04:29,580 --> 03:04:32,939
I had to adjust the board letter a

2984
03:04:32,939 --> 03:04:34,920
little bit that's in front of you

2985
03:04:34,920 --> 03:04:38,939
the changes on the last page

2986
03:04:38,939 --> 03:04:41,160
um they Auditor controller's Office

2987
03:04:41,160 --> 03:04:45,060
wanted me to change

2988
03:04:45,060 --> 03:04:48,600
it's the end of the last last next to

2989
03:04:48,600 --> 03:04:50,040
last paragraph

2990
03:04:50,040 --> 03:04:52,260
they wanted me to make sure that five

2991
03:04:52,260 --> 03:04:53,939
hundred thousand dollars was allocated

2992
03:04:53,939 --> 03:04:57,120
for fiscal year 23 250 for fiscal year

2993
03:04:57,120 --> 03:05:02,540
24 25 rather and 250 for fiscal year 26.

2994
03:05:02,540 --> 03:05:05,460
they thought if we didn't specify that

2995
03:05:05,460 --> 03:05:07,500
that we might encumber the whole million

2996
03:05:07,500 --> 03:05:10,140
dollars right at once so that was the

2997
03:05:10,140 --> 03:05:12,540
change that you have before you

2998
03:05:12,540 --> 03:05:15,359
if you have any questions feel free to

2999
03:05:15,359 --> 03:05:17,460
ask me

3000
03:05:17,460 --> 03:05:19,439
I would just like to say thank you for

3001
03:05:19,439 --> 03:05:21,540
that clarification it helps us with the

3002
03:05:21,540 --> 03:05:23,939
budgeting so we know which when it hits

3003
03:05:23,939 --> 03:05:26,700
so appreciate that

3004
03:05:26,700 --> 03:05:28,200
and I just want to add you know we've

3005
03:05:28,200 --> 03:05:29,640
been doing this in the past couple years

3006
03:05:29,640 --> 03:05:31,140
with some of the funding we've gotten

3007
03:05:31,140 --> 03:05:33,180
and you know these these these kits that

3008
03:05:33,180 --> 03:05:36,300
we test are leading to I think it's 178

3009
03:05:36,300 --> 03:05:38,279
arrests from some of these cases that

3010
03:05:38,279 --> 03:05:39,720
are older and because of the work that

3011
03:05:39,720 --> 03:05:41,100
your lab's doing and our sheriffs and

3012
03:05:41,100 --> 03:05:43,200
our D.A we're Prosecuting some really

3013
03:05:43,200 --> 03:05:45,300
bad people and so we've had some good

3014
03:05:45,300 --> 03:05:47,640
success in the past few months yeah so

3015
03:05:47,640 --> 03:05:49,020
thank you I think this is a really

3016
03:05:49,020 --> 03:05:51,910
important item

3017
03:05:51,920 --> 03:05:54,840
I'll move staff's recommendation I'll

3018
03:05:54,840 --> 03:06:00,230
second

3019
03:06:00,240 --> 03:06:02,399
supervisor girl

3020
03:06:02,399 --> 03:06:05,220
supervisor loan yes supervisor Parvin

3021
03:06:05,220 --> 03:06:08,399
yes supervisor Lopez yes chair levere

3022
03:06:08,399 --> 03:06:10,319
yes thank you very much for being here

3023
03:06:10,319 --> 03:06:12,710
thank you

3024
03:06:12,720 --> 03:06:14,160
yeah and we'll finish with our last 10

3025
03:06:14,160 --> 03:06:17,760
30 a.m time cert and that is item 44 uh

3026
03:06:17,760 --> 03:06:20,100
proposal from supervisor guerrell and

3027
03:06:20,100 --> 03:06:22,380
supervisor Parvin uh gonna change this

3028
03:06:22,380 --> 03:06:24,540
up a little um we're going to start with

3029
03:06:24,540 --> 03:06:26,399
public comment this morning I know we

3030
03:06:26,399 --> 03:06:28,020
have I believe over 30 public speakers

3031
03:06:28,020 --> 03:06:30,300
and so we'll take public comment and

3032
03:06:30,300 --> 03:06:32,700
then I can return it to this board for

3033
03:06:32,700 --> 03:06:34,020
discussion

3034
03:06:34,020 --> 03:06:36,240
so Madam clerk why don't we start with

3035
03:06:36,240 --> 03:06:37,439
public comment

3036
03:06:37,439 --> 03:06:39,000
thank you trailer bear so just a

3037
03:06:39,000 --> 03:06:40,800
reminder if you wish to make a public

3038
03:06:40,800 --> 03:06:42,479
comment on this agenda item and you have

3039
03:06:42,479 --> 03:06:44,040
not pre-registered please check in with

3040
03:06:44,040 --> 03:06:45,479
the deputy clerk at the front of the

3041
03:06:45,479 --> 03:06:47,460
boardroom if you want to participate

3042
03:06:47,460 --> 03:06:49,620
remotely please visit ventura.org

3043
03:06:49,620 --> 03:06:51,960
forward slash BOS comment for

3044
03:06:51,960 --> 03:06:53,279
participation information and

3045
03:06:53,279 --> 03:06:56,700
instructions we do have about uh 30

3046
03:06:56,700 --> 03:06:59,120
people here signed up to speak so far

3047
03:06:59,120 --> 03:07:01,200
your name will be called in the order

3048
03:07:01,200 --> 03:07:03,600
our registration was received and you

3049
03:07:03,600 --> 03:07:05,819
will have two minutes please accept the

3050
03:07:05,819 --> 03:07:07,800
prompt if you're on Zoom to be promoted

3051
03:07:07,800 --> 03:07:09,779
and then when it's your turn to speak

3052
03:07:09,779 --> 03:07:12,359
please unmute your mic

3053
03:07:12,359 --> 03:07:14,580
and if you do want to speak on this item

3054
03:07:14,580 --> 03:07:15,899
and are on zoom and have not

3055
03:07:15,899 --> 03:07:17,640
pre-registered please press the raised

3056
03:07:17,640 --> 03:07:18,359
hand

3057
03:07:18,359 --> 03:07:20,819
otherwise we will start with Bert

3058
03:07:20,819 --> 03:07:22,859
pirrello who is here in person followed

3059
03:07:22,859 --> 03:07:25,740
by Patty quiroz and then

3060
03:07:25,740 --> 03:07:27,979
Joy kabashi so Bert if you please

3061
03:07:27,979 --> 03:07:34,849
proceed to the podium

3062
03:07:34,859 --> 03:07:36,180
three minutes

3063
03:07:36,180 --> 03:07:38,580
I'm sorry two minutes good morning my

3064
03:07:38,580 --> 03:07:40,020
name is Bert brolham an Oxnard city

3065
03:07:40,020 --> 03:07:41,760
council member I'm speaking as a private

3066
03:07:41,760 --> 03:07:44,399
party today I want to apologize to the

3067
03:07:44,399 --> 03:07:45,899
other 29 people that have signed up

3068
03:07:45,899 --> 03:07:47,399
because I signed up just recently and

3069
03:07:47,399 --> 03:07:49,500
have been put in front so I apologize to

3070
03:07:49,500 --> 03:07:51,540
those I suppose you gave difference to

3071
03:07:51,540 --> 03:07:53,060
the elected official

3072
03:07:53,060 --> 03:07:56,160
I speak against this item

3073
03:07:56,160 --> 03:07:58,740
for two simple reasons

3074
03:07:58,740 --> 03:08:01,080
the limit has seemed to work very well

3075
03:08:01,080 --> 03:08:02,640
for the County of Ventura for a period

3076
03:08:02,640 --> 03:08:03,540
of time

3077
03:08:03,540 --> 03:08:06,779
and increasing the amount will reduce

3078
03:08:06,779 --> 03:08:09,300
the ability of a small party to take

3079
03:08:09,300 --> 03:08:11,700
advantage and I will use the example of

3080
03:08:11,700 --> 03:08:13,140
my city

3081
03:08:13,140 --> 03:08:15,540
the outside influence of large funds of

3082
03:08:15,540 --> 03:08:17,160
money sums of money coming from outside

3083
03:08:17,160 --> 03:08:18,840
the state of California

3084
03:08:18,840 --> 03:08:21,300
Have Been instrumental in measures in my

3085
03:08:21,300 --> 03:08:23,460
city that have cost my city tremendous

3086
03:08:23,460 --> 03:08:26,100
amounts of money in litigation

3087
03:08:26,100 --> 03:08:29,520
time effort and ongoing statute of

3088
03:08:29,520 --> 03:08:31,140
limitation because there was unlimited

3089
03:08:31,140 --> 03:08:32,520
amounts of money that would be able to

3090
03:08:32,520 --> 03:08:34,859
put in I do understand that there can be

3091
03:08:34,859 --> 03:08:36,420
political action committees that these

3092
03:08:36,420 --> 03:08:38,460
things can be funded but I do believe

3093
03:08:38,460 --> 03:08:41,220
that you are making a major mistake and

3094
03:08:41,220 --> 03:08:44,700
a compliment to the intestinal fortitude

3095
03:08:44,700 --> 03:08:47,100
for the two new selection of elected

3096
03:08:47,100 --> 03:08:49,020
supervisors to put this on the ballot to

3097
03:08:49,020 --> 03:08:50,819
change things so drastically in your

3098
03:08:50,819 --> 03:08:53,520
very first term on the on this board I

3099
03:08:53,520 --> 03:08:54,899
give you credit for having the guts to

3100
03:08:54,899 --> 03:08:56,640
do that but I think you're making a

3101
03:08:56,640 --> 03:08:57,479
mistake

3102
03:08:57,479 --> 03:08:59,279
I think you're making a serious mistake

3103
03:08:59,279 --> 03:09:01,140
and the longer you serve on this board

3104
03:09:01,140 --> 03:09:02,939
you might learn that but I hope that you

3105
03:09:02,939 --> 03:09:04,859
learn it before you pursue this issue

3106
03:09:04,859 --> 03:09:07,620
again I speak against this matter and I

3107
03:09:07,620 --> 03:09:09,120
will use the example of what it has done

3108
03:09:09,120 --> 03:09:11,640
to my city with respect to outside

3109
03:09:11,640 --> 03:09:13,920
influence of money and the large volumes

3110
03:09:13,920 --> 03:09:15,960
of money the rules were changed in my

3111
03:09:15,960 --> 03:09:18,420
city after this happened and I hope that

3112
03:09:18,420 --> 03:09:20,340
you continue to follow the rules that

3113
03:09:20,340 --> 03:09:23,399
are in place good rules that helped

3114
03:09:23,399 --> 03:09:25,380
the County of Ventura stay where it is

3115
03:09:25,380 --> 03:09:27,240
without the scandals and stuff that have

3116
03:09:27,240 --> 03:09:28,439
happened in other places in the city

3117
03:09:28,439 --> 03:09:30,240
state of California thank you for the

3118
03:09:30,240 --> 03:09:34,610
time to speak thank you Bert

3119
03:09:34,620 --> 03:09:36,240
okay so our next speaker is going to be

3120
03:09:36,240 --> 03:09:38,520
Patty quiros followed by joy kabashi and

3121
03:09:38,520 --> 03:09:40,920
then Daniel Bloom plum

3122
03:09:40,920 --> 03:09:43,319
putty and adjust your time to two

3123
03:09:43,319 --> 03:09:45,000
minutes

3124
03:09:45,000 --> 03:09:47,460
hello my name is parikiros and I will be

3125
03:09:47,460 --> 03:09:48,899
reading this statement on behalf of

3126
03:09:48,899 --> 03:09:50,640
assembly member Steve Bennett

3127
03:09:50,640 --> 03:09:52,380
good morning chair levere Board of

3128
03:09:52,380 --> 03:09:54,779
Supervisors and Dr Johnson

3129
03:09:54,779 --> 03:09:57,180
as a County supervisor for 18 of my 20

3130
03:09:57,180 --> 03:09:59,160
years I lived with the strict limits of

3131
03:09:59,160 --> 03:10:01,080
Ventura County's campaign law

3132
03:10:01,080 --> 03:10:03,000
as a State Assembly member I currently

3133
03:10:03,000 --> 03:10:04,500
live with the higher state contribution

3134
03:10:04,500 --> 03:10:07,380
limits I know Both Worlds were well and

3135
03:10:07,380 --> 03:10:10,020
I wish the state limits were lower

3136
03:10:10,020 --> 03:10:12,540
I assume you I assure you that overall

3137
03:10:12,540 --> 03:10:14,939
the larger the maximum donation allowed

3138
03:10:14,939 --> 03:10:16,800
the greater the difficulty in keeping

3139
03:10:16,800 --> 03:10:18,840
the average Citizens Voice heard in any

3140
03:10:18,840 --> 03:10:20,460
legislative body

3141
03:10:20,460 --> 03:10:22,560
most citizens firmly believe that big

3142
03:10:22,560 --> 03:10:24,600
money has undue influence in politics

3143
03:10:24,600 --> 03:10:26,640
and they believe moving the contribution

3144
03:10:26,640 --> 03:10:30,300
limit from 750 to 5500 will

3145
03:10:30,300 --> 03:10:31,859
significantly increase the indirect

3146
03:10:31,859 --> 03:10:34,260
influence of big money over Grassroots

3147
03:10:34,260 --> 03:10:36,000
Citizens Voice

3148
03:10:36,000 --> 03:10:38,819
you say that that is not a concern of

3149
03:10:38,819 --> 03:10:40,859
yours and public trust can be maintained

3150
03:10:40,859 --> 03:10:42,899
because the reasons day law blocks you

3151
03:10:42,899 --> 03:10:45,000
from voting on an issue if an interested

3152
03:10:45,000 --> 03:10:47,760
party has donated more than 250 in the

3153
03:10:47,760 --> 03:10:50,160
12 months before the vote that is a weak

3154
03:10:50,160 --> 03:10:52,200
justification and defies logical Common

3155
03:10:52,200 --> 03:10:54,420
Sense most citizens believe the

3156
03:10:54,420 --> 03:10:56,040
influence of an eleven thousand dollar

3157
03:10:56,040 --> 03:10:58,439
donation from a married couple 13 months

3158
03:10:58,439 --> 03:11:00,720
before a vote does not suddenly

3159
03:11:00,720 --> 03:11:03,180
disappear at the 12-month mark

3160
03:11:03,180 --> 03:11:05,700
that is particularly particularly true

3161
03:11:05,700 --> 03:11:07,080
if the official will be up for

3162
03:11:07,080 --> 03:11:09,120
re-election in the coming cycle will be

3163
03:11:09,120 --> 03:11:10,920
fundraising soon and looking for another

3164
03:11:10,920 --> 03:11:13,500
donation you will also be repealing our

3165
03:11:13,500 --> 03:11:14,880
local requirements that County

3166
03:11:14,880 --> 03:11:17,520
Supervisors can only raise funds in the

3167
03:11:17,520 --> 03:11:19,800
12 months before the election without

3168
03:11:19,800 --> 03:11:21,960
that restriction politicians will raise

3169
03:11:21,960 --> 03:11:24,120
funds Non-Stop and be distracted from

3170
03:11:24,120 --> 03:11:26,580
their primary focus of legislating

3171
03:11:26,580 --> 03:11:29,160
fundamentally our local ordinance has

3172
03:11:29,160 --> 03:11:31,080
many protections that go beyond state

3173
03:11:31,080 --> 03:11:33,840
law we lose all of these protections and

3174
03:11:33,840 --> 03:11:36,000
decrease local citizen confidence in

3175
03:11:36,000 --> 03:11:38,040
politics with your repeal of the

3176
03:11:38,040 --> 03:11:41,399
ordinance I respectfully and humbly ask

3177
03:11:41,399 --> 03:11:43,200
you to please reject the recommended

3178
03:11:43,200 --> 03:11:45,120
action thank you

3179
03:11:45,120 --> 03:11:49,010
thank you

3180
03:11:49,020 --> 03:11:50,880
our next speaker is going to be Joy

3181
03:11:50,880 --> 03:11:52,500
kabashi who's here with us today on Zoom

3182
03:11:52,500 --> 03:11:54,300
followed by Daniel Blum and then Maria

3183
03:11:54,300 --> 03:11:57,240
Elena moreiras

3184
03:11:57,240 --> 03:11:59,640
Joy they will animate your mic and I'm

3185
03:11:59,640 --> 03:12:03,410
going to adjust your time to two minutes

3186
03:12:03,420 --> 03:12:09,830
press star six

3187
03:12:09,840 --> 03:12:12,359
good morning supervisors

3188
03:12:12,359 --> 03:12:15,540
my name is Joy Kobayashi I am a proud

3189
03:12:15,540 --> 03:12:18,420
38-year resident of Ventura County and

3190
03:12:18,420 --> 03:12:21,359
I'm here to voice my opposition to the

3191
03:12:21,359 --> 03:12:23,760
ordinance repealing our County's

3192
03:12:23,760 --> 03:12:25,859
campaign Finance reform

3193
03:12:25,859 --> 03:12:30,120
the current ordinance and its 750 750

3194
03:12:30,120 --> 03:12:33,420
contribution limit helps candidates with

3195
03:12:33,420 --> 03:12:36,359
Grassroots support be elected these

3196
03:12:36,359 --> 03:12:38,939
candidates often have the best interests

3197
03:12:38,939 --> 03:12:41,220
of the general public in mind this is

3198
03:12:41,220 --> 03:12:44,460
the very definition of good government

3199
03:12:44,460 --> 03:12:46,979
current law also has rules that prevent

3200
03:12:46,979 --> 03:12:49,560
abuse by large donors to influence the

3201
03:12:49,560 --> 03:12:51,300
votes of Supervisors

3202
03:12:51,300 --> 03:12:53,640
if it is repealed this will mean that

3203
03:12:53,640 --> 03:12:55,800
wealthy special interests like oil

3204
03:12:55,800 --> 03:12:58,319
companies will be able to contribute

3205
03:12:58,319 --> 03:13:00,240
much more money to the campaigns of

3206
03:13:00,240 --> 03:13:02,880
their chosen candidates repealing will

3207
03:13:02,880 --> 03:13:04,800
also create loopholes that will allow

3208
03:13:04,800 --> 03:13:06,960
for violations that will circumvent the

3209
03:13:06,960 --> 03:13:08,640
spirit of the law

3210
03:13:08,640 --> 03:13:11,220
this was result in supervisors who are

3211
03:13:11,220 --> 03:13:13,200
no longer voting for what is best for

3212
03:13:13,200 --> 03:13:15,840
the county but instead of what is best

3213
03:13:15,840 --> 03:13:17,580
for these companies

3214
03:13:17,580 --> 03:13:20,040
frankly the current method of financing

3215
03:13:20,040 --> 03:13:22,140
campaigns in this country is legal

3216
03:13:22,140 --> 03:13:23,340
bribery

3217
03:13:23,340 --> 03:13:26,220
campaign Finance laws with small maximum

3218
03:13:26,220 --> 03:13:28,740
contribution and contribution limits and

3219
03:13:28,740 --> 03:13:30,840
strict regulations like our current

3220
03:13:30,840 --> 03:13:33,479
ordinance is the bare minimum required

3221
03:13:33,479 --> 03:13:35,640
to control this practice

3222
03:13:35,640 --> 03:13:37,920
four of the five supervisors currently

3223
03:13:37,920 --> 03:13:40,200
serving on the board were elected by the

3224
03:13:40,200 --> 03:13:42,960
following by the following by following

3225
03:13:42,960 --> 03:13:45,479
the current campaign Finance ordinance

3226
03:13:45,479 --> 03:13:48,479
it is clearly not an undue burden upon

3227
03:13:48,479 --> 03:13:51,840
anyone I request that it not be pampered

3228
03:13:51,840 --> 03:13:52,560
with

3229
03:13:52,560 --> 03:13:54,479
thank you for the opportunity to speak

3230
03:13:54,479 --> 03:13:56,279
to speak to you this morning

3231
03:13:56,279 --> 03:13:57,600
thank you Joy

3232
03:13:57,600 --> 03:13:59,760
our next speaker is going to be Danielle

3233
03:13:59,760 --> 03:14:02,040
Blum followed by Marina Elena Ramirez

3234
03:14:02,040 --> 03:14:04,920
and Renee Ayu

3235
03:14:04,920 --> 03:14:07,140
Danielle I'm going to adjust your time

3236
03:14:07,140 --> 03:14:09,060
and if you

3237
03:14:09,060 --> 03:14:10,680
push star six you should be able to

3238
03:14:10,680 --> 03:14:15,230
speak

3239
03:14:15,240 --> 03:14:16,620
hello

3240
03:14:16,620 --> 03:14:19,380
uh Ventura County Board of Supervisors

3241
03:14:19,380 --> 03:14:22,260
and Community I am a Ventura County

3242
03:14:22,260 --> 03:14:26,399
resident and voter I'm calling to oppose

3243
03:14:26,399 --> 03:14:29,340
the elimination of the County's campaign

3244
03:14:29,340 --> 03:14:30,960
Finance ordinance

3245
03:14:30,960 --> 03:14:33,060
I'm opposed to repealing our current

3246
03:14:33,060 --> 03:14:35,460
ordinance the current ordinance is

3247
03:14:35,460 --> 03:14:38,399
needed to continue the 750 contribution

3248
03:14:38,399 --> 03:14:41,520
limit and maintain transparency the

3249
03:14:41,520 --> 03:14:43,080
current ordinance is needed to decrease

3250
03:14:43,080 --> 03:14:46,020
any incentives to attempt to influence

3251
03:14:46,020 --> 03:14:48,720
our supervisors from monied individuals

3252
03:14:48,720 --> 03:14:51,660
it is not accurate that this law is no

3253
03:14:51,660 --> 03:14:53,100
longer needed based on the California

3254
03:14:53,100 --> 03:14:55,920
state law the state law doesn't provide

3255
03:14:55,920 --> 03:14:58,500
the same transparency the state law

3256
03:14:58,500 --> 03:15:00,359
doesn't provide the same safeguards

3257
03:15:00,359 --> 03:15:03,420
against incentives for influence by

3258
03:15:03,420 --> 03:15:05,700
money please make sure to keep our

3259
03:15:05,700 --> 03:15:08,279
current election campaigns free from

3260
03:15:08,279 --> 03:15:10,859
money and influence please do not remove

3261
03:15:10,859 --> 03:15:13,380
or decrease the campaign contribution

3262
03:15:13,380 --> 03:15:16,859
ordinance for Ventura County thank you

3263
03:15:16,859 --> 03:15:19,200
thank you Danielle our next speaker is

3264
03:15:19,200 --> 03:15:20,880
going to be Maria Elena Ramirez followed

3265
03:15:20,880 --> 03:15:23,220
by Renee Ayo and Josh

3266
03:15:23,220 --> 03:15:29,269
nicoba

3267
03:15:29,279 --> 03:15:31,260
good morning

3268
03:15:31,260 --> 03:15:35,220
um I'm of a I am a resident of Ventura

3269
03:15:35,220 --> 03:15:38,700
County and during the last election

3270
03:15:38,700 --> 03:15:41,640
cycle for supervisor

3271
03:15:41,640 --> 03:15:45,180
not the very last so 2020 before that I

3272
03:15:45,180 --> 03:15:48,060
was at my sister's house and I was uh

3273
03:15:48,060 --> 03:15:50,580
doing probably laundry and I was going

3274
03:15:50,580 --> 03:15:53,399
in and out of her living room and I had

3275
03:15:53,399 --> 03:15:55,920
CNN on because I'm a political junkie

3276
03:15:55,920 --> 03:16:00,439
and I all of a sudden I see this ad by

3277
03:16:00,439 --> 03:16:03,720
purchased by oil companies and it's

3278
03:16:03,720 --> 03:16:07,859
there she was Carmen Ramirez the corrupt

3279
03:16:07,859 --> 03:16:11,760
politician going on junkets to China and

3280
03:16:11,760 --> 03:16:14,399
all this blah blah blah blah so she

3281
03:16:14,399 --> 03:16:17,399
comes home and I said to my sister

3282
03:16:17,399 --> 03:16:20,100
Carmen I said hey I didn't know you've

3283
03:16:20,100 --> 03:16:22,380
been going on junkets

3284
03:16:22,380 --> 03:16:25,740
what's this all about you know and of

3285
03:16:25,740 --> 03:16:28,260
course I was joking with her my sister

3286
03:16:28,260 --> 03:16:30,000
was beyond

3287
03:16:30,000 --> 03:16:31,700
question

3288
03:16:31,700 --> 03:16:37,380
a public servant of deep integrity and a

3289
03:16:37,380 --> 03:16:40,340
record of 40 Years of Public Service

3290
03:16:40,340 --> 03:16:45,660
before she became an advocate as a city

3291
03:16:45,660 --> 03:16:48,420
councilwoman

3292
03:16:48,420 --> 03:16:51,180
she said yeah Mike my constituents have

3293
03:16:51,180 --> 03:16:53,220
have questions about that when they see

3294
03:16:53,220 --> 03:16:55,740
it they ask me

3295
03:16:55,740 --> 03:16:58,979
why are they lying about you

3296
03:16:58,979 --> 03:17:00,660
she

3297
03:17:00,660 --> 03:17:03,779
was available to the constituents and of

3298
03:17:03,779 --> 03:17:06,000
her districts for whatever office for

3299
03:17:06,000 --> 03:17:08,880
whatever job she did including working

3300
03:17:08,880 --> 03:17:12,240
for the clerks people came to her openly

3301
03:17:12,240 --> 03:17:15,479
with questions she was there walking her

3302
03:17:15,479 --> 03:17:18,840
districts knowing her community this is

3303
03:17:18,840 --> 03:17:22,740
how public true public servants who are

3304
03:17:22,740 --> 03:17:25,680
committed to their communities do their

3305
03:17:25,680 --> 03:17:30,000
job know your constituents do not take

3306
03:17:30,000 --> 03:17:33,000
money from people who are going to own

3307
03:17:33,000 --> 03:17:35,939
your vote because if you vote for this

3308
03:17:35,939 --> 03:17:38,279
it's as good as putting a for sale

3309
03:17:38,279 --> 03:17:41,700
shingle out at your door saying to

3310
03:17:41,700 --> 03:17:45,300
whoever gives me the money you have my

3311
03:17:45,300 --> 03:17:48,600
ear and eventually you have my vote we

3312
03:17:48,600 --> 03:17:50,040
all know it

3313
03:17:50,040 --> 03:17:52,620
that's what this is about this is a

3314
03:17:52,620 --> 03:17:56,040
wrong move we don't want to become like

3315
03:17:56,040 --> 03:17:59,160
bigger areas like LA and it's miasmic

3316
03:17:59,160 --> 03:18:01,140
cloud of corruption because of all his

3317
03:18:01,140 --> 03:18:03,960
money involved I'm so sorry thank you

3318
03:18:03,960 --> 03:18:06,600
very much thank you

3319
03:18:06,600 --> 03:18:08,100
okay our next speaker is going to be

3320
03:18:08,100 --> 03:18:10,200
Renee Ayu followed by Josh nicoba and

3321
03:18:10,200 --> 03:18:12,779
Anthony Angelini

3322
03:18:12,779 --> 03:18:14,580
Renee I'm going to adjust your time to

3323
03:18:14,580 --> 03:18:15,540
two minutes

3324
03:18:15,540 --> 03:18:18,660
good morning uh chair levere and members

3325
03:18:18,660 --> 03:18:21,960
of the board and Dr Johnson

3326
03:18:21,960 --> 03:18:24,000
um what many of us do not understand

3327
03:18:24,000 --> 03:18:27,359
including myself is why the sudden rush

3328
03:18:27,359 --> 03:18:30,600
to repeal the entire campaign Finance

3329
03:18:30,600 --> 03:18:33,479
reform ordinance of the county

3330
03:18:33,479 --> 03:18:36,120
it gives the impression that the County

3331
03:18:36,120 --> 03:18:39,180
residents understanding is not of this

3332
03:18:39,180 --> 03:18:42,120
of the impact of this action is not

3333
03:18:42,120 --> 03:18:44,160
relevant or unimportant

3334
03:18:44,160 --> 03:18:46,740
this is not a simple Amendment to the

3335
03:18:46,740 --> 03:18:49,500
County's campaign Finance Finance laws

3336
03:18:49,500 --> 03:18:52,680
but the wholesale elimination of an of

3337
03:18:52,680 --> 03:18:55,319
an entire County ordinance that the

3338
03:18:55,319 --> 03:18:57,359
people of the county have come to rely

3339
03:18:57,359 --> 03:18:59,700
upon to safeguard election transparency

3340
03:18:59,700 --> 03:19:01,260
and fairness

3341
03:19:01,260 --> 03:19:03,600
at the very least the people of the

3342
03:19:03,600 --> 03:19:06,240
khani should be allowed and deserve

3343
03:19:06,240 --> 03:19:09,120
adequate time to better understand the

3344
03:19:09,120 --> 03:19:11,819
consequences and impact of this proposed

3345
03:19:11,819 --> 03:19:12,960
action

3346
03:19:12,960 --> 03:19:15,420
it is especially important to the people

3347
03:19:15,420 --> 03:19:18,060
who live in the two minority majority

3348
03:19:18,060 --> 03:19:22,439
districts as I'm sure supervisor Lopez

3349
03:19:22,439 --> 03:19:24,899
and supervisor long understand how

3350
03:19:24,899 --> 03:19:27,180
important it is to their residents the

3351
03:19:27,180 --> 03:19:29,460
time to understand what the consequences

3352
03:19:29,460 --> 03:19:31,740
are why shouldn't the Board of

3353
03:19:31,740 --> 03:19:34,500
Supervisors delay its action on this

3354
03:19:34,500 --> 03:19:37,800
proposed repeal for at least 90 days so

3355
03:19:37,800 --> 03:19:40,020
the people of the county can have

3356
03:19:40,020 --> 03:19:41,479
adequate time to better understand

3357
03:19:41,479 --> 03:19:44,700
whether or not this repeal is in their

3358
03:19:44,700 --> 03:19:46,140
best interests

3359
03:19:46,140 --> 03:19:48,600
or the alternative is simply to put it

3360
03:19:48,600 --> 03:19:51,720
on the ballot in November 2024 and see

3361
03:19:51,720 --> 03:19:54,120
what your constituents and the people of

3362
03:19:54,120 --> 03:19:56,160
the county really think

3363
03:19:56,160 --> 03:19:58,380
this is the right thing to do

3364
03:19:58,380 --> 03:20:00,300
it is consistent with the commitment

3365
03:20:00,300 --> 03:20:03,600
that this board has to be transparent

3366
03:20:03,600 --> 03:20:04,859
and fair

3367
03:20:04,859 --> 03:20:06,720
and that's what I ask you to do either

3368
03:20:06,720 --> 03:20:10,260
oppose reject this or do the right thing

3369
03:20:10,260 --> 03:20:13,080
thank you Renee

3370
03:20:13,080 --> 03:20:14,819
our next speaker is going to be Josh

3371
03:20:14,819 --> 03:20:18,120
nicoba who is here on Zoom followed by

3372
03:20:18,120 --> 03:20:21,359
Anthony Angelini and Elisa Salcedo

3373
03:20:21,359 --> 03:20:25,319
Josh I'm gonna and uh change your time

3374
03:20:25,319 --> 03:20:26,520
to two minutes and if you unmute your

3375
03:20:26,520 --> 03:20:27,660
mic you'll have two minutes to speak

3376
03:20:27,660 --> 03:20:30,359
okay thank you can hear me we can hear

3377
03:20:30,359 --> 03:20:32,340
you please proceed okay good morning

3378
03:20:32,340 --> 03:20:34,800
board members my name is Josh and I'm a

3379
03:20:34,800 --> 03:20:36,660
student at Cal Lutheran I don't know how

3380
03:20:36,660 --> 03:20:37,979
many of you have worked on political

3381
03:20:37,979 --> 03:20:39,899
campaigns but it's grueling work with

3382
03:20:39,899 --> 03:20:41,819
very little pay one of the reasons the

3383
03:20:41,819 --> 03:20:43,560
pay is not commensurate with the work is

3384
03:20:43,560 --> 03:20:45,359
the limitations on contributions to

3385
03:20:45,359 --> 03:20:47,340
candidates who have staff to pay

3386
03:20:47,340 --> 03:20:48,899
Ventura county is one of the most

3387
03:20:48,899 --> 03:20:50,819
expensive places to live in the country

3388
03:20:50,819 --> 03:20:53,040
with local campaign workers often

3389
03:20:53,040 --> 03:20:54,840
putting in excessive hours in a place

3390
03:20:54,840 --> 03:20:57,180
like this a livable wage is virtually

3391
03:20:57,180 --> 03:20:59,880
impossible often these jobs are filled

3392
03:20:59,880 --> 03:21:02,100
by our young people college students or

3393
03:21:02,100 --> 03:21:04,260
recent graduates trying to get a foot in

3394
03:21:04,260 --> 03:21:06,359
the door and afford the Bare Essentials

3395
03:21:06,359 --> 03:21:08,520
there are factors too many here today

3396
03:21:08,520 --> 03:21:10,800
are conveniently ignoring what this

3397
03:21:10,800 --> 03:21:12,840
board is proposing is a fresh look at an

3398
03:21:12,840 --> 03:21:14,700
old ordinance that fixes historical

3399
03:21:14,700 --> 03:21:16,920
issues and provides greater opportunity

3400
03:21:16,920 --> 03:21:18,359
for those looking to make a difference

3401
03:21:18,359 --> 03:21:21,420
and become more publicly engaged I look

3402
03:21:21,420 --> 03:21:23,340
forward to seeing this ordinance move to

3403
03:21:23,340 --> 03:21:25,260
the next phase and adopted with your

3404
03:21:25,260 --> 03:21:28,260
support thank you

3405
03:21:28,260 --> 03:21:30,180
our next speaker is going to

3406
03:21:30,180 --> 03:21:32,399
Angelini followed by Elisa Salcedo and

3407
03:21:32,399 --> 03:21:36,349
Barbara macri Ortiz

3408
03:21:36,359 --> 03:21:38,700
good morning supervisors thank you for

3409
03:21:38,700 --> 03:21:40,439
taking my comment thank you for all you

3410
03:21:40,439 --> 03:21:42,840
do for our County my name is Anthony I'm

3411
03:21:42,840 --> 03:21:44,760
speaking for myself as a Westlake

3412
03:21:44,760 --> 03:21:46,260
Village resident

3413
03:21:46,260 --> 03:21:47,580
you know

3414
03:21:47,580 --> 03:21:51,000
the way this issue is Being Framed by

3415
03:21:51,000 --> 03:21:53,939
the detractors I think leaves so much

3416
03:21:53,939 --> 03:21:55,500
critical information out of the argument

3417
03:21:55,500 --> 03:21:57,899
I know first of all I know we know the

3418
03:21:57,899 --> 03:21:59,939
state now has new laws and safeguards in

3419
03:21:59,939 --> 03:22:02,160
place that didn't exist when the Ventura

3420
03:22:02,160 --> 03:22:04,620
County's ordinance was originally passed

3421
03:22:04,620 --> 03:22:06,660
and new rules provide guardrails for

3422
03:22:06,660 --> 03:22:08,819
political contributions prohibit the

3423
03:22:08,819 --> 03:22:10,740
pay-to-play component of politics that

3424
03:22:10,740 --> 03:22:14,580
we all fear SP 1439 limits contributions

3425
03:22:14,580 --> 03:22:18,899
to 250 for having the business uh for

3426
03:22:18,899 --> 03:22:20,819
any businesses under consideration for

3427
03:22:20,819 --> 03:22:22,319
contract by a state or local government

3428
03:22:22,319 --> 03:22:24,720
it was authored by democrats it was

3429
03:22:24,720 --> 03:22:26,760
voted for by our own Ventura County

3430
03:22:26,760 --> 03:22:28,859
assembly member Steve Bennett the entire

3431
03:22:28,859 --> 03:22:30,540
Ventura County legislative delegation

3432
03:22:30,540 --> 03:22:32,819
voted for it most of the other counties

3433
03:22:32,819 --> 03:22:35,100
in California have adopted the state's

3434
03:22:35,100 --> 03:22:36,800
plan was spearheaded by the

3435
03:22:36,800 --> 03:22:39,300
democrat-dominated state legislator

3436
03:22:39,300 --> 03:22:43,620
so why are local Democrats now claiming

3437
03:22:43,620 --> 03:22:46,319
it's good enough for everybody else but

3438
03:22:46,319 --> 03:22:48,000
not us

3439
03:22:48,000 --> 03:22:49,439
look

3440
03:22:49,439 --> 03:22:53,160
uh confusing layers of Regulation have

3441
03:22:53,160 --> 03:22:56,580
been far too prevalent in Ventura County

3442
03:22:56,580 --> 03:22:59,340
government and we finally have an

3443
03:22:59,340 --> 03:23:02,040
opportunity to make a change for more

3444
03:23:02,040 --> 03:23:04,800
fair reasonable streamlined process

3445
03:23:04,800 --> 03:23:07,020
that's not confusing

3446
03:23:07,020 --> 03:23:08,640
and I would just ask that you support

3447
03:23:08,640 --> 03:23:10,439
that thank you and thank you for your

3448
03:23:10,439 --> 03:23:12,600
time thank you Anthony

3449
03:23:12,600 --> 03:23:14,100
our next speaker is going to be Elisa

3450
03:23:14,100 --> 03:23:16,739
Salcedo followed by Barbara McCree Ortiz

3451
03:23:16,739 --> 03:23:18,840
and Alia Ewing

3452
03:23:18,840 --> 03:23:22,080
Elisa is with us on Zoom

3453
03:23:22,080 --> 03:23:24,960
hello my name is Elisa and I live in

3454
03:23:24,960 --> 03:23:27,840
Oxnard and supervisors long District

3455
03:23:27,840 --> 03:23:30,060
I support this item

3456
03:23:30,060 --> 03:23:31,920
one of the main complaints we have heard

3457
03:23:31,920 --> 03:23:34,920
when it comes to local elections is the

3458
03:23:34,920 --> 03:23:37,080
influence that independent expenditures

3459
03:23:37,080 --> 03:23:39,359
have in the process

3460
03:23:39,359 --> 03:23:42,000
they don't have the same limits as

3461
03:23:42,000 --> 03:23:44,460
candidates they cannot coordinate

3462
03:23:44,460 --> 03:23:46,620
directly with candidates and they can

3463
03:23:46,620 --> 03:23:49,200
engage in negative campaigns

3464
03:23:49,200 --> 03:23:52,200
in fact in public forums and on social

3465
03:23:52,200 --> 03:23:55,319
media Jeff Curry also opponent in the

3466
03:23:55,319 --> 03:23:57,479
supervisors race blasted independent

3467
03:23:57,479 --> 03:23:59,520
expenditures and the negative

3468
03:23:59,520 --> 03:24:02,580
campaigning they resulted in this can be

3469
03:24:02,580 --> 03:24:05,100
a problem the less money individual

3470
03:24:05,100 --> 03:24:07,680
candidates can raise themselves the more

3471
03:24:07,680 --> 03:24:10,200
power and influence a gift to outside

3472
03:24:10,200 --> 03:24:11,760
groups

3473
03:24:11,760 --> 03:24:14,160
the way to fix this is to make

3474
03:24:14,160 --> 03:24:16,620
individual candidates responsible and

3475
03:24:16,620 --> 03:24:19,739
accountable for their own messaging do

3476
03:24:19,739 --> 03:24:21,540
you have an opportunity to fix this

3477
03:24:21,540 --> 03:24:24,800
today by raising the direct contribution

3478
03:24:24,800 --> 03:24:28,500
limits for candidates I hope that you

3479
03:24:28,500 --> 03:24:30,840
take this into consideration and thank

3480
03:24:30,840 --> 03:24:33,239
you for your time thank you

3481
03:24:33,239 --> 03:24:36,060
our next speaker is going to be Barbara

3482
03:24:36,060 --> 03:24:38,580
macri Ortiz followed by Aaliyah Ewing

3483
03:24:38,580 --> 03:24:43,929
and Michael McDonald

3484
03:24:43,939 --> 03:24:46,260
good morning again my name is Barbara

3485
03:24:46,260 --> 03:24:48,180
Bakery Ortiz and I'm speaking in

3486
03:24:48,180 --> 03:24:50,939
opposition to item 44.

3487
03:24:50,939 --> 03:24:53,399
this local law was adopted to try to

3488
03:24:53,399 --> 03:24:55,319
level the playing field and maintain

3489
03:24:55,319 --> 03:24:58,979
Integrity in the Democratic process this

3490
03:24:58,979 --> 03:25:01,319
ordinance has served our County well

3491
03:25:01,319 --> 03:25:03,300
why would the newest members of the

3492
03:25:03,300 --> 03:25:06,060
board want to undermine it I do not

3493
03:25:06,060 --> 03:25:08,220
understand why supervisors Parvin and

3494
03:25:08,220 --> 03:25:10,160
guerrill have brought this forward

3495
03:25:10,160 --> 03:25:12,359
obviously they did not have a problem

3496
03:25:12,359 --> 03:25:15,120
winning their election with a 750 limit

3497
03:25:15,120 --> 03:25:17,180
because we see him sitting on the dice

3498
03:25:17,180 --> 03:25:20,040
what is their motivation for changing

3499
03:25:20,040 --> 03:25:22,380
the rules that have served us so well

3500
03:25:22,380 --> 03:25:24,600
I've read the board letter and thought

3501
03:25:24,600 --> 03:25:26,279
about the reasoning and it simply makes

3502
03:25:26,279 --> 03:25:29,040
no sense Ventura County should be a

3503
03:25:29,040 --> 03:25:31,979
leader not a follower it does not matter

3504
03:25:31,979 --> 03:25:34,260
how many cities or Counties have not

3505
03:25:34,260 --> 03:25:36,840
taken the initiative to do better than

3506
03:25:36,840 --> 03:25:38,760
the bare minimum

3507
03:25:38,760 --> 03:25:41,000
what is wrong with transparency

3508
03:25:41,000 --> 03:25:43,859
transparency and standards regarding the

3509
03:25:43,859 --> 03:25:46,319
amount of money that should be spent on

3510
03:25:46,319 --> 03:25:48,060
political elections

3511
03:25:48,060 --> 03:25:51,180
the unmistakable contribute conclusion

3512
03:25:51,180 --> 03:25:53,819
is that some board members are trying to

3513
03:25:53,819 --> 03:25:55,979
give an unfair advantage to supervisor

3514
03:25:55,979 --> 03:25:59,399
long who will be running in 2024 for

3515
03:25:59,399 --> 03:26:02,640
re-election uh in District three one of

3516
03:26:02,640 --> 03:26:04,920
the two newly designated minority

3517
03:26:04,920 --> 03:26:08,220
majority districts I note that

3518
03:26:08,220 --> 03:26:10,560
supervisor long already played an

3519
03:26:10,560 --> 03:26:13,439
integral part in designing the lines of

3520
03:26:13,439 --> 03:26:15,660
her District that was approved by the

3521
03:26:15,660 --> 03:26:17,460
supervisors

3522
03:26:17,460 --> 03:26:20,460
if the contribution limit is increased

3523
03:26:20,460 --> 03:26:22,380
that Advantage will be even more

3524
03:26:22,380 --> 03:26:24,960
pronounced

3525
03:26:24,960 --> 03:26:28,260
Maybe I'm Wrong in how I see this

3526
03:26:28,260 --> 03:26:32,160
supervisor long you can prove me wrong

3527
03:26:32,160 --> 03:26:34,620
I respectfully request supervisor long

3528
03:26:34,620 --> 03:26:37,380
to recuse herself from voting on item

3529
03:26:37,380 --> 03:26:39,960
44. since a repeal of the ordinance

3530
03:26:39,960 --> 03:26:42,899
would materially impact and improve her

3531
03:26:42,899 --> 03:26:45,120
chances to be re-elected in this

3532
03:26:45,120 --> 03:26:48,359
primarily Latino primarily low-income

3533
03:26:48,359 --> 03:26:51,720
District thank you thank you Barbara

3534
03:26:51,720 --> 03:26:54,120
okay it looks like we don't have Aaliyah

3535
03:26:54,120 --> 03:26:55,979
on Zoom so we're gonna go to Michael

3536
03:26:55,979 --> 03:26:58,160
McDonald who will be followed by Chantal

3537
03:26:58,160 --> 03:27:01,439
margotten and Karen Stevens I'm Michael

3538
03:27:01,439 --> 03:27:03,120
thank you reduce your time to two

3539
03:27:03,120 --> 03:27:04,800
minutes okay go ahead

3540
03:27:04,800 --> 03:27:06,600
thank you so much Madam clerk chair

3541
03:27:06,600 --> 03:27:08,340
Olivier members of the Board of

3542
03:27:08,340 --> 03:27:10,620
Supervisors and Dr Johnson I'm here

3543
03:27:10,620 --> 03:27:13,080
today to express my strong opposition to

3544
03:27:13,080 --> 03:27:14,640
the proposed ordinance being introduced

3545
03:27:14,640 --> 03:27:16,920
in item 44 which seeks to repeal the

3546
03:27:16,920 --> 03:27:18,420
Ventura County campaign Finance

3547
03:27:18,420 --> 03:27:20,700
ordinance as a concerned citizen of

3548
03:27:20,700 --> 03:27:22,140
district one I believe that this

3549
03:27:22,140 --> 03:27:23,640
ordinance has been instrumental in

3550
03:27:23,640 --> 03:27:25,439
ensuring that special interest and money

3551
03:27:25,439 --> 03:27:27,779
do not unduly influence our elections

3552
03:27:27,779 --> 03:27:30,660
since its Inception in 2003 with its

3553
03:27:30,660 --> 03:27:32,340
emphasis on Grassroots campaigns and

3554
03:27:32,340 --> 03:27:33,779
prioritizing The public's interests and

3555
03:27:33,779 --> 03:27:35,880
concerns the ordinance has fostered a

3556
03:27:35,880 --> 03:27:37,859
culture of transparency and fairness in

3557
03:27:37,859 --> 03:27:39,960
our local elections don't be fooled by

3558
03:27:39,960 --> 03:27:41,520
the recommendation that the county align

3559
03:27:41,520 --> 03:27:43,380
with state law this is an incumbent

3560
03:27:43,380 --> 03:27:45,420
protection plan that aims not to level

3561
03:27:45,420 --> 03:27:46,920
the playing field or increase

3562
03:27:46,920 --> 03:27:49,560
transparency but rather decrease his

3563
03:27:49,560 --> 03:27:51,600
trust in our electoral process by

3564
03:27:51,600 --> 03:27:54,060
increasing contribution limits 633

3565
03:27:54,060 --> 03:27:55,979
percent when voters believe that

3566
03:27:55,979 --> 03:27:57,779
elections are fair and transparent they

3567
03:27:57,779 --> 03:27:59,700
are more likely to participate and to

3568
03:27:59,700 --> 03:28:00,840
have confidence in their elected

3569
03:28:00,840 --> 03:28:02,939
officials the campaign Finance ordinance

3570
03:28:02,939 --> 03:28:04,319
is critical for leveling the playing

3571
03:28:04,319 --> 03:28:07,140
field ensuring transparency protecting

3572
03:28:07,140 --> 03:28:08,939
local interests and enhancing public

3573
03:28:08,939 --> 03:28:10,859
trust in the process our current

3574
03:28:10,859 --> 03:28:13,020
ordinance is also responsible for

3575
03:28:13,020 --> 03:28:15,000
preventing corruption in the appearance

3576
03:28:15,000 --> 03:28:17,220
of corruption without campaigns Finance

3577
03:28:17,220 --> 03:28:18,660
regulations like this wealthy

3578
03:28:18,660 --> 03:28:20,160
individuals and special interest groups

3579
03:28:20,160 --> 03:28:22,260
can use their financial resources to

3580
03:28:22,260 --> 03:28:23,939
influence elections and buy political

3581
03:28:23,939 --> 03:28:25,319
favors

3582
03:28:25,319 --> 03:28:27,420
this ordinance also levels the playing

3583
03:28:27,420 --> 03:28:30,540
field for campaign Finance between

3584
03:28:30,540 --> 03:28:32,100
candidates with differing levels of

3585
03:28:32,100 --> 03:28:33,720
Financial Resources by limiting the

3586
03:28:33,720 --> 03:28:35,220
amount of money that can be spent on a

3587
03:28:35,220 --> 03:28:36,660
campaign candidates with fewer Financial

3588
03:28:36,660 --> 03:28:38,760
Resources have less of a chance

3589
03:28:38,760 --> 03:28:40,500
competing against wealthier opponents

3590
03:28:40,500 --> 03:28:42,300
and this ordinance also protects Free

3591
03:28:42,300 --> 03:28:44,340
Speech while campaign Finance ordinances

3592
03:28:44,340 --> 03:28:45,779
limit the amount of money that can be

3593
03:28:45,779 --> 03:28:47,220
spent on a campaign they do not limit

3594
03:28:47,220 --> 03:28:48,779
the freedom of speech candidates and

3595
03:28:48,779 --> 03:28:50,160
political committees are still able to

3596
03:28:50,160 --> 03:28:51,960
communicate their message to voters

3597
03:28:51,960 --> 03:28:53,580
through means including television ads

3598
03:28:53,580 --> 03:28:55,859
mailers and social media I strongly urge

3599
03:28:55,859 --> 03:28:57,120
you to vote no and to keep this

3600
03:28:57,120 --> 03:28:58,500
ordinance in place to prevent the

3601
03:28:58,500 --> 03:28:59,760
influence of corporate interests and

3602
03:28:59,760 --> 03:29:02,520
individual donors with greater resources

3603
03:29:02,520 --> 03:29:04,200
than the general public from swaying the

3604
03:29:04,200 --> 03:29:06,180
outcomes of our local elections thank

3605
03:29:06,180 --> 03:29:07,439
you for hearing me today and everyone

3606
03:29:07,439 --> 03:29:11,340
please join me at Fair electionsvc.com

3607
03:29:11,340 --> 03:29:13,979
thank you Michael

3608
03:29:13,979 --> 03:29:15,779
our next speaker is going to be Chantel

3609
03:29:15,779 --> 03:29:17,700
margotten followed by Karen Stevens and

3610
03:29:17,700 --> 03:29:19,439
then Catherine Willett

3611
03:29:19,439 --> 03:29:28,429
Chantal

3612
03:29:28,439 --> 03:29:31,500
good morning happy wet Tuesday

3613
03:29:31,500 --> 03:29:35,100
I am here briefly to speak in support of

3614
03:29:35,100 --> 03:29:38,580
the item number 44. I as a small

3615
03:29:38,580 --> 03:29:41,040
business owner and citizen of Ventura

3616
03:29:41,040 --> 03:29:44,100
County would like to see us able as

3617
03:29:44,100 --> 03:29:45,899
local citizens at a smaller level to

3618
03:29:45,899 --> 03:29:47,100
contribute more if we're able to

3619
03:29:47,100 --> 03:29:49,380
financially and desire to in support of

3620
03:29:49,380 --> 03:29:51,680
whatever cause or candidate

3621
03:29:51,680 --> 03:29:55,140
my concern with comments that I hear is

3622
03:29:55,140 --> 03:29:57,840
that many who are opposing this are not

3623
03:29:57,840 --> 03:30:00,600
acknowledging that there are many large

3624
03:30:00,600 --> 03:30:02,660
donors who have special interests

3625
03:30:02,660 --> 03:30:06,060
billionaire activist Tom Starr would be

3626
03:30:06,060 --> 03:30:09,260
one in a short 10-year period he donated

3627
03:30:09,260 --> 03:30:13,500
271 million dollars and more to his

3628
03:30:13,500 --> 03:30:15,720
desired contacts that are outweighs

3629
03:30:15,720 --> 03:30:16,739
anything

3630
03:30:16,739 --> 03:30:18,359
I'm quite certain anyone in the county

3631
03:30:18,359 --> 03:30:21,359
could afford to do and we have Patagonia

3632
03:30:21,359 --> 03:30:24,180
as well donates millions of dollars to

3633
03:30:24,180 --> 03:30:26,460
its causes and candidates it chooses to

3634
03:30:26,460 --> 03:30:29,660
support and I doubt seriously that those

3635
03:30:29,660 --> 03:30:32,819
individuals are looking at a community

3636
03:30:32,819 --> 03:30:35,700
level interest for Ventura County or

3637
03:30:35,700 --> 03:30:37,140
another County

3638
03:30:37,140 --> 03:30:40,260
so I would speak in support of this

3639
03:30:40,260 --> 03:30:43,319
measure it in many ways makes it more

3640
03:30:43,319 --> 03:30:45,300
Equitable in the amount of money that

3641
03:30:45,300 --> 03:30:47,819
you can donate and I have worked on many

3642
03:30:47,819 --> 03:30:49,859
local political campaigns on both sides

3643
03:30:49,859 --> 03:30:52,380
of the aisle and I think it would be a

3644
03:30:52,380 --> 03:30:54,300
step to clear it up and keep it

3645
03:30:54,300 --> 03:30:55,620
transparent

3646
03:30:55,620 --> 03:30:58,620
not do the opposite so I would encourage

3647
03:30:58,620 --> 03:31:01,439
a serious look at this and an agreement

3648
03:31:01,439 --> 03:31:04,500
to support it thank you

3649
03:31:04,500 --> 03:31:06,239
thank you

3650
03:31:06,239 --> 03:31:07,920
our next speaker is going to be Karen

3651
03:31:07,920 --> 03:31:09,779
Stevens followed by Catherine Willett

3652
03:31:09,779 --> 03:31:11,819
and then Debbie Mitchell

3653
03:31:11,819 --> 03:31:13,680
hello uh thank you for the opportunity

3654
03:31:13,680 --> 03:31:16,620
to speak my name is Karen Stevens I'm a

3655
03:31:16,620 --> 03:31:19,200
resident of Thousand Oaks I'm here today

3656
03:31:19,200 --> 03:31:22,260
to express my very strong opposition to

3657
03:31:22,260 --> 03:31:23,939
the repeal of the campaign Finance

3658
03:31:23,939 --> 03:31:26,700
reform ordinance this ordinance is

3659
03:31:26,700 --> 03:31:28,859
essential in protecting the rights of

3660
03:31:28,859 --> 03:31:31,439
local voters so that they have a voice

3661
03:31:31,439 --> 03:31:34,040
and a choice in local candidates

3662
03:31:34,040 --> 03:31:36,720
repealing this ordinance would open the

3663
03:31:36,720 --> 03:31:39,479
floodgates for out-of-county interests

3664
03:31:39,479 --> 03:31:43,080
and oil corporations

3665
03:31:43,080 --> 03:31:45,600
to control our elections and ultimately

3666
03:31:45,600 --> 03:31:48,300
our County

3667
03:31:48,300 --> 03:31:49,319
foreign

3668
03:31:49,319 --> 03:31:52,080
we have seen the disastrous effects of

3669
03:31:52,080 --> 03:31:55,020
this in other areas of the nation

3670
03:31:55,020 --> 03:31:56,939
with this ordinance in place it has

3671
03:31:56,939 --> 03:31:59,100
guided our local candidates to focus on

3672
03:31:59,100 --> 03:32:01,739
the needs of constituents without this

3673
03:32:01,739 --> 03:32:03,720
ordinance candidates and local electives

3674
03:32:03,720 --> 03:32:06,720
need only to follow the directives of

3675
03:32:06,720 --> 03:32:09,000
wealthy corporations to ensure election

3676
03:32:09,000 --> 03:32:11,100
to office

3677
03:32:11,100 --> 03:32:13,620
I urge the board to protect the voices

3678
03:32:13,620 --> 03:32:15,899
of Ventura County residents

3679
03:32:15,899 --> 03:32:18,359
in ensuring Fair representation in

3680
03:32:18,359 --> 03:32:20,100
government and abandon this

3681
03:32:20,100 --> 03:32:23,279
ill-conceived resolution to repeal the

3682
03:32:23,279 --> 03:32:25,560
campaign reform ordinance

3683
03:32:25,560 --> 03:32:27,840
the resulting vote on whether to repeal

3684
03:32:27,840 --> 03:32:30,779
this will inform voters of those truly

3685
03:32:30,779 --> 03:32:34,080
intent on working for local voters

3686
03:32:34,080 --> 03:32:36,779
please vote no thank you thank you so

3687
03:32:36,779 --> 03:32:39,239
much for your time thank you Karen

3688
03:32:39,239 --> 03:32:40,319
our next speaker is going to be

3689
03:32:40,319 --> 03:32:42,239
Catherine Willis by Debbie Mitchell and

3690
03:32:42,239 --> 03:32:47,510
then Claudia bildale Pina

3691
03:32:47,520 --> 03:32:51,239
hi I'm Kathy Willett I'm a 25-year

3692
03:32:51,239 --> 03:32:53,279
resident of Ventura County in District

3693
03:32:53,279 --> 03:32:56,460
2. I oppose the repeal of the Ventura

3694
03:32:56,460 --> 03:32:59,220
County campaign Finance reform ordinance

3695
03:32:59,220 --> 03:33:02,220
this ordinance has served as us well for

3696
03:33:02,220 --> 03:33:04,439
over 20 years it encourages the

3697
03:33:04,439 --> 03:33:06,979
electoral process to better represent

3698
03:33:06,979 --> 03:33:10,380
individual constituents needs the repeal

3699
03:33:10,380 --> 03:33:12,180
would conversely enable special

3700
03:33:12,180 --> 03:33:14,760
interests with Deep Pockets to have

3701
03:33:14,760 --> 03:33:16,920
undue influence on the electoral process

3702
03:33:16,920 --> 03:33:19,560
while increasing Temptation for elected

3703
03:33:19,560 --> 03:33:21,660
officials to look favorably on their

3704
03:33:21,660 --> 03:33:24,000
more generous donors requests

3705
03:33:24,000 --> 03:33:26,220
people of Ventura County have come out

3706
03:33:26,220 --> 03:33:28,680
in force repeatedly to denounce oil and

3707
03:33:28,680 --> 03:33:31,020
gas efforts to destroy our local

3708
03:33:31,020 --> 03:33:33,840
environment I fear that repeal will

3709
03:33:33,840 --> 03:33:37,020
drown out our voices please don't repeal

3710
03:33:37,020 --> 03:33:39,420
the Ventura County campaign Finance

3711
03:33:39,420 --> 03:33:43,500
reform ordinance thank you thank you

3712
03:33:43,500 --> 03:33:44,939
our next speaker is going to be Debbie

3713
03:33:44,939 --> 03:33:46,260
Mitchell followed by Claudia bildale

3714
03:33:46,260 --> 03:33:49,140
Pena and Haley ehlers uh Debbie Ducey

3715
03:33:49,140 --> 03:33:50,819
that you've been promoted on Zoom I'm

3716
03:33:50,819 --> 03:33:52,140
going to adjust your time to two minutes

3717
03:33:52,140 --> 03:33:53,760
and if you want to meet your mic you can

3718
03:33:53,760 --> 03:33:55,200
speak

3719
03:33:55,200 --> 03:33:57,720
good morning to all

3720
03:33:57,720 --> 03:33:59,700
my name is Debbie Mitchell resident of

3721
03:33:59,700 --> 03:34:02,580
Oxnard in Ventura County and I oppose

3722
03:34:02,580 --> 03:34:04,080
this repeal

3723
03:34:04,080 --> 03:34:05,819
I've been very encouraged by the

3724
03:34:05,819 --> 03:34:07,620
positive changes resilience and

3725
03:34:07,620 --> 03:34:09,840
solidarity I've seen recently in Ventura

3726
03:34:09,840 --> 03:34:11,700
County government through recent crisis

3727
03:34:11,700 --> 03:34:15,120
losses and changes until this to remove

3728
03:34:15,120 --> 03:34:17,460
campaign limits in Ventura county is not

3729
03:34:17,460 --> 03:34:19,560
inclusive of the population of Ventura

3730
03:34:19,560 --> 03:34:21,300
County and is a step backwards from

3731
03:34:21,300 --> 03:34:23,520
public trust social justice and

3732
03:34:23,520 --> 03:34:24,899
transparency

3733
03:34:24,899 --> 03:34:26,939
if someone wants to represent or

3734
03:34:26,939 --> 03:34:28,739
influence the people in Ventura County

3735
03:34:28,739 --> 03:34:30,899
they should be seen by the people in

3736
03:34:30,899 --> 03:34:33,540
Ventura County they should be heard by

3737
03:34:33,540 --> 03:34:36,060
the people in Ventura County and they

3738
03:34:36,060 --> 03:34:38,220
should hear the people in Ventura County

3739
03:34:38,220 --> 03:34:41,160
we need doers we need involvement and

3740
03:34:41,160 --> 03:34:42,420
not invasion

3741
03:34:42,420 --> 03:34:44,520
special interests are ought too often

3742
03:34:44,520 --> 03:34:47,100
not in the best interest of Ventura

3743
03:34:47,100 --> 03:34:49,380
County constituents please stop this

3744
03:34:49,380 --> 03:34:51,779
fiscal obsfuncation and and leave

3745
03:34:51,779 --> 03:34:53,399
campaign support to the real

3746
03:34:53,399 --> 03:34:55,380
constituents of Ventura County and

3747
03:34:55,380 --> 03:34:57,899
ensure that all residents organizations

3748
03:34:57,899 --> 03:35:00,660
and businesses in Ventura County have an

3749
03:35:00,660 --> 03:35:02,640
opportunity to participate in campaigns

3750
03:35:02,640 --> 03:35:05,040
on a Level Playing Field and not be

3751
03:35:05,040 --> 03:35:07,140
overrun by large campaigns funded by

3752
03:35:07,140 --> 03:35:08,640
people who may not share our best

3753
03:35:08,640 --> 03:35:10,439
interests or care about the residents

3754
03:35:10,439 --> 03:35:11,580
they impact

3755
03:35:11,580 --> 03:35:13,979
donor organizations and corporations who

3756
03:35:13,979 --> 03:35:15,960
want to be a part of Ventura County and

3757
03:35:15,960 --> 03:35:18,120
and contribute should consider

3758
03:35:18,120 --> 03:35:20,100
contributing to Ventura County needs

3759
03:35:20,100 --> 03:35:22,380
through action and donations to the many

3760
03:35:22,380 --> 03:35:24,120
Partnerships Community efforts and

3761
03:35:24,120 --> 03:35:26,100
organizations of that the county and

3762
03:35:26,100 --> 03:35:29,100
cities work so hard to do with so little

3763
03:35:29,100 --> 03:35:31,739
one in six in Ventura county is food

3764
03:35:31,739 --> 03:35:33,840
insecure our Health Care system has

3765
03:35:33,840 --> 03:35:35,939
overburdened our education system needs

3766
03:35:35,939 --> 03:35:37,800
businesses to invest in training and

3767
03:35:37,800 --> 03:35:41,040
identify needs cons I believe that

3768
03:35:41,040 --> 03:35:43,620
eliminating the limits defies the

3769
03:35:43,620 --> 03:35:45,479
principles of social justice at the

3770
03:35:45,479 --> 03:35:47,760
court we need candidates for Ventura

3771
03:35:47,760 --> 03:35:49,800
County not for special interests please

3772
03:35:49,800 --> 03:35:51,720
encourage your donors to donate to the

3773
03:35:51,720 --> 03:35:53,520
people candidates should be for the

3774
03:35:53,520 --> 03:35:55,439
people not special interests please

3775
03:35:55,439 --> 03:35:57,540
reject this

3776
03:35:57,540 --> 03:36:01,849
thank you Debbie

3777
03:36:01,859 --> 03:36:04,260
could I ask Debbie Mitchell as president

3778
03:36:04,260 --> 03:36:07,620
of Oxnard what

3779
03:36:07,620 --> 03:36:10,200
I don't see Debbie on Zoom oh resident

3780
03:36:10,200 --> 03:36:12,540
okay I heard president and I was like

3781
03:36:12,540 --> 03:36:14,279
okay thank you would you like her to be

3782
03:36:14,279 --> 03:36:16,080
promoted back to zoom no it's okay thank

3783
03:36:16,080 --> 03:36:18,359
you for the clarification okay thank you

3784
03:36:18,359 --> 03:36:19,739
so our next speaker is going to be

3785
03:36:19,739 --> 03:36:21,660
Claudia Bill de la Pina who is here in

3786
03:36:21,660 --> 03:36:23,279
person today and Claudia and adjust your

3787
03:36:23,279 --> 03:36:25,500
time to two minutes and please proceed

3788
03:36:25,500 --> 03:36:27,540
where you don't need to repeal Ventura

3789
03:36:27,540 --> 03:36:29,520
County's campaign ordinance you'll want

3790
03:36:29,520 --> 03:36:31,500
to because you have the votes to raise

3791
03:36:31,500 --> 03:36:34,140
the contributional limit to a grotesque

3792
03:36:34,140 --> 03:36:37,560
5500 per person and to eliminate a cap

3793
03:36:37,560 --> 03:36:39,840
on expenditures altogether

3794
03:36:39,840 --> 03:36:42,180
you know very well that the power of

3795
03:36:42,180 --> 03:36:44,399
special interests pocketbooks will

3796
03:36:44,399 --> 03:36:46,620
squash those of the average resident in

3797
03:36:46,620 --> 03:36:47,760
the county

3798
03:36:47,760 --> 03:36:49,319
case in point

3799
03:36:49,319 --> 03:36:51,060
Jeff just finished running the most

3800
03:36:51,060 --> 03:36:53,279
expensive and dishonest supervisor

3801
03:36:53,279 --> 03:36:54,960
campaign in recent Ventura County

3802
03:36:54,960 --> 03:36:55,859
history

3803
03:36:55,859 --> 03:36:58,200
dwarfing even the race between Sheriff

3804
03:36:58,200 --> 03:37:01,859
ab and Jim freihof his race knitted just

3805
03:37:01,859 --> 03:37:05,760
over one million dollars I was outspent

3806
03:37:05,760 --> 03:37:08,819
almost four to one I raised money from

3807
03:37:08,819 --> 03:37:12,479
small donations from a record 900 people

3808
03:37:12,479 --> 03:37:14,939
and only lost by a small margin and I

3809
03:37:14,939 --> 03:37:16,500
did it while working full-time taking

3810
03:37:16,500 --> 03:37:18,720
care of a family taking a business I

3811
03:37:18,720 --> 03:37:20,220
didn't have the luxury of taking 10

3812
03:37:20,220 --> 03:37:22,080
months off from work

3813
03:37:22,080 --> 03:37:24,180
the notion that independent expenditure

3814
03:37:24,180 --> 03:37:26,700
committees will somehow disappear with

3815
03:37:26,700 --> 03:37:28,439
the elimination of the County's campaign

3816
03:37:28,439 --> 03:37:29,939
Finance ordinance is absolutely

3817
03:37:29,939 --> 03:37:31,380
ridiculous

3818
03:37:31,380 --> 03:37:33,720
Jeff's friends supporters and donors

3819
03:37:33,720 --> 03:37:37,920
that included an lgbtq hate group ran a

3820
03:37:37,920 --> 03:37:39,720
character assassination against me

3821
03:37:39,720 --> 03:37:41,939
because it was the only way Jeff could

3822
03:37:41,939 --> 03:37:44,700
win they not only made up stories about

3823
03:37:44,700 --> 03:37:47,580
me they also lied about my husband it

3824
03:37:47,580 --> 03:37:51,180
was disgraceful yet Jeff never once

3825
03:37:51,180 --> 03:37:53,399
denounced the lies these committees were

3826
03:37:53,399 --> 03:37:54,420
telling

3827
03:37:54,420 --> 03:37:57,359
Jeff himself made up his own publicity

3828
03:37:57,359 --> 03:38:00,540
stunt faking an October surprise about

3829
03:38:00,540 --> 03:38:03,359
big tobacco and now we are to think that

3830
03:38:03,359 --> 03:38:05,580
all of these morally corrupt Shenanigans

3831
03:38:05,580 --> 03:38:07,620
will somehow disappear

3832
03:38:07,620 --> 03:38:09,660
while I appreciate the State's new

3833
03:38:09,660 --> 03:38:11,640
restrictions on the amount of money

3834
03:38:11,640 --> 03:38:13,380
someone doing business with the county

3835
03:38:13,380 --> 03:38:15,660
can give there are ways to get around

3836
03:38:15,660 --> 03:38:18,300
that another case in point Sean marati

3837
03:38:18,300 --> 03:38:19,979
and owner of the board shirt wetland in

3838
03:38:19,979 --> 03:38:22,080
Newbury Park who wants excessive density

3839
03:38:22,080 --> 03:38:24,420
on his parcel but needs you the

3840
03:38:24,420 --> 03:38:26,760
supervisors to lift the Watershed

3841
03:38:26,760 --> 03:38:29,520
Protection District easement moradian

3842
03:38:29,520 --> 03:38:32,220
fought like a pit bull to keep me off

3843
03:38:32,220 --> 03:38:33,960
this board Claudia you're threatening to

3844
03:38:33,960 --> 03:38:37,500
in harassing me and special interests

3845
03:38:37,500 --> 03:38:39,479
bought the seat Claudia your time is up

3846
03:38:39,479 --> 03:38:41,460
we have thank you and I just know that

3847
03:38:41,460 --> 03:38:42,960
it is a frightening thought of what will

3848
03:38:42,960 --> 03:38:44,580
happen once these floodgates are open

3849
03:38:44,580 --> 03:38:46,620
thank you our next speaker is going to

3850
03:38:46,620 --> 03:38:48,540
be Haley ehlers

3851
03:38:48,540 --> 03:38:50,580
followed by Stephen Nash and then Terry

3852
03:38:50,580 --> 03:38:54,110
lisagor

3853
03:38:54,120 --> 03:38:56,819
hello my name is Haley ehlers resident

3854
03:38:56,819 --> 03:38:58,979
of Ventura and director of climate first

3855
03:38:58,979 --> 03:39:01,739
replacing oil and gas or sea frog we are

3856
03:39:01,739 --> 03:39:03,779
a Grassroots non-profit dedicated to the

3857
03:39:03,779 --> 03:39:05,760
transition away from fossil fuels to a

3858
03:39:05,760 --> 03:39:08,399
carbon-free economy in Ventura County I

3859
03:39:08,399 --> 03:39:10,140
am urging you to reject the upcoming

3860
03:39:10,140 --> 03:39:12,120
proposal to repeal the Ventura County

3861
03:39:12,120 --> 03:39:15,300
campaign Finance reform ordinance as a

3862
03:39:15,300 --> 03:39:17,819
501c3 non-profit organization we help

3863
03:39:17,819 --> 03:39:19,680
fill gaps left by the Ventura County

3864
03:39:19,680 --> 03:39:21,720
government strengthen our communities by

3865
03:39:21,720 --> 03:39:23,279
providing educational and Civic

3866
03:39:23,279 --> 03:39:24,720
engagement services that your

3867
03:39:24,720 --> 03:39:27,600
constituents need and also follow strict

3868
03:39:27,600 --> 03:39:29,640
regulations to stay out of partisan

3869
03:39:29,640 --> 03:39:31,859
elections we rely on sound and

3870
03:39:31,859 --> 03:39:34,260
responsible campaign Finance rules to

3871
03:39:34,260 --> 03:39:35,880
ensure that special interests can't have

3872
03:39:35,880 --> 03:39:37,439
excessive influence in our local

3873
03:39:37,439 --> 03:39:39,420
elections and therefore the local

3874
03:39:39,420 --> 03:39:41,939
policies that shape our everyday life

3875
03:39:41,939 --> 03:39:44,460
and even the responsible Advanced

3876
03:39:44,460 --> 03:39:46,680
ordinances in Ventura County don't do

3877
03:39:46,680 --> 03:39:48,779
enough as is to protect our democracy

3878
03:39:48,779 --> 03:39:51,000
from the influence of Deep Pockets and

3879
03:39:51,000 --> 03:39:53,340
independent expenditure groups we cannot

3880
03:39:53,340 --> 03:39:55,680
roll back even further just last year

3881
03:39:55,680 --> 03:39:57,660
Big Oil spent eight million dollars the

3882
03:39:57,660 --> 03:39:59,460
most ever spent in a political campaign

3883
03:39:59,460 --> 03:40:01,439
in Ventura County to put a common sense

3884
03:40:01,439 --> 03:40:03,600
regulatory Improvement on the ballot and

3885
03:40:03,600 --> 03:40:06,060
then proceeded to lie and scare Ventura

3886
03:40:06,060 --> 03:40:07,979
County voters leading to the defeat of

3887
03:40:07,979 --> 03:40:09,720
policies meant to better protect our

3888
03:40:09,720 --> 03:40:11,819
communities from Antiquated oil drilling

3889
03:40:11,819 --> 03:40:12,899
permits

3890
03:40:12,899 --> 03:40:15,300
just like just last month you saw the

3891
03:40:15,300 --> 03:40:16,800
consequences made possible by this

3892
03:40:16,800 --> 03:40:18,840
campaign two dozen Wells rubber stamped

3893
03:40:18,840 --> 03:40:20,340
for redrilling in an environmental

3894
03:40:20,340 --> 03:40:22,260
justice Community without environmental

3895
03:40:22,260 --> 03:40:23,939
review impacting the air that school

3896
03:40:23,939 --> 03:40:25,680
children and families breathe every day

3897
03:40:25,680 --> 03:40:27,720
our democracy shouldn't be bought and

3898
03:40:27,720 --> 03:40:29,520
paid for by the wealthy and Powerful

3899
03:40:29,520 --> 03:40:31,739
Ventura County alongside 25 other

3900
03:40:31,739 --> 03:40:34,380
California counties value transparency

3901
03:40:34,380 --> 03:40:36,600
accountability and local citizen voices

3902
03:40:36,600 --> 03:40:38,460
and priorities this is in direct

3903
03:40:38,460 --> 03:40:40,200
conflict with the major sums of money in

3904
03:40:40,200 --> 03:40:42,540
the fossil fuel industry spends in local

3905
03:40:42,540 --> 03:40:44,520
state and federal elections to drown out

3906
03:40:44,520 --> 03:40:46,080
the voices of the people and prevent

3907
03:40:46,080 --> 03:40:48,300
meaningful outcomes for clean energy

3908
03:40:48,300 --> 03:40:50,340
before the upcoming vote I urge you to

3909
03:40:50,340 --> 03:40:51,779
thoughtfully listen to your constituents

3910
03:40:51,779 --> 03:40:54,000
concerns who are clearly saying no to

3911
03:40:54,000 --> 03:40:57,060
more money in politics thank you

3912
03:40:57,060 --> 03:40:59,399
thank you Haley our next speaker is

3913
03:40:59,399 --> 03:41:01,080
going to be Steven Nash followed by

3914
03:41:01,080 --> 03:41:04,620
Terry lizigor and David growl

3915
03:41:04,620 --> 03:41:07,080
uh Stephen please proceed

3916
03:41:07,080 --> 03:41:09,300
thank you and good morning to the Board

3917
03:41:09,300 --> 03:41:13,439
of Supervisors staff and all attendees

3918
03:41:13,439 --> 03:41:15,840
this is such a transparent attempt to

3919
03:41:15,840 --> 03:41:18,960
circumvent the public will

3920
03:41:18,960 --> 03:41:21,899
that somebody earlier suggested that it

3921
03:41:21,899 --> 03:41:23,760
be put up to a vote I think that is a

3922
03:41:23,760 --> 03:41:25,859
great idea but you won't do that because

3923
03:41:25,859 --> 03:41:27,899
uh well the majority won't do that

3924
03:41:27,899 --> 03:41:29,939
because they're they know which way the

3925
03:41:29,939 --> 03:41:32,340
the public the public would vote this is

3926
03:41:32,340 --> 03:41:35,040
a transparent attempt to game the system

3927
03:41:35,040 --> 03:41:36,500
in favor of

3928
03:41:36,500 --> 03:41:39,600
the uh one supervisor whose election is

3929
03:41:39,600 --> 03:41:40,979
coming up

3930
03:41:40,979 --> 03:41:45,239
I will say that as the past chair of the

3931
03:41:45,239 --> 03:41:47,399
city of Oxnard ethics advisory

3932
03:41:47,399 --> 03:41:49,620
subcommittee we would have left out of

3933
03:41:49,620 --> 03:41:51,359
the room Andy council member that came

3934
03:41:51,359 --> 03:41:54,600
before us with with such a ridiculous uh

3935
03:41:54,600 --> 03:41:57,779
reform so I will say to the people who

3936
03:41:57,779 --> 03:41:59,819
to the supervisors who proposed this and

3937
03:41:59,819 --> 03:42:02,399
the supervisors who voted for this one

3938
03:42:02,399 --> 03:42:04,560
word and that word is shame thank you

3939
03:42:04,560 --> 03:42:06,300
good morning

3940
03:42:06,300 --> 03:42:08,460
thank you Stephen

3941
03:42:08,460 --> 03:42:09,840
our next speaker is going to be Terry

3942
03:42:09,840 --> 03:42:11,819
lizigor followed by David growl and then

3943
03:42:11,819 --> 03:42:14,340
Manuel Marquez

3944
03:42:14,340 --> 03:42:16,739
thank you very much for have for

3945
03:42:16,739 --> 03:42:20,460
allowing us to speak I'm a proud 46 year

3946
03:42:20,460 --> 03:42:23,939
resident not 46 year old 46-year

3947
03:42:23,939 --> 03:42:26,700
resident of Ventura County and I've

3948
03:42:26,700 --> 03:42:28,739
always been a participant in the

3949
03:42:28,739 --> 03:42:30,660
election process ever since I could

3950
03:42:30,660 --> 03:42:34,939
start using my voice many of the

3951
03:42:34,939 --> 03:42:37,800
positions of the speakers have been

3952
03:42:37,800 --> 03:42:41,939
articulated very well in opposition to

3953
03:42:41,939 --> 03:42:46,620
this resolution resolution 44. again it

3954
03:42:46,620 --> 03:42:48,300
seeks to repeal the Ventura County

3955
03:42:48,300 --> 03:42:51,060
campaign Finance reform and as a

3956
03:42:51,060 --> 03:42:52,979
concerned citizen I strongly believe

3957
03:42:52,979 --> 03:42:55,380
that this ordinance has been a critical

3958
03:42:55,380 --> 03:42:58,500
Safeguard against the influence of money

3959
03:42:58,500 --> 03:43:00,239
and special interests in our local

3960
03:43:00,239 --> 03:43:03,239
elections for those reasons and many

3961
03:43:03,239 --> 03:43:06,120
more I ask that this be brought to a

3962
03:43:06,120 --> 03:43:09,779
public vote I ask that all of you reject

3963
03:43:09,779 --> 03:43:13,380
the ordinance number 44 at this time and

3964
03:43:13,380 --> 03:43:16,439
reject rushing it through thank you

3965
03:43:16,439 --> 03:43:18,600
thank you

3966
03:43:18,600 --> 03:43:19,979
our next speaker is going to be David

3967
03:43:19,979 --> 03:43:21,899
growl followed by Emmanuel Marquez and

3968
03:43:21,899 --> 03:43:24,769
Leslie Ogden

3969
03:43:24,779 --> 03:43:27,060
Mr girl

3970
03:43:27,060 --> 03:43:29,000
hi

3971
03:43:29,000 --> 03:43:31,200
good morning

3972
03:43:31,200 --> 03:43:33,479
board members

3973
03:43:33,479 --> 03:43:37,140
Dr svet Johnson I'm sorry

3974
03:43:37,140 --> 03:43:39,540
um my name is David grow I'm speaking

3975
03:43:39,540 --> 03:43:41,040
today on behalf of the Ventura County

3976
03:43:41,040 --> 03:43:42,660
taxpayers Association

3977
03:43:42,660 --> 03:43:44,640
part of our mission is to inform

3978
03:43:44,640 --> 03:43:46,680
taxpayers advise public officials

3979
03:43:46,680 --> 03:43:49,140
regarding issues of concern to taxpayers

3980
03:43:49,140 --> 03:43:51,840
and recommend positions that will best

3981
03:43:51,840 --> 03:43:55,020
serve the taxpayers interest we consider

3982
03:43:55,020 --> 03:43:57,060
the proposed campaign Finance ordered

3983
03:43:57,060 --> 03:43:58,920
ordinance to be an issue of concern for

3984
03:43:58,920 --> 03:44:00,840
taxpayers and a step in the right

3985
03:44:00,840 --> 03:44:03,239
direction while further leveling the

3986
03:44:03,239 --> 03:44:05,399
playing field for contributions to

3987
03:44:05,399 --> 03:44:07,680
campaigns from all sides of the

3988
03:44:07,680 --> 03:44:09,300
political Spectrum

3989
03:44:09,300 --> 03:44:11,580
the current Ventura County ordinance is

3990
03:44:11,580 --> 03:44:13,460
an outlier in the state of California

3991
03:44:13,460 --> 03:44:16,500
limiting individual contribution to just

3992
03:44:16,500 --> 03:44:18,420
750 dollars

3993
03:44:18,420 --> 03:44:20,279
we agree that since the state of

3994
03:44:20,279 --> 03:44:23,220
California's political reform act and

3995
03:44:23,220 --> 03:44:26,040
its governing amendments are followed by

3996
03:44:26,040 --> 03:44:27,779
more than a majority of the state's

3997
03:44:27,779 --> 03:44:29,760
counties and cities

3998
03:44:29,760 --> 03:44:32,279
there is no reason for our County to

3999
03:44:32,279 --> 03:44:34,560
maintain a separate campaign Finance

4000
03:44:34,560 --> 03:44:35,939
ordinance

4001
03:44:35,939 --> 03:44:38,939
defaulting to the State's new rules with

4002
03:44:38,939 --> 03:44:41,760
important anti-corruption safeguards in

4003
03:44:41,760 --> 03:44:44,819
place is the right move to update an

4004
03:44:44,819 --> 03:44:47,040
Antiquated ordinance created in a very

4005
03:44:47,040 --> 03:44:49,920
different regulatory climate we look

4006
03:44:49,920 --> 03:44:51,960
forward to your board moving forward on

4007
03:44:51,960 --> 03:44:58,910
this thank you thank you

4008
03:44:58,920 --> 03:45:01,260
Manuel Marquez followed by Leslie Ogden

4009
03:45:01,260 --> 03:45:02,819
and then Linda Parks who's with us today

4010
03:45:02,819 --> 03:45:04,200
on Zoom

4011
03:45:04,200 --> 03:45:06,239
good morning my name is Manuel Marquez

4012
03:45:06,239 --> 03:45:08,279
I'm a resident of Ventura City and

4013
03:45:08,279 --> 03:45:10,140
Ventura County this is my first time

4014
03:45:10,140 --> 03:45:12,960
ever in this board room I feel very

4015
03:45:12,960 --> 03:45:15,000
honored to be able to speak to all of

4016
03:45:15,000 --> 03:45:18,500
you thank you so much for your attention

4017
03:45:18,500 --> 03:45:20,640
given that this is the first time I've

4018
03:45:20,640 --> 03:45:22,739
ever come to this room I hope you

4019
03:45:22,739 --> 03:45:25,260
understand that this issue is very very

4020
03:45:25,260 --> 03:45:26,880
important to me

4021
03:45:26,880 --> 03:45:29,180
and that I speak passionately against

4022
03:45:29,180 --> 03:45:32,520
this proposal

4023
03:45:32,520 --> 03:45:36,180
never in my life have I felt more heard

4024
03:45:36,180 --> 03:45:39,300
as a citizen of a county than I have

4025
03:45:39,300 --> 03:45:41,220
here in Ventura I've been a resident now

4026
03:45:41,220 --> 03:45:44,939
for almost 43 years in my previous years

4027
03:45:44,939 --> 03:45:47,460
were spent in Los Angeles County

4028
03:45:47,460 --> 03:45:49,739
I value this County for The Unique

4029
03:45:49,739 --> 03:45:52,620
opportunity it provides for its citizens

4030
03:45:52,620 --> 03:45:54,359
to have a voice

4031
03:45:54,359 --> 03:45:58,260
in how this County will be managed and

4032
03:45:58,260 --> 03:46:01,080
what its future would look like

4033
03:46:01,080 --> 03:46:03,540
a couple of the previous speakers

4034
03:46:03,540 --> 03:46:05,460
have made illusions

4035
03:46:05,460 --> 03:46:08,939
to aspects of this ordinance that are

4036
03:46:08,939 --> 03:46:10,279
simply not

4037
03:46:10,279 --> 03:46:15,420
founded in Logic for one

4038
03:46:15,420 --> 03:46:18,660
it is naive to believe that political

4039
03:46:18,660 --> 03:46:20,520
action committees would take a step

4040
03:46:20,520 --> 03:46:25,439
aside and not be a part of your

4041
03:46:25,439 --> 03:46:27,840
campaigns in the future if this limit

4042
03:46:27,840 --> 03:46:30,899
were raised and secondly with respect to

4043
03:46:30,899 --> 03:46:34,260
equitability how is it more Equitable to

4044
03:46:34,260 --> 03:46:36,899
raise the donation limit by such an

4045
03:46:36,899 --> 03:46:39,660
amount which would exclude a

4046
03:46:39,660 --> 03:46:41,700
significantly greater percentage of the

4047
03:46:41,700 --> 03:46:43,200
population from being able to

4048
03:46:43,200 --> 03:46:45,479
participate in this process what would

4049
03:46:45,479 --> 03:46:48,180
be Equitable is that every citizen in

4050
03:46:48,180 --> 03:46:50,640
the in this County would equally be able

4051
03:46:50,640 --> 03:46:53,040
to participate financially in supporting

4052
03:46:53,040 --> 03:46:56,220
your campaigns so again I ask you to

4053
03:46:56,220 --> 03:46:59,279
vote against this ordinance thank you

4054
03:46:59,279 --> 03:47:02,030
thank you

4055
03:47:02,040 --> 03:47:03,600
our next speaker is going to be Leslie

4056
03:47:03,600 --> 03:47:05,340
Ogden followed by Linda Parks and then

4057
03:47:05,340 --> 03:47:13,130
Nancy Lindholm

4058
03:47:13,140 --> 03:47:14,960
good morning

4059
03:47:14,960 --> 03:47:18,420
there are few people who are unaware of

4060
03:47:18,420 --> 03:47:21,500
the effect of money and politics

4061
03:47:21,500 --> 03:47:24,660
most see it as corrosive

4062
03:47:24,660 --> 03:47:26,939
yet here in Ventura County for the last

4063
03:47:26,939 --> 03:47:29,580
two decades we've followed a different

4064
03:47:29,580 --> 03:47:33,120
path and we've made it a case that our

4065
03:47:33,120 --> 03:47:35,760
small donors could have impact

4066
03:47:35,760 --> 03:47:39,420
when the maximum donation possible is

4067
03:47:39,420 --> 03:47:44,220
750 dollars you're 75 or 250 dollar

4068
03:47:44,220 --> 03:47:46,920
donation counts

4069
03:47:46,920 --> 03:47:50,100
most donations in this County have been

4070
03:47:50,100 --> 03:47:52,319
small ones and

4071
03:47:52,319 --> 03:47:53,540
and

4072
03:47:53,540 --> 03:47:55,140
diverse

4073
03:47:55,140 --> 03:47:57,359
allowing many many people to feel

4074
03:47:57,359 --> 03:47:59,399
invested in their government

4075
03:47:59,399 --> 03:48:01,319
this will change

4076
03:48:01,319 --> 03:48:04,560
if the proposed jump to five thousand

4077
03:48:04,560 --> 03:48:07,319
five hundred donation is approved

4078
03:48:07,319 --> 03:48:10,500
when any random couple can give eleven

4079
03:48:10,500 --> 03:48:13,380
thousand dollars suddenly your 250

4080
03:48:13,380 --> 03:48:15,899
dollar donation would seemed like a big

4081
03:48:15,899 --> 03:48:19,739
deal at the time doesn't seem like much

4082
03:48:19,739 --> 03:48:22,439
by changing the law you discourage the

4083
03:48:22,439 --> 03:48:24,359
policeman the teacher the electrician

4084
03:48:24,359 --> 03:48:28,020
from feeling that they too have a voice

4085
03:48:28,020 --> 03:48:30,720
not only is this wrong

4086
03:48:30,720 --> 03:48:33,000
and it's not only is this bad for

4087
03:48:33,000 --> 03:48:35,399
democracy but it will be perceived as

4088
03:48:35,399 --> 03:48:36,960
such

4089
03:48:36,960 --> 03:48:39,479
suspicions will be rampant

4090
03:48:39,479 --> 03:48:41,460
that this measure was pushed through by

4091
03:48:41,460 --> 03:48:44,100
a board more interested in the high

4092
03:48:44,100 --> 03:48:48,899
rollers than the nurses and firefighters

4093
03:48:48,899 --> 03:48:51,239
and plumbers

4094
03:48:51,239 --> 03:48:54,120
we're better than that in Ventura County

4095
03:48:54,120 --> 03:48:56,580
I urge you to vote against it thank you

4096
03:48:56,580 --> 03:48:59,279
thank you Leslie

4097
03:48:59,279 --> 03:49:01,260
our next speaker is going to be Linda

4098
03:49:01,260 --> 03:49:03,300
Parks followed by Nancy Lindholm and

4099
03:49:03,300 --> 03:49:05,399
Todd cullard

4100
03:49:05,399 --> 03:49:07,500
I see you on Zoom I'm going to adjust

4101
03:49:07,500 --> 03:49:09,720
your time to two minutes and you can

4102
03:49:09,720 --> 03:49:17,929
begin

4103
03:49:17,939 --> 03:49:20,220
in the Parks ICU and muted and I see you

4104
03:49:20,220 --> 03:49:27,530
and zoom can you hear us

4105
03:49:27,540 --> 03:49:29,399
if you're calling in you can push star

4106
03:49:29,399 --> 03:49:33,410
six to unmute your phone

4107
03:49:33,420 --> 03:49:35,279
it can you help Linda Parks with her

4108
03:49:35,279 --> 03:49:43,090
hand raised

4109
03:49:43,100 --> 03:49:45,060
Linda Parks

4110
03:49:45,060 --> 03:49:47,340
we see you on Zoom um we're not able to

4111
03:49:47,340 --> 03:49:49,020
hear you at the moment I'm gonna go to

4112
03:49:49,020 --> 03:49:51,060
Nancy Lindholm who's also on zoom and

4113
03:49:51,060 --> 03:49:56,030
then I'll come back to you

4114
03:49:56,040 --> 03:49:58,739
Nancy I'm gonna adjust your time to two

4115
03:49:58,739 --> 03:50:01,070
minutes

4116
03:50:01,080 --> 03:50:02,700
please proceed

4117
03:50:02,700 --> 03:50:04,620
good morning chair and Board of

4118
03:50:04,620 --> 03:50:07,859
Supervisors uh Nancy Lindholm CEO of the

4119
03:50:07,859 --> 03:50:09,720
West Ventura County business Alliance

4120
03:50:09,720 --> 03:50:12,600
which is the Chamber of Commerce serving

4121
03:50:12,600 --> 03:50:15,420
the communities of Camarillo and Oxnard

4122
03:50:15,420 --> 03:50:18,239
I know you have received a lot of

4123
03:50:18,239 --> 03:50:20,399
comments opposing the proposed ordinance

4124
03:50:20,399 --> 03:50:22,680
repealing the current campaign Finance

4125
03:50:22,680 --> 03:50:23,880
limits

4126
03:50:23,880 --> 03:50:26,819
most of those comments claim repeal of

4127
03:50:26,819 --> 03:50:28,979
the limits would allow only welfare

4128
03:50:28,979 --> 03:50:32,580
wealthy donors to impact elections and

4129
03:50:32,580 --> 03:50:34,560
that smaller donors and the general

4130
03:50:34,560 --> 03:50:37,800
public would lose their voice

4131
03:50:37,800 --> 03:50:41,220
I look at this a little bit differently

4132
03:50:41,220 --> 03:50:43,680
the current campaign limits restricting

4133
03:50:43,680 --> 03:50:46,620
contributions of more than 750 dollars

4134
03:50:46,620 --> 03:50:49,500
per election promote the use of

4135
03:50:49,500 --> 03:50:52,319
independent expenditure campaigns

4136
03:50:52,319 --> 03:50:55,080
those campaigns actually make donors

4137
03:50:55,080 --> 03:50:58,500
less visible to the voting public

4138
03:50:58,500 --> 03:51:01,560
I encourage the board to adopt the

4139
03:51:01,560 --> 03:51:04,260
ordinance as a means of Greater public

4140
03:51:04,260 --> 03:51:08,580
disclosure in our elections thank you

4141
03:51:08,580 --> 03:51:11,160
thank you Nancy

4142
03:51:11,160 --> 03:51:12,960
I'm going to go back to Linda Parks I

4143
03:51:12,960 --> 03:51:15,000
see you with your Henry's um are if

4144
03:51:15,000 --> 03:51:24,910
you're able to hear us

4145
03:51:24,920 --> 03:51:27,120
okay I'm gonna

4146
03:51:27,120 --> 03:51:29,760
hopefully somebody can help

4147
03:51:29,760 --> 03:51:31,979
okay so uh Linda Parks can hear us

4148
03:51:31,979 --> 03:51:34,439
unfortunately we can't hear you all

4149
03:51:34,439 --> 03:51:36,239
right I don't see that you have a mic

4150
03:51:36,239 --> 03:51:40,670
muted

4151
03:51:40,680 --> 03:51:42,239
okay so we're going to go to the next

4152
03:51:42,239 --> 03:51:43,560
speaker while you try to connect to

4153
03:51:43,560 --> 03:51:44,640
another device

4154
03:51:44,640 --> 03:51:46,439
so our next speaker is going to be Todd

4155
03:51:46,439 --> 03:51:48,239
color followed by

4156
03:51:48,239 --> 03:51:51,120
Arthur van Valenzuela Jr and Maria

4157
03:51:51,120 --> 03:51:53,520
Navarro

4158
03:51:53,520 --> 03:51:55,380
good morning supervisors I oppose the

4159
03:51:55,380 --> 03:51:57,239
proposed repealing of the current

4160
03:51:57,239 --> 03:51:59,819
campaign Finance ordinance I do so

4161
03:51:59,819 --> 03:52:01,439
because the purpose of that ordinance

4162
03:52:01,439 --> 03:52:04,620
was to promote public trust and also to

4163
03:52:04,620 --> 03:52:07,319
minimize or avoid the appearance of

4164
03:52:07,319 --> 03:52:10,560
corruption due to money influences I see

4165
03:52:10,560 --> 03:52:12,479
nothing in the in the board report that

4166
03:52:12,479 --> 03:52:14,580
you have in front of you that attempts

4167
03:52:14,580 --> 03:52:17,100
to explain how this proposed deletion or

4168
03:52:17,100 --> 03:52:18,720
repeal of this ordinance will achieve

4169
03:52:18,720 --> 03:52:21,479
that objective it's patently contrary to

4170
03:52:21,479 --> 03:52:22,680
it in fact

4171
03:52:22,680 --> 03:52:25,080
conveniently enough the board letter

4172
03:52:25,080 --> 03:52:27,779
does not support excuse me outline the

4173
03:52:27,779 --> 03:52:29,580
parallels between what the County's

4174
03:52:29,580 --> 03:52:31,680
existing ordinance does and what the

4175
03:52:31,680 --> 03:52:34,680
state law provides for if we had that

4176
03:52:34,680 --> 03:52:36,479
comparison contrast I think we'd see a

4177
03:52:36,479 --> 03:52:38,220
sharp difference in what our own

4178
03:52:38,220 --> 03:52:40,200
interests are and how they're managed by

4179
03:52:40,200 --> 03:52:41,880
our own local ordinance versus state law

4180
03:52:41,880 --> 03:52:44,760
the simple one that's come to play is a

4181
03:52:44,760 --> 03:52:47,700
county limit of 750 dollars per contract

4182
03:52:47,700 --> 03:52:51,899
contributor versus 500 and 5 500 into

4183
03:52:51,899 --> 03:52:53,880
the state law that's not even mentioned

4184
03:52:53,880 --> 03:52:56,819
it simply said it's redundant our code

4185
03:52:56,819 --> 03:52:58,560
is not redundant there's too many

4186
03:52:58,560 --> 03:53:00,359
differences between our code and state

4187
03:53:00,359 --> 03:53:03,060
law and unfortunately the staff report

4188
03:53:03,060 --> 03:53:04,800
didn't even take the time to outline

4189
03:53:04,800 --> 03:53:05,700
those

4190
03:53:05,700 --> 03:53:09,300
as to leaving it to the state to manage

4191
03:53:09,300 --> 03:53:11,700
I think having a cop on the beat locally

4192
03:53:11,700 --> 03:53:13,680
is just as important as having a bunch

4193
03:53:13,680 --> 03:53:16,439
of administration up in Sacramento with

4194
03:53:16,439 --> 03:53:18,840
the appearance of local control and I

4195
03:53:18,840 --> 03:53:21,300
further see the disadvantages of leaving

4196
03:53:21,300 --> 03:53:23,520
it all in the hands of the state because

4197
03:53:23,520 --> 03:53:26,580
as we know state laws can be repealed by

4198
03:53:26,580 --> 03:53:28,560
referendums paid for by large corporate

4199
03:53:28,560 --> 03:53:29,520
interests

4200
03:53:29,520 --> 03:53:33,479
so tying our case and our regulation of

4201
03:53:33,479 --> 03:53:35,880
finances to the state law really takes

4202
03:53:35,880 --> 03:53:38,399
it out of our hands thank you

4203
03:53:38,399 --> 03:53:40,800
thank you Todd okay so it looks like we

4204
03:53:40,800 --> 03:53:43,739
have reconnected with Linda Parks

4205
03:53:43,739 --> 03:53:46,680
yes okay I'm gonna adjust your time to

4206
03:53:46,680 --> 03:53:48,000
two minutes

4207
03:53:48,000 --> 03:53:50,040
and please proceed

4208
03:53:50,040 --> 03:53:52,380
good morning supervisors and staff thank

4209
03:53:52,380 --> 03:53:54,720
you as the executive director of soar

4210
03:53:54,720 --> 03:53:56,640
representing thousands of our members

4211
03:53:56,640 --> 03:53:58,800
throughout Ventura County I ask that you

4212
03:53:58,800 --> 03:54:01,439
reject supervisors guerrill and parvin's

4213
03:54:01,439 --> 03:54:03,420
effort to eliminate Ventura County's

4214
03:54:03,420 --> 03:54:05,700
campaign contribution ordinance

4215
03:54:05,700 --> 03:54:08,220
local contribution limits were necessary

4216
03:54:08,220 --> 03:54:10,020
before I was elected to the Board of

4217
03:54:10,020 --> 03:54:12,420
Supervisors because campaigns were

4218
03:54:12,420 --> 03:54:14,640
dominated by big money from developers

4219
03:54:14,640 --> 03:54:17,040
and other special interests including

4220
03:54:17,040 --> 03:54:19,080
the ninety thousand dollar check one

4221
03:54:19,080 --> 03:54:21,060
developer gave to my opponent

4222
03:54:21,060 --> 03:54:23,580
once I was elected supervisor Steve

4223
03:54:23,580 --> 03:54:25,979
Bennett and Kathy long had the third

4224
03:54:25,979 --> 03:54:27,899
vote needed to pass our campaign

4225
03:54:27,899 --> 03:54:30,239
contribution limits which also

4226
03:54:30,239 --> 03:54:33,359
importantly include expenditure limits

4227
03:54:33,359 --> 03:54:35,819
and with each election we would make

4228
03:54:35,819 --> 03:54:37,920
changes to the law to close loopholes

4229
03:54:37,920 --> 03:54:40,080
and demanded enforcement during

4230
03:54:40,080 --> 03:54:42,479
elections instead of waiting what could

4231
03:54:42,479 --> 03:54:44,939
be years for the state to enforce their

4232
03:54:44,939 --> 03:54:47,279
laws at which time the unethical

4233
03:54:47,279 --> 03:54:49,859
candidate could already be elected

4234
03:54:49,859 --> 03:54:52,800
the law empowers local citizens voices

4235
03:54:52,800 --> 03:54:54,899
and elections by limiting campaign

4236
03:54:54,899 --> 03:54:57,720
contributions to 750 dollars

4237
03:54:57,720 --> 03:55:00,899
soars Grassroots campaign are stronger

4238
03:55:00,899 --> 03:55:03,779
as a result of this empowerment soar has

4239
03:55:03,779 --> 03:55:05,819
benefited from campaign limits because

4240
03:55:05,819 --> 03:55:08,520
soar is all about empowering the voters

4241
03:55:08,520 --> 03:55:10,680
it is not about how much money

4242
03:55:10,680 --> 03:55:13,800
candidates pay their workers including

4243
03:55:13,800 --> 03:55:15,720
coming to the speak at the Board of

4244
03:55:15,720 --> 03:55:18,420
Supervisors in favor of their items

4245
03:55:18,420 --> 03:55:21,899
our campaigns are run by volunteers our

4246
03:55:21,899 --> 03:55:24,420
workers don't do it for the money what

4247
03:55:24,420 --> 03:55:26,760
supervisors guerrill and Parvin propose

4248
03:55:26,760 --> 03:55:29,399
would change the playing field by

4249
03:55:29,399 --> 03:55:31,680
increasing the influence of well-heeled

4250
03:55:31,680 --> 03:55:34,439
special interests most people cannot

4251
03:55:34,439 --> 03:55:38,520
afford 5500 or 11 000 per couple

4252
03:55:38,520 --> 03:55:41,220
on behalf is soar I respectfully request

4253
03:55:41,220 --> 03:55:44,040
that you vote no on this threat to our

4254
03:55:44,040 --> 03:55:46,790
democracy

4255
03:55:46,800 --> 03:55:50,330
thank you

4256
03:55:50,340 --> 03:55:51,899
okay I'm going to go back to the top of

4257
03:55:51,899 --> 03:55:53,880
our list so we are going to start with

4258
03:55:53,880 --> 03:55:55,979
Arthur Valenzuela Jr who's here in

4259
03:55:55,979 --> 03:55:57,720
person followed by Maria Navarro and

4260
03:55:57,720 --> 03:56:06,290
then Christy Weir

4261
03:56:06,300 --> 03:56:09,000
um good afternoon uh good morning my uh

4262
03:56:09,000 --> 03:56:11,520
chair levere Board of Supervisors uh my

4263
03:56:11,520 --> 03:56:13,620
name is Arthur Valenzuela and I'm

4264
03:56:13,620 --> 03:56:16,080
speaking to oppose the repeal of the 750

4265
03:56:16,080 --> 03:56:18,120
contribution limits permitting

4266
03:56:18,120 --> 03:56:20,699
contributions at 5500 will prioritize

4267
03:56:20,699 --> 03:56:22,920
wealthy individuals and families over

4268
03:56:22,920 --> 03:56:25,140
retired seniors blue-collared workers

4269
03:56:25,140 --> 03:56:27,840
and young families we want electives are

4270
03:56:27,840 --> 03:56:29,819
accountable to Working Families not the

4271
03:56:29,819 --> 03:56:31,680
wealthiest individuals I know that

4272
03:56:31,680 --> 03:56:33,720
campaigns are difficult and require

4273
03:56:33,720 --> 03:56:36,420
funds but successful candidates are able

4274
03:56:36,420 --> 03:56:38,520
to build a wide amount of support not

4275
03:56:38,520 --> 03:56:41,040
just a handful of special interests by

4276
03:56:41,040 --> 03:56:42,840
lifting the campaign contribution limits

4277
03:56:42,840 --> 03:56:44,640
it could also create more County staff

4278
03:56:44,640 --> 03:56:47,100
time to review candidate contributions

4279
03:56:47,100 --> 03:56:48,899
that are one thousand dollars or more

4280
03:56:48,899 --> 03:56:51,439
within 90 days of the election with form

4281
03:56:51,439 --> 03:56:55,020
497s please do not repeal the 700 750

4282
03:56:55,020 --> 03:56:56,819
limit thank you

4283
03:56:56,819 --> 03:56:58,859
thank you

4284
03:56:58,859 --> 03:56:59,939
our next speaker is going to be it's

4285
03:56:59,939 --> 03:57:01,739
going to be Maria Navarro Foster wear

4286
03:57:01,739 --> 03:57:04,260
and then Sandra Bates

4287
03:57:04,260 --> 03:57:08,689
we have Maria Navarro on Zoom

4288
03:57:08,699 --> 03:57:10,380
all right thank you good morning I'm

4289
03:57:10,380 --> 03:57:11,880
Maria Navarro a policy advocate for

4290
03:57:11,880 --> 03:57:13,739
cause and I would like to express our

4291
03:57:13,739 --> 03:57:15,300
strong opposition to the proposed

4292
03:57:15,300 --> 03:57:18,120
resolution under item 44 which seeks to

4293
03:57:18,120 --> 03:57:19,500
repeal the Ventura County campaign

4294
03:57:19,500 --> 03:57:22,080
Finance ordinance the principle of free

4295
03:57:22,080 --> 03:57:23,520
and fair elections is one of the

4296
03:57:23,520 --> 03:57:25,140
founding principles of this country

4297
03:57:25,140 --> 03:57:28,620
campaign financing factors in end is

4298
03:57:28,620 --> 03:57:30,779
greatly right and although it has always

4299
03:57:30,779 --> 03:57:33,060
been expensive to run a campaign we

4300
03:57:33,060 --> 03:57:35,279
shouldn't actively cry to make it more

4301
03:57:35,279 --> 03:57:37,080
expensive to run feature campaigns

4302
03:57:37,080 --> 03:57:39,180
because if we continue to increase the

4303
03:57:39,180 --> 03:57:41,580
price Mark more and more we will be

4304
03:57:41,580 --> 03:57:43,140
making it impossible for legitimate

4305
03:57:43,140 --> 03:57:46,560
Grassroots candidates to be elected what

4306
03:57:46,560 --> 03:57:48,180
will remain the county campaign Finance

4307
03:57:48,180 --> 03:57:49,979
Ordinance do well it will force

4308
03:57:49,979 --> 03:57:51,600
candidates to spend less time knocking

4309
03:57:51,600 --> 03:57:53,279
on their constituent stores

4310
03:57:53,279 --> 03:57:55,979
and more time talking to donors and

4311
03:57:55,979 --> 03:57:58,260
potential donors who are very who are

4312
03:57:58,260 --> 03:58:00,479
very very small subsection of our

4313
03:58:00,479 --> 03:58:02,640
population a subsection that is

4314
03:58:02,640 --> 03:58:04,380
overwhelmingly wealthy and who

4315
03:58:04,380 --> 03:58:06,000
themselves are disconnected from the

4316
03:58:06,000 --> 03:58:07,500
issues that are facing the majority of

4317
03:58:07,500 --> 03:58:09,000
the community

4318
03:58:09,000 --> 03:58:10,560
and by the community I mean working

4319
03:58:10,560 --> 03:58:12,540
class Community which does happen to be

4320
03:58:12,540 --> 03:58:15,600
the majority of us I asked

4321
03:58:15,600 --> 03:58:17,699
how can a representative be connected to

4322
03:58:17,699 --> 03:58:19,380
the people if they don't talk to the

4323
03:58:19,380 --> 03:58:20,220
people

4324
03:58:20,220 --> 03:58:22,620
as a county we should be proud of our

4325
03:58:22,620 --> 03:58:25,100
stringent campaign Finance ordinance

4326
03:58:25,100 --> 03:58:28,199
to remove it or modify it thank you

4327
03:58:28,199 --> 03:58:29,939
thank you

4328
03:58:29,939 --> 03:58:31,199
okay our next speaker is going to be

4329
03:58:31,199 --> 03:58:32,939
Christy Weir followed by Sandra Bates

4330
03:58:32,939 --> 03:58:35,699
and then Julie Hensley

4331
03:58:35,699 --> 03:58:40,450
foreign

4332
03:58:40,460 --> 03:58:43,080
Christy Weir former mayor of the city of

4333
03:58:43,080 --> 03:58:45,899
Ventura thank you for talking about this

4334
03:58:45,899 --> 03:58:48,060
important topic

4335
03:58:48,060 --> 03:58:49,560
um

4336
03:58:49,560 --> 03:58:53,580
our local campaign ordinances are way

4337
03:58:53,580 --> 03:58:55,920
better than the state

4338
03:58:55,920 --> 03:58:59,640
even the new state ordinance isn't uh we

4339
03:58:59,640 --> 03:59:01,439
have a high quality ordinance here that

4340
03:59:01,439 --> 03:59:03,600
has worked for us and I cannot figure

4341
03:59:03,600 --> 03:59:06,260
out why we would give up the best

4342
03:59:06,260 --> 03:59:08,939
for sort of a mediocre one at the state

4343
03:59:08,939 --> 03:59:10,220
level

4344
03:59:10,220 --> 03:59:13,319
allowing big donations invites big

4345
03:59:13,319 --> 03:59:16,500
donors to have big expectations of

4346
03:59:16,500 --> 03:59:19,080
influence benefiting big special

4347
03:59:19,080 --> 03:59:20,520
interests

4348
03:59:20,520 --> 03:59:22,380
it's not what we're about

4349
03:59:22,380 --> 03:59:25,319
this would not decrease the power of pax

4350
03:59:25,319 --> 03:59:28,920
it would double it donors could now make

4351
03:59:28,920 --> 03:59:33,060
big contributions to packs and also to

4352
03:59:33,060 --> 03:59:34,920
candidates

4353
03:59:34,920 --> 03:59:37,140
this change would benefit candidates

4354
03:59:37,140 --> 03:59:39,660
certain candidates and special interests

4355
03:59:39,660 --> 03:59:42,720
not Ventura County residents

4356
03:59:42,720 --> 03:59:45,300
what average resident can give five

4357
03:59:45,300 --> 03:59:46,920
thousand dollars

4358
03:59:46,920 --> 03:59:49,500
but it's a small amount for someone with

4359
03:59:49,500 --> 03:59:51,420
a big company who wants a board a

4360
03:59:51,420 --> 03:59:54,359
supervisor's decision that benefits them

4361
03:59:54,359 --> 03:59:56,279
representative government works better

4362
03:59:56,279 --> 03:59:58,920
when many small donors are investing in

4363
03:59:58,920 --> 04:00:00,420
their future

4364
04:00:00,420 --> 04:00:03,420
just 20 to 30 large donors could get a

4365
04:00:03,420 --> 04:00:05,880
candidate a campaign consultant and lots

4366
04:00:05,880 --> 04:00:08,580
of mailers that's not very many donors

4367
04:00:08,580 --> 04:00:11,279
but hundreds of small donors means more

4368
04:00:11,279 --> 04:00:14,520
Civic engagement more broad support and

4369
04:00:14,520 --> 04:00:16,560
more representation

4370
04:00:16,560 --> 04:00:19,800
so please be very careful let the people

4371
04:00:19,800 --> 04:00:22,260
vote on this if you're serious about a

4372
04:00:22,260 --> 04:00:23,819
change

4373
04:00:23,819 --> 04:00:26,640
your decision today

4374
04:00:26,640 --> 04:00:29,640
could help candidates in the future with

4375
04:00:29,640 --> 04:00:33,300
lower levels of Integrity get elected

4376
04:00:33,300 --> 04:00:36,359
and also those candidates will not be

4377
04:00:36,359 --> 04:00:39,120
representing the broad spectrum of the

4378
04:00:39,120 --> 04:00:40,800
people of Ventura County we are special

4379
04:00:40,800 --> 04:00:43,439
County we deserve a special campaign

4380
04:00:43,439 --> 04:00:45,899
Finance ordinance not the generic State

4381
04:00:45,899 --> 04:00:49,199
one thank you thank you Chrissy

4382
04:00:49,199 --> 04:00:50,580
okay our next speaker is going to be

4383
04:00:50,580 --> 04:00:52,319
Sandra Bates followed by Julie Hensley

4384
04:00:52,319 --> 04:00:54,899
Steven causal Luis lampara and Bernardo

4385
04:00:54,899 --> 04:00:55,979
Perez

4386
04:00:55,979 --> 04:00:59,110
lucinder Bates

4387
04:00:59,120 --> 04:01:04,319
I agree with all the people who do who

4388
04:01:04,319 --> 04:01:07,580
do not want to repeal this ordinance

4389
04:01:07,580 --> 04:01:10,859
that's protecting our County against big

4390
04:01:10,859 --> 04:01:12,779
money interests

4391
04:01:12,779 --> 04:01:16,189
um

4392
04:01:16,199 --> 04:01:18,720
we want fairness in our local elections

4393
04:01:18,720 --> 04:01:21,000
and we need to keep the ordinance in

4394
04:01:21,000 --> 04:01:23,460
place we don't want corporate interests

4395
04:01:23,460 --> 04:01:26,760
or individual donors that are greater

4396
04:01:26,760 --> 04:01:29,520
resources than the average person the

4397
04:01:29,520 --> 04:01:31,199
general public we don't want them

4398
04:01:31,199 --> 04:01:35,399
swaying the outcomes of our elections

4399
04:01:35,399 --> 04:01:39,239
we want Ventura County to remain a good

4400
04:01:39,239 --> 04:01:41,819
place for people the people who live

4401
04:01:41,819 --> 04:01:44,699
here and a fair place so people's voices

4402
04:01:44,699 --> 04:01:48,540
can be heard and not the voices of big

4403
04:01:48,540 --> 04:01:51,680
money which are the people behind

4404
04:01:51,680 --> 04:01:55,680
repealing this ordinance thank you

4405
04:01:55,680 --> 04:01:59,210
thank you

4406
04:01:59,220 --> 04:02:01,199
okay our next speaker is Julie Hensley

4407
04:02:01,199 --> 04:02:03,120
followed by Stephen causa Luis lampara

4408
04:02:03,120 --> 04:02:07,429
and Bernardo Perez Julie

4409
04:02:07,439 --> 04:02:09,000
thank you

4410
04:02:09,000 --> 04:02:11,809
good morning

4411
04:02:11,819 --> 04:02:13,680
I don't know if any of you have seen the

4412
04:02:13,680 --> 04:02:16,319
movie called don't look up

4413
04:02:16,319 --> 04:02:18,120
about the meteor

4414
04:02:18,120 --> 04:02:21,180
imminently about to crash into the Earth

4415
04:02:21,180 --> 04:02:25,910
and no one wanted to admit it

4416
04:02:25,920 --> 04:02:28,739
I'm from Wisconsin I ran for the state

4417
04:02:28,739 --> 04:02:30,479
senate

4418
04:02:30,479 --> 04:02:34,859
I have seen what corruption does

4419
04:02:34,859 --> 04:02:39,899
I have seen that meteor hit the ground

4420
04:02:39,899 --> 04:02:42,960
and it blows everything up and what you

4421
04:02:42,960 --> 04:02:47,160
are proposing today is the same it's

4422
04:02:47,160 --> 04:02:49,979
chipping away year by year at the

4423
04:02:49,979 --> 04:02:52,380
systems in place that cause the level of

4424
04:02:52,380 --> 04:02:54,420
corruption that sometimes there is no

4425
04:02:54,420 --> 04:02:56,100
coming back from

4426
04:02:56,100 --> 04:02:59,100
no coming back

4427
04:02:59,100 --> 04:03:01,500
and I am

4428
04:03:01,500 --> 04:03:05,279
you can tell this is very important

4429
04:03:05,279 --> 04:03:08,160
today that we make the right decision

4430
04:03:08,160 --> 04:03:12,000
I had 8600 donations

4431
04:03:12,000 --> 04:03:16,910
the average value was 31.80

4432
04:03:16,920 --> 04:03:19,399
and you can't tell me that if you raise

4433
04:03:19,399 --> 04:03:23,279
the the limit that people with 31

4434
04:03:23,279 --> 04:03:25,080
dollars in their pocket think they have

4435
04:03:25,080 --> 04:03:26,520
a voice

4436
04:03:26,520 --> 04:03:29,279
and even now people in Lemonwood in

4437
04:03:29,279 --> 04:03:30,840
District 2 don't feel like they have a

4438
04:03:30,840 --> 04:03:32,220
voice

4439
04:03:32,220 --> 04:03:34,319
we need to be out there talking to them

4440
04:03:34,319 --> 04:03:37,439
going door to door to find out what they

4441
04:03:37,439 --> 04:03:39,420
want that is what true representation is

4442
04:03:39,420 --> 04:03:44,809
big money has no place in elections

4443
04:03:44,819 --> 04:03:47,460
thank you

4444
04:03:47,460 --> 04:03:49,739
okay so as we um near the end of our

4445
04:03:49,739 --> 04:03:51,779
speaker list I just want to make sure

4446
04:03:51,779 --> 04:03:53,460
that we've hurt everybody so if you're

4447
04:03:53,460 --> 04:03:55,399
on zoom and your name was not called

4448
04:03:55,399 --> 04:03:57,840
please press the raise hand button so we

4449
04:03:57,840 --> 04:03:59,340
can make sure that we add you to the

4450
04:03:59,340 --> 04:04:00,300
queue

4451
04:04:00,300 --> 04:04:01,800
if you're in the boardroom and you want

4452
04:04:01,800 --> 04:04:03,120
to speak on this item please see the

4453
04:04:03,120 --> 04:04:04,439
deputy clerk at the entrance of the

4454
04:04:04,439 --> 04:04:06,660
boardroom and we are going to hear from

4455
04:04:06,660 --> 04:04:09,120
Stephen colzo who is here on zoom and

4456
04:04:09,120 --> 04:04:14,330
then Louise lampara and Bernardo Perez

4457
04:04:14,340 --> 04:04:15,000
um

4458
04:04:15,000 --> 04:04:16,380
thank you very much this is Stephen

4459
04:04:16,380 --> 04:04:19,199
Cosell I'm a 40-year resident of Oak

4460
04:04:19,199 --> 04:04:20,160
Park

4461
04:04:20,160 --> 04:04:23,640
well actually in June of this year and

4462
04:04:23,640 --> 04:04:24,899
uh

4463
04:04:24,899 --> 04:04:27,720
good afternoon now uh chair of the board

4464
04:04:27,720 --> 04:04:29,340
levere members of the Board of

4465
04:04:29,340 --> 04:04:31,739
Supervisors and Dr Johnson thanks for

4466
04:04:31,739 --> 04:04:35,279
letting me speak I'll be brief we are

4467
04:04:35,279 --> 04:04:36,960
paying attention in the community that's

4468
04:04:36,960 --> 04:04:39,720
why we're speaking uh we're trying to

4469
04:04:39,720 --> 04:04:41,660
increase engagement in the community

4470
04:04:41,660 --> 04:04:44,040
everybody's uh points of view and get

4471
04:04:44,040 --> 04:04:46,560
more people involved introducing

4472
04:04:46,560 --> 04:04:49,140
additional money into County politics is

4473
04:04:49,140 --> 04:04:51,120
then difficult to representation of all

4474
04:04:51,120 --> 04:04:52,979
of our constituents

4475
04:04:52,979 --> 04:04:54,899
practical effect of this will be

4476
04:04:54,899 --> 04:04:56,880
marginalization of the viewpoints from

4477
04:04:56,880 --> 04:04:59,040
those without Deep Pockets

4478
04:04:59,040 --> 04:05:02,520
I.E the average County resident

4479
04:05:02,520 --> 04:05:05,100
we urge you to

4480
04:05:05,100 --> 04:05:10,040
vote to support continuing ordinance for

4481
04:05:10,040 --> 04:05:14,880
510 and not to repeal it

4482
04:05:14,880 --> 04:05:16,920
I think it has the overwhelming support

4483
04:05:16,920 --> 04:05:19,620
of the public as reflected by comments

4484
04:05:19,620 --> 04:05:21,840
um this morning and early afternoon I

4485
04:05:21,840 --> 04:05:23,880
appreciate the time to speak thank you

4486
04:05:23,880 --> 04:05:25,020
very much

4487
04:05:25,020 --> 04:05:26,699
thank you

4488
04:05:26,699 --> 04:05:28,199
our next speaker is going to be Louise

4489
04:05:28,199 --> 04:05:29,699
lampara who's here in person and then

4490
04:05:29,699 --> 04:05:44,870
Bernardo Perez who is on Zoom

4491
04:05:44,880 --> 04:05:47,279
good morning Louise lampera Ventura

4492
04:05:47,279 --> 04:05:49,199
County co-lab over the weekend two

4493
04:05:49,199 --> 04:05:51,300
former supervisors staged a messaging

4494
04:05:51,300 --> 04:05:52,979
campaign to block the repeal of the

4495
04:05:52,979 --> 04:05:55,319
County's campaign Finance ordinance the

4496
04:05:55,319 --> 04:05:57,120
former supervisors claim that for 20

4497
04:05:57,120 --> 04:05:59,279
years they have significantly decreased

4498
04:05:59,279 --> 04:06:01,080
the influence of big money in local

4499
04:06:01,080 --> 04:06:04,319
elections the opposite is true the

4500
04:06:04,319 --> 04:06:05,699
County's low individual campaign

4501
04:06:05,699 --> 04:06:08,640
donation only encourages manipulations

4502
04:06:08,640 --> 04:06:10,680
and work a lot rounds that have allowed

4503
04:06:10,680 --> 04:06:13,439
independent expenditures packs to become

4504
04:06:13,439 --> 04:06:15,540
more powerful and influential here in

4505
04:06:15,540 --> 04:06:16,920
Ventura County

4506
04:06:16,920 --> 04:06:19,080
but not once did the former supervisors

4507
04:06:19,080 --> 04:06:21,960
mention independent expenditures strange

4508
04:06:21,960 --> 04:06:24,120
especially when State and County records

4509
04:06:24,120 --> 04:06:26,520
show that IES were nearly unheard of a

4510
04:06:26,520 --> 04:06:28,979
decade ago in local elections but in

4511
04:06:28,979 --> 04:06:31,140
this last election IES collected and

4512
04:06:31,140 --> 04:06:33,600
spent over half a million dollars on One

4513
04:06:33,600 --> 04:06:37,080
race alone this happened because of the

4514
04:06:37,080 --> 04:06:40,140
County's ordinance the 750 limit on

4515
04:06:40,140 --> 04:06:42,479
individual campaign donations doesn't

4516
04:06:42,479 --> 04:06:45,359
stop big money donations it drives them

4517
04:06:45,359 --> 04:06:47,460
to the less transparent and less

4518
04:06:47,460 --> 04:06:50,040
accountable IES and the former

4519
04:06:50,040 --> 04:06:53,340
supervisors know this in October 2022

4520
04:06:53,340 --> 04:06:56,040
then sitting supervisor Parks

4521
04:06:56,040 --> 04:06:58,859
manipulated around the local ordinance

4522
04:06:58,859 --> 04:07:01,800
contribution limit and donated nine

4523
04:07:01,800 --> 04:07:04,080
thousand nine hundred dollars to a pack

4524
04:07:04,080 --> 04:07:05,699
supporting one of the district two

4525
04:07:05,699 --> 04:07:08,460
candidates nine thousand nine hundred

4526
04:07:08,460 --> 04:07:12,180
dollars foreign excess of the 750 limit

4527
04:07:12,180 --> 04:07:13,979
she claims must be imposed on the

4528
04:07:13,979 --> 04:07:16,500
average voter the messaging also claims

4529
04:07:16,500 --> 04:07:18,540
that the local ordinance creates strict

4530
04:07:18,540 --> 04:07:20,580
accountability and stops donors from

4531
04:07:20,580 --> 04:07:22,979
getting around the law again not true

4532
04:07:22,979 --> 04:07:24,960
the local ordinance did not catch

4533
04:07:24,960 --> 04:07:26,580
campaign donation irregularities

4534
04:07:26,580 --> 04:07:29,460
committed by the same pack to which Ms

4535
04:07:29,460 --> 04:07:31,380
Parks donated that nine thousand dollars

4536
04:07:31,380 --> 04:07:33,600
those irregularies were caught by the

4537
04:07:33,600 --> 04:07:37,439
states fppc recent changes to state law

4538
04:07:37,439 --> 04:07:39,600
have created robust and effective State

4539
04:07:39,600 --> 04:07:41,760
monitoring and enforcement and the

4540
04:07:41,760 --> 04:07:44,699
County's ordinance is redundant contrary

4541
04:07:44,699 --> 04:07:46,439
to the messaging campaign the County's

4542
04:07:46,439 --> 04:07:47,699
ordinance actually perpetuates

4543
04:07:47,699 --> 04:07:49,739
disenfranchising the voice of individual

4544
04:07:49,739 --> 04:07:52,560
voters and strengthens Pax please vote

4545
04:07:52,560 --> 04:07:55,140
to repeal this ordinance and if the

4546
04:07:55,140 --> 04:07:56,699
supervisors would like I did bring 10

4547
04:07:56,699 --> 04:07:58,620
copies of these documents and I can

4548
04:07:58,620 --> 04:08:14,570
submit them for the record thank you

4549
04:08:14,580 --> 04:08:17,520
thank you

4550
04:08:17,520 --> 04:08:20,040
sorry about that okay

4551
04:08:20,040 --> 04:08:21,720
so our last speaker of the day for this

4552
04:08:21,720 --> 04:08:23,160
item is going to be Bernardo Perez who

4553
04:08:23,160 --> 04:08:25,020
is with us on Zoom

4554
04:08:25,020 --> 04:08:27,300
Bernardo thank you for your patience you

4555
04:08:27,300 --> 04:08:28,920
have two minutes I see you're in needed

4556
04:08:28,920 --> 04:08:31,979
please proceed thank you uh dear members

4557
04:08:31,979 --> 04:08:34,140
of the board and uh public viewing this

4558
04:08:34,140 --> 04:08:36,960
meeting the purpose of existing 45-10

4559
04:08:36,960 --> 04:08:39,479
supported by the chair Kelly long in one

4560
04:08:39,479 --> 04:08:41,880
of her early votes on the board is to

4561
04:08:41,880 --> 04:08:43,560
promote public trust in governmental

4562
04:08:43,560 --> 04:08:45,600
institutions and the electoral process

4563
04:08:45,600 --> 04:08:48,479
and to eliminate the possibility of quid

4564
04:08:48,479 --> 04:08:51,300
pro quo corruption or the appearance of

4565
04:08:51,300 --> 04:08:53,819
quid pro quo corruption in which money

4566
04:08:53,819 --> 04:08:56,699
is exchanged for official acts I request

4567
04:08:56,699 --> 04:08:59,640
the board to reject the proposal by

4568
04:08:59,640 --> 04:09:01,920
supervisor Parvin and Garrell which

4569
04:09:01,920 --> 04:09:04,319
would repeal Ordnance 4510 in its

4570
04:09:04,319 --> 04:09:06,420
entirety I have been an active

4571
04:09:06,420 --> 04:09:08,160
participant in local and County public

4572
04:09:08,160 --> 04:09:10,080
service and the electoral process since

4573
04:09:10,080 --> 04:09:12,600
the mid 70s from that time one

4574
04:09:12,600 --> 04:09:14,520
consistent and prevailing theme is the

4575
04:09:14,520 --> 04:09:16,920
Public's healthy distrust of obscene

4576
04:09:16,920 --> 04:09:19,260
amounts of campaign contributions by big

4577
04:09:19,260 --> 04:09:21,960
money and special interest or ordinance

4578
04:09:21,960 --> 04:09:24,300
4510 serves the public interest in

4579
04:09:24,300 --> 04:09:26,279
wanting and having open transparent and

4580
04:09:26,279 --> 04:09:28,020
fair elections

4581
04:09:28,020 --> 04:09:30,120
supervisors Parvin and Garrell would

4582
04:09:30,120 --> 04:09:32,220
have us believe that repealing the

4583
04:09:32,220 --> 04:09:34,439
ordinance would reduce the need for and

4584
04:09:34,439 --> 04:09:36,120
the future occurrence of the obscene

4585
04:09:36,120 --> 04:09:38,640
amounts of independent expenditures we

4586
04:09:38,640 --> 04:09:41,660
saw in recent County election campaigns

4587
04:09:41,660 --> 04:09:43,979
please do not insult The public's

4588
04:09:43,979 --> 04:09:45,479
intelligence with this highly

4589
04:09:45,479 --> 04:09:48,180
speculative implausible and laughable

4590
04:09:48,180 --> 04:09:49,800
argument

4591
04:09:49,800 --> 04:09:51,899
even with the existing ordinance the

4592
04:09:51,899 --> 04:09:54,120
county clerk record a register of Voters

4593
04:09:54,120 --> 04:09:55,500
reported

4594
04:09:55,500 --> 04:09:58,020
two apparent violations of the ordinance

4595
04:09:58,020 --> 04:10:01,140
4510 by one of the proponents repealing

4596
04:10:01,140 --> 04:10:03,060
of repealing the ordinance

4597
04:10:03,060 --> 04:10:05,279
to be fair I am not aware of the outcome

4598
04:10:05,279 --> 04:10:07,140
of these reports

4599
04:10:07,140 --> 04:10:09,479
in closing I respectfully asked

4600
04:10:09,479 --> 04:10:12,420
supervisor long to maintain her support

4601
04:10:12,420 --> 04:10:14,399
for the ordinance and reject the

4602
04:10:14,399 --> 04:10:17,460
proposal to repeal yeah I ask a board

4603
04:10:17,460 --> 04:10:19,800
majority to join her and reject the

4604
04:10:19,800 --> 04:10:23,520
proposal in it to reject to repeal the

4605
04:10:23,520 --> 04:10:25,859
ordinance in its entirety excuse me

4606
04:10:25,859 --> 04:10:28,140
we all value our quality of life here in

4607
04:10:28,140 --> 04:10:30,060
Ventura County a special place we call

4608
04:10:30,060 --> 04:10:32,819
home it is made special for many reasons

4609
04:10:32,819 --> 04:10:34,199
one of which

4610
04:10:34,199 --> 04:10:36,180
is that Ventura County has worked to

4611
04:10:36,180 --> 04:10:39,000
maintain the efficacy and integrity and

4612
04:10:39,000 --> 04:10:43,670
fairness of our local electoral process

4613
04:10:43,680 --> 04:10:46,199
help keep our elections open transparent

4614
04:10:46,199 --> 04:10:51,170
and fair thank you thank you

4615
04:10:51,180 --> 04:10:53,100
chair levera I don't see any other

4616
04:10:53,100 --> 04:10:54,720
requests to speak for this item thank

4617
04:10:54,720 --> 04:10:57,720
you thank you madam clerk supervisor or

4618
04:10:57,720 --> 04:10:58,580
girl

4619
04:10:58,580 --> 04:11:00,840
yeah thank you first of all I want to

4620
04:11:00,840 --> 04:11:02,819
thank all of the the public speakers who

4621
04:11:02,819 --> 04:11:05,220
gave comments uh the feedback is helpful

4622
04:11:05,220 --> 04:11:08,160
and particularly those that are here in

4623
04:11:08,160 --> 04:11:10,680
person uh weathering the storm to be

4624
04:11:10,680 --> 04:11:12,960
here with us in person I I I do

4625
04:11:12,960 --> 04:11:15,120
appreciate it I'd like to kind of just

4626
04:11:15,120 --> 04:11:17,040
walk through a little bit of the the

4627
04:11:17,040 --> 04:11:19,680
thought process and how we we got to

4628
04:11:19,680 --> 04:11:22,680
this concept

4629
04:11:22,680 --> 04:11:25,319
um and and maybe that'll help a little

4630
04:11:25,319 --> 04:11:28,080
bit in the understanding of it about

4631
04:11:28,080 --> 04:11:29,819
three years ago the California State

4632
04:11:29,819 --> 04:11:31,760
Legislature

4633
04:11:31,760 --> 04:11:34,800
began to look at all of the Electoral

4634
04:11:34,800 --> 04:11:36,840
systems throughout the state of

4635
04:11:36,840 --> 04:11:40,620
California and the patchwork of

4636
04:11:40,620 --> 04:11:43,279
different rules and laws and regulations

4637
04:11:43,279 --> 04:11:47,040
oversight enforcement that were going on

4638
04:11:47,040 --> 04:11:49,319
throughout all the various cities and

4639
04:11:49,319 --> 04:11:51,540
all the various counties and what they

4640
04:11:51,540 --> 04:11:54,120
saw is that in many of them that

4641
04:11:54,120 --> 04:11:57,000
Patchwork was ineffective and in many

4642
04:11:57,000 --> 04:11:59,580
ways confusing duplicative of what was

4643
04:11:59,580 --> 04:12:02,279
going on at the state level

4644
04:12:02,279 --> 04:12:04,160
um that some of them although

4645
04:12:04,160 --> 04:12:06,420
well-intentioned hadn't changed in

4646
04:12:06,420 --> 04:12:07,439
decades

4647
04:12:07,439 --> 04:12:09,800
and ultimately some of them were

4648
04:12:09,800 --> 04:12:12,120
unconstitutional and had become

4649
04:12:12,120 --> 04:12:15,600
unconstitutional over the years

4650
04:12:15,600 --> 04:12:17,100
um

4651
04:12:17,100 --> 04:12:21,620
I think in evaluating whether to reform

4652
04:12:21,620 --> 04:12:24,840
our current Ventura County campaign

4653
04:12:24,840 --> 04:12:30,000
Finance ordinance or to Simply

4654
04:12:30,000 --> 04:12:32,760
um defer to what the state had recently

4655
04:12:32,760 --> 04:12:35,580
created was kind of the conversation

4656
04:12:35,580 --> 04:12:37,520
that happened

4657
04:12:37,520 --> 04:12:39,840
recently with me and my colleague and

4658
04:12:39,840 --> 04:12:42,000
and County Council as we began to

4659
04:12:42,000 --> 04:12:45,000
evaluate how to to fix a system that in

4660
04:12:45,000 --> 04:12:46,560
many ways was duplicative of what was

4661
04:12:46,560 --> 04:12:48,359
going on in Sacramento and what was

4662
04:12:48,359 --> 04:12:50,340
inefficient

4663
04:12:50,340 --> 04:12:51,080
um

4664
04:12:51,080 --> 04:12:53,699
what uh what Sacramento did was they

4665
04:12:53,699 --> 04:12:57,540
passed a law AB 571 just a few years ago

4666
04:12:57,540 --> 04:12:59,880
just two years ago

4667
04:12:59,880 --> 04:13:02,040
that legislation created a framework

4668
04:13:02,040 --> 04:13:04,739
into which any County could participate

4669
04:13:04,739 --> 04:13:07,380
and any City could participate and would

4670
04:13:07,380 --> 04:13:10,620
create the framework of transparency

4671
04:13:10,620 --> 04:13:12,500
accountability

4672
04:13:12,500 --> 04:13:15,920
oversight complaint

4673
04:13:15,920 --> 04:13:18,540
complaint receiving and ultimately

4674
04:13:18,540 --> 04:13:20,160
enforcement through fines and other

4675
04:13:20,160 --> 04:13:21,840
measures

4676
04:13:21,840 --> 04:13:22,800
um

4677
04:13:22,800 --> 04:13:25,439
today more than 33 counties more than

4678
04:13:25,439 --> 04:13:26,760
half of the counties in the state of

4679
04:13:26,760 --> 04:13:28,260
California are deferring to that

4680
04:13:28,260 --> 04:13:29,760
framework that was created by the state

4681
04:13:29,760 --> 04:13:31,319
and are participating in it very

4682
04:13:31,319 --> 04:13:32,460
successfully

4683
04:13:32,460 --> 04:13:34,800
and more than half of the cities in the

4684
04:13:34,800 --> 04:13:36,720
County of Ventura are currently

4685
04:13:36,720 --> 04:13:40,920
deferring to that state that state

4686
04:13:40,920 --> 04:13:44,520
framework and utilizing that same

4687
04:13:44,520 --> 04:13:46,380
what we created here in Ventura County

4688
04:13:46,380 --> 04:13:49,140
way back in 2003 had become in many ways

4689
04:13:49,140 --> 04:13:51,300
very duplicative of what was going on in

4690
04:13:51,300 --> 04:13:52,500
Sacramento

4691
04:13:52,500 --> 04:13:54,779
if you create an independent expenditure

4692
04:13:54,779 --> 04:13:56,520
committee here locally or if you run for

4693
04:13:56,520 --> 04:13:58,439
office here locally and you want to

4694
04:13:58,439 --> 04:14:00,779
accept resources campaign contributions

4695
04:14:00,779 --> 04:14:03,180
or to file locally and you have to file

4696
04:14:03,180 --> 04:14:05,279
with a state

4697
04:14:05,279 --> 04:14:07,979
um we have a Ventura County campaign

4698
04:14:07,979 --> 04:14:10,699
Finance ordinance ethics commission

4699
04:14:10,699 --> 04:14:13,199
there's also an Ethics commission at the

4700
04:14:13,199 --> 04:14:14,760
state level the fair political practices

4701
04:14:14,760 --> 04:14:17,100
commission that has full-time staff and

4702
04:14:17,100 --> 04:14:18,359
enforcement capabilities and

4703
04:14:18,359 --> 04:14:21,899
investigators and resources to

4704
04:14:21,899 --> 04:14:25,279
to evaluate complaints and to perform

4705
04:14:25,279 --> 04:14:28,140
enforcement including fines and other

4706
04:14:28,140 --> 04:14:30,239
penalties

4707
04:14:30,239 --> 04:14:32,399
um our County ordinance hadn't changed

4708
04:14:32,399 --> 04:14:34,040
much since it was really originally

4709
04:14:34,040 --> 04:14:38,160
implemented in 2003 and in many ways

4710
04:14:38,160 --> 04:14:40,620
have become ineffective and outmoded and

4711
04:14:40,620 --> 04:14:42,239
I'd like to share with you a couple of

4712
04:14:42,239 --> 04:14:45,600
examples of why that is

4713
04:14:45,600 --> 04:14:49,580
first Much Ado has been made about the

4714
04:14:49,580 --> 04:14:53,600
donation limit to a candidate yes

4715
04:14:53,600 --> 04:14:56,239
Buckley vivallejo

4716
04:14:56,239 --> 04:14:58,739
1979 U.S Supreme Court of the United

4717
04:14:58,739 --> 04:15:01,080
States of America says that

4718
04:15:01,080 --> 04:15:03,359
contributions done independently by an

4719
04:15:03,359 --> 04:15:06,840
independent committee cannot be limited

4720
04:15:06,840 --> 04:15:09,239
but independent but contributions to a

4721
04:15:09,239 --> 04:15:11,220
candidate directly to a candidate

4722
04:15:11,220 --> 04:15:13,739
handing a check from a citizen to a

4723
04:15:13,739 --> 04:15:16,979
candidate that the government could

4724
04:15:16,979 --> 04:15:19,739
could regulate and limit that direct

4725
04:15:19,739 --> 04:15:22,399
contribution 1979

4726
04:15:22,399 --> 04:15:24,479
but they also said that it had to be

4727
04:15:24,479 --> 04:15:27,080
reasonable and it had to be

4728
04:15:27,080 --> 04:15:30,300
narrowly tailored and it had to be least

4729
04:15:30,300 --> 04:15:32,939
restrictive means to achieve what the

4730
04:15:32,939 --> 04:15:34,859
government wanted to do which was a

4731
04:15:34,859 --> 04:15:37,439
compelling governmental interest

4732
04:15:37,439 --> 04:15:39,660
to limit what would what was possibly

4733
04:15:39,660 --> 04:15:41,640
corruption or the perception of

4734
04:15:41,640 --> 04:15:42,899
corruption it could undermine our

4735
04:15:42,899 --> 04:15:44,640
democratic system

4736
04:15:44,640 --> 04:15:47,580
yes they said that direct contributions

4737
04:15:47,580 --> 04:15:50,040
to a candidate could be limited but

4738
04:15:50,040 --> 04:15:52,380
could only be limited reasonably so in

4739
04:15:52,380 --> 04:15:56,340
2003 we adopted a 750 limit

4740
04:15:56,340 --> 04:15:58,859
but what else Buckley Vallejo and all

4741
04:15:58,859 --> 04:16:00,660
the Litany of cases from the Supreme

4742
04:16:00,660 --> 04:16:02,040
Court that have happened since then

4743
04:16:02,040 --> 04:16:04,920
require us to do is to continue to

4744
04:16:04,920 --> 04:16:06,540
evaluate whether that limit is

4745
04:16:06,540 --> 04:16:08,100
reasonable whether that is the least

4746
04:16:08,100 --> 04:16:10,500
restrictive means whether that is

4747
04:16:10,500 --> 04:16:12,060
narrowly tailored to fit the

4748
04:16:12,060 --> 04:16:16,260
governmental interest the compelling

4749
04:16:16,260 --> 04:16:19,080
we don't do that every cycle we don't

4750
04:16:19,080 --> 04:16:21,239
look at the uh growth in the economy we

4751
04:16:21,239 --> 04:16:22,439
don't look at inflation we don't look at

4752
04:16:22,439 --> 04:16:24,960
Cost of Living we don't look at livable

4753
04:16:24,960 --> 04:16:27,960
wages and whether 750 still makes sense

4754
04:16:27,960 --> 04:16:30,420
to many of you I can tell who spoke you

4755
04:16:30,420 --> 04:16:32,699
feels good it feels good to have 750

4756
04:16:32,699 --> 04:16:35,580
dollars be the maximum contribution the

4757
04:16:35,580 --> 04:16:36,960
challenge is

4758
04:16:36,960 --> 04:16:39,899
that we haven't every legislative cycle

4759
04:16:39,899 --> 04:16:41,939
every political cycle we haven't looked

4760
04:16:41,939 --> 04:16:44,340
at raising that to meet to meet

4761
04:16:44,340 --> 04:16:46,560
inflation or Cola or livable standards

4762
04:16:46,560 --> 04:16:48,779
or the ability to to fund a campaign and

4763
04:16:48,779 --> 04:16:51,239
to hire staffers and to pay for paper

4764
04:16:51,239 --> 04:16:54,120
and lawn signs we haven't done that

4765
04:16:54,120 --> 04:16:57,120
we've been lazy as a county so as a

4766
04:16:57,120 --> 04:17:00,779
result that's 750 dollars which was set

4767
04:17:00,779 --> 04:17:03,720
in 2003 I can guarantee you is currently

4768
04:17:03,720 --> 04:17:06,479
unconstitutional and would not pass

4769
04:17:06,479 --> 04:17:08,100
the test

4770
04:17:08,100 --> 04:17:11,220
a compelling governmental interest test

4771
04:17:11,220 --> 04:17:13,439
before the U.S Supreme Court

4772
04:17:13,439 --> 04:17:15,180
so how do we change that but that's not

4773
04:17:15,180 --> 04:17:17,520
the only problem we also have because we

4774
04:17:17,520 --> 04:17:19,560
have our own system locally we also have

4775
04:17:19,560 --> 04:17:23,040
our own uh infrastructure attempted

4776
04:17:23,040 --> 04:17:24,540
infrastructure

4777
04:17:24,540 --> 04:17:27,840
to evaluate investigate and enforce

4778
04:17:27,840 --> 04:17:29,760
against our own campaign contribution

4779
04:17:29,760 --> 04:17:32,760
limits and our own policies at the

4780
04:17:32,760 --> 04:17:35,040
ordinance that is our local Ventura

4781
04:17:35,040 --> 04:17:36,540
County campaign Finance ethics

4782
04:17:36,540 --> 04:17:38,819
commission can any of you name the last

4783
04:17:38,819 --> 04:17:40,739
time that that ethics commission has

4784
04:17:40,739 --> 04:17:43,020
taken bold action against any candidates

4785
04:17:43,020 --> 04:17:44,580
or any independent expenditures or

4786
04:17:44,580 --> 04:17:46,680
against anybody you can't do you know

4787
04:17:46,680 --> 04:17:49,319
why because it's ineffective it truly is

4788
04:17:49,319 --> 04:17:51,540
it doesn't have full-time investigative

4789
04:17:51,540 --> 04:17:54,060
staff it doesn't have the backbones to

4790
04:17:54,060 --> 04:17:56,120
do what the fair political practices

4791
04:17:56,120 --> 04:17:59,460
commission can do in Sacramento which is

4792
04:17:59,460 --> 04:18:01,920
to evaluate to investigate and to

4793
04:18:01,920 --> 04:18:04,739
enforce and to impose those penalties on

4794
04:18:04,739 --> 04:18:06,420
elected officials and independent

4795
04:18:06,420 --> 04:18:07,680
committees

4796
04:18:07,680 --> 04:18:10,260
locally

4797
04:18:10,260 --> 04:18:11,279
um

4798
04:18:11,279 --> 04:18:13,859
the state of California also given this

4799
04:18:13,859 --> 04:18:15,540
infrastructure that they created given

4800
04:18:15,540 --> 04:18:17,420
this framework that they've created in

4801
04:18:17,420 --> 04:18:21,120
ab571 they every legislative cycle every

4802
04:18:21,120 --> 04:18:23,220
political cycle they take the time and

4803
04:18:23,220 --> 04:18:24,899
to evaluate

4804
04:18:24,899 --> 04:18:27,420
what what uh the right contribution

4805
04:18:27,420 --> 04:18:30,060
limits are for campaigns given the

4806
04:18:30,060 --> 04:18:32,399
growth in the economy given the cost of

4807
04:18:32,399 --> 04:18:34,680
living giving given inflation giving

4808
04:18:34,680 --> 04:18:37,979
livable wage and that we don't have that

4809
04:18:37,979 --> 04:18:39,960
ability at the county level we don't

4810
04:18:39,960 --> 04:18:41,819
have those experts we're not going to do

4811
04:18:41,819 --> 04:18:43,260
that evaluation every year because we

4812
04:18:43,260 --> 04:18:45,300
haven't done it since 2003 when the

4813
04:18:45,300 --> 04:18:47,460
original limit was set

4814
04:18:47,460 --> 04:18:50,279
the ability for ourselves to run our own

4815
04:18:50,279 --> 04:18:52,140
infrastructure here that the state of

4816
04:18:52,140 --> 04:18:54,720
California currently does already is

4817
04:18:54,720 --> 04:18:56,699
enormously would be enormously expensive

4818
04:18:56,699 --> 04:18:59,340
if we tried to do it if we tried to come

4819
04:18:59,340 --> 04:19:03,060
to to comply with Buckley vivallejo and

4820
04:19:03,060 --> 04:19:04,680
the and the requirements of

4821
04:19:04,680 --> 04:19:07,080
constitutionality that are opposed upon

4822
04:19:07,080 --> 04:19:10,220
governments who wish to impose upon

4823
04:19:10,220 --> 04:19:12,660
donors and candidates and independent

4824
04:19:12,660 --> 04:19:14,160
committees

4825
04:19:14,160 --> 04:19:16,680
any kind of uh contribution limits which

4826
04:19:16,680 --> 04:19:18,720
found

4827
04:19:18,720 --> 04:19:21,140
is a First Amendment right is is

4828
04:19:21,140 --> 04:19:23,760
political speech whether you believe in

4829
04:19:23,760 --> 04:19:25,140
that or not that's what our Supreme

4830
04:19:25,140 --> 04:19:27,300
Court says and that's the law of the

4831
04:19:27,300 --> 04:19:29,040
land and that's what we as a government

4832
04:19:29,040 --> 04:19:33,110
have to comply by

4833
04:19:33,120 --> 04:19:35,220
I won my election under the current

4834
04:19:35,220 --> 04:19:37,620
system this is not as this is not an

4835
04:19:37,620 --> 04:19:39,540
effort to change things

4836
04:19:39,540 --> 04:19:41,460
uh that would

4837
04:19:41,460 --> 04:19:44,040
make any outcomes any different

4838
04:19:44,040 --> 04:19:46,140
this is an effort to change things to

4839
04:19:46,140 --> 04:19:49,380
streamline to make constitutional to re

4840
04:19:49,380 --> 04:19:52,080
to to limit bureaucracy and redundancy

4841
04:19:52,080 --> 04:19:54,779
that has become very confusing for

4842
04:19:54,779 --> 04:19:56,040
voters

4843
04:19:56,040 --> 04:19:57,420
do you know if you want to find out a

4844
04:19:57,420 --> 04:20:00,439
contribution that was given to a county

4845
04:20:00,439 --> 04:20:02,640
politician you have to go to one site

4846
04:20:02,640 --> 04:20:04,560
but if you want to look at what

4847
04:20:04,560 --> 04:20:06,479
contribution was given to a state

4848
04:20:06,479 --> 04:20:08,880
legislator Jack Irwin or

4849
04:20:08,880 --> 04:20:10,620
or um

4850
04:20:10,620 --> 04:20:12,960
Henry Stern at the Senate level you have

4851
04:20:12,960 --> 04:20:14,520
to go to a separate website State

4852
04:20:14,520 --> 04:20:16,859
website

4853
04:20:16,859 --> 04:20:19,250
um

4854
04:20:19,260 --> 04:20:22,080
people don't understand

4855
04:20:22,080 --> 04:20:23,819
that there's a difference and it's very

4856
04:20:23,819 --> 04:20:25,800
difficult to ascertain who's giving who

4857
04:20:25,800 --> 04:20:28,439
to what unless you can create a One-Stop

4858
04:20:28,439 --> 04:20:31,020
shop where you can go to one set of

4859
04:20:31,020 --> 04:20:34,040
governmental records one portal one

4860
04:20:34,040 --> 04:20:38,279
oversight entity and find who's given

4861
04:20:38,279 --> 04:20:41,520
what to whom and when and how much

4862
04:20:41,520 --> 04:20:44,460
and that's what the state's ab571

4863
04:20:44,460 --> 04:20:46,380
framework does it creates a One-Stop

4864
04:20:46,380 --> 04:20:49,610
shop in many ways

4865
04:20:49,620 --> 04:20:51,239
um

4866
04:20:51,239 --> 04:20:54,180
it's been also said that 750 is is an

4867
04:20:54,180 --> 04:20:56,640
amount that a one can run a campaign on

4868
04:20:56,640 --> 04:20:59,520
it it it it sounds good but in the

4869
04:20:59,520 --> 04:21:02,880
enormity and the population size of the

4870
04:21:02,880 --> 04:21:05,040
districts that that we have to run in

4871
04:21:05,040 --> 04:21:07,680
and county-wide for some of the other

4872
04:21:07,680 --> 04:21:11,279
uh County of officials

4873
04:21:11,279 --> 04:21:13,979
the the amount of donations and the and

4874
04:21:13,979 --> 04:21:16,620
the fundraising ceiling that has been

4875
04:21:16,620 --> 04:21:20,100
created will not allow you to run an

4876
04:21:20,100 --> 04:21:21,960
effective campaign and get your word out

4877
04:21:21,960 --> 04:21:25,140
and to pay a staff to help you do that a

4878
04:21:25,140 --> 04:21:27,960
livable wage you just can't and I want

4879
04:21:27,960 --> 04:21:29,939
to point to one example

4880
04:21:29,939 --> 04:21:33,600
just one example of how I know that a

4881
04:21:33,600 --> 04:21:37,380
750 dollar contribution

4882
04:21:37,380 --> 04:21:39,600
um is not adequate

4883
04:21:39,600 --> 04:21:42,720
and that example is right here in this

4884
04:21:42,720 --> 04:21:45,060
document and that is that

4885
04:21:45,060 --> 04:21:47,100
in the primary of the last election

4886
04:21:47,100 --> 04:21:49,800
cycle former supervisor Linda Parks gave

4887
04:21:49,800 --> 04:21:52,080
us 750 contribution to one of the

4888
04:21:52,080 --> 04:21:54,479
candidates in the second district

4889
04:21:54,479 --> 04:21:57,000
and then in the general election

4890
04:21:57,000 --> 04:22:00,120
uh supervisor Linda Parks gave another

4891
04:22:00,120 --> 04:22:03,540
750 contribution to that same candidate

4892
04:22:03,540 --> 04:22:06,720
that was the maximum amount per person

4893
04:22:06,720 --> 04:22:09,300
well in October of last year just a

4894
04:22:09,300 --> 04:22:11,399
month before the election supervisor

4895
04:22:11,399 --> 04:22:14,040
Linda Parks took nine thousand nine

4896
04:22:14,040 --> 04:22:15,720
hundred dollars from her own supervisor

4897
04:22:15,720 --> 04:22:17,880
coffers left over

4898
04:22:17,880 --> 04:22:19,620
and funneled them into independent

4899
04:22:19,620 --> 04:22:21,239
expenditure committee that was created

4900
04:22:21,239 --> 04:22:23,160
in support of Claudia Bill de la Pena's

4901
04:22:23,160 --> 04:22:24,239
election

4902
04:22:24,239 --> 04:22:25,739
so the same person that just told us

4903
04:22:25,739 --> 04:22:28,500
that 750 is enough for a person to give

4904
04:22:28,500 --> 04:22:30,420
a contribution they gave over ten

4905
04:22:30,420 --> 04:22:32,520
thousand dollars to one person through

4906
04:22:32,520 --> 04:22:34,620
two different mechanisms

4907
04:22:34,620 --> 04:22:37,140
that's that should be an example enough

4908
04:22:37,140 --> 04:22:41,580
that 750 contribution per person is just

4909
04:22:41,580 --> 04:22:42,899
not adequate

4910
04:22:42,899 --> 04:22:46,560
to to to be able to to fund fully fund a

4911
04:22:46,560 --> 04:22:48,840
campaign that requires you to hire staff

4912
04:22:48,840 --> 04:22:54,180
and it requires you to to employ people

4913
04:22:54,180 --> 04:22:56,340
a livable wage that will allow them to

4914
04:22:56,340 --> 04:23:01,130
survive in the County of Ventura

4915
04:23:01,140 --> 04:23:04,380
the largest donors in the campaign that

4916
04:23:04,380 --> 04:23:05,880
I just ended

4917
04:23:05,880 --> 04:23:07,920
uh was not Big Oil I didn't take oil

4918
04:23:07,920 --> 04:23:09,540
money wasn't tobacco I don't take

4919
04:23:09,540 --> 04:23:12,120
tobacco money was wasn't Developers

4920
04:23:12,120 --> 04:23:15,060
it was labor unions it was labor unions

4921
04:23:15,060 --> 04:23:16,439
they were the largest contributors in

4922
04:23:16,439 --> 04:23:19,020
the election that I participated in

4923
04:23:19,020 --> 04:23:21,180
and that's okay maybe you need to give

4924
04:23:21,180 --> 04:23:23,220
to all kinds of different candidates

4925
04:23:23,220 --> 04:23:25,439
but they gave over four hundred thousand

4926
04:23:25,439 --> 04:23:27,660
dollars in my election through an

4927
04:23:27,660 --> 04:23:30,000
independent committee and they did so

4928
04:23:30,000 --> 04:23:31,859
because they could see the candidates

4929
04:23:31,859 --> 04:23:33,600
could not raise and spend and

4930
04:23:33,600 --> 04:23:35,699
communicate to a constituency what they

4931
04:23:35,699 --> 04:23:39,239
needed to given the amount of

4932
04:23:39,239 --> 04:23:41,580
contribution limits that are currently

4933
04:23:41,580 --> 04:23:44,040
and unconstitutionally enforced in the

4934
04:23:44,040 --> 04:23:46,800
County of Ventura

4935
04:23:46,800 --> 04:23:47,699
um

4936
04:23:47,699 --> 04:23:50,340
the point was made and it is a hundred

4937
04:23:50,340 --> 04:23:52,620
percent accurate is that there has been

4938
04:23:52,620 --> 04:23:55,199
a rise in dark money and independent

4939
04:23:55,199 --> 04:23:56,939
expenditures that have go that are going

4940
04:23:56,939 --> 04:23:59,279
on in every election cycle to achieve

4941
04:23:59,279 --> 04:24:01,859
outcomes because candidates cannot raise

4942
04:24:01,859 --> 04:24:03,779
the kind of resources that they need to

4943
04:24:03,779 --> 04:24:05,160
communicate themselves so other

4944
04:24:05,160 --> 04:24:07,439
organizations entities interest groups

4945
04:24:07,439 --> 04:24:10,319
step up and have to fill that void it

4946
04:24:10,319 --> 04:24:12,239
wasn't like that 10 years ago

4947
04:24:12,239 --> 04:24:13,920
there was a rarity of independent

4948
04:24:13,920 --> 04:24:15,359
expenditures of independent Committees

4949
04:24:15,359 --> 04:24:17,279
of these monies that were moving around

4950
04:24:17,279 --> 04:24:19,800
behind the scenes that wasn't the case

4951
04:24:19,800 --> 04:24:21,300
10 years ago

4952
04:24:21,300 --> 04:24:23,160
that is significantly the case now and

4953
04:24:23,160 --> 04:24:24,600
in fact the largest

4954
04:24:24,600 --> 04:24:27,779
contributor and expenditures made in the

4955
04:24:27,779 --> 04:24:28,979
last election cycle were done

4956
04:24:28,979 --> 04:24:30,840
independently not by any candidates

4957
04:24:30,840 --> 04:24:34,309
candidates

4958
04:24:34,319 --> 04:24:37,520
so I understand that there's concern

4959
04:24:37,520 --> 04:24:40,800
but I want you to know that what we're

4960
04:24:40,800 --> 04:24:43,199
suggesting what I'm suggesting

4961
04:24:43,199 --> 04:24:45,420
is that we participate in a framework

4962
04:24:45,420 --> 04:24:47,819
that was created

4963
04:24:47,819 --> 04:24:50,580
by A legislature and signed by a

4964
04:24:50,580 --> 04:24:53,100
governor Gavin Newsom

4965
04:24:53,100 --> 04:24:56,520
that will continue to work on that

4966
04:24:56,520 --> 04:24:59,699
Foundation that that infrastructure to

4967
04:24:59,699 --> 04:25:02,040
make sure it is the most transparent the

4968
04:25:02,040 --> 04:25:03,300
most accountable

4969
04:25:03,300 --> 04:25:06,540
the most visible for constituents to

4970
04:25:06,540 --> 04:25:08,939
find to look to make complaints

4971
04:25:08,939 --> 04:25:11,399
this is a system not created by us or by

4972
04:25:11,399 --> 04:25:12,960
some henchmen this is the California

4973
04:25:12,960 --> 04:25:15,239
state legislature and every single one

4974
04:25:15,239 --> 04:25:17,760
of your legislative delegation members

4975
04:25:17,760 --> 04:25:19,439
voted for it

4976
04:25:19,439 --> 04:25:21,720
every single one of them because they

4977
04:25:21,720 --> 04:25:23,220
looked down and they thought that this

4978
04:25:23,220 --> 04:25:25,140
Patchwork of different rules and

4979
04:25:25,140 --> 04:25:27,180
regulations

4980
04:25:27,180 --> 04:25:29,760
an ineffective oversight mechanisms like

4981
04:25:29,760 --> 04:25:31,979
the county ethics commission has been

4982
04:25:31,979 --> 04:25:34,680
it's just not

4983
04:25:34,680 --> 04:25:36,180
it's not fair it's not fair to

4984
04:25:36,180 --> 04:25:39,050
constituents

4985
04:25:39,060 --> 04:25:40,620
so if you think the contribution limit

4986
04:25:40,620 --> 04:25:43,680
shouldn't be fifty five hundred dollars

4987
04:25:43,680 --> 04:25:45,359
make that case to the California state

4988
04:25:45,359 --> 04:25:47,100
legislature they're the ones that

4989
04:25:47,100 --> 04:25:49,199
evaluated every two years they're the

4990
04:25:49,199 --> 04:25:50,399
ones that are going to look at what the

4991
04:25:50,399 --> 04:25:52,020
right contributions are

4992
04:25:52,020 --> 04:25:55,560
and what what makes sense in this state

4993
04:25:55,560 --> 04:25:57,300
of California

4994
04:25:57,300 --> 04:25:59,840
but right now

4995
04:25:59,840 --> 04:26:02,819
in my own District

4996
04:26:02,819 --> 04:26:05,220
it overlaps with the city council race

4997
04:26:05,220 --> 04:26:07,080
it overlapped with the city council race

4998
04:26:07,080 --> 04:26:09,359
and that city council raised that a

4999
04:26:09,359 --> 04:26:12,420
candidate for the fifth district

5000
04:26:12,420 --> 04:26:14,640
um could raise four thousand nine

5001
04:26:14,640 --> 04:26:16,199
hundred dollars because Camarillo

5002
04:26:16,199 --> 04:26:18,060
participates in that state state program

5003
04:26:18,060 --> 04:26:20,159
that state framework

5004
04:26:20,159 --> 04:26:22,380
but my the district I was running in I

5005
04:26:22,380 --> 04:26:25,020
had to communicate with 10 to 12 times

5006
04:26:25,020 --> 04:26:27,180
more constituents over a larger

5007
04:26:27,180 --> 04:26:29,100
geographic area

5008
04:26:29,100 --> 04:26:31,680
could only raise 750 from that same

5009
04:26:31,680 --> 04:26:33,120
contributor

5010
04:26:33,120 --> 04:26:35,279
it just doesn't make sense

5011
04:26:35,279 --> 04:26:36,840
so we have two choices we have two

5012
04:26:36,840 --> 04:26:37,859
choices

5013
04:26:37,859 --> 04:26:39,840
we can continue to build out a

5014
04:26:39,840 --> 04:26:42,840
bureaucracy that's duplicative that's

5015
04:26:42,840 --> 04:26:45,359
ineffective and that is absolutely

5016
04:26:45,359 --> 04:26:48,180
unconstitutional

5017
04:26:48,180 --> 04:26:50,699
or or we can

5018
04:26:50,699 --> 04:26:52,739
or we can do what most other counties

5019
04:26:52,739 --> 04:26:54,300
and most other cities are currently

5020
04:26:54,300 --> 04:26:56,880
doing and that is participating in the

5021
04:26:56,880 --> 04:26:58,800
framework created by democratically

5022
04:26:58,800 --> 04:27:00,180
controlled legislature and a

5023
04:27:00,180 --> 04:27:01,439
democratically controlled governor of

5024
04:27:01,439 --> 04:27:03,479
the state of California that makes sense

5025
04:27:03,479 --> 04:27:05,699
that's accountable that's open that's

5026
04:27:05,699 --> 04:27:07,500
transparent and that's fair to the

5027
04:27:07,500 --> 04:27:12,649
voters of this state

5028
04:27:12,659 --> 04:27:16,729
um

5029
04:27:16,739 --> 04:27:19,199
there's been there's been some hyperbole

5030
04:27:19,199 --> 04:27:21,479
today about about things but the most

5031
04:27:21,479 --> 04:27:23,520
important thing we can do

5032
04:27:23,520 --> 04:27:25,620
is to move forward with something that

5033
04:27:25,620 --> 04:27:27,540
creates transparency where people know

5034
04:27:27,540 --> 04:27:29,159
where money is coming from so you can

5035
04:27:29,159 --> 04:27:31,500
make decisions about which candidates

5036
04:27:31,500 --> 04:27:34,080
you want to support

5037
04:27:34,080 --> 04:27:38,819
and to move forward with a system that

5038
04:27:38,819 --> 04:27:43,130
reduces duplication

5039
04:27:43,140 --> 04:27:45,420
and creates

5040
04:27:45,420 --> 04:27:46,439
um

5041
04:27:46,439 --> 04:27:49,739
Clarity and consistency between what we

5042
04:27:49,739 --> 04:27:51,120
do locally

5043
04:27:51,120 --> 04:27:52,800
and what our legislators and the state

5044
04:27:52,800 --> 04:27:54,840
of California are doing and so that's

5045
04:27:54,840 --> 04:27:56,699
how we can that's how I came to this

5046
04:27:56,699 --> 04:28:00,000
position and that's how I think that

5047
04:28:00,000 --> 04:28:02,760
this County would be best benefited

5048
04:28:02,760 --> 04:28:05,159
thank you

5049
04:28:05,159 --> 04:28:07,500
supervisor apartment

5050
04:28:07,500 --> 04:28:10,020
well that's um very tough to follow I

5051
04:28:10,020 --> 04:28:12,800
didn't go to law school so

5052
04:28:12,800 --> 04:28:15,840
but you know I've heard a number of

5053
04:28:15,840 --> 04:28:17,640
people say today

5054
04:28:17,640 --> 04:28:20,460
that you won you know we've won our

5055
04:28:20,460 --> 04:28:24,300
elections so we won with the 750 dollar

5056
04:28:24,300 --> 04:28:27,300
limit what you don't know is how

5057
04:28:27,300 --> 04:28:29,279
difficult it is because most people

5058
04:28:29,279 --> 04:28:32,760
don't contribute 750 which is fine

5059
04:28:32,760 --> 04:28:34,500
because if you think and I'm just going

5060
04:28:34,500 --> 04:28:36,659
to talk for myself if you think that I

5061
04:28:36,659 --> 04:28:39,239
don't appreciate the 10 donation just as

5062
04:28:39,239 --> 04:28:42,000
much as I appreciate the 750 donation

5063
04:28:42,000 --> 04:28:45,659
you don't know me but I do

5064
04:28:45,659 --> 04:28:48,479
um when the county put together their

5065
04:28:48,479 --> 04:28:51,359
current ordinance in 2003 the state had

5066
04:28:51,359 --> 04:28:53,040
no rules

5067
04:28:53,040 --> 04:28:55,020
Ventura County creative rules that

5068
04:28:55,020 --> 04:28:56,939
protected the election process by

5069
04:28:56,939 --> 04:28:58,739
ensuring transparency and that makes

5070
04:28:58,739 --> 04:29:00,359
sense

5071
04:29:00,359 --> 04:29:02,580
but now the state is caught up and the

5072
04:29:02,580 --> 04:29:04,560
programs are working and they Place

5073
04:29:04,560 --> 04:29:06,840
limits and additional transparency on

5074
04:29:06,840 --> 04:29:09,300
local jurisdictions I know was running

5075
04:29:09,300 --> 04:29:10,739
for mayor

5076
04:29:10,739 --> 04:29:13,800
I could certainly receive a lot more

5077
04:29:13,800 --> 04:29:16,140
contributions than running for a

5078
04:29:16,140 --> 04:29:17,819
district supervisor

5079
04:29:17,819 --> 04:29:20,520
which doesn't make sense to me but

5080
04:29:20,520 --> 04:29:22,380
that's the way it is

5081
04:29:22,380 --> 04:29:24,659
the state has robust top-notch

5082
04:29:24,659 --> 04:29:26,699
investigators that specialize in

5083
04:29:26,699 --> 04:29:29,220
identifying abuse

5084
04:29:29,220 --> 04:29:31,920
more counties are following the fppc

5085
04:29:31,920 --> 04:29:34,380
rules and

5086
04:29:34,380 --> 04:29:35,939
it's the best way to protect our

5087
04:29:35,939 --> 04:29:37,080
taxpayers

5088
04:29:37,080 --> 04:29:39,180
we are duplicating the state's program I

5089
04:29:39,180 --> 04:29:40,380
know we mentioned that I know people

5090
04:29:40,380 --> 04:29:42,479
don't care for that but we are really

5091
04:29:42,479 --> 04:29:44,939
duplicating it we're not getting rid of

5092
04:29:44,939 --> 04:29:47,939
rules There are rules in place we're

5093
04:29:47,939 --> 04:29:51,479
just providing more access easy access

5094
04:29:51,479 --> 04:29:53,880
and it's not about raising limits it

5095
04:29:53,880 --> 04:29:56,460
really isn't it's about increasing

5096
04:29:56,460 --> 04:29:59,040
transparency and improving enforcement

5097
04:29:59,040 --> 04:30:00,960
through the state who has more resources

5098
04:30:00,960 --> 04:30:02,880
than we do

5099
04:30:02,880 --> 04:30:06,600
the state is the right enforcement arm

5100
04:30:06,600 --> 04:30:08,939
and former supervisor Steve Bennett

5101
04:30:08,939 --> 04:30:13,199
supported SB 1439 he voted yes on it and

5102
04:30:13,199 --> 04:30:15,659
yet during an opinion piece over the

5103
04:30:15,659 --> 04:30:18,899
weekend that I read he um made a comment

5104
04:30:18,899 --> 04:30:21,899
it was easy to get around so why would

5105
04:30:21,899 --> 04:30:23,340
you support it if it's easy to go around

5106
04:30:23,340 --> 04:30:26,939
fix it I'm sorry I just have to say that

5107
04:30:26,939 --> 04:30:29,939
it's about it's a this is about everyone

5108
04:30:29,939 --> 04:30:31,739
who runs for office not just one

5109
04:30:31,739 --> 04:30:34,620
political party not just one it's

5110
04:30:34,620 --> 04:30:37,670
everybody

5111
04:30:37,680 --> 04:30:39,239
and it's going to help the entire

5112
04:30:39,239 --> 04:30:41,340
process and it's going to affect all the

5113
04:30:41,340 --> 04:30:43,560
county offices not just this one

5114
04:30:43,560 --> 04:30:45,420
why do we have our own system when the

5115
04:30:45,420 --> 04:30:47,939
fppc has caught up

5116
04:30:47,939 --> 04:30:49,920
this will help all candidates running no

5117
04:30:49,920 --> 04:30:53,510
matter what party they represent

5118
04:30:53,520 --> 04:30:56,520
and that's my comments

5119
04:30:56,520 --> 04:30:58,439
thank you um

5120
04:30:58,439 --> 04:31:01,910
supervisor Lopez

5121
04:31:01,920 --> 04:31:03,840
thank you chair

5122
04:31:03,840 --> 04:31:06,779
um and I want to thank everyone who has

5123
04:31:06,779 --> 04:31:09,800
submitted letters and

5124
04:31:09,800 --> 04:31:11,819
expressed their their opinions and

5125
04:31:11,819 --> 04:31:13,699
comments uh today

5126
04:31:13,699 --> 04:31:15,899
especially those who are still sitting

5127
04:31:15,899 --> 04:31:19,380
here well after an hour of this

5128
04:31:19,380 --> 04:31:21,199
discussion

5129
04:31:21,199 --> 04:31:24,899
bringing a lot of points to this

5130
04:31:24,899 --> 04:31:26,239
discussion

5131
04:31:26,239 --> 04:31:28,800
that uh

5132
04:31:28,800 --> 04:31:32,699
make me question why we are doing this

5133
04:31:32,699 --> 04:31:36,600
when I have always taken pride in any

5134
04:31:36,600 --> 04:31:40,199
place that I am

5135
04:31:40,199 --> 04:31:44,220
a part of involved in especially as an

5136
04:31:44,220 --> 04:31:47,580
elected official on the school board on

5137
04:31:47,580 --> 04:31:52,020
city council to say we are doing better

5138
04:31:52,020 --> 04:31:55,500
we are leading to be stronger to be

5139
04:31:55,500 --> 04:31:59,279
fairer and not following others just

5140
04:31:59,279 --> 04:32:01,439
because that's the norm

5141
04:32:01,439 --> 04:32:03,720
and this is one of those opportunities

5142
04:32:03,720 --> 04:32:06,540
where Ventura County can continue to

5143
04:32:06,540 --> 04:32:10,739
lead can't continue to to represent the

5144
04:32:10,739 --> 04:32:14,220
people when elections are about

5145
04:32:14,220 --> 04:32:16,140
representing people

5146
04:32:16,140 --> 04:32:18,600
they are elections

5147
04:32:18,600 --> 04:32:22,319
for the people that we represent

5148
04:32:22,319 --> 04:32:25,979
they are elections about the people that

5149
04:32:25,979 --> 04:32:28,680
we represent and they are made by the

5150
04:32:28,680 --> 04:32:31,080
people we represent the very people who

5151
04:32:31,080 --> 04:32:34,010
live in this County

5152
04:32:34,020 --> 04:32:36,319
with this

5153
04:32:36,319 --> 04:32:40,560
recommendation to repeal the ordinance

5154
04:32:40,560 --> 04:32:43,560
it is disregarding

5155
04:32:43,560 --> 04:32:46,680
the power of people and voters

5156
04:32:46,680 --> 04:32:49,979
to have a voice in what is happening in

5157
04:32:49,979 --> 04:32:51,960
our community

5158
04:32:51,960 --> 04:32:55,140
making elections attainable and

5159
04:32:55,140 --> 04:32:56,699
accessible

5160
04:32:56,699 --> 04:32:59,100
not about how much money a person can

5161
04:32:59,100 --> 04:33:03,000
raise but having that voter engagement

5162
04:33:03,000 --> 04:33:07,320
and the further we raise a limit

5163
04:33:07,320 --> 04:33:11,879
is just continues continuing to move

5164
04:33:11,879 --> 04:33:14,039
the bar of how much money should be

5165
04:33:14,039 --> 04:33:15,539
raised

5166
04:33:15,539 --> 04:33:18,359
and disconnecting from the people and

5167
04:33:18,359 --> 04:33:21,289
engaging with people

5168
04:33:21,299 --> 04:33:24,660
I've ran four elections as a school

5169
04:33:24,660 --> 04:33:28,141
board member as a council member

5170
04:33:28,141 --> 04:33:32,100
and there is no better way to engage

5171
04:33:32,100 --> 04:33:36,180
with people than to be there in person

5172
04:33:36,180 --> 04:33:38,219
you don't need money for that

5173
04:33:38,219 --> 04:33:42,890
you just you need the time

5174
04:33:42,900 --> 04:33:46,141
repealing this ordinance doesn't mean

5175
04:33:46,141 --> 04:33:48,660
that independent expenditure committees

5176
04:33:48,660 --> 04:33:55,490
will go away

5177
04:33:55,500 --> 04:33:58,379
there's and I respectfully say this

5178
04:33:58,379 --> 04:34:00,719
there's there's flaws in in the reasons

5179
04:34:00,719 --> 04:34:03,539
that that have been presented

5180
04:34:03,539 --> 04:34:06,260
and this is something that I I cannot

5181
04:34:06,260 --> 04:34:09,480
cannot support

5182
04:34:09,480 --> 04:34:12,299
if this was an issue that should be

5183
04:34:12,299 --> 04:34:14,160
revised

5184
04:34:14,160 --> 04:34:16,859
then it should be up to voters

5185
04:34:16,859 --> 04:34:22,070
who are the voice in this community

5186
04:34:22,080 --> 04:34:24,840
we are their voice on this board

5187
04:34:24,840 --> 04:34:27,420
and as leaders in the cities that we

5188
04:34:27,420 --> 04:34:30,949
represent

5189
04:34:30,959 --> 04:34:35,929
this ordinance has been effective

5190
04:34:35,939 --> 04:34:38,520
and to

5191
04:34:38,520 --> 04:34:40,980
adopt

5192
04:34:40,980 --> 04:34:42,900
the state limits

5193
04:34:42,900 --> 04:34:48,199
that are applicable to our state

5194
04:34:48,199 --> 04:34:51,900
officials who represent larger districts

5195
04:34:51,900 --> 04:34:53,820
there is no comparison in the size of

5196
04:34:53,820 --> 04:34:56,039
the districts that we represent

5197
04:34:56,039 --> 04:34:58,859
each district in Ventura County has

5198
04:34:58,859 --> 04:35:01,920
about 167 000 residents

5199
04:35:01,920 --> 04:35:04,740
that is not comparable to a State

5200
04:35:04,740 --> 04:35:07,199
Assembly District and especially a

5201
04:35:07,199 --> 04:35:09,119
state-centered district that reaches a

5202
04:35:09,119 --> 04:35:13,070
million people

5203
04:35:13,080 --> 04:35:14,580
if this is something that should be

5204
04:35:14,580 --> 04:35:17,580
revised then why not take it to the

5205
04:35:17,580 --> 04:35:21,119
voters why not take it to the campaign

5206
04:35:21,119 --> 04:35:23,459
Finance campaign Finance ethics

5207
04:35:23,459 --> 04:35:25,379
Commission

5208
04:35:25,379 --> 04:35:27,660
so that there is an independent revision

5209
04:35:27,660 --> 04:35:29,939
of this of this ordinance

5210
04:35:29,939 --> 04:35:37,490
and bring it back to the board

5211
04:35:37,500 --> 04:35:39,840
thank you everyone for for being a part

5212
04:35:39,840 --> 04:35:42,840
of this at the opening of this board

5213
04:35:42,840 --> 04:35:45,061
meeting we had a presentation from the

5214
04:35:45,061 --> 04:35:46,799
League of Women Voters

5215
04:35:46,799 --> 04:35:48,600
who said their motto was about

5216
04:35:48,600 --> 04:35:53,810
empowering voters defending democracy

5217
04:35:53,820 --> 04:35:56,039
money should have no role in our

5218
04:35:56,039 --> 04:35:58,080
democracy when we're here to represent

5219
04:35:58,080 --> 04:35:59,340
people

5220
04:35:59,340 --> 04:36:03,369
so I cannot support this today thank you

5221
04:36:03,369 --> 04:36:07,670
[Applause]

5222
04:36:07,680 --> 04:36:09,900
um you know I really want to say thank

5223
04:36:09,900 --> 04:36:13,260
you to everyone who has either emailed

5224
04:36:13,260 --> 04:36:15,299
stopped me on the street

5225
04:36:15,299 --> 04:36:18,180
showed up at our our meeting today I

5226
04:36:18,180 --> 04:36:20,100
think this is really an important

5227
04:36:20,100 --> 04:36:21,959
discussion this isn't the first time

5228
04:36:21,959 --> 04:36:25,039
we've had discussion on this ordinance

5229
04:36:25,039 --> 04:36:28,320
as stated in the letter so thank you to

5230
04:36:28,320 --> 04:36:30,900
remind everybody of how many years we've

5231
04:36:30,900 --> 04:36:33,539
been discussing campaign finances

5232
04:36:33,539 --> 04:36:36,420
running a campaign this is a County

5233
04:36:36,420 --> 04:36:39,900
ordinance this doesn't affect just one

5234
04:36:39,900 --> 04:36:41,879
office I think people need to remember

5235
04:36:41,879 --> 04:36:43,279
that

5236
04:36:43,279 --> 04:36:46,199
I think there's another thing is thank

5237
04:36:46,199 --> 04:36:48,061
you for the taxpayers association of

5238
04:36:48,061 --> 04:36:49,260
transparency

5239
04:36:49,260 --> 04:36:53,939
having one location in which to find all

5240
04:36:53,939 --> 04:36:56,039
the information and to be very

5241
04:36:56,039 --> 04:36:58,760
transparent of who is making a donation

5242
04:36:58,760 --> 04:37:01,680
where is spending coming from I think

5243
04:37:01,680 --> 04:37:04,141
it's very helpful for our community and

5244
04:37:04,141 --> 04:37:06,959
I I value that the amount of websites

5245
04:37:06,959 --> 04:37:08,820
you have to jump through to find who did

5246
04:37:08,820 --> 04:37:14,959
what where when how can be very dis

5247
04:37:14,959 --> 04:37:19,699
ingenuous I think I've run through

5248
04:37:19,699 --> 04:37:23,400
campaigns personally I've seen fellow

5249
04:37:23,400 --> 04:37:26,879
colleagues run campaigns and if you're

5250
04:37:26,879 --> 04:37:29,160
not a politician and you're just trying

5251
04:37:29,160 --> 04:37:31,859
to serve the community I know it's very

5252
04:37:31,859 --> 04:37:34,439
hard to do and to make sure that we're

5253
04:37:34,439 --> 04:37:36,420
doing it in the right fashion I think is

5254
04:37:36,420 --> 04:37:38,879
really important

5255
04:37:38,879 --> 04:37:42,779
um I I do value what our state sets and

5256
04:37:42,779 --> 04:37:46,320
this this topic for the county we follow

5257
04:37:46,320 --> 04:37:49,260
many state ordinances I just want to

5258
04:37:49,260 --> 04:37:50,879
remind people of that whether it's

5259
04:37:50,879 --> 04:37:54,480
housing whether it's our Code Compliance

5260
04:37:54,480 --> 04:37:56,279
I mean we do a lot of different

5261
04:37:56,279 --> 04:37:59,820
ordinances that we follow State rules

5262
04:37:59,820 --> 04:38:02,100
and regulations so that's not abnormal

5263
04:38:02,100 --> 04:38:04,260
for us I just want to make sure that

5264
04:38:04,260 --> 04:38:06,660
people are aware of that

5265
04:38:06,660 --> 04:38:08,879
um what I what I do like is having

5266
04:38:08,879 --> 04:38:10,459
centralized system

5267
04:38:10,459 --> 04:38:14,279
that can really for the public for

5268
04:38:14,279 --> 04:38:17,939
transparency to have Camp to have public

5269
04:38:17,939 --> 04:38:20,279
records of your campaigns to do

5270
04:38:20,279 --> 04:38:23,699
complaint investigations to enforce

5271
04:38:23,699 --> 04:38:26,039
actions against candidates committees

5272
04:38:26,039 --> 04:38:28,199
and contributions those are key things

5273
04:38:28,199 --> 04:38:31,020
and I think those are very valuable

5274
04:38:31,020 --> 04:38:34,199
um I appreciate the staff presentation a

5275
04:38:34,199 --> 04:38:35,580
couple meetings this isn't the first

5276
04:38:35,580 --> 04:38:37,561
time we've had a few meetings ago that

5277
04:38:37,561 --> 04:38:40,920
show showed how cloudy what we have

5278
04:38:40,920 --> 04:38:44,000
versus the fppc is

5279
04:38:44,000 --> 04:38:47,699
and that concerns me I have great

5280
04:38:47,699 --> 04:38:50,641
concern of how what we have currently

5281
04:38:50,641 --> 04:38:54,840
set up to how people are held to the to

5282
04:38:54,840 --> 04:38:57,900
high regards on the state level so that

5283
04:38:57,900 --> 04:38:59,820
really you know if we're if you're

5284
04:38:59,820 --> 04:39:01,500
telling me to come Red Line what we

5285
04:39:01,500 --> 04:39:03,660
currently have versus what we have I

5286
04:39:03,660 --> 04:39:06,959
mean I think the cleanest way is to

5287
04:39:06,959 --> 04:39:10,141
follow what our fppc procedures are

5288
04:39:10,141 --> 04:39:11,340
because that's what we're held

5289
04:39:11,340 --> 04:39:15,299
accountable to and I and I really value

5290
04:39:15,299 --> 04:39:17,699
that democracy and we have how many

5291
04:39:17,699 --> 04:39:20,219
Democrats up at this state how many

5292
04:39:20,219 --> 04:39:22,619
Republicans bipartisan we have our very

5293
04:39:22,619 --> 04:39:25,859
own assemblyman that's voted for these

5294
04:39:25,859 --> 04:39:28,379
type of procedures I value their

5295
04:39:28,379 --> 04:39:30,480
experience as well

5296
04:39:30,480 --> 04:39:33,359
um so so I think this is this is an

5297
04:39:33,359 --> 04:39:36,119
important vote today but I think it's

5298
04:39:36,119 --> 04:39:38,940
really for all of our residents none of

5299
04:39:38,940 --> 04:39:41,340
us got voted in by the amount of money

5300
04:39:41,340 --> 04:39:43,500
that was provided to us

5301
04:39:43,500 --> 04:39:46,620
the people voted for the people they

5302
04:39:46,620 --> 04:39:49,080
wanted to have there has been races

5303
04:39:49,080 --> 04:39:52,260
where they lost by 19 votes four votes

5304
04:39:52,260 --> 04:39:56,040
it's it's your community is who elects

5305
04:39:56,040 --> 04:39:57,780
all of our elected whether it's our

5306
04:39:57,780 --> 04:40:00,600
Sheriff where are those tax collector so

5307
04:40:00,600 --> 04:40:02,878
to tell me that you only got voted

5308
04:40:02,878 --> 04:40:04,520
because the amount of money you spent

5309
04:40:04,520 --> 04:40:07,798
really disheartens me because I think

5310
04:40:07,798 --> 04:40:09,900
that every school board member every

5311
04:40:09,900 --> 04:40:12,480
College District every city council

5312
04:40:12,480 --> 04:40:15,660
member that that got elected was there

5313
04:40:15,660 --> 04:40:17,520
because they wanted to serve their

5314
04:40:17,520 --> 04:40:20,760
community so I I it really disheartened

5315
04:40:20,760 --> 04:40:22,860
by having people say well it was the

5316
04:40:22,860 --> 04:40:25,200
amount of dollars that they were given I

5317
04:40:25,200 --> 04:40:28,020
no there are so many people who would

5318
04:40:28,020 --> 04:40:30,060
never run for an election for many

5319
04:40:30,060 --> 04:40:31,500
reasons

5320
04:40:31,500 --> 04:40:35,040
so I want to First say thank you to

5321
04:40:35,040 --> 04:40:37,440
everyone who has served whether you're a

5322
04:40:37,440 --> 04:40:39,420
city council whether you're a school

5323
04:40:39,420 --> 04:40:42,120
board whether you're our wonderful tax

5324
04:40:42,120 --> 04:40:44,760
collector or Sheriff their amount of

5325
04:40:44,760 --> 04:40:47,160
things on that they do which is

5326
04:40:47,160 --> 04:40:49,260
extraordinary we have city council

5327
04:40:49,260 --> 04:40:52,860
members that spoke today you know so I I

5328
04:40:52,860 --> 04:40:54,900
just have to clear the air on some of

5329
04:40:54,900 --> 04:40:56,280
those things because I think that's

5330
04:40:56,280 --> 04:40:58,980
really important for us not to forget

5331
04:40:58,980 --> 04:41:01,378
what we're really talking about here

5332
04:41:01,378 --> 04:41:06,530
so um thank you for your time

5333
04:41:06,540 --> 04:41:08,580
well um I appreciate all of my

5334
04:41:08,580 --> 04:41:10,140
colleagues comments and I I really

5335
04:41:10,140 --> 04:41:12,480
appreciate all of the public feedback

5336
04:41:12,480 --> 04:41:15,718
in my opinion when the board passed this

5337
04:41:15,718 --> 04:41:18,420
ordinance in 2003 it it really put

5338
04:41:18,420 --> 04:41:20,458
itself forward to put Ventura County

5339
04:41:20,458 --> 04:41:23,218
forward as a leader in campaign Finance

5340
04:41:23,218 --> 04:41:25,500
reform and frankly that's a position I

5341
04:41:25,500 --> 04:41:27,360
would hate to give up

5342
04:41:27,360 --> 04:41:29,160
um true any ordinance that's 20 years

5343
04:41:29,160 --> 04:41:31,620
old it makes sense to take a look at to

5344
04:41:31,620 --> 04:41:33,298
to make minor tweaks and it's happened

5345
04:41:33,298 --> 04:41:35,520
several times already in the past 20

5346
04:41:35,520 --> 04:41:36,540
years

5347
04:41:36,540 --> 04:41:37,860
and you're one of the items being

5348
04:41:37,860 --> 04:41:39,540
discussed today is the individual limit

5349
04:41:39,540 --> 04:41:42,900
being 750 and we've seen the analysis

5350
04:41:42,900 --> 04:41:45,180
and yes we are way behind almost every

5351
04:41:45,180 --> 04:41:46,860
other county in the state so maybe we

5352
04:41:46,860 --> 04:41:48,958
can have a conversation about making

5353
04:41:48,958 --> 04:41:51,780
minor minor modifications there but I

5354
04:41:51,780 --> 04:41:53,878
don't think blowing up the whole

5355
04:41:53,878 --> 04:41:54,900
ordinance

5356
04:41:54,900 --> 04:41:57,780
is the path forward to get there um we

5357
04:41:57,780 --> 04:41:59,580
want to have that conversation I'm happy

5358
04:41:59,580 --> 04:42:01,500
to be part of that but I think the

5359
04:42:01,500 --> 04:42:03,180
ordinance itself Beyond just the

5360
04:42:03,180 --> 04:42:04,980
individual limits has some really

5361
04:42:04,980 --> 04:42:07,500
important uh safeguards in place you

5362
04:42:07,500 --> 04:42:09,480
know increased in extensive reporting

5363
04:42:09,480 --> 04:42:12,360
that increases transparency uh total

5364
04:42:12,360 --> 04:42:14,638
expenditure limits which which cap you

5365
04:42:14,638 --> 04:42:16,440
know the total amount that people the

5366
04:42:16,440 --> 04:42:18,298
candidates can spend

5367
04:42:18,298 --> 04:42:19,560
um you know all of those are I think are

5368
04:42:19,560 --> 04:42:21,060
apart from some of the discussion we're

5369
04:42:21,060 --> 04:42:22,320
having today and I would hate to give

5370
04:42:22,320 --> 04:42:25,260
those up just to talk about individual

5371
04:42:25,260 --> 04:42:29,160
limits and so as presented I I I can't

5372
04:42:29,160 --> 04:42:31,500
support an entire repeal of the

5373
04:42:31,500 --> 04:42:33,298
ordinance if there's ever a need to

5374
04:42:33,298 --> 04:42:35,340
discuss minor minor modifications to

5375
04:42:35,340 --> 04:42:36,900
certain parts of it I'm happy to be part

5376
04:42:36,900 --> 04:42:39,180
of that that conversation but uh as

5377
04:42:39,180 --> 04:42:41,040
presented today it's not something that

5378
04:42:41,040 --> 04:42:42,660
I can support

5379
04:42:42,660 --> 04:42:45,718
thank you Mr chair I'd move uh the the

5380
04:42:45,718 --> 04:42:50,160
item 44. I'm I'm sorry I need to close

5381
04:42:50,160 --> 04:42:52,080
the public here and I apologize okay go

5382
04:42:52,080 --> 04:42:56,690
ahead I'm sorry

5383
04:42:56,700 --> 04:42:59,700
it's closed yeah

5384
04:42:59,700 --> 04:43:02,700
then I'd move no item 44 for

5385
04:43:02,700 --> 04:43:06,000
um public hearing on the 28th of March

5386
04:43:06,000 --> 04:43:08,878
I'll I'll second

5387
04:43:08,878 --> 04:43:12,350
okay Madam Clerk

5388
04:43:12,360 --> 04:43:13,680
I'm going to read the title of the

5389
04:43:13,680 --> 04:43:15,240
ordinance into the record

5390
04:43:15,240 --> 04:43:16,620
it's an ordinance of the County of

5391
04:43:16,620 --> 04:43:18,298
Ventura repealing the Ventura County

5392
04:43:18,298 --> 04:43:21,060
campaign Finance reform ordinance

5393
04:43:21,060 --> 04:43:23,580
supervisor guerrell yes

5394
04:43:23,580 --> 04:43:26,040
supervisor long yes

5395
04:43:26,040 --> 04:43:28,260
supervisor Parvin yes

5396
04:43:28,260 --> 04:43:30,718
supervisor Lopez no

5397
04:43:30,718 --> 04:43:34,610
chair levere no

5398
04:43:34,620 --> 04:43:41,810
okay thank you

5399
04:43:41,820 --> 04:43:45,900
we have now finished our 10 10 30 time

5400
04:43:45,900 --> 04:43:48,080
certaints

5401
04:43:48,080 --> 04:43:51,240
yeah we would go to Dr Johnson are we

5402
04:43:51,240 --> 04:43:53,340
ready to proceed on item 46

5403
04:43:53,340 --> 04:44:00,910
the the UC UC Cooperative Extension

5404
04:44:00,920 --> 04:44:05,218
it's our first to be at 11. yeah

5405
04:44:05,218 --> 04:44:10,550
should we come back give us a moment

5406
04:44:10,560 --> 04:44:12,180
yeah two minute break yeah why don't we

5407
04:44:12,180 --> 04:44:15,120
oh he's here okay good

5408
04:44:15,120 --> 04:44:17,280
James

5409
04:44:17,280 --> 04:44:19,378
foreign

5410
04:44:19,378 --> 04:44:21,480
thank you

5411
04:44:21,480 --> 04:44:23,820
all right yeah so I'll call uh this is

5412
04:44:23,820 --> 04:44:26,940
our 11 A.M time certain

5413
04:44:26,940 --> 04:44:30,420
item 46 uh thank you for being here Mr

5414
04:44:30,420 --> 04:44:34,910
importante and uh please go ahead

5415
04:44:34,920 --> 04:44:38,390
I'll set a PowerPoint for this

5416
04:44:38,400 --> 04:44:40,620
all right well uh chairman levere Board

5417
04:44:40,620 --> 04:44:43,260
of Supervisors uh CEO Johnson I'm James

5418
04:44:43,260 --> 04:44:45,480
and portante program management analyst

5419
04:44:45,480 --> 04:44:46,860
with the county executive office's

5420
04:44:46,860 --> 04:44:49,138
budget and finance division here to

5421
04:44:49,138 --> 04:44:51,480
introduce to you Dr animique shoulder

5422
04:44:51,480 --> 04:44:53,700
director of our University of California

5423
04:44:53,700 --> 04:44:56,760
Cooperative Extension Ventura County

5424
04:44:56,760 --> 04:44:59,218
so she's not one to talk at length about

5425
04:44:59,218 --> 04:45:00,540
herself so I'm going to do that on her

5426
04:45:00,540 --> 04:45:03,360
behalf right now and so Dr shoulder's

5427
04:45:03,360 --> 04:45:05,458
passion for agriculture comes from her

5428
04:45:05,458 --> 04:45:08,040
family's long line of Dairy Farmers in

5429
04:45:08,040 --> 04:45:09,900
the Netherlands where she was inspired

5430
04:45:09,900 --> 04:45:12,480
by her grandfather and after completing

5431
04:45:12,480 --> 04:45:15,420
her primary secondary education she

5432
04:45:15,420 --> 04:45:16,920
completed undergraduate studies in

5433
04:45:16,920 --> 04:45:20,040
agronomy and developed a an appreciation

5434
04:45:20,040 --> 04:45:21,958
for Cajun culture

5435
04:45:21,958 --> 04:45:24,180
at the Louise University of Louisiana

5436
04:45:24,180 --> 04:45:26,100
Lafayette

5437
04:45:26,100 --> 04:45:27,780
she then pursued her Graduate Studies

5438
04:45:27,780 --> 04:45:30,540
and updated her Master's in PhD degrees

5439
04:45:30,540 --> 04:45:34,080
in Plant Pathology at Cornell University

5440
04:45:34,080 --> 04:45:36,360
and her professional Journey began in

5441
04:45:36,360 --> 04:45:38,458
Nigeria where for three years she worked

5442
04:45:38,458 --> 04:45:40,860
at The International Institute of

5443
04:45:40,860 --> 04:45:43,260
tropical agriculture focusing on

5444
04:45:43,260 --> 04:45:45,480
agricultural development

5445
04:45:45,480 --> 04:45:47,100
and then for 20 years she was a

5446
04:45:47,100 --> 04:45:49,920
professor for in small fruit pathology

5447
04:45:49,920 --> 04:45:52,378
at Michigan State University where she

5448
04:45:52,378 --> 04:45:54,718
conducted research on diseases of grapes

5449
04:45:54,718 --> 04:45:56,280
and Berry crops

5450
04:45:56,280 --> 04:45:58,138
and her work has involved collaboration

5451
04:45:58,138 --> 04:46:00,180
with a wide range of experts in the

5452
04:46:00,180 --> 04:46:03,000
fields of Entomology Horticulture plant

5453
04:46:03,000 --> 04:46:05,160
breathing breeding

5454
04:46:05,160 --> 04:46:07,560
agricultural economics and extension

5455
04:46:07,560 --> 04:46:09,000
education

5456
04:46:09,000 --> 04:46:11,340
and in 2018 she brought her talents and

5457
04:46:11,340 --> 04:46:13,320
expertise to our local Cooperative

5458
04:46:13,320 --> 04:46:15,900
Extension Office as a director and we

5459
04:46:15,900 --> 04:46:17,580
are grateful for her and her staff's

5460
04:46:17,580 --> 04:46:19,260
research and support of our local AG

5461
04:46:19,260 --> 04:46:22,798
industry its employees and education of

5462
04:46:22,798 --> 04:46:24,600
Youth and adults in our region so with

5463
04:46:24,600 --> 04:46:29,288
that please welcome Dr shoulder

5464
04:46:29,298 --> 04:46:32,580
I'm a huge fan I just have to say thank

5465
04:46:32,580 --> 04:46:33,298
you

5466
04:46:33,298 --> 04:46:36,718
thank you very much and good afternoon I

5467
04:46:36,718 --> 04:46:38,878
think it is by now

5468
04:46:38,878 --> 04:46:40,878
chairman Olivier

5469
04:46:40,878 --> 04:46:44,940
supervisor long Parvin Lopez and Dr

5470
04:46:44,940 --> 04:46:48,900
Johnson and also supervisor gorrell I'm

5471
04:46:48,900 --> 04:46:51,718
happy to be here I also want to thank

5472
04:46:51,718 --> 04:46:55,200
James it's been a really great analyst

5473
04:46:55,200 --> 04:46:57,360
to work with in the county

5474
04:46:57,360 --> 04:47:01,080
and I thank you for your time to let me

5475
04:47:01,080 --> 04:47:04,260
present our work plan for this year we

5476
04:47:04,260 --> 04:47:06,780
did submit the work plan in writing

5477
04:47:06,780 --> 04:47:08,280
um so there's a lot of detail in there

5478
04:47:08,280 --> 04:47:10,560
obviously I'm not going to go through

5479
04:47:10,560 --> 04:47:12,120
all that detail but I want to give you

5480
04:47:12,120 --> 04:47:14,958
some of the highlights and also explain

5481
04:47:14,958 --> 04:47:18,298
uh exactly what we do here

5482
04:47:18,298 --> 04:47:21,660
so hopefully this will go forward yes so

5483
04:47:21,660 --> 04:47:25,260
I want to uh obviously first say that we

5484
04:47:25,260 --> 04:47:27,360
are part of the the arm of the

5485
04:47:27,360 --> 04:47:28,920
University of California that's called

5486
04:47:28,920 --> 04:47:30,600
the division of agricultural natural

5487
04:47:30,600 --> 04:47:33,900
resources and the mission is to Surf

5488
04:47:33,900 --> 04:47:36,060
California through creation developing

5489
04:47:36,060 --> 04:47:37,680
an application of knowledge in

5490
04:47:37,680 --> 04:47:41,040
agricultural natural and human resources

5491
04:47:41,040 --> 04:47:44,090
and

5492
04:47:44,100 --> 04:47:48,360
we are part of a network of County

5493
04:47:48,360 --> 04:47:50,520
Extension offices in all the counties of

5494
04:47:50,520 --> 04:47:53,760
the of the state as well as those are

5495
04:47:53,760 --> 04:47:55,680
the red dots

5496
04:47:55,680 --> 04:47:58,560
um and then the green stars are research

5497
04:47:58,560 --> 04:48:01,680
and extension centers of which we also

5498
04:48:01,680 --> 04:48:04,620
have one in Ventura County so we're

5499
04:48:04,620 --> 04:48:07,320
really blessed to have the opportunity

5500
04:48:07,320 --> 04:48:10,320
to have a research center locally as

5501
04:48:10,320 --> 04:48:12,718
well and then we work closely with

5502
04:48:12,718 --> 04:48:16,138
Specialists which are professors at UC

5503
04:48:16,138 --> 04:48:19,740
Davis UC Berkeley and UC Riverside which

5504
04:48:19,740 --> 04:48:22,040
are the the

5505
04:48:22,040 --> 04:48:25,138
experiment station the the land grant

5506
04:48:25,138 --> 04:48:27,000
colleges but we also have Specialists

5507
04:48:27,000 --> 04:48:29,340
now located at UC Santa Barbara UC

5508
04:48:29,340 --> 04:48:34,070
Merced and other UC campuses

5509
04:48:34,080 --> 04:48:36,718
and we also run you may be familiar with

5510
04:48:36,718 --> 04:48:39,378
our Statewide programs like California

5511
04:48:39,378 --> 04:48:42,298
naturalists Master Gardener and 4-H

5512
04:48:42,298 --> 04:48:45,420
those are the more programs that use

5513
04:48:45,420 --> 04:48:48,420
volunteers and are present in many of

5514
04:48:48,420 --> 04:48:51,890
the counties of the state

5515
04:48:51,900 --> 04:48:55,200
so I'd like to share and this of course

5516
04:48:55,200 --> 04:48:57,120
you don't need to read all this but this

5517
04:48:57,120 --> 04:48:59,940
is our current uh organizational chart

5518
04:48:59,940 --> 04:49:03,060
we have about 20 staff right now a bit

5519
04:49:03,060 --> 04:49:05,660
reduced from a few years ago

5520
04:49:05,660 --> 04:49:08,760
and I just want to explain that the blue

5521
04:49:08,760 --> 04:49:13,560
boxes are advisors so Farm advisors that

5522
04:49:13,560 --> 04:49:17,040
have masses or phds that work in the

5523
04:49:17,040 --> 04:49:20,458
county do research and extension the

5524
04:49:20,458 --> 04:49:22,680
green boxes are Community Education

5525
04:49:22,680 --> 04:49:24,200
Specialists

5526
04:49:24,200 --> 04:49:28,620
who work also with the community to such

5527
04:49:28,620 --> 04:49:30,900
as coordinators of the Master Gardener

5528
04:49:30,900 --> 04:49:34,500
program and 4-H and such the red boxes

5529
04:49:34,500 --> 04:49:36,360
are supervisors and the yellow boxes are

5530
04:49:36,360 --> 04:49:39,240
administrative and Farm staff as well as

5531
04:49:39,240 --> 04:49:41,820
staff research Associates

5532
04:49:41,820 --> 04:49:44,540
and I just want to

5533
04:49:44,540 --> 04:49:48,958
add that the the current the red boxes

5534
04:49:48,958 --> 04:49:51,660
indicate staff positions that are under

5535
04:49:51,660 --> 04:49:55,798
recruitment or are being hired so on the

5536
04:49:55,798 --> 04:49:59,820
left you have a new entomology advisor

5537
04:49:59,820 --> 04:50:02,100
and a new Horticulture advisor that

5538
04:50:02,100 --> 04:50:04,260
we've been waiting for we haven't had an

5539
04:50:04,260 --> 04:50:07,080
entomologist in 14 years and we have a

5540
04:50:07,080 --> 04:50:09,320
lot of insect problems in the county

5541
04:50:09,320 --> 04:50:12,420
and also in Horticulture the Nursery and

5542
04:50:12,420 --> 04:50:14,458
Greenhouse industry is in need of of

5543
04:50:14,458 --> 04:50:19,260
advice and research so those are we were

5544
04:50:19,260 --> 04:50:21,420
very grateful that we got funding

5545
04:50:21,420 --> 04:50:24,480
through a state funding that was

5546
04:50:24,480 --> 04:50:27,420
championed by Senator Laird that really

5547
04:50:27,420 --> 04:50:29,520
allowed us to rebuild our footprint of

5548
04:50:29,520 --> 04:50:32,520
advisors in the county really over the

5549
04:50:32,520 --> 04:50:35,280
last 25 years the number of advices in

5550
04:50:35,280 --> 04:50:36,860
the state was

5551
04:50:36,860 --> 04:50:40,920
reduced by about half so each person is

5552
04:50:40,920 --> 04:50:43,020
trying to do more but we really cannot

5553
04:50:43,020 --> 04:50:45,000
address the issues in each County

5554
04:50:45,000 --> 04:50:47,160
because we just don't have the human

5555
04:50:47,160 --> 04:50:51,120
power to deal with it to the right we

5556
04:50:51,120 --> 04:50:53,638
have a new academic coordinator who we

5557
04:50:53,638 --> 04:50:56,820
hope to hire who would also

5558
04:50:56,820 --> 04:50:59,580
connects our agricultural education or

5559
04:50:59,580 --> 04:51:01,200
the institutions in the county that do

5560
04:51:01,200 --> 04:51:03,540
act education to try and streamline

5561
04:51:03,540 --> 04:51:07,378
online and develop career paths we have

5562
04:51:07,378 --> 04:51:10,440
many organizations doing AG education in

5563
04:51:10,440 --> 04:51:13,200
the county but we don't have any really

5564
04:51:13,200 --> 04:51:15,298
coordination between them and I think we

5565
04:51:15,298 --> 04:51:18,060
can benefit from that and then we loaded

5566
04:51:18,060 --> 04:51:20,820
our two Community Education specialist

5567
04:51:20,820 --> 04:51:22,680
positions that I will talk about in a

5568
04:51:22,680 --> 04:51:24,798
little bit

5569
04:51:24,798 --> 04:51:29,040
also we do have a cross-county advisors

5570
04:51:29,040 --> 04:51:30,780
that are based in other counties and do

5571
04:51:30,780 --> 04:51:33,240
have some responsibilities in Ventura

5572
04:51:33,240 --> 04:51:35,100
County for instance Chris Greer in San

5573
04:51:35,100 --> 04:51:37,680
Luis Obispo helps us with integrated

5574
04:51:37,680 --> 04:51:40,580
Pest management issues

5575
04:51:40,580 --> 04:51:43,740
is an agriculture Economist in San

5576
04:51:43,740 --> 04:51:46,620
Bernardino County and she also can help

5577
04:51:46,620 --> 04:51:48,600
us with some some issues and Liliana

5578
04:51:48,600 --> 04:51:52,740
Vega is a 4-H advisor in San Luis Obispo

5579
04:51:52,740 --> 04:51:55,980
who helps us conduct more Outreach in

5580
04:51:55,980 --> 04:51:58,138
Hispanic communities in the county

5581
04:51:58,138 --> 04:52:00,680
so we get a little bit of time from them

5582
04:52:00,680 --> 04:52:03,480
it's it's looks like we have a lot of

5583
04:52:03,480 --> 04:52:06,958
coverage but we still need more people

5584
04:52:06,958 --> 04:52:10,440
so just to summarize some of the things

5585
04:52:10,440 --> 04:52:12,900
that we are doing in the in the coming

5586
04:52:12,900 --> 04:52:17,040
fiscal year so 23-24 I'm just gonna just

5587
04:52:17,040 --> 04:52:19,080
focus on

5588
04:52:19,080 --> 04:52:22,138
uh some of the the big issues we have a

5589
04:52:22,138 --> 04:52:24,958
pest called the Diamondback moth in coal

5590
04:52:24,958 --> 04:52:26,120
crops that's

5591
04:52:26,120 --> 04:52:30,540
devastating in in cold crops and also

5592
04:52:30,540 --> 04:52:31,320
um

5593
04:52:31,320 --> 04:52:33,420
you know is responsible for a lot of

5594
04:52:33,420 --> 04:52:35,820
pesticide applications and so we we're

5595
04:52:35,820 --> 04:52:37,680
working on that to try and understand

5596
04:52:37,680 --> 04:52:40,680
how we can reduce that pest to the right

5597
04:52:40,680 --> 04:52:43,980
you see our advisor Matthew Shapiro our

5598
04:52:43,980 --> 04:52:46,440
livestock and range advisor uh working

5599
04:52:46,440 --> 04:52:48,718
on prescribed Burns and that's one of

5600
04:52:48,718 --> 04:52:50,638
the he's developing the prescribed burn

5601
04:52:50,638 --> 04:52:53,940
Association in the county on the bottom

5602
04:52:53,940 --> 04:52:56,638
left you can see actually an avocado

5603
04:52:56,638 --> 04:52:59,160
Orchard with a pollination Hedgerow so

5604
04:52:59,160 --> 04:53:01,680
we we're really trying to look more at

5605
04:53:01,680 --> 04:53:03,958
the ecology and increase biodiversity

5606
04:53:03,958 --> 04:53:06,080
and especially for climate smart

5607
04:53:06,080 --> 04:53:08,218
agriculture so that's an area we're

5608
04:53:08,218 --> 04:53:10,798
focusing on and to the right you can see

5609
04:53:10,798 --> 04:53:14,218
celery growing in a field we have some

5610
04:53:14,218 --> 04:53:17,040
serious soil-borne diseases fungi that

5611
04:53:17,040 --> 04:53:19,500
live in the soil that kill celery as

5612
04:53:19,500 --> 04:53:21,958
well as strawberries

5613
04:53:21,958 --> 04:53:24,958
end up having you can lose a lot of crop

5614
04:53:24,958 --> 04:53:27,120
and in strawberries is responsible for a

5615
04:53:27,120 --> 04:53:29,100
lot of the fumigation chemical

5616
04:53:29,100 --> 04:53:31,200
fumigation that occurs in the county so

5617
04:53:31,200 --> 04:53:33,718
again we have really working on those

5618
04:53:33,718 --> 04:53:37,400
trying to evaluate resistant cultivars

5619
04:53:37,400 --> 04:53:39,780
to you know to have non-chemical

5620
04:53:39,780 --> 04:53:42,470
approaches

5621
04:53:42,480 --> 04:53:45,840
um on the top left you can see a picture

5622
04:53:45,840 --> 04:53:49,340
of a long term lemon

5623
04:53:49,340 --> 04:53:51,958
rootstock and cyan trial where we're

5624
04:53:51,958 --> 04:53:53,820
working with University of Riverside and

5625
04:53:53,820 --> 04:53:57,360
other universities to try and get some

5626
04:53:57,360 --> 04:54:00,600
higher performing lemon varieties and

5627
04:54:00,600 --> 04:54:03,240
this takes a lot of years to do so we

5628
04:54:03,240 --> 04:54:05,760
have Ben Faber our advisor is doing a

5629
04:54:05,760 --> 04:54:07,320
lot of work in that

5630
04:54:07,320 --> 04:54:09,958
to the right we have Master Gardeners at

5631
04:54:09,958 --> 04:54:12,000
the agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

5632
04:54:12,000 --> 04:54:14,400
they they've been there five years now

5633
04:54:14,400 --> 04:54:16,500
said Amber garden and this year coming

5634
04:54:16,500 --> 04:54:18,718
year we'll have a new crop of Master

5635
04:54:18,718 --> 04:54:22,020
Gardener trainees about 35 that we're

5636
04:54:22,020 --> 04:54:24,000
educating they go through a lot of

5637
04:54:24,000 --> 04:54:26,400
training to be able to work in the

5638
04:54:26,400 --> 04:54:27,560
county

5639
04:54:27,560 --> 04:54:31,620
4-H to the bottom left where we'll have

5640
04:54:31,620 --> 04:54:33,600
the fair again this year and we hope

5641
04:54:33,600 --> 04:54:37,138
next year as well so we've lost a lot of

5642
04:54:37,138 --> 04:54:40,080
members clubs especially club members

5643
04:54:40,080 --> 04:54:41,840
through

5644
04:54:41,840 --> 04:54:44,700
covids but we're trying to rebuild and

5645
04:54:44,700 --> 04:54:47,458
expand our programs as well and to the

5646
04:54:47,458 --> 04:54:48,900
right is actually a picture of the

5647
04:54:48,900 --> 04:54:51,540
Ventura County tree Coalition we joined

5648
04:54:51,540 --> 04:54:54,480
the Coalition when clay Downing was

5649
04:54:54,480 --> 04:54:55,860
still there with the county

5650
04:54:55,860 --> 04:54:58,680
sustainability program and we hope to

5651
04:54:58,680 --> 04:55:02,280
encourage tree planting and Tree Care in

5652
04:55:02,280 --> 04:55:04,378
the county in collaboration with a lot

5653
04:55:04,378 --> 04:55:06,660
of other organizations

5654
04:55:06,660 --> 04:55:07,980
hmm

5655
04:55:07,980 --> 04:55:12,480
excuse me so

5656
04:55:12,480 --> 04:55:13,200
um

5657
04:55:13,200 --> 04:55:15,360
as you know the Ventura County General

5658
04:55:15,360 --> 04:55:19,080
plan 2020 2040 we were involved in some

5659
04:55:19,080 --> 04:55:20,760
of the discussions with the AG

5660
04:55:20,760 --> 04:55:24,718
commissioner we are supporting as our

5661
04:55:24,718 --> 04:55:27,298
organization the different AG element

5662
04:55:27,298 --> 04:55:30,480
categories such as the specialty farming

5663
04:55:30,480 --> 04:55:33,120
education nutrient management plans

5664
04:55:33,120 --> 04:55:36,138
water saving irrigation techniques

5665
04:55:36,138 --> 04:55:38,878
encourage and facilitate carbon farming

5666
04:55:38,878 --> 04:55:41,040
research on effects of climate change

5667
04:55:41,040 --> 04:55:43,138
and subsidies for the resilient Crop

5668
04:55:43,138 --> 04:55:46,200
Production now many of these areas were

5669
04:55:46,200 --> 04:55:49,440
still we need to do work we need people

5670
04:55:49,440 --> 04:55:51,540
on the ground so we're in the process of

5671
04:55:51,540 --> 04:55:54,360
hiring starting the recruitment of some

5672
04:55:54,360 --> 04:55:55,740
of the positions that would support

5673
04:55:55,740 --> 04:55:59,878
these categories in the AG elements

5674
04:55:59,878 --> 04:56:01,798
and we're very appreciative of the

5675
04:56:01,798 --> 04:56:03,840
funding that has been allotted to us to

5676
04:56:03,840 --> 04:56:05,700
to hire these people

5677
04:56:05,700 --> 04:56:09,480
and so these are in in the tan color or

5678
04:56:09,480 --> 04:56:12,660
orange that those are the positions that

5679
04:56:12,660 --> 04:56:15,540
are in that budget that was allotted to

5680
04:56:15,540 --> 04:56:19,200
us to support the AG elements and one of

5681
04:56:19,200 --> 04:56:21,440
them is a climate researcher

5682
04:56:21,440 --> 04:56:23,878
who will research climate change

5683
04:56:23,878 --> 04:56:26,100
indicator specifically for Ventura

5684
04:56:26,100 --> 04:56:28,260
County in collaboration with a professor

5685
04:56:28,260 --> 04:56:30,540
at UC Merced

5686
04:56:30,540 --> 04:56:32,900
um we hope to hire an agro-ecology super

5687
04:56:32,900 --> 04:56:36,540
advisor who will work on regenerative

5688
04:56:36,540 --> 04:56:39,360
agriculture biodiversity carbon

5689
04:56:39,360 --> 04:56:42,298
sequestration and things like that we

5690
04:56:42,298 --> 04:56:43,860
also hope to hire an agriculture

5691
04:56:43,860 --> 04:56:46,560
engineering advisor we really do need a

5692
04:56:46,560 --> 04:56:49,620
lot more application of agricultural

5693
04:56:49,620 --> 04:56:52,560
technology and precision agriculture

5694
04:56:52,560 --> 04:56:54,060
robotics

5695
04:56:54,060 --> 04:56:57,360
to deal with labor issues as well

5696
04:56:57,360 --> 04:57:01,080
and the two next Educators a climate

5697
04:57:01,080 --> 04:57:03,360
resilience educator and the on-farm

5698
04:57:03,360 --> 04:57:05,340
technology educator is a bilingual

5699
04:57:05,340 --> 04:57:07,560
educator those were two educated

5700
04:57:07,560 --> 04:57:10,980
positions that we were able to use the

5701
04:57:10,980 --> 04:57:13,378
county funding as a match to get a match

5702
04:57:13,378 --> 04:57:17,100
from UCA R for the next three years to

5703
04:57:17,100 --> 04:57:19,740
hire these people so having this new

5704
04:57:19,740 --> 04:57:21,660
funding from the county helped us to

5705
04:57:21,660 --> 04:57:24,718
hire is helping us to hire these new

5706
04:57:24,718 --> 04:57:26,580
people and we're currently in the

5707
04:57:26,580 --> 04:57:28,740
process of recruiting the climate

5708
04:57:28,740 --> 04:57:32,280
educator who will also work with the Cal

5709
04:57:32,280 --> 04:57:34,020
naturalist program

5710
04:57:34,020 --> 04:57:36,060
and the on-farm technology indicator

5711
04:57:36,060 --> 04:57:39,138
will educator will be a bilingual

5712
04:57:39,138 --> 04:57:42,180
educator who will really work Hands-On

5713
04:57:42,180 --> 04:57:45,540
on farms to train the people that work

5714
04:57:45,540 --> 04:57:47,218
there that really are doing all the work

5715
04:57:47,218 --> 04:57:49,560
in irrigation and spray application and

5716
04:57:49,560 --> 04:57:52,440
things like that who tend to be left out

5717
04:57:52,440 --> 04:57:54,958
in some of our extension work because of

5718
04:57:54,958 --> 04:57:57,298
the language barrier

5719
04:57:57,298 --> 04:57:59,820
um and then the other positions in blue

5720
04:57:59,820 --> 04:58:02,040
the academic coordinator and a master

5721
04:58:02,040 --> 04:58:06,420
food preserver educator we hope to fund

5722
04:58:06,420 --> 04:58:08,760
through the Thelma Hansen fund but also

5723
04:58:08,760 --> 04:58:12,540
we'll be working with our new staff

5724
04:58:12,540 --> 04:58:14,580
so there's a lot still going to happen

5725
04:58:14,580 --> 04:58:17,218
and the university works very slowly so

5726
04:58:17,218 --> 04:58:20,340
we are cranking slowly through the

5727
04:58:20,340 --> 04:58:22,020
process

5728
04:58:22,020 --> 04:58:24,660
so the other big news is that you may

5729
04:58:24,660 --> 04:58:27,480
have heard is that we are moving the

5730
04:58:27,480 --> 04:58:28,980
Hanson agricultural research and

5731
04:58:28,980 --> 04:58:31,500
Extension Center to a new location

5732
04:58:31,500 --> 04:58:33,600
will be sad to leave the Faulkner Farm

5733
04:58:33,600 --> 04:58:36,540
it was a wonderful place a 27 Acre Farm

5734
04:58:36,540 --> 04:58:39,600
to do research and a lot of school field

5735
04:58:39,600 --> 04:58:42,180
trips we had farm field trips over the

5736
04:58:42,180 --> 04:58:44,580
years a lot of research was done there

5737
04:58:44,580 --> 04:58:47,400
but we need to increase our capacity so

5738
04:58:47,400 --> 04:58:50,700
we're moving to the rights I don't know

5739
04:58:50,700 --> 04:58:53,480
if this actually works oops I see

5740
04:58:53,480 --> 04:58:55,920
upright is our current location and

5741
04:58:55,920 --> 04:58:57,840
we're moving to Camarillo the bottom

5742
04:58:57,840 --> 04:59:01,260
right and on a much larger farm and

5743
04:59:01,260 --> 04:59:03,240
there's going to be a lot of the

5744
04:59:03,240 --> 04:59:05,700
transition our actual move over the next

5745
04:59:05,700 --> 04:59:08,280
six months is going to take a lot of our

5746
04:59:08,280 --> 04:59:11,100
time to actually physically move and

5747
04:59:11,100 --> 04:59:14,638
then start to develop the new site this

5748
04:59:14,638 --> 04:59:17,280
is a bit more of a close-up of the

5749
04:59:17,280 --> 04:59:18,298
particular

5750
04:59:18,298 --> 04:59:21,360
Farm it's next to the Ventura youth

5751
04:59:21,360 --> 04:59:23,400
correctional facility that is closing I

5752
04:59:23,400 --> 04:59:25,020
understand this year

5753
04:59:25,020 --> 04:59:27,958
as well as the California Conservation

5754
04:59:27,958 --> 04:59:30,480
Corps and we hope to have some

5755
04:59:30,480 --> 04:59:32,760
collaboration with them as well and it's

5756
04:59:32,760 --> 04:59:36,180
a more central location in many ways as

5757
04:59:36,180 --> 04:59:37,860
well as you know providing a lot more

5758
04:59:37,860 --> 04:59:41,840
land for us to to develop

5759
04:59:41,840 --> 04:59:45,420
we hope to develop a research facility a

5760
04:59:45,420 --> 04:59:47,700
research and education facility over the

5761
04:59:47,700 --> 04:59:50,580
next four to five years it will still

5762
04:59:50,580 --> 04:59:52,680
has has to be designed but it will

5763
04:59:52,680 --> 04:59:55,740
contain offices conference rooms

5764
04:59:55,740 --> 04:59:58,798
Laboratories greenhouses

5765
04:59:58,798 --> 05:00:01,560
um field facilities like a compost

5766
05:00:01,560 --> 05:00:03,780
Training Center we hope a biological

5767
05:00:03,780 --> 05:00:07,260
control research facility and a fire

5768
05:00:07,260 --> 05:00:08,480
science lab

5769
05:00:08,480 --> 05:00:10,980
so we um

5770
05:00:10,980 --> 05:00:12,500
excuse me

5771
05:00:12,500 --> 05:00:15,600
there's a lot of ideas that we we have

5772
05:00:15,600 --> 05:00:18,298
there that we hope also if you have any

5773
05:00:18,298 --> 05:00:20,700
ideas you want to us to consider we'd

5774
05:00:20,700 --> 05:00:22,920
like to hear from you

5775
05:00:22,920 --> 05:00:25,560
um so there's a lot going to happen in

5776
05:00:25,560 --> 05:00:27,540
the next next year

5777
05:00:27,540 --> 05:00:30,180
um and we really thank you for your

5778
05:00:30,180 --> 05:00:32,040
support for the financial and moral

5779
05:00:32,040 --> 05:00:33,780
support that we've received from the

5780
05:00:33,780 --> 05:00:35,700
Board of Supervisors and we really look

5781
05:00:35,700 --> 05:00:38,820
forward to working with the county on a

5782
05:00:38,820 --> 05:00:41,280
lot of the uh the the aspects of the

5783
05:00:41,280 --> 05:00:44,700
general plan so thank you very much

5784
05:00:44,700 --> 05:00:46,378
well Dr shelter thank you so much for

5785
05:00:46,378 --> 05:00:48,060
being here and for all your important

5786
05:00:48,060 --> 05:00:49,440
work that you're doing as part of the

5787
05:00:49,440 --> 05:00:52,740
extension uh supervisor okay so I have

5788
05:00:52,740 --> 05:00:55,440
been so excited working with this your

5789
05:00:55,440 --> 05:00:57,240
program since

5790
05:00:57,240 --> 05:01:01,020
um 14 years ago I was a mom with a

5791
05:01:01,020 --> 05:01:02,700
daughter going into kindergarten and

5792
05:01:02,700 --> 05:01:05,040
they didn't have any garden boxes at the

5793
05:01:05,040 --> 05:01:07,860
school and so I connected with the UC

5794
05:01:07,860 --> 05:01:10,440
Hanson group and the Master Gardeners

5795
05:01:10,440 --> 05:01:14,160
and a Boy Scout trip and we built 17

5796
05:01:14,160 --> 05:01:16,740
garden boxes at the La Mariposa

5797
05:01:16,740 --> 05:01:20,660
Elementary School and I was first

5798
05:01:20,660 --> 05:01:24,480
provided this wonderful location for

5799
05:01:24,480 --> 05:01:28,740
free seeds for gardeners and to educate

5800
05:01:28,740 --> 05:01:30,600
our kids then I found out that we had

5801
05:01:30,600 --> 05:01:33,600
free tours for our schools so I

5802
05:01:33,600 --> 05:01:34,860
connected with the teachers and

5803
05:01:34,860 --> 05:01:38,120
everything we got all these kids to do

5804
05:01:38,120 --> 05:01:41,878
school trips out and the joy that the

5805
05:01:41,878 --> 05:01:44,280
students had for finding out where a

5806
05:01:44,280 --> 05:01:46,980
carrot came from that it wasn't in a

5807
05:01:46,980 --> 05:01:49,500
plastic bag and I think about this and I

5808
05:01:49,500 --> 05:01:53,280
go holy oh my gosh like we are the one

5809
05:01:53,280 --> 05:01:56,940
of the top agriculture counties and we

5810
05:01:56,940 --> 05:01:58,680
have our very own students that think

5811
05:01:58,680 --> 05:02:01,798
carrots can be little perfect sizes in a

5812
05:02:01,798 --> 05:02:04,500
plastic bag and the education that

5813
05:02:04,500 --> 05:02:07,920
you're you do is just extraordinary just

5814
05:02:07,920 --> 05:02:11,580
to give free tours for our students I

5815
05:02:11,580 --> 05:02:14,100
really am excited I'm unfortunate you're

5816
05:02:14,100 --> 05:02:16,500
moving but I'm excited because it's a

5817
05:02:16,500 --> 05:02:19,200
more hub for all of our school districts

5818
05:02:19,200 --> 05:02:21,540
to really get there especially when we

5819
05:02:21,540 --> 05:02:24,120
have hard costs with bussing and so

5820
05:02:24,120 --> 05:02:27,240
forth and then also the Master Gardeners

5821
05:02:27,240 --> 05:02:29,820
we have programs here with the bees and

5822
05:02:29,820 --> 05:02:32,760
with pesticides and the lemon trees and

5823
05:02:32,760 --> 05:02:34,500
we have these ordinances in our general

5824
05:02:34,500 --> 05:02:37,980
plans that we need assistance and

5825
05:02:37,980 --> 05:02:40,320
educating for our community and I think

5826
05:02:40,320 --> 05:02:43,080
that you do that very well and helping

5827
05:02:43,080 --> 05:02:45,600
us also with water conservation how do

5828
05:02:45,600 --> 05:02:49,138
we water how do we get healthy soils is

5829
05:02:49,138 --> 05:02:51,260
it composting is it doing the teas

5830
05:02:51,260 --> 05:02:54,600
there's a lot of great things that is a

5831
05:02:54,600 --> 05:02:56,940
resource to our community that I hope we

5832
05:02:56,940 --> 05:02:59,760
can get more people to know about what

5833
05:02:59,760 --> 05:03:02,760
you do because it's it's very valuable

5834
05:03:02,760 --> 05:03:06,780
and we have so many farms that I think a

5835
05:03:06,780 --> 05:03:08,520
reward for it and it's a huge business

5836
05:03:08,520 --> 05:03:09,680
here

5837
05:03:09,680 --> 05:03:12,660
and so I'm very proud to have your

5838
05:03:12,660 --> 05:03:15,900
facility in my district because I can

5839
05:03:15,900 --> 05:03:17,940
see that I mean we just have the Healthy

5840
05:03:17,940 --> 05:03:21,958
nutrition month it touches base from

5841
05:03:21,958 --> 05:03:25,260
food to table what you do is extremely

5842
05:03:25,260 --> 05:03:28,320
valuable it helps our hospital system if

5843
05:03:28,320 --> 05:03:30,360
we have healthy people they they live

5844
05:03:30,360 --> 05:03:32,580
longer lives you know and it's what you

5845
05:03:32,580 --> 05:03:35,160
eat and how you do things so I just want

5846
05:03:35,160 --> 05:03:37,798
to say thank you I really value the

5847
05:03:37,798 --> 05:03:41,160
education to our community in so many

5848
05:03:41,160 --> 05:03:43,860
different ways and so

5849
05:03:43,860 --> 05:03:46,020
I'm fully supportive of your new

5850
05:03:46,020 --> 05:03:48,600
location so far so thank you

5851
05:03:48,600 --> 05:03:50,280
thank you supervisor along supervisor

5852
05:03:50,280 --> 05:03:52,980
apartment yes um I think that was the

5853
05:03:52,980 --> 05:03:55,798
most enjoyable report that I've read in

5854
05:03:55,798 --> 05:03:59,160
the entire book as I was reading through

5855
05:03:59,160 --> 05:04:01,138
it I didn't know any of the insects so

5856
05:04:01,138 --> 05:04:03,660
of course I had to look them up

5857
05:04:03,660 --> 05:04:05,940
um it was really fascinating how many

5858
05:04:05,940 --> 05:04:08,760
horrible insect insects are impacting

5859
05:04:08,760 --> 05:04:11,700
our County Agriculture I mean I knew of

5860
05:04:11,700 --> 05:04:13,560
some of them but you you named a number

5861
05:04:13,560 --> 05:04:15,660
of them that I'd never heard of but the

5862
05:04:15,660 --> 05:04:17,638
work that you're doing is significant

5863
05:04:17,638 --> 05:04:20,580
when it comes to reducing costs for egg

5864
05:04:20,580 --> 05:04:22,440
um and keeping us competitive here in

5865
05:04:22,440 --> 05:04:24,900
Ventura County and the state so I

5866
05:04:24,900 --> 05:04:27,120
appreciate that work and um I just

5867
05:04:27,120 --> 05:04:28,560
wanted to thank you thank you for that

5868
05:04:28,560 --> 05:04:33,288
hey welcome thanks

5869
05:04:33,298 --> 05:04:35,040
all motion to approve staff

5870
05:04:35,040 --> 05:04:38,570
recommendation

5871
05:04:38,580 --> 05:04:41,820
receiving fun yep

5872
05:04:41,820 --> 05:04:43,980
is it receiving file can we confirm okay

5873
05:04:43,980 --> 05:04:47,810
a second

5874
05:04:47,820 --> 05:04:49,860
supervisor

5875
05:04:49,860 --> 05:04:51,000
yes

5876
05:04:51,000 --> 05:04:52,620
supervisor loan

5877
05:04:52,620 --> 05:04:54,660
yes and reach out to my office if you

5878
05:04:54,660 --> 05:04:56,700
need more assistance as things go along

5879
05:04:56,700 --> 05:04:58,740
thank you thank you

5880
05:04:58,740 --> 05:05:01,798
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

5881
05:05:01,798 --> 05:05:04,620
yes Jerry levere yes thank you again Dr

5882
05:05:04,620 --> 05:05:06,120
shoulder really appreciate you being

5883
05:05:06,120 --> 05:05:07,798
here

5884
05:05:07,798 --> 05:05:10,500
why don't we do item 47 real quick I see

5885
05:05:10,500 --> 05:05:12,660
Mr Abilene back there and then um we

5886
05:05:12,660 --> 05:05:14,218
will uh break we I know we have to do

5887
05:05:14,218 --> 05:05:16,200
some setup for apcd so we can break and

5888
05:05:16,200 --> 05:05:18,120
we'll do a closed session item in that

5889
05:05:18,120 --> 05:05:20,458
in that little interim period but this

5890
05:05:20,458 --> 05:05:22,920
is item 47. it is a public hearing I'll

5891
05:05:22,920 --> 05:05:24,840
open the public hearing take it away

5892
05:05:24,840 --> 05:05:27,060
good afternoon chair levere members of

5893
05:05:27,060 --> 05:05:29,218
the board CEO Johnson for the record my

5894
05:05:29,218 --> 05:05:30,540
name is Robert Apollo with the Labor

5895
05:05:30,540 --> 05:05:31,798
Relations Division of the county

5896
05:05:31,798 --> 05:05:33,600
executive office

5897
05:05:33,600 --> 05:05:35,160
I'm here before you to request that your

5898
05:05:35,160 --> 05:05:36,660
board commence a public hearing on the

5899
05:05:36,660 --> 05:05:38,580
adoption of agreements to the

5900
05:05:38,580 --> 05:05:40,500
memorandums of agreement

5901
05:05:40,500 --> 05:05:41,878
between the County of Ventura and the

5902
05:05:41,878 --> 05:05:43,798
nine bargaining units listed in your

5903
05:05:43,798 --> 05:05:44,760
board letter

5904
05:05:44,760 --> 05:05:47,100
and to set a second hearing for March 28

5905
05:05:47,100 --> 05:05:48,718
2023

5906
05:05:48,718 --> 05:05:50,520
previously your board approved

5907
05:05:50,520 --> 05:05:53,340
amendments effective March 22nd 2020 two

5908
05:05:53,340 --> 05:05:54,840
agreements with the nine unions

5909
05:05:54,840 --> 05:05:57,718
representing County Employees allowing

5910
05:05:57,718 --> 05:06:00,360
for a period of natural disaster to

5911
05:06:00,360 --> 05:06:03,900
accrue in excess of 60 hours

5912
05:06:03,900 --> 05:06:06,000
of their original applicable maximum

5913
05:06:06,000 --> 05:06:08,820
accrual limits these amendments also

5914
05:06:08,820 --> 05:06:10,860
provided within six months from the date

5915
05:06:10,860 --> 05:06:12,120
of the end of the declared natural

5916
05:06:12,120 --> 05:06:14,638
disaster such excess accrued leave

5917
05:06:14,638 --> 05:06:16,320
amounts would be required to be drawn

5918
05:06:16,320 --> 05:06:19,080
down by use of cash payment or leave

5919
05:06:19,080 --> 05:06:21,718
Redemption the value of all hours in

5920
05:06:21,718 --> 05:06:23,940
excess of the applicable maximum accrual

5921
05:06:23,940 --> 05:06:26,520
limits would be lost if not done in that

5922
05:06:26,520 --> 05:06:28,920
six-month period of time however at this

5923
05:06:28,920 --> 05:06:30,840
time the amendments were approved it was

5924
05:06:30,840 --> 05:06:32,638
unforeseen that the declared natural

5925
05:06:32,638 --> 05:06:34,138
disaster would be in place for almost

5926
05:06:34,138 --> 05:06:36,360
three years or that the impact of the

5927
05:06:36,360 --> 05:06:38,040
pandemic would create the dramatic labor

5928
05:06:38,040 --> 05:06:39,780
shortages we're now seeing

5929
05:06:39,780 --> 05:06:43,260
as such we recommend that amending the

5930
05:06:43,260 --> 05:06:45,420
referenced moas to allow an extension of

5931
05:06:45,420 --> 05:06:48,900
time to December 31st 2023 for employees

5932
05:06:48,900 --> 05:06:50,580
to continue to accrue the excess leave

5933
05:06:50,580 --> 05:06:52,620
acros previously approved by your board

5934
05:06:52,620 --> 05:06:54,900
and to Grant an extension of time to

5935
05:06:54,900 --> 05:06:57,240
utilize the excess hours by additional

5936
05:06:57,240 --> 05:07:01,320
four months also December 31st 2023.

5937
05:07:01,320 --> 05:07:03,298
we anticipate this additional time will

5938
05:07:03,298 --> 05:07:05,340
allow employees to request more than

5939
05:07:05,340 --> 05:07:07,740
normal time off of work thereby

5940
05:07:07,740 --> 05:07:09,540
preventing potential operational issues

5941
05:07:09,540 --> 05:07:12,120
at the county agencies and this will

5942
05:07:12,120 --> 05:07:14,820
help during the current labor shortage

5943
05:07:14,820 --> 05:07:16,560
concludes my comments I'm available to

5944
05:07:16,560 --> 05:07:20,270
respond to any questions you may have

5945
05:07:20,280 --> 05:07:22,860
any questions this time no any public

5946
05:07:22,860 --> 05:07:27,170
comments

5947
05:07:27,180 --> 05:07:29,100
okay then I will close the Public Public

5948
05:07:29,100 --> 05:07:32,400
hearing and return it to the board

5949
05:07:32,400 --> 05:07:34,740
chair I'll move staff's recommendation

5950
05:07:34,740 --> 05:07:41,510
oh second

5951
05:07:41,520 --> 05:07:43,740
supervisor yes

5952
05:07:43,740 --> 05:07:46,560
supervisor loan yes supervisor Parvin

5953
05:07:46,560 --> 05:07:50,040
yes supervisor Lopez yes chair levere

5954
05:07:50,040 --> 05:07:52,320
yes thank you Mr Ebola thank you

5955
05:07:52,320 --> 05:07:54,840
so why don't we uh recess and get set up

5956
05:07:54,840 --> 05:07:57,420
for apcd um Miss North do we have any

5957
05:07:57,420 --> 05:07:58,920
announcements before going into closed

5958
05:07:58,920 --> 05:08:00,600
session yes thank you chair we'll we

5959
05:08:00,600 --> 05:08:02,820
will now be going into closed session on

5960
05:08:02,820 --> 05:08:05,878
items 48 through 54 as indicated on the

5961
05:08:05,878 --> 05:08:08,340
agenda uh just to notify everyone there

5962
05:08:08,340 --> 05:08:11,458
will be no discussion on items 55 or 56

5963
05:08:11,458 --> 05:08:13,440
today as it was no longer needed thank

5964
05:08:13,440 --> 05:08:14,458
you

5965
05:08:14,458 --> 05:57:35,628
thank you we'll see everybody after apcd

5966
05:57:35,638 --> 05:57:37,878
okay

5967
05:57:37,878 --> 05:57:40,260
thank you good afternoon I'd like to

5968
05:57:40,260 --> 05:57:43,680
call to order the apcd meeting for March

5969
05:57:43,680 --> 05:57:47,390
14 2023

5970
05:57:47,400 --> 05:57:59,448
Madam Clerk rocom

5971
05:57:59,458 --> 05:58:02,400
here but remember gorrell

5972
05:58:02,400 --> 05:58:05,580
here board member levier here board

5973
05:58:05,580 --> 05:58:09,058
member long here board member Lopez here

5974
05:58:09,058 --> 05:58:11,458
board member McLean LaJohn here or

5975
05:58:11,458 --> 05:58:15,350
remember Mendes

5976
05:58:15,360 --> 05:58:17,638
board member Parvin here

5977
05:58:17,638 --> 05:58:20,810
board member Whitman

5978
05:58:20,820 --> 05:58:25,390
chair zaragosa here

5979
05:58:25,400 --> 05:58:29,458
okay so we have a quorum right yes we do

5980
05:58:29,458 --> 05:58:31,378
okay our next item is the Pledge of

5981
05:58:31,378 --> 05:58:33,360
Allegiance and I'd like to ask our

5982
05:58:33,360 --> 05:58:36,420
council member Martha McQueen or John to

5983
05:58:36,420 --> 05:58:44,448
lead us in the flag salute to our flag

5984
05:58:44,458 --> 05:58:47,448
pledge

5985
05:58:47,458 --> 05:58:50,878
of America and to the Republic for which

5986
05:58:50,878 --> 05:58:53,660
it stands one nation

5987
05:58:53,660 --> 05:58:56,638
indivisible with liberty and justice for

5988
05:58:56,638 --> 05:58:57,958
all

5989
05:58:57,958 --> 05:59:01,250
foreign

5990
05:59:01,260 --> 05:59:04,080
thank you our next item is item number

5991
05:59:04,080 --> 05:59:06,600
four that's the minutes the minutes have

5992
05:59:06,600 --> 05:59:08,340
the air pollution control board for

5993
05:59:08,340 --> 05:59:13,548
health for 2C the 14th of February

5994
05:59:13,558 --> 05:59:15,958
any concerns with the minutes or we need

5995
05:59:15,958 --> 05:59:18,420
a motion of approval Mr chair the motion

5996
05:59:18,420 --> 05:59:22,020
by Matt lavier I'll second second by Mr

5997
05:59:22,020 --> 05:59:30,890
Parvin roll call second Parvin

5998
05:59:30,900 --> 05:59:33,420
board member campus proof

5999
05:59:33,420 --> 05:59:37,020
foreign yes board member levere yes

6000
05:59:37,020 --> 05:59:39,600
board member long yes

6001
05:59:39,600 --> 05:59:41,878
board member Lopez yes

6002
05:59:41,878 --> 05:59:43,160
foreign

6003
05:59:43,160 --> 05:59:46,920
yes board member Parvin yes and chairs

6004
05:59:46,920 --> 05:59:51,110
Zaragoza yes

6005
05:59:51,120 --> 05:59:53,160
thank you

6006
05:59:53,160 --> 05:59:55,440
our next item is item number five this

6007
05:59:55,440 --> 05:59:58,080
is agenda review and if any board

6008
05:59:58,080 --> 06:00:00,120
members have any items I'd like to add

6009
06:00:00,120 --> 06:00:02,400
remove or continue from the air

6010
06:00:02,400 --> 06:00:05,340
collusion Control District agenda

6011
06:00:05,340 --> 06:00:06,900
board members

6012
06:00:06,900 --> 06:00:08,878
I can't confirm chairs there we go so

6013
06:00:08,878 --> 06:00:10,620
there have been no changes to the agenda

6014
06:00:10,620 --> 06:00:14,878
okay thank you Mr zaragosa yes I need to

6015
06:00:14,878 --> 06:00:16,260
check with County Council appears our

6016
06:00:16,260 --> 06:00:18,540
video broadcast has been interrupted but

6017
06:00:18,540 --> 06:00:21,240
we have audio

6018
06:00:21,240 --> 06:00:22,138
um

6019
06:00:22,138 --> 06:00:23,638
I don't know if we need to take a recess

6020
06:00:23,638 --> 06:00:26,340
under the current rules to rectify the

6021
06:00:26,340 --> 06:00:28,740
video issues

6022
06:00:28,740 --> 06:00:29,940
okay can you go ahead and want to share

6023
06:00:29,940 --> 06:00:31,620
that

6024
06:00:31,620 --> 06:00:33,780
yeah let's take a break and see what the

6025
06:00:33,780 --> 06:00:37,378
issue is and um we'll get right on top

6026
06:00:37,378 --> 06:00:38,760
of it

6027
06:00:38,760 --> 06:00:41,218
so we're okay

6028
06:00:41,218 --> 06:01:15,490
let's take a quick break okay

6029
06:01:15,500 --> 06:01:18,298
we can keep going while the clerk

6030
06:01:18,298 --> 06:01:20,040
figures out what the issue is so the

6031
06:01:20,040 --> 06:01:24,288
board can continue to meet okay yeah

6032
06:01:24,298 --> 06:01:26,400
as long as all the members of the board

6033
06:01:26,400 --> 06:01:28,320
are here in person

6034
06:01:28,320 --> 06:01:30,540
um so so we're okay then that's right

6035
06:01:30,540 --> 06:01:32,040
okay

6036
06:01:32,040 --> 06:01:34,020
so then our

6037
06:01:34,020 --> 06:01:40,310
Madam clerk we ready

6038
06:01:40,320 --> 06:01:42,958
thank you our next item is uh the public

6039
06:01:42,958 --> 06:01:44,520
comments do we have any public comments

6040
06:01:44,520 --> 06:01:47,040
on this on the apcd board

6041
06:01:47,040 --> 06:01:48,298
at this time

6042
06:01:48,298 --> 06:01:49,980
to the members of our public wish to

6043
06:01:49,980 --> 06:01:51,420
address the board today with live public

6044
06:01:51,420 --> 06:01:53,958
comment on any agenda item please visit

6045
06:01:53,958 --> 06:01:57,058
ventura.org forward slash cob forward

6046
06:01:57,058 --> 06:02:02,930
slash apcb for participation information

6047
06:02:02,940 --> 06:02:05,458
sorry my microphone went out for persons

6048
06:02:05,458 --> 06:02:07,080
in Person Public comment please check in

6049
06:02:07,080 --> 06:02:08,400
with the clerk of the board staff if

6050
06:02:08,400 --> 06:02:09,840
you're on Zoom please press the raise

6051
06:02:09,840 --> 06:02:12,600
hand button and chairs there goes at

6052
06:02:12,600 --> 06:02:13,798
this time we have no members of the

6053
06:02:13,798 --> 06:02:15,600
public requesting to speak

6054
06:02:15,600 --> 06:02:17,878
okay thank you

6055
06:02:17,878 --> 06:02:22,020
okay our next item then is uh item

6056
06:02:22,020 --> 06:02:26,390
number seven board member comments

6057
06:02:26,400 --> 06:02:29,280
okay I have a comments group that I'd

6058
06:02:29,280 --> 06:02:30,420
like to share with you and I was talking

6059
06:02:30,420 --> 06:02:34,138
to her our County console is uh that I

6060
06:02:34,138 --> 06:02:35,580
will not be able to attend the March

6061
06:02:35,580 --> 06:02:38,700
28th apcd special meeting because uh I

6062
06:02:38,700 --> 06:02:41,160
have a city council meeting that day and

6063
06:02:41,160 --> 06:02:43,558
am I okay then does that count against

6064
06:02:43,558 --> 06:02:46,080
me are there that's one what's your

6065
06:02:46,080 --> 06:02:48,000
priorities

6066
06:02:48,000 --> 06:02:50,280
it yeah

6067
06:02:50,280 --> 06:02:52,620
as long as the Quorum of the board is

6068
06:02:52,620 --> 06:02:54,420
present on that day that's all that's

6069
06:02:54,420 --> 06:02:57,000
needed to approve the item

6070
06:02:57,000 --> 06:02:59,218
so some Matt says I'm okay thank you so

6071
06:02:59,218 --> 06:03:00,740
much

6072
06:03:00,740 --> 06:03:03,958
okay thank you know the board member

6073
06:03:03,958 --> 06:03:04,980
comments

6074
06:03:04,980 --> 06:03:08,400
not at all okay so we next item is item

6075
06:03:08,400 --> 06:03:10,680
eight and this is air pollution control

6076
06:03:10,680 --> 06:03:13,440
apcd comments Mr Ali

6077
06:03:13,440 --> 06:03:17,040
you have any comments no comments

6078
06:03:17,040 --> 06:03:18,540
thank you

6079
06:03:18,540 --> 06:03:20,638
then our next item is a regular agenda

6080
06:03:20,638 --> 06:03:22,200
item this is a receiving file a status

6081
06:03:22,200 --> 06:03:23,700
report regarding the district's

6082
06:03:23,700 --> 06:03:26,940
application for a section 103 Grant from

6083
06:03:26,940 --> 06:03:29,700
the U.S environmental impact agency I'm

6084
06:03:29,700 --> 06:03:31,920
sorry I misunderstood to I thought maybe

6085
06:03:31,920 --> 06:03:33,180
you want me to make any comment

6086
06:03:33,180 --> 06:03:35,940
regarding other items yes I have it okay

6087
06:03:35,940 --> 06:03:43,090
go ahead yes I apologize that's okay

6088
06:03:43,100 --> 06:03:46,820
APC the executive officer in regard to

6089
06:03:46,820 --> 06:03:49,620
personal personnel and vacancies we are

6090
06:03:49,620 --> 06:03:51,000
still in the process of reviewing

6091
06:03:51,000 --> 06:03:53,520
application and scheduling hiring

6092
06:03:53,520 --> 06:03:56,280
interviews for the qualified applicants

6093
06:03:56,280 --> 06:03:59,160
in regard to apcd programs all divisions

6094
06:03:59,160 --> 06:04:00,718
are continuing working on their

6095
06:04:00,718 --> 06:04:03,058
respective tasks

6096
06:04:03,058 --> 06:04:05,878
and regarding our operation state has

6097
06:04:05,878 --> 06:04:08,100
lifted the covet state of emergency as

6098
06:04:08,100 --> 06:04:11,580
of February 28 as such starting April

6099
06:04:11,580 --> 06:04:15,000
3rd we are going to have one day of

6100
06:04:15,000 --> 06:04:16,860
teleworking plus one day of flex hours

6101
06:04:16,860 --> 06:04:19,920
as we had before providing the team with

6102
06:04:19,920 --> 06:04:21,420
more problem-solving collaboration

6103
06:04:21,420 --> 06:04:23,760
engagement opportunities as well as

6104
06:04:23,760 --> 06:04:27,000
better serving our communities

6105
06:04:27,000 --> 06:04:30,058
regarding apcd vessel speed Reduction

6106
06:04:30,058 --> 06:04:32,458
Program we are planning to become a

6107
06:04:32,458 --> 06:04:34,760
co-sponsor of Bill AB

6108
06:04:34,760 --> 06:04:39,240
953 which was introduced by Connelly and

6109
06:04:39,240 --> 06:04:41,760
Hart which will develop a Statewide

6110
06:04:41,760 --> 06:04:44,760
voluntary vessel speed reduction and

6111
06:04:44,760 --> 06:04:46,500
sustainable shipping program for

6112
06:04:46,500 --> 06:04:49,080
California coast to reduce air pollution

6113
06:04:49,080 --> 06:04:52,920
the risk of fatal deaths vessels strikes

6114
06:04:52,920 --> 06:04:56,280
on Rails and harmful underwater acoustic

6115
06:04:56,280 --> 06:04:58,798
impact the bill is referred to assembly

6116
06:04:58,798 --> 06:05:03,000
water parks and Wildfire abbreviated by

6117
06:05:03,000 --> 06:05:07,580
wpw on March 28th

6118
06:05:07,580 --> 06:05:10,500
I would like also to inform you that we

6119
06:05:10,500 --> 06:05:12,900
are awarded a new standing Standalone

6120
06:05:12,900 --> 06:05:15,620
grant for 159

6121
06:05:15,620 --> 06:05:19,440
242 on their cleaner act inflation

6122
06:05:19,440 --> 06:05:21,660
reduction act funding that support

6123
06:05:21,660 --> 06:05:24,540
activities of 103 Grand which will be

6124
06:05:24,540 --> 06:05:27,298
used for new air monitoring equipment

6125
06:05:27,298 --> 06:05:29,580
and activities that's all I had and I'm

6126
06:05:29,580 --> 06:05:30,958
ready to take any question you may have

6127
06:05:30,958 --> 06:05:33,058
thank you any questions go ahead Bob Mr

6128
06:05:33,058 --> 06:05:35,280
Casimir will you be able to to speak in

6129
06:05:35,280 --> 06:05:36,840
favor of that I mean when it comes to

6130
06:05:36,840 --> 06:05:38,580
the the commission yes maybe some of us

6131
06:05:38,580 --> 06:05:40,080
can't I mean just to show the impacts of

6132
06:05:40,080 --> 06:05:41,820
what it's done for us locally the air

6133
06:05:41,820 --> 06:05:44,520
quality here yes actually there was a

6134
06:05:44,520 --> 06:05:46,138
lot of activities that has been

6135
06:05:46,138 --> 06:05:48,480
completed by Ventura County apcd Bay

6136
06:05:48,480 --> 06:05:51,660
Area Santa Barbara to reach out to

6137
06:05:51,660 --> 06:05:54,900
elected officials and Bay area's effort

6138
06:05:54,900 --> 06:05:58,740
finally got we got somebody to authorize

6139
06:05:58,740 --> 06:06:01,620
the legislative active action that we

6140
06:06:01,620 --> 06:06:04,138
were looking for yes we are maybe you

6141
06:06:04,138 --> 06:06:05,760
can let us know how we can can

6142
06:06:05,760 --> 06:06:07,340
participate if

6143
06:06:07,340 --> 06:06:10,440
we are preparing a supporting letter for

6144
06:06:10,440 --> 06:06:11,580
your signature

6145
06:06:11,580 --> 06:06:13,920
thank you Mr chair if I can just ask for

6146
06:06:13,920 --> 06:06:15,320
the bill number again

6147
06:06:15,320 --> 06:06:18,780
953 AB 953

6148
06:06:18,780 --> 06:06:21,480
okay any additional comments questions

6149
06:06:21,480 --> 06:06:23,218
I'm surely

6150
06:06:23,218 --> 06:06:26,400
thank you no problem our next item in is

6151
06:06:26,400 --> 06:06:28,378
item number nine this is receiving file

6152
06:06:28,378 --> 06:06:29,580
the report regarding the district

6153
06:06:29,580 --> 06:06:32,458
application for section 103 Grant from

6154
06:06:32,458 --> 06:06:34,860
the U.S Environmental Protection Agency

6155
06:06:34,860 --> 06:06:36,900
surely yes

6156
06:06:36,900 --> 06:06:38,280
yes for the record I leave a

6157
06:06:38,280 --> 06:06:39,958
semi-executive officer Ventura County

6158
06:06:39,958 --> 06:06:43,200
apcd this item is just received on file

6159
06:06:43,200 --> 06:06:44,820
this is to inform you that the district

6160
06:06:44,820 --> 06:06:46,740
has submitted the grand application to

6161
06:06:46,740 --> 06:06:49,680
EPA for the continued fund continued

6162
06:06:49,680 --> 06:06:52,378
funding of the Nationwide fine

6163
06:06:52,378 --> 06:06:54,958
particulate monitoring Network in the

6164
06:06:54,958 --> 06:07:00,120
amount of 71 500 on March 1st 2023 for

6165
06:07:00,120 --> 06:07:03,660
your background on December 13 1994 your

6166
06:07:03,660 --> 06:07:06,360
board approved authorization for APCO to

6167
06:07:06,360 --> 06:07:09,600
submit applications for EPA grants on

6168
06:07:09,600 --> 06:07:13,260
January 11 2000 your board also approved

6169
06:07:13,260 --> 06:07:16,620
authorization for the APCO to accept and

6170
06:07:16,620 --> 06:07:19,980
execute Grant award offers for EPA

6171
06:07:19,980 --> 06:07:22,980
grants as long as it doesn't exceed the

6172
06:07:22,980 --> 06:07:25,680
prior year's award or the amount

6173
06:07:25,680 --> 06:07:27,958
approved in the budget by more than 20

6174
06:07:27,958 --> 06:07:30,900
percent that's all I have and I am ready

6175
06:07:30,900 --> 06:07:33,120
to take any questions any questions

6176
06:07:33,120 --> 06:07:34,500
um

6177
06:07:34,500 --> 06:07:38,040
okay no none okay so if we did a motion

6178
06:07:38,040 --> 06:07:39,780
is I know it's a receiving filed and we

6179
06:07:39,780 --> 06:07:41,820
still need a motion

6180
06:07:41,820 --> 06:07:44,280
a little approval to receive a file and

6181
06:07:44,280 --> 06:07:47,040
now second look Lopez first second by

6182
06:07:47,040 --> 06:07:53,510
long rocom

6183
06:07:53,520 --> 06:07:56,580
thank you board member compost yes

6184
06:07:56,580 --> 06:07:59,520
board member gorrell yes remember Lavere

6185
06:07:59,520 --> 06:08:02,820
yes or remember long yes board member

6186
06:08:02,820 --> 06:08:05,760
Lopez yes board member McQueen Le John

6187
06:08:05,760 --> 06:08:08,820
yes board member Parvin yes and board

6188
06:08:08,820 --> 06:08:12,590
member Zaragoza yes

6189
06:08:12,600 --> 06:08:15,830
okay

6190
06:08:15,840 --> 06:08:19,080
thank you so that motion has passed the

6191
06:08:19,080 --> 06:08:21,900
next item's item 10 authorize uh the

6192
06:08:21,900 --> 06:08:24,058
approval of 43 Grand funding requests

6193
06:08:24,058 --> 06:08:28,620
for new AG air quality uh projects under

6194
06:08:28,620 --> 06:08:31,260
the coral Moyer Memorial air quality

6195
06:08:31,260 --> 06:08:33,540
standards uh attainment

6196
06:08:33,540 --> 06:08:38,040
programs holding 4 million 72 108 and

6197
06:08:38,040 --> 06:08:42,240
this requires a a six affirmative uh of

6198
06:08:42,240 --> 06:08:43,740
boats so

6199
06:08:43,740 --> 06:08:45,900
go ahead thank you good afternoon chair

6200
06:08:45,900 --> 06:08:47,580
zaragosa members of the board my name is

6201
06:08:47,580 --> 06:08:49,680
Tyler Harris I'm division manager with

6202
06:08:49,680 --> 06:08:50,580
the district

6203
06:08:50,580 --> 06:08:53,700
this item requests approval of 43 grants

6204
06:08:53,700 --> 06:08:55,740
for Carl Moyer program

6205
06:08:55,740 --> 06:08:58,200
staff received 86 total applications for

6206
06:08:58,200 --> 06:09:00,120
projects through the incentive programs

6207
06:09:00,120 --> 06:09:02,878
in 2022 applications requested grant

6208
06:09:02,878 --> 06:09:05,760
funding for to replace 105 pieces of

6209
06:09:05,760 --> 06:09:07,680
diesel agricultural equipment

6210
06:09:07,680 --> 06:09:10,320
seven pieces of off-road diesel

6211
06:09:10,320 --> 06:09:12,840
equipment not agricultural

6212
06:09:12,840 --> 06:09:15,480
six diesel school buses install four

6213
06:09:15,480 --> 06:09:16,680
electric charging infrastructure

6214
06:09:16,680 --> 06:09:18,718
projects and repower seven commercial

6215
06:09:18,718 --> 06:09:20,340
marine vessels

6216
06:09:20,340 --> 06:09:23,160
total grant funding requested

6217
06:09:23,160 --> 06:09:25,080
by applicants was 14 million four

6218
06:09:25,080 --> 06:09:27,000
hundred forty thousand one hundred and

6219
06:09:27,000 --> 06:09:29,160
twelve dollars today we are requesting

6220
06:09:29,160 --> 06:09:31,260
board approval of 69 qualified

6221
06:09:31,260 --> 06:09:32,760
agricultural off-road equipment

6222
06:09:32,760 --> 06:09:34,200
replacement projects

6223
06:09:34,200 --> 06:09:36,180
total Grant value of four million

6224
06:09:36,180 --> 06:09:38,040
seventy two thousand one hundred into

6225
06:09:38,040 --> 06:09:41,700
eight dollars with a total cost of 7

6226
06:09:41,700 --> 06:09:42,660
million

6227
06:09:42,660 --> 06:09:44,218
four thousand five hundred and one

6228
06:09:44,218 --> 06:09:45,660
dollars including the applicant cost

6229
06:09:45,660 --> 06:09:46,920
share

6230
06:09:46,920 --> 06:09:49,138
this is the 24th year the district has

6231
06:09:49,138 --> 06:09:50,540
administered the Carl Moyer program

6232
06:09:50,540 --> 06:09:52,878
total Grant award for fiscal year

6233
06:09:52,878 --> 06:09:56,540
2021-22 was five million 960

6234
06:09:56,540 --> 06:10:00,120
186 dollars this is an exceptional

6235
06:10:00,120 --> 06:10:02,760
Grant award for the the Carl Moyer

6236
06:10:02,760 --> 06:10:04,378
program and it was due to delays in the

6237
06:10:04,378 --> 06:10:06,900
state legislature approval of uh

6238
06:10:06,900 --> 06:10:08,700
authorization to increase Moyer funding

6239
06:10:08,700 --> 06:10:11,400
to air districts the year 25 Carnival

6240
06:10:11,400 --> 06:10:12,900
program Grant

6241
06:10:12,900 --> 06:10:14,760
to the district total award was three

6242
06:10:14,760 --> 06:10:16,440
million one hundred and

6243
06:10:16,440 --> 06:10:20,700
120 475 so that's the fiscal year 2223

6244
06:10:20,700 --> 06:10:23,280
amount and we expect it to be about that

6245
06:10:23,280 --> 06:10:26,638
going forward from from here on okay the

6246
06:10:26,638 --> 06:10:27,660
staff will administer the grant

6247
06:10:27,660 --> 06:10:28,980
agreements and ensure contract

6248
06:10:28,980 --> 06:10:31,080
requirements are met prior to making

6249
06:10:31,080 --> 06:10:32,820
Grant payments completed projects will

6250
06:10:32,820 --> 06:10:34,138
be monitored according to the car motor

6251
06:10:34,138 --> 06:10:35,520
program guidelines

6252
06:10:35,520 --> 06:10:37,260
for the life of the grant agreement and

6253
06:10:37,260 --> 06:10:38,760
that's all I have happy to answer any

6254
06:10:38,760 --> 06:10:41,000
questions thank you board member long

6255
06:10:41,000 --> 06:10:43,860
yes I'm very excited about this project

6256
06:10:43,860 --> 06:10:45,900
I think it's really great for our

6257
06:10:45,900 --> 06:10:49,138
businesses one and schools what I'd like

6258
06:10:49,138 --> 06:10:51,900
to ask is the timing in which the next

6259
06:10:51,900 --> 06:10:54,958
cycle of Grants happen is there any way

6260
06:10:54,958 --> 06:10:56,340
to

6261
06:10:56,340 --> 06:10:57,120
um

6262
06:10:57,120 --> 06:10:59,218
make sure like for buses that we do it

6263
06:10:59,218 --> 06:11:03,120
before school starts or uh before they

6264
06:11:03,120 --> 06:11:05,160
they're using their tractors for

6265
06:11:05,160 --> 06:11:07,860
harvesting so that we we can get them

6266
06:11:07,860 --> 06:11:09,958
the latest greatest equipment when

6267
06:11:09,958 --> 06:11:12,718
they're using it the most so I think we

6268
06:11:12,718 --> 06:11:14,520
can hopefully speed it up a little bit

6269
06:11:14,520 --> 06:11:17,340
this cycle because like I said that was

6270
06:11:17,340 --> 06:11:18,240
a

6271
06:11:18,240 --> 06:11:20,280
double the amount of money we would

6272
06:11:20,280 --> 06:11:21,958
normally receive and so it just there

6273
06:11:21,958 --> 06:11:24,420
was a it took a long time to get through

6274
06:11:24,420 --> 06:11:26,280
the inspection processes and and the

6275
06:11:26,280 --> 06:11:28,620
application reviews

6276
06:11:28,620 --> 06:11:29,218
um

6277
06:11:29,218 --> 06:11:31,138
we tried to

6278
06:11:31,138 --> 06:11:34,440
get this step approved in like November

6279
06:11:34,440 --> 06:11:37,860
or December for a normal Grant cycle and

6280
06:11:37,860 --> 06:11:39,958
we're obviously we're in March so it was

6281
06:11:39,958 --> 06:11:42,240
a little bit delayed but

6282
06:11:42,240 --> 06:11:44,040
um

6283
06:11:44,040 --> 06:11:45,840
one of the things that that happens

6284
06:11:45,840 --> 06:11:50,868
especially now is with the uh the the

6285
06:11:50,878 --> 06:11:54,718
supply side issues is that you know we

6286
06:11:54,718 --> 06:11:56,820
we're still finishing Grant projects

6287
06:11:56,820 --> 06:11:58,440
from last year that were approved in

6288
06:11:58,440 --> 06:12:00,660
March and you know they're just now

6289
06:12:00,660 --> 06:12:03,480
getting the equipment available so

6290
06:12:03,480 --> 06:12:05,580
um we'll do our best to

6291
06:12:05,580 --> 06:12:07,860
expedite the review of the applications

6292
06:12:07,860 --> 06:12:09,660
we we start we will open for new

6293
06:12:09,660 --> 06:12:11,400
applications in March at the end of

6294
06:12:11,400 --> 06:12:14,100
March so just in a few weeks and we give

6295
06:12:14,100 --> 06:12:16,860
give the applicants until like the first

6296
06:12:16,860 --> 06:12:19,680
week of June okay I just thought it was

6297
06:12:19,680 --> 06:12:22,620
helpful for us to understand even though

6298
06:12:22,620 --> 06:12:24,360
with grants you know you think they come

6299
06:12:24,360 --> 06:12:26,520
and the money is there but there's a lag

6300
06:12:26,520 --> 06:12:28,558
with supplies and then getting the

6301
06:12:28,558 --> 06:12:30,058
applications and all that kind of stuff

6302
06:12:30,058 --> 06:12:31,980
and I was just hopeful that for the next

6303
06:12:31,980 --> 06:12:34,798
process we can line it up

6304
06:12:34,798 --> 06:12:36,480
um accordingly so appreciate you looking

6305
06:12:36,480 --> 06:12:38,458
into it sure thank you thank you good

6306
06:12:38,458 --> 06:12:40,980
point board members any I'm sorry any

6307
06:12:40,980 --> 06:12:43,558
other questions no then I I would

6308
06:12:43,558 --> 06:12:45,600
support this staff recommendation thank

6309
06:12:45,600 --> 06:12:48,718
you motion by uh long second second by

6310
06:12:48,718 --> 06:12:55,310
Parvin roll call

6311
06:12:55,320 --> 06:12:58,320
board member compost yes remember Grill

6312
06:12:58,320 --> 06:13:04,138
yes remember Lavere yes remember long

6313
06:13:04,138 --> 06:13:07,218
remember Lopez yes foreign

6314
06:13:07,218 --> 06:13:10,740
yes for member Parvin yes and chairs

6315
06:13:10,740 --> 06:13:13,740
aragosa yes

6316
06:13:13,740 --> 06:13:17,690
okay

6317
06:13:17,700 --> 06:13:20,638
thank you okay our next item is item 11.

6318
06:13:20,638 --> 06:13:22,040
this is adoption of resolution

6319
06:13:22,040 --> 06:13:25,020
reactivating one classification of apcd

6320
06:13:25,020 --> 06:13:27,958
public information manager and amend the

6321
06:13:27,958 --> 06:13:30,240
classification title to apcd publication

6322
06:13:30,240 --> 06:13:32,218
information officer established one

6323
06:13:32,218 --> 06:13:34,440
vacant position of apcd

6324
06:13:34,440 --> 06:13:37,020
public information officer and all that

6325
06:13:37,020 --> 06:13:37,558
um

6326
06:13:37,558 --> 06:13:39,798
I'll leave finish arrest because sure

6327
06:13:39,798 --> 06:13:42,298
for the record Alex semi-executive

6328
06:13:42,298 --> 06:13:45,298
officer Ventura County APC Dean the item

6329
06:13:45,298 --> 06:13:46,980
that I have before you is to adopt the

6330
06:13:46,980 --> 06:13:50,458
resolution effective March 19th to react

6331
06:13:50,458 --> 06:13:52,980
if the Pio position public information

6332
06:13:52,980 --> 06:13:56,458
officer position as this position was

6333
06:13:56,458 --> 06:13:59,580
deleted in 2017 and replaced with

6334
06:13:59,580 --> 06:14:02,040
non-management classification

6335
06:14:02,040 --> 06:14:04,080
the second request is we are requesting

6336
06:14:04,080 --> 06:14:05,940
your board to amend the classification

6337
06:14:05,940 --> 06:14:09,660
title of apcd public information manager

6338
06:14:09,660 --> 06:14:13,920
to apcd public information officer

6339
06:14:13,920 --> 06:14:16,138
this is this was based on further review

6340
06:14:16,138 --> 06:14:18,240
of Just job responsibilities and

6341
06:14:18,240 --> 06:14:21,360
recommendation of HR and finally the

6342
06:14:21,360 --> 06:14:22,920
third request is we are requesting your

6343
06:14:22,920 --> 06:14:24,840
birth to establish one vacant position

6344
06:14:24,840 --> 06:14:27,780
classified as apct public information

6345
06:14:27,780 --> 06:14:29,458
officer

6346
06:14:29,458 --> 06:14:32,280
then there is another item that also we

6347
06:14:32,280 --> 06:14:34,798
would like for your board to consider we

6348
06:14:34,798 --> 06:14:36,660
are requesting your board to amend the

6349
06:14:36,660 --> 06:14:40,740
salary range of the apcd office systems

6350
06:14:40,740 --> 06:14:44,100
coordinator for classification

6351
06:14:44,100 --> 06:14:47,100
and this is because the apcd office

6352
06:14:47,100 --> 06:14:50,780
system coordinator which refers to as

6353
06:14:50,780 --> 06:14:55,868
osc series of one two four

6354
06:14:55,878 --> 06:14:59,458
series was created in 1997.

6355
06:14:59,458 --> 06:15:02,878
which followed the same title job duties

6356
06:15:02,878 --> 06:15:05,458
position level and salary ranges as the

6357
06:15:05,458 --> 06:15:07,680
counties office system coordinator

6358
06:15:07,680 --> 06:15:09,120
series

6359
06:15:09,120 --> 06:15:10,860
staff has determined that the salary

6360
06:15:10,860 --> 06:15:15,958
range of apcd Osco sc4 is the same as

6361
06:15:15,958 --> 06:15:20,100
the salary of the apcd osc 3 level like

6362
06:15:20,100 --> 06:15:22,200
it hasn't been changed so we are

6363
06:15:22,200 --> 06:15:24,120
requesting to change it accordingly so

6364
06:15:24,120 --> 06:15:27,780
we it's going to match the counties

6365
06:15:27,780 --> 06:15:30,180
classification level

6366
06:15:30,180 --> 06:15:33,600
and finally we would like to adopt we'll

6367
06:15:33,600 --> 06:15:35,700
be we are requesting your board to adopt

6368
06:15:35,700 --> 06:15:38,280
the proposed amendment to the apcd

6369
06:15:38,280 --> 06:15:41,280
management resolution by first adding

6370
06:15:41,280 --> 06:15:44,878
the Pio classification second updating

6371
06:15:44,878 --> 06:15:46,700
section

6372
06:15:46,700 --> 06:15:50,760
1404-a to provide additional two days of

6373
06:15:50,760 --> 06:15:54,840
unpaid bereavement leave of absence and

6374
06:15:54,840 --> 06:15:58,320
amend section 1204 with an effective

6375
06:15:58,320 --> 06:16:01,860
date of March 1st 23 and third by

6376
06:16:01,860 --> 06:16:04,680
allowing a four months extension to

6377
06:16:04,680 --> 06:16:06,958
utilize the additional 60 hours leave

6378
06:16:06,958 --> 06:16:11,100
time allowed due to covid-19 to the

6379
06:16:11,100 --> 06:16:12,958
deadline obviously extending it to

6380
06:16:12,958 --> 06:16:16,860
December 31st 2023. to provide you with

6381
06:16:16,860 --> 06:16:19,500
the little background on September 29

6382
06:16:19,500 --> 06:16:23,218
2022 California code government code was

6383
06:16:23,218 --> 06:16:25,280
amended per

6384
06:16:25,280 --> 06:16:28,680
ab1949 to provide employees with

6385
06:16:28,680 --> 06:16:31,740
additional two days of bereavement leave

6386
06:16:31,740 --> 06:16:36,058
without pay due to covet 19.

6387
06:16:36,058 --> 06:16:37,740
I'd like to point out that the county

6388
06:16:37,740 --> 06:16:40,020
will continue to pay for the three days

6389
06:16:40,020 --> 06:16:43,798
bereavement leave as allowed and allow

6390
06:16:43,798 --> 06:16:45,780
the employee to take additional two days

6391
06:16:45,780 --> 06:16:49,440
of unpaid Improvement leave

6392
06:16:49,440 --> 06:16:53,100
also on March 22nd 2020 your board

6393
06:16:53,100 --> 06:16:54,900
approved an amendment to management

6394
06:16:54,900 --> 06:16:58,440
resolution to allow employee to occur up

6395
06:16:58,440 --> 06:16:59,400
to

6396
06:16:59,400 --> 06:17:02,400
additional 60 hours in excess of their

6397
06:17:02,400 --> 06:17:04,980
maximum allowable limit During the

6398
06:17:04,980 --> 06:17:07,558
period of national declared disaster

6399
06:17:07,558 --> 06:17:10,440
declared by the board of supervisor such

6400
06:17:10,440 --> 06:17:12,420
as covet 19.

6401
06:17:12,420 --> 06:17:14,580
the employees were also required to

6402
06:17:14,580 --> 06:17:17,280
exhaust these additional hours within

6403
06:17:17,280 --> 06:17:20,040
the six months after the end of declared

6404
06:17:20,040 --> 06:17:22,558
natural disasters

6405
06:17:22,558 --> 06:17:26,580
with termination of covid-19 pandemic on

6406
06:17:26,580 --> 06:17:30,360
February 28 2023 employees maximum

6407
06:17:30,360 --> 06:17:33,360
allowable leave return to their

6408
06:17:33,360 --> 06:17:36,680
pre-pandemic limits and they

6409
06:17:36,680 --> 06:17:39,958
and they have six months window to

6410
06:17:39,958 --> 06:17:42,480
utilize these additional leave hours

6411
06:17:42,480 --> 06:17:45,420
which gives them till August we are

6412
06:17:45,420 --> 06:17:47,820
requesting to extend it for another four

6413
06:17:47,820 --> 06:17:50,480
months to make the deadline to December

6414
06:17:50,480 --> 06:17:54,240
31st 2023. that's all I have and I'm

6415
06:17:54,240 --> 06:17:55,740
ready to take any question you may have

6416
06:17:55,740 --> 06:17:59,160
thank you any any questions

6417
06:17:59,160 --> 06:18:03,058
there's you mean December 31st 2023 yes

6418
06:18:03,058 --> 06:18:06,420
okay just confirm thank you yeah

6419
06:18:06,420 --> 06:18:07,100
um

6420
06:18:07,100 --> 06:18:09,120
no question just to calm down you know

6421
06:18:09,120 --> 06:18:10,378
we've been talking about the importance

6422
06:18:10,378 --> 06:18:12,180
of this Pio position for a while now and

6423
06:18:12,180 --> 06:18:14,280
just I don't think the public has a full

6424
06:18:14,280 --> 06:18:16,260
appreciation for everything that apcd

6425
06:18:16,260 --> 06:18:18,600
does and the the contributions it makes

6426
06:18:18,600 --> 06:18:20,638
you know bring an awareness to the Carl

6427
06:18:20,638 --> 06:18:22,020
Moyer program to the vessel speed

6428
06:18:22,020 --> 06:18:23,580
Reduction Program all of the things the

6429
06:18:23,580 --> 06:18:25,378
apcd is doing to impact air quality here

6430
06:18:25,378 --> 06:18:26,820
and I hope this position is really able

6431
06:18:26,820 --> 06:18:29,040
to get that out and bring awareness to

6432
06:18:29,040 --> 06:18:30,900
all of the good work being done I'm sure

6433
06:18:30,900 --> 06:18:33,058
it will but thank you yes

6434
06:18:33,058 --> 06:18:34,620
and I think that's a good point too

6435
06:18:34,620 --> 06:18:37,860
because uh that Pio can convey a lot of

6436
06:18:37,860 --> 06:18:39,900
the messages that were to the unserved

6437
06:18:39,900 --> 06:18:41,580
community too which I think is really

6438
06:18:41,580 --> 06:18:44,520
really important of course thank you

6439
06:18:44,520 --> 06:18:48,470
okay board members

6440
06:18:48,480 --> 06:18:52,930
um

6441
06:18:52,940 --> 06:18:55,200
I just want to make the comment that I I

6442
06:18:55,200 --> 06:18:57,480
saw you at our um the Ventura Council of

6443
06:18:57,480 --> 06:18:58,740
government meeting you gave a

6444
06:18:58,740 --> 06:19:01,440
presentation to us and you emphasize the

6445
06:19:01,440 --> 06:19:04,680
importance and the need for your Pio so

6446
06:19:04,680 --> 06:19:06,298
I just want you to know you've sold me

6447
06:19:06,298 --> 06:19:09,110
at that meeting

6448
06:19:09,120 --> 06:19:11,100
okay thank you so much so we have a

6449
06:19:11,100 --> 06:19:13,440
first by board member levere second by

6450
06:19:13,440 --> 06:19:18,000
second Clive McQueen Okay roll call

6451
06:19:18,000 --> 06:19:20,340
thank you thank you for the presentation

6452
06:19:20,340 --> 06:19:21,540
too

6453
06:19:21,540 --> 06:19:24,540
board member comp o yes or member

6454
06:19:24,540 --> 06:19:28,138
gorrell yes I remember levier yes board

6455
06:19:28,138 --> 06:19:29,638
member long yes

6456
06:19:29,638 --> 06:19:32,340
yes board member Lopez yes remember

6457
06:19:32,340 --> 06:19:35,458
McQueen Le John yes board member Parvin

6458
06:19:35,458 --> 06:19:45,910
yes and chair Zaragoza yes

6459
06:19:45,920 --> 06:19:49,320
okay so the motion is passed our next

6460
06:19:49,320 --> 06:19:51,240
item last item is a public hearing

6461
06:19:51,240 --> 06:19:52,920
concerning the adoption of amendments

6462
06:19:52,920 --> 06:19:56,040
would be effective dates of March 1 2023

6463
06:19:56,040 --> 06:20:00,058
to 2020 225 an mou agreement between the

6464
06:20:00,058 --> 06:20:03,798
county Ventura SEIU union and 2025

6465
06:20:03,798 --> 06:20:06,120
memorandum between the county Ventura

6466
06:20:06,120 --> 06:20:07,980
and Tibetan and um they should take it

6467
06:20:07,980 --> 06:20:10,138
over from there appreciate it thank you

6468
06:20:10,138 --> 06:20:13,320
so when I open the public hearing now um

6469
06:20:13,320 --> 06:20:15,420
okay I'm gonna open the public again go

6470
06:20:15,420 --> 06:20:17,458
ahead thank you good afternoon sure

6471
06:20:17,458 --> 06:20:19,200
there goes the members of the board for

6472
06:20:19,200 --> 06:20:20,700
the record my name is Robert abalov with

6473
06:20:20,700 --> 06:20:21,958
the Labor Relations Division of the

6474
06:20:21,958 --> 06:20:24,058
county executive office I'm here before

6475
06:20:24,058 --> 06:20:25,500
you to request that your board commence

6476
06:20:25,500 --> 06:20:27,000
of public hearing on the adoption of the

6477
06:20:27,000 --> 06:20:29,580
amendment between uh two memorandums of

6478
06:20:29,580 --> 06:20:32,420
agreement SEIU and vea with the district

6479
06:20:32,420 --> 06:20:35,040
and to set a second hearing on March

6480
06:20:35,040 --> 06:20:37,340
28th so similar to what you just heard

6481
06:20:37,340 --> 06:20:40,138
what we're requesting here is the

6482
06:20:40,138 --> 06:20:42,420
additional use of 60 hours in that time

6483
06:20:42,420 --> 06:20:45,298
frame uh moving to December excuse me

6484
06:20:45,298 --> 06:20:50,160
December 31st 2023 and given the ability

6485
06:20:50,160 --> 06:20:52,500
for the employees to accrue that time

6486
06:20:52,500 --> 06:20:54,718
between now and then and then giving the

6487
06:20:54,718 --> 06:20:57,000
employees the ability to also draw down

6488
06:20:57,000 --> 06:20:59,160
that time by an additional four months

6489
06:20:59,160 --> 06:21:02,400
between now and then this is due to the

6490
06:21:02,400 --> 06:21:03,840
labor shortages that we're now seeing

6491
06:21:03,840 --> 06:21:06,180
and it's also due to the pandemic going

6492
06:21:06,180 --> 06:21:08,280
a lot longer than we anticipated uh

6493
06:21:08,280 --> 06:21:10,080
three years is quite some time we're

6494
06:21:10,080 --> 06:21:12,180
happy to be through it but we do want to

6495
06:21:12,180 --> 06:21:14,160
give the employees the opportunity to

6496
06:21:14,160 --> 06:21:16,260
draw down those Bank hours this

6497
06:21:16,260 --> 06:21:17,638
concludes my comments and I'm happy to

6498
06:21:17,638 --> 06:21:19,440
answer any questions you may have you

6499
06:21:19,440 --> 06:21:24,730
okay any questions

6500
06:21:24,740 --> 06:21:36,948
second by Marvin roll call

6501
06:21:36,958 --> 06:21:38,820
and I'm going to close the public

6502
06:21:38,820 --> 06:21:40,320
hearing

6503
06:21:40,320 --> 06:21:42,540
and this is to set the next hearing date

6504
06:21:42,540 --> 06:21:46,378
for uh March 28th yes March 28th yes I

6505
06:21:46,378 --> 06:21:48,840
remember compost yes remember Garrell

6506
06:21:48,840 --> 06:21:51,420
yes remember Lavere yes I remember long

6507
06:21:51,420 --> 06:21:53,760
yes I remember Lopez yes remember

6508
06:21:53,760 --> 06:21:56,638
McQueen Le John yes remember Parvin yes

6509
06:21:56,638 --> 06:21:59,458
cheers zaragosa yes

6510
06:21:59,458 --> 06:22:01,860
thank you thank you

6511
06:22:01,860 --> 06:22:04,980
okay so that's the last item so uh

6512
06:22:04,980 --> 06:22:07,740
we are any any other comments we're

6513
06:22:07,740 --> 06:22:08,940
going to be adjourned and we have a

6514
06:22:08,940 --> 06:22:10,680
standing committee meeting but after

6515
06:22:10,680 --> 06:22:13,638
this and we have a

6516
06:22:13,638 --> 06:22:16,378
civilizer Lopez

6517
06:22:16,378 --> 06:22:20,760
supervisor Jeff and councilwoman McQueen

6518
06:22:20,760 --> 06:22:22,620
standing committee so right after it

6519
06:22:22,620 --> 07:05:02,410
okay thank you so we're adjourned

6520
07:05:02,420 --> 07:05:04,798
all right welcome back everyone we are

6521
07:05:04,798 --> 07:05:06,900
going to continue with our regular

6522
07:05:06,900 --> 07:05:09,420
agenda uh starting with item 30 a

6523
07:05:09,420 --> 07:05:11,878
recommendation to supervisor girl

6524
07:05:11,878 --> 07:05:13,440
thank you Mr chair

6525
07:05:13,440 --> 07:05:15,000
um this is really I would just describe

6526
07:05:15,000 --> 07:05:17,340
this as kind of a cleanup measure

6527
07:05:17,340 --> 07:05:20,580
I'm asking the board to act to help us

6528
07:05:20,580 --> 07:05:22,798
um expand our map boundary for the

6529
07:05:22,798 --> 07:05:24,420
municipal advisory committee that makes

6530
07:05:24,420 --> 07:05:26,580
up the Santa Rosa Valley

6531
07:05:26,580 --> 07:05:28,920
um there are two homes that were in

6532
07:05:28,920 --> 07:05:30,478
accidentally left out of the Mac

6533
07:05:30,478 --> 07:05:31,740
boundaries

6534
07:05:31,740 --> 07:05:33,780
they were excluded but they're all but

6535
07:05:33,780 --> 07:05:35,280
they are considered part of the Santa

6536
07:05:35,280 --> 07:05:38,100
Rosa Valley and part of that kind of

6537
07:05:38,100 --> 07:05:40,138
voting Precinct

6538
07:05:40,138 --> 07:05:43,680
um there's also a an area that is also

6539
07:05:43,680 --> 07:05:45,360
part of Santa Rosa Valley and part of

6540
07:05:45,360 --> 07:05:46,558
this Precinct there are no homes

6541
07:05:46,558 --> 07:05:48,900
currently built there but if there are

6542
07:05:48,900 --> 07:05:50,458
ever any homes that are built there we

6543
07:05:50,458 --> 07:05:51,600
want to also make sure that that's

6544
07:05:51,600 --> 07:05:53,340
included in the Santa Rosa Valley Mac

6545
07:05:53,340 --> 07:05:54,780
map

6546
07:05:54,780 --> 07:05:57,240
so that those folks can participate in

6547
07:05:57,240 --> 07:05:59,820
Mac elections if they want to be on the

6548
07:05:59,820 --> 07:06:01,320
Mac board and that they're considered

6549
07:06:01,320 --> 07:06:03,420
part of that community so that's what

6550
07:06:03,420 --> 07:06:05,400
this measure is uh 30 and I would just

6551
07:06:05,400 --> 07:06:08,820
ask my colleagues to to help us expand

6552
07:06:08,820 --> 07:06:10,440
the map and include a couple additional

6553
07:06:10,440 --> 07:06:12,660
homes thank you

6554
07:06:12,660 --> 07:06:15,058
I would move this matter

6555
07:06:15,058 --> 07:06:17,400
stop the resolution move the resolution

6556
07:06:17,400 --> 07:06:21,230
I'll second

6557
07:06:21,240 --> 07:06:24,600
supervisor girl yes supervisor long yes

6558
07:06:24,600 --> 07:06:27,840
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

6559
07:06:27,840 --> 07:06:30,120
yes chair levere yes

6560
07:06:30,120 --> 07:06:32,400
and item 31 is a recommendation of

6561
07:06:32,400 --> 07:06:35,218
supervisor long thank you very much I am

6562
07:06:35,218 --> 07:06:41,990
pleased

6563
07:06:42,000 --> 07:06:44,940
please as many know Gordon Kimball has

6564
07:06:44,940 --> 07:06:48,600
resigned from that spot he is just big

6565
07:06:48,600 --> 07:06:51,840
shoes to fill and I taking this moment

6566
07:06:51,840 --> 07:06:56,360
just to talk about how tremendous Lisa's

6567
07:06:56,360 --> 07:06:59,400
skills that are she is a sixth

6568
07:06:59,400 --> 07:07:02,218
generation Ventura County farmer and has

6569
07:07:02,218 --> 07:07:04,200
been in the business with her whole life

6570
07:07:04,200 --> 07:07:06,840
she has a degree from Cal Poly San Luis

6571
07:07:06,840 --> 07:07:08,878
Obispo an architecture business and a

6572
07:07:08,878 --> 07:07:10,760
master's degree in public administration

6573
07:07:10,760 --> 07:07:13,440
she is currently oversees the production

6574
07:07:13,440 --> 07:07:16,260
of 800 acres of Farmland in Ventura

6575
07:07:16,260 --> 07:07:18,440
County and she's on a numerous

6576
07:07:18,440 --> 07:07:20,718
agriculture committees around the state

6577
07:07:20,718 --> 07:07:23,700
I'd like to really just say thank you

6578
07:07:23,700 --> 07:07:27,240
for her continued dedication to serve

6579
07:07:27,240 --> 07:07:30,900
our community and I'm very honored to

6580
07:07:30,900 --> 07:07:33,058
have her want to serve on this capacity

6581
07:07:33,058 --> 07:07:36,540
as well so I motion to approve

6582
07:07:36,540 --> 07:07:41,270
I'll second thank you

6583
07:07:41,280 --> 07:07:43,200
supervisor girl yes

6584
07:07:43,200 --> 07:07:46,200
supervisor long yes supervisor Parvin

6585
07:07:46,200 --> 07:07:50,820
yes supervisor Lopez yes chair levere

6586
07:07:50,820 --> 07:07:52,860
item 32 is a recommendation of

6587
07:07:52,860 --> 07:07:55,020
supervisor Parvin

6588
07:07:55,020 --> 07:07:58,200
thank you I want to put forth the parks

6589
07:07:58,200 --> 07:08:00,718
advisory committee Bruce Thomas I'm

6590
07:08:00,718 --> 07:08:02,878
asking that he be appointed to the

6591
07:08:02,878 --> 07:08:05,218
Parks advisory committee because for

6592
07:08:05,218 --> 07:08:07,080
many reasons for one he was on the Santa

6593
07:08:07,080 --> 07:08:08,878
Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory

6594
07:08:08,878 --> 07:08:11,840
board he has a long background in parks

6595
07:08:11,840 --> 07:08:15,120
and also a Water Works District 17 I'm

6596
07:08:15,120 --> 07:08:17,040
recommending Chris schubeck to be

6597
07:08:17,040 --> 07:08:18,680
appointed to the Water Works District

6598
07:08:18,680 --> 07:08:21,478
17. Chris is a Bell Canyon resident with

6599
07:08:21,478 --> 07:08:24,298
the ba and Ms degree in engineering

6600
07:08:24,298 --> 07:08:26,580
he's also a lawyer

6601
07:08:26,580 --> 07:08:28,558
and I believe he will bring unique

6602
07:08:28,558 --> 07:08:30,360
solutions to his community water needs

6603
07:08:30,360 --> 07:08:31,798
using his extensive engineering

6604
07:08:31,798 --> 07:08:33,600
background and he'll be an incredible

6605
07:08:33,600 --> 07:08:35,458
asset to the committee also for

6606
07:08:35,458 --> 07:08:37,260
Waterworks District 17 I'd like to

6607
07:08:37,260 --> 07:08:39,780
reappoint Gregory McHugh to Waterworks

6608
07:08:39,780 --> 07:08:41,760
District 17. I sincerely appreciate the

6609
07:08:41,760 --> 07:08:43,740
time and commitment Gregory has shown in

6610
07:08:43,740 --> 07:08:45,540
working with this committee he's done an

6611
07:08:45,540 --> 07:08:47,340
excellent job and I'm happy to recommend

6612
07:08:47,340 --> 07:08:49,920
his appointment I greatly appreciate all

6613
07:08:49,920 --> 07:08:52,740
of their interests in volunteering their

6614
07:08:52,740 --> 07:08:55,080
services to our County and with that

6615
07:08:55,080 --> 07:08:59,930
I'll put forth a more motion a second

6616
07:08:59,940 --> 07:09:03,718
is that you supervisor grow yes

6617
07:09:03,718 --> 07:09:07,638
supervisor Grill yes supervisor loan yes

6618
07:09:07,638 --> 07:09:10,920
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

6619
07:09:10,920 --> 07:09:13,620
yes chair levere yes and then lastly

6620
07:09:13,620 --> 07:09:16,020
item 33 a recommendation of supervisor

6621
07:09:16,020 --> 07:09:18,718
Lopez thank you Mr chair I have a

6622
07:09:18,718 --> 07:09:19,798
recommendation

6623
07:09:19,798 --> 07:09:22,500
reappoint Bobby Jones to

6624
07:09:22,500 --> 07:09:24,958
to troll policy advisory committee Mr

6625
07:09:24,958 --> 07:09:27,360
Jones is a third generation farmer in

6626
07:09:27,360 --> 07:09:30,360
Ventura County and provides a is a

6627
07:09:30,360 --> 07:09:32,900
valuable addition to uh to the APAC

6628
07:09:32,900 --> 07:09:36,120
especially as a strawberry grower so I

6629
07:09:36,120 --> 07:09:38,340
respectfully request support to

6630
07:09:38,340 --> 07:09:40,500
reappoint Mr Jones to this committee

6631
07:09:40,500 --> 07:09:44,030
I'll second

6632
07:09:44,040 --> 07:09:46,978
we activate 33 Mia

6633
07:09:46,978 --> 07:09:52,250
on the meeting

6634
07:09:52,260 --> 07:09:55,320
supervisor Lopez you motioned to approve

6635
07:09:55,320 --> 07:09:57,378
and second

6636
07:09:57,378 --> 07:10:00,440
thank you supervisor guerrell yes

6637
07:10:00,440 --> 07:10:03,000
supervisor long yes and this is a great

6638
07:10:03,000 --> 07:10:06,000
choice thank you very much

6639
07:10:06,000 --> 07:10:08,878
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

6640
07:10:08,878 --> 07:10:11,820
yes Gerald levere yes thank you I know I

6641
07:10:11,820 --> 07:10:13,378
was flying through those things you're

6642
07:10:13,378 --> 07:10:16,080
keeping up that's okay

6643
07:10:16,080 --> 07:10:19,680
at item 34 is a proposed adoption of a

6644
07:10:19,680 --> 07:10:20,940
resolution

6645
07:10:20,940 --> 07:10:23,218
um or and I will turn it over to Ms

6646
07:10:23,218 --> 07:10:26,750
North for this item thank you chair

6647
07:10:26,760 --> 07:10:29,400
four is the number resolution adopting a

6648
07:10:29,400 --> 07:10:31,440
policy statement to strongly encourage

6649
07:10:31,440 --> 07:10:34,200
contractors to hire locally and use a

6650
07:10:34,200 --> 07:10:36,718
skilled and trained Workforce uh with in

6651
07:10:36,718 --> 07:10:38,660
the meaning of the public contract court

6652
07:10:38,660 --> 07:10:41,820
for uh orphan and idle well projects and

6653
07:10:41,820 --> 07:10:43,440
plugging in abandonment projects to

6654
07:10:43,440 --> 07:10:45,058
implement a settlement agreement between

6655
07:10:45,058 --> 07:10:47,100
the county and the California Works

6656
07:10:47,100 --> 07:10:49,580
Labor Management cooperation trust

6657
07:10:49,580 --> 07:10:52,500
CalWORKs this resolution is being

6658
07:10:52,500 --> 07:10:55,080
brought to you as part of a settlement

6659
07:10:55,080 --> 07:10:56,760
agreement with regard to the general

6660
07:10:56,760 --> 07:11:00,298
plan litigation and we the county county

6661
07:11:00,298 --> 07:11:02,160
council's office has negotiated a

6662
07:11:02,160 --> 07:11:05,900
settlement with CalWORKs as part of the

6663
07:11:05,900 --> 07:11:08,160
CalWORKs offered suggestions regarding

6664
07:11:08,160 --> 07:11:10,558
the County's Emergency Operations plan

6665
07:11:10,558 --> 07:11:13,378
and catastrophic Wildfire action after

6666
07:11:13,378 --> 07:11:15,478
action report that the county staff

6667
07:11:15,478 --> 07:11:18,298
found acceptable that's also included in

6668
07:11:18,298 --> 07:11:19,740
the settlement agreement which is

6669
07:11:19,740 --> 07:11:23,040
attached to the board item but as part

6670
07:11:23,040 --> 07:11:25,138
of the settlement CalWORKs has requested

6671
07:11:25,138 --> 07:11:27,840
that your board adopt this resolutions

6672
07:11:27,840 --> 07:11:30,180
strongly encouraging private contractors

6673
07:11:30,180 --> 07:11:32,340
under the resolution the county would

6674
07:11:32,340 --> 07:11:34,920
also adopt make the adopted resolution

6675
07:11:34,920 --> 07:11:37,200
available on the County's website and

6676
07:11:37,200 --> 07:11:38,820
provide a copy of the resolution to

6677
07:11:38,820 --> 07:11:40,860
operators of idle wells in in the county

6678
07:11:40,860 --> 07:11:43,320
and also to the California geologic

6679
07:11:43,320 --> 07:11:46,680
Energy Management Cal Gem and we would

6680
07:11:46,680 --> 07:11:48,478
request that private contractors when

6681
07:11:48,478 --> 07:11:50,458
applying for County issued permits for

6682
07:11:50,458 --> 07:11:52,260
covered oil well-related construction

6683
07:11:52,260 --> 07:11:55,320
practice construction work notify the

6684
07:11:55,320 --> 07:11:56,700
county whether or not they will be

6685
07:11:56,700 --> 07:11:58,500
implementing these encouraged hired

6686
07:11:58,500 --> 07:12:01,260
practices this does not require private

6687
07:12:01,260 --> 07:12:03,718
contractors to take any specific action

6688
07:12:03,718 --> 07:12:06,180
and also the proposed settlement does

6689
07:12:06,180 --> 07:12:08,760
not make or involve any changes to the

6690
07:12:08,760 --> 07:12:11,400
general plan itself so should your board

6691
07:12:11,400 --> 07:12:13,080
adopt the attached resolution the

6692
07:12:13,080 --> 07:12:14,940
settlement agreement between the county

6693
07:12:14,940 --> 07:12:17,160
and Cal Works will take effect and Cal

6694
07:12:17,160 --> 07:12:18,780
Works will dismiss their lawsuit with

6695
07:12:18,780 --> 07:12:20,458
both parties bearing their own

6696
07:12:20,458 --> 07:12:23,100
litigation costs and fees

6697
07:12:23,100 --> 07:12:27,170
thank you

6698
07:12:27,180 --> 07:12:29,638
any uh questions on this one or a motion

6699
07:12:29,638 --> 07:12:31,440
to approve chair lever we have one

6700
07:12:31,440 --> 07:12:33,058
public comment oh yeah I'm sorry thank

6701
07:12:33,058 --> 07:12:39,780
you have Christina Carl that will have

6702
07:12:39,780 --> 07:12:49,128
it promote

6703
07:12:49,138 --> 07:12:50,820
hi Christina we can see you with your

6704
07:12:50,820 --> 07:12:52,620
hand if we're going to have it promote

6705
07:12:52,620 --> 07:13:03,048
you to a panelist

6706
07:13:03,058 --> 07:13:04,920
okay so once you mute your mic you'll

6707
07:13:04,920 --> 07:13:18,350
have three minutes to speak

6708
07:13:18,360 --> 07:13:19,860
hi Christina if you would meet your mic

6709
07:13:19,860 --> 07:13:27,110
you'll have three minutes to speak

6710
07:13:27,120 --> 07:13:28,080
thank you

6711
07:13:28,080 --> 07:13:30,660
can can you hear me Madam Clarke we can

6712
07:13:30,660 --> 07:13:32,040
hear you please proceed

6713
07:13:32,040 --> 07:13:34,260
thank you good afternoon chair liver and

6714
07:13:34,260 --> 07:13:35,638
members of the board my name is

6715
07:13:35,638 --> 07:13:37,340
Christina Carrow I'm an attorney

6716
07:13:37,340 --> 07:13:39,540
representing California Works Labor

6717
07:13:39,540 --> 07:13:42,478
Management cooperation trust as you know

6718
07:13:42,478 --> 07:13:44,580
the California Works has a pending

6719
07:13:44,580 --> 07:13:46,978
lawsuit against the county challenging

6720
07:13:46,978 --> 07:13:49,500
the general plan 2040 policies related

6721
07:13:49,500 --> 07:13:52,440
to Wildfire impacts and related to oil

6722
07:13:52,440 --> 07:13:55,320
and gas production we are pleased to

6723
07:13:55,320 --> 07:13:57,900
report that based on recent discussions

6724
07:13:57,900 --> 07:14:01,080
with the county we have uh achieved a

6725
07:14:01,080 --> 07:14:03,420
settlement that is presented to the

6726
07:14:03,420 --> 07:14:05,580
board today for approval

6727
07:14:05,580 --> 07:14:06,840
um this settlement would modify

6728
07:14:06,840 --> 07:14:09,240
practices within the county office of

6729
07:14:09,240 --> 07:14:11,638
emergency services to improve Wildfire

6730
07:14:11,638 --> 07:14:14,580
emergency notification and Reporting in

6731
07:14:14,580 --> 07:14:16,978
the county it would also result in a new

6732
07:14:16,978 --> 07:14:18,718
county-wide resolution which encourages

6733
07:14:18,718 --> 07:14:21,120
the hire of local contractors for oil

6734
07:14:21,120 --> 07:14:24,120
and gas well plugging and abandonment

6735
07:14:24,120 --> 07:14:26,340
approving the settlement will result in

6736
07:14:26,340 --> 07:14:28,500
more robust emergency Wildfire

6737
07:14:28,500 --> 07:14:31,200
protections for County residents it will

6738
07:14:31,200 --> 07:14:32,760
help ensure that the closure of

6739
07:14:32,760 --> 07:14:34,860
hazardous and abandoned oil and gas

6740
07:14:34,860 --> 07:14:37,500
Wells is performed by a skilled local

6741
07:14:37,500 --> 07:14:40,138
Workforce encouraging the use of a

6742
07:14:40,138 --> 07:14:41,940
skilled and trained Workforce and local

6743
07:14:41,940 --> 07:14:44,400
State Certified apprenticeship programs

6744
07:14:44,400 --> 07:14:47,400
helps to ensure quality work protects

6745
07:14:47,400 --> 07:14:49,260
against accidents and can help

6746
07:14:49,260 --> 07:14:51,058
demonstrate emissions reductions from

6747
07:14:51,058 --> 07:14:52,620
reduced travel

6748
07:14:52,620 --> 07:14:54,240
approving the settlement will also

6749
07:14:54,240 --> 07:14:56,580
resolve the California Works lawsuit and

6750
07:14:56,580 --> 07:14:58,740
is fully supported by County staff and

6751
07:14:58,740 --> 07:15:01,020
County Council it also does not require

6752
07:15:01,020 --> 07:15:03,420
any amendments or changes to the general

6753
07:15:03,420 --> 07:15:06,240
plan as staff explained so we greatly

6754
07:15:06,240 --> 07:15:08,340
appreciate the County's willingness to

6755
07:15:08,340 --> 07:15:10,620
engage with California works on these

6756
07:15:10,620 --> 07:15:13,558
issues and we respectfully request that

6757
07:15:13,558 --> 07:15:15,478
the board approve the settlement

6758
07:15:15,478 --> 07:15:17,160
agreement and adopt the proposed

6759
07:15:17,160 --> 07:15:18,780
resolution today

6760
07:15:18,780 --> 07:15:22,320
thank you Christina

6761
07:15:22,320 --> 07:15:24,420
I would just like to thank Christina and

6762
07:15:24,420 --> 07:15:25,920
her team for their work on this as well

6763
07:15:25,920 --> 07:15:30,120
thank you Miss Carl and any other

6764
07:15:30,120 --> 07:15:33,718
questions or comments or action

6765
07:15:33,718 --> 07:15:36,298
Cheryl move approval and thank you for

6766
07:15:36,298 --> 07:15:38,160
bringing this forward and uh coming to

6767
07:15:38,160 --> 07:15:45,830
us at all announce second

6768
07:15:45,840 --> 07:15:49,320
supervisor girl yes supervisor loan yes

6769
07:15:49,320 --> 07:15:52,378
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

6770
07:15:52,378 --> 07:15:55,500
yes Jerry levere yes

6771
07:15:55,500 --> 07:15:57,478
takes us to item 35 which is the

6772
07:15:57,478 --> 07:15:59,600
approval of American Rescue plan act

6773
07:15:59,600 --> 07:16:02,160
recovery funds budget adjustment

6774
07:16:02,160 --> 07:16:04,260
recommendations with this we have Mr

6775
07:16:04,260 --> 07:16:12,128
kumazawa good afternoon

6776
07:16:12,138 --> 07:16:16,020
CEO Johnson Mike kumazawa with the CEO's

6777
07:16:16,020 --> 07:16:17,700
office budget and finance

6778
07:16:17,700 --> 07:16:21,900
uh I'm here today to present item 35 uh

6779
07:16:21,900 --> 07:16:23,878
which are recommendations to authorize

6780
07:16:23,878 --> 07:16:26,280
certain accounting transactions related

6781
07:16:26,280 --> 07:16:27,840
to the American Rescue plan act funding

6782
07:16:27,840 --> 07:16:30,540
and state and local fiscal Recovery Fund

6783
07:16:30,540 --> 07:16:31,920
um these recommendations before your

6784
07:16:31,920 --> 07:16:34,860
board today are really just one of uh

6785
07:16:34,860 --> 07:16:37,378
many steps in going back to March of

6786
07:16:37,378 --> 07:16:39,600
2021 when the American Rescue plan Act

6787
07:16:39,600 --> 07:16:42,360
was passed and the multiple uh report

6788
07:16:42,360 --> 07:16:44,340
backs and updates that we have given

6789
07:16:44,340 --> 07:16:46,680
your board really now for almost two and

6790
07:16:46,680 --> 07:16:48,020
a half years now

6791
07:16:48,020 --> 07:16:52,260
and most recently the October and

6792
07:16:52,260 --> 07:16:55,260
December actions by your board the

6793
07:16:55,260 --> 07:16:57,240
recommendation in October in action by

6794
07:16:57,240 --> 07:16:59,580
your board was to approve the American

6795
07:16:59,580 --> 07:17:01,320
Rescue plan act funding plan and

6796
07:17:01,320 --> 07:17:03,120
projects

6797
07:17:03,120 --> 07:17:04,620
um basically how the county was going to

6798
07:17:04,620 --> 07:17:07,378
spend 164 million dollars and then the

6799
07:17:07,378 --> 07:17:09,540
action in December was to approve the

6800
07:17:09,540 --> 07:17:12,718
funding strategy to use and Report arpa

6801
07:17:12,718 --> 07:17:14,760
under that treasury category uh

6802
07:17:14,760 --> 07:17:17,160
provision of government services uh

6803
07:17:17,160 --> 07:17:18,840
which basically allowed the county to

6804
07:17:18,840 --> 07:17:21,298
spend arpa directly on County costs and

6805
07:17:21,298 --> 07:17:24,120
then the general fund Surplus on those

6806
07:17:24,120 --> 07:17:26,780
projects uh directly

6807
07:17:26,780 --> 07:17:28,860
and so

6808
07:17:28,860 --> 07:17:30,900
today as I mentioned there's two

6809
07:17:30,900 --> 07:17:33,320
recommendations related to those actions

6810
07:17:33,320 --> 07:17:35,820
the first recommendation is the

6811
07:17:35,820 --> 07:17:38,218
recognition of that Revenue so bringing

6812
07:17:38,218 --> 07:17:42,500
in approximately 104 million of the 164

6813
07:17:42,500 --> 07:17:45,120
a million dollars from the arpitrust

6814
07:17:45,120 --> 07:17:46,860
into the general fund and then

6815
07:17:46,860 --> 07:17:49,740
recommendation two is the the parallel

6816
07:17:49,740 --> 07:17:52,200
action parallel action to that which is

6817
07:17:52,200 --> 07:17:55,558
appropriating that Revenue to a majority

6818
07:17:55,558 --> 07:17:58,860
of those projects in the funding plan

6819
07:17:58,860 --> 07:18:00,240
um so why is this coming to your board

6820
07:18:00,240 --> 07:18:03,058
today well well two reasons one is the

6821
07:18:03,058 --> 07:18:05,218
county has reached a point in terms of

6822
07:18:05,218 --> 07:18:07,620
timing both where many of the projects

6823
07:18:07,620 --> 07:18:09,180
and the the funding plan are ready now

6824
07:18:09,180 --> 07:18:11,040
for this this funding and so the

6825
07:18:11,040 --> 07:18:14,280
budgetary uh actions are needed and

6826
07:18:14,280 --> 07:18:17,100
we've also reached a significant sort of

6827
07:18:17,100 --> 07:18:19,260
amount in terms of cost obviously 104

6828
07:18:19,260 --> 07:18:21,058
million is a significant amount of money

6829
07:18:21,058 --> 07:18:23,580
and so we're trying to bring this all um

6830
07:18:23,580 --> 07:18:25,798
in in kind of one big action

6831
07:18:25,798 --> 07:18:27,420
um for efficiency and administrative

6832
07:18:27,420 --> 07:18:30,240
ease the second question you might have

6833
07:18:30,240 --> 07:18:33,900
is why 104 million and not 164.

6834
07:18:33,900 --> 07:18:37,260
um we're trying to keep the cost that

6835
07:18:37,260 --> 07:18:39,240
we're going to use this for and report

6836
07:18:39,240 --> 07:18:42,780
to treasury within this fiscal year even

6837
07:18:42,780 --> 07:18:46,080
though arpa goes back to 2021 and we

6838
07:18:46,080 --> 07:18:48,120
could technically claim costs going back

6839
07:18:48,120 --> 07:18:50,458
to that far we don't really want to do

6840
07:18:50,458 --> 07:18:52,080
that if we don't have to that would

6841
07:18:52,080 --> 07:18:53,940
complicate prior year financial

6842
07:18:53,940 --> 07:18:56,638
reporting and and necessitate some

6843
07:18:56,638 --> 07:18:58,378
complicated adjustments that we really

6844
07:18:58,378 --> 07:19:00,420
we don't you know want to do if we don't

6845
07:19:00,420 --> 07:19:03,000
have to and so we're doing 104 million

6846
07:19:03,000 --> 07:19:06,718
now we expect to come back to your board

6847
07:19:06,718 --> 07:19:08,458
probably around the end of the fiscal

6848
07:19:08,458 --> 07:19:10,740
year so in the few months by that point

6849
07:19:10,740 --> 07:19:12,680
we will have accumulated enough

6850
07:19:12,680 --> 07:19:15,660
remaining expenses to bring in the rest

6851
07:19:15,660 --> 07:19:19,620
and appropriate the remaining funding to

6852
07:19:19,620 --> 07:19:20,940
the projects that aren't getting

6853
07:19:20,940 --> 07:19:23,400
appropriated today

6854
07:19:23,400 --> 07:19:26,580
um so that's really uh the the basics of

6855
07:19:26,580 --> 07:19:28,978
this recommendation I'm here to answer

6856
07:19:28,978 --> 07:19:34,310
any questions that you might have

6857
07:19:34,320 --> 07:19:36,718
appreciate this I am just looking at the

6858
07:19:36,718 --> 07:19:38,700
exhibit one with all the wonderful

6859
07:19:38,700 --> 07:19:40,260
projects I want to make sure we

6860
07:19:40,260 --> 07:19:42,180
highlight all the projects where the

6861
07:19:42,180 --> 07:19:44,520
funding is going it's one's to put them

6862
07:19:44,520 --> 07:19:47,878
to the GLS but this is wonderful from

6863
07:19:47,878 --> 07:19:49,500
what we've talked about with the arpa

6864
07:19:49,500 --> 07:19:50,638
funding

6865
07:19:50,638 --> 07:19:53,218
um one question I just had is in regards

6866
07:19:53,218 --> 07:19:56,520
to the follow-up when when is it that

6867
07:19:56,520 --> 07:19:58,620
we'll be getting some update on how

6868
07:19:58,620 --> 07:20:00,958
these projects are doing no that's a

6869
07:20:00,958 --> 07:20:02,638
great question and we had planned to

6870
07:20:02,638 --> 07:20:04,760
have periodic report backs to your board

6871
07:20:04,760 --> 07:20:07,500
this is one of those needed steps you

6872
07:20:07,500 --> 07:20:09,540
know these projects need this type of

6873
07:20:09,540 --> 07:20:12,240
action to start the next step which is

6874
07:20:12,240 --> 07:20:14,400
to do agreements and final scoping

6875
07:20:14,400 --> 07:20:17,100
actually a couple of the items that were

6876
07:20:17,100 --> 07:20:18,840
before your board today the home key

6877
07:20:18,840 --> 07:20:20,878
item is a perfect example of that

6878
07:20:20,878 --> 07:20:22,860
there's another item I think immediately

6879
07:20:22,860 --> 07:20:24,420
after me related to the Housing Trust

6880
07:20:24,420 --> 07:20:26,400
Fund you'll notice that those are in

6881
07:20:26,400 --> 07:20:28,138
this list so those Appropriations are

6882
07:20:28,138 --> 07:20:30,120
supporting those projects by having

6883
07:20:30,120 --> 07:20:31,740
those Appropriations there they support

6884
07:20:31,740 --> 07:20:33,840
the next steps so what that all means

6885
07:20:33,840 --> 07:20:35,520
supervisor is that I would imagine

6886
07:20:35,520 --> 07:20:38,940
probably maybe in the summer I hope not

6887
07:20:38,940 --> 07:20:40,500
by the fall but around that time I think

6888
07:20:40,500 --> 07:20:41,760
we'll be able to come back to you with

6889
07:20:41,760 --> 07:20:44,100
the fullest and kind of show hey these

6890
07:20:44,100 --> 07:20:46,080
are the ones that have started these are

6891
07:20:46,080 --> 07:20:47,340
the ones that are already in process

6892
07:20:47,340 --> 07:20:48,840
these are the ones that have yet to

6893
07:20:48,840 --> 07:20:51,540
start and we can kind of you know

6894
07:20:51,540 --> 07:20:53,100
flowchart that for you so you can kind

6895
07:20:53,100 --> 07:20:54,600
of see the whole portfolio and where

6896
07:20:54,600 --> 07:20:58,788
they stand well

6897
07:20:58,798 --> 07:21:01,200
wisely is

6898
07:21:01,200 --> 07:21:02,878
bring it back because some projects

6899
07:21:02,878 --> 07:21:06,058
didn't get done at the time they were

6900
07:21:06,058 --> 07:21:07,978
requesting certain funds so I appreciate

6901
07:21:07,978 --> 07:21:09,958
this so much yeah no absolutely our

6902
07:21:09,958 --> 07:21:11,820
communities will definitely need it so

6903
07:21:11,820 --> 07:21:15,048
thank you

6904
07:21:15,058 --> 07:21:17,540
any other questions

6905
07:21:17,540 --> 07:21:19,740
all right well then I'll motion to

6906
07:21:19,740 --> 07:21:21,900
approve if you have nothing else I do

6907
07:21:21,900 --> 07:21:23,458
have one other thing if there aren't any

6908
07:21:23,458 --> 07:21:25,500
other questions there was one small typo

6909
07:21:25,500 --> 07:21:28,080
related to recommendation number two for

6910
07:21:28,080 --> 07:21:29,340
the four and a half million that was

6911
07:21:29,340 --> 07:21:30,840
going to be appropriated to the Human

6912
07:21:30,840 --> 07:21:33,360
Services Agency for two projects in the

6913
07:21:33,360 --> 07:21:36,120
board letter we cite that division as

6914
07:21:36,120 --> 07:21:40,160
3400 it should actually be 3410 sorry to

6915
07:21:40,160 --> 07:21:42,478
inconvenience you with some dorky budget

6916
07:21:42,478 --> 07:21:44,100
stuff but it's important for the record

6917
07:21:44,100 --> 07:21:47,520
do you need the motion as um amended uh

6918
07:21:47,520 --> 07:21:50,040
yes please okay so Iowa motion approve

6919
07:21:50,040 --> 07:21:53,218
staff recommendation as as amended thank

6920
07:21:53,218 --> 07:21:54,840
you second

6921
07:21:54,840 --> 07:21:57,058
so it's approval of the recommendations

6922
07:21:57,058 --> 07:22:00,298
with the revised board yes correct thank

6923
07:22:00,298 --> 07:22:02,878
you sure supervisor Parvin were you this

6924
07:22:02,878 --> 07:22:05,520
second yes

6925
07:22:05,520 --> 07:22:08,520
supervisor girl yes supervisor long yes

6926
07:22:08,520 --> 07:22:11,340
supervisor Parvin yes supervisor Lopez

6927
07:22:11,340 --> 07:22:14,040
yes chair levere yes thank you great

6928
07:22:14,040 --> 07:22:16,320
thank you

6929
07:22:16,320 --> 07:22:20,940
item 36 the approval of a strategy to

6930
07:22:20,940 --> 07:22:22,860
direct the use of 15 million dollars

6931
07:22:22,860 --> 07:22:24,478
allocated for affordable housing

6932
07:22:24,478 --> 07:22:25,798
construction

6933
07:22:25,798 --> 07:22:27,840
um Miss Madden good afternoon yes good

6934
07:22:27,840 --> 07:22:29,760
afternoon chair levere members of the

6935
07:22:29,760 --> 07:22:32,218
boards Dr Johnson Christy Madden with

6936
07:22:32,218 --> 07:22:34,320
the county executive office

6937
07:22:34,320 --> 07:22:36,780
um it is my pleasure to be here before

6938
07:22:36,780 --> 07:22:38,878
you today to formulate some

6939
07:22:38,878 --> 07:22:42,600
recommendations of how we allocate 15

6940
07:22:42,600 --> 07:22:45,718
million of the funding that was just

6941
07:22:45,718 --> 07:22:49,138
discussed as part of this funding plan

6942
07:22:49,138 --> 07:22:51,780
the 15 million dollars for affordable

6943
07:22:51,780 --> 07:22:54,180
housing and construction Capital was

6944
07:22:54,180 --> 07:22:56,180
included in the funding plan

6945
07:22:56,180 --> 07:22:58,920
following some extensive Outreach and

6946
07:22:58,920 --> 07:23:01,080
engagement with community members

6947
07:23:01,080 --> 07:23:03,240
non-profit organizations local

6948
07:23:03,240 --> 07:23:06,120
developers and others as described in

6949
07:23:06,120 --> 07:23:08,878
the staff report after the board adopted

6950
07:23:08,878 --> 07:23:10,680
the spending plan the Community

6951
07:23:10,680 --> 07:23:12,958
Development Division did some targeted

6952
07:23:12,958 --> 07:23:15,840
Outreach to inform recommendations for

6953
07:23:15,840 --> 07:23:18,180
house specifically to allocate those 15

6954
07:23:18,180 --> 07:23:20,520
million dollars to maximize the benefit

6955
07:23:20,520 --> 07:23:23,760
for housing production considering the

6956
07:23:23,760 --> 07:23:25,680
feedback that was received and including

6957
07:23:25,680 --> 07:23:28,138
responses to letters of interest

6958
07:23:28,138 --> 07:23:31,200
regarding the last and final round of

6959
07:23:31,200 --> 07:23:34,798
project home key as your board approved

6960
07:23:34,798 --> 07:23:36,958
earlier this morning we're recommending

6961
07:23:36,958 --> 07:23:39,920
that funds be distributed as follows

6962
07:23:39,920 --> 07:23:43,378
5.84 million dollars in match for the

6963
07:23:43,378 --> 07:23:45,900
last and final round of project home key

6964
07:23:45,900 --> 07:23:48,840
that will bring the total available to

6965
07:23:48,840 --> 07:23:50,878
nine million dollars one and a half

6966
07:23:50,878 --> 07:23:53,100
million dollars to the Ventura County

6967
07:23:53,100 --> 07:23:54,780
Housing Trust Fund actually I think it's

6968
07:23:54,780 --> 07:23:56,760
called the Housing Trust Fund of Ventura

6969
07:23:56,760 --> 07:23:59,700
County they will be able to match those

6970
07:23:59,700 --> 07:24:02,580
funds dollar for Dollar by applying to

6971
07:24:02,580 --> 07:24:06,120
the state of California and then 7.66

6972
07:24:06,120 --> 07:24:09,600
million dollars in funding that will be

6973
07:24:09,600 --> 07:24:11,520
administered by our staff on a

6974
07:24:11,520 --> 07:24:13,558
competitive basis for other Housing

6975
07:24:13,558 --> 07:24:15,840
Development projects that we hope to

6976
07:24:15,840 --> 07:24:18,020
bring to your board

6977
07:24:18,020 --> 07:24:21,320
by the end of the year now in the event

6978
07:24:21,320 --> 07:24:24,120
that any of our home key projects don't

6979
07:24:24,120 --> 07:24:26,638
get awarded funds those funds would roll

6980
07:24:26,638 --> 07:24:29,820
into that other pot of funding that we

6981
07:24:29,820 --> 07:24:32,458
will distribute competitively for other

6982
07:24:32,458 --> 07:24:34,860
Housing Development projects

6983
07:24:34,860 --> 07:24:36,958
I'd like to thank all of our partners

6984
07:24:36,958 --> 07:24:39,660
for their input and participation in

6985
07:24:39,660 --> 07:24:41,400
this process and appreciate the

6986
07:24:41,400 --> 07:24:43,860
tremendous work of our small But Mighty

6987
07:24:43,860 --> 07:24:47,160
housing team which is Tracy McCauley who

6988
07:24:47,160 --> 07:24:49,978
is here with us and Chelsea Russell who

6989
07:24:49,978 --> 07:24:52,740
is on a much deserved vacation and of

6990
07:24:52,740 --> 07:24:55,798
course Jennifer Harkey for all of her

6991
07:24:55,798 --> 07:24:58,680
diligent work on homelessness so happy

6992
07:24:58,680 --> 07:25:01,558
to answer any questions and appreciate

6993
07:25:01,558 --> 07:25:06,048
your support

6994
07:25:06,058 --> 07:25:08,280
is the county affordable housing fund is

6995
07:25:08,280 --> 07:25:09,958
that a new fund that we're creating or

6996
07:25:09,958 --> 07:25:11,218
is that an existing fund that we're just

6997
07:25:11,218 --> 07:25:13,320
contributing to well it would be it

6998
07:25:13,320 --> 07:25:15,240
would be a pot of funding that we would

6999
07:25:15,240 --> 07:25:17,458
administer similar to the other grant

7000
07:25:17,458 --> 07:25:20,160
funding that we already administer the

7001
07:25:20,160 --> 07:25:22,500
plha and the home and other competitive

7002
07:25:22,500 --> 07:25:24,058
funding we would we would distribute

7003
07:25:24,058 --> 07:25:25,978
those funds in a similar fashion okay

7004
07:25:25,978 --> 07:25:27,240
great

7005
07:25:27,240 --> 07:25:31,200
be a one-time thing great no I I think I

7006
07:25:31,200 --> 07:25:32,700
think it's a great breakdown really

7007
07:25:32,700 --> 07:25:34,080
really effective way to allocate the

7008
07:25:34,080 --> 07:25:35,878
money a lot of a lot of good work to be

7009
07:25:35,878 --> 07:25:37,080
done there with that

7010
07:25:37,080 --> 07:25:40,200
thank you those those Monies

7011
07:25:40,200 --> 07:25:42,740
any other questions or comments sorry

7012
07:25:42,740 --> 07:25:49,490
thank you

7013
07:25:49,500 --> 07:25:51,360
from Linda brunch

7014
07:25:51,360 --> 07:25:54,718
Branch Swagger sorry Linda

7015
07:25:54,718 --> 07:26:00,830
um well it's promoting you

7016
07:26:00,840 --> 07:26:02,638
hi Linda if you unmute your mic you'll

7017
07:26:02,638 --> 07:26:05,448
have three minutes

7018
07:26:05,458 --> 07:26:08,218
wonderful thank you so much

7019
07:26:08,218 --> 07:26:10,440
uh chairman levere and Board of

7020
07:26:10,440 --> 07:26:12,780
Supervisors and Dr Johnson I'm Linda

7021
07:26:12,780 --> 07:26:14,940
braunschweiger I'm the CEO for the

7022
07:26:14,940 --> 07:26:16,860
Housing Trust Fund and the housing Land

7023
07:26:16,860 --> 07:26:18,958
Trust I was there with you this morning

7024
07:26:18,958 --> 07:26:20,760
but decided it was better to go back and

7025
07:26:20,760 --> 07:26:23,760
work and make sure that I could be on at

7026
07:26:23,760 --> 07:26:26,160
this point in time I I just wanted to

7027
07:26:26,160 --> 07:26:28,798
thank the incredible housing team at the

7028
07:26:28,798 --> 07:26:31,440
county led by Christy Madden and Tracy

7029
07:26:31,440 --> 07:26:35,160
McCauley their creativity and their

7030
07:26:35,160 --> 07:26:38,280
ability to juggle multiple projects all

7031
07:26:38,280 --> 07:26:41,180
requesting funding has been just Stellar

7032
07:26:41,180 --> 07:26:43,798
I'm just very pleased that the Housing

7033
07:26:43,798 --> 07:26:45,840
Trust Fund is being recognized with this

7034
07:26:45,840 --> 07:26:48,240
investment because it truly is an

7035
07:26:48,240 --> 07:26:51,120
investment that we will be matching

7036
07:26:51,120 --> 07:26:53,458
um with other funding sources and expect

7037
07:26:53,458 --> 07:26:55,200
to be matched by the state of California

7038
07:26:55,200 --> 07:26:58,558
as well in a one-to-one match and I just

7039
07:26:58,558 --> 07:27:00,360
wanted to point out that the reason this

7040
07:27:00,360 --> 07:27:02,878
funding is so important is this

7041
07:27:02,878 --> 07:27:05,340
particular source of funding for us will

7042
07:27:05,340 --> 07:27:07,500
be for short-term lending and that will

7043
07:27:07,500 --> 07:27:09,780
be used to get a a lot of these projects

7044
07:27:09,780 --> 07:27:12,780
their early costs covered and get them

7045
07:27:12,780 --> 07:27:15,298
moving quickly so that the rest of the

7046
07:27:15,298 --> 07:27:17,218
funding can get into place and these

7047
07:27:17,218 --> 07:27:20,040
projects will be developed as soon as

7048
07:27:20,040 --> 07:27:21,840
possible so I just want to thank the

7049
07:27:21,840 --> 07:27:23,878
county once again for your ongoing

7050
07:27:23,878 --> 07:27:25,920
support of the Housing Trust Fund thank

7051
07:27:25,920 --> 07:27:26,760
you

7052
07:27:26,760 --> 07:27:28,920
thank you Linda

7053
07:27:28,920 --> 07:27:30,360
Charlie lever there are another requests

7054
07:27:30,360 --> 07:27:31,620
to speak thank you

7055
07:27:31,620 --> 07:27:35,520
hi thank you madam Clerk okay

7056
07:27:35,520 --> 07:27:37,378
any uh

7057
07:27:37,378 --> 07:27:39,540
further comments or

7058
07:27:39,540 --> 07:27:41,058
action

7059
07:27:41,058 --> 07:27:47,990
approved second

7060
07:27:48,000 --> 07:27:50,340
supervisor guerrill yes

7061
07:27:50,340 --> 07:27:53,400
supervisor long yes supervisor Parvin

7062
07:27:53,400 --> 07:27:56,760
yes supervisor Lopez yes chair lavier

7063
07:27:56,760 --> 07:28:00,478
yes thank you miss that

7064
07:28:00,478 --> 07:28:04,138
all right two more item 38 is the

7065
07:28:04,138 --> 07:28:05,940
adoption of some resolutions amending

7066
07:28:05,940 --> 07:28:08,520
salary ranges and classifications

7067
07:28:08,520 --> 07:28:11,638
good afternoon Miss deal

7068
07:28:11,638 --> 07:28:13,978
good afternoon chair levere members of

7069
07:28:13,978 --> 07:28:16,860
the board and CEO Johnson I am Marjorie

7070
07:28:16,860 --> 07:28:18,780
deal your manager of classification and

7071
07:28:18,780 --> 07:28:20,040
compensation

7072
07:28:20,040 --> 07:28:22,020
today I'm before you with five

7073
07:28:22,020 --> 07:28:24,360
recommendations our first recommendation

7074
07:28:24,360 --> 07:28:27,420
is to amend the salary range for the

7075
07:28:27,420 --> 07:28:30,240
chief public defender investigator

7076
07:28:30,240 --> 07:28:32,400
while this SEIU represented

7077
07:28:32,400 --> 07:28:34,378
classifications reporting to this one

7078
07:28:34,378 --> 07:28:37,378
received market-based adjustments this

7079
07:28:37,378 --> 07:28:39,900
management classification did not the

7080
07:28:39,900 --> 07:28:41,940
recommended increased mirrors the sum of

7081
07:28:41,940 --> 07:28:43,798
market-based adjustments awarded to the

7082
07:28:43,798 --> 07:28:46,260
SEIU classifications and will maintain

7083
07:28:46,260 --> 07:28:48,540
an appropriate differential between the

7084
07:28:48,540 --> 07:28:50,218
reporting levels

7085
07:28:50,218 --> 07:28:51,840
second

7086
07:28:51,840 --> 07:28:54,660
to establish one classification a per

7087
07:28:54,660 --> 07:28:58,020
diem nurse extern this new class will

7088
07:28:58,020 --> 07:28:59,878
allow us to hire employees who have

7089
07:28:59,878 --> 07:29:02,040
completed their nurse training and are

7090
07:29:02,040 --> 07:29:03,780
awaiting receipt of their respective

7091
07:29:03,780 --> 07:29:06,600
nurse licensure having these employees

7092
07:29:06,600 --> 07:29:08,520
will increase the applicant pool for

7093
07:29:08,520 --> 07:29:11,040
future registered nurse vacancies

7094
07:29:11,040 --> 07:29:13,558
the proposed salary is approximately 20

7095
07:29:13,558 --> 07:29:16,260
percent less than the herdium registered

7096
07:29:16,260 --> 07:29:17,458
nurse

7097
07:29:17,458 --> 07:29:19,620
our third recommendation is to delete

7098
07:29:19,620 --> 07:29:22,020
two obsolete classifications that are

7099
07:29:22,020 --> 07:29:24,600
neither filled nor budgeted the director

7100
07:29:24,600 --> 07:29:27,000
probation agency and the senior

7101
07:29:27,000 --> 07:29:29,580
information system support analyst

7102
07:29:29,580 --> 07:29:32,700
fourth we are recommending adopting an

7103
07:29:32,700 --> 07:29:34,558
amended schedule for market-based

7104
07:29:34,558 --> 07:29:36,958
adjustments this amendment corrects a

7105
07:29:36,958 --> 07:29:38,760
clerical error that omitted a single

7106
07:29:38,760 --> 07:29:41,100
classification the supervisor Public

7107
07:29:41,100 --> 07:29:44,340
Health Services with one incumbent from

7108
07:29:44,340 --> 07:29:45,900
receiving an appropriate total

7109
07:29:45,900 --> 07:29:48,840
market-based adjustment of five percent

7110
07:29:48,840 --> 07:29:51,600
the first increase of 2.5 percent will

7111
07:29:51,600 --> 07:29:55,200
be retroactive to January 8 2023 to

7112
07:29:55,200 --> 07:29:57,000
match the original market-based

7113
07:29:57,000 --> 07:29:58,920
adjustment increases

7114
07:29:58,920 --> 07:30:01,680
Fifth and lastly we are recommending

7115
07:30:01,680 --> 07:30:03,298
that your board adopt an amended

7116
07:30:03,298 --> 07:30:05,218
management resolution which amends

7117
07:30:05,218 --> 07:30:09,000
section 1901-a to replace the obsolete

7118
07:30:09,000 --> 07:30:11,340
classification of director of probation

7119
07:30:11,340 --> 07:30:13,620
agency with the new classification of

7120
07:30:13,620 --> 07:30:15,840
Chief probation officer

7121
07:30:15,840 --> 07:30:20,580
to amend section 403d to add a Ventura

7122
07:30:20,580 --> 07:30:22,620
County Health Care classification health

7123
07:30:22,620 --> 07:30:25,200
care plan classification to the list of

7124
07:30:25,200 --> 07:30:27,180
classifications eligible for

7125
07:30:27,180 --> 07:30:29,340
certification pay in line with eligible

7126
07:30:29,340 --> 07:30:33,120
HCA classifications

7127
07:30:33,120 --> 07:30:36,660
to amend section 1404-a to comply with

7128
07:30:36,660 --> 07:30:38,000
assembly Bill

7129
07:30:38,000 --> 07:30:41,100
1949 to provide two additional days of

7130
07:30:41,100 --> 07:30:43,378
unpaid bereavement leave I believe this

7131
07:30:43,378 --> 07:30:45,180
is covered earlier this morning with

7132
07:30:45,180 --> 07:30:47,760
Robert abilo with the Union contracts

7133
07:30:47,760 --> 07:30:50,700
and lastly again as was covered by

7134
07:30:50,700 --> 07:30:54,120
Robert avilo amend section 1204 to

7135
07:30:54,120 --> 07:30:56,218
extend the time for employees to use

7136
07:30:56,218 --> 07:30:58,798
excess leave hours accrued during the

7137
07:30:58,798 --> 07:31:02,600
covid-19 pandemic until December 31st

7138
07:31:02,600 --> 07:31:06,840
2023 as previously presented by Robert

7139
07:31:06,840 --> 07:31:11,330
with that I'm open to any questions

7140
07:31:11,340 --> 07:31:13,080
thank you Mr Steele any questions on

7141
07:31:13,080 --> 07:31:15,240
this item

7142
07:31:15,240 --> 07:31:18,058
pretty straightforward thank you concise

7143
07:31:18,058 --> 07:31:21,770
as always

7144
07:31:21,780 --> 07:31:25,798
I would move I'd move approval

7145
07:31:25,798 --> 07:31:29,448
I'm happy to second

7146
07:31:29,458 --> 07:31:32,280
supervisor guerrill yes supervisor long

7147
07:31:32,280 --> 07:31:35,700
yes supervisor apartment yes

7148
07:31:35,700 --> 07:31:38,820
supervisor Lopez yes chair levere yes

7149
07:31:38,820 --> 07:31:42,180
and then our last uh regular agenda item

7150
07:31:42,180 --> 07:31:46,020
this afternoon is item 39. and uh Miss

7151
07:31:46,020 --> 07:31:48,360
Madden welcome back good afternoon I'm

7152
07:31:48,360 --> 07:31:51,000
back uh we'll make this real quick

7153
07:31:51,000 --> 07:31:52,978
um the Community Development Division in

7154
07:31:52,978 --> 07:31:55,020
the homeless unit that assists Jennifer

7155
07:31:55,020 --> 07:31:57,000
Harkey currently has a fixed term

7156
07:31:57,000 --> 07:31:59,340
position of a program assistant that is

7157
07:31:59,340 --> 07:32:01,860
slated to expire so we are asking your

7158
07:32:01,860 --> 07:32:04,138
board to adopt a resolution to establish

7159
07:32:04,138 --> 07:32:07,620
that position as permanent we have a lot

7160
07:32:07,620 --> 07:32:11,240
of grant funding a lot

7161
07:32:11,240 --> 07:32:14,280
and it requires a lot of Staff resources

7162
07:32:14,280 --> 07:32:17,760
to manage those grants so happy to

7163
07:32:17,760 --> 07:32:21,110
answer any questions

7164
07:32:21,120 --> 07:32:22,558
um I didn't have a chance to read the

7165
07:32:22,558 --> 07:32:24,660
details of this is the is the m a from

7166
07:32:24,660 --> 07:32:26,458
the grants um underwrite the position

7167
07:32:26,458 --> 07:32:28,620
salary back to the county

7168
07:32:28,620 --> 07:32:31,500
does the the program assistant yes so

7169
07:32:31,500 --> 07:32:33,540
will you use the contract Service rates

7170
07:32:33,540 --> 07:32:35,218
that are established and adopted by the

7171
07:32:35,218 --> 07:32:37,558
board and we use that to reimburse

7172
07:32:37,558 --> 07:32:39,900
actual expenses time studied to each

7173
07:32:39,900 --> 07:32:42,058
Grant great thank you

7174
07:32:42,058 --> 07:32:44,900
I'd move the

7175
07:32:44,900 --> 07:32:49,448
CEO recommendation I'd move thanks

7176
07:32:49,458 --> 07:32:51,540
there's clearly a need for this position

7177
07:32:51,540 --> 07:32:53,160
so

7178
07:32:53,160 --> 07:32:56,280
Jennifer thanks you

7179
07:32:56,280 --> 07:33:00,540
supervisor girl yes supervisor alone yes

7180
07:33:00,540 --> 07:33:02,940
supervisor apartment yes supervisor

7181
07:33:02,940 --> 07:33:05,940
Lopez yes chair Olivier yes thank you

7182
07:33:05,940 --> 07:33:08,580
thank you thank you

7183
07:33:08,580 --> 07:33:10,558
all right that completes uh the regular

7184
07:33:10,558 --> 07:33:12,840
agenda we still have I believe one item

7185
07:33:12,840 --> 07:33:15,058
in closed session any announcements uh

7186
07:33:15,058 --> 07:33:16,680
yes supervisor will need to go back into

7187
07:33:16,680 --> 07:33:19,378
closed session for item 57 and there

7188
07:33:19,378 --> 07:33:20,940
will be no reportable announcements

7189
07:33:20,940 --> 07:33:22,440
today so the board can adjourn from

7190
07:33:22,440 --> 07:33:24,000
there we will return out of closed

7191
07:33:24,000 --> 07:33:26,040
session and our next regularly scheduled

7192
07:33:26,040 --> 07:33:28,798
meeting is in two weeks March 28th so we

7193
07:33:28,798 --> 07:33:32,298
will see everybody then thank you