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y en todo otro caso les pasa otra vez.

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¿Como se no le pumping? ¿Se puede ser un mal.

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¿Toy que Ahima la Secretaría?

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Si ya puedo hacer la sección.

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O sea, té una sección y una sección,

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торы a un poco de paz.

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Y que pasa es un ánimo.

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Entonces, por el momento,

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estoy Welcome Coach Bailey,

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Director de Training and Technical Assistance LGB TQ Connection

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to receive the proclamación.

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And this one, I wanted to have a read one by one

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because I know we all support it so much.

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So I'll just start on the side of the dice.

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Supervisor Ramos, whenever you're ready.

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I thank you, Chair, and thank you to all joining us.

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LGB TQ Pride Month June 26,

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whereas LGB TQ plus Pride Month commemorates

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a history of courage, resilience, and collective action,

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honoring those who have advocated for dignity, equality,

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and the right to live openly and authentically

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while recognizing the ongoing work to ensure

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LGB TQ plus individuals are seen, valued, protected,

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and celebrated in every community.

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And whereas, for more than two decades,

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NAPAPRIED has served as a cornerstone of visibility,

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celebration, and connection for LGB TQ plus people

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in Episcalming, cultivating in the inclusive community,

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grounded in resilience, mutual care, and a sense of belonging.

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And whereas NAPAPRIED, 2026, taking place June 7th through 2026,

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with a theme love out loud, stands as both a celebration

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and a declaration, encouraging individuals

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and communities to show up visibly, support one another,

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and create spaces where LGB TQ plus people, families,

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and allies can experience joy, safety, and belonging together.

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Whereas every June residents from up and down the valley,

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unite in celebration of Pride Month,

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honoring the resilience, achievements, and aspirations

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of LGB TQ plus individuals, while affirming

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an ongoing commitment to justice and equality.

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Efforts also contribute meaningfully

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to the cultural and economic vitality of NAPAPRIED,

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by welcoming thousands of participants, supporting local businesses,

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and reinforcing NAPRIED as an open and welcoming community for all.

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And whereas, at a time, when communities across the country

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continue to face rising discrimination, violence, censorship,

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and efforts to diminish heart, fought rights, and visibility,

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Pride Month serves as a powerful affirmation

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that LGB TQ plus people belong in every neighborhood, school, workplace,

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and public space openly, safely, and without fear.

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And that NAPAPRIED community remains committed to fostering a community

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where all people are treated with dignity, respect, and humanity.

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Now, therefore, let it be proclaimed that this Board of Supervisors County

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of NAPAPA, State of California,

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on the second day of June 2026, does hereby recognize June 2026

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as LGB TQ plus Pride Month in NAPAPRIED County,

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and encourages all residents, businesses, and visitors

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to participate in Pride events, and to support

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and uplift LGB TQ plus individuals, and communities.

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And I welcome you to make any comments,

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and then I think, after that, we'll join you

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and anyone else who wants to participate in the Well for a photo.

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Thank you so much.

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Good morning, supervisors, community members, friends,

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and neighbors.

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Thank you.

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Supervisor Gallagher, maybe remember that seven years ago,

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a small group of LGB TQ plus residents, and allies,

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came together with a simple, but ambitious school,

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that every municipality in NAPAPA County

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would recognize Pride Month with a proclamación,

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and a Pride Flag Raising.

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At that time, we were not asking for anything extravagant.

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We were asking to be seen.

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In 2019, we were still building visibility from the ground up.

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Today, Pride Flag's Fly across NAPA Valley.

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Proclamations are issued throughout the county,

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businesses, nonprofits, schools, faith communities,

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public agencies, volunteers, families, elders, young people,

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and thousands of residents now participate in Pride Month.

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That did not happen by accident.

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It happened because ordinary people decided their LGB TQ

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My name is Bailey.

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I am a NAPA resident, an emerging leader at on-the-move,

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a Violence Prevention Educator, Community Organizer,

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and Former Director of LGB TQ Connection NAPA.

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Founder at LGB at Founder at Career Leaders Coalition,

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and for the past three years, I've had the honor of sitting

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as a chair of NAPA Pride.

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Underneath all of that, I am a late-bloomer, non-binary, trans-gender person

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whose life has been changed by access to gender-affirming care.

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And I stand here today because that care exists.

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And I also stand here knowing that too many people in our community

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still have to leave NAPA County to find a firming health care,

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culturally responsive support, mental health services,

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and basic resources that should be available close to home.

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That should concern all of us.

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Because Pride is not only about celebration,

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Pride is about whether people can survive here,

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access care here, go to school here, work here, grow old here,

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and be treated as fully human here.

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In 2024, shortly before leaving the training space,

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I facilitated a training in another county

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where I was interrupted during my introduction,

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called an abomination and told I did not exist.

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And I often wonder, when was the last time being told you should not exist

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was a part of your workday?

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The misinformation, disinformation, and hostility

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directed towards LGBTQ plus people today,

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it's exhausting, everybody, it really is.

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And yet, that's not the whole story.

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Yesterday, I watched people gather beneath the rising sun,

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wearing pride shirts, carrying rainbow flags,

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hugging old friends, and introducing themselves to new neighbors.

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Have been out for decades. Some are still figuring it out. Some came because they love someone who needed to know they are not alone. As a newly transgender, as a newly out transgender person, I do not take any single second of that for granted. That is what pride means.

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This year's Napa Pride theme is love out loud. It's a celebration, yes, but it's also an invitation to choose courage over silence, visibility over fear, community over division, and real belonging and affirmation over polite tolerance.

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This year, Napa Pride runs from June 7th through June 20th, where events across Napa Valley include our first Thursday event at Oxford Commons, our opening key dance that on does.

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The Pride Pet Parade in Block Potty at Duce's Market, Yonfield's Pride in the Park, and the Day of Solidarity in Collaboration with the newly formed St. Helena Pride team.

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The Pride Car Parade is coming back to downtown and celebrations that bring togetherness and people of all ages to downtown to celebrate.

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Because joy matters, but joy cannot be the only thing that we ask of pride, because the era of performative ally ship is over.

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A rainbow logo on a brochure in June is not enough. A Pride Proclamation while important is not enough. The way that Napa County Health and Human Services has prior to prioritize LGBTQ plus inclusion is a great first step.

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Our community needs organizations where staff are trained, trauma informed, and ready to serve LGBTQ plus people, and all of the beautiful intersections of our identity with dignity.

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We need healthcare systems where transgender and gender diverse people can access care close to home.

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We need schools, workplaces, nonprofits, businesses, and public institutions where people do not have to make themselves smaller to be safe.

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That's why this year Napa Pride and the Care Leaders Coalition created our community agreements and business and hospitality pride guide to help organizations move beyond symbolism and toward meaningful inclusion.

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And this is our invitation. Respect people's names and pronouns assume good intent but take responsibility for impact.

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Interrupt harm when you see it. Use your privilege in the service of community care and not saviourism.

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Make mistakes. Leave room for repair, learning, and accountability. And remember that belonging is not just a statement or words on paper. It is a practice every single day.

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Because none of this happens alone. I want to recognize the sponsors and partners helping make pride possible this year, including the DAPA Tourism Improvement District.

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Napa hotels, North Bay Health, our official healthcare partner, Napa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

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And Napa dooses market the garden, the Napa Pride Planning Committee who are seated here today.

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LGBTQ Connection, local businesses, volunteers, the donors who are given to us generously and the community members who continue to show up for one another.

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Lastly I want to close with this.

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Love has always been one answer to fear.

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Community has always been one answer to isolation.

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Visibility has always been one answer to shame.

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Maybe love out loud, maybe protect one another out loud.

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Maybe we become the neighbors we needed when we were younger.

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Every LGBTQ plus person in Napa County know you are here, you matter you belong.

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Thank you so much. Go to napapride.com for more follow at napapride or at napapride or at napapride or queer leaders coalition.

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And thank you so much happy pride.

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Our next proclamation is for elder independent adult abuse awareness month.

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And I would like to invite Vice Chair Lassio to present that.

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Thank you chair for this opportunity for elder and dependent adult abuse awareness month June 2026.

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Whereas Napa' County's older adults deserve to be treated with respect and dignity as valued leaders, mentors, volunteers and community members who contribute greatly to the vitality and strength of our county.

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And whereas elder abuse is a silent epidemic with one intended adults over the age of 60, it's experiencing some form of abuse in the United States with cases still widely underreported and whereas elder abuse can occur in public spaces or private homes.

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Addressing elder abuse requires bringing it into the light raising awareness and sharing older adults and depends adults can age with dignity, respect and grace.

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And whereas on June 15, 2026, we joined communities around the globe and recognizing world elder abuse awareness day reaffirming our commitment to understanding, preventing and responding to the mistreatment of older adults.

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And whereas in 2025 Napa' County Health and Human Services Agency received 1,508 reports of elder and dependent adult abuse and neglect through its adult protective services program with self neglect and financial exploitation being the most frequent reported concerns.

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And whereas Napa' County, along with its extensive network of government and community-based organizations, offers a comprehensive range of service designed to proactively address risk factors.

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And as you can see, it's a new partner such as the Napa' County Health and Human Services Agency, APS Program, the District Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office collaborate closely to investigate abuse, advocate for victims and pursue justice on their behalf.

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And now, there it be proclaimed that this Board of Supervisors County of Napa' State of California, on the second day of June 2026, does hereby recognize June as elder and dependent adult abuse awareness month in Napa' County.

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We urge all community members to unite and strengthen partnerships, developing innovative strategies for prevention and response, and reporting any suspected abuse or neglect to ensure that all older adults residents of Napa' County can live and age and safety, health and dignity.

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And so on that, I will let Erin you want to say a few words and maybe a few words. Thank you.

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Thank you Vice Chair Lesio.

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So good morning, Chair Manfree, Vice Chair Lesio, Honorable Board, my name is Erin Kudor, and I'm the A-2 to say Deputy Director for the Comprehensive Services for older adults division, and that's a pleasure to be here this morning.

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I want to thank the Board for making the time and the space to recognize elder abuse awareness month.

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I started as an adult protective services social worker, then became a supervisor and Deputy Director, and I still remember being a social worker and responding to financial abuse cases, sitting at the kitchen table with an older adult client.

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And that client realizing that a scammer stole portion of their life savings.

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I also remember responding to physical abuse cases and talking to an older adult client at the door or in the living room, and the client having bruises that they never should have had.

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I also remember helping those same older adult clients secure their accounts to prevent future financial abuse and secure their home environment to prevent future physical harm.

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The older adults I described could easily be our parents, our grandparents, or that kind neighbor who always looked out for us when we were kids.

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Elder abuse is a complex problem that requires complex solutions, and I'd like to thank the Board for investing in those solutions.

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They include but aren't limited to HHSA and adult protective services, the District Attorney's Office, the Sheriff's Office, and our many community partners, several of whom are here today.

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Together, we form a safety net that addresses elder abuse and even more importantly, prevents elder abuse.

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And so with that, I'd like to hand it over to Devros Smith, the Executive Director of Molly Sanjals, to talk a bit more about the upcoming safe conference, which focuses on financial abuse prevention for older adults in that county.

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Thank you, Erin. Thank you, supervisors for having us here, and for continuing to work to amplify the voices and concerns of older adults. It couldn't be more important.

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I'm here just to talk briefly about the safe conference. The safe conference, meaning seniors against financial exploitation, is an important community event focused on increasing awareness, education, and prevention efforts surrounding scams for odd and elder abuse.

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Approximately, a supervisor, Leslie Osad, one in ten older adults experience some form of abuse each year, yet experts estimate that only one in 24 cases are ever reported.

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Abuse can include financial exploitation, neglect, emotional abuse, and physical abuse with social isolation significantly increasing vulnerability.

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Consistent connection, transportation access and wellness check-ins are proven ways to reduce isolation and help identify concerns before crises occur.

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At Molly Sanjals, we work to keep our eyes and ears open for signs that an older adult may need support.

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Sometimes concerns surface through casual comments such as I want to give my caregiver a gift, or I've met a new friend online, or other conversations that may raise questions about possible financial exploitation or undo influence.

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Those moments can create opportunities to connect individuals with resources and when appropriate reach out to the Napa County District Attorney's Office for Guidance and Assistance.

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The 2026 safe conference will take place on June 23 at the Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center. This is a free event that features a morning session targeted for older adults and an afternoon session targeted towards professionals in the financial industry.

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Transportation assistance to the conference is always available through Molly Sanjals.

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The safe conference is spearheaded by the Napa County District Attorney's Office and supported by Molly Sanjals Monarch Justice Center, the Napa County Commission on Aging, Napa County Health and Human Services Agency and Providence, along with community volunteers and representatives from the financial industry, including,

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to door a capital and FNM bank. We are especially grateful for the continued leadership and hard work of the District Attorney's Office in addressing these crimes supporting victims and helping protect vulnerable older adults throughout our community.

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We have many members of the very amazing elder abuse task force here, and I hope you've joined me in thanking them for their hard work.

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OK, thank you all so much for being here this morning. Before we move on to regular business, I would like to know that public hearings today will be taken up in the afternoon.

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After our close session, so that is items 11A through 11E. So if you are here specifically for those items, just be aware that we won't hear them until after the lunch break or close session break in our case.

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Our next item on the agenda is item 5 consent calendar, including special districts items A through AA.

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Do we have any board comments or items pull off of the consent calendar today? Not seeing anyone. Is there anyone wishing to make a public comment in the room on any item on consent?

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Not seeing anyone is there anyone on the phones? OK, then may I have a motion and a second to approve consent calendar items A through AA.

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Second, by control. OK, I have a motion by alesio and a second by control, all those in favor.

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I, that passes unanimously. Our next item is item 6 public comment. So at this time we'll take public comment for anyone wishing to speak on any item not on today's agenda and or on the closed session item on today's agenda.

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Welcome. Whenever you're ready three minutes.

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Patricia Damry from Napa, California, I mean, dry creek road.

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I have communicated to some of you about an incident around AB 720 and the self reporting of the width of the road in which I think is really critical because this area in particular is in

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a high fire zone and a lot of Napa County is in high or very high fire zone. So it feels to me really important that when we are getting possibly more people into the vineyards that we also really check not just self reporting.

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But check that it's true that the roads are the driveways are wide enough for a fire truck to pass an exiting vehicle.

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But this comes this idea of self reporting and self monitoring or

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and voluntarily reducing our water consumption by 10% I think we have to take another stance on this particularly as things get tighter as there is less water.

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And I know today when I came I passed my neighbor getting water a water truck was backed up.

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I know that I had to pull my well recently and the level of water is lower than has ever been.

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There is a problem and I think we have some of the best farmers in this state I really do.

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I think the kind of technology that's been using to monitor the dryness how much water we need is good but it's not completely working.

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We are going to have to meter and monitor the water and I think the only way people are going to use less is to have to pay for how much we use.

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Because when I think that if you're paying more you think more about how much you're using.

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So I really encourage us to use the government in a way that takes care of the larger county.

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I think that includes our water situation and fire fire and water United is how we're connected with each other.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Are there any other public comments in the room on items on the agenda?

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Is there anyone on the phones?

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Okay, then we are going to move along to agenda item number seven Board of Supervisors reports and announcements and before we start with our individual announcements.

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I'd like to invite agricultural commissioner Tracy Cleveland to give us a brief update on the glass ceiling sharp shooter situation in Napa County, which I know is on a lot of people's minds.

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Good morning, Chair Manfrey members of the Board, Tracy Cleveland, Napa County ad commissioner and sealer of weights and measures.

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I wanted to provide the board with an update on the status of the glass ceiling sharp shooter issue that we've been dealing with since last week.

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So just a quick recap, county ad commissioners across the state were made aware of multiple shipments of nursery stock that came from a Fresno nursery.

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Beginning on April 21st, and then continuing through May 21st.

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These plant shipments were delivered to Costco throughout California, including Napa County, and for Napa it was over a four separate shipments.

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All life stages of glass ceiling sharp shooter, so egg masses and imps adults have been detected on some of those shipments across multiple counties.

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The shipments were required to be shipped under blue tag certification, so for us that means that the blue tag is an indicator to county ad commissioners that are receiving nursery stock that you.

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That it could be coming from an infested area and so you have to look at it 100%.

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We didn't receive that notification.

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And so they weren't inspected in all of the counties, unfortunately.

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So there are a total of 23 counties with Costco's that received material.

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There are additional neighboring counties that do not have Costco's that also are are concerned.

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It's not unusual for people to leave one county and to go to a neighboring county to shop at Costco.

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And then come back to their home county with things that they've purchased.

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So we're talking about 23 counties that received shipments, but really that number is larger because there are at least 15 or more counties.

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Without Costco's that also received material.

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So my team is taking calls from the public.

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We're gathering data.

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We're heading into the field to do site inspections at caller locations.

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We're inspecting the vines, plants, and then we're surveying the surrounding area.

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And we're focusing on host material, which is quite a large list.

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Favorite host material would be citrus.

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Great fines.

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And most cases were taking the vines and we're destroying them after we've inspected.

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Like I said, we're surveying the entire yard.

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We're providing notices of destruction for residents so they can show Costco that their plants were taken by my department.

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Except that you don't necessarily need that Costco is willing to reimburse residents that purchase fines.

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And that's really a paperwork thing for us that's tracking Costco has your records so they know we've purchased.

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And then we're also placing additional detection traps up at those sites to continue to monitor for the presence of ghosts.

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So today we've had one egg mass confirmation and then two other samples that we've submitted to the state lab but have not heard back on.

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So we're waiting for identification from the California Department of Food and Ag.

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We've tracked down 92 vines so far, which leaves about 128 that are unaccounted for.

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Since our press released last week in additional messaging we've had an amazing response from the community which has been great.

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We've gotten over a hundred calls over the course of the last week.

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30 plus emails and a lot of social media sharing.

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So Costco is also helping with our messaging.

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They're contacting customers directly through emails.

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And then they're interacting with county with local CAC's county commissioners.

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They've been a great partner and they've been very engaged with our office and frankly they're not at fault in the scenario.

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They've been very supportive.

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So here's our ask to the public.

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Please share our messages on your social media accounts on your next or accounts with your neighbors.

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If you have questions call us.

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I can't say that enough call us if you have questions.

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If you're not sure when you purchase plans.

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Call us.

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If you know that it was an April or May call us if you purchased them in a neighboring county.

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You don't know who you should be contacting.

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Please call us.

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We'll direct you to the appropriate county if it's not us.

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So if you purchased any plans from Costco and April or May give us a call.

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Our number is 7072534357.

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The other thing we're asking the public.

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If you purchase plans keep them as isolated as possible.

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Keep them in the original container.

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If you haven't planted them yet.

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Don't plant them.

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If possible.

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Place them in secure trash bags.

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One inside of the other.

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Seal the trash bags.

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Call us.

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It's ideal.

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If you do not take it back to Costco several folks have.

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And while that's, you know, you're getting it back to the place of origin.

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Costco does have a mechanism for destruction.

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You're potentially spreading pests if you're moving it.

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And so that's less than ideal.

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So it's well-intentioned but there's still a risk.

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Don't place them in the trash or the compost bin.

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We want to make sure that we're collecting any insect samples and we're able to have a chance to look at it.

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And destroy any life stages that might be present.

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And then that also helps us keep track of an account for any plants.

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If you give us a call, we'll send an inspector out the same day to inspect vines, fruit trees, any host plants.

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We're placing traps at the sites, at least two per site.

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And then we're monitoring those traps.

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So we're going to be checking those traps two times for the, for the initial couple of weeks.

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And then once a week after that.

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We've added about a hundred and additional glass-ywing sharpshooter traps since last week.

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And so we'll continue to check those in addition to the existing traps that we have.

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So a little bit about glass-ywing sharpshooter, why should we care?

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It's, it's not just an industry issue.

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Sharpshooter's feet on grapefines, they spread a bacteria called siloethicideosa.

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That bacteria causes pierces disease, which impacts great quality and fruit production.

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Eventually pierces disease will kill the grapefines.

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So that's an important impact to our local wine grape industry and economy.

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But it also has a huge host list, so it, it, it loves to live on citrus.

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It can create issues with citrus, almonds, olive stone fruits, and then a lot of ornamental plants that we all have planted in our gardens.

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So it's important for everyone.

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Finished with the fact that we're working very closely with our industry partners.

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They've been very communicative and supportive.

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We're working with our state and federal partners, including CVFA and USDA, as well as other local partners and legislators.

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And of course, all of the county ad commissioners have an open line of communication.

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So this is a statewide issue.

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It's not specific to Napa, which is, I think, what is even more concerning.

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So this is a, it's a big lift, but with community supports.

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I'm hopeful that we can track down all of the plants in question.

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And that is the end of my report.

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Thank you for the opportunity to talk about it and then I'm happy to answer any questions.

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Thank you so much for being here.

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Question?

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Yeah, go ahead.

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Thank you for that reporter, appreciate it.

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And great job in terms of getting the word out and reaching out and thank your staff for for us too.

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Can residents purchase a glassy sharpshooter trap for their own place?

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If they have great numbers or is that just not needed or would that be helpful?

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Because I think we have such an engaged community.

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They can purchase something and put something up.

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I think that many people would.

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I, you know, that's a great question.

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I don't know if it's readily available to the public.

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But they can certainly contact our office and that's something we can talk about and see if we have additional supplies.

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More than willing to come out and place traps if people have concerns.

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Okay.

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We can kind of walk them through without looks like.

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Thank you.

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Yes.

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Supervisor Control.

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Yeah.

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Thank you so much, Ms. Cleveland, for all your work and all your stuff work.

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I wanted to share a couple of examples.

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And then I had a question for you too.

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So I heard from one resident in Calestoga who said,

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They, I just cut and pasted what you shared and put it out in newsletter.

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They read it.

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They called your office.

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Your team was out there and helped them through it and destroyed the, they did have great fines.

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And then in Angwin this weekend, I met a resident who had purchased citrus trees.

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And he pointed to the two traps that your team got out there and put up.

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So it's visible out there.

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And for both of those residents, they felt like they got good education on the ground from your team.

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So thank you for that.

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So my question is with the traps.

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What is the lifespan of those traps?

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They'll be there for six months.

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You'll check them every, or tell us a little about that.

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Typically.

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So the traps that we're adding to residents is those will, it's unknown how long we'll keep them up.

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I think for probably quite a while, honestly.

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There's, there's seasonality to it.

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So it kind of depends on the season and the weather.

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So we'll follow the guidance of UC and CDFA.

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But initially we'll, we'll check them twice a week.

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And then we'll transition to once a week and, in a typical rotation would be every two weeks.

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So we'll continue to monitor them to make sure that we're not missing anything.

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Or there's not a lot of time in between.

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You know, checking to make sure if there are populations we're noticing it right away.

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Got it. Thank you. And those bright yellow traps. I think are a good reminder for the community to that we're on high alert. Yes. Thank you. Yes.

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Okay. I think well said we're on high alert. And I know that your office has been all over the center of everybody's been working extra.

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So thank you for being very conscientious and I'm working so hard on addressing this emerging situation.

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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Excellent. Thank you. Thank you for all your support. Yes. Great. Thank you for the update.

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Okay. So I welcome updates from my colleagues at the DIS. Is there anyone wishing to speak?

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Okay. Super Vice Chair, Lesia.

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Thank you. Just a couple of things I thought might highlight that might be beneficial to the public and to the board here.

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I attended a PG&E training center tour in Winters. I recommended it. I was actually very impressed.

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And I think it's the main center for all training for PG workers and all elements of the work that they do. So if you get it in bite is worthwhile.

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Also in that note last week can probably read in the paper about PG&E did a tour of Mt. Beater regarding the undergrounding project.

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And we had supervisors from all over that drove that came here to an epic county to see this.

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And I thought that was also worthwhile and an informative for supervisors that work has started as people know and will continue this year.

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The majority of the work we've done this year and then we'll be wrapping up the work next year for the undergrounding along Mt. Beater.

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On that note, the federal grant called the B program, which is broadcast.

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I talk to Comcast because Comcast representative because for Mt. Beater and District 2, Comcast is going to be the carrier to receive the federal funding for this.

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And the latest news is that they're still expecting the funding to arrive any day.

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My understanding according to her is that just California and Illinois are the only two states left that have not received funding.

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So once that funding, they receive the funding. I think that we can ask about face and talk about planning in the different areas for people who are receiving the B funding.

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And that would be true for AT&T and other carriers who are receiving the B funding.

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Let's see here tonight. I'll be at the Napa Valley College Hospitality ribbon cutting program. I'm not sure if any other supervisors will be there, but I want to thank our local college for the continued expansion program set.

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Connect with our community and help provide professional jobs.

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Let's see here. Oh, this Saturday, just ahead. I was hiking at Skyline on Sunday and for each of the youth groups are doing a horse show at Skyline Park this Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.

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So if anybody wants to see the kids in action, they were practicing and looks great.

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And then just a couple of things coming up for people I mentioned this, but I'll share again.

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Operation with them home. We're the community gets together to donate.

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They'll care packages for service members that goes overseas.

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That's free enough into the public. It's going to be Saturday, June 13th at Crosswalk Church in the gymnasium from 10 until noon.

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So invite people to attend that. Rock the ride is coming up. And that's a great event, great community event and for a great cause.

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And I just want to congratulate all the high school graduates this year and in college graduates.

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Have fun and be safe. Thank you.

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Thank you. Supervisor Elasio. I see.

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Supervisor Gallagher and then supervisor Ramus after that.

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Thank you. I just wanted to make one announcement.

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We are going to have a air district presentation at our next climate action committee meeting, which is Friday, June 26th and that starts at 930.

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I believe the agenda will be on the County website week before.

425
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We are going to be discussing actually going to get an informational presentation on rule 9.6.

426
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The regulation for knocks emitting appliances, specifically water heaters.

427
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And that will actually be a presentation and informational educational presentation for the Climate Action Committee.

428
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The Climate Action Committee doesn't take any formal action on this particular rule.

429
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It's an informational only, but I know this is something that we're talking about a lot in the public.

430
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And so please know that if you want to know more, or you'd like to see the presentation tune in or come to the Climate Action Committee on June 26th.

431
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And I think that's it for today. Thank you.

432
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Thank you.

433
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Thank you so much. I was absent at the last board meeting because I was in D.C. so I have a number of regional committee assignments to report on.

434
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So first my apologies for that, but supervisor Manfrey will appreciate that I'm taking care of some of them for you.

435
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The first was on May 5th. I attended the Bay Conservation Development Commission in which we approved the Bay Permit for the first phase of the serious point.

436
00:50:50,000 --> 00:51:00,000
To Mayor Island Improvement Project on Highway 37, which is incredibly significant in what I can say is this phase one, although temporary nature.

437
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This phase one is actually in environmentally superior project to what we have right now with removal of concrete and allowing for better fish passage.

438
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So I'm very happy about that.

439
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:25,000
On May 8th, I attended the ABIG and T.C. Administration and Legislative meetings where we talked about electric bike safety and length and there will be more to come on that.

440
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:34,000
On May 13th, I attended the Bay Area Tol Authority, Oversight Committee, the M.T.C. Administration Committee, the Program and Allications Committee.

441
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And the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, Oversight and ABIG Housing committees. We did have a proposed amendment to original measure three.

442
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And then we made a contribution into the BAFA Housing Program from M.T.C. Now, sort of outdated program.

443
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On May, as you know, with, I was absent because I was in D.C. from May 17th to May 20th, I was an advocacy trip.

444
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And I was very delighted that we received incredible support on what is the adapt bill that was introduced by congressman scare M.T. and Thompson for treating Highway 37 as a pilot infrastructure project that addressing climate change.

445
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And so, very, very excited about that. And also did advocacy for surface transportation reauthorization.

446
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:39,000
And I can say that it was, although the scenery was on.

447
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:49,000
We were received, we had warm reception this year as opposed to last year, which was not very positive being a California representative.

448
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:58,000
From the 20th to the 21st, I attended the C.C.C.C. legislative conference as my colleagues, no, I served in a treasurer.

449
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:08,000
So I had many budgets to present from foundation to the C.C.C.C.C.C. Proper Board, but also for our historic building remodel.

450
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:13,000
And exciting news, we have transferred title into the nonprofit.

451
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:19,000
And, and the groundbreaking will be in two weeks, so we're moving forward on that.

452
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:33,000
I did attend on May 21st, and also on last Wednesday, a special meeting of a back executive board meeting.

453
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:41,000
It is my last, they were my last meetings as president after six and a half years in leadership.

454
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:46,000
A back, I'm moving on to the best title, which is the immediate past president.

455
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:53,000
And our new president for a back will be well represented in the North Bay.

456
00:53:53,000 --> 00:54:00,000
Our present incoming president that will be to be ratified by the general assembly is two atoms from runner park.

457
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,000
And the vice president will be one of Williams from Solano County.

458
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We alternate between cities and counties.

459
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On the 27th, I attended the M.T.C.C. the Bay Area Tol Authority.

460
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,000
Also, the housing finance authority.

461
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:18,000
Safe, baffa, baffa, and baffa, and regional Tol Authority.

462
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,000
We were all reviewing our budgets.

463
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:24,000
So, yeah, seven, seven meetings on that day.

464
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And then on Friday, thank you to Supervisor Katra who was able to join us.

465
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:37,000
I hosted the Bay Area Latino elected officials conference here in Napa County.

466
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:47,000
And it was a great convening of about 80, 80 Latino elected and appointed officials from the Bay Area.

467
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:53,000
And we talked about leadership and advocacy, especially in these difficult moments.

468
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:58,000
Yesterday, I did have the opportunity to attend our airport advisory commission meeting.

469
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Our airport will be launching the community engagement website.

470
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Which is where we're going to, we're going to shepherd all information regarding that.

471
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:23,000
What I will say is, we do have, we have really engaged residents that are continuing to inform us of the impacts.

472
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And we're taking that into consideration as we're presenting the possible alternative paths with coffman and associate.

473
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And then, one of two things, one by way of referral to the CEO.

474
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We, many of us, all of us, attended generation housing solutions summit.

475
00:55:49,000 --> 00:56:00,000
And there is going to be a report back in collection of what some thoughts are coming out for some possible housing solutions.

476
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:14,000
And instead of it just being dropped on us, I think it would be, it would be, it would be who best for the CEO's office to engage and figure out how we receive a presentation of what comes up.

477
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:18,000
It was really done in more of a think tank style, which I think is great.

478
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But I think it also understanding that with where we're at and taking our state of housing report and bringing it back as a presentation, I think, would be good.

479
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:47,000
And lastly, I am happy election day to my colleagues who are on the ballot today and to many others, and I just want to say to everyone who appears on the ballot, I think it takes tremendous courage to place yourself there.

480
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And I am grateful for every person that does put their name there yesterday last week, I had the opportunity to talk to four government classes.

481
00:56:55,000 --> 00:57:00,000
I took a straw pool on the governor's race, that was very, very interesting.

482
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And as far as our budgets go, I will just share that I pulled all four classes and I said if there is something that the county can do better.

483
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:15,000
They all said the same thing and it's roads, so still.

484
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Thank you.

485
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Does that conclude your remarks?

486
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Yes.

487
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,000
Yes.

488
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Thank you.

489
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I think it's still Tuesday.

490
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Okay.

491
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:35,000
Supervisor control.

492
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Thank you and thanks everyone for the updates.

493
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I first just wanted to flag.

494
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We have.

495
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We're fortunate to have many different memorial days services and weekend services in the county.

496
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:52,000
And thanks to supervisor LSEO for your work with the one in the out bill.

497
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:58,000
And thank you chair man free for traveling to Calistoga's Pioneer Cemetery.

498
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:04,000
And my idea for next year is that we can ask our aids to work together.

499
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:07,000
Because there are so many we can't all be at them.

500
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:13,000
Vice chair LSEO, I am looking at you to see if you would be willing to help me with some of the value ones too.

501
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:14,000
That would be great.

502
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:20,000
And then I also wanted to let the community know every year at the veterans home.

503
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:31,000
Not only do they have a memorial day ceremony on Monday, but they have an opportunity for the community to come up to a beautiful veteran cemetery there and place flags on Saturday.

504
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:35,000
But more needed is flowers on Sunday.

505
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:42,000
And I want to give a shout out to the new folks at Grocery Outlet and also Sal the Flower Guy for donating quite a few flowers.

506
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:45,000
But they're always looking for more there.

507
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:56,000
And then in my capacity as the board representative for CSAC and RCRC, I wanted to give an update on the status of the state response to HR1.

508
00:58:56,000 --> 00:59:02,000
And just to remind people, HR1 also known as the big beautiful bill.

509
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:15,000
Shifts responsibility for things like CalFresh funding and also significantly reduces federal funding available for Medicare medical to the states and to the counties.

510
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:25,000
So counties including organizations like CSAC and RCRC and other agencies, including the county medical services.

511
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:33,000
The county medical services program, which director Yasamoto serves as a director on, which we are very fortunate for.

512
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:46,000
Those groups formed a coalition to respond to what they saw in the original state budget as a real lack of funding and support for particularly.

513
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:52,000
Indigenous care and eligibility work and to just explain a little bit of what that means.

514
00:59:52,000 --> 01:00:00,000
Large numbers of Californians will lose medical eligibility and those folks will likely seek county.

515
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:24,000
And that term is a little tricky. It doesn't make it clear that many, many of those folks have jobs. They're employed. And they don't have access to insurance through their employer. So medical was a real has been a real key support line for them. So it's important that we understand what that term means.

516
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:30,000
But so in the first budget revise, as I mentioned, there were no dollars for indigent care for counties.

517
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:44,000
And the good news is that this coalition has worked with the both houses of the legislature and the assembly package in terms of indigent care does now provide some funding for it.

518
01:00:44,000 --> 01:01:02,000
So we're encouraged to see that. And we also hope that our state senator who's been very supportive of the need and the ask here can work with his colleagues to bring the senate side on board so that we can make sure we have funding for indigent care as well.

519
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:13,000
And then the final thing I just wanted to mention was that I did not, I was not able to attend the housing summit. So I'm happy that folks hear where this is a great thing about being part of a team.

520
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:21,000
Because I was talking to a lot of people about the glassy wing sharpshooter. And thanks again to Tracy and her staff on that.

521
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:27,000
That's all. Okay. That's all. Okay. That's a lot. That's plenty.

522
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:35,000
So I will just say, did I on the MTC updates from supervisor Ramos because we are on the same committees.

523
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:44,000
And note that I attended Napa Valley Transportation Authorities meeting and our topics were the Highway 29 American Canyon corridor improvements.

524
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:51,000
And in that supervisor Ramos and I both attended a community meeting about that in American Canyon.

525
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:59,000
And there's another one coming up and I'm sorry I don't know the date, but you can check NVTA's website about that that one will be here in the city of Napa, I believe.

526
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:10,000
So anyone concerned about Highway 29 improvements along American Canyon strongly encouraged you to go to that and have your input because they are accepting public input at those meetings.

527
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:13,000
So it's a great way to make sure your voice is heard.

528
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:21,000
We also talked about our budget and the work plan ahead programming for the Silverado 5-way intersection and the vine up Valley link.

529
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:26,000
So making sure we have transportation in difficult to serve areas.

530
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:35,000
And I attended Bay Conservation and Development Commission on May 21 on supervisor Ramos this behalf because she was in another meeting we learned today.

531
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:45,000
And at that meeting we talked about the transmission cable which is having it delivers 40% of San Francisco's energy from the city of Pittsburgh and it is laid across the bottom of the bay.

532
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:52,000
So it goes through Carcina Street and through the Bay to San Francisco, carrying a huge amount of electricity.

533
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:58,000
And it's having some problems with erosion notably for us at the outlet of the Napa River.

534
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,000
And so there was an interesting discussion about that.

535
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:10,000
And the actions of the engineers are proposing to shore it up so that it doesn't have too much tension on it as there's a erosion below it.

536
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:19,000
And then we also discussed sea level rise funding and investment strategies and the strategic plan for BCDC in the year ahead.

537
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:26,000
And yeah and I'll just close by saying vote please vote is the last day to do so you have until 8 p.m. this evening to get your ballots in.

538
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:37,000
It is too late to put them in the mailbox and have them postmark today most likely because of is John Tudor explained in our last meeting the way the post office is now sending mail to.

539
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:47,000
I believe the Oakland before it gets postmarked and so it won't necessarily I see you nodding thank you won't necessarily get postmarked here in Napa right away at 5 p.m.

540
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,000
Like it might have years ago.

541
01:03:49,000 --> 01:04:01,000
So please turn your ballots in directly to the drop boxes which are located all throughout our communities and the locations are posted on the on the elections website.

542
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:10,000
And you can also go directly to elections which is in the former hall of justice building right next door to this one to turn in your ballot.

543
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:16,000
And that concludes my remarks so we will move on.

544
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:18,000
Okay.

545
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:21,000
Is there anyone from elections in the room?

546
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:28,000
And I don't know if this is or I want to ask a question of John Tudor maybe.

547
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:30,000
Our CEO can realize this.

548
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:36,000
I'm wondering this is really disturbing to me this issue of.

549
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:41,000
No hand cancellation unless you you know bring your ballot right into the post office.

550
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:46,000
We talked to a lot of people this past weekend who were who had given their ballot to.

551
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:53,000
They're male carrier and likely they will not be can't this will not be canceled or this is a good chance they won't be.

552
01:04:53,000 --> 01:05:01,000
So I want to know if we get a report and if not if we can get a report after the election of the number of ballots that.

553
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:09,000
Our received but are not counted because they are not was quite correctly.

554
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:13,000
Okay. Good question. Thank you for raising that.

555
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:21,000
We will move on to nothing was pulled from the consent calendar so we're going to move on to item nine which is administrative items.

556
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:26,000
Item nine A is a presentation from behavioral health services act integrated plan.

557
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:37,000
And and also consideration of a resolution for the board of supervisors to approve the plan and authorize the director of health and human services agency to make non substantive revisions to the plan.

558
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:39,000
If further revisions. Okay.

559
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:47,000
I requested by the department of health care services so I welcome a staff report from Jennifer Yosemoto director of our health and human services department.

560
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:51,000
Agency Chelsea Soner.

561
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:53,000
And Jenna.

562
01:05:53,000 --> 01:06:06,000
And please correct me in full yard if I if I pronounce it wrong please correct me yes welcome and you may begin whenever you're ready.

563
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:14,000
Good morning chairman free and members of the board of supervisors. I'm Jennifer Yosemoto.

564
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,000
Naphika County Health and Human Services Agency director.

565
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:35,000
And I am joined here by the two individuals that you mentioned Chelsea Soner and Jenna Boyarty and we are pleased to present on this monumental behavioral health services act and just in terms of navigation here we're going to kind of divide up the presentation.

566
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:48,000
It is oh well let's see.

567
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,000
Okay. Here we go.

568
01:06:51,000 --> 01:07:04,000
So we have our presentation overview and our presentation is really designed to kind of explain what is one of I want to say the most but one of the many complicating funding streams and

569
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:25,000
that we have in the behavioral health system at the county level so our presentation consists of 24 slides we are goal is 20 minutes so we're going to keep this moving along and really this is you have attached to the agenda item a behavioral health services plan integrated plan that is

570
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:35,000
about a hundred and over a hundred and sixty pages so this presentation is designed to really distill this down there to its very very basics.

571
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:49,000
So to make sense of this all we are starting off with background in context we'll kind of go over how the behavioral health services act fits into the overall ecosystem of county behavioral health system.

572
01:07:49,000 --> 01:08:09,000
What is required of counties the process that we have to follow and then we'll delve into our local behavioral health services act integrated plan walk your board through the new funding components the percentages and our plan for how we navigate one of our funding streams among many.

573
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:19,000
And this is on the path to submitting our integrated plan by the state deadline of June 30 of this year.

574
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:35,000
So the first slide here slide two is really designed to highlight the behavioral health services act and how it fits into a myriad of California's major initiatives as your board knows since.

575
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:50,000
2022 the state of California has been really aggressively looking to change the behavioral health system at the local level and that happens through many initiatives.

576
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:56,000
The main ones are there and there is a host of others but those are the big ones and your board is familiar with them of course.

577
01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:06,000
Calam is a big one that was supposed to launch in 2021 and it was delayed a year because of the pandemic so we started implementing Calam in 2022.

578
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:12,000
Your boards aware of course of our medical mobile crisis and our mobile response team.

579
01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:16,000
You'll hear a little bit about the behavioral health connect initiative.

580
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:31,000
You are also familiar with 988 expansion and the children's youth and behavioral health initiative and you're very familiar with the circle up there in the left top which is the behavioral health continuum infrastructure program.

581
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:38,000
Also known as beach ship and your board is familiar with that because we have actually received to beach of grants.

582
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:49,000
One of the grants was pre proposition one and that is for our crisis stabilization unit and the other is a post prop one and that is for our behavioral health treatment center.

583
01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:59,000
So this is just putting behavioral health services act into the broader context of what is happening statewide in this landscape.

584
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:13,000
Highlighting all of those initiatives this date actually has 14 statewide behavioral health goals and they fall into sort of seven goals for improvement and seven goals for adoption.

585
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:28,000
So in the prior slide when I highlighted just some of the initiatives in the state of California all of those initiatives are really designed to move the needle in the positive or the reduction direction on these 14 statewide goals.

586
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:37,000
Additionally there's health equity that's embedded across all of those 14 statewide goals.

587
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:50,000
In particular there are priority goals for every county because some of those goals sit at the statewide level and of course some are more directly at the county level but the county work is helping to move the needle statewide.

588
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:59,000
Here are the six statewide priority goals for every county and then nap has a seventh goal so walking through those just really briefly.

589
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:11,000
Some of them are going to be very familiar to you and sure as issues but also because some of these goals actually directly relate to our community health assessment and our community health improvement plan.

590
01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:21,000
Access to care that is a metric in a goal that sits on I think every single community health improvement plan whether it's the counties or whether it's our hospital partners.

591
01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:33,000
We also have institutionalization that is lowering institutionalization and providing treatment and services for people at the lowest level possible and in their communities.

592
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:42,000
Of course homelessness sits in every county's priority areas as well and tied to that is our housing and our housing initiatives that you'll hear about in this presentation.

593
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:48,000
Just as involvement your board is also very familiar with that that is directly tied to initiatives like.

594
01:11:48,000 --> 01:12:00,000
Under Calam having justice involvement and having medical services start in the jail that are now actually billable in institutional settings that they were not previously.

595
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:10,000
And then statewide goals also removal of children from home right and that also directly ties to a lot of our work in our community health improvement plan.

596
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:20,000
Or you can provide services to the ports for families the less likely are you have removal of children from the home and so your board heard about that.

597
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:39,000
Specifically even during child abuse prevention week and then untreated behavioral health conditions getting people involved in treatment at the earliest possible point intervening sooner so that we avoid some of the downstream not only more costly but just more acute behavioral health conditions.

598
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:57,000
And then Napa has every county is required to select a seventh goal so for Napa County through our community planning process we had our community providers and stakeholders of vote and quality of life came in as Napa's selected goal.

599
01:12:57,000 --> 01:13:18,000
There are not metrics for a lot of these yet but those are all in development by the state and I'll talk a little bit later about the state's vision and goals for these outcomes locally and also at the statewide level.

600
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:36,000
Okay, so your board is very familiar because for two plus decades we've had the mental health services act that became effective in 2005 so here we are now over two decades later and the voters in March of 2024 voted for proposition one.

601
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:46,000
Proposition one did two things one of the things I had mentioned before which is continuing and expanding upon the beach ship grant program.

602
01:13:46,000 --> 01:14:04,000
The other piece of prop one is reimagining the mental health services act modernizing it and it becoming the behavioral health services act that happens in a couple of significant ways which is changing the focus to the most acute population.

603
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:20,000
as well as adding options for funding substance use treatment services under the behavioral health services act as well as housing interventions.

604
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:33,000
So this is a fun slide whenever you see coins there. So the slide is titled no new money in BHSA and actually what is probably more accurate is if we put a big x through no new and put less.

605
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:45,000
And the reason for that is because in the right corner we have a little flag that says 10% to state and contextually what that means is it's actually more money going to the state.

606
01:14:45,000 --> 01:15:00,000
So under the mental health services act it was 5% that the state took off the top that is now increased to 10% so it is very accurate to say it is less money in BHSA and I think that's really important because I think not only to manage.

607
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:12,000
Expectations, but just to explain what behavioral health services act. In different groups, sometimes people think this is brand new money that counties are getting. It is not brand new money.

608
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:26,000
And I think that although it's designed to be administratively simpler, I think by the time we're done with this, but also in reading 161 page integrated plan, it is not actually administratively simpler.

609
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:45,000
It is becoming increasingly more complex layered into an increasingly complex behavioral health landscape for counties to navigate. So just making that point out the gate. The other point that this slide really nicely does is highlight the fluctuations over time.

610
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:52,000
And I think those coins kind of do a good job at explaining the volume and magnitude of the fluctuation.

611
01:15:52,000 --> 01:16:04,000
But the reality is that the fluctuations that counties have seen, including Napa, if you look over the last six years, we've had a low of 6.2 million and a high of 12 million.

612
01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:14,000
That is a catastrophic change when you think year to year, and you're trying to build a stable funding source.

613
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:20,000
Stable programs not have these ebs and flows where you're gutting programs, standing them up, gutting them again.

614
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:31,000
That's just not practical and realistic. So the challenge for all counties including Napa has always been in continues to be how to build sustainable programs.

615
01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:41,000
And right out the create an even steady kind of flight pattern as you have a bunch of turbulence injected into the system.

616
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:46,000
One question that I think has as at least come up before has been.

617
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:54,000
The state trying to address the issue of volatility of the funding and the realities that has not been addressed.

618
01:16:54,000 --> 01:17:03,000
We are still dependent. This is still the 1% tax on income over million. The funding source has not changed.

619
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:08,000
The other thing that I think your board is a cutely aware of and supervisor.

620
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:18,000
I could tell you talked about it just in terms of HR1. Because of this funding stream is dependent on the economy and the economy is very much not going in the positive direction.

621
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:23,000
The other thing that we will be anticipating is actually a decrease in the revenue.

622
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:35,000
So again, you take the decrease because the state is taking 5% you take the volatility in funding and then you take the trajectory of a downward cycle.

623
01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:51,000
If you will in what we're projecting this revenue, but also the lack of ability to truly predict and tell the books close. So that is the landscape in which all of this gets navigated is creating stability in the system and right-sizing the system.

624
01:17:51,000 --> 01:18:02,000
As we have a lot of headwinds not just coming in from the behavioral health services act funding, but really from all of our funding sources.

625
01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:31,000
So this slide here, I think nicely displays what we're talking about when you get from that sort of macro what's going on with this funding, its volatility and then you bring it down to what is the shift that the behavioral health services act is really bringing in terms of what counties are allowed to do with the money and how we are required to spend it in very categorical.

626
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:41,000
We call them funding buckets, but categories. So this also I think makes the point that if you look on the left side in that pie chart, that was your mental health services act.

627
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:53,000
There are actually five categories but two of them we kind of noted below because they are discretionary and you source them from the big pie, but they are not the lion share of the programming.

628
01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:57,000
So under the mental health services act, we have those three categories.

629
01:18:57,000 --> 01:19:09,000
Community services and supports prevention and early intervention which is probably the one that you've heard about the most because we historically done RFPs related to our PEI contracts and then innovations.

630
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:25,000
But if you look at the percentages in that pie chart, the 76 plus than 19 which is 95% that part of the pie, the 95% part of the pie was really what was devoted to treatment programs.

631
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:50,000
So that's most of the pie. Now when you move over to the behavioral health services act, the shift that we're making there is that pie gets divided up at the state level by requirement into 35% for the behavioral health services and supports 35% for full service partnership programs and then 30% for housing interventions.

632
01:19:50,000 --> 01:20:11,000
So right out the gate, we've gone from 95% on the left side to 70% for treatment programs because the treatment programs live in the BHSS and the FSP buckets.

633
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:20,000
So another key component of the shift is sort of the breaking apart of what we've known as PEI.

634
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:33,000
So primary prevention now has gone has been removed from, I would say, control at the local level and has gone from DHCS over to CDPH.

635
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:54,000
And the state takes as part of that 10% that they're now taking 4% comes off the top as part of that 10% and it has been delegated over to the California Department of Public Health for them to manage and develop strategies that are prevention at the population level.

636
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:57,000
So that's broad prevention programs.

637
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:02,000
That leaves for counties the early intervention components.

638
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:14,000
And so early intervention, again, used to have its own category under MHSA under BHSA, it comes out of that bucket called behavioral health services support.

639
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:32,000
So you fund early intervention programs through that 35% within the 35% that is the BHSS funding, 51% of that is early intervention and that is a requirement by the state.

640
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:42,000
And then the other 49% are for behavioral health services and supports.

641
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:47,000
So getting to the kind of process that the state has laid out.

642
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:56,000
And this is in some respects does mirror MHSA because right now in MHSA your board receives three year MHSA plans.

643
01:21:56,000 --> 01:22:03,000
They come to your board or they're open for public comment and then we come annually with annual updates to that plan.

644
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:07,000
So this process is very similar to that process.

645
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:13,000
The big shift of course is because we're making this behemoth transformation effective July 1.

646
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:19,000
But we continue to have the same community planning process which is shown in the first step there.

647
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:27,000
We have a draft integrated plan that has been submitted to the state.

648
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:40,000
It was due by March 31st that contained all of the year plus long community planning process input input from our behavioral health board.

649
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:53,000
And then our processes that we have to submit that to the Department of Health Care Services and then there's a process of getting feedback and comments from the department.

650
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:56,000
At the state level which we have gone through.

651
01:22:56,000 --> 01:23:07,000
And then there is the public hearing and the public hearing is preceded by a period of public comment so the integrated plan was actually posted for public comment.

652
01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:17,000
For the 30 days required and then we held the public hearing before the behavioral health board and in a special meeting called on May 13th.

653
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:30,000
And we are sort of sitting between steps four and five on our road to submitting our final IP by June 30th.

654
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:38,000
So just a little bit more on the public comment period our public comment ran from April 1 to May 1.

655
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:44,000
And I'm going to tell you we received no public comments.

656
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:51,000
I attribute that in part to the fact we've had a lot of meetings around the behavioral health integrated plan.

657
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:59,000
A lot of really engaged CBO partners and stakeholders were able to ask questions at different meetings that we've held.

658
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:05,000
I think we had a couple meetings with the behavioral health board where questions and input could be provided.

659
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:17,000
And I also think that the plan represents a good balance of how we continue to sustain this part of our behavioral health system.

660
01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:23,000
A period of time where I know not just counties, but our CBO partners are very concerned about funding.

661
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:26,000
I'm also sure a little bit more of that.

662
01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:32,000
Let me get to that slide and now we're going to move from sort of the theoretical.

663
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:44,000
How does this map out? What are the requirements that the state is imposing and finding counties and what is the process to get to the point that we're at today.

664
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:50,000
So our integrated plan of course sets forth our priorities.

665
01:24:50,000 --> 01:25:01,000
It's designed to also there's a portion of the integrated plan that goes through the budget and funding and so that's always kind of I think a part that people are maybe most interested in.

666
01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:13,000
The funding that we have budgeted each year across the three year integrated plan ranges from 13.6 million a year to 14.1 million a year.

667
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:23,000
And I will tell you and I just I will credit all the people in the room who were here who were in health and human services because this has been.

668
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:37,000
It's a continuous and iterative process that's what we set forward right now and it consists of a really planful and strategic approach to how we're using the fund balance and the reserves that we had built up.

669
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:40,000
So probably not uncommon in counties.

670
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:49,000
Because of the volatility that you know exists in the behavioral well the formerly the mental health services act funding stream.

671
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:58,000
Counties did build up reserves and so we have reserves of about just sort of 16 million for behavioral health services act.

672
01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:04,000
That is a really good thing because it allows us during this three year integrated plan.

673
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:17,000
To continually right size as the rest of the system is going through really a metamorphic increasingly pushing providers and everyone into the medical system.

674
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:27,000
So when we look at our budget over those three years we're actually projecting revenue to come in at much lower than the 13.6 to 14.1.

675
01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:33,000
We're projecting revenue at 11 million a year and that might even be too high.

676
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:45,000
So when we look at the way we're approaching our use of fund balance we are braiding in and bringing in fund balance and again we'll know with the end of years as each budget progresses.

677
01:26:45,000 --> 01:26:52,000
Bringing in about 50% of the fund balance using it during this first three year plan.

678
01:26:52,000 --> 01:27:03,000
And of course we also hope that during that three year plan while we're supporting the system using the behavioral health services act dollars very strategically.

679
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:07,000
We are also continuing to push the system.

680
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:19,000
Thoughtfully gingerly into the medical system because the reality is this is one piece of a much bigger puzzle and you have to understand how the rest of the pieces and the levers you can pull.

681
01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:29,000
To make the use of these funds strategic as they need to be and so that we're drawing down all the other revenue that is available.

682
01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:32,000
So that's where of course where our partners come in.

683
01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:41,000
We work with a wide variety of our partners not just the partners that we contract with but the partners the ecosystems getting larger and larger.

684
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:48,000
And that's because under all of the behavioral health transformations and all those circles that were in the very first slide.

685
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:57,000
More and more we have the role of our managed care plans and by that we mean for not the county partnership health plan and Kaiser.

686
01:27:57,000 --> 01:28:11,000
They are also medical providers and entirely separate books of revenue that they can draw down and providers can seek reimbursement for different services through our MCPs.

687
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:30,000
So what that really means is counties have to be really skilled at how you draw down and really push your system to maximizing both the draw down that you can pull down through our managed care plans while also creating it with funding sources like behavioral health services act.

688
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:38,000
And I will just say the behavioral services act is about 17% of the entire behavioral health budget.

689
01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:57,000
So again that just kind of highlights that this is one really complex funding stream that exists in a really complex funding stream within the county that exists within a really complex funding stream that is far outside the county but impacts the county by what you can bring into it.

690
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:13,000
And then of course all of this is designed to drive outcomes that the state can see at the county level and in order for the state to do that it is requiring more data to be reported.

691
01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:29,000
And I will say I think we're at the brink of maybe taxing our system and what it can actually digest and implement but I have great empathy for for for our agency but also our partners because it is pushing more and more everybody into the medical world.

692
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:43,000
But it's also pushing everybody into very much a world of being able to track down to the individual level who's getting what and how much resources are coming into provide services to that individual.

693
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:57,000
So that is why we've actually met fairly recently with our CBO partners to really just explain even our early intervention contracts those are requiring individual service level data.

694
01:29:57,000 --> 01:30:00,000
But the why behind all of that is exactly.

695
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:13,000
The state wants to get to outcomes so they could see what's being spent in each county and what are the outcomes in each county and what are the dollars essentially per person that you're serving.

696
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:24,000
And if you don't have that individual service level data, you are unable to arrive at the outcomes that the state is looking for.

697
01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:34,000
This is an overview of what's inside our 161 page integrated plan. Obviously all of those six sections are really laid out nicely in that plan.

698
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:39,000
I'm not going to go into it because I think we're trying to do a summary here and hit the really high points.

699
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:52,000
So this is probably the area of maybe of most interest and that is how are we proposing to use our behavioral health services act funding here in Napa County.

700
01:30:52,000 --> 01:31:07,000
So you saw the prior slide for all counties, the sort of the starting point is 35% for BHSS, 35% for FSP and 30% for housing interventions.

701
01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:20,000
Counties can and we have taken advantage of the flexibility within the structure to deviate from those percentages with justification and with the approval of the state.

702
01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:32,000
I can tell you this is where the sausage making, but the teams were to really hard to arrive at a percentage and distribution that does not gut treatment.

703
01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:44,000
While housing interventions, nobody can disagree with that. The objection that counties had when problem was first on the ballot had everything to do with the fact that this isn't new money.

704
01:31:44,000 --> 01:31:48,000
So how are counties going to not gut treatment?

705
01:31:48,000 --> 01:32:05,000
Because you're robbing from Peter to PayPal with even less dollars. So for small counties and Napa County qualifies as a small county, we can actually ask for an exemption and a deviation from the housing interventions to a lower number.

706
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:14,000
All counties can move 7% from the categories. We've gone another, I guess, 6% beyond the 7.

707
01:32:14,000 --> 01:32:24,000
And the state is satisfied. They see what we're doing and they've approved this funding distribution. This funding distribution though is not sort of optional.

708
01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:37,000
It kind of is where you back into for the county, because if we're not able to put additional funding into behavioral health services, the port and full service partnership, we will be guiding treatment.

709
01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:43,000
And again, we have less money. So the state has approved that.

710
01:32:43,000 --> 01:32:58,000
I think in the next several slides that I'm going to turn over to my colleagues here, they'll kind of go over in more detail what we're funding under the behavioral health services and supports the FSP and the housing interventions.

711
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:08,000
And I think you'll also see that we have been laying the foundation for being ready for this for a couple years now.

712
01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:29,000
And it's because of the infrastructure and the investments and the other dollars that we have pulled in many of them grant dollars that were able to kind of make this glide path from current day to the behavioral health services act, which is exactly what the system was hoping we would do.

713
01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:35,000
I'm going to turn it over to Chelsea Stoner.

714
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:50,000
There we go. Good morning. Okay. I am going to walk the board through the service components that are outlined in the BHSA and the first bucket.

715
01:33:50,000 --> 01:34:00,000
If you will is behavioral health support services and supports or BHSS and we have allocated 45% of our budget to BHSS.

716
01:34:00,000 --> 01:34:18,000
BHSS is really around connection and support and designing and utilizing programs that promote access that support navigation through the system and ensure that people stay connected to care once they enter services.

717
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:27,000
We prioritized in BHSS outreach and engagement, our children and adult systems of care and early intervention.

718
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:36,000
And to support this, we prioritized programming the first of which is the system navigation.

719
01:34:36,000 --> 01:35:00,000
System navigation connects people to behavioral health services, provides referrals, connection to resources, helping people apply for mental health services, substance use disorders services, medical and really works to link people and help them navigate the system to get the help that they need.

720
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:13,000
We also use BHSS funding to support our behavioral health treatment center, which as the sports very well aware is designed to expand access to residential treatment with your all management.

721
01:35:13,000 --> 01:35:20,000
So bring services and really offering that step down here and ensuring people get the right level of support at the right time.

722
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:28,000
BHSS also will continue to support our hospital transition program for both adults and children.

723
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:47,000
And this program supports people during and after psychiatric hospitalization providing really intensive care coordination during psychiatric hospitalization and up to 30 days post discharge, focusing on discharge planning, follow up care and connection to community base services.

724
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:54,000
And the goal around this program is to ensure that there are safer transitions back into the community.

725
01:35:54,000 --> 01:36:11,000
We also will continue to support the Innovation's Community Center, which is a peer staff community based mental health program that focuses on wellness, recovery, connection and belonging for people who experience mental illness in the community.

726
01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:26,000
I want to highlight that system navigation, our hospital transition program and innovation community center are all currently funded under MHSA and it was a priority to make sure that this was continued to be funded as be transition to BHSA.

727
01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:40,000
As mentioned earlier, 45% of our funding under BHSS needs to go 51% of that 45 needs to go to early intervention services.

728
01:36:40,000 --> 01:37:06,000
So in order to fulfill this, we prioritized our continuing to fund our mobile response team, which is a 24-7 mobile behavioral crisis program that deploys out into the community and helps stabilize individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis with the focus on safety planning and linking it to ongoing care.

729
01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:13,000
We also will continue to support our coordinated specialty care for first episode psychosis program.

730
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:20,000
This also is a required evidence-based practice in BHSA under early intervention.

731
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:33,000
And the goal of the early psychosis program is to intervene early, reduce disruption, life disruptions, and support long term recovery for people that are experiencing psychosis.

732
01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:45,000
This is a very rigorous and prescribed evidence-based program that has proven to be highly effective for individuals experiencing psychosis.

733
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:53,000
And finally, we have prioritized ensuring that early intervention services continue to be offered throughout our community.

734
01:37:53,000 --> 01:38:20,000
And we issued an early intervention RFP, which is intended to support continue to support brief, low barrier community-based services to help with navigating the system identifying mental health issues early, screening for mental health challenges and linking to, especially mental health services for long term care.

735
01:38:20,000 --> 01:38:37,000
Our priority populations for this RFP were children, youth and older adults in our underserved communities with a focus on culturally responsive services as well as bilingual services.

736
01:38:37,000 --> 01:38:43,000
And moving over to the next service category, which is full service partnership.

737
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:53,000
Our highest intensity level of support that we offer and 30% of our funding will be going to full service partnerships.

738
01:38:53,000 --> 01:39:09,000
It is intended for individuals and families with significant behavior health needs and supports people who may be at risk of homelessness and institutionalization who are involved in the justice system and have untreated behavior health conditions.

739
01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:25,000
FSP is not one single program, rather it is a continuum of intensive services and support, which I will jump into in detail in just a minute, but do you want to highlight the areas that we will focus on an app accounting under full service partnership.

740
01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:33,000
The first of which is act in fact, which stands for assertive community treatment and forensic assertive community treatment.

741
01:39:33,000 --> 01:39:36,000
That is a program that is designed for adults.

742
01:39:36,000 --> 01:39:45,000
We also will provide high fidelity wraparound, which is an intensive wraparound service for children and youth.

743
01:39:45,000 --> 01:40:04,000
And we will have a lower level of FSP programming called intensive case management for children and youth, which is designed to really be a bridge between traditional treatment and that higher level of service outlined by act in fact and high fidelity wraparound and I'll jump into those in just a minute.

744
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:13,000
I do want to highlight that we will be initiating assertive field-based substance use disorder treatment through a program called Rise.

745
01:40:13,000 --> 01:40:23,000
Rise provides low threshold field-based substance use disorder support for people who are connected to traditional services in the community.

746
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:40,000
And this program will deploy substance use disorder clinicians out into the field to help provide engagement, counseling, coordination, connection, and linkage to medication assisted treatment.

747
01:40:41,000 --> 01:41:02,000
I want to highlight under the kind of the umbrella of FSP, the BHSA requires us to implement evidence-based practices and we have three years to implement these practices to fidelity in our monitored closely by the state and provided technical assistance to implement these programs to fidelity.

748
01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:14,000
The first is act in fact, which is a team-based approach that coordinates care on a very small case load.

749
01:41:14,000 --> 01:41:33,000
Our clinicians have approximately 20, about 20 clients on a case load and it is staffed by a team of clinicians that include mental health support, substance use disorder support, peer partner and psychiatric support.

750
01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:50,000
We also will be needing to implement high-fidelity wrap around, which is a program that is designed for children in use with a goal of keeping kids in the community where the lowest level of care with home with our families.

751
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:59,000
It really have federally wrapped around does just that it wraps the family with support and services to help a child reach their behavioral health goals.

752
01:41:59,000 --> 01:42:12,000
We believe that we are very well positioned to meet this requirement and will continue to work with our contracted provider to provide this service.

753
01:42:12,000 --> 01:42:35,000
And then there is intensive case management, which is the lower level of care within the full service partnership umbrella and that provides really that bridge to traditional treatment as a person works towards their recovery goals and into a more traditional outpatient setting.

754
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:50,000
So we will be working the next three years to implement these programs to fidelity as required by the BHSA and I'm going to turn it over to Jenna to talk about our housing intervention program.

755
01:42:50,000 --> 01:43:14,000
So housing interventions is the newest component of BHSA and it's housing but it's nothing new to behavioral health, behavioral health has been doing a housing for quite a while it just looks a little different from traditional housing as we know it.

756
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:35,000
In our housing interventions bucket we have rather than duplicate services have really worked to understand the landscape of housing in Napa so that we are adding to the continuum rather than you know like I said duplicating services.

757
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:53,000
So we have added to the system recovery and shared housing models in a formal capacity so we're able to find recovery residences and and other shared housing models.

758
01:43:53,000 --> 01:44:03,000
We have added interim housing which is a completely new housing definition that California has created.

759
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:30,000
And our investments in Griggs Lane and a couple other properties have added to that we have housing placement supports now we're utilizing community supports which are coming through Calame and we have our higher acuity housing which has not traditionally been.

760
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:40,000
Broadcasted so we those of us outside of behavioral health have not had insight into the system of care.

761
01:44:40,000 --> 01:45:00,000
So it really has been an amazing and eye opening experience to join behavioral health from the housing world and to really see how far the continuum actually goes because outside of behavioral health.

762
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:10,000
You know, there's one continuum, but it goes for another six or seven types of housing.

763
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:21,000
Napa is ahead of the game. Behavioral health decided to hire a housing program manager, two years ahead of implementation of BHSA.

764
01:45:21,000 --> 01:45:26,000
And so, and they hired somebody from the housing world.

765
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:34,000
So, somebody who was familiar with what happens in the other systems of caring Napa.

766
01:45:34,000 --> 01:45:45,000
So, in the last couple of years, we've created housing infrastructure added an internal housing manager, expanded housing tools,

767
01:45:45,000 --> 01:45:51,000
and really strengthened partnerships so that we're making sure to not duplicate services.

768
01:45:51,000 --> 01:46:01,000
We are utilizing infrastructure that's in place in the housing and housing and community services realm,

769
01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:12,000
and we are partnering with them to really access already existing contracts and processes that exist with MCPs managed care plans.

770
01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:20,000
And BHSA is how we are planning on sustaining that.

771
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:26,000
Okay, turn back to Jennifer.

772
01:46:26,000 --> 01:46:31,000
So, when Janet just referred to the housing manager, that's of course, Jenna.

773
01:46:31,000 --> 01:46:35,000
So, we're fortunate to have to.

774
01:46:35,000 --> 01:46:38,000
Okay, what is next?

775
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:44,000
Well, next is we submit the IP by June 30th.

776
01:46:44,000 --> 01:46:46,000
That's our three-year plan.

777
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:49,000
As your board knows, we'll keep it current.

778
01:46:49,000 --> 01:46:51,000
We'll continue to iterate.

779
01:46:51,000 --> 01:46:53,000
We'll do the annual updates.

780
01:46:53,000 --> 01:46:57,000
Intermittent updates as well need to be made, particularly as we write size.

781
01:46:57,000 --> 01:47:00,000
As I said before, that's our plan budget.

782
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:11,000
The goal for the three-year plan is to really increase the or decrease the reliance on behavioral health services act funding while we're increasing what we can pull in across the system of care,

783
01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:16,000
working with other partners such as our managed care plans.

784
01:47:16,000 --> 01:47:19,000
So, that nicely gets to this slide.

785
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:29,000
So, Jenna had sort of talked about the housing interventions and one of the really critical ways in which we're planning to use the behavioral health services act dollars

786
01:47:29,000 --> 01:47:33,000
is to partner with our managed care plans and our providers.

787
01:47:33,000 --> 01:47:40,000
So, I sort of think of it as a three-legged stool and two legs of it or the government and the third is our non-profit partners.

788
01:47:40,000 --> 01:47:48,000
To breed in the funding from behavioral health services act and also what's known as the Calam housing trio,

789
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:58,000
and bring those both together to provide the funding needed to operationalize both the housing, the cost of the housing,

790
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:06,000
the operations of any housing facility from the provider's standpoint and also the supportive services that need to be in there.

791
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:14,000
So, we've, I think, done a really good job of laying the foundation of either pulling in what we'll call the community supports,

792
01:48:14,000 --> 01:48:27,000
and in other cases, drawing into our specialty mental health system where we can tap into treatment support for more acute needs.

793
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:34,000
Part of that is of course encouraging our providers to use or calling the MCP funding.

794
01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:43,000
We have been long having conversations for the last two years about all of our providers needing to tap into the community supports,

795
01:48:43,000 --> 01:48:53,000
enhanced care management, community health workers, all of these are services and funding streams that come through a different system.

796
01:48:53,000 --> 01:49:00,000
But we have to through our contracts hold accountability, so our providers are pulling in the revenue from that,

797
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:06,000
because that actually leaves more revenue for the things that still need to be done in counties,

798
01:49:06,000 --> 01:49:12,000
for which there's no medical revenue, medical is a great but it doesn't fit everything that we need to do.

799
01:49:12,000 --> 01:49:22,000
So, the more we can push providers who can draw down those other funding sources, it frees up the funding that we have to do the other work

800
01:49:22,000 --> 01:49:25,000
for which there is no medical dollar.

801
01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:29,000
And of course, we're going to continue our coordination with our managed care plans.

802
01:49:29,000 --> 01:49:37,000
I think there's a total of 24 MOUs that are in the process of being executed across our two managed care plans.

803
01:49:37,000 --> 01:49:45,000
Some are mandatory and some are discretionary, but they all seek to work to coordinate care together and better.

804
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:49,000
And I can tell you that we're on a regular basis, particularly with partnership health plan,

805
01:49:49,000 --> 01:49:54,000
because they have a lion share of our clients that we serve who are medical covered,

806
01:49:54,000 --> 01:50:02,000
working with them closely, of course, not just to keep people on medical, which is sort of a separate issue from,

807
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:05,000
now that you have your medical, how are you going to use the benefit?

808
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:10,000
So we continue to work with partnership health plan very closely.

809
01:50:11,000 --> 01:50:18,000
There's also not to overcomplicate it, but there's other revenue streams that are also going to be made available to counties,

810
01:50:18,000 --> 01:50:25,000
and so we intend to use our broad-based approach where we're marrying both our behavioral health services plan

811
01:50:25,000 --> 01:50:30,000
and our community health improvement plan and creating that alignment.

812
01:50:30,000 --> 01:50:35,000
And I think we're really lucky because two years ago, and I came to your board,

813
01:50:35,000 --> 01:50:41,000
to share that we were planning to use three different funding sources to operationalize our community health improvement plan.

814
01:50:41,000 --> 01:50:47,000
That really sets the stage for us to be well positioned for other revenue that is coming available,

815
01:50:47,000 --> 01:50:51,000
and now we have a process and an infrastructure and a method.

816
01:50:51,000 --> 01:50:58,000
So it minimizes the chaos, and I do say that because a lot of the funding that we're seeing coming available to us,

817
01:50:59,000 --> 01:51:03,000
three weeks, put together your plan and have an umbrella stakeholder and put process.

818
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:08,000
That is not possible to digest that money that quickly and do it well.

819
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:13,000
So we are as well positioned, I think, as a county can be, because of the approach that we've taken,

820
01:51:13,000 --> 01:51:18,000
because we can sort of dump it into the machine and we have it operationalized.

821
01:51:18,000 --> 01:51:23,000
So I feel really lucky to that we have a very good working relationship with partnership health plan,

822
01:51:23,000 --> 01:51:27,000
who we're coordinating, we've got some other projects sort of in the queue now,

823
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:33,000
we're figuring out how to operationalize different opportunities to bring those to our clients.

824
01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:38,000
So we are working hard to build a better continuity of care,

825
01:51:38,000 --> 01:51:42,000
realizing what the opportunities are within our behavioral health system.

826
01:51:42,000 --> 01:51:47,000
But again, we've got prevention coming through the California Department of Public Health,

827
01:51:47,000 --> 01:51:53,000
and we've got our managed care plans who are mandated to make investments back in their communities.

828
01:51:53,000 --> 01:52:00,000
There are new future drops of funding that are coming and so we are figuring out how to operationalize those pieces

829
01:52:00,000 --> 01:52:04,000
and bring them all together through our behavioral health services plan,

830
01:52:04,000 --> 01:52:11,000
but also our community health improvement plan.

831
01:52:12,000 --> 01:52:21,000
So our goals for the behavioral health system are the goals that I'm sure every logical human wants for a behavioral health system,

832
01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:26,000
which is the people are getting their help sooner, we're helping people stay housed in stable,

833
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:34,000
which helps them to sustain their treatment goals and actually seek recovery and wellness that we hope.

834
01:52:34,000 --> 01:52:42,000
And then reducing the crisis and system of cycling, your board support and investment in projects like the behavioral health

835
01:52:42,000 --> 01:52:48,000
treatment center or part of that to intervene and create referral pathways,

836
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:53,000
but also engage in opportunities with clients at the earliest possible points.

837
01:52:53,000 --> 01:53:02,000
Jenna had referred to our RISE program, which I think is going to really help us engage with people who have substance use disorders

838
01:53:02,000 --> 01:53:07,000
that are not necessarily ready for engagement into services,

839
01:53:07,000 --> 01:53:10,000
but with our help hopefully they can be.

840
01:53:10,000 --> 01:53:18,000
We have a lot of other initiatives that we are working on all in further ends of reducing crisis and system cycling,

841
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:26,000
but showing up to the crisis stabilization in trying to engage somebody who's seeking a psychiatric assistance,

842
01:53:26,000 --> 01:53:35,000
but their underlying root cause may be substance use, but also looking at ways that we can engage our substance use clients

843
01:53:35,000 --> 01:53:43,000
through other incentives through programs like Continuity Management and that's pulling in from another funding source we have available to us.

844
01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:50,000
But all of this is part of the ecosystem that the behavioral health services act fits into.

845
01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:56,000
And our goal and hope is to have community health and well-being, which I know is also your boards hope.

846
01:53:56,000 --> 01:54:00,000
It's our public health hope, it's really the hope for all of our community.

847
01:54:00,000 --> 01:54:11,000
And so thank you very much for the opportunity to shed a little bit light on what we're trying to accomplish and one piece of it that is a very important piece,

848
01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:16,000
but it's one piece of a bigger puzzle and a bigger picture.

849
01:54:16,000 --> 01:54:22,000
I just want to also say thank you to the Health and Human Services team. We are all pinch hitting right now.

850
01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:28,000
We have some critical vacancies in the behavioral health space part of why I'm here.

851
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:45,000
And every single one of these funding streams again, you can take it and you can look at it in an isolation or you can take it and you can figure out how to braid it across the system and really look at the most strategic use of resources and where you know you can.

852
01:54:45,000 --> 01:54:55,000
I get more bang for your bucks, so to speak. So I just really want to thank the behavioral health team, the fiscal team and administration.

853
01:54:55,000 --> 01:55:05,000
There are people like Joe Hall at our assistant agency director who's also our interim behavioral health director who is getting pulled six ways to Sunday as well.

854
01:55:05,000 --> 01:55:11,000
We have our chief fiscal officer Kimberly Danner and Susan Kingsford our deputy CFO in the room here as well.

855
01:55:11,000 --> 01:55:30,000
We have Marle of Simmons who's an assistant deputy director in behavioral health along with Chelsea and of course we have Chelsea and Jenna here and there are countless other people in behavioral health and fiscal who are not here today who've been a part of this but also stuck with it and seeing the vision about how you can.

856
01:55:30,000 --> 01:55:42,000
And dumps this piece of funding and not just make it a funding source but make it an opportunity for how we can improve the whole system. So thank you.

857
01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:57,000
Thank you so much. At this time, I welcome public comment on this topic. Is there any one of the room, which is because come on up to the podium. You'll have three minutes.

858
01:55:58,000 --> 01:55:59,000
Sorry.

859
01:56:01,000 --> 01:56:04,000
Seems like he's kind of the funny okay. Anyone else?

860
01:56:05,000 --> 01:56:07,000
That's so you get anyone. Is there anyone on the phones?

861
01:56:08,000 --> 01:56:12,000
Okay. Then I'll bring you back to the board for comments and questions.

862
01:56:13,000 --> 01:56:14,000
Anyone.

863
01:56:15,000 --> 01:56:17,000
Go ahead. Supervisor Olesia.

864
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:20,000
Well, first of all. Thank you.

865
01:56:21,000 --> 01:56:22,000
That was a lot.

866
01:56:23,000 --> 01:56:27,000
I'm not the watch of a couple times over and I think I'm in kind of a no in some ways right.

867
01:56:28,000 --> 01:56:36,000
Because I've just been around this for a while on the behavioral health board family has lived experience in this area to some respect to.

868
01:56:37,000 --> 01:56:47,000
So I've seen it from different angles but this is a lot and you did a really good job kind of giving us the foundation of where we've been and how we're shifting.

869
01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:56,000
Or you're shifting your team of shifting and turn what in terms of what has been and is required in a very short time frame.

870
01:56:57,000 --> 01:57:01,000
In a big load and a very short time frame and I can't emphasize that enough.

871
01:57:02,000 --> 01:57:10,000
And I'm not here. I'm not where you are. So thank you to you and your team for rolling so hard and just keeping at it. So this is going to be ready in time.

872
01:57:11,000 --> 01:57:16,000
You know, as you were talking initially, I'm thinking about how we used to have hope for some care.

873
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:27,000
And we got that in debt. We got that down here and you know, with community based organizations, the hospital health health and services and then they shifted to the county and everybody's like,

874
01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:32,000
Oh, we just got hope for some care. We're excited and it's running and now we've got kelaine.

875
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:44,000
So, and then we see the shift from MHA say to be, it's just say and you know, we get the MHA say running and everybody's like running because it's not just our county.

876
01:57:45,000 --> 01:57:54,000
This impacts every community based organization, every hospital, every are, every family, every client that's trying to seek help and navigate and how to do it.

877
01:57:54,000 --> 01:58:01,000
It's, it's a lot. So I just want to share that perspective with others from what I've seen and experienced.

878
01:58:02,000 --> 01:58:19,000
You know, we didn't talk about how many individuals at county actually cares for in this, in this area. Do you have a rough count of individuals that we care for and potentially like how many occurrences because there's this heavy administrative side, which you talked about.

879
01:58:19,000 --> 01:58:24,000
So I think frankly, I know this is a lot of tracking. I think we need to track the tracking.

880
01:58:25,000 --> 01:58:32,000
We need to track how many hours it takes a administratively to do all the tracking for the outcomes which outcomes are important.

881
01:58:33,000 --> 01:58:36,000
Supporting that we show outcomes. So we've been doing that here in the county for a long time.

882
01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:46,000
But, you know, you can kind of, so on side note, track the tracking the administrative lift and the cost of that. I think we need to monetize that. We need to have it.

883
01:58:46,000 --> 01:58:52,000
We really need to daylight that ourselves and back to the state. So they understand that impact.

884
01:58:53,000 --> 01:59:02,000
But in terms of really individuals in our communities and our families and neighborhoods, do you have a rough idea how many we're serving in this whole spectrum.

885
01:59:03,000 --> 01:59:14,000
So I think that's, it's a complex answer only because we have individuals that hit our system and they are hitting our contract providers and sort of to the point around the state making the shift under EI.

886
01:59:14,000 --> 01:59:25,000
To have individual service level data, what we don't have that right now. So currently under our PEI contracts, we don't necessarily know how many individuals are being touched.

887
01:59:26,000 --> 01:59:35,000
We will have better data when we get to collecting the ISL data that starts January 1 of 2027.

888
01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:47,000
And then the first time the state is publishing, they're calling it the voter, which there's a long acronym for it, but it's basically accountability outcomes and transparency.

889
01:59:48,000 --> 01:59:53,000
The first time I think that's going to be published will be June 30 of 2029.

890
01:59:54,000 --> 02:00:00,000
So this data collection is pretty heavy and weighty. It's also why we made a shift to a different electronic.

891
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:11,000
Health record within the last 12 months to be able to have a system that actually could collect the data and then report it out without having, you know, manual little spreadsheets.

892
02:00:11,000 --> 02:00:22,000
I want to say off the top of my head that if we looked at our annual ATHS report, we try to do an annual metric of how many individuals served in our different systems.

893
02:00:22,000 --> 02:00:26,000
I want to say for a behavior that was around 2000.

894
02:00:26,000 --> 02:00:30,000
And I think on the said side, if you add that, it gets us to about 2,500.

895
02:00:30,000 --> 02:00:35,000
And that's just, again, that's not full line of sight across the whole system.

896
02:00:35,000 --> 02:00:38,000
Right. Right. So really, we're serving more.

897
02:00:38,000 --> 02:00:42,000
The need continues to increase for many reasons.

898
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:49,000
Generally, and yeah, you know, what I'm seeing here and hearing is that there's less funding and we have to be far more creative.

899
02:00:49,000 --> 02:00:51,000
But there's going to be negative impact.

900
02:00:51,000 --> 02:00:56,000
The money is not coming out there. And there have been extremely creative in terms of how we seek that funding.

901
02:00:56,000 --> 02:01:02,000
And as smart in terms of how we draw it down, whether it's funding or available, whether it be medical.

902
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:11,000
And then you test on that with, you know, just having the eligibility that's now by annual versus annual and keeping people.

903
02:01:11,000 --> 02:01:15,000
You know, eligible. So yeah, it's, it's a lot.

904
02:01:15,000 --> 02:01:25,000
In terms of your connection and I love the broad base network of connection, does that include our correctional facility?

905
02:01:25,000 --> 02:01:30,000
And people are transitioning out of the correctional facility because that wasn't that wasn't mentioned.

906
02:01:30,000 --> 02:01:38,000
And then anything in terms of like, you know, a local hospitals and health clinics that are also test points.

907
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:45,000
Yes. So that, that's a complex one. So they would sort of under justice involvement or one of the state schools.

908
02:01:45,000 --> 02:01:51,000
So as your board knows, we have our behavioral health clinicians are co-located in the jail.

909
02:01:51,000 --> 02:01:56,000
The old jail and the new beautiful jail. So they're co-located there.

910
02:01:56,000 --> 02:02:07,000
And they do partner with our sort of outside the four walls of the jail clinicians to ensure that they're good transitions to care from in the jail to outside the jail.

911
02:02:07,000 --> 02:02:16,000
Under Calame, one of the many initiatives, of course, the medical provider in the jail will be able to draw down medical dollars.

912
02:02:16,000 --> 02:02:23,000
We also have a piece of that because we're in the jail and we provide the behavioral health linkage, which is the piece back into the community.

913
02:02:23,000 --> 02:02:26,000
So that's sort of one really specific way.

914
02:02:26,000 --> 02:02:34,000
The other things you mentioned hospitals, we spend a lot of time coordinating with our hospitals.

915
02:02:35,000 --> 02:02:48,000
And our CSU provider, right, Chris would be here for health in the county around how we support our emergency departments when we have people who are having psychiatric crisis there.

916
02:02:48,000 --> 02:02:54,000
That, of course, ties to our CSU expansion, which is one of the beach of grants to increase capacity.

917
02:02:54,000 --> 02:03:04,000
That also ties to the behavioral health treatment center because we'll create additional capacity in having the sobering center, so we don't have people hitting the emergency department.

918
02:03:04,000 --> 02:03:11,000
So this is where you start to draw the lines of connection and all of these are very much designed to support our hospitals.

919
02:03:11,000 --> 02:03:17,000
But more importantly, support the people who are in need of care and getting to them to the right level of care.

920
02:03:18,000 --> 02:03:26,000
And the thing is important that we also talk about this spectrum of need on the people where they are on the behavioral health.

921
02:03:26,000 --> 02:03:43,000
Journey, if you will, and you know, the EI early intervention leaves out the P, which is prevention, which if you ask me is the best and most economic approach and most dignity dignified approach in terms of caring for people in need.

922
02:03:43,000 --> 02:03:49,000
But we'll go, yes, we'll stick with the EI for now and hope for the people to come back at a later date.

923
02:03:49,000 --> 02:03:55,000
Another, I know there's this is a whole another topic with a state hospital.

924
02:03:55,000 --> 02:04:00,000
You know, people say there's a state hospital here, how are they partnering with us?

925
02:04:00,000 --> 02:04:10,000
Is there is there any potential opportunity to work with a state hospital system and I know that's a whole complex issue too.

926
02:04:10,000 --> 02:04:14,000
But there are questions about that in confusion on the access.

927
02:04:14,000 --> 02:04:21,000
So we actually do partner with the state hospital system and we partner with them when it comes to conservatorships.

928
02:04:21,000 --> 02:04:25,000
So we have clients who are actually placed in a state hospital.

929
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:30,000
But we get in line sort of with everybody else around placements into state hospital systems.

930
02:04:30,000 --> 02:04:41,000
It is true that they are not a designated facility for taking people in psychiatric crisis, which at one point many decades ago they were.

931
02:04:41,000 --> 02:04:53,000
But we are using the state hospital system, I would say, to the same extent and very much need those beds to stay online because we have a statewide hospital bed shortage.

932
02:04:54,000 --> 02:05:08,000
Yeah, I certainly do. Okay, well, that's I mean, we can talk more about any more questions, but thank you again. This is an excellent presentation and appreciate all the hard work.

933
02:05:08,000 --> 02:05:11,000
Thank you. I'm not seeing anyone else.

934
02:05:11,000 --> 02:05:16,000
I'm letting a supervisor Gallagher.

935
02:05:16,000 --> 02:05:21,000
Thank you and thank you for the presentation.

936
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:29,000
I'm very complicated and complex issues and I know that you know, this isn't what we wanted to do.

937
02:05:29,000 --> 02:05:39,000
It's what we're doing because of the decision around prop one and attempting to be creative.

938
02:05:39,000 --> 02:05:50,000
And I'm also concerned about the prevention services that we are likely not going to fund through this mechanism will have to find some other way.

939
02:05:51,000 --> 02:06:07,000
Because, you know, population population health prevention is really different and I don't know if the public understands the differences maybe could touch a little bit on what that looks like at a state level versus the kind of prevention that we have been able to do locally.

940
02:06:07,000 --> 02:06:14,000
But I wanted to ask also with our contracted partners.

941
02:06:14,000 --> 02:06:19,000
Pulling the individualized service level data.

942
02:06:19,000 --> 02:06:27,000
Is that something that we or the state or anyone is helping with in terms of technical assistance?

943
02:06:27,000 --> 02:06:33,000
How are we making sure that is consistent across our our contracted agencies?

944
02:06:33,000 --> 02:06:42,000
Speak a little, dive a little bit more into that and how we're going to both collect and present that data.

945
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:55,000
Yeah, you're right. That is a big shift which is why we have specifically had discussions and meetings with our CBO partners because this Chelsea mentioned we did the EIRFP.

946
02:06:55,000 --> 02:07:06,000
In December and in part our timing was a couple of reasons one it takes a long time to get through the contracting process but really we wanted our providers to also.

947
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:13,000
I think at this time when we're reading headlines from other counties that are not great about contracts being canceled.

948
02:07:13,000 --> 02:07:33,000
We wanted people to know that although we had to sunset contracts because they were MHSA funded and that's going away that we very much intended to continue and have that sort of transition and sort of offboarding and onboarding so we are actually working right now on finalizing and drafting those contracts.

949
02:07:33,000 --> 02:07:49,000
We're probably coming to your board after the first start of the fiscal year but we're working with our providers to make it as painless as possible to collect the data and then we will be in putting the data into our system in a way so we can get it digested and reported that ultimately.

950
02:07:49,000 --> 02:08:02,000
We have the first sort of six months of the contract is sort of not required because it's a launch of one one of twenty seven so it's a calendar launch versus our fiscal year contracts but we are absolutely working on supporting our contractors.

951
02:08:02,000 --> 02:08:08,000
And that's really why we started the process so early so that everybody could get educated to the new way of being.

952
02:08:08,000 --> 02:08:21,000
I think that you know in terms of prevention a lot I think we've been having these conversations for a couple years now with our CBO partners and they've just done a really good job.

953
02:08:21,000 --> 02:08:30,000
Also figuring out how to modify programs so they are EI focused but still prevention focused at the same time.

954
02:08:30,000 --> 02:08:39,000
So I really commend them for their partnership and their work because it has been a journey and I feel like in our county it's a journey we're doing together.

955
02:08:39,000 --> 02:08:47,000
It remains to be seen the California Department of Public Health has issued their draft guidelines for other prevention.

956
02:08:47,000 --> 02:09:00,000
What they plan to do is have a third party vendor run an RFP process and then our CBO partners can apply think there's going to be some challenges just because they're looking at regional approaches to.

957
02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:13,000
So I would say some funding is coming back down through the counties not through a process that we manage which would have been lovely because we we know what we do and we can align it better locally.

958
02:09:13,000 --> 02:09:27,000
But it's unfortunate because we actually haven't seen that RFP come out yet and we were expecting it would be out because many people are looking to which a lie one fiscal year so we'll do our best to also support our CBOs is as that RFP comes out.

959
02:09:27,000 --> 02:09:36,000
There are also just under county they're they had mentioned community health workers there are also other opportunities where you can do prevention work.

960
02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:43,000
It just looks different and you'd have to structure your sort of line of business differently and you're you're staffing differently.

961
02:09:43,000 --> 02:09:52,000
But I know our CBOs are all working really hard in making that transition so that's why I say they're transitions within transitions within transition.

962
02:09:52,000 --> 02:10:00,000
So this is a really complicated time I think in my 23 years in this county the last three or four years have been the most wicked.

963
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:12,000
Fair behavior health and I think that's going to continue honestly into the next three or four years at minimum but there are a lot of things that play including 1115 waivers at the state level.

964
02:10:12,000 --> 02:10:30,000
We have a lot pending with CMS as well so I think we're all being as well educated as we can and also paying attention to what the changing ecosystem is going to bring because what's today is not going to be what's in three months and that's just the reality of it.

965
02:10:31,000 --> 02:10:33,000
Thank you supervisor.

966
02:10:33,000 --> 02:10:34,000
Control.

967
02:10:34,000 --> 02:10:35,000
Thank you chair.

968
02:10:35,000 --> 02:10:36,000
And thank you.

969
02:10:36,000 --> 02:10:45,000
Director Yasamoto and the team everyone in the room for the presentation today and all the work that you do and I just wanted to compliment you on this slide deck.

970
02:10:45,000 --> 02:10:50,000
I think it's very as so much information there but it's very well laid out.

971
02:10:50,000 --> 02:11:03,000
So I think my suggestion is when we hear from you again and we'll you'll know more about actual numbers of clients you'll know more about how the spend went will know something about.

972
02:11:03,000 --> 02:11:18,000
Hopefully the efficacy of the states prevention work but I'm hoping that because we now have some familiarity with this layout I think it would be a great overlay on what you bring back and to your very point you know things will be different in three months.

973
02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:30,000
And so to be able to say here's the playbook that we had here's the brand new things that we have I think that'll that'll be a nice anchor for us but thanks again.

974
02:11:30,000 --> 02:11:47,000
Okay thank you for the comments and questions from my colleagues in for your outstanding presentation I would just like I can't I mean these are great questions I don't have any to add really on questions but I just want to recognize the tremendous work involved in preparing this integrated plan.

975
02:11:47,000 --> 02:12:00,000
And I'll the good it's going to do for the community to have your attention to detail and really thinking through these issues from a systems perspective so carefully it's it's really wonderful.

976
02:12:00,000 --> 02:12:04,000
So thank you so with that may have a motion to the second.

977
02:12:04,000 --> 02:12:08,000
I'll move to approval with that welcome to gender to the team.

978
02:12:08,000 --> 02:12:09,000
Second.

979
02:12:09,000 --> 02:12:14,000
Okay I have a motion from Vice Chair Lessia second from Supervisor Ramos all those in favor.

980
02:12:14,000 --> 02:12:24,000
I all right the resolution is approved. Thank you so much for being here today.

981
02:12:24,000 --> 02:12:41,000
Our next item is nine B adopt a resolution amending section eight of the map with oh could we just take breaks is needed because we have about an hour and yeah just go.

982
02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:54,000
Okay thank you yeah I think we just need to take breaks is needed because we have a lot to get through still.

983
02:12:54,000 --> 02:12:58,000
And that that goes for anyone joining us in the room as well.

984
02:12:58,000 --> 02:13:13,000
So item nine B adopt a resolution amending section eight of the map accounting policy manual to reflect three sets of administrative changes related to electronic signatures disruptions to remote access to meetings of the board of supervisors and budgeting for attendance at the great wine capitals general assembly.

985
02:13:13,000 --> 02:13:19,000
I welcome legislative and policy analyst and roomized to present on this item.

986
02:13:35,000 --> 02:13:40,000
Members board morning. My name is Andrew Mice. I'm the legislative and policy analyst for an Apple County.

987
02:13:41,000 --> 02:13:46,000
I am also here today because of changes to California's law.

988
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:58,000
I'm before you today with three sets of administrative changes to board policies for conducting business the first set of changes relates to law passed last year that amended the brown act.

989
02:13:59,000 --> 02:14:12,000
These statutory changes set up in SB 707 require local governments to provide two way telephonic or internet audio visual services like zoom for remote speakers at open and public meetings.

990
02:14:12,000 --> 02:14:20,000
SB 707 also requires that local governments adopt a policy regarding disruption of these telephonic or audio visual services.

991
02:14:20,000 --> 02:14:37,000
That policy must by law be adopted prior to July 1 to 26 at a regular notice public meeting in open session and cannot be adopted via the consent calendar that is all in the law.

992
02:14:37,000 --> 02:14:47,000
Thus I am here at a notice public meeting in open session on your board's regular calendar to outline plans in the event of disruption.

993
02:14:47,000 --> 02:14:50,000
Thank you to the California legislature.

994
02:14:50,000 --> 02:15:00,000
By law if there is a disruption to telephonic or internet audio visual service that prevents members of the public from attending or observing the meeting.

995
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:13,000
By a two-way telephonic service or two-way audiovisual service, your board must now recess the open session of the meeting for at least one hour.

996
02:15:13,000 --> 02:15:20,000
And make a good face attempt to restore the service. Your board may elect to meet in close session during that time.

997
02:15:20,000 --> 02:15:29,000
Your board is not permitted to reconvene open session until at least one hour following the disruption, or until telephonic or internet audiovisual services restored,

998
02:15:29,000 --> 02:15:37,000
whichever is earlier. These statutory mandated changes are encompassed in a new appendix D to section eight.

999
02:15:37,000 --> 02:15:50,000
The changes proposed by staff and appendix D are sourced largely from council for the world can represent it as a California who put together a model policy for use by member counties.

1000
02:15:50,000 --> 02:15:56,000
Procedurally, here's an overview of what's staying the same and what's changing.

1001
02:15:56,000 --> 02:16:05,000
Your board already offers telephonic remote access public for two-way remote participation.

1002
02:16:05,000 --> 02:16:12,000
The clerk of the board already continuously monitors the meeting to ensure that remote access is functional.

1003
02:16:12,000 --> 02:16:18,000
And the clerk already notifies the chair if remote access is disrupted.

1004
02:16:19,000 --> 02:16:21,000
Now some new things.

1005
02:16:21,000 --> 02:16:27,000
If telephonic remote access is disrupted, the chair will now be required to pause the proceedings.

1006
02:16:27,000 --> 02:16:41,000
The chair will then have discretion to wait for a brief period during which no discussion or action may occur to determine if remote access can be reestablished without taking an hour long recess.

1007
02:16:41,000 --> 02:16:49,000
If not, the chair shall then recess the meeting for one hour while staff attempt to restore remote access.

1008
02:16:49,000 --> 02:16:57,000
Under the law, the meeting may resume once remote access is restored or one hour is elapsed, whichever is earlier.

1009
02:16:57,000 --> 02:17:05,000
The board may elect at this time to go into closed session while the meeting is in recess.

1010
02:17:05,000 --> 02:17:13,000
And then you've got kind of a binary. If remote access is restored, the clerk will so announced to remote attendees.

1011
02:17:13,000 --> 02:17:20,000
If the board is in closed session when access is restored, the clerk will additionally so announced to remote attendees.

1012
02:17:20,000 --> 02:17:31,000
If remote access is not restored after one hour lapses, the board may reconvene into open session subject to two certain conditions.

1013
02:17:32,000 --> 02:17:49,000
In order to reconvene without remote access, the chairs shall make an initial, make an initial verbal note of the following findings of fact, which can be subject to later legal challenge.

1014
02:17:49,000 --> 02:17:58,000
Remote access was unable to be restored despite good faith efforts having been made in accordance with the board's policy for no less than one hour.

1015
02:17:58,000 --> 02:18:14,000
Number two, provision of a description in full of the efforts taken by the clerk to restore remote access in accordance with the board's policy and a characterization that those efforts are the full extent of our good faith effort.

1016
02:18:15,000 --> 02:18:34,000
And finally, a statement that government code section 54953.4 and this policy allow the board to resume open session without remote access upon making both of the following specific findings by roll call vote, which is requires the majority vote of the board.

1017
02:18:34,000 --> 02:18:51,000
First, that good faith efforts to restore the telephonic or internet service have been made in accordance with this policy and to that the public interest in continuing the meeting outweighs the public interest in remote meeting access.

1018
02:18:51,000 --> 02:18:57,000
Those are required by law specifically those two findings.

1019
02:18:57,000 --> 02:19:06,000
Following these statements, any member of the board may move to adopt these findings and resume the open session of the meeting following a second on the motion.

1020
02:19:06,000 --> 02:19:11,000
A roll call vote with the majority voting to resume the meeting is required.

1021
02:19:11,000 --> 02:19:18,000
Should the motion not pass, your board's open session will immediately conclude.

1022
02:19:18,000 --> 02:19:26,000
If the board met and closed session, any report of election must be announced as otherwise required by the Brown Act.

1023
02:19:26,000 --> 02:19:30,000
That's the precipitating change. That's really why I'm here.

1024
02:19:30,000 --> 02:19:37,000
We also have a staff to set of recommended changes, which are really administrative cleanup.

1025
02:19:37,000 --> 02:19:43,000
Staff first recommended changes related to the use of the chair's electronic digital or facsimile signature.

1026
02:19:43,000 --> 02:19:52,000
California law authorizes the use of the chair's electronic signature on official documents, including those resulting from the board's meetings.

1027
02:19:52,000 --> 02:20:02,000
And position letters transmitted by county legislative staff on behalf of the board, pursuant to a prior action of the board.

1028
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:16,000
This change outlines that the chair may delegate the affixing of his or her electronic signature to the clerk of the board to deputies of the clerk and to the county's legislative staff by executing a document or documents.

1029
02:20:16,000 --> 02:20:22,000
Provided by the county council, setting the delegation and setting forth what shall be considered the chair signature.

1030
02:20:22,000 --> 02:20:34,000
Finally, a third change staff recommend consolidation of the language relating to budgeting for great wine capitals that is currently in section two of the board's policy manual.

1031
02:20:34,000 --> 02:20:40,000
That's the agricultural commissioners policy into this section eight of the board's policy manual.

1032
02:20:40,000 --> 02:20:47,000
Staff recommend this consolidation to keep all language related to great wine capitals in one policy section eight.

1033
02:20:47,000 --> 02:21:06,000
Staff will be bringing a project forward to the board in the future to clean up and modernize the board's other administrative policies, which will include consolidation or elimination of some unnecessary policies, updating out of date policies and improving public access to the board's policy manual.

1034
02:21:06,000 --> 02:21:16,000
I am now happy to answer any clarifying questions and board in advance of public comment and subsequent motion and if needed discussion on that motion, thank you.

1035
02:21:16,000 --> 02:21:21,000
Thank you, Mr. Mizer, there are any questions or comments from the board.

1036
02:21:21,000 --> 02:21:28,000
I'm not seeing any is there anyone in the room wishing to speak in public comment on this item.

1037
02:21:28,000 --> 02:21:31,000
Not seeing anyone is there anyone on the funds.

1038
02:21:31,000 --> 02:21:44,000
No, okay, great. Well, I would like to thank the state legislature for bringing us and remise today. Thank you and also for the additional topics that the staff have added to this.

1039
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:51,000
I think it's it's all good updates and I welcome a motion to adopt the resolution.

1040
02:21:51,000 --> 02:21:53,000
So moved.

1041
02:21:53,000 --> 02:21:54,000
Second.

1042
02:21:54,000 --> 02:22:01,000
Okay, I have a motion by Supervisor Custrell, a second by Vice Chair, Alessia, all those in favor.

1043
02:22:01,000 --> 02:22:05,000
I pass this unanimously and thank you so much for that presentation.

1044
02:22:05,000 --> 02:22:13,000
We'll move on to item nine C approval and authorization for the chair to sign a letter requesting waiver of repayment of loans made by the map economy.

1045
02:22:13,000 --> 02:22:23,000
Let very as a resort improvement district or end bread in the amount of five million dollars pursuant to government code section two five two one four four.

1046
02:22:23,000 --> 02:22:29,000
And I have a staff report from engineering manager Chris silk welcome Mr. silk.

1047
02:22:29,000 --> 02:22:31,000
Go ahead when you're ready.

1048
02:22:31,000 --> 02:22:33,000
Okay, good morning.

1049
02:22:33,000 --> 02:22:39,000
Good morning to the county board of supervisors.

1050
02:22:39,000 --> 02:22:40,000
We're here.

1051
02:22:40,000 --> 02:22:43,000
Since where I get to issue dual salutations.

1052
02:22:43,000 --> 02:22:48,000
So as you saw in your packet today, we have before you.

1053
02:22:48,000 --> 02:22:54,000
What I'm calling milestone number two for the Renaissance of MBR ID utilities.

1054
02:22:55,000 --> 02:23:19,000
milestone one was passed earlier this year and that was measure A and that was a 72% yes vote by the residents of the community to enact a 1560 dollar parcel tax to which that revenue would augment our user rate and other minority revenue sources to balance the budget.

1055
02:23:19,000 --> 02:23:34,000
MBR ID as I presented before the board for several years has been in financial turmoil with a series of loans issued to the utilities that began in 2008.

1056
02:23:34,000 --> 02:23:40,000
I'm not going to go through the chronology of the loan issuance and the consolidation.

1057
02:23:40,000 --> 02:23:47,000
I would just note that at least as it stands now we have an aggregate.

1058
02:23:47,000 --> 02:23:57,000
A cruel of loans promissari notes issued to the district from Napa County that amount to five million dollars.

1059
02:23:57,000 --> 02:24:08,000
The individual amounts are stated in the board letter that are just to both the governing board of the resort district as well as the county board of supervisors.

1060
02:24:08,000 --> 02:24:15,000
The actions that are sought today are sequential the first of which is a letter.

1061
02:24:15,000 --> 02:24:22,000
That would be signed by the chair of the governing board of Napa area so resort improvement district.

1062
02:24:22,000 --> 02:24:33,000
I'll read the specific actions after we have an open discussion related to the waiver of repayment of five million dollars that is.

1063
02:24:33,000 --> 02:24:37,000
That is in a conference to the utilities at the district.

1064
02:24:37,000 --> 02:24:43,000
The one thing that I will say is that you know as a result of this being miles to two.

1065
02:24:43,000 --> 02:24:55,000
If in fact this passes this sets the stage for staff to pursue what we foresee is twenty million dollars in capital improvements accessing.

1066
02:24:55,000 --> 02:25:00,000
Grim monies issued either by the state or the federal government.

1067
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:08,000
We do have a precedent at various states to which we campaigned rigorously over goodness.

1068
02:25:08,000 --> 02:25:15,000
Almost a 16 year period through era and various federal legislative programs.

1069
02:25:15,000 --> 02:25:19,000
And we did so successfully bringing in twenty two million dollars.

1070
02:25:19,000 --> 02:25:28,000
The other thing that I also wanted to mention as a prelude to our discussion is that back in December of 2013 I do have with me.

1071
02:25:28,000 --> 02:25:38,000
The board letter to which an action was sought relieving various states of 1.67 million dollars in a debt in this to the county.

1072
02:25:38,000 --> 02:25:42,000
So there is a precedent for this type of action.

1073
02:25:42,000 --> 02:25:45,000
We do want to continue.

1074
02:25:45,000 --> 02:25:50,000
You know, our mission here to fortify the infrastructure.

1075
02:25:50,000 --> 02:25:54,000
The treatment plants are weak as I've indicated before.

1076
02:25:54,000 --> 02:26:00,000
I just learned last night that there potentially could be an algabloom episode emerging.

1077
02:26:00,000 --> 02:26:01,000
That's still Kenyan.

1078
02:26:01,000 --> 02:26:11,000
So the treatment process that is there now is generally concerned me since I arrived as an employee and being the engineering manager.

1079
02:26:11,000 --> 02:26:15,000
For the county. So we want to switch out that process.

1080
02:26:15,000 --> 02:26:20,000
We want to have something that's more adaptable to climate and you know,

1081
02:26:20,000 --> 02:26:24,000
and provides for a better barrier of algae if this were to persist.

1082
02:26:24,000 --> 02:26:35,000
And then also we just we need to do capital improvements to the wastewater side of the utilities to expand our treatment capacity and be prepared for reserve development.

1083
02:26:35,000 --> 02:26:41,000
If and when not you come and we simply want to design these improvements so that they're turkey.

1084
02:26:41,000 --> 02:26:45,000
They're nothing more than pipes that are stubbed with blind flanges,

1085
02:26:45,000 --> 02:26:48,000
instrumentation conduits electrical conduits.

1086
02:26:48,000 --> 02:26:52,000
So it's virtually plum plug and play.

1087
02:26:52,000 --> 02:26:54,000
So that's our vision.

1088
02:26:54,000 --> 02:26:57,000
We see this playing out over the next three to five years.

1089
02:26:58,000 --> 02:27:05,000
We do have the rural community assistance corporation that has offered there.

1090
02:27:05,000 --> 02:27:12,000
Their labor assistance at no charge to us put together these grain applications which is a heavy lift.

1091
02:27:12,000 --> 02:27:16,000
So it seems like we're moving in the right direction,

1092
02:27:16,000 --> 02:27:21,000
but we do need to get through the bad here to get to the good.

1093
02:27:22,000 --> 02:27:37,000
And so with that I think of what I'd like to do is pause and open it up to a general discussion amongst the board and myself and then I can read to you the sequential recommended actions that would be taken at that time.

1094
02:27:37,000 --> 02:27:39,000
Okay, thank you.

1095
02:27:39,000 --> 02:27:44,000
Our I see supervisor Ramas.

1096
02:27:44,000 --> 02:27:46,000
Yes, thank you.

1097
02:27:46,000 --> 02:27:50,000
Thank you for the presentation and the little brief recap.

1098
02:27:50,000 --> 02:27:54,000
We have found ourselves similarly in a position with the like various,

1099
02:27:54,000 --> 02:28:04,000
a resort improvement district of having to forgive loans that had previously been issued by the county in order to enable them to receive other other funds.

1100
02:28:04,000 --> 02:28:19,000
So not unusual in this sense, but I kind of want to take a step back and say that there's there's a greater discussion here that needs to happen and I mentioned this two meetings ago.

1101
02:28:20,000 --> 02:28:40,000
And that is this board has to have a serious look at the development or proposed development desire development whatever whatever is going on at like various at this point because there are a couple of things that this system.

1102
02:28:40,000 --> 02:29:03,000
Notwithstanding the the prior the prior failings to have a capital fund to invest in that got this system and these residents into this situation it is what it is right now and we we have to help position that area to be able to be sustainable.

1103
02:29:03,000 --> 02:29:08,000
I'm very much questioning that right now of what that looks like.

1104
02:29:08,000 --> 02:29:20,000
The costs continue to increase and I think we we owe it to ourselves and to the residents to have a dual.

1105
02:29:20,000 --> 02:29:37,000
Discussion about development at various and what that those impacts may have especially here to end bread because the truth is we've we've gone out with we have hired staff to go out and reprint we have this plan and.

1106
02:29:37,000 --> 02:29:40,000
We have some.

1107
02:29:40,000 --> 02:29:52,000
Luke War Ventress I guess it seems I don't know I have many next week I'll find out more on still gang in so if that does not happen.

1108
02:29:52,000 --> 02:30:00,000
We've been saying to ourselves we've got to get the system ready for that development and and it's almost starting to.

1109
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:13,000
If we look at the numbers and a forgiveness of five million dollars, it's not insignificant, like a, it don't want to at all minimize what that means.

1110
02:30:13,000 --> 02:30:24,000
When we look at that type of a contribution into this system, because at this point that's what it is, it's an expenditure and contribution into the system, they're not paying us back.

1111
02:30:24,000 --> 02:30:28,000
Things like we're starting to treat still canyon, like it's going to be some savior.

1112
02:30:28,000 --> 02:30:39,000
And I'm concerned about that. I'm concerned about how this all is going to pencil out, so I understand the timing wise that we do need to do this.

1113
02:30:39,000 --> 02:30:48,000
But I also think that, physically, we need to look at what our policy is going to look like.

1114
02:30:48,000 --> 02:30:54,000
This should, in fact, run like an enterprise system. It should pay for itself, just like the airport.

1115
02:30:54,000 --> 02:31:03,000
It is not. It never has. And so we, we need to start really looking at what, what comes next after that.

1116
02:31:03,000 --> 02:31:16,000
This isn't this, this is a water system like many other water systems and maybe this in fact comes to a next step referral, perhaps at the board makes after looking at the sustainability of this.

1117
02:31:16,000 --> 02:31:36,000
When we look at the county time that has been spent and managing this and what that looks like maybe it's a referral for a second, second step supplemental report to last co on water services and how we look at management of small water services and water companies.

1118
02:31:36,000 --> 02:31:50,000
But this does not look sustainable. This is not my first time for giving loans. This is the largest loan. I think I've forgiven at this point, whether it's Elbred or Enbridge.

1119
02:31:50,000 --> 02:32:05,000
But I also say this in the sense that, you know, we are, we are getting to a place and we heard public comment earlier this morning about, you know, paying paying for water that abuse and how that, how that.

1120
02:32:05,000 --> 02:32:18,000
How that goes into someone's calculation. I also say it's, it's necessary for life, right? That it most definitely is water is life.

1121
02:32:18,000 --> 02:32:32,000
But this is coming at an incredibly high cost and we need to make sure that we are looking to how do we reduce the cost, but also what comes next.

1122
02:32:32,000 --> 02:32:44,000
Because when I look at the amount of county time that is spent by staff managing this, it's starting to really be a lot and I don't see an end insight.

1123
02:32:44,000 --> 02:32:58,000
So I just want to say, I think that's the referral. I'm going ahead and say it. Bring all things like Barriesta with water and the water systems included for us to look at what does that look like.

1124
02:32:58,000 --> 02:33:08,000
And to start looking at how do we transition this into truly an enterprise fund that it's paying for it. So thank you.

1125
02:33:08,000 --> 02:33:10,000
Yes, thank you.

1126
02:33:10,000 --> 02:33:15,000
Okay, madam chair. Before we take for the board comment. Can we take public comment?

1127
02:33:15,000 --> 02:33:17,000
Sure.

1128
02:33:17,000 --> 02:33:20,000
Okay, skipped over public comment.

1129
02:33:20,000 --> 02:33:24,000
Is there anyone in the room wishing to speak on this subject?

1130
02:33:24,000 --> 02:33:27,000
And not seeing anyone is there anyone on the phone? No.

1131
02:33:27,000 --> 02:33:28,000
Okay.

1132
02:33:28,000 --> 02:33:33,000
Then we will continue with board comments. Supervisor Katrell.

1133
02:33:34,000 --> 02:33:39,000
Thank you. And thank you, Mr. Silk, for the presentation. Totally support.

1134
02:33:39,000 --> 02:33:46,000
Supervisor Ramos's referrals. I think just having more discussion about what comes next here makes sense.

1135
02:33:46,000 --> 02:33:51,000
And at the same time remembering that we have an opportunity here.

1136
02:33:51,000 --> 02:34:01,000
And I think you've spoken to us before about the need to to take this, this, you know, extreme step.

1137
02:34:01,000 --> 02:34:10,000
But, but what that does is set this community up for being able to access grants that it could not do if it had this.

1138
02:34:10,000 --> 02:34:12,000
And conference this outstanding.

1139
02:34:12,000 --> 02:34:14,000
That is correct. Yes.

1140
02:34:14,000 --> 02:34:20,000
And so the program, the funny programs that we intend to apply for.

1141
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:28,000
When we submit the financial package either at the onset or prior to notice of intent to obligate money.

1142
02:34:29,000 --> 02:34:42,000
Obviously, the finances were reviewed and it would show heavy debt and comments to which they would not issue grant monies until such time that that the debt ratio was reduced.

1143
02:34:42,000 --> 02:34:51,000
So that that's what became a prerequisite for LBRD to secure its CWS are a funding agreement.

1144
02:34:52,000 --> 02:35:02,000
And then I just wanted to also point out that the voters in and bridge service area approved attacks on themselves measure a for 10 years to provide something here.

1145
02:35:02,000 --> 02:35:10,000
So and I'm an agreement that that having a board wide discussion and overview of.

1146
02:35:10,000 --> 02:35:16,000
Various I think makes sense. So I'm supportive of this section.

1147
02:35:16,000 --> 02:35:17,000
Okay.

1148
02:35:17,000 --> 02:35:19,000
Supervisor LSE.

1149
02:35:19,000 --> 02:35:22,000
Yeah, just real quick. I'll chime in also.

1150
02:35:22,000 --> 02:35:34,000
Yeah, looking at the history of this. This has been an ongoing area of concern and financial concern with the old system that needs treatment.

1151
02:35:34,000 --> 02:35:43,000
I think that the voters there's the district stepping up and saying yes, you know, we will, you know, they're not most of those folks aren't.

1152
02:35:43,000 --> 02:35:57,000
I mean, you know, this is not a very rich community, if you will, well, wealthy community, but they approved measure a I think that that's there's their part saying hey we're in in this too.

1153
02:35:57,000 --> 02:35:59,000
So I think that's a great sign.

1154
02:35:59,000 --> 02:36:06,000
We have to set ourselves up for being able to be eligible for other funding to address the issue.

1155
02:36:06,000 --> 02:36:12,000
I also think ideally, boy, if we can create this as an enterprise fund is supervisor Ramos said,

1156
02:36:12,000 --> 02:36:20,000
I mean, to me, that just kind of rings true. It feels true based on other enterprise funds. I've known and been involved in.

1157
02:36:20,000 --> 02:36:22,000
That would be the ideal.

1158
02:36:22,000 --> 02:36:35,000
I do still have hope and for the vision of that area and all the the time and energy and planning for the different parks and having some kind of economics stimulus out there.

1159
02:36:35,000 --> 02:36:47,000
It takes one take try to get it going for another to bring more income into that area to help offset the different areas in the cost out there.

1160
02:36:47,000 --> 02:36:59,000
It's a very interesting area just historically the interesting area before it was even, you know, like, very yes, but it's, I mean, I support this moving forward.

1161
02:36:59,000 --> 02:37:05,000
Well, it caught my eye when we first looked at the board packet and I'm like, whoa, you know, it's a lot.

1162
02:37:05,000 --> 02:37:11,000
But I understand that I understand the thought behind it and so therefore I also support this.

1163
02:37:11,000 --> 02:37:21,000
And just continued efforts with what's going on out there with bringing in some kind of an economic anchor or some kind of vitality out there.

1164
02:37:21,000 --> 02:37:30,000
I think it's good to be really important. So I want us to continue to do that and hopefully we'll see some something come out of that, but thank you for your presentation.

1165
02:37:30,000 --> 02:37:31,000
Sure. Thank you.

1166
02:37:31,000 --> 02:37:33,000
Thank you. Supervisor Gallagher.

1167
02:37:33,000 --> 02:37:45,000
I'm just going to make a motion that we approve and authorize the chair to sign a letter requesting favor of repayment of loans made by Napa County to Napa very as a resort improvement district, the amount of five million.

1168
02:37:45,000 --> 02:37:52,000
We're so into government code section two five two on four point four second.

1169
02:37:52,000 --> 02:37:56,000
Okay. I would like to also make comments go for it.

1170
02:37:56,000 --> 02:38:00,000
And it's my district.

1171
02:38:00,000 --> 02:38:01,000
I'll keep it quick.

1172
02:38:01,000 --> 02:38:12,000
I know that things are going on this morning, but I see this for long forgiveness is a way of cutting losses for the county and way of helping position this community to

1173
02:38:12,000 --> 02:38:18,000
receive grants successfully because they to my knowledge cannot receive grants while they have debt.

1174
02:38:18,000 --> 02:38:31,000
So that's a very important step for and they've also taken the very admirable step of increasing the fees on their parcels to move the whole process forward.

1175
02:38:31,000 --> 02:38:41,000
And so I think they're doing the right things. This is a way for us to help them continue getting the resources they need to upgrade the systems and make sure they're working.

1176
02:38:41,000 --> 02:38:51,000
And I am less confident about an enterprise fund being the right solution, but I would very much like to discuss it. So I absolutely support, you know, a discussion about.

1177
02:38:51,000 --> 02:39:01,000
Like various broadly and what the vision is for that area, I think it's it's high time we we have a close look at that.

1178
02:39:02,000 --> 02:39:13,000
This is an area that's been dealing with a lot of homes lost in fire recovery and that is in fact part of this problem here, which is there's less revenue to support the system because there's so many fewer homes.

1179
02:39:13,000 --> 02:39:22,000
You know, from the people who are still there, their property values are very important to them because, you know, as Supervisor, unless you have this tends to be a less wealthy community.

1180
02:39:22,000 --> 02:39:27,000
So, you know, it's not something that we just get to walk away from and we have to work.

1181
02:39:27,000 --> 02:39:43,000
And so, you know, you know, I'll just say I support for giving the loan as well. So I have a motion by Supervisor Gallagher and a second by was it control.

1182
02:39:43,000 --> 02:39:47,000
It was around a second by Ramas, my mistake.

1183
02:39:47,000 --> 02:39:53,000
But just if I could interject, there are two requested actions on behalf of the governing board.

1184
02:39:53,000 --> 02:40:03,000
In addition to the author's authorized submission of the attached letter, there's also authorized the auditor controller to make necessary budget area adjustments.

1185
02:40:03,000 --> 02:40:14,000
Sorry, amendments in accounting transactions to clear the outstanding loan liability with a corresponding revenue for the forgiveness in the amount of five million dollars plus a crude interest.

1186
02:40:14,000 --> 02:40:16,000
So just wanted to clear.

1187
02:40:16,000 --> 02:40:18,000
Chair, man, brief.

1188
02:40:18,000 --> 02:40:28,000
And I don't know if Mr. Silk was going on to the next item, but we purposely separated the county's action from in bread.

1189
02:40:28,000 --> 02:40:35,000
So in bread's action is to approve the letter and then we'll move on to the next one and do the county's piece.

1190
02:40:35,000 --> 02:40:43,000
Thank you. That was my understanding. So right now we're looking at approval and authorization for the chair to sign a letter requesting waiver of repayment loans made by an applicant.

1191
02:40:43,000 --> 02:40:53,000
A county to end bread in the amount of five million dollars pursuant to government code section 25214.4 and that's a motion by Gallagher second by Ramas.

1192
02:40:53,000 --> 02:40:55,000
All those in favor.

1193
02:40:55,000 --> 02:40:56,000
I.

1194
02:40:56,000 --> 02:41:11,000
Passes unanimously and now we have item 90 consideration impossible adoption of a resolution waving the repayment of loans made to the map of various a resort improvements district in the amount of five million dollars pursuant to government code section 25214.

1195
02:41:11,000 --> 02:41:17,000
And for this one, I have a staff report by Michael Climin listed. I don't know if.

1196
02:41:17,000 --> 02:41:23,000
If we've already discussed it thoroughly enough, but okay, welcome, Michael.

1197
02:41:23,000 --> 02:41:27,000
And I welcome your report.

1198
02:41:27,000 --> 02:41:40,000
I don't have anything additional to report, but we are obviously here to take the if we're moving forward. There's two additional actions by the Board of Supervisors.

1199
02:41:41,000 --> 02:41:43,000
And I can read that to you.

1200
02:41:43,000 --> 02:41:48,000
Okay, so the requested action as county border supervisors is adopt the resolution.

1201
02:41:48,000 --> 02:41:54,000
Waving repayment of the outstanding loans to the district in the amount of five million plus a crude interest.

1202
02:41:54,000 --> 02:42:02,000
And authorized the auditor controller to make the necessary budgetary amendments and accounting transactions to clear the outstanding loan receivable.

1203
02:42:02,000 --> 02:42:09,000
And with the corresponding expenditure for the forgiveness in the general fund in the amount of two million four hundred forty nine thousand.

1204
02:42:09,000 --> 02:42:19,000
And in the capital projects fund accumulated the capital out late in the amount of two million five hundred fifty one thousand plus interest.

1205
02:42:19,000 --> 02:42:23,000
Thank you. Do we have any public comment on this item.

1206
02:42:23,000 --> 02:42:28,000
Not seeing anyone in the room approaching the podium. Is there anyone on the funds? No. Okay, then.

1207
02:42:28,000 --> 02:42:31,000
Are there any additional. Okay, I have an additional.

1208
02:42:31,000 --> 02:42:32,000
I have something to.

1209
02:42:32,000 --> 02:42:36,000
I'm just procedural. I don't see that second part on the agenda.

1210
02:42:36,000 --> 02:42:46,000
Nor is it in the staff report. I don't think the only thing on the agenda is resolution waving the repayment of loans.

1211
02:42:46,000 --> 02:42:48,000
So you know what it showed up at this.

1212
02:42:48,000 --> 02:42:52,000
It's at the end of it. It's not in request to the action.

1213
02:42:52,000 --> 02:42:55,000
Yeah, at the end of the staff agenda.

1214
02:42:55,000 --> 02:42:57,000
It just didn't make it into the recommendation.

1215
02:42:57,000 --> 02:42:59,000
Make sure everything's on.

1216
02:42:59,000 --> 02:43:01,000
Yeah.

1217
02:43:01,000 --> 02:43:02,000
Thanks.

1218
02:43:02,000 --> 02:43:04,000
Thank you. Good point for clarity.

1219
02:43:04,000 --> 02:43:07,000
Supervisor. All right, I'll make that motion.

1220
02:43:07,000 --> 02:43:09,000
Supervisor, Leslie, did you have a comment?

1221
02:43:09,000 --> 02:43:15,000
No, I just thought you might want to make the motion. I want to make sure that Gallagher was had our question.

1222
02:43:15,000 --> 02:43:16,000
Answer.

1223
02:43:16,000 --> 02:43:19,000
Because I see that you're focused in Gallagher had questions.

1224
02:43:19,000 --> 02:43:20,000
Just think of ice chair.

1225
02:43:20,000 --> 02:43:22,000
Thank you, vice chair.

1226
02:43:22,000 --> 02:43:24,000
All right. I have a motion by control.

1227
02:43:24,000 --> 02:43:27,000
Do I have a second?

1228
02:43:29,000 --> 02:43:30,000
What?

1229
02:43:31,000 --> 02:43:33,000
I'll second. Okay. Motion by control.

1230
02:43:33,000 --> 02:43:36,000
Second, vice supervisor, Leslie. All those in favor.

1231
02:43:36,000 --> 02:43:37,000
I.

1232
02:43:37,000 --> 02:43:38,000
Thank you.

1233
02:43:38,000 --> 02:43:40,000
Okay. Thank you very much.

1234
02:43:40,000 --> 02:43:42,000
Yes. I can tell. We've been.

1235
02:43:42,000 --> 02:43:44,000
Having a long warning.

1236
02:43:44,000 --> 02:43:45,000
Okay.

1237
02:43:45,000 --> 02:43:48,000
So let's just check in about time here.

1238
02:43:48,000 --> 02:43:57,000
We have item nine items nine E and nine F nine E is possibly a 30 to 40 minute item and the same for nine

1239
02:43:57,000 --> 02:44:01,000
F and it is 1145. So.

1240
02:44:01,000 --> 02:44:08,000
We also have a closed session and numerous public hearings this afternoon, which will probably go fairly quickly.

1241
02:44:08,000 --> 02:44:10,000
Maybe 20 minutes after that.

1242
02:44:10,000 --> 02:44:13,000
So we could take the public hearings now.

1243
02:44:13,000 --> 02:44:14,000
No.

1244
02:44:14,000 --> 02:44:16,000
We don't have a lot of it.

1245
02:44:16,000 --> 02:44:18,000
Public here for E.

1246
02:44:18,000 --> 02:44:20,000
Yeah, I think we should do that.

1247
02:44:20,000 --> 02:44:21,000
Okay.

1248
02:44:21,000 --> 02:44:22,000
Okay.

1249
02:44:22,000 --> 02:44:24,000
So.

1250
02:44:24,000 --> 02:44:26,000
What?

1251
02:44:26,000 --> 02:44:27,000
Yeah.

1252
02:44:27,000 --> 02:44:28,000
Yeah. Okay.

1253
02:44:28,000 --> 02:44:34,000
We're going to go to item ninety proof chance middle of the proposed response to the 2526 grand jury report.

1254
02:44:34,000 --> 02:44:36,000
Fear of ice in the valley.

1255
02:44:36,000 --> 02:44:43,000
Mappacani law enforcement's response to the presiding judge of the Nappacani superior court as prescribed by section 933 of the penal code.

1256
02:44:43,000 --> 02:44:49,000
And for this one, we have a staff report from legislative and policy analyst Andrew Mice.

1257
02:44:49,000 --> 02:44:51,000
Whenever you're ready.

1258
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:10,000
Members of Board, thank you for your time today. My name is Andrew Mines. I need legislative and policy analyst for NAPA County.

1259
02:45:10,000 --> 02:45:28,000
I am before your Board today to provide the proposed response of the Board's ad hoc committee on inclusivity to the April 13, 2020-26. NAPA County civil grandeur report, fear of ice in the valley, NAPA County law enforcement's response.

1260
02:45:28,000 --> 02:45:42,000
Should your Board approve these recommendations, staff will transmit the proposed response to the presiding judge of the NAPA County Superior Court, as prescribed by section 933 of the California penal code.

1261
02:45:42,000 --> 02:45:53,000
I want to pause for a moment to thank the members and four person of the civil grand jury for their time and attention in researching and producing this report.

1262
02:45:53,000 --> 02:46:02,000
It is cogent and pertinent and reflects careful attention to detail.

1263
02:46:02,000 --> 02:46:09,000
The matter hand is emotionally charged and complex.

1264
02:46:09,000 --> 02:46:20,000
Further California law on local government interactions with federal immigration enforcement authorities is ever shifting and subject to frequent litigation.

1265
02:46:20,000 --> 02:46:34,000
The substance of the proposed response reinforces this organization's compelling and narrowly tailored interest in public safety as the bottom line purpose of local law enforcement.

1266
02:46:34,000 --> 02:46:43,000
This compelling local interest frames the decisions proposed in the response.

1267
02:46:43,000 --> 02:46:53,000
The proposed response lays out three operational changes of which the CEO will direct immediate implementation if approved by the Board today.

1268
02:46:53,000 --> 02:47:11,000
The first policy change of your Board's ad hoc committee is to no longer exercise the full extent of the county's statutory authority to respond to federal detainant requests based on prior misdemeanor convictions that could have been charged as a felony or misdemeanor.

1269
02:47:12,000 --> 02:47:22,000
These kinds of crimes are known as wobbler offenses because they can wobble between felony and misdemeanor based on prosecutorial judicial and jury discretion.

1270
02:47:22,000 --> 02:47:40,000
Although responses to detainant requests based on misdemeanor wobbler offenses are permitted by California law the proposal prescribes future responses to detainant requests that could otherwise be made using a misdemeanor wobbler offense as a qualifying charge.

1271
02:47:41,000 --> 02:47:47,000
The second policy change is a restriction on the felony wobbler look back period.

1272
02:47:47,000 --> 02:47:56,000
California law permits local personnel to look back 15 years on felony wobbler convictions for qualified charges.

1273
02:47:56,000 --> 02:48:06,000
However, the proposal prescribes future responses to detainant requests for felony wobbler convictions older than 10 years.

1274
02:48:07,000 --> 02:48:17,000
This proposed change recognizes that it is appropriate to respond accordingly and proportionally to broader societal changes.

1275
02:48:17,000 --> 02:48:32,000
In this moment, the proposal acknowledges that the maximum allowable look back period permitted by California law no longer furthers the original purpose of this policy.

1276
02:48:33,000 --> 02:48:50,000
Finally, the grand jury recommended that the board conduct more frequent and evening truth act hearings and also disclose additional categories of information about individuals, including age, gender, country board and recidivism.

1277
02:48:50,000 --> 02:49:06,000
As to more frequent hearing, the ad hoc committee recommends and staff have in the interest of responsiveness and transparency already developed and executed a real time dashboard with information about responses to detainant requests.

1278
02:49:06,000 --> 02:49:19,000
This goes above and beyond the grand jury's recommendation to hold more frequent hearings and exceeds any of our sister counties in the Bay Area in terms of its transparency.

1279
02:49:20,000 --> 02:49:37,000
The dashboard is publicly available on the Napper County website and reinforcing our interest in transparency is easily accessed by clicking the dedicated permanent California values act link on the Department of Corrections in custody menu.

1280
02:49:37,000 --> 02:49:54,000
The Department of Corrections staff have populated the database back to January 1 to 2026 and continue to update the page in ongoing fashion, including if applicable, the charge qualifying and individual fur response to detainant requests.

1281
02:49:54,000 --> 02:50:06,000
I am happy to answer any clarifying questions from the board in advance of public comment and subsequent motion and as needed discussion of that motion. Thank you.

1282
02:50:07,000 --> 02:50:20,000
Mr. Mays, do we have any, I'm sorry, I'll take public comment first, is there anyone in the room wishing to comment welcome.

1283
02:50:20,000 --> 02:50:23,000
I feel have three minutes.

1284
02:50:38,000 --> 02:50:50,000
Still morning. Good morning, everyone. My name is Adrian Maldonado and I'm the director of the Community Leaders Coalition and a partner of the Napper Valley together collaborative.

1285
02:50:50,000 --> 02:50:55,000
First, I just want to say thank you to all of you and your staff.

1286
02:50:55,000 --> 02:51:13,000
Also, Sheriff Ortiz and the County Department heads for taking the time to engage in conversations and recognizing community based organizations like our collaborative Napper Valley together as partners in this work.

1287
02:51:13,000 --> 02:51:20,000
I acknowledge the board for being thoughtful, getting clear and aligned on their policy.

1288
02:51:20,000 --> 02:51:29,000
It is not easy, it's not an easy decision or easy conversations to have, but we're really shines through as the importance of having open lines of communication.

1289
02:51:29,000 --> 02:51:42,000
It is important that together we work to be to be a Napper that is safe for all residents and ensure makes that as an immigrant neighbors feel welcomed and like they belong unconditionally.

1290
02:51:44,000 --> 02:51:53,000
The issues raised in the grand jury report touch on important questions around public safety, transparency, trust and belonging.

1291
02:51:53,000 --> 02:52:00,000
So thank you again to all the members and advocates who share their experiences and their expertise throughout that process.

1292
02:52:00,000 --> 02:52:05,000
Community knowledge is an important part of understanding how policies are experienced on the ground.

1293
02:52:05,000 --> 02:52:09,000
Through our work in the strengthening immigrant families.

1294
02:52:09,000 --> 02:52:25,000
Committee, we have heard from many residents across an IP County that they are retreating from public life avoiding services and becoming increasingly isolated out of concern and fear for themselves and for others.

1295
02:52:25,000 --> 02:52:34,000
When people retreat into the shadows our entire community loses our opportunities for connection, trust and participation.

1296
02:52:34,000 --> 02:52:40,000
We're also hearing our community wants to trust our elected officials and law enforcement.

1297
02:52:40,000 --> 02:52:49,000
But would like clear and concise communication in order to feel supported and better understand the law.

1298
02:52:49,000 --> 02:52:58,000
Information that is lengthy, fragmented or not in their primary language is often bypassed and seen as unreliable.

1299
02:52:58,000 --> 02:53:04,000
That is why transparency and communication and community engagement matters so much.

1300
02:53:04,000 --> 02:53:10,000
So I encourage the board to revisit the recommendations provided by the Napper Valley together team.

1301
02:53:10,000 --> 02:53:29,000
In addition to providing clarity on SB 54, how it will be enforced locally and suggestions for collective way forward to our organizations for the benefit of our larger community.

1302
02:53:29,000 --> 02:53:35,000
I am also grateful for the work that the language access committee and all of the progress that has been made.

1303
02:53:35,000 --> 02:53:43,000
So thank you for for that work. However, the constant change and policy environment creates an environment of confusion.

1304
02:53:43,000 --> 02:54:00,000
So I believe there's still an opportunity to strengthen language justice by continuing to partner with community organizations and residents to co create solutions that are accessible culturally responsive and grounded and lived experience.

1305
02:54:00,000 --> 02:54:14,000
Hello. Good morning, supervisors and county staff. My name is Madeline Hernandez and I am the directing attorney for IBA partner in Napper Valley together and member of the CLC.

1306
02:54:14,000 --> 02:54:19,000
I would like to thank the supervisors, Sheriff and Department of Corrections for your partnership.

1307
02:54:19,000 --> 02:54:23,000
Thank you for taking the time to thoughtfully respond to the grand jury report.

1308
02:54:23,000 --> 02:54:28,000
We applaud your response and agree with the proposed implemented changes.

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We encourage the county to consider aligning its practices even more with other Bay Area counties that place a greater emphasis on due process rehabilitation and the passage of time since a criminal conviction.

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Our first recommendation is to consider the amount of time that has elapsed since an individual's criminal conviction, not just for the wobblers, but also for the violent felonies and serious felonies.

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A conviction that has occurred many years ago does not accurately reflect a person's current relationship to public safety.

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Incorporating the age of a conviction into policy and decisions promotes fairness, supports evidence-based correctional practices and principles of rehabilitation and allows resources to be focused on cases involving recent serious criminal conduct.

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Our second recommendation is that ice notification requests not be honored when an individual has pending charges only and no qualifying criminal conviction.

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This recommendation is grounded in the principle that individuals facing pending charges are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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A policy that distinguishes between pending charges and qualifying criminal convictions would promote fairness, consistency, and public confidence in the administration of justice.

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We must respect and uphold our court procedures and processes and Napa County should not hold non-US citizens to a higher or different standard than others.

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Our last recommendation is to have an immigration attorney within the Napa County Public Defender's office.

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Sonoma Contra Costa, Alameda San Francisco, Marin, and Santa Clara counties have recognized that immigration consequences are often among the most serious outcomes a person can face after a criminal case.

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These counties have invested in specialized immigration expertise to ensure that non-citizen residents received constitutionally effective representation.

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Napa County has a diverse immigrant community that contributes significantly to our economy, our workforce, and our culture, yet individuals facing criminal charges here may not have access to the same level of specialized immigration defense support available in neighboring counties.

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A dedicated immigration attorney would provide expert guidance on immigration consequences and representation in immigration court because there are no court appointed attorneys for those who cannot afford one in immigration court.

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This assessment would promote fairness improve the quality of representation and bring Napa County into alignment with neighboring jurisdictions.

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Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Thank you.

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Welcome.

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Good morning Board of Supervisors and community members.

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My name is Esmeral DeGale, I am the Executive Director of Portasavieta's Community Resource Center.

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We are also in Napa Valley together, part and organization and member of the Community Leaders Coalition.

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And I also want to say thank you for your thoughtful attention that you have given to the grants or a report and for continuing to engage with the community and these important conversations.

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Portasavieta as we spend every day listening to community members and what we continue to hear from many immigrant and mixed status families is uncertainty and fear.

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Not because they have done something wrong or because they are threat to anyone but because they are trying to understand what comes next in an environment where policies, information and rhetoric seem to be changing constantly.

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We hear from parents wondering whether it's safe to attend community events or take their kids to the park from older adults who are hesitant to seek services.

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So they don't draw attention to themselves and for families who are unsure where to turn to for information they can trust.

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What concerns us most is not simply the fear itself, but it's what happens because of it.

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People be entered with draw from community life become isolated and disconnect from the resources and relationships that are helping them thrive.

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That is why belonging matters.

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immigrant families are deeply woven into the fabric of Napa County.

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They are neighbors, co-workers, student, business owners, volunteers, friends and parents.

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They make Napa what it is.

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Every person deserves to feel safe and know that they belong not simply because of the labor they provide.

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The language they speak or the documents they carry, but because they are human and part of this community.

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Over the past year, Portasavieta as our partners in Napa Valley together have worked tirelessly to be visible and available.

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To provide accurate information, trusted resources and safe spaces that our immigrant community can turn to during these times.

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We know that trusted relationships matter and we are already seeing what is possible when people come together.

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Hundreds of community members have stepped forward to become legal observers.

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Neighbors have volunteered to accompany families to appointments and court hearings.

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Organizations have come together to share information and resources and build strategies that protect our community.

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People have asked not only how do I protect myself, but how do I support my neighbors.

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That is a solid area we are talking about the community action we need and that is the Napa that we are.

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That is also why decisions made in rooms like this matter.

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The way we talk about our community, the partnerships we build, the investments we make and the messages we send.

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All help shape whether people feel welcome to valued and connected.

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So I just want to reiterate how important it is for our Board of Supervisors to connect.

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Continued creating compassionate spaces for dialogue engagement and partnership with the community, because

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the community does want to continue hearing from you. And I'll just end with a we all share responsibility

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for shaping the kind of nappa that we want to live in and a nappa where people don't have to earn their

1357
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belonging or prove their worth where every person is treated with humanity and a nappa rooted in dignity,

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people longing, safety and care for one another. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Gill. Is there a welcome?

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Yeah. Morning, Chris Keely, nappa county public defender. And I don't think it comes to any

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one surprise that I would like none of our clients turned over dice. That being said, I am very

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grateful that you all were willing to go over policy 604 with a fine tooth comb and really

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analyze, which offenders and which offenses really should be reported to ICE so that ICE will

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come to our community and potentially pick them up. I have two suggestions, the first and it

1364
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piggybacks on Ms. Hernandez's statement. When it comes to people who have only how to preliminary hearing

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or only been indicted by grand jury, if they are taken into ICE custody and remain in ICE custody,

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you are inadvertently thwarting their criminal justice rights. They have a right to have a

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jury trial, a speedy jury trial. In front of it, the where jurors determine their guilt, where

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their attorney can advocate for their innocence, where witnesses will testify before guilt is determined.

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If they remain in ICE custody, they can't have that. Pits go on. And justice delayed can be justice denied.

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So I would ask that you reconsider the policy per bidding disclosure when there is only a preliminary

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hearing or indictment. And the second suggestion I have is to supplement the disclosure so that

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the attorney who was in criminal court with the offender who was convicted of a crime would be notified.

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People don't understand their due process rights. If we can assist them, even though we will not

1374
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defend them in immigration court because we don't have this staffing, we would like to do that.

1375
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The current policy I believe is that either family or the attorney can be notified. I would like to be

1376
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notified. I have never been notified. Thank you.

1377
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Okay, thank you for those very helpful comments. Is there anyone else in the room?

1378
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I'm not seeing anyone is there anyone on the phone?

1379
03:02:53,520 --> 03:02:59,120
No? No? Okay. Then I will bring this back to the board for questions.

1380
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Is there anyone on the board with questions or

1381
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I guess comments at this time? Supervisor control? Well, I first I want to thank you to everyone who

1382
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came today in spoke and also thanks to our board colleagues who are serving on the

1383
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ad hoc on this. So I would love to hear from them. We've heard a couple of new ideas.

1384
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My first thought honestly is to say, do you want some time to consider those suggestions and come back to us?

1385
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But I'd love to hear from them. Supervisor almost. Thank you. I'm happy to respond and to

1386
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provide some insight into how we went through this. In addition to my thoughts and

1387
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Supervisor Gallagher, we've had a number of meetings. First meeting with the

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Napa Valley Together group and to understand some of the concerns, but also we lived in staff and we had

1389
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the sheriff. We had our director of corrections. We had the CEO at times we had Mr. Mise at times

1390
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and we really did look at the implications, I guess, to provide a little background. When SB

1391
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54 came about originally, a prior board, a predecessor for one that I was not a part of,

1392
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a swung the pendulum very, very light, I would say, on very light responses in terms of what is

1393
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allowable in the spectrum that is SB 54. When we had an officer involved shooting that

1394
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involved a probationer, that was undocumented in that moment where our community was coming

1395
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out and coming together and to meet that moment at that time, understanding what immigration

1396
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enforcement was at that moment. We moved on the spectrum and I would say probably on the more

1397
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conservative side that we had moved and what I really see us doing at this moment is to look at

1398
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how do we respond to the current moment and what is happening as requested by the grand jury.

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When it comes to, I'll touch upon a couple of the things and the changes that we have made

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and when we look at the misdemeanors, this change really comes about because of changes in Prop 36.

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So the last time that we had reviewed this policy in regards to responses and there's some

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language that I've heard and it's interactions, cooperation I've heard should be reported.

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None of that is happening. We respond to requests from immigration and what we are doing here is

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narrowing the scope of what that permissible response is and providing certainty to our

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correctional officers so that everyone knows how to accurately respond to these requests.

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And when we look at what happened from a timing standpoint, Prop 36 has been a big shift in criminal justice.

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And when SB 54 was originally put on the books, there were prior iterations of what were misdemeanors

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were actually felonies and so this wobbler idea really comes about from we've had shifts in criminal justice

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log through initiative that have happened in California that it really did cover that well if Prop

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and Sheriff 45 was it was what was the prior iteration 47. Thank you. Prop 47 made some felonies,

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misdemeanors and this is where this wobbler language came up and it was like well a year ago it was something

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it was a different categorization of crime. Prop 36 then has another shift and Prop 36 has these

1413
03:07:45,600 --> 03:07:53,920
great language complications that frankly as a committee we looked and decided that it would be

1414
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it would be difficult and I will say on my part I would say overly burdensome for our staff to try and

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interpret what in fact meets that standard and so aided by the Jim Grandjuries recommendation the wobblers

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are out so that there is it's literally wobbler being in that great area there's no great area.

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When we look at the the prior iteration of our policy had a look back on felonies not the there's

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felonies on the appendix one on appendix two had a look back 15 years and when we when we kind

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of discuss as a committee we we we we had less that untouched after having an opportunity to meet with

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advocates from from the Napa Valley together group supervisor Gallagher and I've caucused a bit and

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we looked at where where we could find where we could find a middle ground and one of the things

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that where we we relied upon is in immigration when you're applying for adjustment and citizenship there's a

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there's a question in regards to crimes of moral turpitude and that's a 10 year look back and so we

1424
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utilized that that's that's standard again it's it's not anything anything that is set in stone

1425
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SB 54 allows us to go to 15 we're recommending that we that we come down in regards to

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the preliminary here and we've had many discussions about this with the sheriff with corrections

1427
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with with council as well I don't see Cory in the room but is she in the room I don't know

1428
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Cory in the room I don't think so and we've had many many discussions in regards to to preliminary hearings

1429
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ultimately what what you have before you is the is the is the result of our our group thinking

1430
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and what we what we do believe is a best practice at this moment the preliminary hearing process

1431
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doesn't fact already have a hearing by a judicial officer it is not just a holdover on on a on a

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declaration of an officer there there is in fact a hearing and so from our perspective looking at SB 54

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what is allowable in SB 54 and trying to balance the interests that have been raised as as concerns

1434
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with some slight modifications we do feel that they that we haven't reached a and what we are referring

1435
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for your approval is a middle of the road in regards to the other question was council

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we acknowledge that in fact other counties are unable to provide council

1437
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at this moment you know as we see our budget and revenue standpoint that is a restraint on us to be

1438
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able to make that recommendation if certainly if that is what the board wishes you know see here

1439
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in two weeks we could talk we could talk about it then with that big budget but that you have but you know

1440
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we've we've and if if the board is interested in knowing that I think then we need to make a referral

1441
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the CEO to tell what that cost would be but I will say we do not have a a structure in place right now

1442
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to provide legal services beyond those that are required right this is not just adding an attorney to

1443
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the public defender's office is actually looking at scope of work as well and to provide some

1444
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parameters and policies to support that not something that we we felt at this moment we were able to

1445
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to recommend for for your consideration what I will say in that regard and supervisor Galger and I have

1446
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talked a little bit you know through various grant programs we have in fact done this before through initiatives

1447
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to support greater expansion efforts through the probation department right if someone is able to

1448
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clean up their their record when allowable by by law that can also provide a protection for them as

1449
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well and so that is something that we can look at separately and work in a coordinated fashion with the

1450
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public defender probation and and the district attorney's office to make that happen I think that there are

1451
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other steps that we are able to take before we go through a full fledged really bringing in and in

1452
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house legal aid and regards to the question posed by our public defender Miss Kelly for the form

1453
03:13:36,400 --> 03:13:50,640
notification I the I hesitate and and there was discussion about automatic notification that I think is

1454
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a troublesome part if the the person that is in custody does not choose to have you notified

1455
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that we struggle with we did provide a form and and to ensure that there is a notification and

1456
03:14:12,720 --> 03:14:21,680
opportunity but also making sure that it's not an elaborate list that is the recommendation that we're

1457
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making at at this time I think I answered the questions and concerns and I'd be happy to answer

1458
03:14:29,920 --> 03:14:38,800
anything else that you want my favorite tellers purple thank you to illuminating to hear some of the

1459
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background conversations for a supervisor Gallagher thank you so yes we have a lot of meetings

1460
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and we worked hard to get this to a place where we felt we could bring it to the board and I am actually

1461
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still very interested in hearing what my colleagues think of our recommendation

1462
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I actually agree with a lot of what Mr. Hernandez and Ms. Kaley have suggested. I do have a problem. I have had these concerns within our meetings and I express those concerns. Again, we were trying to weave a lot of things together and get it to a place where we could get our colleagues to weigh in as well.

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I do believe that Ms. Kaley is very thoughtful in saying that, you know, if we have if someone who has had a preliminary hearing ends up in ice custody, there is a big question about whether we are thwarting that due process and allowing that person to actually go through our criminal justice system.

1464
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And be held to account for the crime they committed in our community.

1465
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So I am definitely open to looking at that. I also think that it's really important that people understand that they can make a disclosure to their attorney.

1466
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I think that it is not unreasonable to say, you know, here's the form. Who would you like notified family friend and what attorney would you like notify?

1467
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I don't think that that would be difficult or excessive in any way.

1468
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I also I brought this up probably at least a year ago or more.

1469
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I'm very interested in continuing to look at opportunities to bring an immigration attorney into our public defender's office.

1470
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I think it's very, very important.

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And we have a lot of examples in neighboring counties as Ms. Hernandez mentioned and I think it's a really important service and we should continue to look at that.

1472
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I understand we don't have the budget currently for that, but you know a budget is stating our priorities and I think we should have a discussion about what those priorities are and how we might go about providing that service.

1473
03:17:15,000 --> 03:17:17,000
Let's see what else.

1474
03:17:17,000 --> 03:17:22,000
I think that might be most of what was asked for.

1475
03:17:22,000 --> 03:17:28,000
So I am happy to have participated in the process.

1476
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I worked with everyone and I'm happy to bring this to our board.

1477
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I want to thank the sheriff. I want to thank our corrections director.

1478
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Everyone was extremely collaborative and transparent and we had excellent many, many hours of discussion.

1479
03:17:49,000 --> 03:17:55,000
And I think I just want to remind everybody that unlike anywhere else in California.

1480
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The Board of Supervisors in this county has responsibility for the policies of corrections.

1481
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And so we take those responsibilities very, very seriously and we need to make sure that those policies reflect our values.

1482
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So thank you.

1483
03:18:16,000 --> 03:18:31,000
Okay, thank you here comments and I guess I don't know if this is a question or just a comment but what we're looking at right now is improving the transmittal of the proposed response and I do think there's you know there's some room for future discussion.

1484
03:18:31,000 --> 03:18:36,000
I don't, you know, but maybe as a more as a referral and coming back, so supervisor Lesio.

1485
03:18:36,000 --> 03:18:37,000
Thank you.

1486
03:18:37,000 --> 03:18:42,000
I appreciate everybody listening to everybody first on this and thank you.

1487
03:18:42,000 --> 03:18:47,000
Supervisor Ramles and director for your work on the ad hoc with everybody.

1488
03:18:47,000 --> 03:18:55,000
I do think it's important well two things I'd like to know really if staff knows and I'd like to bring call the sheriff out.

1489
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Listen listening and partaking in this entire meeting today.

1490
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Is the number of detainees that we've seen last year and this year versus prior years because I'm just kind of wanting to get in terms of the number of.

1491
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That has potentially increased because I think that's important.

1492
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I think it's because for me it's it allows me to see what what we're doing is.

1493
03:19:27,000 --> 03:19:42,000
If you will not calling too much attention to our self and therefore maybe because we've been taking small moves that are still progressive and still trying to get to the goal has allowed.

1494
03:19:42,000 --> 03:19:48,000
For us a for community for everybody in this community versus some that make a big swing and call attention.

1495
03:19:48,000 --> 03:19:50,000
If you will.

1496
03:19:50,000 --> 03:19:57,000
And then the distinction of hope in this year can provide this distinction in terms of what is our local authority.

1497
03:19:57,000 --> 03:20:02,000
What can we do locally and what's beyond our authority that's really federal.

1498
03:20:02,000 --> 03:20:05,000
And I think is the sheriff still here.

1499
03:20:05,000 --> 03:20:11,000
Okay, if I can ask the sheriff to kind of help us with that I don't know which part you can answer but.

1500
03:20:11,000 --> 03:20:15,000
Okay, thank you and do we need to pause for a minute.

1501
03:20:15,000 --> 03:20:19,000
Could I see that we've got work over here with the clerk.

1502
03:20:19,000 --> 03:20:21,000
Yeah, yeah, go ahead to chair.

1503
03:20:21,000 --> 03:20:28,000
I am asking stop to pull up our live tracker to answer your question is to the number.

1504
03:20:29,000 --> 03:20:33,000
I think that that will be helpful for you to see and then go.

1505
03:20:33,000 --> 03:20:35,000
I'm very helpful to have a done.

1506
03:20:35,000 --> 03:20:42,000
Okay, so the maybe didn't just kind of discuss the distinction between our authority and federal authority this beyond what we.

1507
03:20:42,000 --> 03:20:44,000
The scope of what we can.

1508
03:20:44,000 --> 03:20:51,000
Well, yeah, but first off, I just want to shout out not to value together in the group of we met with just fantastic people very.

1509
03:20:52,000 --> 03:21:01,000
Since here concern and since and a lot of empathy for the community which I share not empathy and that concern and we had very productive meetings with them.

1510
03:21:01,000 --> 03:21:05,000
And they've been wonderful for the last year and a half and we've had to go back and forth.

1511
03:21:05,000 --> 03:21:12,000
My concern is also sincere and I also empathetic to this community is my community is by lots of friends in this community.

1512
03:21:12,000 --> 03:21:22,000
And really, you know, the suggestions may today or I can totally understand and as you read your Gallagher pointed out to your jail, to your policy, you guys get to make the decision.

1513
03:21:22,000 --> 03:21:29,000
However, I just want to throw a little warning light out there that sometimes decisions have unintended consequences.

1514
03:21:29,000 --> 03:21:36,000
And what I mean by that is regardless of what decision you make today and I mean I'm here to support whatever decision you make.

1515
03:21:36,000 --> 03:21:46,000
If what we do know is then when federal ice agents when you end up on their list of somebody that they want to get when everything they've done this far has been targeted.

1516
03:21:46,000 --> 03:21:53,000
We've learned that their persistent if they don't get you the first time to come to Napa they'll come and find you again two or three days later.

1517
03:21:54,000 --> 03:22:08,000
And what that looks like is if somebody's on their list and they're at the jail it's two ice agents one car and they pick up the person on those rare occasions where it qualifies under Senate bill 54.

1518
03:22:08,000 --> 03:22:18,000
If they're not in the jail and it's underless it's four or five cars and eight or ten agents wearing masks in the parking lot of the apartment complex with the person lives.

1519
03:22:18,000 --> 03:22:26,000
So it's a very very different operation and that is the operation that really creates a lot of disruption in the community and that.

1520
03:22:26,000 --> 03:22:36,000
I don't I that I'm of I'm afraid of because my phone blows up on those and people get very scared and kids don't go to school and and people don't need their house.

1521
03:22:36,000 --> 03:22:41,000
So whatever decision you make this look at it for the lens of.

1522
03:22:41,000 --> 03:22:54,000
You know are we pushing ice to go do and find the people they want to find in the community versus the rare occasion and AJ can speak to the number of occasions when they can just pick somebody up with the jail which is two ice agents in one car.

1523
03:22:54,000 --> 03:23:03,000
So again, it's your decision to make but just there could be some unintended consequences depending on where you land and I think that answers your question.

1524
03:23:03,000 --> 03:23:09,000
Any of the any other requests from net life or together, sorry, definitely together.

1525
03:23:09,000 --> 03:23:16,000
And Chris Keeley are you know public defender director.

1526
03:23:16,000 --> 03:23:23,000
Do any of those crossover where we don't have the authority to address those or any of those crossing to the federal.

1527
03:23:23,000 --> 03:23:25,000
Where is one make sure we're.

1528
03:23:25,000 --> 03:23:36,000
Well, we're the authority is in the bigger the bigger debate is how to get how the people end up on that list right of how ice is prioritizing who they want to find.

1529
03:23:36,000 --> 03:23:49,000
How do you end up on that list is an undocumented immigrant and that's really out of all of our hands that's a federal thing, but obviously policy shift administration is shift and then those lists get bigger or shorter by that.

1530
03:23:49,000 --> 03:23:53,000
So I don't know that we have any authority on who ice decides to target.

1531
03:23:53,000 --> 03:23:55,000
I know we hear the narrative of the worst of the worst.

1532
03:23:55,000 --> 03:23:56,000
I think that's debatable.

1533
03:23:56,000 --> 03:24:03,000
I think we've seen some low hanging fruit easy to find folks with you know convictions that have made it to their list.

1534
03:24:03,000 --> 03:24:09,000
Those aren't really jail transfer, those are some of the ones we've seen in the community, but that is really out of our per view.

1535
03:24:09,000 --> 03:24:11,000
Okay, thank you for that.

1536
03:24:11,000 --> 03:24:15,000
And then I know AJ did you or we're going to put up the track on terms of just looking at.

1537
03:24:15,000 --> 03:24:20,000
I'm just looking at is there a trend is it really everything a big shift in the big increase.

1538
03:24:20,000 --> 03:24:23,000
And the county does overall.

1539
03:24:23,000 --> 03:24:27,000
At this time, we can show you how what we've done on the take or take.

1540
03:24:27,000 --> 03:24:31,000
So if you go to anybody in the public can go to the Department of Corrections website now.

1541
03:24:31,000 --> 03:24:37,000
And if you scroll down you can click the in custody button right there and then you look out on the table.

1542
03:24:37,000 --> 03:24:46,000
You see one of the bullets right there says California values act SB 54 and members of the public can click on that and see and it's a live ticker tape.

1543
03:24:46,000 --> 03:24:51,000
And then they can put the date range in and like we had discussed earlier.

1544
03:24:51,000 --> 03:24:58,000
We that we started as January 1st and as of today July 2nd which I put up on the board.

1545
03:24:58,000 --> 03:25:06,000
I'm for you. So at this time out of the people ice has taken in three peat has.

1546
03:25:06,000 --> 03:25:13,000
There's been three responses and if you scroll to the to the right I think it it'll have yeah minimize it a little bit.

1547
03:25:13,000 --> 03:25:18,000
There should be one more.

1548
03:25:18,000 --> 03:25:25,000
Yeah.

1549
03:25:31,000 --> 03:25:39,000
So like as you can see right there out of the three that that we've complied with.

1550
03:25:39,000 --> 03:25:44,000
They've taken two in custody that did not take one in custody.

1551
03:25:44,000 --> 03:25:50,000
And we have this time we've had three as of this year that have been picked up by ice.

1552
03:25:50,000 --> 03:25:55,000
I see two here but there was one prior to this this like there's there's going to pick up.

1553
03:25:55,000 --> 03:25:57,000
There was three that we responded to the request.

1554
03:25:57,000 --> 03:25:58,000
Yes.

1555
03:25:58,000 --> 03:26:02,000
There and out yeah there was two and they out of the three they did not pick up one.

1556
03:26:02,000 --> 03:26:03,000
Correct.

1557
03:26:03,000 --> 03:26:06,000
So there's two that they picked up so far and one that they did not.

1558
03:26:06,000 --> 03:26:10,000
And how does that how is that really consistent with past years that you write recall.

1559
03:26:10,000 --> 03:26:18,000
I think when I do the presentation I think we were about nine last year if I've looked at from my responses with the grand jury when we were.

1560
03:26:18,000 --> 03:26:19,000
They were inquiring about that.

1561
03:26:19,000 --> 03:26:20,000
I've never felt familiar.

1562
03:26:20,000 --> 03:26:21,000
Yeah.

1563
03:26:21,000 --> 03:26:26,000
And so at this point we're halfway through the year which you know we're at three.

1564
03:26:26,000 --> 03:26:27,000
Yeah.

1565
03:26:27,000 --> 03:26:32,000
It's not going to hurt to per se and so it hasn't we haven't seen a huge huge increase in that regard.

1566
03:26:32,000 --> 03:26:33,000
Okay.

1567
03:26:33,000 --> 03:26:34,000
And thank you for that.

1568
03:26:34,000 --> 03:26:41,000
And could as IT and your work with IT to provide this to the public and the new website on the other side.

1569
03:26:41,000 --> 03:26:42,000
IT too.

1570
03:26:42,000 --> 03:26:43,000
Okay.

1571
03:26:43,000 --> 03:26:48,000
You know I'm I'm here as a in and again this is.

1572
03:26:48,000 --> 03:26:53,000
I want to do what's right and best for the greater good.

1573
03:26:53,000 --> 03:26:57,000
And really appreciate the time that not going forward.

1574
03:26:57,000 --> 03:26:58,000
Had with me we.

1575
03:26:58,000 --> 03:27:03,000
Not really together forward together go by y'all.

1576
03:27:03,000 --> 03:27:09,000
But we had I recently and you know.

1577
03:27:09,000 --> 03:27:11,000
I think about this in a couple different ways.

1578
03:27:11,000 --> 03:27:14,000
One how do we keep our community safe.

1579
03:27:14,000 --> 03:27:21,000
How do we prevent further trauma and injustice in our community.

1580
03:27:21,000 --> 03:27:27,000
And that's for folks who live in our community in fear now which if you raise me.

1581
03:27:28,000 --> 03:27:33,000
And that includes against the violent crimes.

1582
03:27:33,000 --> 03:27:39,000
Child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse that we know are all way underserved.

1583
03:27:39,000 --> 03:27:43,000
And people reacting and retracting.

1584
03:27:43,000 --> 03:27:48,000
Also makes it difficult for them to.

1585
03:27:48,000 --> 03:27:56,000
Get the help or feel like they can get the help that they need to keep themselves safe to and the system the general justice system to work.

1586
03:27:56,000 --> 03:27:58,000
So I'm looking at this.

1587
03:27:58,000 --> 03:28:02,000
I don't have a clear view of the best steps forward.

1588
03:28:02,000 --> 03:28:06,000
I have on face value.

1589
03:28:06,000 --> 03:28:08,000
You know what.

1590
03:28:08,000 --> 03:28:09,000
Neppet Valley.

1591
03:28:09,000 --> 03:28:11,000
Together's proposed.

1592
03:28:11,000 --> 03:28:13,000
I hear you that.

1593
03:28:13,000 --> 03:28:17,000
You know that sounds good on face value.

1594
03:28:17,000 --> 03:28:19,000
The deputy.

1595
03:28:19,000 --> 03:28:21,000
Public defender.

1596
03:28:21,000 --> 03:28:22,000
Same thing.

1597
03:28:22,000 --> 03:28:24,000
But I'm very concerned about.

1598
03:28:24,000 --> 03:28:25,000
Making too big of move.

1599
03:28:25,000 --> 03:28:28,000
To draw too much attention to bring more people.

1600
03:28:28,000 --> 03:28:32,000
From outside in here to creating more fear in our community.

1601
03:28:32,000 --> 03:28:33,000
More fear in the neighborhoods.

1602
03:28:33,000 --> 03:28:35,000
The sheriff.

1603
03:28:35,000 --> 03:28:36,000
You know.

1604
03:28:36,000 --> 03:28:37,000
Described.

1605
03:28:37,000 --> 03:28:38,000
And.

1606
03:28:38,000 --> 03:28:40,000
And again, the victims.

1607
03:28:40,000 --> 03:28:42,000
Of crime in our community.

1608
03:28:42,000 --> 03:28:43,000
So I don't have.

1609
03:28:43,000 --> 03:28:44,000
I don't have.

1610
03:28:44,000 --> 03:28:46,000
I don't have a recommendation much or what to do at this point.

1611
03:28:46,000 --> 03:28:48,000
But that's this kind of why I'm not.

1612
03:28:48,000 --> 03:28:49,000
Thank you.

1613
03:28:51,000 --> 03:28:52,000
Thank you.

1614
03:28:52,000 --> 03:28:53,000
Professor.

1615
03:28:53,000 --> 03:28:55,000
Thank you.

1616
03:28:55,000 --> 03:28:57,000
Again, thanks to.

1617
03:28:57,000 --> 03:29:00,000
Neppet Valley together really appreciated that meeting.

1618
03:29:00,000 --> 03:29:02,000
And I think one of the things.

1619
03:29:02,000 --> 03:29:06,000
Hearing from you about snapshots of what's in the community.

1620
03:29:06,000 --> 03:29:08,000
I mean, we are ground level electives.

1621
03:29:08,000 --> 03:29:12,000
And so it's really important for us to know what's happening on the ground.

1622
03:29:12,000 --> 03:29:18,000
And then we have the opportunity to communicate it up to folks at the state level too.

1623
03:29:18,000 --> 03:29:23,000
So thank you for that and know that you're messaging goes all the way up there.

1624
03:29:23,000 --> 03:29:28,000
So I want to again, thank you to my colleagues for this recommendation.

1625
03:29:28,000 --> 03:29:32,000
And I hear what you're both saying about trying to find the middle line.

1626
03:29:32,000 --> 03:29:37,000
And I also, you know, the things that.

1627
03:29:37,000 --> 03:29:39,000
I'm wondering about our.

1628
03:29:39,000 --> 03:29:42,000
I appreciate the public defender's point about.

1629
03:29:42,000 --> 03:29:46,000
Funding an immigration attorney and the notification piece.

1630
03:29:46,000 --> 03:29:48,000
Uh, back to supervisor.

1631
03:29:48,000 --> 03:29:50,000
Supervisor Romus is point about we're struggling.

1632
03:29:50,000 --> 03:29:53,000
We're going to be dealing with the budget in two weeks.

1633
03:29:53,000 --> 03:29:57,000
So at this point, I can't support at that.

1634
03:29:57,000 --> 03:30:00,000
The new FTE request.

1635
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:12,000
The notification one seems like an easier ask. But then I'm also hearing the sheriff's point about unintended consequences.

1636
03:30:12,000 --> 03:30:25,000
So I think where I go here is I want to support the work that the ad hoc is done. So I am willing to make a motion to support what the recommendations as presented.

1637
03:30:26,000 --> 03:30:37,000
Thank you for that motion. I see. I hear second. And I see supervisor Gallagher.

1638
03:30:37,000 --> 03:30:44,000
Thank you. And I think it helps to frame this. I think it's one of my colleagues.

1639
03:30:44,000 --> 03:30:52,000
I see that this is putting this response forward to the grand jury. This is just a piece of what it is we're doing today.

1640
03:30:52,000 --> 03:30:57,000
That is important. That's our only action today is to do that.

1641
03:30:57,000 --> 03:31:06,000
And I know our discussion has gone beyond that. And I think that it warrants more discussion. So I'm in favor of moving the grand jury response forward.

1642
03:31:06,000 --> 03:31:14,000
I do want to point out, though, that I don't believe that any of the recommendations that came from.

1643
03:31:14,000 --> 03:31:18,000
Now, the valley together or from our.

1644
03:31:18,000 --> 03:31:27,000
Our public defender make our community less safe or make us more visible in some way to the federal government.

1645
03:31:27,000 --> 03:31:44,000
The internal policies and they are ways of working with SB 54 and doing what we have to do while not exposing people in a way that could harm them human rights.

1646
03:31:44,000 --> 03:31:53,000
And so I don't think that that doesn't connect for me. I don't think that this opens us up to federal scrutiny or anything like that.

1647
03:31:53,000 --> 03:31:58,000
So that's just not something that resonates for me.

1648
03:31:58,000 --> 03:32:16,000
And I do think that it's incumbent upon us to continue the conversation but also be able to respond to the requests of Napa Valley together and to our public defender and have more discussion about it because it is our duty to do that.

1649
03:32:16,000 --> 03:32:26,000
These policies are our policies and so we have to be able to read it and examine those and make decisions about them.

1650
03:32:26,000 --> 03:32:34,000
Whether or not we feel you know where the experts we we don't have to be the experts we have lots of people that we can consult with.

1651
03:32:34,000 --> 03:32:37,000
But ultimately they land on us.

1652
03:32:37,000 --> 03:32:45,000
But I'm happy to move the recommendations forward to the grand jury or responses.

1653
03:32:46,000 --> 03:32:57,000
Okay, so similarly I appreciate and support the work of the ad hoc committee and I presume the ad hoc committee is continuing.

1654
03:32:57,000 --> 03:32:58,000
You haven't fired us.

1655
03:32:58,000 --> 03:32:59,000
Yeah.

1656
03:32:59,000 --> 03:33:00,000
Yeah, so great.

1657
03:33:00,000 --> 03:33:01,000
Thank you.

1658
03:33:01,000 --> 03:33:03,000
I just want to continue.

1659
03:33:03,000 --> 03:33:13,000
I just make sure because I think this is not going conversation and that's really what I'm trying to say there which is that I think that this is you know ongoing work things continually change and

1660
03:33:13,000 --> 03:33:18,000
and I appreciate the work that's gone on so far and in the points that we're brought forward today.

1661
03:33:18,000 --> 03:33:22,000
So I have a motion from supervisor.

1662
03:33:22,000 --> 03:33:26,000
Control on the floor with a second by supervisor Ramos.

1663
03:33:26,000 --> 03:33:28,000
All those in favor.

1664
03:33:28,000 --> 03:33:29,000
Hi.

1665
03:33:29,000 --> 03:33:30,000
Hi.

1666
03:33:30,000 --> 03:33:36,000
That passes unanimously and we can continue the conversation and also move on to the next item also.

1667
03:33:36,000 --> 03:33:38,000
It's 12 30.

1668
03:33:38,000 --> 03:33:41,000
Our next item is receiving.

1669
03:33:42,000 --> 03:33:51,000
A presentation for the sheriff's office 2025 annual report so this is probably a 30 minute item.

1670
03:33:51,000 --> 03:33:53,000
Are we good pushing through?

1671
03:33:53,000 --> 03:33:54,000
Yeah.

1672
03:33:54,000 --> 03:33:55,000
Okay.

1673
03:33:55,000 --> 03:34:02,000
So take a comfort break if you need one and we're going to go ahead and receive a presentation from sheriff or tease welcome.

1674
03:34:02,000 --> 03:34:07,000
Thank you for being with us for this very long morning, which is now the afternoon.

1675
03:34:12,000 --> 03:34:14,000
Good morning.

1676
03:34:14,000 --> 03:34:15,000
Good afternoon, I guess.

1677
03:34:15,000 --> 03:34:16,000
Yeah.

1678
03:34:16,000 --> 03:34:17,000
Thank you.

1679
03:34:17,000 --> 03:34:19,000
Good morning afternoon chair and supervisor.

1680
03:34:19,000 --> 03:34:21,000
Today I'm asking for her.

1681
03:34:21,000 --> 03:34:24,000
I'm bringing forth the our annual report something.

1682
03:34:24,000 --> 03:34:27,000
I've done since 2021.

1683
03:34:27,000 --> 03:34:32,000
Our annual report is there's a lot of work that goes into that so I would want to.

1684
03:34:32,000 --> 03:34:37,000
I appreciate you for the under sheriff and all that command staff as well as deputy commons.

1685
03:34:37,000 --> 03:34:41,000
We did a lot of the work and together some of the data.

1686
03:34:41,000 --> 03:34:47,000
We use this to tell our story to the community from year to year, but we also use it so we can look for trends.

1687
03:34:47,000 --> 03:34:58,000
Let's see where we're at and what we need to kind of focus our resources going forward, whether it's training or positions as we kind of see what's happening.

1688
03:34:58,000 --> 03:35:04,000
The community is sheriff all off and get asked, you know, how are things looking as crime uppers, crime down those types of questions.

1689
03:35:04,000 --> 03:35:14,000
So it's a good opportunity to to publish something, put it out to our community and stakeholder partners up and down the valley and kind of let me look.

1690
03:35:14,000 --> 03:35:19,000
People know what their sheriff's office is up to.

1691
03:35:19,000 --> 03:35:25,000
So a couple of things, they do want to when we think sheriff's office, we think just traditional law enforcement.

1692
03:35:25,000 --> 03:35:32,000
And I think the simple answer is crime is flat, it's not up, it's not really down, we're still going to call for service.

1693
03:35:32,000 --> 03:35:43,000
We're definitely we have a lot of what what we describe in an in our vernacular as a ten eight time, which is available time to that we can actually be out there or the head on the swivel.

1694
03:35:43,000 --> 03:35:47,000
Well, I don't work great very, very more so what we all sleep at night.

1695
03:35:47,000 --> 03:35:53,000
Your deputies are out there looking for nefarious activity so that people aren't breaking into cars or breaking into businesses.

1696
03:35:54,000 --> 03:35:56,000
So we have plenty of ten eight time still.

1697
03:35:56,000 --> 03:36:00,000
It's been a little challenging with some of the staffing shortage, I'll speak to that in a little bit.

1698
03:36:00,000 --> 03:36:04,000
But deputies are really out there doing great work and keeping us all safe.

1699
03:36:04,000 --> 03:36:10,000
I do want to point out some statistics that are, so the statistic gathering has changed.

1700
03:36:10,000 --> 03:36:19,000
We just caught this this morning, thanks to Mr. Evelyn from the Universal Crime Reporting, which is a catch all under the title rape.

1701
03:36:19,000 --> 03:36:26,000
And it includes a lot of other violent sexual assaults that aren't narrow as the narrow definition of what a rape is.

1702
03:36:26,000 --> 03:36:34,000
To the nitrogen reporting, which we transitioned to, which is very narrow, narrow definition of what constitutes a rape.

1703
03:36:34,000 --> 03:36:45,000
So the actual number, if we were to compare past years, if we're comparing apples to apples, is for 2024, the number should read 24, not nine.

1704
03:36:45,000 --> 03:36:48,000
And for 2023, the number should read 19.

1705
03:36:48,000 --> 03:36:54,000
So we just caught that error this morning from, we transitioned to neighbors from UCR.

1706
03:36:54,000 --> 03:36:58,000
But again, crime is essentially flat.

1707
03:36:58,000 --> 03:37:09,000
We also provide services services division that's, you know, restraining orders, serving paperwork and evictions as well as our corners bureau.

1708
03:37:09,000 --> 03:37:14,000
So we're still trying to figure out what we're going to land on our evictions number because of little disruption called COVID.

1709
03:37:14,000 --> 03:37:18,000
So obviously, evictions were almost non-existent for a while.

1710
03:37:18,000 --> 03:37:25,000
And then there was a kind of a true period when we came out of COVID, where we saw an artificial spike in a number of evictions.

1711
03:37:25,000 --> 03:37:35,000
And it appears we're kind of settling back into a, you know, 2019 norm 2018 norm numbers of evictions.

1712
03:37:35,000 --> 03:37:41,000
I do want to point out a few, there's more highlight, highlighted cases in your annual report publication.

1713
03:37:41,000 --> 03:37:46,000
I put one up at the dials for each of you, but the internet crimes against children, I cat cases.

1714
03:37:46,000 --> 03:37:55,000
We have specially trained detectives who do this crime fighting from behind a screen, you know, internet crime fighting.

1715
03:37:55,000 --> 03:38:10,000
And this is these cases are very troubling when you have people looking to trade child pornography or create child pornography that they can trade, which is even worse, which we had a case in March.

1716
03:38:10,000 --> 03:38:17,000
And involving that type of cases kind of one of the worst of the worst of the worst kinds of cases, if you will.

1717
03:38:17,000 --> 03:38:27,000
I also want to point out in June of 2025, there's seven hour standoff in England involving our SWAT team and much of our advanced military equipment.

1718
03:38:27,000 --> 03:38:33,000
Or what would be described as air quotes military equipment in the prior consent item you had today.

1719
03:38:34,000 --> 03:38:40,000
You know, I always say, I say, we don't really have any military equipment all our equipment is law enforcement equipment, but it's all for safety.

1720
03:38:40,000 --> 03:38:51,000
And we did have a seven hour standoff with a individual that was armed and shot at a relative and then shot at our deputies and not resulted in a peaceful resolution.

1721
03:38:51,000 --> 03:38:58,000
It's making this way through the courts now, so very proud of the team and the assistance we got also from San Alina Police Department on that call for service.

1722
03:38:58,000 --> 03:39:02,000
It was a very high stress critical incident that resolved peacefully.

1723
03:39:04,000 --> 03:39:09,000
As you all know, August of 2025, we had a depicket fire.

1724
03:39:09,000 --> 03:39:13,000
We were fortunate, and that there was a lot of evacuations or populated area.

1725
03:39:13,000 --> 03:39:16,000
It was an impact to Calistoga and Pope Valley.

1726
03:39:16,000 --> 03:39:23,000
But again, the deputies were going together with our friends at Cal Fire.

1727
03:39:23,000 --> 03:39:32,000
I think I had a good response to a very fast growing fire and some rough terrain, and we were able to exercise some of our systems in place.

1728
03:39:32,000 --> 03:39:38,000
In terms of evacuation evacuation communication communication, you're going to unify command.

1729
03:39:38,000 --> 03:39:45,000
And that is something we continue to work on and train on with our partners at Cal Fire.

1730
03:39:45,000 --> 03:39:51,000
And Andy September one that I'm highlighting, and I'll just give you a quick synopsis.

1731
03:39:51,000 --> 03:39:54,000
This was an absolute suicide by competence.

1732
03:39:54,000 --> 03:39:59,000
We knew that the person had threatened that they wanted law enforcement to kill them.

1733
03:39:59,000 --> 03:40:04,000
The person was threatening that they were armed with a firearm, turned out they were unarmed.

1734
03:40:04,000 --> 03:40:07,000
And in encounter with with your deputies.

1735
03:40:07,000 --> 03:40:14,000
This person very purposely quickly and violently reached for his waistband hoping to elicit a response.

1736
03:40:14,000 --> 03:40:19,000
And because in this particular incident, there was time was on our side.

1737
03:40:19,000 --> 03:40:20,000
So there was a plan in place.

1738
03:40:20,000 --> 03:40:22,000
There were tools in place.

1739
03:40:22,000 --> 03:40:25,000
Again, some of the tools that were mentioned in the consent item today were in place.

1740
03:40:25,000 --> 03:40:28,000
And the deputies were able to execute that plan.

1741
03:40:28,000 --> 03:40:31,000
Take this person into custody without shooting him.

1742
03:40:31,000 --> 03:40:33,000
And in that case is working to sway through the courts.

1743
03:40:33,000 --> 03:40:39,000
But it was the video actually made me jump when I watched the video because I was really surprised that the shots weren't fired.

1744
03:40:39,000 --> 03:40:42,000
But very high level of training from the deputies.

1745
03:40:42,000 --> 03:40:47,000
And just excellent job on their part on that September 2025 incident.

1746
03:40:47,000 --> 03:40:50,000
We have a sheriff's policy in a search and rescue.

1747
03:40:50,000 --> 03:40:52,000
These are community volunteers.

1748
03:40:52,000 --> 03:40:54,000
And then what I want to highlight today.

1749
03:40:54,000 --> 03:40:56,000
There's other ones mentioned in your report.

1750
03:40:56,000 --> 03:41:00,000
Is the community emergency response team.

1751
03:41:00,000 --> 03:41:02,000
These green vest teams are up and down.

1752
03:41:02,000 --> 03:41:07,000
We have various American canes are very well trained and good participation.

1753
03:41:07,000 --> 03:41:10,000
One of the top teams in the county.

1754
03:41:10,000 --> 03:41:13,000
But we have one in Napa and Kastoga.

1755
03:41:13,000 --> 03:41:18,000
And then we now have one that I'm very proud of and that's a Spanish search bill via.

1756
03:41:18,000 --> 03:41:21,000
So we've been offering classes in Spanish for basic search certification.

1757
03:41:21,000 --> 03:41:28,000
They've been well attended and then follow up because people go to class and they kind of give up on certain they don't participate anymore.

1758
03:41:28,000 --> 03:41:32,000
But our should do a via is quickly becoming one of our top performing cert teams.

1759
03:41:32,000 --> 03:41:39,000
There they've been you might see him at a parade doing traffic control or other functions, but they're they need monthly.

1760
03:41:39,000 --> 03:41:41,000
And they're just a great group.

1761
03:41:41,000 --> 03:41:49,000
We're very proud to bring that program on and it's really grown into a successful Spanish speaking sur program here in Napa County.

1762
03:41:50,000 --> 03:41:53,000
This slide I'll go over it quickly.

1763
03:41:53,000 --> 03:41:57,000
But you know, I spoke to the September incident with the suicide by cop at Tampa.

1764
03:41:57,000 --> 03:42:00,000
I spoke to the pick at fire training training training.

1765
03:42:00,000 --> 03:42:04,000
And that's kind of this capturing some of that data of how much training deputies go through.

1766
03:42:04,000 --> 03:42:13,000
And to really deliver from a top level of law enforcement to the community we serve.

1767
03:42:13,000 --> 03:42:16,000
All of you on the board are familiar with our pop team.

1768
03:42:16,000 --> 03:42:20,000
Or probably you're policing team, that's the teams you see at some of the town halls you may host.

1769
03:42:20,000 --> 03:42:23,000
Or when you have a quality of life issue in your district.

1770
03:42:23,000 --> 03:42:28,000
Whether it's a garbage dump happening somewhere in your district or a particular vandalism.

1771
03:42:28,000 --> 03:42:35,000
This really this pop team oftentimes is it's kind of the team that solves these these problems that aren't.

1772
03:42:35,000 --> 03:42:40,000
We're certainly responding to a 911 call, but it's more of a it's exactly what the title says.

1773
03:42:40,000 --> 03:42:44,000
The problem oriented policing so it's problem solving.

1774
03:42:44,000 --> 03:42:53,000
And as you can see the very busy 36 events that might even be an underestimate they might have done more than that.

1775
03:42:53,000 --> 03:43:01,000
So staffing that this topic spoke to it a couple weeks ago, but currently we're at 10 vacancies.

1776
03:43:01,000 --> 03:43:09,000
That is to in part to retirements, but it's also do we've grown we've got contract American Canyon has grown.

1777
03:43:09,000 --> 03:43:16,000
We now have four additional positions to to move incarcerated people from the new jail to court.

1778
03:43:16,000 --> 03:43:21,000
So the department is growing the retirements are happening and we've been struggling to keep up.

1779
03:43:21,000 --> 03:43:26,000
In 2025 we processed 776 applications.

1780
03:43:26,000 --> 03:43:37,000
Four or five years ago we were doing less than 300 so we essentially doubled our numbers for 2025 and we're going to double again thanks to our.

1781
03:43:37,000 --> 03:43:40,000
Join up a share of dot gov page.

1782
03:43:40,000 --> 03:43:46,000
We just had probably 40 protective perspective candidates show up yesterday.

1783
03:43:46,000 --> 03:43:54,000
I was able to meet with several of them to do some of the pre testing the physical agility testing and that is happening about every month.

1784
03:43:54,000 --> 03:43:59,000
So our number of applications that the program is working we're getting lots of applications.

1785
03:43:59,000 --> 03:44:06,000
We reserved several police academy spots for this summer at three different police academies and we're confident we're going to be fill all the spots that we deserve.

1786
03:44:06,000 --> 03:44:15,000
So that is what we plan to continue that that relationship with all start recruiting for at least another year and try to come back next year.

1787
03:44:15,000 --> 03:44:20,000
We're currently being used to be well low under this low single digits is my hope so.

1788
03:44:20,000 --> 03:44:30,000
The other thing that affects when chill is not just vacancies or injuries but it's somebody's in the academy or somebody's still on training they're not really staffing a shift.

1789
03:44:30,000 --> 03:44:33,000
So that so when I say it feels like 19 vacancies.

1790
03:44:33,000 --> 03:44:41,000
I mean we have people that are still training or people that are in the academy so they're not really filling a shift yet so that there's still we're still feeling a staffy short it's because they're not on their own.

1791
03:44:41,000 --> 03:44:49,000
As to their earlier slide there's a lot of training before somebody to let on their own given a patrol car to work by themselves.

1792
03:44:49,000 --> 03:44:54,000
I'm going to report I think I met it under half hour but I'm happy to answer any questions.

1793
03:44:54,000 --> 03:45:00,000
Okay so well you're you're a person was okay so I do I let's see.

1794
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:15,000
Are we on my gosh? Is there any public comment on this item on the phones? Because there is no member of public in the room. Okay. Thank you, no one on the phones. Are there any questions or comments from the board related to this item?

1795
03:45:15,000 --> 03:45:40,000
See, supervisor Ramos and then after that supervisor Gallagher. Thank you. Thank you, Sheriff, for this report. I really wanted to focus on a couple of things that you've said in terms of I think I saw in the budget book that American King is that in two deputies. Correct. In the contract.

1796
03:45:40,000 --> 03:46:06,000
So the way that, no, kind of. And I'll explain. That's another way. The way we we structured this year, this fiscal year of the contract because there's so many edge loans on development and house building. And also on our staffing challenges is we wanted to put language in there that if it works for the city and it works for the county we would add up to two people in this upcoming fiscal year.

1797
03:46:06,000 --> 03:46:18,000
We've been talking to city hall in American Canyon. We are adding a plus one effective July one. We were slated to add another plus one at midyear at January and at this time city hall.

1798
03:46:18,000 --> 03:46:30,000
Which I appreciate because of where still training people is going to push that off at least until July. So we're going to be plus one for 2627. Not plus two.

1799
03:46:31,000 --> 03:46:37,000
The other part is, you know, when you talk about 10 vacancies feels like 19.

1800
03:46:37,000 --> 03:46:49,000
I would like I've asked this before. I think we need to start really looking at how we track and maybe it is outside of this.

1801
03:46:50,000 --> 03:47:04,000
How the workers' comp changes in regards to safety pepper are affecting that versus, you know, you still have a good chunk of your.

1802
03:47:04,000 --> 03:47:19,000
Your rank that is in the retirement at 50 but you're shifting over on the safety pepper side and so I think, you know, it would be helpful for us to kind of make sure.

1803
03:47:19,000 --> 03:47:24,000
I can say, you know, back in 2012, one of the warnings that we were given.

1804
03:47:24,000 --> 03:47:37,000
That the changes in the retirement age to those that have jobs like deputies and firefighters that are far more taxing on their bodies might not be so much realized if we have a lot of workers' comp issues.

1805
03:47:37,000 --> 03:47:50,000
So, I think it would be helpful to understand, you know, how much that might be playing into your windshield and your vacancy factors here.

1806
03:47:50,000 --> 03:48:00,000
Yeah, I don't have those specifics for you today, but I can tell you a lot of that windshield is we just had somebody graduate to the academy last Friday.

1807
03:48:00,000 --> 03:48:11,000
One, we have three others, they're still in the academy and we have three that are in FTO, so that's what seven quick math in my head of people that are adding to that windshield.

1808
03:48:11,000 --> 03:48:18,000
But we do have people out on injury, I don't know, I'll tell my head if they're pepper or classic.

1809
03:48:18,000 --> 03:48:24,000
But again, if that windshield includes people that are just unable to staff a shift yet because they're not fully trained.

1810
03:48:24,000 --> 03:48:26,000
Okay, and do.

1811
03:48:26,000 --> 03:48:29,000
Maybe this one's more HR, I don't know.

1812
03:48:29,000 --> 03:48:31,000
See, you can tell me.

1813
03:48:31,000 --> 03:48:39,000
Why do we include those that are at academy in your deputy rank and list?

1814
03:48:39,000 --> 03:48:40,000
Yeah.

1815
03:48:40,000 --> 03:48:41,000
They're not able to staff.

1816
03:48:41,000 --> 03:48:50,000
Why are we including that because it feels like we are skewing our own numbers if we know they're not ready to respond?

1817
03:48:50,000 --> 03:48:55,000
Yeah, I can speak to that a little bit in starting in fiscal year 2223.

1818
03:48:56,000 --> 03:49:01,000
The board authorize an over higher plus three because of that exact issue.

1819
03:49:01,000 --> 03:49:09,000
So, you know, while the sheriff's office has allocated 116 sworn positions, we can recruit up to 119.

1820
03:49:09,000 --> 03:49:18,000
Those three kind of bonus positions are essentially a limited term trainee position so that they don't count against us.

1821
03:49:18,000 --> 03:49:27,000
And that is why we're able to go from 250 applications to 760 is having that over higher by three authorization for the training position.

1822
03:49:27,000 --> 03:49:28,000
Okay.

1823
03:49:28,000 --> 03:49:33,000
And in terms of, I'll stick on the, it's part first.

1824
03:49:33,000 --> 03:49:47,000
So, you said we added four for transportation for movement from the correctional facility and could you, could you speak to that that's the Monday through Friday going to the courthouse?

1825
03:49:47,000 --> 03:49:48,000
I'm assuming.

1826
03:49:48,000 --> 03:49:49,000
Correct.

1827
03:49:49,000 --> 03:49:52,000
So, we already had prior to the move of the new jail.

1828
03:49:52,000 --> 03:49:59,000
We already had a team of deputies and they're taking incarcerated people to medical appointments outside of the facility.

1829
03:49:59,000 --> 03:50:06,000
They're picking up fugitive people from other jails and bringing it back to an appetite if they snap at charges when they have warrants.

1830
03:50:06,000 --> 03:50:12,000
And they're taking people to stay prison on every, every couple of months of busloaded safe prison.

1831
03:50:12,000 --> 03:50:20,000
So, with the move of the new jail, not being, you know, one tunnel away from court when it was here in downtown Napa.

1832
03:50:20,000 --> 03:50:29,000
We're having to move, we're mourning runs and then midday or midmorning afternoon runs back and forth to to the new facility.

1833
03:50:29,000 --> 03:50:38,000
And then, you know, sometimes if court gets late there might be, you know, if a incarcerated person is in court late they might not be getting it back over to the jail till after five o'clock.

1834
03:50:38,000 --> 03:50:42,000
So, that constant movement back and forth is the four positions.

1835
03:50:42,000 --> 03:50:46,000
Only one of those four is a staff by an FTE.

1836
03:50:46,000 --> 03:50:52,000
And I can share that a lot of the work in that space this time and it's not for, it's not a long-term solution.

1837
03:50:52,000 --> 03:51:01,000
Is we're using retired in the lieutenant deputy sheriff's deputies that are retired and they're kind of keeping us whole and, you know, plug in those gaps until we get our staffing up.

1838
03:51:01,000 --> 03:51:02,000
Thank you.

1839
03:51:02,000 --> 03:51:17,000
And I think this is one of the interesting parts of when we relocated our correctional facility, understanding the, the additional impacts that that would occur.

1840
03:51:17,000 --> 03:51:24,000
I think it's, I'll just say, maybe I'm going to go ahead and just log this over as a referral.

1841
03:51:24,000 --> 03:51:30,000
I think it, it behooves us to look at.

1842
03:51:30,000 --> 03:51:42,000
Once we, we're going to get to a year mark here and in August, we'll get to a year mark of of the move in into the correctional facility to understand what those staffing demands are.

1843
03:51:42,000 --> 03:51:53,000
Especially on those routine court appearances now that we have the medical clinic and we have providers coming in certainly the transportation on that side has as decreased.

1844
03:51:53,000 --> 03:52:02,000
But we've increased it over on the, on the, on the correctional, on, sorry, on hearings and required court appearances.

1845
03:52:02,000 --> 03:52:21,000
So I think it would be helpful for us to kind of quantify that and understand it and, and to just say we use to when corrections was that hall of justice, they're actually back in the day there was hearing room inside of the building.

1846
03:52:21,000 --> 03:52:36,000
And to be able to handle some of those appearances and this may, in fact, be a moment for us to look at what the demands are for transportation and if it makes sense for us to even.

1847
03:52:36,000 --> 03:52:48,000
You even add like a court annex much like we have at juvenile hall and to add a court annex that the correctional facility, we have plenty of space there to be able to address.

1848
03:52:48,000 --> 03:52:58,000
The do process concerns and the holding concerns and also the transportation concerns so I'll just put that out there and then.

1849
03:52:58,000 --> 03:53:08,000
On the, all start, you said, all start the contract, we have for at the, not the recruit that the marketing side of it, correct correct.

1850
03:53:08,000 --> 03:53:20,000
Well, it's a recruitment and marketing, so they push out our job announcement, you know, they'll invade somebody's cell phone video game or YouTube channel or social media.

1851
03:53:20,000 --> 03:53:30,000
And that seems to be, you know, there isn't no newspaper, one adds is not really where it's added anymore.

1852
03:53:30,000 --> 03:53:32,000
Sure. And, and use that.

1853
03:53:32,000 --> 03:53:41,000
Working and you think that that is positive and I mean, I know you said we've, we've increased this looks like three times our prior applications.

1854
03:53:41,000 --> 03:53:45,000
What is the quality of the applications that we are receiving.

1855
03:53:45,000 --> 03:53:54,000
The question, it's a big net, so we've get we have had some, some of the academy spots we hope to fill the summer or all coming from that recruitment.

1856
03:53:54,000 --> 03:54:03,000
So that recruitment is not reflected in the 2025 annual report because the website didn't go live until January, so it'll be in next year's annual report, but.

1857
03:54:04,000 --> 03:54:15,000
The people that were giving job offers to and putting in academies today are coming from those efforts and their quality candidates that that I feel good about, but it is a big net.

1858
03:54:15,000 --> 03:54:22,000
And I'll just leave it at that, we're getting some that aren't great, but we're, you know, bigger numbers is good excellent.

1859
03:54:22,000 --> 03:54:28,000
And then my, my final question we had four canine retirements.

1860
03:54:28,000 --> 03:54:41,000
And, and I was hoping you could talk a little bit about kind of how, how you're going to, you're going to, you're going to scope out building that's more than half, right?

1861
03:54:41,000 --> 03:54:51,000
How you're going to look at building the canine program and I know in the past we've, we've, we've discussed gently nodded.

1862
03:54:51,000 --> 03:54:58,000
I'll say out loud, you know, if there's that option of adding the canine to the lake after.

1863
03:54:58,000 --> 03:55:13,000
After the homicide that took place at the lake certainly it seems from a deputy safety standpoint that that might, might be an enhancement, but that's just peanut gallery over on this side.

1864
03:55:13,000 --> 03:55:18,000
I'd love to hear some more about the canine program where that's going to light up these retirements.

1865
03:55:18,000 --> 03:55:26,000
Some of those retirements were happened throughout the year and they've already been replaced and we have one handler and dog training as we speak.

1866
03:55:26,000 --> 03:55:35,000
So they'll be hitting the street soon and then we have plans to bring on another dog and team in 2627 fiscal year.

1867
03:55:35,000 --> 03:55:41,000
I'll probably later this summer, as you may know, it takes about a five week academy for the handler and the dog.

1868
03:55:41,000 --> 03:55:46,000
So it's a big commitment, it's a big staffing commitment to send somebody off the train with their dog for five weeks.

1869
03:55:46,000 --> 03:55:53,000
So some of that isn't play as well as when we do it, summer can be pretty busy season for us generally between a mortal day and Labor Day.

1870
03:55:53,000 --> 03:55:57,000
We have, you know, we have a, you know, bought a rock and Lake Perias and fourth July.

1871
03:55:57,000 --> 03:56:10,000
So we try to wait to closer to closer to Labor Day or post Labor Day to send somebody off for five weeks, but we have all those things they're happening as we speak or in the works for later this summer.

1872
03:56:11,000 --> 03:56:15,000
Okay, thank you. I have supervisor. Oh, I'm sorry.

1873
03:56:15,000 --> 03:56:19,000
I'm, uh, CEO, I'll stop. Go ahead.

1874
03:56:19,000 --> 03:56:22,000
Very happy to wait, but thank you for the opportunity.

1875
03:56:22,000 --> 03:56:28,000
I'm sure if I just want to say congrats on all the success with your recruitment efforts. That's great.

1876
03:56:28,000 --> 03:56:35,000
For the, for the thousands of young men and women tuning in today, who might be looking for a career.

1877
03:56:35,000 --> 03:56:49,000
I just wanted to know if you could quickly go over who are, who are you looking for in terms of a, a recruit. Can you describe the, you know, the.

1878
03:56:49,000 --> 03:56:56,000
What the restrictions are, the age restrictions anything like that. Can you give a general sense of who you're trying to recruit?

1879
03:56:56,000 --> 03:57:02,000
There's no age restrictions. So in case HR is watching, we're not doing age restrictions.

1880
03:57:02,000 --> 03:57:11,000
But we are looking for, we like local, but we're not restricted local. We've had people from other counties apply here and do well here.

1881
03:57:11,000 --> 03:57:16,000
We want, we hire human beings who can problem solve.

1882
03:57:16,000 --> 03:57:23,000
And that's really what we want that, and sometimes that takes life experience. So minimum age is 21.

1883
03:57:23,000 --> 03:57:25,000
And then again, there's no maximum age.

1884
03:57:25,000 --> 03:57:37,000
But for these 21 year olds, they can actually apply at age 20 and a half because by the time they get through the selection process and get to the academy when they graduate the academy, they'll be 21.

1885
03:57:37,000 --> 03:57:40,000
So 20 and a half is kind of when we can start taking applications.

1886
03:57:40,000 --> 03:57:53,000
And we've had some success with that, but historically we find through the screening process that a lot of 20 and a half and 21 year olds are not ready to do that level of problem solving that's required of the job.

1887
03:57:53,000 --> 03:58:00,000
So oftentimes we just say, hey, come back in a couple of years and I can tell you, I certainly wasn't there when I was 20 and a half myself.

1888
03:58:00,000 --> 03:58:08,000
So that's, you know, we want people that want to serve and specifically they want to serve in Napa County.

1889
03:58:08,000 --> 03:58:14,000
A very law enforcement supportive community, which is not necessarily true across the country, but Napa County it is.

1890
03:58:14,000 --> 03:58:20,000
So we want people that appreciate this community and want to serve in this community.

1891
03:58:20,000 --> 03:58:25,000
Okay. Thank you. I also see supervisor Gallagher and then after that supervisor control.

1892
03:58:25,000 --> 03:58:35,000
Great. Thanks. And thank you, Sheriff, for the report and I just wanted to comment that I attended the canine unit of the Citizens Academy.

1893
03:58:35,000 --> 03:58:50,000
And it was so fun and interesting and I really enjoyed hanging out with a rooker and seeing the incredible work of the of the canine and canines and their handlers.

1894
03:58:50,000 --> 03:58:57,000
So it was really, really inspiring and exciting to watch them in action.

1895
03:58:57,000 --> 03:59:04,000
And I also wanted to say that there were so many young adults that were in the Citizens Academy.

1896
03:59:04,000 --> 03:59:14,000
And I was, I was asking people, you know, how did you hear about this and why are you here? And, you know, they were like, I don't know, I heard about it and social media and it looked cool.

1897
03:59:14,000 --> 03:59:20,000
And I just, I thought that was great. I was really, really surprised how many young people there were there.

1898
03:59:20,000 --> 03:59:32,000
And I thought this is a such great opportunity for them, whether or not they're looking bad as something they might look toward as a career, just just to learn about law enforcement.

1899
03:59:32,000 --> 03:59:36,000
So thank you for that and congratulations.

1900
03:59:36,000 --> 03:59:45,000
Yeah, what I'm going to share with you proudly is two of the students in the Citizens Academy used to be at amateur boxers of mine. So it's really cool to see them there.

1901
03:59:46,000 --> 03:59:53,000
Historically, the Citizens Academy, we dissuaded people from going through Citizens Academy if their intention is to look into a career in law enforcement.

1902
03:59:53,000 --> 04:00:00,000
It's like, this isn't, this isn't the purpose of the Citizens Academy. So we kind of pushed them away and kind of,

1903
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:28,000
Mr. Chairman, a different direction. We did have somebody go through the citizens academy and then decide to apply. And then they're now filling the vacancy. They're on their own, pushing up, you know, striving to black and white. So we shifted for this particular class. It just graduated. It was okay. Whatever, if you're interested, this might be a good way to explore. And that had, I think, the result of a lot of very, to your point, a lot of young people in our class. And it was, it was a fun class to work with.

1904
04:00:28,000 --> 04:00:55,000
Thank you. Thank you. It's always great to see this report because I think there's always more stories that you can tell about your team that the community can hear better understand the work you're all doing. So I particularly just want to call out the one that you just mentioned that seven hour standoff in Angwin that really did not get very much coverage because no one was killed.

1905
04:00:55,000 --> 04:01:15,000
And so just a shout out to that team. That's what team because that's a long time and it's good to hear about signaling the support. And again, during the pick up fire, saw your deputies everywhere there. So we're so fortunate here to have that unified that quick move to unified command. I think that makes a big difference.

1906
04:01:15,000 --> 04:01:22,000
Thank you for explaining the vacancy situation and clearly you're working hard on that one too.

1907
04:01:22,000 --> 04:01:51,000
I wanted to flag, I like that you mentioned the cert program and great to hear about cert delvaliate by A2. Oh, yes, is part of your team because we gave them to you. And they are also so critical for community safety. So my, I would love for them to get a picture and I think a lot of what they do in the community, the disaster response is what all of your deputies are working on to.

1908
04:01:51,000 --> 04:02:07,000
And I think it's a good way for people to connect with your team through them. So always like seeing them out in the community as well. And I think the other thing I would flag we've talked before about we have done two partner events out at various states.

1909
04:02:07,000 --> 04:02:19,000
And I think those are really valuable in building community support and trust for your teams too. So I know we're about to embark into budget season, but I just wanted to flag that.

1910
04:02:19,000 --> 04:02:24,000
So and really we're really lucky to have you in the team. Thank you.

1911
04:02:24,000 --> 04:02:29,000
Okay, that will bring us to about a half hour. I see. So.

1912
04:02:29,000 --> 04:02:37,000
I know you did your part. Yeah, you did your part. So, but you know, I think they're just resounding support here from the board is what you're hearing.

1913
04:02:37,000 --> 04:02:47,000
And it's so appreciated all the work that you do and I'll just reflect that I really enjoyed the off highway vehicle cleanup, which I participated in this year at Knoxville.

1914
04:02:47,000 --> 04:03:02,000
And I was able to attend a couple of citizens Academy days and one was the graduation and as described it was a wonderful bunch of people and it's a great program for the thousands of people listening. I encourage you to attend.

1915
04:03:02,000 --> 04:03:14,000
And and also I wanted to give you a really big shout out for being personally present and bringing people to town halls, which, which you're consistently very available for.

1916
04:03:14,000 --> 04:03:27,000
And I see that and I appreciate it and I think it helps a lot to just keep people updated on emergency evacuations and the other good work you're doing in the community. So thank you for that and thanks to your deputies.

1917
04:03:27,000 --> 04:03:28,000
Thank you.

1918
04:03:28,000 --> 04:03:29,000
Yeah.

1919
04:03:29,000 --> 04:03:39,000
And I think that's it because this is just a report. So we are going to break for closed session. We're going to be taking up items 10 a and 10 c and after closed session.

1920
04:03:39,000 --> 04:03:45,000
We will return for public hearings and item 11 11 A through 11 E.

1921
04:03:45,000 --> 04:03:47,000
Madam chair.

1922
04:03:47,000 --> 04:03:48,000
Right.

1923
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It's items 10 A through 10 C. So 10 A 10 B and 10 C. And this is expected to take between 60 and 90 minutes. I'm going to for staff listening out there waiting to come back.

1924
04:03:59,000 --> 04:04:01,000
I would air on caution of the 90 minutes.

1925
04:04:01,000 --> 04:04:05,000
Okay. Thank you. Yes. The closed session items 10 90 minutes.

1926
04:04:05,000 --> 04:04:06,000
Yeah.

1927
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Thank you.

1928
04:04:39,000 --> 04:04:41,000
Thank you.

1929
04:05:09,000 --> 04:05:11,000
Thank you.

1930
04:05:39,000 --> 04:05:41,000
Thank you.

1931
04:06:09,000 --> 04:06:11,000
Thank you.

1932
04:06:39,000 --> 04:06:41,000
Thank you.

1933
04:07:10,000 --> 04:07:12,000
Madam Vice chair.

1934
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We're live.

1935
04:07:13,000 --> 04:07:15,000
Yes. Thank you chair.

1936
04:07:15,000 --> 04:07:18,000
It's almost indeed equal.

1937
04:07:18,000 --> 04:07:22,000
Chair Manfrey was called away to a prior commitment.

1938
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And so before we get started with our public hearing. I'd like to ask our county council. Do we have any report from the private session.

1939
04:07:30,000 --> 04:07:31,000
Thank you.

1940
04:07:31,000 --> 04:07:32,000
Thank you.

1941
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The board met in closed session today on item 10 A conference with legal council existing litigation in the name of the case.

1942
04:07:41,000 --> 04:07:46,000
Julian contraris versus napkinate department of corrections.

1943
04:07:46,000 --> 04:07:49,000
No reportable action was taken.

1944
04:07:49,000 --> 04:07:56,000
The board also met in closed session today on item 10 B conference with legal council existing litigation.

1945
04:07:57,000 --> 04:07:58,000
The name of the case.

1946
04:07:58,000 --> 04:08:00,000
Phillips B county of anapa.

1947
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No reportable action was taken.

1948
04:08:03,000 --> 04:08:17,000
And the board also met in closed session on item 10 C conference with legal negotiators regarding the napkinate probation professionals association.

1949
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Direction was given to the designated agencies designated representative.

1950
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No reportable action was taken.

1951
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Thank you.

1952
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Thank you very much for that.

1953
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We'll start the public hearing process.

1954
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We have four public hearings.

1955
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Let's start with the 11 A.

1956
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And that's with the conduct of public hearing to consider any objections or protest with respect to the assessment proposed for the wine great pest and disease control district for fiscal year 2627.

1957
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And the doctor resolution authorizing a levy assessment for fiscal year 2627.

1958
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On qualifying properties.

1959
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Tracy Tracy Cleveland are at commissioner.

1960
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And seal our white measures.

1961
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Representative is it's here for this presentation.

1962
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Perfect.

1963
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Thank you.

1964
04:09:05,000 --> 04:09:06,000
Good afternoon.

1965
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Members of the board.

1966
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Tracy Cleveland.

1967
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Napkinate commissioner.

1968
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Sealer of weeds and measures.

1969
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I'm here today to hear any objections about the proposed assessment for fiscal year 2627.

1970
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For the napkinate wine great pest and disease control district.

1971
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The engineers report recommends the levy of the assessment at $12 per planted vineyard acre totaling 46,039 acres.

1972
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The last fiscal year the assessment was set at 1150 per acre.

1973
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So this is a 50 cents per acre increase.

1974
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As a reminder, the wine great pest and disease control district was reauthorized in 2022 for an additional five year term.

1975
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Expiring in 2027, we will begin working on the reauthorization this year.

1976
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The pest district was formed in 2002 for the purposes of funding the prevention of pierces disease,

1977
04:09:54,000 --> 04:09:57,000
preventing the potential spread of glass healing sharpshooter.

1978
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And it was ultimately expanded in 2006 to include activities to control additional wine great pests.

1979
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The pest district has a great board of directors with no board vacancies currently.

1980
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Some of the good work that the pest district does includes funding various pest trapping programs,

1981
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including fine mealy bug, glass healing sharpshooter, spotted lantern fly in a Sentinel trapping pest,

1982
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which is intended for early detection of wine great pests that are not known to exist in California.

1983
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Early detection allows for immediate response and eradication efforts.

1984
04:10:29,000 --> 04:10:34,000
The pest district supports various exclusion activities including nursery plant inspections,

1985
04:10:34,000 --> 04:10:39,000
bio-control releases for a vine mealy bug in addition to trapping for a vine mealy bug.

1986
04:10:39,000 --> 04:10:45,000
It supports University of California research, headed up by Dr. Cooper of UCCE locally,

1987
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and her team and that of course is also related to wine great pests and diseases.

1988
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And it also supports outreach and education seminars for growers and growers and industry professionals.

1989
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And we actually have a workshop coming up on June 23rd.

1990
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Assessment funds are collected and used to support these county specific programs,

1991
04:11:05,000 --> 04:11:09,000
as well as enhanced existing state supported programs.

1992
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That concludes my brief staff report and happy to hear any comments or questions.

1993
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Thank you, Commissioner Cleveland.

1994
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Do we have any public comment on the side of?

1995
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Not seeing any here, do we have any on the phone?

1996
04:11:24,000 --> 04:11:28,000
Not seeing any any, so go ahead and close this public hearing.

1997
04:11:28,000 --> 04:11:34,000
Do we have any board comments or questions?

1998
04:11:34,000 --> 04:11:36,000
I'm not seeing any there.

1999
04:11:36,000 --> 04:11:40,000
Do we have a vote to have a motion to adopt the resolution?

2000
04:11:40,000 --> 04:11:49,000
Yes, I will move to adopt a resolution authorizing and living assessments for fiscal year 2627 on qualifying properties.

2001
04:11:49,000 --> 04:11:51,000
And a second by anybody.

2002
04:11:51,000 --> 04:11:54,000
Second, okay, we have a motion by Catrell, second by Ramos.

2003
04:11:54,000 --> 04:11:56,000
All in favor, please say aye.

2004
04:11:57,000 --> 04:11:58,000
Aye, aye.

2005
04:11:58,000 --> 04:12:00,000
And there's no need, so that was unanimous.

2006
04:12:00,000 --> 04:12:04,000
Thank you very much.

2007
04:12:04,000 --> 04:12:07,000
Moving on to our next item, 11B.

2008
04:12:07,000 --> 04:12:09,000
This is another public hearing.

2009
04:12:09,000 --> 04:12:19,000
This is to consider any objections or protests with respect to the proposed assessment for fiscal year 2627 for county services area number four.

2010
04:12:19,000 --> 04:12:27,000
And adopt a resolution authorizing and living assessment on qualifying property owners in amounts of $14 per planted acre.

2011
04:12:27,000 --> 04:12:34,000
And we have Emma Woier here in our director for the Housing Programs Manager that's going to provide staff report.

2012
04:12:34,000 --> 04:12:37,000
Thank you so I'm going to officially open the public hearing.

2013
04:12:37,000 --> 04:12:38,000
By the way, thank you.

2014
04:12:38,000 --> 04:12:39,000
Awesome.

2015
04:12:39,000 --> 04:12:40,000
Thank you so much.

2016
04:12:40,000 --> 04:12:43,000
My name is Emma, I'm the interim director at Housing and Community Services.

2017
04:12:43,000 --> 04:12:52,000
Before you today is a resolution to levy the county service area agreement number four assessment against grape growers and parcel owners here in the county.

2018
04:12:52,000 --> 04:13:00,000
Just as just a quick background, a lot of you, most of you know about this, but it is a really unique public private partnership.

2019
04:13:00,000 --> 04:13:02,000
It was established in 2002.

2020
04:13:02,000 --> 04:13:10,000
The growers in the valley elected to self assess per acre for every parcel that has a planted that has planted grapes.

2021
04:13:10,000 --> 04:13:20,000
Funds raised go back into the community to develop or operate farm worker housing farm worker centers in 2002 when it was originally proposed.

2022
04:13:20,000 --> 04:13:23,000
The assessment started at $10 an acre today.

2023
04:13:23,000 --> 04:13:25,000
It is $14 an acre.

2024
04:13:25,000 --> 04:13:27,000
We are not increasing that.

2025
04:13:27,000 --> 04:13:29,000
So it's the same as last year.

2026
04:13:29,000 --> 04:13:31,000
It is not a reauthorization year.

2027
04:13:31,000 --> 04:13:34,000
That will begin in this new fiscal year.

2028
04:13:35,000 --> 04:13:43,000
It's renewed every five years and then the amount of that assessment is actually determined by the engineer's report that was before you in May.

2029
04:13:43,000 --> 04:13:50,000
That report looks at the annual operating budget for the centers and then what we anticipate coming in from the assessment.

2030
04:13:50,000 --> 04:13:57,000
And that helps us build our budget and understand what the gap funding is to operate the county farm worker centers.

2031
04:13:58,000 --> 04:14:07,000
In fiscal year 2627 coming up we see we have an assessment of 46,000 a little over excuse me 46,000 acres assessed.

2032
04:14:07,000 --> 04:14:18,000
In this past fiscal year the current fiscal year we're in we saw 47,000 so we did see a little bit of a reduction about 2%.

2033
04:14:18,000 --> 04:14:25,000
And just over the past 20 years since it was established more than 11 million dollars has been raised to put back into.

2034
04:14:26,000 --> 04:14:33,000
The operation of the three county run farm worker centers that we oversee and just to give you a high level overview of what those centers are.

2035
04:14:33,000 --> 04:14:37,000
There are three currently in the county right now that that we oversee.

2036
04:14:37,000 --> 04:14:43,000
There are 60 beds each so 180 lodgers reside in those beds at any one time.

2037
04:14:43,000 --> 04:14:51,000
There are open 11 months out of the year we do stagger their closure per state regulation but there's always one operating at any time.

2038
04:14:51,000 --> 04:14:57,000
We did increase that we we are planning to increase the amount that the lodgers pay so they do pay a nightly rental to stay there.

2039
04:14:57,000 --> 04:15:00,000
It comes with their meals they get three meals a day.

2040
04:15:00,000 --> 04:15:08,160
and laundry facilities. It's $19.00 a night currently. It will be. Excuse me, this upcoming fiscal year. We also

2041
04:15:08,160 --> 04:15:14,400
partner with agencies like the Farm Worker Foundation to provide on-site services for the lodgers, like ESL classes,

2042
04:15:14,400 --> 04:15:19,760
public health has come and done screening, so there are services provided on-site. The budget for

2043
04:15:19,760 --> 04:15:26,400
these centers to run them is just over $2 million annually. 50% of that is raised through that lodger rent,

2044
04:15:27,280 --> 04:15:34,240
so we rely on that and ensuring that we keep occupancy at those centers. 30% of it comes through

2045
04:15:34,240 --> 04:15:41,120
this assessment, the CSA4 and the remaining 20% is a mix of donations. The Napa Farm Worker

2046
04:15:41,120 --> 04:15:46,080
Centers of Lyons, they rebranded this year but they hosted a golf outing for us every year and that

2047
04:15:46,080 --> 04:15:51,760
funding goes back into the centers as well, along with Joe Serena funding that we receive from the state.

2048
04:15:51,760 --> 04:15:58,240
We get about $250,000 annually hoping that will increase, though. So that is just a little bit

2049
04:15:58,240 --> 04:16:03,760
about CSA4. The item before each day is to love you that assessment and authorize the resolution to

2050
04:16:03,760 --> 04:16:09,440
love you. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. I appreciate your report. Do you have any

2051
04:16:09,440 --> 04:16:15,520
public comment on this item? Not seeing any in the chambers, do we have anybody on the line? All right.

2052
04:16:16,560 --> 04:16:21,360
I'll go ahead and close this public hearing and ask the board for any comments, questions or

2053
04:16:21,360 --> 04:16:31,520
emotion? I think it comes to a question. I will move that we re-authorize. Yes,

2054
04:16:31,520 --> 04:16:36,480
Dr. Resolution, authorizing and loving assessments on qualifying property owners in the amount of $14

2055
04:16:36,480 --> 04:16:46,960
per planted acre for the CSA area number four. Okay. Okay. We have a motion by Gallagher. A second by

2056
04:16:46,960 --> 04:16:53,120
Ramos. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. No, Nays, that's unanimous. Thank you very much. I think you're

2057
04:16:53,120 --> 04:17:01,200
in mind. All right. Moving on to our third public hearing items. I love and see.

2058
04:17:02,000 --> 04:17:08,320
Open and move to continue the public hearing for Hugg often sellers, Winery Appeal. I filed by

2059
04:17:08,320 --> 04:17:18,880
Area Natural Lot, Weather Vane, Ranch LLC. It was the appellant. And let me know if I mis uh communicated

2060
04:17:18,880 --> 04:17:25,600
that or said that. I'm considering the decision made by Navi County Plan Commission on April 1st,

2061
04:17:25,600 --> 04:17:32,320
2026 to find the project categorically exempt from the California Environment Quality Act and approved

2062
04:17:32,320 --> 04:17:41,040
use permit major modification P19-00121-MOD. So we've got a Michael Parker here. Looks like

2063
04:17:41,040 --> 04:17:46,640
from planning. He's can be presenting this item and did I pronounce that correctly? Probably not. The

2064
04:17:46,640 --> 04:17:53,680
area in Machuola. Machuola. Okay. Great. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Now, this I'm opening the

2065
04:17:53,680 --> 04:17:58,240
public hearing on this. Thank you, Vice Chair, Leslie. I'm members of the board. Today's requested

2066
04:17:58,240 --> 04:18:05,440
action is that you open the public hearing except any public comment and then a motion by a board

2067
04:18:05,440 --> 04:18:11,840
member second by another and a vote by the board to continue the hearing to a date certain of August 11th,

2068
04:18:11,840 --> 04:18:18,640
2026 at 9 a.m. I'm available if there's any questions. Great. Short and sweet. Do we have any public

2069
04:18:18,720 --> 04:18:27,840
comment on this item? We don't. Okay. Very good. And then on the phone. So do we have a motion or

2070
04:18:27,840 --> 04:18:36,240
any board comments or question? I'll make a motion to continue the public hearing of item 11c to August

2071
04:18:36,240 --> 04:18:41,440
11th, 2026. I'll second that. Great. We have a motion by Ramos the second by Catrell. All

2072
04:18:41,440 --> 04:18:48,480
I'm favorably say aye. Aye. Aye. And that's unanimous. Thank you very much. Moving on to our last hearing

2073
04:18:48,480 --> 04:18:55,200
item. 11d. This is a conduct of public hearing to consider testimony for county services area number three

2074
04:18:55,760 --> 04:19:04,640
on fiscal year 2627 assessment of 150,000, 811 dollars and adopt a resolution authorizing the assessment.

2075
04:19:04,720 --> 04:19:11,600
Lovey. We've got to look like we've got to our director of public works. And here's the letter.

2076
04:19:11,600 --> 04:19:20,240
And so they're from an open the public hearing. Thank you Vice Chair, Elesio. The action we're actually

2077
04:19:20,240 --> 04:19:27,120
looking for from the board today has to continue this item to June 16th at 9 a.m. But in difference to any

2078
04:19:27,120 --> 04:19:33,120
member of the public who might have turned up for this, we suggest you open the public hearing,

2079
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which you already did and ask if there's any public comment before you take the Continuance action.

2080
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Thank you for that. Do we have any public comment? Nothing in the room, but now on the phone.

2081
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Okay, so we've got staff is requesting the hearing to be continued to the June 16th, 2026.

2082
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Board of Advisors meeting. We have no public comment. Do we have any comments or questions or

2083
04:19:56,720 --> 04:20:01,200
emotion on the board? I kind of a question as to why are you being continued? Okay.

2084
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The item actually there was kind of a little confusion with the noticing. So the item got noticed for today,

2085
04:20:07,600 --> 04:20:13,040
but the intention was to do it on the 16th since it was noticed for today. It's on today's agenda.

2086
04:20:13,040 --> 04:20:17,760
So we need to formally continue it to the 16th so that we don't break that chain from the

2087
04:20:17,760 --> 04:20:24,240
from the notice. And our notice period will, the notification will continue with the Continuance

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04:20:24,240 --> 04:20:28,480
action for today as long as we open it today. Thank you. I'll make a motion to continue to

2089
04:20:28,480 --> 04:20:34,640
June 16th and 90. Okay, we have a motion by Ramas. I will second that. I will also just make a note that

2090
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the recommendation doesn't include the Continuance piece. So maybe next time like a correction memo or something.

2091
04:20:43,040 --> 04:20:48,480
Thanks. Okay. Thank you for that. So we have a second by Katrell. All in favor, please say aye.

2092
04:20:48,480 --> 04:20:53,040
Aye. And that's unanimous. So that concludes our public hearing.

2093
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Correct. Oh, we have one more. Oh, look, there's one more. And there's more. Okay,

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04:21:00,880 --> 04:21:07,680
where we move quickly here. This is item 11 E and this is a conduct a public hearing to consider.

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Any objections or protests with respect to special taxes for the subrotic community services

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04:21:13,120 --> 04:21:19,440
district except the annual special tax report for fiscal year 2627. And the document recommended

2097
04:21:19,440 --> 04:21:28,480
maximum special tax totaling $230,000, $26,000 for fiscal year 2627. I'm opening the public hearing

2098
04:21:28,480 --> 04:21:35,120
on this and again, we'll receive another report by our staff, public, work structure, save letter. Yes.

2099
04:21:35,120 --> 04:21:40,240
Thank you, Vice Chairman. I think you pretty much covered what I was going to say. I'll just mention that

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the silver out of community services district does provide services in the silver out of country

2101
04:21:46,400 --> 04:21:54,880
club area, primarily landscaping also sidewalk services. They're the engineer report

2102
04:21:55,920 --> 04:22:00,400
covered the planned work for for this year and set the assessment. I will

2103
04:22:02,960 --> 04:22:10,000
look forward. This district has historically been underfunded on the sidewalk maintenance side.

2104
04:22:10,000 --> 04:22:17,520
So one of our goals for this year is to do a analysis of all the sidewalks and the necessary

2105
04:22:17,520 --> 04:22:27,440
funding that would be needed to bring all the sidewalks up to speed and then address that with a funding

2106
04:22:27,440 --> 04:22:35,920
request. Based on what we find in next year's budget. That's a great idea. Thank you for that.

2107
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So then I'll go and ask for a public comment. Anybody in the chambers? Anybody on vote? Okay,

2108
04:22:41,600 --> 04:22:47,520
great. So I'll close this public hearing. Do we have any board members with questions or comments?

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04:22:49,120 --> 04:22:54,960
Do we have any board members who like to make a motion? I will move that we accept the annual special

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04:22:54,960 --> 04:23:02,000
tax report for fiscal year 2627 and that we adopt the recommended maximum special tax totaling

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$230,000 for fiscal year 2627. We have a motion by Catrell and a second by Ramos. All the

2112
04:23:11,040 --> 04:23:19,520
favor please say aye. Aye. And that's unanimous. Okay. Now we've finished the public hearings and we are on to

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adjournment. We will now adjourn to the next Board of Supervisors meeting which will be Monday June 15th,

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2026 at 6 p.m. Is that correct? Okay that is that is correct. Thank you. So we're adjourning

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this meeting at 315 p.m. Thank you.