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>> Good morning. Thank you all

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for joining us. I would like

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to call this meeting

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to order this morning. Our

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pledge and invocation will be

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led by the 4th district

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Supervisor Hagman.

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>> Thank you, Madam Chair, and

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good morning everyone. I'd

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like to introduce Pastor

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Robert Rocha. He's been the

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lead pastor of Vaz Church in

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Ontario for eight years. Vaz

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Church is a non denominational

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church. Pastor Rocha and his

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wife Elizabeth and their family

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and a team

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of future members launched

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Vaz Church, which officially

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opened its doors on February

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11, 2018 at the historic

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Granada Theater in Ontario.

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Under his leadership, Voss

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Church has become a thriving,

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multicultural, multi

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generational church that is

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active in the community.

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Pastor Rocha has a passion for

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developing next generation

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leaders as disciples of Jesus

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while also meeting the needs

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of the community. He is devoted

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husband to his wife Elizabeth

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Torres, who is also a pastor.

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They've been married for 19

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years. They have three

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children, Isabella, Eva and

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Mateo. In his spare time,

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the time with his family,

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watching sports events and

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golfing. And my wife and I had

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the opportunity to go visit him

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yesterday and he's had a great

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message and so much energy

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at your church. Thank you.

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What you do

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for the community. Pastor

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>> Good morning. And I would

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like to thank Supervisor Curt

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Hagman and the county of San

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Bernardino for the opportunity

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and the privilege to lead this

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invocation and the pledge once

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again for today's Board of

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Supervisor meeting. I am truly

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honored to be here. The word

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of God declares in Jeremiah

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29:7, also seek the peace and

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prosperity of the city

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to which I have carried you.

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because if it prospers,

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you too will prosper. I'm going

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to invite you

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to please bow your heads. Let

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us pray. Heavenly Father, we

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thank you for the gift

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of life and for the grace that

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you that brought us together

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safely on this day. As we enter

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into this meeting,

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we invite your presence

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into this room. Prepare every

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heart,

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align every mind and let your

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Holy Spirit guide us

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into truth,

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clarity and understanding.

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Lord, we lift up every leader

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in this place and we ask that

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you would empower them

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with wisdom

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beyond their own discernment.

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integrity and

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in every action,

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let justice be the standard.

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service be their motive. Your

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word calls us to seek the peace

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and the prosperity

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of our city. Today. We stand on

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that promise and we declare

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this over San Bernardino

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County. We ask that you would

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bring peace where there is

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tension, unity where there is

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division and vision,

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where there is uncertainty.

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Let this county flourish.

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spiritually, so that every

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family, every business and

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every community may experience

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a well being and opportunity.

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today lead to solutions that

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uplift the people,

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strengthen our communities,

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and reflect the greater good

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of all. We ask that your

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kingdom come,

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your will be done in San

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Bernardino county as it is

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in heaven. In Jesus name we

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pray. Amen. Now, if you would

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please face the flag and place

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your right hand over your heart

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and let us pledge allegiance

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together. Ready? Begin.

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>> I pledge allegiance

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to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the

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Republic for which it stands,

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one nation, under God,

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indivisible,

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with liberty and justice

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for all. Thank you.

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>> Thank you very much.

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>> Thank you, Pastor Rob.

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>> We will now move on

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to our memorial adjournments.

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Vice Chair Baca.

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>> Thank you, Madam Chair.

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Today gives me great honor

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to adjourn in memory of coach

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Ray C. Aldama of Colton. He was

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55 years of age,

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a lifelong resident of

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Colton, and he was a former

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teammate of mine. We were

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actually rivals

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in high school. I was at

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Eisenhower, he was at Colton,

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and we ended up becoming

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teammates at Valley College

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in Cal State San Bernardino. I

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know that many

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of his friends, you know,

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are taking this loss tough. He

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was a well respected coach at

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San Gorgonio High School and

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teacher, physical education

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teacher, great athlete,

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a great human being, and, you

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know, just a good person.

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it's very personal

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for me because, you know,

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my father grew up

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with his older brothers,

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his older brothers, Bieber,

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Sal Chito, longtime family

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friends. So this is a hard one.

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to high school with his niece

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Angela. So, you know,

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a heart goes out to the Aldama

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family. Thank you, Madam

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Chair.

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>> Thank you very much,

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>> Yeah, thank you, Madam

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to also adjourn in memory of

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Freddie Contreras. Freddie

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Contreras was devoted husband,

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loving father,

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and proud grandfather Charis

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family. Above all,

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he enjoys spending time

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with his wife and children,

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especially treasured moment

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of his grandson. He's a

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dedicated, hardworking man.

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Freddie served over 20 years

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with the California Department

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of Corrections and

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Rehabilitation, beginning his

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career at the California

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Rehabilitation Center CRC in

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2001. He was known

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caring and deeply supportive.

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passed away suddenly on April

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by his beloved wife, two

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daughters, son and grandson.

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with the Contreras family

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during this difficult time.

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Marjorie Smith, who passed away

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driving force behind the

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she helped organize disaster

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preparedness expos in Yucca

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Valley, encouraging residents

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to stay alert and help each

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other during a time

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of crisis. I would also like

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George Murillo, who was a

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resident of Highland and he

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on May 1st. George is the

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father of Chairwoman Lynn

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Martinez, both of whom serve

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on the Tribal Council at

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Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel

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Nation. Our hearts go out

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to them both and their families

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during this difficult time.

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so if my colleagues will join

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me in the well, please. And I

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would like to invite up the

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Auditor, Controller, Tax

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Collector and your entire team

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for today.

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Come on, everybody. We'll jump

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in here this morning. It is our

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honor

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to present three financial

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Reporting awards to the Office

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of the Auditor, Controller,

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Treasurer, Tax Collector

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for fiscal year ending June

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30, 2024. The first two awards

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are from the Government

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Finance Officers Association.

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The Certificate of Achievement

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for Excellence in Financial

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Reporting is the premier

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indicator of excellence

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in governmental accounting

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for the preparation of the

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annual comprehensive financial

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report. The award

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for outstanding achievement

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in popular Annual financial

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Reporting recognizes the

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department's ability to distill

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complex financial information

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from a highly technical annual

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comprehensive financial and

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produce a clear and concise

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report for our constituents.

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The third award, presented

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on behalf of the California

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State Controller, recognizes

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the highest quality in

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governmental accounting and

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financial reporting in

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California. These awards

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reflect the professionalism and

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the dedication of the ATC

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Controller Division led by

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Chief Deputy Mima Ugbo,

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Vanessa Doyle. On behalf

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of the board,

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it is my pleasure

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to present these

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to your entire department.

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Congratulations. We will now

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move on to our reports

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from our County Council. Laura

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thank you, Madam Chair. I have

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nothing to report. And reports

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from our CEO Luther.

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>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I

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wanted to take a moment and

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report that the county has

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received the Government

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Finance Officers Association

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Distinguished Budget

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Presentation Award. That is a

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mouthful.

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For fiscal year beginning July

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1, 2025, this is the highest

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form of recognition

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in governmental budgeting.

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It's not uncommon that our

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finance office wins this award,

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but what is unique this year

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is, for the first time ever,

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the county also received a

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special recognition

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for our budget, specifically

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for strategic goals and

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strategies. So pretty cool.

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It's a meaningful

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accomplishment, a reflection

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of the strong partnership

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across the organization. So

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congrats to the board

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for their support

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in our budget. We'll be having

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actually a discussion item

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about that later today. And

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Matthew, our CFO. Thank you

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Matthew for his commitment

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to excellence. Our whole CAO

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finance team and frankly the

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entire county, all

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of our staff who work hard to

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put together an exceptional

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budget. This week is Public

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Service Week. This is a

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recognition that we received

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here. It's a strong reminder

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that all the work done behind

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the scenes has a direct and

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meaningful impact

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on the public that we serve.

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In just recognition to all our

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hard working staff this week

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especially, thank you

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for all you do. Thank you for

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the huge impact that you make

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every day and

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for pouring your heart and

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souls into this work. So thank

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you very much and

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congratulations

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to the team.

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>> Thank you very much. All

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right, that brings us to our

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individual board member

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comments, Vice Chair Baca.

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>> Thank you Madam Chair. I

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just want

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to echo the CEO's sentiments

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on public Service week. Want to

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thank all our county employees

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for the great work you do.

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Just incredible for the amount

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of individuals that you service

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in your community. So hats off

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to all our county employees.

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All the departments also want

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to announce that in Muscoy, as

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a result of our $2.1 million

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American Rescue Plan act,

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they were able to complete a

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83,500 square foot outdoor

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learning center which includes

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a sensory garden, outdoor

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class, classrooms, basketball

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court, foots all court. This

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has been a great investment

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for the Muscoy community which

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is a clearly a highly

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underserved community. So

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congratulations to Muscoy

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Elementary School. Had the

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opportunity to attend

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with my colleague Chair Rowe

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and Supervisor Armendarez, the

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serviceman. Recognition for all

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the recognition many years, 25

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plus years for all employees.

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So congratulations to all those

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employees that continue

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to serve our county. I want to

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congratulate our county staff

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and all our departments

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for doing a tremendous job

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for your take your child

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to work day. And I think it's

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just a great experience

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for all

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of us board members and staff

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to really expose their kids

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to that, but really get

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to bond and for the families

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to get

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to see what their parents do at

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work and also even considering

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coming back at some point

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in time and working

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for the county of San

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Bernardino.

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But I think it continues

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to grow every year and

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continues to be more and more

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successful and fun for all the

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employees. I attended the

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Children's memorial flag

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raising event

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with my colleague Supervisor

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Armendarez, just so they could

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recognize those children that

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have lost their lives due to

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violence. I think it's an

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important, critical time to

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recognize and make sure we

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continue to support Our

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children throughout the

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community also went to the

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Arrowhead Grove Check awards

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ceremony which was here in

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San Bernardino on Baseline and

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Waterman. We accepted a check

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for $3 million from

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Congressman Aguilar to invest

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in 132 new affordable housing

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projects in the city of San

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Bernardino. Currently the

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county has given 5 million

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which will allow for 92

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additional units which is

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under construction now. But

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this will also add a phase five

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which is really great. I want

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to thank public works and

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county code

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for the great work they did

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during the Bloomington and

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Muscoy Earth Day cleanup. It

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was a great turnout. Want

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to thank all the volunteers.

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But one

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of the great things is our

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Sheriff's department arrested

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individual and also they

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removed an encampment which

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just an eyesore

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to the community. So hats off

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to our county code enforcement

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for removing that big

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encampment. Thank you

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for doing that. Also our office

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had a. We hosted a Fentanyl

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film contest screening contest

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here in San Bernardino where

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our students throughout our

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local high schools submitted

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videos and the winner was

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recognized

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with the scholarship. So we had

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four scholarships that were

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awarded for the amount

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of fifteen hundred dollars

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to those students in schools.

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Just a great event to bring

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Fentanyl awareness

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to our community. Also we

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attended the county Employee

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Excellence recognition along

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with my colleagues Supervisor

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Chair and Supervisor Hagman

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where 58 employees are

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recognized

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for the great work they

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continue to do in our county.

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Congratulations. Also

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participated in the Donate

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Live Month flag raising event

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at ARMC. Want to thank Andrew

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Goldfrack and the team for

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putting that together as they

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continue to get donors which is

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very very critical. And then

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this afternoon there is going

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to be a check presentation

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for $2 million as we look

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at potentially investing

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in phase three or phase two of

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our local animal shelter. I

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want to thank Congressman

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Aguilar

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for his continued investment

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in our county. Continues

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to deliver for our county. So

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thank you Congressman Aguilar

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and just want

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to highlight a few board items.

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Item 31, the HUD Action Plan

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which will be $1.27 million

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investment in the Colton

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Hunting Corporate Area

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for ADA ramps and sidewalks.

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And also there's a plan

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for affordable housing

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for fifth and Meridian which

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borders the city of San

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Bernardino and Rialto which

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will bring 106 affordable units

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which is great. 22 for units

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aging help foster youth. So

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this is a great investment.

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Also item 43 want to thank our

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preschool services department

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for making a $10 million

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investment for upgrading all

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our classrooms which will give

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our kids in our preschools the

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opportunity to compete

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with other schools

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in all kinds of Technological

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investments. And the last thing

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is, we continue to invest

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in our animal care group,

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item number 48, which is to

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make sure that we have housing

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and look

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at a more regional approach

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to our animal care. Thank you,

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Madam Chair.

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>> Thank you very much,

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Supervisor Cook.

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>> Yeah, I'm not sure that this

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is the proper time

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to say what I'm going to say,

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but anything you want. I have a

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knack for doing that. I think

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the subject of drones,

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it's one that very,

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very interested in because I

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represent an area that's, you

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know, mostly all desert, a lot

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of it,

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particularly the high desert.

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And I've lived here a long

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while, both

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in the military and as,

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as a civilian. And we have a

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history, quite frankly,

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at least in my district, the

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Mojave Desert, where somebody

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gets lost, they're out there

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hiking or what have you,

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and we never find them. And you

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say to yourself,

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how can we do this? The

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technology before we used

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to have, you know, airplanes

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and helicopters and everything

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else. And it always used

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to bother me when we. There was

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somebody lost out there

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in the Mojave Desert. It is

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absolutely huge,

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but it is very unforgiving. So

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the subject of drones is going

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to be something I'm going

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to be a pass on, on how we can

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use that technology. And

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obviously it comes down

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to money and everything

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like that, but it also comes

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down to perhaps saving one or I

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don't know how many lives. So I

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thought I'd mention that. I

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don't know if that's. This is

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the proper place for sure. But

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I would hope that we do this so

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that we don't have another

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accident where somebody is

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out there. They don't realize

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how unforgiving the desert can

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be even in cold weather because

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it's so vast. But, you know,

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I've kind of made a vow, not

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on my watch again. So that's

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the future that I'm going to

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try and advocate so maybe we

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can win a battle

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over the desert. Thank you.

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>> Thank you very much,

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Supervisor Armendarez.

598
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>> Yes, thank you, Chair. Lots

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of exciting things happened

600
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in the last couple weeks.

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In second district,

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we were able to tour a veterans

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retreat center that's being

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built currently in Mount

605
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Baldy. Excited

606
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to see what's going on

607
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with that. Hoping

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to build some sort

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of collaboration with them so

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we can help serve our vets a

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little bit better. The second

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district, we had our mobile pop

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up hours where we had over 11

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constituents come out and tell

615
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us issues that they had. And

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we're working on every one

617
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of those issues to see how we

618
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can help them and accommodate

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them with their needs. We did a

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check presentation

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for the arts for Palmetto

622
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Elementary School. We went to

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Fontana Unified School

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District, State

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of the district.

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>> I want to make sure thank

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everybody

628
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for the bring your child

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to work day. It was a great

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event. I had my kids here and

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for them

632
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to see all the interaction

633
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with people it was great

634
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for them to be here. So really

635
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enjoyed that event. I also

636
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attended the Empire Strikers

637
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Partnership Appreciation Night

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where they spoke about the

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partnerships that we've had

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through the years including

641
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San Bernardino counties. We

642
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spoke at the children's

643
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memorial flag raising ceremony

644
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with my colleague here, Mr.

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Baca and we went to a Earth day

646
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celebration luncheon

647
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at the former CSI. We went to

648
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Pinwell pledge campaign which

649
00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,100
is making awareness

650
00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:38,100
of child abuse. We were able

651
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to speak at that event for

652
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to a bunch of young kids

653
00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:43,100
from the Exchange club or they

654
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call it the Excel Club in

655
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Summit High School. We went

656
00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:48,100
to Fontana Unified School

657
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District's award ceremony

658
00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,100
for their students and staff.

659
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It was called meeting over and

660
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beyond the expectation. And

661
00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:57,100
honestly the only reason I came

662
00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:58,100
clear of it is my son actually

663
00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:00,100
received an award there

664
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for going over and

665
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beyond and that's how I heard

666
00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,100
about it. But it was exciting

667
00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:06,100
to see all the teachers and

668
00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:07,100
students that were acknowledged

669
00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:08,100
for going over and

670
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beyond what they are capable

671
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:13,100
of doing. We also attended the

672
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Fontana Days parade. We had a

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community cleanup event in

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Fontana unincorporated area. I

675
00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:20,100
also spoke at the Asian

676
00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:21,100
Business Association's Inland

677
00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,100
Empire Health and Wellness. We

678
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talked about everything

679
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from warehouses to housing. We

680
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:29,100
also were we supported the

681
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Sheriff's Department seat heat

682
00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:34,100
annual event and we also did a

683
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check presentation to

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Citadel. That concludes my

685
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comments.

686
00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:40,100
>> Thank you very much

687
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:41,100
Supervisor Hagman.

688
00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,100
>> Thank you.

689
00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:45,100
>> Just want to kind

690
00:20:45,100 --> 00:20:46,100
of highlight item number 77

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00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:48,100
which includes a 12.7 million

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00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:49,100
investment for the Grow Basin

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outlet storm drain in the city

694
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of Ontario

695
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to include flooding issues. It

696
00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:56,100
was a busy month so I think

697
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we're all pretty busy.

698
00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:58,100
But some of the past events

699
00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:00,100
recently we attended the ribbon

700
00:21:00,100 --> 00:21:02,100
cutting for Prado Park's new

701
00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,100
entry Monument Gatehouse. The

702
00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:06,100
snack bar and boat dock really

703
00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:08,100
shouts out to Beata and the

704
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,100
team that they've done the

705
00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:11,100
great job. These are part of

706
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the multimillion dollar

707
00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:14,100
investment in to Prado

708
00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:15,100
Regional Park. Thank you to

709
00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,100
Upland Women's Club who

710
00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:18,100
recently had me attend their

711
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100th year anniversary. I also

712
00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:21,100
recently spoke at the Upland

713
00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:23,100
Foothill Quantum monthly

714
00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:24,100
meeting. And thank you to our

715
00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:26,100
service groups who do so much

716
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,100
for the community. The city

717
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of Montclair also recently

718
00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:30,401
celebrated its 70th year's

719
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birthday or founding so

720
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congratulations

721
00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,100
to them. I was also honored

722
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to recently attend the

723
00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,100
Montclair's 38th annual

724
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Volunteer Awards and thank you

725
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all who serve our communities.

726
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Also recently attended Fire

727
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Ops one on one with the Chino

728
00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,100
Valley Fire District.

729
00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,100
Workforce Development recently

730
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:51,100
held a job fair,

731
00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:53,100
an expungement event

732
00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:54,100
with the 4th district. It was

733
00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:55,100
at the Ontario Airport. They

734
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:57,100
served four, they saw 466 job

735
00:21:57,100 --> 00:21:59,401
seekers and also 85 individuals

736
00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:03,100
started their record cleaning

737
00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:04,100
process. Family shelter also

738
00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:06,100
received 50,000

739
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:07,100
from our office

740
00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:09,100
to serve families in need.

741
00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:10,100
Upcoming District events

742
00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:12,100
includes the SKAG General

743
00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:14,100
assembly starts tomorrow and

744
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:15,100
all local governments around

745
00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,100
the region get together once a

746
00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,100
year. Our next shredding event

747
00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:21,100
is June 6th at the City of

748
00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:23,100
Chino and May 20th is our

749
00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:24,100
annual open house at the

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Chino's office between 5 and 7

751
00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:29,601
and I want to Also congrats

752
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to the San Bernardino County

753
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Library who recently honored us

754
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the Best of the Best Library

755
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in the region by Inland Empire

756
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readers. And finally,

757
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applications for the San

758
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Bernardino County Civil Grand

759
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Jury are currently being

760
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accepted through July 31st and

761
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visit our website

762
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to learn more.

763
00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,100
>> Thank you, thank you. As our

764
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,100
Vice Chair mentioned,

765
00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:50,100
we had the opportunity

766
00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:52,100
to recognize the Public

767
00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:54,100
Service Recognition Week which

768
00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:56,100
is the first week in May, and

769
00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:57,100
San Bernardino county proudly

770
00:22:57,100 --> 00:22:58,100
joins our federal,

771
00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:00,100
state and local governments

772
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:01,100
in honoring the dedication

773
00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:02,100
of public servants on

774
00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:04,100
across the entire nation. But

775
00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:05,100
this week really provides a

776
00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:06,100
meaningful opportunity

777
00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:07,100
to acknowledge the commitment,

778
00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:09,100
the integrity and the

779
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professionalism demonstrated

780
00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:11,100
daily by those who have not

781
00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:13,100
just taken jobs

782
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,100
but have taken an oath

783
00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:16,100
to serve our communities. On

784
00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:18,100
April 29, the county proudly

785
00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:19,100
recognized this year's Public

786
00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:21,100
Service Awards Recipients,

787
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,100
celebrating staff from

788
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across all of our organizations

789
00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:26,100
who have demonstrated

790
00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:27,100
exceptional service

791
00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:28,100
to our communities.

792
00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:29,100
Congratulations to all

793
00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:31,100
of the recipients and thank you

794
00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:32,100
for your dedication to the

795
00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:34,100
county and the departments that

796
00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:36,100
you support. We have a free

797
00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:37,100
chipping program coming up. As

798
00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:39,100
wildfire season approaches,

799
00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:40,100
residents of the third

800
00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:41,100
District who have cleared

801
00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:43,100
vegetation around their homes

802
00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:44,100
can take advantage of free wood

803
00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:46,100
chipping programs provided

804
00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:48,100
by the local Fire Safe

805
00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:50,100
Councils. They include Yucaipa

806
00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,100
and Oak Glenn, the Rim

807
00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,100
communities in the Big Bear

808
00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:55,100
area. And you can register

809
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,100
at firesafenow.org and I would

810
00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,100
like to mention as I wrap up my

811
00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:01,100
comments that we have a number

812
00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:03,100
of speakers signed up

813
00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,100
on items not on today's agenda

814
00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,100
for the Lone Pine Canyon

815
00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:11,100
Quarry Project. That project is

816
00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:12,100
still going

817
00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:14,100
through the planning stages.

818
00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:16,100
This board will not be hearing

819
00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:17,100
that item anytime soon,

820
00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:19,100
but it is in the planning

821
00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:21,100
stages and public comment is

822
00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:22,100
open to be received in the

823
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Land Use Services Department.

824
00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:26,100
And you are more than welcome

825
00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:27,100
to stay and give your comments

826
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here at the board. The

827
00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:30,100
appropriate time and place

828
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for it to be considered is

829
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within the Land Use Planning

830
00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:35,100
Department, and that department

831
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is right across the lobby.

832
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Miguel is here, our Director

833
00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,100
of Land Use Services,

834
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with his hand raised,

835
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:44,100
and he can direct anybody

836
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over there

837
00:24:46,100 --> 00:24:47,100
to provide public comment

838
00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:48,100
to the planner of that project

839
00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:50,100
so it can be received as part

840
00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,100
of the CEQA documents and then

841
00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:52,100
be a part

842
00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:53,100
of the official record. And

843
00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,100
again,

844
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:55,100
you're more than welcome

845
00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:56,100
to do both.

846
00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:57,100
But if you're here today

847
00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:58,100
to provide comment as a part

848
00:24:58,100 --> 00:24:59,100
of the official record,

849
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it would need to be done

850
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,100
through the Land Use Services

851
00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,100
Planning Department. And

852
00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:04,100
with that, Danette, do we have

853
00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:05,100
any additions or revisions

854
00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:06,100
to today's agenda?

855
00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:07,100
>> We have no changes

856
00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:08,100
to the agenda. Thank you,

857
00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:09,100
Madam Chair.

858
00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:10,100
>> Do we have any board members

859
00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:11,100
wishing

860
00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:13,100
to disclose any conflicts

861
00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:15,100
of interest on any items? All

862
00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:16,100
right. Seeing none,

863
00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:17,100
we will move on

864
00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:18,100
to our consent calendar,

865
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which today consists

866
00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:21,100
of items number two through

867
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81. And I have a number

868
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of requests to speak

869
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on consent. We will begin

870
00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:29,100
with Maria Gamboa, followed

871
00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:31,401
by Amethyst Yates. Yes.

872
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Podiums on either side. You

873
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:47,100
have three minutes

874
00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:48,100
for public comment. When you're

875
00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:49,100
down to your last 30 seconds,

876
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it will turn orange,

877
00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:52,100
and then it will flash red

878
00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:53,100
at the end of the three minutes

879
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and begin whenever you're

880
00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:55,100
ready.

881
00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:57,100
>> Well, my name is Maria

882
00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:59,100
Luisa Gamboa, and I was here

883
00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,100
about. Well, I'm with Gamboa,

884
00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:03,100
Counseling, private practice.

885
00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:07,601
I'm a provider for CPS. Have

886
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,100
been for almost 20 years. And I

887
00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:13,100
was here about a year ago,

888
00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:15,401
not quite a year,

889
00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:21,100
and you really helped me out.

890
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:23,100
My issue was I hadn't been paid

891
00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:25,100
for about four months, and

892
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:27,100
after speaking here,

893
00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:30,100
I got all my pay

894
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:32,100
within two weeks. So that was a

895
00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:34,100
huge success. So I just want

896
00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:36,100
to thank you for that. While I

897
00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:38,100
was here, I got the impression

898
00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:39,100
that you were very interested

899
00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,100
in the functioning

900
00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:45,100
of that program. It's the CAPS

901
00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:47,401
program. And what happened

902
00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,100
after that opened up the

903
00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,100
conversation

904
00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:56,100
about my participation,

905
00:26:58,100 --> 00:26:59,100
my providing services

906
00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:01,100
in that program. And they asked

907
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,100
me if I had any concerns. So I

908
00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,100
said, well, okay,

909
00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:07,100
they're willing to listen. So I

910
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,100
shared

911
00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:12,100
with them. I think there was

912
00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:13,100
about three concerns that I had

913
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,100
that I had been trying

914
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,100
to resolve for about those 20

915
00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,100
years. Well, maybe 15 years,

916
00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:23,100
and I had not been listened to.

917
00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:25,100
After speaking here,

918
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:30,100
they were willing to listen.

919
00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:34,100
That was maybe around June, and

920
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,100
we had some discussions. And

921
00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,100
out of those discussions, they

922
00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:41,401
presented what they were

923
00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:45,601
willing to negotiate on. It was

924
00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:49,100
really good. I was very

925
00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:51,401
surprised. In September, out

926
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,100
of those three issues, they

927
00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:58,100
immediately accepted the

928
00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:01,100
amendment on one of them. This

929
00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:02,100
was regarding insurance

930
00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:04,100
coverages that we have

931
00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:06,100
to maintain. They were

932
00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:09,100
exorbitant for a person just

933
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:11,100
in private practice. So they

934
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:14,100
accepted the change. There's a

935
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:15,100
huge long story,

936
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,100
but I don't have time

937
00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:20,601
for here. But the other two

938
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,100
that they said they would amend

939
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,100
never happened. And I would

940
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:29,100
make phone calls, I'd leave

941
00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:31,401
messages. I'd constantly trying

942
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:33,100
to speak to someone,

943
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:35,100
what's the update

944
00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:38,601
on this agreement? And I would

945
00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:40,100
just get the run

946
00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,100
around and run around. The

947
00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:43,100
person that helped me the most

948
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,100
was Ms. Adams. Cheryl Adams.

949
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:50,100
So she was very helpful. So

950
00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,100
anyway, what

951
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:54,100
to bring it closer

952
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:56,100
to now.

953
00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:03,100
>> Thank you. Amethyst Yates,

954
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:05,401
followed by Andrea Myers.

955
00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:15,100
Excuse me, ma'am,

956
00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:16,100
if you'll wait just one second

957
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:18,100
before you walk out the door.

958
00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,601
Victor, you may have to run.

959
00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:24,401
Thank you. Amethyst Yates.

960
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:31,100
We'll move on to Andrea

961
00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:34,100
Myers, followed by Carlo. Last

962
00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:42,401
chance for amethyst yates.

963
00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:45,401
Andrea myers. All right,

964
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:53,100
and then we'll move on to

965
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:55,401
Carlo. Good morning, sir.

966
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:01,100
>> Good morning, Board. Good

967
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:03,100
morning, everybody. It's a

968
00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:04,100
pleasure

969
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,100
to see everyone here. So

970
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:06,100
on the item that I want

971
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,100
to speak

972
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,100
about is the programs run

973
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,401
by and contracts offered

974
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:15,100
by cfs. This is a substantial

975
00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:17,100
amount of money,

976
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:18,100
okay? A substantial amount

977
00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,100
of money that I cannot,

978
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:22,100
nor can the director of cfs,

979
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:23,100
when I spoke to her,

980
00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:25,100
guarantee that these services

981
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:27,100
from removals were based

982
00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:29,401
on false allegations. It's

983
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:31,100
pretty much a kidnapping

984
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,100
industrial complex. There's a

985
00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:36,100
lot of money that the taxpayers

986
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:37,100
are paying

987
00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:39,100
to support these programs,

988
00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:40,100
businesses, and we cannot

989
00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:43,100
guarantee that these kids were

990
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:44,100
not removed

991
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:45,100
from false allegations,

992
00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:47,100
but were spending all this

993
00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,100
money with no accountability.

994
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:50,100
Do you know the heartbreak

995
00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:53,100
people feel these families feel

996
00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:54,100
they see as professionals

997
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,100
in their suits, lawyers,

998
00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:58,100
judges, and then they have

999
00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:01,100
to go do these services. Once

1000
00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:02,100
they complete the services,

1001
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:04,100
CFS still says, hey,

1002
00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:05,100
guess what? We're still going

1003
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:08,100
to adopt your kids out.

1004
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,100
Where's the accountability

1005
00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:14,100
for this? There is none. So if

1006
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:16,100
you're not going to go ahead

1007
00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:17,100
and give the kids back after

1008
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:19,100
providing all these services,

1009
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:23,100
then why pay for them at all?

1010
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:24,100
We have kids

1011
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:27,601
in group homes getting beat up,

1012
00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,100
raped, tortured, starving.

1013
00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:33,100
Where's the accountability? I

1014
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,401
asked the director herself.

1015
00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:40,100
When she was outside here,

1016
00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:41,100
and I spoke to her. She said

1017
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,100
there's a difference when a

1018
00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:45,100
woman grow ups a child and when

1019
00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:46,100
a man does it. So if this is

1020
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:47,100
the kind

1021
00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:49,100
of leadership we have,

1022
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:51,100
then I suggest we start over.

1023
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:53,100
As the grand jury stated,

1024
00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:55,100
we start over checking

1025
00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:57,100
out these contracts, checking

1026
00:31:57,100 --> 00:31:58,100
out all the hundreds

1027
00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,100
of millions

1028
00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:01,100
of dollars the county is paying

1029
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:02,100
for these services, because we

1030
00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:04,401
cannot trust these people

1031
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:06,100
to stand there in front

1032
00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,100
of court, to stand in front

1033
00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:09,100
of the parents and say, yes,

1034
00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:11,100
you will get your kids back

1035
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:12,100
when you complete these

1036
00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:14,100
services. That the taxpayers

1037
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,100
of San Bernardino, the

1038
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,100
taxpayers of the state of

1039
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,100
California, and the taxpayers

1040
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:20,100
through Title 4E funding from

1041
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:23,100
Social Security, that's I think

1042
00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:25,100
this year is about $50 billion

1043
00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:27,100
out of Social Security going

1044
00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:28,100
to these programs

1045
00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,401
across the country. It's

1046
00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,401
satanic, it's demonic, the

1047
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,401
suffering these families go

1048
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,100
through. And at the end

1049
00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:43,401
of it, false allegations.

1050
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:48,100
Now, child abuse is real,

1051
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,100
but if you can, as a director,

1052
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:52,100
guarantee that removals,

1053
00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:55,100
adoptions, and every which way

1054
00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,100
in between is based

1055
00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:58,100
on false allegations,

1056
00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:01,100
then you need a new job.

1057
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:02,100
>> Thank you. That is the last

1058
00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:03,100
request to speak that I have.

1059
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,100
Do I have any board members

1060
00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:06,100
wishing to pull an item

1061
00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:07,100
for discussion?

1062
00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:09,100
>> Second

1063
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:10,100
>> I have a motion by

1064
00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:11,100
Supervisor Hagman, a second

1065
00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:12,100
by Vice Chair Baca. All those

1066
00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:13,100
in favor?

1067
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:14,100
>> Aye.

1068
00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:15,100
>> Any opposed? Any

1069
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:16,100
abstentions?

1070
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:17,100
>> With that, the consent

1071
00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:18,100
calendar passes unanimously.

1072
00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:20,100
>> Thank you very much. We will

1073
00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:21,100
now move on

1074
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,401
to our discussion calendar.

1075
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:27,100
And starting with item number

1076
00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:28,100
82 is a report regarding

1077
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:29,100
implementation

1078
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:30,100
of remote public participation

1079
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:32,100
for Board of Supervisors

1080
00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:33,100
meeting and outreach plan being

1081
00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:34,100
presented this morning by

1082
00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:36,100
Stephanie Shea.

1083
00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:54,100
>> Stephanie Shea, Deputy

1084
00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:56,100
Executive Officer I'm here

1085
00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:57,100
today to present information

1086
00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,100
on Senate Bill 707 regarding

1087
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:01,100
the implementation of remote

1088
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,100
public participation and the

1089
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:05,401
associated outreach plan. This

1090
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,100
presentation is just

1091
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:08,100
about five slides,

1092
00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,100
and there'll be an opportunity

1093
00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:12,100
for questions afterwards. So a

1094
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:14,100
little bit history about

1095
00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,100
Senate Bill 707. It was adopted

1096
00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:18,100
in 2025. It applies

1097
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,100
to counties with populations

1098
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,100
of over 30,000, and it will

1099
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:23,100
require counties like ours

1100
00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:25,100
to provide remote options

1101
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:27,100
for public participation,

1102
00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:29,100
to engage those members of the

1103
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,100
public who wouldn't

1104
00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:32,100
traditionally participate in

1105
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:34,100
board meetings and offer them

1106
00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:35,100
the chance

1107
00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:37,401
to participate remotely. This

1108
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,100
bill will be effective actually

1109
00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:43,100
July 1st of 2026. And we

1110
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:45,100
prepared for this. The clerk

1111
00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:46,100
of the board has taken a lead

1112
00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:48,100
on this effort and has secured

1113
00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,100
a platform to provide remote

1114
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:52,100
public participation via

1115
00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:54,100
telephone. The Clerk of the

1116
00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:55,100
board will also establish a

1117
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,100
website to provide information

1118
00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,100
on this process to include how

1119
00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:00,100
to register, how to submit

1120
00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:03,100
for public comment. The website

1121
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,100
will also include information

1122
00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:06,100
about board meeting calendar

1123
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:07,100
dates and the agenda. And then

1124
00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:09,100
lastly,

1125
00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:10,100
we developed a targeted

1126
00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:11,100
outreach plan, again

1127
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:13,100
with the goal to engage the

1128
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:14,100
public who don't traditionally

1129
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:15,100
participate

1130
00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:16,100
in public meetings or

1131
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:18,100
in board meetings

1132
00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:20,100
to participate remotely. And

1133
00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:21,100
in doing so,

1134
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:22,100
our outreach plan includes a

1135
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:25,100
few Elements, we intend to

1136
00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:27,100
provide advertisements and

1137
00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:29,401
newspapers and provide county

1138
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:31,100
updates in both English and

1139
00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:33,100
Spanish. Other elements

1140
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:34,100
of this plan include sending

1141
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,100
out newsletters, social media,

1142
00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:38,100
sending out emails,

1143
00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:41,100
and providing information

1144
00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:44,100
on county websites. Our county

1145
00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:47,100
is so large geographically that

1146
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:49,100
our county departments do a

1147
00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:50,100
great job of providing events

1148
00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:52,100
and utilizing their mobile

1149
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,100
units

1150
00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:55,100
to again provide services

1151
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:57,100
to county residents

1152
00:35:57,100 --> 00:35:58,100
across the county. So what we

1153
00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:00,100
intend to do is we intend

1154
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:01,100
to partner with our county

1155
00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:03,100
departments and share

1156
00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:05,100
information, outreach materials

1157
00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:06,100
that include QR codes and other

1158
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:08,100
information about this process

1159
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:10,100
in English and Spanish, hoping

1160
00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:11,100
to partner with the county

1161
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:12,100
department so they can share

1162
00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:14,100
that information

1163
00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:15,100
at their events. And we also

1164
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:17,100
intend to partner

1165
00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:18,100
with community groups, all

1166
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:20,100
with a goal to reach those

1167
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:22,401
in underserved areas. That

1168
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,100
concludes my presentation and

1169
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,100
I'd like to ask the board if

1170
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,401
there are any questions.

1171
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Comment, please.

1172
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>> When you are working

1173
00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,100
with all the other departments,

1174
00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:38,100
could you work

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00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:40,100
with the board, Board of

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00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:41,100
Supervisors directly also,

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because it's something we have

1178
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:44,100
platforms we can get

1179
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,100
information out on also.

1180
00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,100
>> Yes. Thank you. This feels

1181
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:50,100
like a receive and file. This

1182
00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:52,100
is. There's also recommendation

1183
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:53,100
on the board item

1184
00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:55,100
for the board to find. We've

1185
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:57,100
made reasonable efforts

1186
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,100
for this outreach plan

1187
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:00,100
to engage those members of the

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00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,100
public who wouldn't

1189
00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:03,100
traditionally participate

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00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:04,100
in and to find

1191
00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:05,100
out the outreach plan

1192
00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:06,100
to approve it,

1193
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:08,100
to find it reasonable. Thank

1194
00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:09,100
you.

1195
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:10,100
>> I would welcome that motion

1196
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:11,100
since I do not have any public

1197
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:12,100
comment that I believe I know

1198
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of.

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>> No. Thank you. Vice Chair

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00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:15,100
for the motion and Supervisor

1201
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,100
Hagman for the second. All

1202
00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:17,100
those in favor?

1203
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,100
>> Aye.

1204
00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:19,100
>> Any opposed? Any

1205
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:20,100
abstentions:

1206
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,100
>> With that, item 82 passes

1207
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,100
unanimously.

1208
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>> Thank you, Stephanie. Item

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00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:27,100
number 83 is law enforcement

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00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:28,100
agency's annual military

1211
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:30,100
equipment reports for the 2025

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00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,100
calendar year,

1213
00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:33,100
which is associated with

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00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:35,100
Assembly 481 being presented

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00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,100
by Deputy Chief Crosby. Good

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00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:39,100
morning. I will open the public

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00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:41,100
hearing. Morning, Sergeant.

1218
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:45,401
>> Good morning, Madam Chair

1219
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,100
and Board of Supervisors. My

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00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,100
presentation this morning is

1221
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:53,100
related to California

1222
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:54,100
Assembly Bill 481. And this

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00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,100
presentation is on behalf

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00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:58,100
of the Sheriff's Department,

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00:37:58,100 --> 00:37:59,100
the Probation Department and

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the District Attorney's office.

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00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:02,100
With me, I have Sergeant Ian

1228
00:38:02,100 --> 00:38:03,100
Golditch from our

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00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:05,100
Professional Standards Unit.

1230
00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:08,100
On January 1, 2022, Assembly

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00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,100
Bill 481 became effective. And

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it requires law enforcement

1233
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:14,100
agencies and their local

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00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,100
governing bodies to follow

1235
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,100
certain procedures followed

1236
00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:19,100
prior to the funding

1237
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:21,100
acquisition and the use

1238
00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:23,401
of military equipment. AB 481

1239
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:26,100
defines certain law enforcement

1240
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,100
equipment as military

1241
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:29,100
equipment. And here I'd like

1242
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:31,100
to just clarify that

1243
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:32,100
for purposes

1244
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,100
of this presentation, military

1245
00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:35,100
equipment does not necessarily

1246
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:36,100
mean equipment that is used

1247
00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:38,100
by the military,

1248
00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:40,100
but it is equipment that the

1249
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,100
California Legislature defined

1250
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:44,100
for law enforcement

1251
00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:47,100
to track as military equipment.

1252
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:50,100
Example of what is defined as

1253
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,100
military equipment

1254
00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:53,100
for our purposes is listed

1255
00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:54,100
in the PowerPoint. A highlight

1256
00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:56,100
of some

1257
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,100
of those includes drones. It

1258
00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:59,100
includes armored personnel

1259
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:00,100
carriers, command and control

1260
00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,100
vehicles, certain 50 caliber or

1261
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,100
greater firearms or munitions,

1262
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,100
certain specialized firearms

1263
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:09,401
ammunition, any firearm or

1264
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:12,100
firearm accessory that's

1265
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designed to launch explosive

1266
00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:15,100
projectiles any breaching

1267
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:17,100
apparatus that is explosive

1268
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,100
in nature flashbang grenades,

1269
00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:21,401
explosive breaching tools, tear

1270
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:23,100
gas and projectile launch

1271
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:25,100
platforms and munitions which

1272
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:27,100
includes 40 millimeter

1273
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:29,100
projectile launchers, beanbags,

1274
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,100
rubber bullets and specialty

1275
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:33,401
impact munition weapons. In

1276
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:36,100
March of 2022, each San

1277
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:38,100
Bernardino county law

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00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:40,100
enforcement agency created a

1279
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,100
military equipment use Policy

1280
00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:44,401
and an annual military

1281
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:47,100
equipment Report. These

1282
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:48,100
documents were uploaded and are

1283
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:50,100
publicly available on each

1284
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:52,100
of our respective websites.

1285
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,100
Each agency's military

1286
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:55,100
equipment use policy and the

1287
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,100
annual military equipment

1288
00:39:56,100 --> 00:39:58,100
Report describes the following

1289
00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:00,100
military equipment the

1290
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,100
inventory,

1291
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:05,100
the purposes and authorized

1292
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:08,100
uses, the fiscal impact, the

1293
00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:09,100
legal and procedural rules

1294
00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:11,100
governing the authorized use,

1295
00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:12,100
the training that's required

1296
00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:14,100
prior to equipment use,

1297
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,100
the procedures to ensure

1298
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:18,401
military equipment use policy

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00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:21,100
compliance and public input

1300
00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,100
procedures to register any

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00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:24,100
concerns or questions and how

1302
00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:26,100
the law enforcement agency

1303
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:28,100
shall respond to those on

1304
00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:31,100
April 26th of 2022, the law

1305
00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:32,100
enforcement agencies held a

1306
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:34,100
community engagement meeting.

1307
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,100
On that same date,

1308
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,100
at a regular meeting, the

1309
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:39,100
Board of Supervisors considered

1310
00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:40,100
an open session agenda item

1311
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:42,100
regarding the law enforcement

1312
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:43,100
agency's policies and reports

1313
00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,100
that provided

1314
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:46,100
for public comment.

1315
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:48,100
At this meeting, the Board

1316
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:49,100
adopted three ordinances, one

1317
00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:51,100
for each the district attorney,

1318
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:53,100
probation, and the Sheriff's

1319
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,100
Department approving each

1320
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:56,100
agency's policy and military

1321
00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:57,100
equipment funding,

1322
00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:58,100
acquisition and use. Those

1323
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ordinances are subject

1324
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:02,100
to annual review.

1325
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:03,100
In adopting the ordinances,

1326
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:05,100
the Board found that the law

1327
00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:06,100
enforcement agencies had

1328
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:07,100
complied

1329
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,100
with government code section

1330
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,100
7071 and that the military

1331
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:13,100
equipment followed these

1332
00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:15,100
guidelines. Number one, it was

1333
00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:16,100
necessary because there was no

1334
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:18,100
reasonable alternative that

1335
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:19,100
could achieve the same

1336
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:21,100
objective

1337
00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:22,100
of officer and civilian safety.

1338
00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:24,100
Used policies would safeguard

1339
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:25,100
the public's welfare, safety,

1340
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:27,100
civil rights,

1341
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:29,100
and civil liberties. It was

1342
00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:30,100
reasonably cost effective

1343
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:31,100
compared to available

1344
00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:33,100
alternates that could achieve

1345
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:34,100
the same objective of officer

1346
00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:36,100
and civilian safety and the

1347
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:37,100
Board also found that prior

1348
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:39,100
equipment use had complied with

1349
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:41,100
any military equipment use

1350
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:43,100
policy that was in effect

1351
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:45,100
at that time. Our law

1352
00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:47,100
enforcement agencies must

1353
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:48,100
create and post our annual

1354
00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:50,100
military equipment reports

1355
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:51,100
to our public websites. These

1356
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:53,100
reports discuss our military

1357
00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:54,100
equipment use, the inventory,

1358
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:56,100
and the fiscal impact

1359
00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:58,100
for the prior calendar year and

1360
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:00,100
within 30 days of publicly

1361
00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,100
releasing the those reports,

1362
00:42:02,100 --> 00:42:03,100
the agencies will hold a

1363
00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:05,100
community engagement meeting

1364
00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:06,100
where the public may discuss

1365
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:08,100
and ask questions about the

1366
00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,100
annual reports and our funding,

1367
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,100
acquisition and use

1368
00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:14,100
of that equipment. This year.

1369
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:16,100
Our agencies uploaded our

1370
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:17,100
annual military equipment

1371
00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:19,100
reports on April 9 and April

1372
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:20,100
10, and those reports were

1373
00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:22,100
for the 2025 calendar year.

1374
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And today we are holding a

1375
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:25,100
public meeting

1376
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during the regular Board of

1377
00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:29,100
Supervisor meeting. Pursuant

1378
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:31,100
to the government Code section,

1379
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the board shall annually at a

1380
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:34,100
regular meeting and as an open

1381
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:35,100
session agenda item that

1382
00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:37,100
provides for public comment,

1383
00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:39,100
evaluate and vote on whether it

1384
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:41,100
should renew the previously

1385
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:42,100
adopted military equipment use

1386
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:44,100
ordinances and determine

1387
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:45,100
whether each type

1388
00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:47,100
of military equipment

1389
00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:48,100
identified

1390
00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:50,100
in the annual reports complies

1391
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:51,100
with the government code

1392
00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:53,100
section. At today's meeting,

1393
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:55,100
you if the board finds that any

1394
00:42:55,100 --> 00:42:56,100
military equipment identified

1395
00:42:56,100 --> 00:42:58,100
in our reports does not comply

1396
00:42:58,100 --> 00:43:00,100
with the government Code

1397
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:02,100
section, then the board shall

1398
00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:04,100
then determine whether it will

1399
00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:05,100
either disapprove renewal

1400
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,100
of authorization

1401
00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:08,100
for that particular type of

1402
00:43:08,100 --> 00:43:10,100
military equipment or require

1403
00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:12,100
modifications to our use policy

1404
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:14,100
that will resolve the lack

1405
00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:16,100
of compliance. That concludes

1406
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:18,100
my presentation and I'll be

1407
00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:19,100
happy

1408
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:21,100
to answer any questions.

1409
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:23,100
>> Thank you very much. Any

1410
00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:25,100
questions? I don't believe I

1411
00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:26,100
have any requests to speak

1412
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:28,100
from the public on this item.

1413
00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:29,100
I'll close the public hearing

1414
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:31,100
and I have a motion from

1415
00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:32,100
Supervisor Hagman a second

1416
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,100
from Vice Chair Baca. All those

1417
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:34,100
in favor?

1418
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:35,100
>> Aye.

1419
00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:36,100
>> Any opposed? Any

1420
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:38,100
abstentions?

1421
00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:40,100
>> With that, item 83 passes

1422
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,100
unanimously.

1423
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:43,100
>> Thank you very much for the

1424
00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:45,100
presentation this morning.

1425
00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:46,100
Thank you. All right,

1426
00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:48,100
item number 84 is our 202627

1427
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,100
budget financial update being

1428
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:51,100
presented by Matthew Erickson.

1429
00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:53,100
Good morning, Matthew.

1430
00:43:58,100 --> 00:43:59,100
>> Good morning, Chair Rowe,

1431
00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:00,100
members of the board,

1432
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:01,100
I believe Luther's going

1433
00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:03,100
to kick us off today.

1434
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:04,100
>> I'll just say some brief

1435
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:05,100
comments really quickly and

1436
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:07,100
then let Matthew take it away

1437
00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:08,100
and get to the core

1438
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:09,100
of the conversation.

1439
00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:11,100
But just as a brief overview

1440
00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,100
of what we're going

1441
00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:14,100
to be talking about today.

1442
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:16,100
This is our 2026 budget,

1443
00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:17,100
our financial update. Our

1444
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:19,100
budget update. Matthew will go

1445
00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:21,100
over our timeline as far as

1446
00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:23,100
what comes next, when the board

1447
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:24,100
offices will each receive the

1448
00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:25,100
budget book and those things.

1449
00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:27,100
I'll just briefly touch on our

1450
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:29,100
county's fiscal strategy, some

1451
00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:30,100
of the high level headwinds

1452
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:32,100
that we're foreseeing. Matthew

1453
00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:34,100
then will jump

1454
00:44:34,100 --> 00:44:35,100
into the meat and potatoes,

1455
00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:37,100
the five year forecast, as well

1456
00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:38,100
as our funding priorities that

1457
00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:39,100
we're going to be recommending

1458
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:41,100
to the board as part

1459
00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:42,100
of that next slide, please. So

1460
00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:44,401
this is just very,

1461
00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:46,100
very high level. But when

1462
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:48,100
Matthew and I sit

1463
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:49,100
down and we look

1464
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:52,100
at how we approach budgeting

1465
00:44:52,100 --> 00:44:53,100
for this county, we start

1466
00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:54,100
from the standpoint of prudent

1467
00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:56,100
budgeting and that becomes our

1468
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,100
foundation and we establish

1469
00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:00,100
that in this environment where

1470
00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:01,100
we sit today and I'll touch

1471
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:03,100
on some of the headways,

1472
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,100
headwinds in just a moment. We

1473
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:06,100
are positioning for a slower

1474
00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:08,100
growth environment. You have

1475
00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:09,100
heard that from Matthew and I

1476
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:10,100
now

1477
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:12,100
for the past couple years.

1478
00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:13,100
That continues to play out. We

1479
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:15,100
are seeing property tax slow,

1480
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:17,100
we are seeing some of our,

1481
00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:19,100
our sales tax numbers fall

1482
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:20,100
from where they had been

1483
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:22,100
before.

1484
00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:23,100
But we are still growing. We

1485
00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:25,100
are not seeing a pullback. We

1486
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:26,100
are not, there's no recession,

1487
00:45:26,100 --> 00:45:28,100
there's nothing like that.

1488
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:30,100
But it is not growing at the

1489
00:45:30,100 --> 00:45:32,100
same pace that it had before.

1490
00:45:32,100 --> 00:45:34,100
And Matthew will touch

1491
00:45:34,100 --> 00:45:35,100
on that. When we have prudent

1492
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:36,100
budgeting and when we're

1493
00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:37,100
positioning ourselves

1494
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:39,100
appropriately

1495
00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:40,100
for the environment,

1496
00:45:40,100 --> 00:45:41,100
what we're able to do is

1497
00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:43,100
provide stable community

1498
00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:44,100
services. We stabilize our

1499
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:46,100
operations, we kind

1500
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:48,100
of cut the peaks and valleys

1501
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:50,100
off and we ensure that we

1502
00:45:50,100 --> 00:45:52,100
operate within the range to

1503
00:45:52,100 --> 00:45:54,401
provide consistent and stable

1504
00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:57,100
services to our public. That is

1505
00:45:57,100 --> 00:45:59,100
Matthew and my goal. When we

1506
00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:01,100
sit and we approach the budget

1507
00:46:01,100 --> 00:46:02,100
and what we intend

1508
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,100
to recommend to the board,

1509
00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:05,100
that's how we approach it.

1510
00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:07,100
Next slide please, please.

1511
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:08,100
We've touched on these before

1512
00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:09,100
with the board. We just want

1513
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:10,100
to hit them again.

1514
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:12,100
Geopolitical risks, those are,

1515
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:13,100
that's more situational

1516
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:15,100
at the moment. We're looking

1517
00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:16,100
at what those impacts will be

1518
00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:18,100
to us if any long term assessed

1519
00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:20,100
value is really where we're

1520
00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:22,401
seeing some significant risk

1521
00:46:23,100 --> 00:46:25,100
and impact. Matthew again will

1522
00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:26,100
touch on that

1523
00:46:26,100 --> 00:46:28,100
in just a moment. Our HR1 or

1524
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:29,100
the federal big Beautiful bill.

1525
00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:31,100
There are still impacts that

1526
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:32,100
are significant that are

1527
00:46:32,100 --> 00:46:34,100
playing out for us and we're

1528
00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:36,100
monitoring those. There is some

1529
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:37,100
mitigation

1530
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:39,100
to that that we're going

1531
00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:40,100
to be recommending

1532
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:41,100
in this year's budget. The

1533
00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:43,100
state budget is something we're

1534
00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:44,100
looking closely at. There's a

1535
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:45,100
pretty big gap right now

1536
00:46:45,100 --> 00:46:47,100
in what the,

1537
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:48,100
what did they call it? The LAO

1538
00:46:48,100 --> 00:46:50,100
is forecasting versus what the

1539
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:52,100
Governor's office is

1540
00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:54,100
predicting. So we're trying

1541
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:55,100
to look at what that means and

1542
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:58,100
where the state budget actually

1543
00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:00,100
shakes out this month. We

1544
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:01,100
should actually learn more so

1545
00:47:01,100 --> 00:47:03,100
that we hopefully will have

1546
00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:04,100
more clarity soon. And then

1547
00:47:04,100 --> 00:47:05,100
litigation. The state of

1548
00:47:05,100 --> 00:47:07,100
California is incredibly

1549
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:08,100
litigious. Matthew is going to

1550
00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:10,100
work look specifically and

1551
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,100
actually talk about the

1552
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:13,100
decision that we're going

1553
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:15,100
to ask the board

1554
00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:16,100
to make today versus waiting

1555
00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:17,100
for the future because

1556
00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:19,100
of impacts

1557
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:20,100
to the county as well as some

1558
00:47:20,100 --> 00:47:22,100
of our number of our cities

1559
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:23,100
in the county. So with that,

1560
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:24,100
this is some of the challenges

1561
00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:26,100
that we're looking at. I'll

1562
00:47:26,100 --> 00:47:27,100
turn it over to Matthew and

1563
00:47:27,100 --> 00:47:28,100
he's going to dive deeper into

1564
00:47:28,100 --> 00:47:30,100
the actual five year forecast

1565
00:47:30,100 --> 00:47:31,100
numbers as well as some

1566
00:47:31,100 --> 00:47:33,100
of the priorities

1567
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:35,100
in this budget. So, Matthew,

1568
00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:36,100
take it away.

1569
00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:37,100
>> Great. Thanks so much,

1570
00:47:37,100 --> 00:47:38,100
Luther. I did want to step back

1571
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:39,100
really quick and just

1572
00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:40,100
highlight, you know,

1573
00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:42,100
our strategy. Luther talked a

1574
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:43,100
little bit

1575
00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:44,100
about it and stated, you know,

1576
00:47:44,100 --> 00:47:46,100
that it's just a big high level

1577
00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:47,100
overview,

1578
00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:48,100
but it's really fundamental

1579
00:47:48,100 --> 00:47:49,100
to what we do

1580
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:51,100
within this organization.

1581
00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:52,100
Although we are not immune

1582
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:53,100
to headwinds

1583
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:56,100
within the county, we, because

1584
00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:57,100
we have a situation where we

1585
00:47:57,100 --> 00:47:58,100
are always prudent, you know,

1586
00:47:58,100 --> 00:48:00,100
in good times,

1587
00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:02,100
the county tries to have a

1588
00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:04,100
prudent process whereby we

1589
00:48:04,100 --> 00:48:06,100
don't grow too much that allows

1590
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:07,100
us, in times where there's

1591
00:48:07,100 --> 00:48:09,100
headwinds that are coming our

1592
00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:10,100
way, to really address those in

1593
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:12,100
a little bit different way than

1594
00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:13,100
some other entities you might

1595
00:48:13,100 --> 00:48:14,100
see within the state of

1596
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:16,100
California and even within the

1597
00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:18,100
nation as a whole are. So

1598
00:48:18,100 --> 00:48:19,100
with that, I did want to jump

1599
00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:20,100
into the five year forecast.

1600
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:21,100
This is where we get

1601
00:48:21,100 --> 00:48:23,100
into a little bit more

1602
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:24,100
of the nitty gritty

1603
00:48:24,100 --> 00:48:25,100
about what our forecast looks

1604
00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:27,100
like

1605
00:48:27,100 --> 00:48:28,100
for the upcoming five years.

1606
00:48:28,100 --> 00:48:29,100
We'll kind of dive in. And I

1607
00:48:29,100 --> 00:48:30,100
kind of first wanted to start

1608
00:48:30,100 --> 00:48:31,100
with a review of what we went

1609
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:33,100
over last time. We, if you

1610
00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:34,100
recall, met at the end of

1611
00:48:34,100 --> 00:48:35,100
March and we went over just big

1612
00:48:35,100 --> 00:48:37,100
picture things that are going

1613
00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:38,100
on with our general fund. And

1614
00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:40,100
so I wanted to dive

1615
00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:41,100
into that first. So this is a

1616
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:43,100
reminder slide we went

1617
00:48:43,100 --> 00:48:44,100
over this last time. Luther

1618
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:46,100
mentioned how assessed

1619
00:48:46,100 --> 00:48:48,100
valuation growth is slower than

1620
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:49,100
what it has been. And really

1621
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:51,100
what that particularly means is

1622
00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:52,100
that you can see

1623
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:54,100
in this slide that

1624
00:48:54,100 --> 00:48:56,100
over the last 10 years we've

1625
00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:58,100
had roughly 6.8% average

1626
00:48:58,100 --> 00:48:59,100
assessed valuation growth.

1627
00:48:59,100 --> 00:49:01,100
That's property tax growth that

1628
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:02,100
we've seen within our county

1629
00:49:02,100 --> 00:49:04,100
every single year. Just

1630
00:49:04,100 --> 00:49:05,100
for reference,

1631
00:49:05,100 --> 00:49:07,100
every 1% property tax growth is

1632
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:08,100
about $10 million of new

1633
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:10,100
general fund dollars that are

1634
00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:12,100
coming in. So we've become not

1635
00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:13,100
reliant on,

1636
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:15,100
because we don't become reliant

1637
00:49:15,100 --> 00:49:18,100
on, but we've seen roughly $68

1638
00:49:18,100 --> 00:49:19,100
million every year in today's

1639
00:49:19,100 --> 00:49:21,100
dollars that have been growing

1640
00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:23,100
over the last 10 years.

1641
00:49:23,100 --> 00:49:25,100
For a comparison,

1642
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:26,100
what we're projecting going

1643
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:28,100
into next year is about 2.23%

1644
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:30,100
assessed valuation growth.

1645
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,100
What that is,

1646
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:33,100
is that is not known yet. We

1647
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:35,100
find that out in June or July

1648
00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:36,100
time frame what that growth

1649
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:37,100
will be. But that's tied to an

1650
00:49:37,100 --> 00:49:39,100
economist that we have that has

1651
00:49:39,100 --> 00:49:40,100
historically been pretty

1652
00:49:40,100 --> 00:49:42,100
accurate with regards

1653
00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:44,100
to next future years. And so

1654
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:46,100
we're using that just

1655
00:49:46,100 --> 00:49:48,100
for some comparison. That is

1656
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:49,100
the lowest AV growth we've seen

1657
00:49:49,100 --> 00:49:51,100
since about 2012. So it's quite

1658
00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:53,100
a bit lower. It is still

1659
00:49:53,100 --> 00:49:54,100
growth, as Luther mentioned.

1660
00:49:54,100 --> 00:49:55,100
And so we really feel

1661
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:57,100
like we're going to be able

1662
00:49:57,100 --> 00:49:58,100
to mitigate these things,

1663
00:49:58,100 --> 00:50:00,100
but it is a really big issue.

1664
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:01,100
In addition to that,

1665
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:02,100
last time we talked a little

1666
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:04,100
bit about HR1, how we are

1667
00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:05,100
seeing immediate impacts

1668
00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:07,100
in our five year forecast tied

1669
00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:09,100
to CalFresh administration

1670
00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:10,100
impacts. That's tied

1671
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:11,100
to the shift

1672
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:12,100
from the federal government to

1673
00:50:12,100 --> 00:50:14,100
the state and local share

1674
00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:15,100
increases on CalFresh funding.

1675
00:50:15,100 --> 00:50:17,100
On the administrative side,

1676
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:18,100
we also talked

1677
00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:20,100
about how there's a lot

1678
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:21,100
of uncertainties with regards

1679
00:50:21,100 --> 00:50:22,100
to HR1 specifically as it

1680
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:24,401
relates to CalFresh going

1681
00:50:25,100 --> 00:50:26,100
into the future with regards

1682
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:28,100
to error rates,

1683
00:50:28,100 --> 00:50:29,100
if you recall. And so although

1684
00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:31,100
we do not know the dollar

1685
00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:32,100
impact, what we want to do

1686
00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:34,100
in this forecast is set aside

1687
00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:35,100
$10 million ongoing just as a

1688
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:37,100
sort of set aside just to face

1689
00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:38,100
that if it's comes our way.

1690
00:50:38,100 --> 00:50:40,100
In addition to that,

1691
00:50:40,100 --> 00:50:43,100
on the good side, the good news

1692
00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:45,100
is we are projecting in our

1693
00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:47,401
five year forecast retirement

1694
00:50:48,100 --> 00:50:50,100
savings. This is tied

1695
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:51,100
to long term payment

1696
00:50:51,100 --> 00:50:53,100
of obligations tied to pension

1697
00:50:53,100 --> 00:50:55,100
funds that are falling off.

1698
00:50:55,100 --> 00:50:57,100
In other words, meaning pension

1699
00:50:57,100 --> 00:50:59,100
funds basically treat losses

1700
00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:00,100
in the market

1701
00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:01,100
like debt that you pay off

1702
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:03,100
over a very long time. And so

1703
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:04,100
what we've been doing is since

1704
00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:05,100
about 2008, the Great

1705
00:51:05,100 --> 00:51:07,100
Recession, we've been paying

1706
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:09,100
off basically long term debt

1707
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:10,100
into our pension system for a

1708
00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:12,100
very long time that we are

1709
00:51:12,100 --> 00:51:14,100
going to be seeing savings in

1710
00:51:14,100 --> 00:51:15,100
the next several years

1711
00:51:15,100 --> 00:51:17,100
associated with that. I do

1712
00:51:17,100 --> 00:51:18,100
like to highlight that there is

1713
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:20,100
not complete certainty when it

1714
00:51:20,100 --> 00:51:21,100
comes to those savings because

1715
00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:24,100
it is tied to the stock market

1716
00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:25,100
effectively. Our pension system

1717
00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:27,100
invests our pension funds in a

1718
00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:29,100
way that helps ensure that we

1719
00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:30,100
have pensions into the future.

1720
00:51:30,100 --> 00:51:32,100
But it's required

1721
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:34,100
to hit 7.25% every single year

1722
00:51:34,100 --> 00:51:35,100
in order

1723
00:51:35,100 --> 00:51:37,100
to be properly funded. And

1724
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:38,100
years when it isn't, we have to

1725
00:51:38,100 --> 00:51:40,100
pay that back as the employer.

1726
00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:41,100
And so although I'm excited

1727
00:51:41,100 --> 00:51:43,100
about the 36.1 million

1728
00:51:44,100 --> 00:51:46,100
in savings, that is not

1729
00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:47,100
necessarily a guarantee

1730
00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:49,100
about what we will be seeing.

1731
00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:50,100
And then lastly we talked

1732
00:51:50,100 --> 00:51:52,100
about employee costs with

1733
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:54,100
Teamsters negotiations coming

1734
00:51:54,100 --> 00:51:55,100
up. We have roughly, along

1735
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:57,100
with our attorneys unit,

1736
00:51:57,100 --> 00:51:59,100
we have roughly 58%

1737
00:51:59,100 --> 00:52:00,100
of our workforce that's up

1738
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:01,100
for negotiations

1739
00:52:01,100 --> 00:52:03,100
in the upcoming year. And

1740
00:52:03,100 --> 00:52:04,100
that's a very notable impact

1741
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:05,100
that I'm going to go

1742
00:52:05,100 --> 00:52:07,100
into right now a little bit.

1743
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:08,100
All right, so just to dive

1744
00:52:08,100 --> 00:52:10,100
in a little bit more

1745
00:52:10,100 --> 00:52:11,100
on the numbers,

1746
00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:12,100
a little bit more specific,

1747
00:52:12,100 --> 00:52:13,100
you know, employees are always

1748
00:52:13,100 --> 00:52:15,100
our priority when we look

1749
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:17,100
at our forecast. And I'll go

1750
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:18,100
over this in a second. What we

1751
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:19,100
tend to do is try

1752
00:52:19,100 --> 00:52:21,100
to be very careful

1753
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:22,100
on our revenue Projections,

1754
00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:24,100
but we also like

1755
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:25,100
to be aggressive

1756
00:52:25,100 --> 00:52:26,100
on our cost projections,

1757
00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:28,100
meaning we like to plan for

1758
00:52:28,100 --> 00:52:29,100
every possible cost that we can

1759
00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:30,100
think of

1760
00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:32,100
within our five year forecast.

1761
00:52:32,100 --> 00:52:34,100
And so what we have is a pretty

1762
00:52:34,100 --> 00:52:36,100
big, you know, variability

1763
00:52:36,100 --> 00:52:37,100
with regards

1764
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:39,100
to our employee costs going

1765
00:52:39,100 --> 00:52:41,100
into our five year forecast.

1766
00:52:41,100 --> 00:52:44,100
The way I've broken this

1767
00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:46,100
out is what has been approved

1768
00:52:46,100 --> 00:52:47,100
by the board so far. So, right.

1769
00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:49,100
We have negotiated MOUs right

1770
00:52:49,100 --> 00:52:50,100
now that are already gaveled.

1771
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:52,100
The board has approved

1772
00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:54,100
in our five year forecast

1773
00:52:54,100 --> 00:52:56,401
that's about $56 million in

1774
00:52:57,100 --> 00:52:58,100
general fund dollars that have

1775
00:52:58,100 --> 00:53:00,100
been set aside just

1776
00:53:00,100 --> 00:53:02,100
for approved MOU use. But

1777
00:53:02,100 --> 00:53:03,100
in addition to that,

1778
00:53:03,100 --> 00:53:04,100
we have a lot

1779
00:53:04,100 --> 00:53:05,100
of unapproved MOUs

1780
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:06,100
through our five year forecast.

1781
00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:07,100
What we historically do is just

1782
00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:09,100
we plan, or I say we plan.

1783
00:53:09,100 --> 00:53:10,100
What we put

1784
00:53:10,100 --> 00:53:12,100
in the forecast is tied to

1785
00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:14,100
historic MOUs that have been

1786
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:15,100
given and we just project those

1787
00:53:15,100 --> 00:53:16,100
out. So it's, it's similar to

1788
00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:18,100
what we've historically given

1789
00:53:18,100 --> 00:53:19,100
is what we put

1790
00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:20,100
into our forecast. And if you

1791
00:53:20,100 --> 00:53:22,100
were to throw all of it

1792
00:53:22,100 --> 00:53:23,100
into our forecast, it would be

1793
00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:25,100
$228 million ongoing

1794
00:53:26,100 --> 00:53:28,100
through that, through the

1795
00:53:28,100 --> 00:53:29,100
2030, 31 timeframe.

1796
00:53:29,100 --> 00:53:30,100
In addition to that,

1797
00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:32,100
another really notable impact,

1798
00:53:32,100 --> 00:53:33,100
especially as it relates

1799
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:35,100
to mandates. This does not

1800
00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:37,100
include impacts of HR1 that is

1801
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:38,100
separate our human service

1802
00:53:38,100 --> 00:53:40,100
programs. So as you know,

1803
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:42,401
we provide monthly payments

1804
00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:45,100
for foster youth,

1805
00:53:45,100 --> 00:53:46,100
for adoptions. Our in home

1806
00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:48,100
supportive services program

1807
00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:49,100
requires a lot of ongoing costs

1808
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:51,100
that are basically mandated

1809
00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:53,100
for the county. And the way we

1810
00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:54,100
pay for those services is a

1811
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:56,100
combination of federal,

1812
00:53:56,100 --> 00:53:58,100
state and local funding.

1813
00:53:58,100 --> 00:54:00,100
With local funding, the state

1814
00:54:00,100 --> 00:54:01,100
of California has set aside

1815
00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:03,100
what's called realignment funds

1816
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:05,100
to help pay for those. Those

1817
00:54:05,100 --> 00:54:07,100
are sales tax derived. And when

1818
00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:08,100
we do not have enough

1819
00:54:08,100 --> 00:54:10,100
of those realignment funds

1820
00:54:10,100 --> 00:54:11,100
to pay for service growth,

1821
00:54:11,100 --> 00:54:13,100
cost growth in those areas,

1822
00:54:13,100 --> 00:54:15,100
then it is a general fund

1823
00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:16,100
impact to the county. And so

1824
00:54:16,100 --> 00:54:17,100
what you're seeing is up to

1825
00:54:17,100 --> 00:54:19,100
$52 million ongoing

1826
00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:21,100
through the forecast. This is

1827
00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:22,100
general fund dollars that we're

1828
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:24,100
seeing as a potential need for

1829
00:54:24,100 --> 00:54:26,100
our human service programs. A

1830
00:54:26,100 --> 00:54:27,100
large reason for that.

1831
00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:28,100
Historically we've actually

1832
00:54:28,100 --> 00:54:30,100
talked

1833
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:31,100
about caseload growing. We do

1834
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:33,100
not necessarily see caseload

1835
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:35,100
growing, but another aspect

1836
00:54:35,100 --> 00:54:37,100
of cost growth is inflation.

1837
00:54:37,100 --> 00:54:39,100
And so, you know, each year the

1838
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:41,100
state increases the cost

1839
00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:42,100
for foster families,

1840
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:44,100
for adoption families,

1841
00:54:44,100 --> 00:54:46,100
for IHSS at a certain rate. To

1842
00:54:46,100 --> 00:54:48,100
the extent that goes up and our

1843
00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:49,100
realignment funds don't

1844
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:51,100
proportionately go up the same

1845
00:54:51,100 --> 00:54:53,401
rate, then it requires

1846
00:54:54,100 --> 00:54:55,100
additional general fund

1847
00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:57,100
dollars. And that's what we're

1848
00:54:57,100 --> 00:54:58,100
seeing. Luther talked a little

1849
00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:00,100
bit about sales tax. We've seen

1850
00:55:00,100 --> 00:55:01,100
more tepid growth

1851
00:55:01,100 --> 00:55:02,100
in sales tax. Well, that

1852
00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:04,100
directly impacts realignment.

1853
00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:05,100
And so when the realignment

1854
00:55:05,100 --> 00:55:06,100
funds don't come in,

1855
00:55:06,100 --> 00:55:07,100
it's a general fund impact.

1856
00:55:07,100 --> 00:55:09,100
And then lastly, public safety

1857
00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:10,100
has always been a priority

1858
00:55:10,100 --> 00:55:12,100
of this county and of the

1859
00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:13,100
Board of State Supervisors. We

1860
00:55:13,100 --> 00:55:15,100
have

1861
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:17,100
for years had funding set aside

1862
00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:19,100
for different jail needs. We

1863
00:55:19,100 --> 00:55:22,100
currently in the forecast at

1864
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:24,100
$8.7 million ongoing set aside

1865
00:55:24,100 --> 00:55:25,100
for potential detention needs

1866
00:55:25,100 --> 00:55:27,100
going into the future. If you

1867
00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:28,100
recall, in 2024, Prop 36 was

1868
00:55:28,100 --> 00:55:30,100
passed

1869
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:33,601
by voters that did not overturn

1870
00:55:34,100 --> 00:55:37,100
Prop 47. If you recall, Prop

1871
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:39,100
47 was in 2014. It kind

1872
00:55:39,100 --> 00:55:40,100
of reduced penalties on certain

1873
00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:43,100
crimes that then reduced our

1874
00:55:43,100 --> 00:55:44,100
jail population. Prop 36 didn't

1875
00:55:44,100 --> 00:55:46,100
overturn, but made certain

1876
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:48,100
crimes more stringent

1877
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:49,100
from a penalty perspective,

1878
00:55:49,100 --> 00:55:51,100
you know. And so what we're

1879
00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:52,100
doing is setting aside this

1880
00:55:52,100 --> 00:55:54,100
8.7 million in the event we see

1881
00:55:54,100 --> 00:55:55,100
different impacts to our jails

1882
00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:57,100
into the future. I will stop

1883
00:55:57,100 --> 00:55:58,100
because I'm going to get even

1884
00:55:58,100 --> 00:56:00,100
more detailed and ask any

1885
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:01,100
questions

1886
00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:02,100
on this segment.

1887
00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:04,100
>> Perfect.

1888
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:06,100
>> All right. So this is when I

1889
00:56:06,100 --> 00:56:07,100
get kind

1890
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:09,100
of wonky and too nitty gritty.

1891
00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:11,100
So I like to explain this

1892
00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:12,100
spreadsheet because I know it's

1893
00:56:12,100 --> 00:56:14,100
just a lot of numbers

1894
00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:15,100
on there. So what you're

1895
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:17,100
looking

1896
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:19,100
at is our five year forecast.

1897
00:56:19,100 --> 00:56:20,100
Every dollar that you're

1898
00:56:20,100 --> 00:56:22,100
looking at is in millions. So

1899
00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:23,100
that's,

1900
00:56:23,100 --> 00:56:24,100
that's what that represents.

1901
00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:25,100
Every dollar that you're

1902
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:27,100
looking at is ongoing

1903
00:56:27,100 --> 00:56:28,100
in nature. We're not talking

1904
00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:29,100
about one time money right

1905
00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:31,100
here. We're talking

1906
00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:32,100
about ongoing money. I like

1907
00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:33,100
to say that positive is good

1908
00:56:33,100 --> 00:56:34,100
for the forecast. It would

1909
00:56:34,100 --> 00:56:36,100
result

1910
00:56:36,100 --> 00:56:37,100
in surpluses and negative is

1911
00:56:37,100 --> 00:56:39,100
bad for at least the forecast

1912
00:56:39,100 --> 00:56:40,100
purposes as it contributes

1913
00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:42,100
to a deficit. So if you see a

1914
00:56:42,100 --> 00:56:43,100
positive, that means on the

1915
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:45,100
revenue side that we are seeing

1916
00:56:45,100 --> 00:56:48,100
revenue growth. If you see a

1917
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:49,100
positive on cost side,

1918
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:51,100
that actually means cost

1919
00:56:51,100 --> 00:56:52,100
savings,

1920
00:56:52,100 --> 00:56:53,100
which you will not see

1921
00:56:53,100 --> 00:56:56,100
in that you will see on cost,

1922
00:56:56,100 --> 00:56:57,100
it will be negative. Right,

1923
00:56:57,100 --> 00:56:59,100
because costs generally are

1924
00:56:59,100 --> 00:57:00,100
negative. We don't have a lot

1925
00:57:00,100 --> 00:57:01,100
of ongoing cost savings besides

1926
00:57:01,100 --> 00:57:03,100
the retirement side.

1927
00:57:03,100 --> 00:57:04,100
In addition to that,

1928
00:57:04,100 --> 00:57:06,100
what you're looking

1929
00:57:07,100 --> 00:57:08,100
at is incremental. And so what

1930
00:57:08,100 --> 00:57:10,100
that means is each year

1931
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:12,100
represents how much more money

1932
00:57:12,100 --> 00:57:13,100
we're getting

1933
00:57:13,100 --> 00:57:14,100
in those line items compared

1934
00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:16,100
to the prior year. So

1935
00:57:16,100 --> 00:57:17,100
for property tax,

1936
00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:19,100
for example, you'll see, you

1937
00:57:19,100 --> 00:57:20,100
know, in line three in 26,

1938
00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:22,100
27, $21 million. That means

1939
00:57:22,100 --> 00:57:24,100
we're seeing 21 million more

1940
00:57:24,100 --> 00:57:26,401
in property tax in 2627

1941
00:57:27,100 --> 00:57:30,100
compared to 2526. You could add

1942
00:57:31,100 --> 00:57:33,100
the same in 27, 28, $22.5

1943
00:57:33,100 --> 00:57:35,100
million. That's in addition

1944
00:57:35,100 --> 00:57:37,100
to the 21 million. So if you

1945
00:57:37,100 --> 00:57:39,100
look all the way to the right

1946
00:57:39,100 --> 00:57:40,100
through the total five year,

1947
00:57:40,100 --> 00:57:41,100
that's where you can see the

1948
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:43,100
total growth in revenue,

1949
00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:44,100
the total costs

1950
00:57:44,100 --> 00:57:45,100
through the five years. And so

1951
00:57:45,100 --> 00:57:46,100
that's what we're looking at.

1952
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:48,100
What I always like

1953
00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:49,100
to highlight,

1954
00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:50,100
which I always look

1955
00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:51,100
at whenever I'm looking

1956
00:57:51,100 --> 00:57:53,100
at this spreadsheet, is the

1957
00:57:53,100 --> 00:57:54,100
bottom right column and corner

1958
00:57:54,100 --> 00:57:56,100
that really represents what

1959
00:57:56,100 --> 00:57:57,100
we're facing from either a

1960
00:57:57,100 --> 00:57:59,100
surplus or a deficit. The

1961
00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:01,100
little brackets means we're

1962
00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:02,100
facing a deficit. And I kind

1963
00:58:02,100 --> 00:58:03,100
of want to walk you through,

1964
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:04,100
you know, what we're looking

1965
00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:05,100
at and why we're looking

1966
00:58:05,100 --> 00:58:07,100
at that right now. So as you

1967
00:58:07,100 --> 00:58:09,100
know, as a county,

1968
00:58:09,100 --> 00:58:12,100
we are always very careful in

1969
00:58:12,100 --> 00:58:13,100
our budgeting and what you can

1970
00:58:13,100 --> 00:58:14,100
and you can see that

1971
00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:16,401
by the line one,

1972
00:58:17,100 --> 00:58:18,100
the ongoing carryover. What

1973
00:58:18,100 --> 00:58:20,100
that means is that we have

1974
00:58:20,100 --> 00:58:22,100
roughly $60 million

1975
00:58:22,100 --> 00:58:23,100
in ongoing money carried over

1976
00:58:23,100 --> 00:58:25,100
from the prior year that was

1977
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:27,100
not spent. That was effectively

1978
00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:28,100
like an ongoing surplus that we

1979
00:58:28,100 --> 00:58:31,100
had set aside. That goes

1980
00:58:31,100 --> 00:58:33,100
into the first step

1981
00:58:33,100 --> 00:58:34,100
of the revenue that we bring

1982
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:36,100
in to going into next year,

1983
00:58:36,100 --> 00:58:37,100
along

1984
00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:38,100
with our property taxes, Prop

1985
00:58:38,100 --> 00:58:40,100
172, which is a half cent sales

1986
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:42,100
tax for our public safety

1987
00:58:42,100 --> 00:58:44,100
departments and then other

1988
00:58:44,100 --> 00:58:46,100
revenue. Other revenue this

1989
00:58:46,100 --> 00:58:47,100
year is quite a bit higher than

1990
00:58:47,100 --> 00:58:49,100
those out years. If you're

1991
00:58:49,100 --> 00:58:50,100
looking at it, we're looking

1992
00:58:50,100 --> 00:58:51,100
at $29 million that is mostly

1993
00:58:51,100 --> 00:58:53,100
tied to, you know,

1994
00:58:53,100 --> 00:58:55,100
interest earnings. We've talked

1995
00:58:55,100 --> 00:58:57,100
about this a little bit

1996
00:58:57,100 --> 00:58:59,100
in the past, but we are seeing

1997
00:58:59,100 --> 00:59:02,100
with historic highs in rates

1998
00:59:02,100 --> 00:59:03,100
on the Federal Reserve side of

1999
00:59:03,100 --> 00:59:05,100
things that our treasury pool,

2000
00:59:05,100 --> 00:59:06,100
our county treasury pool is

2001
00:59:06,100 --> 00:59:08,100
making roughly 4% right now

2002
00:59:08,100 --> 00:59:09,100
in yield or in interest

2003
00:59:09,100 --> 00:59:11,100
earnings every single year.

2004
00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:13,100
That compares to some

2005
00:59:13,100 --> 00:59:14,100
of the prior years back in

2006
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:16,100
2122 where those,

2007
00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:18,100
those yields were

2008
00:59:18,100 --> 00:59:20,100
like 0.5% or even 1%. So

2009
00:59:20,100 --> 00:59:21,100
fortunately, we are seeing

2010
00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:23,100
interest earnings growth and

2011
00:59:23,100 --> 00:59:24,100
I'm building, we're building

2012
00:59:24,100 --> 00:59:25,100
in about 10 million more

2013
00:59:25,100 --> 00:59:27,100
ongoing

2014
00:59:27,100 --> 00:59:28,100
into the forecast just tied

2015
00:59:28,100 --> 00:59:29,100
to that. And in addition

2016
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:31,100
to that,

2017
00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:32,100
we're seeing administrative

2018
00:59:32,100 --> 00:59:34,100
costs, people may say the term

2019
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:35,100
cow cap, countywide cost

2020
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:36,100
allocation plan. It's really

2021
00:59:36,100 --> 00:59:38,100
representative administrative

2022
00:59:38,100 --> 00:59:39,100
services that we provide

2023
00:59:39,100 --> 00:59:40,100
countywide to residents,

2024
00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:42,100
I mean to our departments,

2025
00:59:42,100 --> 00:59:44,100
those have grown. And that

2026
00:59:44,100 --> 00:59:46,100
means we're receiving revenue

2027
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:48,100
associated with that.

2028
00:59:48,100 --> 00:59:50,100
On the cost side. I mentioned

2029
00:59:50,100 --> 00:59:51,000
before that we have planned MOU

2030
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:53,100
increases. So you're seeing

2031
00:59:53,100 --> 00:59:54,100
quite a bit of in that 75

2032
00:59:54,100 --> 00:59:56,100
million. It's just simply tied

2033
00:59:56,100 --> 00:59:58,100
to projected MOU increases or

2034
00:59:58,100 --> 00:59:59,100
salary cost increases

2035
00:59:59,100 --> 01:00:01,401
for the county going

2036
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:03,100
into next year. We're going

2037
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:04,100
to go into more detailed

2038
01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:06,401
on line Item nine,

2039
01:00:07,100 --> 01:00:09,100
the ongoing request. That's

2040
01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:10,100
going to be a lot of our

2041
01:00:10,100 --> 01:00:12,100
funding plan that I'm going

2042
01:00:12,100 --> 01:00:13,100
to talk

2043
01:00:13,100 --> 01:00:14,100
to you guys a little bit

2044
01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:15,100
about and

2045
01:00:15,100 --> 01:00:16,100
in the next few slides. And

2046
01:00:16,100 --> 01:00:17,100
then what we also like

2047
01:00:17,100 --> 01:00:19,100
to do is that line item 10, our

2048
01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:20,100
future estimated costs. These

2049
01:00:20,100 --> 01:00:21,100
are costs that are not

2050
01:00:21,100 --> 01:00:22,100
like built in,

2051
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:24,100
necessarily approved

2052
01:00:24,100 --> 01:00:26,100
by the board at this point.

2053
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:27,100
But a lot of those costs

2054
01:00:27,100 --> 01:00:28,100
represent those MOU costs that

2055
01:00:28,100 --> 01:00:30,100
we're, we're placing in up

2056
01:00:30,100 --> 01:00:31,100
to that 200/million dollars.

2057
01:00:31,100 --> 01:00:32,100
So what I want

2058
01:00:32,100 --> 01:00:34,100
to highlight is that

2059
01:00:34,100 --> 01:00:36,100
in any given year, so

2060
01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:37,100
for fiscal year 2627, the

2061
01:00:37,100 --> 01:00:39,100
budget that we are entering

2062
01:00:39,100 --> 01:00:40,100
into, we are mandated

2063
01:00:40,100 --> 01:00:42,100
to have, you know,

2064
01:00:42,100 --> 01:00:43,100
to have a balanced budget.

2065
01:00:43,100 --> 01:00:44,100
That just simply means that our

2066
01:00:44,100 --> 01:00:46,100
revenues match our expenses

2067
01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:47,100
for the year. That's what we're

2068
01:00:47,100 --> 01:00:48,100
mandated

2069
01:00:48,100 --> 01:00:50,100
to do as an organization. What

2070
01:00:50,100 --> 01:00:51,100
we like to do is go a step

2071
01:00:51,100 --> 01:00:53,100
further and see how we're doing

2072
01:00:53,100 --> 01:00:54,100
on an operating side

2073
01:00:54,100 --> 01:00:55,100
of things, you know,

2074
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:57,100
and when I say operating, make

2075
01:00:57,100 --> 01:00:58,100
sure our ongoing revenues match

2076
01:00:58,100 --> 01:01:00,100
our ongoing costs. So what you

2077
01:01:00,100 --> 01:01:01,100
can see is in 2627, if you look

2078
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:03,100
at that line 13, we have a $32

2079
01:01:03,100 --> 01:01:05,100
million surplus going

2080
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:07,100
into this year. That's great.

2081
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:08,100
But what we also see is that we

2082
01:01:08,100 --> 01:01:10,100
have deficits that we're going

2083
01:01:10,100 --> 01:01:13,100
to be having to take care of

2084
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:16,100
in future years. That really is

2085
01:01:16,100 --> 01:01:18,100
primarily as a result of the

2086
01:01:18,100 --> 01:01:20,100
property tax that is not

2087
01:01:20,100 --> 01:01:22,100
growing quite as fast as what

2088
01:01:22,100 --> 01:01:23,100
we have gotten used to

2089
01:01:23,100 --> 01:01:26,100
over the last several years,

2090
01:01:26,100 --> 01:01:28,100
along with some, you know,

2091
01:01:28,100 --> 01:01:29,100
our costs that are built

2092
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:30,100
in as well. What I do want

2093
01:01:30,100 --> 01:01:33,100
to highlight is that, you know,

2094
01:01:33,100 --> 01:01:34,100
we definitely, although it's,

2095
01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:35,100
you know, you know,

2096
01:01:35,100 --> 01:01:37,100
it is a bit

2097
01:01:37,100 --> 01:01:38,100
of an issue that we want

2098
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:39,100
to be focused on going

2099
01:01:39,100 --> 01:01:40,100
into the future. It is not

2100
01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:41,100
something we are overly alarmed

2101
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:43,100
at. It is something that

2102
01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:44,100
Luther and I are paying

2103
01:01:44,100 --> 01:01:45,100
obviously close attention to. I

2104
01:01:45,100 --> 01:01:47,100
like to highlight that this is

2105
01:01:47,100 --> 01:01:48,100
a forecast. It is not

2106
01:01:48,100 --> 01:01:49,100
like I know

2107
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:50,100
for certain what is going

2108
01:01:50,100 --> 01:01:51,100
to happen. Even beginning in

2109
01:01:51,100 --> 01:01:53,100
2728, you know,

2110
01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:54,100
we are paying a lot

2111
01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:55,100
of attention

2112
01:01:55,100 --> 01:01:57,100
to the property tax side

2113
01:01:57,100 --> 01:01:58,100
of things because that,

2114
01:01:58,100 --> 01:01:59,100
that will tell us a lot going

2115
01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:00,100
into July, what's going on. We

2116
01:02:00,100 --> 01:02:01,100
do like to be careful,

2117
01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:03,100
but obviously we try

2118
01:02:03,100 --> 01:02:04,100
to project out so that we are

2119
01:02:04,100 --> 01:02:06,100
not overestimating our

2120
01:02:06,100 --> 01:02:07,100
revenues. And that's certain.

2121
01:02:07,100 --> 01:02:08,100
Certainly my hope this year,

2122
01:02:08,100 --> 01:02:09,100
my hope would be that some

2123
01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:11,100
of those revenues would come

2124
01:02:11,100 --> 01:02:12,100
in better. In addition

2125
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:13,100
to that, those future estimated

2126
01:02:13,100 --> 01:02:15,100
costs also are not approved

2127
01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:17,100
by the board at this point. So

2128
01:02:17,100 --> 01:02:19,100
what that means is we do have

2129
01:02:19,100 --> 01:02:21,100
over $180 million in costs that

2130
01:02:21,100 --> 01:02:22,100
are projected that are not

2131
01:02:22,100 --> 01:02:24,100
necessarily approved. Those are

2132
01:02:24,100 --> 01:02:25,100
certainly costs that we would

2133
01:02:25,100 --> 01:02:27,100
be looking at to help mitigate

2134
01:02:27,100 --> 01:02:29,100
any deficit if we had to going

2135
01:02:29,100 --> 01:02:31,100
into the future. So as

2136
01:02:31,100 --> 01:02:33,100
mentioned, we like to take a

2137
01:02:33,100 --> 01:02:34,100
measured approach so that we

2138
01:02:34,100 --> 01:02:36,100
don't overcorrect for anything

2139
01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:39,100
in any certain year. Any

2140
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:41,100
questions on that? Because

2141
01:02:41,100 --> 01:02:42,100
that's the five year forecast

2142
01:02:42,100 --> 01:02:43,100
for you.

2143
01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:45,100
>> All right.

2144
01:02:46,100 --> 01:02:47,100
>> Each year we do talk

2145
01:02:47,100 --> 01:02:49,100
about new county priorities.

2146
01:02:49,100 --> 01:02:50,100
And so this is where we do.

2147
01:02:50,100 --> 01:02:51,100
Even though, you know, we're

2148
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:53,100
facing some challenges going up

2149
01:02:53,100 --> 01:02:54,100
into the next several fiscal

2150
01:02:54,100 --> 01:02:56,100
years, fortunately, you know,

2151
01:02:56,100 --> 01:02:57,100
we as a county are always

2152
01:02:57,100 --> 01:02:59,100
prudent. You know, I mentioned

2153
01:02:59,100 --> 01:03:01,100
we had six. I'll go back real

2154
01:03:01,100 --> 01:03:03,100
quick. We have that $60 million

2155
01:03:03,100 --> 01:03:05,100
in ongoing carryover. What ends

2156
01:03:05,100 --> 01:03:06,100
up happening to our budget is

2157
01:03:06,100 --> 01:03:08,100
we have one time funds that are

2158
01:03:08,100 --> 01:03:09,100
then available

2159
01:03:09,100 --> 01:03:11,100
to then allocate for a lot

2160
01:03:11,100 --> 01:03:12,100
of one time purposes. And so I

2161
01:03:12,100 --> 01:03:15,100
want to jump in there we go

2162
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:17,100
to the next slide. So despite,

2163
01:03:17,100 --> 01:03:19,100
you know, some challenges that

2164
01:03:19,100 --> 01:03:20,100
are headed our way, we really

2165
01:03:20,100 --> 01:03:22,100
have an extraordinary amount of

2166
01:03:22,100 --> 01:03:24,100
targeted investors investments,

2167
01:03:25,100 --> 01:03:27,100
excuse me, going on

2168
01:03:27,100 --> 01:03:29,100
into next fiscal year.

2169
01:03:29,100 --> 01:03:31,401
Of that 273.7 million, most

2170
01:03:32,100 --> 01:03:34,100
of that is one time. So we're

2171
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:35,100
talking 258, almost 260 million

2172
01:03:35,100 --> 01:03:37,100
of one time costs that we're

2173
01:03:37,100 --> 01:03:39,100
wanting to build

2174
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:41,100
in our investments for next

2175
01:03:41,100 --> 01:03:42,100
year that we're planning for,

2176
01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:44,401
along with roughly $15 million

2177
01:03:45,100 --> 01:03:47,100
in ongoing general fund

2178
01:03:47,100 --> 01:03:49,100
allocations. And I should step

2179
01:03:49,100 --> 01:03:51,100
back for a second. This is all

2180
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:53,100
as it relates to general fund

2181
01:03:53,100 --> 01:03:54,100
that we're talking about going

2182
01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:57,100
into next year. So, you know,

2183
01:03:57,100 --> 01:03:59,100
pretty exciting. We've got

2184
01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:01,100
several different things that

2185
01:04:01,100 --> 01:04:02,100
we're looking

2186
01:04:02,100 --> 01:04:03,100
to do. I'm just going

2187
01:04:03,100 --> 01:04:05,100
to highlight a few of those.

2188
01:04:05,100 --> 01:04:06,100
So on the supporting vulnerable

2189
01:04:06,100 --> 01:04:07,100
populations, we've got $22.3

2190
01:04:07,100 --> 01:04:10,100
million to really support our

2191
01:04:10,100 --> 01:04:12,100
underserved individuals

2192
01:04:12,100 --> 01:04:13,100
within the county. One that I

2193
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:15,100
wanted to highlight is we are

2194
01:04:15,100 --> 01:04:17,100
recommending to set aside $5

2195
01:04:17,100 --> 01:04:19,100
million to support our reentry

2196
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:22,100
population. And so one of the

2197
01:04:22,100 --> 01:04:23,100
things that we're considering

2198
01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:25,100
and looking

2199
01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:26,100
at as a county is a New

2200
01:04:26,100 --> 01:04:28,100
Beginnings campus in the Glen

2201
01:04:28,100 --> 01:04:30,100
Helen jail area. And that's a

2202
01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:31,100
program that the sheriff is

2203
01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:33,100
working with Behavioral Health

2204
01:04:33,100 --> 01:04:34,100
and several other departments,

2205
01:04:34,100 --> 01:04:36,100
including Workforce

2206
01:04:36,100 --> 01:04:37,100
Development, to look

2207
01:04:37,100 --> 01:04:39,100
at many different potential

2208
01:04:39,100 --> 01:04:40,100
ways by which we can reduce

2209
01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:42,100
recidivism within the county,

2210
01:04:42,100 --> 01:04:44,100
but more importantly, trying

2211
01:04:44,100 --> 01:04:45,100
to reduce homelessness of our

2212
01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:47,100
jail population as they're

2213
01:04:47,100 --> 01:04:48,100
reentering, you know,

2214
01:04:48,100 --> 01:04:50,401
the population. In addition

2215
01:04:51,100 --> 01:04:52,100
to that, I wanted to highlight

2216
01:04:52,100 --> 01:04:54,100
development assistance. So, you

2217
01:04:54,100 --> 01:04:57,100
know, one of the things that we

2218
01:04:57,100 --> 01:04:58,100
did a few years ago the board

2219
01:04:58,100 --> 01:05:00,100
did was set aside funding

2220
01:05:00,100 --> 01:05:02,100
in A reserve to help

2221
01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:03,100
with permit backlog. So we are

2222
01:05:03,100 --> 01:05:05,100
looking at using some

2223
01:05:05,100 --> 01:05:06,100
of that reserve this year

2224
01:05:06,100 --> 01:05:08,100
to continue

2225
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:09,100
to help land use services

2226
01:05:09,100 --> 01:05:11,100
with different permit backlog.

2227
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:12,100
And I also wanted

2228
01:05:12,100 --> 01:05:13,100
to highlight that, you know,

2229
01:05:13,100 --> 01:05:15,100
a few weeks ago

2230
01:05:15,100 --> 01:05:16,100
during the board meeting,

2231
01:05:16,100 --> 01:05:17,100
we talked on fees, we talked

2232
01:05:17,100 --> 01:05:18,100
about how land use,

2233
01:05:18,100 --> 01:05:20,100
we didn't want

2234
01:05:20,100 --> 01:05:22,100
to increase fees too high

2235
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:23,100
in relation to a lot of our

2236
01:05:23,100 --> 01:05:24,100
development and developer

2237
01:05:24,100 --> 01:05:26,100
community. And as a result

2238
01:05:26,100 --> 01:05:27,100
of that, we talked

2239
01:05:27,100 --> 01:05:29,100
about having needing to maybe

2240
01:05:29,100 --> 01:05:30,100
subsidize land use services a

2241
01:05:30,100 --> 01:05:32,100
little bit this year in order

2242
01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:34,100
to ensure that their budget is

2243
01:05:34,100 --> 01:05:35,100
balanced. We did that

2244
01:05:35,100 --> 01:05:37,100
in this as well. It was about

2245
01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:39,100
$0.4 million. Also exciting is

2246
01:05:39,100 --> 01:05:42,100
on the community service side,

2247
01:05:42,100 --> 01:05:43,100
we've got $2 million. We

2248
01:05:43,100 --> 01:05:45,100
mentioned it a little bit

2249
01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:46,100
earlier. I think it was

2250
01:05:46,100 --> 01:05:47,100
mentioned

2251
01:05:47,100 --> 01:05:48,100
about the animal shelter in

2252
01:05:48,100 --> 01:05:50,100
Bloomin. And so we're

2253
01:05:50,100 --> 01:05:52,100
recommending to set aside $2

2254
01:05:52,100 --> 01:05:54,100
million ongoing to support that

2255
01:05:54,100 --> 01:05:56,100
new animal shelter for the

2256
01:05:56,100 --> 01:05:58,100
operation side that will be set

2257
01:05:58,100 --> 01:05:59,100
aside in a reserve that we're

2258
01:05:59,100 --> 01:06:01,100
recommending as we continue

2259
01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:02,100
to work through and develop the

2260
01:06:02,100 --> 01:06:03,100
staffing plan. But we did want

2261
01:06:03,100 --> 01:06:05,100
to ask the board

2262
01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:06,100
to set that aside

2263
01:06:06,100 --> 01:06:08,100
on an ongoing basis.

2264
01:06:08,100 --> 01:06:09,100
On the capital needs side,

2265
01:06:09,100 --> 01:06:10,100
we are always doing a lot

2266
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:12,100
within the county.

2267
01:06:12,100 --> 01:06:14,100
On the capital needs side,

2268
01:06:14,100 --> 01:06:15,100
we have 77.2 million

2269
01:06:15,100 --> 01:06:17,100
for a wide array of different

2270
01:06:17,100 --> 01:06:19,100
projects. A couple notable is

2271
01:06:19,100 --> 01:06:21,100
on the public safety side

2272
01:06:21,100 --> 01:06:22,100
specifically. That's where a

2273
01:06:22,100 --> 01:06:24,100
lot of the one time funding is

2274
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:26,100
going towards. There is a need

2275
01:06:26,100 --> 01:06:27,100
in the high desert

2276
01:06:27,100 --> 01:06:28,100
for the district attorney

2277
01:06:28,100 --> 01:06:30,100
to have a new office. And so we

2278
01:06:30,100 --> 01:06:33,100
are using 11, 11.5 million of a

2279
01:06:33,100 --> 01:06:36,100
reserve that would be set aside

2280
01:06:36,100 --> 01:06:38,100
to begin starting that project.

2281
01:06:38,100 --> 01:06:39,100
And a little bit over $30

2282
01:06:39,100 --> 01:06:40,100
million is being recommended

2283
01:06:40,100 --> 01:06:42,100
to be allocated to the

2284
01:06:42,100 --> 01:06:44,100
Sheriff's department for a lot

2285
01:06:44,100 --> 01:06:45,100
of different capital projects.

2286
01:06:45,100 --> 01:06:47,100
Their Scientific

2287
01:06:47,100 --> 01:06:49,100
Investigations Division

2288
01:06:49,100 --> 01:06:51,100
building is in need of a new

2289
01:06:51,100 --> 01:06:53,100
building. I know their

2290
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:54,100
specialized enforcement

2291
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:56,100
division. They're looking at,

2292
01:06:56,100 --> 01:06:58,100
you know, a new building need.

2293
01:06:58,100 --> 01:06:59,100
In addition to that, Big Bear

2294
01:06:59,100 --> 01:07:01,100
has a patrol station that they

2295
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:03,100
are looking to, I believe,

2296
01:07:03,100 --> 01:07:05,100
refurbish or improve. And so

2297
01:07:05,100 --> 01:07:07,401
there's a wide array

2298
01:07:09,100 --> 01:07:11,100
of capital projects. But a lot

2299
01:07:11,100 --> 01:07:13,100
of the focus is

2300
01:07:13,100 --> 01:07:14,100
on the public safety side.

2301
01:07:14,100 --> 01:07:15,100
In addition to that, I want

2302
01:07:15,100 --> 01:07:17,100
to talk a little bit about

2303
01:07:17,100 --> 01:07:18,100
innovation and technology. And

2304
01:07:18,100 --> 01:07:20,100
so yes, we have 57.5 million.

2305
01:07:20,100 --> 01:07:21,100
What I'm most excited about for

2306
01:07:21,100 --> 01:07:23,100
me because every time I can set

2307
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:24,100
aside money in a reserve,

2308
01:07:24,100 --> 01:07:26,100
I'm excited is roughly $25

2309
01:07:26,100 --> 01:07:28,100
million we're recommending

2310
01:07:28,100 --> 01:07:31,100
to set aside in an enterprise

2311
01:07:31,100 --> 01:07:33,100
system replacement reserve you

2312
01:07:33,100 --> 01:07:35,100
may have on the board today

2313
01:07:35,100 --> 01:07:37,100
on consent,

2314
01:07:37,100 --> 01:07:39,100
we allocated the board

2315
01:07:39,100 --> 01:07:41,100
allocated $40 million

2316
01:07:41,100 --> 01:07:43,100
from a reserve for our new

2317
01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:44,100
human capital management

2318
01:07:44,100 --> 01:07:46,100
system. That's a huge

2319
01:07:46,100 --> 01:07:47,100
enterprise system that we are

2320
01:07:47,100 --> 01:07:48,100
going to be looking

2321
01:07:48,100 --> 01:07:49,100
to implement

2322
01:07:49,100 --> 01:07:51,100
over the next several years.

2323
01:07:51,100 --> 01:07:52,100
What we thought is it would be

2324
01:07:52,100 --> 01:07:53,100
great. We have a lot

2325
01:07:53,100 --> 01:07:54,100
of reserves set aside

2326
01:07:54,100 --> 01:07:56,100
for asset replacement. We have

2327
01:07:56,100 --> 01:07:57,100
reserves set aside

2328
01:07:57,100 --> 01:07:58,100
for building replacement. The

2329
01:07:58,100 --> 01:07:59,100
next step is enterprise

2330
01:07:59,100 --> 01:08:01,100
systems. We have a lot

2331
01:08:01,100 --> 01:08:02,100
of enterprise systems that cost

2332
01:08:02,100 --> 01:08:04,100
in the 10 to 20 to 30 million

2333
01:08:04,100 --> 01:08:06,100
dollar range every time we need

2334
01:08:06,100 --> 01:08:07,100
to replace these. And so

2335
01:08:07,100 --> 01:08:08,100
setting aside a reserve that's

2336
01:08:08,100 --> 01:08:09,100
designated just

2337
01:08:09,100 --> 01:08:11,100
for that will. Will really set

2338
01:08:11,100 --> 01:08:12,100
us up for the future. And we're

2339
01:08:12,100 --> 01:08:14,100
excited about that

2340
01:08:16,100 --> 01:08:18,100
on the financial security side.

2341
01:08:18,100 --> 01:08:19,100
And this is where I wanted

2342
01:08:19,100 --> 01:08:20,100
to talk a little bit more.

2343
01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,100
Every year we do set aside and

2344
01:08:22,100 --> 01:08:23,100
recommend to set aside money

2345
01:08:23,100 --> 01:08:25,100
that just meets our 20% general

2346
01:08:25,100 --> 01:08:26,100
purpose reserve that we have,

2347
01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:28,100
our 5% ongoing contingency

2348
01:08:28,100 --> 01:08:30,401
reserve that we have

2349
01:08:31,100 --> 01:08:32,100
for uncertainties. But this

2350
01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:34,100
year we have some issues with

2351
01:08:34,100 --> 01:08:36,100
law enforcement liability. I'm

2352
01:08:36,100 --> 01:08:37,100
going to stop right there on

2353
01:08:37,100 --> 01:08:38,100
the priorities because I was

2354
01:08:38,100 --> 01:08:39,100
going to jump right into law

2355
01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:40,100
enforcement liability because

2356
01:08:40,100 --> 01:08:41,100
it's a bit of an issue. Are

2357
01:08:41,100 --> 01:08:43,100
there any questions

2358
01:08:43,100 --> 01:08:46,100
on our priorities? All right.

2359
01:08:46,100 --> 01:08:48,100
Okay. So Luther alluded

2360
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:50,100
to a little bit

2361
01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:52,100
within the state of California

2362
01:08:52,100 --> 01:08:53,100
as,

2363
01:08:53,100 --> 01:08:55,100
as we've talked a little bit

2364
01:08:55,100 --> 01:08:56,100
about, it is quite litigious.

2365
01:08:56,100 --> 01:08:58,100
What we find is that on

2366
01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,100
specifically law enforcement,

2367
01:08:59,100 --> 01:09:01,100
although it's a lot of areas

2368
01:09:01,100 --> 01:09:02,100
within government there with

2369
01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:04,100
the increasing litigiousness

2370
01:09:04,100 --> 01:09:07,100
of not just the state of

2371
01:09:07,100 --> 01:09:08,100
California, but what we see

2372
01:09:08,100 --> 01:09:10,100
in the nation,

2373
01:09:10,100 --> 01:09:11,100
we see claims getting higher,

2374
01:09:11,100 --> 01:09:13,100
we see judgments at time

2375
01:09:13,100 --> 01:09:16,100
getting higher and it's really

2376
01:09:16,100 --> 01:09:18,401
impacting our insurance. And

2377
01:09:19,100 --> 01:09:21,100
so, you know, we as a county

2378
01:09:21,100 --> 01:09:22,100
are basically partially

2379
01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:24,100
like a hybrid model of self

2380
01:09:24,100 --> 01:09:25,100
funded and we have excess

2381
01:09:25,100 --> 01:09:27,100
insurance. And so as part

2382
01:09:27,100 --> 01:09:29,100
of being self funded, we have a

2383
01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:30,100
policy that the board has

2384
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:32,100
approved that we basically want

2385
01:09:32,100 --> 01:09:34,100
to maintain our balances

2386
01:09:34,100 --> 01:09:36,100
in any of our insurance funds

2387
01:09:36,100 --> 01:09:38,401
at what's called an 80%

2388
01:09:39,100 --> 01:09:40,100
confidence level. What that 80%

2389
01:09:40,100 --> 01:09:42,100
confidence level means is that

2390
01:09:42,100 --> 01:09:43,100
we roughly have 80% certainty

2391
01:09:43,100 --> 01:09:45,100
that we'll be able to pay

2392
01:09:45,100 --> 01:09:48,100
out claims in any given year.

2393
01:09:48,100 --> 01:09:49,100
So that we are roughly 80%

2394
01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:51,100
of the time we can pay

2395
01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:52,100
out our claims, which is tied

2396
01:09:52,100 --> 01:09:53,100
to our historical data

2397
01:09:53,100 --> 01:09:55,100
on what claims has been. And so

2398
01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:57,100
what this green bar is showing

2399
01:09:57,100 --> 01:09:58,100
you is our projections,

2400
01:09:58,100 --> 01:10:00,100
well first off our 25, 26

2401
01:10:00,100 --> 01:10:02,100
number. But then going

2402
01:10:02,100 --> 01:10:03,100
into that, our projections

2403
01:10:03,100 --> 01:10:04,100
into the future

2404
01:10:04,100 --> 01:10:05,100
of what we would need

2405
01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:06,100
from a balance perspective,

2406
01:10:06,100 --> 01:10:08,100
how many millions

2407
01:10:08,100 --> 01:10:09,100
of dollars that we would need

2408
01:10:09,100 --> 01:10:11,100
to have set aside to maintain

2409
01:10:11,100 --> 01:10:13,100
that 80% confidence level.

2410
01:10:13,100 --> 01:10:14,100
That's those green bars. What I

2411
01:10:14,100 --> 01:10:16,100
wanted to highlight is that the

2412
01:10:16,100 --> 01:10:18,401
blue bar, especially in 25, 26

2413
01:10:19,100 --> 01:10:22,100
and then going into 26, 27, was

2414
01:10:22,100 --> 01:10:24,100
what our current projection was

2415
01:10:24,100 --> 01:10:26,100
of the balances that we had

2416
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:28,100
within that fund at this point

2417
01:10:28,100 --> 01:10:29,100
in time and how short it is.

2418
01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:30,100
So roughly what you're looking

2419
01:10:30,100 --> 01:10:32,401
at for 2526 is $40 million

2420
01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:36,100
of a balance. But we really, to

2421
01:10:36,100 --> 01:10:37,100
have that 80% confidence level

2422
01:10:37,100 --> 01:10:38,100
in accordance with policy,

2423
01:10:38,100 --> 01:10:40,100
we'd have to have over 80

2424
01:10:40,100 --> 01:10:41,100
million. So we are definitely

2425
01:10:41,100 --> 01:10:42,100
short,

2426
01:10:42,100 --> 01:10:43,100
which has gotten me concerned.

2427
01:10:43,100 --> 01:10:44,100
And that's one

2428
01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:46,100
of those areas where going into

2429
01:10:46,100 --> 01:10:47,100
the future even we were looking

2430
01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:48,100
at ongoing shortfalls. And

2431
01:10:48,100 --> 01:10:49,100
really our policy calls

2432
01:10:49,100 --> 01:10:51,100
for when we are short

2433
01:10:51,100 --> 01:10:52,100
in that that we are

2434
01:10:52,100 --> 01:10:53,100
to build up our reserves

2435
01:10:53,100 --> 01:10:55,100
over a five year period to hit

2436
01:10:55,100 --> 01:10:57,100
that 80% confidence level. So

2437
01:10:57,100 --> 01:10:59,100
what we're recommending today

2438
01:10:59,100 --> 01:11:02,100
for you and you know, going

2439
01:11:02,100 --> 01:11:04,100
into our premiums into next

2440
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:05,100
year is a line that looks a

2441
01:11:05,100 --> 01:11:07,100
little bit more like this. And

2442
01:11:07,100 --> 01:11:08,100
the way

2443
01:11:08,100 --> 01:11:09,100
by which we are really looking

2444
01:11:09,100 --> 01:11:11,100
to Increase specifically the

2445
01:11:11,100 --> 01:11:12,100
26, 27 number is

2446
01:11:12,100 --> 01:11:14,100
through a contribution or

2447
01:11:14,100 --> 01:11:16,100
from one of our reserves, one

2448
01:11:16,100 --> 01:11:17,100
of our general fund reserves.

2449
01:11:17,100 --> 01:11:19,100
As you know,

2450
01:11:19,100 --> 01:11:20,100
we set aside a lot of reserves

2451
01:11:20,100 --> 01:11:21,100
for a lot of good reasons. And

2452
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:23,100
so we have a liability Reserve

2453
01:11:23,100 --> 01:11:25,100
that's at $25 million right

2454
01:11:25,100 --> 01:11:26,100
now. We're effectively looking

2455
01:11:26,100 --> 01:11:28,100
to release that reserve. It's a

2456
01:11:28,100 --> 01:11:29,100
general fund reserve,

2457
01:11:29,100 --> 01:11:31,100
release it into this fund

2458
01:11:31,100 --> 01:11:33,100
to help us begin to move

2459
01:11:33,100 --> 01:11:34,100
towards that 80% confidence

2460
01:11:34,100 --> 01:11:37,100
level. But we're not just

2461
01:11:37,100 --> 01:11:39,100
recommending that. We have,

2462
01:11:39,100 --> 01:11:40,100
you know, that $25 million

2463
01:11:40,100 --> 01:11:42,100
liability reserve that we

2464
01:11:42,100 --> 01:11:43,100
release. We are seeing premium

2465
01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:45,100
growth within the county. And

2466
01:11:45,100 --> 01:11:47,100
what that means is we are

2467
01:11:47,100 --> 01:11:48,100
looking

2468
01:11:48,100 --> 01:11:49,100
to increase our premiums.

2469
01:11:49,100 --> 01:11:51,100
Currently in 25, 26, they're

2470
01:11:51,100 --> 01:11:53,100
at 45 million going

2471
01:11:54,100 --> 01:11:55,100
into next year. We are

2472
01:11:55,100 --> 01:11:57,100
recommending that our premiums

2473
01:11:57,100 --> 01:11:58,100
going into next year will be

2474
01:11:58,100 --> 01:12:00,100
$69 million total. And what

2475
01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:01,100
that means is our departments

2476
01:12:01,100 --> 01:12:03,100
that pay into that, they will

2477
01:12:03,100 --> 01:12:05,100
have a large increase going

2478
01:12:05,100 --> 01:12:08,100
into next year. In addition

2479
01:12:08,100 --> 01:12:10,100
to that, going into 20, 30,

2480
01:12:10,100 --> 01:12:12,100
31, it would be up to $80

2481
01:12:12,100 --> 01:12:14,100
million. It's quite a large

2482
01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:16,100
increase. Importantly, and I

2483
01:12:16,100 --> 01:12:17,100
have a note down

2484
01:12:17,100 --> 01:12:18,100
at the bottom,

2485
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:19,100
our biggest payer of law

2486
01:12:19,100 --> 01:12:21,100
enforcement liability besides

2487
01:12:21,100 --> 01:12:22,100
the county is our contract

2488
01:12:22,100 --> 01:12:24,100
cities. The sheriff provides

2489
01:12:24,100 --> 01:12:26,100
law enforcement services to 14

2490
01:12:26,100 --> 01:12:28,100
different of our 14

2491
01:12:28,100 --> 01:12:29,100
of our cities right now. And so

2492
01:12:29,100 --> 01:12:30,100
any sort of cost we have

2493
01:12:30,100 --> 01:12:31,100
on that side, we do pass on

2494
01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:33,100
to our contract cities.

2495
01:12:33,100 --> 01:12:34,100
Historically, notably for 26,

2496
01:12:34,100 --> 01:12:36,100
27 of that $24 million increase

2497
01:12:36,100 --> 01:12:38,100
that I was talking about

2498
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:40,100
in premiums, $10.1 million is

2499
01:12:40,100 --> 01:12:42,100
going to our contract cities.

2500
01:12:42,100 --> 01:12:43,100
And that's what I wanted

2501
01:12:43,100 --> 01:12:45,100
to talk a little bit about

2502
01:12:45,100 --> 01:12:46,100
with you guys today. One

2503
01:12:46,100 --> 01:12:49,100
of our recommendations is, you

2504
01:12:49,100 --> 01:12:51,100
know, of that $25 million of

2505
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:52,100
the liability reserve that we'd

2506
01:12:52,100 --> 01:12:53,100
like to set aside, we would

2507
01:12:53,100 --> 01:12:55,100
like to support our contract

2508
01:12:55,100 --> 01:12:57,100
cities by. By basically cutting

2509
01:12:57,100 --> 01:12:58,100
that premium growth in half

2510
01:12:58,100 --> 01:13:00,100
for the next year. So rather

2511
01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:02,100
than $10.1 million increase, we

2512
01:13:02,100 --> 01:13:03,100
would recommend a pure subsidy

2513
01:13:03,100 --> 01:13:05,100
from the board of supervisors

2514
01:13:05,100 --> 01:13:06,100
of $5 million that would go

2515
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:08,100
towards helping them pay. You

2516
01:13:08,100 --> 01:13:10,100
know, a lot

2517
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:12,100
of our contract cities from a

2518
01:13:12,100 --> 01:13:13,100
budgetary perspective have

2519
01:13:13,100 --> 01:13:15,100
faced a lot of challenges, you

2520
01:13:15,100 --> 01:13:16,100
know, similar

2521
01:13:16,100 --> 01:13:17,100
to the counties,

2522
01:13:17,100 --> 01:13:18,100
but sometimes it's even worse.

2523
01:13:18,100 --> 01:13:20,100
And so we wanted to be in good

2524
01:13:20,100 --> 01:13:21,100
partners recommend that we

2525
01:13:21,100 --> 01:13:22,100
would roughly, you know,

2526
01:13:22,100 --> 01:13:24,100
on a one time basis,

2527
01:13:24,100 --> 01:13:25,100
cover their costs for one year

2528
01:13:25,100 --> 01:13:27,100
at half their premium increase.

2529
01:13:27,100 --> 01:13:28,100
And so that is a specific

2530
01:13:28,100 --> 01:13:30,100
recommendation that we have

2531
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:31,100
for you today. So normally this

2532
01:13:31,100 --> 01:13:33,100
is just a receive,

2533
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:34,100
but we did want

2534
01:13:34,100 --> 01:13:36,100
to give our contract cities,

2535
01:13:36,100 --> 01:13:38,100
who are, I'm guessing,

2536
01:13:38,100 --> 01:13:39,100
probably paying attention

2537
01:13:39,100 --> 01:13:40,100
to this meeting,

2538
01:13:40,100 --> 01:13:41,100
some knowledge going

2539
01:13:41,100 --> 01:13:42,100
into the future

2540
01:13:42,100 --> 01:13:43,100
of their budgets,

2541
01:13:43,100 --> 01:13:45,100
as they're planning their

2542
01:13:45,100 --> 01:13:46,100
budgets, whether or not they

2543
01:13:46,100 --> 01:13:47,100
can, you know,

2544
01:13:47,100 --> 01:13:48,100
potentially see that and rely

2545
01:13:48,100 --> 01:13:49,100
on that $5 million. So we are

2546
01:13:49,100 --> 01:13:50,100
today asking you that

2547
01:13:50,100 --> 01:13:52,100
to give us direction

2548
01:13:52,100 --> 01:13:53,100
to include that

2549
01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:54,100
into our budget going into

2550
01:13:54,100 --> 01:13:56,100
June. So that is a

2551
01:13:56,100 --> 01:13:57,100
recommendation in front

2552
01:13:57,100 --> 01:13:59,100
of you guys today, I assume.

2553
01:13:59,100 --> 01:14:00,100
We'll take that after we go

2554
01:14:00,100 --> 01:14:02,100
through questions. Any

2555
01:14:02,100 --> 01:14:03,100
questions

2556
01:14:03,100 --> 01:14:04,100
on that?

2557
01:14:04,100 --> 01:14:05,100
>> I'll tell you, our contract

2558
01:14:05,100 --> 01:14:06,100
cities appreciate the support.

2559
01:14:06,100 --> 01:14:07,100
I've been reached out to

2560
01:14:07,100 --> 01:14:08,100
by several of them and they

2561
01:14:08,100 --> 01:14:10,100
appreciate it.

2562
01:14:10,100 --> 01:14:11,100
>> Excellent. Very good. All

2563
01:14:11,100 --> 01:14:13,100
right. With that,

2564
01:14:13,100 --> 01:14:15,100
that is what we have for you.

2565
01:14:15,100 --> 01:14:16,100
Our next steps is that my

2566
01:14:16,100 --> 01:14:18,100
staff,

2567
01:14:18,100 --> 01:14:20,100
who I should have thanked right

2568
01:14:20,100 --> 01:14:21,100
off the start, as Luther

2569
01:14:21,100 --> 01:14:23,100
mentioned, they are working

2570
01:14:23,100 --> 01:14:24,100
really, really hard right now

2571
01:14:24,100 --> 01:14:25,100
to get a budget book that will

2572
01:14:25,100 --> 01:14:27,100
be delivered

2573
01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:28,100
to you and the public on May

2574
01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:29,100
19. That budget book will have.

2575
01:14:29,100 --> 01:14:31,100
This has been a general fund

2576
01:14:31,100 --> 01:14:33,100
focus in this meeting. The

2577
01:14:33,100 --> 01:14:34,100
budget book will have every

2578
01:14:34,100 --> 01:14:35,100
revenue source that we're

2579
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:37,100
talking about. It will have

2580
01:14:37,100 --> 01:14:38,100
detailed pages by department

2581
01:14:38,100 --> 01:14:40,401
about what's going on

2582
01:14:41,100 --> 01:14:42,100
within each budget. And then

2583
01:14:42,100 --> 01:14:43,100
on June 9, which is three weeks

2584
01:14:43,100 --> 01:14:45,100
later, is when we would like

2585
01:14:45,100 --> 01:14:46,100
to bring to the board the

2586
01:14:46,100 --> 01:14:47,100
actual budget recommended

2587
01:14:47,100 --> 01:14:49,100
budget for adoption. So

2588
01:14:49,100 --> 01:14:52,100
with that, I will entertain any

2589
01:14:52,100 --> 01:14:54,100
questions.

2590
01:14:54,100 --> 01:14:55,100
>> I don't believe I have any

2591
01:14:55,100 --> 01:14:56,100
requests to speak. Is that

2592
01:14:56,100 --> 01:14:57,100
correct?

2593
01:14:57,100 --> 01:14:59,100
>> That's correct.

2594
01:14:59,100 --> 01:15:01,401
>> Okay, any questions? Come

2595
01:15:02,100 --> 01:15:04,100
on, you gotta congratulate.

2596
01:15:04,100 --> 01:15:05,100
Thank you so much. I know the

2597
01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:07,100
five year forecast freaks me

2598
01:15:07,100 --> 01:15:09,100
out always.

2599
01:15:09,100 --> 01:15:11,100
>> It is. But I also been here

2600
01:15:11,100 --> 01:15:12,100
long enough to know that you

2601
01:15:12,100 --> 01:15:13,100
guys do a wonderful job

2602
01:15:13,100 --> 01:15:15,100
of managing, you know,

2603
01:15:15,100 --> 01:15:16,100
preparing for the worst,

2604
01:15:16,100 --> 01:15:17,100
but hoping

2605
01:15:17,100 --> 01:15:18,100
for the best as we go forward.

2606
01:15:18,100 --> 01:15:20,100
Your team does a fantastic job

2607
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:21,100
preparing. Love the fact that

2608
01:15:21,100 --> 01:15:22,100
we could take some long term

2609
01:15:22,100 --> 01:15:23,100
vision,

2610
01:15:23,100 --> 01:15:25,100
strategic investments not only

2611
01:15:25,100 --> 01:15:26,100
for our residents,

2612
01:15:26,100 --> 01:15:27,100
but our departments. That is

2613
01:15:27,100 --> 01:15:29,100
also part of everything we do

2614
01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:30,100
all the time. And that very

2615
01:15:30,100 --> 01:15:32,100
thoughtful approach that you

2616
01:15:32,100 --> 01:15:34,100
do. Even though we prepare

2617
01:15:34,100 --> 01:15:35,100
for that worst, we hope those

2618
01:15:35,100 --> 01:15:37,100
numbers change and that we have

2619
01:15:37,100 --> 01:15:39,100
good outcomes going forward.

2620
01:15:39,100 --> 01:15:40,100
But excellent work as always

2621
01:15:40,100 --> 01:15:43,100
and we'll keep pressing on.

2622
01:15:43,100 --> 01:15:45,100
I'll move it when you entertain

2623
01:15:45,100 --> 01:15:47,100
that Supervisor Cook.

2624
01:15:49,100 --> 01:15:51,401
>> Yeah. 100 years ago, used

2625
01:15:53,100 --> 01:15:56,100
to send people to Washington

2626
01:15:58,100 --> 01:16:00,401
D.C. to talk

2627
01:16:04,100 --> 01:16:05,100
to people that could help you

2628
01:16:05,100 --> 01:16:07,401
out with, you know,

2629
01:16:08,100 --> 01:16:09,100
you needed money for a specific

2630
01:16:09,100 --> 01:16:10,100
project or what have you and

2631
01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:12,401
usually you'd bump in,

2632
01:16:18,100 --> 01:16:21,100
you'd have to go through the,

2633
01:16:21,100 --> 01:16:23,100
the most difficult person

2634
01:16:23,100 --> 01:16:25,100
to deal with. And I'm trying

2635
01:16:25,100 --> 01:16:26,100
to remember her name, dawn

2636
01:16:26,100 --> 01:16:29,601
something or other that I don't

2637
01:16:31,100 --> 01:16:33,100
want to say. She always said

2638
01:16:33,100 --> 01:16:35,100
no,

2639
01:16:35,100 --> 01:16:36,100
but she was the gatekeeper. Do

2640
01:16:36,100 --> 01:16:38,100
you remember those days?

2641
01:16:38,100 --> 01:16:39,100
>> I do, yeah.

2642
01:16:39,100 --> 01:16:40,100
>> She never got a Christmas

2643
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:41,100
card for 10 years or something.

2644
01:16:41,100 --> 01:16:43,100
But that's another story. And

2645
01:16:43,100 --> 01:16:45,401
I'm just wondering because

2646
01:16:47,100 --> 01:16:49,100
believe it or not, when you

2647
01:16:49,100 --> 01:16:50,100
went back there and you talked

2648
01:16:50,100 --> 01:16:52,100
to, particularly if you had a

2649
01:16:52,100 --> 01:16:54,100
large project or what have you,

2650
01:16:54,100 --> 01:16:56,100
you had something that you

2651
01:16:56,100 --> 01:16:57,100
could talk to your elected

2652
01:16:57,100 --> 01:16:59,100
representatives about, said,

2653
01:16:59,100 --> 01:17:01,100
you know, we're desperate in

2654
01:17:01,100 --> 01:17:02,100
San Bernardino county for this

2655
01:17:02,100 --> 01:17:04,100
for the following reasons and

2656
01:17:04,100 --> 01:17:06,100
unless they're stupid,

2657
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:08,100
they're going to meet

2658
01:17:08,100 --> 01:17:10,100
with you and they're going

2659
01:17:10,100 --> 01:17:12,100
to talk to you. And this is

2660
01:17:12,100 --> 01:17:14,100
where they can always say no,

2661
01:17:14,100 --> 01:17:17,100
but at least you get your day

2662
01:17:17,100 --> 01:17:20,100
in court or day in Congress.

2663
01:17:20,100 --> 01:17:23,100
And I used to look forward

2664
01:17:23,100 --> 01:17:26,100
to that because, you know,

2665
01:17:27,100 --> 01:17:28,100
a lot of things were going

2666
01:17:28,100 --> 01:17:30,100
on and everything. You still do

2667
01:17:30,100 --> 01:17:32,100
that where you have an agenda.

2668
01:17:32,100 --> 01:17:35,601
It's almost like a game plan

2669
01:17:36,100 --> 01:17:39,100
on how you, you pick

2670
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:43,100
out certain officeholders,

2671
01:17:45,100 --> 01:17:46,100
particularly the stupid ones

2672
01:17:46,100 --> 01:17:48,100
like Cook back there. You know,

2673
01:17:48,100 --> 01:17:49,100
you figure, well, he's dumb,

2674
01:17:49,100 --> 01:17:51,100
he's a dumb Marine. We can get

2675
01:17:51,100 --> 01:17:53,100
over on him and get another

2676
01:17:53,100 --> 01:17:55,100
$100 million. Now you never got

2677
01:17:55,100 --> 01:17:57,100
that much money. I don't care.

2678
01:17:57,100 --> 01:17:58,100
JC himself was back here.

2679
01:17:58,100 --> 01:18:01,100
But if, if the source

2680
01:18:02,100 --> 01:18:05,601
of the money is back there,

2681
01:18:07,100 --> 01:18:09,100
I'm obviously advocating

2682
01:18:10,100 --> 01:18:11,100
for a game plan on how you go

2683
01:18:11,100 --> 01:18:13,100
back there and you can be real

2684
01:18:13,100 --> 01:18:14,100
nice, smooth and everything

2685
01:18:14,100 --> 01:18:16,401
like that, but that's

2686
01:18:17,100 --> 01:18:19,100
oftentimes depending upon the

2687
01:18:19,100 --> 01:18:21,401
situation in Washington and

2688
01:18:22,100 --> 01:18:24,100
what have you. But I want some

2689
01:18:24,100 --> 01:18:26,401
of my colleagues there,

2690
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:29,400
there now to go

2691
01:18:30,100 --> 01:18:31,100
through the pain of meeting

2692
01:18:31,100 --> 01:18:32,100
certain disgruntled people

2693
01:18:32,100 --> 01:18:34,100
from your,

2694
01:18:34,100 --> 01:18:36,100
your home communities. Because

2695
01:18:36,100 --> 01:18:37,100
it works.

2696
01:18:37,100 --> 01:18:38,100
>> Yeah, absolutely. I'm

2697
01:18:38,100 --> 01:18:40,100
fortunate to have work

2698
01:18:40,100 --> 01:18:42,100
for me, Leah Fletez, who is our

2699
01:18:42,100 --> 01:18:44,100
legislative affairs and

2700
01:18:44,100 --> 01:18:46,100
government relations sort

2701
01:18:46,100 --> 01:18:47,100
of deputy executive officer.

2702
01:18:47,100 --> 01:18:49,100
And they focus a lot with, you

2703
01:18:49,100 --> 01:18:51,100
know, the federal stakeholders,

2704
01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:52,100
state stakeholders and really

2705
01:18:52,100 --> 01:18:54,100
looking for the county

2706
01:18:54,100 --> 01:18:55,100
to ensure that we are

2707
01:18:55,100 --> 01:18:56,100
advocating for all

2708
01:18:56,100 --> 01:18:57,100
of our needs. But in addition

2709
01:18:57,100 --> 01:18:59,100
to that, we do have a process

2710
01:18:59,100 --> 01:19:00,100
by which we look

2711
01:19:00,100 --> 01:19:01,100
for federal earmarks, you know,

2712
01:19:01,100 --> 01:19:03,100
working with our,

2713
01:19:03,100 --> 01:19:04,100
our local delegation. And it's

2714
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:06,100
something that they do a great

2715
01:19:06,100 --> 01:19:07,100
job of really pursuing

2716
01:19:07,100 --> 01:19:08,100
for the county.

2717
01:19:08,100 --> 01:19:10,100
>> Yes.

2718
01:19:10,100 --> 01:19:12,401
>> What was budget request.

2719
01:19:13,100 --> 01:19:15,401
>> Very, very dangerous. Where

2720
01:19:16,100 --> 01:19:19,601
I don't like it. People in

2721
01:19:24,100 --> 01:19:25,100
Washington don't like it and

2722
01:19:25,100 --> 01:19:27,100
it's used interchangeably.

2723
01:19:27,100 --> 01:19:28,100
But I (inaudible) her head

2724
01:19:28,100 --> 01:19:30,100
off as soon as they say that.

2725
01:19:30,100 --> 01:19:32,100
Thank you for keeping it

2726
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,100
at a higher level. Don't get

2727
01:19:33,100 --> 01:19:34,100
down

2728
01:19:34,100 --> 01:19:35,100
to the level that these people

2729
01:19:35,100 --> 01:19:36,100
in Washington are at. You're

2730
01:19:36,100 --> 01:19:38,100
above them, you're no more.

2731
01:19:38,100 --> 01:19:39,100
And you're more passionate

2732
01:19:39,100 --> 01:19:40,100
because you're closer

2733
01:19:40,100 --> 01:19:41,100
to the people.

2734
01:19:41,100 --> 01:19:43,100
>> Thank you, sir.

2735
01:19:43,100 --> 01:19:44,100
>> Yeah, thank you, Madam

2736
01:19:44,100 --> 01:19:45,100
Chair. I want to thank Matt,

2737
01:19:45,100 --> 01:19:46,100
finance team,

2738
01:19:46,100 --> 01:19:47,100
department heads and Luther

2739
01:19:47,100 --> 01:19:48,100
for really doing a great job

2740
01:19:48,100 --> 01:19:50,100
with the budget. I know this is

2741
01:19:50,100 --> 01:19:51,100
just the first bite

2742
01:19:51,100 --> 01:19:52,100
at the apple. I know we're

2743
01:19:52,100 --> 01:19:54,100
going to come back

2744
01:19:54,100 --> 01:19:55,100
to formally adopt, but I think

2745
01:19:55,100 --> 01:19:56,100
it's impressive the fact that,

2746
01:19:56,100 --> 01:19:57,100
you know,

2747
01:19:57,100 --> 01:19:58,100
our county staff has been able

2748
01:19:58,100 --> 01:20:00,100
to make a lot of significant

2749
01:20:00,100 --> 01:20:01,100
one time investments

2750
01:20:01,100 --> 01:20:02,100
in the county to address a lot

2751
01:20:02,100 --> 01:20:04,100
of the needs that we have. And

2752
01:20:04,100 --> 01:20:05,100
you know, one

2753
01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:06,100
of the ones I just want

2754
01:20:06,100 --> 01:20:07,100
to highlight,

2755
01:20:07,100 --> 01:20:08,100
I know you mentioned it

2756
01:20:08,100 --> 01:20:09,100
earlier, was the $5 million

2757
01:20:09,100 --> 01:20:10,100
investment for the Glen Helen

2758
01:20:10,100 --> 01:20:12,100
Rehabilitation Center. One

2759
01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:13,100
of the things we found out

2760
01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:15,100
in the last point in time count

2761
01:20:15,100 --> 01:20:16,100
is that our numbers did

2762
01:20:16,100 --> 01:20:18,100
decrease in our county, but

2763
01:20:18,100 --> 01:20:19,100
overall the formerly

2764
01:20:19,100 --> 01:20:20,100
incarcerated numbers has

2765
01:20:20,100 --> 01:20:22,100
increased. That's up

2766
01:20:22,100 --> 01:20:24,100
to 28.6% now. So that's very,

2767
01:20:24,100 --> 01:20:26,100
very significant. I know that's

2768
01:20:26,100 --> 01:20:27,100
important for our sheriff

2769
01:20:27,100 --> 01:20:29,100
Shannon Dykus and Behavioral

2770
01:20:29,100 --> 01:20:30,100
Health to try to address and

2771
01:20:30,100 --> 01:20:31,100
transition folks as they,

2772
01:20:31,100 --> 01:20:32,100
they go

2773
01:20:32,100 --> 01:20:33,100
from being incarcerated out

2774
01:20:33,100 --> 01:20:35,100
to civilian life. And that is

2775
01:20:35,100 --> 01:20:36,100
just a big number

2776
01:20:36,100 --> 01:20:37,100
with our homeless population.

2777
01:20:37,100 --> 01:20:38,100
But I just think it's a great

2778
01:20:38,100 --> 01:20:39,100
job that you did

2779
01:20:39,100 --> 01:20:41,100
in forecasting and sharing

2780
01:20:41,100 --> 01:20:42,100
with the entire board. You know

2781
01:20:42,100 --> 01:20:43,100
what the outlook is.

2782
01:20:43,100 --> 01:20:45,100
But also one

2783
01:20:45,100 --> 01:20:46,100
of the things we have

2784
01:20:46,100 --> 01:20:47,100
to consider in mind. We've been

2785
01:20:47,100 --> 01:20:49,100
very blessed

2786
01:20:49,100 --> 01:20:50,100
with revenues being high

2787
01:20:50,100 --> 01:20:51,100
American Rescue Plan act money

2788
01:20:51,100 --> 01:20:53,100
that we're able to make

2789
01:20:53,100 --> 01:20:54,100
significant investments. We

2790
01:20:54,100 --> 01:20:55,100
received a lot of money from

2791
01:20:55,100 --> 01:20:57,100
the state a couple years ago.

2792
01:20:57,100 --> 01:20:58,100
>> You know, as we begin

2793
01:20:58,100 --> 01:20:59,100
to look forward, you know,

2794
01:20:59,100 --> 01:21:00,100
how can we leverage our dollars

2795
01:21:00,100 --> 01:21:01,100
with state and federal matching

2796
01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:02,100
dollars? It's something we have

2797
01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:03,100
to consider. But Great job,

2798
01:21:03,100 --> 01:21:04,100
Matt, with the budget and

2799
01:21:04,100 --> 01:21:05,100
appreciate the good work

2800
01:21:05,100 --> 01:21:07,401
to you and Luther.

2801
01:21:08,100 --> 01:21:09,100
>> Thank you, sir.

2802
01:21:09,100 --> 01:21:10,100
>> Any concerns

2803
01:21:10,100 --> 01:21:12,100
about the liability reserves

2804
01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:14,100
for law enforcement? No. All

2805
01:21:14,100 --> 01:21:15,100
right. Would you like

2806
01:21:15,100 --> 01:21:16,100
to make a motion?

2807
01:21:16,100 --> 01:21:17,100
>> So move.

2808
01:21:17,100 --> 01:21:19,100
>> Thank you. Thank you very

2809
01:21:19,100 --> 01:21:20,100
much for the motion. And

2810
01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:21,100
second, all those

2811
01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:22,100
in favor?

2812
01:21:22,100 --> 01:21:23,100
>> Aye.

2813
01:21:23,100 --> 01:21:24,100
>> Any opposed? Any

2814
01:21:24,100 --> 01:21:25,100
abstentions?

2815
01:21:25,100 --> 01:21:26,100
>> With that, item 84 passes

2816
01:21:26,100 --> 01:21:28,100
unanimously. Thank you very

2817
01:21:28,100 --> 01:21:29,100
much. Thank you, Matthew.

2818
01:21:29,100 --> 01:21:31,100
Thanks to your entire team.

2819
01:21:31,100 --> 01:21:32,100
Number 85 is the countywide

2820
01:21:32,100 --> 01:21:33,100
Unmanned Aerial Support

2821
01:21:33,100 --> 01:21:35,100
Workshop being presented this

2822
01:21:35,100 --> 01:21:37,401
morning by Luther Snoke.

2823
01:21:38,100 --> 01:21:39,100
>> I'll let Trevor take a seat,

2824
01:21:39,100 --> 01:21:41,100
but

2825
01:21:41,100 --> 01:21:43,100
in the opening comments made

2826
01:21:43,100 --> 01:21:44,100
by Supervisor Cook, he talked

2827
01:21:44,100 --> 01:21:46,100
about drones. And it's very

2828
01:21:46,100 --> 01:21:47,100
timely because that is the

2829
01:21:47,100 --> 01:21:49,100
conversation that Trevor, as

2830
01:21:49,100 --> 01:21:51,100
well as representatives

2831
01:21:51,100 --> 01:21:53,100
from fire and sheriff will,

2832
01:21:53,100 --> 01:21:54,100
will lead the discussion

2833
01:21:54,100 --> 01:21:56,100
over the next 15 to 20 minutes

2834
01:21:56,100 --> 01:21:58,100
or so to touch on. So I'll turn

2835
01:21:58,100 --> 01:21:59,100
it over to Trevor, but I think

2836
01:21:59,100 --> 01:22:01,100
he has a video that he's going

2837
01:22:01,100 --> 01:22:03,100
to start with. Yeah, that we.

2838
01:22:03,100 --> 01:22:04,100
We recorded this just

2839
01:22:04,100 --> 01:22:06,100
to be safe. I wanted to do this

2840
01:22:06,100 --> 01:22:07,100
as a live demonstration, but we

2841
01:22:07,100 --> 01:22:09,100
thought this was a little

2842
01:22:09,100 --> 01:22:10,100
smarter.

2843
01:22:10,100 --> 01:22:12,100
>> Go ahead, Trevor.

2844
01:22:12,100 --> 01:22:13,100
>> Thank you, Luther. And good

2845
01:22:13,100 --> 01:22:14,100
morning, chair members

2846
01:22:14,100 --> 01:22:16,100
of the board. I am Trevor

2847
01:22:16,100 --> 01:22:17,100
Lijia, assistant executive

2848
01:22:17,100 --> 01:22:18,100
officer with the county's

2849
01:22:18,100 --> 01:22:19,100
public safety and

2850
01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:20,100
communications portfolio. So,

2851
01:22:20,100 --> 01:22:21,100
yeah, let's watch that video.

2852
01:22:21,100 --> 01:22:23,100
[ VIDEO PLAYING ]

2853
01:22:39,100 --> 01:22:41,100
So that video we just watched,

2854
01:22:41,100 --> 01:22:42,100
it was. That was shot

2855
01:22:42,100 --> 01:22:44,100
with an unmanned aerial system,

2856
01:22:44,100 --> 01:22:47,100
AKA UAS, AKA drone. And I think

2857
01:22:47,100 --> 01:22:48,100
that's the type

2858
01:22:48,100 --> 01:22:51,100
of use that a lot of us think

2859
01:22:51,100 --> 01:22:53,100
about when we think about this

2860
01:22:53,100 --> 01:22:55,100
technology and the capabilities

2861
01:22:55,100 --> 01:22:56,100
of these things. We think

2862
01:22:56,100 --> 01:22:58,100
about, we go to a wedding,

2863
01:22:58,100 --> 01:22:59,100
they fly

2864
01:22:59,100 --> 01:23:01,100
over the wedding party,

2865
01:23:01,100 --> 01:23:02,100
everybody waves. Right.

2866
01:23:02,100 --> 01:23:04,100
But really with the technology

2867
01:23:04,100 --> 01:23:05,100
capability growth that we're

2868
01:23:05,100 --> 01:23:06,100
seeing,

2869
01:23:06,100 --> 01:23:07,100
there's so much more than that,

2870
01:23:07,100 --> 01:23:09,100
and that is why we are here

2871
01:23:09,100 --> 01:23:11,100
today. And so

2872
01:23:12,100 --> 01:23:14,100
at a high level, we're going

2873
01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:16,100
to keep this, as Luther

2874
01:23:16,100 --> 01:23:17,100
mentioned, to about 20 minutes.

2875
01:23:17,100 --> 01:23:18,100
We're going to focus

2876
01:23:18,100 --> 01:23:20,100
on four things. We're going

2877
01:23:20,100 --> 01:23:21,100
to provide a quick overview of

2878
01:23:21,100 --> 01:23:22,100
where we are today as a county

2879
01:23:22,100 --> 01:23:24,100
related to UAS. We're going

2880
01:23:24,100 --> 01:23:25,100
to hear

2881
01:23:25,100 --> 01:23:27,100
from the sheriff's department

2882
01:23:27,100 --> 01:23:29,100
in the fire district as they

2883
01:23:29,100 --> 01:23:31,100
walk through their programs,

2884
01:23:31,100 --> 01:23:33,100
since they're really leading

2885
01:23:33,100 --> 01:23:35,100
in this space. And then we're

2886
01:23:35,100 --> 01:23:37,100
going to close with a few

2887
01:23:37,100 --> 01:23:38,100
recommendations and open it up

2888
01:23:38,100 --> 01:23:39,100
for your questions and

2889
01:23:39,100 --> 01:23:40,100
feedback. So in 2023, the

2890
01:23:40,100 --> 01:23:41,100
county adopted its first formal

2891
01:23:41,100 --> 01:23:42,100
UAS policy framework,

2892
01:23:42,100 --> 01:23:44,100
and that was aligned

2893
01:23:44,100 --> 01:23:46,100
with FAA regulations, and that

2894
01:23:46,100 --> 01:23:47,100
gave us a solid foundation for

2895
01:23:47,100 --> 01:23:49,100
safe and compliant operations

2896
01:23:49,100 --> 01:23:50,100
today. And as the technology

2897
01:23:50,100 --> 01:23:52,100
evolves with, especially

2898
01:23:52,100 --> 01:23:53,100
with things like Beyond

2899
01:23:53,100 --> 01:23:54,100
Visual Line of Sight, which

2900
01:23:54,100 --> 01:23:55,100
we'll talk about more later,

2901
01:23:55,100 --> 01:23:57,100
this is an area that we do want

2902
01:23:57,100 --> 01:23:59,100
to keep current. We also

2903
01:23:59,100 --> 01:24:00,100
established a multi

2904
01:24:00,100 --> 01:24:02,100
departmental steering committee

2905
01:24:02,100 --> 01:24:03,100
and that committee serves as a

2906
01:24:03,100 --> 01:24:05,100
centralized forum

2907
01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:07,100
to support coordination

2908
01:24:07,100 --> 01:24:09,100
across departments, things

2909
01:24:09,100 --> 01:24:10,100
like reviewing purchases,

2910
01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:12,100
sharing information,

2911
01:24:12,100 --> 01:24:13,100
promoting consistency and

2912
01:24:13,100 --> 01:24:14,100
training,

2913
01:24:14,100 --> 01:24:15,100
safety and operations. And the

2914
01:24:15,100 --> 01:24:17,100
committee itself doesn't

2915
01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:18,100
approve departmental programs

2916
01:24:18,100 --> 01:24:20,100
or direct the operations and it

2917
01:24:20,100 --> 01:24:21,100
continues to operate based

2918
01:24:21,100 --> 01:24:23,100
on their specific needs

2919
01:24:23,100 --> 01:24:25,100
within the framework

2920
01:24:25,100 --> 01:24:27,100
of county policy and standards.

2921
01:24:27,100 --> 01:24:30,100
And so as these programs

2922
01:24:30,100 --> 01:24:31,100
continue to grow

2923
01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:33,100
in scale and complexity,

2924
01:24:33,100 --> 01:24:34,100
ensuring a strong county wide

2925
01:24:34,100 --> 01:24:35,100
alignment will become

2926
01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:37,401
increasingly important. So what

2927
01:24:40,100 --> 01:24:41,100
this slide shows is that UAS

2928
01:24:41,100 --> 01:24:43,100
use is expansive

2929
01:24:43,100 --> 01:24:45,100
across multiple departments.

2930
01:24:46,100 --> 01:24:48,401
As you can see,

2931
01:24:49,100 --> 01:24:50,100
the county as a whole flew

2932
01:24:50,100 --> 01:24:51,100
over 420flight hours last year.

2933
01:24:51,100 --> 01:24:53,100
So not including sheriff and

2934
01:24:53,100 --> 01:24:54,100
fire,

2935
01:24:54,100 --> 01:24:56,100
which I'll let them speak

2936
01:24:56,100 --> 01:24:57,100
to when they come up. But those

2937
01:24:57,100 --> 01:24:59,401
flights supported a range

2938
01:25:00,100 --> 01:25:01,100
of mission specific tasks.

2939
01:25:01,100 --> 01:25:02,100
Everything

2940
01:25:02,100 --> 01:25:04,100
from infrastructure inspections

2941
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:06,100
after a flood, aerial mapping,

2942
01:25:06,100 --> 01:25:08,100
supporting fraud investigation,

2943
01:25:08,100 --> 01:25:09,100
assisting

2944
01:25:09,100 --> 01:25:10,100
with homeless encampments,

2945
01:25:10,100 --> 01:25:13,100
as well as video production.

2946
01:25:15,100 --> 01:25:16,100
And so with that quick overview

2947
01:25:16,100 --> 01:25:18,100
I will turn it over

2948
01:25:18,100 --> 01:25:19,100
to our subject matter experts

2949
01:25:19,100 --> 01:25:21,100
in our public safety partners

2950
01:25:21,100 --> 01:25:22,100
to share a bit about their

2951
01:25:22,100 --> 01:25:23,100
programs. I'll invite them

2952
01:25:23,100 --> 01:25:25,100
down now.

2953
01:25:25,100 --> 01:25:26,100
>> So as they're coming down,

2954
01:25:26,100 --> 01:25:27,100
both Sheriff Dikus and Chief

2955
01:25:27,100 --> 01:25:28,100
Muncie, they're really

2956
01:25:28,100 --> 01:25:30,100
at the forefront

2957
01:25:30,100 --> 01:25:31,100
of applying this technology in

2958
01:25:31,100 --> 01:25:32,100
ways that enhance first

2959
01:25:32,100 --> 01:25:33,100
responder safety and improve

2960
01:25:33,100 --> 01:25:35,100
situational awareness

2961
01:25:36,100 --> 01:25:38,100
in the field. So we have Lt.

2962
01:25:38,100 --> 01:25:40,100
Bashir and Battalion Chief

2963
01:25:40,100 --> 01:25:41,100
Chris Bowden here, but I'll let

2964
01:25:41,100 --> 01:25:42,100
them introduce themselves as

2965
01:25:42,100 --> 01:25:44,100
they get started.

2966
01:25:45,100 --> 01:25:46,100
>> Hi, I'm Lieutenant Jared

2967
01:25:46,100 --> 01:25:48,100
Beshear. I oversee our

2968
01:25:48,100 --> 01:25:49,100
Operational Technologies unit.

2969
01:25:49,100 --> 01:25:52,100
One of the items that we cover

2970
01:25:52,100 --> 01:25:55,601
is UAS within the county. Our

2971
01:25:56,100 --> 01:25:58,100
current UAS program consists of

2972
01:25:58,100 --> 01:26:00,100
our specialized enforcement

2973
01:26:00,100 --> 01:26:02,100
division or our SWAT team. We

2974
01:26:02,100 --> 01:26:04,100
have a limited deployment of

2975
01:26:04,100 --> 01:26:06,100
drone as first responder or DFR

2976
01:26:06,100 --> 01:26:08,100
in Victorville City and we have

2977
01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:09,100
certified part 107 pilots

2978
01:26:09,100 --> 01:26:11,100
running out of our real time

2979
01:26:11,100 --> 01:26:13,100
information center. As we

2980
01:26:13,100 --> 01:26:15,100
expand

2981
01:26:17,100 --> 01:26:19,401
into this area cautiously,

2982
01:26:20,100 --> 01:26:21,100
we have looked

2983
01:26:21,100 --> 01:26:23,100
at multiple options in order

2984
01:26:23,100 --> 01:26:24,100
to provide service

2985
01:26:24,100 --> 01:26:25,100
for the county, not only

2986
01:26:25,100 --> 01:26:26,100
at the city level, but also as

2987
01:26:26,100 --> 01:26:28,100
a county wide and other

2988
01:26:28,100 --> 01:26:29,100
departments within the

2989
01:26:29,100 --> 01:26:31,100
Sheriff's department. One of

2990
01:26:31,100 --> 01:26:32,100
these items is a mobile

2991
01:26:32,100 --> 01:26:34,100
response. So as spoken

2992
01:26:34,100 --> 01:26:35,100
about earlier,

2993
01:26:35,100 --> 01:26:36,100
search and rescue issues

2994
01:26:36,100 --> 01:26:37,100
in the county,

2995
01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:38,100
we have a vast county. We would

2996
01:26:38,100 --> 01:26:40,100
be able

2997
01:26:40,100 --> 01:26:41,100
to deploy UAS technology out to

2998
01:26:41,100 --> 01:26:43,100
these search areas or critical

2999
01:26:43,100 --> 01:26:44,100
incidents that are located

3000
01:26:44,100 --> 01:26:46,100
in these remote areas.

3001
01:26:46,100 --> 01:26:49,100
For that, along with also

3002
01:26:49,100 --> 01:26:50,100
having different options

3003
01:26:50,100 --> 01:26:52,100
available to us including

3004
01:26:52,100 --> 01:26:53,100
tethered and long endurance UAS

3005
01:26:53,100 --> 01:26:55,100
systems for extended search

3006
01:26:55,100 --> 01:26:56,100
operations or critical

3007
01:26:56,100 --> 01:26:58,100
incidents. In addition

3008
01:26:58,100 --> 01:26:59,100
to mobile response,

3009
01:26:59,100 --> 01:27:00,100
we're looking

3010
01:27:00,100 --> 01:27:02,100
at drone as a first responder.

3011
01:27:02,100 --> 01:27:03,100
Our partners up in

3012
01:27:03,100 --> 01:27:05,100
Victorville City have launched

3013
01:27:05,100 --> 01:27:06,100
their DFR program

3014
01:27:06,100 --> 01:27:08,100
with success early on

3015
01:27:08,100 --> 01:27:10,401
for finding missing persons,

3016
01:27:11,100 --> 01:27:13,100
identifying suspects

3017
01:27:13,100 --> 01:27:15,100
of crimes and officer safety

3018
01:27:15,100 --> 01:27:16,100
for our search and rescue

3019
01:27:16,100 --> 01:27:18,100
personnel. We want to be able

3020
01:27:18,100 --> 01:27:19,100
to leverage this technology

3021
01:27:19,100 --> 01:27:21,100
in order to make it safer

3022
01:27:21,100 --> 01:27:22,100
for them when they go out and

3023
01:27:22,100 --> 01:27:24,100
do their searches and more

3024
01:27:24,100 --> 01:27:26,100
efficient and more effective. A

3025
01:27:26,100 --> 01:27:27,100
lot of the times when we go

3026
01:27:27,100 --> 01:27:28,100
out and send our volunteers

3027
01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:29,100
from the sheriff's department

3028
01:27:29,100 --> 01:27:30,100
to do these rescues, they get

3029
01:27:30,100 --> 01:27:32,100
into terrain that's very

3030
01:27:32,100 --> 01:27:33,100
dangerous. And by being able

3031
01:27:33,100 --> 01:27:34,100
to deploy a DFR to a location

3032
01:27:34,100 --> 01:27:35,100
to confirm or deny the location

3033
01:27:35,100 --> 01:27:36,100
of anybody actually being

3034
01:27:36,100 --> 01:27:38,100
there, it increases their

3035
01:27:38,100 --> 01:27:39,100
safety and makes it less likely

3036
01:27:39,100 --> 01:27:40,100
that they'll be injured

3037
01:27:40,100 --> 01:27:42,100
out there. We are continuing

3038
01:27:42,100 --> 01:27:43,100
our specialized enforcement

3039
01:27:43,100 --> 01:27:46,601
program with SWAT and how we

3040
01:27:47,100 --> 01:27:49,100
handle critical incidents with

3041
01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:51,100
their UAS technology and also

3042
01:27:51,100 --> 01:27:52,100
looking to add to our

3043
01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:53,100
specialized investigations

3044
01:27:53,100 --> 01:27:55,100
division,

3045
01:27:55,100 --> 01:27:56,100
specifically our homicide team

3046
01:27:56,100 --> 01:27:58,100
for outdoor scenery

3047
01:27:58,100 --> 01:28:00,100
construction. It's much more

3048
01:28:00,100 --> 01:28:02,100
cost effective and efficient

3049
01:28:02,100 --> 01:28:04,100
to be able to build out and map

3050
01:28:04,100 --> 01:28:05,100
a crime scene versus the older

3051
01:28:05,100 --> 01:28:07,100
technologies.

3052
01:28:07,100 --> 01:28:08,100
To the left is just some of the

3053
01:28:08,100 --> 01:28:10,100
areas that we've been looking

3054
01:28:10,100 --> 01:28:11,100
at as a county to deploy drone

3055
01:28:11,100 --> 01:28:12,100
as first responder and just

3056
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:14,100
seeing the legitimacy

3057
01:28:14,100 --> 01:28:15,100
of those areas based on calls

3058
01:28:15,100 --> 01:28:17,100
for service data and terrain.

3059
01:28:17,100 --> 01:28:19,100
This is a early

3060
01:28:19,100 --> 01:28:21,100
on map or an overview

3061
01:28:21,100 --> 01:28:22,100
of the county. It just includes

3062
01:28:22,100 --> 01:28:23,100
some

3063
01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:24,100
of the sites that we're looking

3064
01:28:24,100 --> 01:28:26,100
at as how we would implement

3065
01:28:26,100 --> 01:28:27,100
Dronis first respond responder.

3066
01:28:27,100 --> 01:28:28,100
This doesn't include any

3067
01:28:28,100 --> 01:28:29,100
of the city stations. There's

3068
01:28:29,100 --> 01:28:31,100
also outlying stations that we

3069
01:28:31,100 --> 01:28:33,100
have an idea for, including

3070
01:28:33,100 --> 01:28:35,100
Needles, Baker, Trona. Also the

3071
01:28:35,100 --> 01:28:36,100
mountain areas are on here.

3072
01:28:36,100 --> 01:28:37,100
You don't see them, but they

3073
01:28:37,100 --> 01:28:39,100
would require a little bit

3074
01:28:39,100 --> 01:28:40,100
different approach.

3075
01:28:40,100 --> 01:28:41,100
But we are looking

3076
01:28:41,100 --> 01:28:42,100
into the areas of Crestline,

3077
01:28:42,100 --> 01:28:44,100
Lake, Arrowhead, Big Bear,

3078
01:28:44,100 --> 01:28:45,100
Running Springs and Wrightwood

3079
01:28:45,100 --> 01:28:47,100
area. The other ones,

3080
01:28:47,100 --> 01:28:48,100
the far left is Mount Baldy.

3081
01:28:48,100 --> 01:28:49,100
We have a lot

3082
01:28:49,100 --> 01:28:50,100
of search missions that occur

3083
01:28:50,100 --> 01:28:51,100
out there and it would just

3084
01:28:51,100 --> 01:28:53,100
help in faster identification

3085
01:28:53,100 --> 01:28:55,401
or location of victims.

3086
01:28:56,100 --> 01:28:58,100
Everything will run

3087
01:28:58,100 --> 01:28:59,100
through our Real Time

3088
01:28:59,100 --> 01:29:01,100
Information center as a

3089
01:29:01,100 --> 01:29:02,100
centralized location.

3090
01:29:02,100 --> 01:29:03,100
But every piece of technology

3091
01:29:03,100 --> 01:29:05,100
that we're implementing

3092
01:29:05,100 --> 01:29:06,100
through our unit is to

3093
01:29:06,100 --> 01:29:07,100
decentralize the technology so

3094
01:29:07,100 --> 01:29:08,100
it is available to everybody,

3095
01:29:08,100 --> 01:29:09,100
including the officer

3096
01:29:09,100 --> 01:29:11,100
on the street. The goal

3097
01:29:11,100 --> 01:29:12,100
from the start was to make sure

3098
01:29:12,100 --> 01:29:13,100
that all this information was

3099
01:29:13,100 --> 01:29:14,100
available to everyone. We

3100
01:29:14,100 --> 01:29:15,100
believe by being able

3101
01:29:15,100 --> 01:29:16,100
to get this technology along

3102
01:29:16,100 --> 01:29:18,100
with our existing technology

3103
01:29:18,100 --> 01:29:19,100
out to the deputies, we'll have

3104
01:29:19,100 --> 01:29:21,100
better outcomes and more

3105
01:29:21,100 --> 01:29:23,100
situational awareness.

3106
01:29:23,100 --> 01:29:24,100
On this screen,

3107
01:29:24,100 --> 01:29:25,100
the middle screen for the

3108
01:29:25,100 --> 01:29:27,100
Real Time Information center,

3109
01:29:27,100 --> 01:29:28,100
you'll see a drone feed that

3110
01:29:28,100 --> 01:29:29,100
was coming in

3111
01:29:29,100 --> 01:29:30,100
during an incident. On the

3112
01:29:30,100 --> 01:29:31,100
right hand side you'll see

3113
01:29:31,100 --> 01:29:32,100
deputy locations along

3114
01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:34,100
with live stream from the

3115
01:29:34,100 --> 01:29:36,100
armored rescue vehicles. This

3116
01:29:36,100 --> 01:29:39,100
is just A very short clip

3117
01:29:39,100 --> 01:29:42,100
for a matter of brevity

3118
01:29:49,100 --> 01:29:50,100
for this situation. And these

3119
01:29:50,100 --> 01:29:51,100
are all the feeds that come

3120
01:29:51,100 --> 01:29:52,100
into our real time information

3121
01:29:52,100 --> 01:29:54,100
center that's currently

3122
01:29:54,100 --> 01:29:55,100
operating. So this would just

3123
01:29:55,100 --> 01:29:56,100
be an added technology

3124
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:57,100
to give better information

3125
01:29:57,100 --> 01:29:58,100
to the deputies

3126
01:29:58,100 --> 01:30:00,100
in the field.

3127
01:30:04,100 --> 01:30:06,100
>> Good morning. My name is

3128
01:30:06,100 --> 01:30:07,100
Chris Bowden, a battalion chief

3129
01:30:07,100 --> 01:30:09,100
with the fire district assigned

3130
01:30:09,100 --> 01:30:11,100
out in the south desert. I'm

3131
01:30:11,100 --> 01:30:13,100
also our program administrator

3132
01:30:13,100 --> 01:30:14,100
for our robotics division. Our

3133
01:30:14,100 --> 01:30:16,100
robotics division covers ground

3134
01:30:16,100 --> 01:30:18,100
based, subterranean or indoor,

3135
01:30:18,100 --> 01:30:19,100
underwater,

3136
01:30:19,100 --> 01:30:21,100
and our UAS program. And with

3137
01:30:21,100 --> 01:30:23,100
our innovative forward thinking

3138
01:30:23,100 --> 01:30:25,100
courage

3139
01:30:25,100 --> 01:30:26,100
of our administration, we are

3140
01:30:26,100 --> 01:30:27,100
among the leaders

3141
01:30:27,100 --> 01:30:28,100
in the fire service

3142
01:30:28,100 --> 01:30:31,601
in this field right now. Some

3143
01:30:32,100 --> 01:30:33,100
of our core capabilities that

3144
01:30:33,100 --> 01:30:34,100
we lean on in our UAS program

3145
01:30:34,100 --> 01:30:36,100
include thermal imaging and

3146
01:30:36,100 --> 01:30:38,100
video imaging that we can take

3147
01:30:38,100 --> 01:30:40,100
of incidents. We're currently

3148
01:30:40,100 --> 01:30:42,100
able to get UAS

3149
01:30:42,100 --> 01:30:44,100
over incidents pretty rapidly

3150
01:30:44,100 --> 01:30:45,100
with one person in the field.

3151
01:30:45,100 --> 01:30:47,100
And I'll go over where we're

3152
01:30:47,100 --> 01:30:49,100
leaning towards developing

3153
01:30:49,100 --> 01:30:50,100
that, making it even better.

3154
01:30:50,100 --> 01:30:51,100
But those videos and the

3155
01:30:51,100 --> 01:30:52,100
thermal imaging provide real

3156
01:30:52,100 --> 01:30:54,100
time situational awareness that

3157
01:30:54,100 --> 01:30:56,100
has not been available

3158
01:30:56,100 --> 01:30:57,100
in the past

3159
01:30:57,100 --> 01:30:58,100
to the first responders on

3160
01:30:58,100 --> 01:30:59,100
scene and even still en route

3161
01:30:59,100 --> 01:31:01,100
where they have a view

3162
01:31:01,100 --> 01:31:03,100
of their incident from

3163
01:31:03,100 --> 01:31:04,100
above that gives them, you

3164
01:31:04,100 --> 01:31:05,100
know, a really good picture

3165
01:31:05,100 --> 01:31:06,100
of what it is they're dealing

3166
01:31:06,100 --> 01:31:08,100
with and allows them to

3167
01:31:08,100 --> 01:31:09,100
appropriately allocate their

3168
01:31:09,100 --> 01:31:10,100
resources to control the

3169
01:31:10,100 --> 01:31:11,100
situation and keep it

3170
01:31:11,100 --> 01:31:13,100
from expanding. We've been able

3171
01:31:13,100 --> 01:31:15,100
to provide a scene, scene

3172
01:31:15,100 --> 01:31:16,100
illumination, one incident

3173
01:31:16,100 --> 01:31:17,100
in particular out

3174
01:31:17,100 --> 01:31:19,100
in the south desert region up

3175
01:31:19,100 --> 01:31:20,100
in the rim rock area. We had a

3176
01:31:20,100 --> 01:31:22,100
hiker stuck

3177
01:31:22,100 --> 01:31:23,100
in some rocks that we had

3178
01:31:23,100 --> 01:31:25,100
to send rescuers in,

3179
01:31:25,100 --> 01:31:27,100
and this was at nighttime. We

3180
01:31:27,100 --> 01:31:28,100
were able to put the UAS up

3181
01:31:28,100 --> 01:31:29,100
above the incident with a

3182
01:31:29,100 --> 01:31:31,100
fairly bright floodlight that

3183
01:31:31,100 --> 01:31:33,100
allowed the first responders

3184
01:31:33,100 --> 01:31:34,100
to get in there and safely

3185
01:31:34,100 --> 01:31:35,100
extricate that victim

3186
01:31:35,100 --> 01:31:37,100
from the rocks and get him off

3187
01:31:37,100 --> 01:31:39,100
to get some help. We provide

3188
01:31:39,100 --> 01:31:40,100
advanced mapping with our

3189
01:31:40,100 --> 01:31:42,100
drones both pre incident and

3190
01:31:42,100 --> 01:31:44,100
post incident. We have a goal

3191
01:31:44,100 --> 01:31:46,100
of 100% mapping of all

3192
01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:48,100
of the fires that occur within

3193
01:31:48,100 --> 01:31:49,100
the fire district's area. And

3194
01:31:49,100 --> 01:31:51,100
so far we are able

3195
01:31:51,100 --> 01:31:52,100
to meet that. And we can

3196
01:31:52,100 --> 01:31:54,100
provide exact acreage and fire

3197
01:31:54,100 --> 01:31:55,100
perimeters of all the fires

3198
01:31:55,100 --> 01:31:56,100
that we have as we move

3199
01:31:56,100 --> 01:31:58,100
forward. All

3200
01:31:58,100 --> 01:32:00,100
of our drones are all weather.

3201
01:32:00,100 --> 01:32:01,100
They can last

3202
01:32:01,100 --> 01:32:03,100
in the higher winds. They can

3203
01:32:03,100 --> 01:32:04,100
work

3204
01:32:04,100 --> 01:32:06,100
in rain and low visibility. We

3205
01:32:06,100 --> 01:32:09,100
have waivers from the FAA

3206
01:32:09,100 --> 01:32:11,100
to carry more weight in on our

3207
01:32:11,100 --> 01:32:13,100
drones than is primarily

3208
01:32:13,100 --> 01:32:15,100
allowed by the faa. They've

3209
01:32:15,100 --> 01:32:16,100
provided us waivers

3210
01:32:16,100 --> 01:32:17,100
for heavy lifting,

3211
01:32:17,100 --> 01:32:19,100
which will allow us

3212
01:32:19,100 --> 01:32:21,100
to also progress

3213
01:32:21,100 --> 01:32:23,100
into water delivery to fires

3214
01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:24,100
from UAS so that we can get

3215
01:32:24,100 --> 01:32:26,100
water in some of those areas,

3216
01:32:26,100 --> 01:32:28,100
try and keep fires

3217
01:32:28,100 --> 01:32:30,100
at smaller footprints until we

3218
01:32:30,100 --> 01:32:32,100
can get ground resources

3219
01:32:32,100 --> 01:32:33,100
in there and harder

3220
01:32:33,100 --> 01:32:35,100
to reach areas. Our current

3221
01:32:35,100 --> 01:32:37,100
fleet consists of 13, I'm

3222
01:32:37,100 --> 01:32:38,100
sorry, 15 UAs. 13

3223
01:32:38,100 --> 01:32:40,100
of them are rotor,

3224
01:32:40,100 --> 01:32:41,100
wing or multi rotorcopters.

3225
01:32:41,100 --> 01:32:43,100
And then we have two vertical

3226
01:32:43,100 --> 01:32:45,100
takeoff and landing fixed wing

3227
01:32:45,100 --> 01:32:46,100
units that can last a longer

3228
01:32:46,100 --> 01:32:48,100
duration over an incident,

3229
01:32:48,100 --> 01:32:49,100
providing us

3230
01:32:49,100 --> 01:32:51,100
with a longer period

3231
01:32:51,100 --> 01:32:52,100
of situational awareness.

3232
01:32:52,100 --> 01:32:54,100
Within the fire district,

3233
01:32:54,100 --> 01:32:55,100
we have 12 current park 107

3234
01:32:55,100 --> 01:32:57,100
pilots that are operating our

3235
01:32:57,100 --> 01:32:58,100
drones. Those are pretty much

3236
01:32:58,100 --> 01:33:00,100
at this point on scene. That's

3237
01:33:00,100 --> 01:33:02,100
between our suppression and

3238
01:33:02,100 --> 01:33:04,100
fire marshal's office. We do

3239
01:33:04,100 --> 01:33:05,100
have waivers that also allow us

3240
01:33:05,100 --> 01:33:07,100
to fly what's called

3241
01:33:07,100 --> 01:33:08,100
beyond visual line of sight,

3242
01:33:08,100 --> 01:33:10,100
which allows our operators

3243
01:33:10,100 --> 01:33:12,100
to utilize the cameras on the

3244
01:33:12,100 --> 01:33:13,100
UAS as well as other

3245
01:33:13,100 --> 01:33:15,100
intelligence that we have

3246
01:33:15,100 --> 01:33:16,100
to see other aircraft

3247
01:33:16,100 --> 01:33:18,100
in the area, make sure we

3248
01:33:18,100 --> 01:33:20,100
deconflict and stay away from

3249
01:33:20,100 --> 01:33:21,100
manned aviation and that we

3250
01:33:21,100 --> 01:33:23,100
don't cause problems there.

3251
01:33:23,100 --> 01:33:24,100
But we are waivered by the FAA

3252
01:33:24,100 --> 01:33:26,100
to fly beyond visual line

3253
01:33:26,100 --> 01:33:28,100
of sight,

3254
01:33:28,100 --> 01:33:29,100
which really is a key

3255
01:33:29,100 --> 01:33:31,100
for us as we move into what our

3256
01:33:31,100 --> 01:33:32,100
program goals are and where

3257
01:33:32,100 --> 01:33:34,100
we're headed. We're

3258
01:33:34,100 --> 01:33:36,100
in the process of starting up

3259
01:33:36,100 --> 01:33:37,100
our early aerial situational

3260
01:33:37,100 --> 01:33:39,100
awareness program, or eisa,

3261
01:33:39,100 --> 01:33:40,100
very similar

3262
01:33:40,100 --> 01:33:43,100
to law enforcement's dfr, but

3263
01:33:43,100 --> 01:33:45,100
for us it truly does provide

3264
01:33:45,100 --> 01:33:47,100
situational awareness. Our

3265
01:33:47,100 --> 01:33:49,100
personnel,

3266
01:33:51,100 --> 01:33:53,100
this will be what people refer

3267
01:33:53,100 --> 01:33:55,100
to sometimes as drone

3268
01:33:55,100 --> 01:33:56,100
in the box. We'll have five

3269
01:33:56,100 --> 01:33:58,100
docks located

3270
01:33:59,100 --> 01:34:01,100
in two different cities

3271
01:34:01,100 --> 01:34:02,100
in the county. Initially we're

3272
01:34:02,100 --> 01:34:04,100
going to be placing two in

3273
01:34:04,100 --> 01:34:05,100
Hesperia and three down here

3274
01:34:05,100 --> 01:34:06,100
in San Bernardino City where

3275
01:34:06,100 --> 01:34:08,100
some of our higher fire call

3276
01:34:08,100 --> 01:34:09,100
volume is. Those aircraft will

3277
01:34:09,100 --> 01:34:11,100
launch on the report

3278
01:34:11,100 --> 01:34:13,100
of a fire. They'll be operated

3279
01:34:13,100 --> 01:34:14,100
from our central fusion center

3280
01:34:14,100 --> 01:34:16,100
which will be located

3281
01:34:16,100 --> 01:34:18,100
in the basement

3282
01:34:18,100 --> 01:34:19,100
of the fire headquarters

3283
01:34:19,100 --> 01:34:21,100
by remote operators. They'll be

3284
01:34:21,100 --> 01:34:22,100
able to get these UAs

3285
01:34:22,100 --> 01:34:24,100
over scene of an incident long

3286
01:34:24,100 --> 01:34:26,100
before fire apparatus and

3287
01:34:26,100 --> 01:34:27,100
personnel ever get there,

3288
01:34:27,100 --> 01:34:29,100
Providing them again that early

3289
01:34:29,100 --> 01:34:30,100
situational awareness so that

3290
01:34:30,100 --> 01:34:32,100
they can see what they're

3291
01:34:32,100 --> 01:34:33,100
coming into. We also will have

3292
01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:35,100
radar here

3293
01:34:35,100 --> 01:34:36,100
in the valley which allow us

3294
01:34:36,100 --> 01:34:38,100
to deconflict with. Because

3295
01:34:38,100 --> 01:34:39,100
this is a heavily manned

3296
01:34:39,100 --> 01:34:41,100
aviation area. So it allows us

3297
01:34:41,100 --> 01:34:43,100
to deconflict with the manned

3298
01:34:43,100 --> 01:34:44,100
aviation and make sure we're

3299
01:34:44,100 --> 01:34:46,100
staying way out of the way

3300
01:34:46,100 --> 01:34:49,100
of any manned aircraft. As we

3301
01:34:49,100 --> 01:34:50,100
continue to move forward,

3302
01:34:50,100 --> 01:34:52,100
we are working

3303
01:34:52,100 --> 01:34:53,100
on establishing another program

3304
01:34:53,100 --> 01:34:55,100
with pivotal which is a little

3305
01:34:55,100 --> 01:34:57,100
bit larger UAS that will be

3306
01:34:57,100 --> 01:34:59,100
deploying originally as

3307
01:34:59,100 --> 01:35:01,100
unmanned. What we're looking

3308
01:35:01,100 --> 01:35:03,100
at with that is heavier payload

3309
01:35:03,100 --> 01:35:04,100
delivery. And we're working

3310
01:35:04,100 --> 01:35:05,100
with the company

3311
01:35:05,100 --> 01:35:06,100
to also use that to be able

3312
01:35:06,100 --> 01:35:08,100
to deliver water to fires,

3313
01:35:08,100 --> 01:35:09,100
which again will allow us to

3314
01:35:09,100 --> 01:35:11,100
keep those fire footprints

3315
01:35:11,100 --> 01:35:13,100
smaller. In addition,

3316
01:35:14,100 --> 01:35:16,100
with our,

3317
01:35:17,100 --> 01:35:18,100
with our innovation, we have

3318
01:35:18,100 --> 01:35:20,100
two companies we're working

3319
01:35:20,100 --> 01:35:21,100
with directly. One is

3320
01:35:21,100 --> 01:35:24,100
developing a water dropping uas

3321
01:35:24,100 --> 01:35:26,100
that's Ponderosa AI. They'll

3322
01:35:26,100 --> 01:35:27,100
have hotspot detection

3323
01:35:27,100 --> 01:35:29,100
capabilities through infrared

3324
01:35:31,100 --> 01:35:33,100
sensing and it'll allow us

3325
01:35:33,100 --> 01:35:34,100
again to help keep these fires

3326
01:35:34,100 --> 01:35:35,100
mopped up and cleaned. Where

3327
01:35:35,100 --> 01:35:37,100
Seneca is a different program.

3328
01:35:37,100 --> 01:35:39,100
Seneca is an autonomous system

3329
01:35:39,100 --> 01:35:41,100
that we'll be monitoring and

3330
01:35:41,100 --> 01:35:42,100
we'll have control over.

3331
01:35:42,100 --> 01:35:44,100
But these will launch the

3332
01:35:44,100 --> 01:35:45,100
report of a fire in a

3333
01:35:45,100 --> 01:35:46,100
particular area and they have

3334
01:35:46,100 --> 01:35:48,100
the ability to deliver water

3335
01:35:48,100 --> 01:35:50,100
to that fire in what's

3336
01:35:50,100 --> 01:35:52,100
considered a swarmed

3337
01:35:52,100 --> 01:35:53,100
capability. So there's multiple

3338
01:35:53,100 --> 01:35:54,100
of these drones that will

3339
01:35:54,100 --> 01:35:56,100
respond and start

3340
01:35:57,100 --> 01:35:58,100
to put suppression efforts

3341
01:35:58,100 --> 01:36:00,100
on these fires again in hard

3342
01:36:00,100 --> 01:36:01,100
to reach areas until ground

3343
01:36:01,100 --> 01:36:02,100
personnel can get there and get

3344
01:36:02,100 --> 01:36:04,100
it under control and get it

3345
01:36:04,100 --> 01:36:05,100
taken care of. And again, all

3346
01:36:05,100 --> 01:36:07,100
of this is coordinated

3347
01:36:07,100 --> 01:36:09,401
with manned aerial resources

3348
01:36:10,100 --> 01:36:12,401
for deconfliction. As we

3349
01:36:13,100 --> 01:36:15,100
continue forward,

3350
01:36:15,100 --> 01:36:16,100
we're looking

3351
01:36:16,100 --> 01:36:17,100
to add more EISA docks

3352
01:36:17,100 --> 01:36:19,100
in the future years. We want to

3353
01:36:19,100 --> 01:36:20,100
get better coverage throughout

3354
01:36:20,100 --> 01:36:21,100
the county. Looking

3355
01:36:21,100 --> 01:36:22,100
into covering some

3356
01:36:22,100 --> 01:36:23,100
of the further out regions

3357
01:36:23,100 --> 01:36:24,100
in the north desert, the south

3358
01:36:24,100 --> 01:36:26,100
desert and even our mountains

3359
01:36:26,100 --> 01:36:28,100
area eventually with the

3360
01:36:28,100 --> 01:36:29,100
pivotal aircraft that has the

3361
01:36:29,100 --> 01:36:31,100
ability to be crewed

3362
01:36:31,100 --> 01:36:33,100
by a person. That will take a

3363
01:36:33,100 --> 01:36:34,100
fair amount of training and

3364
01:36:34,100 --> 01:36:36,100
policy that we'll need

3365
01:36:36,100 --> 01:36:37,100
to develop,

3366
01:36:37,100 --> 01:36:38,100
but that is one goal

3367
01:36:38,100 --> 01:36:40,100
to eventually get

3368
01:36:40,100 --> 01:36:41,100
to which would allow us

3369
01:36:41,100 --> 01:36:43,100
to get rapid EMS care in hard

3370
01:36:43,100 --> 01:36:45,100
to reach areas.

3371
01:36:45,100 --> 01:36:46,100
In particular,

3372
01:36:46,100 --> 01:36:47,100
what we're looking

3373
01:36:47,100 --> 01:36:48,100
at is whole blood delivery

3374
01:36:48,100 --> 01:36:49,100
for trauma victims, because

3375
01:36:49,100 --> 01:36:51,100
whole blood saves lives. And

3376
01:36:51,100 --> 01:36:52,100
with that we will be working

3377
01:36:52,100 --> 01:36:54,100
with the FAA and private

3378
01:36:54,100 --> 01:36:55,100
business partners in the

3379
01:36:55,100 --> 01:36:57,100
Unmanned Air Traffic

3380
01:36:57,100 --> 01:36:59,100
Management System or utmost.

3381
01:36:59,100 --> 01:37:01,100
As you know, Amazon's getting

3382
01:37:01,100 --> 01:37:02,100
ready

3383
01:37:02,100 --> 01:37:04,100
to start launching drones for

3384
01:37:04,100 --> 01:37:05,100
package delivery and there's a

3385
01:37:05,100 --> 01:37:07,100
number of other private

3386
01:37:07,100 --> 01:37:08,100
enterprises that are looking

3387
01:37:08,100 --> 01:37:10,100
at using drones or UASs

3388
01:37:10,100 --> 01:37:11,100
for their businesses. And so

3389
01:37:11,100 --> 01:37:13,100
in order to de conflict all of

3390
01:37:13,100 --> 01:37:14,100
these resources and not have

3391
01:37:14,100 --> 01:37:16,100
them running into each other

3392
01:37:16,100 --> 01:37:17,100
in the sky, the FAA is working

3393
01:37:17,100 --> 01:37:19,100
on UTM integrations so that

3394
01:37:19,100 --> 01:37:21,100
we're all staying away

3395
01:37:21,100 --> 01:37:23,100
from each other. And this is

3396
01:37:23,100 --> 01:37:24,100
just a quick overview

3397
01:37:24,100 --> 01:37:26,100
of what we're looking at

3398
01:37:26,100 --> 01:37:27,100
in the long distance. Some more

3399
01:37:27,100 --> 01:37:29,100
sustained longer term

3400
01:37:29,100 --> 01:37:30,100
situational awareness over the

3401
01:37:30,100 --> 01:37:32,100
county where we can have

3402
01:37:32,100 --> 01:37:33,100
something overhead, whether

3403
01:37:33,100 --> 01:37:35,100
it's a fixed wing type aircraft

3404
01:37:35,100 --> 01:37:36,100
at higher altitude or

3405
01:37:36,100 --> 01:37:38,100
at the rate some of the

3406
01:37:38,100 --> 01:37:39,100
technology is progressing.

3407
01:37:39,100 --> 01:37:41,100
This could even be low earth

3408
01:37:41,100 --> 01:37:42,100
orbit satellites that will

3409
01:37:42,100 --> 01:37:43,100
provide us with real time

3410
01:37:43,100 --> 01:37:45,100
information as far as going

3411
01:37:45,100 --> 01:37:46,100
what's going on

3412
01:37:46,100 --> 01:37:48,100
in the county. And that's all I

3413
01:37:48,100 --> 01:37:50,100
have to speak to.

3414
01:37:50,100 --> 01:37:52,100
>> Thank you both

3415
01:37:54,100 --> 01:37:56,100
for coming up

3416
01:38:07,100 --> 01:38:08,100
>> So what we just heard is

3417
01:38:08,100 --> 01:38:09,100
these programs, they're already

3418
01:38:09,100 --> 01:38:11,100
having a real impact and

3419
01:38:11,100 --> 01:38:12,100
especially

3420
01:38:12,100 --> 01:38:14,100
in the first responder safety.

3421
01:38:14,100 --> 01:38:15,100
But at the same time,

3422
01:38:15,100 --> 01:38:17,100
this technology

3423
01:38:17,100 --> 01:38:18,100
within the systems, it's,

3424
01:38:18,100 --> 01:38:20,100
it's evolving so quickly,

3425
01:38:20,100 --> 01:38:21,100
really just

3426
01:38:21,100 --> 01:38:23,100
in the last few years. I mean,

3427
01:38:23,100 --> 01:38:24,100
this picture

3428
01:38:24,100 --> 01:38:25,100
on the right here,

3429
01:38:25,100 --> 01:38:26,100
I took that back in 2016 over

3430
01:38:26,100 --> 01:38:27,100
10 years ago on the top of

3431
01:38:27,100 --> 01:38:29,100
San Timoteo landfill. And so

3432
01:38:29,100 --> 01:38:30,100
while these platforms, like

3433
01:38:30,100 --> 01:38:32,100
fixed wing quadcopters that we

3434
01:38:32,100 --> 01:38:34,100
hear about,

3435
01:38:34,100 --> 01:38:36,100
they look very similar today,

3436
01:38:36,100 --> 01:38:37,100
but the technology that's

3437
01:38:37,100 --> 01:38:40,100
available inside of them, it's,

3438
01:38:40,100 --> 01:38:42,100
it's growing so quickly when we

3439
01:38:42,100 --> 01:38:44,100
talk

3440
01:38:44,100 --> 01:38:46,401
about autonomous flight dfr,

3441
01:38:47,100 --> 01:38:48,100
beyond visual line of sight.

3442
01:38:48,100 --> 01:38:51,100
So we're also seeing emerging

3443
01:38:51,100 --> 01:38:53,100
use cases like evtol, that's

3444
01:38:53,100 --> 01:38:54,100
electric vertical takeoff and

3445
01:38:54,100 --> 01:38:56,100
land aircraft,

3446
01:38:56,100 --> 01:38:59,100
particularly as we look towards

3447
01:38:59,100 --> 01:39:00,100
2028, like the Olympics and the

3448
01:39:00,100 --> 01:39:02,100
future airspace demands in our

3449
01:39:02,100 --> 01:39:03,000
county and our particular

3450
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:05,100
airports. So this evolution,

3451
01:39:05,100 --> 01:39:07,100
it's a strength. But that also

3452
01:39:07,100 --> 01:39:08,100
makes it more important that we

3453
01:39:08,100 --> 01:39:09,100
maintain a common operating

3454
01:39:09,100 --> 01:39:11,100
picture as these programs

3455
01:39:11,100 --> 01:39:14,601
continue to grow. And so the

3456
01:39:15,100 --> 01:39:16,100
question becomes,

3457
01:39:16,100 --> 01:39:18,100
how are we headed

3458
01:39:18,100 --> 01:39:19,100
in the right direction? And I'm

3459
01:39:19,100 --> 01:39:21,100
sure you've heard this corny

3460
01:39:21,100 --> 01:39:22,100
analogy, but like, it's

3461
01:39:22,100 --> 01:39:24,100
like a flight path, right? You

3462
01:39:24,100 --> 01:39:25,100
take off from Ontario to New

3463
01:39:25,100 --> 01:39:27,100
York, you're generally,

3464
01:39:27,100 --> 01:39:28,100
you're pointed

3465
01:39:28,100 --> 01:39:29,100
in the right direction,

3466
01:39:29,100 --> 01:39:31,100
but once you're airborne, you

3467
01:39:31,100 --> 01:39:32,100
can start making small

3468
01:39:32,100 --> 01:39:33,100
adjustments to make sure that

3469
01:39:33,100 --> 01:39:34,100
you land exactly where you want

3470
01:39:34,100 --> 01:39:36,100
to go. And I feel like that's

3471
01:39:36,100 --> 01:39:37,100
where we are here today. These

3472
01:39:37,100 --> 01:39:39,100
programs, they're taking off

3473
01:39:39,100 --> 01:39:40,100
across the county. And we have

3474
01:39:40,100 --> 01:39:41,100
an opportunity now

3475
01:39:41,100 --> 01:39:42,100
to make those adjustments,

3476
01:39:42,100 --> 01:39:44,100
whether it's around

3477
01:39:44,100 --> 01:39:45,100
coordination or infrastructure

3478
01:39:45,100 --> 01:39:46,100
or even policy,

3479
01:39:46,100 --> 01:39:47,100
so that when we look back

3480
01:39:47,100 --> 01:39:48,100
in five years,

3481
01:39:48,100 --> 01:39:50,100
we're where we wanted to be.

3482
01:39:50,100 --> 01:39:51,100
And so based

3483
01:39:51,100 --> 01:39:52,100
on what we're seeing, we've

3484
01:39:52,100 --> 01:39:54,100
identified a few initial areas

3485
01:39:54,100 --> 01:39:55,100
for consideration. And the

3486
01:39:55,100 --> 01:39:57,100
first three aren't necessarily

3487
01:39:57,100 --> 01:39:58,100
decisions today. These are

3488
01:39:58,100 --> 01:40:00,100
areas that we would value the

3489
01:40:00,100 --> 01:40:01,100
board's input and come back on

3490
01:40:01,100 --> 01:40:03,100
with more detailed

3491
01:40:03,100 --> 01:40:05,100
recommendations. And the first

3492
01:40:05,100 --> 01:40:06,100
is updating our policy

3493
01:40:06,100 --> 01:40:08,100
framework to keep pace with

3494
01:40:08,100 --> 01:40:09,100
evolving technology and

3495
01:40:09,100 --> 01:40:10,100
regulations,

3496
01:40:10,100 --> 01:40:12,100
and specifically that

3497
01:40:12,100 --> 01:40:13,100
beyond visual line of sight.

3498
01:40:13,100 --> 01:40:14,100
The second is strengthening

3499
01:40:14,100 --> 01:40:15,100
information sharing and

3500
01:40:15,100 --> 01:40:16,100
situational awareness

3501
01:40:16,100 --> 01:40:18,100
across departments. There are

3502
01:40:18,100 --> 01:40:20,100
programs out there like

3503
01:40:20,100 --> 01:40:22,100
DroneSense and Fusis, which are

3504
01:40:22,100 --> 01:40:23,100
software platforms that are

3505
01:40:23,100 --> 01:40:25,100
used to coordinate drones drone

3506
01:40:25,100 --> 01:40:27,100
operations in real time. And

3507
01:40:27,100 --> 01:40:29,100
then third is establishing a

3508
01:40:29,100 --> 01:40:31,100
working group to evaluate drone

3509
01:40:31,100 --> 01:40:32,100
detection and mitigation. And

3510
01:40:32,100 --> 01:40:34,100
so where we'd really value your

3511
01:40:34,100 --> 01:40:36,100
input today is on the broader

3512
01:40:36,100 --> 01:40:37,100
direction moving forward and

3513
01:40:37,100 --> 01:40:39,100
looking ahead. The key question

3514
01:40:39,100 --> 01:40:41,100
is how do we best support these

3515
01:40:41,100 --> 01:40:43,100
programs as they continue

3516
01:40:43,100 --> 01:40:45,100
to grow across the county. And

3517
01:40:45,100 --> 01:40:46,100
so one area

3518
01:40:46,100 --> 01:40:47,100
for discussion is what level of

3519
01:40:47,100 --> 01:40:49,100
countywide coordination or

3520
01:40:49,100 --> 01:40:51,100
support makes the most sense

3521
01:40:51,100 --> 01:40:52,100
moving forward. And that focus

3522
01:40:52,100 --> 01:40:53,100
isn't necessarily on

3523
01:40:53,100 --> 01:40:55,100
centralization versus

3524
01:40:55,100 --> 01:40:56,100
decentralization, but it's how

3525
01:40:56,100 --> 01:40:58,100
do we ensure a common operating

3526
01:40:58,100 --> 01:41:00,100
picture while continuing to

3527
01:41:00,100 --> 01:41:02,100
support these departments and

3528
01:41:02,100 --> 01:41:04,401
their individual missions. And

3529
01:41:05,100 --> 01:41:06,100
then the second area is around

3530
01:41:06,100 --> 01:41:08,100
real time information centers.

3531
01:41:08,100 --> 01:41:10,100
Specifically, how can we

3532
01:41:10,100 --> 01:41:11,100
enhance information sharing and

3533
01:41:11,100 --> 01:41:13,100
situational awareness across

3534
01:41:14,100 --> 01:41:15,100
the existing capabilities,

3535
01:41:15,100 --> 01:41:17,100
as you heard with Fire and

3536
01:41:17,100 --> 01:41:19,100
Sheriff and Office of

3537
01:41:19,100 --> 01:41:20,100
Emergency Services. And the

3538
01:41:20,100 --> 01:41:21,100
intent is not

3539
01:41:21,100 --> 01:41:23,100
to replace what exists today,

3540
01:41:23,100 --> 01:41:24,100
but to better connect those

3541
01:41:24,100 --> 01:41:26,100
systems where it adds value,

3542
01:41:26,100 --> 01:41:27,100
particularly as these programs

3543
01:41:27,100 --> 01:41:29,100
like early Aerial Situational

3544
01:41:29,100 --> 01:41:31,100
Awareness and DFR start

3545
01:41:31,100 --> 01:41:33,100
to come into play. And so

3546
01:41:33,100 --> 01:41:34,100
with that, I will turn it back

3547
01:41:34,100 --> 01:41:36,100
over to Luther for any

3548
01:41:36,100 --> 01:41:38,100
additional comments.

3549
01:41:38,100 --> 01:41:40,100
>> Thank you, Trevor. I gotta

3550
01:41:40,100 --> 01:41:41,100
make a comment

3551
01:41:41,100 --> 01:41:43,100
on the corny analogy. That's

3552
01:41:43,100 --> 01:41:44,100
one of my favorite analogies.

3553
01:41:44,100 --> 01:41:46,100
So good job on the little dig.

3554
01:41:46,100 --> 01:41:48,100
I guess the point here today is

3555
01:41:48,100 --> 01:41:50,100
we have, we have, as Trevor has

3556
01:41:50,100 --> 01:41:52,401
brought out, really started

3557
01:41:53,100 --> 01:41:55,100
to advance

3558
01:41:56,100 --> 01:41:57,100
in this space as a county. And

3559
01:41:57,100 --> 01:41:59,100
we are doing exceptional. As

3560
01:41:59,100 --> 01:42:02,100
you heard from Fire, we're

3561
01:42:02,100 --> 01:42:04,100
leading the way. I think that's

3562
01:42:04,100 --> 01:42:05,100
incredible.

3563
01:42:05,100 --> 01:42:07,100
But as was mentioned, even

3564
01:42:07,100 --> 01:42:08,100
like this, beyond visual line

3565
01:42:08,100 --> 01:42:10,100
of sight, it's a limiting

3566
01:42:10,100 --> 01:42:11,100
factor that we've placed

3567
01:42:11,100 --> 01:42:13,100
on ourselves currently under

3568
01:42:13,100 --> 01:42:15,100
our own policy that we don't

3569
01:42:15,100 --> 01:42:16,100
allow that. So there's some

3570
01:42:16,100 --> 01:42:18,100
modernization of our own

3571
01:42:18,100 --> 01:42:19,100
policies and practices

3572
01:42:19,100 --> 01:42:21,100
internally that need

3573
01:42:21,100 --> 01:42:22,100
to happen, as well as some

3574
01:42:22,100 --> 01:42:24,100
coming together and creating.

3575
01:42:24,100 --> 01:42:26,100
We have the UAS committee which

3576
01:42:26,100 --> 01:42:29,100
has been very effective. We

3577
01:42:29,100 --> 01:42:31,100
need to take that to the next

3578
01:42:31,100 --> 01:42:32,100
level and really put a group

3579
01:42:32,100 --> 01:42:33,100
together to look

3580
01:42:33,100 --> 01:42:36,100
at how do we do this in a

3581
01:42:36,100 --> 01:42:38,100
collaborative way where we can

3582
01:42:38,100 --> 01:42:40,100
either share resources or share

3583
01:42:40,100 --> 01:42:43,100
information or both and be able

3584
01:42:43,100 --> 01:42:46,100
to maximize our impact using

3585
01:42:46,100 --> 01:42:48,100
these tools. And then, you

3586
01:42:48,100 --> 01:42:51,100
know, the question here that

3587
01:42:51,100 --> 01:42:53,100
really I welcome the board's

3588
01:42:53,100 --> 01:42:55,100
input on is a discussion. Is

3589
01:42:55,100 --> 01:42:56,100
Trevor mentioned. This isn't

3590
01:42:56,100 --> 01:42:57,100
necessarily about

3591
01:42:57,100 --> 01:42:59,100
centralization versus

3592
01:43:00,100 --> 01:43:01,100
decentralization,

3593
01:43:01,100 --> 01:43:02,100
but there is a question

3594
01:43:02,100 --> 01:43:03,100
about do we want to look

3595
01:43:03,100 --> 01:43:04,100
at minimum some sort

3596
01:43:04,100 --> 01:43:05,100
of co location. We saw that

3597
01:43:05,100 --> 01:43:07,100
there are real time crime, real

3598
01:43:07,100 --> 01:43:08,100
time information centers that

3599
01:43:08,100 --> 01:43:11,100
both sheriff and fire have.

3600
01:43:11,100 --> 01:43:14,100
Does the board want us to bring

3601
01:43:14,100 --> 01:43:15,100
that group together and really

3602
01:43:15,100 --> 01:43:16,100
look closely

3603
01:43:16,100 --> 01:43:17,100
at potentially coming back

3604
01:43:17,100 --> 01:43:19,100
with a request

3605
01:43:19,100 --> 01:43:20,100
for an investigation to create

3606
01:43:20,100 --> 01:43:22,100
a single center that would

3607
01:43:22,100 --> 01:43:24,100
make, that would make sense for

3608
01:43:24,100 --> 01:43:26,100
all parties where we could have

3609
01:43:26,100 --> 01:43:27,100
those synergies, where we could

3610
01:43:27,100 --> 01:43:29,100
bring together investment and

3611
01:43:29,100 --> 01:43:30,100
put it in one place. And then

3612
01:43:30,100 --> 01:43:32,100
when we have events and

3613
01:43:32,100 --> 01:43:33,100
emergencies, we could

3614
01:43:33,100 --> 01:43:35,100
potentially have one co located

3615
01:43:35,100 --> 01:43:38,100
area. But at the same time,

3616
01:43:38,100 --> 01:43:39,100
during normal practice and

3617
01:43:39,100 --> 01:43:41,100
normal routine,

3618
01:43:41,100 --> 01:43:42,100
any security or privacy

3619
01:43:42,100 --> 01:43:44,100
Requirements that were required

3620
01:43:44,100 --> 01:43:46,100
by sheriff or fire could be

3621
01:43:46,100 --> 01:43:48,100
maintained or others. So that's

3622
01:43:48,100 --> 01:43:50,100
something that I think we

3623
01:43:50,100 --> 01:43:51,100
should look at and I'd look

3624
01:43:51,100 --> 01:43:52,100
to the board though to see if

3625
01:43:52,100 --> 01:43:53,100
that's something you would

3626
01:43:53,100 --> 01:43:55,100
support.

3627
01:43:55,100 --> 01:43:56,100
But then also going forward,

3628
01:43:56,100 --> 01:43:57,100
you know, based

3629
01:43:57,100 --> 01:43:58,100
on what you're seeing

3630
01:43:58,100 --> 01:44:00,100
out there, what you're

3631
01:44:00,100 --> 01:44:01,100
experiencing,

3632
01:44:01,100 --> 01:44:02,100
what you're seeing

3633
01:44:02,100 --> 01:44:04,100
with the cities,

3634
01:44:04,100 --> 01:44:05,100
what you're seeing in your own

3635
01:44:05,100 --> 01:44:08,100
research and things that you've

3636
01:44:08,100 --> 01:44:10,100
found,

3637
01:44:10,100 --> 01:44:11,100
are there things that you would

3638
01:44:11,100 --> 01:44:13,100
like us to be focused

3639
01:44:13,100 --> 01:44:14,100
on as we continue to engage

3640
01:44:14,100 --> 01:44:16,100
in this space?

3641
01:44:16,100 --> 01:44:18,100
>> Supervisor Hagman, thank

3642
01:44:18,100 --> 01:44:19,100
you.

3643
01:44:19,100 --> 01:44:21,100
>> Many knows this has been

3644
01:44:21,100 --> 01:44:22,100
some of my passion even back

3645
01:44:22,100 --> 01:44:24,100
since Paul and I were

3646
01:44:24,100 --> 01:44:26,100
in the assembly days. We

3647
01:44:26,100 --> 01:44:27,100
actually wrote the first

3648
01:44:27,100 --> 01:44:29,100
legislation on this in

3649
01:44:29,100 --> 01:44:31,401
California. Yeah, way back

3650
01:44:32,100 --> 01:44:33,100
when. It's a fantastic tool.

3651
01:44:33,100 --> 01:44:35,100
But if you look at how fast it

3652
01:44:35,100 --> 01:44:36,100
is moving right now, it makes

3653
01:44:36,100 --> 01:44:38,100
sense the way things are set

3654
01:44:38,100 --> 01:44:41,100
up. These are usually drones

3655
01:44:41,100 --> 01:44:44,100
used by first responders that

3656
01:44:44,100 --> 01:44:46,100
are brought to a scene,

3657
01:44:46,100 --> 01:44:47,100
launched, monitored close

3658
01:44:47,100 --> 01:44:48,100
by and stuff. But the future,

3659
01:44:48,100 --> 01:44:50,100
next three or four years,

3660
01:44:50,100 --> 01:44:51,100
just think we were 20 years

3661
01:44:51,100 --> 01:44:52,100
ago, we didn't have cell phones

3662
01:44:52,100 --> 01:44:53,100
and how far things are going.

3663
01:44:53,100 --> 01:44:54,100
And I have a passion

3664
01:44:54,100 --> 01:44:56,100
for the smart city,

3665
01:44:56,100 --> 01:44:58,100
smart county applications to

3666
01:44:58,100 --> 01:44:59,100
this going forward that there's

3667
01:44:59,100 --> 01:45:01,100
a lot to do and I did some just

3668
01:45:01,100 --> 01:45:03,401
looking. This started my

3669
01:45:04,100 --> 01:45:05,100
passion a long time ago

3670
01:45:05,100 --> 01:45:07,100
by visiting I think one

3671
01:45:07,100 --> 01:45:09,100
of our international partners

3672
01:45:09,100 --> 01:45:11,100
in South Korea where they had a

3673
01:45:11,100 --> 01:45:13,100
smart city and the technology

3674
01:45:13,100 --> 01:45:14,100
there even 12, 15 years ago was

3675
01:45:14,100 --> 01:45:16,100
amazing of how they're able

3676
01:45:16,100 --> 01:45:19,100
to work on this. Then recently

3677
01:45:19,100 --> 01:45:20,100
I visited one of my cities in

3678
01:45:20,100 --> 01:45:22,100
Ontario that has their real

3679
01:45:22,100 --> 01:45:24,100
time fusion center. They cut

3680
01:45:24,100 --> 01:45:25,100
out 40% of the calls just on

3681
01:45:25,100 --> 01:45:27,100
alarm calls because they were

3682
01:45:27,100 --> 01:45:28,100
able to set a drone

3683
01:45:28,100 --> 01:45:30,100
out there first to see that

3684
01:45:30,100 --> 01:45:31,100
there was not an incident going

3685
01:45:31,100 --> 01:45:33,100
on is a malfunction. So it's

3686
01:45:33,100 --> 01:45:35,100
also a resource saver when it

3687
01:45:35,100 --> 01:45:36,100
comes to these things.

3688
01:45:36,100 --> 01:45:37,100
But where do we go forward?

3689
01:45:37,100 --> 01:45:39,100
The tech

3690
01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:41,100
in five years are going

3691
01:45:41,100 --> 01:45:42,100
to be changing completely. If

3692
01:45:42,100 --> 01:45:44,100
anybody's watching

3693
01:45:44,100 --> 01:45:45,100
international news right now,

3694
01:45:45,100 --> 01:45:46,100
drones are everywhere and the

3695
01:45:46,100 --> 01:45:47,100
warfighter mission. But this is

3696
01:45:47,100 --> 01:45:48,100
something that could be a life

3697
01:45:48,100 --> 01:45:50,100
saving mission for us. And it's

3698
01:45:50,100 --> 01:45:51,100
not just the ones, it's going

3699
01:45:51,100 --> 01:45:53,100
to be the ones out of line

3700
01:45:53,100 --> 01:45:54,100
of sight. And they could be

3701
01:45:54,100 --> 01:45:55,100
multiple departments with

3702
01:45:55,100 --> 01:45:57,100
multiple different missions.

3703
01:45:57,100 --> 01:45:58,100
Land use can use it

3704
01:45:58,100 --> 01:46:00,100
for fire abatement surveys,

3705
01:46:00,100 --> 01:46:02,100
permit checks, public works

3706
01:46:02,100 --> 01:46:03,100
have their flood control to see

3707
01:46:03,100 --> 01:46:06,100
if our sensors coming in. And

3708
01:46:06,100 --> 01:46:09,100
how do we look, how do we plan

3709
01:46:09,100 --> 01:46:12,100
for 10 years from now versus

3710
01:46:12,100 --> 01:46:13,100
what was realistic? Today a lot

3711
01:46:13,100 --> 01:46:15,100
of these things exist all

3712
01:46:15,100 --> 01:46:17,100
over the world already.

3713
01:46:17,100 --> 01:46:18,100
They're traffic like

3714
01:46:18,100 --> 01:46:19,100
Synchronization, autonomous

3715
01:46:19,100 --> 01:46:21,100
vehicle watching, smart

3716
01:46:21,100 --> 01:46:22,100
utilities, just a number of

3717
01:46:22,100 --> 01:46:24,100
smart devices that we can bring

3718
01:46:24,100 --> 01:46:26,100
into a fusion session,

3719
01:46:26,100 --> 01:46:28,100
fusion center of some sort.

3720
01:46:28,100 --> 01:46:30,100
And just like with oes,

3721
01:46:30,100 --> 01:46:32,100
when you come together to

3722
01:46:32,100 --> 01:46:34,100
handle a crisis and the

3723
01:46:34,100 --> 01:46:35,100
military has their central

3724
01:46:35,100 --> 01:46:37,100
command,

3725
01:46:37,100 --> 01:46:38,100
I definitely enforce some kind

3726
01:46:38,100 --> 01:46:40,100
of center that we can

3727
01:46:40,100 --> 01:46:41,100
cohabitate together versus

3728
01:46:41,100 --> 01:46:43,100
building individual centers.

3729
01:46:44,100 --> 01:46:45,100
That doesn't mean the mission

3730
01:46:45,100 --> 01:46:46,100
changed for each one

3731
01:46:46,100 --> 01:46:48,100
of our departments,

3732
01:46:48,100 --> 01:46:49,100
but I think they try

3733
01:46:49,100 --> 01:46:50,100
to coordinate as much

3734
01:46:50,100 --> 01:46:51,100
of that information. And as we

3735
01:46:51,100 --> 01:46:52,100
advance and bring

3736
01:46:52,100 --> 01:46:53,100
on technologies going

3737
01:46:53,100 --> 01:46:55,100
into the future,

3738
01:46:55,100 --> 01:46:56,100
how we integrate that

3739
01:46:56,100 --> 01:46:57,100
seamlessly

3740
01:46:57,100 --> 01:46:58,100
into the software that we have

3741
01:46:58,100 --> 01:46:59,100
for monitor stuff is very

3742
01:46:59,100 --> 01:47:01,100
important. I also noticed that

3743
01:47:01,100 --> 01:47:03,100
with like the Ontario fusion

3744
01:47:03,100 --> 01:47:05,100
center, even the wealthiest

3745
01:47:05,100 --> 01:47:07,100
city,

3746
01:47:07,100 --> 01:47:09,100
we have had a difficult time

3747
01:47:09,100 --> 01:47:11,100
to staff it 247 because it is

3748
01:47:11,100 --> 01:47:13,100
costly for the staffing. The

3749
01:47:13,100 --> 01:47:14,100
one time money

3750
01:47:14,100 --> 01:47:16,100
to set up is one thing,

3751
01:47:16,100 --> 01:47:18,100
but the staff. So can we do

3752
01:47:18,100 --> 01:47:20,100
cross disciplines? Can we share

3753
01:47:20,100 --> 01:47:22,100
the costs in some of these

3754
01:47:22,100 --> 01:47:24,100
future drones that will stay up

3755
01:47:24,100 --> 01:47:26,100
there for 24 hours a day and

3756
01:47:26,100 --> 01:47:27,100
have wide verses? Can we share

3757
01:47:27,100 --> 01:47:29,100
that upon the departments with

3758
01:47:29,100 --> 01:47:30,100
their different mission sets? A

3759
01:47:30,100 --> 01:47:32,100
lot of questions going,

3760
01:47:32,100 --> 01:47:33,100
but I think it's definitely

3761
01:47:33,100 --> 01:47:35,100
time to address our policy and

3762
01:47:35,100 --> 01:47:36,100
where we're going

3763
01:47:36,100 --> 01:47:37,100
to start planting this stuff

3764
01:47:37,100 --> 01:47:39,100
in the future.

3765
01:47:42,100 --> 01:47:43,100
>> Thank you, Chair. I

3766
01:47:43,100 --> 01:47:45,100
appreciate Supervisor Hagman's

3767
01:47:45,100 --> 01:47:46,100
comments. You know,

3768
01:47:46,100 --> 01:47:47,100
I think we could look at a

3769
01:47:47,100 --> 01:47:49,100
centralized location and I

3770
01:47:49,100 --> 01:47:51,100
think the technology has come a

3771
01:47:51,100 --> 01:47:52,100
long ways and will continue

3772
01:47:52,100 --> 01:47:53,100
to change. You know,

3773
01:47:53,100 --> 01:47:54,100
I believe we have to defer

3774
01:47:54,100 --> 01:47:56,100
to our experts, you know,

3775
01:47:56,100 --> 01:47:57,100
our sheriff and fire

3776
01:47:57,100 --> 01:47:59,100
department,

3777
01:47:59,100 --> 01:48:00,100
and get input probably

3778
01:48:00,100 --> 01:48:02,100
from our cities too, and get

3779
01:48:02,100 --> 01:48:03,100
their thoughts if they would

3780
01:48:03,100 --> 01:48:04,100
like

3781
01:48:04,100 --> 01:48:06,100
to also supplement or be part

3782
01:48:06,100 --> 01:48:07,100
of this. I mean, the other

3783
01:48:07,100 --> 01:48:08,100
thing just I don't know because

3784
01:48:08,100 --> 01:48:09,100
I'm not in that world.

3785
01:48:09,100 --> 01:48:10,100
But you know, looking

3786
01:48:10,100 --> 01:48:11,100
at unmanned, you know,

3787
01:48:11,100 --> 01:48:13,100
for water,

3788
01:48:13,100 --> 01:48:15,100
for water droppings, I don't

3789
01:48:15,100 --> 01:48:16,100
know if those make sense

3790
01:48:16,100 --> 01:48:17,100
strategically to be in areas

3791
01:48:17,100 --> 01:48:19,100
that are hot spots. I can't

3792
01:48:19,100 --> 01:48:20,100
speak

3793
01:48:20,100 --> 01:48:21,100
to that. I'm not a fire expert,

3794
01:48:21,100 --> 01:48:22,100
but I know that that's a very,

3795
01:48:22,100 --> 01:48:24,100
very critical thing.

3796
01:48:24,100 --> 01:48:25,100
Especially when we look at,

3797
01:48:25,100 --> 01:48:27,100
you know, hard to reach places

3798
01:48:27,100 --> 01:48:28,100
where many engines can't get

3799
01:48:28,100 --> 01:48:30,100
to sometimes, you know, there's

3800
01:48:30,100 --> 01:48:32,100
narrow roads or other things.

3801
01:48:32,100 --> 01:48:34,100
So I don't know if these should

3802
01:48:34,100 --> 01:48:35,100
be placed strategically or we

3803
01:48:35,100 --> 01:48:36,100
should look at one center. But

3804
01:48:36,100 --> 01:48:38,100
I think it's something that we

3805
01:48:38,100 --> 01:48:39,100
should have that discussion and

3806
01:48:39,100 --> 01:48:40,100
allow our experts with the

3807
01:48:40,100 --> 01:48:41,100
sheriffs and fire department

3808
01:48:41,100 --> 01:48:43,100
to give recommendations

3809
01:48:43,100 --> 01:48:44,100
to this board. But I think

3810
01:48:44,100 --> 01:48:46,100
there's a good opportunity here

3811
01:48:46,100 --> 01:48:47,100
as we continue to look at, you

3812
01:48:47,100 --> 01:48:48,100
know,

3813
01:48:48,100 --> 01:48:50,100
upgrading our technology.

3814
01:48:50,100 --> 01:48:52,100
>> So good work, Supervisor

3815
01:48:52,100 --> 01:48:54,100
Cook.

3816
01:48:55,100 --> 01:48:57,100
>> Yeah, I Think this is

3817
01:48:57,100 --> 01:48:59,100
extremely important

3818
01:49:00,100 --> 01:49:02,100
for our area,

3819
01:49:03,100 --> 01:49:05,100
for we're spread all

3820
01:49:05,100 --> 01:49:06,100
over creation. You know,

3821
01:49:06,100 --> 01:49:09,100
I don't want to go on about how

3822
01:49:09,100 --> 01:49:10,100
large it is and everything

3823
01:49:10,100 --> 01:49:12,100
else, but I think we have an

3824
01:49:12,100 --> 01:49:14,100
opportunity to join forces,

3825
01:49:14,100 --> 01:49:16,100
if you will,

3826
01:49:16,100 --> 01:49:19,100
with the civilian side, if you

3827
01:49:19,100 --> 01:49:22,100
will, with the military side.

3828
01:49:23,100 --> 01:49:25,401
And because oftentimes, you

3829
01:49:27,100 --> 01:49:29,100
know, we used to work together

3830
01:49:29,100 --> 01:49:31,100
when somebody was missing

3831
01:49:31,100 --> 01:49:33,100
in the desert

3832
01:49:34,100 --> 01:49:36,100
for some reason, Lance

3833
01:49:36,100 --> 01:49:37,100
Corporal rather, which I think

3834
01:49:37,100 --> 01:49:39,100
we, I don't know,

3835
01:49:39,100 --> 01:49:40,100
he's still wandering

3836
01:49:40,100 --> 01:49:42,100
out there,

3837
01:49:42,100 --> 01:49:43,100
and I just fear the worst.

3838
01:49:43,100 --> 01:49:45,100
But we're certain individuals.

3839
01:49:45,100 --> 01:49:47,100
The point I'm saying is I think

3840
01:49:47,100 --> 01:49:50,100
both the county, the military

3841
01:49:51,100 --> 01:49:53,100
and everything else have

3842
01:49:53,100 --> 01:49:55,100
certain reform resources and

3843
01:49:55,100 --> 01:49:57,401
certain, let's just say,

3844
01:49:59,100 --> 01:50:01,100
opportunities

3845
01:50:01,100 --> 01:50:03,401
to influence people in

3846
01:50:05,100 --> 01:50:07,100
Washington. So that if we had

3847
01:50:07,100 --> 01:50:10,601
one unified plan that we came

3848
01:50:11,100 --> 01:50:12,100
together that would benefit

3849
01:50:12,100 --> 01:50:14,100
both the civilian side and the

3850
01:50:14,100 --> 01:50:16,100
military side, I'm sure we'd

3851
01:50:16,100 --> 01:50:18,100
get special attention in

3852
01:50:18,100 --> 01:50:20,401
Congress and the Senate.

3853
01:50:21,100 --> 01:50:23,100
Geography is, you know,

3854
01:50:23,100 --> 01:50:26,100
the people in the desert, you

3855
01:50:26,100 --> 01:50:27,100
love it. I've mentioned it

3856
01:50:27,100 --> 01:50:29,100
several times,

3857
01:50:29,100 --> 01:50:30,100
but it's very unforgiving. And

3858
01:50:30,100 --> 01:50:32,401
if bad things happen

3859
01:50:33,100 --> 01:50:34,100
in the desert, you have to

3860
01:50:34,100 --> 01:50:36,100
react quickly or the

3861
01:50:36,100 --> 01:50:38,100
consequences will come

3862
01:50:38,100 --> 01:50:40,100
into effect. So I think having

3863
01:50:40,100 --> 01:50:42,100
this dialogue

3864
01:50:45,100 --> 01:50:48,100
on how we could work together,

3865
01:50:48,100 --> 01:50:49,100
I'll be honest with you, I

3866
01:50:49,100 --> 01:50:51,100
don't think we work together

3867
01:50:51,100 --> 01:50:53,401
enough joining, joining forces

3868
01:50:54,100 --> 01:50:56,100
because, you know, let's face

3869
01:50:56,100 --> 01:50:58,100
it, I'm on a different side

3870
01:50:58,100 --> 01:51:00,100
of the fence now. But, you

3871
01:51:00,100 --> 01:51:02,100
know, the military is

3872
01:51:02,100 --> 01:51:04,100
over there. And I don't want

3873
01:51:04,100 --> 01:51:05,100
to say there's trust issues

3874
01:51:05,100 --> 01:51:07,100
on how we do things,

3875
01:51:07,100 --> 01:51:11,100
but if we have the same goal,

3876
01:51:11,100 --> 01:51:13,100
I think,

3877
01:51:13,100 --> 01:51:16,100
and I'm speaking primarily of

3878
01:51:16,100 --> 01:51:18,401
the desert regions and

3879
01:51:19,100 --> 01:51:21,100
everything else, that if we had

3880
01:51:21,100 --> 01:51:24,100
both the county and we do work

3881
01:51:24,100 --> 01:51:26,100
together, but I want to

3882
01:51:26,100 --> 01:51:28,401
maximize that because when

3883
01:51:29,100 --> 01:51:31,100
something happens, whether it's

3884
01:51:31,100 --> 01:51:33,100
training accident or you got

3885
01:51:33,100 --> 01:51:35,100
to get to a hospital down in

3886
01:51:35,100 --> 01:51:37,100
San Diego, time is very,

3887
01:51:37,100 --> 01:51:38,100
very important. You can't argue

3888
01:51:38,100 --> 01:51:40,100
about whose turf it is. You

3889
01:51:40,100 --> 01:51:43,100
have to have, I think, a

3890
01:51:43,100 --> 01:51:45,100
command post exercise where you

3891
01:51:45,100 --> 01:51:48,100
actually go through this drill

3892
01:51:49,100 --> 01:51:50,100
and you find out, okay,

3893
01:51:50,100 --> 01:51:52,100
who's going to be responsible

3894
01:51:52,100 --> 01:51:55,100
for this, this, this and this,

3895
01:51:55,100 --> 01:51:56,100
and you practice it. So God

3896
01:51:56,100 --> 01:51:58,100
forgive, forgive me, but, you

3897
01:51:58,100 --> 01:52:01,100
know, I've seen it happen. And

3898
01:52:01,100 --> 01:52:03,100
time is of the essence,

3899
01:52:03,100 --> 01:52:05,100
so that something bad happened,

3900
01:52:05,100 --> 01:52:08,100
you got to react quickly,

3901
01:52:08,100 --> 01:52:10,100
whether it's a hospital or what

3902
01:52:10,100 --> 01:52:12,100
have you. So just having this

3903
01:52:12,100 --> 01:52:15,100
discussion and how we can do

3904
01:52:15,100 --> 01:52:18,100
it, but it's human nature. We

3905
01:52:18,100 --> 01:52:20,100
as on this, but we kind

3906
01:52:20,100 --> 01:52:23,100
of operate on our own area and

3907
01:52:23,100 --> 01:52:25,100
everything else. But when

3908
01:52:25,100 --> 01:52:27,100
you're together and each

3909
01:52:27,100 --> 01:52:29,401
provides certain assets that

3910
01:52:30,100 --> 01:52:32,401
could expedite an emergency,

3911
01:52:33,100 --> 01:52:35,100
and I won't even describe what

3912
01:52:35,100 --> 01:52:37,100
kind could happen, that I think

3913
01:52:37,100 --> 01:52:40,100
we might end up doing something

3914
01:52:40,100 --> 01:52:42,100
which we all want to do,

3915
01:52:42,100 --> 01:52:45,100
and that is save a life or two

3916
01:52:45,100 --> 01:52:48,601
in an emergency situation. So I

3917
01:52:49,100 --> 01:52:51,100
want to continue this dialogue.

3918
01:52:51,100 --> 01:52:54,100
I'm glad that we're talking

3919
01:52:55,100 --> 01:52:57,100
about it and anything we can do

3920
01:52:57,100 --> 01:52:59,100
to have joint cooperation

3921
01:52:59,100 --> 01:53:01,100
on this and actually go

3922
01:53:01,100 --> 01:53:04,100
through it step by step. God

3923
01:53:04,100 --> 01:53:06,100
forbid we have a tragedy,

3924
01:53:06,100 --> 01:53:08,100
but it's something

3925
01:53:11,100 --> 01:53:12,100
out there is lurking,

3926
01:53:12,100 --> 01:53:15,100
it's going to happen. So that's

3927
01:53:15,100 --> 01:53:17,100
my two cents.

3928
01:53:18,100 --> 01:53:20,100
>> Supervisor Armendarez?

3929
01:53:20,100 --> 01:53:22,100
>> I think I want to start

3930
01:53:22,100 --> 01:53:24,100
with. I do not know the answers

3931
01:53:24,100 --> 01:53:25,100
to this. I think this is a

3932
01:53:25,100 --> 01:53:27,100
great opportunity for us to.

3933
01:53:27,100 --> 01:53:28,100
To find out those answers,

3934
01:53:28,100 --> 01:53:29,100
though. I think we should have

3935
01:53:29,100 --> 01:53:31,100
some sort

3936
01:53:31,100 --> 01:53:32,100
of group come together. Those

3937
01:53:32,100 --> 01:53:33,100
who are at the table should be

3938
01:53:33,100 --> 01:53:35,100
the ones who are educated

3939
01:53:35,100 --> 01:53:37,100
in this. Whether, you know,

3940
01:53:37,100 --> 01:53:39,100
with our police, our fire, our

3941
01:53:39,100 --> 01:53:41,100
cities, everyone who's

3942
01:53:41,100 --> 01:53:43,100
utilizing this technology. We

3943
01:53:43,100 --> 01:53:44,100
should probably get

3944
01:53:44,100 --> 01:53:45,100
in a room and figure

3945
01:53:45,100 --> 01:53:47,100
out how we can create some sort

3946
01:53:47,100 --> 01:53:48,100
of MOUs to work together. I

3947
01:53:48,100 --> 01:53:49,100
think working together

3948
01:53:49,100 --> 01:53:51,401
collaboratively is not just

3949
01:53:52,100 --> 01:53:54,100
good government, but it's also

3950
01:53:54,100 --> 01:53:56,100
creates an affordability factor

3951
01:53:56,100 --> 01:53:57,100
where we can accomplish more

3952
01:53:57,100 --> 01:53:59,100
with less. I think a command

3953
01:53:59,100 --> 01:54:00,100
center could be a great idea.

3954
01:54:00,100 --> 01:54:02,100
You know,

3955
01:54:03,100 --> 01:54:04,100
regional. I don't know if it's

3956
01:54:04,100 --> 01:54:06,100
under Office of Emergency

3957
01:54:06,100 --> 01:54:07,100
Services where we have people

3958
01:54:07,100 --> 01:54:08,100
there. I do understand the

3959
01:54:08,100 --> 01:54:10,100
sensitivity depending

3960
01:54:10,100 --> 01:54:11,100
on if you're working

3961
01:54:11,100 --> 01:54:12,100
with fire or you're working

3962
01:54:12,100 --> 01:54:13,100
with sheriff.

3963
01:54:13,100 --> 01:54:15,100
But I also know we also have,

3964
01:54:15,100 --> 01:54:16,100
you know, some of our SWAT

3965
01:54:16,100 --> 01:54:18,100
people who are cross trained

3966
01:54:18,100 --> 01:54:20,100
also who are medics and sworn.

3967
01:54:20,100 --> 01:54:21,100
You know, maybe we can figure

3968
01:54:21,100 --> 01:54:22,100
out how to get that done where

3969
01:54:22,100 --> 01:54:23,100
we have people who are cross

3970
01:54:23,100 --> 01:54:25,100
trained who can be there to be

3971
01:54:25,100 --> 01:54:27,100
those eyes. I also don't know

3972
01:54:27,100 --> 01:54:29,100
what the sensitivity

3973
01:54:29,100 --> 01:54:30,100
of the footage is. You know,

3974
01:54:30,100 --> 01:54:32,100
are they required

3975
01:54:32,100 --> 01:54:33,100
like our body cams

3976
01:54:33,100 --> 01:54:35,100
to be released, you know,

3977
01:54:35,100 --> 01:54:36,100
those type of things. I think

3978
01:54:36,100 --> 01:54:38,100
someone smarter than me has to

3979
01:54:38,100 --> 01:54:39,100
vet all those issues and know

3980
01:54:39,100 --> 01:54:41,100
what opportunities are there

3981
01:54:41,100 --> 01:54:42,100
and also what hurdles we're

3982
01:54:42,100 --> 01:54:43,100
going to deal with or what

3983
01:54:43,100 --> 01:54:45,100
liabilities we're going

3984
01:54:45,100 --> 01:54:46,100
to encumber by moving forward.

3985
01:54:46,100 --> 01:54:48,100
I do believe that we have

3986
01:54:48,100 --> 01:54:49,100
to fix the policy regarding

3987
01:54:49,100 --> 01:54:51,100
line of sight, but also think

3988
01:54:51,100 --> 01:54:53,401
there's a huge opportunity

3989
01:54:54,100 --> 01:54:55,100
for us to work with our cities

3990
01:54:55,100 --> 01:54:58,100
also if we can collaborate

3991
01:54:58,100 --> 01:54:59,100
internally. I think it opens

3992
01:54:59,100 --> 01:55:01,100
the floodgates for what we can

3993
01:55:01,100 --> 01:55:04,100
do as the whole county

3994
01:55:04,100 --> 01:55:06,100
with municipalities involved,

3995
01:55:06,100 --> 01:55:07,100
so that we can all work

3996
01:55:07,100 --> 01:55:09,100
together and utilize all our

3997
01:55:09,100 --> 01:55:10,100
resources

3998
01:55:10,100 --> 01:55:11,100
to be not just collaborative,

3999
01:55:11,100 --> 01:55:13,100
but very strategic

4000
01:55:13,100 --> 01:55:14,100
in how we plant the future of

4001
01:55:14,100 --> 01:55:16,100
what this technology looks

4002
01:55:16,100 --> 01:55:19,100
like. That's all my Comments?

4003
01:55:22,100 --> 01:55:25,100
>> This is not my area

4004
01:55:25,100 --> 01:55:27,100
of expertise. Same thing. I

4005
01:55:27,100 --> 01:55:28,100
would just say that the only

4006
01:55:28,100 --> 01:55:29,100
thing that I would want

4007
01:55:29,100 --> 01:55:30,100
to keep in mind is some

4008
01:55:30,100 --> 01:55:31,100
of the missions are different.

4009
01:55:31,100 --> 01:55:32,100
So when I saw probation up

4010
01:55:32,100 --> 01:55:34,100
there, I'm still curious, like,

4011
01:55:34,100 --> 01:55:35,100
what does probation do with the

4012
01:55:35,100 --> 01:55:36,100
drone? I don't know. I'm

4013
01:55:36,100 --> 01:55:37,100
excited to learn. I wondered

4014
01:55:37,100 --> 01:55:38,100
Health and Human Services. And

4015
01:55:38,100 --> 01:55:39,100
then it was mentioned.

4016
01:55:39,100 --> 01:55:41,100
Mentioned homelessness. So I

4017
01:55:41,100 --> 01:55:43,100
can see that. I think that

4018
01:55:43,100 --> 01:55:44,100
missions will vary depending

4019
01:55:44,100 --> 01:55:46,100
upon the department. So I think

4020
01:55:46,100 --> 01:55:48,100
it's. I like the idea of having

4021
01:55:48,100 --> 01:55:50,100
a central working group, but we

4022
01:55:50,100 --> 01:55:51,100
also have a special district

4023
01:55:51,100 --> 01:55:53,100
involved, and I think we need

4024
01:55:53,100 --> 01:55:54,100
to be careful

4025
01:55:54,100 --> 01:55:56,100
in how we approach it.

4026
01:55:56,100 --> 01:55:57,100
With a special district, I know

4027
01:55:57,100 --> 01:55:59,100
we have different fleet

4028
01:55:59,100 --> 01:56:00,100
services and things

4029
01:56:00,100 --> 01:56:01,100
like that. That's an area when

4030
01:56:01,100 --> 01:56:02,100
you talk about fire and fire as

4031
01:56:02,100 --> 01:56:03,100
a special district. Just

4032
01:56:03,100 --> 01:56:05,100
to keep that in mind,

4033
01:56:05,100 --> 01:56:07,100
I don't know the answer,

4034
01:56:07,100 --> 01:56:08,100
but I'm looking forward

4035
01:56:08,100 --> 01:56:10,100
to the dialogue.

4036
01:56:11,100 --> 01:56:12,100
>> If I would, I think,

4037
01:56:12,100 --> 01:56:14,100
appreciate all the feedback. I

4038
01:56:14,100 --> 01:56:15,100
think bringing a working group

4039
01:56:15,100 --> 01:56:17,100
together is important and

4040
01:56:17,100 --> 01:56:18,100
talking about these issues. If

4041
01:56:18,100 --> 01:56:20,100
we all bring our heads

4042
01:56:20,100 --> 01:56:21,100
together, bring experts

4043
01:56:21,100 --> 01:56:23,100
into the room and talk

4044
01:56:23,100 --> 01:56:25,100
about what we can do, how we do

4045
01:56:25,100 --> 01:56:26,100
it responsibly and how we do it

4046
01:56:26,100 --> 01:56:28,100
in a way that works

4047
01:56:28,100 --> 01:56:30,401
with everyone, but figure

4048
01:56:31,100 --> 01:56:33,100
out our way to do it, we can.

4049
01:56:33,100 --> 01:56:35,100
We can make that happen. So

4050
01:56:35,100 --> 01:56:37,100
Trevor and I will get together.

4051
01:56:37,100 --> 01:56:38,100
>> We'll take the lead. I'll

4052
01:56:38,100 --> 01:56:40,100
have Trevor be the lead for the

4053
01:56:40,100 --> 01:56:41,100
county administrative office

4054
01:56:41,100 --> 01:56:43,100
and start to work to outreach

4055
01:56:43,100 --> 01:56:45,100
to the various departments

4056
01:56:45,100 --> 01:56:46,100
around the county who are

4057
01:56:46,100 --> 01:56:47,100
already involved

4058
01:56:47,100 --> 01:56:49,100
in this or would like

4059
01:56:49,100 --> 01:56:50,100
to be involved in this. And

4060
01:56:50,100 --> 01:56:51,100
we'll start that dialogue

4061
01:56:51,100 --> 01:56:52,100
about this specifically. So

4062
01:56:52,100 --> 01:56:54,100
thank you all

4063
01:56:54,100 --> 01:56:55,100
for your feedback.

4064
01:56:55,100 --> 01:56:56,100
>> Very good. Thank you very

4065
01:56:56,100 --> 01:56:57,100
much, Trevor. This is a receive

4066
01:56:57,100 --> 01:56:58,100
and file. So with that,

4067
01:56:58,100 --> 01:56:59,100
we will move on

4068
01:56:59,100 --> 01:57:01,100
to our general public comments.

4069
01:57:01,100 --> 01:57:02,100
We have a lot

4070
01:57:02,100 --> 01:57:04,100
of speakers signed up

4071
01:57:04,100 --> 01:57:05,100
to speak today. We look forward

4072
01:57:05,100 --> 01:57:07,100
to hearing your comments. Due

4073
01:57:07,100 --> 01:57:08,100
to the volume of speakers,

4074
01:57:08,100 --> 01:57:09,100
we are going

4075
01:57:09,100 --> 01:57:10,100
to limit today's public comment

4076
01:57:10,100 --> 01:57:12,100
to two minutes per speaker.

4077
01:57:12,100 --> 01:57:15,100
And again, when you get to the

4078
01:57:15,100 --> 01:57:16,100
threshold where you have your

4079
01:57:16,100 --> 01:57:19,100
last 30 seconds left, it will

4080
01:57:19,100 --> 01:57:21,100
flash orange and then green or

4081
01:57:21,100 --> 01:57:23,100
I'm sorry, then red. Our first

4082
01:57:23,100 --> 01:57:25,100
request to speak is from

4083
01:57:25,100 --> 01:57:27,100
Russell Drew, followed by

4084
01:57:27,100 --> 01:57:30,100
Carol Pettigue. Good morning or

4085
01:57:34,100 --> 01:57:36,100
good afternoon. Feel free

4086
01:57:36,100 --> 01:57:38,100
to start anytime.

4087
01:57:38,100 --> 01:57:39,100
>> Okay. I want to thank you

4088
01:57:39,100 --> 01:57:41,100
for your discussion with Land

4089
01:57:41,100 --> 01:57:44,100
Use services this morning. And

4090
01:57:44,100 --> 01:57:46,100
we did have a meeting

4091
01:57:46,100 --> 01:57:47,100
with them. So a lot

4092
01:57:47,100 --> 01:57:48,100
of what we were going

4093
01:57:48,100 --> 01:57:50,100
to say we've kind of talked

4094
01:57:50,100 --> 01:57:51,100
about and we've kind

4095
01:57:51,100 --> 01:57:52,100
of made an action plan. So

4096
01:57:52,100 --> 01:57:54,100
thank you for that. So I won't

4097
01:57:54,100 --> 01:57:55,100
go into my long speech. You've

4098
01:57:55,100 --> 01:57:56,100
got the paper there in front

4099
01:57:56,100 --> 01:57:57,100
of you. I would like

4100
01:57:57,100 --> 01:57:59,100
to take this time though

4101
01:57:59,100 --> 01:58:00,100
to thank our Supervisor Paul

4102
01:58:00,100 --> 01:58:02,100
Cook and his office staff,

4103
01:58:02,100 --> 01:58:04,100
especially Christopher

4104
01:58:04,100 --> 01:58:05,100
Porter, for their great work

4105
01:58:05,100 --> 01:58:07,100
in getting Lone Pine Canyon,

4106
01:58:07,100 --> 01:58:08,100
which is the subject

4107
01:58:08,100 --> 01:58:09,100
of what we came originally for,

4108
01:58:09,100 --> 01:58:10,100
to get our road opened

4109
01:58:10,100 --> 01:58:12,100
after the flooding. It was a

4110
01:58:12,100 --> 01:58:13,100
mess and it's open again and we

4111
01:58:13,100 --> 01:58:15,100
really enjoyed that. So again,

4112
01:58:15,100 --> 01:58:17,100
thank you, Supervisor Cook,

4113
01:58:17,100 --> 01:58:19,100
for all your efforts

4114
01:58:19,100 --> 01:58:20,100
on our behalf have. And also

4115
01:58:20,100 --> 01:58:21,100
the veterans group said

4116
01:58:21,100 --> 01:58:23,100
to say hi and they want

4117
01:58:23,100 --> 01:58:25,100
to see you in town. And that's

4118
01:58:25,100 --> 01:58:26,100
all I'm going to say.

4119
01:58:26,100 --> 01:58:28,401
>> Thank you, Carol. Carol

4120
01:58:29,100 --> 01:58:30,100
Pettigue, followed by Linda

4121
01:58:30,100 --> 01:58:32,401
Drew. Ms. Pettigrew Standell.

4122
01:58:35,100 --> 01:58:37,100
>> I just think that the people

4123
01:58:37,100 --> 01:58:38,100
here need to know what

4124
01:58:38,100 --> 01:58:40,100
everybody that's not speaking

4125
01:58:40,100 --> 01:58:41,100
now because we spoke what we

4126
01:58:41,100 --> 01:58:43,100
were talking about

4127
01:58:43,100 --> 01:58:46,100
in that meeting. Basically I'm

4128
01:58:46,100 --> 01:58:48,100
here to voice concern

4129
01:58:48,100 --> 01:58:50,100
about the proposed quarry

4130
01:58:50,100 --> 01:58:52,100
in the Lone Pine Canyon area.

4131
01:58:52,100 --> 01:58:54,100
I'm concerned that the quality

4132
01:58:54,100 --> 01:58:55,100
of life in Phelan, Pinyon

4133
01:58:55,100 --> 01:58:57,401
Hills, Lytle Creek, Hesperia,

4134
01:58:59,100 --> 01:59:00,100
Devore and Wrightwood will be

4135
01:59:00,100 --> 01:59:02,401
greatly affected. The effect

4136
01:59:03,100 --> 01:59:06,100
on traffic, especially on the

4137
01:59:06,100 --> 01:59:08,100
15. The air, water and noise

4138
01:59:08,100 --> 01:59:11,100
pollution, the ecology of the

4139
01:59:11,100 --> 01:59:13,100
area and any other hazards it

4140
01:59:13,100 --> 01:59:14,100
will create will be

4141
01:59:14,100 --> 01:59:16,100
devastating. I believe the

4142
01:59:16,100 --> 01:59:17,100
decision by the planning

4143
01:59:17,100 --> 01:59:19,100
commission was possibly done.

4144
01:59:19,100 --> 01:59:21,100
I'm not going

4145
01:59:21,100 --> 01:59:22,100
to say illegally, but not

4146
01:59:22,100 --> 01:59:25,100
correctly. I know the decision

4147
01:59:25,100 --> 01:59:27,100
was made

4148
01:59:27,100 --> 01:59:28,100
against the recommendations

4149
01:59:28,100 --> 01:59:30,100
of their staff. The board needs

4150
01:59:30,100 --> 01:59:32,100
to be. This is you guys. You

4151
01:59:32,100 --> 01:59:33,100
need to be very concerned

4152
01:59:33,100 --> 01:59:35,100
about this project. It needs to

4153
01:59:35,100 --> 01:59:36,100
be considered very carefully

4154
01:59:36,100 --> 01:59:38,100
and your situations need

4155
01:59:38,100 --> 01:59:40,100
to be heard. Your constituents.

4156
01:59:40,100 --> 01:59:41,000
Sorry. Need

4157
01:59:41,000 --> 01:59:42,100
to be heard and served. Thank

4158
01:59:42,100 --> 01:59:44,100
you.

4159
01:59:45,100 --> 01:59:46,100
>> Thank you very much. Linda

4160
01:59:46,100 --> 01:59:48,401
Drew, followed by Melissa.

4161
01:59:51,100 --> 01:59:53,100
>> Good afternoon, board and

4162
01:59:53,100 --> 01:59:55,100
audience. I'm representing the

4163
01:59:55,100 --> 01:59:57,100
Lone Pine Canyon Protective

4164
01:59:57,100 --> 01:59:59,100
alliance whose purpose is

4165
01:59:59,100 --> 02:00:00,100
to stop development of the

4166
02:00:00,100 --> 02:00:01,100
quarry which will devastate our

4167
02:00:01,100 --> 02:00:03,401
communities. I'm a 45 year

4168
02:00:04,100 --> 02:00:07,100
resident of Wrightwood, a small

4169
02:00:07,100 --> 02:00:08,100
village high in the San

4170
02:00:08,100 --> 02:00:11,100
Gabriel Mountains. And not only

4171
02:00:12,100 --> 02:00:14,100
will this quarry project affect

4172
02:00:14,100 --> 02:00:17,100
Wrightwood, it will reflect all

4173
02:00:17,100 --> 02:00:18,100
the surrounding communities.

4174
02:00:18,100 --> 02:00:20,100
Though this project needs

4175
02:00:20,100 --> 02:00:22,100
to be stopped, reasons to stop

4176
02:00:22,100 --> 02:00:23,100
it are numerous. I will focus

4177
02:00:23,100 --> 02:00:25,100
on health issues today due

4178
02:00:25,100 --> 02:00:27,100
to a finding called Vested

4179
02:00:27,100 --> 02:00:28,100
Rights. Established

4180
02:00:28,100 --> 02:00:29,100
in the 1920s, the Quarry

4181
02:00:29,100 --> 02:00:31,100
Project would be allowed

4182
02:00:31,100 --> 02:00:32,100
to move forward. Forward

4183
02:00:32,100 --> 02:00:33,100
with no oversight,

4184
02:00:33,100 --> 02:00:34,100
no environmental impact study,

4185
02:00:34,100 --> 02:00:35,100
no conditional use,

4186
02:00:35,100 --> 02:00:36,100
no adherence

4187
02:00:36,100 --> 02:00:38,100
to modern day mining rules.

4188
02:00:38,100 --> 02:00:39,100
The mining company can do

4189
02:00:39,100 --> 02:00:40,100
whatever it wants

4190
02:00:40,100 --> 02:00:41,100
with no regard

4191
02:00:41,100 --> 02:00:42,100
to how illegal it would be

4192
02:00:42,100 --> 02:00:44,100
in today's world for the next

4193
02:00:44,100 --> 02:00:46,100
147 years. Product being mined

4194
02:00:46,100 --> 02:00:48,100
is calcium carbonate. The

4195
02:00:48,100 --> 02:00:49,100
National Institute of Health

4196
02:00:49,100 --> 02:00:50,100
notes that Blasting, drilling,

4197
02:00:50,100 --> 02:00:52,100
crushing, sifting creates

4198
02:00:52,100 --> 02:00:53,100
particles that can be blown

4199
02:00:53,100 --> 02:00:55,100
by the wind up to 60 miles

4200
02:00:55,100 --> 02:00:56,100
away. Further and greater winds

4201
02:00:56,100 --> 02:00:58,100
which we do have on the top of

4202
02:00:58,100 --> 02:00:59,100
our mountain that covers the

4203
02:00:59,100 --> 02:01:01,100
entire tri community where we

4204
02:01:01,100 --> 02:01:02,100
are. And down here, calcium

4205
02:01:02,100 --> 02:01:04,100
carbonate poses risks when

4206
02:01:04,100 --> 02:01:06,401
mining crushes the rocks

4207
02:01:07,100 --> 02:01:08,100
into dust,

4208
02:01:08,100 --> 02:01:10,100
which we then breathe.

4209
02:01:10,100 --> 02:01:11,100
Inhaling such dust can cause

4210
02:01:11,100 --> 02:01:12,100
respiratory, eye,

4211
02:01:12,100 --> 02:01:14,100
skin irritation. Continued

4212
02:01:14,100 --> 02:01:15,100
ingestion can lead to more

4213
02:01:15,100 --> 02:01:16,100
serious conditions such as

4214
02:01:16,100 --> 02:01:18,100
kidney,

4215
02:01:18,100 --> 02:01:19,100
gastro and metabolic issues.

4216
02:01:19,100 --> 02:01:20,100
At this point,

4217
02:01:20,100 --> 02:01:21,100
we also know that Lone Pine

4218
02:01:21,100 --> 02:01:23,100
Canyon contains a rock called

4219
02:01:23,100 --> 02:01:24,100
actinolite which when blasted,

4220
02:01:24,100 --> 02:01:26,100
drilled, crushed,

4221
02:01:26,100 --> 02:01:27,100
produces asbestos fibers.

4222
02:01:27,100 --> 02:01:29,100
These fibers are tiny enough

4223
02:01:29,100 --> 02:01:30,100
to remain suspended in the air

4224
02:01:30,100 --> 02:01:31,100
and are easily inhaled and they

4225
02:01:31,100 --> 02:01:33,100
cause all kinds

4226
02:01:33,100 --> 02:01:35,100
of disease. I see, I'm about

4227
02:01:35,100 --> 02:01:36,100
down there. All kinds

4228
02:01:36,100 --> 02:01:38,100
of things like methythelioma,

4229
02:01:38,100 --> 02:01:40,100
cancer,

4230
02:01:41,100 --> 02:01:43,401
asbestos and other cancers.

4231
02:01:45,100 --> 02:01:46,100
And it's cumulative and you

4232
02:01:46,100 --> 02:01:49,100
might not know for 10 to 40

4233
02:01:49,100 --> 02:01:51,100
years that you might have. And

4234
02:01:51,100 --> 02:01:52,100
it also is going to hurt the

4235
02:01:52,100 --> 02:01:53,100
animals because the particles

4236
02:01:53,100 --> 02:01:54,100
of the dust go

4237
02:01:54,100 --> 02:01:56,100
on the plants.

4238
02:01:56,100 --> 02:01:57,100
>> Melissa followed by Cheryl

4239
02:01:57,100 --> 02:01:59,100
Derrick.

4240
02:02:01,100 --> 02:02:02,100
>> Hi, my name is Melissa

4241
02:02:02,100 --> 02:02:03,100
Manning. I also have handouts

4242
02:02:03,100 --> 02:02:05,100
if somebody's able to pass

4243
02:02:05,100 --> 02:02:07,100
those out. I have copies,

4244
02:02:07,100 --> 02:02:08,100
eight copies for everyone. Do I

4245
02:02:08,100 --> 02:02:10,100
take them

4246
02:02:10,100 --> 02:02:12,100
down there when you're done?

4247
02:02:12,100 --> 02:02:14,100
You can hand them to the clerk

4248
02:02:14,100 --> 02:02:15,100
of the board over here,

4249
02:02:15,100 --> 02:02:16,100
please. All right, thank you.

4250
02:02:16,100 --> 02:02:18,100
Good morning again. My name is

4251
02:02:18,100 --> 02:02:19,100
Melissa Manning. I'm a resident

4252
02:02:19,100 --> 02:02:20,100
of Wrightwood and a member

4253
02:02:20,100 --> 02:02:21,100
of the Lone Pine Canyon

4254
02:02:21,100 --> 02:02:23,100
Protection Alliance. I want to

4255
02:02:23,100 --> 02:02:24,100
share that vested rights were

4256
02:02:24,100 --> 02:02:26,100
found,

4257
02:02:26,100 --> 02:02:27,100
but the county really needs

4258
02:02:27,100 --> 02:02:28,100
to evaluate the impacts. Fire

4259
02:02:28,100 --> 02:02:29,100
risk, evacuation safety,

4260
02:02:29,100 --> 02:02:30,100
groundwater, earthquake

4261
02:02:30,100 --> 02:02:32,100
activity, radon, asbestos, air

4262
02:02:32,100 --> 02:02:34,100
quality, even the PCT views

4263
02:02:34,100 --> 02:02:36,100
that the SB county posted

4264
02:02:36,100 --> 02:02:38,100
about on Facebook this last

4265
02:02:38,100 --> 02:02:39,100
week are all parts of this.

4266
02:02:39,100 --> 02:02:42,100
Lone Pine Canyon has a posted

4267
02:02:42,100 --> 02:02:43,100
5 ton weight limit and it

4268
02:02:43,100 --> 02:02:45,100
literally just reopened. Thank

4269
02:02:45,100 --> 02:02:47,100
you Paul Cook

4270
02:02:49,100 --> 02:02:51,100
for fast tracking that. It

4271
02:02:51,100 --> 02:02:54,100
reopened on April 16th. This

4272
02:02:55,100 --> 02:02:57,100
project requires 80,000 pound

4273
02:02:57,100 --> 02:02:59,100
Class 8 trucks opening or

4274
02:02:59,100 --> 02:03:02,100
operating at 8 times the legal

4275
02:03:02,100 --> 02:03:05,100
limit. It's not a minor

4276
02:03:06,100 --> 02:03:07,100
adjustment. Approving this

4277
02:03:07,100 --> 02:03:08,100
project without fully

4278
02:03:08,100 --> 02:03:09,100
redesigning and rebuilding that

4279
02:03:09,100 --> 02:03:11,100
road would result

4280
02:03:11,100 --> 02:03:12,100
in structural failure. We are

4281
02:03:12,100 --> 02:03:14,100
talking about

4282
02:03:14,100 --> 02:03:15,100
like pavement degradation,

4283
02:03:15,100 --> 02:03:17,100
sub base collapse. It happened

4284
02:03:17,100 --> 02:03:18,100
so easy. It was

4285
02:03:18,100 --> 02:03:19,100
like less than a foot of rain

4286
02:03:19,100 --> 02:03:21,100
made the entire road collapse.

4287
02:03:21,100 --> 02:03:23,401
Also there's what engineers

4288
02:03:24,100 --> 02:03:26,100
called alligator cracking that

4289
02:03:26,100 --> 02:03:27,100
we're concerned about and that

4290
02:03:27,100 --> 02:03:29,100
is basically the road breaking

4291
02:03:29,100 --> 02:03:30,100
apart under stress. It's also a

4292
02:03:30,100 --> 02:03:33,100
public safety issue. The Lone

4293
02:03:33,100 --> 02:03:35,100
Pine Canyon road is narrow,

4294
02:03:35,100 --> 02:03:37,100
it's an evacuation route with

4295
02:03:37,100 --> 02:03:40,100
limited shoulders and a single

4296
02:03:41,100 --> 02:03:44,100
stalled or slow truck can

4297
02:03:44,100 --> 02:03:45,100
create complete blockage which

4298
02:03:45,100 --> 02:03:47,100
we've seen

4299
02:03:47,100 --> 02:03:50,100
in the past when people

4300
02:03:50,100 --> 02:03:51,100
like even today leaving, I had

4301
02:03:51,100 --> 02:03:53,100
to go onto the other side

4302
02:03:53,100 --> 02:03:54,100
of the road in order

4303
02:03:54,100 --> 02:03:55,100
to pass a very slow truck. We

4304
02:03:55,100 --> 02:03:57,100
have a problem

4305
02:03:57,100 --> 02:03:59,100
in our community,

4306
02:03:59,100 --> 02:04:00,100
our whole county being one

4307
02:04:00,100 --> 02:04:02,401
of the top places.

4308
02:04:06,100 --> 02:04:08,100
>> Cheryl Derrick, followed

4309
02:04:08,100 --> 02:04:10,100
by Robert Kaggle.

4310
02:04:11,100 --> 02:04:13,100
>> Thank you

4311
02:04:13,100 --> 02:04:16,100
for having us. I'm a resident

4312
02:04:16,100 --> 02:04:18,100
of Wrightwood and I also feel

4313
02:04:18,100 --> 02:04:21,100
that this huge, huge endeavor

4314
02:04:21,100 --> 02:04:23,401
will have catastrophic effects

4315
02:04:24,100 --> 02:04:25,100
on our communities. We did have

4316
02:04:25,100 --> 02:04:27,401
a nice meeting before,

4317
02:04:28,100 --> 02:04:29,100
so I think we got some

4318
02:04:29,100 --> 02:04:30,100
of this stuff straightened out.

4319
02:04:30,100 --> 02:04:31,100
But I just wanted

4320
02:04:31,100 --> 02:04:33,100
to voice my opinion.

4321
02:04:33,100 --> 02:04:34,100
>> Thank you very much.

4322
02:04:34,100 --> 02:04:36,100
Robert Kegle, followed by

4323
02:04:36,100 --> 02:04:38,100
Andrew Firm.

4324
02:04:39,100 --> 02:04:40,100
>> My name is Robert Kegle.

4325
02:04:40,100 --> 02:04:41,100
Thank you

4326
02:04:41,100 --> 02:04:43,100
for having us here and

4327
02:04:43,100 --> 02:04:44,100
listening

4328
02:04:44,100 --> 02:04:45,100
to us. I'm a resident at

4329
02:04:45,100 --> 02:04:46,100
Indian Springs Ranch of Lone

4330
02:04:46,100 --> 02:04:47,100
Pine Canyon Road. My family and

4331
02:04:47,100 --> 02:04:48,100
I have been caretakers there

4332
02:04:48,100 --> 02:04:50,100
for 35 years. Indian Springs

4333
02:04:50,100 --> 02:04:51,100
Ranch is a Native American

4334
02:04:51,100 --> 02:04:53,100
ranch where we used

4335
02:04:53,100 --> 02:04:54,100
to host powwows and Native

4336
02:04:54,100 --> 02:04:56,100
American ceremonies. Besides

4337
02:04:56,100 --> 02:04:57,100
that, on the ranch, there's an

4338
02:04:57,100 --> 02:04:59,100
archaeological site dating back

4339
02:04:59,100 --> 02:05:02,100
to 1700s to 1800s. Now that I'm

4340
02:05:02,100 --> 02:05:03,100
informing you that there's an

4341
02:05:03,100 --> 02:05:05,100
archaeological site,

4342
02:05:05,100 --> 02:05:06,100
it will be against the law

4343
02:05:06,100 --> 02:05:07,100
for you guys

4344
02:05:07,100 --> 02:05:08,100
to approve any plans

4345
02:05:08,100 --> 02:05:09,100
to do any mining in the area

4346
02:05:09,100 --> 02:05:11,100
until federal agents are there

4347
02:05:11,100 --> 02:05:12,100
for federal review to determine

4348
02:05:12,100 --> 02:05:14,100
that no cause will be harm

4349
02:05:14,100 --> 02:05:15,100
to our site. So if you guys

4350
02:05:15,100 --> 02:05:16,100
violate section 106 of the

4351
02:05:16,100 --> 02:05:18,100
Historical Preservation act

4352
02:05:18,100 --> 02:05:20,100
by approving these plans, there

4353
02:05:20,100 --> 02:05:22,100
will be legal consequences.

4354
02:05:22,100 --> 02:05:23,100
Thank you.

4355
02:05:23,100 --> 02:05:24,100
>> Andrew Firm, followed by

4356
02:05:24,100 --> 02:05:26,100
Jamie Carper.

4357
02:05:29,100 --> 02:05:31,100
>> Give me a moment

4358
02:05:31,100 --> 02:05:34,100
to raise this. Thank you. Good

4359
02:05:34,100 --> 02:05:36,100
morning, supervisors,

4360
02:05:36,100 --> 02:05:38,100
or afternoon. On behalf

4361
02:05:38,100 --> 02:05:39,100
of the Lone Pine Canyon

4362
02:05:39,100 --> 02:05:40,100
Protection Alliance, I'm here

4363
02:05:40,100 --> 02:05:41,100
to address gross procedural

4364
02:05:41,100 --> 02:05:43,100
defects regarding the proposed

4365
02:05:43,100 --> 02:05:45,100
open pit quarry. Land use

4366
02:05:45,100 --> 02:05:46,100
services failed to provide the

4367
02:05:46,100 --> 02:05:47,100
community or immediate neighbor

4368
02:05:47,100 --> 02:05:49,100
to the site Indian Springs

4369
02:05:49,100 --> 02:05:50,100
Ranch with official notice

4370
02:05:50,100 --> 02:05:52,401
for MRP 2020 500002. No notice

4371
02:05:54,100 --> 02:05:55,100
was published via established

4372
02:05:55,100 --> 02:05:57,100
media and this is a gross

4373
02:05:57,100 --> 02:05:58,100
procedural defect

4374
02:05:58,100 --> 02:06:00,401
under CEQA section 15072. The

4375
02:06:01,100 --> 02:06:02,100
current mitigated negative

4376
02:06:02,100 --> 02:06:03,100
declaration also improperly

4377
02:06:03,100 --> 02:06:05,100
segments this project

4378
02:06:05,100 --> 02:06:06,100
by masking a 148 year mining

4379
02:06:06,100 --> 02:06:09,100
operation as a mere reclamation

4380
02:06:09,100 --> 02:06:10,100
plan. This is another direct

4381
02:06:10,100 --> 02:06:11,100
violation of ceqa.

4382
02:06:11,100 --> 02:06:12,100
Furthermore, we have uncovered

4383
02:06:12,100 --> 02:06:14,100
significant defects

4384
02:06:14,100 --> 02:06:15,100
with an associated pattern of

4385
02:06:15,100 --> 02:06:16,100
documented impropriety

4386
02:06:16,100 --> 02:06:18,100
surrounding the torture. 2019

4387
02:06:20,100 --> 02:06:21,100
vested rights determination.

4388
02:06:21,100 --> 02:06:23,100
The site sits on the San

4389
02:06:23,100 --> 02:06:24,100
Andreas Fault containing

4390
02:06:24,100 --> 02:06:25,100
federally protected species and

4391
02:06:25,100 --> 02:06:26,100
adjacent

4392
02:06:26,100 --> 02:06:27,100
to culturally significant

4393
02:06:27,100 --> 02:06:29,100
Native American sites. A

4394
02:06:29,100 --> 02:06:30,100
mitigated negative declaration

4395
02:06:30,100 --> 02:06:31,100
is legally indefensible here.

4396
02:06:31,100 --> 02:06:32,100
We've already established a

4397
02:06:32,100 --> 02:06:33,100
fair argument that significant

4398
02:06:33,100 --> 02:06:34,100
impacts exist regarding

4399
02:06:34,100 --> 02:06:36,100
groundwater in the Sheep

4400
02:06:36,100 --> 02:06:37,100
Creek Wash. Seismic

4401
02:06:37,100 --> 02:06:38,100
interference and federal

4402
02:06:38,100 --> 02:06:40,100
species. Under California law.

4403
02:06:40,100 --> 02:06:41,100
This fair argument mandates a

4404
02:06:41,100 --> 02:06:42,100
full environmental impact

4405
02:06:42,100 --> 02:06:44,100
report. We held an

4406
02:06:44,100 --> 02:06:45,100
informational town hall on

4407
02:06:45,100 --> 02:06:47,100
April 30th with over 170 in

4408
02:06:47,100 --> 02:06:48,100
attendance who signed our

4409
02:06:48,100 --> 02:06:50,100
physical petition and our

4410
02:06:50,100 --> 02:06:51,100
online petition has now secured

4411
02:06:51,100 --> 02:06:53,100
nearly 3,000 and growing

4412
02:06:53,100 --> 02:06:55,100
additional signatories.

4413
02:06:55,100 --> 02:06:56,100
Because

4414
02:06:56,100 --> 02:06:58,100
of these missteps and the delay

4415
02:06:58,100 --> 02:06:59,100
in fulfilling our Public

4416
02:06:59,100 --> 02:07:01,100
Records act requests, the

4417
02:07:01,100 --> 02:07:02,100
current timeline is

4418
02:07:02,100 --> 02:07:04,100
insufficient. We respectfully

4419
02:07:04,100 --> 02:07:05,100
request that the Board

4420
02:07:05,100 --> 02:07:06,100
intervene and direct Land Use

4421
02:07:06,100 --> 02:07:07,100
Services to extend the public

4422
02:07:07,100 --> 02:07:08,100
comment period

4423
02:07:08,100 --> 02:07:10,100
to no fewer than six 60 days

4424
02:07:10,100 --> 02:07:11,100
from when the county provides

4425
02:07:11,100 --> 02:07:13,100
results for our CPRA request.

4426
02:07:13,100 --> 02:07:14,100
This will allow us

4427
02:07:14,100 --> 02:07:16,100
to get the information needed

4428
02:07:16,100 --> 02:07:18,100
to present our case and ensure

4429
02:07:18,100 --> 02:07:19,100
it is

4430
02:07:19,100 --> 02:07:20,100
in the technical record. And

4431
02:07:20,100 --> 02:07:21,100
I'll finish

4432
02:07:21,100 --> 02:07:22,100
with saying thank you

4433
02:07:22,100 --> 02:07:23,100
for directing us to the Land

4434
02:07:23,100 --> 02:07:25,100
Use meeting and having them

4435
02:07:25,100 --> 02:07:27,100
have that initial conversation

4436
02:07:27,100 --> 02:07:28,100
with us. We appreciate it.

4437
02:07:28,100 --> 02:07:29,100
>> Jamie Carper followed by

4438
02:07:29,100 --> 02:07:31,100
Lindsay Falb.

4439
02:07:35,100 --> 02:07:37,100
>> Thank you and good afternoon

4440
02:07:37,100 --> 02:07:38,100
Supervisors. I want

4441
02:07:38,100 --> 02:07:40,100
to address a basic problem

4442
02:07:40,100 --> 02:07:42,100
with the County's reliance

4443
02:07:42,100 --> 02:07:43,100
on the vested rights finding

4444
02:07:43,100 --> 02:07:45,100
of 2019. Even if some of the

4445
02:07:45,100 --> 02:07:46,100
historical mining activity

4446
02:07:46,100 --> 02:07:47,100
occurred somewhere

4447
02:07:47,100 --> 02:07:48,100
on this property, that does not

4448
02:07:48,100 --> 02:07:49,100
create an undefined open ended

4449
02:07:49,100 --> 02:07:51,100
right for a much larger modern

4450
02:07:51,100 --> 02:07:53,100
mining operation. The first

4451
02:07:53,100 --> 02:07:56,100
issue is scope. A vested right,

4452
02:07:56,100 --> 02:07:57,100
if it exists at all, has

4453
02:07:57,100 --> 02:07:59,100
to be defined by what was

4454
02:07:59,100 --> 02:08:01,100
historically lawful, actually

4455
02:08:01,100 --> 02:08:03,100
conducted and continuously

4456
02:08:03,100 --> 02:08:04,100
maintained. It cannot be

4457
02:08:04,100 --> 02:08:06,100
treated as a blank check.

4458
02:08:06,100 --> 02:08:07,100
But here the county is relying

4459
02:08:07,100 --> 02:08:08,100
on a finding

4460
02:08:08,100 --> 02:08:10,100
of vested mining rights without

4461
02:08:10,100 --> 02:08:12,100
clearly defining the location

4462
02:08:12,100 --> 02:08:13,100
boundaries, intensity methods,

4463
02:08:13,100 --> 02:08:14,100
volume,

4464
02:08:14,100 --> 02:08:15,100
duration and operational limits

4465
02:08:15,100 --> 02:08:17,100
of such right.

4466
02:08:17,100 --> 02:08:18,100
Without those limits, a narrow

4467
02:08:18,100 --> 02:08:19,100
historic use is being turned

4468
02:08:19,100 --> 02:08:21,100
into a broad modern

4469
02:08:21,100 --> 02:08:23,100
entitlement. The second issue

4470
02:08:23,100 --> 02:08:24,100
is expansion. The project now

4471
02:08:24,100 --> 02:08:26,100
being advanced is far larger

4472
02:08:26,100 --> 02:08:28,100
than anything shown in the

4473
02:08:28,100 --> 02:08:30,100
site's historical mining

4474
02:08:30,100 --> 02:08:31,100
record. The current provisional

4475
02:08:31,100 --> 02:08:33,100
proposal involves resumed

4476
02:08:34,100 --> 02:08:35,100
surface mining

4477
02:08:35,100 --> 02:08:37,100
over a large area

4478
02:08:37,100 --> 02:08:38,100
with drilling, blasting,

4479
02:08:38,100 --> 02:08:40,100
crushing, screening, hauling,

4480
02:08:40,100 --> 02:08:41,100
stockpiling and processing

4481
02:08:41,100 --> 02:08:43,100
on an industrial scale. Even if

4482
02:08:43,100 --> 02:08:44,100
mining occurred historically,

4483
02:08:44,100 --> 02:08:46,100
that does not mean the county

4484
02:08:46,100 --> 02:08:47,100
can assume the right extends to

4485
02:08:47,100 --> 02:08:49,100
a much larger and more

4486
02:08:49,100 --> 02:08:51,100
intensive modern quarry.

4487
02:08:51,100 --> 02:08:53,100
Third, the parcel history

4488
02:08:53,100 --> 02:08:55,100
matters APN 0356241 02, which

4489
02:08:55,100 --> 02:08:57,401
is only about 12.8 acres,

4490
02:08:59,100 --> 02:09:01,100
is a historic location of the

4491
02:09:01,100 --> 02:09:03,100
historic old mine that was the

4492
02:09:03,100 --> 02:09:05,100
former El Cajon property where

4493
02:09:05,100 --> 02:09:07,100
limestone and dolomite mining

4494
02:09:07,100 --> 02:09:09,100
began in 1924 and where 125 ton

4495
02:09:09,100 --> 02:09:11,100
per day lime process processing

4496
02:09:11,100 --> 02:09:13,100
facility was built. The other

4497
02:09:13,100 --> 02:09:14,100
parcels have no history

4498
02:09:14,100 --> 02:09:16,100
of mining or mining rights.

4499
02:09:16,100 --> 02:09:18,100
Just being able to tuck them

4500
02:09:18,100 --> 02:09:19,100
in with this other parcel and

4501
02:09:19,100 --> 02:09:21,100
say they have grandfathered

4502
02:09:21,100 --> 02:09:23,100
vested rights is just unlawful.

4503
02:09:23,100 --> 02:09:25,401
So I'd like you

4504
02:09:26,100 --> 02:09:27,100
to consider that

4505
02:09:27,100 --> 02:09:29,100
in your decision

4506
02:09:29,100 --> 02:09:32,100
with this proposal. Thank you.

4507
02:09:32,100 --> 02:09:33,100
>> Lindsay Falb followed by

4508
02:09:33,100 --> 02:09:36,100
Debbie Lopez hi, my name is

4509
02:09:36,100 --> 02:09:37,100
Lindsay Falb and I'm a resident

4510
02:09:37,100 --> 02:09:39,100
of Wrightwood I've been there

4511
02:09:39,100 --> 02:09:40,100
for 32 years and my family has

4512
02:09:40,100 --> 02:09:42,100
lived there for over 50. I'm

4513
02:09:42,100 --> 02:09:44,100
asking the county

4514
02:09:44,100 --> 02:09:46,100
to require a full EIR, ensure

4515
02:09:46,100 --> 02:09:48,100
proper comprehensive and

4516
02:09:48,100 --> 02:09:49,100
environmental review and not

4517
02:09:49,100 --> 02:09:50,100
move forward

4518
02:09:50,100 --> 02:09:52,100
without a transparent without

4519
02:09:52,100 --> 02:09:53,100
full transparency and

4520
02:09:53,100 --> 02:09:55,100
accountability. The lack

4521
02:09:56,100 --> 02:09:58,100
of I want to focus on one

4522
02:09:58,100 --> 02:10:00,100
critical issue is the lack of

4523
02:10:00,100 --> 02:10:02,100
complete environmental

4524
02:10:02,100 --> 02:10:03,100
oversight

4525
02:10:03,100 --> 02:10:05,100
in the current CEQA review.

4526
02:10:05,100 --> 02:10:06,100
This project is 285 acres

4527
02:10:06,100 --> 02:10:08,100
of mining, decades

4528
02:10:08,100 --> 02:10:10,100
of operation, blasting, truck

4529
02:10:10,100 --> 02:10:11,100
traffic and permanent landscape

4530
02:10:11,100 --> 02:10:13,100
alteration. It's being

4531
02:10:13,100 --> 02:10:15,100
reviewed,

4532
02:10:15,100 --> 02:10:16,100
it's been being reviewed under

4533
02:10:16,100 --> 02:10:18,100
a mitigated necklace negative

4534
02:10:18,100 --> 02:10:21,100
declaration that does not align

4535
02:10:21,100 --> 02:10:23,100
with CEQA under CEQA's fair

4536
02:10:23,100 --> 02:10:25,100
argument standards. If there is

4537
02:10:25,100 --> 02:10:26,100
substantial evidence that a

4538
02:10:26,100 --> 02:10:28,100
project may have significant

4539
02:10:28,100 --> 02:10:29,100
environmental impact, a full

4540
02:10:29,100 --> 02:10:31,100
environmental impact report is

4541
02:10:31,100 --> 02:10:34,100
required that has not been met.

4542
02:10:34,100 --> 02:10:36,100
Biological Resources this

4543
02:10:36,100 --> 02:10:38,100
canyon supports wildlife

4544
02:10:38,100 --> 02:10:40,100
including federally protective

4545
02:10:40,100 --> 02:10:41,100
species such as golden eagles

4546
02:10:41,100 --> 02:10:43,100
as well as other sensitive

4547
02:10:43,100 --> 02:10:44,100
species

4548
02:10:44,100 --> 02:10:46,100
like the coastal horned lizard,

4549
02:10:46,100 --> 02:10:47,100
bighorn sheep and kangaroo

4550
02:10:47,100 --> 02:10:49,100
rats. Blasting habitat

4551
02:10:49,100 --> 02:10:50,100
destruction and long term

4552
02:10:50,100 --> 02:10:52,100
industrial activities pose

4553
02:10:52,100 --> 02:10:54,100
clear risk to these species.

4554
02:10:54,100 --> 02:10:56,100
The current review does not

4555
02:10:56,100 --> 02:10:58,100
demonstrate the adequate

4556
02:10:58,100 --> 02:10:59,100
protocol level multi seasonal

4557
02:10:59,100 --> 02:11:01,401
survey that should be

4558
02:11:02,100 --> 02:11:04,100
conducted. Not only that, but

4559
02:11:04,100 --> 02:11:05,100
this project will generate

4560
02:11:05,100 --> 02:11:06,100
significant dust and

4561
02:11:06,100 --> 02:11:08,100
particulate matter

4562
02:11:08,100 --> 02:11:09,100
from blasting, crushing and

4563
02:11:09,100 --> 02:11:11,100
constant track truck traffic.

4564
02:11:11,100 --> 02:11:12,100
That means long term exposure

4565
02:11:12,100 --> 02:11:14,100
to airborne pollutants

4566
02:11:15,100 --> 02:11:16,100
for residents, especially

4567
02:11:16,100 --> 02:11:18,100
children, families and

4568
02:11:18,100 --> 02:11:19,100
vulnerable populations. Fine

4569
02:11:19,100 --> 02:11:21,100
particulate matters is directly

4570
02:11:21,100 --> 02:11:22,100
linked to respiratory issues,

4571
02:11:22,100 --> 02:11:24,100
asthma and long term health

4572
02:11:24,100 --> 02:11:26,100
impacts

4573
02:11:26,100 --> 02:11:28,100
in a small mountain community

4574
02:11:28,100 --> 02:11:29,100
like ours in Wrightwood where

4575
02:11:29,100 --> 02:11:31,100
clean air is part

4576
02:11:31,100 --> 02:11:33,100
of our quality of life. This is

4577
02:11:33,100 --> 02:11:34,100
not a minor issue to us. It is

4578
02:11:34,100 --> 02:11:36,100
a significant and lasting

4579
02:11:36,100 --> 02:11:39,100
impact that has not been

4580
02:11:41,100 --> 02:11:43,100
>> Debbie Lopez followed by

4581
02:11:43,100 --> 02:11:45,100
Robin Crouch.

4582
02:11:47,100 --> 02:11:48,100
>> Hi, my name is Debbie

4583
02:11:48,100 --> 02:11:50,100
Lopez. I'm commenting on the

4584
02:11:50,100 --> 02:11:51,100
Lone Pine Quarry. Thank you

4585
02:11:51,100 --> 02:11:53,401
supervisors for listening today

4586
02:11:54,100 --> 02:11:55,100
and I appreciate all my

4587
02:11:55,100 --> 02:11:57,100
neighbors professional

4588
02:11:57,100 --> 02:11:59,401
comments. Mine are more

4589
02:12:01,100 --> 02:12:03,100
emotional and most important,

4590
02:12:03,100 --> 02:12:05,100
the utmost important is the

4591
02:12:05,100 --> 02:12:06,100
impact to the indigenous

4592
02:12:06,100 --> 02:12:08,100
archaeological sites as well as

4593
02:12:08,100 --> 02:12:10,100
these significant historical

4594
02:12:10,100 --> 02:12:11,100
sites. That's my number one

4595
02:12:11,100 --> 02:12:13,100
comment. Also I'm really

4596
02:12:13,100 --> 02:12:14,100
concerned

4597
02:12:14,100 --> 02:12:15,100
about the evacuation route. We

4598
02:12:15,100 --> 02:12:17,100
only have three different

4599
02:12:17,100 --> 02:12:18,100
routes we can use to evacuate

4600
02:12:18,100 --> 02:12:20,100
in Wrightwood and we are

4601
02:12:20,100 --> 02:12:22,100
evacuated quite a bit. When you

4602
02:12:22,100 --> 02:12:24,100
evacuate you're saying goodbye

4603
02:12:24,100 --> 02:12:25,100
to all your things in your home

4604
02:12:25,100 --> 02:12:27,100
and it's a very stressful

4605
02:12:27,100 --> 02:12:28,100
situation

4606
02:12:28,100 --> 02:12:31,100
in particular because of the

4607
02:12:32,100 --> 02:12:33,100
wildfire. I'm also worried

4608
02:12:33,100 --> 02:12:35,100
about the flash point of the

4609
02:12:35,100 --> 02:12:37,100
airborne particulates that the

4610
02:12:37,100 --> 02:12:39,100
mine could release

4611
02:12:39,100 --> 02:12:41,100
into the air. We are really

4612
02:12:41,100 --> 02:12:44,100
coordinated when we do have

4613
02:12:44,100 --> 02:12:46,100
to evacuate. But if there's one

4614
02:12:46,100 --> 02:12:49,100
disabled mining truck on the

4615
02:12:53,100 --> 02:12:56,100
road it would just spell

4616
02:12:56,100 --> 02:12:59,100
disaster for the whole trying

4617
02:13:02,100 --> 02:13:04,401
everybody trying to evacuate.

4618
02:13:07,100 --> 02:13:08,100
Basically it's just Once again

4619
02:13:08,100 --> 02:13:10,100
the indigenous sites is the

4620
02:13:10,100 --> 02:13:12,100
most Important and the

4621
02:13:12,100 --> 02:13:13,100
evacuation of Wrightwood is

4622
02:13:13,100 --> 02:13:15,100
critical.

4623
02:13:18,100 --> 02:13:20,100
>> Thank you. Robin Crouch,

4624
02:13:20,100 --> 02:13:22,401
followed by Daniel Crowley.

4625
02:13:35,100 --> 02:13:37,100
>> Hi, my name is Dan

4626
02:13:37,100 --> 02:13:38,100
Crowley. Thanks to everyone

4627
02:13:38,100 --> 02:13:40,100
in this room for listening and

4628
02:13:40,100 --> 02:13:41,100
for giving me a few minutes

4629
02:13:41,100 --> 02:13:42,100
to speak about a concern I

4630
02:13:42,100 --> 02:13:44,100
have. I'm a lifetime San

4631
02:13:44,100 --> 02:13:45,100
Bernardino county resident. I

4632
02:13:45,100 --> 02:13:47,100
love this county. I grew up

4633
02:13:47,100 --> 02:13:48,100
in Colton. I graduated from

4634
02:13:48,100 --> 02:13:49,100
Aquinas High School. I

4635
02:13:49,100 --> 02:13:51,100
currently live in Wrightwood

4636
02:13:51,100 --> 02:13:52,100
and I've lived in Wrightwood

4637
02:13:52,100 --> 02:13:54,100
for the last 33 years. I

4638
02:13:54,100 --> 02:13:56,100
recently retired from a 38 year

4639
02:13:56,100 --> 02:13:58,100
career with NASA. At the

4640
02:13:58,100 --> 02:13:59,100
Armstrong Flight Research

4641
02:13:59,100 --> 02:14:01,100
center on Edwards Air Force

4642
02:14:01,100 --> 02:14:02,100
Base. I was the facility

4643
02:14:02,100 --> 02:14:03,100
engineer. I supervised a team

4644
02:14:03,100 --> 02:14:05,100
of engineers and architects

4645
02:14:05,100 --> 02:14:06,100
managing facility operations

4646
02:14:06,100 --> 02:14:08,100
and managing design and

4647
02:14:08,100 --> 02:14:09,100
construction projects. I am

4648
02:14:09,100 --> 02:14:11,100
sensitive to and very much

4649
02:14:11,100 --> 02:14:12,100
appreciate the communication

4650
02:14:12,100 --> 02:14:14,100
challenges associated

4651
02:14:14,100 --> 02:14:15,100
with bringing change to the

4652
02:14:15,100 --> 02:14:17,100
community. U5 own the county

4653
02:14:17,100 --> 02:14:19,100
processes that deliver that

4654
02:14:19,100 --> 02:14:21,100
change in this county. My

4655
02:14:21,100 --> 02:14:23,100
concern. Seventeen days ago,

4656
02:14:23,100 --> 02:14:25,100
I was surprised. My neighbors

4657
02:14:25,100 --> 02:14:27,100
shared with me that a

4658
02:14:27,100 --> 02:14:29,100
significant change to our

4659
02:14:29,100 --> 02:14:30,100
community was announced. A

4660
02:14:30,100 --> 02:14:32,100
mining operation may begin soon

4661
02:14:32,100 --> 02:14:33,100
near our homes along the Lone

4662
02:14:33,100 --> 02:14:36,100
Pine Canyon Road. And that

4663
02:14:37,100 --> 02:14:39,100
operation would include

4664
02:14:40,100 --> 02:14:41,100
blasting throughout the day and

4665
02:14:41,100 --> 02:14:43,100
until 10pm so much

4666
02:14:43,100 --> 02:14:45,401
for your quiet retirement,

4667
02:14:46,100 --> 02:14:47,100
Dan. Again, I was surprised.

4668
02:14:47,100 --> 02:14:49,100
My request to the board is

4669
02:14:49,100 --> 02:14:50,100
to pause the approval process

4670
02:14:50,100 --> 02:14:51,100
until the communities of

4671
02:14:51,100 --> 02:14:53,100
Lytle Creek, West Cajon

4672
02:14:53,100 --> 02:14:55,100
Valley, Phelan, Pinyon Hills,

4673
02:14:55,100 --> 02:14:57,100
Oak Hills, Hesperia, Devore and

4674
02:14:57,100 --> 02:14:58,100
Wrightwood can review and

4675
02:14:58,100 --> 02:15:00,100
comment

4676
02:15:00,100 --> 02:15:02,401
on this mining project.

4677
02:15:03,100 --> 02:15:05,100
Again, please stop the project

4678
02:15:05,100 --> 02:15:06,100
so that we can all understand

4679
02:15:06,100 --> 02:15:07,100
the impact this mining

4680
02:15:07,100 --> 02:15:09,100
operation will have

4681
02:15:09,100 --> 02:15:11,100
on air quality, water quality,

4682
02:15:11,100 --> 02:15:12,100
the wildlife in the canyon,

4683
02:15:12,100 --> 02:15:14,401
our wildfire egress situation,

4684
02:15:15,100 --> 02:15:16,100
potential increased traffic

4685
02:15:16,100 --> 02:15:18,100
at the Highway 138 and

4686
02:15:18,100 --> 02:15:20,100
Interstate 15 intersection, and

4687
02:15:20,100 --> 02:15:21,100
particularly the associated

4688
02:15:21,100 --> 02:15:23,100
increased commute times

4689
02:15:23,100 --> 02:15:25,100
for commuters. Please know

4690
02:15:25,100 --> 02:15:26,100
those

4691
02:15:26,100 --> 02:15:28,100
of us who drive daily up the

4692
02:15:28,100 --> 02:15:30,100
Cajon Pass Freeway already

4693
02:15:30,100 --> 02:15:31,100
spend too much time

4694
02:15:31,100 --> 02:15:33,401
in traffic, adding hundreds

4695
02:15:34,100 --> 02:15:35,100
of hauling trucks

4696
02:15:35,100 --> 02:15:37,401
to the traffic jam.

4697
02:15:39,100 --> 02:15:42,100
>> Thank you very much. Chad

4698
02:15:44,100 --> 02:15:45,100
Keel. Chad Keel, followed by

4699
02:15:45,100 --> 02:15:47,100
Jill Carlton Payne.

4700
02:15:57,100 --> 02:15:59,100
>> Hello, my name is Chad

4701
02:15:59,100 --> 02:16:00,100
Keel. Like many

4702
02:16:00,100 --> 02:16:02,100
of my neighbors,

4703
02:16:02,100 --> 02:16:03,100
I'm deeply concerned

4704
02:16:03,100 --> 02:16:04,100
about the quarry being proposed

4705
02:16:04,100 --> 02:16:05,100
to start in Lone Pine Canyon.

4706
02:16:05,100 --> 02:16:07,100
However, I thought I really

4707
02:16:07,100 --> 02:16:08,100
shouldn't be worried because we

4708
02:16:08,100 --> 02:16:10,100
have a supervisor who takes

4709
02:16:10,100 --> 02:16:12,100
oaths very seriously.

4710
02:16:14,100 --> 02:16:15,100
Supervisor Cook, I liked your

4711
02:16:15,100 --> 02:16:16,100
individual board comment about

4712
02:16:16,100 --> 02:16:18,100
drones and the people being

4713
02:16:18,100 --> 02:16:20,100
lost. Because you made an oath

4714
02:16:20,100 --> 02:16:21,100
before everyone here. You said

4715
02:16:21,100 --> 02:16:23,100
no more missing people

4716
02:16:23,100 --> 02:16:25,100
in the desert. You said, not

4717
02:16:25,100 --> 02:16:28,601
on my watch. You took another

4718
02:16:29,100 --> 02:16:30,100
oath when you joined the

4719
02:16:30,100 --> 02:16:31,100
military and when you were

4720
02:16:31,100 --> 02:16:33,100
sworn in to serve the

4721
02:16:33,100 --> 02:16:35,100
constituents here today that

4722
02:16:35,100 --> 02:16:37,100
you would defend this country

4723
02:16:37,100 --> 02:16:38,100
Versus what? All threats,

4724
02:16:38,100 --> 02:16:40,100
foreign and domestic. Paul

4725
02:16:40,100 --> 02:16:42,100
Cook, you are a man

4726
02:16:42,100 --> 02:16:44,100
of integrity and honor. You

4727
02:16:44,100 --> 02:16:45,100
took these oaths. So as a

4728
02:16:45,100 --> 02:16:47,100
constituent and someone who

4729
02:16:47,100 --> 02:16:48,100
wants to hold you accountable

4730
02:16:48,100 --> 02:16:50,100
to those oaths, you know,

4731
02:16:50,100 --> 02:16:52,100
not just before me, but

4732
02:16:52,100 --> 02:16:53,100
before God, will you stand up

4733
02:16:53,100 --> 02:16:54,100
against foreign entities mining

4734
02:16:54,100 --> 02:16:56,100
and extracting our minerals,

4735
02:16:56,100 --> 02:16:58,100
ravaging our precious

4736
02:16:58,100 --> 02:17:00,100
wilderness and destroying our

4737
02:17:00,100 --> 02:17:02,401
Americana history? I would

4738
02:17:04,100 --> 02:17:06,100
like to take the remaining

4739
02:17:06,100 --> 02:17:07,100
of my time just to pray for

4740
02:17:07,100 --> 02:17:09,100
Paul Cook. I pray you stand up

4741
02:17:09,100 --> 02:17:10,100
for what is right and you

4742
02:17:10,100 --> 02:17:12,100
uphold your oath you made

4743
02:17:12,100 --> 02:17:13,100
before God and the American

4744
02:17:13,100 --> 02:17:14,100
people you serve

4745
02:17:14,100 --> 02:17:16,100
within your district

4746
02:17:16,100 --> 02:17:18,100
of the county of San

4747
02:17:18,100 --> 02:17:20,100
Bernardino. God give him the

4748
02:17:20,100 --> 02:17:21,100
strength and the courage to

4749
02:17:21,100 --> 02:17:22,100
uphold his oath and defend our

4750
02:17:22,100 --> 02:17:24,100
precious American soil

4751
02:17:24,100 --> 02:17:26,100
from foreign exploitation.

4752
02:17:26,100 --> 02:17:29,100
Okay, thank you, Paul Cook.

4753
02:17:31,100 --> 02:17:33,100
>> Jill Carlton Payne, followed

4754
02:17:33,100 --> 02:17:35,100
by Kathleen Mitchell.

4755
02:17:37,100 --> 02:17:39,100
>> Hi. Jill Carlton Payne,

4756
02:17:39,100 --> 02:17:40,100
President, Timberline Lions

4757
02:17:40,100 --> 02:17:43,100
Club. One of our eight pillars

4758
02:17:43,100 --> 02:17:44,100
for Timberline Lions Club and

4759
02:17:44,100 --> 02:17:46,100
the Lions Club International is

4760
02:17:46,100 --> 02:17:48,100
the environment. I'm here

4761
02:17:48,100 --> 02:17:49,100
to speak on that behalf. Thank

4762
02:17:49,100 --> 02:17:50,100
you very much, supervisors, for

4763
02:17:50,100 --> 02:17:52,100
allowing us the time today and

4764
02:17:52,100 --> 02:17:53,100
directing us over to Land Use

4765
02:17:53,100 --> 02:17:55,100
Services department. As you can

4766
02:17:55,100 --> 02:17:57,100
see, there's been many things

4767
02:17:57,100 --> 02:17:58,100
that haven't happened

4768
02:17:58,100 --> 02:17:59,100
correctly. The importance of

4769
02:17:59,100 --> 02:18:01,401
your intervention cannot be

4770
02:18:02,100 --> 02:18:04,100
understated. This project will

4771
02:18:04,100 --> 02:18:06,100
affect not only residents of

4772
02:18:06,100 --> 02:18:07,100
Wrightwood, Pinion Hills

4773
02:18:07,100 --> 02:18:09,100
feeling surrounding

4774
02:18:14,100 --> 02:18:16,100
communities. The water after

4775
02:18:16,100 --> 02:18:19,100
the drilling will be horrific.

4776
02:18:19,100 --> 02:18:20,100
We've already just had Lone

4777
02:18:20,100 --> 02:18:22,100
Pine Canyon redone just

4778
02:18:22,100 --> 02:18:24,100
with the flood that we had in

4779
02:18:24,100 --> 02:18:25,100
2025. Can you imagine these

4780
02:18:25,100 --> 02:18:27,100
trucks, what that'll cost the

4781
02:18:27,100 --> 02:18:28,100
county going up there? That

4782
02:18:28,100 --> 02:18:30,100
includes the State Road,

4783
02:18:30,100 --> 02:18:32,100
Highway 138 with the trucks

4784
02:18:32,100 --> 02:18:33,100
going there as well. The most

4785
02:18:33,100 --> 02:18:36,100
important thing though is the

4786
02:18:36,100 --> 02:18:37,100
vested rights was not done

4787
02:18:37,100 --> 02:18:39,100
correctly and that has been

4788
02:18:39,100 --> 02:18:40,100
proven. And documents will be

4789
02:18:40,100 --> 02:18:42,100
shared with the Land Use

4790
02:18:42,100 --> 02:18:44,100
Planning Commission and all

4791
02:18:44,100 --> 02:18:45,100
of that that needs

4792
02:18:45,100 --> 02:18:47,100
to be looked at because it'll

4793
02:18:47,100 --> 02:18:48,100
impact as far as earthquakes,

4794
02:18:48,100 --> 02:18:50,100
water quality, all

4795
02:18:51,100 --> 02:18:52,100
of the surrounding communities,

4796
02:18:52,100 --> 02:18:54,401
including Fontana, Devore, all

4797
02:18:55,100 --> 02:18:56,100
the way down to Los Angeles if

4798
02:18:56,100 --> 02:18:58,100
there's an earthquake

4799
02:18:58,100 --> 02:18:59,100
with that drilling that goes

4800
02:18:59,100 --> 02:19:01,100
on there. What's been done

4801
02:19:01,100 --> 02:19:03,401
with the Rosemary Mine

4802
02:19:04,100 --> 02:19:06,100
with the same applicant down

4803
02:19:06,100 --> 02:19:08,100
in Fallbrook is horrific. And

4804
02:19:08,100 --> 02:19:10,100
so we would ask that your board

4805
02:19:10,100 --> 02:19:12,100
step

4806
02:19:12,100 --> 02:19:14,100
in and do do the right thing.

4807
02:19:14,100 --> 02:19:15,100
Make those contacts with your

4808
02:19:15,100 --> 02:19:16,100
state representatives. We know

4809
02:19:16,100 --> 02:19:18,100
you have those partnerships.

4810
02:19:18,100 --> 02:19:19,100
Make those contacts

4811
02:19:19,100 --> 02:19:20,100
with the planning commission.

4812
02:19:20,100 --> 02:19:22,100
We know you have those

4813
02:19:22,100 --> 02:19:23,100
partnerships. We know that

4814
02:19:23,100 --> 02:19:24,100
people are coming up

4815
02:19:24,100 --> 02:19:26,100
for election. We may be 3,000

4816
02:19:26,100 --> 02:19:28,100
people, possibly five.

4817
02:19:28,100 --> 02:19:29,100
But we will be reaching out

4818
02:19:29,100 --> 02:19:31,100
to everyone from here to Los

4819
02:19:31,100 --> 02:19:33,100
Angeles. You can bet on it. So

4820
02:19:33,100 --> 02:19:34,100
we'd like to partnership

4821
02:19:34,100 --> 02:19:36,100
with you to help stop this

4822
02:19:36,100 --> 02:19:38,100
before it goes to litigation.

4823
02:19:38,100 --> 02:19:40,100
We want to Prove.

4824
02:19:40,100 --> 02:19:41,100
>> Thank you very much,

4825
02:19:41,100 --> 02:19:43,100
Kathleen Mitchell, followed

4826
02:19:43,100 --> 02:19:45,100
by Carlos.

4827
02:19:45,100 --> 02:19:46,100
>> Well, hi,

4828
02:19:46,100 --> 02:19:48,100
everybody. I gave you a packet

4829
02:19:48,100 --> 02:19:49,100
of stuff about earthquakes in

4830
02:19:49,100 --> 02:19:50,100
Wrightwood and the history

4831
02:19:50,100 --> 02:19:51,100
of them. But I wanted to let

4832
02:19:51,100 --> 02:19:53,100
you know I actually love the

4833
02:19:53,100 --> 02:19:54,100
San Andreas Fault. San

4834
02:19:54,100 --> 02:19:56,100
Gabriel's used to be down By

4835
02:19:56,100 --> 02:19:57,100
Mexico Just 5 million years

4836
02:19:57,100 --> 02:19:58,100
ago, and they've traveled up

4837
02:19:58,100 --> 02:20:00,100
to their position in

4838
02:20:00,100 --> 02:20:02,100
Wrightwood. In the meantime,

4839
02:20:02,100 --> 02:20:03,100
they've grown. They're one of

4840
02:20:03,100 --> 02:20:04,100
the fastest growing mountain

4841
02:20:04,100 --> 02:20:05,100
ranges in the world. The San

4842
02:20:05,100 --> 02:20:07,100
Gabriels are active and the

4843
02:20:07,100 --> 02:20:08,100
San Andreas Fault is the reason

4844
02:20:08,100 --> 02:20:10,100
because of that. So when I

4845
02:20:10,100 --> 02:20:11,100
heard that there was going to

4846
02:20:11,100 --> 02:20:12,100
be a mine that's actually

4847
02:20:12,100 --> 02:20:14,100
drilling into the San Andreas

4848
02:20:14,100 --> 02:20:15,100
Fault, releasing a lot

4849
02:20:15,100 --> 02:20:17,100
of weight from the San

4850
02:20:17,100 --> 02:20:18,100
Andreas Fault and shaking it,

4851
02:20:18,100 --> 02:20:20,100
I thought

4852
02:20:20,100 --> 02:20:21,100
of the grizzly bears that used

4853
02:20:21,100 --> 02:20:22,100
to live in Lone Pine Canyon

4854
02:20:22,100 --> 02:20:24,100
back in the day. And if you

4855
02:20:24,100 --> 02:20:26,100
came

4856
02:20:26,100 --> 02:20:27,100
across a grizzly bear sleeping

4857
02:20:27,100 --> 02:20:29,100
in Lone Pine Canyon, would you

4858
02:20:29,100 --> 02:20:31,100
poke it? Would you try

4859
02:20:31,100 --> 02:20:33,100
to wake it up? Maybe not the

4860
02:20:33,100 --> 02:20:36,100
best idea. We do expect an

4861
02:20:36,100 --> 02:20:37,100
earthquake, a big one,

4862
02:20:37,100 --> 02:20:39,100
and very likely originating

4863
02:20:39,100 --> 02:20:41,100
in Wrightwood because that's

4864
02:20:41,100 --> 02:20:42,100
the point of a huge amount

4865
02:20:42,100 --> 02:20:44,100
of fault stress. That

4866
02:20:44,100 --> 02:20:45,100
earthquake could start there

4867
02:20:45,100 --> 02:20:47,100
today, any day. I know San

4868
02:20:47,100 --> 02:20:48,100
Andreas runs right

4869
02:20:48,100 --> 02:20:50,100
by you here. So the San

4870
02:20:50,100 --> 02:20:52,100
Andreas is not just for

4871
02:20:52,100 --> 02:20:53,100
Wrightwood, it's for all of

4872
02:20:53,100 --> 02:20:55,100
Southern California. So if

4873
02:20:55,100 --> 02:20:56,100
there's a mining approved pit

4874
02:20:56,100 --> 02:20:58,100
mine approved for the Lone

4875
02:20:58,100 --> 02:21:01,100
Pine Canyon, have you notified

4876
02:21:01,100 --> 02:21:03,100
all the other counties

4877
02:21:03,100 --> 02:21:05,100
of your intention to mess

4878
02:21:05,100 --> 02:21:06,100
around with the San Andreas

4879
02:21:06,100 --> 02:21:08,100
fault? So I think that's only

4880
02:21:08,100 --> 02:21:09,100
fair that Los Angeles county

4881
02:21:09,100 --> 02:21:10,100
and all surrounding counties

4882
02:21:10,100 --> 02:21:12,100
should also know that you're

4883
02:21:12,100 --> 02:21:14,100
going to do a deep mine

4884
02:21:14,100 --> 02:21:16,100
along the San Andreas where

4885
02:21:16,100 --> 02:21:18,100
it's very, very likely

4886
02:21:18,100 --> 02:21:20,100
to be a point of epicenter.

4887
02:21:20,100 --> 02:21:22,100
Thank you.

4888
02:21:22,100 --> 02:21:24,100
>> Thank you very much.

4889
02:21:24,100 --> 02:21:26,401
Carlo, followed by Leticia.

4890
02:21:36,100 --> 02:21:37,100
>> Hello. And it's a little

4891
02:21:37,100 --> 02:21:38,100
difficult to walk

4892
02:21:38,100 --> 02:21:40,100
with one shoe and a sandal. So

4893
02:21:40,100 --> 02:21:43,100
it's kind of cool having

4894
02:21:44,100 --> 02:21:46,100
everybody stand up and speak

4895
02:21:46,100 --> 02:21:48,100
on factors in the community,

4896
02:21:48,100 --> 02:21:51,100
traffic, roads. But they get

4897
02:21:51,100 --> 02:21:54,601
to go home to their families.

4898
02:21:55,100 --> 02:21:57,100
They get

4899
02:21:57,100 --> 02:21:59,100
to go and see their kids. They

4900
02:21:59,100 --> 02:22:02,100
get to go home, put their kids

4901
02:22:02,100 --> 02:22:04,100
in bed

4902
02:22:05,100 --> 02:22:07,100
after having family dinner. No

4903
02:22:07,100 --> 02:22:10,100
one trying to catch up

4904
02:22:11,100 --> 02:22:14,100
to a parent meeting. Right. Or

4905
02:22:14,100 --> 02:22:17,601
class that CFS made them do.

4906
02:22:18,100 --> 02:22:19,100
They get to go home

4907
02:22:19,100 --> 02:22:22,100
to their grandkids without the

4908
02:22:22,100 --> 02:22:25,100
court or a social worker

4909
02:22:25,100 --> 02:22:26,100
telling them that they're a

4910
02:22:26,100 --> 02:22:28,100
detriment all of a sudden

4911
02:22:28,100 --> 02:22:30,100
to meeting with their

4912
02:22:30,100 --> 02:22:32,100
grandchildren that they've had,

4913
02:22:32,100 --> 02:22:34,100
had access with for the last

4914
02:22:34,100 --> 02:22:35,100
five years when the kids were

4915
02:22:35,100 --> 02:22:38,100
taken for a false positive

4916
02:22:40,100 --> 02:22:42,401
from Benadryl. Yeah, Benadryl

4917
02:22:48,100 --> 02:22:51,100
can create a false positive

4918
02:22:54,100 --> 02:22:56,100
test but I also have to talk

4919
02:22:56,100 --> 02:22:58,100
about the issue

4920
02:22:58,100 --> 02:23:00,100
with what does that look like

4921
02:23:00,100 --> 02:23:03,100
for the taxpayer when that's

4922
02:23:05,100 --> 02:23:07,100
proven in court? The CFS

4923
02:23:07,100 --> 02:23:10,100
disregarded that did not care

4924
02:23:10,100 --> 02:23:12,100
and continued

4925
02:23:12,100 --> 02:23:14,100
to remove this child, these

4926
02:23:14,100 --> 02:23:17,100
children, on that false test

4927
02:23:18,100 --> 02:23:21,100
for the last five years,

4928
02:23:21,100 --> 02:23:24,100
dragging this family. What kind

4929
02:23:27,100 --> 02:23:30,100
of business is this? This is

4930
02:23:30,100 --> 02:23:32,401
kidnapping by the state.

4931
02:23:33,100 --> 02:23:35,100
Kidnapping by people. Who are

4932
02:23:35,100 --> 02:23:36,100
these suits? We got

4933
02:23:36,100 --> 02:23:38,100
to stop it.

4934
02:23:39,100 --> 02:23:40,100
>> Letitia Howard, followed

4935
02:23:40,100 --> 02:23:42,401
by Jane Hunt Ruble.

4936
02:23:55,100 --> 02:23:57,100
>> I am here today as a parent

4937
02:23:57,100 --> 02:23:59,100
and as the founder of Safe

4938
02:23:59,100 --> 02:24:00,100
Haven Resource Foundation. I'm

4939
02:24:00,100 --> 02:24:02,100
speaking

4940
02:24:02,100 --> 02:24:03,100
about what's happening within

4941
02:24:03,100 --> 02:24:04,100
San Bernardino County Children

4942
02:24:04,100 --> 02:24:06,100
and Family Services and what is

4943
02:24:06,100 --> 02:24:07,100
happening to families

4944
02:24:07,100 --> 02:24:08,100
like mine. My children were

4945
02:24:08,100 --> 02:24:09,100
removed based

4946
02:24:09,100 --> 02:24:11,100
on a false allegation of a head

4947
02:24:11,100 --> 02:24:13,100
injury that never existed.

4948
02:24:13,100 --> 02:24:14,100
Medical records confirmed there

4949
02:24:14,100 --> 02:24:15,100
was no injury. Despite that,

4950
02:24:15,100 --> 02:24:17,100
my children remain in state

4951
02:24:17,100 --> 02:24:18,100
custody where they have

4952
02:24:18,100 --> 02:24:20,100
suffered many injuries. I

4953
02:24:20,100 --> 02:24:22,100
completed every service that

4954
02:24:22,100 --> 02:24:23,100
was required of me and still my

4955
02:24:23,100 --> 02:24:25,100
children have not been

4956
02:24:25,100 --> 02:24:27,100
returned. This Thursday there's

4957
02:24:27,100 --> 02:24:28,100
a hearing to terminate my

4958
02:24:28,100 --> 02:24:31,100
parental rights. That is not

4959
02:24:31,100 --> 02:24:33,100
about safety, that is not

4960
02:24:33,100 --> 02:24:34,100
about best interest

4961
02:24:34,100 --> 02:24:35,100
of the child. That is a system

4962
02:24:35,100 --> 02:24:36,100
refusing

4963
02:24:36,100 --> 02:24:37,100
to correct its wrongdoing. Two

4964
02:24:37,100 --> 02:24:39,100
weeks ago,

4965
02:24:39,100 --> 02:24:40,100
I provided this board

4966
02:24:40,100 --> 02:24:41,100
with a stack of evidence

4967
02:24:41,100 --> 02:24:43,100
documenting proving the

4968
02:24:43,100 --> 02:24:44,100
unlawful removal

4969
02:24:44,100 --> 02:24:45,100
of my children.

4970
02:24:45,100 --> 02:24:47,100
Since then I've heard nothing.

4971
02:24:47,100 --> 02:24:49,100
No response, no accountability,

4972
02:24:49,100 --> 02:24:51,100
no actions. That silence speaks

4973
02:24:51,100 --> 02:24:53,100
value. For a long time I

4974
02:24:53,100 --> 02:24:55,100
trusted the system. I believed

4975
02:24:55,100 --> 02:24:56,100
that if I did everything right,

4976
02:24:56,100 --> 02:24:57,100
my children would come home.

4977
02:24:57,100 --> 02:24:59,100
But what I learned is that

4978
02:24:59,100 --> 02:25:00,100
compliance does not guarantee

4979
02:25:00,100 --> 02:25:02,100
justice and silence only

4980
02:25:02,100 --> 02:25:04,100
protects the misconduct. So I

4981
02:25:04,100 --> 02:25:06,100
stopped being silent and I

4982
02:25:06,100 --> 02:25:07,100
created Safe Haven Resource

4983
02:25:07,100 --> 02:25:09,100
Foundation. Safe Haven exists

4984
02:25:09,100 --> 02:25:10,100
to make sure that no parent

4985
02:25:10,100 --> 02:25:11,100
goes through this alone. We

4986
02:25:11,100 --> 02:25:13,100
provide families

4987
02:25:13,100 --> 02:25:14,100
with tools they were not given,

4988
02:25:14,100 --> 02:25:17,100
how to document their cases,

4989
02:25:17,100 --> 02:25:18,100
how to build affidavits, how to

4990
02:25:18,100 --> 02:25:20,100
challenge false reports and how

4991
02:25:20,100 --> 02:25:22,100
to protect the parents rights.

4992
02:25:22,100 --> 02:25:24,100
We are also launching workshops

4993
02:25:24,100 --> 02:25:26,401
focused on real action,

4994
02:25:27,100 --> 02:25:28,100
helping parents prepare

4995
02:25:28,100 --> 02:25:31,100
for prepare and file lawsuits

4996
02:25:31,100 --> 02:25:32,100
against the county

4997
02:25:32,100 --> 02:25:33,100
for unlawful separation

4998
02:25:33,100 --> 02:25:35,100
of their families. Because

4999
02:25:35,100 --> 02:25:36,100
families should not have

5000
02:25:36,100 --> 02:25:38,100
to fight this hard

5001
02:25:38,100 --> 02:25:39,100
to be heard. We came

5002
02:25:39,100 --> 02:25:40,100
to this board, we asked

5003
02:25:40,100 --> 02:25:42,100
for oversight, we asked

5004
02:25:42,100 --> 02:25:43,100
for intervention and we. What

5005
02:25:43,100 --> 02:25:45,100
we received was inaction. So

5006
02:25:45,100 --> 02:25:47,100
since this board refuses

5007
02:25:47,100 --> 02:25:48,100
to provide an oversight system,

5008
02:25:48,100 --> 02:25:49,100
we are building our own. We are

5009
02:25:49,100 --> 02:25:51,100
creating a community based on

5010
02:25:51,100 --> 02:25:52,100
supports that actually serve

5011
02:25:52,100 --> 02:25:54,100
parents time.

5012
02:25:57,100 --> 02:25:59,100
>> Jane Hunt Ruble followed

5013
02:25:59,100 --> 02:26:01,100
by Certainly Rice.

5014
02:26:08,100 --> 02:26:10,401
>> Good afternoon. I'm here

5015
02:26:12,100 --> 02:26:13,100
to speak about. I wanted

5016
02:26:13,100 --> 02:26:16,601
to speak out about the item

5017
02:26:17,100 --> 02:26:19,100
84, but I got out there too

5018
02:26:19,100 --> 02:26:22,100
late because my speech today is

5019
02:26:22,100 --> 02:26:24,401
as usual, about community

5020
02:26:25,100 --> 02:26:28,100
safety and public safety. And

5021
02:26:28,100 --> 02:26:31,100
when I was listening to that,

5022
02:26:31,100 --> 02:26:33,100
I really thank the police, the

5023
02:26:33,100 --> 02:26:34,100
sheriff department and the

5024
02:26:34,100 --> 02:26:36,401
county Fire department because

5025
02:26:37,100 --> 02:26:39,100
over all these years they've

5026
02:26:39,100 --> 02:26:41,100
all worked together,

5027
02:26:41,100 --> 02:26:43,100
unlike some other counties.

5028
02:26:43,100 --> 02:26:45,100
And I remember when Josie was

5029
02:26:45,100 --> 02:26:48,100
in office, we had. Well, we

5030
02:26:48,100 --> 02:26:50,100
have a big problem

5031
02:26:50,100 --> 02:26:52,100
with fireworks still,

5032
02:26:52,100 --> 02:26:55,100
and it's getting worse. And

5033
02:26:55,100 --> 02:26:57,100
that was my. When Josie was

5034
02:26:57,100 --> 02:26:59,100
in office, it used

5035
02:26:59,100 --> 02:27:00,100
to be handled. The actual code

5036
02:27:00,100 --> 02:27:02,100
enforcement law

5037
02:27:02,100 --> 02:27:03,100
about fireworks, it used

5038
02:27:03,100 --> 02:27:06,100
to be handled. We had to phone

5039
02:27:06,100 --> 02:27:08,401
the county fire department

5040
02:27:09,100 --> 02:27:11,100
reported. But then I learned

5041
02:27:11,100 --> 02:27:12,000
they were not responsible. I

5042
02:27:12,000 --> 02:27:14,100
mean, you'd phone it in. But

5043
02:27:14,100 --> 02:27:16,100
of course, the people

5044
02:27:16,100 --> 02:27:17,100
out there now, they. The new

5045
02:27:17,100 --> 02:27:18,100
people that think it's okay

5046
02:27:18,100 --> 02:27:19,100
to set off bombs,

5047
02:27:19,100 --> 02:27:21,100
actually they've been going

5048
02:27:21,100 --> 02:27:22,100
out about it and there's no and

5049
02:27:22,100 --> 02:27:24,100
then it was handed over

5050
02:27:24,100 --> 02:27:26,100
to the sheriff department.

5051
02:27:26,100 --> 02:27:28,100
Took phone in

5052
02:27:29,100 --> 02:27:32,100
on if you hear or see

5053
02:27:32,100 --> 02:27:33,100
fireworks. But that's been. I

5054
02:27:33,100 --> 02:27:35,100
still do it even though I know

5055
02:27:35,100 --> 02:27:36,100
it doesn't work. So I got real

5056
02:27:36,100 --> 02:27:38,100
excited. I think it was last

5057
02:27:38,100 --> 02:27:39,100
year when I heard. I kept

5058
02:27:39,100 --> 02:27:41,100
on asking him, why can't. This

5059
02:27:41,100 --> 02:27:43,100
is totally futile. When I phone

5060
02:27:43,100 --> 02:27:45,100
in, by the time you get

5061
02:27:45,100 --> 02:27:47,100
out there, you don't see them

5062
02:27:47,100 --> 02:27:49,100
doing it and they clean up

5063
02:27:49,100 --> 02:27:52,100
afterwards too. So I'd like to

5064
02:27:52,100 --> 02:27:55,601
see the county fire and county

5065
02:27:56,100 --> 02:27:58,100
sheriff department coordinate

5066
02:27:58,100 --> 02:28:00,100
and actually use drones because

5067
02:28:00,100 --> 02:28:02,100
that's the only damn way we're

5068
02:28:02,100 --> 02:28:03,100
going to stop this. Because I'm

5069
02:28:03,100 --> 02:28:05,100
dreading this year because it

5070
02:28:05,100 --> 02:28:08,100
was really bad last year.

5071
02:28:09,100 --> 02:28:10,100
>> Rice, followed by Amethyst

5072
02:28:10,100 --> 02:28:12,100
Yates.

5073
02:28:19,100 --> 02:28:22,100
>> Hello. Thank you for having

5074
02:28:22,100 --> 02:28:24,100
me today. I did not grow my

5075
02:28:24,100 --> 02:28:25,100
children. I did not spray them

5076
02:28:25,100 --> 02:28:27,100
in the face with oven cleaner.

5077
02:28:27,100 --> 02:28:29,100
I did not beat them than

5078
02:28:29,100 --> 02:28:30,100
for having a Bible. My name is

5079
02:28:30,100 --> 02:28:32,100
Courtney. My children were

5080
02:28:32,100 --> 02:28:33,100
removed because

5081
02:28:33,100 --> 02:28:35,100
of someone else's violence,

5082
02:28:35,100 --> 02:28:36,100
not mine. There was a person

5083
02:28:36,100 --> 02:28:37,100
in their lives who hurt them,

5084
02:28:37,100 --> 02:28:39,100
who beat them,

5085
02:28:39,100 --> 02:28:41,100
who created the danger of them

5086
02:28:41,100 --> 02:28:44,100
that they were living in. I

5087
02:28:44,100 --> 02:28:45,100
stepped in. I tried

5088
02:28:45,100 --> 02:28:47,100
to protect my children

5089
02:28:47,100 --> 02:28:49,100
from the harm. I refused

5090
02:28:49,100 --> 02:28:51,100
to ignore it. I refused

5091
02:28:51,100 --> 02:28:53,100
to stay silent. I refused

5092
02:28:53,100 --> 02:28:55,100
to let them be hurt. And for

5093
02:28:55,100 --> 02:28:57,100
that protecting my own

5094
02:28:57,100 --> 02:28:59,100
children, they were taken

5095
02:28:59,100 --> 02:29:02,601
from me. Even your own findings

5096
02:29:03,100 --> 02:29:05,100
shown that there was no abuse

5097
02:29:05,100 --> 02:29:07,100
by me. You acknowledged that.

5098
02:29:07,100 --> 02:29:09,100
You said I should have full

5099
02:29:09,100 --> 02:29:10,100
custody. Yet instead

5100
02:29:10,100 --> 02:29:12,100
of correcting the situation,

5101
02:29:12,100 --> 02:29:13,100
my children were placed in a

5102
02:29:13,100 --> 02:29:15,100
system that has its own long

5103
02:29:15,100 --> 02:29:17,100
history of harm.

5104
02:29:17,100 --> 02:29:19,100
For seven years,

5105
02:29:19,100 --> 02:29:20,100
my sons have been

5106
02:29:20,100 --> 02:29:22,100
in a group home. My oldest son,

5107
02:29:22,100 --> 02:29:24,401
my child was beaten

5108
02:29:25,100 --> 02:29:26,100
by a staff member

5109
02:29:26,100 --> 02:29:28,401
in a small room,

5110
02:29:29,100 --> 02:29:31,100
a place that was supposed

5111
02:29:31,100 --> 02:29:33,100
to be safe, a place you trusted

5112
02:29:33,100 --> 02:29:34,100
more than his own parents. So I

5113
02:29:34,100 --> 02:29:36,100
asked you,

5114
02:29:37,100 --> 02:29:39,100
how can you say that my son is

5115
02:29:39,100 --> 02:29:42,100
in danger with me, but not in

5116
02:29:42,100 --> 02:29:43,100
danger while being physically

5117
02:29:43,100 --> 02:29:45,100
harmed

5118
02:29:45,100 --> 02:29:47,100
under your supervision? You

5119
02:29:47,100 --> 02:29:48,100
remove them

5120
02:29:48,100 --> 02:29:50,100
from a parent who was trying

5121
02:29:50,100 --> 02:29:52,100
to protect them and place them

5122
02:29:52,100 --> 02:29:53,100
into an environment where they

5123
02:29:53,100 --> 02:29:55,100
were hurt again and ignore the

5124
02:29:55,100 --> 02:29:57,100
history, the patterns,

5125
02:29:57,100 --> 02:29:58,100
the repeated failures

5126
02:29:58,100 --> 02:30:00,100
of these group homes. You

5127
02:30:00,100 --> 02:30:03,100
ignore the warning signs and my

5128
02:30:03,100 --> 02:30:05,100
sons pay the price. This is not

5129
02:30:05,100 --> 02:30:08,100
just about my family. This is

5130
02:30:08,100 --> 02:30:10,100
about civil rights. It's

5131
02:30:10,100 --> 02:30:12,100
about accountability. This is

5132
02:30:12,100 --> 02:30:14,100
about a system that's punishing

5133
02:30:14,100 --> 02:30:15,100
parents who trying to protect

5134
02:30:15,100 --> 02:30:17,100
their children while failing to

5135
02:30:17,100 --> 02:30:19,100
protect the children

5136
02:30:19,100 --> 02:30:20,100
themselves. My sons deserve

5137
02:30:20,100 --> 02:30:22,100
better.

5138
02:30:22,100 --> 02:30:24,401
>> Amethyst Yates followed by

5139
02:30:25,100 --> 02:30:27,100
Andrea.

5140
02:30:30,100 --> 02:30:32,100
>> Good afternoon,

5141
02:30:32,100 --> 02:30:33,100
chair members

5142
02:30:33,100 --> 02:30:36,100
of the board. I found something

5143
02:30:36,100 --> 02:30:38,100
out again about San Bernardino

5144
02:30:38,100 --> 02:30:41,100
county and DCFS and the fact

5145
02:30:41,100 --> 02:30:43,100
that they're not participating

5146
02:30:43,100 --> 02:30:45,100
in some of these attempts

5147
02:30:45,100 --> 02:30:47,100
to better the situation

5148
02:30:47,100 --> 02:30:49,100
for parents and for children.

5149
02:30:49,100 --> 02:30:51,100
One of those things I found out

5150
02:30:51,100 --> 02:30:53,100
was that they are not

5151
02:30:53,100 --> 02:30:55,100
participating in Disrupting

5152
02:30:55,100 --> 02:30:57,401
Disparities group that's going

5153
02:30:59,100 --> 02:31:01,401
clear across California. This

5154
02:31:02,100 --> 02:31:04,100
group comes together to try

5155
02:31:04,100 --> 02:31:05,100
to find solutions to the family

5156
02:31:05,100 --> 02:31:08,100
separation and it's compiled of

5157
02:31:08,100 --> 02:31:10,100
social workers and other

5158
02:31:10,100 --> 02:31:12,100
professionals. However, San

5159
02:31:12,100 --> 02:31:14,100
Bernardino is not a part

5160
02:31:14,100 --> 02:31:18,100
of that. Why is that? Can they

5161
02:31:18,100 --> 02:31:21,100
join in? Can they participate?

5162
02:31:23,100 --> 02:31:25,100
I also want

5163
02:31:25,100 --> 02:31:27,100
to share an opportunity with

5164
02:31:27,100 --> 02:31:29,100
any board member here or any

5165
02:31:29,100 --> 02:31:31,100
social worker or professional.

5166
02:31:31,100 --> 02:31:33,100
There's an event coming up on

5167
02:31:33,100 --> 02:31:36,100
June 5th and it's walking

5168
02:31:38,100 --> 02:31:40,401
in their shoes. It's

5169
02:31:42,100 --> 02:31:44,100
through one of our partners

5170
02:31:44,100 --> 02:31:46,100
at Starting Over Inc. And the

5171
02:31:46,100 --> 02:31:47,100
partner is Families Inspiring

5172
02:31:47,100 --> 02:31:49,100
Reentry and Reunification for

5173
02:31:49,100 --> 02:31:51,100
Everyone. My contact

5174
02:31:52,100 --> 02:31:54,100
information can be provided

5175
02:31:54,100 --> 02:31:55,100
after this. If not,

5176
02:31:55,100 --> 02:31:57,100
I put my email address

5177
02:31:57,100 --> 02:31:59,100
under the comment. So thank

5178
02:31:59,100 --> 02:32:01,100
you.

5179
02:32:02,100 --> 02:32:04,100
>> That's all I got.

5180
02:32:04,100 --> 02:32:05,100
>> Thank you very much,

5181
02:32:05,100 --> 02:32:06,100
Andrea. Followed by Delina

5182
02:32:06,100 --> 02:32:08,100
Murillo.

5183
02:32:14,100 --> 02:32:16,401
>> Good afternoon. You guys

5184
02:32:17,100 --> 02:32:19,100
talked

5185
02:32:19,100 --> 02:32:20,100
about the general fund today.

5186
02:32:20,100 --> 02:32:22,100
That's in going to be

5187
02:32:22,100 --> 02:32:24,100
in a deficit. And the general

5188
02:32:24,100 --> 02:32:27,100
fund is funded by property

5189
02:32:28,100 --> 02:32:31,100
taxes which you guys can't

5190
02:32:31,100 --> 02:32:32,100
really increase. You have an

5191
02:32:32,100 --> 02:32:35,100
uproar by the citizens. It's

5192
02:32:36,100 --> 02:32:38,100
funded by realignment funds

5193
02:32:38,100 --> 02:32:40,401
which include sales tax,

5194
02:32:42,100 --> 02:32:44,100
vehicle licensing fees,

5195
02:32:45,100 --> 02:32:47,100
can't make people buy new cars.

5196
02:32:47,100 --> 02:32:49,100
Also funded by Title 4e funds

5197
02:32:49,100 --> 02:32:52,100
which is for foster care,

5198
02:32:56,100 --> 02:32:58,100
maintenance payments, training

5199
02:32:58,100 --> 02:33:00,100
costs, basically all the costs

5200
02:33:00,100 --> 02:33:02,100
that it costs

5201
02:33:02,100 --> 02:33:03,100
to keep our children from us

5202
02:33:03,100 --> 02:33:05,100
through cps. That's what's

5203
02:33:05,100 --> 02:33:09,201
funding it. So would it be too

5204
02:33:10,100 --> 02:33:12,100
provocative to suggest that the

5205
02:33:12,100 --> 02:33:15,100
general fund deficit is going

5206
02:33:15,100 --> 02:33:17,100
to be funded off the backs

5207
02:33:17,100 --> 02:33:20,100
of our children being removed

5208
02:33:20,100 --> 02:33:23,601
from us. You're right. It's a

5209
02:33:25,100 --> 02:33:27,100
quick, easy way

5210
02:33:27,100 --> 02:33:28,100
to make money. These officers

5211
02:33:28,100 --> 02:33:30,100
and these CPS workers, social

5212
02:33:30,100 --> 02:33:32,100
workers,

5213
02:33:32,100 --> 02:33:34,401
are extremely aggressive. They

5214
02:33:35,100 --> 02:33:37,100
are falsifying documents. They

5215
02:33:37,100 --> 02:33:38,100
are running up

5216
02:33:38,100 --> 02:33:40,100
into people's homes,

5217
02:33:40,100 --> 02:33:41,100
taking their children

5218
02:33:41,100 --> 02:33:44,100
off nothing. They create a

5219
02:33:45,100 --> 02:33:48,100
problem, they create the trauma

5220
02:33:48,100 --> 02:33:50,100
and then they create the

5221
02:33:50,100 --> 02:33:52,100
program that treats the trauma

5222
02:33:52,100 --> 02:33:55,100
to justify their own existence.

5223
02:33:56,100 --> 02:33:57,100
And it keeps the program funded

5224
02:33:57,100 --> 02:33:59,100
and the county funded

5225
02:33:59,100 --> 02:34:00,100
for you guys to be able

5226
02:34:00,100 --> 02:34:03,601
to spend the money. She's not

5227
02:34:05,100 --> 02:34:06,100
lying. I'm embarrassed

5228
02:34:06,100 --> 02:34:08,100
to live here.

5229
02:34:08,100 --> 02:34:09,100
>> Delina Murillo, followed

5230
02:34:09,100 --> 02:34:11,100
by Johnny Murillo.

5231
02:34:16,100 --> 02:34:17,100
>> Good afternoon. My name is

5232
02:34:17,100 --> 02:34:19,100
Delina Murillo, a certified

5233
02:34:19,100 --> 02:34:21,100
human civil rights consultant

5234
02:34:21,100 --> 02:34:23,100
and a mother to Genevieve and

5235
02:34:23,100 --> 02:34:25,100
Jaylene. I am here today

5236
02:34:25,100 --> 02:34:27,100
because I have raised serious

5237
02:34:27,100 --> 02:34:28,100
concerns multiple times and no

5238
02:34:28,100 --> 02:34:30,100
one will give me answers. I

5239
02:34:30,100 --> 02:34:32,100
have contacted Jeannie

5240
02:34:32,100 --> 02:34:34,401
Glasgow, Mia Moore, Lisa

5241
02:34:35,100 --> 02:34:37,100
Smith, Kristin Hines, Kristin

5242
02:34:37,100 --> 02:34:39,100
Brown. Every time I am told,

5243
02:34:39,100 --> 02:34:41,100
we will look into it,

5244
02:34:41,100 --> 02:34:42,100
we will get back to you. And

5245
02:34:42,100 --> 02:34:45,100
then nothing. No follow up, no

5246
02:34:45,100 --> 02:34:47,100
accountability, no answers.

5247
02:34:48,100 --> 02:34:50,100
Instead I am told to go

5248
02:34:50,100 --> 02:34:52,100
through my attorney. But when

5249
02:34:52,100 --> 02:34:55,100
the system itself is failing,

5250
02:34:55,100 --> 02:34:56,100
redirecting a parent is not a

5251
02:34:56,100 --> 02:34:58,401
solution. It's avoidance. Here

5252
02:34:59,100 --> 02:35:01,100
are the issues that remain

5253
02:35:01,100 --> 02:35:02,100
unaddressed. Social worker

5254
02:35:02,100 --> 02:35:04,100
Samaria Roman has shown bias

5255
02:35:04,100 --> 02:35:07,100
and and lack of neutrality.

5256
02:35:07,100 --> 02:35:08,100
Reports contain omissions,

5257
02:35:08,100 --> 02:35:10,100
misrepresentations and hearsay.

5258
02:35:10,100 --> 02:35:11,100
Not clear and convincing

5259
02:35:11,100 --> 02:35:13,100
evidence. Social workers are

5260
02:35:13,100 --> 02:35:15,100
signing reports about

5261
02:35:15,100 --> 02:35:16,100
visitation they have never

5262
02:35:16,100 --> 02:35:18,100
personally observed Supervisor

5263
02:35:18,100 --> 02:35:19,100
signing reports appear to have

5264
02:35:19,100 --> 02:35:21,100
inactive or invalid license

5265
02:35:21,100 --> 02:35:24,100
based on public records. And

5266
02:35:24,100 --> 02:35:26,100
still these reports are being

5267
02:35:26,100 --> 02:35:28,100
used in court. There are

5268
02:35:28,100 --> 02:35:29,100
serious due process violations.

5269
02:35:29,100 --> 02:35:31,100
Evidence is being ignored.

5270
02:35:31,100 --> 02:35:33,100
Reports are being withheld

5271
02:35:33,100 --> 02:35:34,100
from the Grand Prix even

5272
02:35:34,100 --> 02:35:36,100
after they filed

5273
02:35:36,100 --> 02:35:37,100
for visitation. Grandparents

5274
02:35:37,100 --> 02:35:39,100
are placed

5275
02:35:39,100 --> 02:35:40,100
on supervised visits based

5276
02:35:40,100 --> 02:35:41,100
on a hearsay from guardians who

5277
02:35:41,100 --> 02:35:43,100
are the neutral but active

5278
02:35:43,100 --> 02:35:44,100
parties seeking adoption.

5279
02:35:44,100 --> 02:35:46,100
These grandparents were never

5280
02:35:46,100 --> 02:35:47,100
properly considered

5281
02:35:47,100 --> 02:35:48,100
for placement

5282
02:35:48,100 --> 02:35:50,100
from the beginning. And most

5283
02:35:50,100 --> 02:35:51,100
importantly, the guardians were

5284
02:35:51,100 --> 02:35:53,100
never properly licensed

5285
02:35:53,100 --> 02:35:55,100
during fostering,

5286
02:35:55,100 --> 02:35:57,100
guardianship or until February

5287
02:35:57,100 --> 02:35:59,401
25 of 26. Over multiple years

5288
02:36:00,100 --> 02:36:01,100
they have had my children been

5289
02:36:01,100 --> 02:36:03,100
not compliance

5290
02:36:03,100 --> 02:36:05,100
under the state. So who isn't

5291
02:36:05,100 --> 02:36:07,100
there? Who's verifying all

5292
02:36:07,100 --> 02:36:09,100
these compliances? Because

5293
02:36:10,100 --> 02:36:11,100
right now it appears not none

5294
02:36:11,100 --> 02:36:13,100
of one of you guys. No one in

5295
02:36:13,100 --> 02:36:15,100
position is how does a home

5296
02:36:15,100 --> 02:36:16,100
remain unlicensed for years?

5297
02:36:16,100 --> 02:36:18,401
Johnny Murillo followed by

5298
02:36:21,100 --> 02:36:23,401
Chena Hampton. Good afternoon

5299
02:36:36,100 --> 02:36:39,100
everyone. I did not grope my

5300
02:36:39,100 --> 02:36:41,100
child. I did not spray my child

5301
02:36:41,100 --> 02:36:43,100
in the face with oven cleaner.

5302
02:36:43,100 --> 02:36:44,100
I did not beat my child or the

5303
02:36:44,100 --> 02:36:47,601
Bible. My name is Shay. Yet

5304
02:36:48,100 --> 02:36:49,100
despite all

5305
02:36:49,100 --> 02:36:51,100
of you that you guys have heard

5306
02:36:51,100 --> 02:36:52,100
about me, I have been treated

5307
02:36:52,100 --> 02:36:54,100
as if I have been judged

5308
02:36:54,100 --> 02:36:56,100
already misrepresented and

5309
02:36:56,100 --> 02:36:57,100
pushed through the system that

5310
02:36:57,100 --> 02:36:59,100
I did not get the time to get

5311
02:36:59,100 --> 02:37:02,100
the truth out. A social worker

5312
02:37:02,100 --> 02:37:04,100
Foster 5 and Foster

5313
02:37:04,100 --> 02:37:06,100
by information allegations

5314
02:37:07,100 --> 02:37:09,100
about me for my son. My son was

5315
02:37:09,100 --> 02:37:11,100
taken out

5316
02:37:12,100 --> 02:37:15,100
of my custody and placed

5317
02:37:15,100 --> 02:37:17,401
with someone else due

5318
02:37:18,100 --> 02:37:20,100
to the fact my son was placed

5319
02:37:20,100 --> 02:37:22,100
in foster care.

5320
02:37:23,100 --> 02:37:24,100
But my son end up living out

5321
02:37:24,100 --> 02:37:26,100
of state with his girlfriend.

5322
02:37:26,100 --> 02:37:28,100
So as I found out that the

5323
02:37:28,100 --> 02:37:30,100
county is paying this foster

5324
02:37:30,100 --> 02:37:33,100
parent for my son a place

5325
02:37:33,100 --> 02:37:35,100
to stay, I also was paying her

5326
02:37:35,100 --> 02:37:38,100
too, out of my own pocket.

5327
02:37:38,100 --> 02:37:40,100
This foster parent was getting

5328
02:37:40,100 --> 02:37:42,100
$1275

5329
02:37:44,100 --> 02:37:45,100
from the state and was getting

5330
02:37:45,100 --> 02:37:47,100
$500 from. For me. Now when I

5331
02:37:47,100 --> 02:37:48,100
talk to different social

5332
02:37:48,100 --> 02:37:50,100
workers and everybody danced me

5333
02:37:50,100 --> 02:37:52,100
around, talk to this person,

5334
02:37:52,100 --> 02:37:53,100
call this person. Oh, we're

5335
02:37:53,100 --> 02:37:55,100
going to look into it.

5336
02:37:55,100 --> 02:37:57,100
Nothing's been done. So I'm

5337
02:37:57,100 --> 02:37:59,100
here today to speak. This is

5338
02:37:59,100 --> 02:38:00,100
more than just raising concerns

5339
02:38:00,100 --> 02:38:02,100
for my son. It's so many other

5340
02:38:02,100 --> 02:38:03,100
kids that are going

5341
02:38:03,100 --> 02:38:05,100
through this for people

5342
02:38:05,100 --> 02:38:06,100
to talk

5343
02:38:06,100 --> 02:38:08,100
about getting foster care money

5344
02:38:08,100 --> 02:38:10,401
through the system while

5345
02:38:11,100 --> 02:38:12,100
they're bragging about buying

5346
02:38:12,100 --> 02:38:14,100
$3,000 purses. I have a sworn

5347
02:38:14,100 --> 02:38:16,100
affidavit of my son coming

5348
02:38:16,100 --> 02:38:18,100
to get money for me cleaning

5349
02:38:18,100 --> 02:38:20,401
supplies and me still

5350
02:38:22,100 --> 02:38:25,100
furnishing paying where he was

5351
02:38:26,100 --> 02:38:28,100
not living at. And no social

5352
02:38:28,100 --> 02:38:30,401
worker, no one talked

5353
02:38:31,100 --> 02:38:32,100
to him. I don't understand,

5354
02:38:32,100 --> 02:38:33,100
like,

5355
02:38:33,100 --> 02:38:36,601
how did this even get by?

5356
02:39:02,100 --> 02:39:04,401
>> Good morning, Board of

5357
02:39:06,100 --> 02:39:08,100
Supervisors. I had a speech cut

5358
02:39:08,100 --> 02:39:10,100
out already, but I decided

5359
02:39:10,100 --> 02:39:11,100
to not bring it up. I decided

5360
02:39:11,100 --> 02:39:15,201
to just do it on the fly.

5361
02:39:19,100 --> 02:39:22,100
Paul. Ms. Rowe, Jesse, the one

5362
02:39:22,100 --> 02:39:24,100
that's running, which is a

5363
02:39:24,100 --> 02:39:26,100
joke, and I'm going

5364
02:39:26,100 --> 02:39:27,100
to be very frank. I'm upset

5365
02:39:27,100 --> 02:39:28,100
at the fact that I have reached

5366
02:39:28,100 --> 02:39:30,100
out multiple times as a

5367
02:39:30,100 --> 02:39:31,100
consultant,

5368
02:39:31,100 --> 02:39:32,100
as a project manager to try

5369
02:39:32,100 --> 02:39:34,100
to see how we can build a gap,

5370
02:39:34,100 --> 02:39:36,100
bridge the gap, you know,

5371
02:39:36,100 --> 02:39:37,100
and the gap

5372
02:39:37,100 --> 02:39:39,100
between the constituents of

5373
02:39:39,100 --> 02:39:40,100
San Bernardino that are very

5374
02:39:40,100 --> 02:39:41,100
upset. All these families that

5375
02:39:41,100 --> 02:39:43,100
have been affected so

5376
02:39:43,100 --> 02:39:44,100
drastically. And I keep coming

5377
02:39:44,100 --> 02:39:47,100
to you guys time after time.

5378
02:39:47,100 --> 02:39:49,100
Jesse, you're. I mean, I don't

5379
02:39:49,100 --> 02:39:51,100
even know why you're running.

5380
02:39:51,100 --> 02:39:53,100
I'm a little embarrassed

5381
02:39:53,100 --> 02:39:54,100
for your, the rest

5382
02:39:54,100 --> 02:39:56,100
of your team that's in front of

5383
02:39:56,100 --> 02:39:57,100
you. I've con. I've asked you,

5384
02:39:57,100 --> 02:39:59,100
what are you doing

5385
02:39:59,100 --> 02:40:01,100
to help CFS families? How are

5386
02:40:01,100 --> 02:40:02,100
you helping this issue? And you

5387
02:40:02,100 --> 02:40:04,100
haven't done anything. Why

5388
02:40:04,100 --> 02:40:06,100
haven't you reached out

5389
02:40:06,100 --> 02:40:08,100
to me, Jesse? I'm curious. You

5390
02:40:08,100 --> 02:40:09,100
hear multiple families coming

5391
02:40:09,100 --> 02:40:11,100
month after month

5392
02:40:11,100 --> 02:40:13,100
after month,

5393
02:40:13,100 --> 02:40:14,100
and not a single one

5394
02:40:14,100 --> 02:40:16,100
of you guys has done anything

5395
02:40:16,100 --> 02:40:17,100
to try to resolve this. You

5396
02:40:17,100 --> 02:40:18,100
guys created a consulting gig

5397
02:40:18,100 --> 02:40:20,100
for it,

5398
02:40:20,100 --> 02:40:21,100
and then you guys handed it

5399
02:40:21,100 --> 02:40:22,100
off

5400
02:40:22,100 --> 02:40:23,100
to somebody that was internal

5401
02:40:23,100 --> 02:40:25,100
within you guys. What's up

5402
02:40:25,100 --> 02:40:27,100
with that? Come on, Ms. Rowe.

5403
02:40:27,100 --> 02:40:28,100
I'm talking to you directly. Why

5404
02:40:28,100 --> 02:40:29,100
haven't you reached out? Why

5405
02:40:29,100 --> 02:40:30,100
haven't you done anything

5406
02:40:30,100 --> 02:40:32,100
on your end to try

5407
02:40:32,100 --> 02:40:34,100
to see how we can codify this,

5408
02:40:34,100 --> 02:40:35,100
how that we can come up

5409
02:40:35,100 --> 02:40:37,100
with a solution together. Or is

5410
02:40:37,100 --> 02:40:38,100
it that you just plainly and

5411
02:40:38,100 --> 02:40:40,100
blatantly do not give a flying

5412
02:40:40,100 --> 02:40:43,100
fuck? Because I think that's

5413
02:40:43,100 --> 02:40:45,100
what's happening here at this

5414
02:40:45,100 --> 02:40:46,100
point. I'm seeing that not a

5415
02:40:46,100 --> 02:40:48,100
single one

5416
02:40:48,100 --> 02:40:51,100
of you guys have taken the time

5417
02:40:51,100 --> 02:40:53,100
to address these families. You

5418
02:40:53,100 --> 02:40:55,401
guys have CFS representatives

5419
02:40:56,100 --> 02:40:58,401
come and talk with.

5420
02:41:00,100 --> 02:41:02,401
>> Roxanne Lewis followed by

5421
02:41:03,100 --> 02:41:05,100
Nicole Norris. Actually, you

5422
02:41:05,100 --> 02:41:07,100
cut my mic off. I was at

5423
02:41:07,100 --> 02:41:09,401
under two minutes. Roxanne

5424
02:42:19,100 --> 02:42:22,100
Lewis. Do we have Roxanne

5425
02:42:23,100 --> 02:42:25,100
Lewis in chambers? Going once.

5426
02:42:25,100 --> 02:42:28,100
Moving on to Nicole Norris.

5427
02:42:30,100 --> 02:42:31,100
And after Nicole Norris will be

5428
02:42:31,100 --> 02:42:33,100
Terry Lewis.

5429
02:42:34,100 --> 02:42:36,100
>> My name is Nicole Norris. I

5430
02:42:36,100 --> 02:42:38,100
grew up in the foster system. I

5431
02:42:38,100 --> 02:42:39,100
was taken from my grandmother

5432
02:42:39,100 --> 02:42:41,100
because my mother was abusing

5433
02:42:41,100 --> 02:42:43,100
me and my sisters and brothers.

5434
02:42:43,100 --> 02:42:44,100
And they gave me to my

5435
02:42:44,100 --> 02:42:46,100
grandmother where I was very

5436
02:42:46,100 --> 02:42:47,100
happy. Late at night they came

5437
02:42:47,100 --> 02:42:48,100
and they took us back from her

5438
02:42:48,100 --> 02:42:49,100
because they said she was too

5439
02:42:49,100 --> 02:42:50,100
old

5440
02:42:50,100 --> 02:42:52,100
to raise two little girls.

5441
02:42:52,100 --> 02:42:53,100
They put us

5442
02:42:53,100 --> 02:42:54,100
in another foster home with a

5443
02:42:54,100 --> 02:42:55,100
lady who was even older than my

5444
02:42:55,100 --> 02:42:56,100
grandmother,

5445
02:42:56,100 --> 02:42:57,100
who never showed me any love,

5446
02:42:57,100 --> 02:42:59,100
who never said, I love you,

5447
02:42:59,100 --> 02:43:00,100
never came to none of my

5448
02:43:00,100 --> 02:43:01,100
anything and never helped me

5449
02:43:01,100 --> 02:43:02,100
with anything. It was

5450
02:43:02,100 --> 02:43:03,100
like being on my own

5451
02:43:03,100 --> 02:43:05,100
without the physical abuse, but

5452
02:43:05,100 --> 02:43:06,100
mental abuse and now counseling

5453
02:43:06,100 --> 02:43:08,100
and riddling to make me just

5454
02:43:08,100 --> 02:43:11,100
sit there because they didn't

5455
02:43:11,100 --> 02:43:13,100
care. And I just don't feel

5456
02:43:13,100 --> 02:43:15,100
like it's fair that these

5457
02:43:15,100 --> 02:43:16,100
families are being. Some

5458
02:43:16,100 --> 02:43:17,100
of us were okay

5459
02:43:17,100 --> 02:43:18,100
with our other family members,

5460
02:43:18,100 --> 02:43:19,100
but we were still taken

5461
02:43:19,100 --> 02:43:21,100
from them and put into the

5462
02:43:21,100 --> 02:43:23,100
system that didn't treat us

5463
02:43:23,100 --> 02:43:25,100
well at all. I just think that

5464
02:43:25,100 --> 02:43:28,100
you guys have the power

5465
02:43:29,100 --> 02:43:31,100
to change all that. I mean,

5466
02:43:31,100 --> 02:43:33,100
you guys have that. You guys

5467
02:43:33,100 --> 02:43:35,100
are smart. You guys went

5468
02:43:35,100 --> 02:43:39,201
to school for this. And I know

5469
02:43:40,100 --> 02:43:41,100
you guys can make a change

5470
02:43:41,100 --> 02:43:42,100
for us. Just help us. Please

5471
02:43:42,100 --> 02:43:43,100
help the other children. Thank

5472
02:43:43,100 --> 02:43:45,100
you.

5473
02:43:45,100 --> 02:43:46,100
>> Thank you. Terry Lewis,

5474
02:43:46,100 --> 02:43:47,100
followed by Karen Reich. It

5475
02:43:47,100 --> 02:43:49,100
was.

5476
02:43:52,100 --> 02:43:54,100
>> My name is Terry Lewis. It

5477
02:43:54,100 --> 02:43:55,100
was almost two years ago when

5478
02:43:55,100 --> 02:43:57,100
my sister and I first started

5479
02:43:57,100 --> 02:43:58,100
coming here about my niece and

5480
02:43:58,100 --> 02:44:00,100
nephew being put into foster

5481
02:44:00,100 --> 02:44:01,100
care. I'm the one who was the

5482
02:44:01,100 --> 02:44:03,100
reporting party. And I called

5483
02:44:03,100 --> 02:44:04,100
not based on any allegations of

5484
02:44:04,100 --> 02:44:07,100
abuse or neglect or anything. I

5485
02:44:07,100 --> 02:44:08,100
was looking for help for my

5486
02:44:08,100 --> 02:44:10,100
niece because she has issues.

5487
02:44:10,100 --> 02:44:12,100
I'll just say that issues. I

5488
02:44:12,100 --> 02:44:14,100
called the sheriffs and talked

5489
02:44:14,100 --> 02:44:16,100
to them, asked

5490
02:44:16,100 --> 02:44:17,100
to get her evaluated. Nobody

5491
02:44:17,100 --> 02:44:19,100
can do anything. And she had

5492
02:44:19,100 --> 02:44:21,100
had a previous case

5493
02:44:21,100 --> 02:44:23,100
at the hospital with cps. A

5494
02:44:23,100 --> 02:44:26,100
social worker called CPS and

5495
02:44:27,100 --> 02:44:28,100
they. Anyway, she completed a

5496
02:44:28,100 --> 02:44:30,401
successful. Yeah, our whole

5497
02:44:32,100 --> 02:44:34,100
family Participated

5498
02:44:34,100 --> 02:44:37,100
in this case and we can. What

5499
02:44:37,100 --> 02:44:39,100
was it called? Successfully?

5500
02:44:39,100 --> 02:44:40,100
Yeah, it was closed

5501
02:44:40,100 --> 02:44:42,100
successfully. Anyhow, I had

5502
02:44:42,100 --> 02:44:43,100
called, they told me from

5503
02:44:43,100 --> 02:44:45,100
Fontana, if I called,

5504
02:44:45,100 --> 02:44:46,100
if I noticed any other

5505
02:44:46,100 --> 02:44:47,100
problems,

5506
02:44:47,100 --> 02:44:48,100
to please let them know. And

5507
02:44:48,100 --> 02:44:49,100
they seemed

5508
02:44:49,100 --> 02:44:51,100
to genuinely care. And I was

5509
02:44:51,100 --> 02:44:52,100
at my wits end. And so I did,

5510
02:44:52,100 --> 02:44:53,100
I called. But my mistake was I

5511
02:44:53,100 --> 02:44:55,100
didn't call Fontana, where the

5512
02:44:55,100 --> 02:44:57,100
people that they seemed

5513
02:44:57,100 --> 02:44:59,100
to care, they were happy we

5514
02:44:59,100 --> 02:45:01,401
successfully finished our case.

5515
02:45:03,100 --> 02:45:05,100
Anyhow, I called the 800 number

5516
02:45:05,100 --> 02:45:06,100
because I had lost the lady's

5517
02:45:06,100 --> 02:45:09,100
number. And they came out

5518
02:45:09,100 --> 02:45:10,100
like gangbusters, predators.

5519
02:45:10,100 --> 02:45:13,100
Anyway, this is unacceptable. I

5520
02:45:13,100 --> 02:45:14,100
don't know how you guys can sit

5521
02:45:14,100 --> 02:45:16,100
there and listen

5522
02:45:16,100 --> 02:45:17,100
to these people. I'm

5523
02:45:17,100 --> 02:45:18,100
in tears listening

5524
02:45:18,100 --> 02:45:20,100
to these people's stories. And

5525
02:45:20,100 --> 02:45:21,100
you guys sit there week after,

5526
02:45:21,100 --> 02:45:22,100
you don't even care. You

5527
02:45:22,100 --> 02:45:24,100
haven't done anything. You

5528
02:45:24,100 --> 02:45:25,100
provide funding

5529
02:45:25,100 --> 02:45:27,100
to defend this shit. You

5530
02:45:27,100 --> 02:45:29,100
instead

5531
02:45:29,100 --> 02:45:30,100
of reform it and reunify. What

5532
02:45:30,100 --> 02:45:32,100
happened to reunification? My

5533
02:45:32,100 --> 02:45:33,100
niece and nephew have been

5534
02:45:33,100 --> 02:45:35,100
in there almost two years

5535
02:45:35,100 --> 02:45:38,601
for no reason. Our family, why

5536
02:45:39,100 --> 02:45:40,100
aren't they following their own

5537
02:45:40,100 --> 02:45:42,100
wit codes? And we're supposed

5538
02:45:42,100 --> 02:45:44,100
to trust you people to be

5539
02:45:44,100 --> 02:45:45,100
in charge? Oh, they might get

5540
02:45:45,100 --> 02:45:47,100
adopted out.

5541
02:45:47,100 --> 02:45:49,100
On what allegations? And you're

5542
02:45:49,100 --> 02:45:50,100
supposed to go to family

5543
02:45:50,100 --> 02:45:51,100
members who want them. The

5544
02:45:51,100 --> 02:45:53,100
great grandmother wants them.

5545
02:45:53,100 --> 02:45:54,100
The grandmother wants them,

5546
02:45:54,100 --> 02:45:56,401
the aunt wants them.

5547
02:45:58,100 --> 02:45:59,100
>> Karen Reich, followed by

5548
02:45:59,100 --> 02:46:01,100
Steven Rogers.

5549
02:46:04,100 --> 02:46:06,100
>> Hi, my name is Karen

5550
02:46:06,100 --> 02:46:07,100
Reich. These were my two

5551
02:46:07,100 --> 02:46:09,100
grandkids, Jovi, Milo and

5552
02:46:09,100 --> 02:46:11,100
Chase. Well, three that were

5553
02:46:11,100 --> 02:46:13,100
removed almost two years ago

5554
02:46:13,100 --> 02:46:15,100
for no reason. They came

5555
02:46:15,100 --> 02:46:17,100
on the first day of the

5556
02:46:17,100 --> 02:46:19,401
investigation and they removed

5557
02:46:20,100 --> 02:46:22,100
them. This is unacceptable.

5558
02:46:22,100 --> 02:46:24,100
Two years for nothing. They

5559
02:46:24,100 --> 02:46:26,100
weren't abused,

5560
02:46:26,100 --> 02:46:28,100
they weren't neglected. They

5561
02:46:28,100 --> 02:46:29,100
were in my care. What have we

5562
02:46:29,100 --> 02:46:31,100
done so bad that we don't

5563
02:46:31,100 --> 02:46:34,100
deserve to raise our own

5564
02:46:34,100 --> 02:46:36,100
children? I want to know what

5565
02:46:36,100 --> 02:46:38,100
I've done so bad that I don't

5566
02:46:38,100 --> 02:46:39,100
deserve

5567
02:46:39,100 --> 02:46:40,100
to have my own grandchildren

5568
02:46:40,100 --> 02:46:41,100
in my career. I want

5569
02:46:41,100 --> 02:46:43,100
to adopt them. I want them

5570
02:46:43,100 --> 02:46:44,100
with me. But

5571
02:46:44,100 --> 02:46:46,100
for some reason this,

5572
02:46:46,100 --> 02:46:48,100
this guy ruled me out. Why?

5573
02:46:48,100 --> 02:46:52,100
Why? Why did was I ruled out?

5574
02:46:52,100 --> 02:46:55,601
Because CPS tricked us and got

5575
02:46:56,100 --> 02:46:57,100
the kids from us. Now they're

5576
02:46:57,100 --> 02:46:59,100
saying we failed

5577
02:46:59,100 --> 02:47:01,100
to protect them from them. We

5578
02:47:01,100 --> 02:47:03,100
failed to protect them

5579
02:47:03,100 --> 02:47:04,100
from them. CPS themselves,

5580
02:47:04,100 --> 02:47:06,100
have you ever heard

5581
02:47:06,100 --> 02:47:09,100
of such a thing? It's

5582
02:47:09,100 --> 02:47:11,100
unacceptable. Jeanne Glasgow,

5583
02:47:12,100 --> 02:47:14,100
Betty Thompson Larkin, Dana

5584
02:47:14,100 --> 02:47:16,100
Faulkner. They all need held

5585
02:47:16,100 --> 02:47:17,100
accountable. All this is

5586
02:47:17,100 --> 02:47:19,100
happening under Jeannie

5587
02:47:19,100 --> 02:47:20,100
Glasgow's watch. She needs

5588
02:47:20,100 --> 02:47:22,100
removed. That's all I have. I

5589
02:47:22,100 --> 02:47:25,100
want my grandchildren home now.

5590
02:47:27,100 --> 02:47:28,100
>> Steven Rogers, followed by

5591
02:47:28,100 --> 02:47:30,100
Dennis Delamar.

5592
02:47:43,100 --> 02:47:44,100
>> Honorable Chair Rowe.

5593
02:47:44,100 --> 02:47:47,100
Steve Rogers, Redlands. I was

5594
02:47:47,100 --> 02:47:50,100
here two meetings ago and

5595
02:47:52,100 --> 02:47:54,100
after the meeting. I tried

5596
02:47:54,100 --> 02:47:57,100
to make a request to meet

5597
02:47:57,100 --> 02:47:59,100
with the CEO

5598
02:47:59,100 --> 02:48:01,100
about what I was talking

5599
02:48:01,100 --> 02:48:03,100
about and actually put

5600
02:48:03,100 --> 02:48:05,100
in a request

5601
02:48:05,100 --> 02:48:07,100
with the information folks.

5602
02:48:07,100 --> 02:48:10,100
But I never received any other,

5603
02:48:10,100 --> 02:48:12,100
any other communication

5604
02:48:15,100 --> 02:48:17,100
from the county on my request

5605
02:48:17,100 --> 02:48:19,100
to set up a meeting. I mean,

5606
02:48:19,100 --> 02:48:20,100
in the old days I used

5607
02:48:20,100 --> 02:48:22,100
to be able to go up to the

5608
02:48:22,100 --> 02:48:24,100
fifth or sixth floor and,

5609
02:48:24,100 --> 02:48:26,100
and set up these kinds

5610
02:48:26,100 --> 02:48:27,100
of appointments. Now, I guess

5611
02:48:27,100 --> 02:48:30,100
for security purposes. All I'm

5612
02:48:31,100 --> 02:48:32,100
trying to say,

5613
02:48:32,100 --> 02:48:33,100
it's very difficult

5614
02:48:33,100 --> 02:48:35,100
to set something up. And this

5615
02:48:35,100 --> 02:48:36,100
is the reason I come

5616
02:48:36,100 --> 02:48:38,401
to the meeting today.

5617
02:48:40,100 --> 02:48:42,100
Basically. I just recently came

5618
02:48:42,100 --> 02:48:43,100
to understand that complaints

5619
02:48:43,100 --> 02:48:46,100
that I made to the fraud,

5620
02:48:46,100 --> 02:48:48,100
Waste and Abuse Unit have been

5621
02:48:48,100 --> 02:48:50,100
referred

5622
02:48:52,100 --> 02:48:53,100
to the district attorney.

5623
02:48:53,100 --> 02:48:55,401
>> But the district attorney

5624
02:48:56,100 --> 02:48:57,100
isn't doing anything. And this

5625
02:48:57,100 --> 02:48:58,100
is what I want to meet

5626
02:48:58,100 --> 02:49:00,100
with the CEO about is why there

5627
02:49:00,100 --> 02:49:03,100
are certain factions here that

5628
02:49:03,100 --> 02:49:05,100
apparently don't respond

5629
02:49:08,100 --> 02:49:11,601
to the citizens. And I'm very,

5630
02:49:12,100 --> 02:49:13,100
you know,

5631
02:49:13,100 --> 02:49:14,100
my problems are nothing

5632
02:49:14,100 --> 02:49:16,100
compared to these people that

5633
02:49:16,100 --> 02:49:17,100
bare coming up here. Every time

5634
02:49:17,100 --> 02:49:19,100
I come to the meeting I hear

5635
02:49:19,100 --> 02:49:21,100
this and I agree with them.

5636
02:49:21,100 --> 02:49:22,100
Something needs to be done.

5637
02:49:22,100 --> 02:49:26,100
And really, it's a shame. It is

5638
02:49:26,100 --> 02:49:28,100
really shameful

5639
02:49:29,100 --> 02:49:30,100
to be a resident

5640
02:49:30,100 --> 02:49:33,601
of this county. And our leaders

5641
02:49:34,100 --> 02:49:36,100
apparently don't care

5642
02:49:36,100 --> 02:49:38,100
about us and don't care

5643
02:49:38,100 --> 02:49:40,100
about our problems.

5644
02:49:44,100 --> 02:49:46,100
>> Dennis Delamater Delamar

5645
02:49:49,100 --> 02:49:51,401
followed by Krisha Seal

5646
02:49:53,100 --> 02:49:55,100
>> So Psalms 127:3 says,

5647
02:49:55,100 --> 02:49:57,100
Children are an inheritance

5648
02:49:57,100 --> 02:49:58,100
from Yahuwah. The fruit

5649
02:49:58,100 --> 02:50:00,100
of the womb is reward. So what

5650
02:50:00,100 --> 02:50:01,100
that means is that the Creator

5651
02:50:01,100 --> 02:50:03,100
gives us parents rights,

5652
02:50:03,100 --> 02:50:04,100
right? My children were taken

5653
02:50:04,100 --> 02:50:05,100
away

5654
02:50:05,100 --> 02:50:06,100
for four and two days based

5655
02:50:06,100 --> 02:50:08,100
off the allegations,

5656
02:50:08,100 --> 02:50:09,100
false allegations

5657
02:50:09,100 --> 02:50:10,100
of a social worker. This system

5658
02:50:10,100 --> 02:50:12,100
is reminiscent

5659
02:50:12,100 --> 02:50:13,100
of slavery. I'll tell you why.

5660
02:50:13,100 --> 02:50:14,100
Because there was a doctrine

5661
02:50:14,100 --> 02:50:16,100
that they used called parents

5662
02:50:16,100 --> 02:50:17,100
patriae, right? And that meant

5663
02:50:17,100 --> 02:50:19,100
that the county or the state

5664
02:50:19,100 --> 02:50:20,100
was the parent, right, that we

5665
02:50:20,100 --> 02:50:22,100
don't have rights. I saw them

5666
02:50:22,100 --> 02:50:24,100
lie and be able to like in

5667
02:50:24,100 --> 02:50:27,100
slavery days. I'm a descendant

5668
02:50:27,100 --> 02:50:29,100
of slave of a slave, right?

5669
02:50:29,100 --> 02:50:31,100
Slaves saw them just take it.

5670
02:50:31,100 --> 02:50:33,100
So I couldn't do nothing. I was

5671
02:50:33,100 --> 02:50:35,100
powerless. So the issue is also

5672
02:50:35,100 --> 02:50:37,100
In California there's 400,000

5673
02:50:38,100 --> 02:50:40,100
allegations a year. No

5674
02:50:40,100 --> 02:50:42,100
oversight,

5675
02:50:43,100 --> 02:50:45,100
there's no family review board.

5676
02:50:45,100 --> 02:50:47,100
Where's the family review board

5677
02:50:47,100 --> 02:50:50,100
to track the numbers, right?

5678
02:50:50,100 --> 02:50:52,100
It can't be about money.

5679
02:50:52,100 --> 02:50:54,100
Because the things say in

5680
02:50:54,100 --> 02:50:56,100
Malachi 4. 6 that the

5681
02:50:59,100 --> 02:51:02,100
Creator, he will turn the

5682
02:51:02,100 --> 02:51:03,100
hearts of the fathers

5683
02:51:03,100 --> 02:51:04,100
to thechildren and children

5684
02:51:04,100 --> 02:51:08,201
of the fathers. And if it don't

5685
02:51:10,100 --> 02:51:12,100
happen, guess what he say? He

5686
02:51:12,100 --> 02:51:14,100
said he will come and smite the

5687
02:51:14,100 --> 02:51:16,100
earth with a curse. So this is

5688
02:51:16,100 --> 02:51:17,100
what we're talking about.

5689
02:51:17,100 --> 02:51:19,100
We're talking about Malachi

5690
02:51:19,100 --> 02:51:20,100
4. 6, that y' all got

5691
02:51:20,100 --> 02:51:22,100
to figure it out. Because San

5692
02:51:22,100 --> 02:51:23,100
Bernardino going to be

5693
02:51:23,100 --> 02:51:24,100
in a world of trouble. Not

5694
02:51:24,100 --> 02:51:25,100
from us, but from Yahuwah.

5695
02:51:25,100 --> 02:51:27,100
Because y' all are separating

5696
02:51:27,100 --> 02:51:29,100
rights of parents. And you can

5697
02:51:29,100 --> 02:51:30,100
turn the blind eye,

5698
02:51:30,100 --> 02:51:32,100
but your life is at stake.

5699
02:51:32,100 --> 02:51:34,100
Your life is at stake. Your

5700
02:51:34,100 --> 02:51:36,401
eternal life. That's it.

5701
02:51:48,100 --> 02:51:49,100
>> My name is Krisha Kale. I've

5702
02:51:49,100 --> 02:51:51,100
been up here a few times and

5703
02:51:51,100 --> 02:51:53,100
I'm just gonna wing it this

5704
02:51:53,100 --> 02:51:55,100
time because it's not like we

5705
02:51:55,100 --> 02:51:56,100
expect a reaction because

5706
02:51:56,100 --> 02:51:58,100
that's what we've been getting.

5707
02:51:58,100 --> 02:51:59,100
Some of us been coming up here

5708
02:51:59,100 --> 02:52:01,100
for years and. And years

5709
02:52:01,100 --> 02:52:02,100
with no reaction,

5710
02:52:02,100 --> 02:52:03,100
not even blink of your eye.

5711
02:52:03,100 --> 02:52:04,100
Some of you guys sit up here,

5712
02:52:04,100 --> 02:52:05,100
can make choices,

5713
02:52:05,100 --> 02:52:06,100
but you stare

5714
02:52:06,100 --> 02:52:07,100
at your phone instead

5715
02:52:07,100 --> 02:52:08,100
of paying attention

5716
02:52:08,100 --> 02:52:09,100
to what's going on. How many

5717
02:52:09,100 --> 02:52:10,100
people got to come in here

5718
02:52:10,100 --> 02:52:12,100
before you say, it's not an

5719
02:52:12,100 --> 02:52:13,100
isolated incident no more? If

5720
02:52:13,100 --> 02:52:14,100
you talk

5721
02:52:14,100 --> 02:52:15,100
to anybody who's been up here,

5722
02:52:15,100 --> 02:52:16,100
90% of them is going

5723
02:52:16,100 --> 02:52:17,100
to tell you perjury, Perjury,

5724
02:52:17,100 --> 02:52:18,100
which is a crime,

5725
02:52:18,100 --> 02:52:20,100
played a role

5726
02:52:20,100 --> 02:52:21,100
in their kids not coming home.

5727
02:52:21,100 --> 02:52:22,100
Perjury that your department

5728
02:52:22,100 --> 02:52:24,100
probably teaches the social

5729
02:52:24,100 --> 02:52:25,100
workers how to do. It's a big

5730
02:52:25,100 --> 02:52:26,100
RICO act. All you guys are

5731
02:52:26,100 --> 02:52:27,100
working together,

5732
02:52:27,100 --> 02:52:28,100
whether you know it or not.

5733
02:52:28,100 --> 02:52:30,100
When you remove a domestic

5734
02:52:30,100 --> 02:52:31,100
violence person

5735
02:52:31,100 --> 02:52:33,100
from the home, you go back and

5736
02:52:33,100 --> 02:52:34,100
you make a report to cfs and

5737
02:52:34,100 --> 02:52:35,100
the CFS comes and take that

5738
02:52:35,100 --> 02:52:37,100
person's children because she

5739
02:52:37,100 --> 02:52:38,100
failed to protect herself

5740
02:52:38,100 --> 02:52:40,100
from an abuser and failed

5741
02:52:40,100 --> 02:52:42,100
to protect her kids. Do you

5742
02:52:42,100 --> 02:52:44,100
guys know that? Do you know

5743
02:52:44,100 --> 02:52:47,100
that you play a role

5744
02:52:47,100 --> 02:52:49,100
in these kids being removed

5745
02:52:49,100 --> 02:52:51,100
from homes? So that person

5746
02:52:51,100 --> 02:52:52,100
becomes a victim two times.

5747
02:52:52,100 --> 02:52:54,100
And let's talk about last

5748
02:52:54,100 --> 02:52:55,100
May, a year to the date. Six

5749
02:52:55,100 --> 02:52:57,100
kids found starving in a home

5750
02:52:57,100 --> 02:52:59,100
under CFS care in

5751
02:52:59,100 --> 02:53:01,100
Victorville, California, ages

5752
02:53:01,100 --> 02:53:04,100
5 to 16. Have you made any

5753
02:53:04,100 --> 02:53:05,100
changes to your organization

5754
02:53:05,100 --> 02:53:08,100
since that happened? No, you

5755
02:53:08,100 --> 02:53:10,100
haven't. Glasgow still

5756
02:53:11,100 --> 02:53:13,100
in charge. Miya Moore still

5757
02:53:13,100 --> 02:53:15,100
under her

5758
02:53:15,100 --> 02:53:16,100
in every department. Not one

5759
02:53:16,100 --> 02:53:18,100
person have you replaced since

5760
02:53:18,100 --> 02:53:20,100
those six kids were found

5761
02:53:20,100 --> 02:53:23,100
starving. How you starve a kid

5762
02:53:23,100 --> 02:53:25,100
starving in their home under

5763
02:53:25,100 --> 02:53:28,100
CFF care? CFS placed them

5764
02:53:28,100 --> 02:53:30,100
there. Could those kids have

5765
02:53:30,100 --> 02:53:33,100
one home? Could they have went

5766
02:53:33,100 --> 02:53:35,100
home? Did they have parents who

5767
02:53:35,100 --> 02:53:38,100
wanted them home. I'm sure they

5768
02:53:38,100 --> 02:53:40,100
did. You guys celebrate

5769
02:53:40,100 --> 02:53:42,100
adoption, but you don't mention

5770
02:53:42,100 --> 02:53:43,100
the crying parents. It's like,

5771
02:53:43,100 --> 02:53:45,100
wait a minute. I completed

5772
02:53:45,100 --> 02:53:46,100
every course, I went

5773
02:53:46,100 --> 02:53:48,100
to every class, but I don't

5774
02:53:48,100 --> 02:53:49,100
give my kid back because how

5775
02:53:49,100 --> 02:53:51,401
some social worker feels?

5776
02:53:52,100 --> 02:53:53,100
>> Thank you very much. That is

5777
02:53:53,100 --> 02:53:54,100
the last request

5778
02:53:54,100 --> 02:53:55,100
to speak that I have. Our

5779
02:53:55,100 --> 02:53:57,100
meeting stands adjourned. Our

5780
02:53:57,100 --> 02:53:58,100
next regularly scheduled board

5781
02:53:58,100 --> 02:54:00,100
of supervisors meeting will be

5782
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held here in chambers, May 19th