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>> it is 9:02 a.m. On january 13,
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2026, we are calling this regular
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meeting of the san mateo county board
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of supervisors to order.
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we will start with having the clerk of
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the board provide information on how
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the public can participate.
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>> members of the public, the
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instructions to participate in today's
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meeting can be found on the published
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agenda, these instructions provide
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information on how to submit written
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comments and how to participate
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via zoom.
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live interpretation will be provided
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in spanish, to access the live
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interpretation services in zoom, click
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the interpretation globe icon, select
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the spanish language.
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if you're using a smart tablet or laptop,
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select the spanish language and
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finally click done.
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at this time I'll ask our interpreter,
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victor hernandez, to provide these
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instructions in spanish.
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>> good morning, president corzo,
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honorable supervisors, mr. Callagy,
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mr. Nibbelin, mr. Eli, all county
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staff, members of the public, victor
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hernandez, spanish interpreter.
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( interpretation in spanish ).
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>> thank you.
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>> thank you for those instructions.
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we will now have the pledge of
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allegiance, please join me in the
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pledge.
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>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of
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the united states of america and to
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the republic for which it stands one
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nation under god, indivisible, with
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liberty and justice for all.
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>> thank you.
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we will now have roll call.
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>> supervisor speier?
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>> here.
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>> supervisor mueller?
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>> here.
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>> supervisor gauthier?
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>> here.
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>> supervisor canepa?
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>> here.
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>> president corzo?
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>> here.
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>> all present.
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>> thank you.
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we will now move aon to hop snoring
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the life of and board member remarks.
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do any supervisors have comments or
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anything they would like to share?
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okay.
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seeing none, I have a few brief
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comments and I would like to take a
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moment to honor the life of varoon
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harman, he was walking near his home
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on november 20, he was born in punjab,
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lived in singapore before
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immigrating to the u.s. And working at
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visa for over ten years.
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he was just 44 when he passed away on
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november 29 and everyone -- I'm sorry,
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his family is at a great loss with his
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departure and have made sure he has
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made it home to where he grew up.
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I would also like to honor the life of
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renee nicole macklin good who was
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killed by ice agents in minneapolis
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this past week.
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I would like to honor her by reading
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an excerpt from the statement of her
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wife, bekah good.
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first I want to extend my gratitude to
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all people who have reached out to
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support our family.
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this kindness of strangers is the most
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fitting tribute, if you ever
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encountered my wife, above all else,
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she was kind, kindness radiate out of
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her.
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renee sparkled, she didn't wear glitter
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but she sparkled, renee lived by
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an overarching belief there is
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kindness in the world and we need to
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do everything we can to find it where
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it resides and nurture it where it
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needs grow.
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renee was a christian who knew that all
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religions teach the same essential
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truth, we are here to love each other,
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care for each other and keep each
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other safe and whole.
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renee leaves behind three extraordinary
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children, the youngest, six years old.
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and we honor her memory by living her
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values, rejecting hate and choosing
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compassion, turning away from fear and
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pursuing peace, refusing division and
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knowing we must come together to build
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a world where we all come home safe to
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the people we love.
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thank you, and next I would like to
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read a quick land acknowledgment.
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we honor and affirm the rights of the
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loamy and other indigenous peoples who
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call the unceded territories of the
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san francisco bay area their tra
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dismal bay land, they are the village
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sites seen and unseen, we pay
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respect to the ancestors, relatives
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and indigenous peoples for their
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historic and current contributions to
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san mateo county and commit to an
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ongoing effort to bring upon healing,
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inclusivity and deep collaborative
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partnerships.
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thank you, with that, seeing no
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comments from my colleagues, we'll
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mover on to public comment.
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this is a portion of the agenda that
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is set aside for members of the public
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to comment on matters that are within
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the subjecting matter jurisdiction of
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the board of supervisors but that are
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not on the agenda for today's meeting.
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for matters listed on the consent
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agenda and for maters that are set for
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closed session.
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I would like to share that we will be
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increasing public comment to a minute
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and a half with the caveat that if
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there are more than five public
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comments for an item, it will stay at
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one minute in the interest of time.
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finally if a speaker does go over
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time, I will give them a warning or
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two before I ask the clerk to cut the
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mic. And this is to ensure equity of
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voice for all of our public comments.
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does this sound okay with my
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colleagues?
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>> yes.
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>> okay.
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thank you.
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and with that, we will move on to
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public comment.
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>> we have received written comments
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which were submitted and provided to
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the president and board members as
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well as public website.
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reminder to those wanting to speak on
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items 1-6, hold those comments until
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those items come up individually.
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we'll take comments first from
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chambers and then from zoom.
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we have one speaker card for kate
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comfort carr.
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>> okay, minute and a
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half, I'll try.
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good morning, supervisors, I am kate
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comfort carr, I have lived in san
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mateo county for 35 years and have been
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the executive director for hip housing
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for almost 15, hip housing is an
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affordable housing provider that has
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helped low income individuals in san
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mateo county to find and maintain
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housing for 53 years, so we've been
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around for a while, we're in
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all 21 housing elements to provide
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fair housing choice and also as an
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affordable housing partner.
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last year we provided housing
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assistance to 4 thousand individuals
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and housed 1200 low income people
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in homes throughout the county.
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today I am here to share our calendar,
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this is our annual calendar, it's
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important because it allows children
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to share how important house ising to
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them.
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we asked kindergartners to fourth
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graders to draw a picture of what home
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means to them and provide us with a
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quote.
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this year we selected 14 from ten
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different cities from san mateo county
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and we plead the beautiful calendar
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you have in front of you.
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lots of great quotes this year, we're
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seeing more quotes about homelessness
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in the september entry, it's on so
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many children's ray dars, it's
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profound.
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I would like to read you unquote that
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symbolizes what the calendar is about
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and what it means for children and
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that's from april, it says my home is
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the happiest wonderland, my home is my
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forever safe harbor.
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I hope you enjoy the calendar and that
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you display it proudly, it does
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reinforce how important housing is to
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everybody in san mateo county and I
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would be happy to take questions about
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any of our programs.
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I have more comments but I'm out of
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time.
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>> thank you.
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we can't ask questions in public
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comment, we'll move on to the next
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public comment.
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>> alright, thank you very much for
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your time today.
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>> we have no more comments from
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chambers, we'll go to zoom.
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>> thank you.
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>> and can I ask how many hands are
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raised on zoom?
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>> sure, madam president, at this time
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we have five hands raised, we did just
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receive an additional comment card
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from chambers, so we can take edgar
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ryan silva at this time.
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>> and just going forward, if we see
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five hands raised and we have one in
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person, then let's have all at one
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minute, if it's over five, it will be
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one minute.
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>> good morning, supervisors, my name
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is edgar silva and I'm here to speak
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about the killing of renee good during
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a federal ice operation in minneapolis,
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what her death represents for
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immigrant and marginalized communities
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including here in san mateo.
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regardless of anyone's views on
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immigrant policy a civilian death at
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the hands of federal enforcement, we
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should ask if we're protecting people
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or pushing families into fear and
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instability.
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I also want to challenge a narrative
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that is often used to justify
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aggressive enforcement, the definition
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that immigrants are a burden on our
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county, they contribute tenses of
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billions of dollars every year in
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state, federal and local taxes
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including social security and
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medicare, they will never be able to
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claim sometimes due to their
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documentation.
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they are a major part of the workforce
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that keeps our food affordable, our
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housing being built, our businesses
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open and our local economy running.
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when people who work pay taxes and
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raise families here are treated as
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disposable or dangerous, it doesn't
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just harm them, it undermines the
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stability and trust of entire
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communities.
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I urge this board to expand legal
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defense and rapid response resources
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to support community safety and due
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process and to reaffirm that everyone
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who lives here deserves dignity and
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respect, thank you.
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>> thank you.
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we'll now turn to zoom comments, we
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will start with sabrina followed by
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martin max.
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sabrina, please unmute and begin, you
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will have one minute.
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>> my name sabrina, I come as
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one of the people who hold all
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political article, and the u.s.
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constitution amends 9 and 10.
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it affirms the united states
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constitution is the supreme call of the
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land even though you like to violate
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it.
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like a contractor who replaced a tile,
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you agreed to the terms of the u.s.
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constitution by sworn oath, you have
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gone over the ebbs pressed authority
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and have torn away the supporting role
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by hiring contractors to paint others
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and not do others, you continue the
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work outside of the constitutional
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grant authority and turning away at
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the foundation framework and structure.
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this board has continued their
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malfeasants into our administration
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into malfeasants by selecting a
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sheriff, depriving the constitutional
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rights of the people, the people who
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have given you notice and affidavits
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allow you grace to make amends.
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you continue to -- and violate the
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rights of the people, --
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>> we're going to end this comment now.
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>> the punishment is harsher.
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>> sabrina, the president has given
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two warnings, thank you for your time.
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>> it is also unconstitutional, you
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are depriving my notes, note that for
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the record, it is going to be
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prosecuted.
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>> at this time, we will cut your
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mike as per instructions, as your time
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has run out.
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we will go to martin fox followed by
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andrew boston.
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martin, please unmute and begin.
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>> good morning, president corzo, my
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fellow veteran county attorney mr.
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nibbelin, speier, gauthier, canepa,
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county executive mr. Callagy, make the
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county safer for persons of mental
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illness by passing the petri act as a
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priority and the immediate
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implementation of the rescission of
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the petri act.
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this type of inspired compassionate
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mental health system and the lps acts
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raises dangerous and disability
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treatment criteria continues to kill
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people.
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please make defunding the morally
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bankrupt law foundation of silicon
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valley and disability rights
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california attorneys the top county
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federal legislative priority.
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>> andrew boston followed by sid
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young, andrew, please unmute and begin.
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>> happy new year, supervisors.
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I'm andrew boston, first thank you to
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supervisor mueller for securing
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federal resources and for staying
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engaged with residents.
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that work has made a real difference
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and it's appreciated.
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the recent cl cove geotechnical cove
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does not say the neighborhood is facing
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dangerous failure, it's how the water
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is managed.
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stormwater and deferred maintenance
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accelerate ground movement, what
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residents are asking for is clarity
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and follow through, clear
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responsibility for infrastructure,
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proactive maintenance and decisions
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grounded in observed conditions rather
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than broad assumptions.
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precision reduces risk, protects
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public safety and avoids necessarily
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uncertainty for home own and he iser
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future buyers.
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the recent federal funding shows what
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works, infrastructure keeps
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community stable, thank you.
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>> thank you, we'll go to sid young
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followed by michelle stevens, sid,
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please begin.
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>> thank you.
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please fund soundproofing at ray
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mueller's coast side office, I noticed
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a lot of requests for measure k or I
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don't know how the county funds
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soundproofing but it makes for better
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zoom recordings in public meetings.
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also please consider installing street
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lighting along big wave and pillar
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ridge portion of airport street.
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there have been many fatalities along
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there.
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the people of pillar ridge ride
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bicycles and at night it's very dark
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along there and now that you're
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approving the parking lot for big wave
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after 25 years of development, it's
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going to have more traffic and I
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really think it's important that there
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should be some street lighting along
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there because a lot of the people
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along pillar ridge ride bicycles for
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their main means of transportation.
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thank you.
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>> thank you, sid.
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we'll go to michelle stevens followed
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by x, my -- michelle, please begin.
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>> I come to you as a child of god and
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one of the people.
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I come to you to remind you that
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california just like every other state
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in the united states is held
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accountable up underneath the
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constitution.
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you are not separate, you cannot do
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things just because you want to.
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you need to read your constitution
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because the people are getting tired
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of it.
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you're going to be under scrutiny soon.
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you know it, I know it, the presidents
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said it, so my best suggestion to you
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is to make sure that you're doing
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everything under the constitution and
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right now the big one that I see is
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you want to restore people's freedom
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of speech and you appointed a sheriff
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that is unconstitutional in every
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state.
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california is no different.
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>> please wrap up.
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>> than any other state.
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thank you.
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>> thank you.
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we'll now go to x followed by bruce.
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x, please unmute and begin.
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>> yes, I want to clarify that renee
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good was killed, not murdered, she was
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shot after her car hit an officer,
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people need go find the video of
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officer that he pill med showing she
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hit him before he fired.
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a lot of these issues would be
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resolved if this county and other
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counties participated with ice, at
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that time she was killed, they were
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going after a pedophile, I guess
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everybody that thinks ice is a bad
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idea to go after illegals supports
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pedophiles, that's one thing.
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the sheriff's oversight commission,
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two other people have missed three
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meetings in a row, I believe it was
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rebecca and the youth commissioner,
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why aren't they being removed if they
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missed three meetings in a row.
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I would like to see this resolved
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quickly.
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thank you for your time.
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>> thank you.
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we'll now go to bruce followed by our
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- speaker, catherine carter.
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bruce, please unmute and begin.
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>> you know, kudos to your priority.
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when we put something in the motion,
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there's always a reaction to it and
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it's unfortunate, it was a warning
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that created the motion, so anyway.
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I would like to touch base on the
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opposition of ice, you have an
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obligation to listen to the people
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when they're talking to you and that's
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pertinent to the california
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constitution.
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the original california cop
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institution holding all political
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powers to the people and the
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government exists to secure their
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rights, not to diminish them.
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california recognizes the right of the
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people to petition and seek regress
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for grievances as a fundamental
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safeguard with this mal
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administration, thank you.
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>> thank you.
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and now we'll go to catherine carter.
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please unmute and begin.
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>> yes, can you hear me?
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>> yes, thank you.
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>> yes.
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I'm catherine carter, one of the
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people.
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this is not a comment, I'm exercising
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my right to petition you under the
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california constitution for my
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grievances.
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the government ought to be instituted
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by the protection and security of the
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people, nation they are contributing,
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of all the various forms of government
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that is capable of producing the
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greatest degree of happiness and
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safety and is most secured against the
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danger of mal administration, your
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form of government is not the republic
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government we're guaranteed and
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therefore it puts you in danger of mal
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administration, I suggest you rectify
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this and recognize your dually elected
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sheriff right now and get rid of the
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one that you just appointed and
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superimposed of the people.
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thank you.
[22:30]
>> thank you.
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and we have one more hand raised so I
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will go ahead and call that now, madam
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president.
[22:41]
dave c-nj, we have an a additional
[22:43]
hand also being raised for pat w.
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>> this will be the final call.
[22:46]
>> thank you, madam president, this is
[22:48]
a final call to raise your hand for
[22:50]
public comment.
[22:54]
final call has been made.
[22:55]
and these will be the last two
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speakers.
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dave, please unmute and begin.
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>> hi, I just want to make a note.
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the corporate charter as defined by
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the black's law dictionary is a
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charter differs from a constitution in
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that the former aka the charter is
[23:21]
granted by the sovereign which is the
[23:26]
people while the latter, the
[23:28]
constitution is established by the
[23:30]
people themselves and the san mateo
[23:34]
charter section 206 powers and duties,
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the board of supervisors shall have
[23:39]
all powers and shall perform all the
[23:41]
duties vested in it by the
[23:43]
constitution general law of this
[23:47]
charter.
[23:48]
and if look at the redress of
[23:52]
grievances, the redress, the meaning
[23:53]
of that in black's law dictionary,
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receiving satisfaction for an injury
[24:02]
sustained and removing the duly
[24:06]
elected sheriff by the people --
[24:07]
>> please wrap up, you're at time now.
[24:10]
>> if you remove the duly elected
[24:14]
sheriff by the people, that is against
[24:16]
the constitution.
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>> this is your final warning, please
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wrap up.
[24:20]
>> that's it.
[24:22]
>> thank you, dave.
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our last speaker, pat w.
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please proceed.
[24:30]
>> thank you.
[24:34]
four, five years ago, a law
[24:38]
enforcement officer shot to death a
[24:43]
man who was in danville, the van was
[24:49]
driving his car.
[24:51]
the law enforcement officer stepped in
[24:53]
front of the car and shot and killed
[24:57]
the driver.
[24:58]
in a conversation at that time, chief
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of police of redwood city policy as
[25:08]
well was violated by the ice agent.
[25:11]
the policy is that when the engine is
[25:14]
running on a car, the officer does not
[25:18]
for his own safety step in front of
[25:22]
the car and secondly, the they do not
[25:26]
reach into the car to try to unlock
[25:31]
the door, both of those things are a
[25:35]
violation of common police practices.
[25:38]
>> pat, you're at time.
[25:42]
>> great, thank you, pat.
[25:44]
madam president, that ends public
[25:46]
comment.
[25:47]
>> thank you.
[25:48]
we will now move to item 1 -- I'm
[25:53]
sorry, thank you, thank you to
[25:55]
everyone for their comments, we will
[25:56]
take action to set the agenda and to
[25:58]
approve the consent agenda, at this
[26:00]
time, I would like to pull item 11
[26:02]
from the consent agenda for discussion
[26:04]
on the regular agenda to provide
[26:06]
additional context.
[26:07]
can I get a motion to set the agenda
[26:13]
adding item 11 and to approve the
[26:16]
consent.
[26:17]
is there a second?
[26:19]
>> I'll second it.
[26:20]
>> thank you, roll call vote?
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>> supervisor speier?
[26:25]
>> aye.
[26:26]
>> supervisor mueller?
[26:27]
>> yes.
[26:28]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[26:29]
>> yes.
[26:30]
>> supervisor canepa?
[26:31]
>> yes.
[26:32]
>> president corzo?
[26:33]
>> yes.
[26:34]
>> motion passes.
[26:35]
>> thank you, we will now move on to
[26:37]
item 1 which is action on a resolution
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appointing members to the 2026 charter
[26:43]
review committee and authorizing the
[26:46]
committee to conduct teleconference
[26:50]
meetings.
[26:51]
as has been discussed at recent board
[26:55]
meetings under the county charter,
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every 8 years, the county must convene
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a charter review committee.
[27:02]
the last charter review committee
[27:05]
completed its work in 2018.
[27:07]
therefore we must convene a charter
[27:09]
review committee this year.
[27:10]
this committee will be tasked with
[27:12]
reviewing the county charter and after
[27:15]
convening public hearings, making
[27:17]
recommendations to the board of
[27:18]
supervisors as to amendments or
[27:22]
revisions.
[27:23]
and as we know on december 9, the
[27:25]
board adopted a resolution to
[27:27]
establish the charter review committee
[27:28]
and set forth a process for appointing
[27:30]
members to the committee.
[27:36]
the board's december 9 resolution also
[27:39]
provides the board -- provides that
[27:40]
the board will select up to 11
[27:44]
additional committee members -- I'm
[27:48]
sorry, the charter review committee
[27:51]
process established that each board
[27:53]
member will select one district
[27:58]
representative for their district and
[28:00]
in addition will select up to 11
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additional committee members
[28:04]
representing a range of community
[28:07]
interest groups.
[28:08]
and after the december 9 meeting, the
[28:11]
county opened an application period
[28:13]
for individuals interested in serving
[28:15]
on this committee and received over 40
[28:19]
applications.
[28:20]
our task today is to select up to 11
[28:23]
additional committee members to
[28:25]
represent community interests.
[28:26]
and we've prepared for the board a
[28:31]
proposed work sheet that lists each
[28:33]
community interest group as well as
[28:35]
the applicants who have indicated that
[28:39]
a representative of these groups
[28:41]
along with a space for each supervisor
[28:43]
to write in their choice for a rep
[28:46]
sedative for each community interest
[28:47]
group.
[28:48]
I will also note the applications have
[28:50]
been made available to the board
[28:51]
members and redacted versions were
[28:53]
published with the agenda for today's
[28:55]
meeting.
[28:56]
so I would like to propose that after
[28:58]
we take public comment on this item,
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we take time to have each supervisor
[29:02]
write in their choice for a committee
[29:04]
member representing each community
[29:05]
interest group.
[29:06]
we can then hand the work sheets to
[29:08]
the county attorney who will read each
[29:11]
supervisor's choice and the clerk will
[29:12]
show the results on a tally sheet that
[29:14]
will be projected on the screens and
[29:16]
after that, we can discuss the results
[29:20]
and perhaps vote again if we don't get
[29:25]
to three on any of the categories
[29:28]
before a motion is made once we have
[29:32]
selected candidates that have at least
[29:37]
three board supervisors in support.
[29:42]
with that, I would like to hand it over
[29:44]
to county attorney nibbelin to add
[29:47]
anything that I may have missed and
[29:48]
then we'll go on to board discussion.
[29:50]
>> thank you, madam president, I think
[29:53]
you laid it out really well.
[29:54]
again, the notion was that we again
[29:57]
have prepared a work sheet we've
[29:59]
distributed to members of the board
[30:01]
that lays out each of the -- well,
[30:03]
firstly it lists the five district
[30:07]
designees who have already been
[30:09]
identified by members of the board of
[30:11]
supervisors and these names were
[30:12]
published in the agenda.
[30:14]
that includes with the agenda for
[30:17]
today's meeting, that includes from
[30:19]
district 1, tom adams, district 2,
[30:23]
jacqueline fast, iliana rodriguez,
[30:29]
[inaudible], daniella, the notion was
[30:31]
that after tabbing public comment, you
[30:33]
all would go sort of with this work
[30:35]
sheet through the various community of
[30:39]
interest sort of designations, cities,
[30:43]
schools, organized labor, business,
[30:46]
upds served communities, lgbtqi
[30:50]
communities, environmental groups,
[30:52]
immigrant rights groups, and identify
[30:55]
your preferred candidate for each of
[30:57]
those groups.
[30:58]
and what we've done is listed the
[31:00]
applicants who identified themselves
[31:02]
as potential representatives of those
[31:04]
various groups.
[31:05]
the notion then would be that we take
[31:07]
the work sheets from you all and share
[31:11]
kind of the results after which you would
[31:12]
have the opportunity to discuss and
[31:14]
see whether you develop consensus
[31:15]
around any or all of these groups.
[31:17]
so, but that was to repeat what you
[31:22]
already said, madam president.
[31:23]
with that, I turn it back over to you.
[31:30]
>> thank you, is there any discussion
[31:33]
from my colleagues?
[31:34]
>> yes, I have a question.
[31:35]
>> yes?
[31:37]
>> I at the outset want to tell you
[31:44]
the district representative does not
[31:46]
live in the district.
[31:47]
31 in the county assisting county
[31:50]
executive and worked closely with me
[31:51]
on district 3 issues, so more than
[31:56]
qualified, hyperqualified for the
[31:58]
charter committee and for district 3.
[32:00]
I also wanted to indicate for
[32:05]
environmental groups, I see ms.
[32:10]
vanderpoly that applied for a number
[32:11]
of them.
[32:12]
I want to say to my colleagues
[32:14]
I want to put karen chapman into
[32:18]
number 9, she indicated she works with
[32:23]
them in her work so I wanted to
[32:24]
include her as a candidate -- as an
[32:28]
applicant for that item.
[32:29]
and with that, I'll go ahead and
[32:34]
leave it there.
[32:35]
>> any further comments, supervisor
[32:39]
canepa?
[32:40]
your mic. Is on.
[32:41]
>> sorry.
[32:43]
>> okay, with that, we can move on to
[32:47]
public comment.
[32:48]
>> thank you, madam president, I do
[32:50]
not have speaker cards from chambers,
[32:53]
we'll go -- oh, okay.
[32:56]
please state your name for the record.
[32:59]
>> and do we have hands up on
[33:01]
zoom for this item?
[33:03]
>> yes, madam president, we have two
[33:04]
hands at this time.
[33:06]
>> okay, then comment will be a minute
[33:08]
and a half.
[33:09]
>> a minute and a half?
[33:10]
okay, thank you, just to notify the
[33:13]
board that the establishment of
[33:15]
charters is unconstitutional and you
[33:17]
guys should know that, it happened
[33:19]
during the federalization of our
[33:21]
counties and our whole nation is
[33:23]
currently federalized, we the people
[33:26]
are coming against the charters in
[33:28]
these current lotions and you
[33:30]
legislating from a position of
[33:33]
executive is unconstitutional.
[33:36]
your behavior is reprehensible, you
[33:38]
won't look me in your eyes, none of
[33:40]
you, there you go, okay, ray, you can
[33:43]
look down and snide, it's fine, but we
[33:45]
the people are coming for you.
[33:48]
yesterday this county is
[33:52]
completely lawless.
[33:53]
>> can you please make sure your
[33:56]
comment is relative to the item.
[34:01]
>> you as the attorney are to maintain
[34:04]
lawful actions to the court.
[34:06]
>> can you please pertain to the topic.
[34:09]
>> the administrative law process that
[34:11]
is occurring over in the superior
[34:13]
court and then being adjudicated by
[34:16]
your policy holders or your police,
[34:17]
the people that are enforcing them,
[34:19]
they came and raided my home
[34:21]
yesterday, okay, and they destroyed my
[34:24]
home, so we have a problem here in
[34:26]
this county and I'm just warning you
[34:27]
that you've been put on notice and now
[34:30]
I'm feeling like there's
[34:35]
retribution for speaking out against
[34:37]
your lawlessness, it's been over a
[34:40]
year that I've been noticing you,
[34:43]
please repent and make changes and
[34:45]
come back with a constitutional based
[34:47]
government.
[34:48]
thank you.
[34:49]
good luck.
[34:52]
>> thank you.
[34:53]
seeing no more speaker cards from
[34:56]
chambers, we will now turn to
[34:58]
comments from zoom.
[35:02]
at this time, we have two hands raised.
[35:05]
we'll do one anyone -- minute and 30
[35:12]
seconds, sabrina, please begin.
[35:18]
sabrina, please unmute your
[35:19]
microphone, thank you.
[35:22]
>> I come as one of the people who
[35:24]
hold all political power.
[35:27]
your consent denies the right of
[35:28]
redress as you're amenable to the
[35:30]
people at all times.
[35:31]
article 4, section 4 is a guaranteed
[35:33]
clause in the u.s. Constitution and
[35:35]
guarantees us the right of a
[35:39]
government and republican in form,
[35:41]
article 1, section 7, a person may not
[35:44]
be deprived of life, liberty of
[35:46]
property or denied equal protections
[35:47]
of the law.
[35:48]
you violated that by you allowing
[35:50]
other people more time to redress
[35:53]
grievances.
[35:54]
and there are no special privileges or
[35:55]
classes, a citizen in article 1,
[35:58]
section 7b, a class or a citizen may
[36:02]
not be granted privileges or immunity
[36:04]
not granted to the terms of all
[36:06]
citizens, so you keep doing this and
[36:09]
each act of deprivation of rights is a
[36:12]
felony.
[36:13]
you will be held accountable.
[36:14]
you are being investigated, you're
[36:18]
ramrod these consent agendas through
[36:19]
without a right of redress for the
[36:22]
people, make sure you don't keep
[36:24]
giving special classes and ngo's, and
[36:26]
by the way, the treaty of el dogo was
[36:30]
signed by those people that claim that
[36:33]
it's their indigenous land.
[36:34]
they sold the land, they gave up their
[36:36]
rights, it is not conquered land, it
[36:40]
is bought and purchased land.
[36:41]
thank you.
[36:42]
>> thank you.
[36:43]
we'll now go to michelle stevens
[36:46]
followed by bruce, michelle, please
[36:49]
unmute and begin.
[36:51]
>> hello, once again, I come to you as
[36:52]
one of the people, child of god.
[36:58]
I really think that you all know, I
[37:00]
really don't think we really have to
[37:03]
say much more, you have been noticed.
[37:05]
you have been asked, you have been
[37:11]
plead with, you're going against the
[37:15]
constitution and 90% of your proceed
[37:17]
x, everything that you have done
[37:19]
since, you appointed your
[37:21]
sheriff is null and void, everything
[37:25]
you have done can come back and be
[37:28]
undone because you didn't follow
[37:30]
procedure to begin with.
[37:33]
if you truly want to make a difference
[37:37]
in anybody's life, you do it the right
[37:41]
way.
[37:42]
you don't do it by forcing your will
[37:45]
on to other people.
[37:49]
you have an agenda behind what you
[37:52]
have been doing.
[37:53]
I don't know what that is, I don't
[37:54]
know your personal thoughts but I do
[37:56]
know that your actions truly prove
[37:59]
you're not for the people.
[38:01]
you are not for the constitution and
[38:04]
you're not for the united states.
[38:07]
you took an oath that you break
[38:12]
continuously.
[38:13]
you may not think it's a big deal but
[38:15]
an oath is a sworn testament.
[38:20]
you need to repent and go back to the
[38:24]
constitution.
[38:25]
thank you.
[38:26]
>> thank you.
[38:27]
our last speaker, bruce, please unmute
[38:28]
and begin.
[38:31]
>> yes, and thank you, I would like to
[38:35]
add god on to that big long list there
[38:36]
that you guys don't seem to
[38:39]
acknowledge and thank you, bruce here
[38:42]
for the mic..
[38:46]
and the right to redress is not
[38:49]
symbolic, it requires its people be
[38:52]
heard at a meaningful time by
[38:55]
decision makers and before
[38:59]
irreversible commitments are made.
[39:04]
the procedures are structured in a way
[39:08]
that predetermines outcomes or
[39:14]
substitutes narrative justifications
[39:16]
for natural or neutral law.
[39:19]
the people are deprived of that right.
[39:22]
depravation of right does not require
[39:25]
intent, it occurs when government
[39:28]
action by design or process denies
[39:32]
equal access, equal protection or
[39:34]
meaningful participation under the law.
[39:37]
the constitution does not permit
[39:38]
rights to be distributed by status,
[39:44]
identity or favored classification.
[39:48]
I appear today before you not in
[39:51]
opposition to lawful government but in
[39:53]
defense of constitutional government
[39:56]
where authority remains delegated,
[39:58]
limited and accountable to the people.
[40:03]
I respectfully place this on the
[40:04]
record as a petition for redress and
[40:06]
an objection to any process or action.
[40:08]
>> thank you, bruce, you're at time.
[40:14]
>> one warning given.
[40:15]
>> I'm going to ask you to wrap up,
[40:18]
thank you, bruce.
[40:19]
>> no further comments, madam
[40:21]
president.
[40:22]
>> moving back to decision and
[40:25]
questions regarding the charter review
[40:28]
appointment.
[40:29]
>> madam president, could I add
[40:31]
something that I probably should have
[40:33]
added, a couple of things.
[40:36]
as to the form of work sheet, I
[40:39]
neglected to include a line for
[40:41]
supervisors to write their names, I
[40:42]
ask you to write your name on the form
[40:44]
before you hand it back just to keep
[40:47]
track of who's who with respect to
[40:52]
the votes.
[40:53]
in addition to appointing members to
[40:55]
the 2026 charter review committee, the
[40:56]
other thing -- a couple of other
[41:00]
things the board will be doing today
[41:03]
is asking, directing the charter review
[41:05]
committee to consider certain items,
[41:08]
certain subject matters for possible
[41:11]
amendment to the county charter and
[41:15]
the memorandum accompanying this item
[41:20]
indicates five different subjects that
[41:21]
members of the subcommittee, things
[41:23]
that have been identified by the sub
[41:25]
mutt tee, but board members will have
[41:27]
the opportunity to discuss that and to
[41:30]
perhaps suggest other matters for the
[41:32]
charter review committee to consider.
[41:33]
that's something I wanted to flag and
[41:35]
finally the board is being asked to
[41:37]
make findings that would allow the
[41:39]
charter review committee after meeting
[41:42]
at least once in person to conduct
[41:44]
their meetings remotely, I wanted to
[41:45]
make sure that was clear as well.
[41:46]
>> thank you, and just to summarize,
[41:48]
we will be filling out these work sheets
[41:54]
and until we have consensus on
[41:57]
one person per category and then we
[41:59]
can have the discussion about the five
[42:03]
topics that were suggested, maybe the
[42:05]
board wants to add more, and finally
[42:10]
when we vote, we will be allowing the
[42:11]
chaser review committee after their
[42:12]
first meeting to meet remotely?
[42:14]
>> that is correct.
[42:15]
the other thing I wanted to note,
[42:17]
while there are 11 categories listed,
[42:19]
the board is not actually mandated to
[42:22]
appoint somebody for all 11 different
[42:26]
categories if ultimately the board
[42:28]
decides not to.
[42:32]
a question.
[42:33]
>> supervisor speier?
[42:35]
>> mr. Nibbelin, how many members were
[42:36]
on the charter review committee in
[42:39]
2018?
[42:40]
>> I'm going to defer to one of my
[42:46]
colleagues, I believe it was 18 or 19,
[42:49]
I don't want to restate it.
[42:52]
>> bryan pedet, deputy county
[42:53]
attorney, it was 19.
[42:55]
>> so, we've selected 5.
[42:57]
is that correct?
[42:58]
>> the supervisors have identified
[43:00]
their five district appointees, yes.
[43:02]
>> I'm just curious about the size
[43:05]
because the larger it is, I think the
[43:08]
more complex it becomes, so, but
[43:12]
there's no requirement of a specific
[43:14]
number?
[43:16]
>> that's true, supervisor, the
[43:17]
charter only requires that there be a
[43:19]
committee, it doesn't provide
[43:20]
direction with respect to the size.
[43:22]
we were just working off past
[43:27]
precedent.
[43:28]
>> the individuals that have already
[43:30]
been selected by each of us, they
[43:31]
check off a number of categories as
[43:33]
well, thank you.
[43:37]
>> okay.
[43:40]
I will speak for myself when I say
[43:43]
that some of the categories, there are
[43:52]
-- so, for my process, I reviewed all
[43:55]
of the applications and I only
[43:59]
included candidates that I felt were
[44:01]
really viable, so that means they put
[44:04]
effort into their application, their
[44:06]
application was thoughtful and
[44:09]
thorough and so I want to recognize
[44:11]
there will be -- will there likely be
[44:14]
many categories where there are over
[44:17]
five potential candidates, so that
[44:18]
might get a little complicated.
[44:19]
we may have to come back to this work
[44:22]
sheet after discussion and vote
[44:29]
again.
[44:30]
so, I propose that we submit --
[44:41]
we either take some time to complete
[44:44]
our work sheet fully or we turn it in
[44:47]
with what we have, we select
[44:51]
candidates for the categories where
[44:53]
there are consensus and we take a
[44:54]
little bit more time.
[44:57]
what are my colleagues amenable to?
[45:01]
>> I would like to recommend we give
[45:05]
ourselves ten minutes to fill out the
[45:07]
forms and submit them.
[45:08]
>> okay.
[45:09]
sounds good.
[45:10]
>> through the chair, it would have
[45:11]
been nice to have some of these
[45:13]
candidates here, if we could hear from
[45:15]
them because most committees we work
[45:18]
on, you hear from those people who are
[45:20]
applying so you will have a better
[45:22]
understanding of why and what's
[45:24]
important to them.
[45:25]
has would be something for the future
[45:27]
for sure.
[45:28]
>> go ahead, supervisor mueller?
[45:29]
>> I have one other person to add
[45:32]
who's only listed on one list, I have
[45:34]
worked with her in half moon bay on
[45:38]
immigrants' rights issues, that's
[45:42]
jolisa acosta, she only appears in one
[45:44]
place and I have worked with her in
[45:46]
the city of half moon bay, I think
[45:49]
she's -- so I would like to add her to
[45:51]
that list.
[45:53]
>> that sounds good to me.
[45:58]
is that okay with the rest of my
[45:59]
colleagues?
[46:00]
>> so, number 10, immigrants' rights
[46:03]
groups, I would like to add jolisa
[46:07]
acosta and I already added [inaudible]
[46:13]
to the environmental list.
[46:15]
>> so, why don't we -- at 10 a.m., we
[46:22]
can turn in our work sheets.
[46:26]
( supervisors working on work sheets
[46:31]
until 10 a.m. ).
[54:18]
just for the sake of those on zoom,
[54:20]
we're getting to our last three
[54:23]
minutes. The board is completing their
[54:25]
worksheets on their charter review --
[54:29]
on the charter review candidates and
[54:33]
then we'll be turning them and in and
[54:41]
discussing -- tallying the candidates
[54:46]
and then discussing.
[56:11]
if you have filled out your worksheet and
[56:14]
you're ready, go ahead and hand it over.
[56:44]
we're am at time, but we'll tally and
[56:49]
discuss I know at least for me it's
[56:56]
for final discussion, and there will be
[56:58]
room for that in this process.
[57:13]
>> is it clear as mud? Actually I
[57:47]
made a spreadsheet because it's very
[57:55]
confusing, a lot of applications.
[58:32]
just a reminder, public comment has
[58:33]
already been taken for this item.
[58:40]
would it be helpful if we start
[58:44]
tallying? Okay, great.
[59:13]
>> madam president, with your okay I
[59:18]
would ask the clerk to bring up the
[59:23]
tabulation sheet.
[59:24]
>> please do.
[59:25]
>> and we'll go category by category
[59:28]
and reflect by the votes and go by
[59:31]
supervisorial district and start with
[59:33]
supervisor speier on cities and her
[59:41]
choice was marquis. Supervisor corzo,
[59:44]
district 2, the choice was eddie
[59:49]
flores. For district 3, supervisor
[59:51]
mueller the choice for cities as eddie
[59:53]
flores.
[59:58]
district 4 supervisor gauthier the
[1:00:01]
choice for cities as eddie flores and
[1:00:04]
for district 5, supervisor canepa the
[1:00:07]
choice was eddie flores. So those are
[1:00:11]
the results for cities. Then we'll go
[1:00:13]
ahead and go to schools. And the
[1:00:19]
choice for district 1 actually no
[1:00:23]
choice indicated there. And then for
[1:00:30]
district 2, maria luna. For district
[1:00:36]
3, lynnette garcia. For district 4,
[1:00:42]
lynnette garcia and for district 5,
[1:00:46]
david pollock.
[1:00:47]
>> you can change mine to lynnette
[1:00:50]
garcia as well.
[1:00:57]
>> we'll move to category 3, which is
[1:01:01]
organized labor. Organized labor for
[1:01:07]
district 1 julie lind. District 2,
[1:01:12]
julie lind. District 3, julie lind.
[1:01:17]
district 4, julie lind. District 5,
[1:01:22]
julie lind.
[1:01:28]
then we'll move to category 4,
[1:01:30]
business. Again, district 1,
[1:01:32]
supervisor speier was kim sameya.
[1:01:41]
district 2, supervisor corzo is marquis
[1:01:47]
loop. District 3, supervisor mueller
[1:01:52]
marquis loop. District 4 supervisor
[1:01:59]
gauthier pace lee vartanian and
[1:02:02]
district 5, supervisor canepa, marquis
[1:02:04]
loop.
[1:02:09]
so we'll move to category no. 5,
[1:02:14]
underserved communities. District 1
[1:02:20]
nomala pali. District 2, vaselina
[1:02:34]
mack. District 3, monica mahina.
[1:02:38]
district 4, monica mahina, district 5,
[1:02:42]
lawrence through the chair.
[1:02:47]
>> go ahead.
[1:02:48]
>> I don't know how it works, but I
[1:02:52]
could go with monica mahina.
[1:02:54]
>> district 5, that will be monica
[1:02:58]
mahina.
[1:03:12]
on category 6 lgbtqia community,
[1:03:18]
district 1 supervisor speier, michael
[1:03:23]
cooper. District 2, supervisor corzo,
[1:03:32]
- district 3, dana johnson. District
[1:03:35]
4, supervisor gauthier also dana
[1:03:38]
johnson. District 5, supervisor
[1:03:40]
canepa, dana johnston.
[1:03:52]
category no. 7 seniors, supervisor
[1:03:54]
speier district 1 janet stringer.
[1:04:00]
district 2, supervisor corzo, jim
[1:04:06]
lawrence. District 3, supervisor
[1:04:08]
mueller has george smith. District 4,
[1:04:13]
supervisor gauthier, jim lawrence. And
[1:04:18]
district 5, supervisor canepa, judah
[1:04:22]
tomisoff.
[1:04:23]
>> I can go with jim lawrence.
[1:04:35]
>> noted. Jim lawrence for supervisor
[1:04:39]
canepa district 5. Next is youth,
[1:04:47]
district 1, nathan healey. District 2,
[1:04:57]
amani schof. District 3, looks like
[1:05:03]
barbara matthewson. District 4, nathan
[1:05:09]
healey. And district 5, michael cooper.
[1:05:14]
>> I can change to nathan healey.
[1:05:17]
>> I appreciate that. He is 16. So
[1:05:21]
it's really, truly a youth voice to the
[1:05:23]
charter.
[1:05:36]
>> moving to environmental groups.
[1:05:41]
district 1 --
[1:05:42]
>> can I pause for one second here?
[1:05:46]
definitely want to hear how this lays
[1:05:48]
out. I wanted to note for my
[1:05:50]
colleagues, that we had three
[1:05:52]
candidates in the "other" category as
[1:05:56]
well. One representing veteran
[1:05:57]
perspective, one representing health
[1:06:01]
care perspective, and frankly, I wasn't
[1:06:03]
super impressed with the candidates for
[1:06:07]
environmental. So I just want my
[1:06:09]
colleagues to consider that perspective.
[1:06:12]
>> at the end, actually, I would like
[1:06:15]
to talk about adding. Adding others to
[1:06:18]
the bottom, because I had one candidate
[1:06:21]
excluded, I think as a veteran's voice
[1:06:24]
and would be very interested in having
[1:06:27]
him on committee.
[1:06:28]
>> for environmental then, I will go
[1:06:31]
ahead and note that district 1
[1:06:35]
identified karen chatman. So
[1:06:39]
supervisor speier karen chatman.
[1:06:43]
supervisor 2 --
[1:06:44]
>> none selected.
[1:06:46]
>> none selected. District 3,
[1:06:53]
supervisor mueller, karen chatman.
[1:06:56]
district 4 supervisor gauthier selected
[1:07:03]
numala bonda pali. District 5 selected
[1:07:08]
as well numala bonda pali.
[1:07:26]
I'm sorry, category no. 10 is
[1:07:31]
immigrants rights groups. District 1
[1:07:35]
selection, supervisor speier has
[1:07:40]
kimberly wu. District 2 supervisor
[1:07:44]
corzo has julissa acosta. District 3,
[1:07:47]
supervisor mueller, alisa acosta.
[1:07:51]
district 4, supervisor gauthier tafalu
[1:07:56]
mahi and district 5, supervisor canepa
[1:08:02]
identified looks like liliane perez-avelar.
[1:08:11]
>> go ahead, supervisor speier.
[1:08:12]
>> I think it's very important for us to
[1:08:14]
appreciate as we develop this group,
[1:08:17]
that we have immigrant groups that are
[1:08:21]
diverse as well. And you know the
[1:08:24]
asian population in this county is
[1:08:26]
larger than the latino population. And
[1:08:30]
I just want to make sure that they're
[1:08:35]
reflected as well.
[1:08:40]
>> I agree with that analysis. In
[1:08:45]
fact, I had selected -- for the lgbtqia
[1:08:53]
for that reason as I noted disparity
[1:08:55]
there as well. Maybe we can pin that
[1:08:59]
to the discussion topics at the end and
[1:09:01]
continue.
[1:09:02]
>> great. That takes us to group no.
[1:09:04]
1, which is voting rights groups and
[1:09:10]
district 1 identified kathleen wheeler,
[1:09:13]
supervisor speier, kathleen wheeler.
[1:09:15]
district 2, supervisor corzo identified
[1:09:25]
liliane perez-avelar.
[1:09:29]
>> district 3 identified elizabeth
[1:09:31]
wright and supervisor 4, district
[1:09:35]
gauthier identified liliane perez-avelar.
[1:09:39]
supervisor canepa identified liliane
[1:09:41]
perez-avelar. Those are all of the eleven
[1:09:44]
groups that were identified by the
[1:09:45]
board in their resolution for the
[1:09:54]
composition of membership.
[1:09:56]
>> that you county attorney nibbelin.
[1:09:58]
can we start at the top of the tally
[1:10:02]
sheet, just so we can review. So I
[1:10:07]
think we almost had consensus for eddie
[1:10:10]
flores. I would propose that he does
[1:10:15]
get the nomination there. So if we can
[1:10:19]
maybe bold -- it's already bold
[1:10:25]
actually underlined? I don't know,
[1:10:26]
it's fine. Let's move on. Thank you.
[1:10:36]
for schools, we see lynnette has the
[1:10:39]
most votes. I would propose we bold
[1:10:43]
and continue. Same for julie lind with
[1:10:49]
the labor council. No. 4, I would say
[1:10:55]
we bold let's bold this one as well.
[1:11:09]
here we have dana johnson as well.
[1:11:15]
let's continue. We have jim lawrence.
[1:11:22]
oh, that -- okay, go ahead, nathan
[1:11:26]
healey. Actually, can we go back up?
[1:11:31]
for the youth seat, I just wanted to
[1:11:37]
name that I believe amani schof is
[1:11:43]
also of asian descent and thought was a
[1:11:49]
more thoughtful nomination than nathan
[1:11:51]
healey and also I believe is she is on
[1:11:54]
the youth commission. She is the
[1:11:57]
liaison or was the liaison to the
[1:12:00]
commission on the status of women as
[1:12:02]
well. So just want to lay that out
[1:12:05]
this, if we do want to think about how
[1:12:08]
we can ensure more diversity,
[1:12:13]
representative diversity. But we can
[1:12:14]
come back to this. Moving on.
[1:12:23]
environmental groups, karen definitely
[1:12:24]
has the most votes. Like I mentioned
[1:12:26]
earlier, I do think that I wasn't --
[1:12:31]
the application wasn't super thorough
[1:12:39]
and hoping to have thoughts on what
[1:12:41]
work they would want to do in, like,
[1:12:45]
fairly representing environmental
[1:12:46]
groups? But she has three. So let's
[1:12:52]
continue. So immigrant rights we don't
[1:12:56]
have three votes on this one. Would my
[1:12:59]
colleagues like to discuss?
[1:13:06]
go ahead supervisor.
[1:13:07]
>> I would just reiterate what I said.
[1:13:09]
I think we have no representation to
[1:13:14]
my knowledge now from the asian
[1:13:19]
community on the charter commission.
[1:13:21]
we have many people of latino descent
[1:13:26]
on the charter committee.
[1:13:28]
>> I'm fine changing my vote to
[1:13:30]
kimberly.
[1:13:31]
>> me too.
[1:13:33]
>> kimberly is fine.
[1:13:37]
>> okay. And I agree. We can put
[1:13:42]
mine for kimberly as well. Canepa as
[1:13:47]
well. So that is --
[1:13:48]
>> all of us.
[1:13:49]
>> all of us, yes.
[1:14:01]
we're at our final category. The only
[1:14:09]
pending, I think, discussion piece we
[1:14:10]
have, do we want to consider blair
[1:14:18]
whitney who brings veteran's
[1:14:19]
perspective and john, who brings - and
[1:14:22]
vice president mueller, I think you had
[1:14:25]
one additional candidate for veterans?
[1:14:29]
>> I believe george wright did, too.
[1:14:36]
or george smith, excuse me.
[1:14:42]
>> madam president?
[1:14:44]
>> supervisor speier, go ahead.
[1:14:47]
>> you know, there were two
[1:14:49]
representatives from the league of
[1:14:51]
women voters that applied. Neither of
[1:14:53]
them were selected. They tend to be
[1:14:57]
individuals who are well-informed on
[1:14:59]
all of the issues in our communities.
[1:15:03]
and I would like to add them to this
[1:15:08]
other list. So there's kathleen
[1:15:13]
wheeler and elizabeth wright.
[1:15:18]
>> and through the chair, can we look
[1:15:20]
at the list and see what are we missing
[1:15:24]
from the list? Who is missing? Who
[1:15:26]
will not be at the table for this
[1:15:29]
charter?
[1:15:34]
>> I would say that I think a
[1:15:42]
veteran's perspective is one that I
[1:15:45]
have noticed is missing.
[1:15:46]
>> I think there's two. Pacific
[1:15:49]
islander and the veterans. And I think
[1:15:51]
this is a tough one. So like kathleen
[1:15:55]
as well.
[1:15:56]
>> yes, I would say --
[1:16:00]
>> karen chatman has already been
[1:16:02]
selected. So she could be taken off.
[1:16:04]
>> well, I think what we're
[1:16:06]
considering is instead of
[1:16:10]
environmental, having someone else from
[1:16:13]
the "other" category instead of.
[1:16:15]
>> I'm not -- I would like to leave
[1:16:18]
karen at environmental.
[1:16:19]
>> okay. Then I think we have all of
[1:16:21]
our categories then. So we wouldn't
[1:16:25]
consider anyone under "other" is that
[1:16:27]
right?
[1:16:28]
>> madam president, I do think the
[1:16:30]
board, if it decided it wanted to,
[1:16:33]
could add additional names.
[1:16:35]
notwithstanding that the directive was
[1:16:37]
to take applications for eleven
[1:16:40]
categories, if on the basis of
[1:16:42]
information that the board has at this
[1:16:44]
point they want to add an additional
[1:16:46]
member to represent some group that the
[1:16:49]
board feels needs to be represented, I
[1:16:51]
think you have that flexibility, if you
[1:16:53]
decide you want to.
[1:16:54]
>> okay, supervisor canepa.
[1:16:55]
>> I do think that we need to do a
[1:17:01]
league of women's representative and I
[1:17:04]
don't know if it's kathleen wheeler or
[1:17:09]
elizabeth. I think having a league of
[1:17:11]
women's voice is an important voice.
[1:17:12]
so I would support that, if the board
[1:17:14]
chooses to do that.
[1:17:18]
>> if I could suggest colleagues, look
[1:17:25]
like we're missing pacific islander and
[1:17:27]
league of women's voters and one of
[1:17:29]
each that satisfies those
[1:17:31]
categories, would probably make sense to
[1:17:32]
add and we'd be done.
[1:17:34]
>> what was that again?
[1:17:35]
>> we would be adding three new
[1:17:37]
people. Right.
[1:17:38]
>> so we take this --
[1:17:40]
>> 19.
[1:17:41]
>> it would be 19 exactly, just like
[1:17:43]
last time. Just like last time.
[1:17:46]
>> I support it.
[1:17:47]
>> okay.
[1:17:48]
>> so just for clarity, who are we
[1:17:49]
adding
[1:17:51]
>> so we're going to have to vote
[1:17:55]
between two veterans, two league of
[1:17:57]
women's voters and then you guys will
[1:17:59]
have to help me identify the pacific
[1:18:03]
islander category.
[1:18:07]
>> talavu.
[1:18:08]
>> they.
[1:18:09]
>> excuse me, they are the only
[1:18:10]
one who meet that category, great.
[1:18:18]
do we want to vote? My understanding
[1:18:22]
is george smith, and blair?
[1:18:25]
>> why don't we take a moment and
[1:18:26]
review.
[1:18:29]
>> sure. Sure.
[1:18:31]
we'll take two minutes to review.
[1:19:45]
so just to clarify for the public, we
[1:19:47]
have made a decision to add talavu
[1:19:53]
amahi for their intersectional
[1:19:57]
representation of several categories,
[1:19:59]
including the immigrant community, the
[1:20:04]
lgbtqia plus community and I want to
[1:20:06]
say a few others. And we're now
[1:20:12]
considering who we would like to give
[1:20:14]
our vote to in the categories of voting
[1:20:21]
groups, voting rights group and
[1:20:22]
veterans.
[1:22:15]
okay I think we have had some time to
[1:22:19]
consider. Are there any thoughts from
[1:22:21]
my colleagues?
[1:22:25]
>> I would like to recommended
[1:22:30]
kathleen wheeler. And blair whitney.
[1:22:41]
>> I will also support kathleen
[1:22:46]
wheeler. I still respect my colleague,
[1:22:49]
but to support george smith, but still
[1:22:52]
respect you for this.
[1:22:53]
>> no problem.
[1:22:57]
>> and in terms of veterans?
[1:23:11]
supervisor speier we'll come back to
[1:23:14]
you. Supervisor canepa?
[1:23:15]
>> I will support kathleen wheeler and
[1:23:20]
george smith
[1:23:21]
>> I will be supporting -- I was going
[1:23:26]
to support elizabeth right, but go
[1:23:33]
with kathleen and blair and say that
[1:23:35]
blair put more time into the
[1:23:39]
application.
[1:23:40]
>> then I'm going to put in -- the
[1:23:42]
reason why I selected george smith is
[1:23:44]
because he actually serves in a
[1:23:47]
leadership position in the american
[1:23:50]
legion in redwood city, which I know is
[1:23:51]
quite a bit of work with not -- with
[1:23:54]
other veterans. So I thought that
[1:23:55]
point of view would be well-represented.
[1:24:01]
>> okay. So it sounds like our
[1:24:04]
selections are kathleen wheeler, and
[1:24:06]
george smith.
[1:24:10]
>> madam president, just in terms of
[1:24:13]
making sure we get the motion right. I
[1:24:15]
was hoping we could go sort of category
[1:24:17]
by category again, maybe start at the
[1:24:19]
top and run down. I know we have done
[1:24:21]
this before, but I want to make sure we
[1:24:24]
have all of the names. So for the
[1:24:27]
cities, eddie flores would be the --
[1:24:29]
>> yes.
[1:24:30]
>> I'm happy, I can run through them.
[1:24:32]
>> perfect.
[1:24:33]
>> for cities we have council member
[1:24:38]
eddie flores. For school, we have
[1:24:42]
lynnette garcia. Organized labor we
[1:24:45]
have julie lind. Business we have
[1:24:52]
mark -- underserved communities we have
[1:24:59]
monica mahia. Lgbtqia plus communities
[1:25:01]
dana johnson. Seniors we have jim
[1:25:04]
lawrence. Youth, we have nathan
[1:25:09]
healey. Environmental groups we have
[1:25:13]
karen chatman. Immigrant rights groups
[1:25:17]
we have kimberly wu. Voting rights
[1:25:20]
groups, can you please scroll back up?
[1:25:27]
we have liliane perez-avelar. And in
[1:25:35]
"other" we george smith, representing
[1:25:41]
veterans. Kathleen wheeler
[1:25:46]
representing the league of women
[1:25:53]
voters. And talavu amarae got a vote
[1:25:55]
from every single supervisor here.
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>> through the chair, the tally sort
[1:26:01]
of reflect mueller voted for george
[1:26:04]
smith and george smith should have
[1:26:08]
three, not two.
[1:26:12]
>> okay.
[1:26:13]
>> so madam supervisor, when the time
[1:26:14]
comes to adopt the resolution for this
[1:26:17]
matter, this would be the essentially
[1:26:20]
the panel that the vote will be voting
[1:26:23]
to add tom adams, jacqueline faust,
[1:26:27]
roseanne faust and daniella jungtog,
[1:26:35]
correct? Any other additional comments
[1:26:36]
from my colleagues?
[1:26:37]
>> thank you, that wasn't as painful
[1:26:39]
as I thought.
[1:26:40]
>> okay, do you need a formal vote on
[1:26:42]
this?
[1:26:43]
>> madam president, I think this
[1:26:47]
tally, or this panel would be
[1:26:49]
incorporated by reference into the
[1:26:50]
resolution itself. So in the
[1:26:52]
resolution will also include the matter
[1:26:54]
you are going to ask the committee to
[1:26:56]
consider, as well as action to allow
[1:26:59]
the committee to meet remotely. So I
[1:27:02]
think we'll just take one vote on the
[1:27:05]
entire resolution, recognizing these
[1:27:06]
names will be incorporated into it.
[1:27:08]
>> great. Do I have a motion?
[1:27:11]
do I have a second?
[1:27:12]
>> I wanted to be clear, did anybody
[1:27:14]
have anything to say?
[1:27:15]
>> oh, that is right.
[1:27:16]
>> about the matters? That the
[1:27:19]
committee would be considering?
[1:27:20]
>> that is why it felt so easy.
[1:27:23]
>> I don't know have the matters in
[1:27:25]
front of me right this moment. But I
[1:27:29]
believe some were pulled from the
[1:27:33]
applications. Do you have them in
[1:27:34]
front of you.
[1:27:35]
>> I'm happy to share them with you,
[1:27:38]
madam president. These were the
[1:27:40]
employments consisting of supervisor
[1:27:42]
corzo and supervisor canepa and again
[1:27:43]
the proposal is to require the
[1:27:44]
committee or direct the committee to
[1:27:47]
consider these matters. One, whether
[1:27:50]
county charter section 4.12.5, which is
[1:27:52]
removal of elected chair for cause
[1:27:53]
should be amended to delete subsection
[1:27:56]
e which currently states that subsection
[1:27:58]
4.12, which vests the board to
[1:28:01]
remove for cause shall sunset and
[1:28:04]
of no other force of effect. So
[1:28:07]
high-level and in plain english, should
[1:28:10]
that sunset provision be taken out of
[1:28:12]
the charter such that particular
[1:28:15]
provision would exist indefinitely,
[1:28:16]
until and unless it's changed. The
[1:28:18]
second item is whether the county
[1:28:21]
charter section, which deals with
[1:28:22]
elections, should be amended to either
[1:28:25]
delete the term "conservative." thereby,
[1:28:27]
imposing lifetime ban on election to a
[1:28:30]
supervisorial seat following three
[1:28:31]
terms in office or specify how long an
[1:28:34]
intervening period a supervisor must be
[1:28:35]
out of office for being eligible to be
[1:28:39]
elected or as a county supervisor.
[1:28:42]
currently the section is drafted in a
[1:28:44]
way I think it is fair to say might be
[1:28:49]
a little ambiguous to the point. So
[1:28:51]
that is the thinking for that. The
[1:28:52]
third item is whether the county
[1:28:54]
charter should be amended to add a new
[1:28:57]
section requiring the board of
[1:28:58]
supervisors to review the governance
[1:29:00]
practices? The fourth item is whether
[1:29:02]
section 415 of the county charter
[1:29:04]
should be amended to further specify
[1:29:06]
proceed procedures in the event that
[1:29:07]
the board make an appointment to fill a
[1:29:09]
vacancy in elected office? Just having
[1:29:11]
come through that process, I think
[1:29:12]
there was some thought that maybe some
[1:29:14]
more detail would be useful and whether
[1:29:16]
the county charter, this is the giveth
[1:29:18]
item whether county charter should be
[1:29:20]
amended to identify procedures in event
[1:29:21]
that the board has cause to believe an
[1:29:23]
elected office has been or should be
[1:29:25]
vacated because the incumbent official
[1:29:28]
has become physically, mentally or
[1:29:31]
otherwise incapacitated. These are the
[1:29:33]
five items, madam president.
[1:29:34]
>> thank you. Any discussion from
[1:29:40]
my colleagues? Supervisor mueller I
[1:29:42]
appreciate the thoughts and suggestions
[1:29:43]
and I was going to add to them --
[1:29:46]
thinking of ways to add to them, but it
[1:29:48]
dawned on me I think the charter
[1:29:50]
process is one that I think I actually
[1:29:55]
have some pause in having the board
[1:29:57]
collectively vote to ask the charter
[1:29:59]
review committee what to think about.
[1:30:02]
I this it sort of directs their
[1:30:04]
discussion in a way that I think is
[1:30:07]
top-down rather than bottom-up. So I
[1:30:10]
think it's perfectly appropriate if
[1:30:11]
board members want to send a letter to
[1:30:14]
the charter review individually, saying
[1:30:15]
do you want to think about these
[1:30:16]
things? But I think to have the board
[1:30:18]
actually take an action and direct them
[1:30:20]
to think about certain things, I'm not
[1:30:24]
going to be supportive of today.
[1:30:25]
>> I would note that the county
[1:30:27]
charter does provide that the board can
[1:30:32]
provide direction to the charter review
[1:30:34]
commission. That is something
[1:30:35]
contemplated in the charter and not
[1:30:36]
something of course that is required.
[1:30:38]
but it is part of the process that the
[1:30:41]
charter contemplates is direction from
[1:30:42]
the board with respect to these matters.
[1:30:44]
>> I appreciate that. Thank you.
[1:30:49]
>> supervisor corzo?
[1:30:50]
supervisor canepa.
[1:30:51]
>> thank you very much. I just really
[1:30:55]
want to thank brian and janet and john
[1:31:00]
nibbelin. This has been an extensive
[1:31:03]
process in a very short timeline. So I
[1:31:06]
think what has been put before us today
[1:31:09]
has been thoughtful. I do think the
[1:31:12]
charter review committee and
[1:31:16]
historically when they have taken up
[1:31:17]
these different items and I think we
[1:31:19]
have done this on the future action
[1:31:21]
that we'll take is that we have always
[1:31:24]
come up with solutions. We have always
[1:31:27]
come up with a collaborative effort to
[1:31:31]
address issues that really and I think
[1:31:32]
some of the issues illustrated within
[1:31:35]
the staff report really do look to be
[1:31:38]
revisited at, and to be thought about
[1:31:40]
-- to think about. I think the body
[1:31:42]
that we have before us does that, and
[1:31:46]
again, I just really want to thank you,
[1:31:49]
judith and yourself, mr. Petitt. There
[1:31:51]
was not an easy endeavor. But one that
[1:31:56]
you have thought through and really
[1:32:01]
appreciate it. Thank you.
[1:32:03]
>> supervisor mueller just in response
[1:32:05]
to county counsel, I did indicate I
[1:32:07]
think it's appropriate for board
[1:32:08]
members if they want to send a letter
[1:32:10]
to the charter review commission with
[1:32:11]
suggestions to go ahead and do so. So
[1:32:13]
I'm not excluding my comment from the
[1:32:15]
board" or board members to the
[1:32:17]
committee. I'm just saying collective
[1:32:19]
action by the board, I think in my
[1:32:23]
personal opinion seems a bit directive.
[1:32:27]
>> so I will just add that I also
[1:32:30]
want to thank staff for working on
[1:32:32]
this. I know that it's been a
[1:32:37]
complicated process that would have been
[1:32:40]
-- could have been a little less
[1:32:43]
complicated and wrapped up sooner. But
[1:32:46]
I'm really happy with the outcome and
[1:32:48]
thoughtfulness that my colleagues and I
[1:32:50]
have put into making the selections and
[1:32:51]
making sure that we have a balanced
[1:32:54]
group. This charter review committee,
[1:32:55]
I think, will have very important work
[1:32:59]
as it pertains to the issue areas that
[1:33:04]
the board may or may not suggest that
[1:33:09]
the charter review committee consider.
[1:33:13]
I think it is the right thing to offer
[1:33:16]
them some items to look at, because if
[1:33:23]
we don't offer anything, like, I think
[1:33:27]
as a board, we have insight into what
[1:33:29]
we think are the most pressing matters.
[1:33:32]
I don't think we -- my understanding
[1:33:35]
is they won't be required to look into
[1:33:37]
every single issue area. So they will
[1:33:40]
have flexibility, and there will be a
[1:33:43]
lot of opinions on that committee. So
[1:33:47]
I'm personally comfortable with
[1:33:50]
suggesting issue areas for them, but I
[1:33:52]
do think in order to wrap up, we have
[1:33:54]
to make a decision on whether we want
[1:33:56]
to include those in the resolution or
[1:33:58]
not? So I would like to get an
[1:34:00]
understanding from my colleagues on
[1:34:02]
where they land on that. Supervisor
[1:34:03]
speier, please, go ahead.
[1:34:05]
>> thank you. I strongly oppose one
[1:34:09]
-- I do not think that we should be in
[1:34:12]
a situation where we went to the
[1:34:14]
voters, we said we were going to have
[1:34:17]
this power until 2028 and now we're
[1:34:19]
going to the charter committee
[1:34:22]
commission, and suggesting that they
[1:34:24]
recommend that we have it in place
[1:34:28]
indefinitely. So I actually think 4
[1:34:31]
and 5 are acceptable to consider. But
[1:34:33]
I do not support 1, 2 and 3.
[1:34:39]
>> that is helpful. I would be in
[1:34:41]
support of all five being included.
[1:34:43]
supervisor mueller just to clarify, you
[1:34:45]
don't want any included?
[1:34:46]
>> no, I would actually ask for a
[1:34:49]
bifurcated vote, first on the candidates
[1:34:50]
and then on the category, because I am
[1:34:52]
going to be voting no on all of them.
[1:35:01]
>> okay before we move on to the vote,
[1:35:04]
let's from the rest of our colleagues
[1:35:06]
here. Supervisor gauthier.
[1:35:07]
>> I don't want to give direction to
[1:35:08]
the charter, but I think to give them
[1:35:10]
some topics that they could take up is
[1:35:13]
perfectly okay. Let them have that
[1:35:14]
discussion.
[1:35:15]
>> are you in support of all five then?
[1:35:20]
>> without any direction, yes, having
[1:35:23]
them take up that discussion.
[1:35:24]
>> thank you. Supervisor canepa?
[1:35:29]
>> you know, I'm sort of -- I don't
[1:35:31]
know at this time if I could support
[1:35:34]
all five either. I do think that
[1:35:38]
supervisor mueller makes, you know, a
[1:35:42]
compelling argument -- argument is not
[1:35:43]
the word, but a compelling case. What
[1:35:46]
I get -- what I'm afraid of is this
[1:35:52]
potential optics of pre-determination.
[1:35:56]
and that, to me, I think that is why
[1:35:58]
I'm not going to be I'm probably
[1:36:02]
support ray's motion and not be in
[1:36:03]
support of any of the five.
[1:36:06]
>> okay. So I believe we then have
[1:36:09]
kind of a split board here on this
[1:36:11]
issue. But I would like to ask county
[1:36:15]
attorney nibbelin, what the charter
[1:36:16]
says? Do we have to select some
[1:36:18]
recommendations or is that not a
[1:36:19]
requirement?
[1:36:21]
>> madam president, the charter
[1:36:23]
contemplates that the board can give
[1:36:25]
direction to the charter review
[1:36:28]
committee. So there's nothing untorrid
[1:36:29]
about it, but it's not actually
[1:36:31]
mandated if you don't ultimately
[1:36:33]
believe if there aren't three votes in
[1:36:36]
fay of proceeding direction, there's no
[1:36:37]
requirement that you do so. The
[1:36:38]
process would just to be really clear
[1:36:41]
and I should have probably said a few
[1:36:43]
words about this earlier. The glide
[1:36:46]
path from here would be once the
[1:36:48]
committee is formed and whatever
[1:36:49]
direction is given to the committee.
[1:36:51]
the committee meets and has a number of
[1:36:55]
meetings actually that contemplations
[1:36:57]
of 4-6 meets over the months that the
[1:36:59]
committee would come back to you with
[1:37:02]
recommendations. The committee isn't
[1:37:03]
required to recommended pro or con with
[1:37:05]
respect to any direction that is given
[1:37:07]
to them and ultimately, nothing ends up
[1:37:09]
on the ballot for the electorate to
[1:37:15]
interest unless and until you decide
[1:37:17]
that you want to put something on the
[1:37:19]
ballot with respect to the ordinance.
[1:37:21]
the short answer is no, you don't have
[1:37:23]
any obligation to provide specific
[1:37:26]
direction to the committee if you
[1:37:28]
decide it's not appropriate.
[1:37:31]
>> okay. Taking that into account, do
[1:37:34]
we want to consider supervisor
[1:37:39]
mueller's proposal that we don't
[1:37:41]
include any issue areas, and we write
[1:37:48]
personal letters from each supervisor
[1:37:50]
to the entire committee in terms of
[1:37:53]
what topics to consider?
[1:37:54]
>> I can support that.
[1:37:56]
>> okay. I can support that as well.
[1:37:58]
>> madam president, I would ask if
[1:38:01]
we're going to bifurcate out the
[1:38:03]
motion, the motion would be --
[1:38:04]
>> I don't think we need to county
[1:38:08]
attorney nibbelin, if we're all in
[1:38:10]
agreement that we won't be adding any
[1:38:13]
issue areas.
[1:38:14]
>> understood. I guess the piece I
[1:38:15]
want to make sure that doesn't get
[1:38:17]
lost, you are also going to vote to
[1:38:21]
approve the board, to adopt the
[1:38:23]
findings for the committee to meet
[1:38:24]
remotely.
[1:38:25]
>> yes.
[1:38:26]
>> yes.
[1:38:28]
>> so do I have a motion to -- so
[1:38:32]
moved.
[1:38:33]
>> second.
[1:38:34]
>> second.
[1:38:35]
>> what is the motion?
[1:38:36]
>> the motion is to approve --
[1:38:39]
>> mic.
[1:38:40]
>> the motion is to approve the
[1:38:43]
candidates to serve on the commission.
[1:38:47]
with no direction being given for their
[1:38:50]
evaluation of the charter.
[1:38:51]
>> but I will go ahead and include but
[1:38:54]
with the understanding that members can
[1:38:56]
send individual letters on their
[1:38:59]
thoughts of what the committee might
[1:39:00]
consider.
[1:39:01]
>> I heard the remote option for the
[1:39:03]
board.
[1:39:04]
>> and remote included.
[1:39:05]
>> I will second.
[1:39:06]
>> I think we already had a second
[1:39:09]
from supervisor gauthier. Roll-call
[1:39:10]
vote, please.
[1:39:11]
>> supervisor speier?
[1:39:12]
>> aye.
[1:39:13]
>> supervisor mueller?
[1:39:14]
>> yes.
[1:39:15]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[1:39:16]
>> yes.
[1:39:17]
>> supervisor canepa?
[1:39:18]
>> aye.
[1:39:19]
>> president corzo?
[1:39:20]
>> yes.
[1:39:21]
>> motion passes.
[1:39:22]
>> thank you. We'll now move on to
[1:39:24]
item 2, to approve an atr,
[1:39:29]
appropriation transfer request for
[1:39:31]
measure can funds no the to exceed
[1:39:36]
$10,000 from district 2 to the san
[1:39:39]
mateo county office of art and culture
[1:39:41]
public art in district 2. I would like
[1:39:44]
to motion to approve this item. Do I
[1:39:49]
have a second? Second by canepa.
[1:39:51]
roll-call vote -- public comment,
[1:39:52]
please.
[1:39:53]
>> I have a comment.
[1:39:54]
>> I have no speaker cards in the
[1:39:56]
chambers, so we'll go to zoom comments.
[1:39:59]
>> thank you, at this time I do see
[1:40:01]
one hand raised for sabrina. Sabrina,
[1:40:05]
please, go ahead and unmute and begin
[1:40:09]
speaking.
[1:40:12]
>> the people who hold political
[1:40:14]
power, the people who are the electors
[1:40:16]
not voters of county electing this
[1:40:18]
committee by -- are they selecting
[1:40:19]
this committee by constitutional election?
[1:40:22]
where are these items on the consent
[1:40:26]
calendar inalienable constitutional
[1:40:28]
right of redress? And rubber-stamped
[1:40:30]
as if the people agree? You're bounded by
[1:40:33]
the oath as your agreement grant of
[1:40:35]
authority under the constitution. So
[1:40:38]
please, you have selected ngo
[1:40:40]
communities to do your business and tell
[1:40:41]
them what to do on future agendas and
[1:40:44]
please show where you have the
[1:40:46]
authority, mr. Nibbelin, to have
[1:40:48]
closed-door sessions for these
[1:40:49]
selections of representatives? And
[1:40:55]
repugnant and making them null and
[1:40:58]
void. The people under article 1
[1:41:01]
section 3 of the california
[1:41:03]
constitution have the right of access
[1:41:04]
of information to the conduct the
[1:41:07]
people's business, and therefore,
[1:41:08]
meetings of the public bodies and the
[1:41:10]
writings of the public officials and
[1:41:12]
agencies shall be open to public
[1:41:15]
scrutiny. You continue to violate
[1:41:16]
these rights. You continue to
[1:41:20]
violate the -- and deprive the people of
[1:41:23]
redress during these meetings. There's
[1:41:24]
no open back and forth discussion.
[1:41:26]
there's no questions being answered.
[1:41:28]
you continue to do this, you now in
[1:41:32]
prison, which is furthermore along the
[1:41:33]
lines of treason and you will be held
[1:41:37]
accountable. Thank you. Thank you.
[1:41:41]
>> one additional hand for catherine carter,
[1:41:45]
please unmute and begin.
[1:41:51]
>> to petition this body to redress
[1:41:59]
grievances. No. 1 on any of these
[1:42:01]
committees going to be given a copy of
[1:42:04]
the california bill of rights to read
[1:42:06]
even before they sit on that charter,
[1:42:10]
because that charter is void. Time
[1:42:15]
cannot render void in its origin --
[1:42:16]
>> I would like to remind the speaker
[1:42:19]
we're on item 2, we're not on the
[1:42:21]
charter item any more. We have
[1:42:22]
completed that item. We're on measure
[1:42:26]
k, discretionary item no. 2.
[1:42:31]
>> okay. You have appointed people
[1:42:33]
that may not even be actual citizens of
[1:42:37]
this country, because of how they were
[1:42:38]
brought in.
[1:42:39]
>> okay, if this comment isn't
[1:42:42]
relevant to the item, I'm going to ask
[1:42:44]
that we move on.
[1:42:46]
>> it has to do with your committees.
[1:42:49]
>> catherine, do you have any
[1:42:54]
comments related to item no. 2?
[1:42:57]
>> I am. And you need to get -- if
[1:43:00]
you are not operating under the
[1:43:03]
constitution, nothing you do is valid
[1:43:05]
-- is void, that's it.
[1:43:09]
>> thank you. We'll now go to our
[1:43:12]
last speaker, bruce johnson, please
[1:43:16]
unmute and begin.
[1:43:18]
>> bruce johnson. I come to you as
[1:43:21]
one of the people. I just want to
[1:43:26]
say -- have a great day, thank you.
[1:43:28]
>> thank you. No further hands, madam
[1:43:30]
president.
[1:43:32]
>> okay. Thank you. Supervisor
[1:43:35]
speier.
[1:43:37]
>> thank you. I am just going to
[1:43:40]
indicate that I'm not going to vote for
[1:43:43]
any measure k appropriation that is
[1:43:46]
$10,000 or less, because the controller
[1:43:49]
has indicated that it costs more to
[1:43:55]
process a $10,000 grant internally.
[1:44:00]
and doesn't make sense to do that in my
[1:44:03]
view. So they should be a minimum of
[1:44:07]
$20,000.
[1:44:08]
>> okay. Any other comments from my
[1:44:11]
colleagues?
[1:44:13]
roll-call vote, please.
[1:44:14]
>> supervisor speier?
[1:44:15]
>> no.
[1:44:17]
>> supervisor mueller?
[1:44:19]
>> just responding -- I will check
[1:44:22]
with the controller's office. My
[1:44:26]
understanding was the controller as
[1:44:28]
office was $10,000 minimum. I will go
[1:44:30]
ahead and vote yes.
[1:44:31]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[1:44:32]
>> yes.
[1:44:34]
>> supervisor canepa?
[1:44:36]
>> yes.
[1:44:37]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[1:44:38]
>> yes.
[1:44:39]
>> president corzo?
[1:44:40]
>> yes.
[1:44:41]
>> motion passes authentic eyewitness
[1:44:44]
3, action not to exceed $20,000 for to
[1:44:49]
support its intergenerational
[1:44:53]
empower series. I do believe we have a
[1:44:55]
speaker on this item.
[1:45:00]
so add a little more information, this
[1:45:02]
is a counseling program to address root
[1:45:05]
cause of mental health and substance
[1:45:09]
risk by providing cultural identity,
[1:45:11]
and early intervention strategies. And
[1:45:14]
I'm grateful for taulama and invite the
[1:45:22]
executive director to share a few
[1:45:25]
words. I believe they are on zoom.
[1:45:30]
>> madam president, lucy's joining as a
[1:45:38]
panelist, I believe.
[1:45:49]
hi lucy, feel free to proceed.
[1:46:04]
lucy, we see you, but don't hear you.
[1:46:07]
>> sorry, I double muted myself. I
[1:46:10]
apologize. Happy new year president
[1:46:12]
corzo, supervisors mueller, canepa,
[1:46:15]
gauthier, and speier, county executive
[1:46:18]
callagy, assistant county executive ely
[1:46:20]
and county attorney nibbelin. Thank
[1:46:26]
you for the opportunity to speak today
[1:46:28]
and hopefully for your support through
[1:46:31]
adopting the resolution to authorize
[1:46:33]
district discretionary measure k funds.
[1:46:37]
taulama is a community-rooted
[1:46:40]
nonprofit serving the tongan and
[1:46:43]
pacific islander community in san mateo
[1:46:46]
county since 2002. Our work is
[1:46:49]
grounded in work. These measure k
[1:46:51]
discretionary funds will support our
[1:46:54]
intergenerational empowerment series
[1:46:56]
a cultural responsive program
[1:46:57]
consisting of six workshops delivered
[1:47:00]
across two cohorts. Bringing together
[1:47:02]
parents and youth to strengthen
[1:47:04]
communication, leadership and cultural
[1:47:06]
identity. This program is a direct
[1:47:08]
response to findings from the 2022 san
[1:47:13]
mateo county tongan needs assessment
[1:47:16]
supported by the office of behavioral
[1:47:18]
health and recovery services. This
[1:47:22]
assessment revealed high-levels of
[1:47:24]
intergenerational stress, and struggles
[1:47:25]
in meeting basic needs and barriers to
[1:47:29]
accessing culturally appropriate
[1:47:30]
support, particularly for youth and
[1:47:33]
families navigating trauma, grief and
[1:47:36]
isolation, while stressing and trying
[1:47:37]
to get their basic needs met, such as
[1:47:42]
paying rent, obtaining food, gaining
[1:47:45]
adequate employment, paying bills.
[1:47:46]
since the needs assessment was conducted,
[1:47:49]
those challenges have intensified and
[1:47:51]
become exponentially devastating and
[1:47:53]
debilitating to our community. Our
[1:47:56]
community has experienced multiple
[1:47:58]
losses, and incidents that underscore
[1:48:01]
the need for longer-term early
[1:48:04]
preventative and sustainable
[1:48:05]
intervention. What we know and live
[1:48:07]
through daily, and what this data
[1:48:09]
confirms is that when we lack safe
[1:48:11]
cultural-affirming spaces to talk and
[1:48:15]
heal together, risk increases. These
[1:48:17]
measure k funds will allow us to pilot
[1:48:20]
intervention upstream, it will allow us
[1:48:24]
to create structured facilitated spaces
[1:48:25]
where parents and youth can reconnect,
[1:48:28]
where culture strengthens, not divides
[1:48:31]
generations, and where families build
[1:48:33]
skills and that support long-term
[1:48:35]
well-being. While this funding is not
[1:48:39]
and does not meet the full scale of
[1:48:41]
need, it will enable taulama to pilot
[1:48:43]
and start to deliver a focused program
[1:48:46]
with clear outcome and strong community
[1:48:48]
trust and also reflects the
[1:48:50]
county's recognition that culturally
[1:48:51]
specific and community led approaches
[1:48:53]
are essential to equity. We're
[1:48:55]
grateful to you, president corzo for
[1:48:57]
sponsoring and recommending to the
[1:48:59]
board this investment, and for your
[1:49:01]
continued commitment to improving
[1:49:04]
quality of life for all communities in
[1:49:06]
san mateo county. Thank you for your
[1:49:08]
time and partnership.
[1:49:10]
>> thank you, lucy. We'll move on to
[1:49:12]
public comment, unless my colleagues
[1:49:15]
have any questions or comments? Public
[1:49:18]
comment, please.
[1:49:19]
>> thank you, madam president. We
[1:49:22]
don't have any in-chambers and we'll
[1:49:24]
take public comment on zoom for item 3
[1:49:30]
for taulama for tongans. We have two
[1:49:34]
hands raised. Sabrina, please
[1:49:35]
unmute and begin.
[1:49:36]
>> I come as one of the
[1:49:38]
people who hold political power. I am
[1:49:41]
invoking my constitutional right of
[1:49:43]
redress written in article 1, section 3
[1:49:45]
of the california constitution and
[1:49:47]
do not to interrupt me depriving
[1:49:52]
me of my constitutional rights of
[1:49:53]
grievance when they do. Article 1 in
[1:49:56]
the california constitution section 7
[1:49:58]
says a person may not be deprived of
[1:50:00]
life, liberty or property without due
[1:50:02]
process of law or denied equal
[1:50:06]
protection under the law and this does
[1:50:07]
all of that and says --
[1:50:09]
>> sabrina, I'm going to request that
[1:50:11]
you speak.
[1:50:12]
>> you are interrupting me and denying
[1:50:14]
my right. You just need to stop and I
[1:50:17]
reclaim my time.
[1:50:18]
>> a citizen or class of citizens may
[1:50:21]
not be granted -- not granted the same
[1:50:23]
to all citizens. That means you cannot
[1:50:26]
have these special ngos and special
[1:50:28]
classifications and special funds for a
[1:50:30]
class of people. You are violating
[1:50:32]
that article of the constitution. Also
[1:50:35]
the u.s. Constitution article 4 section
[1:50:37]
4 the united states shall guarantee
[1:50:39]
every state in this union a republican
[1:50:42]
form of government. You have
[1:50:43]
violated that and you are have
[1:50:46]
turned into a communist county and you
[1:50:47]
will be held accountable and I suggest
[1:50:49]
with any other people come to speak,
[1:50:51]
you do not interrupt them. As it is,
[1:50:55]
depravation of constitutional right and
[1:50:56]
each time that you have done that is a
[1:51:00]
felony and one or more including the
[1:51:02]
clerk that cuts off the microphone is
[1:51:04]
complicit and all of you sitting on the
[1:51:08]
board is complicit, including tortuous
[1:51:11]
interference by county attorney are
[1:51:13]
complicit and will be held accountable.
[1:51:19]
>> michelle stevens, please unmute and
[1:51:21]
begin.
[1:51:23]
>> hello board. I'm coming to you as
[1:51:24]
one of the people.
[1:51:31]
sabrina is throwing out the
[1:51:32]
constitutions to you. You know, you
[1:51:34]
interrupted kitty. That is wrong. You
[1:51:35]
know, not only is it wrong, it's rude.
[1:51:41]
you know there's a phase out there do
[1:51:44]
unto others as you would have them do
[1:51:47]
unto you. I think it's very rude to
[1:51:50]
cut somebody off in the middle of a
[1:51:52]
sentence. No, we don't want to go by
[1:51:54]
what you want to talk about. That is
[1:51:56]
why it's called redress of grievance.
[1:51:58]
it's not redress of what you want to
[1:52:00]
talk about, because it makes you feel
[1:52:03]
good. It's about our rights through
[1:52:07]
the constitution. You have broken
[1:52:09]
that. You have broken your oath. You
[1:52:12]
broke your oath.
[1:52:13]
>> michelle, I will ask you to please
[1:52:15]
speak on the topic.
[1:52:16]
>> I am speaking on the topic.
[1:52:20]
redress of grievance, dear. You are
[1:52:23]
breaking my constitutional right. Just
[1:52:25]
because you are a member of a board
[1:52:28]
does not mean you have more right than
[1:52:30]
what I do.
[1:52:32]
>> madam president, I do want to note
[1:52:33]
that under the brown act, the public
[1:52:36]
comment for any particular item is
[1:52:38]
limited to the subject-matter that is
[1:52:40]
actually on the agenda, and -- general
[1:52:42]
--
[1:52:43]
>> no, none of your charter rules.
[1:52:46]
>> and so I would give note we should
[1:52:48]
limit public comment.
[1:52:49]
>> I'm going to call for order. Can
[1:52:51]
you please mute the mic, please.
[1:52:56]
, ma'am, please hold your comment as
[1:52:58]
the county attorney finishes what he is
[1:53:00]
saying. Thank you. We also held your
[1:53:01]
time.
[1:53:02]
>> again, I want to note that the
[1:53:03]
public comment is limited to the
[1:53:05]
subject-matter that is dully on the
[1:53:06]
agenda. There's a portion of the
[1:53:08]
agenda available for general public
[1:53:10]
comment that again can pertain to
[1:53:12]
anything within the subject-matter
[1:53:13]
jurisdiction of the board, but as we go
[1:53:15]
item by item, the public comment is
[1:53:18]
limited to the subject-matter that is
[1:53:22]
actually again being discussed pursuant
[1:53:23]
to the agenda at that time. Again
[1:53:26]
generalized comments with respect to
[1:53:27]
why we call them, you know, dealing
[1:53:30]
with grievances or addressing
[1:53:31]
grievances or some other thing, again,
[1:53:36]
not related to the particular matter
[1:53:39]
that is being discussed at this time,
[1:53:40]
for example.
[1:53:47]
I'm going to ask that the speaker speak
[1:53:49]
on the item for their last 14 seconds.
[1:53:51]
thank you.
[1:53:53]
>> thank you. Michelle, please, go
[1:53:54]
ahead and continue your comment and
[1:53:56]
we'll proceed with the time remaining.
[1:53:59]
>> my comment is you do not have
[1:54:03]
right to step on my constitutional
[1:54:05]
right to address my constitutional
[1:54:07]
government. That is the topic. That
[1:54:09]
has been the topic for several meetings
[1:54:11]
now. Just because you all don't want
[1:54:13]
to agree to it, it is the truth. You
[1:54:18]
you are breaking the constitution and
[1:54:20]
breaking my rights.
[1:54:21]
>> your time, please. Let's move on.
[1:54:24]
>> the right to tell me.
[1:54:26]
>> can you please cut the mic, sherri.
[1:54:30]
>> thank you, michelle for
[1:54:37]
disconnecting your comment. We'll go
[1:54:39]
to bruce johnson. Please proceed.
[1:54:43]
>> hello, board. Bruce johnson. I
[1:54:46]
come to you as one the people and you
[1:54:50]
really -- you ought to stop and think
[1:54:54]
about what these ladies are telling
[1:54:56]
you. We all have been trying to tell
[1:54:59]
you for months, you know? That you
[1:55:02]
guys have some boundaries that you seem
[1:55:07]
to kind of stepped outside of, you
[1:55:10]
know? Thinking that you have clarity
[1:55:13]
to do so. And you know, part of
[1:55:17]
redressing grievance is why the people
[1:55:18]
come to you, and --
[1:55:20]
>> bruce, respectfully, can you please
[1:55:22]
make your comment related to the agenda
[1:55:24]
item?
[1:55:25]
>> yes.
[1:55:26]
just you know, get back with the
[1:55:28]
people. Don't blow them up. Okay?
[1:55:32]
and you know, equal protection. It's
[1:55:34]
important. Members of the board, equal
[1:55:37]
protection of the law means that
[1:55:39]
government must act through neutral
[1:55:42]
rules applied uniformly to all persons,
[1:55:45]
public authority --
[1:55:47]
>> madam president, again, the
[1:55:49]
particular item at issue here is a
[1:55:52]
resolution authorizing a one-time grant
[1:55:53]
of district discretionary measure k
[1:55:58]
fund to taulama for tongans and that is
[1:56:02]
the subject-matter at-issue.
[1:56:04]
>> okay. So just for clarity, if our
[1:56:10]
speakers don't have any relevant
[1:56:12]
comment within the first 30 seconds of
[1:56:13]
their comment, we're going to move on
[1:56:15]
to the next speaker. So bruce, you
[1:56:20]
have 23 seconds left. Please make sure
[1:56:22]
your comments are related to the
[1:56:28]
district 2 discretionary request that
[1:56:30]
this item is about. And I will hand it
[1:56:32]
back to the clerk. Thank you.
[1:56:35]
>> thank you, bruce. You can please
[1:56:38]
proceed. You have 23 seconds on the
[1:56:40]
timer for item 3, again.
[1:56:43]
>> I withdraw.
[1:56:45]
>> okay. Thank you. And that was the
[1:56:48]
last comment, madam president.
[1:56:49]
>> okay. Thank you. I believe this
[1:56:52]
is back to the board for a motion for
[1:56:56]
approval. Do I have a motion?
[1:56:57]
>> so moved.
[1:56:58]
>> is there a second?
[1:57:03]
>> I'll second it.
[1:57:04]
>> okay, motion by gauthier, second by
[1:57:07]
mueller. Roll-call vote, please.
[1:57:09]
>> supervisor speier?
[1:57:10]
>> yes.
[1:57:11]
>> supervisor mueller?
[1:57:12]
>> yes.
[1:57:13]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[1:57:14]
>> yes.
[1:57:15]
>> supervisor canepa?
[1:57:16]
>> yes.
[1:57:17]
>> supervisor corzo?
[1:57:18]
>> yes.
[1:57:19]
>> motion passes.
[1:57:20]
>> president corzo, I would like to
[1:57:22]
make a motion to hear the next three
[1:57:24]
items together and combine public
[1:57:26]
comment.
[1:57:28]
>> is that possible, county attorney
[1:57:31]
nibbelin?
[1:57:33]
>> the board's historical practice has
[1:57:34]
been to consider the measure k items
[1:57:36]
individually
[1:57:40]
>> we'll bifurcate the vote on each
[1:57:42]
of the three and hear them all three at
[1:57:44]
once.
[1:57:45]
>> I think if there's a consensus to
[1:57:47]
modify the rules to that effect, you
[1:57:48]
can do so.
[1:57:49]
>> if that is agreeable to everyone?
[1:57:57]
>> is that a formal motion?
[1:58:00]
>> I'll move.
[1:58:01]
>> is there a second?
[1:58:05]
>> we can move it, yes.
[1:58:07]
>> okay. Motion by mueller, second by
[1:58:11]
gauthier. Roll-call vote, please.
[1:58:12]
>> supervisor speier?
[1:58:13]
>> no.
[1:58:14]
>> supervisor mueller?
[1:58:15]
>> yes.
[1:58:16]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[1:58:17]
>> yes.
[1:58:18]
>> supervisor canepa?
[1:58:19]
>> yes.
[1:58:20]
>> president corzo?
[1:58:21]
>> yes.
[1:58:23]
>> motion passes.
[1:58:24]
>> thank you.
[1:58:25]
>> 4, 5 and 6 together.
[1:58:27]
>> thank you. So these are all
[1:58:30]
measure k items, one from district 2,
[1:58:34]
two from district -- one from district
[1:58:37]
4, one from district 5. The item no. 4
[1:58:42]
is a grant in the amount of $10,000 to
[1:58:46]
empowerment through action for the
[1:58:50]
furnishing, and supplies for wellness
[1:58:55]
centers in three local middle schools
[1:59:00]
and high schools actually. Supervisor
[1:59:02]
gauthier, would you like to introduce
[1:59:04]
your item?
[1:59:06]
>> sure, thank you. Today I
[1:59:08]
recommend approval of one-time measure
[1:59:10]
k grant not to exceed $30,000 to casa
[1:59:16]
circulo cultural agent as an
[1:59:18]
agent for the center of creativity to
[1:59:21]
support high-quality accessible art
[1:59:24]
programs serving residents across san
[1:59:26]
mateo county. The funds will be used
[1:59:28]
for basic operational costs to ensure
[1:59:31]
the space can remain open, safe, and
[1:59:35]
connected for community use. The center
[1:59:37]
for creativity is a community-led
[1:59:39]
effort to build a permanent visual and
[1:59:43]
performing arts hub in downtown redwood
[1:59:45]
city. The space serves as a cultural
[1:59:48]
anchor at main and broadway, connecting
[1:59:52]
residents across generations,
[1:59:54]
neighborhoods and backgrounds. It fills
[1:59:55]
a real gap in affordable accessible
[1:59:59]
creative spaces, particularly for
[2:00:01]
youth, seniors, and families who often
[2:00:04]
lack access to arts programs. This
[2:00:06]
past friday, I attended the opening
[2:00:09]
reception for the 2026 showcase an
[2:00:15]
exhibit on perseverance, resilience and
[2:00:16]
hope at the center for creativity, and
[2:00:20]
the space was electric.
[2:00:23]
>> thank you, supervisor gauthier.
[2:00:24]
did you have a speaker?
[2:00:25]
>> they are in the room, should there
[2:00:27]
be any questions.
[2:00:29]
>> okay. I actually neglected to --
[2:00:31]
>> did you want to speak? Okay.
[2:00:33]
>> I neglected to acknowledge my item
[2:00:37]
has a speaker, and we have rachel
[2:00:51]
lauderdale representing empowerment
[2:00:54]
through action on zoom.
[2:00:58]
>> hello everyone. Thank you so much
[2:01:00]
for letting me speak on the incredible
[2:01:03]
measure k grants granted to our
[2:01:07]
empowerment through action program.
[2:01:09]
I'm rachel leader darul one of the
[2:01:11]
co-directs how to empowerment through
[2:01:13]
direction and started at hillsdale high
[2:01:15]
school and we're mow officially our own
[2:01:17]
501(c)(3) and with our new status, we
[2:01:19]
have been able to expand our program
[2:01:23]
through the empower san mateo initiative
[2:01:25]
with the support of our school district
[2:01:27]
and we have groups at the three bigger
[2:01:30]
middle schools -- and we're also
[2:01:32]
running groups at four high schools in
[2:01:35]
san mateo, hillsdale, aragon, san mateo
[2:01:37]
and bridge academy. Our students are
[2:01:40]
placed in mentor groups with one adult
[2:01:45]
leader and all student who are most
[2:01:48]
marginalized by our school systems,
[2:01:51]
first generational students that have
[2:01:52]
some of our other students in san mateo
[2:01:56]
had and we're proud to say we serve
[2:02:00]
over 400 students in san mateo that
[2:02:02]
qualify for the program. And thanks to
[2:02:04]
measure k grant we're able to create
[2:02:07]
beautiful, safe and inviting spaces in
[2:02:09]
the high school and middle school
[2:02:11]
campuses to run our group and the
[2:02:13]
program as we expand. So currently
[2:02:15]
we're working on spaces at argon, san
[2:02:18]
mateo and bridge academy that will be
[2:02:20]
turned into community resource centers
[2:02:22]
using measure k grant and this year --
[2:02:25]
the spaces will be used for our groups.
[2:02:28]
but in the future we could hold our
[2:02:32]
tutoring centers and much more for
[2:02:33]
students and our families in our san
[2:02:37]
mateo community. The san mateo county
[2:02:38]
board of supervisors has been an ongoing
[2:02:45]
supporter for years, and deem impactful
[2:02:46]
to our students and families, and could not
[2:02:49]
be more thankful. We look forward to
[2:02:51]
continued work with the city and
[2:02:54]
cities for trusted spaces to our
[2:02:55]
adult and youth usage in san mateo.
[2:02:57]
thank you so much.
[2:02:58]
>> thank you so much and I can't wait
[2:03:00]
to visit. Supervisor canepa, you had
[2:03:01]
the third item. Please, go ahead.
[2:03:05]
>> great. Thank you very much. Today
[2:03:07]
I'm proud to bring forward a measure k
[2:03:11]
grant request of $100,000 to the ariana
[2:03:14]
mae hatama foundation to establish
[2:03:17]
scholarship endowments for survivors of
[2:03:18]
domestic violence and human trafficking
[2:03:20]
here in san mateo county. The ariana
[2:03:25]
mae hatama foundation has a strong and
[2:03:27]
trusted service to our community
[2:03:29]
through prior district 5 measure k
[2:03:31]
funding in 2020 and 2023, produced
[2:03:38]
educational films and documentary that
[2:03:40]
select survivors with critical resources.
[2:03:42]
this work has reached our residents
[2:03:45]
across the county and played an
[2:03:46]
important role in breaking the silence
[2:03:49]
around intimate partner violence and
[2:03:51]
trafficking. This proposal build on
[2:03:53]
that foundation, and addresses a clear
[2:03:56]
and ongoing need. While awareness and
[2:03:58]
prevention are essential, survivors
[2:04:00]
also need pathways to independence.
[2:04:01]
these pathways that reed to education,
[2:04:04]
job skill you and long-term stability.
[2:04:07]
this grant does exactly that. Through
[2:04:13]
this one-time investment, they will
[2:04:15]
establish a scholar endowment to
[2:04:17]
provide on going financial support to
[2:04:20]
survivors pursuing education. Scholars
[2:04:21]
will be made available at our three san
[2:04:27]
mateo county college district campuses.
[2:04:30]
and partnership with the san mateo
[2:04:32]
county office of education to eligible
[2:04:34]
high school students across the county.
[2:04:37]
this initiative also benefits the
[2:04:40]
broader community. When survivors are
[2:04:42]
supported in achieving
[2:04:43]
self-sufficiency, we see positive
[2:04:45]
ripple effects, stronger families,
[2:04:47]
reduced strain on social services and
[2:04:52]
safer, healthier neighborhoods. I
[2:04:53]
respectfully ask for your support in
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approving this item and continuing our
[2:04:56]
commitment to helping survivors not
[2:04:59]
only escape violence, but bring
[2:05:01]
brighter more and secure futures. With
[2:05:03]
that, I would like to welcome farzin
[2:05:07]
hatami, ceo and co-founder. Of the
[2:05:09]
foundation to speak on this item.
[2:05:10]
thank you.
[2:05:15]
>> supervisor canepa and supervisor corzo,
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you have been very supportive of what we
[2:05:20]
have done. It's already been ten
[2:05:21]
years. We lost our daughter to
[2:05:26]
domestic violence and founded this
[2:05:27]
foundation with your support. We have
[2:05:30]
produced educational videos and films.
[2:05:32]
it's been very well-received.
[2:05:34]
actually, office of education san mateo
[2:05:40]
county school district is calling it a
[2:05:42]
go-to resource for parents and for the
[2:05:44]
youth. They are actually using it on a
[2:05:46]
regular basis. So it's been very
[2:05:49]
well-received. We're building on that
[2:05:54]
foundation, and actually creating
[2:05:55]
multiple scholars and we have done so
[2:05:58]
with private donors almost ten years
[2:05:59]
ago. We're modeling this after that
[2:06:01]
scholarship, that was done at san francisco
[2:06:04]
state university. We have other
[2:06:08]
scholarships throughout california.
[2:06:09]
these are all four-year colleges. Some
[2:06:11]
of the kids, those that have been
[2:06:14]
coming to our country through human
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trafficking, they don't even have high
[2:06:18]
school education. As you know, there's
[2:06:21]
no tuitions or any fees for high
[2:06:24]
schools, but this would help them with
[2:06:25]
the costs, with the expense where they
[2:06:29]
are living. I have been in direct
[2:06:32]
contact with dr. Moreno of san mateo
[2:06:40]
college district and putting this
[2:06:41]
together with your help. At the same
[2:06:43]
time, I'm actually having a conference
[2:06:48]
call with cfo of san mateo high school
[2:06:52]
district. Mr. Hawkins, I believe, this
[2:06:54]
thursday, to discuss the logistics of
[2:07:01]
these scholarships that we'll do
[2:07:03]
together jointly. It's been very
[2:07:05]
successful and we're modeling this
[2:07:06]
after that. If you need any specifics
[2:07:10]
on these programs, I would be more than
[2:07:12]
happy to answer your questions. Please
[2:07:15]
let me know.
[2:07:16]
>> chair?
[2:07:17]
>> okay. Thank you.
[2:07:18]
>> you know, mr. Hatami, let me just
[2:07:21]
thank you. In light of you know your
[2:07:28]
daughter's murder at the expense of
[2:07:31]
someone, it occurred in daly city, what
[2:07:33]
you have been able to do in terms of
[2:07:36]
creating a program to really in her
[2:07:41]
memory, to uplift people by giving
[2:07:44]
people the resources that they need.
[2:07:47]
so no other parent has to go through
[2:07:49]
what you went through. I mean, I will
[2:07:52]
tell you this, you are to me a
[2:07:57]
hero. Someone who really just has done
[2:08:00]
so much, you know, at san francisco
[2:08:03]
state. You have done so much in
[2:08:04]
reaching out to community colleges, the
[2:08:07]
production of these videos, which are
[2:08:11]
widely watched. I just really from the
[2:08:12]
bottom of my heart, for what you have
[2:08:15]
gone through, and the situation that
[2:08:18]
was as a parent, I would never want to
[2:08:20]
go through. I mean, it's horrific.
[2:08:23]
what you have been able to do with your
[2:08:25]
foundation and your board, I just want
[2:08:27]
to thank you.
[2:08:28]
>> I appreciate your feedback very
[2:08:31]
much actually. The whole community
[2:08:33]
came to aid us, to help us. We have
[2:08:37]
had the support from the district
[2:08:40]
attorney's office, from the daly city
[2:08:42]
police department, yourselves,
[2:08:44]
supervisor corzo, this body. You have
[2:08:46]
been extremely helpful to us, and
[2:08:49]
you're right, we turn something
[2:08:51]
horrible and negative into something
[2:08:54]
very positive to honor our daughter and
[2:08:55]
help others to prevent this from
[2:08:58]
happening again. So I appreciate your
[2:09:01]
help, your comments, your feedback.
[2:09:03]
it's very powerful, and it's
[2:09:05]
encouraging us to do more every day.
[2:09:09]
>> thank you. Supervisor speier, I
[2:09:10]
believe you have a question.
[2:09:12]
>> I did. Mr. Hatami, let me first
[2:09:19]
say how much I know that you have had
[2:09:22]
much pain associated with the loss of
[2:09:24]
your daughter, and the importance of
[2:09:27]
creating something that is lasting to
[2:09:30]
remember her is something that I
[2:09:33]
certainly appreciate. I lost my
[2:09:36]
husband many years ago to a driver, who
[2:09:41]
had no insurance. So the way I try to
[2:09:44]
make it a more positive experience was
[2:09:48]
to introduce legislation to require
[2:09:50]
everyone carry a minimum amount of auto
[2:09:53]
insurance, so that people with
[2:09:54]
low-income could at least bury their
[2:09:56]
loved ones in a situation like that.
[2:10:00]
having said that, I have two questions.
[2:10:03]
one is it is said that you are going
[2:10:07]
to spend this money between february of
[2:10:11]
26 and may of 26. Looking at your irs
[2:10:17]
document, it suggests you have no
[2:10:21]
staff. So you are going to expend
[2:10:23]
$100,000 in a period of three or four
[2:10:27]
months, who is going to make the
[2:10:29]
decision as to who is going to get the
[2:10:32]
scholarships is my question? And
[2:10:35]
secondly, why wouldn't we just have
[2:10:37]
this money go directly to the community
[2:10:42]
colleges, so they could basically
[2:10:44]
distribute the money based on their
[2:10:46]
review of who has been a victim of
[2:10:49]
domestic violence or sex trafficking?
[2:10:53]
>> what I have learned about the
[2:10:55]
community colleges with the help of dr.
[2:10:58]
moreno, they have established their own
[2:11:01]
foundation. And this is at the infancy
[2:11:04]
right now. They don't have any major
[2:11:06]
donors to actually fund anything. So
[2:11:08]
what we have decided that we're trying
[2:11:10]
to do, our goal is to have this
[2:11:15]
scholarship jointly, this we provide
[2:11:20]
half of the money with your support and
[2:11:22]
the community college with a selection
[2:11:24]
committee that consists of three
[2:11:26]
people, one from our foundation and the
[2:11:28]
others from the community college. The
[2:11:30]
applicants would apply, like we have
[2:11:31]
done so, and then they receive the
[2:11:34]
scholarship. It's an in the form of
[2:11:36]
endowment and the hope is this would
[2:11:39]
last forever, because their foundation
[2:11:42]
invests this money, and the proceeds
[2:11:44]
goes to this. The same thing we're
[2:11:47]
establishing with the high school
[2:11:50]
district. My discussions with mr.
[2:11:52]
hawkins is going to be around that they
[2:11:57]
actually provide some of the money and
[2:11:59]
we jointly start this process. The
[2:12:01]
proceeds on an annual basis goes to a
[2:12:04]
number of applicants that they are
[2:12:07]
either survivors of domestic violence,
[2:12:10]
their children, or human trafficking
[2:12:13]
based on their needs whether it's high
[2:12:15]
school, two-year college and then
[2:12:17]
four-year, we already have in place.
[2:12:19]
>> how much is your foundation going
[2:12:23]
to contribute to this joint foundation?
[2:12:26]
>> we provide half of the money.
[2:12:29]
>> well, it appears that your net assets
[2:12:32]
you have $156,000.
[2:12:33]
>> correct.
[2:12:36]
>> so you are going to provide $75,000?
[2:12:40]
>> no, we're providing $50,000 to each.
[2:12:42]
one is to high school and $50,000 for
[2:12:45]
the community colleges, and then with
[2:12:48]
their support, we actually established
[2:12:49]
this endowment.
[2:12:50]
>> and so the $100,000 that measure k
[2:12:52]
would be providing is that money, is
[2:12:54]
that what you are saying?
[2:12:55]
>> that is part of it. That is a big
[2:12:58]
part of it. Yes, correct.
[2:13:01]
>> okay.
[2:13:02]
>> I have a question as well.
[2:13:03]
>> yes.
[2:13:04]
>> can you please clarify how many
[2:13:07]
scholarships this will actually be
[2:13:08]
funding?
[2:13:10]
>> we're anticipating ten plus on an
[2:13:13]
annual basis, based on how the
[2:13:15]
foundation of the community colleges,
[2:13:17]
and the high schools will deal with the
[2:13:19]
money.
[2:13:20]
>> and what are the amounts?
[2:13:21]
>> sorry?
[2:13:22]
>> the amounts of the scholarships?
[2:13:26]
>> $100,000 for the high schools, and
[2:13:28]
$100,000 for the college, as they
[2:13:30]
provide half of the money.
[2:13:32]
>> how much will the recipients
[2:13:34]
receive, if there's ten per year, how
[2:13:37]
much?
[2:13:38]
>> it's a range of $1,000 to $2,000 on
[2:13:41]
an annual basis or every semester when
[2:13:44]
it comes to the two-year colleges.
[2:13:47]
>> okay. Do I have any questions from
[2:13:50]
my colleagues?
[2:13:51]
>> did you say it's a $1,000 to --
[2:13:55]
what was that dollar amount?
[2:13:57]
>> $1,000 to $2,000.
[2:13:59]
>> and there's going to be ten people?
[2:14:01]
>> roughly ten.
[2:14:02]
>> I'm just trying to make the math
[2:14:04]
work. So if that is not $50,000. Is
[2:14:07]
what I'm trying to get to.
[2:14:12]
>> the endowment is invested by the
[2:14:17]
community college foundation that they
[2:14:19]
have. The san mateo county community
[2:14:22]
college district has their own
[2:14:24]
foundation and this is going to be part
[2:14:26]
of the bigger investment that they
[2:14:28]
have. The proceeds is going to be
[2:14:30]
given to the kids on an annual basis,
[2:14:33]
whether it's every semester, or one
[2:14:34]
time.
[2:14:35]
>> okay.
[2:14:37]
>> supervisor canepa.
[2:14:38]
>> I just really want to thank you for
[2:14:41]
the work. You know, my understanding,
[2:14:44]
is around a lot of these dollars;
[2:14:47]
right? There are people who need
[2:14:51]
resources outside of just going to
[2:14:53]
school. So some of the scholarships,
[2:14:55]
and I have worked with dr. Moreno on
[2:14:57]
some of this is whether what do you do
[2:15:01]
if you need books? What do you do if
[2:15:05]
you need chrome books? What do you do
[2:15:08]
if you need some help, if their food
[2:15:09]
insecure?
[2:15:10]
>> yes.
[2:15:11]
>> so I sort of look at this, you
[2:15:14]
know, we made investments in foster
[2:15:18]
care, I look at this as sort of an
[2:15:20]
investment in people and making sure
[2:15:21]
that people who have gone through
[2:15:25]
something that is extraordinarily
[2:15:27]
horrific, that we show empathy and the
[2:15:33]
empathy that we're able to provide for
[2:15:34]
them in their time of need. I will say
[2:15:37]
this, I do like the approach of having
[2:15:39]
a board of directors or three people
[2:15:43]
doing it an analysis. You may not have
[2:15:45]
all of the answers today, but what your
[2:15:50]
proven track record has shown me
[2:15:53]
clearly you have been able to perform
[2:15:55]
and you have been able to help a lot of
[2:15:57]
people. So I just really want to thank
[2:16:01]
you, and I think what you have done to
[2:16:04]
uplift people is really something
[2:16:06]
special. So thank you.
[2:16:07]
>> again, I appreciate that. You're
[2:16:10]
right, we have a pretty good track
[2:16:12]
record. We're not going to screw it up
[2:16:14]
here. Another point of reference that
[2:16:15]
I have actually bragged about to this
[2:16:18]
body before, we don't have any overhead
[2:16:22]
in our foundation. Nobody gets paid.
[2:16:25]
everybody is a volunteer. The only
[2:16:28]
overhead we have is the insurance that
[2:16:31]
is mandatory and we have to process and
[2:16:35]
the cost of credit card processing that
[2:16:37]
donors provide on our website and web
[2:16:40]
hosting. So 99.5% of what you provide
[2:16:43]
goes to the program.
[2:16:44]
>> thank you. I believe supervisor
[2:16:47]
mueller had some comments.
[2:16:48]
>> so I know it's clear between you
[2:16:51]
guys. It's not totally clear to me
[2:16:53]
right now. Can I make a suggestion
[2:16:55]
that I don't want -- my suggestion
[2:16:58]
would be that there seems to be
[2:17:00]
someone missing that is dr. Moreno,
[2:17:02]
that this come back with him present to
[2:17:06]
talk to us. Her. Excuse me. With her
[2:17:09]
back to talk to us.
[2:17:11]
>> I'm going -- I'm going to make the
[2:17:13]
motion to move the item. And so I
[2:17:16]
wouldn't mind -- I think your
[2:17:18]
suggestion is a good suggestion. I do
[2:17:21]
think that conversation can take place.
[2:17:23]
I can see if mr. Hatami didn't have a
[2:17:28]
sort of record of success and
[2:17:31]
performance, our staff has evaluated
[2:17:34]
all of the criteria. The staff has
[2:17:36]
allowed us to move this forward through
[2:17:39]
the county attorney's office. So I
[2:17:42]
have no issue with moving this item
[2:17:45]
forward.
[2:17:46]
>> thank you. I would like to before
[2:17:48]
I ask for a second, I would also like
[2:17:52]
to say that just very honestly, I have
[2:17:54]
some concerns about the performance
[2:17:56]
measures for this item as well. My
[2:17:58]
understanding is that this is an
[2:18:00]
endowment, and that the scholarship
[2:18:03]
funds actually get to recipients are
[2:18:06]
just the capital gains, and not the
[2:18:10]
full $100,000. So I'm not comfortable
[2:18:12]
with the amount of time that it would
[2:18:14]
take for survivors to actually get
[2:18:19]
these scholarships. So having said
[2:18:20]
that, is there a second on this item?
[2:18:27]
>> motion dies.
[2:18:28]
>> so are we taking a vote on this --
[2:18:31]
bifurcating and taking a vote on this
[2:18:33]
one first?
[2:18:34]
>> well, there was a motion on this
[2:18:36]
already.
[2:18:37]
>> okay.
[2:18:39]
>> we haven't taken public comment on
[2:18:40]
anything yet.
[2:18:41]
>> we're going to take public comment
[2:18:45]
on all three.
[2:18:47]
>> we don't have any speaker cards in
[2:18:50]
chambers, so we'll go ahead to zoom for
[2:18:52]
comments.
[2:18:53]
>> thank you, at this time we're
[2:18:54]
taking comments for items 4, 5 and 6.
[2:18:57]
so please, go ahead and raise your hand
[2:18:59]
in zoom, if you have comment for those
[2:19:01]
three items. Again, this is for
[2:19:04]
district measure k items district 2,
[2:19:10]
district 4, and district 5. We have
[2:19:12]
three hands raised at this time.
[2:19:17]
catherine carter, followed by sabrina.
[2:19:21]
please unmute and begin.
[2:19:24]
>> catherine carter one of the people
[2:19:29]
to recess aggrievances. Any money that
[2:19:31]
goes to any group, in particular the
[2:19:35]
gentleman just spoke, the tragedy was
[2:19:37]
due it a lack of moral underpinning the
[2:19:42]
perpetrator on his child. So education
[2:19:46]
of any kind any kind of services is
[2:19:49]
defined as this within the meeting of
[2:19:51]
statute relative to the powers, and
[2:19:55]
duties of guardians. This term
[2:20:01]
comprehends, and merely the instruction
[2:20:04]
received at school or college the whole
[2:20:07]
course of training, moral, intellectual
[2:20:10]
and physical, education particularly
[2:20:13]
directed to the physical powers and
[2:20:16]
faculties, but it's broadest in the
[2:20:18]
best sense relates to them all and
[2:20:20]
that is a component of our republican
[2:20:24]
form of government where we're
[2:20:25]
guaranteed that john adams said, it
[2:20:27]
makes no sense to anyone, but religious
[2:20:30]
and moral men. So morality has got to
[2:20:33]
be part of this, and that has to do
[2:20:36]
with restoring our republican form of
[2:20:39]
government. Otherwise, the whole thing
[2:20:40]
is void and it just recycled licentious.
[2:20:46]
>> thank you, catherine. We'll now go
[2:20:50]
to sabrina, followed by michelle steven
[2:20:52]
and again, this is reminder this is for
[2:20:55]
items 4, 5 and 6 and to identify the
[2:20:58]
item you are speaking on. Please
[2:21:00]
unmute and begin.
[2:21:01]
>> this is for all items. I come as one
[2:21:04]
of the people holding all political
[2:21:08]
power and invoking my -- california
[2:21:11]
constitution and I instruct you not
[2:21:13]
to interrupt or deprive me of my
[2:21:15]
constitutional right of grievance.
[2:21:17]
in california article -- constitution,
[2:21:20]
article 9 section 1, it states a
[2:21:23]
general diffusion of knowledge and
[2:21:24]
intelligence being essential to the
[2:21:34]
preservation.
[2:21:36]
>> unless you have comments to the
[2:21:39]
item, you will --
[2:21:40]
>> shut up -- you don't have the right
[2:21:42]
to interrupt.
[2:21:45]
>> please mute. Acceptable to mute?
[2:21:47]
>> yes.
[2:21:49]
>> okay. We will be -- we'll go to
[2:21:52]
next speaker.
[2:21:53]
>> yes.
[2:21:54]
>> we'll now go to actually let's see
[2:22:00]
michelle stevens. Please unmute and
[2:22:07]
begin.
[2:22:15]
>> hello board. I just -- one of the
[2:22:18]
people -- I do want to let you guys
[2:22:20]
know, I know that you all probably feel
[2:22:23]
like we're against you when we come to
[2:22:26]
you with constitution. But we're not.
[2:22:28]
we're really for you. We want a good
[2:22:32]
government. We want our government to
[2:22:36]
abide by their powers. You just went
[2:22:38]
and changed the rule just then on a
[2:22:41]
whim. You all are so unconstitutional
[2:22:48]
to deny someone to be able to redress
[2:22:54]
grievance is unconstitutional. I do
[2:22:57]
implore you all go back to the
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constitution and you can do go work
[2:23:03]
through the constitution.
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>> please direct your comments to the
[2:23:07]
agenda item.
[2:23:09]
>> you can do good work through the
[2:23:11]
constitution. I want
[2:23:15]
every board across the nation to do
[2:23:16]
good.
[2:23:22]
but they have to do it by the
[2:23:24]
constitution.
[2:23:25]
>> you can't do what you want to do.
[2:23:27]
>> again, madam president, this
[2:23:28]
comment doesn't pertain to any of the
[2:23:31]
three agenda items under consideration
[2:23:32]
right now.
[2:23:33]
>> and what was said -- it does go
[2:23:36]
along with what was said.
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>> ms. Stevens.
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>> I lost my daughter due to covid.
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I know the pain of losing someone and
[2:23:45]
you all can make a difference, but
[2:23:47]
everything you are doing right now is
[2:23:49]
null and void. Go back to the
[2:23:53]
constitution, please, and be a good
[2:23:55]
leader, not a bad one. Thank you for
[2:23:57]
letting me speak.
[2:23:58]
>> thank you, just a reminder, please
[2:24:00]
do speak to the items that are before
[2:24:03]
you, and adhere to the time on the
[2:24:05]
screen, which is one minute and 30
[2:24:07]
seconds at this time. We'll now go to
[2:24:12]
aaron blum and ms. President, we have
[2:24:14]
two additional speakers.
[2:24:16]
>> as a reminder if we see five hands
[2:24:20]
up, then it is one minute for the
[2:24:22]
speakers. I think at this point we
[2:24:24]
have passed five. But because that
[2:24:27]
wasn't clear, let's keep it at one
[2:24:29]
minute and 30 seconds just going
[2:24:31]
forward, please be more mindful of that.
[2:24:36]
>> okay, great. Aaron, please unmute
[2:24:37]
and begin.
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>> good morning, I don't have anything
[2:24:39]
to contribute on this item. I'm just
[2:24:43]
observing. Thank you.
[2:24:45]
>> thank you. We'll now go to bruce
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johnson. Please unmute. Looks like
[2:24:56]
bruce dropped off.
[2:24:57]
>> is that all of the public comment?
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>> yes, that concludes all public
[2:25:00]
comment.
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>> thank you. We'll return to the
[2:25:05]
board. I believe there was one motion
[2:25:07]
made. I did not hear a second. So
[2:25:11]
that motion does not move forward.
[2:25:14]
>> great, thank you so much. Mr.
[2:25:19]
hatami, I want to thank you for being
[2:25:21]
here and I appreciate your comments.
[2:25:23]
sometimes things don't work out what
[2:25:27]
you planned, but at the end of the day,
[2:25:29]
we all have to live with our conscience
[2:25:31]
and decision. Thank you for showing
[2:25:33]
up, okay.
[2:25:34]
>> can I make a comment?
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>> supervisor gauthier.
[2:25:38]
>> because supervisor mueller also
[2:25:40]
said can we bring this back with
[2:25:43]
additional support? I think there are
[2:25:45]
just a few questions. This is your
[2:25:47]
measure k dollars and it's on a
[2:25:51]
reimbursement model. So I don't
[2:25:52]
understand -- I don't think that you
[2:25:53]
get the money right away, but I think
[2:25:55]
there was some additional questions.
[2:25:57]
so instead of it allowing it to die, I
[2:26:00]
would recommend that we invites ms.
[2:26:06]
moreno back for an understanding what
[2:26:11]
this item is back. Is that okay with
[2:26:12]
you?
[2:26:13]
>> I'm okay with that. I have been on
[2:26:16]
the board nine years and if this board
[2:26:18]
chooses to bring it back with ms.
[2:26:21]
moreno, I'm more than willing to do
[2:26:22]
that.
[2:26:24]
>> I don't want the item to die.
[2:26:27]
>> it's his discretionary district
[2:26:29]
funds and I asked for it to try to be
[2:26:31]
helpful, but it's not my measure k
[2:26:33]
item. So I can't compel it be brought
[2:26:35]
back.
[2:26:36]
>> can we bring it back?
[2:26:37]
>> so I just want to add that some of
[2:26:40]
the concerns I had again were it is an
[2:26:44]
endowment. How exactly how much is
[2:26:48]
going to survivors, and when would be
[2:26:52]
very helpful. So you know, I think for
[2:26:57]
us, we are a board that wants to help
[2:27:01]
survivors, but if my understanding is
[2:27:04]
correct, this $100,000 would sit in an
[2:27:08]
endowment fund and only the capital
[2:27:10]
gains would go out on a yearly basis.
[2:27:13]
so that would take how many years to
[2:27:15]
fully get out to the community, the
[2:27:19]
full $100,000? If I'm not correct, I
[2:27:21]
think dr. Moreno could potentially
[2:27:24]
clarify that for us. And so I am
[2:27:27]
completely open to this item coming
[2:27:29]
back as well with more clarity, and
[2:27:34]
better performance measures.
[2:27:35]
>> I guess I would say in fairness,
[2:27:38]
probably would have been incumbent on
[2:27:41]
me to have better kind of anticipated
[2:27:42]
what some of the questions might have
[2:27:44]
been. So we could, if supervisor
[2:27:46]
canepa wanted us to certainly work
[2:27:49]
with the staff to better vet out some
[2:27:51]
of these things that frankly, I should
[2:27:53]
have caught ahead of time to avoid some
[2:27:55]
of this conversation.
[2:27:57]
>> and I appreciate it, john. You are
[2:27:59]
not responsible. I'm sorry. I
[2:28:02]
appreciate you taking accountability.
[2:28:05]
so my thought on this is we should
[2:28:08]
probably bring it back, but for you to
[2:28:10]
sort of lay on the sword on an issue
[2:28:13]
that was fully vetted through your
[2:28:15]
staff, while appreciated, it was
[2:28:16]
unnecessary. So thank you.
[2:28:17]
>> well, in any event, we'll work with
[2:28:20]
staff. Madam president we'll work with
[2:28:24]
supervisor canepa's staff to vet out
[2:28:25]
the issues and have it better prepared
[2:28:26]
for you all.
[2:28:27]
>> thank you. Regarding measures --
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I'm sorry, regarding item 4, and 5, we
[2:28:36]
need to vote on those. No. 4 was the
[2:28:44]
empowerment through action grant
[2:28:45]
through district 2. Do I have a motion
[2:28:47]
to approve this item?
[2:28:48]
>> so moved.
[2:28:50]
>> thank you. Motion by gauthier. Do
[2:28:52]
I have a second?
[2:28:53]
>> I'll second it.
[2:28:55]
>> second by mueller, roll-call vote,
[2:28:56]
please.
[2:28:57]
>> supervisor speier?
[2:28:58]
>> aye.
[2:28:59]
>> supervisor mueller?
[2:29:00]
>> yes.
[2:29:01]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[2:29:02]
>> yes.
[2:29:03]
>> supervisor canepa?
[2:29:04]
>> no.
[2:29:05]
>> president corzo?
[2:29:06]
>> yes.
[2:29:07]
>> motion passes.
[2:29:08]
>> okay. And moving on to item 5,
[2:29:12]
which is $30,000 to casa circulo
[2:29:17]
for their center for their
[2:29:18]
participation in the center of
[2:29:20]
creativity. Is there a motion to
[2:29:22]
approve this item?
[2:29:23]
>> so moved.
[2:29:24]
>> thank you. Supervisor gauthier
[2:29:26]
with the motion. Is that a second?
[2:29:27]
>> I'll second it.
[2:29:29]
>> second by mueller, roll-call vote,
[2:29:30]
please.
[2:29:31]
>> supervisor speier?
[2:29:32]
>> aye.
[2:29:33]
>> supervisor mueller?
[2:29:34]
>> yes.
[2:29:35]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[2:29:36]
>> yes.
[2:29:37]
>> supervisor canepa?
[2:29:38]
>> no.
[2:29:39]
>> president corzo?
[2:29:40]
>> yes.
[2:29:41]
>> motion passes.
[2:29:44]
>> okay, thank you. We're now moving
[2:29:49]
onto item no. 11. And I'm happy to
[2:29:54]
introduce this item. This item is the
[2:29:59]
official 2026 board of supervisors'
[2:30:03]
committee assignments. And the action
[2:30:04]
on this item would be to accept the
[2:30:08]
2026 board of supervisors' committee
[2:30:10]
assignments that the board president,
[2:30:15]
aka I, put together with input from all
[2:30:21]
supervisors. And just for some
[2:30:24]
context each year the board president
[2:30:26]
is tasked with assigning supervisors to
[2:30:28]
represent the board, and this county on
[2:30:30]
various boards, commissions and
[2:30:33]
committees, as well as being liaisons
[2:30:36]
to many of our committees/ commissions.
[2:30:44]
this list is approved on the civil war.
[2:30:45]
I have pulled it because I would like
[2:30:47]
to share some of the process that I
[2:30:50]
went through in making these
[2:30:55]
assignments. And while we may make
[2:30:58]
some small adjustments I want the board
[2:31:00]
to be fully informed of the many hours'
[2:31:02]
of research and consideration that has
[2:31:04]
gone into making this list. So last
[2:31:07]
november in anticipation of becoming
[2:31:10]
board president, I reached out to each
[2:31:13]
supervisor to and requested that they
[2:31:17]
submit requests for assignments, any
[2:31:22]
time conflicts, which were important
[2:31:23]
and relevant to their district and
[2:31:26]
other information for consideration. I
[2:31:28]
was hoping to get comprehensive and
[2:31:32]
nuanced input, and we then took this
[2:31:36]
information along with every single
[2:31:38]
committee assignment on the list, and
[2:31:42]
created a spreadsheet to create a time
[2:31:44]
audit of how many hours per month each
[2:31:49]
supervisor was required -- was required
[2:31:52]
of each supervisor for their current
[2:31:54]
meeting assignments. And so with the
[2:31:57]
goal of ensuring that there's an
[2:32:01]
equitable distribution of time, so that
[2:32:04]
no one supervisor has, you know, 20,
[2:32:07]
30, 40 plus hours of work, while
[2:32:10]
another has 10. And so not all
[2:32:13]
committee assignments require the same
[2:32:14]
amount of time and attention. Some are
[2:32:17]
just two meetings a year. Some are two
[2:32:20]
or more per month, and to my
[2:32:24]
understanding this time audit has never
[2:32:25]
been done in this way, and I think it
[2:32:30]
was very informative. And it is a tool
[2:32:32]
that I hope will be used in the future
[2:32:35]
just so that any future board
[2:32:37]
presidents can have this information at
[2:32:41]
the ready for when they make their
[2:32:45]
decisions about assignments. So my
[2:32:47]
team and I analyzed the number, length
[2:32:49]
and frequency of meetings each year,
[2:32:52]
how many evening meeting each would
[2:32:55]
get? Stipend amounts for certain
[2:32:57]
assignment, and other considerations.
[2:32:58]
and there was a lot of balance that
[2:33:01]
went into this. And no one supervisor
[2:33:04]
not even myself got every single thing
[2:33:06]
that I wanted on my list. And so I --
[2:33:11]
my team and I really did our best to
[2:33:14]
attempt to spread the work equitably
[2:33:18]
while making sure that no one
[2:33:20]
supervisor carries a load heavier than
[2:33:27]
another. And with that, I want to end
[2:33:30]
by saying that it's not possible for
[2:33:32]
each supervisor to get every single
[2:33:34]
assignment that they want, but it is my
[2:33:39]
goal that every single one of us has
[2:33:45]
assignments that meet their needs in
[2:33:47]
terms of topics that they are
[2:33:48]
passionate about, that they can
[2:33:52]
contribute significantly on, and that
[2:33:53]
they are proud to represent the county
[2:33:56]
on. And so with that, I'm happy to
[2:33:59]
take any comments from supervisors.
[2:34:03]
supervisor mueller.
[2:34:05]
>> so thank you, president corzo. So
[2:34:07]
the first thing I want to say is
[2:34:10]
regarding the revisions that came out
[2:34:14]
from the first draft to last night. I
[2:34:18]
had actually received a call from
[2:34:20]
senior board member at peninsula clean
[2:34:22]
energy, who asked me to come back,
[2:34:25]
because I had been there two years
[2:34:27]
prior. I also know that it isn't
[2:34:31]
entirely convenient for supervisor
[2:34:34]
canepa. So I appreciate that revision
[2:34:36]
to the item and I'm happy to be coming
[2:34:40]
back on peninsula clean energy. I also
[2:34:42]
want to thank supervisor gauthier. I
[2:34:46]
was very interested in the services
[2:34:49]
council and grateful to see that added
[2:34:52]
to my list, but I know that was
[2:34:54]
something that was probably hard to let
[2:34:58]
go for supervisor gauthier who did good
[2:35:03]
work and I appreciate that. And the
[2:35:04]
revision that I would like to go ahead
[2:35:07]
and make in the meeting I served on the
[2:35:11]
health plan of san mateo three years
[2:35:13]
and welcomed being joined by supervisor
[2:35:16]
speier there. I know how much she
[2:35:19]
contributes to that, and how much she
[2:35:21]
is valued there. So I'm happy to go
[2:35:24]
ahead and offer at this point my board
[2:35:27]
seat at the health plan of san mateo to
[2:35:30]
supervisor speier and balance the work,
[2:35:32]
take -- excuse me, the transportation
[2:35:36]
authority, if she so is willing. All
[2:35:40]
that being said, I would say to my
[2:35:43]
colleagues, I'm very happy with the
[2:35:44]
list, if all of that works out to do
[2:35:47]
the work. I did want to note that next
[2:35:50]
year, I probably will be looking for
[2:35:52]
some changes, because I will have 12
[2:35:54]
out of 17 of my committees that will be
[2:35:58]
meeting at night. But my staff and I
[2:36:01]
are up to the challenge of that, and we
[2:36:04]
love our committee assignments.
[2:36:06]
something very unusual about district 3
[2:36:07]
is I have a number of committees that
[2:36:12]
require I be on them and all of them
[2:36:14]
meet at night. So when we add to it,
[2:36:16]
it adds to what we're doing. But
[2:36:19]
nonetheless, if supervisor speier, if
[2:36:20]
you are open to that? So we'll go ahead
[2:36:23]
and offer that change now that I will
[2:36:26]
be taking the transportation authority
[2:36:28]
and giving up health plan of san mateo.
[2:36:31]
I appreciate the work that went into
[2:36:35]
this and your office is pulling
[2:36:38]
together, supervisor corzo.
[2:36:40]
>> I think supervisor speier is amenable
[2:36:45]
to that change. I honestly am not happy
[2:36:48]
for you that you have so many night
[2:36:50]
meetings. That is what I was trying to
[2:36:52]
avoid for every single supervisor, but
[2:36:53]
if you are willing to make that
[2:36:56]
sacrifice, I will not stand in your way.
[2:36:57]
>> we love the work. So we really do
[2:37:00]
love the subject matter work we're
[2:37:05]
getting. So happy to do it. Next
[2:37:08]
year, we'll figure it out.
[2:37:09]
>> thank you. Any other comments?
[2:37:11]
>> yes.
[2:37:12]
>> supervisor speier?
[2:37:13]
>> thank you. I would hope that as we
[2:37:15]
think about this in the future, it is
[2:37:24]
advantageous for us to serve on these
[2:37:26]
committees for more than one year. I
[2:37:29]
was being removed from committees that
[2:37:30]
I only served a year and I don't think
[2:37:32]
that is in the best interest of our
[2:37:36]
communities or the organizations on
[2:37:39]
which we serve. So I'm delighted to be
[2:37:42]
restored to the health plan of san
[2:37:44]
mateo. I appreciate the fact that I
[2:37:46]
have been restored to the child-care
[2:37:50]
partnership council. As you know,
[2:37:52]
child-care is a very passionate issue
[2:37:56]
for me. I would like to point out
[2:37:59]
however, excuse me, that you have
[2:38:00]
placed me on the behavioral health
[2:38:03]
commission, which meets at the same
[2:38:06]
time as the samtrans board meetings.
[2:38:07]
so that is a conflict. And I would not
[2:38:11]
be able to do that obviously. So that
[2:38:14]
would have to be taken on by someone
[2:38:17]
else.
[2:38:19]
>> let me interrupt you for a quick
[2:38:21]
second. So I actually served on the
[2:38:24]
behavioral health commission for one
[2:38:26]
year my first year, and last year
[2:38:29]
actually I had three conflicting
[2:38:36]
meetings at the same time the entire
[2:38:39]
year and behavioral health allows you
[2:38:41]
to send one of your staff in your
[2:38:43]
place. So I'm hopeful that you can
[2:38:45]
make it work.
[2:38:46]
>> that is fine. That is fine. I
[2:38:51]
understand that supervisor canepa would
[2:38:52]
prefer not to be on first five, is that
[2:38:55]
correct? So that was a committee
[2:38:57]
assignment that I had, and I will be
[2:38:59]
happy to take that back.
[2:39:05]
>> could I ask then if supervisor
[2:39:08]
canepa is losing peninsula -- had lost
[2:39:10]
peninsula clean energy yesterday and
[2:39:16]
first five taken away?
[2:39:17]
>> let me speak to a little bit of
[2:39:20]
first five. I didn't want to bring
[2:39:22]
this up, but I'm going to have to bring
[2:39:25]
it up. In terms of child-care, I'm
[2:39:29]
literally the only provider. My wife
[2:39:35]
works different hours and there's
[2:39:36]
certain things that I have to do. The
[2:39:39]
reason I choose the -- and supervisor
[2:39:41]
speier, thank you, the 4:00 p.m. To
[2:39:47]
6:00 p.m., I literally pick up my son
[2:39:49]
every day. I don't have the opportunity
[2:39:51]
to do night meetings. You have put me
[2:39:53]
with the most meetings that is fine. I
[2:39:56]
have 12. A lot of people have 8-9
[2:40:03]
a lot of people can do nights and I just
[2:40:06]
can't. So thank you, supervisor speier
[2:40:08]
for taking it. It would be rather
[2:40:10]
ironic for me to take first five,
[2:40:13]
really to be quite frank with you, I
[2:40:16]
have my son. He is 8 years old. If he
[2:40:19]
was older maybe I could get away with
[2:40:22]
it, but I provide his child-care.
[2:40:27]
child-care is expensive at night and
[2:40:30]
I'm sorry I can't do it.
[2:40:32]
>> it actually meets at 3:00
[2:40:35]
we don't even appoint -- it come out of
[2:40:37]
one shoreline. So the board from one
[2:40:39]
shoreline will identify who will
[2:40:43]
represent san pesquito creek and maybe
[2:40:44]
there is someone else on the board.
[2:40:46]
>> thank you. I appreciate that
[2:40:47]
clarification.
[2:40:50]
>> so my concern, and as I stated
[2:40:54]
before, I put a lot -- my team and I
[2:40:56]
put a lot of thought into balancing
[2:40:59]
time, and first five was one that you
[2:41:02]
were given because you needed to have
[2:41:05]
another assignment. So you would have
[2:41:07]
about the same amount of time as every
[2:41:10]
other supervisor. That is very
[2:41:12]
important to me as president. While
[2:41:15]
your list may be a little bit longer
[2:41:17]
many of the items on your list meets once
[2:41:19]
a year, maybe twice a year. So in
[2:41:23]
terms of per month hourly commitments,
[2:41:26]
you actually have less than most other
[2:41:31]
supervisors. And -- I'm not done.
[2:41:32]
>> okay.
[2:41:33]
>> I want to just say that many of us
[2:41:36]
have served on city councils while
[2:41:38]
raising young children. So I don't
[2:41:41]
think that any one here is not
[2:41:45]
sympathetic to your situation. We want
[2:41:47]
to be -- and are a family-friendly
[2:41:51]
board. That being said, you know as
[2:41:54]
someone who raised a young child while
[2:41:57]
serving on a school board that met at
[2:41:58]
night, there are ways to make that
[2:42:01]
work. We are pretty decently paid on
[2:42:03]
this board, and I don't think that any
[2:42:05]
supervisor should be exempt from having
[2:42:09]
at least one night meeting. And so I
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would ask the rest of the board to
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consider that, and you know, being that
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you have concerns about young children,
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I would say why not take that to first
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five and support that commission?
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>> great. May I speak? Supervisor
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speier, if you are happy to take it,
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that would really be great for me. I
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just --
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>> I think we need to accommodate each
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other. I'm happy to take it.
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>> thank you.
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>> there is one thing missing from my
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list and that is the home for all
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steering committee. I see as gone
[2:42:45]
away, but I would like to place home
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for all steering committee back on my
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list as well.
[2:42:51]
>> my understanding that was disbanded.
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>> that was hope -- the steering
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committee is still meeting. We had a
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meeting in december.
[2:43:02]
>> through the chair?
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>> so you have been on that one, I
[2:43:06]
think that is okay. That does put you
[2:43:08]
at more hours and again supervisor
[2:43:11]
canepa is now at less hours. This is
[2:43:13]
what I was hoping to avoid.
[2:43:14]
>> through the chair?
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>> because we're making changes on the
[2:43:19]
spot, that are impacting the equitable
[2:43:23]
distribution of work amongst our board.
[2:43:24]
>> through the chair, I think I have
[2:43:26]
the solution. If it's okay with ms.
[2:43:30]
speier, I can take the behavioral
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health commission off your plate. If
[2:43:35]
that is okay with you? That is sort of
[2:43:38]
evens it out, if you are okay with
[2:43:39]
that? Okay.
[2:43:40]
>> I do want to say just one thing.
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so I appreciate where we're going to
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land this year and no point to keep
[2:43:47]
going over it. Next year, supervisor
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canepa, I do empathize with supervisor
[2:44:00]
corzo with a child is making night
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meetings work. So next year when we
[2:44:07]
make assignments, should you be here, I
[2:44:09]
do think it's going to be something
[2:44:12]
that we look at.
[2:44:16]
>> okay. So just for the sake of
[2:44:18]
clarity, shall we go through the list
[2:44:21]
of changes that we have made?
[2:44:23]
>> staff, did you document the changes?
[2:44:25]
>> I think we probably need to recap
[2:44:28]
them, just to make sure all of us are
[2:44:30]
in the same place.
[2:44:34]
>> so behavioral health commission
[2:44:36]
from supervisor speier to supervisor
[2:44:39]
canepa. First five goes from
[2:44:41]
supervisor canepa back to supervisor
[2:44:42]
speier.
[2:44:48]
all manage, I lost the other one.
[2:44:50]
>> health plan of san mateo. Health
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plan of san mateo going to supervisor
[2:44:58]
speier.
[2:44:59]
>> that is right.
[2:45:00]
>> we added home for all steering
[2:45:02]
committees back to mine.
[2:45:03]
>> and home for all is
[2:45:07]
back to supervisor gauthier.
[2:45:17]
and let's see, I think those are the
[2:45:25]
changes. Was that clear?
[2:45:26]
>> yes.
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>> madam president, I think I'm
[2:45:30]
tracking. I just want to make sure, so
[2:45:33]
we can reflect the documents correctly.
[2:45:36]
behavioral health commission is with
[2:45:38]
supervisor canepa at this point. First
[2:45:41]
five is with supervisor speier, health
[2:45:45]
plan of san mateo with supervisor
[2:45:49]
speier, pce is with supervisor mueller.
[2:45:51]
home for all is with supervisor
[2:45:54]
gauthier.
[2:45:55]
>> and transportation authority is
[2:45:57]
with supervisor mueller.
[2:45:58]
>> transportation authority with
[2:46:00]
supervisor mueller. Thank you. Those
[2:46:02]
are all of the changes from the
[2:46:05]
document that has been posted and we'll
[2:46:07]
make sure those changes get reflected
[2:46:09]
in the final document.
[2:46:11]
>> okay. And I believe we still need
[2:46:13]
a vote on this. Or are we bringing it
[2:46:15]
back?
[2:46:16]
>> I think we're ready for a vote. I
[2:46:19]
am just trying to recall, did we take
[2:46:23]
public comment on this matter.
[2:46:25]
>> I don't think so. So public
[2:46:26]
comment, please.
[2:46:27]
>> I don't have any speaker card for
[2:46:30]
chambers, so we'll go to zoom. We're
[2:46:32]
now taking public comment or item 11 on
[2:46:34]
zoom. We have three hands raised.
[2:46:38]
sabrina, followed by michelle stevens.
[2:46:40]
please unmute and begin.
[2:46:41]
>> I come as one of the people to
[2:46:46]
address political power.
[2:46:47]
congratulations on competing another
[2:46:50]
felony and article 1 of the
[2:46:52]
constitution and instructing not to
[2:46:54]
interrupt me for deprive me. It's
[2:47:01]
repugnant to the constitutions and making
[2:47:02]
null and void with deprivation of
[2:47:06]
inalienable rights the constitution.
[2:47:07]
you rubber-stamp these issues and it
[2:47:09]
will be seen along with the other
[2:47:12]
questionable funding and
[2:47:13]
non-governmental organizations you and
[2:47:14]
your private partners would act as your
[2:47:17]
agent. There's no possible deniability
[2:47:18]
as you are knowingly and willfully
[2:47:22]
complicit in this malfeasance. Thank
[2:47:24]
you.
[2:47:26]
>> thank you, we'll now go to michelle
[2:47:28]
stevens, and madam president, we're at
[2:47:31]
four hands raised including the speaker
[2:47:33]
that just spoke. So we'll keep it a
[2:47:37]
minute-and-a-half unless a fifth person
[2:47:38]
or more joins.
[2:47:42]
>> I think because of the first
[2:47:45]
person, we should continue with this
[2:47:46]
item to be fair.
[2:47:52]
>> hello, I come to you as one of the
[2:47:54]
people, no. 1 thing on the
[2:47:55]
agenda is that you are trying to
[2:47:57]
time me out. And that is
[2:48:00]
unconstitutional. No. 2 on the agenda
[2:48:03]
is you're spending all of this money
[2:48:05]
and what? You think it's just
[2:48:07]
affecting that one area? You think it
[2:48:12]
just affects california? It doesn't.
[2:48:14]
the more money you all funnel, the more
[2:48:16]
money you all waste. The more money our
[2:48:19]
taxes goes up across the nation. What
[2:48:23]
you do and what you say with the power
[2:48:28]
that you have affects everyone. I am
[2:48:33]
here to calmly remind you swore an oath
[2:48:37]
to the constitution, not to an ngo, not
[2:48:39]
to a friend, not to anything else, but
[2:48:43]
the constitution. And I implore you to
[2:48:46]
please stick to the constitution,
[2:48:49]
because when you don't, all you do is
[2:48:51]
set people up for failure, including
[2:48:54]
yourself. Thank you for letting me
[2:48:56]
speak.
[2:48:57]
>> I'm going to give a gentle reminder
[2:48:59]
to the speakers to please make your
[2:49:02]
comments relevant to the agenda item.
[2:49:04]
the current agenda item are 2026 board
[2:49:08]
of supervisors' committee assignments.
[2:49:10]
thank you.
[2:49:11]
>> thank you. We'll go to cid young,
[2:49:14]
followed by pat w. Please unmute and
[2:49:18]
begin.
[2:49:21]
>> thank you. I guess all of this
[2:49:26]
juris people get to talk. What I
[2:49:27]
really wanted to talk was on the agenda
[2:49:31]
item. I really want to appreciate the
[2:49:33]
fact that you put ray mueller on --
[2:49:39]
sorry, emergency services council
[2:49:41]
group, because in the past, they
[2:49:44]
haven't had anybody who represents
[2:49:47]
mid-coast on that group. The county is
[2:49:55]
unincorporated, and we don't get a seat
[2:49:58]
at that table usually. It's the 20
[2:50:02]
city and the most important thing they
[2:50:04]
did last year was the april meeting had
[2:50:10]
the ai emergency evacuation. That
[2:50:12]
never really got discussed once it left
[2:50:15]
the emergency services council, and
[2:50:18]
they never really brought it to the
[2:50:23]
coast side. Captain of the sheriff's
[2:50:27]
department didn't bring it to the pcc.
[2:50:30]
>> please wrap up, cid, you are over
[2:50:32]
time.
[2:50:33]
>> I'm sorry, everybody else has to
[2:50:36]
talk about
[2:50:43]
non-agenda items and to would be nice
[2:50:45]
to have someone on the committee who
[2:50:47]
mos what the mid coast committee is all
[2:50:48]
about.
[2:50:49]
>> thank you. Pat w, followed by
[2:50:51]
bruce. Pat, please unmute and begin.
[2:50:59]
>> thank you, I believe many of the
[2:51:03]
board of supervisors know that I spend
[2:51:05]
a lot of time doing volunteer --
[2:51:12]
volunteering on behavioral health
[2:51:13]
services committees.
[2:51:26]
attending many hrs committees and
[2:51:27]
happy to hear mr. Canepa has taken up
[2:51:31]
the gauntlet again. I think it's
[2:51:34]
helpful to have consecutive years with
[2:51:38]
the same supervisor, as much as I miss
[2:51:41]
noelia corzo, being on the behavioral
[2:51:46]
health services commission because of
[2:51:49]
family experiences and so forth. And
[2:51:55]
jackie ragona a friend of mine attended
[2:52:01]
those meetings and happy to see that
[2:52:06]
mr. Canepa has signed up again. Thank
[2:52:07]
you.
[2:52:09]
>> thank you. Bruce, please unmute
[2:52:10]
and begin.
[2:52:11]
>> hello, board. Thank you for the
[2:52:16]
mic. Bruce johnson coming to you,
[2:52:28]
jurisprudence one of the people and all
[2:52:30]
of the lovely people out there; right?
[2:52:33]
so it's important. You know, we got
[2:52:36]
to equal protection here, 14th
[2:52:38]
amendment, article 1, section 7
[2:52:41]
california constitution guarantees
[2:52:42]
equal protection of the laws that
[2:52:45]
requires you guys to act through
[2:52:48]
neutral
[2:52:49]
>> plus, please speak on the agenda
[2:52:50]
all right.
[2:52:51]
>> yeah. This does apply to this,
[2:52:56]
when you guys make decisions, you guys
[2:52:58]
need to apply equal protection; right?
[2:53:03]
thank you. Use the constitution, you
[2:53:09]
know? To make sure and crack the bible
[2:53:12]
open, too, it might help you. Thank
[2:53:13]
you.
[2:53:14]
>> thank you. No further comments,
[2:53:15]
madam president.
[2:53:17]
>> okay. Bringing it back to the
[2:53:19]
board for final discussion. I just
[2:53:22]
wanted to add some thoughts on this as
[2:53:26]
well. In our time audit, we also took
[2:53:30]
the time to go to every committee
[2:53:34]
assignment that had an official website
[2:53:37]
and review minutes, and I just want to
[2:53:39]
say that it is expected that
[2:53:41]
supervisors who are assigned to
[2:53:43]
committees at least make half of the
[2:53:45]
meetings. And so it is something that
[2:53:48]
we will be reviewing on a regular
[2:53:51]
basis. I understand things happen, but
[2:53:54]
if there's a committee assignment and a
[2:53:58]
supervisor hasn't attended a single
[2:54:00]
meeting in the year, that is a problem,
[2:54:02]
and will be addressed, if needed. Any
[2:54:05]
other comments from my colleagues?
[2:54:11]
>> it's okay with you I would like to
[2:54:14]
move approval of the committee
[2:54:15]
assignments.
[2:54:16]
>> thank you, supervisor gauthier,
[2:54:18]
with the motion. Supervisor canepa
[2:54:19]
with the second. Roll-call vote,
[2:54:20]
please.
[2:54:22]
>> supervisor speier?
[2:54:23]
>> aye.
[2:54:24]
>> supervisor mueller?
[2:54:25]
>> yes.
[2:54:26]
>> supervisor gauthier?
[2:54:27]
>> yes.
[2:54:28]
>> supervisor canepa?
[2:54:29]
>> yes.
[2:54:30]
>> president corzo?
[2:54:31]
>> yes.
[2:54:32]
>> motion passes with moving the
[2:54:33]
health commission from supervisors
[2:54:35]
mueller to supervisor speier, moving
[2:54:37]
the transportation authority from
[2:54:38]
speier to mueller, first five
[2:54:40]
commission from supervisor canepa to
[2:54:44]
supervisor speier, behavioral health
[2:54:45]
goes from speier to canepa and clean
[2:54:48]
energy to mueller and adding home to
[2:54:51]
all steering committee to supervisor
[2:54:53]
gauthier.
[2:54:54]
>> thank you. And I believe are we
[2:54:59]
going to closed session.
[2:55:01]
>> yes, madam president.
[2:55:02]
>> we're adjourning to closed session
[2:55:03]
and we'll report back out of
[2:55:06]
closed session.
[2:55:07]
>> turns out we won't have anything
[2:55:09]
to report out.
[2:55:11]
>> we will not report out of closed
[2:55:13]
session. We're adjourning later?
[2:55:15]
>> we'll adjourn now and not return.
[2:55:17]
thank you, madam president.
[2:55:18]
>> our meeting is adjourned at 11:58.
[2:55:24]
>> the time is now 11:58 and the
[2:55:26]
board is adjourning to closed session.