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