[0:01] >> good morning, everyone, it is 9:01
[0:03] on august 11, 2026 and I'm calling
[0:08] this regular meeting of the san mateo
[0:10] board of supervisors is called
[0:11] to order.
[0:13] the clerk will provide instructions on
[0:14] how the public can participate.
[0:18] >> they can be found on published
[0:21] agenda, they provide information
[0:24] on how to submit written comments and
[0:26] how to participate in zoom.
[0:28] live interpretation will be provided
[0:29] in spanish, to the access live
[0:32] interpretation services in zoom via
[0:34] laptop or computer, click the
[0:36] interpretation globe icon and select
[0:38] the spanish language.
[0:39] please locate the three dot menu,
[0:43] select interpretation menu, select
[0:45] spanish and click done.
[0:47] victor hernandez will provide these
[0:49] instructions in spanish.
[0:50] >> thank you very much, kim.
[0:52] good morning, president corzo and
[0:54] honorable supervisors, mr. Callagy,
[0:57] mr. Nibbelin, all county staff, member
[0:59] of the public, victor hernandez,
[1:02] spanish interpreter.
[1:05] ( interpreting in spanish ).
[1:53] >> thank you very much.
[1:57] >> thank you, kim and victor.
[2:01] we will now move on to the pledge of
[2:04] allegiance.
[2:05] please join me in the pledge.
[2:08] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of
[2:09] the united states of america and to
[2:10] the republic for which it stands one
[2:11] nation under god, indivisible, with
[2:12] liberty and justice for all.
[2:24] >> thank you, we will now take roll
[2:26] call.
[2:27] >> supervisor speier?
[2:28] >> here.
[2:29] >> supervisor mueller?
[2:30] >> here.
[2:31] >> supervisor gauthier?
[2:32] >> here.
[2:33] >> supervisor canepa?
[2:34] >> here.
[2:35] >> president corzo?
[2:36] >> here.
[2:37] >> all present.
[2:38] >> thank you, we'll move on to
[2:40] honoring the life of and board member
[2:42] remarks.
[2:43] do any of my colleagues have remarks
[2:44] to share this morning?
[2:45] supervisor speier?
[2:51] >> thank you, madam president, we
[2:56] haven't had an official board meeting
[2:58] which we acknowledge those who have
[3:01] passed for six weeks, but I'm stunned
[3:06] frankly by larger than life lives that
[3:09] we lost in the last six weeks.
[3:12] let me start by asking that we
[3:16] remember the life of peter
[3:26] ramus, he had his story game
[3:30] at cappuccino high school as a
[3:34] phenomenal coach, he was known simply
[3:36] as coach.
[3:39] coach ramus attended cap high in san
[3:43] bruno and attended san francisco state
[3:45] university playing basketball and
[3:47] baseball.
[3:48] he returned to his high school as head
[3:49] coach of the boy's basketball team in
[3:53] 1980 where he coached for 19 seasons.
[3:56] at cappuccino, he was the three scored
[3:58] coach serving as the offensive
[4:02] coordinator of varsity football and
[4:06] managing baseball team.
[4:07] he led the mustangs to the state
[4:09] finale for boy's basketball
[4:13] coming within one point of the
[4:16] tapscott at the oakland coliseum.
[4:22] he coached varsity bas can kel bat at
[4:24] burlingame high and program's first
[4:27] coast section championship.
[4:32] coach ramus was noun for his volume
[4:35] and he was on the sidelines born of
[4:39] his enthusiasm for his team and for
[4:44] his remarkable accuracy for chalk
[4:47] throwing, he obviously had great
[4:51] enthusiasm and passion for his work.
[4:53] after retiring, coach decided to
[4:55] dedicate himself to a new passion,
[4:58] painting, talented artist specializing
[5:01] in historical landmarks, he displayed
[5:02] his work a at multiple art galleries
[5:05] at half moon bay.
[5:07] more importantly, coach ramus modeled
[5:11] his own hard work, integrity, respect and
[5:14] team work, he loved to hear from
[5:16] former player over the years and
[5:18] provide them with guidance through
[5:20] life's many challenges.
[5:23] a weeded husband to tammy who is here
[5:25] this morning along with his two
[5:27] sisters, he was dedicated to his
[5:30] family including his children thai and
[5:34] breath, his grandchildren, kathleen
[5:36] and debra, his nieces and nephews, he
[5:38] served the people of san mateo county
[5:42] and he led an extraordinary life.
[5:46] tammy and kathleen and debra, if you
[5:47] are here and would like to say a few
[5:50] words, you're welcome to but at least
[5:51] stand so we can recognize you.
[5:59] thank you.
[6:01] [applause].
[6:02] >> do you want to say a few words?
[6:06] >> second person to recognize is clint
[6:10] riley, anyone who's been in politics
[6:12] for more than a nano second in the bay
[6:16] area knew the name clint riley, he was
[6:18] a political giant and philanthropist
[6:22] and died quite suddenly just a few
[6:24] weeks ago at the age of 79.
[6:26] he was one of the smartest political
[6:29] consultants I have met in all my years
[6:31] in politics and he was a dear and
[6:33] close friend.
[6:35] my thoughts are with his beloved wife
[6:38] janet and their daughters jill and
[6:41] ava, clint ran campaign for the most
[6:45] recognizable names including nancy
[6:49] pelosi, dianne finestine, he owned
[6:52] the san francisco examiner and the
[6:55] knob hill gaz seth.
[6:56] he was born in oakland, he ran for
[6:58] class president in the fifth grade and
[7:03] ran.
[7:04] his sister came up with take a hint,
[7:05] vote for clint.
[7:07] he spent 9 years in the seminary here
[7:12] and his political views were heavily
[7:16] influenced by eugene boyle, a liberal
[7:24] activist, he's left a lasting mark on
[7:26] san francisco and california, our
[7:29] thoughts are with his family and loved
[7:31] ones and then two more, we would like
[7:36] to honor the life of jeff little
[7:37] field, I would like to say a few words
[7:39] a about a man who left us way too soon.
[7:43] jeff little field, the chief operating
[7:47] officer at sfo, joie sfo in 2008 as
[7:50] the airport duty manager will you his
[7:53] work and leadership, he earned
[7:56] promotions including deputy airport
[7:58] manager and director over operations
[7:59] and security.
[8:01] ten years ago, he became the chief
[8:03] operating officer.
[8:04] I had the great pleasure of working
[8:06] with him in times in his year of
[8:09] caring for the people in operations of
[8:12] sfo.
[8:13] he led sfo through unprecedented
[8:16] challenges through health and safety
[8:18] through covid-19, he had the daunting
[8:21] task of overseeing operations,
[8:23] security, facilities and maintenance,
[8:26] customers and guests, staff and
[8:29] employees, the sfo museum, dei and the
[8:32] first responders and law enforcement.
[8:34] jeff did so much more than keep
[8:38] employees, travelers and facilities
[8:39] safe and secure at all times of day
[8:42] and night, and the sfo community with
[8:45] the culture, heart and soul that it is
[8:48] known for, from his ambassador ship,
[8:53] daily engagement, unwavering
[8:55] dedication, mentorship, commitment to
[8:57] racial equity, he was nothing less
[8:59] than the manifestation and model of a
[9:00] true leader.
[9:02] my heart goes out to his mother, his
[9:05] siblings and other family members in
[9:08] the entire sfo family, he will be
[9:11] deeply missed.
[9:12] I believe supervise or mueller is
[9:14] going to talk about [inaudible].
[9:24] okay.
[9:25] and finally honoring the life of
[9:29] fatima demeso, it was my great honor the
[9:33] observe her unwavering dedication to
[9:35] the coast side community, as the
[9:40] director of coastside hope, I was
[9:42] impressed with a variety of products
[9:45] residents could pick up but was
[9:47] shocked to hear from the fatima she
[9:50] couldn't afford to buy pondered milk
[9:55] which was in high demand, I
[9:56] visited the pantry as the same day as
[9:57] the farm day lunch, knowing how
[9:58] generous the community, I asked for
[10:00] support to buy pondered milk for
[10:04] coastside hope by passing around
[10:09] cowboy hats within the audience, he
[10:11] donated 6 thousand dollars for
[10:14] pondered milk.
[10:15] I had the privilege of inducting her
[10:21] into the women's county hall of fame,
[10:22] she was truly inspiring during her 42
[10:24] year of dedicated public services,
[10:26] from her years of social work to
[10:30] coastside hope to volunteering at
[10:32] non-profit organize sashes.
[10:35] I admired those she served, with
[10:37] respect and heart counting touches
[10:41] lives, her zest for life and love for
[10:43] family was a model for all of us and
[10:45] she will be deeply missed.
[10:48] >> thank you, supervisor speier.
[10:54] so, I have a confession that I never
[10:56] knew fatima, I never met her and as
[10:58] the supervisor for the district, I was
[11:00] at a town hall for congressman licardo
[11:06] when the news of her death hit the
[11:11] coastside and they told me and I went
[11:13] o go share it with sam and he shared
[11:16] it with the room and a hush dropped
[11:22] over the room, a silence, it just
[11:27] happened, and that's the -- it was a
[11:31] reminder to me of having served the
[11:35] coast and watching the work that
[11:37] coastside work does impacting so many
[11:40] families, her legacy is felt and
[11:42] she will be dearly missed.
[11:48] >> thank you.
[11:52] seeing no other comments, I will share
[11:55] a few quickly.
[11:56] I wanted to take a moment to
[11:58] acknowledge the six alarm fire at
[12:04] 815 sesbray lane in foster city that
[12:07] displaced families a week and a half
[12:08] ago, the foster city community has
[12:11] come together quickly and with great
[12:14] energy to support those affected, I
[12:17] want to thank the pjcc, red cross,
[12:21] the city of foster city and every
[12:25] community member who has put their
[12:28] little grain of sand to help the
[12:30] families displaced.
[12:32] there are multiple go fund me's that
[12:34] we have been sharing on our online
[12:36] social medians to support these
[12:40] families as well as a beautiful
[12:42] community of buy nothing members who
[12:48] have given their own possessions to
[12:52] help families recover some of what was
[12:55] lost.
[12:56] my team has compiled a list of
[12:58] resources available to support
[13:00] impacted families.
[13:01] the it is a living document and we'll
[13:05] continue to update it with more
[13:07] information and resources and it can
[13:09] be accessed at
[13:16] tinyurl.com/sesbraysupport.
[13:17] if you need specific assistance,
[13:19] contact my office, we are happy to
[13:21] help connect community members to any
[13:23] support they need.
[13:25] with that, I will move on to reading
[13:30] our county's land acknowledgment.
[13:32] we honor and affirm the rights of a
[13:34] ohlone and the other indigenous
[13:38] peoples who call the unscreened
[13:39] territories of the san francisco bay
[13:40] area their traditional homeland.
[13:41] we pay respect to the ancestors, elders
[13:44] and relatives of indigenous people for
[13:47] their historic and current
[13:48] contributions to san mateo county and
[13:50] we commit to an ongoing partnership to
[13:53] bring about healing, inclusivity and
[13:57] deeper collaborative partnerships.
[14:01] and I'm going to add a couple of lines
[14:04] here inspired by another land
[14:06] acknowledgment that I heard this past
[14:09] week and then we'll move on to
[14:11] public comment.
[14:12] we hob nor people of the african
[14:15] diaspora recognizing the profound
[14:16] impact of enslavement and systemic
[14:19] injustice as well as their enduring
[14:21] contributions, resilience and
[14:22] leadership in shaping our communities.
[14:25] we honor immigrants, past and present,
[14:30] whose cultures, experiences and
[14:31] contributions have enriched our
[14:32] communities and continue to strengthen
[14:33] our shared society.
[14:35] thank you, with that, we'll move on to
[14:37] public comments.
[14:38] this is a portion of the agenda
[14:39] that is set aside for members of the
[14:42] public to comment on matters that are
[14:43] within the subject matter jurisdiction
[14:45] of the board of supe sores but that
[14:47] are not on the agenda for today's
[14:52] meeting.
[14:53] for matters that are listed on the
[14:54] consent agenda and for matters that
[14:55] are set for closed session.
[14:56] we'll be keeping public comments to
[15:01] two minutes.
[15:02] if a speaker goes over time, we'll
[15:04] give them a single warning and then
[15:06] we'll ask the clerk to cut the mic.
[15:07] and this is to ensure equity of voice
[15:10] for all public commenters.
[15:16] let's begin.
[15:17] >> we received written means that were
[15:22] presented to the board members.
[15:25] I have 11 speaker cards for chambers.
[15:27] we'll start with beth eggers and jim
[15:32] lawrence.
[15:33] >> good morning, my name's beth, I
[15:35] live in redwood city.
[15:37] as a former casa special advocate,
[15:42] I've had experience with juvenile
[15:45] experiences around california.
[15:47] and the juvenile hall in san mateo
[15:50] county is sub par and we all know this.
[15:54] it can be exhausting to fix every
[15:57] problem but how about a few?
[16:02] those computers that were promised or
[16:05] the study session for food to improve
[16:10] the food, these boys as we know will
[16:12] be entering back into society.
[16:15] let's make them less angry, less
[16:21] bitter, let's convince that the
[16:22] justice system is stacked against them.
[16:26] let's treat them as our children who,
[16:29] yes, need consequences but also need
[16:32] compassion and love.
[16:33] thank you for listening.
[16:39] >> jim lawrence and then martha
[16:43] beatley.
[16:44] >> good morning, jim lawrence as she
[16:48] indicated.
[16:49] members of the board, I'm here today
[16:51] with some deep concern about the
[16:53] repeated cancellations of proposed
[16:55] study session regarding juvenile hall.
[16:59] people are our future, it is more than
[17:02] just concern, they deserve our
[17:05] priority these issues have been
[17:07] discussed and documented for years,
[17:11] yet the study session continues to
[17:13] get pushed out.
[17:14] every day there is a delay, financial
[17:17] costs to the county, but more
[17:19] importantly it's the impact on these
[17:21] young people and their families who
[17:24] depend upon this system that put them
[17:26] back on the right track, so today I'm
[17:30] asking the board to do one thing, a
[17:32] simple request, schedule the board
[17:35] session, give it priority.
[17:39] your committee, jjdpc, has done the
[17:41] work, the recommendations are there,
[17:43] we just need the take a look at it and
[17:46] decide how we move forward, so please
[17:51] no further studies, no more
[17:55] postponements, let's act.
[17:56] our young people can cannot put their
[17:59] lives on hold.
[18:01] in closing, remember, the opportunity
[18:03] is yours to act, so please act.
[18:04] thank you.
[18:08] >> alright, next we have martha
[18:14] beatley and katie goats.
[18:19] >> good morning, my name is martha
[18:23] beatley, a retired public school
[18:26] teacher of 40 years and live in
[18:28] redwood city, I'm concern about the
[18:30] board's cancelled study session for
[18:34] hillcrest juvenile hall, I heard about
[18:35] poor conditions in the hall, poor
[18:39] health conditions and for paod and I
[18:42] -- food and I think you heard those
[18:44] same reporters and I urge you to
[18:47] investigate and implement improvements
[18:48] for your youth.
[18:51] as an educator and a parent, all
[18:53] people need good role models,
[18:56] nutritious food, consistent health
[18:58] care and dignified treatment to
[19:00] develop into healthy, productive
[19:03] adults.
[19:04] when children make mistakes and
[19:05] enter into the juvenile just system,
[19:08] those needs don't change, the needs
[19:09] are greater so that our young people
[19:12] can turn their lives around.
[19:13] the children need our help to face
[19:15] their challenges and grow to become
[19:17] the very best versions of themselves.
[19:21] I'm asking you to learn into these
[19:24] serious reports and use your platforms
[19:26] to demand improved treatment for our
[19:27] young people.
[19:28] thank you.
[19:31] >> next we have katie and then jenny
[19:38] crones.
[19:39] >> good morning, board of supervisors,
[19:41] my name is katie gets, I'm a redwood
[19:49] city resident and parent to a
[19:51] couple of teenagers.
[19:52] through the work of the peninsula
[19:54] solidarity cohort, I have learned
[19:55] about the work of in our care and all
[19:57] of the way they advocate
[19:59] for young people who are in our
[20:02] juvenile justice system.
[20:03] one of the ways we can all support
[20:05] young people in our system is through
[20:08] public accountability.
[20:09] I am asking for the county to create a
[20:12] community dashboard sharing data on
[20:15] youth incarceration, both short and
[20:17] long term incarceration, the care the
[20:19] youth receive while they are in county
[20:20] care as well as post release
[20:24] information around recidivism and long
[20:26] term outcomes.
[20:28] we want all young people to thrive in
[20:32] san mateo county, tracking outcomes is
[20:34] one of the ways to assure our most
[20:37] vulnerable young people are cared for.
[20:39] in my faith tradition, we follow
[20:42] jesus, he said a couple of things I
[20:44] think apply to the way we care for
[20:46] young people in this community,
[20:48] particularly those facing
[20:50] incarceration.
[20:51] one of the things he said at the
[20:52] beginning of his public ministry is he
[20:54] had come to bring release to the
[20:57] captives, what a neat thing we could
[20:59] all be working on together, right, and
[21:01] then at the end of his public
[21:03] ministry, he said whenever you have
[21:04] done it to the least of these, you
[21:06] have done it to me.
[21:08] so let's treat each other with that
[21:11] human dignity and respect and let's do
[21:13] that for our young people who are
[21:15] incarcerated.
[21:16] thank you.
[21:17] >> thank you.
[21:18] alright, next we have jenny and then
[21:21] evan.
[21:22] >> good morning, my name is jenny, I'm
[21:25] a resident of san mateo and a
[21:28] supporter of local activist groups.
[21:29] my concern is about the hillcrest
[21:35] juvenile hall, first I would like to
[21:36] thank supervisor corzo for focusing on
[21:37] some of the conditions at the facility.
[21:39] but I have more questions than
[21:42] comments for all of you.
[21:44] the residents of our county deserve to
[21:46] know why this board has cancelled the
[21:48] study session on the conditions our
[21:50] youth live under in juvenile hall.
[21:53] do you not believe taxpayers should be
[21:55] allowed to trust the corrective
[21:57] actions can be and should be taken to
[21:59] to improve conditions in this facility?
[22:02] if your child or grandchild or
[22:04] relative were in this facility, would
[22:06] you not want to know if poor
[22:09] conditions for these kids were being
[22:13] corrected?
[22:14] why not address hunger and
[22:16] malnutrition for kids held at this
[22:19] facility?
[22:20] why do we not have means of reporting
[22:21] sexual abuse or staff misconduct?
[22:24] why would we not want an al terp tif
[22:26] for kids who have short stays?
[22:29] do we ngo not know the risks of
[22:34] recidivism for minor offenses, why
[22:37] don't we ensure adequate health care
[22:39] be provided to these kids, why not
[22:43] support language support for children?
[22:46] we all need responses to these
[22:48] questions and we ask you to
[22:52] reschedule the study session on
[22:56] juvenile hall immediately.
[22:57] >> we'll have evan and then bill nuell.
[23:07] >> good morning.
[23:13] board of supervisors, my name is
[23:14] evan, I'm here to expose institutional
[23:15] corruption in the sheriff's office.
[23:16] on may 31, deputy antonio [inaudible]
[23:20] stopped my for expired tags without
[23:22] identifying himself, he ordered me out
[23:24] and questioned me about illicit
[23:26] activity, my hands were visible the
[23:28] entire time, I was talking normal and
[23:31] doing nothing threatening, his casual
[23:35] tone exhibited that I was not
[23:43] [inaudible].
[23:44] sneaking up behind someone for a
[23:46] physical search is dangerous, human
[23:49] instinct triggers a reaction creating
[23:51] a severe risk that leads innocent
[23:55] people for bonus arrests.
[23:56] he said I do not consent, he said I do
[23:59] not need consent.
[24:00] he wrote nothing in the police report
[24:05] regarding suspicion.
[24:10] despite this, internal affairs white
[24:11] washed my complaint for the search and
[24:14] for violating 118 .1 for admitting
[24:17] material fatsoes and accepting
[24:20] indefensible post talk justification
[24:23] invented 45 days later, had demands
[24:26] answers.
[24:27] why write nothing in the report after
[24:28] a two hour stop, why accept a 45 day
[24:30] late excuse.
[24:31] how many people are in jail on bogus
[24:34] resisting charges for these tactics, I
[24:38] am ensuring -- pursuing all legal
[24:40] avenues, oversight groups and media
[24:42] officials that look the other way will be
[24:44] held accountable.
[24:45] if you want to look into this case
[24:46] further, I urge you to take a look at the
[24:48] pattern and practice of illegal search
[24:51] but more importantly if white washing
[24:53] ia investigations with no transparent
[24:55] reason at all.
[24:56] to speak to me more about this, call
[25:01] me at (650) 339-5893 or e-mail me at
[25:05] evanlaney22@gmail.com.
[25:10] >> we'll have bill nuell and melissa
[25:16] wilson.
[25:21] >> good morning, members of san mateo
[25:23] county board.
[25:27] I'm bill, a member of iber care fixing
[25:31] san mateo, I'm a retired public high
[25:34] school teacher of 20 years and I'm a
[25:39] parent, grandparent, teacher and I
[25:41] believe every child including our
[25:43] children in custody deserve to be
[25:44] treated with the dignity they serve.
[25:48] as a longtime county resident
[25:50] taxpayer, I want our children, our
[25:52] youth to get what they need to
[25:54] return to our community as healthy,
[25:57] productive people.
[25:59] currently there's no independent way
[26:01] to report sexual abuse or other staff
[26:05] misconduct.
[26:06] the county has not fully implemented
[26:08] the med ral prison rate elimination
[26:10] act at the juvenile hall.
[26:13] at the last inspection, there was a
[26:20] voice monitored by the same probation
[26:22] staff our youth would need to report
[26:23] on.
[26:24] our youth need a truly independent,
[26:25] confidential way to report abuse.
[26:26] the hall has a well documented and
[26:30] shameful history of our sexual abuse
[26:33] that compels us as a community to do
[26:35] everything possible to prevent future
[26:41] sault.
[26:42] hillcrest has a prison like atmosphere
[26:45] by locked cells, toilets, the
[26:49] mattresses, concrete floors, no
[26:50] personal storage, direct advocacy to
[26:52] soften the space for example ordering
[26:56] storage units so our youth don't have
[26:58] to pile up hygiene products and school
[27:05] supplies has been stalled by
[27:08] bureaucratic institutions since 2022.
[27:09] I wake up in the morning to a moral
[27:12] nightmare of what's going on in our
[27:13] country and the way people are treated
[27:15] had in containment centers around our
[27:17] country, I hope within your powers in
[27:18] this county, you can do something
[27:22] more for our own youth, thank you.
[27:24] >> next we'll have melissa wilson and
[27:28] mike swire.
[27:32] >> hi, good morning, I have been
[27:34] engaged with the juvenile hall for
[27:36] 18 years, 7 as a juvenile justice
[27:38] commissioner and the rest as a
[27:40] volunteer working with youth there.
[27:41] I'm asking the board to act on two
[27:45] issues, pria implementation and also
[27:49] food quality, prea, the prison
[27:52] rape elimination act, probation
[27:54] announced the prison rape elimination
[27:55] act would be fully implemented at
[27:59] juvenile hall and six months later, I
[28:01] would expect to see evidence of
[28:03] progress as we see at the sheriff's
[28:05] website where prea has been
[28:08] implemented since 2012.
[28:10] given the history of sexual abuse
[28:12] allegations including the recent
[28:13] allegations, I would ask the board to
[28:17] inquire about probation's timeline for
[28:21] full implementation.
[28:22] second, food, the formerly
[28:24] incarcerated youth spoke to this board
[28:27] about food quality and hunger has that
[28:29] quality causes youth in juvenile hall.
[28:33] the chief of probation has said only
[28:35] this board can change the vendor and I
[28:38] ask you to exercise that authority.
[28:42] one option is san mateo county health
[28:45] which provides cost effective
[28:47] appetizing meals to the youth at
[28:49] canyon ranch.
[28:50] these are issues of health, safety and
[28:54] dignity to the children in san mateo
[28:57] county custody.
[28:59] when court ruled in loco parentis
[29:07] responsible was for the county,
[29:09] please prioritize these and other
[29:11] issues at study session.
[29:12] we connectedly or dismiss our
[29:14] collective children.
[29:15] thank you.
[29:16] >> we'll have mike and then rebecca.
[29:24] >> thank you, president corzo, members
[29:25] of the board, thanks for your service
[29:28] to the community.
[29:29] a month ago, a resident, jacob,
[29:33] died while riding his bike on skyline
[29:37] when a driver hit him head on in the
[29:41] opposite direction of traffic.
[29:43] we lost numerous residents on skyline
[29:45] in the past months and years.
[29:52] I want to thank president corzo,
[29:55] please let how the -- us now how we
[30:04] can help the cycling community.
[30:06] we have people shooting youtube
[30:09] videos, people sitting on the side of
[30:11] the road with cameras of drivers
[30:13] speeding because situation is so bad.
[30:14] I hope the board will support this
[30:16] initiative if it comes before them.
[30:18] also I want to remind everybody
[30:20] today is back to school day.
[30:21] three years ago, I came to the board
[30:26] asking the county to lower speed
[30:27] limits around schools, almost every
[30:29] city in the county the has already
[30:31] done so, it's cheap, fast and easy.
[30:33] supervisors canepa and mueller jumped
[30:35] on the idea and directed staff to make
[30:37] this happen.
[30:38] I'm not sure that we have done this
[30:41] anywhere.
[30:42] I believe there was a trial
[30:43] potentially proposed but this is
[30:45] something safe, fast and there's
[30:47] really no reason not to move forward
[30:49] with this aggressively across the 20
[30:51] schools so I ask the board the push on
[30:56] public works to make this happen as
[30:57] soon as possible, we don't want
[30:58] another tragedy and this is taking too
[31:00] long.
[31:01] thanks so much.
[31:02] >> thank you, next is rebecca and
[31:06] johanna.
[31:12] >> good morning, president corzo,
[31:14] honorable board and county executives,
[31:15] my name is rebecca keeler, I want to
[31:24] applaud the proclamation for
[31:26] international youth day you're going
[31:27] to be making today but I want to ask
[31:29] that it please include all of our
[31:35] youth and that would include our youth
[31:36] in the juvenile legal system.
[31:37] I remain deeply concerned about the
[31:39] longstanding issues within the
[31:41] juvenile hall including allegations
[31:42] that have been mentioned already of
[31:44] sexual abuse and misconduct.
[31:46] in november of last year, allegations
[31:50] surfaced again of sexual abuse and --
[31:55] of multiple youth in the hall that
[31:57] were having sexual relationships with
[32:00] a staff member.
[32:01] probation confirmed that the it wass
[32:03] conducting an internal investigation.
[32:06] the county has not publicly
[32:10] reported the outcome of that
[32:13] investigation and it's also something
[32:15] to be of mote that there is no
[32:16] independent way for these youth to
[32:22] report any misconduct or abuse that
[32:23] might be going on except to the
[32:28] staff themselves.
[32:29] over the past 8 months, the
[32:41] juvenile hall study session has been
[32:43] cancelled, I respectfully ask that the
[32:45] board reschedule and prioritize that
[32:47] study session to that these concerns
[32:49] can be addressed publicly and
[32:52] collaboratively.
[32:53] I think many of these issues can be
[32:57] resolved outside of a study session.
[33:00] these are not throw-away kids, will
[33:03] return to our communities and the
[33:05] important question that we want to ask
[33:07] is how do we want that to look, how we
[33:09] treat these children makes a big
[33:11] difference.
[33:12] I ask you please to reschedule, we
[33:14] care about our youth, thank you.
[33:16] >> thank you the.
[33:18] johanna and then nancy goodman.
[33:22] >> good morning, my name is johanna
[33:27] rasmussen, the chair of the
[33:39] delinquency prevention commission, we
[33:44] understand that there are pressing
[33:45] issues happening at the state that are
[33:47] outside of your control that must be
[33:49] dealt with but we did receive word in
[33:51] june that the board was losing
[33:55] interest in this topic.
[33:57] if this is the case, we'd like to know
[34:00] because we've spent over 40 hours in
[34:02] the last two months accommodating
[34:04] board's request for work plans and
[34:06] surveys and we just need to know
[34:08] which direction to go because it's
[34:13] been over 8 months.
[34:16] we're community members who care
[34:18] deeply about our kids and trying to
[34:20] do the best we can to carry out the
[34:23] mandates and responsibilities of the
[34:24] commission, so please let us know how
[34:26] we move forward and how we can do this
[34:28] together.
[34:29] thank you.
[34:30] >> our last speaker from chambers is
[34:32] nancy goodman.
[34:36] >> thank you and good morning and
[34:38] welcome back to the august, I know
[34:40] it's a rough august.
[34:42] I'm nancy goodman, I'm within our care
[34:45] which is a coalition of people who
[34:48] feel that the juvenile hall kids are
[34:51] in our care, we are responsible for
[34:52] them.
[34:53] I'm also a mother and a grandmother of
[34:55] -- mother of two mixed race kids can
[34:57] and a grandmother of two mixed race
[34:59] kids and these are kids of color who
[35:02] end up in juvenile hall, 99 per in
[35:07] juvenile hall are people of color.
[35:10] the study session is still so
[35:12] important because I think you can fix
[35:13] it and have been working on it, the
[35:16] food is inedible, it's prepared at the
[35:19] redwood city adult jail, sent over the
[35:22] next day and reheated with cellophane
[35:25] topic, this has been commented on in
[35:28] the last five jjdpc inspection reports
[35:32] and even the sheriff people want to
[35:34] give it up, there is a perfectly good
[35:37] commercial kitchen at the ysc and it's
[35:39] a matter of bureaucratic will I think
[35:43] to make the food there, it would make
[35:45] a lot of difference.
[35:47] it isn't healthy for the kids and you
[35:49] heard in december at that presentation
[35:52] that commissioner rasmussen mentioned,
[35:54] one of the kids that was there said I
[35:56] was there and I was hungry a lot, I
[35:58] was there for two and a half years and
[35:59] I was hungry and so were other kids.
[36:03] you hear children that they are hungry
[36:06] at juvenile hall, we can fix this, we
[36:09] are a smart county and have good
[36:11] leaders, I think we can fix it and we
[36:12] owe it to the kids.
[36:14] the other thing, I know we're in
[36:17] fiscal trouble, on top of that, we
[36:21] have kafrn that's empty, it's
[36:23] beautifully set up if it were to be
[36:26] like a foster home, a group home type
[36:28] thing or kids who had substance abuse
[36:34] issues, it's ready for residents and
[36:37] we also have 150 empty kids at the
[36:39] youth service center and we're
[36:41] spending money on those.
[36:42] try to save that money, thank you.
[36:45] >> okay, no further comments from
[36:48] chambers.
[36:49] this is general public comment, we'll
[36:50] be going to zoom, I currently have ten
[36:52] hands raised.
[36:54] I'll do a final call after the first
[36:58] speaker.
[36:59] pips, go ahead and begin.
[37:04] >> my name is julia rapoza, I worked
[37:18] as a substitute teacher, I don't make
[37:20] enough money to afford rent in this
[37:23] county.
[37:24] over a dozen of us have signed to form
[37:27] a homeless union so that our voices
[37:29] are sought on decisions about our own
[37:31] lives.
[37:32] we ask that the board of supervisors
[37:35] formally recognize this union, seek
[37:37] our input and meet with us on the hate
[37:39] crimes and safety threats we're facing.
[37:43] rv dwellers and the safe parking
[37:45] program, most of them resilient and
[37:49] latino families are targeted weekly,
[37:53] bb gushes, flaming oil, one member was
[37:55] shot by a bb gun by juveniles,
[38:01] another filmed his attackers
[38:02] and formed a report with vandalism and
[38:05] graffiti, the police came back that
[38:06] night but not for the attackers, but
[38:08] to ticket his rv.
[38:10] this is retaliation and intimidation.
[38:14] I have spoken to many
[38:16] members of the community who have been
[38:18] suffering from these attacks who were
[38:20] afraid to make reports to the police.
[38:24] and this type of retaliation suppresses
[38:31] the rights of vulnerable populations
[38:32] of immigrants and also of the homeless.
[38:37] the rv dweller who was shot by the bb
[38:40] gun by juveniles kindly asked to not
[38:45] press charges so it won't ruin the
[38:48] life of a young person but they
[38:51] continued.
[38:52] another rv, weekly he suffer paint
[38:54] balls, flaming hot oil, knocks on the
[38:56] doors in the middle of the night.
[38:58] some of these families have children,
[39:01] a new baby, adolescents, there's
[39:04] nothing safe about safe parking.
[39:08] >> that is your time, thank you.
[39:10] >> treatment at these agencies that
[39:13] serve the homeless are not --
[39:14] >> thank you, next we have emilio --
[39:22] amelia, please unmute and begin.
[39:26] I'll do a final call while we wait for
[39:29] the emilio.
[39:31] the last speaker will be elsa shaffer.
[39:35] >> yes, good morning, my name is
[39:39] emilio moreno, a former engineer and
[39:43] computer expert.
[39:44] I now reside in my rv and on the night
[39:49] of december 1 or the morning,
[39:51] early morning of december 2, somebody
[39:54] spray painted the
[39:58] window of my rv.
[40:00] on december 4 when I reported it to
[40:04] the police around 5 p.m., they took
[40:08] the report but then the next morning,
[40:12] I woke up to see a ticket that was
[40:16] given to me.
[40:17] I felt that was retaliation, I did not
[40:22] feel that I was safe.
[40:24] I did go to the police station to talk
[40:28] to them to say why did I get a ticket
[40:31] after I made -- and they said it was
[40:33] not the same officer, it felt that
[40:38] way, around june of this year, I
[40:40] started getting knocks on my door,
[40:44] eggs thrown, street cones thrown at
[40:46] the back of my camper waking me up at
[40:49] all hours of the day, screaming, I
[40:51] have film, I have videos, it's -- I
[40:57] did not realize, you know, this was
[40:59] going to happen but I'm requesting --
[41:03] this was many the lindemar parking lot
[41:09] by the taco bell, I request there's
[41:14] more patrols and things like that.
[41:18] I did not expect to be treated this
[41:21] way.
[41:22] I help everyone that I come across, it
[41:25] doesn't matter who you are, what you
[41:27] look like, anything, and this is not
[41:30] -- I was not expecting this.
[41:31] I just want to bring this to your
[41:33] attention, thank you.
[41:35] >> thank you, next we have daria and
[41:40] then kathy.
[41:41] please unmute and begin, daria.
[41:42] >> good morning, members of the board,
[41:45] my name is darya, a resident of east
[41:48] palo alto and the director of
[41:51] california youth justice policy and
[41:55] capacity building, I request the study
[41:57] session to address conditions in
[41:59] juvenile hall that was scheduled
[42:00] today and has been rescheduled
[42:02] multiple times be rescheduled as soon
[42:04] as possible because the issues
[42:06] impacting youth in our locked
[42:07] facilities and those reentering our
[42:09] communities are urgent and cannot wait.
[42:12] youth who go into juvenile hall will
[42:15] return to our local communities and
[42:17] more reentry support is needed for
[42:19] them including housing,
[42:21] transportation, connections to
[42:23] employment and other basic
[42:27] necessities, it's unacceptable we have
[42:30] youth whose basic needs are not met in
[42:32] silicon valley.
[42:33] we are not setting up youth for suck
[42:34] and he is we are undermining public
[42:37] safety.
[42:38] this wednesday is international youth
[42:39] day a day recognized throughout the
[42:41] world to the draw attention to youth
[42:45] around the world.
[42:46] I want you to reschedule the juvenile
[42:49] hall study session as soon as possible
[42:51] and ensure youth voices are heard.
[42:53] our young people cannot wait any
[42:54] longer.
[42:55] thank you.
[42:56] >> thank you.
[42:57] next we have kathy and then pat
[43:02] willard, kathy, please unmute and
[43:05] begin.
[43:06] >> my name is kathy, I live in san
[43:09] carlos, thank you for the opportunity
[43:10] to speak.
[43:11] I'm here to ask you to address the
[43:15] longstanding challenges at hillcrest
[43:17] juvenile hall, I am a mother and a
[43:20] grandmother and I believe that every
[43:22] child in our county's custody deserves
[43:24] to be treated with dignity.
[43:27] I'm disappointed and frustrated that
[43:29] the follow-up to the last december's
[43:32] presentation about hillcrest has been
[43:33] delayed again and again.
[43:36] it is painful to think of kids going
[43:39] hungry because the reheated food is
[43:43] inedible.
[43:44] chronic hunger is not good for body,
[43:47] emotional wellbeing or growth.
[43:49] in addition, the children need to
[43:51] receive timely treatment for vision
[43:54] and dental problems as well as reentry
[43:58] support.
[43:59] I want these kids to get what they
[44:01] need to return to our community as
[44:04] healthy, productive people.
[44:05] thank you .
[44:08] >> thank you, next we have pat willard and
[44:11] then beth, pat, please unmute and
[44:16] begin.
[44:17] >> hello, members of the board of
[44:19] supervisors, I'm pat willard, I have
[44:21] lived in redwood city for over two
[44:25] decades.
[44:30] sorry.
[44:31] I'm asking you to hire a permanent
[44:37] full time inspector general of the
[44:40] sheriff's department.
[44:42] the objective here is to have the
[44:48] inspector general attend all of the
[44:51] meetings with the oversight committee
[44:55] to give them advice and for them to
[45:01] get his advice.
[45:05] it's erroneous that people have
[45:09] asserted that this is about telling
[45:12] police what to do, it's not.
[45:20] many people have posted public
[45:25] comments today who remind me that a
[45:31] permanent inspector general needs to
[45:33] be hired.
[45:34] also the current oversight committee
[45:44] is not about giving advice, the board
[45:49] of supervisors, you all have quite
[45:51] enough to do, but as I said, to give
[45:54] advice to the permanent inspector
[45:59] general.
[46:00] thank you.
[46:01] >> thank you.
[46:02] we have 8 remaining hands.
[46:06] beth and then [inaudible], beth,
[46:08] please unmute and begin.
[46:11] >> good morning, I'm beth, aclu san
[46:15] mateo county chapter co-chair,
[46:18] resident and district 3 constituent.
[46:21] I hope you will reschedule the
[46:23] juvenile hall study session.
[46:25] the current conditions at the hall are
[46:27] harsh and a poor reflection on our
[46:29] county's values, the same as they were
[46:31] last december when you heard briefly
[46:33] about them from the jjdpc and you
[46:38] collectively were moved to call for a
[46:39] study session.
[46:40] the children are kept in prison like
[46:44] cells, the food is inedible and they
[46:47] have to store their belongings on
[46:50] concrete cell floors among other grim
[46:52] conditions for children as young as 13.
[46:55] it doesn't have to be that way.
[46:57] later today, you'll be voting on an
[47:02] international youth day proclamation
[47:03] in which you'll recognize the
[47:04] importance of youth in san mateo
[47:07] county.
[47:08] and allowing their voices to be heard
[47:10] especially on issues of social justice.
[47:12] incarcerating our youth certainly is
[47:14] an issue of social justice and hearing
[47:16] from those children and the adults
[47:18] close to them is imperative to
[47:22] ensuring a humane system of
[47:23] confinement.
[47:24] the conditions can be addressed if we
[47:26] put our collective minds to it.
[47:28] let's have a session in which we hear
[47:29] about the problems and potential
[47:32] solutions.
[47:33] thank you.
[47:34] >> thank you, next is [inaudible] and
[47:37] then alexis, please unmute and begin.
[47:53] macarena, you're unmuted.
[48:00] >> good morning, my name is macarena,
[48:04] I'm a physician and I collaborate with
[48:09] mr. Paul, one issue that needs to be
[48:12] addressed and has been talked about
[48:14] already is the food at the juvenile
[48:17] hall.
[48:18] it is prepared at redwood city adult
[48:21] jail and transported the next day to
[48:23] the juvenile hall where it is reheated
[48:26] at the housing units, degrade thing
[48:29] the quality, the texture of the food,
[48:31] the kids report that it's inedible and
[48:35] they go hungry.
[48:39] for growing teenagers, nutrition can
[48:43] [inaudible] their behavior and
[48:45] learning capable and their development.
[48:46] as you know, some of these kids are
[48:49] not for a short time at hillcrest,
[48:52] they may be for several years
[48:55] exacerbating the detrimental effects
[48:57] of malnutrition.
[49:00] the commission has made this the top
[49:03] concern for several years in a row.
[49:05] supervisor corzo has been focusing her
[49:08] attention on this issue but she needs
[49:10] the support of the rest of this board
[49:12] and the will of senior county staff to
[49:15] get this problem fixed.
[49:17] thank you very much.
[49:18] >> thank you.
[49:19] next we have alexis lewis and then
[49:23] anne, alexis, please unmute and begin.
[49:27] >> good morning, president corzo,
[49:29] vice-president mueller and the
[49:30] honorable members of the board, my
[49:33] name is alexis lewis, I live in san
[49:36] mateo, I'm actively involved in
[49:37] community and civic organizations
[49:40] throughout san mateo county, today I'm
[49:42] speaking as a concerned citizen.
[49:44] I'm asking you the act now to address
[49:46] the serious longstanding challenges at
[49:50] hillcrest juvenile hall that have been
[49:52] documented for years.
[49:53] every child in our county's custody
[49:58] deserves basic dignity, safety
[50:00] and healthy and nutritious food,
[50:04] dental care, appropriate education and
[50:10] rehabilitative services.
[50:12] one of my particular concerns is the
[50:14] lack of public transparency and
[50:16] accountability regarding the
[50:17] conditions and outcomes at hillcrest.
[50:19] I urge the board to require the
[50:22] creation of a public accountability
[50:25] dashboard has that regularly reports
[50:26] the number of youth incarcerated and
[50:29] their length of stay, staffing levels
[50:32] and vacancies, use of force
[50:34] incidences, grievances and their
[50:39] resolutions.
[50:40] access to the health, dental and
[50:41] vision care, educational and
[50:44] rehabilitative services and the true
[50:46] cost of operating hillcrest juvenile
[50:49] hall.
[50:50] we're legally permissible and
[50:52] appropriately protected, this information
[50:54] should be broken down by race,
[50:56] ethnicity, age and other relevant
[50:58] demographics so the community can
[51:00] address the disparities.
[51:04] transparency should not be optional,
[51:06] accountability should not require a
[51:09] public records request.
[51:10] I respectfully ask you to exercise
[51:14] your oversight, responsibility and
[51:16] require meaningful public reporting
[51:17] and act on the longstanding concerns of
[51:21] hillcrest.
[51:22] our children deserve better and the
[51:23] public deserves to know they are doing
[51:26] better, thank you.
[51:27] >> thank you, next we have anne and
[51:31] then julianna, anne, please unmute and
[51:33] begin.
[51:34] >> good morning, I am requesting that
[51:37] this board designates cypress point
[51:39] tolerable housing in moss beach at
[51:43] senior 55 and older housing, our
[51:45] seniors are livening below the poverty
[51:48] line by 66% of all county the
[51:51] residents.
[51:52] the need to evacuate quickly, having a
[51:54] large portion of our coastside seniors in
[51:57] this location will help this
[51:58] evacuation effort.
[52:00] having seniors, many with mobility
[52:02] issues scattered across the coast
[52:04] makes it very difficult to get this
[52:05] vulnerable population out of harm's
[52:07] way quickly.
[52:08] many of our seniors suffer food
[52:12] insecurity and loneliness, they
[52:15] deserve dignified living has senior
[52:16] housing can provide.
[52:19] their nutritional needs can be with
[52:22] community meal service and ols their
[52:25] health care needs can be met with a
[52:28] mobile health care coming to the site
[52:30] and it's very necessary as there is no
[52:32] health care on the coast.
[52:33] because the coast side hospital
[52:35] closed, theres no assisted living.
[52:37] all of these needs can be met by
[52:41] establishing cypress point as senior
[52:44] housing, allowing seniors and their
[52:46] care takers to be able to live at this
[52:49] moss beach location, you will be
[52:52] providing meaningful senior living.
[52:53] thank you for your consideration of
[52:55] this request.
[52:59] >> thank you, ann.
[53:01] next is julianna and then danielle,
[53:07] julianna, please begin.
[53:09] >> thanks, all, for your service and the
[53:10] opportunity to speak, I also want
[53:13] to call out the jacob on skyline at 84
[53:17] known as four corners, skyline is the
[53:21] only north/south cycling route in this
[53:22] area, the proximate cause of jacob's
[53:26] death was out of control drivers, they
[53:30] must be accountable, it's often
[53:33] excused as an accident rather than a
[53:34] choice to drive dangerously, has said,
[53:37] the actual cause of this crash was the
[53:41] lethal design and engineering of
[53:44] skyline that's killed before, it will
[53:45] kill again.
[53:48] enforcement is nice but officers have
[53:50] many responsibilities and cannot be
[53:52] present at every dangerous location
[53:57] 24/7.
[53:58] only engineering, only design is
[54:00] present every minute of every day of
[54:01] the year.
[54:05] every road like skyline in other
[54:07] countries, it can be done.
[54:09] please, we must fission the design of
[54:12] skyline and four corners, we
[54:14] must fix all of skyline, we must fix
[54:17] every cycle route and make them all
[54:19] safe because cyclists deserve to enjoy
[54:22] the outdoors, cyclists deserve to be
[54:24] able to do transit.
[54:26] we need more people to be cycling
[54:29] rather than making local trips in
[54:31] their cars, enjoying the outdoors in
[54:33] their cars, it's much more beautiful,
[54:36] much more enjoyable riding through the
[54:41] santa cruz mountains than driving
[54:42] through them, please, I hope you guys
[54:44] can help us.
[54:45] thank you, all.
[54:46] >> thank you, next is danielle and
[54:50] then [inaudible], danielle, please
[54:51] unmute and begin.
[54:55] >> good morning, I'm danielle, a
[54:59] longtime resident of menlo park, like
[55:02] many of the people who have spoken
[55:03] before me, I'm disappointed that the
[55:06] board of supervisors cancelled today's
[55:08] study session to address the issues
[55:10] presented to the board on december 9
[55:13] by the juvenile justice and
[55:17] delinquency prevention commission, at
[55:18] that meeting, I was very pleased that
[55:21] the board by their comments seemed
[55:26] very interested and willing to invest
[55:27] the time and resources to help resolve
[55:32] the challenges and having all these
[55:36] study sessions cancelled in the past
[55:37] year, it just means that there has not
[55:40] been the attention paid to these very
[55:45] urgent issues including sexual
[55:47] misconduct and I can't help note at
[55:50] this time that in the past almost one
[55:54] hour that we've spent with the people
[55:59] talking about disappointment in the
[56:02] lack of a study session, the time
[56:05] spent here could have been spent in
[56:07] the study session, so that's very
[56:10] frustrating.
[56:11] before I retired, I worked for decades
[56:14] providing services for adults in the
[56:16] behavioral health system.
[56:17] my last position was in an employment
[56:24] services program servicing justice
[56:25] seekers who had criminal justice
[56:26] involvement and in many cases, it was
[56:29] clear to me if they had gotten the
[56:32] support they needed as young people,
[56:34] that that they wouldn't be facing the
[56:38] current obstacles that I was seeing.
[56:40] and so I really urge you to please do
[56:42] everything in your power to implement
[56:44] the recommendations of the jjdpc in
[56:52] its presentation, so I appreciate the
[56:53] time, thank you.
[56:58] >> thank you, next we have paul and
[57:07] elsa, paul, please begin.
[57:08] >> thank you for this opportunity to
[57:10] speak and thank you to all those who
[57:13] have shown up for our youth today.
[57:14] I am dumbfounded by the support we
[57:21] have, today I'm here to speak on the
[57:27] juvenile conditions, as a survivor
[57:29] serving over 25 years
[57:31] from the juvenile cages to the
[57:35] adult cages, I know what happens in
[57:37] these cages.
[57:38] today we have no prea which saved
[57:42] lives in adult prison, we have no prea
[57:45] at juvenile hall, we have no
[57:47] working body cams, we have a
[57:52] non-working x-ray machine, we have
[57:55] empty camps spending millions of our
[57:56] tax dollars on absolute nothing.
[57:59] we have half empty juvenile hall
[58:02] spending millions of dollars, tax
[58:05] dollars on a half empty juvenile hall.
[58:11] we don't serve any jail food to any
[58:14] people in the county the other than
[58:16] those kids that are in incarcerated,
[58:18] haid to start with that.
[58:20] so, improving the conditions at the
[58:22] juvenile hall is not something we can
[58:24] continue to put off.
[58:26] delaying this study session for two
[58:28] mothers sends a message that the young
[58:31] people in these facilities are
[58:33] underserved and their needs are not a
[58:35] priority.
[58:36] we are talking about young people
[58:38] being served food, about young people
[58:43] being served food, unacceptable youth
[58:46] on probation who are experiencing
[58:48] homelessness and they were ready to
[58:52] come today but this was cancelled, a
[58:55] inadequate storage for their personal
[59:00] belongings, dirty carpets,
[59:01] deteriorating carpets in the
[59:05] facility.
[59:09] I am running out of time, thank
[59:11] you to the community, let's get this
[59:13] done, our youth are depending on us
[59:16] adults to make the best decisions for
[59:18] them, thank you.
[59:19] >> thank you, paul.
[59:20] >> I'm about to go to our last
[59:22] speaker, we had one additional hand
[59:24] raised, do we want to take that?
[59:27] okay.
[59:29] next is elsa and we'll finish with cid
[59:36] young.
[59:37] elsa, please begin, please unmute and
[59:41] begin.
[59:43] alright.
[59:44] >> thank you so much.
[59:46] can you hear me now?
[59:47] >> yes, I can hear you, go ahead.
[59:49] >> thank you so much, I'm elsa
[59:58] shaffer, vice chair of the democracy
[1:00:00] for america, live in menlo park and
[1:00:02] have lives in san mateo county for 40
[1:00:04] years, I am a mother and a grandmother,
[1:00:08] as are many of you on the board.
[1:00:12] thank you for listening to us this
[1:00:15] morning.
[1:00:16] I know you are not supposed to comment
[1:00:18] immediately at the end of this but I
[1:00:20] really hope that you take all this
[1:00:24] commentary to heart.
[1:00:25] I was here at your december meeting
[1:00:29] and heard along you the litany of
[1:00:33] amazing -- one of you called them
[1:00:37] appalling and embarrassing conditions
[1:00:39] and situations at the juvenile hall.
[1:00:43] you had such humane, admirable and
[1:00:46] heartfelt reactions to all the data
[1:00:49] you heard and the individual stories.
[1:00:54] we walked out so impressed with our
[1:00:58] board and grateful that you had those
[1:01:04] reactions and were going to the look
[1:01:06] for computers for them and look into
[1:01:09] reimbursing one person's 70 thousand
[1:01:11] dollars spent to try to make their
[1:01:14] conditions better like getting them
[1:01:16] pillows and things like that and that
[1:01:18] you also yourselves volunteered to
[1:01:20] have this study session which I heard
[1:01:25] this morning has now be cancelled four
[1:01:26] times.
[1:01:27] we in the audience and so much further
[1:01:28] than the people here today ask you
[1:01:31] please, please to come back and
[1:01:35] remember those reactions and to take
[1:01:38] this situation seriously.
[1:01:39] I don't know who else has been talking
[1:01:41] with you since then but if there are
[1:01:44] other people who say different things,
[1:01:47] please put us in the same room.
[1:01:49] thank you so much.
[1:01:51] >> thank you.
[1:01:55] cid young, please unmute and begin.
[1:01:57] >> thank you, this morning I'm calling
[1:01:59] from the coastside.
[1:02:00] I live in moss beach, in
[1:02:09] 2001, they brought up the coastside
[1:02:15] mid coast alignment for the trails
[1:02:20] plan on devil's slide if for the
[1:02:23] bypass and it's been sitting in a
[1:02:25] drawer for a long time and now because
[1:02:29] of a local group called red alert moss
[1:02:33] beach montera, caltrans is finally
[1:02:35] taking down the trees in the bypass
[1:02:37] that have been growing all that time
[1:02:39] and I would like the county to finally
[1:02:44] take the ltp overlay and pull it out
[1:02:47] of the drawer and it's in the lcp, and
[1:02:52] make the trails plan a reality.
[1:02:54] we have enough money in the mid coast
[1:03:01] -- sorry, -- mid coast park mitigation
[1:03:05] fund to have the county make that
[1:03:08] trails plan happen and that's the only
[1:03:10] thing really holding it up now and
[1:03:12] it's supposed to be a passive park,
[1:03:16] not a highly built thing like don
[1:03:20] horsley park down there at the creek,
[1:03:23] so I would like to ask the board of
[1:03:25] supervisors to go ahead with that plan
[1:03:28] since it's been lingering since 2001.
[1:03:29] thank you.
[1:03:32] >> thank you.
[1:03:34] and that concludes general public
[1:03:35] comment.
[1:03:36] >> president corzo?
[1:03:37] >> thank you, go ahead, supervisor
[1:03:39] mueller?
[1:03:40] >> so, I know it's unusual and we
[1:03:42] haven't set the agenda yet, we have
[1:03:45] congressman licardo, I know his time
[1:03:47] is important so I would like to move
[1:03:49] up item 8 to right now and if my
[1:03:51] colleagues would be amenable to that.
[1:03:53] >> so, I would like to propose that we
[1:03:55] take the action to set the agenda,
[1:04:00] we move item 8 and then item 150 --
[1:04:06] 10 before item 1.
[1:04:07] >> which one is item 10.
[1:04:11] >> I'm the 10 is the agenda builder.
[1:04:12] we had a significant amount of public
[1:04:14] comment about study sessions and I
[1:04:15] want to the address that, so sorry to
[1:04:17] our folks that are waiting for
[1:04:20] presentations.
[1:04:21] >> if we're going to set the agenda, I
[1:04:22] would like to move items 9 I believe
[1:04:24] it is and 2 to consent.
[1:04:30] >> okay, so just for clarity, we would
[1:04:33] be moving items -- I already got
[1:04:36] confused.
[1:04:37] can you restate.
[1:04:38] >> we're going to move items 9 and 2
[1:04:41] to consent and move 8 and 10 to the
[1:04:43] front of the agenda.
[1:04:44] >> okay, is there a second?
[1:04:46] >> second.
[1:04:47] >> I just want to note, madam
[1:04:49] president, that the members of the
[1:04:51] public may not have understood they
[1:04:54] should have addressed items 2 and 9
[1:04:57] prior to now, you probably want to
[1:05:00] take public comment on these items
[1:05:02] before you adopt them.
[1:05:07] >> that's fair.
[1:05:08] so, we want to go ahead and reopen
[1:05:10] public comment real quick on items 2
[1:05:12] and 9.
[1:05:13] >> or the agendized items.
[1:05:18] >> so, item 2 and 9, we should reopen.
[1:05:24] so, item 9 is the resolution directing
[1:05:28] the county executive's office to
[1:05:30] do work on the humanoid robots.
[1:05:35] item 2 is a proclamation designating
[1:05:40] purple heart date which was already
[1:05:42] presented.
[1:05:43] I want to thank shannon bennett from
[1:05:46] her office who is a summer intern,
[1:05:48] that was her project, we were happy to
[1:05:49] see that come to fruition.
[1:05:51] >> just for sake of making things more
[1:05:53] complicated, we have a correction we
[1:05:55] need to make to the item 25 which is
[1:05:58] on the consent agenda, I'm going to
[1:06:01] state that now if my colleague will pass
[1:06:03] it to me so I can read it here.
[1:06:06] so, we'd like to include an
[1:06:08] administrative correction to the item
[1:06:10] 25 to reflect an initial partial term
[1:06:12] end date of december 31, 2028.
[1:06:18] yup, that's it.
[1:06:21] >> if there's any public comment on 9
[1:06:23] and 2.
[1:06:24] >> we will reopen public comment for
[1:06:27] items 2 and 8 --
[1:06:28] >> 9.
[1:06:29] >> 2 and 9.
[1:06:30] >> do we want to do a roll call on
[1:06:35] that motion?
[1:06:36] >> is the motion to approve the
[1:06:40] consent agenda as well?
[1:06:41] I think we would want to take the
[1:06:42] comment before --
[1:06:43] >> we have one public speaker card for
[1:06:47] item 9, so rich sugy.
[1:07:01] >> thank you, board of
[1:07:03] supervisors, my name is rich, a
[1:07:05] vice-president with local 2400
[1:07:08] representing firefighters in san mateo
[1:07:09] county the.
[1:07:10] speaking on behalf of the humanoid
[1:07:13] robots resolution and potential
[1:07:15] funding sources, in recent years,
[1:07:17] we've seen an uptick in lithium watery
[1:07:23] fires, they burn hotter and more toxic
[1:07:25] than any structural fire we respond
[1:07:29] to.
[1:07:30] we now will be adding humanoid robots
[1:07:35] to homes and potentially a
[1:07:38] manufacturing facility in the county.
[1:07:39] the as union representation, one of my
[1:07:42] jobs is to protect our
[1:07:46] firefighters while performing the duties
[1:07:48] to keep our public safe.
[1:07:50] this can be used to purchase
[1:07:54] necessarily specialized equipment that
[1:07:55] we need the safely do this in san
[1:07:56] mateo county.
[1:07:57] so, with that being said, I want to
[1:08:00] give our support for the resolution to
[1:08:02] create a mechanism of funding to deal
[1:08:04] with the challenges of lithium ion
[1:08:07] batteries many this county.
[1:08:08] thank you.
[1:08:09] >> thank you, we'll go to zoom.
[1:08:11] >> yes, alright.
[1:08:12] >> this is again for commenting on
[1:08:14] items 2 and 9 for purple heart
[1:08:19] proclamation and the humanoid robots,
[1:08:27] so julie, please we -- begin.
[1:08:31] >> julie lind, we're in support of
[1:08:34] this resolution, government has an
[1:08:35] important responsibility to make sure
[1:08:37] guardrails and protections around has
[1:08:39] technology keep pace.
[1:08:40] this resolution is an important
[1:08:42] continuation of work this board has
[1:08:44] already undertaken.
[1:08:46] in 204, supervisor mueller led a
[1:08:47] resolution committing the county to
[1:08:50] maintaining county job as artificial
[1:08:52] intelligence advances through
[1:08:54] retraining, redeployment and
[1:08:56] collaboration with workers, last year
[1:08:57] the board built on that requiring
[1:09:00] departments to ases the workforce
[1:09:01] impacts of ai and identify impacts to
[1:09:06] how to address technology.
[1:09:09] these actions establish an important
[1:09:11] principle, this resolution carries
[1:09:16] that principle into the broader
[1:09:19] community as humanoid row bort blots
[1:09:22] address commercial deployment.
[1:09:26] putting semi-autonomous machines in
[1:09:27] workplaces and other spaces where
[1:09:29] they interact directly with the public
[1:09:32] raises legitimate questions about
[1:09:34] accessibility, emergency response,
[1:09:35] fire and hazardous materials risk and
[1:09:38] who's accountable when something goes
[1:09:40] wrong?
[1:09:41] requiring appropriate safety
[1:09:42] standards, trained human oversight and
[1:09:44] a meaningful permit and enforcement
[1:09:46] process is a reasonable approach to
[1:09:48] reasonable invasion.
[1:09:50] workforce protections need to be part
[1:09:51] of those guardrails.
[1:09:53] businesses should understand and
[1:09:54] account for the human consequences of
[1:09:56] deploying this technology including
[1:09:58] potential job losses and workers
[1:10:00] should have meaningful protections
[1:10:01] such as opportunities for
[1:10:03] redeployment, retraining or other
[1:10:05] mitigation when their jobs are faked.
[1:10:07] the future of work must remain
[1:10:10] centered on human beings, their
[1:10:11] safety, their skillets, their dignity,
[1:10:13] the value of the work they perform.
[1:10:15] we appreciate your continued
[1:10:16] leadership on these issues and urge
[1:10:18] your support, thank you.
[1:10:20] >> thank you, julie.
[1:10:21] that concludes public comment for
[1:10:23] items 2 and 9.
[1:10:24] >> thank you, I will now -- I think we
[1:10:27] can move on to roll call the for
[1:10:29] setting the agenda.
[1:10:30] >> supervisor speier?
[1:10:31] >> aye.
[1:10:32] >> supervisor mueller?
[1:10:33] >> yes.
[1:10:34] >> supervisor gauthier?
[1:10:35] >> yes.
[1:10:36] >> supervisor canepa?
[1:10:37] >> aye.
[1:10:38] >> president corzo?
[1:10:39] >> yes.
[1:10:40] >> motion passes to set the agenda
[1:10:42] moving 8 and 10 before 1 and --
[1:10:51] >> the motion was to set the agenda
[1:10:54] and to approve the consent agenda,
[1:11:00] both those things.
[1:11:01] >> yes.
[1:11:02] >> item 8?
[1:11:03] >> yes.
[1:11:04] >> I want to thank my colleague,
[1:11:05] item 8 is adopt the resolution
[1:11:08] directing the county executive
[1:11:09] officer to work with appropriate staff
[1:11:11] to develop an ordinance to prohibit,
[1:11:15] restrict and otherwise regulate the
[1:11:17] siting and operation of detention
[1:11:18] facilities and other similar
[1:11:21] institutional land uses within
[1:11:23] unincorporated san mateo county.
[1:11:24] I want to thank president corzo for
[1:11:26] bringing this item.
[1:11:28] this all stems from the efforts of the
[1:11:31] federal government to build a mass
[1:11:35] detention immigration facility in
[1:11:37] gilroy, in response to that, our
[1:11:40] esteemed congressman licardo
[1:11:45] and his office did the work in responding
[1:11:46] to see how we could go ahead and work
[1:11:50] in concert regionally to respond to
[1:11:54] this effort which frankly has been
[1:11:55] undertaken in a manner which is
[1:12:01] rushed, hap-hazard and puts people's
[1:12:04] safety in jeopardy.
[1:12:09] we all want families to be able to
[1:12:11] feel secure and thrive, that's the
[1:12:12] foundation of having resilient
[1:12:15] communities.
[1:12:16] as discussions continue across the bay
[1:12:18] area about the potential construction
[1:12:20] or conversion of sites, the mass
[1:12:23] immigration detention facilities, it's
[1:12:24] important that any such proposal be
[1:12:29] considered through public safety,
[1:12:31] infrastructure, environmental impacts
[1:12:32] and appropriate land use.
[1:12:33] these aren't just simply discussions
[1:12:35] of policies, these are discussions
[1:12:37] about how people will be treated and
[1:12:40] live in such a facility should they
[1:12:43] end up in one.
[1:12:44] this is about recognizing our shared
[1:12:45] responsibility to make thoughtful
[1:12:47] decisions that protect the wellbeing
[1:12:48] of residents and preserve strength
[1:12:51] and character of communities, less we
[1:12:55] repeat the tragedies of what the
[1:12:58] japanese experienced in the intern
[1:13:00] camps back in word war ii.
[1:13:03] when families feel safe, neighbors
[1:13:05] feel connected and they feel their
[1:13:06] voices are heard, communities become
[1:13:08] stronger and more resilient.
[1:13:09] I would like to offer president corzo
[1:13:12] the opportunity to speak and then
[1:13:15] we'll invite congressman licardo to
[1:13:16] join us.
[1:13:17] >> thank you, I will be brief.
[1:13:19] I just want to thank congressman
[1:13:23] licardo for keeping in mind san mateo
[1:13:25] county and making sure we are a part
[1:13:30] of being able to move this forward.
[1:13:31] I want to thank supervisor mueller for
[1:13:32] seeing a need, seeing a way we can be
[1:13:35] proactive to make sure that we are
[1:13:38] planning to fence and not just
[1:13:39] defense here in this county.
[1:13:42] this is the type of situation that
[1:13:44] demands that we use every single tool
[1:13:47] at our disposal and so I'm grateful
[1:13:51] for this resolution to be able to move
[1:13:53] this forward and I want to address
[1:13:56] the communities across the country
[1:13:59] that have not had the benefit of
[1:14:01] having a protection like this.
[1:14:03] there are communities across our
[1:14:05] country that already have detention
[1:14:07] facilities, that have had them for
[1:14:10] decades who have really born the brunt
[1:14:15] of ice raids and family separations
[1:14:21] and great trauma to not just immigrant
[1:14:24] community but the entire community at
[1:14:25] large and it is through those
[1:14:29] tragedies that we are able to learn
[1:14:31] from that and learn about how we can
[1:14:34] prevent that from making it here to
[1:14:37] our county to the bay area and I also
[1:14:39] want to just shout-out santa clara
[1:14:42] county for being a leader in the bay
[1:14:44] area and making sure that we are
[1:14:47] organized as 12 bay a area counties to
[1:14:50] make sure that we are being proactive
[1:14:53] and preventing any detention
[1:14:55] facilities from opening here and we
[1:14:59] have a coalition called bay area
[1:15:01] belonging, our county will be hosting
[1:15:04] the next convening and I'm grateful to
[1:15:06] be a part of that coalition and
[1:15:10] there's a lot of work we're doing that
[1:15:13] is not always very public but is very
[1:15:17] important, urgent and has to be done
[1:15:19] in a timely way.
[1:15:21] so, thank you.
[1:15:23] with that, I'll wrap it up.
[1:15:24] I don't know if my colleagues want to
[1:15:26] say anything before we hand over the
[1:15:29] mic. To congressman licardo.
[1:15:35] okay, go ahead, congressman licardo.
[1:15:38] >> thank you, president corzo, and to
[1:15:41] the board, and the thank you,
[1:15:44] president, for your leadership and
[1:15:46] supervisor mueller, for your
[1:15:47] leadership, your partnership as well
[1:15:49] on this.
[1:15:50] I know that the board is very familiar
[1:15:52] with these issues, you have been
[1:15:53] leading in these areas for many, many
[1:15:56] years, particularly as I look at
[1:15:58] supervisor speier and her longstanding
[1:16:00] leadership on issues of health and on
[1:16:03] immigration.
[1:16:04] this is the confluence of those issues
[1:16:09] of course, the tenth amendment
[1:16:10] provides you and local countess and
[1:16:12] cities the ability to protect health
[1:16:14] and safety of your residents through
[1:16:17] land use.
[1:16:19] that's an important mechanism and I
[1:16:20] come to you in the spirit of
[1:16:23] partnership to ask the county of san
[1:16:26] mateo to consider becoming the
[1:16:29] first jurisdiction of the region to
[1:16:31] deploy its land use authority to
[1:16:33] impose conditions and reasonable
[1:16:34] restrictions that will prohibit unsafe
[1:16:38] ice detention facilities, limit
[1:16:39] their locations and ensure that you
[1:16:40] have the legal control over any
[1:16:44] facilities, operations and
[1:16:46] characteristics to protect the health
[1:16:47] and safety of san mateo county
[1:16:49] residents.
[1:16:50] I would point out that president corso,
[1:16:52] you thanked me for including you,
[1:16:54] I should thank you because you are in
[1:16:56] fact leading the effort, like city of
[1:16:58] san jose will be having a public
[1:17:00] hearing tomorrow.
[1:17:01] we have other cities that are quite
[1:17:03] interested in jumping in as well and
[1:17:04] we thank you very much for being
[1:17:06] willing to go first.
[1:17:10] the state recently issued a report
[1:17:12] that is the department of justice did
[1:17:17] here in california declaring many of
[1:17:21] the factual conditions that provide
[1:17:23] you the legal basis for moving forward
[1:17:27] around health and safety concerns, the
[1:17:28] state doj's report this year
[1:17:32] detailed overcrowding, lack of abscess
[1:17:34] to medical care, inadequate food and
[1:17:37] water, unsanitary can concerns and
[1:17:39] alarming increase in fatalities in
[1:17:41] those ice facilities here in
[1:17:43] california.
[1:17:44] we have 7 detention facilities in
[1:17:48] southern california, no large
[1:17:50] detention facilities in northern
[1:17:51] california.
[1:17:52] I would like to keep it that way.
[1:17:54] we've seen six deaths in those 7
[1:17:56] facilities in a period of just half a
[1:17:59] year.
[1:18:00] we understand, I know you understand
[1:18:01] well what that means for our
[1:18:03] communities.
[1:18:04] of course my motivations may expand
[1:18:07] beyond mere health and safety.
[1:18:10] I'm deeply concerned about how these
[1:18:14] detention facilities enable ice to
[1:18:16] conduct large scale operations that
[1:18:18] severely disrupt our communities, our
[1:18:21] neighborhoods, our families, and I
[1:18:23] know that many of you may have those
[1:18:25] concerns as well but I will -- I won't
[1:18:27] play the role of recovering attorney,
[1:18:33] I know your counsel will ensure you
[1:18:34] stay focused on health and safety
[1:18:35] issues.
[1:18:36] there is a gap, I should note, and
[1:18:39] it's important to attend to between
[1:18:42] intention and action.
[1:18:46] you are considering a resolution today
[1:18:48] and I'm grateful for that.
[1:18:50] it will be several months before you
[1:18:53] have an ordinance and your planning
[1:18:56] staff need time to return to you with
[1:18:59] a final ordinance.
[1:19:01] in that period of time, a detention
[1:19:03] facility could move forward in this
[1:19:07] county.
[1:19:08] california law, that is government
[1:19:11] code section 65858 does provide local
[1:19:16] communities with the [inaudible] enact
[1:19:18] urgency ordinance, these are
[1:19:19] moratoriums that can last between
[1:19:22] 45 days and a year that enables you to
[1:19:27] have the time to do the work as well
[1:19:28] as the outreach that is required, I
[1:19:30] would request that you consider doing
[1:19:32] so and that enables you to return for
[1:19:35] board consideration with an urgency
[1:19:39] ordinance in a much more abbreviated
[1:19:41] timeline than with a typical matter.
[1:19:43] with that, I'm happy to answer any
[1:19:45] questions but I want to thank you for
[1:19:48] your tremendous leadership and
[1:19:49] partnership.
[1:19:50] >> thank you, supervisor mueller?
[1:19:52] >> so I'm perfectly open and
[1:19:54] supportive of amending the proposal
[1:19:59] to have an urgency ordinance brought
[1:20:00] back to us at our next board meeting,
[1:20:01] so that we could go ahead and enact an
[1:20:04] urgency ordinance for the time staff
[1:20:08] is working up towards the urgency
[1:20:11] ordinance.
[1:20:12] >> supervisor speier?
[1:20:13] >> thank you, madam president.
[1:20:15] to congressman licardo, I want to
[1:20:19] compliment you because in a setting
[1:20:21] today where the administration is more
[1:20:26] than antagonistic, a department of
[1:20:29] justice is ready to trample on state
[1:20:33] and constitutional law, you have taken
[1:20:35] your role as congressman to find way
[1:20:38] to serve your district and your
[1:20:42] counties that will provide the
[1:20:45] protection necessary, at least slow
[1:20:47] down their efforts to try and trample
[1:20:50] once again on all of these rights, so
[1:20:53] you've done what I think is absolute
[1:20:56] some of the finest work and I want to
[1:20:58] compliment you on that.
[1:20:59] >> thank you, supervisor, I want to
[1:21:07] thank our team for their efforts.
[1:21:09] >> supervisor gauthier?
[1:21:10] >> I want to say to councilman
[1:21:14] licardo, thank you for your leadership and
[1:21:19] your work and to the our colleagues,
[1:21:20] thank you for responding so quickly on
[1:21:22] this issue.
[1:21:23] this was brought to my attention late
[1:21:25] last week but to have this on the
[1:21:28] agenda today, it say as lot and it
[1:21:30] makes me proud to be in san mateo
[1:21:32] county where we're demonstrating that
[1:21:34] all of our residents matter and they
[1:21:36] all belong and they can count on this
[1:21:38] county to protect them.
[1:21:39] so I'm excited to see had this moving
[1:21:41] forward to ensure that residents are
[1:21:44] safe here in san mateo county.
[1:21:45] >> thank you, supervisor.
[1:21:49] >> I just want to echo my
[1:21:52] colleagues' comments, thank you so
[1:21:53] much.
[1:21:54] I have a quick question, in terms of
[1:21:56] just so the public knows, in terms of
[1:21:59] ice detention centers that are sort of
[1:22:02] being constructed, do you have any
[1:22:04] background on where those are taking
[1:22:08] place and sort of the scale of that?
[1:22:10] >> sure, thank you, supervisor canepa.
[1:22:13] we know that certainly from public
[1:22:16] information, a facility was planned if
[1:22:18] gilroy, another one in dublin, both of
[1:22:21] those projects are uncertain in terms
[1:22:24] of their timeline and I think you know
[1:22:27] because the county I believe this
[1:22:30] county is involved in support through
[1:22:34] amicus of the litigation on that site
[1:22:37] on gilroy.
[1:22:38] we know that delay is something that
[1:22:42] dhs has typically responded to by
[1:22:45] looking for other sites.
[1:22:47] and they have a 38 billion dollars in
[1:22:50] last year's budget which I opposed to
[1:22:53] go find other sites and pay other land
[1:22:55] owners whatever they want to be able
[1:22:58] to build other facilities so we expect
[1:23:01] they'll be looking to low kayoing, so
[1:23:04] that is one reason why I'm so
[1:23:06] appreciative the county of san mateo
[1:23:09] is can considering moving forward now
[1:23:11] to provide a role model for other cities
[1:23:14] and counties, if we can get
[1:23:16] everybody to move together, that could
[1:23:18] keep us all much safer.
[1:23:19] >> that sounds fantastic.
[1:23:21] one of the things I was thinking about
[1:23:23] and I don't know if it's for this
[1:23:25] specific piece of legislation as
[1:23:28] specially for us to move forward
[1:23:30] through a potential urgency ordinance,
[1:23:33] but -- and I don't know the
[1:23:34] conversations that have been taking
[1:23:35] place with your colleagues in congress
[1:23:38] but any sort of ice detention center
[1:23:45] moving forward through the united
[1:23:46] states of america, it is a serious
[1:23:50] issue.
[1:23:51] I really think -- so, what I would
[1:23:53] just offer is to kind of understand
[1:23:56] what we can do to make sure that there
[1:24:01] isn't an ice detention if in gilroy,
[1:24:04] dublin, but there isn't one in
[1:24:05] charlotte, north carolina, so I think
[1:24:07] to me and I think a lot of
[1:24:10] folks, that's just critically
[1:24:11] important, so I know this conversation
[1:24:14] will continue but I really want to the
[1:24:16] thank both the authors of the
[1:24:19] legislation and particularly you for
[1:24:20] your leadership.
[1:24:21] it's hard to put your neck out there
[1:24:24] on an issue that may be
[1:24:35] divisive, thank you for your efforts.
[1:24:37] >> thank you, supervisor.
[1:24:38] I should note you're the ones showing
[1:24:40] the leadership and taking action, I'm
[1:24:42] the cheer leader, so thank you.
[1:24:44] >> keep cheering.
[1:24:45] >> thank you for taking action.
[1:24:47] >> thank you, supervisor mueller?
[1:24:49] >> yes, while we're spreading the
[1:24:52] thanks, I want to express our gratitude
[1:24:54] to our county counsel's office and our
[1:24:57] county executive's office, we come
[1:24:59] with them with being the first and
[1:25:01] they always rise to the occasion,
[1:25:03] so thank you.
[1:25:04] with that I would like to move the
[1:25:06] item and move the item also with the
[1:25:07] direction that it come back with an
[1:25:09] urgency ordinance at our next meeting.
[1:25:11] >> we'll work with planning staff and
[1:25:14] with your staff to identify the
[1:25:16] relevant findings of imminent harm,
[1:25:19] etc., we'll bring it back.
[1:25:20] >> second.
[1:25:22] >> roll call, please.
[1:25:24] >> supervisor speier?
[1:25:25] >> aye.
[1:25:26] >> supervisor mueller?
[1:25:27] >> yes.
[1:25:29] >> supervisor gauthier?
[1:25:30] >> yes.
[1:25:31] >> supervisor canepa?
[1:25:32] >> aye.
[1:25:33] >> president corzo?
[1:25:34] >> yes.
[1:25:35] >> motion passes unanimously.
[1:25:37] >> we'll move on to item 10 which is
[1:25:39] our agenda builder and I will be
[1:25:40] introducing the this item, give me one
[1:25:43] second to get to my notes.
[1:25:45] so, I wanted to just give some
[1:25:47] background here, our agenda
[1:25:54] builder is meant to help us as a board
[1:25:57] be clear and in agreement on what our
[1:26:00] priorities, what issue areas we would
[1:26:02] like to spend our time studying, when
[1:26:05] and also to provide clear information
[1:26:11] to the community on what they can
[1:26:12] expect as well.
[1:26:13] being that we are making some changes,
[1:26:14] I wanted to make sure we had a
[1:26:16] conversation to update this and so for
[1:26:23] the sake of transparency here, I want
[1:26:29] to say that in terms of the juvenile
[1:26:33] justice study session, I frankly felt
[1:26:35] like it would be a little too much to
[1:26:37] do two study sessions in one week for
[1:26:41] staff and the board, so that is why
[1:26:46] this study session was postponed.
[1:26:48] I also know that it is a hot topic of
[1:26:51] concern for the community.
[1:26:53] I'm going to address that and share
[1:26:55] some background because I am the
[1:26:58] liaison now to the juvenile justice
[1:27:04] and -- juvenile justice and the
[1:27:10] delinquency prevention commission.
[1:27:12] first and foe most, I want to say I'm
[1:27:14] grateful for all the attention of this
[1:27:19] topic.
[1:27:20] I think I can hands down say every
[1:27:22] single member of our board and every
[1:27:26] single county employees care about our
[1:27:27] young people.
[1:27:28] some of information that is shared
[1:27:31] publicly is frankly misinformation,
[1:27:34] some of it -- there are always
[1:27:37] areas to improve but I can understand
[1:27:39] why some of what is shared founds very
[1:27:42] alarming and like it's crisis level
[1:27:47] worthy.
[1:27:54] for example, the prea concerns, we
[1:27:57] have -- and this is something I worked
[1:27:58] on I want to say two years ago.
[1:28:01] on the probation department website,
[1:28:04] there is information on how a family
[1:28:06] or a young person, how anyone can file
[1:28:11] a complaint or a grievance, there is
[1:28:13] information for the office of youth
[1:28:15] and community restoration ombudsman
[1:28:18] unit, there is information on how to
[1:28:24] file a facility grievance, there's
[1:28:26] information on how to the file a
[1:28:29] citizen complaint and so the assertion
[1:28:32] that there's no way for anyone or a
[1:28:35] young person to make a complaint is
[1:28:37] simply not true.
[1:28:39] there can be improvements made, I do
[1:28:41] think for example if there's specific
[1:28:43] prea information, we can add that and
[1:28:45] we should but this is available
[1:28:46] publicly, it is available in
[1:28:51] multiple languages and I also want to
[1:28:57] share that while almost every single
[1:28:59] juvenile hall across the
[1:29:04] state, across the country has had in
[1:29:08] decades past cases of, you know, I'm
[1:29:12] not going to sugar coat it, sexual
[1:29:15] assault and rape of young people, it's
[1:29:18] a really hard topic to wrap your mind
[1:29:22] around and that is absolutely wrong
[1:29:25] and all of those people deserve
[1:29:28] justice.
[1:29:29] our chief of probation, chief john
[1:29:31] keen took this concern very seriously.
[1:29:34] he can tell you exactly how long ago,
[1:29:36] I want to say like ten years ago at
[1:29:39] least and he fought with the union to
[1:29:42] make sure that every single employee
[1:29:45] and every single space in the juvenile
[1:29:48] hall currently has both video and
[1:29:50] audio recording to make sure that no
[1:29:53] young person is ever in jeopardy of
[1:29:56] that kind of abuse.
[1:29:57] and so some of the concerns -- I
[1:30:06] understand because I have most of my
[1:30:08] family have been incarcerated here in
[1:30:10] san mateo county in the past and
[1:30:15] frankly conditions were very
[1:30:17] concerning in the past and I think all
[1:30:20] of us take that very seriously.
[1:30:23] but we do have to -- I do think it's
[1:30:26] important that we clarify what changes
[1:30:30] have been made to the address those
[1:30:31] concerns of the past and that we are
[1:30:34] all having the same conversation about
[1:30:37] what our starting place is.
[1:30:39] in terms of the food, I know several
[1:30:42] of us have gone to the juvenile hall,
[1:30:45] have had the food, the food is
[1:30:47] regulated by the state.
[1:30:48] all of the flooded that young people
[1:30:51] get many the juvenile hall is planned
[1:30:54] and approved by a dietitian for every
[1:30:58] single young person and they are given
[1:31:01] extra paod when they want it.
[1:31:02] I have to admit, it's not mcdonalds,
[1:31:07] it's not like home cooking, it's not
[1:31:11] what young people probably crave or
[1:31:13] what they're used to when they're out
[1:31:15] and they're at home, but I don't think
[1:31:18] that it is inedible, and I have gone
[1:31:21] and tried it myself.
[1:31:23] I'm more than willing to go again.
[1:31:27] I've met with the chefs that prepare
[1:31:30] the food for the young people.
[1:31:34] many of them worked at the juvenile
[1:31:36] hall when they handed a functioning
[1:31:39] kitchen at the juvenile hall and they
[1:31:41] care about those young people.
[1:31:44] so, I'm not saying that the food is
[1:31:47] perfect, but I don't think that the
[1:31:53] assertions that it's inedible are fully
[1:31:54] true.
[1:31:55] and I want to -- I also want to
[1:31:58] address that I heard that the study
[1:32:00] session has been postponed or
[1:32:02] cancelled four times.
[1:32:08] I think it's been twice from my
[1:32:10] recollection, I don't think it's been
[1:32:11] four times, and the last thing I will
[1:32:16] say is that we have in this community
[1:32:25] many people on all sides of -- on all
[1:32:32] sides wanting to help young people.
[1:32:34] I love the idea of a dashboard, I
[1:32:36] think that's a great idea.
[1:32:37] I think there are improvements that
[1:32:39] can be made.
[1:32:40] one of them that is already being
[1:32:42] implemented is that young people now
[1:32:44] have more services being offered to
[1:32:46] them in the juvenile hall than they
[1:32:50] ever had before and that should be
[1:32:53] acknowledged.
[1:32:55] and we approved that I want to say two
[1:32:58] months ago at this dais and -- so,
[1:33:06] ascetically, you know, as a liaison,
[1:33:08] I'm going to be a little honest here
[1:33:13] right now, I heard someone I respect
[1:33:16] dearly give a public comment and say
[1:33:18] we should all get in the same room and
[1:33:20] have the same conversation.
[1:33:21] I have been in that room and I can
[1:33:23] tell you that it is hard to have the
[1:33:27] same conversation when folks seem to
[1:33:33] have other motivations for what
[1:33:37] they're coming in for.
[1:33:39] I have been to the juvenile justice
[1:33:43] and delinquency prevention commission
[1:33:45] meetings several times.
[1:33:46] I will tell you as someone that cares
[1:33:48] deeply about young people, I have seen
[1:33:50] staff and I myself have felt like I am
[1:33:55] being interrogated by commissioners
[1:33:57] and disparaged at times and that is
[1:33:59] not a collaborative space.
[1:34:02] we created a survey that was mentioned
[1:34:05] earlier that supposedly there was 40
[1:34:06] hours of preparation for and for the
[1:34:09] study session, I have not seen that
[1:34:12] collaborative spirit personally and
[1:34:13] neither have my staff.
[1:34:15] we shared a survey for every
[1:34:18] commissioner to respond to, to talk
[1:34:21] about where they're supported, where
[1:34:24] they could get more support, do they
[1:34:27] understand their role, a very
[1:34:31] objective, fair survey.
[1:34:32] I got an e-mail back from the
[1:34:34] commission saying they want to have a
[1:34:35] meeting so they can respond one time
[1:34:40] to the survey.
[1:34:41] I don't understand what that's about.
[1:34:45] it's odd to me.
[1:34:47] it's odd to me there is not like a
[1:34:49] feeling of safety that every
[1:34:51] individual commissioner can respond
[1:34:54] individually, so I'm just going to
[1:34:56] wrap up, but basically I think we need
[1:34:59] to be in the same room having the same
[1:35:02] conversations, it is the hard to do
[1:35:06] that when the tone in that space is
[1:35:10] not mutually respectful to everyone
[1:35:12] that is there and I can also tell you
[1:35:16] that I have known group supervisors
[1:35:19] that have worked in the juvenile hall
[1:35:24] for decades that bring formally
[1:35:27] incarcerated individuals to bring
[1:35:30] back to mentor people who are
[1:35:32] incarcerated in the juvenile hall.
[1:35:34] people in the juvenile hall care
[1:35:36] deeply about the people will, they are
[1:35:38] not there to harm them, so it is hard
[1:35:41] for staff to be in a space where they
[1:35:45] are constantly attacked and not --
[1:35:49] they don't feel like they're part of
[1:35:51] -- rowing in the same direction and
[1:35:53] working together to better serve young
[1:35:56] people so I'm going to end it there
[1:35:57] and happy to pass it over to my
[1:36:03] colleague, supervisor mueller?
[1:36:05] >> thank you, president corzo.
[1:36:07] I want today share with folks about
[1:36:09] the background about what happened
[1:36:11] here because sometimes it's not always
[1:36:12] apparent and I heard a few people talk
[1:36:15] about when they came to the podium the
[1:36:19] fact that, well, there might be
[1:36:21] something going on with budget the
[1:36:24] fourth time, so I think it's fair to
[1:36:26] both president corzo and for all of
[1:36:27] you to understand what happened was
[1:36:30] that about three weeks ago, we
[1:36:33] received the calculation that our
[1:36:35] vehicle license fee shortfall for next
[1:36:37] year is going to be close to the
[1:36:40] quarter of a billion dollars, 230
[1:36:43] million dollars potentially unfunded
[1:36:45] by the state which has devastated
[1:36:48] consequences for county services and
[1:36:49] for all of our cities.
[1:36:50] it could put every city budget in san
[1:36:52] mateo county into the red.
[1:36:55] it will have devastating impacts
[1:36:57] across all of our social services in
[1:37:00] the county.
[1:37:02] so, with that news, we had to go into
[1:37:06] high gear in the county to go ahead
[1:37:09] and respond to that as quickly as
[1:37:11] possible and will have been ongoing
[1:37:13] discussions taking play across all of
[1:37:15] our cities, across our county
[1:37:17] executive's office and in sacramento,
[1:37:20] everyone's entirely engaged in this
[1:37:21] process.
[1:37:22] we have a very short window to the end
[1:37:25] of august with the legislature will be
[1:37:28] engaged this year to address this
[1:37:30] issue.
[1:37:31] it is imminent and could not be more
[1:37:33] urgent.
[1:37:34] and in all of that, what ended up
[1:37:36] happening is -- and supervisor --
[1:37:39] president corzo didn't know it, she
[1:37:40] had probably the largest most
[1:37:46] complicated study session dropped in
[1:37:48] her lap last week to have to run a
[1:37:49] study session this week not only with
[1:37:50] all of us which as you can imagine can
[1:37:54] be unwieldly at times and all of the
[1:37:56] public but every city in the county
[1:37:58] also participating in the study
[1:38:01] session.
[1:38:02] so, with all of that, you can now
[1:38:07] understand why the prospect of having
[1:38:08] o do two study sessions in the same
[1:38:15] week this complicated could be
[1:38:16] daunting.
[1:38:17] while I understand folks came today
[1:38:19] looking at this from the lens that
[1:38:21] there might be something, it's been
[1:38:24] cancelled so many times, is it
[1:38:28] personal to us, it was tent personal
[1:38:29] to you, we're just trying to solve a
[1:38:32] problem right now that's incredibly
[1:38:33] imminent and urgent.
[1:38:34] thank you.
[1:38:37] >> thank you, supervisor speier?
[1:38:40] >> thank you.
[1:38:42] now, I think there's some lessons
[1:38:44] learned here.
[1:38:46] one is to the greatest extent possible
[1:38:50] when we schedule a study session, we
[1:38:53] should do everything in our power to
[1:38:54] retain it.
[1:38:57] I had requested this study session
[1:39:02] last december for lots of important
[1:39:04] reasons, it got postponed, but today's
[1:39:06] a good example of what happens
[1:39:10] when you postpone a study session,
[1:39:12] people are very concerned about it,
[1:39:13] they come and they speak and frankly
[1:39:15] if we had the study session, we could
[1:39:20] have addressed a lot of these issues,
[1:39:22] so far on this particular issue, we
[1:39:24] have heard from one side.
[1:39:29] it's an important message but it's one
[1:39:32] side and we need to hear from both
[1:39:35] sides.
[1:39:36] I have been up to juvenile hall, I
[1:39:39] have had the lunch there, I encourage
[1:39:41] my colleagues to try and make time to
[1:39:44] do it.
[1:39:45] it is an impressive facility and I
[1:39:49] haven't met with the juveniles yet,
[1:39:53] but I could think that there's lots of
[1:39:57] positive elements to the program
[1:39:59] there, it's a beautiful outdoor
[1:40:03] facility.
[1:40:04] it's important to remember that those
[1:40:06] who are there and there are close to
[1:40:10] 30 or 32 juveniles, they are will
[1:40:13] because they have been convicted of
[1:40:18] very serious crimes, crimes like
[1:40:21] murder, attempted murder, sexual
[1:40:24] assault, and they're spending their
[1:40:28] time there -- anywhere from 8, 10
[1:40:34] years until they're 25, plus we have
[1:40:38] some since the closure of the state
[1:40:40] facility that have now been moved to
[1:40:45] our juvenile site.
[1:40:47] so, the issue about ipads, that's
[1:40:52] something I was going to take action
[1:40:54] on immediately and then I found out,
[1:40:56] they do have access to ipads, they do
[1:40:59] have access to the computers.
[1:41:01] one of the reasons why they lose
[1:41:05] access to computers is because they
[1:41:06] are looking at prostitution or
[1:41:10] pornographic sites.
[1:41:11] so, there are two sides to the story,
[1:41:12] we want to the hear both sides.
[1:41:15] a great lesson though, as much as
[1:41:18] possible, we should try and keep those
[1:41:22] dates.
[1:41:23] e-bikes is another one where we've had
[1:41:24] to have that tech neck -- technically
[1:41:29] two or three times and I think we
[1:41:30] should to the greatest extent possible
[1:41:32] retain the dates that we had for them.
[1:41:37] and finally there's one other issue I
[1:41:38] want to bring up that we should
[1:41:41] consider, it's as urgent as the
[1:41:44] detention facilities and that is to
[1:41:46] have our elections department director
[1:41:51] meet with us, whether it's -- it
[1:41:53] doesn't necessarily have to be a study
[1:41:55] session but a presentation, we have
[1:42:00] to make sure our sites are going to be
[1:42:03] secure for our elections, these
[1:42:06] mid-term elections could be impacted
[1:42:08] by ice and others coming in to try and
[1:42:11] scare people away from election
[1:42:17] sites.
[1:42:18] so, there's lots of lessons
[1:42:23] learned on all sides and I hope we
[1:42:25] will take it into can account in the
[1:42:27] future.
[1:42:28] >> supervisor gauthier?
[1:42:29] >> I want to say thank you for that
[1:42:31] comment and I do agree, we keep things
[1:42:34] on par.
[1:42:35] there are two sides to every story and
[1:42:37] I'm so glad that chief keen is here in
[1:42:39] the room.
[1:42:41] we have sat down and had some of these
[1:42:43] conversations as well and I know there
[1:42:44] is an opportunity to really address
[1:42:47] some of the comments and the
[1:42:49] commentary that's in the public.
[1:42:51] I'm looking forward to sitting down
[1:42:54] with everyone to have that conversation on
[1:42:55] both sides and I'm hopeful we'll walk
[1:42:57] away knowing we all care about the
[1:43:00] youth in our county.
[1:43:02] and we want them to be safe.
[1:43:04] I have not gone to have good will but
[1:43:07] I will plan to have a meal at the site
[1:43:11] as well so that I can know firsthand.
[1:43:13] I sit on the jjcc, so working with
[1:43:16] chief keen and all those who are
[1:43:19] interested, let just continue to have
[1:43:22] conversations about what's important
[1:43:23] to us.
[1:43:25] >> thank you, supervisor canepa?
[1:43:29] >> I think dialogue and discourse are
[1:43:31] extremely important.
[1:43:32] I don't know what the schedule is, you
[1:43:36] know, this is supervisor corzo's
[1:43:39] committee and oversight, I trust
[1:43:43] supervisor corzo's judgment, I used to
[1:43:44] serve on the jjdpc, you know, that
[1:43:48] being said though, I think we're all
[1:43:51] sort of -- we have an interest.
[1:43:52] the interest is making sure that we do
[1:43:55] our best for those children who are
[1:43:59] within the facility and I just think
[1:44:01] as we move forward and I don't know
[1:44:04] what the schedule is, maybe it's this
[1:44:06] year, maybe it's next year.
[1:44:07] I think a convening is important from
[1:44:10] the staff perspective as well as the
[1:44:16] members who sit on the commission.
[1:44:17] I'll just speak to the membership a
[1:44:19] little, I had the opportunity to work
[1:44:22] with them, no different than with the
[1:44:24] youth commission, I think you have
[1:44:26] people who are extraordinarily earnest
[1:44:29] in their work, people who really do
[1:44:33] want to make a difference and I think
[1:44:36] on both sides, I think chief keen's
[1:44:38] side as well as this side, I think we
[1:44:41] all want to make sure we're able to
[1:44:45] help our children, provide them the
[1:44:46] resources they need to be successful
[1:44:48] and make no mistake about it, they are
[1:44:51] young people and they are children and
[1:44:53] we are a county that believes in
[1:44:57] rehabilitation and so I do think
[1:44:59] moving forward, I think a convening or
[1:45:02] a study session would be important so
[1:45:04] that both sides could really have a
[1:45:07] discussion, so I appreciate the
[1:45:09] opportunity, madam chair.
[1:45:10] >> thank you.
[1:45:15] so, with that, I do want to invite
[1:45:16] chief keen to give some brief comments
[1:45:17] and then we can get to the agenda
[1:45:20] builder and talk about dates and
[1:45:24] whatnot, so welcome, chief keen.
[1:45:35] >> good morning, supervisors, thank
[1:45:36] you very much for the opportunity to
[1:45:39] speak.
[1:45:40] I'll be brief because I understand we
[1:45:43] will certainly have an opportunity to
[1:45:45] speak to these things further.
[1:45:46] you know, I want to say to the public
[1:45:49] has I completely understand the
[1:45:54] interest and the issues and if
[1:45:59] I were in their shoes and heard some
[1:46:04] of the things that were represented,
[1:46:07] I would be concerned as well but I
[1:46:08] think theres an important kind of
[1:46:09] measure that comes from this which is
[1:46:10] the importance of people who are given
[1:46:13] positions to ensure they provide
[1:46:18] accurate information, intentionally
[1:46:21] misleading comments can lead to I
[1:46:25] think unfortunate situations where we
[1:46:27] have to address things in a way that
[1:46:31] seems combative because that's no the
[1:46:33] intention, the intention has always
[1:46:35] been for our department to be
[1:46:37] collaborative with groups that we
[1:46:38] work with, collaborative with the
[1:46:40] community as a whole and transparent
[1:46:42] in the way we do our work.
[1:46:44] I look forward to the opportunity to
[1:46:46] speak to all these issues in detail
[1:46:49] because frankly many of them are
[1:46:53] completely false.
[1:46:54] typically people who know me well know
[1:46:56] that I tend to be very collegial and
[1:46:58] will step to a mic. And find ways
[1:47:01] to find middle grounds on issues and
[1:47:04] speak to things in a way that doesn't
[1:47:06] seem as if we're putting one side
[1:47:09] against another and I want to maintain
[1:47:11] that decorum here today, but I want to
[1:47:16] be clear that a large percentage of
[1:47:19] what's been said is either flat out
[1:47:22] untrue or has been misrepresented many
[1:47:25] such a way that the general public who
[1:47:27] do not work in our space who have the
[1:47:29] opportunity to see what we do are
[1:47:33] being misled and I want to address
[1:47:34] those things, I want to reassure the
[1:47:37] public so they have confidence in the
[1:47:38] work that we do.
[1:47:39] we are certainly by no means perfect,
[1:47:41] this is an imperfect business meaning
[1:47:45] that continuous improvement is always
[1:47:46] our goal, there is no finish line
[1:47:50] when it comes to serving young
[1:47:53] people, it gives us an opportunity to
[1:47:58] improve and be better and be as
[1:48:00] collaborative as can be, so I look
[1:48:02] forward to the opportunity for us to
[1:48:04] get in the room and unpack
[1:48:08] these things that are meaningful and
[1:48:11] respectful and most importantly
[1:48:12] earnest, thank you very much.
[1:48:13] >> thank you so much, chief keen.
[1:48:17] with that, I believe that we would
[1:48:21] like to have our juvenile justice
[1:48:24] study session at the next board
[1:48:26] meeting which is the 25th, so for the
[1:48:34] public, that is how we will be
[1:48:36] updating our agenda builder, we're
[1:48:38] also be making the update to include
[1:48:40] the vlf study session
[1:48:42] which will be happening on thursday,
[1:48:45] and then I'm open to any other
[1:48:49] discussion regarding future agenda --
[1:48:52] future study session topics, if any of
[1:48:54] my colleagues would like to raise any.
[1:49:01] no?
[1:49:03] no senior housing?
[1:49:05] >> you know, I'll operate at the
[1:49:08] purview of the board chair, if we
[1:49:10] could move forward with the senior
[1:49:13] housing, I do think it's important in
[1:49:17] light of data that has come out
[1:49:19] recently from our housing department.
[1:49:22] but I'll leave that at your pleasure,
[1:49:25] madam chair, where you feel the best
[1:49:26] -- where you feel that's appropriate.
[1:49:28] so, I know you might have issues of
[1:49:32] urgency, so we'll work around your
[1:49:35] schedule, your calendar.
[1:49:37] >> so, are we able to pull up the
[1:49:39] agenda builder?
[1:49:41] I want to have the visual so we can
[1:49:43] all look at the same thing here.
[1:49:58] so, we had senior housing slated for
[1:50:02] the 25th.
[1:50:05] so, we will now -- sounds like we'll
[1:50:09] be doing juvenile justice.
[1:50:10] to we want to do senior housing, we
[1:50:13] could do it -- we have shared
[1:50:16] prosperity for september 15, so we
[1:50:19] could do it -- I frankly think two
[1:50:22] study sessions in one month is a lot
[1:50:25] especially when we have longer
[1:50:27] meetings, but -- and mind you, I want
[1:50:31] to just remind us that we did not have
[1:50:33] one study session every single month
[1:50:35] last year, I think we had four total
[1:50:38] last year if I'm correct.
[1:50:43] so, I think we could do senior housing
[1:50:47] october.
[1:50:48] >> yeah, why don't we find time to do
[1:50:51] it in october, maybe the third or
[1:50:53] fourth week, if there's anything that
[1:50:54] comes up, do you have anything
[1:50:56] scheduled for the first and second
[1:50:57] week?
[1:50:58] >> we have department presentations
[1:50:59] in october.
[1:51:00] >> we do, okay.
[1:51:01] >> we could do september because the
[1:51:03] end of the year gets a little busy.
[1:51:07] the second meeting in september.
[1:51:09] >> it's also a budget meeting.
[1:51:11] >> oh.
[1:51:12] >> maybe we could take the
[1:51:14] conversation off-line, supervisor
[1:51:15] corzo, I can work with you and your
[1:51:17] staff or my staff can work with your
[1:51:19] staff, we'll find a date appropriate.
[1:51:21] >> we'll put tbd for senior housing
[1:51:25] and 8/25 for probation and juvenile
[1:51:28] justice and any additions from the
[1:51:29] rest of my colleagues, or edits?
[1:51:35] okay.
[1:51:41] >> did we not take public comment on
[1:51:43] this item already?
[1:51:44] >> we took public comment all at the
[1:51:45] beginning.
[1:51:47] >> on these two items.
[1:51:48] we did not take public comment on the
[1:51:50] rest of the agendized items?
[1:51:54] >> we took it for public comment but
[1:51:59] not for the agendized items.
[1:52:00] >> are we doing public comment now?
[1:52:01] >> we have not taken public comment --
[1:52:02] we should take it now.
[1:52:04] >> okay, so let's move on to public
[1:52:07] comment.
[1:52:08] >> I do not have speaker cards in
[1:52:09] chambers for item 10.
[1:52:11] if there's anybody online.
[1:52:15] okay, go ahead, chair rasmussen.
[1:52:22] >> if we could get more information on
[1:52:23] what would be asked of us for the
[1:52:28] juvenile justice study session as far
[1:52:29] as the time and then we can prepare,
[1:52:32] we'll certainly answer all the
[1:52:33] questions that came up in comments but
[1:52:35] if we could have a little bit more
[1:52:37] information as to what time and what
[1:52:39] our role would be, that would be
[1:52:41] helpful, thank you.
[1:52:45] >> alright, and if there's any public
[1:52:48] comment for online for item number 10,
[1:52:50] please raise your hand at this time.
[1:52:55] seeing no hands raised, public comment
[1:52:57] is done for item 10.
[1:52:58] >> okay.
[1:52:59] thank you.
[1:53:03] let me see, do we need -- let's --
[1:53:08] okay, I think I can take a motion to
[1:53:10] update the agenda builder.
[1:53:11] thank you.
[1:53:12] roll call.
[1:53:15] >> supervisor speier?
[1:53:16] >> aye.
[1:53:17] >> supervisor mueller?
[1:53:18] >> yes.
[1:53:19] >> supervisor gauthier?
[1:53:20] >> aye.
[1:53:23] >> supervisor canepa?
[1:53:24] >> yes.
[1:53:25] >> president corzo?
[1:53:26] >> yes.
[1:53:27] >> thank you, we are now moving on to
[1:53:30] item 1.
[1:53:31] >> we have to take public comment on all
[1:53:32] agendized item.
[1:53:33] >> that was going to be my suggestion,
[1:53:35] except the one item that is set for
[1:53:37] public hearing which I think is item 5.
[1:53:39] >> I'm out of practice, we're doing
[1:53:43] public comments differently now, so,
[1:53:46] apologies for that, so let's go ahead
[1:53:48] and take public comment on all
[1:53:52] agendized items now.
[1:53:53] >> madam president, I have a
[1:53:54] question.
[1:53:55] >> yes?
[1:53:56] >> so, number 6 which is the
[1:53:59] introduction of an ordinance, is that
[1:54:00] going to be a separate hearing or are
[1:54:03] people expected to speak now?
[1:54:05] >> I think the thought was that people
[1:54:08] could speak now unless the board
[1:54:10] president, yourselves wanted to go
[1:54:13] ahead and hold public comment on item
[1:54:15] 6 until that time.
[1:54:16] >> I would like to hold comments
[1:54:17] until we take up the item because
[1:54:18] some people I don't think are here yet.
[1:54:21] >> understood, so the motion at your
[1:54:23] pleasure, president, would be public
[1:54:25] comment on all items except
[1:54:28] items 5 and 6.
[1:54:29] >> okay, sure.
[1:54:30] I do want to share though that I think
[1:54:34] this was my concern when we moved this
[1:54:36] new way of doing public comments and I
[1:54:37] think we need to pick one way, we
[1:54:40] either have all of public comments at
[1:54:41] the beginning of the meeting or we
[1:54:45] have public comments during the items.
[1:54:48] I think both is very confusing can and
[1:54:49] it's also hard to manage from my
[1:54:55] perspective, so, yeah.
[1:54:56] I think going forward, I would prefer
[1:54:58] that we go back to how public comment
[1:55:06] was originally and yeah, we will do
[1:55:09] that at the next meeting.
[1:55:11] okay, let's move on to public comment
[1:55:13] for all agendized items.
[1:55:17] >> we have three speaker cards in
[1:55:21] chambers, freda and then michelle yee,
[1:55:24] are they there?
[1:55:28] alright.
[1:55:34] they're comments are for item number 3.
[1:55:38] >> that's a fun surprise.
[1:55:42] good to see everyone, members of the
[1:55:47] board, my name is freda ajet, a proud
[1:55:51] mother first and foremost, behavioral
[1:55:55] health commission, an
[1:55:57] intergenerational governance
[1:55:58] initiative with young people
[1:56:00] complaining community decision making.
[1:56:01] thank you so much for proclaiming
[1:56:04] international youth day, last
[1:56:06] december, this board made history with
[1:56:08] its resolution supporting the
[1:56:10] wellbeing of current and future
[1:56:12] generations by affirming the human
[1:56:14] declaration on future generations
[1:56:16] making us the first u.s. Adoption, we
[1:56:18] like to be the first as I learned
[1:56:26] yesterday.
[1:56:27] with genz, trust in government,
[1:56:28] today's proclamation is meaningful.
[1:56:31] we have a pretty simple theory of
[1:56:34] change, we empower young people of
[1:56:38] becoming cocreates of the policies
[1:56:41] they have, more innovative solutions
[1:56:44] that reduce future disruptions.
[1:56:47] everyday behind this is very clear,
[1:56:50] when people genuinely co-design
[1:56:53] decisions, trust rises in government,
[1:56:55] in each other and in societies.
[1:56:57] so, over the past six months with the
[1:57:00] board's landmark resolution as our
[1:57:02] guide, more than 700 young people
[1:57:06] alongside peer and adult coaches in
[1:57:08] daly city, in redwood city, east palo
[1:57:11] alto have shared the futures they want
[1:57:13] and initial steps to make them real.
[1:57:15] flipping the career ladder where life
[1:57:17] skills are built into community to
[1:57:19] serve community.
[1:57:22] wellness community hubs, we're in
[1:57:25] every neighborhood, delivering shared
[1:57:26] service models of financial plan,
[1:57:29] health care, intergenerational health
[1:57:31] care, building stronger connections
[1:57:33] amid rising temperatures.
[1:57:35] so, just leaving you with an anecdote
[1:57:37] a youth told me just the other day,
[1:57:40] we're not the leaders of tomorrow,
[1:57:42] we're the leaders of today so the
[1:57:45] invitation is how might we acknowledge
[1:57:47] its promise with this proclamation,
[1:57:49] yes, absolutely el viking youth
[1:57:51] programs and initiatives and also
[1:57:54] truly partnering across generations.
[1:57:55] thank you.
[1:57:56] >> thank you.
[1:57:57] >> michelle yee and karen cunningham.
[1:58:05] >> good morning, board of supervisors,
[1:58:11] I'm michelle yee, a senior in high
[1:58:17] school.
[1:58:18] I've been recognized by the board of
[1:58:21] supervisors and the county twice.
[1:58:22] I appreciate this proclamation
[1:58:25] recognizing international youth day
[1:58:26] and the importance of recognizing
[1:58:27] youth voices.
[1:58:29] advocacy started
[1:58:34] when I realized there were not enough
[1:58:41] youth speaking about youth struggling
[1:58:47] with eating disorders.
[1:58:50] the experience has shown me that youth
[1:58:53] can change the world, we can identify
[1:58:55] problems, bring new perspectives and
[1:58:57] create solutions.
[1:58:58] that's why I believe youth are trusted
[1:59:00] leaders and are valuable many decision
[1:59:03] making spaces.
[1:59:04] I hope san mateo county continues to
[1:59:06] create meaningful opportunities for
[1:59:08] youth the participate.
[1:59:09] thank you for recognizing this day and
[1:59:10] for giving us the opportunity to
[1:59:14] be heard today.
[1:59:15] thank you.
[1:59:16] >> thank you.
[1:59:17] next we'll have karen cunningham.
[1:59:22] >> good morning, madam president and
[1:59:26] board of supervisors, I'm here to
[1:59:28] speak very briefly on item 12, the
[1:59:32] measure k funds relative to cafe,
[1:59:38] when cafe approached brisbane, my
[1:59:41] name's karen cunning home, a former
[1:59:46] mayor of brisbane, when cafe first
[1:59:48] approached brisbane right after we had
[1:59:51] gone through the horrors of covid,
[1:59:55] there was very little energy left in
[1:59:57] brisbane for people to take on new
[1:59:59] projects, but the presentation that
[2:00:00] was brought to me by ann made me think
[2:00:02] it's not just about the seniors, it's
[2:00:04] about all of us and how that
[2:00:08] connection works, I took on the
[2:00:11] project to get brisbane cafe certified
[2:00:13] and they were certified in 2023.
[2:00:16] I think you're going to see a one
[2:00:18] minute video of the last presentation
[2:00:20] that was done in brisbane for the
[2:00:23] county and how well received it was by
[2:00:25] the seniors in our county, so, I
[2:00:28] really urge you to really think hard
[2:00:32] about putting a little extra money in
[2:00:34] to make sure we have the rest of
[2:00:37] cities and I think there's only three
[2:00:38] more cities in san mateo county the
[2:00:40] that are not cafe certified.
[2:00:44] what that happened as a result of that
[2:00:45] certification is it has brought the
[2:00:50] seniors, the youth advisory committee
[2:00:52] and everybody in between together to
[2:00:54] look at a community perspective as a
[2:00:58] whole, very holistic collaboration
[2:01:00] happened as a result of that and the
[2:01:03] it is something that I think the
[2:01:05] brisbane people are proud of.
[2:01:07] I think when you see this video and
[2:01:09] I'll make sure you get the full five
[2:01:13] minute copy to look privately after
[2:01:14] this, it was an absolutely phenomenal
[2:01:18] event that really brought the entire
[2:01:20] community and the people of the county
[2:01:22] together, so thank you.
[2:01:28] >> alright, we're going to go to zoom,
[2:01:30] this is comments for agendized items
[2:01:32] except for 5 and 6.
[2:01:33] this is a final call.
[2:01:35] alright, we have victoria and then
[2:01:38] marty, victoria, please unmute and
[2:01:41] begin.
[2:01:43] >> good morning, I'm victoria, chair
[2:01:45] of the san mateo county artistes
[2:01:47] commission.
[2:01:48] I would like to extend my gratitude to
[2:01:50] the board of supervisors for your
[2:01:53] support for arts and culture.
[2:02:05] you believe in the power that art has
[2:02:09] to create positive change.
[2:02:11] many, many congratulations to you and
[2:02:13] natty, we're honored you have shared
[2:02:15] this beautiful moment in your epic
[2:02:18] love story with us, thank you.
[2:02:19] >> thank you.
[2:02:22] and then lastly, marty, please begin.
[2:02:37] >> good morning, supervisors, my name
[2:02:39] is marty medina, the san bruno city
[2:02:42] council member from district 4.
[2:02:44] I'm proud to support san bruno's
[2:02:48] certification as an age friendly city
[2:02:50] through the center for age friendly
[2:02:53] excellence cafe.
[2:02:56] through community focus groups and the
[2:02:58] age friendly task force, we have
[2:03:01] listened directly to residents and
[2:03:03] identified both our strengths and
[2:03:06] areas for improvement.
[2:03:08] this certification turns that work
[2:03:10] into a long term commitment.
[2:03:13] an age friendly san bruno means safer
[2:03:17] sidewalks, more accessible public
[2:03:19] spaces, reliable trance por --
[2:03:24] transportation, recognition for civil
[2:03:26] participation, it also manses
[2:03:29] recognizing older adults as valued
[2:03:32] community members whose experience and
[2:03:34] ideas help shape our future.
[2:03:38] these improvements benefit everyone,
[2:03:40] families, workers and people with
[2:03:42] disabilities, our senior center and
[2:03:45] senior advisory board have already
[2:03:47] established a strong foundation.
[2:03:49] I respectfully ask the board of
[2:03:52] supervisors to support the
[2:03:53] certification and help us continue
[2:03:55] building a welcoming and accessible
[2:03:57] san bruno for people of all ages and
[2:04:00] abilities.
[2:04:01] thank you.
[2:04:02] >> thank you.
[2:04:03] and that concludes public comment.
[2:04:05] >> thank you.
[2:04:08] now we will move on to item number 1.
[2:04:13] and with that, I would like to welcome
[2:04:19] our poet laureate, antonio lopez, to
[2:04:22] the mic. To share some pretty
[2:04:26] beautiful words and I think everyone
[2:04:28] should try not to cry because my
[2:04:30] understanding is that these are --
[2:04:34] these were his wedding vows, so
[2:04:40] welcome, come on up.
[2:04:41] and I also want to congratulate
[2:04:44] antonio for receiving the national
[2:04:46] award from the academy of american
[2:04:48] poets which I believe less than 25
[2:04:52] poets across the nation receive every
[2:04:55] year, is that correct, every year?
[2:04:58] and you make san mateo county proud and
[2:05:02] thank you for being such an important
[2:05:04] voice right now.
[2:05:05] [applause].
[2:05:14] >> emotional morning, very grateful
[2:05:20] to be here as always, president corzo,
[2:05:23] supervisor gauthier, canepa, mueller,
[2:05:25] speier, county executive staff,
[2:05:26] everyone in the public, I want to
[2:05:28] also commend -- first of all, I
[2:05:30] want to comment the arts and culture
[2:05:33] for getting me a parking pass so I can
[2:05:37] stay here longer, it's good
[2:05:39] that I can be here.
[2:05:40] that was just banter.
[2:05:41] I also want to in words of moody
[2:05:45] lift up the words of commissioners
[2:05:47] that spoke, I know as a former
[2:05:52] elected, this is tough, and I want to
[2:05:55] commend everyone, it takes everyone to
[2:05:57] get the work done and chief keen said
[2:06:00] it best, we're invested many the
[2:06:01] welfare of all of our youth, I think
[2:06:03] the voices that were heard today, as
[2:06:06] you mentioned, president corzo, my work
[2:06:09] as poet laureate is going to
[2:06:10] incarcerated facilities of our
[2:06:12] county, I've had the great pleasure of
[2:06:15] working with melissa wagner and going
[2:06:17] into maple street, those are adults
[2:06:19] but the folks in there, you wouldn't
[2:06:21] believe the things that they were
[2:06:23] accused of, when you see them, the
[2:06:25] reform, the rehabilitation, the time
[2:06:26] they've had to reflect and even in my
[2:06:29] purview, being able to hear the
[2:06:31] stories of these in my case the young
[2:06:35] men, the vulnerability, we've had
[2:06:36] sessions where they've gotten
[2:06:38] emotional in the room on
[2:06:41] maple street, so I want to lift
[2:06:43] up the power of the arts and culture
[2:06:46] because I think there's so much
[2:06:48] empowerment that comes into telling
[2:06:50] you story and your words and I look
[2:06:51] forward to working with hillcrest and
[2:06:55] working with the various facilities to
[2:06:58] continue the democratize that public
[2:07:05] good.
[2:07:06] I think we've had over 50 events that
[2:07:09] we've created, participated in, from
[2:07:12] human services agency to north
[2:07:14] fair oaks community center so
[2:07:17] everywhere, so we believe in this work
[2:07:20] and saying yes to poetry, not just in
[2:07:22] april.
[2:07:23] a lot of exciting updates in my life,
[2:07:26] I graduated from stanford, my ph.d.
[2:07:29] in june, I received my doctorate.
[2:07:31] >> I forgot about that one,
[2:07:35] congratulations, dr. Antonio lopez.
[2:07:37] >> I say that because a lot of
[2:07:41] professionals -- I'll be going to dc
[2:07:46] representing the county, so I'll send
[2:07:47] a picture to callagy and the whole
[2:07:50] team, we're in san mateo county
[2:07:53] looking good, but I think my most
[2:07:55] biggest update is I got married two
[2:07:59] sundays ago in new york, thank you
[2:08:01] very much, marriage is nice,
[2:08:04] and as president
[2:08:11] corzo suggested, as I come
[2:08:12] to the these quarterly meetings, what
[2:08:16] words encapsulates e-bikes and
[2:08:19] juvenile justice prevention commission
[2:08:20] and for me it's like at the end of the
[2:08:22] day, we're human beings and so much of
[2:08:25] the work we do as dr. King says,
[2:08:27] justice and what life looks like in
[2:08:29] public, I want to to share with you a
[2:08:31] bit of love this morning, so I'm going
[2:08:33] the read to you the vows I read to my
[2:08:37] wife and obviously there's specific
[2:08:38] references but I think you'll get the
[2:08:40] spirit of it.
[2:08:41] this is just titled vows for madeline,
[2:08:43] maybe I'll change it, they're vows for
[2:08:47] madeline, imagine like we're at a
[2:08:49] park, at a boat house, there's a
[2:08:56] mariachi playing.
[2:08:58] vows for madeline, madeline, before I
[2:09:00] say my vow, I wish to express my
[2:09:03] gratitude, gratitude to the almighty,
[2:09:05] to the angels in my confiner, the
[2:09:11] efficient page hill, were it not for
[2:09:13] her and a strong assist from brian
[2:09:16] cabral, a stellar recommend daix, we
[2:09:18] would not be standing before you on
[2:09:20] this evening on this most gorgeous of
[2:09:24] sunday surrounded by lof that radiates
[2:09:26] around us, for ranking california
[2:09:28] third on your regional reference from
[2:09:33] preference list and winding up in one
[2:09:34] of greatest mexican's capitals, east
[2:09:37] san jose, your roommate for tutoring
[2:09:40] you on all things rasa, it's going for
[2:09:48] the jugular, think about the most
[2:09:50] traumatic thing about your childhood,
[2:09:53] for always humoring me, for helping me
[2:10:00] that love could carry me across a
[2:10:05] culture, I vow to vow to you to tend
[2:10:06] to you the way my grandmothers tend to
[2:10:09] a flame, always and only a few paces
[2:10:12] away, there are fewer things more
[2:10:15] ancient than learning what it means to
[2:10:17] love well on this earth, [inaudible],
[2:10:22] the heat, the loved ones that gather
[2:10:25] around and sit in plastic chairs,
[2:10:29] [inaudible], the crackling, stoke for
[2:10:37] being fed, that is how I promise to
[2:10:39] love you, like this has always been
[2:10:42] yours too, I promise to press news on
[2:10:45] my phone at least once a week and see
[2:10:48] how the light travels your body, I'm
[2:10:50] going to wake you up when I wake up
[2:10:53] especially when you need to be awake
[2:10:54] to pick up as many large ice skinny
[2:11:01] vanilla clatters that they can muster,
[2:11:02] o celebrate all your victorious to be
[2:11:07] your biggest cheer leader and defender
[2:11:08] to the ends of the earth and to the
[2:11:11] stanford department of sociology, I
[2:11:16] promise in all the business and
[2:11:19] business of our days to stop and hold
[2:11:21] what needs to be held especially each
[2:11:24] other, I swear to sleep on only one
[2:11:26] side of the bed even when you're not
[2:11:28] there because without you physically
[2:11:30] nec to me, I can't.
[2:11:32] I will do my very best while you're
[2:11:36] away to water the planters the way I
[2:11:42] feel watered.
[2:11:44] whether it's an apartment in brook
[2:11:46] land or whatever we find ourselves in,
[2:11:49] o dance until our feet can't and even
[2:11:52] then we can wiggle, to the teach our
[2:11:57] children spanish, to make sure the
[2:11:59] flight you are on is indeed the same
[2:12:02] flight I'm on so we don't get to our
[2:12:04] gate and realize ten minutes to
[2:12:10] boarding, we're in separate seats, in
[2:12:18] dallas and we're in standby, the gate
[2:12:20] act, a kind arab man puts us together
[2:12:23] in the next flight sp we're finally on
[2:12:25] the plane together, we're going
[2:12:26] the get there, it's hot inside this
[2:12:30] plane and we're still on the runway,
[2:12:32] why are we still on the runway and the
[2:12:36] pilot says we're having trouble with
[2:12:38] the ac, after ten men nuts, it feels
[2:12:42] like the baptist church, I -- and we
[2:12:49] deplane, we wait another three hours
[2:12:52] for another plane and I always promise
[2:12:55] you that I will watch your stuff, and
[2:12:59] finally at 1 a.m., we land.
[2:13:03] I vow what your grandmother insisted,
[2:13:05] to not be separated from one another
[2:13:08] for too long, I never promise to stop
[2:13:12] admiring you, your compassion, your
[2:13:14] intellect, your smile, I promise to
[2:13:16] hold the difficult moments, the curve
[2:13:19] balls life will throw at us but also
[2:13:24] the frustrating moments, the everyday
[2:13:25] moments that will make up our life.
[2:13:26] one of my greatest joys in my life is
[2:13:29] coming home from work and seeing you
[2:13:31] curled on our suede sofa, blue like
[2:13:36] the blanket, a carton of costco
[2:13:39] grapes, a bag of chocolate chips
[2:13:42] in another, one of those quiet
[2:13:50] summer nights in california where the
[2:13:53] birds are chirping and I say, look,
[2:13:56] look, a flock of foos are popping
[2:14:05] wheel's of the apartment complex, how
[2:14:08] silly, how wild all it took for us
[2:14:14] to have met of this beginning blood
[2:14:15] line of us, a steam boat growing out
[2:14:18] of the caecilian port, I stand by this
[2:14:24] dock and amazed at how narrow the
[2:14:28] distance between lopez and anderson is
[2:14:30] now, for everyone here, I promise you
[2:14:35] to look at you across any aisle, a
[2:14:38] plane, a boat house, a supermarket and
[2:14:40] say I have made it.
[2:14:41] thank you.
[2:14:44] [applause].
[2:14:50] >> I have an important question.
[2:14:53] did you really say mike callagy's name
[2:14:55] in your vows?
[2:14:56] >> no.
[2:14:57] >> okay.
[2:14:58] >> I was about to say I'm jealous, why
[2:15:01] mike.
[2:15:03] >> mike callagy, he's doing good work.
[2:15:06] >> I'm just kidding.
[2:15:07] >> you didn't make the cut in my
[2:15:09] vows, mike, that was a curve ball to
[2:15:13] keep people animated.
[2:15:15] I saw him engaged so I said I'm going
[2:15:18] the hit him with that and said I'll
[2:15:21] wake him up, not that you needed
[2:15:23] waking up.
[2:15:26] >> congratulations, you are
[2:15:30] excelling, we're proud of you.
[2:15:32] anything my colleagues would like to
[2:15:33] share?
[2:15:34] >> I want to say congratulations
[2:15:36] from the young man from east palo
[2:15:38] alto who is doing amazing things,
[2:15:40] congratulations to the all your
[2:15:42] accomplishments, your ph.d., your
[2:15:43] marriage and your award for your
[2:15:45] poetry we caner are proud to say
[2:15:46] you're from this region.
[2:15:47] >> thank you, supervisor.
[2:15:48] >> thank you, and we can take
[2:15:51] scheduling off-line but I would love
[2:15:52] to go with you to maple street center
[2:15:57] and also the ysc.
[2:16:00] >> like I said, stories, I still hear
[2:16:05] the poems that those folks read and
[2:16:07] there's so much power and some of the
[2:16:10] funding that's going to come out of
[2:16:12] this fellowship is for an anthology
[2:16:15] [inaudible] which is going to be a
[2:16:20] publishing forcer currently
[2:16:22] incarcerated poets who have gone on to
[2:16:25] reenter, it's deeply important has we
[2:16:27] hear those voices and give those
[2:16:30] testimonials in order to empower them
[2:16:33] to be self-determined, in order to
[2:16:35] effect change, effect policy and
[2:16:37] empower themselves having been through
[2:16:39] those institutions, I would be
[2:16:41] honored, madam president.
[2:16:42] >> thank you.
[2:16:44] okay, we're all done.
[2:16:46] >> thanks, everybody.
[2:16:47] >> moving on to item -- we're going to
[2:16:54] take a 5 minute break.
[2:16:59] >> the time is 11:18, we're going to
[2:17:04] take a 5 minute break, thank you.
[2:17:06] ( meeting in recess ).
[2:17:13] >> the time is 11:32 a.m., all
[2:17:16] supervisors are present from break.
[2:17:18] >> thank you, we are back in session,
[2:17:20] we will be moving on to item number 3,
[2:17:23] presentation of a proclamation
[2:17:26] designating august 12 as international
[2:17:30] youth day, sponsor is supervisor ray
[2:17:34] mueller and supervisor david canepa.
[2:17:36] who would like to speak first?
[2:17:37] supervisor mueller?
[2:17:39] >> sure, so thank you, I just -- I'm
[2:17:42] proud to be co-sponsor this
[2:17:45] proclamation with supervisor canepa
[2:17:46] and all the work he's done with the
[2:17:50] youth commission.
[2:17:53] the united nations has designate add
[2:17:55] theme with what we see in this
[2:17:58] community, different context, common
[2:18:01] aspirations.
[2:18:02] what do young people want, they want
[2:18:05] dignity, opportunity, a sustainable
[2:18:06] future where the climate is secure,
[2:18:08] they want meaningful participation,
[2:18:10] decisions that shape their lives.
[2:18:13] this work really just -- it's funny,
[2:18:17] we celebrated youth day but it's work
[2:18:19] that really needs to happen every day
[2:18:23] and I'm reminded of it just by the
[2:18:25] fact we had 7 interns in our office
[2:18:27] this summer and the amount of
[2:18:30] energy and enthusiasm and zeal for
[2:18:33] what the future holds for them has
[2:18:36] made a tremendous impact on our work
[2:18:39] and on september 2, we are holding a
[2:18:41] youth town hall on the coast.
[2:18:45] we're -- we're not going to present
[2:18:47] the proclamation today, we'll be
[2:18:49] presenting it to the youth at the town
[2:18:50] hall on that day but I would like to
[2:18:53] go ahead and offer the mic. To
[2:18:55] supervisor canepa and then I want to
[2:18:57] invite one of my interns ashlon butler
[2:19:07] up, and the commission chair of the
[2:19:10] youth commission to speak with us.
[2:19:11] >> thank you, supervisor mueller, for
[2:19:14] including me on this pollination, here
[2:19:18] in san mateo county, we have 150
[2:19:22] thousand young people in this county
[2:19:26] and international youth day is
[2:19:29] officially recognized on august 12.
[2:19:32] our youth commission continues to do
[2:19:37] wonderful work and the work that the
[2:19:39] youth commission has done spans from
[2:19:43] e-cigarettes, it spans to
[2:19:45] addressing issues such as mental
[2:19:47] health, health care, so this
[2:19:49] commission is a commission has
[2:19:54] advanced many ideas.
[2:19:55] those ideas over a period of years
[2:19:58] have seen themselves be adopted by
[2:19:59] this board and past boards, so I'm
[2:20:02] delighted to co-sponsor this
[2:20:05] particular piece of legislation and
[2:20:09] just recognize that our youth are
[2:20:11] important and if you're a young person
[2:20:14] out there listening to this, you
[2:20:17] really can change the world, you can
[2:20:22] change the county and it's incumbent
[2:20:25] upon us as policy makers to ensure we
[2:20:28] listen to our young people.
[2:20:30] if our young people have ideas that
[2:20:34] they want to advance, we should listen
[2:20:36] to those ideas and implement them in
[2:20:38] policy, and we've done that, so with
[2:20:40] that, I will kick it back to you, mr.
[2:20:43] mueller?
[2:20:44] >> thank you, supervisor canepa, and
[2:20:47] I'm reminded of the work that your
[2:20:51] team did as well.
[2:20:55] addison, if you would like to come
[2:20:57] forward.
[2:20:59] >> good morning, honorable board of
[2:21:02] supervisors, thank you for the
[2:21:04] opportunity to speak today, I am
[2:21:05] honored to be here to talk about the
[2:21:07] international youth day proclamation
[2:21:08] that I worked on as an intern in
[2:21:11] supervisor mueller's office.
[2:21:12] international youth day is meant to
[2:21:14] highlight the importance of youth in
[2:21:15] our communities and elevate their
[2:21:17] voices and perspectives they bring
[2:21:20] forward.
[2:21:21] this proclamation is meant to
[2:21:22] celebrate youth who are the forefront
[2:21:25] of creating change within the county
[2:21:26] but also those who are not visibly
[2:21:29] involved yet who still have an impact
[2:21:31] on their peers.
[2:21:32] youth from around the county impact
[2:21:34] each other by volunteering and singing
[2:21:37] their voices to help spark change.
[2:21:39] one of the reasons it was important to
[2:21:41] bring this proclamation forward is
[2:21:43] because we're facing an unprecedented
[2:21:45] time in our communities, we are
[2:21:47] dealing with a difficult job market,
[2:21:52] rapid global warming and ai in the
[2:21:55] workforce, in speaking with my
[2:21:58] peers, we are looking for opportunities to
[2:22:03] help, we are facing a lack of
[2:22:06] employability and affordability and
[2:22:07] increasing competition when trying to
[2:22:09] enter the workforce.
[2:22:10] I believe that san mateo county
[2:22:11] can be a forward moving county with
[2:22:13] the new generation in mind but how are
[2:22:15] we going to progress if we don't
[2:22:17] prioritize youth.
[2:22:18] I want to thank you for planting seeds
[2:22:19] of progress in youth's minds to
[2:22:22] encourage them to grow within this
[2:22:27] county and make this nourish.
[2:22:32] I mean hand the floor to ryan child,
[2:22:35] the san mateo county youth commission
[2:22:39] chair, thank you for your time.
[2:22:41] >> thank you for having me.
[2:22:43] good morning, president corzo and
[2:22:45] honorable members of the board, my
[2:22:47] name is ryan ciao, I'm 17 years old,
[2:22:50] high school seep yor from western high
[2:22:52] cool and servicing chair as the san
[2:22:56] mateo county youth commission for the
[2:22:57] 26-27 year, on behalf of our 34 cohort
[2:23:00] of commissioners, thank you for
[2:23:02] proclaiming august 12 as international
[2:23:04] youth day here in san mateo county.
[2:23:05] first I want to introduce the
[2:23:07] commission, our commission is coming
[2:23:09] from half moon and east palo alto,
[2:23:12] we speak different languages at home
[2:23:14] and some of us walk ten minutes to a
[2:23:19] meeting while others use
[2:23:21] transportation.
[2:23:22] we represent youth voice and county
[2:23:24] the policy, being from daly city, but
[2:23:31] cultural and social economic
[2:23:33] differences, we all aspire and work
[2:23:35] towards the same issues, educational
[2:23:40] equity is one of my passions, our
[2:23:46] commissioners and the youth we reach
[2:23:48] all find encouragement to find seats
[2:23:51] at the table and through this, we all
[2:23:57] experience a tiny microcosm, this has
[2:24:02] given youth people a microphone, so
[2:24:05] over these past several years, we've
[2:24:07] run immigrant youth scholarships and
[2:24:11] passed resolutions on [inaudible] in
[2:24:14] unincorporated san mateo county.
[2:24:16] we can have a real voice in government
[2:24:18] and prepare this next generation of
[2:24:21] leaders.
[2:24:22] we gain real responsibility and add
[2:24:25] our perspectives to have grass
[2:24:28] roots movements across the
[2:24:31] communities.
[2:24:32] we can't wait to see what the future
[2:24:33] looks like and how we might have a say
[2:24:35] in shaping it.
[2:24:36] thank you for your time.
[2:24:37] >> great work, thank you.
[2:24:39] with that, I would like to move forward
[2:24:42] accepting the proclamation.
[2:24:43] >> second.
[2:24:44] >> thank you, we have a motion and a
[2:24:46] second, roll call vote, please.
[2:24:48] >> supervisor speier?
[2:24:49] >> aye.
[2:24:50] >> supervisor mueller?
[2:24:51] >> yes.
[2:24:52] >> supervisor gauthier?
[2:24:53] >> yes.
[2:24:54] >> supervisor canepa?
[2:24:55] >> aye.
[2:24:56] >> president corzo?
[2:24:57] >> yes.
[2:24:58] >> motion passes unanimously.
[2:24:59] >> congratulations, we are now
[2:25:00] moving on to item number 4, acceptance
[2:25:04] of the august 2026 informational
[2:25:06] report on the 2026 state and federal
[2:25:10] legislative sessions and the third
[2:25:12] quarter legislative presentation.
[2:25:13] welcome, our legislative officer,
[2:25:24] connie driscoll watis.
[2:25:27] >> good morning, honorable board
[2:25:29] members, mr. Callagy I'm the county's
[2:25:36] chief legislative officer and
[2:25:38] here today with ellie [inaudible] from
[2:25:42] the governmental affairs unit of the
[2:25:45] county executive's office to provide
[2:25:46] you with our third quarterly federal
[2:25:49] and state legislative update.
[2:25:51] so, today our presentation will be
[2:25:54] focused on providing you with the
[2:25:57] following updates, a review of the key
[2:26:01] legislate dates, a brief overview of
[2:26:04] the 2026 state budget act, an update
[2:26:07] on state legislation and activity,
[2:26:09] again, in the final month of the
[2:26:12] session, an overview of the november
[2:26:15] 2026 ballot propositions, a federal
[2:26:17] update and then any questions you may
[2:26:21] have.
[2:26:24] so, as you're aware, the state
[2:26:26] legislature is now in its final month
[2:26:27] of legislative session, the following
[2:26:34] are the key dates in the final month,
[2:26:36] we're all moving towards that august
[2:26:39] 31 deadline which is the last day for
[2:26:42] legislative action this year, so this
[2:26:44] would end the second year of the
[2:26:46] current two year session.
[2:26:49] with regards to the state budget act,
[2:26:52] I just want the provide you with a
[2:26:54] brief overview of where things landed.
[2:26:57] I want to talk the a little bit about
[2:26:59] our in lieu vlf funding actions, h.r.1
[2:27:05] solutions that were included in the
[2:27:07] state budget and other notable
[2:27:11] proposals.
[2:27:12] so, with regards to the overall state
[2:27:16] budget, on june 29, the governor did
[2:27:19] sign the 26-27 state budget and the
[2:27:22] budget act allocates a total of 351
[2:27:25] billion dollars with 251.5 billion
[2:27:29] dollars coming from the general fund.
[2:27:31] and this is roughly 2 billion dollars
[2:27:33] less than the legislature's budget
[2:27:35] plan but about 4 billion dollars more
[2:27:39] than the administration's may revision
[2:27:43] proposal.
[2:27:44] and the act sets a record with total
[2:27:47] reserves of 35.2 billion dollars.
[2:27:50] it balances the general fund for
[2:27:54] fiscal years 26-27, 27-28 and reduces
[2:27:58] the projected 29-30 structural deficit
[2:28:01] from 23 billion dollars to 8.4 billion
[2:28:05] compared to the governor's january
[2:28:08] budget.
[2:28:09] the plan also proposes changes to the
[2:28:11] fiscal reserve calculations and
[2:28:14] scheduled to boost deposits, while the
[2:28:17] budget avoids delays of many safety
[2:28:22] net cut proposals talked about last
[2:28:24] year in the may revision, it still
[2:28:30] does not fully fund all of the county's
[2:28:31] priorities.
[2:28:33] okay.
[2:28:34] so, on to in lieu vlf, to supervisor
[2:28:39] mueller's already talked a little bit
[2:28:40] about this but I want to level set
[2:28:43] here for the public about where we
[2:28:45] landed with the vlf.
[2:28:48] the following slide provides a summary
[2:28:49] of where we are with regards to the
[2:28:51] county's efforts to secure our in lieu
[2:28:54] vlf funding for the fiscal year 24-25.
[2:28:57] the state budget only appropriated 80
[2:29:00] million in one-time general fund to
[2:29:03] san mateo, mono and alpine counties,
[2:29:06] 77 million dollars of this 80 million
[2:29:09] is designated for san mateo county and
[2:29:11] its cities.
[2:29:12] the amount that was actually due was
[2:29:17] 119 million plus approximately 80
[2:29:19] million that is due from the past two
[2:29:22] prior fiscal years.
[2:29:24] so, as supervisor mueller mentioned,
[2:29:26] the county the recently learned that
[2:29:29] its projected fiscal year 25-26 vlf
[2:29:33] shortfall is now approximately 226
[2:29:37] million dollars of which 134 million
[2:29:41] is the county's share.
[2:29:43] so, clearly with a deficit of this
[2:29:46] size, this has become our number one
[2:29:50] priority to work on this session, the
[2:29:53] rest of the session and for the
[2:29:56] foreseeable future.
[2:29:58] so, you'll be hearing more about this
[2:30:00] at your study session on thursday as
[2:30:03] well as at the press conference, but I
[2:30:06] can assure you that we are spending
[2:30:08] quite a lot of time working on this
[2:30:11] issue currently.
[2:30:15] alright.
[2:30:16] now on to the h.r. Related budget
[2:30:18] solutions, with regard to h.r.1, the
[2:30:22] following adjustment were included in
[2:30:24] the recent state budget.
[2:30:25] with regards to medi-cal eligibility
[2:30:27] work, there was 197 million dollars in
[2:30:31] one-time general fund for county
[2:30:34] eligibility related to h.r.1
[2:30:37] implementation.
[2:30:38] so, the human services agency
[2:30:39] estimates that a total of 9.9 million
[2:30:43] dollars in one-time administrative
[2:30:46] funding including approximately 7.4
[2:30:49] million for h.r.1 implementation and
[2:30:52] 2.5 million for cost of doing business
[2:30:55] will be received as a result.
[2:30:58] as of june 2026, approximately 52
[2:31:02] thousand san mateo county medi-cal
[2:31:04] beneficiaries may be affected by 6
[2:31:10] month redetermination and work
[2:31:12] requirements, these changes are to
[2:31:18] increase eligibility workload and
[2:31:20] activities as clients navigate
[2:31:22] renewals and documentation rimers.
[2:31:25] with regards to public hospitals, the
[2:31:28] budget included 250 million general
[2:31:30] fund to support grants to public
[2:31:32] hospitals for health care expenditures
[2:31:34] and the funding is going to be scribed
[2:31:37] through a grant system, however that
[2:31:39] methodology hasn't yet been set.
[2:31:42] with regards to calfresh county
[2:31:44] eligibility work, the budget included
[2:31:47] 223 million, again, one-time general
[2:31:49] .fund for county eligibility work
[2:31:52] available for expenditure until june
[2:31:55] 30, 2029.
[2:31:58] so, again, hsa anticipates
[2:32:00] approximately 2.5 million in
[2:32:02] additional one-time calfresh
[2:32:04] administrative funding tied to
[2:32:06] able-bodied adults without dependents
[2:32:10] h.r.1 work requirement implementation.
[2:32:12] the county match waiver provides
[2:32:15] partial fiscal relief by capping the
[2:32:18] required county contribution at the
[2:32:20] fiscal year 24-25 level and still this
[2:32:23] does not eliminate all county share
[2:32:26] exposure if the allocation is depleted.
[2:32:29] with regards to behavioral health,
[2:32:31] there was no funding included in the
[2:32:34] current state budget, so efforts
[2:32:38] continue to attempt to secure funding
[2:32:41] for implementation of those changes
[2:32:43] and then finally related to indigent
[2:32:46] care, no funding was included, county
[2:32:50] affiliates and associations are
[2:32:51] currently working on an alternative
[2:32:54] proposal that would provide 100
[2:32:57] million in one-time bridge funding to
[2:33:00] counties.
[2:33:01] the county's going to be sending a
[2:33:03] letter regarding that in the next
[2:33:04] couple of days and we're working with
[2:33:06] csec on that.
[2:33:08] county health originally anticipated
[2:33:10] that 36 thousand 2 harbinger to 53
[2:33:14] thousand 700 or about 21-31% of san
[2:33:17] mateo county residents are currently
[2:33:20] enrolled in medi-cal and could lose
[2:33:23] their coverage in estimated ongoing
[2:33:26] financial losses of 24.9 million for
[2:33:29] fiscal year 26-27.
[2:33:30] and an additional 19.7 million the
[2:33:33] following year for a total of 44.6
[2:33:37] million in fiscal year 27-28.
[2:33:40] now the that the state budget is
[2:33:43] finalized, county health will work
[2:33:44] with the county human service agency
[2:33:46] to update these numbers, county
[2:33:49] affiliated associations are also
[2:33:52] currently developing this alternative
[2:33:54] indigent care proposal.
[2:33:57] alright.
[2:33:58] and to close out, the state budget
[2:34:00] update, there were a few other notable
[2:34:02] proposals that I just want to quickly
[2:34:05] review with you this morning.
[2:34:07] the first is hhap funding, the homeless
[2:34:13] funding and homeless assist pant
[2:34:16] program fund, there was 900 million,
[2:34:20] this was a top priority for csec, I
[2:34:27] should say preliminary hhap round for
[2:34:30] san mateo county is expected at 5.6
[2:34:34] million over three years compared to
[2:34:42] hhap round 6 allocation of around 4
[2:34:50] million dollars.
[2:34:59] [inaudible].
[2:35:00] with allocations to be determined by
[2:35:02] the judicial council, 20 million in
[2:35:06] one-time general fund of the 50 to the
[2:35:08] judicial council to reverse previously
[2:35:11] planned reduction to pretrial services
[2:35:12] and a 20 million dollars one-time
[2:35:15] general fund to county behavioral
[2:35:19] health departments for capacity
[2:35:21] building centiliters so the health
[2:35:23] system predicts that one-time
[2:35:24] funding will be available for training
[2:35:26] and support for first responders and
[2:35:28] homeless outreach workers and the
[2:35:31] distribution is still yet to be
[2:35:34] determined.
[2:35:35] in terms of voca, the victims of crime
[2:35:38] act, 50 million dollars in one-time
[2:35:41] general fund for counties, this is an
[2:35:43] increase of 25 million that was
[2:35:44] proposed in the may revision,
[2:35:48] distribution detailers -- details
[2:35:52] have been released yes, the county
[2:35:53] receive as pass through of federal
[2:35:55] funds of about 461 thousand dollars a
[2:35:59] year, so more details to come on that.
[2:36:03] with regards to the elections, there
[2:36:05] was a total of 34 million dollars in
[2:36:08] one-time general fund for counties
[2:36:10] included in the budget to expedite the
[2:36:13] vote counting process and for voter
[2:36:15] outreach and education, this
[2:36:17] includes 29 million to increase the
[2:36:20] number of available staff to tabulate
[2:36:22] the votes and 5 million to provide
[2:36:25] voter outreach and education before
[2:36:28] the november 3 election and san
[2:36:31] mateo county's allocation of that 34
[2:36:34] million is 521 authorization dollars.
[2:36:37] and finally other health san mateo
[2:36:40] county health county challenges
[2:36:43] include the transition of medi-cal uis
[2:36:48] population to manage care -- for
[2:36:50] managed care to fee for service, so to
[2:36:54] comply with federal guidance issued
[2:36:56] in september, the department of
[2:36:57] health care services proposes
[2:37:00] transitioning approximately 2 million
[2:37:05] uis enrollees from the mangle care
[2:37:07] delivery system to to a fee for
[2:37:10] service delivery system effective
[2:37:11] january 1, 2027.
[2:37:13] an alternative to this proposal was
[2:37:16] not included in the final budget.
[2:37:17] so the health plan of san mateo
[2:37:19] estimates that probability 40
[2:37:22] thousand uis persons live in san mateo
[2:37:25] county with about half seeking care at
[2:37:27] the medical center.
[2:37:28] this is a significant concern as it
[2:37:31] would likely mean reduced access to
[2:37:33] care for the uis medi-cal
[2:37:36] beneficiaries and lower reimbursement
[2:37:38] for the medical center.
[2:37:40] and their current estimates are that a
[2:37:43] loss of about 3.6 million dollars in
[2:37:47] fiscal year 26-27.
[2:37:49] so, with that, I'm going pass it on to
[2:37:52] ellie from my team who will review the
[2:37:57] legislation.
[2:37:59] >> good morning, president corzo,
[2:38:00] members of the board, mr. Callagy, mr.
[2:38:06] nibbelin,, I'm ellie with the igps
[2:38:09] unit, there's a lot happening so I
[2:38:12] will be quib, I will be providing an
[2:38:13] overview of several new billets the
[2:38:15] county has taken action on in
[2:38:17] alignment with the county's
[2:38:19] legislative session program.
[2:38:20] I'll highlight a few key issues we're
[2:38:23] tracking during these final weeks of
[2:38:25] session as well as several items we'll
[2:38:27] watching in the coming months as we
[2:38:29] head towards the november general
[2:38:31] election.
[2:38:32] with that I'll start with the new
[2:38:33] bills the county has taking .positions
[2:38:35] on, six in support and one in
[2:38:38] opposition.
[2:38:39] first on the list, sb968, becker, this
[2:38:42] bill would make the community college
[2:38:44] districts existing authority to use
[2:38:47] local unrestricted general funds for
[2:38:49] student fee waivers and other
[2:38:51] assistance permanent rather than
[2:38:52] having the authority sunset on july 1,
[2:38:56] 2028.
[2:38:57] we're happy to report that this bill
[2:38:58] has been signed and chattered.
[2:39:02] next is ab1838, berman, had this bill
[2:39:04] would require contractors bid on
[2:39:07] public works contracts to disclose any
[2:39:09] history of wage and hour violations
[2:39:12] and provide supporting documentation.
[2:39:13] this bill is currently on the senate
[2:39:17] appropriations suspense file.
[2:39:18] next up we have ab762, irwin, which
[2:39:22] would prohibit the manufacturer,
[2:39:24] import, sale and distribution of
[2:39:28] disposable battery imbedded vaping
[2:39:32] devices containing tobacco in
[2:39:37] california.
[2:39:38] ab1448, hart would strengthen
[2:39:40] protections of california's coastal
[2:39:42] waters by restricting oil and gas
[2:39:43] leasing and related infrastructure in
[2:39:46] marine protected areas and national
[2:39:48] marine sanctuaries and this bill is
[2:39:50] on the senate bill floor pending a
[2:39:54] floor vote.
[2:39:55] gonzales, ab1607, this is the natty
[2:40:00] emergency medical services or ems
[2:40:03] funds fund that provides funding for
[2:40:08] trauma centers and has a $2 penalty
[2:40:11] for every 10 dollars of penalties and
[2:40:13] fines imposed for criminal offenses so
[2:40:15] this bill is on the senate floor.
[2:40:19] the last bill in support is sb2465,
[2:40:26] ortega, this has tax credits to
[2:40:30] taxpayers involved with private
[2:40:32] detention facilities or immigration
[2:40:33] enforcement contracts.
[2:40:34] this bill is on the senate
[2:40:38] appropriations suspense file as well.
[2:40:40] now moving to opposition, we have one
[2:40:45] bill, sb811, caballero, this
[2:40:46] establishes a regulatory structure for
[2:40:53] metal shredding facilities,
[2:40:54] environmental health concerns here as
[2:40:56] it does have one of the facilities in
[2:40:59] redwood city, this is on the senate
[2:41:03] bill suspense file.
[2:41:04] we take actions on bills that are
[2:41:06] flagged by your board, our state
[2:41:09] associations like csec.
[2:41:11] last month we reached out to our
[2:41:13] county departments to flag additional
[2:41:15] bills that may warrant county
[2:41:17] engagement, we're reviewing those
[2:41:18] bills and we'll be submitting position
[2:41:20] letters on the county's behalf
[2:41:22] where appropriate.
[2:41:26] so during these final weeks of
[2:41:28] session, we're continuing to track
[2:41:29] several issues, many of which are
[2:41:31] still developing.
[2:41:33] this thursday, the senate and assembly
[2:41:35] appropriations committee wills hold
[2:41:37] their suspense file hearings, members
[2:41:39] will weigh the fiscal impacts of bills
[2:41:41] and determine which measures will
[2:41:43] move forward to the floor for a final
[2:41:45] vote and which will not.
[2:41:46] there are currently 560 assembly bills
[2:41:49] on the senate appropriations suspense
[2:41:52] file and 290 senate bills on the
[2:41:56] assembly appropriations file, so there
[2:41:57] is a lot to look out for.
[2:42:00] another issue we've been follow is the
[2:42:02] potential reform of the wild fire
[2:42:04] liability fund which provides a source
[2:42:06] of funding to reimburse claims arising
[2:42:08] from wild fires caused by utility
[2:42:11] companies.
[2:42:12] during summer recess, there were
[2:42:13] discussions about potential changes to
[2:42:15] the fund, however the administration
[2:42:17] and legislature have not yet released
[2:42:19] a formal proposal.
[2:42:20] but we expect to see more on this in
[2:42:23] the coming week.
[2:42:24] briefly going back to budget related
[2:42:27] issues, the final budget agreement
[2:42:30] deferred proposition for climate bond
[2:42:32] funding, the legislature are
[2:42:34] continuing discussions about how those
[2:42:36] funds will be allocated so we expect
[2:42:38] there will be more information in the
[2:42:40] coming weeks as well.
[2:42:42] and finally an issue that has been
[2:42:44] elevated by several urban counties
[2:42:47] relates to recent legislation
[2:42:49] concerning juvenile abuse claimers and
[2:42:52] settlements, in 2019, legislation
[2:42:53] extended the statute of limitations
[2:42:55] for juvenile abuse lawsuits
[2:42:57] including claims that may have
[2:43:00] occurred decades ago.
[2:43:01] this has resulted in significant
[2:43:03] fnabler exposure for counties and
[2:43:06] other public entities, however senate
[2:43:09] laird does have a vehicle sb577 which
[2:43:12] is intended to strengthen survivor
[2:43:15] response, support and reporting while
[2:43:17] also ensuring that counties and other
[2:43:19] local agencies have the resources and
[2:43:22] support needed to implement the law.
[2:43:24] so we'll continue to track these
[2:43:25] issues and provide updates as more
[2:43:28] detailers become available.
[2:43:33] while looking ahead to the november
[2:43:35] 2026 general election, we have a very
[2:43:40] a ballot with 14 proposition, I want
[2:43:43] to highlight five of those measures
[2:43:46] shown in blue.
[2:43:47] csec held two policy committees to
[2:43:49] review policy measures that
[2:43:52] directly affected county government.
[2:43:53] these provided an opportunity to
[2:43:55] discuss measures and consider
[2:43:56] potential recommendations for support,
[2:43:58] opposition or no position.
[2:44:00] just moving down the list, proposition
[2:44:02] 1 would authorize the state to borrow
[2:44:05] 11.25 billion dollars for affordable
[2:44:08] housing and to assist veterans with
[2:44:10] home ownership.
[2:44:11] the recommended position from the
[2:44:13] committee was to support.
[2:44:15] proposition 2 is a constitutional
[2:44:17] amendment that would allow the state
[2:44:19] to deposit up to 20% of its general
[2:44:22] fund tax revenues and to the state's
[2:44:24] rainy day fund each year doubling the
[2:44:27] current 10% limit.
[2:44:28] the reck edged position here was
[2:44:31] oppose.
[2:44:32] proposition 3 would make permanent the
[2:44:34] temporary income tax on high earners
[2:44:36] approved by voters in 2012.
[2:44:38] the tax which can be as high as 12%
[2:44:41] applies to household incomes over 721
[2:44:44] thousand dollars for couples and over
[2:44:47] 360 thousand dollars for individuals.
[2:44:49] the recommended position is also
[2:44:54] oppose.
[2:44:55] proposition 43 would increase the
[2:44:56] threshold for citizen driven special
[2:44:58] tax ballot initiative from a simple
[2:45:01] majority to two thirds making it more
[2:45:03] difficult to impose or increase local
[2:45:05] taxes.
[2:45:06] the recommended position here is
[2:45:07] oppose.
[2:45:08] and the last proposition, prop 45
[2:45:10] would amend the california
[2:45:13] environmental quality act also known
[2:45:15] as ceqa to streamline environmental
[2:45:17] reviews for certain housing
[2:45:20] transportation, water, health and
[2:45:21] clean energy projects.
[2:45:23] this was presented as an informational
[2:45:27] item so no action was taken.
[2:45:30] and just to wrap up this portion, the
[2:45:31] recommendations from the csec policy
[2:45:32] committees will be forwarded to the
[2:45:34] full csec board of directors for final
[2:45:37] consideration next week so we're happy
[2:45:39] to follow up once those positions are
[2:45:44] taken, with that, I'll pass it back
[2:45:47] for updates.
[2:45:56] >> okay, so to wrap up our
[2:45:58] presentation today, so over the last
[2:46:00] few months, the house of
[2:46:02] representatives has made significant
[2:46:03] progress on pis cal year 27
[2:46:08] appropriation bills, they have moved
[2:46:10] all 12 of its 27 spending bills out of
[2:46:13] committee to the full house for
[2:46:14] consideration and I'm pleased to their
[2:46:18] that the transportation, housing and
[2:46:21] urban development appropriation bill
[2:46:23] contains two county projects, the
[2:46:25] first is 750 thousand dollars for the
[2:46:27] middle field road improvements by
[2:46:30] -- sponsored by kevin mullen and a 250
[2:46:35] thousand grant for coastside
[2:46:38] generators from congressman licardo.
[2:46:40] as a reminder, members of congress
[2:46:42] were limited in the number of
[2:46:44] community funding projects they could
[2:46:45] submit for these bills so it's great
[2:46:47] for the county to have two projects
[2:46:50] included.
[2:46:51] given the upcoming congressional
[2:46:53] recess and the november election,
[2:46:54] congress is not expected to finalize
[2:46:56] the fiscal year 27 appropriation bills
[2:46:58] until the end of the year during the
[2:47:01] lame duck session.
[2:47:02] in june, congress passed and the
[2:47:04] president signed into law a second
[2:47:07] budget reconciliation package.
[2:47:09] the bill provided 69.5 billion dollars
[2:47:12] in funding for immigration and custom
[2:47:17] enforcement, border protection, it
[2:47:18] will fund both ice and vbp during the
[2:47:23] month of trump's second term.
[2:47:30] there's possibly a third budget
[2:47:32] package with the department of defense.
[2:47:35] many june, they passed a housing bill
[2:47:38] entitled the 21st century road to
[2:47:40] housing act, the legislation is a
[2:47:43] product of bipartisan negotiations of
[2:47:45] the senate, banking and the financial
[2:47:48] services committee, it includes updates
[2:47:50] to the home investment partnership
[2:47:52] program a three year reauthorization
[2:47:53] of the community development block
[2:47:56] grant disaster recovery program and
[2:47:59] additional flexibility of cdbg funds
[2:48:02] to be used to fund affordable housing
[2:48:06] projects.
[2:48:07] turning to the administration on may
[2:48:09] 29, the office of management and
[2:48:11] budget published a proposed that would
[2:48:14] represent a significant overhaul of
[2:48:17] federal grant regulations.
[2:48:18] the proposed rule would give federal
[2:48:21] agencies broad authority to terminate
[2:48:23] grantees on a basis that they no
[2:48:25] longer serve program goals, agency
[2:48:28] priorities or national interests.
[2:48:29] there's a lot of other elements
[2:48:32] included in this proposed rule.
[2:48:33] I can say that the proposed rule
[2:48:37] public comment period closed on july
[2:48:39] 13, the county signed on to a
[2:48:43] coalition comment letter expressing
[2:48:44] our strong opposition to the proposed
[2:48:46] changes and our county federal
[2:48:52] advocacy team has been actively
[2:48:54] engaged on this issue working closely
[2:48:57] with nako, the national association of
[2:48:59] counties and other organizations to
[2:49:01] raise awareness and emg kate members
[2:49:03] about the proposed rules, potential
[2:49:06] impacts and advocate for
[2:49:09] congressional action.
[2:49:10] it's also important to note that the
[2:49:13] -- there was a delay included in the
[2:49:17] current cr that would push this
[2:49:20] implementation of this proposed rule
[2:49:22] out to december 11.
[2:49:24] so, the cr is now before the house for
[2:49:27] consideration in september.
[2:49:29] and finally both the house and the
[2:49:31] senate are now in august congressional
[2:49:33] recess and between now and the
[2:49:36] november elections, the senate is
[2:49:37] scheduled to be in session for only
[2:49:39] three weeks and the house is
[2:49:40] scheduled to be in session for only
[2:49:42] four weeks.
[2:49:44] so, and as such, the it is expected
[2:49:48] that once congress returns to dc in
[2:49:49] september, it will act on a small
[2:49:52] number of legislative items before
[2:49:54] adjourning until after the election.
[2:49:57] alright.
[2:49:58] and finally I just wanted to provide
[2:50:00] you with a quick update on our
[2:50:07] coordinated -- to update your board on
[2:50:09] coordinated actions between the county
[2:50:10] attorney's office and my unit,
[2:50:14] again, several trump administration
[2:50:16] actions, so this slide provides you
[2:50:18] with an overview of these actions
[2:50:20] taken to date which include submission
[2:50:22] of public comments on behalf of county
[2:50:26] and consistent with your board's
[2:50:28] standing federal legislative policy,
[2:50:29] so we've been very busy coordinating
[2:50:31] with the county attorney's
[2:50:33] office to try to keep track of all of
[2:50:35] these different proposals coming in
[2:50:38] from washington and working closely
[2:50:40] together to submit comments as needed,
[2:50:42] so -- and my unit will continue to
[2:50:44] work closely with the county
[2:50:46] attorney's office, our departments and
[2:50:49] our federal lobbying team to take
[2:50:51] needed actions.
[2:50:52] so, with that, I'm happy to take any
[2:50:55] questions, I would say that the
[2:50:58] current agenda includes our full
[2:51:01] report, so for more details, so again
[2:51:03] happy to take any questions.
[2:51:05] >> thank you for that presentation.
[2:51:08] I appreciate how thorough it was, I do
[2:51:10] think it's important that we continue
[2:51:11] to get these updates so that we are
[2:51:15] aware of the broader landscape and the
[2:51:18] impacts on the county.
[2:51:21] so, any questions or comments from my
[2:51:26] colleagues?
[2:51:29] okay.
[2:51:30] hearing none, I have just a couple
[2:51:34] myself.
[2:51:35] so, you know, we started the
[2:51:38] presentation with an overview of the
[2:51:40] vehicle license fee, we'll obviously
[2:51:43] go more in depth on that at the study
[2:51:47] session on thursday, for the public, I
[2:51:49] wanted to reiterate we will be having
[2:51:50] a press conference and study session
[2:51:52] on this topic thursday at 1 p.m. And I
[2:51:55] want to thank supervisor speier and
[2:51:58] supervisor mueller for their
[2:52:00] efforts on coordinating that.
[2:52:03] I also wanted to flag some of the
[2:52:11] positives you reviewed.
[2:52:12] we are one of the few counties in the
[2:52:14] state that still has a county medical
[2:52:18] center and the funding for
[2:52:27] medi-cal and managed care, fee for
[2:52:28] service will be helpful.
[2:52:29] it will likely not be enough but the
[2:52:31] it is helpful and so -- and supervisor
[2:52:37] speier and I are on that, we will
[2:52:42] focus on that area.
[2:52:45] and lastly I also was happy to hear
[2:52:50] the doubling of the voca funds, it's
[2:52:56] for this year only but it's helpful
[2:52:58] and we look forward to using that
[2:53:03] funding in this county and I serve on
[2:53:09] the coalition to end abuse, violence
[2:53:13] and exploitation in our county and we
[2:53:14] are going to be working to review our
[2:53:19] county legislative priorities and
[2:53:21] see if there are any enfolding dashing
[2:53:23] we have for the next round and I
[2:53:26] encourage my colleagues to do the same
[2:53:28] in their respective committees and
[2:53:31] thank you, thank you for the
[2:53:34] presentation, helpful information.
[2:53:35] >> I have a question.
[2:53:37] >> supervisor canepa?
[2:53:38] >> thank you so much, connie, I
[2:53:39] appreciate the presentation.
[2:53:41] can you speak a little, I mean,
[2:53:43] obviously protecting our democracy is
[2:53:48] paramount and obviously there was an
[2:53:51] appropriation given to the county, I
[2:53:52] think it was what, 521 thousand
[2:53:53] dollars out of the 34 million dollars.
[2:53:55] what I didn't see, I saw within your
[2:53:57] report but I couldn't find it was the
[2:54:02] appropriation at the 521 thousand
[2:54:04] dollars, you could appropriate it for
[2:54:06] equipment, is that correct and
[2:54:09] staffing, those are one-time dollars,
[2:54:12] what I would like to understand
[2:54:18] clearly is what are the restrictions
[2:54:20] relative to spending those dollars
[2:54:21] down?
[2:54:22] >> sure.
[2:54:25] through the chair, supervisor canepa,
[2:54:29] so, 34 until one-time general fund for
[2:54:31] all the 58 counties and 29 million of
[2:54:34] that is to increase the number of
[2:54:36] available staff to tabulate votes to
[2:54:39] make equipment purchases or technology
[2:54:40] upgrades or to acquire space to
[2:54:43] accommodate additional staff or
[2:54:46] equipment purchases, to expedite the
[2:54:49] vote counting process, 5 million
[2:54:53] is to provide voter outreach and
[2:54:55] education before the november 3
[2:54:58] election, I'm happy to provide you
[2:55:00] with the details related to that.
[2:55:01] >> I guess you may not have the answer
[2:55:03] and I may talk with the chief
[2:55:05] elections officer about this.
[2:55:07] there has been some concerns raised
[2:55:11] about -- you know, these concerns go
[2:55:15] years around our elections, not only
[2:55:18] being unsafe through cyber threat but
[2:55:19] in addition to that, the issue of
[2:55:24] people, whether it's the national
[2:55:27] guard, whether it's ice in our polling
[2:55:31] boxes.
[2:55:32] I would be curious to know if some of
[2:55:33] that money could be designated in that
[2:55:39] direction or what your opinion of that
[2:55:40] is.
[2:55:41] >> I don't have an answer for you,
[2:55:42] supervisor canepa, but I can certainly
[2:55:44] look into that and get more
[2:55:46] information for you about that.
[2:55:47] >> great, thank you so much, connie.
[2:55:56] >> okay.
[2:55:58] hearing no other questions or
[2:55:59] comments, thank you and I do believe
[2:56:00] we need a motion to accept.
[2:56:02] >> so moved.
[2:56:03] >> thank you.
[2:56:04] >> we have a tie for second, who wants
[2:56:07] it?
[2:56:08] >> you could have it.
[2:56:10] >> okay, so motion by canepa, second
[2:56:13] by gauthier, roll call vote, please.
[2:56:15] >> supervisor speier?
[2:56:16] >> aye.
[2:56:17] >> supervisor mueller is absent.
[2:56:18] supervisor gauthier?
[2:56:20] >> yes.
[2:56:22] >> supervisor canepa?
[2:56:23] >> yes.
[2:56:24] >> and president corzo?
[2:56:25] >> yes.
[2:56:26] >> motion passes to accept it.
[2:56:27] >> thank you, we are now moving to
[2:56:31] item number 5, it is a public hearing,
[2:56:34] so with that, we will conduct a public
[2:56:38] hearing and I'm going to pass it to
[2:56:41] director monowitz.
[2:56:42] >> thank you, good afternoon,
[2:56:44] president corzo, supervisors, mr.
[2:56:47] callagy, mr. Nibbelin, I'm here to
[2:56:48] present the planning and building
[2:56:51] staff's recommendation on an appeal of
[2:56:54] the planning commission's decision to
[2:56:56] deny the same appeal that was brought
[2:56:58] to the planning commission regarding
[2:57:02] the staff's approval of a design
[2:57:06] review permit and grading permit for a
[2:57:08] new home on jefferson avenue in the
[2:57:11] emerald lake hills area.
[2:57:14] so, this slide shows the location of
[2:57:17] the property it's directly adjacent to
[2:57:19] o the upper lake in emerald lake hills.
[2:57:23] its zoning is residential hillside
[2:57:26] design review, the lot size is a
[2:57:28] little bit over 21 thousand square
[2:57:33] feet.
[2:57:34] here's an aerial photo of the property
[2:57:38] and the appellant's property behind it.
[2:57:40] you'll note that the subject property
[2:57:42] currently has a home on it, that
[2:57:44] home will be demolished.
[2:57:46] the site was subdivided in 2021, so
[2:57:50] the project that we'll be talking
[2:57:51] about will be the new home on the portion
[2:57:55] of the property where the blue arrow
[2:57:57] is pointing.
[2:58:01] here's the design of the home, you can
[2:58:03] see it's a flag lot design, so it's
[2:58:06] got a driveway coming off of
[2:58:09] jefferson, it leads down to the three
[2:58:11] car garage that's in the upper left
[2:58:13] corner of the screen and then the
[2:58:19] proposed residence is attached.
[2:58:22] this floor plan shows the second story
[2:58:26] of the proposed home and it indicates
[2:58:29] the window that is of concern to the
[2:58:32] appellant which I'll be talking about
[2:58:34] a little bit more on the next slides.
[2:58:35] here's the elevations of the new home.
[2:58:42] the elevation on the bottom with the
[2:58:48] blue cloud calls out the window of
[2:58:50] concern to the appellant.
[2:58:56] as reviewed by planning and building
[2:58:58] staff and confirmed by the planning
[2:59:00] commission, the project is in
[2:59:02] conformance with the general plan the
[2:59:07] general plan designates this area for
[2:59:09] low density residential.
[2:59:10] the project also required a staff
[2:59:12] level grading permit and it was
[2:59:14] determined that the project complies
[2:59:16] with all the relevant provisions of
[2:59:19] the grading regulations.
[2:59:23] this table shows all the zoning
[2:59:29] requirements that the development is
[2:59:30] subject to, so as you can see the
[2:59:31] project complies with setback
[2:59:32] requirements as well as height, floor
[2:59:34] area ratio and site coverage
[2:59:39] limitations.
[2:59:40] so, as I noted, the planning
[2:59:42] commission heard the appeal
[2:59:44] previously, approved the project on
[2:59:46] april 8, it was a 3-0 vote and the
[2:59:52] planning commission added an
[2:59:53] additional condition to try to be
[2:59:55] responsive to the concerns of the
[3:00:00] appellant regarding the privacy
[3:00:01] concerns of the additional window.
[3:00:02] the the additional requirement was to
[3:00:07] replace the planned pittosporum hedge
[3:00:13] trees with a larger hedge to provide
[3:00:17] privacy.
[3:00:18] to get into the appellant's
[3:00:19] contentions here, the concern is about
[3:00:22] the second story bedroom which she
[3:00:26] feels affects her privacy.
[3:00:28] it's because of the elevation change,
[3:00:30] the second story window's pretty much
[3:00:33] at the same level as the first story
[3:00:35] of the appellant's house.
[3:00:37] I note that the proposed home is 50
[3:00:40] feet from the property line, the
[3:00:43] appellant's home is about 60 feet from
[3:00:47] the property line so you have a
[3:00:48] distance of 110 feet between the
[3:00:50] window and the appellant's home which
[3:00:52] I think greatly defines the
[3:00:55] potential of any significant privacy
[3:00:59] concerns.
[3:01:01] as I noted earlier, the planning
[3:01:02] commission did add an additional
[3:01:05] addition requiring some tree planting
[3:01:06] to try to address the
[3:01:08] appellant's concerns.
[3:01:11] the appellant's second concern is
[3:01:13] regarding drainage.
[3:01:14] she's concerned that the project could
[3:01:17] contribute to fluid flooding on her
[3:01:18] property.
[3:01:19] I understand there's been drainage
[3:01:21] problems in the area in the past.
[3:01:24] however, our assessment of this
[3:01:26] situation is that the proposed
[3:01:29] development is downhill from the
[3:01:33] appellant's property.
[3:01:34] jefferson is at a higher elevation so
[3:01:36] there will need to be a curb cut for
[3:01:39] the driveway.
[3:01:40] that's been carefully designed, the
[3:01:42] drainage system has been reviewed by
[3:01:44] our technical team at planning and
[3:01:46] building and we don't believe that
[3:01:48] this driveway cut will contribute any
[3:01:50] sort of flooding to the neighboring
[3:01:55] property.
[3:01:56] the project was exempt from
[3:01:58] environmental review under the
[3:02:01] california environmental quality act
[3:02:06] and our recommendation is that the
[3:02:11] board of supervisors approve the
[3:02:12] design review permit and grading
[3:02:13] permit.
[3:02:14] and I'm happy to answer any questions
[3:02:15] you may have.
[3:02:23] >> thank you.
[3:02:25] any questions from the board?
[3:02:26] then we'll move the open the public
[3:02:29] hearing, or do we open it now?
[3:02:32] >> madam president, you can take
[3:02:33] questions now for sure.
[3:02:35] >> okay, questions, supervisor speier?
[3:02:36] >> was there any discussion about
[3:02:40] somehow frosting those upper story
[3:02:43] windows, I guess it's a bedroom, is
[3:02:44] that correct?
[3:02:45] >> that's correct.
[3:02:47] I don't recall a discussion about that.
[3:02:49] I do think the applicant is here and
[3:02:52] will want to speak toward -- to the
[3:02:55] point of the light they hope to get
[3:02:58] through that window.
[3:02:59] >> okay.
[3:03:00] >> any other questions?
[3:03:04] okay.
[3:03:05] hearing none, I would love to hear
[3:03:06] a motion to open the public hearing.
[3:03:12] >> thank you, we have a motion and a
[3:03:13] second, roll call vote.
[3:03:14] >> supervisor speier?
[3:03:15] >> aye.
[3:03:16] >> supervisor mueller?
[3:03:17] supervisor gauthier?
[3:03:18] >> yes.
[3:03:19] >> supervisor canepa?
[3:03:20] >> aye.
[3:03:21] >> president corzo?
[3:03:22] >> yes.
[3:03:23] >> motion passes.
[3:03:24] >> it would normally be your practice
[3:03:25] to afford the applicant to speak
[3:03:26] first and it's your stressing the amount
[3:03:28] of time, historically we've allowed
[3:03:29] the applicant up to ten minutes and
[3:03:31] the ability to reserve some of that
[3:03:34] time to respond to comments.
[3:03:35] >> yes.
[3:03:40] let's go ahead and do that.
[3:03:41] we will hear from the applicant.
[3:03:45] >> we would start with the appellant
[3:03:47] and then the applicant would speak.
[3:03:49] >> and how much time did you recommend?
[3:03:51] >> I think it's been your historical
[3:03:54] practice to the allow up to 10 minutes
[3:03:57] total split between the opening and
[3:03:58] any rebuttal.
[3:03:59] >> okay.
[3:04:00] sounds good, we'll do ten minutes, I
[3:04:03] would like the appellant to come up.
[3:04:11] and let's get the timer up, please.
[3:04:17] >> can you speak directly into the
[3:04:19] mic., we can't hear you well.
[3:04:20] >> I was told ten minutes of the
[3:04:24] presentation time and my presentation
[3:04:29] is written, but if it will be any
[3:04:32] smaller, then I guess I will have to --
[3:04:36] >> please use your ten minutes as
[3:04:38] best you can.
[3:04:40] >> good morning, the board of
[3:04:47] supervisors, will you my presentation
[3:04:49] today, you will see how the planned
[3:04:53] new house on -- how do I move?
[3:05:00] okay.
[3:05:04] okay.
[3:05:05] how the they planned the house on 3865
[3:05:08] jefferson invades the privacy of my
[3:05:09] house and the backyard, how the
[3:05:12] commission's decision to enhance the
[3:05:15] privacy violates the county fence
[3:05:17] ordinance and takes away our light and
[3:05:19] air.
[3:05:20] it also burdens us with a boundary
[3:05:25] visitation, maints nans and that would
[3:05:28] likely interfere with the boundary
[3:05:29] fence so the grading permit approval
[3:05:30] can despite of missing information
[3:05:31] bypasses reviews by various
[3:05:33] departments such as the parks
[3:05:35] department and public works as well as
[3:05:37] the public works.
[3:05:39] new house plans must follow rules and
[3:05:41] I would like you to sit about five
[3:05:44] seconds with it because I don't have a
[3:05:45] lot of time.
[3:05:47] right to privacy and light and air are
[3:05:52] supported by county rules, at the
[3:05:55] design ve view, the they posed a
[3:05:57] significant county issue and we talked
[3:05:59] about for and other measures such as
[3:06:03] changing the window to a clear story
[3:06:08] but it was recommended, the county
[3:06:13] reck edged change as a measure of
[3:06:15] changing the window to a clear story
[3:06:19] but while that reduced the privacy
[3:06:21] burden greatly, the reck .ed dashing
[3:06:23] will not yield any result, they can
[3:06:26] just toss it, it doesn't have any
[3:06:28] mandatory enforcement.
[3:06:30] to our request to make the privacy
[3:06:32] measure mandatory, the commissioner
[3:06:34] decided on the 25 feet tree hedge at
[3:06:39] the boundary and failed to consider
[3:06:43] the consequences, so 25 feet hedge is
[3:06:48] bad because it's a -- it poses a big
[3:06:52] block of light and air which violate
[3:06:55] it is fence rules, 25 feet is for
[3:06:59] the prisons to incarcerate people to
[3:07:01] separate them from the society, it's
[3:07:03] not for the side yard.
[3:07:04] we should not be forced to choose
[3:07:06] between the privacy and light and air.
[3:07:08] and I believe the existing county
[3:07:15] rules support that.
[3:07:17] the invasion is recognized and I'm not
[3:07:19] going to spend a lot of time but this
[3:07:20] is kind of -- I'm sorry, this picture
[3:07:35] is a composite of rendering of our
[3:07:42] view from the deck, I have put markers
[3:07:45] to give how this is reasonable, but I
[3:07:50] guess the point is that this is how it
[3:07:52] would look from our backyard, our
[3:07:55] deck, and our living room.
[3:07:57] and as you can see, if there was a 25
[3:08:00] foot hedge all the way, there's only a
[3:08:06] small slice of it that it will do its
[3:08:08] job but all the other places is a
[3:08:11] boundary will do little for the
[3:08:16] privacy but negatively impacts our
[3:08:17] light and air.
[3:08:20] this, if you look at this, the photo,
[3:08:24] the windows are designed just to look
[3:08:27] at their driveway and our backyards
[3:08:29] and our house, it's directly right
[3:08:31] there, and you can see the markers I
[3:08:34] placed, if you compare that with the
[3:08:36] previously one, then you can see that
[3:08:39] my previous composite photo is
[3:08:42] reasonable as the rendering and so
[3:08:46] what is the commissioners' solution
[3:08:48] was, as the director of planning
[3:08:54] presented, it is replacing the hedge
[3:08:56] with the 25 foot trees.
[3:09:01] and located with the pink right there
[3:09:05] all the way, like 200 feet of hedges
[3:09:09] -- of the 25 feet high trees.
[3:09:14] there are all those little doses,
[3:09:16] those are the pittosporum that is
[3:09:20] recommended to change and where it is
[3:09:25] empty is where it is supposed to be
[3:09:27] interactive with my trees so they put
[3:09:34] the protection plan on them and that's
[3:09:36] where the missing tree is, but that's
[3:09:40] not where my trees are and it was cut
[3:09:43] down three years ago prior to
[3:09:48] submitting this plan.
[3:09:56] so, what commissioners got wrong is
[3:09:59] that condition 6 conflicts with the
[3:10:01] county the rules and the vague
[3:10:03] language could allow the project owner
[3:10:06] to place tree hedges height of 25 and
[3:10:08] more to be placed all along the side
[3:10:10] yard downed boundary of the 3575
[3:10:14] jefferson avenue.
[3:10:18] and so what is the fence rule that
[3:10:24] commissioners' decision violates, one
[3:10:25] of the stated purpose of the county
[3:10:28] zoning ordinance is to provide
[3:10:30] adequate light and air, privacy and
[3:10:32] convenience of access to the property
[3:10:35] and some of that purpose is captured
[3:10:37] in the fence height ordinance, hedges
[3:10:39] not exceed 6 feet in side or rear yard.
[3:10:44] the photo is a hedge violation, this
[3:10:46] is a boundary between 3875 jefferson
[3:10:51] and the boundary the commission
[3:10:52] ordered to place a 25 foot hedge.
[3:10:59] so, what are we asking, our ask is not
[3:11:03] let the new development take away our
[3:11:05] privacy nor our light and air, any of
[3:11:12] clear story design, reduction of
[3:11:15] windows, changing the windows or
[3:11:18] relocating behind the mature trees,
[3:11:19] any of those will protect privacy of
[3:11:22] both bourses and the new house without
[3:11:24] needing a 25 visual screening, so we
[3:11:27] respectfully ask the board to revise
[3:11:29] the condition number 6 to state that
[3:11:33] any planned vegetation must comply
[3:11:36] with fence hedge height rules and not
[3:11:37] interfere with a recorded easement
[3:11:39] on the subject property to provide
[3:11:44] access to the common light.
[3:11:45] if the board does require particular
[3:11:48] planting, either provide a specific
[3:11:50] plan including locations and require
[3:11:52] the applicant to submit such a plan
[3:11:54] for the future review, there are
[3:12:02] additional issues and I will have
[3:12:07] further slides to -- to prove my
[3:12:09] points of privacy and the improved
[3:12:16] landscaping plan and easements and
[3:12:18] other things but in particular, there
[3:12:20] are missing information for the
[3:12:21] grading and drainage plan and those
[3:12:26] information includes mature trees that
[3:12:29] require tree protections and the parks
[3:12:31] department would need to review and
[3:12:36] for these reasons, I would like to ask
[3:12:38] for consideration of a de novo hearing.
[3:12:42] >> I want to remind you, you have two
[3:12:45] minutes left, if you want time to
[3:12:48] rebuttal, you will have to save that
[3:12:49] time.
[3:12:50] >> so, like I said, one thing is this
[3:12:52] is like the violation -- I'm sorry,
[3:12:57] this is a violation by the 3865 that
[3:13:03] was given for the hedges, the owner
[3:13:11] planted to block our view of the lake.
[3:13:13] this is the easement that the owner
[3:13:16] is planning to landscape, this is the
[3:13:21] existing conditions, we have a lot of
[3:13:23] mature trees.
[3:13:28] and -- so, the de novo hearing I'm
[3:13:31] asking for is regarding to the missing
[3:13:35] information.
[3:13:36] the location of the trees of 12 inches
[3:13:39] or more of die am the ter within 12
[3:13:44] feet of the area is the minimum
[3:13:46] required information for the grading
[3:13:49] permit.
[3:13:50] it's missing.
[3:13:54] it's not there at all.
[3:13:57] and that tree also needs a tree
[3:14:03] protection plan reviewed by the parks
[3:14:05] department, so it completely bypassed
[3:14:09] the parks department review and also
[3:14:12] the culvert ending at the my property
[3:14:17] 3875 jefferson is within the 50 feet
[3:14:21] of the proposed work.
[3:14:23] so, with this missing information, how
[3:14:28] can the county evaluate even the --
[3:14:34] like drain analysis or anything like
[3:14:36] that and when they bypassed the review
[3:14:40] of the appropriate departments because
[3:14:43] --
[3:14:44] >> thank you, that's your time.
[3:14:48] >> our ask for a grading permit is to
[3:14:51] consider all facts of this appeal from
[3:14:53] the scratch.
[3:14:54] thank you.
[3:14:55] >> thank you.
[3:14:56] >> I would like to just thank the
[3:15:00] county staff of planning for all their
[3:15:01] work and I really appreciate and I
[3:15:02] think it is our job as an interested
[3:15:05] party to provide the missing
[3:15:07] information the applicant is
[3:15:09] withholding.
[3:15:10] >> thank you.
[3:15:11] >> we will now put ten minutes on the
[3:15:13] clock for the applicant.
[3:15:20] >> good afternoon, my name is steve
[3:15:23] simpson, I'm the architect for the
[3:15:25] project and the applicant for the
[3:15:28] project.
[3:15:29] I'll be brief.
[3:15:32] when we started the design process for
[3:15:33] this house over a year ago now, we
[3:15:38] were given one clear direction on this
[3:15:40] property from our client who lives
[3:15:42] next door and has lived next door for
[3:15:44] 30 years and that was to minimize the
[3:15:49] exposure of the second floor to the
[3:15:51] lake and to make it as narrow as
[3:15:56] possible, to mitigate multiple
[3:15:58] neighbors' view of the lake, so the
[3:15:59] house is a little unorthodox or ranged
[3:16:04] a little different from a assigning
[3:16:06] standpoint for that reason.
[3:16:07] the second floor is basically one room
[3:16:10] wide from front to back and that's to
[3:16:12] create a very narrow profile
[3:16:15] perpendicular to the lake .
[3:16:18] that was done proactively by us.
[3:16:22] so, we -- what that did is it resulted
[3:16:26] in one window on the first floor, so
[3:16:30] we've been reluctant to turn as the
[3:16:33] appellant asked, to clear it into a
[3:16:37] clear story window, you can see up out
[3:16:39] of it but our concern just from an
[3:16:42] architectural standpoint is the house
[3:16:43] -- because of how it's set up is going
[3:16:45] the look like a fortress and just from
[3:16:48] a livability standpoint, that's going
[3:16:50] to be a kid's bedroom and we don't
[3:16:53] want to put a high window up there
[3:16:56] they can't see out of.
[3:16:57] we feel we've done a lot so far
[3:17:01] proactively, we could have designed a
[3:17:06] second floor across the whole width of
[3:17:07] the house.
[3:17:09] we had proposed privacy plantings
[3:17:11] around that perimeter with the
[3:17:15] appellant initially, the proposal,
[3:17:16] when the suggestion came up at the
[3:17:17] planning commission to make that more
[3:17:19] robust, we thought that was totally
[3:17:22] reasonable and agreed to do it
[3:17:25] immediately.
[3:17:26] we're also agreeable to change that in
[3:17:29] a way if we went too far or the kind
[3:17:33] of tactically arrange those trees in a
[3:17:36] way that helps the neighbor more.
[3:17:39] I mean, we're totally flexible on what
[3:17:41] we do there.
[3:17:42] privacy issue is a two way street.
[3:17:44] the appellant's house is uphill, it's
[3:17:46] looking down on this property so this
[3:17:47] this property is going to want some
[3:17:49] privacy from that property as well.
[3:17:54] so, I think some kind of screening
[3:17:56] mitigation is the right answer here.
[3:17:59] we've got 110, 120 feet
[3:18:01] between the structures to deal with,
[3:18:02] so I think that's the best way to do
[3:18:07] it.
[3:18:08] again, we're agreeable to do that in a
[3:18:09] more tactical way that benefits the
[3:18:13] appellant's privacy but we're
[3:18:15] reluctant to change the house and the
[3:18:17] windows just because we have so very
[3:18:20] little window now facing the front.
[3:18:23] the drainage issue, I'm puzzled, the
[3:18:25] property is completely downhill from
[3:18:27] this, we have one of the best caviler
[3:18:28] engineers in the peninsula working
[3:18:33] on this, we have a complex system of
[3:18:40] retention and bioswale planned in this
[3:18:43] development, but we're in no way
[3:18:44] affecting how the water operates on
[3:18:47] the uphill property.
[3:18:50] so, with that, I'll leave it at that.
[3:18:53] if there's anything I can -- any
[3:18:54] questions I can answer, add any
[3:18:56] clarity, I'm happy to do that.
[3:18:59] >> thank you.
[3:19:01] with that, I believe we will open it
[3:19:03] up for public comment.
[3:19:11] >> I do have one speaker card from
[3:19:14] chambers, thomas greenberg.
[3:19:23] >> my name is thomas greenberg, I live
[3:19:27] on 931 lake view which is abutting on
[3:19:32] the appellant's property just on the
[3:19:35] left side of all the diagrams, I'm
[3:19:38] also on the h-way board for the had
[3:19:44] -- hoa that oversees all the homes in
[3:19:46] that area that both the appellant and
[3:19:50] the [inaudible] are members of.
[3:19:51] >> can you speak into the
[3:19:52] microphone.
[3:19:53] >> I'm very familiar with both
[3:19:57] properties, I've spent a great amount
[3:19:58] of time on hoa property which abuts
[3:20:01] that which is basically upper emerald
[3:20:04] hills lake, I also previously helped
[3:20:07] out the previous owners of the
[3:20:12] appellant's home taking care of their
[3:20:13] coy pond.
[3:20:15] what the appellant failed to
[3:20:16] disclose, they have clear cut their
[3:20:18] yard, they have taken out a number of
[3:20:21] mature trees, they have taken out a
[3:20:23] number of trees that would have
[3:20:25] blocked any view of the upcoming
[3:20:28] project in an effort to try to create
[3:20:30] some type of view that didn't exist
[3:20:33] before and have blamed the problem on
[3:20:40] the people trying to develop and
[3:20:42] create use of the land.
[3:20:51] their house, the only windows that
[3:20:52] would be affected is their bedroom.
[3:20:53] their living space windows and all
[3:20:54] other windows in their house look out
[3:20:56] in a different direction, they
[3:20:57] wouldn't be able to see a new development,
[3:21:01] their bedroom is an anything 30, 40
[3:21:04] feet past the start of house, probably
[3:21:06] 50 feet so, when we're talking about
[3:21:08] the view, it's well over 100 feet and
[3:21:13] altitude, there's almost no privacy
[3:21:15] concern, so far you wouldn't be able
[3:21:18] to see anything, I don't think the it
[3:21:20] will be an issue.
[3:21:21] everyone in the neighborhood is well
[3:21:23] in favor of the project, it's a
[3:21:25] beautiful project and I want to thank
[3:21:26] you for your time.
[3:21:27] >> alright.
[3:21:29] thank you, we'll go to zoom for
[3:21:31] comments on sigh -- item number 5, if
[3:21:35] you would like to make a comment, raise
[3:21:36] your hand at this time.
[3:21:38] seeing no hands, no more public
[3:21:41] comment.
[3:21:42] >> thank you.
[3:21:43] with that, I believe we can close the
[3:21:45] public hearing.
[3:21:47] is there a motion to close the public
[3:21:51] hearing.
[3:21:52] thank you.
[3:21:53] roll call vote.
[3:21:54] >> supervisor speier?
[3:21:55] >> aye.
[3:21:56] >> supervisor mueller is absent.
[3:21:57] supervisor gauthier?
[3:21:58] >> yes.
[3:21:59] >> supervisor canepa?
[3:22:00] >> aye.
[3:22:01] >> president corzo?
[3:22:02] >> yes.
[3:22:03] >> motion passes to close the hearing.
[3:22:04] >> thank you, bringing it back to the
[3:22:05] board for discussion and a motion
[3:22:08] potentially.
[3:22:09] any comments or a motion?
[3:22:10] >> a question of the --
[3:22:11] >> supervisor canepa?
[3:22:15] >> director monowitz, can you speak a
[3:22:16] little bit, I think it was the
[3:22:22] applicant who talked about the
[3:22:23] screening, maybe the architect would
[3:22:24] like to speak to that, sort of what
[3:22:25] the benefits are to the adjacent
[3:22:28] property owner if it was screened.
[3:22:31] >> sure, and I would like to --
[3:22:32] >> would you like to come up, sir.
[3:22:34] why don't you come up.
[3:22:35] >> okay.
[3:22:45] we did a little simulation, so you
[3:22:47] want to see what it might look like.
[3:22:48] >> yes.
[3:22:54] >> yeah, we had -- so, this is from
[3:23:05] the appellant's property looking at
[3:23:06] the house after the trees that we
[3:23:09] proposed to plant year one.
[3:23:14] they're 12 feet tall or so as they go
[3:23:19] in.
[3:23:20] year two, about this tall.
[3:23:23] again, we're amenable to changing
[3:23:25] that or moving those around, and
[3:23:27] that's not taking anything into
[3:23:29] consideration of what's on the uphill
[3:23:32] property but I don't know if that
[3:23:34] helps you in any way, but that's kind
[3:23:36] of what we would be looking at
[3:23:40] immediately -- sorry, I'm not good
[3:23:42] with this.
[3:23:47] >> the previous speaker had mentioned,
[3:23:51] I believe he's the president of the
[3:23:55] hoa that the -- her location, that the
[3:24:02] trees were allegedly cut down, does
[3:24:04] she currently have a view of the lake,
[3:24:07] is that her --
[3:24:08] >> I imagine, yes.
[3:24:10] I haven't been on the property but I
[3:24:12] imagine, yeah, one property removed,
[3:24:14] yes.
[3:24:15] >> if you could follow my line of
[3:24:19] questions.
[3:24:20] is the proposed project before us,
[3:24:21] does that eliminate her view in its
[3:24:25] totality or is it 20%?
[3:24:28] >> no, it's the width of that second
[3:24:30] story over the width of the lake, so
[3:24:33] it's a very small percentage I would
[3:24:35] imagine.
[3:24:36] >> got it.
[3:24:37] so, according to you, you're the
[3:24:39] architect, she would still have a view
[3:24:40] but the it would just be a lesser
[3:24:44] portion than what she currently has
[3:24:46] now?
[3:24:47] >> yes, there are at least three
[3:24:49] properties in the same situation, so we
[3:24:52] took that into consideration, we
[3:24:54] presented the narrowest profile to
[3:24:55] that, so yeah, it's just the width.
[3:24:59] >> are there any other mitigation you
[3:25:02] have thought of relative to --
[3:25:05] >> again, we started off with a lot I
[3:25:09] think, we're hesitant to make the
[3:25:12] window a clear story, I hear you about
[3:25:15] the frosted glass, we're hesitant to
[3:25:17] did that and this is a fairly
[3:25:19] substantial house and a great location
[3:25:21] on a lake, we need to do something a
[3:25:23] little special there and frosted glass
[3:25:26] tends to look like it got fogged up
[3:25:29] but I know there will be window
[3:25:31] coverings in those rooms, they're not
[3:25:34] floor to ceiling, they're three feet
[3:25:36] off the ground in the upper floor and
[3:25:38] they go up a little high but they're
[3:25:40] not floor to ceiling, so, we thought
[3:25:45] the screening was the best option.
[3:25:47] >> thank you.
[3:25:49] >> supervisor speier?
[3:25:50] >> to just follow up on the screening,
[3:25:52] when you put that simulation up, it
[3:25:55] showed that after year two, all of
[3:25:58] those trees are much taller.
[3:26:01] at some point, doesn't -- can you
[3:26:04] put that back up a minute so we can
[3:26:06] look at it.
[3:26:07] >> yes.
[3:26:21] >> so, that's when they're initially
[3:26:25] planted, this is year one.
[3:26:28] >> this would be about year two, these
[3:26:29] trees grow about two to three feet a
[3:26:30] year.
[3:26:31] >> so, the extent to which these trees
[3:26:33] are growing on the other side of the
[3:26:37] house where they may be having a view
[3:26:39] of the lake, it becomes less viewable
[3:26:44] I guess, is that correct?
[3:26:45] >> correct.
[3:26:46] >> I think your willingness to work
[3:26:50] with the appellant and maybe reduce
[3:26:53] where those trees are and limit it to
[3:26:58] where the bedroom is area, that may
[3:27:04] satisfy her privacy concerns and I'm
[3:27:06] wondering if it would be appropriate
[3:27:10] to postpone taking final action and
[3:27:12] allow the parties to get together and
[3:27:13] see if they can resolve the issues
[3:27:18] around the screening.
[3:27:19] >> I would say another option
[3:27:26] available would be for us to adjust
[3:27:28] the conditions of approval right now
[3:27:32] to require that they submit a revised
[3:27:35] landscape plan that limits the tree
[3:27:37] planting to that necessary to provide
[3:27:41] privacy screening between the windows.
[3:27:43] >> okay, I'm happy to make that part
[3:27:45] of a motion.
[3:27:47] >> supervisor mueller?
[3:27:49] >> so, I've been up on -- in this
[3:27:54] area as you can imagine having
[3:27:57] represented, I have been up in this
[3:27:58] area and seen this area.
[3:28:00] when you live near one of these lakes
[3:28:02] at a distance from the other homes
[3:28:04] around it, it does not entitle you to
[3:28:06] a view of the lake, many of the
[3:28:08] homes on the lake like block the view
[3:28:11] of the lake from the others.
[3:28:15] so, you know, if you wanted a lake
[3:28:17] front house, you bought a lake front
[3:28:19] house is where I kind of land on
[3:28:21] this issue.
[3:28:24] I don't -- I really -- I have
[3:28:27] difficulty with this one given the
[3:28:29] distance from one house to the other
[3:28:31] and the distance to the lake to be
[3:28:33] making accommodations for someone,
[3:28:35] just candidly.
[3:28:38] so, our planning commission is pretty
[3:28:43] -- I also having been on the board
[3:28:45] now, our planning commission is pretty
[3:28:48] tight, they're pretty strict and
[3:28:49] they approved this one to come
[3:28:53] through, so I am fine with letting
[3:28:55] this one go.
[3:28:58] >> can I just comment on that?
[3:29:01] >> yes, supervisor speier?
[3:29:02] >> so, what we're base basically doing
[3:29:04] is reducing the amount of trees that
[3:29:06] are going to be planted by the
[3:29:10] applicant, so it's going to reduce
[3:29:12] their cost, it's going to create
[3:29:14] greater privacy for the appellant and
[3:29:17] I don't see any harm to do that
[3:29:19] personally.
[3:29:20] >> so, can I jump in here now?
[3:29:25] so, 100% agree with supervisor
[3:29:35] mueller, the planning commission made
[3:29:37] their ruling, they are following the
[3:29:39] county regulations they have in front
[3:29:40] of them.
[3:29:41] I think when you buy a property, you
[3:29:43] do not control your neighbor's
[3:29:44] properties and what that means for you
[3:29:46] and I don't think we should be making
[3:29:50] accommodations.
[3:29:54] I think if the parties waned --
[3:29:58] wanted to get together and plant less
[3:30:01] trees, that's up to them.
[3:30:02] I don't think it's our decision to
[3:30:04] make or to mandate.
[3:30:07] anyone else want to add anything,
[3:30:09] supervisor gauthier?
[3:30:10] >> yeah, I have a question for you,
[3:30:12] steve.
[3:30:13] can you again -- visually I'm trying
[3:30:14] to think about what 110 feet looks
[3:30:17] like, what are we considering?
[3:30:21] because they're not exactly next door
[3:30:24] neighbors.
[3:30:25] >> no, I'm going to guess wall to
[3:30:28] wall perhaps.
[3:30:29] >> okay.
[3:30:30] >> 50?
[3:30:32] >> so double this room.
[3:30:33] >> I guess I'm not good at guessing
[3:30:36] distances.
[3:30:37] >> that's why I asked you.
[3:30:39] >> honestly, that would be --
[3:30:41] >> I was thinking in nautical terms.
[3:30:45] >> so, when you're thinking about the
[3:30:49] distance as well, they're not right
[3:30:51] next door, so there's going to be some
[3:30:54] separation, if there's trees that go
[3:30:56] up, that also helps, I'm not
[3:30:59] inclined to making people change
[3:31:00] things.
[3:31:01] I hope you're all going to be
[3:31:02] neighborly, there's an hoa, it would
[3:31:04] be great the if everybody could get
[3:31:07] along.
[3:31:08] I'm more concerned about the appellant
[3:31:10] talking about missing information.
[3:31:15] what is she referencing when she says
[3:31:16] missing information?
[3:31:17] >> there are specific plan
[3:31:21] requirements.
[3:31:22] she made certain assertions about
[3:31:28] bypassing reviews, that's not the case.
[3:31:29] and just with regard to the amount of
[3:31:30] information in each plan set, what
[3:31:35] we're talking about now is the design
[3:31:37] review approval and the grading permit.
[3:31:39] the project's going to require a
[3:31:41] building permit and at that point,
[3:31:44] they submit very detailed construction
[3:31:47] plans and that's at the point where
[3:31:50] we'll make sure those construction
[3:31:52] plans also include all the tree
[3:31:55] protection requirements that she
[3:31:58] mentioned.
[3:31:59] so, at the design review stage, we
[3:32:00] don't always ask for people to include
[3:32:04] every specific detail because there's
[3:32:06] a possibility that the design review
[3:32:08] officer or the planning commission
[3:32:11] could require revisions to that design
[3:32:13] which would then necessitate revisions
[3:32:16] to the plan set.
[3:32:19] so, the plan certainly included all
[3:32:21] the information that we needed to make
[3:32:24] a responsible decision on the
[3:32:27] application.
[3:32:28] >> so, I appreciate that and I agree
[3:32:30] with the applicant, if you're downhill
[3:32:32] and somebody's uphill, they're looking
[3:32:34] down at your window versus most of the
[3:32:36] time you're not looking up at someone
[3:32:38] else's, with the trees, I think that
[3:32:40] would be adequate.
[3:32:41] thank you.
[3:32:43] >> thank you.
[3:32:46] okay.
[3:32:47] I will -- is there a motion on this?
[3:32:51] >> are we just moving approval of the
[3:32:55] planning commission's decision with
[3:32:56] this process?
[3:32:57] >> yes.
[3:32:58] >> okay.
[3:32:59] >> I move the motion to deny the
[3:33:03] appeal thereby approving the planning
[3:33:04] xhis's action.
[3:33:05] >> I'll second it.
[3:33:06] >> roll call.
[3:33:07] >> supervisor speier?
[3:33:08] >> no.
[3:33:09] >> supervisor mueller?
[3:33:10] >> yes.
[3:33:11] frns supervisor gauthier?
[3:33:12] >> yes.
[3:33:13] >> supervisor canepa?
[3:33:14] >> aye.
[3:33:16] >> president corzo?
[3:33:17] >> yes.
[3:33:18] >> motion passes.
[3:33:19] >> with that, we are moving on to our
[3:33:21] next item which is item number 6,
[3:33:27] introduction of an ordinance amending
[3:33:30] chapter 7.80 of the san mateo county
[3:33:34] ordinance related to electric
[3:33:36] micromobility devices, the sponsors
[3:33:38] are supervisor speier and supervisor
[3:33:43] mueller.
[3:33:44] do we want to break for lunch and do
[3:33:46] closed session?
[3:33:47] >> I prefer not, a lot of people have
[3:33:50] been waiting for quite a bit and I
[3:33:52] don't think it has to take much time.
[3:33:54] >> please go ahead and introduce your
[3:33:55] item.
[3:33:56] >> thank you, madam president.
[3:33:57] you know the history, we've had town
[3:34:00] halls, we've had a draft ordinance
[3:34:03] produced march 10 which we shared with
[3:34:05] all the cities, we had a study session
[3:34:06] on may 5 and heard from the public
[3:34:09] health director, traffic officer,
[3:34:11] deputy larson from the sheriff's
[3:34:13] office, the county attorney, the
[3:34:14] district attorney, several doctors,
[3:34:16] youth speakers, bicycle and e-bike
[3:34:19] advocates, we've also met consistently
[3:34:21] with bicycle and safe street advocates
[3:34:23] and local leaders in education to
[3:34:26] receive their input and support.
[3:34:28] there is a new study that has just
[3:34:33] increased the number of tragic
[3:34:37] accidents, we've had a number here in
[3:34:39] san mateo county, you'll be hearing
[3:34:41] from one of the parents of aiden fong,
[3:34:45] my office recently spoke with the
[3:34:48] redwood city resident about his injury
[3:34:56] encountering e-bike.
[3:34:57] this was an e-bike injury, but an
[3:35:00] e-bike rider was on the sidewalk
[3:35:02] coming towards the pedestrian, he was
[3:35:04] a teen and riding fast and on his
[3:35:07] phone, the elderly pedestrian moved
[3:35:09] quickly to evade him, tripped on a
[3:35:11] root, fell and broke his hip requiring
[3:35:13] a year of recovery.
[3:35:15] the teen driver kept going and again
[3:35:21] injury occurred and not even
[3:35:23] recognized in terms of the data.
[3:35:25] we received requests from law
[3:35:27] enforcement and the cities to create
[3:35:29] this model ordinance.
[3:35:30] of course they can amend it locally to
[3:35:33] the extent they want.
[3:35:34] based on our meetings and the board's
[3:35:36] prior discussion, we've revised the
[3:35:38] ordinance to be less confusing in its
[3:35:41] terminology including the difference
[3:35:43] between legal e-bikes and what
[3:35:44] amounts to an illegal motorcycle to
[3:35:47] the allow sidewalk riding with
[3:35:49] conditions, to reduce the fine for
[3:35:51] first violations from $100 to $50, the
[3:35:55] ordinance continues to allow minors to
[3:35:57] attend an education program instead of
[3:35:59] a fine for the first offense, it comes
[3:36:03] effective january 1, 2027 giving the
[3:36:06] sheriff's office more time to create
[3:36:08] the education diversion program and
[3:36:10] processes.
[3:36:11] we're going to the hear from a few
[3:36:14] witnesses, sheriff binder and can
[3:36:18] deputy larson, ming fong, the father
[3:36:19] of the four year-old who died at the
[3:36:23] the burlingame accident, but first let
[3:36:25] me field to supervisor mueller.
[3:36:28] >> I want to thank you for your work
[3:36:32] on this, you worked incredibly hard on
[3:36:35] this, to say I'm a co-sponsor on this
[3:36:39] is kind and generous, just tremendous
[3:36:42] amount of work and I hope we pass this
[3:36:46] today.
[3:36:47] >> okay.
[3:36:48] >> thank you.
[3:36:49] we will now welcome sheriff binder.
[3:37:00] >> thank you very much, and just a
[3:37:03] brief statement on my behalf, I want
[3:37:05] to thank the board for considering
[3:37:07] this ordinance.
[3:37:08] I believe that it enhances public
[3:37:11] safety in the unincorporated areas.
[3:37:14] it does a number of good things, it
[3:37:16] helps close the gap between what the
[3:37:18] the current state law allows for the
[3:37:24] vehicle code right now and it also
[3:37:26] allows youth to be able to become
[3:37:29] educated for first time violations and
[3:37:31] it also gives us the ability to take
[3:37:35] dangerous devices off of the streets,
[3:37:37] so I also believe it's an excellent
[3:37:41] model ordinance that other cities
[3:37:43] within the county that are looking for
[3:37:45] something similar could model their
[3:37:48] own muni codes and ordinances after,
[3:37:51] for those reasons, I hope the board
[3:37:53] will consider adopting the ordinance.
[3:37:55] I do think the it is good for public
[3:37:56] safety, thank you.
[3:38:01] >> deputy larson?
[3:38:04] >> madam president, board member,
[3:38:05] thank you for having me again, deputy
[3:38:07] larson with sheriff's office, I'm one
[3:38:10] of the traffic units as well as lead
[3:38:13] investigators, here to speak to you in
[3:38:15] support of the ordinance.
[3:38:17] just last week in my personal
[3:38:19] experience, I stopped two kids, one 12
[3:38:21] year-old, one 13 year-old, went
[3:38:24] about 35, 40 miles an hour on a
[3:38:28] freeway overpass, they were on
[3:38:36] e-motos, they informed me their
[3:38:38] parents bought it for them, they moved
[3:38:40] their way up to that, I had a long
[3:38:43] conversation with them and the parents
[3:38:47] about the education, they're doing an
[3:38:50] education first approach helping the
[3:38:53] diversion process in the ordinance
[3:38:54] which is a great aspect to have.
[3:38:58] I continually see this every day when
[3:39:01] I'm at work and off work, kids taking
[3:39:04] up el camino real going to and from
[3:39:06] school, I know school start this is
[3:39:08] week, we're going to have an increase
[3:39:10] in that, this ordinance only helps
[3:39:14] clarify what's in the code.
[3:39:22] the accidents that we're also
[3:39:25] seeing with this -- with e-bikes at
[3:39:28] faster speeds and they're not wearing
[3:39:30] proper helmets to go at those speeds
[3:39:34] is motorcycle accidents, severe head
[3:39:36] trauma, severe bleeding, lacerations,
[3:39:37] this is all stuff I see very
[3:39:40] consistently in motorcycle accidents
[3:39:42] and now we're seeing it with kids in
[3:39:46] e-bike accidents quite often so
[3:39:47] getting the education out there is
[3:39:49] even more important for the parents
[3:39:51] and for the kids.
[3:39:54] again, this only clarifies everything
[3:39:57] and it also helps pedestrians on the
[3:40:00] sidewalk, it helps restrict the speeds
[3:40:01] on sidewalks which is very important.
[3:40:03] I'm a very big advocate of keeping the
[3:40:06] speeds lower on sidewalks to help the
[3:40:11] pedestrians cross so accidents don't
[3:40:14] happen, just background on that, I do
[3:40:15] a lot of math with my investigations,
[3:40:17] your average e-bike rider, a 200 pound
[3:40:21] male on an e-bike, if they're going a
[3:40:23] speed of about 5 miles an hour, the he
[3:40:26] were to hit a pedestrian at 3 miles an
[3:40:31] hour, you're looking at 60.75 pounds
[3:40:34] of force.
[3:40:35] that's only at 5 miles an hour, due to
[3:40:37] physics, if you double that to 10
[3:40:39] miles an hour which isn't too much
[3:40:42] faster, but even just doubling that,
[3:40:45] the pound damage increases to 676
[3:40:49] pounds so it substantially quantifies
[3:40:51] it and makes it more significant, this
[3:40:55] ordinance helps keep those speeds low,
[3:40:56] it keep it is public safe.
[3:40:58] we want our kids to be safe and we
[3:41:00] want the commuters to be safe and the
[3:41:02] riders to be safe as well, so thank
[3:41:04] you for your time.
[3:41:05] .
[3:41:06] >> thank you.
[3:41:12] >> then county attorney john nibbelin?
[3:41:15] >> thank you, supervisor.
[3:41:18] I was hoping maybe you could bring up
[3:41:22] the presentation that -- do we have a
[3:41:23] presentation that got sent to you?
[3:41:24] okay, let me spend a few minutes and
[3:41:25] just ducktail, I wanted to talk a bit
[3:41:27] about the mechanics, the nuts and
[3:41:29] bolts of the ordinance, supervisor
[3:41:32] speier, supervisor mueller and the
[3:41:34] sheriff and deputy larson talked at
[3:41:37] the policy level about why this is so
[3:41:40] important, but I think one of the
[3:41:42] things worth noting is what we're
[3:41:43] bringing back is something very
[3:41:44] similar to what we had a chance to
[3:41:46] talk with the board about in prior
[3:41:52] meetings and it does as was noted by
[3:41:55] deputy larson, a lot of what the
[3:41:56] ordinance does in is in the first
[3:41:59] instance sets forth there's already a
[3:42:00] body of law here that exists in state
[3:42:05] law and the ordinance through its
[3:42:08] findings sets forth the county's
[3:42:09] and the sheriff's commitment to
[3:42:11] enforcement of those laws.
[3:42:13] as has been noted as well, a
[3:42:15] definition has been added to clarify
[3:42:18] what an illegal motorcycle is, an
[3:42:23] electric powered motor vehicle
[3:42:25] resembling a bicycle that on public
[3:42:28] streets doesn't satisfy
[3:42:29] specific requirements in the vehicle code
[3:42:32] and doesn't satisfy various provisions
[3:42:35] of the vehicle code because for
[3:42:37] example it doesn't qualify as a
[3:42:40] motorcycle, motor driven psych ler or
[3:42:44] motorized bicycle for lack of brakes
[3:42:46] or lighting or things of that nature,
[3:42:48] very clear about what an illegal
[3:42:51] motorcycle is and I think that clarity
[3:42:55] really elapses to move -- helps to
[3:43:00] move the ordinance forward.
[3:43:01] there are some local regulations in
[3:43:03] this ordinance to address gaps in
[3:43:05] state law and we'll talk about what
[3:43:07] those are.
[3:43:09] there are also some enforcement
[3:43:11] provisions, so among the local
[3:43:14] regulations that the ordinance
[3:43:16] provides for is a prohibition on
[3:43:21] operating these vehicles in an unsafe
[3:43:24] manner which means that for example
[3:43:26] posing a danger to the operator or
[3:43:28] others, things like acrobatics, tricks,
[3:43:35] stunts that pose body injury or death,
[3:43:38] carrying passengers when it's not
[3:43:42] designed to carry a passenger,
[3:43:45] caring things like a cell phone in
[3:43:46] ways that would pose dangers to
[3:43:49] others, the ordinance would also
[3:43:50] prohibit parking to block a sidewalk
[3:43:53] or on a public property where a bike
[3:43:55] parking is otherwise prohibited.
[3:43:58] and also notably the ordinance would
[3:44:02] provide tampering with the serial
[3:44:04] number or unique identifier on these
[3:44:08] devices.
[3:44:09] I think there was some conversation
[3:44:11] about riding of e-bicycles on
[3:44:14] sidewalks and safe speeds.
[3:44:15] so, a couple of things the ordinance
[3:44:18] would do, prohibit illegal motorcycles
[3:44:20] on the sidewalks and where
[3:44:23] e-micromobility devices which is the
[3:44:25] term we used in the ordinance for the
[3:44:30] various regulated devices, where
[3:44:32] they're not otherwise prohibited on
[3:44:35] sidewalks, the ordinance would impose
[3:44:37] conditions specifically a requirement to
[3:44:38] yield to pedestrians and to exercise
[3:44:40] due care to avoid collisions.
[3:44:44] the requirement to provide clear,
[3:44:47] audible signals before passing others
[3:44:48] and a speed limit of 5 miles per
[3:44:51] hour with reduction to walking speed
[3:44:54] or dismounting when overtaking others
[3:44:56] or when you're close enough to create
[3:44:57] a hazard.
[3:44:58] this ordinance would apply only in the
[3:45:01] unincorporated areas but the goal is
[3:45:03] to create a framework or a model that
[3:45:05] cities in the county can draw upon.
[3:45:10] with respect to enforcement, violation
[3:45:14] of the local regulations that would be
[3:45:15] set forth by this ordinance would be
[3:45:17] subject to the an infraction on an
[3:45:20] administrative fine, it would be ranging
[3:45:22] from $50 to $500 depending on how
[3:45:26] frequently you would have a violation,
[3:45:29] $50 from the first, that was reduced
[3:45:31] by $100 from feedback that was
[3:45:33] received from this board and from
[3:45:34] members of the public.
[3:45:36] another thing that was added through
[3:45:39] and doing the study session was a
[3:45:41] july 1, 2027 effective date to the
[3:45:44] afford additional time for education
[3:45:46] and outreach .
[3:45:51] at a high level, those are the things
[3:45:53] contained in this ordinance subject to
[3:45:55] any of your questions.
[3:45:56] >> thank you, do we want to invite the
[3:45:58] next speaker?
[3:45:59] >> yes, thank you.
[3:46:00] I would like to invite ming fong, he
[3:46:05] is the father of little aiden fong who
[3:46:09] tragically lost his life in a chain
[3:46:11] reaction accident in burlingame, I met
[3:46:14] mr. Fong a few weeks ago and he asked
[3:46:17] me if she could share his story during
[3:46:20] today's meeting and I want to thank
[3:46:21] him for both his willingness and
[3:46:23] courage in doing so.
[3:46:27] >> welcome, and I just want to the
[3:46:29] acknowledge that I believe it's been a
[3:46:30] little over a year since your son
[3:46:35] passed and I just admire you're here
[3:46:37] with us just days after that one year
[3:46:42] date.
[3:46:47] >> thank you, supervisors, for giving
[3:46:49] me the opportunity to speak today and
[3:46:52] thank you for considering e-bike
[3:46:54] regulations here in san mateo county.
[3:46:56] we know that counties like marin, san
[3:46:59] diego that have e-bike measures in
[3:47:02] place, they've seen meaningful
[3:47:04] improvements on the ground and here
[3:47:07] they deserve that same protection.
[3:47:10] we all recognize e-bike require
[3:47:12] thoughtful, local, state and national
[3:47:15] regulations, while that that work
[3:47:17] continues, no more children should be
[3:47:20] hurt.
[3:47:21] the ordinance that's been discussed
[3:47:24] today is the first of many steps
[3:47:26] towards that goal, it's an important
[3:47:28] step because we have to start
[3:47:30] somewhere.
[3:47:31] I would like to take a moment to share
[3:47:34] our story with you today.
[3:47:40] august 8, 2025, a little over a year
[3:47:43] ago, an suv was pulling out on to from
[3:47:46] a parking lot on to a busy street, her
[3:47:48] view was blocked by a parked car, so
[3:47:51] visibility was impaired and she had
[3:47:52] to edge forward.
[3:47:53] on the same street at the same time,
[3:47:57] an 11 year-old e-bike rider on a class
[3:48:00] 2 e-bike going 18 miles an hour was
[3:48:02] traveling down the same street with a
[3:48:05] ten year-old sister on the back, by
[3:48:06] the time he saw the car, it was too
[3:48:08] late, he couldn't stop, t-boned the
[3:48:13] suv, the suv driver freaked out,
[3:48:16] pressed gas instead of brake,
[3:48:18] accelerated into a restaurant across
[3:48:20] the street.
[3:48:23] our son aiden who was four and a half
[3:48:25] years at the time died instantly from
[3:48:29] a fractured skull and my wife and I
[3:48:31] had to witness that.
[3:48:36] aiden's death was tragic but more
[3:48:39] importantly, it was senseless because
[3:48:41] it was fully preventable.
[3:48:44] there were multiple responsible
[3:48:46] parties and multiple pointers along
[3:48:49] that timeline this could have been
[3:48:51] stopped.
[3:48:52] today I'm asking you to act on just
[3:48:55] one of them.
[3:48:57] an 11 year-old should not be operating
[3:48:59] a motor vehicle that can go up to 20
[3:49:02] miles an hour, they do not understand
[3:49:05] the traffic rules to the thoroughness
[3:49:07] as we all do, they do not have
[3:49:12] situational awareness or reaction time.
[3:49:13] this is not just common sense, this is
[3:49:15] a failure in policy and a failure to
[3:49:18] protect the community.
[3:49:20] that's why the ordinance that's being
[3:49:23] discussed today is an important first
[3:49:25] step that is an -- a safe operation
[3:49:31] of e-bikes.
[3:49:34] aiden, two days before he died, he
[3:49:37] built this lego tower with blocks that
[3:49:40] say protect our city.
[3:49:44] maybe he was [inaudible], I don't
[3:49:46] know, but that's all I'm asking you to
[3:49:48] do today, to protect our city.
[3:49:51] we absolutely need comprehensive state
[3:49:54] and nationwide regulation but we
[3:49:56] cannot wait, we cannot let another
[3:50:00] family suffer and face the same
[3:50:03] consequences and the insufferable pain
[3:50:04] that me and my wife and the rest of
[3:50:07] our families will go through for the
[3:50:08] rest of our lives.
[3:50:10] so, we must add county level
[3:50:12] provisions while all these other
[3:50:13] important work is going on in parallel.
[3:50:16] this is your opportunity to save lives.
[3:50:19] so, I thank you today, I thank you,
[3:50:23] supervisor speier, mueller, for
[3:50:25] proposing this ordinance.
[3:50:26] I thank you, supervisors corzo,
[3:50:30] gauthier and canepa for hearing
[3:50:32] aiden's call to protect our city and
[3:50:34] for taking the action.
[3:50:39] >> thank you so much, mr. Fong.
[3:50:42] and as we talked before when a family
[3:50:46] has this kind of loss, they want the
[3:50:50] make sure that their child has not
[3:50:53] died in vain and I think to the extent
[3:50:56] we will pass this ordinance today on
[3:51:00] its first reading, this will be a way
[3:51:02] for mr. Fong and the other families
[3:51:04] throughout the bay area who have had
[3:51:07] to deal with this tragic experience to
[3:51:11] know that their child has not died in
[3:51:14] vain, so again, my great gratitude to
[3:51:16] you for being here today.
[3:51:17] >> thank you.
[3:51:20] >> and with that, let me just close by
[3:51:23] saying that this is about making sure
[3:51:26] e-bikes are available to our kids and
[3:51:29] to adults but under safe
[3:51:32] circumstances, that both -- that we
[3:51:34] share the roadway so that people can
[3:51:38] walk on streets, on sidewalks as
[3:51:41] pedestrians and not be in fear, that
[3:51:44] we educate our young people, the
[3:51:48] greatest increase in incidents of
[3:51:52] e-bike injuries are from children 14
[3:51:56] and younger, so this is where the
[3:51:58] greatest need is to educate and I
[3:52:03] think this particular piece of
[3:52:05] legislation will go there and I just
[3:52:06] want the also thank deputy larson and
[3:52:09] sheriff binder again for recognizing
[3:52:12] the importance of educating first and
[3:52:16] foremost but also being clear about
[3:52:18] what the repercussions are if you fail
[3:52:21] in terms of abiding by what is already
[3:52:24] existing law.
[3:52:27] so, with that.
[3:52:28] >> and madam president, I needed to
[3:52:32] ducktail something after supervisor
[3:52:35] speier finished talking, in the
[3:52:37] effective date prosed for this
[3:52:39] ordinance is actually january 1 of
[3:52:41] 2027, I said july, so I wanted to
[3:52:45] apologize and correct myself.
[3:52:46] >> okay.
[3:52:47] thank you.
[3:52:49] any questions from the board?
[3:52:52] >> supervisor gauthier?
[3:52:53] >> I have a question, thank you to my
[3:52:55] colleagues for bringing this forward.
[3:52:56] how are we going to hold the
[3:52:58] manufacturers responsible as well?
[3:53:00] >> well, in part, we're in this
[3:53:04] position because they frankly got to
[3:53:07] the legislature and were able to
[3:53:09] create an environment where there was
[3:53:15] no responsibility, no information
[3:53:17] provided, there is the ability under
[3:53:21] certain code sections for us locally
[3:53:26] to see practices if they engage in
[3:53:30] practices where they're selling an
[3:53:33] e-moto which is illegal to be on the
[3:53:36] roads that we can take some action
[3:53:38] there and I think we had testimony at
[3:53:40] our last hearing by the county
[3:53:42] attorney staff I believe to talk about
[3:53:45] how they can independently move on
[3:53:49] those -- not necessarily the
[3:53:51] manufacturers but the sellers.
[3:53:53] >> and then to the sheriffs, are we
[3:53:56] tracking the devices, the names of the
[3:53:58] devices ases we're stopping, as you're
[3:53:59] stopping, is there a way to track the
[3:54:04] manufacturer and keep that information
[3:54:05] as well?
[3:54:08] >> as the moment we're tracking
[3:54:11] e-bikes that are involved in
[3:54:13] collisions or e-bikes that we stop,
[3:54:15] we're working with the companies such
[3:54:18] as ticket pro or turbo date to flag
[3:54:22] any bicycle we stop to say it's an
[3:54:25] e-bike, when you do make a citation in
[3:54:28] there, it does have the brand in
[3:54:29] there as well as when we take a police
[3:54:32] report for a collision, we have to tag
[3:54:33] it as an e-bike.
[3:54:35] as the this situation has developed in
[3:54:38] the last about I would say year and a
[3:54:39] half or so, as it's getting more and
[3:54:43] more prevalent, we're
[3:54:48] starting to track this data more
[3:54:50] accurately.
[3:54:51] >> many of these bikes are bought
[3:54:53] online and misrepresented online as to
[3:54:56] their legality, so, there's a lot of
[3:54:58] holes that have to be closed over
[3:55:02] time.
[3:55:03] >> okay.
[3:55:04] I have a couple of clarifying
[3:55:06] questions.
[3:55:07] I just wanted to check in about the
[3:55:09] status of the development of a
[3:55:14] diversion program, I know the
[3:55:18] ordinance speaks to one and I'm just
[3:55:22] wondering if we have an update on that.
[3:55:25] >> I could probably say a couple words
[3:55:29] about that, we've been at an extensive
[3:55:31] conversation at the staff level,
[3:55:32] we've worked with legislative staff
[3:55:35] and both the sheriff's office and
[3:55:37] probation and we are still in
[3:55:41] conversation, I believe that we had
[3:55:43] identified a program through stanford
[3:55:48] hospital system and looking at a means
[3:55:50] of bringing that program as a primary
[3:55:53] way forward and we've had some
[3:55:55] conversations with probation about
[3:55:56] things that we would do with the
[3:55:59] traffic referee or the traffic hearing
[3:56:01] officer who they have with referrals
[3:56:03] to that program but it remains a work
[3:56:05] in progressing and I should probably
[3:56:08] have noted and I appreciate you
[3:56:12] raising the question, the ordinance as
[3:56:13] drafted focuses diversion on youth
[3:56:15] offenders as opposed to -- or hose who
[3:56:17] are cited, you know, who are youth as
[3:56:20] opposed to adults so that's an
[3:56:22] important thing to flag, we are
[3:56:23] working that matter.
[3:56:27] >> you just answered my next question.
[3:56:28] I believe at the last meeting, we
[3:56:32] discussed including adults, is that an
[3:56:33] amendment that would be acceptable?
[3:56:36] >> the -- we want to get this on the
[3:56:38] books, we want to have the diversion
[3:56:41] program available for youth because
[3:56:43] that's where the greatest incidences
[3:56:45] are happening, our plan is to come
[3:56:47] back at a later date and have a
[3:56:49] program for adults as well but we
[3:56:55] didn't want to wait until that is
[3:56:56] built when we're in a position where
[3:56:57] we can --
[3:57:01] >> understood.
[3:57:02] >> as a factual matter and the logistics
[3:57:03] of dealing with the adult side was so
[3:57:04] much more complex than youth.
[3:57:05] >> okay, no problem.
[3:57:06] I just have a suggestion, so, I know
[3:57:11] in adult traffic court, they have a long
[3:57:14] list of acceptable programs.
[3:57:18] >> I know there are existing online
[3:57:19] programs, that would make it probably
[3:57:20] a little more accessible.
[3:57:22] I know if stanford's is online, but I
[3:57:24] would suggest that we develop a
[3:57:26] similar list as well so that folks are
[3:57:29] able to pick from a variety of options
[3:57:33] and then my next question was just
[3:57:37] about -- are we able to include some
[3:57:46] language around prohibiting the
[3:57:48] alteration of serial numbers from --
[3:57:58] on e-bikes and also banning the
[3:58:00] covering of manufacturing stickers?
[3:58:02] because I know that often happens
[3:58:05] because that is how sometimes they are
[3:58:08] easily identifiable as e-moto's, so I
[3:58:11] would request that that be included
[3:58:18] at either now or at a later date,
[3:58:19] whatever is possible.
[3:58:20] and I'll just end by thanking my
[3:58:23] colleagues for bringing this forward.
[3:58:25] I know it has felt like a little bit
[3:58:30] of a -- sorry?
[3:58:33] yeah, I was going to say a painful
[3:58:35] process at times, that's accurate.
[3:58:37] but I do think it's important that we
[3:58:40] are conscientious of balancing both
[3:58:45] safety and also not negatively
[3:58:49] impacting people that are using
[3:58:54] e-mobility devices safely and in
[3:58:57] responsible ways and I feel confident
[3:58:59] we're doing that now and I want to
[3:59:01] thank my colleagues for their
[3:59:04] collaboration that they have been able
[3:59:06] to do with some of our community
[3:59:11] organizations and, yeah, I'm grateful
[3:59:15] for this and yeah, thank you.
[3:59:17] >> madam president, I did want to the
[3:59:19] flag that the ordinance does already
[3:59:21] as drafted and presented to you make
[3:59:24] it unlawful to remove, destroy,
[3:59:27] mutilate or alter the serial number or
[3:59:29] unique identifier on these devices, so
[3:59:31] we have that in there.
[3:59:33] >> great, perfect.
[3:59:34] >> it's kind of the end of the
[3:59:37] ordinance probably, probably we might
[3:59:41] have -- organizing it is on me, we
[3:59:45] could have put it forward, the label
[3:59:47] piece we can continue to look at.
[3:59:49] >> thank you.
[3:59:51] with that, go ahead, supervisor
[3:59:53] gauthier?
[3:59:54] >> I wanted to make one more comment
[3:59:55] and I missed it and to the aiden's
[3:59:59] dad, thank you.
[4:00:01] as a grandmother, I can't even manage
[4:00:03] what you're going through right now
[4:00:04] and the fact that you were strong
[4:00:07] enough to come and share that
[4:00:09] information means so much and I wish
[4:00:10] there was a way we could put aiden's
[4:00:12] name on this legislation so that we
[4:00:16] don't have another aiden in san mateo
[4:00:20] county or anywhere else, but god bless
[4:00:21] you and your family for all that you
[4:00:24] have endured and I'm grateful for
[4:00:30] your strength to come and share that
[4:00:33] information.
[4:00:34] I apologize, thank you.
[4:00:35] >> you're good.
[4:00:36] is there a motion?
[4:00:37] or more comments, please.
[4:00:38] >> a comment and a motion.
[4:00:39] I didn't know we could name ordinances
[4:00:45] after individuals and if that is
[4:00:47] possible, I certainly think that would
[4:00:48] be an outstanding way of memorializing
[4:00:53] aiden and the loss of life associated
[4:00:55] with this.
[4:00:56] >> I'm not aware of anything that says
[4:00:57] we can't.
[4:00:58] I think that perhaps if that's a
[4:01:00] direction, we'll go ahead and
[4:01:02] integrate that into the ordinance.
[4:01:04] >> aiden's ordinance.
[4:01:06] >> we'll figure out some way of doing
[4:01:09] that.
[4:01:10] >> with that, I'll make a motion.
[4:01:12] >> we can take the motion, second and
[4:01:15] do public comment before roll call, is
[4:01:17] there a motion?
[4:01:19] >> I'll make the motion.
[4:01:20] >> okay, public comment, please.
[4:01:22] >> alright, we do have a speaker card
[4:01:26] from chambers, mike spire.
[4:01:33] >> yeah, thank you very much for
[4:01:36] supervisor speier, supervisor mueller
[4:01:37] and the rest of the board for our
[4:01:39] attention to street safety and this
[4:01:40] important matter.
[4:01:41] I'm thankful we were able to work
[4:01:43] together in getting this initiative to
[4:01:46] this point, it's much better than
[4:01:47] when we first started.
[4:01:48] I also want to thank aiden's family
[4:01:52] for staying involved during a
[4:01:53] difficult time and making sure we make
[4:01:54] sure that this doesn't happen again.
[4:01:56] I do want to try to think about next
[4:01:59] steps however after this great first
[4:02:01] step.
[4:02:02] first of all, the biggest problem as
[4:02:04] we have alluded to is parents are
[4:02:10] being duped by manufacturers into
[4:02:11] buying illegal e-moto's, 80% of the
[4:02:17] bikes on campuses are illegal and are
[4:02:19] dangerous.
[4:02:20] I don't think parents understand that
[4:02:21] and we need to do a better job of
[4:02:22] getting the word out.
[4:02:24] new york city sent a cease and desist
[4:02:28] letter to the wal-mart, amazon and
[4:02:31] other retailers.
[4:02:32] I want to focus on the larger problem
[4:02:36] that is killing many san mateo county
[4:02:39] residents, our streets are designed
[4:02:41] for speed and not for safety, 250 many
[4:02:44] residents have died on our streets, in
[4:02:47] the column in today's daily journal,
[4:02:51] here is a partial list, a pedestrian
[4:02:55] died in el grenada hit by a porsche
[4:03:08] suv, 34 year-old cyclist died, june,
[4:03:12] an unidentified pedestrian died in
[4:03:18] redwood city, maria perez torres died.
[4:03:21] 75 year homed bicyclist died in wood
[4:03:23] side when a driver hit him on portola,
[4:03:29] april, 89 year-old pedestrian hit
[4:03:31] by a driver in south city, in january,
[4:03:35] veronica vasquez was kill million
[4:03:36] dollars a crosswalk in san mateo,
[4:03:40] let's save lives by making our streets
[4:03:43] safer, thank you.
[4:03:44] >> thank you, we're going to go to
[4:03:45] zoom for comments on item number 6.
[4:03:47] I do have one hand raised, this is a
[4:03:51] final call.
[4:03:52] alright, two hands raised.
[4:03:54] first we'll start with giuliano and
[4:04:01] then john ma.
[4:04:02] >> hello, thank you for your service
[4:04:03] and the opportunity to speak, I speak
[4:04:06] only for myself, I'm a cycling
[4:04:11] instructor, this ordinance is much
[4:04:12] better, thank you.
[4:04:14] I support it and ask for one change,
[4:04:17] we need to get this right, it' a model
[4:04:20] ordinance, it needs to strike a good
[4:04:22] balance.
[4:04:23] we need trips shifted from cars to
[4:04:26] e-bikes and be encouraging, not
[4:04:30] discouraging them, e-cyclists do not
[4:04:32] ride on the sidewalk because it's fun,
[4:04:34] they ride on the sidewalk because the
[4:04:36] streets are dangerous.
[4:04:37] this ordinance needs to be improved by
[4:04:39] permitting the safe riding of bikes 5
[4:04:42] miles an hour and legal e-bikes on the
[4:04:46] sidewalk when no bike is
[4:04:47] available on the adjacent roadway.
[4:04:50] putting in a safe like lane, why would
[4:04:52] people ride on the sidewalk, only
[4:04:55] class 4 bike lanes physically are
[4:04:58] protected by robust bollards are safe,
[4:05:02] the data is clear, there's a lot of
[4:05:04] data and a lot of studies.
[4:05:07] class 2 the door zone are more
[4:05:10] dangerous than no bike lane, 12-20% of
[4:05:13] bike crashes occur in them.
[4:05:15] I volunteer and work with teens,
[4:05:20] cycling instructor, robotics coach, I
[4:05:22] find this anti-teen hysteria
[4:05:25] deplorable.
[4:05:26] I think it was plato who said kids
[4:05:28] these days, we need to knock this off.
[4:05:32] the anti-e-bike is equally
[4:05:35] problematic, where are the
[4:05:39] proportionality, cars kill more than
[4:05:41] e-bikes and illegal e-moto's
[4:05:45] combined, the report shows crash data
[4:05:48] rate changes half the crash -- crash
[4:05:51] rate is half the rate of the increased
[4:05:54] e-bike use, the crash rate is
[4:05:57] decreasing.
[4:05:58] my sincere condolences to the phong
[4:06:00] haley, their suffering is tragic, but
[4:06:05] the e-bike rider, another victim, the
[4:06:07] driver cut them off, that said, I
[4:06:08] support a 12 year-old age limit, we
[4:06:11] need to pass sb1167.
[4:06:13] >> thank you.
[4:06:14] >> that is your time, thank you.
[4:06:17] alright, we did have one additional
[4:06:20] hand raised, did we want to take that
[4:06:22] as well, madam president?
[4:06:23] >> yes, we can take it.
[4:06:24] >> next is john ma and anya.
[4:06:28] >> john, please unmute and begin.
[4:06:30] >> good afternoon, my name is john, a
[4:06:33] governor with the american college of
[4:06:37] surgeons, I worked on e-bike for six
[4:06:40] years, I'm grateful, I spoke to the
[4:06:42] board of supervisors a year ago at
[4:06:44] public comment after aiden's tragic
[4:06:46] death and I applaud the introduction
[4:06:48] of this ordinance today.
[4:06:50] I would like to express my deepest
[4:06:52] condolences to his family.
[4:06:53] I wanted to share with colleagues
[4:06:55] across the state, trauma surgeons, we
[4:06:58] polished a paper in acute care
[4:07:00] surgery, we noted there's been an
[4:07:03] exponential rise in e-bike crashes
[4:07:05] over the six years from 2018 to 2024
[4:07:08] with children under 14 at the greatest
[4:07:11] risk and we showed that e-bike
[4:07:17] accidents rose 750 fold from just two
[4:07:19] reported in 2018 to over 1566 in
[4:07:24] 2024.
[4:07:25] we've noticed that the risk of death
[4:07:28] after an e-bike crash that reached
[4:07:31] higher levels in 2024 and I wanted to
[4:07:34] share preliminary research that
[4:07:36] e-bikes are two and a half times more
[4:07:38] likely to be involved in a crash with
[4:07:40] a pedestrian because you can't hear
[4:07:42] them approaching due to the silent
[4:07:44] motors, that's why this proposed san
[4:07:47] mateo ordinance to restrict e-bike
[4:07:50] speeds on sidewalks is so important.
[4:07:51] I would like to thank you and urge
[4:07:53] your aye vote.
[4:07:54] >> thank you, john.
[4:07:56] next and finally is anya, please
[4:07:59] unmute and begin.
[4:08:12] anya?
[4:08:16] alright, it looks like we lost anya.
[4:08:20] that concludes public comment.
[4:08:22] >> thank you.
[4:08:23] with that, I believe we have a motion
[4:08:25] and a second.
[4:08:26] roll call vote, please.
[4:08:27] >> supervisor speier?
[4:08:28] >> aye.
[4:08:29] >> supervisor mueller?
[4:08:30] >> yes.
[4:08:31] >> supervisor gauthier?
[4:08:32] >> yes.
[4:08:33] >> supervisor canepa?
[4:08:34] >> aye.
[4:08:36] >> and president corzo?
[4:08:37] >> yes.
[4:08:38] >> the motion passes unanimously.
[4:08:40] >> okay, with that, we will move on to
[4:08:44] --
[4:08:45] >> lunch.
[4:08:46] >> closed session, you're right, I was
[4:08:47] like let's keep going, no, we are
[4:08:50] going to convene to closed session
[4:08:51] and we will come back to item number 7
[4:08:54] after lunch.
[4:08:55] >> the time is 1:23 p.m., thank you.
[4:09:00] ( meeting recessed to lunch ).
[4:09:08] >> time is 2:38 p.m., you may call the
[4:09:12] meeting back to order.
[4:09:14] all supervisors are present.
[4:09:15] >> thank you, welcome back.
[4:09:19] we have nothing to report out of
[4:09:20] closed session?
[4:09:21] >> that's right, madam president,
[4:09:23] nothing to report out.
[4:09:25] >> we'll be moving on to item number
[4:09:28] 7, adopting a resolution affirming
[4:09:30] county of san mateo's commitment to
[4:09:33] advance economic mobility and pathways
[4:09:35] to shared prosperity,
[4:09:41] myself and supervisor gauthier are the
[4:09:43] sponsors, and I'll begin by thanking
[4:09:50] sherry, kalima, who couldn't stay any
[4:09:53] longer, ariana, I done have your last
[4:09:58] name written here, let me backtrack
[4:10:01] here.
[4:10:02] I think these are remarks for when
[4:10:04] you're done, so supervisor gauthier,
[4:10:06] would you like to share any initial
[4:10:10] remarks?
[4:10:11] >> [inaudible].
[4:10:13] thank you for your patience and for
[4:10:16] sticking around today.
[4:10:17] we look forward to you sharing more
[4:10:20] about share prosperity and the work
[4:10:23] that's happening.
[4:10:24] >> welcome.
[4:10:31] >> go ahead.
[4:10:32] >> hello, thank you for having us.
[4:10:35] good afternoon, honorable supervisors,
[4:10:38] county executive callagy, county
[4:10:40] attorney nibbelin, mr. My name is
[4:10:48] sherry, I use she/her pronouns, I'm
[4:10:51] the chief equity officer, I'm joined
[4:10:57] today by a member of the shared
[4:11:01] prosperity coordinating council,
[4:11:02] ariana perez who's the senior
[4:11:04] community impact and policy officer at
[4:11:08] silicon valley community foundations.
[4:11:11] really should showcase the
[4:11:12] collaborative nature of this
[4:11:14] initiative, we'll be co-presenting
[4:11:17] together.
[4:11:18] shared prosperity coordinating council
[4:11:19] is a group of leaders from county and
[4:11:22] local government, non-profits and
[4:11:24] private sector organizations that seek
[4:11:26] so advance economic mobility and
[4:11:28] promote shared prosperity in a county
[4:11:30] that sufferers from significant
[4:11:33] disparities and income and opportunity.
[4:11:36] the council believes owl residents in
[4:11:38] san mateo county deserve to have good
[4:11:41] career opportunities in thriving
[4:11:43] neighborhoods and see a bright future
[4:11:44] for themselves in the next generation.
[4:11:46] the council is comprised of the groups
[4:11:52] shown on this slide here that includes
[4:11:53] the public policy institute of
[4:11:56] california, samceda, nova work,
[4:12:02] daly city partnership, job train and
[4:12:03] many others.
[4:12:04] the group has been meeting for
[4:12:06] three years now and has published the
[4:12:10] community dashboard and most recently
[4:12:14] the mobility action plan and that will
[4:12:16] go into more details about in the
[4:12:20] september study session.
[4:12:21] thank you to supervisors corzo and
[4:12:25] gauthier for serving on the shared
[4:12:27] prosperity council with monthly
[4:12:28] meetings and all the support you have
[4:12:30] given.
[4:12:31] the goal for today's presentation is
[4:12:32] to provide a brief background as the
[4:12:34] board considers this resolution to
[4:12:36] commit to affirm economic mobility
[4:12:39] and have staff develop an action plan
[4:12:42] specific to how the county will
[4:12:44] advance economic mobility as an
[4:12:48] institution.
[4:12:53] the because it's mentioned in the
[4:12:54] resolution, I want to make sure to
[4:12:56] clarify that the spcc started with a
[4:13:01] set of planning principles with this
[4:13:04] notion that if the process is
[4:13:05] thoughtful and thorough, then the
[4:13:06] outcomes will be thoughtful and
[4:13:08] thorough.
[4:13:09] so, here you see the principles that
[4:13:12] the sheared prosperity council
[4:13:14] identified including consideration of
[4:13:16] representation, integration of data
[4:13:17] and community input, equity values and
[4:13:20] ensuring that we aren't redundant in
[4:13:23] efforts we prioritize while holding
[4:13:26] accountability.
[4:13:27] and so at this point I'm going to
[4:13:28] turn it over to ariana to share the
[4:13:32] framework and recommendations.
[4:13:38] >> thank you,
[4:13:45] shireen, I'm ariana, I'm
[4:13:48] the senior impact and policy officer,
[4:13:50] so as you see here on the slide, this
[4:13:53] is the san mateo county economic
[4:13:56] mobility framework that we worked on
[4:13:59] as the shared prosperity council and
[4:14:01] this came from doing some research and
[4:14:04] identifying a national framework for
[4:14:06] upward mobility that has been
[4:14:08] developed with the input of national
[4:14:10] experts and hosted by gates
[4:14:12] foundation and the urban institute.
[4:14:14] so, this framework you see here
[4:14:16] recognizes that economic mobility
[4:14:20] requires more than just economic
[4:14:23] success but it also must include power
[4:14:24] and autonomy and the sense of being
[4:14:27] valued in dignity.
[4:14:29] this framework identifies five
[4:14:31] different pillars achieving these
[4:14:32] three goals and numerous different
[4:14:36] predictors and indicators to see how
[4:14:38] economic mobility is possible within a
[4:14:40] certain geography.
[4:14:41] this was developed with community
[4:14:43] input and analyzing local data and
[4:14:46] focus groups and so this shared
[4:14:50] prosperity coordinating council
[4:14:51] developed this framework to make sure
[4:14:53] it was reflective and appropriate to
[4:14:55] the reality here in san mateo county
[4:14:59] the.
[4:15:00] so, this slide after looking at the
[4:15:02] data and identifying key challenges,
[4:15:07] shared prosperity coordinating council
[4:15:08] identified a set of ten
[4:15:09] recommendations under each of the
[4:15:12] three universal goals so these include
[4:15:16] really important strategies such as
[4:15:18] career opportunities, housing
[4:15:20] stability, diverse leadership and
[4:15:22] community resource navigation and
[4:15:25] mapping among others.
[4:15:26] so, all of this is flushed out in much
[4:15:29] more detail in the san mateo county
[4:15:32] economic mobility action plan and
[4:15:34] we'll share more details in the
[4:15:36] upcoming study session as well.
[4:15:42] >> thank you.
[4:15:43] >> thank you, ariana, the
[4:15:45] resolution that's in front of you
[4:15:46] today responds to the call to action
[4:15:48] that's in the san mateo county
[4:15:50] economic mobility action plan for all
[4:15:53] local jurisdictions and agencies to
[4:15:55] consider.
[4:15:57] the resolution includes affirming the
[4:15:58] county's commitment to economic
[4:16:00] mobility to being part of the solution
[4:16:03] and a model for other jurisdictions
[4:16:05] and agencies.
[4:16:06] to utilizing this collective
[4:16:09] framework so that we're all moving
[4:16:12] along the same path and applying the
[4:16:15] principles for thoughtful action and
[4:16:18] therefore tasking staff with
[4:16:21] developing an action plan that's
[4:16:24] specific to the views of the
[4:16:28] county, no the countywide action plan
[4:16:29] that is meant for all justice dicks
[4:16:30] and all agencies and organizations and
[4:16:33] sectors to work towards but really
[4:16:35] what can our institution as a county
[4:16:37] do to move that forward.
[4:16:43] and in here I just wanted to thank
[4:16:49] kalimah from, the chair from the reach
[4:16:51] coalition, she wanted to be with you
[4:16:53] all here today.
[4:16:54] I do think that all residents in san
[4:16:57] mateo county deserve to have good
[4:17:00] career opportunities in thriving
[4:17:02] neighborhoods and see a bright future
[4:17:03] for themselves in the next generation.
[4:17:05] we know this isn't easy work, the
[4:17:08] shared prosperity council believes
[4:17:11] working across sector, jurs dick and
[4:17:14] is agencies, we're stronger together
[4:17:15] and can do hard things.
[4:17:19] thank you.
[4:17:24] >> thank you so much, any questions or
[4:17:27] comments from my colleagues, I have
[4:17:28] a few.
[4:17:29] I wanted to share that I've been a
[4:17:35] liaison to the -- to this work, to
[4:17:37] shared prosperity community council
[4:17:40] for several years now.
[4:17:41] I'm not able to attend every single
[4:17:43] meeting but I have really appreciated
[4:17:50] learning and the passionate debates
[4:17:52] because this is a coalition of a broad
[4:17:56] group of our community and they do
[4:17:58] have different perspectives.
[4:18:00] there is not agreement on everything
[4:18:02] but we do ultimately get to a
[4:18:05] place of mutual understanding and I
[4:18:07] feel like that is
[4:18:14] powerful because it's a ball lanes
[4:18:16] between meaningful discussions about
[4:18:17] what opportunity means and not just
[4:18:19] giving someone the space to be
[4:18:21] somewhere but also ensuring that they
[4:18:23] belong and that they can thrive in that
[4:18:31] space because those are not
[4:18:32] necessarily the same thing.
[4:18:33] I think about my personal lived
[4:18:34] experience and how I was given
[4:18:35] opportunities and pushed to rise to
[4:18:40] the occasion and looking back now, I
[4:18:42] see that that was kind of my personal
[4:18:47] path of like shared prosperity that
[4:18:49] kind of led to me being here but it
[4:18:53] was a one-off, so we have these
[4:18:56] powerful institutions and we have some
[4:18:59] powerful programs, I can think of like
[4:19:01] jobs for youth being one of them,
[4:19:03] right.
[4:19:04] but how do we -- how when we more
[4:19:08] focused on that, on making sure that
[4:19:10] every part of our system has these
[4:19:15] really clear pathways and that we give
[4:19:19] people ladders to climb.
[4:19:23] so, I appreciate this work, I'm
[4:19:25] excited to continue the conversation
[4:19:27] and to dig into it more at our future
[4:19:29] study session.
[4:19:32] and yeah, I'll hand it over to
[4:19:35] supervisor gauthier.
[4:19:36] >> I want to again say thank you, and
[4:19:38] ariana, thank you so much, it's so
[4:19:40] good to see you and I want to
[4:19:42] mention the silicon valley community
[4:19:43] foundation and the partnerships you have
[4:19:45] demonstrated and continued to
[4:19:48] demonstrate within our region, this
[4:19:49] reminds me of ek wit I the forward
[4:19:51] where you're thinking about how do we
[4:19:53] lift everyone at the same time, so I
[4:19:55] am so excited for the work that is
[4:19:58] happening, thank you, shireen, for
[4:20:01] leading this effort, we've been on
[4:20:03] some calls prior to this even
[4:20:05] happening, but when we think about
[4:20:08] economic mobility, it starts with
[4:20:10] opportunity and the efforts to build
[4:20:13] -- efforts builds off an idea and it
[4:20:15] turns into action so, we know the if
[4:20:17] we want to make a difference, we have
[4:20:19] to be intentional and the work you're
[4:20:21] bringing forward is intentional in
[4:20:23] thinking about those communities that
[4:20:24] are left out of the conversations or
[4:20:26] not at the table, so making room at
[4:20:28] the table so that everyone can thrive,
[4:20:30] I look forward to the work that will
[4:20:34] continue and I'm excited to be sitting
[4:20:35] at the table you as you develop this
[4:20:39] plan.
[4:20:41] >> any other questions or comments,
[4:20:43] supervisor speier?
[4:20:44] >> you know, I rejoined the board, the
[4:20:47] first board meeting, I talked about
[4:20:50] hoping we can create a county core by
[4:20:55] identifying young people in high
[4:20:59] school or college, getting them
[4:21:02] positions in county government that
[4:21:04] would give them a pathway to a viable
[4:21:08] job and I don't know if that's part of
[4:21:10] what you're looking at but I think
[4:21:12] that's one of the ways of dealing with
[4:21:14] the fact that this is such a high cost
[4:21:17] county.
[4:21:18] the jobs are not available for young
[4:21:21] graduates from college and they're
[4:21:25] living at home and this is an
[4:21:27] opportunity for us to take advantage
[4:21:32] of a really terrible situation and
[4:21:34] help guide them to public service
[4:21:36] through the county.
[4:21:37] I was talking to our probation
[4:21:43] officer, john keen, yesterday.
[4:21:44] he was saying it was hard to keep
[4:21:50] people, they're getting pregnant and
[4:21:52] going on to doing other things.
[4:21:56] so, I mean, there's lots of areas
[4:21:59] where I think we could start to
[4:22:01] identify where there would be great
[4:22:03] job opportunities for these young
[4:22:07] people.
[4:22:08] >>.I could just respond really quickly.
[4:22:09] one of the key areas of focus for us
[4:22:13] is career pathways into county
[4:22:15] positions in particular.
[4:22:16] we've been working closely with the
[4:22:19] human resources department in looking
[4:22:20] at two specific pathways in, one
[4:22:24] around stationery engineers with the
[4:22:25] department of public works and
[4:22:28] another focused on community
[4:22:31] assistance across a lot of our health
[4:22:33] and social services where we have
[4:22:34] front line workers.
[4:22:35] it's not the same as what you're
[4:22:38] talking about around having our young
[4:22:40] people really positioned to take over
[4:22:43] the next generation of public servants
[4:22:45] but it is a step in that direction.
[4:22:50] >> okay.
[4:22:54] any other -- no?
[4:22:55] I believe we have to take public
[4:22:58] comment -- no, we already took public
[4:23:00] comment.
[4:23:01] okay.
[4:23:02] thank you so much.
[4:23:03] I appreciate your presence here and
[4:23:05] with that, happy to take a motion on
[4:23:07] this.
[4:23:08] >> I move adoption of the resolution
[4:23:10] affirming the county of san mateo's
[4:23:12] commitment to advancing economic
[4:23:13] mobility.
[4:23:14] >> thank you, is there a second?
[4:23:17] second from supervisor speier.
[4:23:18] roll call vote, please.
[4:23:19] >> supervisor speier?
[4:23:20] >> aye.
[4:23:21] >> supervisor mueller?
[4:23:22] >> yes.
[4:23:23] >> supervisor gauthier?
[4:23:24] >> yes.
[4:23:25] >> supervisor canepa?
[4:23:26] >> aye.
[4:23:27] >> president corzo?
[4:23:28] >> yes.
[4:23:29] >> motion passes.
[4:23:30] >> we are now moving on to item number
[4:23:35] 11 which is measure k item,
[4:23:39] authorizing a one-time discretionary
[4:23:42] grant not to exceed 50k to the san
[4:23:46] mateo county health foundation for the
[4:23:49] caring hands in health program.
[4:23:51] this is sponsored by supervisor speier.
[4:23:56] >> okay, I have a motion.
[4:23:58] is there a second?
[4:23:59] >> second.
[4:24:00] >> second by supervisor canepa.
[4:24:01] roll call vote.
[4:24:02] >> supervisor speier?
[4:24:03] >> aye.
[4:24:05] >> supervisor mueller?
[4:24:06] >> yes.
[4:24:07] >> supervisor gauthier?
[4:24:08] >> yes.
[4:24:09] >> supervisor canepa?
[4:24:10] >> yes.
[4:24:11] >> president corzo?
[4:24:12] >> yes.
[4:24:13] >> motion passes.
[4:24:14] >> okay.
[4:24:17] our final item is another measure k
[4:24:23] district discretionary grant not to
[4:24:25] exceed 145 thousand dollars to the
[4:24:27] los altos mountain view community
[4:24:30] foundation acting as the fiscal
[4:24:32] sponsor for center for age-friendly
[4:24:37] excellence for an age friendly action
[4:24:38] plan for the city of san bruno.
[4:24:39] supervisor canepa?
[4:24:41] >> hard to imagine it's been ten
[4:24:44] years, madam chair.
[4:24:45] I'm proud to bring forward this
[4:24:47] measure k grant to support the center
[4:24:49] of age friendly excellence or cafe, as
[4:24:51] it develops a comprehensive age
[4:24:53] friendly action plan for the city of
[4:24:54] san bruno.
[4:24:57] cafe has become an invaluable partner
[4:25:00] to help prepare for one of the most
[4:25:04] significant demographic shifts of our
[4:25:06] time.
[4:25:07] cafe has worked along 14 cities
[4:25:12] including belmont, burlingame, daly
[4:25:13] city, east palo alto, foster city, half
[4:25:17] moon bay, civica, san carlos, san
[4:25:21] mateo, south san francisco, brisbane
[4:25:22] and colma, to achieve arp age
[4:25:26] friendly recognition and develop
[4:25:27] evidence based action plans to improve
[4:25:29] the quality of life for our older
[4:25:32] adults.
[4:25:33] this work goes far beyond preparing a
[4:25:35] report, cafe brings together older
[4:25:39] adults, caregivers, health care
[4:25:40] provide and he iser local governments
[4:25:44] to understand the needs of each
[4:25:47] community.
[4:25:48] they facilitate community listening
[4:25:49] sessions and town phalluses to
[4:25:50] identify gaps in services and develop
[4:25:53] a practical measurable strategies to
[4:25:55] help older adults remain healthy,
[4:25:57] connected, independent and engaged
[4:25:59] many their communities.
[4:26:02] this investment is important because
[4:26:04] san mateo's county's population is
[4:26:07] aging rapidly, within the next
[4:26:08] decades, nearly one in four of our
[4:26:10] residents will be over the age of 60.
[4:26:12] preparing our communities now means
[4:26:14] ensuring our seniors can continue
[4:26:17] living safely, accessing services,
[4:26:19] staying socially connected and
[4:26:20] canalling with -- aging with dignity
[4:26:25] close to family and friends, this is
[4:26:28] to complete its age friendly action
[4:26:30] plan bringing us one step closer to
[4:26:32] bringing every city in san mateo
[4:26:34] county an age friendly community.
[4:26:37] achiever that milestone would make san
[4:26:38] mateo county only the second county in
[4:26:40] california to reach this countywide
[4:26:43] distinction.
[4:26:44] finally I want to address the
[4:26:46] fiscal sponsorship arrangement with
[4:26:48] the los altos mountain view
[4:26:50] community foundation, while the
[4:26:51] foundation is located in los altos, it
[4:26:54] has served as cafe's fiscal sponsor
[4:26:57] since its inception including through
[4:27:00] every previous contract cafe has had
[4:27:02] with san mateo county.
[4:27:03] it's a longstanding trusting
[4:27:05] partnership that has supported cafe's
[4:27:07] work in our county for years.
[4:27:09] the pound dashing provides
[4:27:11] comprehensive, administrative services
[4:27:13] including accounting, book keep,
[4:27:16] payroll, financial reporting,
[4:27:18] compliance and accounts payable and
[4:27:19] receivables.
[4:27:20] as well as independent financial
[4:27:22] oversight through the board of
[4:27:24] directors.
[4:27:25] that additional governance strengthens
[4:27:27] accountability and allows cafe to
[4:27:29] focus on serving our communities
[4:27:30] rather than building and managing cost
[4:27:38] back office operations.
[4:27:43] the foundation also provides a
[4:27:44] critical bridge funding so cafe could
[4:27:45] continue meeting payroll and project
[4:27:48] allegations while awaiting grant
[4:27:51] reimbursements.
[4:27:52] the foundation serve as the fiscal
[4:27:54] sponsor delivering services if san
[4:27:56] mateo county inconcluding camenar,
[4:27:59] community legal services in east palo
[4:28:02] alto and life moves, this is a measure
[4:28:04] k investment in healthy aging through
[4:28:06] thoughtful planning and stronger
[4:28:08] communities.
[4:28:09] cafe has a proven track record of
[4:28:10] delivering results for san mateo
[4:28:11] county and I ask for your vote.
[4:28:14] with that, I would like to welcome
[4:28:17] mike king from cafe via zoom to give
[4:28:20] a five minute presentation followed by
[4:28:25] one minute snippet of a five minute
[4:28:28] video.
[4:28:29] is mr. King with us?
[4:28:30] >> he is.
[4:28:31] >> hi, thank you, supervisor canepa,
[4:28:33] thank you to the rest of the board,
[4:28:37] chairperson corzo, really an honor to
[4:28:39] be with you today.
[4:28:40] the new executive director of cafe, my
[4:28:44] name is mike king, I've taken over
[4:28:46] from the founder and long time
[4:28:49] director, dr. Annabelle pelham who's
[4:28:57] been doing work in gerontology.
[4:29:05] so, I will just provide some brief
[4:29:08] remarks about cafe, who cafe is, a
[4:29:10] little bit about our fiscal sponsor
[4:29:13] and supervisor canepa mentioned the
[4:29:15] los altos mountain view community
[4:29:17] foundation and then talk a bit about
[4:29:19] the impact we've had in san mateo
[4:29:21] county over the last decade or so.
[4:29:26] next slide, please.
[4:29:29] so, just a little bit about the center
[4:29:31] for age friendly excellence or cafe.
[4:29:34] our mission is to improve the health,
[4:29:36] wellbeing and quality of life for
[4:29:38] older dulls and people with
[4:29:39] disabilities and we do that through
[4:29:43] community-driven planning, some direct
[4:29:44] service provision and lots of cross
[4:29:46] sector collaboration.
[4:29:48] we work very closely with all of the
[4:29:50] communities we partner with to help
[4:29:52] them identify and align policies,
[4:29:55] programs and infrastructure
[4:29:56] that can meet the needs of an
[4:29:59] aging and diverse population.
[4:30:01] as supervisor canepa mentioned, not
[4:30:04] only in san mateo county but across
[4:30:07] bay area and across the state of
[4:30:09] california and the nation as well as
[4:30:11] the globe, adults over the age of 60
[4:30:13] is a portion of our population that's
[4:30:16] significantly growing and it will
[4:30:17] continue to do so over the coming
[4:30:19] decades, so this presents challenges
[4:30:21] but also tremendous opportunities for
[4:30:24] communities who are planning and
[4:30:26] thinking about how they make policy,
[4:30:30] programmatic and infrastructure
[4:30:31] decisions.
[4:30:32] cafe was born out of a desire to help
[4:30:35] communities prepare for these
[4:30:37] demographic shifts.
[4:30:39] next slide, please.
[4:30:43] cafe started in los altos in los altos
[4:30:52] hills, dr. Annabelle pelham wanted to
[4:30:55] forward this model of working closely
[4:30:57] with cities to plan for the future.
[4:30:59] they used those two communities as
[4:31:02] study communities to identify what
[4:31:03] works or doesn't work in age-friendly
[4:31:06] cities and then to extend that
[4:31:09] learning and those evidence based
[4:31:10] practices out to other communities
[4:31:12] around california.
[4:31:14] so, we greatly appreciate the los
[4:31:16] altos mountain view community
[4:31:18] foundation for fiscally sponsoring
[4:31:21] cafe since has time, it started in
[4:31:23] 2015 so it's been over a decade now.
[4:31:24] they continue to be a great supporter
[4:31:26] of our work and as supervisor canepa
[4:31:30] mentioned, they allow us to be able to
[4:31:32] focus on our mission while they handle
[4:31:34] all of the administrative and
[4:31:36] accounting work on the back end that
[4:31:40] goes a -- a lot of time and effort
[4:31:43] going into keeping a non-profit
[4:31:44] status, so it really allows us to use
[4:31:48] our small team to the maximum benefit
[4:31:50] of the communities we work with.
[4:31:53] next slide, please.
[4:31:57] and also to support supervisor
[4:32:00] canepa's remarks, I just wanted to
[4:32:02] provide a list of other non-profit
[4:32:06] organizations that the los altos
[4:32:09] mountain view community foundation
[4:32:10] supports through their community grant
[4:32:13] program in san mateo county.
[4:32:16] while based in los altos and providing
[4:32:21] initiatives to santa clara county,
[4:32:24] they're doing great work in the
[4:32:26] community beyond the sponsorship of
[4:32:28] cafe.
[4:32:29] some of these organizations are quite
[4:32:30] large but I imagine the board
[4:32:32] recognizes many of the great work here.
[4:32:35] next slide, please.
[4:32:39] okay.
[4:32:40] so to look at what we've done to date
[4:32:42] in san mateo county over the last 8
[4:32:45] years, we sort of have a two-pronged
[4:32:48] approach to the age friendly
[4:32:50] initiative mr. The way we are building
[4:32:52] it out in communities across san mateo
[4:32:55] county.
[4:32:56] first is to help communities become
[4:32:59] age-friendly certified so starting
[4:33:00] back in july 2018, we have now worked
[4:33:03] with 14 different cities across the
[4:33:09] county to get them age-friendly
[4:33:10] certified and become members of aarp's
[4:33:11] national network of age friendly
[4:33:13] states and communities and that is a
[4:33:16] foundational process for a lot of
[4:33:18] communities where it's really in many
[4:33:20] cases the first time they're really
[4:33:22] going deep into their demographic
[4:33:26] data, understanding disparities and
[4:33:28] challenges facing their older adult
[4:33:30] population and starting to build that
[4:33:34] culture change so that they can work
[4:33:38] collaboratively and think about
[4:33:39] services, programs and infrastructure
[4:33:41] with an age-friendly lens and really
[4:33:43] that cross sector collaboration, folks
[4:33:47] within governments, across non-profit
[4:33:49] and private sector, working together
[4:33:52] in ways that they previously hadn't
[4:33:54] because that's what being age-friendly
[4:34:01] requires in terms of joint planning
[4:34:02] and decision-making.
[4:34:03] so, that's the first step.
[4:34:04] we'll go on to the next slide and look
[4:34:05] at the second prong in our approach.
[4:34:07] so, after working with communities to
[4:34:09] become age friendly certified, we then
[4:34:11] go into the deeper planning stage
[4:34:14] which is to develop an age friendly
[4:34:17] action plan for community.
[4:34:20] starting that roughly five years ago
[4:34:21] in san mateo county, we've now worked
[4:34:24] with 8 different cities to develop
[4:34:26] action plans and you can see the nice
[4:34:30] colorful covers of those plans at the
[4:34:33] bottom of the slide here.
[4:34:36] so, working deeply with those
[4:34:38] communities through one on one
[4:34:41] conversations with stakeholders from
[4:34:43] local government officials to
[4:34:46] non-profit service providers to faith
[4:34:49] based organizations and of course
[4:34:53] community members through focus groups
[4:34:54] through town hall meetings, right, so
[4:34:58] doing that engagement to ensure that
[4:35:01] each action plan is focused on the
[4:35:05] distinct needs, priorities, challenges
[4:35:09] and solutions that will allow that
[4:35:11] community to become more livable and
[4:35:13] better able to support people of all
[4:35:15] ages.
[4:35:16] and as an action plan, we really get
[4:35:18] down into the detailers working with
[4:35:20] all these different stakeholders to
[4:35:25] understand what are feasible,
[4:35:28] actionable steps in the near term we
[4:35:30] can take to start building whether
[4:35:33] it's programmatic infrastructure or a
[4:35:35] physical built environment
[4:35:36] infrastructure, how to make that
[4:35:37] changes to make their communities
[4:35:40] more age friendly.
[4:35:41] over time, these communities will
[4:35:43] build the capacity to update those
[4:35:45] plans as they achieve their outcomes
[4:35:48] to add on goals and little by little
[4:35:52] continue to make their communities
[4:35:53] more accessible and inclusive for
[4:35:55] people of all ages.
[4:35:58] next slide, please.
[4:36:00] and so in cosigning, I just want dosh
[4:36:05] close, -- closing, I want to thank
[4:36:09] supervisor canepa, thank you for
[4:36:11] having me here today to consider this
[4:36:13] discretionary grant so we can continue
[4:36:15] our work in san mateo county to make
[4:36:17] all communities in san mateo county
[4:36:21] more age-friendly, prior to this,
[4:36:23] supervisor canepa had talked about san
[4:36:25] mateo county being potentially the
[4:36:27] second county where all communities
[4:36:29] have an age-friendly action plan.
[4:36:32] cafe did that first with santa clara
[4:36:35] county, we would love for san mateo
[4:36:37] county to be the second county with
[4:36:39] that distinction so that all of your
[4:36:42] communities have very clear action
[4:36:44] steps and resources to make the
[4:36:46] changes that will make them as
[4:36:48] inclusive and accessible as possible.
[4:36:53] thank you for the time and I'm happy
[4:36:55] to the field any questions that you
[4:36:56] may have.
[4:36:57] >> thank you so much, mike.
[4:36:58] I do want to recognize, former council
[4:37:01] member, former mayor of brisbane,
[4:37:06] karen cunningham for joining us today
[4:37:07] and I want to recognize san bruno city
[4:37:11] council, mr. Medina, for joining us,
[4:37:14] so with that, colleagues, I know we
[4:37:15] have to take public comment, but I
[4:37:17] would like to move this item.
[4:37:24] >> so, thank you for the motion.
[4:37:25] I believe we took public comment
[4:37:27] already, so we don't --
[4:37:28] >> did you want to show the video?
[4:37:30] >> I think we're okay with the video,
[4:37:32] I'll move the item.
[4:37:33] >> just checking.
[4:37:34] >> I believe supervisor speier wanted
[4:37:36] to make a comment.
[4:37:37] >> I don't know if mike is still with
[4:37:42] us --
[4:37:43] >> I am, thank you, supervisor.
[4:37:44] >> I'm curious of the 14 cities in san
[4:37:48] mateo county that are age-friendly,
[4:37:54] age family certified, how many of them
[4:37:59] participated financially in those
[4:38:01] communities?
[4:38:02] >> as part of the planning process,
[4:38:06] all of those processes have been
[4:38:10] supported through san mateo county.
[4:38:12] >> so, san mateo county paid for all
[4:38:16] these 14 city age certified processes,
[4:38:19] is that what you're saying?
[4:38:21] >> that's my understanding.
[4:38:24] and, mike, if I can add a little
[4:38:27] flavor to that, that is correct but
[4:38:30] there is something I think that is
[4:38:31] worth motioning.
[4:38:32] we do work in concert with the staff
[4:38:36] so there are staff that are given to
[4:38:39] the cities or to the county's work
[4:38:41] in collaboration with mike and his
[4:38:45] team.
[4:38:46] from a city perspective, there is a
[4:38:48] lot of resorts in terms of staffing
[4:38:50] because this requires coordination and
[4:38:53] it requires input and really output
[4:38:58] from the staffs of each of the cities
[4:39:05] to really make this happen.
[4:39:06] if we don't have the participation of
[4:39:07] the recreation department or those in
[4:39:08] the senior centers, really, we can't
[4:39:10] make this happen, so it's a hybrid I
[4:39:13] guess you could say, it's a hybrid of
[4:39:17] the county giving resources but it's
[4:39:20] the hybrid of people power and staff
[4:39:23] being put forth by the cities to
[4:39:25] execute on its implementation.
[4:39:27] >> that's right, yeah, thank you,
[4:39:29] supervisor canepa.
[4:39:30] well said.
[4:39:31] the cities give a lot in ems of person
[4:39:35] power and we have to work very closely
[4:39:37] with them and typically there's a few
[4:39:39] folks who are designated, whether
[4:39:42] that's as supervisor canepa said, from
[4:39:43] the parses and rec department or from
[4:39:45] human services or senior services
[4:39:47] department, sometimes even from city
[4:39:49] manager's office, we work with them on
[4:39:52] a regular basis around goal set,
[4:39:56] around decision points and then
[4:39:58] ultimately we do interviews and bring
[4:40:00] together folks from lots of different
[4:40:02] departments because again this
[4:40:03] requires a lot of collaboration around
[4:40:05] issues ranging from housing to social
[4:40:07] participation to transportation, so,
[4:40:11] yeah, there's a lot of input and
[4:40:14] contributions from folks across the
[4:40:19] city.
[4:40:20] >> so, I don't want to belabor this
[4:40:22] because I know we're all tired.
[4:40:24] it looks like we've committed a
[4:40:26] million dollars to this effort.
[4:40:28] this is another 145 thousand but we
[4:40:31] only have 14 of it, 20 cities that
[4:40:35] have been age family certified and
[4:40:37] only 8 of the 20 cities that have age
[4:40:42] friendly action plans, so I would like
[4:40:45] to see a countywide but I would also
[4:40:47] like to know that the value is there
[4:40:51] and I'm not -- we've invested a lot
[4:40:59] already.
[4:41:00] >> clearly the value is there.
[4:41:01] there's communication, there's
[4:41:03] collaboration, there's ideas that have
[4:41:05] been advanced from a policy
[4:41:09] perspective and our best customers are
[4:41:13] our residents but I think it's the
[4:41:15] cities, I think the cities recognize
[4:41:17] the inherent value of this.
[4:41:18] as you know we're going to be talking
[4:41:20] about vlf on thursday.
[4:41:22] a lot of cities, they don't have the
[4:41:25] resources and they're challenged, so I
[4:41:27] think our role and I think it's been
[4:41:30] the board's role over the past ten
[4:41:32] years is to support cities in
[4:41:35] providing the opportunity to help
[4:41:38] them.
[4:41:39] several examples of that would be what
[4:41:41] we've done around big lift, right.
[4:41:44] so, the county continues to make
[4:41:48] investments, in fact, the county and
[4:41:50] this board and I'm proud of this when
[4:41:51] it came to child care and we're
[4:41:55] looking at expanding that, I think the
[4:41:58] board allocated north of 11 million
[4:42:03] dollars.
[4:42:04] what study after study has concluded
[4:42:05] and has found out, we see this around
[4:42:09] housing is that our seniors are being
[4:42:12] left behind, so what this does is it
[4:42:14] creates the infrastructure,
[4:42:16] it creates the framework of
[4:42:20] policies, and I think government works
[4:42:22] best when it's not top down but really
[4:42:26] bottom up and we need to make sure we
[4:42:31] advance this item, hopefully it does
[4:42:33] get advanced, to make sure we help the
[4:42:35] people that need us the most and right
[4:42:37] now it's seniors and so one city,
[4:42:41] maybe trying to identify the issues
[4:42:44] around housing, one city maybe
[4:42:46] identifying the issue of
[4:42:48] transportation and remember the deep
[4:42:49] collaboration that takes place is
[4:42:51] annually, so annually there's an event
[4:42:53] that takes place, we bring all the
[4:42:55] cities together and what each city
[4:42:56] does is they share their best
[4:43:00] practices and what they've learned and
[4:43:02] I think to me, we may be getting a
[4:43:08] bargain in this, 1.4 million dollars,
[4:43:11] that's -- the taxpayer's getting a
[4:43:13] pretty good discount on a lot of
[4:43:16] collaboration, a lot of effort, so, I
[4:43:19] appreciate the comments.
[4:43:20] I know where they're coming from and
[4:43:22] they're coming from a good place and I
[4:43:24] know you're aligned with me in terms
[4:43:27] of solving the senior issue but from
[4:43:29] the bottom of my heart, this is a
[4:43:31] program I really believe in because I
[4:43:33] have seen the good impact it's had on
[4:43:36] our seniors.
[4:43:43] >> any other comments?
[4:43:48] okay.
[4:43:49] is there a motion?
[4:43:51] >> there was a motion?
[4:43:53] >> so moved.
[4:43:54] >> and a second from supervisor
[4:43:56] gauthier.
[4:43:57] roll call vote, please.
[4:43:58] >> supervisor speier?
[4:43:59] >> aye.
[4:44:00] >> supervisor mueller?
[4:44:01] >> yes.
[4:44:02] >> supervisor gauthier?
[4:44:03] >> yes.
[4:44:04] >> supervisor canepa?
[4:44:05] >> yes.
[4:44:06] >> and president corzo?
[4:44:07] >> yes.
[4:44:11] >> motion passes unanimously.
[4:44:12] >> okay.
[4:44:13] that is the end of our meeting.
[4:44:14] we are ending our meeting.