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>> Madam President, we will

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start the meeting in 15

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seconds.

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It's now 2pm you may call

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meeting to order.

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>> Thank you. We're going

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to reconvene to our special

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Multiagency VLF meeting and I

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will pass it over to our county

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attorney who has a few words to

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share regarding this study

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session.

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>> Thank you, Madam

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President. Just a couple

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of words on sort of the

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administrative end. I just

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wanted to note that

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Multi agency meetings are

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permitted under the Brown act.

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Specifically, section 54954.

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Subsection B3 of the

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Government code provides that

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legislative bodies, including

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for example city councils or

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town councils, may participate

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in a meeting of multi-agency

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significance that takes place

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outside of their jurisdictional

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boundaries as long as the

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meeting takes place

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within the jurisdiction of one

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of the participating local

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agencies and the is noticed by

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all participating agencies. I'm

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informed that the county and

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of the cities or towns here in

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the county who are present here

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today as legislative bodies

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have separately noticed this

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meeting and published an agenda

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consistent

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with these requirements.

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To be clear, cities are towns

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that have a quorum

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of their council members

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present at the meeting and

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notice the meeting would be

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participating as a legislative

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body. I think there are

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probably going to be some

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agencies where just have some

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representative short

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of a quorum, but we'll see that

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as we go. I wanted

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to go ahead and turn this over

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to the clerk though so that the

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clerk could share

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with the public the means by

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which they can participate or

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comment at a later point

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in the meeting. And I think

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we'll also have interpretation

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of those instructions as well.

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>> Thank you. Members

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of the public, the instruction

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to participate

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in today's meeting can be found

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on the public agenda. The

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instruction provided

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information on how to submit

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written comments and also how

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to participate via Zoom.

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Because this is a special

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meeting,

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public comments is limited

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to identify agenda items only.

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As with all public comments,

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members of the public who wish

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to address the board should

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complete the speaker slip to

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make public comments and hand

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it to the board clerk.

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minutes subject

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of the board president. Live

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interpretation of this entire

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meeting will be provided in

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Spanish. To assess live

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interpretation services in

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Zoom via laptop or computer,

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please click the interpretation

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globe icon and select Spanish

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language. If you're using a

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smartphone or tablet,

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please locate the three-dot

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menu, select interpretation and

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select Spanish language. And

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finally click done. At this

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time, I'll ask our interpreter,

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Victor Hernandez

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to provide these instructions

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in Spanish.

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>> Can I ask you

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to press the button there?

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Oh, is it not working? We're

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going to have...

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Yep. Can you try again?

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>> There we go.

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Thanks, Madam Clerk. Good

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afternoon, President Corzo and

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all honorable supervisors.

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Mr. Callagy, Mr. Mates, Mr.

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Nibbelin, all county staff

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Member, this member

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of the public. Victor

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Hernandez, Spanish interpreter.

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Thank you very much.

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>> Okay, thank you for that. I

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will now ask the clerk of the

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Board of Supervisors

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to take a roll call

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for the board

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of supervisors and for each

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city and town council that will

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be participating in this

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meeting as a legislative body,

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the clerk will now take roll

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call. And I wanted

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for the cities, the clerk will

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be naming the city or town.

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members of that city or town

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to come up to the mic, state

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their name and say that they

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are present. And with that,

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>> Thank you, Madam

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President.

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[CALLING ROLL]

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>> All supervisors present, we

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will now be passing a wireless

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microphone for

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to take the roll call for

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participating cities and town

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council. First, we are going

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to call the city of Atherton.

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>> Looks like we can move

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to the next city.

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Belmont, you can just stand.

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>> President Julia Mates.

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Mayor, we do not have a quorum.

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>> Next Brisbane. Next, we have

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Brisbane. Burlingame?

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of Burlingame we do also. We

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also do not have a quorum.

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>> Okay, perfect.

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>> Next we have Daly City.

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>> Cary slaughter, town of

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Colma, No quorum.

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>> Yes. Glenn Sylvester, mayor

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of Daly city. And we do have a

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>> City Councilmember Juslyn

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Manalo.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Pamela de Giovani, Daly

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>> Next, we have East Palo

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>> Ruben Abrica, Vice Mayor.

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And we don't have a quorum.

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>> Next, we have Foster City.

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>> Art Kiesel mayor, Foster

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City. We do not have a quorum.

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>> Next we have Half Moon

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>> Hillsborough? Menlo Park?

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Menlo Park. We do not have a

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quorum.

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>> Stephen Rainaldi, Mayor

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Millbrae. And we do not have a

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>> Pacifica.

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>> Christine Bowles, mayor. I'm

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here with Vice Mayor Wright.

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And we do not have a quorum.

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>> And I'm vice mayor Wright.

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>> Portola Valley.

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>> Hi. Council member Judith

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Hasko from Portola Valley.

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We do not have a quorum.

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>> Redwood City.

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>> Good afternoon. Mayor

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Elmer Martinez Saballos here

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from Redwood City. We do not

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>> Rico Medina, mayor

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of the city of San Bruno. We do

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not have a quorum.

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>> San Mateo.

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>> Good afternoon. Adam

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San Mateo. We have one

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colleague, but we at this time

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>> Thank you.

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>> South San Francisco.

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>> Good afternoon. Vice Mayor

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Mark Nagales. We do not have a

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quorum, but I am joined by one

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>> Flor Nicholas, Council

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Member, South San Francisco. We

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don't have a quorum.

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>> Woodside? Okay, Madam

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President, that's the end

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of the roll call.

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to take action

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to set the agenda, I want to

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say that this is actually our

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Shina's first time clerking a

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meeting and it's the most

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complicated meeting I've ever

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had to run. So, can we give her

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a hand of applause, please?

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to take action

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to set the agenda.

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for the county board and for

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each participating city and

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town, in alphabetical order,

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consider a motion

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to do the following A set,

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adopt and approve agenda

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of the County Board of

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Supervisors as the agenda for

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this multi-agency meeting and B

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approve the president of the

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County Board of Supervisors as

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serving as chair and presiding

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over this multi-agency meeting.

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to step away approving the

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Vice President of the County

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Board of Supervisors

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to serve as chair and preside

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over the Multiagency meeting

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and C approve the clerk

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of the Board of Supervisors

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to take minutes,

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receive and manage public

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comment, and to provide

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requested translation services

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and ADA accommodations

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to the extent required

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under applicable law

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for this multi-agency meeting,

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each of the foregoing items

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will be approved by one action

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on the part of the county.

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the above motion, we will move

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to each participating city and

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town and ask that these items

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be approved by one action for

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each participating city and

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town.

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>> Madam President, if I could.

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I think that actually given

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that we only have one city

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with a quorum,

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it would only be Daly City that

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we would have to take that

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action from.

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>> I love that.

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So, we will be able

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to trim things

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down so much more simple.

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Perfect. With that said,

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can I get a motion

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from a member of the

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Board of Supervisors

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to approve the agenda?

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>> So moved.

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>> Thank you. We have a motion

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by Supervisor Gauthier. A

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second by Supervisor Speier.

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Roll call vote,

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please.

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[CALLING ROLL]

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>> Motion passes unanimously.

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>> Thank you. And now we'll do

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roll call for the City of

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Daly City.

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>> If we could get a motion

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from the City of Daly City.

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>> Glenn Sylvester. So, moved.

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>> Second.

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>> Can we just see a show

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of hands as to approval

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of the motion and the second.

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It's unanimous. Three. All

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three present.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Okay. With that being done,

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we will now move on

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to item number six. And I will

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be turning this item over to

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County Executive Callagy. And I

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believe he will be working

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with county staff and staff

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from participating cities and

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our labor partners to take us

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through this item. County

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Executive Callagy.

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>> Thank you, President Corzo

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and members of the board. This

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truly is a historic meeting,

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but it shows how we stand

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shoulder to shoulder in a time

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of crisis. And I want

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to thank all my colleagues, the

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city managers who have come

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together very quickly, who have

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been thought partners and

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working with us

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on this very unique problem,

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along

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with the elected officials,

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our non-profits who are here

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with us also certainly our

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unions and our wonderful

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government employees. The

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staggering loss

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of the positions,

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as you will hear

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in just a few minutes, will be

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catastrophic, and I mean

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nothing less than catastrophic

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to this county. It will change

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the face of delivery

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of services to our residents.

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There will be widespread

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impacts of a historic nature.

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And let me just reiterate that

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nowhere in the history

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of the state of California can

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we find a situation where one

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county is targeted

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to the extent of losing $236

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million is staggering. And it's

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particularly galling

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in the face of the fact that we

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have done collectively,

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this county and the cities,

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everything we could do

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to fill

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unfunded mandates

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by the state,

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including being a leader on

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Prop 1 and SB 43, certainly

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being a leader in the care

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courts and home key. And

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to now as a county entity,

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look at a 15% reduction

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in our general fund. It's

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staggering. It is staggering.

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So, what I'd like

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to do is run this board through

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what those impacts would

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potentially be and really

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inform the public what we're

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looking at here. So, if I could

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have the clerk bring up the

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first slide. Thank you. So, the

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unfunded VLF shortfall

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for the county would be $134.2

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million. At risk is 603

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positions. And I'll go

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into detail about that

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in a few minutes. The reduction

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to date. And I've asked our

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department heads,

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our wonderful department heads

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on a very short notice to go

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into their budgets and identify

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what this could look

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like if we have

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to sustain this cut. And we've

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come up so far with 120.4

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million, we still have another

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13.8 million to go to

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to fill that gap. I can go

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on the next slide, please. And

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you can see we've tried

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to break it down the 603

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positions in various buckets.

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Safety net services of 49.9

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million, public safety 42.2

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million and community services

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28.3 million. But those

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are. I think Ms. Lynn talked

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about just statistics. We need

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to understand what really that

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means. So, if we can go on

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to the next slide. So, let's

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start

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with safety net services. You

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can see the positions and the

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impact to our Medi Cal

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recipients and what that would

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mean to them and the positions

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in our human services agency

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in matching funds. And I don't

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think a lot of people consider

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the fact that as we reduce our

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workforce we will also lose

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out. And as we reduce services,

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we will also lose out on state

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and federal matching funds.

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So, the detail,

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this table really shows some

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of the cuts.

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But what does it mean? It would

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really make it harder

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for thousands

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of vulnerable residents

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in this county to access

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essential healthcare and

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benefits. Of the 191 potential

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staff cuts

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in health department, 90% or

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171 provide direct patient care

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and services, including nurses,

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physicians, licensed mental

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health professionals. They

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would include the reductions

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in closures

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of specialized health services

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for children, chronic

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conditions and disabilities and

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seniors and individuals with

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serious mental health issues,

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behavioral health services

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for some of the county's most

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vulnerable residents would be

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reduced staffing restrictions

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would reduce or eliminate

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specialized services

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for people with serious mental

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illnesses or substance abuse

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disorders or some of those

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13,000 medical beneficiaries

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who rely on us each year. It

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would also likely shift more

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people

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toward emergency departments,

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inpatient care and higher cost

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interventions. Reducing staff

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would also have the impact

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to respond to elder abuse and

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neglect cases and slow in-home

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support for nearly 10,000 of

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our older and disabled

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residents. Service cuts,

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particularly impact service for

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youth would include a 1/3

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reduction in nurse home

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visiting programs that support

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pregnant individuals and

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families with young children.

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The reduction of elimination

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of specialized health services

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for teens and elimination of

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school based mental health

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programs. Additionally,

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by eliminating our ability to

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identify health and mental

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health conditions early,

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connect with residents with

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care resources will worsen

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health outcomes. In San Mateo

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County, cuts to the workforce

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that administer public health

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benefits will reduce access

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to critical safety net. We lose

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approximately 100 HSA staff,

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including benefiting and social

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workers. It will create longer

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wait times even given the fact

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that HR1 has now complicated

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that and required that we do

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verification twice a year.

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Larger backlogs and delays

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of residents seeking

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to apply renewal eligibility

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for food assistance and

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position losses would also

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reduce the county's capacity to

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conduct timely and effective

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child abuse investigation.

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Something that we take pride

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in, in making sure that we

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safeguard kids and then adding

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insult

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to injury. I talked a little

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bit about this. It will result,

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those reductions would result

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in 15 million additional funds

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in matching funds that we

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receive. So, now let's go on

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to the public safety services

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in the county. You would see

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52 sworn deputies and as you

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all know on this board and

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in the audience,

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it is so difficult to fill

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sworn positions and what they

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have to go through and the

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money that we invest in making

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sure that we have qualified

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people out there policing our

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communities, we'd have over

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1,000 people potentially lose

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supervision from probation

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with the elimination

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of potentially 40 positions

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00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:06,100
in probation, 23 positions in

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the district attorney's office.

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And I can't even begin

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to say how our DA

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right now really runs a very

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lean department and prides

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himself

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on making sure that we are,

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we set the standard in

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making sure our victims are

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taken care of and prosecuting

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those and holding them

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responsible. And

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to cripple him with these

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cuts would be just devastating.

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And then 400 plus partners

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would lose emergency

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coordination.

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But what does that,

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I mean those are again numbers.

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But what does that really mean?

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You know, when we look

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at the overall Public Safety

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Communications 911 would lose

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eight employees and slow

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down services for some of the

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300,000 calls that they take a

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year. Half

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of those being emergency calls.

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The 52 sworn potential

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reductions would include 44

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deputy sheriffs, eight

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sergeants,

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eight patrol deletions with

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slow response and thin coverage

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in our unincorporated area,

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North Fair Oaks and

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Burlingame Hills and La Honda

593
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,100
Skyline. And we would close the

594
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,100
North Fair Oaks and Broadway

595
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,100
substations potentially to

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00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:24,100
reach that full reduction

597
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:25,100
target. Sheriff may also have

598
00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:27,100
to consider closing a jail

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00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:28,100
facility and transferring

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00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,100
incarcerated people out

601
00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:32,100
of the county at a higher cost

602
00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:34,100
and certainly separating them

603
00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,100
from their loved ones.

604
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,100
We don't look at closing

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00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,100
specialized law enforcement

606
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:45,100
units like the Narcotics Task

607
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:47,100
Force and Gang Intelligence

608
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:50,100
Unit and SWAT and Marine

609
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:52,100
patrol and bomb squad. All

610
00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,100
of those would be impact along

611
00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,100
like I said earlier

612
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,100
with our dispatch services.

613
00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,100
The 40 cuts

614
00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:01,100
in probation would again lead

615
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:03,100
to us not being able

616
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,100
to supervise over 1100 people

617
00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:05,100
that are currently being

618
00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:07,100
supervised probation on

619
00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:08,100
probation including court

620
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:09,100
ordered drug,

621
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:11,100
alcohol and GPS mining.

622
00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:13,100
Reduced supervision for 284

623
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:15,100
domestic violence offenders and

624
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,100
end supervision of 178 clients

625
00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:19,100
in Veterans Treatment Court.

626
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,100
All of these devastating

627
00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:22,100
effects and impacts to our

628
00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:24,100
criminal justice system and

629
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:27,100
again to cut the 23 out of the

630
00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:29,100
district attorney's office

631
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:31,100
potentially would have long

632
00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:34,100
lasting and really cripple our

633
00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:36,100
criminal justice system. So, we

634
00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:38,100
can go on to the next one.

635
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,100
Community services just really

636
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:41,100
quickly. You know, these are

637
00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:43,100
the things that this board has

638
00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:44,100
worked so hard for and this

639
00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:46,100
board has done an incredible

640
00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:48,100
job to be very judicious,

641
00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:49,100
judicious in what we do and

642
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:51,100
what we spend money on and

643
00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:52,100
to save and in the money that

644
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:55,100
you have put aside to really

645
00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:57,100
impact our unfunded liability

646
00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,100
and lead the state in that all

647
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:00,100
of these things would be

648
00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:02,100
in jeopardy with

649
00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:04,100
this devastating loss.

650
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:06,100
Fewer county resources

651
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,100
available to maintain the

652
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:09,100
community's quality

653
00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:11,401
of life and infrastructure.

654
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:13,100
You talk about our parks or

655
00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:14,100
wildfire and flood risk

656
00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,100
hazards, climate resiliency

657
00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:17,100
initiatives and certainly the

658
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,100
delivery of capital

659
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:19,100
improvements which we've prided

660
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,100
ourselves on

661
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,100
in the last several years. It

662
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,100
would increase obviously our

663
00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,100
operating costs to our parks.

664
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:28,100
It would be devastating. And,

665
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,100
and we've got so many beautiful

666
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:32,100
parks that would just. We would

667
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:33,100
not be able to staff anymore.

668
00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,100
We'd have to close them down to

669
00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:37,100
fewer hours and less

670
00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:39,100
maintenance in order

671
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:40,100
to do that. And you think about

672
00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:42,100
the beautiful beach park we

673
00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:44,100
just opened up today, Don

674
00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:46,401
Horsley County Park at

675
00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:49,401
Tunitas Creek Beach. Certainly

676
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:51,100
the residents of this county

677
00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:53,100
would experience slower and

678
00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:55,100
reduced response

679
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,100
across all essential county

680
00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:58,100
Functions including building

681
00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:00,100
and planning and permits and

682
00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:02,401
code enforcement and pesticide

683
00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:06,100
investigations and election

684
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:07,100
services and property, and

685
00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:09,100
on and on and on. All those

686
00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:11,100
vital services that our

687
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:13,100
residents rely on daily

688
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:14,100
to get business done

689
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:15,100
in the decrease

690
00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:16,100
in communications,

691
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:18,100
community engagement. You know,

692
00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:20,100
we pride ourselves in hearing

693
00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:22,100
from the community and reaching

694
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:23,100
out to the community. All

695
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:26,601
of that would be impacted. And

696
00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:28,100
of course, the impacts

697
00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:29,100
on technology and our ability

698
00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:31,100
to stay competitive and

699
00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:33,100
innovative would all be

700
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:35,100
impacted. So, these are some of

701
00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,100
the things that we are looking

702
00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:39,100
at being impacted by. And

703
00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:41,100
you'll hear from the residents

704
00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:44,100
of our cities next who will

705
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:46,100
suffer similar devastating,

706
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:49,100
irreparable harm

707
00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:52,100
to their communities because

708
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,100
of these cuts. Again, no fault

709
00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:56,100
of our own. This is a broken

710
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:59,100
system. We gave up something

711
00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:01,100
in 2004, and we were promised,

712
00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:03,100
promised by the state

713
00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:06,100
to get that back through the

714
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:07,100
property tax allocation,

715
00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:10,601
through VLF. And they have now

716
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:13,100
singled us out and reneged

717
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:15,100
on that. And shame

718
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:16,100
on them for doing that to

719
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:18,100
a county that has supported

720
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:20,100
them and been the leader

721
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:22,100
in this state in almost every

722
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:24,100
initiative that they had put

723
00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:26,100
forward. Even those

724
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,100
initiatives were unfunded.

725
00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:30,100
So, thank you, President Corzo

726
00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:31,100
and members of the board, for

727
00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:32,100
letting me have a few minutes

728
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:34,100
to really talk

729
00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:35,100
about the devastating impacts

730
00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:36,100
to San Mateo County

731
00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:37,100
with the loss

732
00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:39,401
of these VLF funds.

733
00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:44,100
>> Thank you. Before we move

734
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,401
on to a presentation

735
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,100
from our other partners, do we

736
00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:51,100
have any questions or comments

737
00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:54,601
from the board? Okay. Do we

738
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:57,401
have another presentation from

739
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,100
a city or labor partner?

740
00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:03,100
>> I think we're going to start

741
00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:05,100
with our labor partner. Ms.

742
00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:06,100
Lynn would like

743
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:08,100
to come up and start. And, you

744
00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:10,100
know, I think she did such an

745
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:11,100
incredible job talking about,

746
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:13,100
these are just not statistics.

747
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:15,100
These are wonderful employees

748
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,100
who have dedicated their life

749
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:19,100
to public service and who we

750
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:20,100
value so much. And we train and

751
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,100
they're here. They show up

752
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,100
every day

753
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:24,100
to provide a service, whether

754
00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:25,100
on the front lines or

755
00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:26,100
behind the scenes. They're the

756
00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:28,100
economic. They're the engine

757
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:30,100
that makes this county work.

758
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,100
And that's not lost on us

759
00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:34,100
at all.

760
00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,100
>> So, I would like to

761
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:39,100
personally welcome our

762
00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:42,100
legendary labor leader, Julie

763
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:43,100
Lind. We give her a round

764
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:44,100
of applause for all

765
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:46,100
of the work she's doing on this

766
00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:47,100
and many other important issues

767
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,401
in our county. Welcome.

768
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:53,100
>> Thank you. It's not work if

769
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:55,100
it's something that you love.

770
00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,100
Thank you

771
00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:57,100
for your kind words, County

772
00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:58,100
Executive Callagy, and thank

773
00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:00,100
you, everyone on the board,

774
00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:01,100
for your support. As was

775
00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:03,100
stated, I'm Julie Lind

776
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:04,100
with the San Mateo Labor

777
00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:05,100
Council, and I was asked to

778
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:07,100
this afternoon reiterate

779
00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:08,100
several

780
00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:09,100
of the points that I made

781
00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:10,100
during the press conference,

782
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:11,100
because quite frankly,

783
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:13,100
the real human impact

784
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:14,100
of this bears repeating. As I

785
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,100
said, we in the labor community

786
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,100
are deeply concerned

787
00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:18,100
about the possibility

788
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:20,100
of losing as many as 1000

789
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:22,100
public sector jobs. These are

790
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,100
good family sustaining careers

791
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:25,100
held by people who've built

792
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:27,100
their lives here. They pay rent

793
00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:28,100
and mortgages here. They buy

794
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:29,100
groceries, eat

795
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:31,100
at local restaurants, pay

796
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:32,100
for child care, and support

797
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,100
small businesses throughout

798
00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:35,100
San Mateo County. When those

799
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,100
jobs disappear, we don't just

800
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:38,100
lose the services the workers

801
00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:39,100
provide. We pull millions

802
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:41,100
of dollars

803
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:42,100
in wages and spending out

804
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:43,100
of the local economy. And that

805
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:44,100
affects another set

806
00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:45,100
of workers and businesses. And

807
00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:47,100
the impact continues

808
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:48,100
to ripple outward. But there's

809
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:50,100
something else I hope we don't

810
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,100
lose sight of. Many of these

811
00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:52,100
employees have dedicated years

812
00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:54,100
and sometimes decades

813
00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:55,100
of their lives

814
00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:57,100
in public service. They chose

815
00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:58,100
careers taking care

816
00:38:58,100 --> 00:38:59,100
of our residents,

817
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:01,100
maintaining our communities,

818
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,100
and making this county a safe

819
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:03,100
and healthy place to live.

820
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:05,100
They responded during storms,

821
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:07,401
fires and other emergencies.

822
00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:10,100
They've helped families find

823
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:12,100
housing and services. They've

824
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,100
cared for people experiencing

825
00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:15,100
mental health crises. They've

826
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:16,100
maintained our roads,

827
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:17,100
staffed our libraries and

828
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:18,100
parks, and done the everyday

829
00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:19,100
work that keeps local

830
00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:20,100
government functioning. They

831
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:21,100
built careers

832
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,100
around serving this community.

833
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:24,100
They're in this room right now

834
00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:25,100
because they love this

835
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:27,100
community. And now,

836
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:28,100
through no fault

837
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:29,100
of their own,

838
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,100
they're being asked to live

839
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:32,100
with the possibility that those

840
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:33,100
careers could simply disappear.

841
00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:35,100
For a worker, a layoff isn't an

842
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,100
abstract budget reduction. It

843
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:37,100
means asking,

844
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:39,100
can my family afford

845
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:40,100
to stay here? Where do I find

846
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,100
another job that allows me

847
00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:44,100
to support my family in one

848
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:45,100
of the most expensive places

849
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:47,100
to live in the country? San

850
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:48,100
Mateo county can't afford to

851
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,100
lose experienced public

852
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,100
servants either. Once that

853
00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:52,100
experience and institutional

854
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,100
knowledge walks out the door,

855
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:55,100
rebuilding it is incredibly

856
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,100
difficult. We appreciate the

857
00:39:57,100 --> 00:39:59,100
board's leadership and that of

858
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:00,100
our state legislative

859
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:01,100
delegation.

860
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:02,100
In confronting this crisis,

861
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:04,100
labor is committed to standing

862
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:05,100
with the county and our

863
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:06,100
communities and demanding a

864
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,100
permanent state solution.

865
00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:09,100
These workers have spent their

866
00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:10,100
careers showing up for San

867
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,100
Mateo County, and now the state

868
00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:13,100
of California needs to show up

869
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,401
for them. Thank you,

870
00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:21,100
>> Madam President. I think now

871
00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:22,100
we have a list that. That you

872
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:24,401
have for the cities,

873
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:27,100
but could we ask that Foster

874
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:29,100
City go first? Apparently, the

875
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:30,100
representative has a plane

876
00:40:30,100 --> 00:40:32,100
to catch.

877
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:34,100
>> Okay. I welcome the

878
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,100
representative from the city

879
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,601
of Foster City. And let's get.

880
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,100
Do they have a slide deck?

881
00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,401
No. Okay. Welcome. Please

882
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:48,100
introduce yourself. Marlene.

883
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:52,100
>> Good evening, President

884
00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:53,100
Corzo, members of the board,

885
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,100
county staff,

886
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:55,100
and everyone who's here

887
00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:57,100
in the chambers. I'm here

888
00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:59,100
with our mayor, Art Keisel,

889
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:00,100
representing the city of

890
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:02,100
Foster City. I'm Marlene

891
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:04,100
Subhashini, Assistant City

892
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:05,100
Manager for the city of

893
00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,100
Foster City. And I'm here today

894
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,100
to stand with San Mateo County

895
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,100
and our fellow cities

896
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:13,100
in urging the state to fully

897
00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:15,100
restore the VLF funding owed to

898
00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:17,100
our communities and

899
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:18,100
importantly,

900
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:21,100
to provide a permanent solution

901
00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:23,100
for Foster City. This is not an

902
00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,100
abstract budget issue. Our VLF

903
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:27,100
shortfalls for fiscal year

904
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:28,100
2526 is approximately $4.34

905
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:31,100
million, more than 6% of our

906
00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:36,401
general fund operating budget.

907
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:40,100
For a small 4 square mile,

908
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:41,100
largely built out city like

909
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:43,100
Foster City, that is

910
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:45,100
significant. We don't have

911
00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:46,100
large areas of land,

912
00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,100
developable land

913
00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:50,100
to generate new property taxes.

914
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:51,100
We have a relatively small but

915
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:54,100
stable commercial tax base and

916
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:55,100
real limited opportunities

917
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:58,100
to expand our revenue streams.

918
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:00,100
Yet our responsibility to

919
00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,100
provide essential services does

920
00:42:02,100 --> 00:42:05,100
not change. To put $4.3 million

921
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:08,100
loss in perspective, that

922
00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,100
amount is roughly equivalent

923
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,100
to the annual cost of 13

924
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:14,100
positions

925
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:16,100
in our organization, including

926
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,100
12 of those

927
00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:19,100
in our police department and

928
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:22,100
one in our building safety

929
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:24,100
department. And the impact just

930
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:26,100
doesn't end there. Foster City

931
00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,100
is a 20% partner in San Mateo

932
00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:31,100
Consolidated Fire. Our share of

933
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:32,100
the fire department's VLF

934
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:34,100
shortfall adds approximately

935
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:35,000
another $660,000, bringing the

936
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,000
total impact to our community

937
00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:40,100
to roughly 5 million

938
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:42,100
in just one year. We were

939
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:44,100
reminded just last week of

940
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:46,100
exactly what these essential

941
00:42:46,100 --> 00:42:48,100
public safety resources mean

942
00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:50,100
to our community. The major

943
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:53,100
structure fire at 815 Sea spray

944
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:55,100
Lane required an extraordinary

945
00:42:55,100 --> 00:42:57,100
emergency response. Our

946
00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:59,401
firefighters and public safety

947
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:02,100
personnel responded when a

948
00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:04,401
community needed them most.

949
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,100
These are precisely the

950
00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:09,401
essential services that this

951
00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:13,100
funding helps sustain. And this

952
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:14,100
comes at a time when the cost

953
00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:16,100
of providing these services,

954
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:17,100
from public safety

955
00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:19,100
to infrastructure, continues

956
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:20,100
to rise. Foster City has worked

957
00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:21,100
hard

958
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:24,100
to be fiscally responsible, but

959
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:25,100
reserves are not a permanent

960
00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:26,100
revenue source. And local

961
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:28,100
governments should not be

962
00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:29,100
forced to choose between

963
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:31,100
maintaining essential services

964
00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:33,100
and absorbing a state created

965
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:35,100
funding shortfall. We stand

966
00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:37,100
united with the county and our

967
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:38,100
neighboring jurisdictions

968
00:43:38,100 --> 00:43:40,100
in asking the state

969
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,100
to fully fund its obligation,

970
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:44,100
restore the dollars owed to our

971
00:43:44,100 --> 00:43:46,100
communities and enact a

972
00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:48,100
permanent fix so that we are

973
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,100
not back here fighting the same

974
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:52,100
battle and year after year.

975
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:54,401
Thank you very much.

976
00:43:56,100 --> 00:43:57,100
>> Thank you so much,

977
00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:58,100
Marlene. And thank you,

978
00:43:58,100 --> 00:43:59,100
Mayor.

979
00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:01,100
>> Excuse me.

980
00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:03,100
>> Welcome.

981
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:05,100
>> Because of the relating

982
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:08,100
to the fire, we have our fire

983
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:10,100
department or a consolidated

984
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:11,100
fire department,

985
00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:13,100
but we had a lot

986
00:44:13,100 --> 00:44:14,100
of mutual aid. And what happens

987
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:15,100
when that mutual aid is not

988
00:44:15,100 --> 00:44:17,100
there? Thank you.

989
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:23,100
>> Thank you. So, I am going

990
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:25,100
to ask that County Executive

991
00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:27,401
Callagy invite the cities

992
00:44:28,100 --> 00:44:30,100
because I do not have the list.

993
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:32,401
I could go alphabetical.

994
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:34,100
>> Yeah. Either way.

995
00:44:34,100 --> 00:44:36,100
President Corzo.

996
00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:40,601
>> Is there A list that. Yeah.

997
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:48,100
>> Okay. Oh, it is

998
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:49,100
alphabetical. Oh, okay. It's

999
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:51,100
just alphabetical. I thought it

1000
00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:54,100
was a different list. Does the

1001
00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:56,100
city of Belmont have a

1002
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:58,100
presentation or something?

1003
00:44:58,100 --> 00:44:59,100
They would like to welcome

1004
00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:01,100
Mayor Mates.

1005
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:05,100
>> Good afternoon, President

1006
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:07,100
Corzo and members

1007
00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:08,100
of the board. I'm here with

1008
00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:10,100
City Manager Afshin Oskoui. I

1009
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:12,100
want to thank you first

1010
00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:14,100
by allowing us

1011
00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:15,100
to come and speak

1012
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:16,100
with you. I'd like

1013
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:17,100
to thank your county staff for

1014
00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:19,100
your leadership and persistence

1015
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:20,100
in advocating

1016
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:21,100
for what is right, not only

1017
00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:23,100
for the county, but for all 20

1018
00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:24,100
cities that rely

1019
00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:25,100
on these revenues to provide

1020
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:27,100
essential local services. We

1021
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:28,100
also appreciate our state

1022
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:30,100
delegation and all

1023
00:45:30,100 --> 00:45:31,100
of our partners who continue

1024
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:33,100
to carry this message to

1025
00:45:33,100 --> 00:45:34,100
Sacramento. We recognize the

1026
00:45:34,100 --> 00:45:36,100
state has significant fiscal

1027
00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:38,100
challenges, but as I said

1028
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:39,100
at the press conference,

1029
00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:41,100
those challenges cannot

1030
00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:43,100
continue to be addressed by

1031
00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:44,100
shifting the burden onto local

1032
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:46,100
governments that have very

1033
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:48,100
limited tools to respond. For

1034
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:51,100
Belmont, this is a serious

1035
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:53,100
budget issue. We are a

1036
00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:54,100
community of about 27,000

1037
00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:56,100
residents with a very lean

1038
00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:58,100
organization and a relatively

1039
00:45:58,100 --> 00:46:00,100
small general fund. Our council

1040
00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:02,100
has been extremely disciplined

1041
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,100
in managing our resources,

1042
00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:05,100
finding efficiencies,

1043
00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:07,100
controlling costs,

1044
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:09,401
and using reserves responsibly.

1045
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,100
But there is a limit

1046
00:46:11,100 --> 00:46:13,100
to how much we can absorb. Our

1047
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:14,100
current VLF exposure is

1048
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:17,100
about 10% of our general fund.

1049
00:46:17,100 --> 00:46:19,100
At that level, this is no

1050
00:46:19,100 --> 00:46:21,100
longer something we can simply

1051
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:22,100
manage through efficiencies.

1052
00:46:22,100 --> 00:46:23,100
If this funding continues

1053
00:46:23,100 --> 00:46:25,100
to erode,

1054
00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:26,100
we will ultimately be forced to

1055
00:46:26,100 --> 00:46:27,100
make difficult choices

1056
00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:29,100
affecting police services,

1057
00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:31,100
street and park maintenance

1058
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:32,100
infrastructure,

1059
00:46:32,100 --> 00:46:34,100
child care and youth programs,

1060
00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:36,100
senior services, housing

1061
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:38,100
implementation, and other

1062
00:46:38,100 --> 00:46:40,100
crucial services our residents

1063
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:42,100
depend on. We've been asked to

1064
00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:44,100
demonstrate what those impacts

1065
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:45,100
could look like,

1066
00:46:45,100 --> 00:46:47,100
and it is sobering. These

1067
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:49,100
aren't services we want

1068
00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:50,100
to reduce. These are the

1069
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:52,100
services our community needs us

1070
00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:53,100
to provide,

1071
00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:55,100
and it's our responsibility

1072
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:57,100
to provide them. That's why I

1073
00:46:57,100 --> 00:46:58,100
appreciate the county's

1074
00:46:58,100 --> 00:46:59,100
leadership

1075
00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:00,100
in bringing us all together.

1076
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:02,100
This isn't a request

1077
00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:03,100
for additional state funding,

1078
00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:05,100
that it is a plea to restore a

1079
00:47:05,100 --> 00:47:07,100
funding mechanism that local

1080
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:08,100
governments have relied upon

1081
00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:10,100
for years

1082
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,100
to provide essential services.

1083
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:13,100
We stand with the county,

1084
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:15,100
our fellow cities, our labor

1085
00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:16,100
partners,

1086
00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:17,100
and our state delegation

1087
00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:19,100
in continuing this fight

1088
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,100
for a permanent solution.

1089
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:22,100
Thank you again

1090
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:23,100
for your leadership and

1091
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:24,100
for allowing us to share

1092
00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:26,100
Belmont's perspective today.

1093
00:47:34,100 --> 00:47:36,100
>> Thank you. And I believe we

1094
00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:37,100
do have someone here from

1095
00:47:37,100 --> 00:47:40,601
Brisbane, and I may be wrong.

1096
00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:46,100
So, let's move on to

1097
00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:48,100
Burlingame. Welcome, Council

1098
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:54,401
Member Brownrigg. And I'm

1099
00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:56,100
sorry, I don't know your name,

1100
00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:57,100
but please introduce

1101
00:47:57,100 --> 00:47:59,100
yourself.

1102
00:47:59,100 --> 00:48:00,100
>> Thank you very much,

1103
00:48:00,100 --> 00:48:01,100
President Corzo. It's Michael

1104
00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:03,100
Brownrigg. With the mayor of

1105
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:05,100
Burlingame and Lisa Goldman,

1106
00:48:05,100 --> 00:48:06,100
longtime city manager

1107
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:07,100
for the great city of

1108
00:48:07,100 --> 00:48:09,100
Burlingame. I want you

1109
00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:10,100
to know that our city council,

1110
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:12,100
our city staff and our 31,000

1111
00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:14,100
residents stand shoulder

1112
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:15,100
to shoulder with you

1113
00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:16,100
in this fight for fairness.

1114
00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:18,100
Thank you very much for your

1115
00:48:18,100 --> 00:48:20,100
commentary this morning. We

1116
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:22,100
affiliate ourselves and

1117
00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:24,401
appreciate those strong words

1118
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:28,401
today. As I reflected

1119
00:48:29,100 --> 00:48:31,100
on this, I took a step back.

1120
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:33,100
To me, the relationship between

1121
00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:34,100
the state and its many cities

1122
00:48:34,100 --> 00:48:36,100
and counties ought to be one of

1123
00:48:36,100 --> 00:48:37,100
a strong working partnership.

1124
00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:39,100
We're all serving California

1125
00:48:39,100 --> 00:48:41,100
residents and we all should

1126
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:42,100
want our state, our cities,

1127
00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:43,100
our counties

1128
00:48:43,100 --> 00:48:45,100
to be the best run

1129
00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:47,100
in the country. For our part,

1130
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:49,100
the city of Burlingame has

1131
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:51,100
answered Sacramento's call,

1132
00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:52,100
for example, on housing. Our

1133
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:55,100
city has added 1,800 new homes

1134
00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:57,100
in the last six years,

1135
00:48:57,100 --> 00:48:59,100
a 15% increase. We have another

1136
00:48:59,100 --> 00:49:01,100
800 homes in the pipeline that

1137
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:03,100
would yield a 20% increase

1138
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:06,100
in housing. And we accomplished

1139
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:10,100
this by promising our residents

1140
00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:13,100
that we could invite more

1141
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:15,100
people into Burlingame, deliver

1142
00:49:15,100 --> 00:49:16,100
extra water and sewer and parks

1143
00:49:16,100 --> 00:49:18,100
and safety services

1144
00:49:18,100 --> 00:49:20,100
for our new neighbors without

1145
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:22,100
impairing service quality.

1146
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:24,100
That was the promise we made.

1147
00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:25,100
We also accomplished our

1148
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:27,100
housing goals by breaking one

1149
00:49:27,100 --> 00:49:28,100
of the cardinal rules

1150
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:30,100
of local city government,

1151
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,100
which is we took about 100

1152
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:33,100
acres of commercially zoned

1153
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:34,100
property and we rezoned it

1154
00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:36,100
for mixed use housing. Now,

1155
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:38,100
that's perceived as a money

1156
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:40,100
loser by traditionalists,

1157
00:49:40,100 --> 00:49:42,100
but that's the way we wanted to

1158
00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:44,100
make sure that we could deliver

1159
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:47,100
on these promises. Now, I want

1160
00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:49,100
to be clear. We made those

1161
00:49:49,100 --> 00:49:50,100
changes because it was the

1162
00:49:50,100 --> 00:49:51,100
right thing to do

1163
00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:52,100
for our state,

1164
00:49:52,100 --> 00:49:53,100
for our city and

1165
00:49:53,100 --> 00:49:55,100
for working families,

1166
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:56,100
not because we were told

1167
00:49:56,100 --> 00:49:59,100
to do it, but we did. We did

1168
00:49:59,100 --> 00:50:01,100
assume that Sacramento would at

1169
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:03,100
least have our backs

1170
00:50:03,100 --> 00:50:05,100
financially, given the

1171
00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:07,100
governor's and the

1172
00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:09,100
legislature's constant talk

1173
00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:12,100
about housing. Instead, the VLF

1174
00:50:12,100 --> 00:50:14,100
incompetence reflects, and I

1175
00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:17,100
think the county manager got it

1176
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:19,100
right. Sacramento reneging

1177
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:21,100
on its financial promise

1178
00:50:21,100 --> 00:50:22,100
to cities and counties. And we

1179
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:25,100
take that personally. And this

1180
00:50:25,100 --> 00:50:26,100
couldn't come at a worse time

1181
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:28,100
for the city of Burlingame.

1182
00:50:28,100 --> 00:50:30,100
With revenue from hotel visitor

1183
00:50:30,100 --> 00:50:31,100
tax still today, six years on

1184
00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:34,100
from COVID not as high as it

1185
00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:36,100
was before COVID hit. We're

1186
00:50:36,100 --> 00:50:39,100
still digging our way out. We

1187
00:50:39,100 --> 00:50:41,100
went through virtually all

1188
00:50:41,100 --> 00:50:43,100
of our reserves to get

1189
00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:44,100
through that period. And as we

1190
00:50:44,100 --> 00:50:46,100
dig our way out,

1191
00:50:46,100 --> 00:50:47,100
we're counting on VLF

1192
00:50:47,100 --> 00:50:50,100
to get us there. So, I have a

1193
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:52,100
message for our partners in

1194
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:54,401
Sacramento. Stop telling us

1195
00:50:55,100 --> 00:50:57,100
what to do if you're not going

1196
00:50:57,100 --> 00:50:59,100
to pay us what you owe. Thank

1197
00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:01,100
you very much.

1198
00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:05,100
>> Thank you. And just

1199
00:51:05,100 --> 00:51:07,100
to clarify, Councilmember

1200
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:08,100
Brownrigg, I know your name. I

1201
00:51:08,100 --> 00:51:09,100
just didn't know your city

1202
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:11,401
count. City manager's name.

1203
00:51:12,100 --> 00:51:14,100
Thank you. And now I'd like

1204
00:51:14,100 --> 00:51:16,401
to welcome someone representing

1205
00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:22,100
Colma, and Colma is not

1206
00:51:23,100 --> 00:51:26,100
present. So, I'd like to

1207
00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:28,401
welcome the four council

1208
00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:32,100
members from Daly City. I know

1209
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:35,100
there's four of you now.

1210
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:37,100
>> Good afternoon, Madam

1211
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:39,100
President.

1212
00:51:39,100 --> 00:51:40,100
>> And the City Manager.

1213
00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:41,100
Welcome.

1214
00:51:41,100 --> 00:51:43,100
>> Thank you. I'm Tim Nevin,

1215
00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:45,100
the Assistant City Manager.

1216
00:51:45,100 --> 00:51:47,100
And today Mayor Glenn

1217
00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:48,100
Sylvester will be speaking

1218
00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:49,100
on behalf of the city.

1219
00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:50,100
But I also wanted

1220
00:51:50,100 --> 00:51:51,100
to note that Council Member

1221
00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:52,100
Proano did also join after roll

1222
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:54,100
call this afternoon.

1223
00:51:54,100 --> 00:51:55,100
>> Welcome.

1224
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:56,100
>> Thank you. I'll let the

1225
00:51:56,100 --> 00:51:58,100
mayor speak.

1226
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:00,100
>> I wasn't prepared. Tim,

1227
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:02,100
thank you so much. I'm Glenn

1228
00:52:02,100 --> 00:52:03,100
Sylvester. Those

1229
00:52:03,100 --> 00:52:05,100
of you who know me, everything

1230
00:52:05,100 --> 00:52:07,100
is dynamic and it's fluid. I

1231
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:08,100
tried to take experience

1232
00:52:08,100 --> 00:52:10,100
by what happens. So, I'd like

1233
00:52:10,100 --> 00:52:12,401
to first start off

1234
00:52:13,100 --> 00:52:15,100
by saying hello to Madam

1235
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:17,100
President Corzo, the rest

1236
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:18,100
of the Board of Supervisors,

1237
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:20,100
the county staff,

1238
00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:24,100
and the other staff. Okay,

1239
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:26,100
thank you so much. I'd like

1240
00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:27,100
to preface before I start with

1241
00:52:27,100 --> 00:52:29,100
a commentary I heard earlier

1242
00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:31,401
by Supervisor Jackie Speier.

1243
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:40,100
And what you said is the reason

1244
00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:42,100
why you are wearing red because

1245
00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:44,100
you are hot mad. Well, those

1246
00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:47,100
of you and those a lot of folks

1247
00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:49,401
know I'm law enforcement

1248
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:52,100
centric. And if you're not

1249
00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:53,100
in law enforcement, you would

1250
00:52:53,100 --> 00:52:55,100
not understand the tie that I'm

1251
00:52:55,100 --> 00:52:57,100
wearing. Well, basically,

1252
00:52:57,100 --> 00:52:59,100
it's the thin blue line, which

1253
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:01,100
is probably what you'll have

1254
00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:02,100
due to the loss

1255
00:53:02,100 --> 00:53:05,100
of public safety. So, I'm

1256
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:06,100
Glenn Sylvester, the mayor of

1257
00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:08,100
Daly City. Thank you to the

1258
00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:09,100
Board of Supervisors for

1259
00:53:09,100 --> 00:53:11,100
hosting this press conference

1260
00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:12,100
and bringing our cities

1261
00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:14,100
together to address what is

1262
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:16,100
fundamentally a state of

1263
00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:18,401
California funding issue. I

1264
00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:21,100
would like

1265
00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:22,100
to thank our city manager, our

1266
00:53:22,100 --> 00:53:24,100
assistant city manager and

1267
00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:26,100
staff for keeping us all up to

1268
00:53:26,100 --> 00:53:28,100
date because this is a very

1269
00:53:28,100 --> 00:53:30,100
complicated situation,

1270
00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:32,401
and I appreciate them

1271
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:34,100
for that. As you hear me speak,

1272
00:53:34,100 --> 00:53:36,100
you will hear some

1273
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:38,100
redundancies. And the only

1274
00:53:38,100 --> 00:53:40,100
reason why you're going

1275
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:42,100
to have redundancies because

1276
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:44,100
it goes

1277
00:53:44,100 --> 00:53:45,100
to show that we are on the same

1278
00:53:45,100 --> 00:53:48,100
page and that we understand.

1279
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:52,601
The message from Daly City is

1280
00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:55,100
simple. And I promise I already

1281
00:53:55,100 --> 00:53:56,100
had this written. But I did

1282
00:53:56,100 --> 00:53:58,100
hear some phrases today,

1283
00:53:58,100 --> 00:54:00,100
and I'm going to repeat them.

1284
00:54:00,100 --> 00:54:03,100
The VLF shortfall is not just a

1285
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:05,100
budget problem. It is a threat

1286
00:54:05,100 --> 00:54:07,401
to essential public services

1287
00:54:08,100 --> 00:54:10,100
to our communities and

1288
00:54:10,100 --> 00:54:12,100
to the partnership between the

1289
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:14,401
state and local governments.

1290
00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:17,100
Daly City is one

1291
00:54:17,100 --> 00:54:20,100
of the lower income cities in

1292
00:54:20,100 --> 00:54:23,100
San Mateo County. We have a

1293
00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:25,100
limited tax base and we already

1294
00:54:25,100 --> 00:54:28,601
operate with a very lean budget

1295
00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:30,100
for the fiscal year 2025

1296
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:32,401
through 2026, Daly City is

1297
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:36,100
facing a 12.15-million-dollar

1298
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:42,100
VLF shortfall. That could mean

1299
00:54:43,100 --> 00:54:46,100
the loss of nearly 50 positions

1300
00:54:46,100 --> 00:54:48,100
and more than $12 million

1301
00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:50,401
in services and expenditures.

1302
00:54:53,100 --> 00:54:55,100
As Julie Lind said earlier,

1303
00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:58,100
and this is the first,

1304
00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:01,100
the first redundancy. This is

1305
00:55:01,100 --> 00:55:03,100
not numbers on a spreadsheet.

1306
00:55:03,100 --> 00:55:05,401
They represent people, programs

1307
00:55:06,100 --> 00:55:08,100
and services that our residents

1308
00:55:08,100 --> 00:55:11,100
depend on every day. If this

1309
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:13,100
shortfall becomes reality,

1310
00:55:13,100 --> 00:55:15,100
they represent people,

1311
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:18,100
programs and Daly City could be

1312
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:20,100
forced out

1313
00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:23,100
of a fire engine company.

1314
00:55:23,100 --> 00:55:25,100
Remember we had a fire

1315
00:55:25,100 --> 00:55:27,100
representative who said

1316
00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:29,100
about saving the child. Took

1317
00:55:29,100 --> 00:55:30,100
them six minutes. Well, many

1318
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:32,100
times I've said on council

1319
00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:33,100
on the response time,

1320
00:55:33,100 --> 00:55:35,100
six minutes. It takes me six

1321
00:55:35,100 --> 00:55:38,100
minutes just to get out

1322
00:55:42,100 --> 00:55:43,100
of bed. This will also

1323
00:55:43,100 --> 00:55:44,100
terminate our mental health

1324
00:55:44,100 --> 00:55:46,100
clinician program

1325
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:48,100
to which the Board of

1326
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:50,100
Supervisors approved quite some

1327
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:51,100
time ago. It would eliminate

1328
00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:52,100
library and recreation programs

1329
00:55:52,100 --> 00:55:55,100
and close senior centers and

1330
00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:57,401
recreation facilities. That is

1331
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:02,100
the first level of impact and

1332
00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:05,100
that's the local level. It

1333
00:56:06,100 --> 00:56:08,100
means fewer emergency responses

1334
00:56:08,100 --> 00:56:10,100
on our streets. It means fewer

1335
00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:11,100
opportunities

1336
00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:14,100
for our children and families.

1337
00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:16,100
It means fewer services for our

1338
00:56:16,100 --> 00:56:18,100
seniors and residents who need

1339
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:20,100
mental health support.

1340
00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:24,100
But the significance

1341
00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:26,100
of this issue goes beyond

1342
00:56:26,100 --> 00:56:28,100
Daly City, which brings me

1343
00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:30,401
to the second level,

1344
00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:34,100
and that is regional. Every

1345
00:56:34,100 --> 00:56:37,100
city is connected. When one

1346
00:56:37,100 --> 00:56:39,100
city loses essential services,

1347
00:56:39,100 --> 00:56:42,100
the pressure does not stop

1348
00:56:42,100 --> 00:56:44,401
at our borders. Residents

1349
00:56:45,100 --> 00:56:47,100
travel across jurisdictions,

1350
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:50,100
public safety agencies,

1351
00:56:51,100 --> 00:56:53,100
they work together. You heard

1352
00:56:53,100 --> 00:56:56,100
the term earlier, mutual aid.

1353
00:56:56,100 --> 00:56:57,100
Libraries, parks and

1354
00:56:57,100 --> 00:56:59,100
transportation and housing and

1355
00:56:59,100 --> 00:57:02,100
social service serve a regional

1356
00:57:02,100 --> 00:57:04,401
population. A funding decision

1357
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:08,100
made by the state can therefore

1358
00:57:08,100 --> 00:57:10,100
create consequences through

1359
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:12,100
San Mateo County. So, I talked

1360
00:57:12,100 --> 00:57:14,100
about the first, I talked

1361
00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:17,100
about the second. Now there is

1362
00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:20,100
a third level and that's the

1363
00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:22,401
statewide significance. This is

1364
00:57:23,100 --> 00:57:25,100
about fundamental relationship

1365
00:57:26,100 --> 00:57:28,100
between Sacramento and

1366
00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:30,100
California cities. Local

1367
00:57:31,100 --> 00:57:34,100
governments are closest to the

1368
00:57:34,100 --> 00:57:36,100
people and we are responsible

1369
00:57:36,100 --> 00:57:38,100
for delivering many of the

1370
00:57:38,100 --> 00:57:40,401
services that residents rely

1371
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:43,100
on most. But cities cannot

1372
00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:45,100
Simply fund another $12

1373
00:57:45,100 --> 00:57:48,100
million. Cities like Daly City

1374
00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:51,100
have limited ability to raise

1375
00:57:51,100 --> 00:57:54,100
local revenue while the demand

1376
00:57:54,100 --> 00:57:56,100
for police, fire,

1377
00:57:56,100 --> 00:57:58,100
mental health services,

1378
00:57:58,100 --> 00:58:00,100
libraries, recreation and other

1379
00:58:00,100 --> 00:58:02,100
essential programs continue

1380
00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:06,401
to grow. When Sacramento

1381
00:58:09,100 --> 00:58:10,100
reduces funding

1382
00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:12,100
for local government,

1383
00:58:12,100 --> 00:58:13,100
Sacramento does not deliver the

1384
00:58:13,100 --> 00:58:15,401
service cuts the local

1385
00:58:16,100 --> 00:58:19,100
communities do. The cuts happen

1386
00:58:20,100 --> 00:58:22,100
in our neighborhoods. They

1387
00:58:22,100 --> 00:58:25,100
happen when a fire engine is

1388
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:27,100
taken off the street. They

1389
00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:30,100
happen when police staffing is

1390
00:58:30,100 --> 00:58:31,100
reduced. They happen when a

1391
00:58:31,100 --> 00:58:33,401
mental health program that

1392
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:37,100
disappears. They happen when a

1393
00:58:38,100 --> 00:58:40,401
library program is eliminated.

1394
00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:42,100
They happen when a senior

1395
00:58:42,100 --> 00:58:43,100
citizen or recreation facility

1396
00:58:43,100 --> 00:58:47,100
closes. This is why it is not

1397
00:58:47,100 --> 00:58:50,601
simply a Daly city issue or

1398
00:58:53,100 --> 00:58:54,100
even a San Mateo County issue.

1399
00:58:54,100 --> 00:58:57,601
It is a California issue. We

1400
00:58:59,100 --> 00:59:02,100
need the state to recognize the

1401
00:59:02,100 --> 00:59:03,100
real-world consequences of the

1402
00:59:03,100 --> 00:59:06,100
VLF shortfall and fully restore

1403
00:59:06,100 --> 00:59:08,100
the funding that local

1404
00:59:08,100 --> 00:59:10,401
communities rely upon. The

1405
00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:13,100
state must partner

1406
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:16,100
with local governments,

1407
00:59:17,100 --> 00:59:19,100
not force cities to choose

1408
00:59:19,100 --> 00:59:21,401
between public safety, mental

1409
00:59:24,100 --> 00:59:26,100
health, libraries, recreation,

1410
00:59:27,100 --> 00:59:30,100
and services for our seniors.

1411
00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:32,100
Daly City stands with San

1412
00:59:32,100 --> 00:59:34,401
Mateo County, our fellow

1413
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:37,100
cities,

1414
00:59:37,100 --> 00:59:39,100
and our state representatives

1415
00:59:39,100 --> 00:59:42,100
in demanding a solution. Our

1416
00:59:43,100 --> 00:59:45,401
residents deserve better. Our

1417
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:48,100
communities deserve better.

1418
00:59:48,100 --> 00:59:51,100
And California must keep its

1419
00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:53,100
commitment to the cities that

1420
00:59:53,100 --> 00:59:55,100
provide essential services.

1421
00:59:55,100 --> 00:59:57,100
Every day we call on the state

1422
00:59:57,100 --> 00:59:59,100
of California

1423
00:59:59,100 --> 01:00:01,100
to do the right thing,

1424
01:00:01,100 --> 01:00:03,100
restore this critical funding,

1425
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:05,100
protect local government

1426
01:00:06,100 --> 01:00:08,401
services, and protect the

1427
01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:12,100
residents that we were elected

1428
01:00:12,100 --> 01:00:15,601
to serve. Thank you all very

1429
01:00:16,100 --> 01:00:17,100
much. And I'll turn it. I'll

1430
01:00:17,100 --> 01:00:18,100
turn it over

1431
01:00:18,100 --> 01:00:19,100
to assistant city manager

1432
01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:20,100
for any things that I may have

1433
01:00:20,100 --> 01:00:22,100
missed.

1434
01:00:24,100 --> 01:00:25,100
>> No, thank you.

1435
01:00:25,100 --> 01:00:26,100
You covered everything.

1436
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:28,401
Thank you so much.

1437
01:00:29,100 --> 01:00:32,100
>> Thank you. With that, we

1438
01:00:33,100 --> 01:00:35,100
will be inviting council member

1439
01:00:35,100 --> 01:00:37,100
Abrica, representing the city of

1440
01:00:37,100 --> 01:00:38,100
East Palo Alto and your city

1441
01:00:38,100 --> 01:00:40,100
manager. Welcome, Assistant

1442
01:00:41,100 --> 01:00:43,100
City Manager. So, I'm just

1443
01:00:43,100 --> 01:00:44,100
going to stop guessing. You all

1444
01:00:44,100 --> 01:00:46,100
introduce yourselves.

1445
01:00:47,100 --> 01:00:48,100
>> A lot of things going

1446
01:00:48,100 --> 01:00:50,100
on today, so don't worry.

1447
01:00:50,100 --> 01:00:52,100
We're all worried.

1448
01:00:53,100 --> 01:00:55,100
But my name is Ruben Abrica. I

1449
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:57,100
currently serve as vice mayor

1450
01:00:57,100 --> 01:00:58,100
the city of East Palo Alto.

1451
01:00:58,100 --> 01:01:01,100
And today with me, Shiri

1452
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:03,401
Klima, our assistant City

1453
01:01:04,100 --> 01:01:05,100
Manager. First of all, I want

1454
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:07,100
to thank all of you for the

1455
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:09,100
work that you're doing all our

1456
01:01:09,100 --> 01:01:12,100
sister cities. And I know that

1457
01:01:12,100 --> 01:01:13,100
our city manager,

1458
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,100
who's not able

1459
01:01:15,100 --> 01:01:17,100
to be here today, and Shiri

1460
01:01:17,100 --> 01:01:18,100
and others have been working

1461
01:01:18,100 --> 01:01:20,100
very closely with your staff

1462
01:01:20,100 --> 01:01:21,100
to try to figure this thing

1463
01:01:21,100 --> 01:01:23,401
out. I also want

1464
01:01:24,100 --> 01:01:27,100
to take a second to recognize

1465
01:01:27,100 --> 01:01:29,100
Supervisor Gauthier for having

1466
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,100
served our city honorably, all

1467
01:01:33,100 --> 01:01:35,100
supervisors, of course,

1468
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:38,100
and also Jackie Speier

1469
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:40,100
for having been one

1470
01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:41,100
of the founding members

1471
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:43,100
of our city. I want to say

1472
01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:44,100
in my younger years,

1473
01:01:44,100 --> 01:01:46,100
I was involved

1474
01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:48,100
in the incorporation movement.

1475
01:01:48,100 --> 01:01:50,100
We are the youngest city, one

1476
01:01:50,100 --> 01:01:52,100
of the most vulnerable,

1477
01:01:52,100 --> 01:01:53,100
and I had the honor of serving

1478
01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:55,100
on the first city Council.

1479
01:01:55,100 --> 01:01:57,100
What I can tell you is that we

1480
01:01:57,100 --> 01:01:59,100
have come a long way. We have

1481
01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:01,401
had many difficult periods

1482
01:02:02,100 --> 01:02:05,100
of time in our city. This

1483
01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:07,100
shortfall would really become

1484
01:02:07,100 --> 01:02:10,100
one of the most difficult

1485
01:02:10,100 --> 01:02:12,401
economic situations because I

1486
01:02:13,100 --> 01:02:15,100
feel, after all, people are

1487
01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:17,100
already suffering so much

1488
01:02:17,100 --> 01:02:20,100
in their daily economic life

1489
01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:22,100
across the country,

1490
01:02:22,100 --> 01:02:23,100
across the state and this

1491
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:26,100
county in East Palo Alto. This

1492
01:02:26,100 --> 01:02:28,100
is the kind of thing that would

1493
01:02:28,100 --> 01:02:29,100
be catastrophic

1494
01:02:29,100 --> 01:02:30,100
for many families,

1495
01:02:30,100 --> 01:02:33,100
for the government, too. So, I

1496
01:02:33,100 --> 01:02:36,100
feel like I want to be positive

1497
01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:39,100
and I hope that the governor

1498
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:42,100
and the legislature will solve

1499
01:02:42,100 --> 01:02:44,100
this. But I also want

1500
01:02:44,100 --> 01:02:46,100
to prepare for the worst. And

1501
01:02:46,100 --> 01:02:47,100
this is my thought

1502
01:02:47,100 --> 01:02:49,100
for my city. And that is that

1503
01:02:49,100 --> 01:02:51,100
as elected officials and

1504
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:54,100
management who run our cities,

1505
01:02:54,100 --> 01:02:57,100
we have to work very closely

1506
01:02:57,100 --> 01:02:59,100
with our employees. We have

1507
01:02:59,100 --> 01:03:02,100
to work very closely with our

1508
01:03:02,100 --> 01:03:04,100
union representatives and the

1509
01:03:04,100 --> 01:03:06,100
community. And that's why this

1510
01:03:06,100 --> 01:03:07,100
is important that you're

1511
01:03:07,100 --> 01:03:09,100
holding this public meeting

1512
01:03:09,100 --> 01:03:11,100
to let everyone know.

1513
01:03:11,100 --> 01:03:12,100
But I really feel at other

1514
01:03:12,100 --> 01:03:14,100
times that's what we've done.

1515
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:16,100
We've been able

1516
01:03:16,100 --> 01:03:17,100
to get through. We have

1517
01:03:17,100 --> 01:03:18,100
to work

1518
01:03:18,100 --> 01:03:19,100
with the heart and soul

1519
01:03:19,100 --> 01:03:20,100
of a city,

1520
01:03:20,100 --> 01:03:21,100
which is the people who run it

1521
01:03:21,100 --> 01:03:22,100
on a day-to-day basis,

1522
01:03:22,100 --> 01:03:23,100
and that to the employees

1523
01:03:23,100 --> 01:03:25,100
in their unions. So,

1524
01:03:25,100 --> 01:03:27,100
with that, I'll let Shiri

1525
01:03:27,100 --> 01:03:28,100
share a few of the details,

1526
01:03:28,100 --> 01:03:31,100
which are not unlike what other

1527
01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:34,100
sister cities are going to be

1528
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:36,401
facing if this happens.

1529
01:03:38,100 --> 01:03:40,100
>> Thank you, Vice Mayor.

1530
01:03:40,100 --> 01:03:41,100
For the city of East Palo

1531
01:03:41,100 --> 01:03:44,100
Alto, the revised VLF estimates

1532
01:03:44,100 --> 01:03:46,100
increase our Projected general

1533
01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:47,100
fund revenue loss

1534
01:03:47,100 --> 01:03:49,100
from approximately 2 1/2

1535
01:03:49,100 --> 01:03:51,100
million to 4.6 million

1536
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:54,100
annually. This may not sound

1537
01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:55,100
like much relative to some

1538
01:03:55,100 --> 01:03:57,100
of the other cities, however,

1539
01:03:57,100 --> 01:03:59,401
represents roughly 13% of our

1540
01:04:00,100 --> 01:04:02,401
general fund operating budget.

1541
01:04:03,100 --> 01:04:05,100
Unlike larger organizations,

1542
01:04:05,100 --> 01:04:08,100
East Palo Alto has a relatively

1543
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:10,100
small lean workforce and has

1544
01:04:10,100 --> 01:04:11,100
operated

1545
01:04:11,100 --> 01:04:13,100
with these lean staffing levels

1546
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:15,401
for many years. 13% staffing

1547
01:04:16,100 --> 01:04:18,100
cuts would reduce our already

1548
01:04:18,100 --> 01:04:19,100
limited capacity and to provide

1549
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:21,100
our predominantly low-income

1550
01:04:22,100 --> 01:04:24,100
Latino community of about

1551
01:04:24,100 --> 01:04:26,100
30,000 people the level

1552
01:04:28,100 --> 01:04:30,100
of support that it relies

1553
01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:33,100
on so deeply and deserves. We

1554
01:04:33,100 --> 01:04:35,100
are not today prepared to list

1555
01:04:35,100 --> 01:04:37,100
precisely which positions could

1556
01:04:37,100 --> 01:04:40,100
be cut. And to avoid layoffs,

1557
01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:42,100
East Palo Alto will look

1558
01:04:42,100 --> 01:04:44,401
at all the alternatives.

1559
01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:47,100
Freezing vacant positions,

1560
01:04:48,100 --> 01:04:50,100
employee furloughs, etc.

1561
01:04:51,100 --> 01:04:53,100
However, we are one of the

1562
01:04:53,100 --> 01:04:55,100
lowest income minority

1563
01:04:55,100 --> 01:04:57,100
communities in the state of

1564
01:04:57,100 --> 01:04:59,100
California and these

1565
01:04:59,100 --> 01:05:02,100
alternatives will not last long

1566
01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:04,100
and our residents will be very

1567
01:05:04,100 --> 01:05:06,100
critically harmed

1568
01:05:06,100 --> 01:05:08,100
in this process. East Palo

1569
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:10,100
Alto calls on the state to fix

1570
01:05:10,100 --> 01:05:11,100
this dire problem immediately.

1571
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:13,100
Thank you.

1572
01:05:18,100 --> 01:05:20,100
>> Thank you. With that, I'd

1573
01:05:20,100 --> 01:05:22,100
like to invite representatives

1574
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:25,601
from the city of Half Moon

1575
01:05:26,100 --> 01:05:29,100
Bay. Oh, let's now invite

1576
01:05:29,100 --> 01:05:31,100
representatives from the City

1577
01:05:31,100 --> 01:05:33,100
of Menlo Park. I skipped

1578
01:05:33,100 --> 01:05:34,100
Hillsboro because I was told no

1579
01:05:34,100 --> 01:05:36,100
one's here from Hillsboro. Am I

1580
01:05:36,100 --> 01:05:37,100
wrong?

1581
01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:38,100
>> That's right.

1582
01:05:38,100 --> 01:05:39,100
>> No, I'm right. Okay.

1583
01:05:39,100 --> 01:05:41,100
Welcome.

1584
01:05:50,100 --> 01:05:51,100
>> And I'd just like

1585
01:05:51,100 --> 01:05:53,100
to correct that.

1586
01:05:53,100 --> 01:05:54,100
Council member Jeff Schmidt

1587
01:05:54,100 --> 01:05:55,100
is here with us tonight.

1588
01:05:55,100 --> 01:05:57,100
>> Welcome.

1589
01:06:00,100 --> 01:06:02,100
>> Great. Good afternoon,

1590
01:06:02,100 --> 01:06:03,100
President Corzo, Vice

1591
01:06:03,100 --> 01:06:05,100
President Mueller and honorable

1592
01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:06,100
members of the board. I'm

1593
01:06:06,100 --> 01:06:08,100
Justin Murphy. I'm the City

1594
01:06:08,100 --> 01:06:10,100
Manager for the City of Menlo

1595
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:12,100
Park. Menlo Park's 34,000

1596
01:06:12,100 --> 01:06:14,100
residents are served by 292

1597
01:06:14,100 --> 01:06:16,100
full time staff and over 100

1598
01:06:16,100 --> 01:06:17,100
temporary staff. Dedicated

1599
01:06:17,100 --> 01:06:18,100
employees are the most

1600
01:06:18,100 --> 01:06:19,100
important asset that we have

1601
01:06:19,100 --> 01:06:21,100
to deliver critical services

1602
01:06:21,100 --> 01:06:22,100
to the community. It pains me

1603
01:06:22,100 --> 01:06:23,100
to appear

1604
01:06:23,100 --> 01:06:25,100
before you today and speak

1605
01:06:25,100 --> 01:06:26,100
of potential devastating

1606
01:06:26,100 --> 01:06:29,100
impacts from the loss of $5.4

1607
01:06:29,100 --> 01:06:31,100
million of VLF funds, which

1608
01:06:31,100 --> 01:06:33,100
represents approximately 6% of

1609
01:06:33,100 --> 01:06:36,100
the city's general fund budget.

1610
01:06:36,100 --> 01:06:37,100
Our personnel expenses comprise

1611
01:06:37,100 --> 01:06:38,100
60%

1612
01:06:38,100 --> 01:06:41,100
of our general fund budget.

1613
01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:44,100
In order to absorb $5.4 million

1614
01:06:46,100 --> 01:06:48,100
annually. As a reduction, the

1615
01:06:48,100 --> 01:06:49,100
City of Menlo Park may be faced

1616
01:06:49,100 --> 01:06:52,100
with a loss of 27 positions,

1617
01:06:52,100 --> 01:06:53,100
which equates

1618
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:54,100
to a 9% reduction

1619
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:55,100
in permanent staff and the loss

1620
01:06:55,100 --> 01:06:57,100
of a comparable number

1621
01:06:57,100 --> 01:06:59,100
of temporary employees. These

1622
01:06:59,100 --> 01:07:01,100
losses would be

1623
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:02,100
across every department

1624
01:07:02,100 --> 01:07:04,100
in the city. And I'm about

1625
01:07:04,100 --> 01:07:06,100
to provide an illustrative

1626
01:07:06,100 --> 01:07:07,100
of what this could look like,

1627
01:07:07,100 --> 01:07:09,100
its potential cuts. This is

1628
01:07:09,100 --> 01:07:11,100
just to paint a picture

1629
01:07:11,100 --> 01:07:12,100
of what the City of Menlo Park

1630
01:07:12,100 --> 01:07:14,100
may need to consider. Loss

1631
01:07:14,100 --> 01:07:16,100
of positions in the police

1632
01:07:16,100 --> 01:07:17,100
department could result

1633
01:07:17,100 --> 01:07:18,100
in the significant reduction

1634
01:07:18,100 --> 01:07:20,100
in traffic enforcement. This is

1635
01:07:20,100 --> 01:07:22,100
one of the services that

1636
01:07:22,100 --> 01:07:23,100
address high profile community

1637
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:24,100
concerns aimed

1638
01:07:24,100 --> 01:07:26,100
at improving pedestrian,

1639
01:07:26,100 --> 01:07:28,401
bicycle and vehicular safety.

1640
01:07:29,100 --> 01:07:30,100
This elimination coupled

1641
01:07:30,100 --> 01:07:31,100
with the elimination of

1642
01:07:31,100 --> 01:07:32,100
community services officers

1643
01:07:32,100 --> 01:07:34,100
would result

1644
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:35,100
in slower response times.

1645
01:07:35,100 --> 01:07:36,100
calls for service given the

1646
01:07:36,100 --> 01:07:38,100
increased impacts

1647
01:07:38,100 --> 01:07:41,100
on our patrol. The loss

1648
01:07:42,100 --> 01:07:44,100
of positions

1649
01:07:44,100 --> 01:07:46,100
in public works engineers,

1650
01:07:46,100 --> 01:07:47,100
project managers and

1651
01:07:47,100 --> 01:07:48,100
transportation planners would

1652
01:07:48,100 --> 01:07:49,100
result in failed infrastructure

1653
01:07:49,100 --> 01:07:50,100
and safety concerns, more

1654
01:07:50,100 --> 01:07:51,100
potholes, poor and failed

1655
01:07:51,100 --> 01:07:52,100
streets,

1656
01:07:52,100 --> 01:07:54,100
prolonged street light outages,

1657
01:07:54,100 --> 01:07:55,100
delay, delayed replacement park

1658
01:07:55,100 --> 01:07:56,100
playgrounds and continue

1659
01:07:56,100 --> 01:07:58,100
challenges implementing

1660
01:07:58,100 --> 01:08:01,100
Vision Zero projects. The loss

1661
01:08:02,100 --> 01:08:04,100
of sustainability positions

1662
01:08:04,100 --> 01:08:06,100
would reduce capacity to

1663
01:08:06,100 --> 01:08:08,100
achieve community identified

1664
01:08:09,100 --> 01:08:10,100
priorities in the City's

1665
01:08:10,100 --> 01:08:11,100
Climate Action Plan and

1666
01:08:11,100 --> 01:08:12,100
environmental justice element

1667
01:08:12,100 --> 01:08:14,100
impacting the cities to support

1668
01:08:14,100 --> 01:08:16,401
statewide climate goals. Loss

1669
01:08:17,100 --> 01:08:18,100
of positions

1670
01:08:18,100 --> 01:08:20,100
in community development

1671
01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,100
across planning, building and

1672
01:08:22,100 --> 01:08:23,100
housing would reduce capacity

1673
01:08:23,100 --> 01:08:25,100
to provide timely review of

1674
01:08:25,100 --> 01:08:26,100
entitlements and plan check

1675
01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:28,100
services to the community,

1676
01:08:28,100 --> 01:08:29,100
jeopardizing the city's ability

1677
01:08:29,100 --> 01:08:32,100
to meet minimum state statutory

1678
01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:34,100
requirements. Implementation of

1679
01:08:34,100 --> 01:08:35,100
housing element programs

1680
01:08:35,100 --> 01:08:37,100
including work on affordable

1681
01:08:37,100 --> 01:08:39,100
housing and anti-displacement

1682
01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:42,100
efforts would also be severely

1683
01:08:42,100 --> 01:08:44,100
impacted. Finally, the loss

1684
01:08:44,100 --> 01:08:45,100
of positions in our library

1685
01:08:45,100 --> 01:08:47,401
Community services could resume

1686
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:50,100
could result in reducing

1687
01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:51,100
library hours significantly,

1688
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:53,100
up to a 50% reduction

1689
01:08:53,100 --> 01:08:55,100
in library hours. Coupled

1690
01:08:55,100 --> 01:08:57,100
with that would be a reduction

1691
01:08:57,100 --> 01:08:58,100
in library programming for

1692
01:08:58,100 --> 01:09:00,100
which there could be the

1693
01:09:00,100 --> 01:09:02,100
elimination of story times,

1694
01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:03,100
ESL, conversation clubs,

1695
01:09:03,100 --> 01:09:06,100
summer reading, no book groups

1696
01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:08,100
and no teen events. Again, this

1697
01:09:08,100 --> 01:09:09,100
paints a picture of the

1698
01:09:09,100 --> 01:09:11,100
potential decisions that the

1699
01:09:11,100 --> 01:09:13,401
city will be facing

1700
01:09:14,100 --> 01:09:16,100
in the coming months and year.

1701
01:09:16,100 --> 01:09:17,100
The loss of $5.4 million

1702
01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:19,100
annually, which would be a

1703
01:09:19,100 --> 01:09:21,100
significant impact. So, again,

1704
01:09:21,100 --> 01:09:22,100
thank you all on the board

1705
01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:24,100
for bringing this attention

1706
01:09:24,100 --> 01:09:25,100
to this matter and devoting

1707
01:09:25,100 --> 01:09:26,100
time

1708
01:09:26,100 --> 01:09:28,401
to this important topic.

1709
01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:30,100
>> Thank you so much

1710
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:33,601
for joining us. With that. I'd

1711
01:09:36,100 --> 01:09:39,601
like to welcome the Mayor of

1712
01:09:40,100 --> 01:09:41,100
Millbrae and any other

1713
01:09:41,100 --> 01:09:42,100
representatives from

1714
01:09:42,100 --> 01:09:44,100
Millbrae.

1715
01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:50,100
>> Thank you. Madam President

1716
01:09:50,100 --> 01:09:52,401
Corzo, esteemed Board of

1717
01:09:53,100 --> 01:09:55,100
Supervisors, County Executive

1718
01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:57,100
Callagy. As the Mayor of

1719
01:09:57,100 --> 01:09:59,100
Millbrae, we're incredibly

1720
01:09:59,100 --> 01:10:00,100
appreciative that you've

1721
01:10:00,100 --> 01:10:02,100
brought this issue

1722
01:10:02,100 --> 01:10:03,100
to the forefront. We really see

1723
01:10:03,100 --> 01:10:04,100
the value

1724
01:10:04,100 --> 01:10:05,100
in having this session

1725
01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:07,100
to everyone else. Good

1726
01:10:07,100 --> 01:10:09,100
afternoon. This $226 million

1727
01:10:09,100 --> 01:10:10,100
VLF shortfall facing San

1728
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:13,100
Mateo County is not just a

1729
01:10:13,100 --> 01:10:15,100
number on a spreadsheet

1730
01:10:15,100 --> 01:10:17,100
represents real impacts to the

1731
01:10:17,100 --> 01:10:19,100
services our residents rely

1732
01:10:19,100 --> 01:10:21,100
on and to the people who

1733
01:10:21,100 --> 01:10:23,100
provide those services.

1734
01:10:23,100 --> 01:10:26,100
For the City of Millbrae, this

1735
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:28,100
shortfall means approximately

1736
01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:31,100
about a 5% hit

1737
01:10:31,100 --> 01:10:33,100
to our general fund. To absorb

1738
01:10:33,100 --> 01:10:35,100
that loss responsibly,

1739
01:10:35,100 --> 01:10:37,100
we'll have to make difficult

1740
01:10:37,100 --> 01:10:38,100
choices including deferring

1741
01:10:38,100 --> 01:10:40,100
infrastructure projects that

1742
01:10:40,100 --> 01:10:43,100
our community needs. That means

1743
01:10:43,100 --> 01:10:44,100
projects like Safe Routes to

1744
01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:46,100
Schools, which improves traffic

1745
01:10:46,100 --> 01:10:47,100
safety and helps protect

1746
01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:50,100
children and families will have

1747
01:10:50,100 --> 01:10:52,100
to wait. We'll also have to

1748
01:10:52,100 --> 01:10:54,100
defer infrastructure

1749
01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:56,100
investments that address long

1750
01:10:56,100 --> 01:10:58,100
term flooding challenges. And

1751
01:10:58,100 --> 01:11:00,100
unfortunately, Millbrae is not

1752
01:11:00,100 --> 01:11:02,100
the only community facing

1753
01:11:02,100 --> 01:11:04,100
difficult choices. Some cities

1754
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:07,100
in our county are being forced

1755
01:11:07,100 --> 01:11:08,100
to consider layoffs. I want

1756
01:11:08,100 --> 01:11:10,100
to pause for a moment. These

1757
01:11:10,100 --> 01:11:12,100
aren't simply positions

1758
01:11:12,100 --> 01:11:14,100
on an organizational flowchart.

1759
01:11:14,100 --> 01:11:16,100
These are members

1760
01:11:16,100 --> 01:11:18,100
of our community. They're our

1761
01:11:18,100 --> 01:11:20,100
neighbors, our family members,

1762
01:11:20,100 --> 01:11:22,100
fathers, friends, parents,

1763
01:11:23,100 --> 01:11:25,100
children. When a city loses

1764
01:11:25,100 --> 01:11:27,401
employees, families feel that

1765
01:11:28,100 --> 01:11:30,100
impact and it ripples

1766
01:11:30,100 --> 01:11:32,401
throughout the whole entire

1767
01:11:33,100 --> 01:11:35,100
community. The bottom line is

1768
01:11:35,100 --> 01:11:36,100
simple. When local government

1769
01:11:36,100 --> 01:11:38,100
loses 226 million, our

1770
01:11:39,100 --> 01:11:41,100
communities don't just lose

1771
01:11:41,100 --> 01:11:43,100
dollars. We lose services,

1772
01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:44,100
projects,

1773
01:11:44,100 --> 01:11:46,100
and stability. I'm grateful

1774
01:11:46,100 --> 01:11:47,100
that at this point, the city

1775
01:11:47,100 --> 01:11:49,100
of Millbrae does not anticipate

1776
01:11:49,100 --> 01:11:52,601
laying off staff. We are very

1777
01:11:53,100 --> 01:11:55,100
aware of the seriousness

1778
01:11:55,100 --> 01:11:56,100
of this situation. We're

1779
01:11:56,100 --> 01:11:57,100
closely monitoring the impacts

1780
01:11:57,100 --> 01:11:59,100
of this shortfall and looking

1781
01:11:59,100 --> 01:12:00,100
for every responsible

1782
01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:02,100
opportunity to tighten our

1783
01:12:02,100 --> 01:12:04,100
budget and operate more

1784
01:12:04,100 --> 01:12:06,100
efficiently. The goal is clear.

1785
01:12:06,100 --> 01:12:08,100
We don't want to be in a

1786
01:12:08,100 --> 01:12:09,100
position tomorrow where we have

1787
01:12:09,100 --> 01:12:11,100
to choose between the services

1788
01:12:11,100 --> 01:12:12,100
our residents need and the

1789
01:12:12,100 --> 01:12:13,100
people who provide them. Thank

1790
01:12:13,100 --> 01:12:15,100
you.

1791
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:20,100
>> Thank you. I'd now like

1792
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:22,100
to welcome my colleagues

1793
01:12:22,100 --> 01:12:25,100
from the city of Pacifica.

1794
01:12:36,100 --> 01:12:37,100
Mayor Boles, are you the mayor?

1795
01:12:37,100 --> 01:12:39,100
I can't remember. Okay, see,

1796
01:12:39,100 --> 01:12:41,100
I forget. But welcome.

1797
01:12:41,100 --> 01:12:42,100
>> Thank you so much

1798
01:12:42,100 --> 01:12:45,601
for having us here, Noelia, and

1799
01:12:46,100 --> 01:12:48,100
all of you. We know that

1800
01:12:48,100 --> 01:12:49,100
Pacifica is a very special place

1801
01:12:49,100 --> 01:12:50,100
to each one

1802
01:12:50,100 --> 01:12:53,601
of you. I'm here today with

1803
01:12:54,100 --> 01:12:55,100
Vice Mayor Wright and our

1804
01:12:55,100 --> 01:12:57,401
Assistant City Manager, Julia

1805
01:12:58,100 --> 01:13:01,100
Carter. I'm tired of going to

1806
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:04,100
Sacramento. I was very grateful

1807
01:13:04,100 --> 01:13:05,100
to be there with all of you and

1808
01:13:05,100 --> 01:13:07,100
really appreciate the county's

1809
01:13:07,100 --> 01:13:09,401
leadership because we couldn't

1810
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:11,100
do this by ourselves. Right.

1811
01:13:11,100 --> 01:13:13,100
So, we are all stronger

1812
01:13:13,100 --> 01:13:15,100
with you as the leaders,

1813
01:13:15,100 --> 01:13:17,100
with the county attorney, also

1814
01:13:17,100 --> 01:13:19,100
with deep ties to Pacifica.

1815
01:13:19,100 --> 01:13:22,100
Hello, John. And I would

1816
01:13:24,100 --> 01:13:26,100
like us all to be wearing red

1817
01:13:26,100 --> 01:13:27,100
the next time we have

1818
01:13:27,100 --> 01:13:28,100
to go because, yeah,

1819
01:13:28,100 --> 01:13:29,100
we're all fighting mad.

1820
01:13:29,100 --> 01:13:30,100
They're taking our money and

1821
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:32,100
they're taking our time that we

1822
01:13:32,100 --> 01:13:33,100
need to be doing other work,

1823
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:35,100
you know, instead. So, Pacifica

1824
01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:37,100
is already struggling with a

1825
01:13:37,100 --> 01:13:39,100
3.8 million structural deficit.

1826
01:13:39,100 --> 01:13:41,100
A million of that this year

1827
01:13:41,100 --> 01:13:43,100
that we processed was because

1828
01:13:43,100 --> 01:13:45,100
of the VLF funding cuts

1829
01:13:45,100 --> 01:13:47,100
from this year. As a city

1830
01:13:47,100 --> 01:13:49,100
that's 94% residential, we

1831
01:13:49,100 --> 01:13:51,100
simply do not earn enough tax

1832
01:13:51,100 --> 01:13:53,100
revenue to maintain our city.

1833
01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:54,100
We're working on that. We're

1834
01:13:54,100 --> 01:13:55,100
doing a lot

1835
01:13:55,100 --> 01:13:57,100
of economic development work,

1836
01:13:57,100 --> 01:13:58,100
looking at some hotels,

1837
01:13:58,100 --> 01:14:00,100
increased housing and mixed

1838
01:14:00,100 --> 01:14:03,601
use. But all that takes time.

1839
01:14:04,100 --> 01:14:06,100
Our previous councils for years

1840
01:14:06,100 --> 01:14:08,100
have cut our budget and our

1841
01:14:08,100 --> 01:14:10,100
staff. And if you look

1842
01:14:10,100 --> 01:14:12,100
at comparable cities, we're 20%

1843
01:14:12,100 --> 01:14:14,100
understaffed already today.

1844
01:14:15,100 --> 01:14:17,100
Our employees work so hard

1845
01:14:17,100 --> 01:14:18,100
to make up this gap,

1846
01:14:18,100 --> 01:14:20,100
but recruitment, retention,

1847
01:14:20,100 --> 01:14:21,100
and the ability

1848
01:14:21,100 --> 01:14:23,100
to handle extra work in an

1849
01:14:23,100 --> 01:14:25,100
emergency are very difficult.

1850
01:14:25,100 --> 01:14:28,100
I'm going to give you one very

1851
01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:29,100
specific example. We had only

1852
01:14:29,100 --> 01:14:31,100
one senior public works

1853
01:14:31,100 --> 01:14:33,100
engineer. Roland Yap,

1854
01:14:33,100 --> 01:14:34,100
wonderful guy.

1855
01:14:34,100 --> 01:14:36,100
In a normal city,

1856
01:14:36,100 --> 01:14:37,100
he would have managed about

1857
01:14:37,100 --> 01:14:39,100
three public works projects.

1858
01:14:39,100 --> 01:14:42,100
In our city, he had to manage

1859
01:14:42,100 --> 01:14:45,601
10. It was already a lot. And

1860
01:14:46,100 --> 01:14:48,100
unlike other cities,

1861
01:14:48,100 --> 01:14:49,100
our permitting also has to go

1862
01:14:49,100 --> 01:14:50,100
through the Coastal

1863
01:14:50,100 --> 01:14:51,100
Commission, so we have extra

1864
01:14:51,100 --> 01:14:52,100
burden on our staff and time

1865
01:14:52,100 --> 01:14:55,100
for our projects. And as you

1866
01:14:55,100 --> 01:14:56,100
know, we're the canary

1867
01:14:56,100 --> 01:14:57,100
in the coal mine

1868
01:14:57,100 --> 01:14:58,100
for climate change,

1869
01:14:58,100 --> 01:14:59,100
our impacts

1870
01:14:59,100 --> 01:15:00,100
of a warming ocean.

1871
01:15:00,100 --> 01:15:02,100
In my district alone, we've

1872
01:15:02,100 --> 01:15:03,100
already lost three apartment

1873
01:15:03,100 --> 01:15:05,100
buildings and 11 homes. And I'm

1874
01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:07,100
terrified

1875
01:15:07,100 --> 01:15:08,100
about this coming super El

1876
01:15:08,100 --> 01:15:10,100
Nino because we have more

1877
01:15:10,100 --> 01:15:13,100
in harm's way right now. Our

1878
01:15:13,100 --> 01:15:16,100
pier collapsed on June 4, one

1879
01:15:16,100 --> 01:15:18,100
month into our new City

1880
01:15:18,100 --> 01:15:20,100
manager, Sean Charpentier's

1881
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:23,100
tenure. And, you know, we,

1882
01:15:23,100 --> 01:15:25,100
without warning,

1883
01:15:25,100 --> 01:15:26,100
we had a structural report.

1884
01:15:26,100 --> 01:15:28,100
There was nothing imminently

1885
01:15:28,100 --> 01:15:29,100
wrong with that portion

1886
01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:30,100
of the pier. So, there

1887
01:15:30,100 --> 01:15:31,100
was nothing we could have

1888
01:15:31,100 --> 01:15:34,100
done ahead of time to deal

1889
01:15:34,100 --> 01:15:35,100
with that. But that was the

1890
01:15:35,100 --> 01:15:36,100
straw that broke the camel's

1891
01:15:36,100 --> 01:15:37,100
back. We lost that senior

1892
01:15:37,100 --> 01:15:39,401
engineer to another city

1893
01:15:40,100 --> 01:15:42,100
because he has a life,

1894
01:15:42,100 --> 01:15:44,100
he has voice. How can you

1895
01:15:44,100 --> 01:15:45,100
expect a city employee

1896
01:15:45,100 --> 01:15:46,100
to give and give and give, and

1897
01:15:46,100 --> 01:15:47,100
at some point,

1898
01:15:47,100 --> 01:15:49,100
it is just too much. We've just

1899
01:15:49,100 --> 01:15:50,100
lost our public works director,

1900
01:15:50,100 --> 01:15:52,401
too. So, we're really

1901
01:15:53,100 --> 01:15:55,100
struggling as it is

1902
01:15:55,100 --> 01:15:57,100
with these budget cuts. Through

1903
01:15:57,100 --> 01:15:59,100
our budget process this year,

1904
01:15:59,100 --> 01:16:00,100
our council and our staff have

1905
01:16:00,100 --> 01:16:02,100
worked really hard

1906
01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:04,100
to find those cuts

1907
01:16:04,100 --> 01:16:06,401
to balance the 2.8 million

1908
01:16:07,100 --> 01:16:09,100
deficit affecting programs,

1909
01:16:09,100 --> 01:16:11,100
services, staffing,

1910
01:16:11,100 --> 01:16:14,100
and public safety. We just had

1911
01:16:14,100 --> 01:16:16,100
a special meeting last week

1912
01:16:16,100 --> 01:16:18,100
because we're trying to solve

1913
01:16:18,100 --> 01:16:19,100
this problem ourselves. We

1914
01:16:19,100 --> 01:16:21,100
voted unanimously

1915
01:16:21,100 --> 01:16:24,601
to put a 1 sales tax measure

1916
01:16:25,100 --> 01:16:28,100
on our ballot. That puts us at

1917
01:16:28,100 --> 01:16:30,100
10.75% sales tax. I think that

1918
01:16:30,100 --> 01:16:32,100
would be the fourth highest

1919
01:16:32,100 --> 01:16:34,100
in the whole state. Right. And

1920
01:16:34,100 --> 01:16:36,100
we need to get special governor

1921
01:16:36,100 --> 01:16:37,100
approval that we're still

1922
01:16:37,100 --> 01:16:38,100
waiting on to make sure we can

1923
01:16:38,100 --> 01:16:40,100
even do that. We're trying

1924
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:41,100
to take care

1925
01:16:41,100 --> 01:16:42,100
of ourselves and not ask

1926
01:16:42,100 --> 01:16:44,100
for more money.

1927
01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:46,100
But isn't it maddening that

1928
01:16:46,100 --> 01:16:48,100
to put something on the ballot

1929
01:16:48,100 --> 01:16:50,100
and then that is proposed

1930
01:16:50,100 --> 01:16:52,100
to raise $5 million

1931
01:16:52,100 --> 01:16:53,100
for our city, and now next

1932
01:16:53,100 --> 01:16:55,100
year, the state is looking

1933
01:16:55,100 --> 01:16:58,100
to take away 4.5 million extra,

1934
01:16:58,100 --> 01:17:01,601
you know, from the VLF. It's

1935
01:17:02,100 --> 01:17:03,100
maddening. How do we promise

1936
01:17:03,100 --> 01:17:04,100
our residents that we're

1937
01:17:04,100 --> 01:17:06,100
finally going to take care of

1938
01:17:06,100 --> 01:17:07,100
roads that have never been

1939
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:09,100
paved in Pacifica since we

1940
01:17:09,100 --> 01:17:10,100
incorporated that we're going

1941
01:17:10,100 --> 01:17:11,100
to take care of our

1942
01:17:11,100 --> 01:17:13,100
firefighters who have no place

1943
01:17:13,100 --> 01:17:15,100
to decontaminate. You know, we

1944
01:17:15,100 --> 01:17:16,100
have so much deferred work

1945
01:17:16,100 --> 01:17:18,100
because we've been short

1946
01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:19,100
on budgets for a long time.

1947
01:17:19,100 --> 01:17:20,100
We're making these promises

1948
01:17:20,100 --> 01:17:22,100
to our community,

1949
01:17:22,100 --> 01:17:24,100
hoping that they'll agree

1950
01:17:24,100 --> 01:17:26,100
to this really high tax rate

1951
01:17:26,100 --> 01:17:28,100
to help save our city. But then

1952
01:17:28,100 --> 01:17:30,100
now the rug is being pulled

1953
01:17:30,100 --> 01:17:32,100
out from underneath us. It's

1954
01:17:32,100 --> 01:17:35,601
not fair. And I'm freaking mad,

1955
01:17:39,100 --> 01:17:40,100
too. We'd, you know, if

1956
01:17:40,100 --> 01:17:42,100
this went through, we'd have

1957
01:17:42,100 --> 01:17:44,100
to look at cutting another 20

1958
01:17:44,100 --> 01:17:46,100
to 25 positions, about 15%

1959
01:17:46,100 --> 01:17:49,100
of our already small workforce.

1960
01:17:49,100 --> 01:17:50,100
These cuts would be

1961
01:17:50,100 --> 01:17:51,100
devastating, threatening,

1962
01:17:51,100 --> 01:17:52,100
threatening our ability

1963
01:17:52,100 --> 01:17:56,100
to even survive as a city. And

1964
01:17:56,100 --> 01:17:57,100
just as we're the canary

1965
01:17:57,100 --> 01:17:58,100
in the coal mine

1966
01:17:58,100 --> 01:18:00,100
for climate change,

1967
01:18:00,100 --> 01:18:01,100
I think the county and all

1968
01:18:01,100 --> 01:18:02,100
of our cities are the canary

1969
01:18:02,100 --> 01:18:04,100
in the coal mine

1970
01:18:04,100 --> 01:18:05,100
for what is happening

1971
01:18:05,100 --> 01:18:06,100
at the state level. There's

1972
01:18:06,100 --> 01:18:07,100
only three counties now,

1973
01:18:07,100 --> 01:18:09,100
but it's growing. This whole

1974
01:18:09,100 --> 01:18:12,100
metric of school funding is

1975
01:18:13,100 --> 01:18:14,100
going to continue to worsen

1976
01:18:14,100 --> 01:18:16,100
for the whole state. And I hope

1977
01:18:16,100 --> 01:18:18,100
that the legislators and the

1978
01:18:18,100 --> 01:18:20,100
governor pay attention because

1979
01:18:20,100 --> 01:18:22,100
this is something that needs

1980
01:18:22,100 --> 01:18:24,100
to be solved for all of our

1981
01:18:24,100 --> 01:18:25,100
communities. I really

1982
01:18:25,100 --> 01:18:26,100
appreciate you all,

1983
01:18:26,100 --> 01:18:27,100
and we'll continue to stand

1984
01:18:27,100 --> 01:18:29,100
with you 100%.

1985
01:18:37,100 --> 01:18:38,100
>> I'd like

1986
01:18:38,100 --> 01:18:40,100
to invite representatives

1987
01:18:40,100 --> 01:18:41,100
from the city of Portola,

1988
01:18:41,100 --> 01:18:43,100
from the town of Portola

1989
01:18:43,100 --> 01:18:44,100
Valley. Town. Yes. Okay.

1990
01:18:44,100 --> 01:18:46,100
Welcome.

1991
01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:53,401
>> Good afternoon. I'm council

1992
01:18:54,100 --> 01:18:55,100
member Judith Hasko of

1993
01:18:55,100 --> 01:18:57,100
Portola Valley, and

1994
01:18:57,100 --> 01:18:58,100
with me is Darcy Smith, our

1995
01:18:58,100 --> 01:19:00,401
town manager. I want

1996
01:19:01,100 --> 01:19:03,100
to thank you, President

1997
01:19:03,100 --> 01:19:04,100
Corzo, and all

1998
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:05,100
of the supervisors here today

1999
01:19:05,100 --> 01:19:07,100
for giving us the opportunity

2000
01:19:07,100 --> 01:19:09,100
to share our experiences. It's

2001
01:19:09,100 --> 01:19:11,100
very important for us

2002
01:19:11,100 --> 01:19:12,100
to understand what all

2003
01:19:12,100 --> 01:19:14,100
of the jurisdictions in this

2004
01:19:14,100 --> 01:19:16,401
county are going through.

2005
01:19:17,100 --> 01:19:19,100
First, Portola Valley supports

2006
01:19:19,100 --> 01:19:20,100
the efforts by San Mateo

2007
01:19:20,100 --> 01:19:22,100
County that we are here

2008
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:24,100
to discuss today entirely.

2009
01:19:24,100 --> 01:19:26,100
Portola Valley is a small

2010
01:19:26,100 --> 01:19:28,100
jurisdiction in San Mateo

2011
01:19:28,100 --> 01:19:30,100
County. The state's

2012
01:19:30,100 --> 01:19:32,100
inconsistent approach to

2013
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,100
vehicle license fee allocations

2014
01:19:33,100 --> 01:19:35,100
over recent years has prevented

2015
01:19:35,100 --> 01:19:37,100
us from including our town's

2016
01:19:37,100 --> 01:19:38,100
full vehicle license fee

2017
01:19:38,100 --> 01:19:40,401
allocation in our annual

2018
01:19:41,100 --> 01:19:43,100
budgeting process, which, given

2019
01:19:43,100 --> 01:19:45,100
our limited town budget and

2020
01:19:45,100 --> 01:19:47,100
very lean staffing,

2021
01:19:47,100 --> 01:19:49,100
creates substantial challenges.

2022
01:19:50,100 --> 01:19:51,100
Portillo Valley is highly

2023
01:19:51,100 --> 01:19:53,100
dependent on San Mateo

2024
01:19:53,100 --> 01:19:54,100
County's support

2025
01:19:54,100 --> 01:19:56,100
in many important respects,

2026
01:19:56,100 --> 01:19:57,100
including notably the county's

2027
01:19:57,100 --> 01:19:58,100
provision

2028
01:19:58,100 --> 01:20:00,401
of law enforcement services.

2029
01:20:01,100 --> 01:20:02,100
Our contract costs have

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increased from 1.37 million

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01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:08,100
in fiscal year 21-22 to 2.54

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million in fiscal year 26-27, a

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total increase over five years

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of 85%. I don't see that

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01:20:18,100 --> 01:20:20,401
increase stopping anytime soon.

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We have tapped our reserves

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01:20:22,100 --> 01:20:24,100
to cover this cost increase,

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01:20:24,100 --> 01:20:25,100
but our reserve fund will fall

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01:20:25,100 --> 01:20:27,100
below the minimum reserve

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01:20:27,100 --> 01:20:28,100
policy level by the end

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of the year fiscal year 27-28,

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and will be depleted

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01:20:33,100 --> 01:20:35,100
by the end of fiscal year

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01:20:35,100 --> 01:20:37,100
29-30. The inability to plan

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01:20:37,100 --> 01:20:40,100
for and receive our allocation

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01:20:40,100 --> 01:20:41,100
of VLF is quickly draining our

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01:20:41,100 --> 01:20:43,100
reserves and is not

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01:20:43,100 --> 01:20:45,100
sustainable. Because of this

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01:20:45,100 --> 01:20:47,100
and other circumstances,

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01:20:47,100 --> 01:20:49,100
we are now intently working on

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01:20:49,100 --> 01:20:51,100
a broad fiscal stabilization

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01:20:51,100 --> 01:20:53,100
plan, including a proposed

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01:20:53,100 --> 01:20:55,100
ballot measure to establish a

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01:20:55,100 --> 01:20:57,100
1% real property transfer tax.

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01:20:57,100 --> 01:20:59,100
If that tax is not approved

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01:20:59,100 --> 01:21:01,100
by the town voters on November

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01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:02,100
3rd, our town will need

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01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:04,100
to consider its next steps

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01:21:04,100 --> 01:21:06,100
toward fiscal stability, which

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may include declaring a fiscal

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emergency,

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01:21:09,100 --> 01:21:10,100
something we really do not want

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01:21:10,100 --> 01:21:12,100
to do. At that point, the town

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01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:14,100
may be forced

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01:21:14,100 --> 01:21:16,100
to make deep budget cuts.

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01:21:16,100 --> 01:21:17,100
Having more consistent

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01:21:17,100 --> 01:21:19,100
treatment of VLF allocations by

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01:21:19,100 --> 01:21:21,100
the state will enable our town

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01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:23,100
to implement critical budgeting

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01:21:23,100 --> 01:21:25,100
and planning processes

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01:21:26,100 --> 01:21:28,100
at this time. The enormous

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budgetary restrictions that the

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county will be forced

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to make as a result

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of the state's proposed

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01:21:34,100 --> 01:21:36,100
takeaway of the VLF allocations

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01:21:36,100 --> 01:21:38,100
will dramatically reduce law

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01:21:38,100 --> 01:21:40,100
enforcement services provided

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01:21:40,100 --> 01:21:42,100
by the county to our town and

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01:21:42,100 --> 01:21:44,100
potentially greatly increase

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our cost of obtaining these

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01:21:46,100 --> 01:21:48,100
critical services.

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At the exact moment when

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Portola Valley seeks to

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01:21:51,100 --> 01:21:53,401
stabilize its finances and

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adopt enhanced safety and

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01:21:55,100 --> 01:21:57,100
emergency preparedness

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01:21:58,100 --> 01:21:59,100
measures, I urge the state

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to recognize its responsibility

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to work with our county and the

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jurisdictions within it

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01:22:05,100 --> 01:22:07,100
to avoid drastic reductions

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01:22:07,100 --> 01:22:09,100
in our county services, and in

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01:22:09,100 --> 01:22:11,100
particular our safety related

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01:22:11,100 --> 01:22:13,100
services and infrastructure,

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and to craft a more equitable

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01:22:17,100 --> 01:22:18,100
and resilient approach

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for these allocations. Thank

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01:22:20,100 --> 01:22:21,100
you again, we appreciate the

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opportunity.

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>> Thank you. With that, I'd

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01:22:30,100 --> 01:22:33,601
like to invite Mayor Elmer oh

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01:22:34,100 --> 01:22:36,100
my gosh, why am I blinking?

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01:22:36,100 --> 01:22:38,100
Saballos. That's what's the

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01:22:38,100 --> 01:22:40,100
first part. Martinez oh my

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01:22:40,100 --> 01:22:41,100
gosh. I'm sorry. Elmer.

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01:22:41,100 --> 01:22:43,100
Welcome. And is this your also

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01:22:43,100 --> 01:22:45,100
a council member, City

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01:22:45,100 --> 01:22:46,100
Manager?

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01:22:46,100 --> 01:22:48,401
>> That's right. Good morning,

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01:22:49,100 --> 01:22:51,100
President Corzo and members

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01:22:51,100 --> 01:22:53,100
of the board. I'm Mayor Elmer

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01:22:53,100 --> 01:22:54,100
Martinez Saballos, joined

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01:22:54,100 --> 01:22:56,100
by our City Manager Patrick

2115
01:22:56,100 --> 01:22:58,100
Heisinger and many

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01:22:58,100 --> 01:22:59,100
of our city staff. First, thank

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01:22:59,100 --> 01:23:00,100
you for the opportunity

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01:23:00,100 --> 01:23:01,100
to speak and thank you for your

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leadership and county staff's

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01:23:03,100 --> 01:23:05,100
leadership on this issue.

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01:23:05,100 --> 01:23:07,100
Like many cities in San Mateo

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01:23:07,100 --> 01:23:08,100
County, Redwood City is deeply

2123
01:23:08,100 --> 01:23:09,100
concerned

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01:23:09,100 --> 01:23:11,100
about the continued uncertainty

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01:23:11,100 --> 01:23:12,100
of surrounding the vehicle

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01:23:12,100 --> 01:23:14,100
license feedback fill. And

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01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:15,100
while we appreciate the

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01:23:15,100 --> 01:23:17,100
legislature's partial funding

2129
01:23:17,100 --> 01:23:18,100
this year,

2130
01:23:18,100 --> 01:23:20,100
it's only a temporary solution

2131
01:23:20,100 --> 01:23:21,100
to what's become a long-term

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01:23:21,100 --> 01:23:23,100
structural problem

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01:23:23,100 --> 01:23:24,100
for local governments. And I

2134
01:23:24,100 --> 01:23:26,100
also want to emphasize that

2135
01:23:26,100 --> 01:23:27,100
this issue did not arrive

2136
01:23:27,100 --> 01:23:28,100
in a vacuum.

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01:23:28,100 --> 01:23:30,100
For the past four years,

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01:23:30,100 --> 01:23:31,100
Redwood City has been preparing

2139
01:23:31,100 --> 01:23:33,100
for more difficult financial

2140
01:23:33,100 --> 01:23:34,100
times. We have made proactive

2141
01:23:34,100 --> 01:23:36,100
and often difficult decisions

2142
01:23:36,100 --> 01:23:38,401
to strengthen our financial

2143
01:23:39,100 --> 01:23:40,100
position while protecting the

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01:23:40,100 --> 01:23:42,100
services that our residents

2145
01:23:42,100 --> 01:23:43,100
rely upon. During the COVID 19

2146
01:23:43,100 --> 01:23:45,100
pandemic, the city adopted

2147
01:23:45,100 --> 01:23:46,100
multiple stabilizing budgets

2148
01:23:46,100 --> 01:23:48,100
even as a community's need

2149
01:23:48,100 --> 01:23:50,100
for public service continued

2150
01:23:50,100 --> 01:23:52,100
to grow. In 2024, our city

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01:23:52,100 --> 01:23:54,100
council advanced an update to

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01:23:54,100 --> 01:23:56,100
the city's business license

2153
01:23:56,100 --> 01:23:57,100
tax, and our business community

2154
01:23:57,100 --> 01:23:59,100
stepped up to help fund

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01:23:59,100 --> 01:24:01,100
essential public services.

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01:24:01,100 --> 01:24:02,100
Last year, the City Council

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01:24:02,100 --> 01:24:03,100
made the difficult decision

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01:24:03,100 --> 01:24:05,100
to use general fund reserves to

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01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:07,100
balance our budget rather than

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01:24:07,100 --> 01:24:09,100
reduce city services. Our

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01:24:09,100 --> 01:24:10,100
residents have also stepped up

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01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:12,100
by absorbing higher utility

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01:24:12,100 --> 01:24:14,100
rates and other costs that help

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01:24:14,100 --> 01:24:16,100
sustain our city operations.

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01:24:16,100 --> 01:24:17,100
Simply put,

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01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:19,100
our businesses have stepped up,

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01:24:19,100 --> 01:24:21,100
our residents have stepped up,

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01:24:21,100 --> 01:24:23,100
and our City Council has

2169
01:24:23,100 --> 01:24:24,100
stepped up. Now it's time

2170
01:24:24,100 --> 01:24:25,100
for the state to do its part by

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01:24:25,100 --> 01:24:27,100
restoring the VLF revenues that

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01:24:27,100 --> 01:24:29,100
rightfully belong to San

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01:24:29,100 --> 01:24:31,100
Mateo County and its cities.

2174
01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:32,100
Unfortunately, the continued

2175
01:24:32,100 --> 01:24:34,100
uncertainty means we've

2176
01:24:34,100 --> 01:24:35,100
exhausted many of the

2177
01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:37,100
traditional tools available

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01:24:37,100 --> 01:24:39,100
to us. And if this funding is

2179
01:24:39,100 --> 01:24:40,100
not permanently restored,

2180
01:24:40,100 --> 01:24:42,100
cities like Redwood City will

2181
01:24:42,100 --> 01:24:44,100
be increasingly left

2182
01:24:44,100 --> 01:24:46,100
with only one option. Reducing

2183
01:24:46,100 --> 01:24:47,100
public services.

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01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:48,100
At the county's request, we

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01:24:48,100 --> 01:24:50,100
prepared a scenario showing

2186
01:24:50,100 --> 01:24:52,100
what that could look like in

2187
01:24:52,100 --> 01:24:53,100
Redwood City. And we identified

2188
01:24:53,100 --> 01:24:55,100
approximately 40 frontline

2189
01:24:55,100 --> 01:24:57,100
positions. These positions

2190
01:24:57,100 --> 01:24:59,100
include firefighters and police

2191
01:24:59,100 --> 01:25:01,100
officers, librarians,

2192
01:25:01,100 --> 01:25:02,100
community service officers,

2193
01:25:02,100 --> 01:25:04,100
planners, parks and recreation

2194
01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:06,100
staff, and administrative

2195
01:25:06,100 --> 01:25:08,100
professionals who help deliver

2196
01:25:08,100 --> 01:25:09,100
the services our residents rely

2197
01:25:09,100 --> 01:25:11,100
upon every day. Many of those

2198
01:25:11,100 --> 01:25:13,100
services are especially

2199
01:25:13,100 --> 01:25:14,100
important to our most

2200
01:25:14,100 --> 01:25:16,100
vulnerable residents, our

2201
01:25:16,100 --> 01:25:18,100
seniors, children, families,

2202
01:25:18,100 --> 01:25:20,100
and individuals experiencing

2203
01:25:21,100 --> 01:25:22,100
homelessness. We want to be

2204
01:25:22,100 --> 01:25:23,100
very clear that this isn't a

2205
01:25:23,100 --> 01:25:24,100
staffing plan,

2206
01:25:24,100 --> 01:25:25,100
but it's an advocacy tool, one

2207
01:25:25,100 --> 01:25:26,100
that illustrates what continued

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01:25:26,100 --> 01:25:27,100
state

2209
01:25:27,100 --> 01:25:28,100
in action could eventually mean

2210
01:25:28,100 --> 01:25:30,100
for the people that we serve.

2211
01:25:30,100 --> 01:25:31,100
So, it's clear

2212
01:25:31,100 --> 01:25:33,100
to us that a permanent solution

2213
01:25:33,100 --> 01:25:34,100
to the VFL backfill issue is

2214
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:36,100
essential if local governments

2215
01:25:36,100 --> 01:25:37,100
are going to continue providing

2216
01:25:37,100 --> 01:25:38,100
the public safety, libraries,

2217
01:25:38,100 --> 01:25:40,100
parks, planning services,

2218
01:25:41,100 --> 01:25:44,100
and other core functions of

2219
01:25:44,100 --> 01:25:46,100
government that our communities

2220
01:25:46,100 --> 01:25:47,100
expect and deserve. Thank you

2221
01:25:47,100 --> 01:25:48,100
again, everyone,

2222
01:25:48,100 --> 01:25:49,100
for your leadership and

2223
01:25:49,100 --> 01:25:51,100
for continuing to advocate

2224
01:25:51,100 --> 01:25:52,100
on behalf of all of our cities

2225
01:25:52,100 --> 01:25:55,601
in San Mateo County. Thank you.

2226
01:25:57,100 --> 01:25:58,100
>> Thank you. And let me

2227
01:25:58,100 --> 01:26:00,100
sincerely apologize

2228
01:26:00,100 --> 01:26:03,100
for butchering your last name.

2229
01:26:03,100 --> 01:26:05,100
Mayor Elmer Martinez Saballos.

2230
01:26:05,100 --> 01:26:06,100
I bet you all didn't know that

2231
01:26:06,100 --> 01:26:09,100
my name is actually Noelia

2232
01:26:09,100 --> 01:26:11,401
Corso Solorzano. But no,

2233
01:26:14,100 --> 01:26:16,100
I love your last name,

2234
01:26:16,100 --> 01:26:18,100
and I will never do that again.

2235
01:26:18,100 --> 01:26:21,100
So, up next, we have the city

2236
01:26:21,100 --> 01:26:22,100
of San Bruno. And I also,

2237
01:26:22,100 --> 01:26:24,100
before I invite the mayor up,

2238
01:26:24,100 --> 01:26:25,100
I just wanted

2239
01:26:25,100 --> 01:26:26,100
to let everyone know that

2240
01:26:26,100 --> 01:26:28,100
in a couple of minutes, I will

2241
01:26:28,100 --> 01:26:30,100
be stepping away because I am

2242
01:26:30,100 --> 01:26:32,100
chairing the Coalition to End

2243
01:26:32,100 --> 01:26:33,100
Violence, Abuse, and

2244
01:26:33,100 --> 01:26:34,000
Exploitation. And I personally

2245
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:36,000
invited Assembly Member

2246
01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:39,100
Catherine Stefani several

2247
01:26:39,100 --> 01:26:42,100
months ago to come and present

2248
01:26:42,100 --> 01:26:43,100
on the domestic violence

2249
01:26:43,100 --> 01:26:45,100
legislation that she has

2250
01:26:45,100 --> 01:26:46,100
championed at the state. And I

2251
01:26:46,100 --> 01:26:48,100
don't want to not be there

2252
01:26:48,100 --> 01:26:51,100
since I invited her months ago.

2253
01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:53,100
So, with that, welcome, Mayor

2254
01:26:53,100 --> 01:26:55,100
Rico Medina.

2255
01:27:00,100 --> 01:27:02,100
>> Good afternoon. Since the

2256
01:27:02,100 --> 01:27:03,100
City Manager of San Bruno had

2257
01:27:03,100 --> 01:27:05,100
already spoken,

2258
01:27:05,100 --> 01:27:06,100
he gave you a lot

2259
01:27:06,100 --> 01:27:08,100
of the information and the data

2260
01:27:08,100 --> 01:27:10,100
of how it is, has effect and

2261
01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:11,100
will affect the city of San

2262
01:27:11,100 --> 01:27:13,100
Bruno. As a former city

2263
01:27:13,100 --> 01:27:15,100
employee, myself of San

2264
01:27:15,100 --> 01:27:17,401
Bruno, a shop steward,

2265
01:27:18,100 --> 01:27:21,100
it is crucial and critical. We

2266
01:27:21,100 --> 01:27:23,100
have, as most

2267
01:27:23,100 --> 01:27:24,100
of my colleagues have said,

2268
01:27:24,100 --> 01:27:26,100
we have a lean staff. Proud

2269
01:27:26,100 --> 01:27:28,100
of them. They go

2270
01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:30,100
to work every day. They do the

2271
01:27:30,100 --> 01:27:32,100
and provide the services. What

2272
01:27:32,100 --> 01:27:35,100
I am proud of is also the

2273
01:27:35,100 --> 01:27:37,100
Board of Supervisors, County

2274
01:27:37,100 --> 01:27:40,100
Manager, that we're all here

2275
01:27:40,100 --> 01:27:42,100
together. This is one time that

2276
01:27:42,100 --> 01:27:44,100
irrelevant of what city or town

2277
01:27:44,100 --> 01:27:46,401
you represent, that we're

2278
01:27:47,100 --> 01:27:49,100
in this boat together and all

2279
01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:51,100
of us will feel the pain and

2280
01:27:51,100 --> 01:27:53,100
the suffering if the state does

2281
01:27:53,100 --> 01:27:56,100
not change their path and their

2282
01:27:56,100 --> 01:27:58,401
course. I appreciate all

2283
01:27:59,100 --> 01:28:02,100
of you stepping forward to

2284
01:28:02,100 --> 01:28:04,100
represent this county. I am a

2285
01:28:04,100 --> 01:28:06,401
lifelong San Mateo County

2286
01:28:07,100 --> 01:28:09,100
resident and proud

2287
01:28:10,100 --> 01:28:12,100
of it. I am a lifelong member,

2288
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:14,100
third generation, to the city

2289
01:28:14,100 --> 01:28:16,100
of San Bruno where I've lived

2290
01:28:16,100 --> 01:28:18,100
my entire life. And I'm proud

2291
01:28:18,100 --> 01:28:20,100
of it. City of San Bruno has

2292
01:28:20,100 --> 01:28:23,100
been challenged at times when

2293
01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:24,100
we had the explosion or the

2294
01:28:24,100 --> 01:28:26,401
active shooter. We've had

2295
01:28:27,100 --> 01:28:28,100
people come to our community to

2296
01:28:28,100 --> 01:28:31,100
lead and give aid and mutual

2297
01:28:31,100 --> 01:28:35,100
support and we do the same. But

2298
01:28:35,100 --> 01:28:39,201
this is one time that we all

2299
01:28:41,100 --> 01:28:43,100
have to find it

2300
01:28:43,100 --> 01:28:45,100
within our heart and spirit

2301
01:28:45,100 --> 01:28:47,100
to unite and find a way to

2302
01:28:47,100 --> 01:28:48,100
ensure that the state does what

2303
01:28:48,100 --> 01:28:51,100
they need to do so that all

2304
01:28:51,100 --> 01:28:52,100
of these folks here, all

2305
01:28:52,100 --> 01:28:54,100
of us, can work

2306
01:28:54,100 --> 01:28:56,100
at what we need

2307
01:28:56,100 --> 01:28:58,100
to provide our leadership to

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01:28:58,100 --> 01:29:01,100
our staff and our communities.

2309
01:29:01,100 --> 01:29:04,100
It has been and is an honor

2310
01:29:04,100 --> 01:29:06,100
to serve and it's an honor

2311
01:29:06,100 --> 01:29:08,100
to be here with you today. And

2312
01:29:08,100 --> 01:29:10,100
I appreciate what you're doing.

2313
01:29:10,100 --> 01:29:12,100
And we are in it to win it.

2314
01:29:12,100 --> 01:29:14,100
And we stand resolute and we

2315
01:29:14,100 --> 01:29:16,100
stand side by side. Let's do

2316
01:29:16,100 --> 01:29:18,100
this. Thank you.

2317
01:29:22,100 --> 01:29:24,100
>> Thank you so much. And

2318
01:29:24,100 --> 01:29:26,100
preach. Okay. I did not know we

2319
01:29:26,100 --> 01:29:27,100
were going

2320
01:29:27,100 --> 01:29:29,100
to church right now.

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01:29:29,100 --> 01:29:30,100
With that, I'd like to invite

2322
01:29:30,100 --> 01:29:32,100
representatives and council

2323
01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:34,100
members from the City of

2324
01:29:34,100 --> 01:29:36,100
San Carlos. I'm going

2325
01:29:36,100 --> 01:29:37,100
to try to stay till the end

2326
01:29:37,100 --> 01:29:38,100
of the cities,

2327
01:29:38,100 --> 01:29:40,100
but I don't know if I can.

2328
01:29:40,100 --> 01:29:41,100
>> Thank you for having us here

2329
01:29:41,100 --> 01:29:42,100
today. I'm not going to preach

2330
01:29:42,100 --> 01:29:44,100
to you, but I'm here with

2331
01:29:44,100 --> 01:29:46,100
Kathy Kleinbaum, City Manager

2332
01:29:46,100 --> 01:29:48,100
of San Carlos. The City of

2333
01:29:48,100 --> 01:29:50,100
San Carlos is facing a VLF

2334
01:29:50,100 --> 01:29:52,100
shortfall of $4.4 million.

2335
01:29:53,100 --> 01:29:55,100
This could grow as large as $6

2336
01:29:55,100 --> 01:29:57,100
million in future years if

2337
01:29:57,100 --> 01:29:59,100
additional school districts

2338
01:29:59,100 --> 01:30:00,100
flip. The current amount is

2339
01:30:00,100 --> 01:30:02,100
equivalent to over 6% of our

2340
01:30:02,100 --> 01:30:04,100
annual opening operating

2341
01:30:05,100 --> 01:30:07,100
budget. As a small city that is

2342
01:30:07,100 --> 01:30:09,100
leaning staffed,

2343
01:30:09,100 --> 01:30:11,100
a revenue loss of this

2344
01:30:11,100 --> 01:30:13,100
magnitude is not something we

2345
01:30:13,100 --> 01:30:15,401
can absorb without facing

2346
01:30:16,100 --> 01:30:18,100
tangible reductions

2347
01:30:18,100 --> 01:30:20,100
in services in our residents

2348
01:30:20,100 --> 01:30:21,100
and businesses. This shortfall

2349
01:30:21,100 --> 01:30:23,100
could potentially translate

2350
01:30:23,100 --> 01:30:25,100
to hiring freezes or rejections

2351
01:30:25,100 --> 01:30:26,100
of 5 public safety positions

2352
01:30:26,100 --> 01:30:28,100
and 14 general staffing

2353
01:30:28,100 --> 01:30:30,100
positions

2354
01:30:30,100 --> 01:30:31,100
across our city departments.

2355
01:30:31,100 --> 01:30:33,401
This equates to roughly 10%

2356
01:30:34,100 --> 01:30:36,100
of our total staff. The

2357
01:30:36,100 --> 01:30:38,401
resulting services impacts to

2358
01:30:39,100 --> 01:30:41,100
our residents and businesses

2359
01:30:41,100 --> 01:30:42,100
include delays in permit

2360
01:30:42,100 --> 01:30:44,100
processing times and

2361
01:30:44,100 --> 01:30:46,100
construction support services

2362
01:30:46,100 --> 01:30:48,100
which could delay the

2363
01:30:48,100 --> 01:30:50,100
completion of our much-needed

2364
01:30:50,100 --> 01:30:52,100
housing developments. Delays

2365
01:30:52,100 --> 01:30:53,100
in critical staffing, safety

2366
01:30:53,100 --> 01:30:55,100
improvements and reduce

2367
01:30:55,100 --> 01:30:57,100
enforcements. Reductions in

2368
01:30:57,100 --> 01:30:59,100
maintenance levels and response

2369
01:30:59,100 --> 01:31:00,100
times for necessary repairs

2370
01:31:00,100 --> 01:31:03,100
in our parks, senior and youth

2371
01:31:03,100 --> 01:31:05,401
recreation centers and library.

2372
01:31:06,100 --> 01:31:07,100
Reductions in support services

2373
01:31:07,100 --> 01:31:09,401
for small local businesses.

2374
01:31:10,100 --> 01:31:11,100
Reductions

2375
01:31:11,100 --> 01:31:12,100
in senior support services,

2376
01:31:12,100 --> 01:31:14,100
recreation program and

2377
01:31:14,100 --> 01:31:16,401
community and cultural events.

2378
01:31:17,100 --> 01:31:18,100
We urge the state to provide

2379
01:31:18,100 --> 01:31:21,100
the funding that is due to all

2380
01:31:21,100 --> 01:31:22,100
of us, to all the cities in

2381
01:31:22,100 --> 01:31:23,100
San Mateo County. This funding

2382
01:31:23,100 --> 01:31:25,100
is essential

2383
01:31:25,100 --> 01:31:26,100
to maintaining our quality

2384
01:31:26,100 --> 01:31:28,100
of life.

2385
01:31:33,100 --> 01:31:36,100
>> Thank you and I'd now like

2386
01:31:36,100 --> 01:31:39,100
to welcome my mayor, mayor

2387
01:31:39,100 --> 01:31:41,100
Adam Lorraine and council

2388
01:31:41,100 --> 01:31:43,100
member Lisa Diaz Nash and city

2389
01:31:43,100 --> 01:31:45,100
manager Alex Khojikian.

2390
01:31:50,100 --> 01:31:52,100
>> Good afternoon supervisors,

2391
01:31:52,100 --> 01:31:54,100
City Council members, staff and

2392
01:31:54,100 --> 01:31:57,100
everyone who has joined us here

2393
01:31:57,100 --> 01:31:59,100
today. I am Adam Lorraine,

2394
01:31:59,100 --> 01:32:01,100
Mayor of the City of San

2395
01:32:01,100 --> 01:32:02,100
Mateo, and with me is City

2396
01:32:02,100 --> 01:32:04,100
Council member Lisa Diaz

2397
01:32:04,100 --> 01:32:05,100
Nash, City Manager Alex

2398
01:32:05,100 --> 01:32:07,100
Khojikian, who addressed the

2399
01:32:07,100 --> 01:32:10,100
public in the press conference

2400
01:32:10,100 --> 01:32:12,100
earlier. We also had a

2401
01:32:12,100 --> 01:32:14,100
Assistant City Manager

2402
01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:16,100
Jennifer Yamaguma here and

2403
01:32:16,100 --> 01:32:17,100
other city staff. I want

2404
01:32:17,100 --> 01:32:19,100
to thank you

2405
01:32:19,100 --> 01:32:20,100
for the opportunity to give

2406
01:32:20,100 --> 01:32:22,100
some more related comments

2407
01:32:22,100 --> 01:32:23,100
about how this lack of funding

2408
01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:26,100
will affect our great city of

2409
01:32:26,100 --> 01:32:27,100
San Mateo. Of course,

2410
01:32:27,100 --> 01:32:29,100
receiving the news

2411
01:32:29,100 --> 01:32:30,100
of an even greater reduction

2412
01:32:30,100 --> 01:32:32,100
in VLF funds was not welcome.

2413
01:32:32,100 --> 01:32:34,100
Our city cannot afford it and

2414
01:32:34,100 --> 01:32:36,100
neither can our residents.

2415
01:32:36,100 --> 01:32:38,100
This deepened cut

2416
01:32:38,100 --> 01:32:40,100
to VLF is substantial for the

2417
01:32:40,100 --> 01:32:42,100
City of San Mateo. We're losing

2418
01:32:42,100 --> 01:32:44,100
an additional 5.7 million

2419
01:32:44,100 --> 01:32:46,100
in this fiscal year,

2420
01:32:46,100 --> 01:32:49,100
which takes us from a 7.1

2421
01:32:49,100 --> 01:32:51,100
million shortfall to $12.9

2422
01:32:51,100 --> 01:32:53,401
million. Many have illustrated

2423
01:32:56,100 --> 01:32:58,100
this afternoon that we're not

2424
01:32:58,100 --> 01:33:00,100
just talking about budgets,

2425
01:33:00,100 --> 01:33:02,100
of course, but the people who

2426
01:33:02,100 --> 01:33:03,100
provide services and are part

2427
01:33:03,100 --> 01:33:05,100
of our community. And it's no

2428
01:33:05,100 --> 01:33:07,100
different in our city.

2429
01:33:07,100 --> 01:33:09,100
In fact, approximately 80%

2430
01:33:10,100 --> 01:33:11,100
of our budget is tied to the

2431
01:33:11,100 --> 01:33:13,100
people who provide city

2432
01:33:13,100 --> 01:33:15,100
services to our community.

2433
01:33:15,100 --> 01:33:17,100
These are people who provide

2434
01:33:17,100 --> 01:33:19,100
homelessness, outreach, youth

2435
01:33:20,100 --> 01:33:22,401
and senior programs and

2436
01:33:23,100 --> 01:33:25,100
emergency services. This

2437
01:33:25,100 --> 01:33:27,100
additional 5.7-million-dollar

2438
01:33:27,100 --> 01:33:30,100
loss will have a direct impact

2439
01:33:30,100 --> 01:33:32,100
on people, staff, and

2440
01:33:32,100 --> 01:33:35,100
of course our residents, we

2441
01:33:35,100 --> 01:33:36,100
in our city took the

2442
01:33:36,100 --> 01:33:38,100
opportunity

2443
01:33:38,100 --> 01:33:39,100
to begin forecasting.

2444
01:33:39,100 --> 01:33:40,100
Of course, we already had

2445
01:33:40,100 --> 01:33:41,100
to plan

2446
01:33:41,100 --> 01:33:43,100
for the previous VLF

2447
01:33:43,100 --> 01:33:45,100
shortfalls.

2448
01:33:45,100 --> 01:33:46,100
But now we have taken a look

2449
01:33:46,100 --> 01:33:48,100
to determine. What would it

2450
01:33:48,100 --> 01:33:50,100
look like if the City of San

2451
01:33:50,100 --> 01:33:51,100
Mateo had to cut 10%

2452
01:33:51,100 --> 01:33:53,100
of its general fund budget.

2453
01:33:53,100 --> 01:33:55,100
Our fear is that this would

2454
01:33:55,100 --> 01:33:57,100
become a reality. We currently

2455
01:33:57,100 --> 01:33:59,100
have some reserves that can

2456
01:33:59,100 --> 01:34:02,100
tide us over for some time. But

2457
01:34:02,100 --> 01:34:04,100
unless there's a permanent

2458
01:34:04,100 --> 01:34:06,100
solution to this shortfall

2459
01:34:06,100 --> 01:34:07,100
at the City of San Mateo, this

2460
01:34:07,100 --> 01:34:08,100
lack

2461
01:34:08,100 --> 01:34:09,100
of funding currently equates

2462
01:34:09,100 --> 01:34:11,100
to us potentially cutting up

2463
01:34:11,100 --> 01:34:13,401
to 70 positions. What could

2464
01:34:14,100 --> 01:34:16,100
that look like? It could

2465
01:34:16,100 --> 01:34:18,100
eliminate our proactive

2466
01:34:18,100 --> 01:34:20,100
homelessness outreach. It would

2467
01:34:20,100 --> 01:34:22,100
eliminate our mental health co

2468
01:34:22,100 --> 01:34:24,100
responder unit with police. It

2469
01:34:24,100 --> 01:34:27,100
would close a fire station. It

2470
01:34:27,100 --> 01:34:29,100
could eliminate the Office of

2471
01:34:29,100 --> 01:34:30,100
Emergency Services Division

2472
01:34:30,100 --> 01:34:32,100
of San Mateo Consolidated

2473
01:34:32,100 --> 01:34:34,100
Fire. On top

2474
01:34:34,100 --> 01:34:36,401
of those complete eliminations,

2475
01:34:37,100 --> 01:34:39,100
we would have many more

2476
01:34:39,100 --> 01:34:41,100
reductions,

2477
01:34:41,100 --> 01:34:43,100
including programming

2478
01:34:43,100 --> 01:34:44,100
for youth and seniors,

2479
01:34:44,100 --> 01:34:45,100
reducing facility operations,

2480
01:34:45,100 --> 01:34:47,401
library open hours, park

2481
01:34:48,100 --> 01:34:49,100
maintenance, slower response

2482
01:34:49,100 --> 01:34:51,401
times and greater risks.

2483
01:34:52,100 --> 01:34:53,100
These, of course, as has been

2484
01:34:53,100 --> 01:34:55,100
noted, are not simply numbers

2485
01:34:55,100 --> 01:34:57,100
on a spreadsheet. These are

2486
01:34:57,100 --> 01:34:58,100
real services provided by real

2487
01:34:58,100 --> 01:34:59,100
people that our residents

2488
01:34:59,100 --> 01:35:01,100
depend on. We need a permanent

2489
01:35:01,100 --> 01:35:03,100
solution to the VLF shortfall

2490
01:35:03,100 --> 01:35:04,100
so our cities can continue

2491
01:35:04,100 --> 01:35:06,100
providing services and our

2492
01:35:06,100 --> 01:35:08,100
communities can get what they

2493
01:35:08,100 --> 01:35:09,100
expect and deserve. Thank you

2494
01:35:09,100 --> 01:35:11,100
for your time.

2495
01:35:16,100 --> 01:35:18,100
>> Okay, I will now invite the

2496
01:35:18,100 --> 01:35:21,100
City of South San Francisco and

2497
01:35:21,100 --> 01:35:23,100
I will also say goodbye

2498
01:35:23,100 --> 01:35:24,100
for now. And I do believe

2499
01:35:24,100 --> 01:35:26,100
there's a PowerPoint

2500
01:35:26,100 --> 01:35:27,100
presentation that we have

2501
01:35:27,100 --> 01:35:29,100
for you all. So, welcome.

2502
01:35:29,100 --> 01:35:30,100
>> Thank you so much.

2503
01:35:30,100 --> 01:35:31,100
>> And I'll hand it over to

2504
01:35:31,100 --> 01:35:32,100
Supervisor Mueller

2505
01:35:32,100 --> 01:35:33,100
to chair.

2506
01:35:33,100 --> 01:35:35,100
>> Great. Good afternoon,

2507
01:35:35,100 --> 01:35:36,100
everyone. I am here. I am

2508
01:35:36,100 --> 01:35:38,100
Laura Snideman, the South San

2509
01:35:38,100 --> 01:35:40,100
Francisco City Manager, joined

2510
01:35:40,100 --> 01:35:41,100
with Vice Mayor Nagales and

2511
01:35:41,100 --> 01:35:43,100
Councilmember Nicholas. We too

2512
01:35:43,100 --> 01:35:44,100
are asking for the state's

2513
01:35:44,100 --> 01:35:45,100
leadership making good on their

2514
01:35:45,100 --> 01:35:47,100
promise correcting this

2515
01:35:47,100 --> 01:35:49,100
unintended revenue shortfall.

2516
01:35:49,100 --> 01:35:51,100
Property tax in lieu of vehicle

2517
01:35:51,100 --> 01:35:53,100
license fees represent 8.3% of

2518
01:35:53,100 --> 01:35:55,100
our total general fund revenue.

2519
01:35:55,100 --> 01:35:57,100
This funding allows us

2520
01:35:57,100 --> 01:35:58,100
to provide all

2521
01:35:58,100 --> 01:36:00,100
of these essential services.

2522
01:36:00,100 --> 01:36:01,100
Public safety, childcare,

2523
01:36:01,100 --> 01:36:03,100
adult daycare, library,

2524
01:36:03,100 --> 01:36:04,100
many other services. South San

2525
01:36:04,100 --> 01:36:06,100
Francisco, if you'll see

2526
01:36:06,100 --> 01:36:07,100
on the next slide, is facing a

2527
01:36:07,100 --> 01:36:08,100
cumulative VLF funding

2528
01:36:08,100 --> 01:36:09,100
shortfall

2529
01:36:09,100 --> 01:36:10,100
in the past three years of

2530
01:36:10,100 --> 01:36:12,401
$13.2 million for which the

2531
01:36:13,100 --> 01:36:16,601
state has not made us whole.

2532
01:36:17,100 --> 01:36:19,100
Without a permanent fix, our

2533
01:36:19,100 --> 01:36:20,100
community too would face severe

2534
01:36:20,100 --> 01:36:21,100
service cuts

2535
01:36:21,100 --> 01:36:22,100
in all service areas.

2536
01:36:22,100 --> 01:36:24,100
Examples, sort of a package

2537
01:36:24,100 --> 01:36:25,100
of things that we would have

2538
01:36:25,100 --> 01:36:27,100
to reduce, that we would have

2539
01:36:27,100 --> 01:36:28,100
to consider

2540
01:36:28,100 --> 01:36:29,100
in the next slide, again,

2541
01:36:29,100 --> 01:36:30,100
would affect all areas

2542
01:36:30,100 --> 01:36:31,100
of our community.

2543
01:36:31,100 --> 01:36:32,100
In public safety,

2544
01:36:32,100 --> 01:36:33,100
it would mean closing a fire

2545
01:36:33,100 --> 01:36:35,100
station, eliminating 13

2546
01:36:35,100 --> 01:36:36,100
firefighter positions and

2547
01:36:36,100 --> 01:36:38,100
increasing response times

2548
01:36:38,100 --> 01:36:40,401
across the city. Eliminating

2549
01:36:41,100 --> 01:36:43,100
four police officer positions,

2550
01:36:43,100 --> 01:36:44,100
including our school liaison

2551
01:36:44,100 --> 01:36:45,100
officers who have come and that

2552
01:36:45,100 --> 01:36:47,100
our school district has come

2553
01:36:47,100 --> 01:36:48,100
to rely on to build rapport

2554
01:36:48,100 --> 01:36:49,100
between law enforcement and

2555
01:36:49,100 --> 01:36:50,100
students, families and school

2556
01:36:50,100 --> 01:36:52,100
staff, as well as our community

2557
01:36:52,100 --> 01:36:53,100
outreach officers who work

2558
01:36:53,100 --> 01:36:55,100
closely with the unhoused and

2559
01:36:55,100 --> 01:36:56,100
connect them with mental health

2560
01:36:56,100 --> 01:36:58,100
and county resources.

2561
01:36:59,100 --> 01:37:00,100
Eliminating fire and building

2562
01:37:00,100 --> 01:37:02,100
inspectors would weaken our

2563
01:37:02,100 --> 01:37:03,100
prevention and safety oversight

2564
01:37:03,100 --> 01:37:04,100
throughout the entire

2565
01:37:04,100 --> 01:37:06,100
community.

2566
01:37:06,100 --> 01:37:08,100
Beyond public safety, our youth

2567
01:37:08,100 --> 01:37:10,100
and our seniors would be hit

2568
01:37:10,100 --> 01:37:11,100
very hard. We would have to

2569
01:37:11,100 --> 01:37:13,100
eliminate potentially all

2570
01:37:13,100 --> 01:37:15,100
subsidized child care. This is

2571
01:37:15,100 --> 01:37:16,100
preschool, early learning and

2572
01:37:16,100 --> 01:37:18,100
after school care. Impacting up

2573
01:37:18,100 --> 01:37:20,100
to 815 children. Leaving

2574
01:37:22,100 --> 01:37:24,100
working parents scrambling

2575
01:37:24,100 --> 01:37:26,100
for an already scarce resource.

2576
01:37:26,100 --> 01:37:29,100
Eliminating our adult day care

2577
01:37:29,100 --> 01:37:30,100
program. Removing this respite

2578
01:37:30,100 --> 01:37:31,100
and support service

2579
01:37:31,100 --> 01:37:33,100
for caregiving families.

2580
01:37:34,100 --> 01:37:36,100
Potentially losing progress on

2581
01:37:36,100 --> 01:37:38,100
creating new affordable

2582
01:37:39,100 --> 01:37:40,100
housing. Leaving families and

2583
01:37:40,100 --> 01:37:41,100
seniors

2584
01:37:41,100 --> 01:37:42,100
without housing options.

2585
01:37:42,100 --> 01:37:43,100
Community access to learning

2586
01:37:43,100 --> 01:37:45,100
and wellness would also narrow.

2587
01:37:45,100 --> 01:37:47,100
Libraries and pools would close

2588
01:37:47,100 --> 01:37:49,100
one day a week. A community

2589
01:37:49,100 --> 01:37:51,100
learning center could close.

2590
01:37:51,100 --> 01:37:53,100
Ending after school. English as

2591
01:37:53,100 --> 01:37:54,100
a second language, adult

2592
01:37:54,100 --> 01:37:56,100
literacy, computer and STEM

2593
01:37:56,100 --> 01:37:57,100
programs relied upon

2594
01:37:57,100 --> 01:37:59,100
by all residents. This is only

2595
01:37:59,100 --> 01:38:01,100
a partial list of items of

2596
01:38:01,100 --> 01:38:03,100
services demonstrating how the

2597
01:38:03,100 --> 01:38:05,100
most vulnerable in our

2598
01:38:05,100 --> 01:38:07,100
community would be impacted.

2599
01:38:07,100 --> 01:38:08,100
All told, the program and

2600
01:38:08,100 --> 01:38:10,100
service losses could risk job

2601
01:38:10,100 --> 01:38:12,100
losses for over 100

2602
01:38:13,100 --> 01:38:15,100
individuals. Frontline workers

2603
01:38:15,100 --> 01:38:17,100
who keep our community safe,

2604
01:38:17,100 --> 01:38:18,100
responsive and resilient. This

2605
01:38:18,100 --> 01:38:19,100
is

2606
01:38:19,100 --> 01:38:20,100
about equity and keeping faith

2607
01:38:20,100 --> 01:38:21,100
with local communities. 55

2608
01:38:21,100 --> 01:38:23,100
counties are already made whole

2609
01:38:23,100 --> 01:38:24,100
by the state's approach. San

2610
01:38:24,100 --> 01:38:26,100
Mateo county should be treated

2611
01:38:26,100 --> 01:38:27,100
equally so our residents do not

2612
01:38:27,100 --> 01:38:29,100
lose essential services due to

2613
01:38:29,100 --> 01:38:30,100
a shortfall that was never

2614
01:38:30,100 --> 01:38:32,100
intended. We're not asking

2615
01:38:32,100 --> 01:38:33,100
for more. We're not asking

2616
01:38:33,100 --> 01:38:35,100
for a handout. We are asking

2617
01:38:35,100 --> 01:38:37,100
the state to keep its promise

2618
01:38:37,100 --> 01:38:39,100
to make us whole on this

2619
01:38:39,100 --> 01:38:40,100
revenue source so we can keep

2620
01:38:40,100 --> 01:38:42,100
our promise to the community of

2621
01:38:42,100 --> 01:38:44,100
providing these vital services.

2622
01:38:44,100 --> 01:38:45,100
Thank you for your leadership

2623
01:38:45,100 --> 01:38:47,100
and attention to this matter.

2624
01:38:47,100 --> 01:38:48,100
We will continue to work

2625
01:38:48,100 --> 01:38:50,100
with all of you so our state

2626
01:38:50,100 --> 01:38:51,100
and our state leaders

2627
01:38:51,100 --> 01:38:52,100
to save our South San

2628
01:38:52,100 --> 01:38:54,401
Francisco services. Thank you.

2629
01:39:01,100 --> 01:39:03,100
>> Thank you. So, I just first

2630
01:39:03,100 --> 01:39:06,100
want to extend my gratitude

2631
01:39:06,100 --> 01:39:08,100
to all the cities

2632
01:39:08,100 --> 01:39:10,100
for coming today and for

2633
01:39:10,100 --> 01:39:11,100
sharing so transparently the

2634
01:39:11,100 --> 01:39:14,100
situation that you face. This

2635
01:39:14,100 --> 01:39:15,100
was a very tough decision

2636
01:39:15,100 --> 01:39:17,100
to be made at the county and

2637
01:39:17,100 --> 01:39:19,100
at the cities to share this

2638
01:39:19,100 --> 01:39:21,100
information this transparently

2639
01:39:21,100 --> 01:39:23,100
because it causes quite a bit

2640
01:39:23,100 --> 01:39:26,100
of anxiety obviously within our

2641
01:39:26,100 --> 01:39:27,100
workforce amongst those who

2642
01:39:27,100 --> 01:39:29,100
receives the services. And I

2643
01:39:29,100 --> 01:39:31,100
think it's a testament to the

2644
01:39:31,100 --> 01:39:32,100
leadership throughout the

2645
01:39:32,100 --> 01:39:34,100
county that we're being so

2646
01:39:34,100 --> 01:39:36,100
transparent at this time when

2647
01:39:36,100 --> 01:39:38,100
it's so precisely needed. What

2648
01:39:38,100 --> 01:39:40,100
we're going

2649
01:39:40,100 --> 01:39:41,100
to do now is we're going to go

2650
01:39:41,100 --> 01:39:43,100
ahead and discuss next steps.

2651
01:39:43,100 --> 01:39:45,100
And I'm going to go ahead

2652
01:39:45,100 --> 01:39:47,100
at this time. I know

2653
01:39:47,100 --> 01:39:49,100
Supervisor Speier has some next

2654
01:39:49,100 --> 01:39:50,100
steps. I do as well. And I can

2655
01:39:50,100 --> 01:39:51,100
turn it over

2656
01:39:51,100 --> 01:39:53,100
to my colleagues as well. But

2657
01:39:53,100 --> 01:39:56,100
we have prepared some and I'll

2658
01:39:56,100 --> 01:40:00,201
let I go first. So, what I'd

2659
01:40:01,100 --> 01:40:03,100
share today with everyone is

2660
01:40:03,100 --> 01:40:05,100
that today we obviously went

2661
01:40:05,100 --> 01:40:07,100
through this process earlier

2662
01:40:07,100 --> 01:40:09,100
this year, not that long ago.

2663
01:40:09,100 --> 01:40:11,401
We have between now

2664
01:40:12,100 --> 01:40:14,100
until the end of August, and

2665
01:40:14,100 --> 01:40:15,100
frankly, it's a shorter time

2666
01:40:15,100 --> 01:40:17,100
period than that to try to get

2667
01:40:17,100 --> 01:40:19,100
into the Legislature's trailer

2668
01:40:19,100 --> 01:40:20,100
bill,

2669
01:40:20,100 --> 01:40:21,100
which wraps up their budget.

2670
01:40:21,100 --> 01:40:22,100
After that,

2671
01:40:22,100 --> 01:40:24,100
we're pretty much closed

2672
01:40:24,100 --> 01:40:26,100
for this year. Our ability

2673
01:40:26,100 --> 01:40:28,100
to address this issue will end.

2674
01:40:28,100 --> 01:40:29,100
And so

2675
01:40:29,100 --> 01:40:31,100
in the next week or two weeks,

2676
01:40:31,100 --> 01:40:32,100
the most important thing

2677
01:40:32,100 --> 01:40:34,100
for your cities

2678
01:40:34,100 --> 01:40:35,100
to be doing and

2679
01:40:35,100 --> 01:40:37,100
for those who you're

2680
01:40:37,100 --> 01:40:38,100
interacting with is to be

2681
01:40:38,100 --> 01:40:40,100
contacting our governor's

2682
01:40:40,100 --> 01:40:41,100
office, sharing the

2683
01:40:41,100 --> 01:40:43,100
information, transmitting it

2684
01:40:43,100 --> 01:40:45,100
here, having people send

2685
01:40:45,100 --> 01:40:46,100
emails, having people

2686
01:40:46,100 --> 01:40:48,100
communicate just what that

2687
01:40:48,100 --> 01:40:50,100
impact is. As we try to move

2688
01:40:50,100 --> 01:40:51,100
toward the end of this, and

2689
01:40:51,100 --> 01:40:53,100
frankly, also our legislative

2690
01:40:53,100 --> 01:40:55,100
leadership, our Senate

2691
01:40:55,100 --> 01:40:57,100
president's office,

2692
01:40:57,100 --> 01:40:59,401
our speaker of Assembly's

2693
01:41:00,100 --> 01:41:01,100
office, all of those entities

2694
01:41:01,100 --> 01:41:03,100
are coming together now

2695
01:41:03,100 --> 01:41:04,100
to wrap up this trailer bill.

2696
01:41:04,100 --> 01:41:06,100
And we want to be in it and we

2697
01:41:06,100 --> 01:41:09,100
want a permanent fix in it.

2698
01:41:09,100 --> 01:41:10,100
That being said,

2699
01:41:10,100 --> 01:41:13,100
if we are not successful there,

2700
01:41:13,100 --> 01:41:14,100
what comes next is that we

2701
01:41:14,100 --> 01:41:16,100
cannot go quietly

2702
01:41:17,100 --> 01:41:18,100
into the night and wait until

2703
01:41:18,100 --> 01:41:21,100
next year's budget session. We

2704
01:41:21,100 --> 01:41:22,100
need

2705
01:41:22,100 --> 01:41:25,100
to begin organizing our cities.

2706
01:41:25,100 --> 01:41:27,100
All of you know

2707
01:41:27,100 --> 01:41:28,100
in your cities,

2708
01:41:28,100 --> 01:41:30,100
and if you're watching this

2709
01:41:30,100 --> 01:41:31,100
at home, all you know that

2710
01:41:31,100 --> 01:41:33,100
within our cities we have

2711
01:41:33,100 --> 01:41:34,100
networks outside

2712
01:41:34,100 --> 01:41:36,100
of city hall. Those who are not

2713
01:41:36,100 --> 01:41:38,100
with us today, for example, are

2714
01:41:38,100 --> 01:41:40,100
our special districts and all

2715
01:41:40,100 --> 01:41:42,100
of those who we know so well,

2716
01:41:42,100 --> 01:41:44,100
our school districts, we have

2717
01:41:44,100 --> 01:41:46,100
to reach out

2718
01:41:46,100 --> 01:41:47,100
into those parent communities.

2719
01:41:47,100 --> 01:41:48,100
We have

2720
01:41:48,100 --> 01:41:50,100
to tell them what the impact is

2721
01:41:50,100 --> 01:41:52,100
to their safe streets. We have

2722
01:41:52,100 --> 01:41:54,100
to reach out into our senior

2723
01:41:54,100 --> 01:41:56,100
communities and tell them what

2724
01:41:56,100 --> 01:41:57,100
the impacts are. We have

2725
01:41:57,100 --> 01:41:59,100
to share with all

2726
01:41:59,100 --> 01:42:00,100
of them so that every,

2727
01:42:00,100 --> 01:42:01,100
every city together is

2728
01:42:01,100 --> 01:42:02,100
mobilized

2729
01:42:02,100 --> 01:42:04,100
behind your leadership,

2730
01:42:04,100 --> 01:42:06,100
telling Sacramento this has to

2731
01:42:06,100 --> 01:42:08,100
be addressed and this is what

2732
01:42:08,100 --> 01:42:09,100
the impacts are

2733
01:42:09,100 --> 01:42:11,100
into next year. So, a next step

2734
01:42:11,100 --> 01:42:13,100
is to organize your city

2735
01:42:13,100 --> 01:42:15,100
into a piece of the thunder

2736
01:42:15,100 --> 01:42:17,100
that will come next year

2737
01:42:17,100 --> 01:42:20,100
during our budget process. And

2738
01:42:20,100 --> 01:42:23,100
then finally, what I would say

2739
01:42:23,100 --> 01:42:25,100
to you all as we go

2740
01:42:25,100 --> 01:42:27,100
into this is we're going

2741
01:42:27,100 --> 01:42:28,100
to come

2742
01:42:28,100 --> 01:42:30,100
into your cities next year.

2743
01:42:30,100 --> 01:42:31,100
Why would I plan

2744
01:42:31,100 --> 01:42:33,100
on doing next year,

2745
01:42:33,100 --> 01:42:34,100
should I be board president?

2746
01:42:34,100 --> 01:42:36,100
Is to do study sessions

2747
01:42:36,100 --> 01:42:38,100
in each of your cities

2748
01:42:38,100 --> 01:42:40,100
during the first five months

2749
01:42:40,100 --> 01:42:42,100
of the year as we head toward

2750
01:42:42,100 --> 01:42:43,100
the budget so that when we come

2751
01:42:43,100 --> 01:42:46,100
into your city, you bring the

2752
01:42:46,100 --> 01:42:48,100
thunder and the noise of

2753
01:42:48,100 --> 01:42:50,100
everyone who you have organized

2754
01:42:50,100 --> 01:42:52,100
so that we keep that, that

2755
01:42:52,100 --> 01:42:53,100
momentum up and that pressure

2756
01:42:53,100 --> 01:42:55,100
so that as we move toward it,

2757
01:42:55,100 --> 01:42:56,100
each city is moving. And so,

2758
01:42:56,100 --> 01:42:58,100
we will be coming

2759
01:42:58,100 --> 01:43:01,100
into your districts. And then

2760
01:43:01,100 --> 01:43:03,100
the last,

2761
01:43:03,100 --> 01:43:05,100
and I should have said last

2762
01:43:05,100 --> 01:43:06,100
time,

2763
01:43:06,100 --> 01:43:07,100
but the most important thing

2764
01:43:07,100 --> 01:43:10,100
in addition to all of that is

2765
01:43:10,100 --> 01:43:12,100
that I would ask you all

2766
01:43:12,100 --> 01:43:14,100
to tell everybody you know

2767
01:43:14,100 --> 01:43:16,100
to start contacting the

2768
01:43:16,100 --> 01:43:18,100
Becerra campaign. We know who

2769
01:43:18,100 --> 01:43:21,100
our next governor will be

2770
01:43:22,100 --> 01:43:24,100
on almost certainty. We have a

2771
01:43:24,100 --> 01:43:25,100
good idea and most certainty

2772
01:43:25,100 --> 01:43:28,100
based on polls. We need

2773
01:43:28,100 --> 01:43:31,100
to start contacting them now.

2774
01:43:32,100 --> 01:43:34,100
So, contact both candidates

2775
01:43:34,100 --> 01:43:37,100
just in case. But contact the

2776
01:43:37,100 --> 01:43:40,100
Becerra campaign and tell them

2777
01:43:40,100 --> 01:43:41,100
how big of the impacts that

2778
01:43:41,100 --> 01:43:43,100
this is going to be in our

2779
01:43:43,100 --> 01:43:45,100
county and start working those

2780
01:43:45,100 --> 01:43:47,100
issues now so that next year

2781
01:43:47,100 --> 01:43:49,100
it's not a surprise and it's

2782
01:43:49,100 --> 01:43:50,100
on the list

2783
01:43:50,100 --> 01:43:52,100
of things that get addressed.

2784
01:43:52,100 --> 01:43:54,100
There's going

2785
01:43:54,100 --> 01:43:55,100
to be probably a new head

2786
01:43:55,100 --> 01:43:56,100
of the Department of Finance

2787
01:43:56,100 --> 01:43:57,100
who we're going

2788
01:43:57,100 --> 01:43:58,100
to be negotiating

2789
01:43:58,100 --> 01:43:59,100
with next year.

2790
01:43:59,100 --> 01:44:00,100
In all likelihood may not be,

2791
01:44:00,100 --> 01:44:01,100
but there's some likelihood

2792
01:44:01,100 --> 01:44:03,100
there will be. The governor and

2793
01:44:03,100 --> 01:44:05,100
his administration will be

2794
01:44:05,100 --> 01:44:07,100
making that appointment. And

2795
01:44:07,100 --> 01:44:09,100
when we want that appointment

2796
01:44:09,100 --> 01:44:10,100
made, we want that person

2797
01:44:10,100 --> 01:44:12,100
on their first day in office

2798
01:44:12,100 --> 01:44:14,100
to understand that this is one

2799
01:44:14,100 --> 01:44:16,100
of their priority number ones

2800
01:44:16,100 --> 01:44:18,100
to get resolved. With that,

2801
01:44:18,100 --> 01:44:19,100
I'm going

2802
01:44:19,100 --> 01:44:20,100
to go ahead and turn it over

2803
01:44:20,100 --> 01:44:21,100
to Supervisor Speier.

2804
01:44:21,100 --> 01:44:22,100
>> Thank you. And thank you so

2805
01:44:22,100 --> 01:44:24,100
very much

2806
01:44:24,100 --> 01:44:25,100
for being here. I mean, having

2807
01:44:25,100 --> 01:44:28,601
the very specific cuts that you

2808
01:44:29,100 --> 01:44:30,100
would have to deliberate

2809
01:44:30,100 --> 01:44:33,100
on is powerful in terms

2810
01:44:33,100 --> 01:44:36,100
of making Sacramento know that

2811
01:44:36,100 --> 01:44:39,100
this is real. Now, having been

2812
01:44:39,100 --> 01:44:42,100
there decades ago, I can tell

2813
01:44:42,100 --> 01:44:44,100
you there's a cynicism there.

2814
01:44:44,100 --> 01:44:45,100
You know,

2815
01:44:45,100 --> 01:44:46,100
counties come up whining about

2816
01:44:46,100 --> 01:44:48,100
one thing or another and

2817
01:44:48,100 --> 01:44:50,100
there's a tendency

2818
01:44:50,100 --> 01:44:52,100
to just think, oh, well,

2819
01:44:52,100 --> 01:44:55,100
so when Supervisor Mueller said

2820
01:44:57,100 --> 01:44:59,100
that we've got to contact all

2821
01:44:59,100 --> 01:45:01,100
of these elected

2822
01:45:01,100 --> 01:45:03,100
representatives,

2823
01:45:03,100 --> 01:45:04,100
that's really important. What I

2824
01:45:04,100 --> 01:45:05,100
would like you to do is we have

2825
01:45:05,100 --> 01:45:07,100
a very short window right now

2826
01:45:07,100 --> 01:45:09,100
in terms of getting this fix

2827
01:45:09,100 --> 01:45:11,100
into a trailer bill. It's

2828
01:45:11,100 --> 01:45:13,100
really short. So, if you make

2829
01:45:13,100 --> 01:45:16,100
it your priority today and

2830
01:45:17,100 --> 01:45:19,100
tonight to contact everyone on

2831
01:45:19,100 --> 01:45:22,100
your address book and ask them

2832
01:45:22,100 --> 01:45:24,100
to call the governor's office.

2833
01:45:24,100 --> 01:45:27,100
We need a hurricane. You called

2834
01:45:27,100 --> 01:45:29,100
it thunder. I'm calling it a

2835
01:45:29,100 --> 01:45:30,100
hurricane of people calling the

2836
01:45:30,100 --> 01:45:32,100
governor's office

2837
01:45:32,100 --> 01:45:35,100
to say this is unsustainable,

2838
01:45:35,100 --> 01:45:37,100
that will get their attention.

2839
01:45:37,100 --> 01:45:39,100
The problem

2840
01:45:39,100 --> 01:45:40,100
with press conferences,

2841
01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:42,100
it's a blip. It's a onetime

2842
01:45:42,100 --> 01:45:44,100
event. But if they continue

2843
01:45:44,100 --> 01:45:46,100
to hear this drumbeat from

2844
01:45:46,100 --> 01:45:47,100
San Mateo County,

2845
01:45:47,100 --> 01:45:49,100
from everyone

2846
01:45:49,100 --> 01:45:51,100
in your community that's

2847
01:45:51,100 --> 01:45:52,100
in your address book from all

2848
01:45:52,100 --> 01:45:54,100
of your nonprofits from every

2849
01:45:54,100 --> 01:45:57,100
imaginable and all your school

2850
01:45:57,100 --> 01:45:58,100
districts, all of the parents

2851
01:45:58,100 --> 01:46:00,100
in all

2852
01:46:01,100 --> 01:46:03,100
of your school districts,

2853
01:46:03,100 --> 01:46:04,100
that will be very important.

2854
01:46:04,100 --> 01:46:06,100
The other thing, many of you

2855
01:46:06,100 --> 01:46:07,100
have lobbyists. I have a

2856
01:46:07,100 --> 01:46:10,100
particular view of having these

2857
01:46:10,100 --> 01:46:13,100
lobbyists because I don't think

2858
01:46:13,100 --> 01:46:16,100
they do enough. But to the

2859
01:46:16,100 --> 01:46:18,100
extent that you have lobbyists

2860
01:46:18,100 --> 01:46:20,100
for your cities, I urge you

2861
01:46:20,100 --> 01:46:22,100
to call them and say, you need

2862
01:46:22,100 --> 01:46:24,100
to help us now. You need

2863
01:46:24,100 --> 01:46:25,100
to help us

2864
01:46:25,100 --> 01:46:27,100
in the next two weeks, get this

2865
01:46:27,100 --> 01:46:28,100
passed and have them come up

2866
01:46:28,100 --> 01:46:31,100
with a plan for you. And then

2867
01:46:31,100 --> 01:46:34,100
Supervisor Mueller said that he

2868
01:46:35,100 --> 01:46:37,100
wants to come to each

2869
01:46:37,100 --> 01:46:39,100
of the cities as the board to

2870
01:46:39,100 --> 01:46:42,100
hear your experience. I don't

2871
01:46:43,100 --> 01:46:45,100
think we can wait till May. I

2872
01:46:45,100 --> 01:46:47,100
mean, this budget for July is

2873
01:46:47,100 --> 01:46:49,100
going to be determined in

2874
01:46:49,100 --> 01:46:51,100
January, February, March. So,

2875
01:46:51,100 --> 01:46:53,100
we need to have all

2876
01:46:53,100 --> 01:46:55,100
of that kind of cooked

2877
01:46:55,100 --> 01:46:58,100
by then so that we are

2878
01:46:58,100 --> 01:47:00,100
in the budget. Otherwise, July

2879
01:47:00,100 --> 01:47:02,100
1st will come. We'll see

2880
01:47:02,100 --> 01:47:04,100
another $200 million. And what

2881
01:47:04,100 --> 01:47:06,100
each of you pointed out was

2882
01:47:06,100 --> 01:47:08,100
that's the cuts you're going

2883
01:47:08,100 --> 01:47:10,100
to sustain this year. What are

2884
01:47:10,100 --> 01:47:12,100
the cuts you're going to

2885
01:47:12,100 --> 01:47:14,100
sustain next year if it's

2886
01:47:14,100 --> 01:47:16,100
another $200 million? Mayor

2887
01:47:16,100 --> 01:47:18,100
Sylvester said something that

2888
01:47:18,100 --> 01:47:21,100
was very important. You know,

2889
01:47:21,100 --> 01:47:23,100
the governor and the

2890
01:47:23,100 --> 01:47:24,100
Department of Finance and

2891
01:47:24,100 --> 01:47:26,401
frankly, the legislature can

2892
01:47:27,100 --> 01:47:30,601
ignore us and the result is

2893
01:47:33,100 --> 01:47:35,100
their hands are clean because

2894
01:47:35,100 --> 01:47:38,100
the cuts are imposed locally.

2895
01:47:38,100 --> 01:47:40,100
So, we get the heat. So, we've

2896
01:47:40,100 --> 01:47:42,100
got to turn the heat on and up

2897
01:47:42,100 --> 01:47:45,100
to them. And I think that the

2898
01:47:45,100 --> 01:47:48,100
way we do that is

2899
01:47:48,100 --> 01:47:50,401
by a constant churn

2900
01:47:52,100 --> 01:47:54,100
of contacting them. So, it's

2901
01:47:54,100 --> 01:47:56,100
the governor's office,

2902
01:47:57,100 --> 01:47:58,100
it's the state president Pro

2903
01:47:58,100 --> 01:48:00,100
Tem's office, it's the state

2904
01:48:00,100 --> 01:48:02,100
assembly speaker's office, it's

2905
01:48:02,100 --> 01:48:05,100
the budget committee chairs and

2906
01:48:07,100 --> 01:48:10,100
probably what am I missing?

2907
01:48:11,100 --> 01:48:13,100
But all

2908
01:48:13,100 --> 01:48:15,100
of those should be part

2909
01:48:15,100 --> 01:48:18,100
of your list in terms

2910
01:48:18,100 --> 01:48:21,100
of contacting them. And I

2911
01:48:21,100 --> 01:48:22,100
think, and this is,

2912
01:48:22,100 --> 01:48:24,100
we're going to become family if

2913
01:48:24,100 --> 01:48:25,100
we aren't already family,

2914
01:48:25,100 --> 01:48:26,100
because we're going to be

2915
01:48:26,100 --> 01:48:27,100
in this working very hard,

2916
01:48:27,100 --> 01:48:28,100
either in the next couple

2917
01:48:28,100 --> 01:48:30,100
of weeks or for the next six

2918
01:48:30,100 --> 01:48:31,100
months because we've got

2919
01:48:31,100 --> 01:48:33,100
to get a permanent fix put

2920
01:48:33,100 --> 01:48:36,100
in place in the process

2921
01:48:36,100 --> 01:48:38,100
by early next year. And you've

2922
01:48:38,100 --> 01:48:39,100
made some powerful statements

2923
01:48:39,100 --> 01:48:41,100
today. Thank you all.

2924
01:48:41,100 --> 01:48:43,100
>> Colleagues

2925
01:48:44,100 --> 01:48:45,100
do you want

2926
01:48:45,100 --> 01:48:47,100
to add anything?

2927
01:48:47,100 --> 01:48:48,100
>> I just want to thank all

2928
01:48:48,100 --> 01:48:50,100
of you for being here today.

2929
01:48:50,100 --> 01:48:51,100
It is so powerful when we come

2930
01:48:51,100 --> 01:48:53,100
together and tell our story.

2931
01:48:53,100 --> 01:48:54,100
My question here to

2932
01:48:54,100 --> 01:48:55,100
Sacramento, does Sacramento

2933
01:48:55,100 --> 01:48:57,100
care about San Mateo County?

2934
01:48:57,100 --> 01:48:59,100
And if the Finance Committee

2935
01:48:59,100 --> 01:49:01,100
and the governor was sitting

2936
01:49:01,100 --> 01:49:03,100
in our shoes right now,

2937
01:49:03,100 --> 01:49:06,100
what would they suggest we do?

2938
01:49:06,100 --> 01:49:08,100
You're harming the people who

2939
01:49:08,100 --> 01:49:11,100
have supported you all along. I

2940
01:49:11,100 --> 01:49:13,100
know that I have campaigned

2941
01:49:13,100 --> 01:49:16,100
for this governor. He cannot

2942
01:49:16,100 --> 01:49:19,100
forget the many lives that are

2943
01:49:19,100 --> 01:49:21,401
here that are going

2944
01:49:22,100 --> 01:49:24,100
to be impacted by these cuts

2945
01:49:24,100 --> 01:49:25,100
at a time when we're already

2946
01:49:25,100 --> 01:49:27,100
under so much strain

2947
01:49:27,100 --> 01:49:28,100
from the federal government.

2948
01:49:28,100 --> 01:49:31,100
So, how does California say

2949
01:49:31,100 --> 01:49:33,100
stand by and do this

2950
01:49:33,100 --> 01:49:34,100
to a county when we already

2951
01:49:34,100 --> 01:49:38,100
know by the H1, the HR1 cuts

2952
01:49:38,100 --> 01:49:40,100
that are already impacting our

2953
01:49:40,100 --> 01:49:42,100
cities? I don't understand it.

2954
01:49:42,100 --> 01:49:44,100
I don't think Sacramento wants

2955
01:49:44,100 --> 01:49:46,100
to show that they don't have a

2956
01:49:46,100 --> 01:49:47,100
heart. But right now,

2957
01:49:47,100 --> 01:49:48,100
I wonder if Sacramento has a

2958
01:49:48,100 --> 01:49:50,100
heart for the residents of

2959
01:49:50,100 --> 01:49:52,100
California, in particular,

2960
01:49:52,100 --> 01:49:54,100
San Mateo County. Thank you for

2961
01:49:54,100 --> 01:49:55,100
all that you're doing. I agree

2962
01:49:55,100 --> 01:49:57,100
with my colleagues. Please,

2963
01:49:57,100 --> 01:49:58,100
please. I think we need

2964
01:49:58,100 --> 01:49:59,100
to get a campaign together

2965
01:49:59,100 --> 01:50:01,100
by even district

2966
01:50:01,100 --> 01:50:02,100
to help our cities to identify

2967
01:50:02,100 --> 01:50:03,100
who you should be reaching

2968
01:50:03,100 --> 01:50:05,100
out to. We can also put

2969
01:50:05,100 --> 01:50:07,401
together a draft form,

2970
01:50:09,100 --> 01:50:10,100
letter or email that can go

2971
01:50:10,100 --> 01:50:11,100
out so that it's very easy

2972
01:50:11,100 --> 01:50:12,100
for residents. Because if we

2973
01:50:12,100 --> 01:50:14,100
don't make it easy

2974
01:50:14,100 --> 01:50:16,100
for residents, everybody is

2975
01:50:16,100 --> 01:50:17,100
super busy and doing so much,

2976
01:50:17,100 --> 01:50:19,100
just trying to barely hang

2977
01:50:19,100 --> 01:50:21,100
on right now. We can't take

2978
01:50:21,100 --> 01:50:23,100
anything else. So, let's

2979
01:50:23,100 --> 01:50:25,100
continue to fight. We are here

2980
01:50:25,100 --> 01:50:27,100
with you, and I appreciate you

2981
01:50:27,100 --> 01:50:29,100
for taking your time to come

2982
01:50:29,100 --> 01:50:32,100
to San Mateo County today.

2983
01:50:32,100 --> 01:50:33,100
>> Thank you very much. You

2984
01:50:33,100 --> 01:50:35,100
know, first of all,

2985
01:50:35,100 --> 01:50:36,100
let me just thank Supervisor

2986
01:50:36,100 --> 01:50:37,100
Speier and Supervisor Mueller

2987
01:50:37,100 --> 01:50:40,100
and the county staff, really,

2988
01:50:40,100 --> 01:50:41,100
just so folks know they are the

2989
01:50:41,100 --> 01:50:43,100
driver of a lot of the things

2990
01:50:43,100 --> 01:50:46,100
that we're doing here on the

2991
01:50:46,100 --> 01:50:47,100
San Mateo County, the VLF.

2992
01:50:47,100 --> 01:50:49,100
So, can we give them a round

2993
01:50:49,100 --> 01:50:50,100
of applause?

2994
01:50:50,100 --> 01:50:52,100
[APPLAUSE]

2995
01:50:54,100 --> 01:50:56,100
>> You know, let me just say

2996
01:50:56,100 --> 01:50:58,100
this I was once a city

2997
01:50:58,100 --> 01:51:00,100
council member,

2998
01:51:01,100 --> 01:51:03,100
and I understand tough budgets.

2999
01:51:03,100 --> 01:51:05,401
And, you know, what's

3000
01:51:06,100 --> 01:51:08,100
before us is monumental.

3001
01:51:08,100 --> 01:51:10,100
And I remember many of you I

3002
01:51:10,100 --> 01:51:11,100
might have served with,

3003
01:51:11,100 --> 01:51:12,100
and we had to deal with the

3004
01:51:12,100 --> 01:51:14,100
Great Recession. We dealt

3005
01:51:14,100 --> 01:51:16,100
with some issues around

3006
01:51:16,100 --> 01:51:18,100
Lehman Brothers. And there's

3007
01:51:18,100 --> 01:51:20,100
all sorts of challenges that

3008
01:51:20,100 --> 01:51:21,100
have been upon us. But what

3009
01:51:21,100 --> 01:51:23,100
we've shown time and time again

3010
01:51:23,100 --> 01:51:25,100
is one,

3011
01:51:25,100 --> 01:51:26,100
we have incredible council

3012
01:51:26,100 --> 01:51:28,100
members, very smart people,

3013
01:51:28,100 --> 01:51:30,100
city staff, city managers. We

3014
01:51:30,100 --> 01:51:33,100
have people who are just, we

3015
01:51:33,100 --> 01:51:34,100
know how

3016
01:51:34,100 --> 01:51:36,100
to solve problems here. Now,

3017
01:51:36,100 --> 01:51:37,100
this is a problem that,

3018
01:51:37,100 --> 01:51:38,100
to be quite frank with you,

3019
01:51:38,100 --> 01:51:40,100
is rather large.

3020
01:51:40,100 --> 01:51:42,100
But I think what Supervisor

3021
01:51:42,100 --> 01:51:44,401
Speier and Supervisor Mueller

3022
01:51:45,100 --> 01:51:46,100
did today in setting this up is

3023
01:51:46,100 --> 01:51:48,100
really trying

3024
01:51:48,100 --> 01:51:50,100
to bring us together

3025
01:51:50,100 --> 01:51:52,100
through cohesion. I think the

3026
01:51:52,100 --> 01:51:54,100
urgency of looking

3027
01:51:54,100 --> 01:51:57,100
at a trailer bill is prudent.

3028
01:51:57,100 --> 01:51:59,100
And I think it's important,

3029
01:51:59,100 --> 01:52:02,100
you know, as we move forward,

3030
01:52:02,100 --> 01:52:03,100
just to the cities.

3031
01:52:03,100 --> 01:52:05,100
And I want to recognize our

3032
01:52:05,100 --> 01:52:07,100
Nonprofits provided providers.

3033
01:52:07,100 --> 01:52:09,100
If you're a nonprofit provider

3034
01:52:09,100 --> 01:52:10,100
here today, our CBO's,

3035
01:52:10,100 --> 01:52:12,100
please stand up.

3036
01:52:12,100 --> 01:52:13,100
Give a round

3037
01:52:13,100 --> 01:52:15,100
of applause.

3038
01:52:15,100 --> 01:52:17,100
[APPLAUSE]

3039
01:52:18,100 --> 01:52:19,100
And I see Ana

3040
01:52:19,100 --> 01:52:21,100
Pulido at the Healthcare

3041
01:52:21,100 --> 01:52:23,100
District. Thank you

3042
01:52:23,100 --> 01:52:24,100
for being here. And so,

3043
01:52:24,100 --> 01:52:26,100
as we advance this work, you

3044
01:52:26,100 --> 01:52:28,100
know, we always get

3045
01:52:28,100 --> 01:52:29,100
through it. It's tough and it's

3046
01:52:29,100 --> 01:52:31,100
challenging. The numbers are

3047
01:52:31,100 --> 01:52:33,100
huge. Mr. Callagy, I didn't

3048
01:52:33,100 --> 01:52:34,100
like the 18 positions

3049
01:52:34,100 --> 01:52:36,401
in the assessor's office.

3050
01:52:37,100 --> 01:52:38,100
But, you know,

3051
01:52:38,100 --> 01:52:40,100
on a serious note,

3052
01:52:40,100 --> 01:52:42,100
just thank you

3053
01:52:42,100 --> 01:52:44,100
for participating, Jackie.

3054
01:52:44,100 --> 01:52:47,100
You've been just an incredible,

3055
01:52:47,100 --> 01:52:48,100
incredible leader. I have many

3056
01:52:48,100 --> 01:52:49,100
friends and they say, oh,

3057
01:52:49,100 --> 01:52:50,100
Jackie called again. Jackie

3058
01:52:50,100 --> 01:52:52,100
called again. And they said it

3059
01:52:52,100 --> 01:52:54,100
in a great way. And they said

3060
01:52:54,100 --> 01:52:57,100
it because she is really

3061
01:52:57,100 --> 01:53:00,100
dedicated to making this happen

3062
01:53:00,100 --> 01:53:02,100
and protecting this county.

3063
01:53:02,100 --> 01:53:04,100
And I just want to say,

3064
01:53:04,100 --> 01:53:06,100
personally, Jackie, you're

3065
01:53:06,100 --> 01:53:07,100
doing an incredible job

3066
01:53:07,100 --> 01:53:09,100
reaching out to people nonstop.

3067
01:53:09,100 --> 01:53:11,100
I don't know your endurance,

3068
01:53:11,100 --> 01:53:13,100
but it's calling people late

3069
01:53:13,100 --> 01:53:15,100
night, all my friends, but it's

3070
01:53:15,100 --> 01:53:16,100
amazing what we can do

3071
01:53:16,100 --> 01:53:19,100
together. And so, there was a

3072
01:53:19,100 --> 01:53:21,100
president, one

3073
01:53:22,100 --> 01:53:23,100
of my favorite presidents,

3074
01:53:23,100 --> 01:53:25,100
that was President Obama. And

3075
01:53:25,100 --> 01:53:27,100
President Obama believed

3076
01:53:27,100 --> 01:53:29,100
in hope. And we always have

3077
01:53:29,100 --> 01:53:30,100
to have hope

3078
01:53:30,100 --> 01:53:32,100
in these tough times. And I

3079
01:53:32,100 --> 01:53:33,100
think we'll pull together.

3080
01:53:33,100 --> 01:53:35,100
So, thank you. Should I say

3081
01:53:35,100 --> 01:53:36,100
Mr. Chair to be. Mr. President

3082
01:53:36,100 --> 01:53:38,100
to be. But thank you so much

3083
01:53:38,100 --> 01:53:39,100
for the opportunity.

3084
01:53:39,100 --> 01:53:41,100
>> Thank you. Thank you,

3085
01:53:41,100 --> 01:53:43,100
Supervisor Canepa.

3086
01:53:43,100 --> 01:53:45,100
We need

3087
01:53:45,100 --> 01:53:47,100
to take public comment

3088
01:53:47,100 --> 01:53:48,100
at this time. So,

3089
01:53:48,100 --> 01:53:50,100
at this time, on behalf of the

3090
01:53:50,100 --> 01:53:51,100
county and each participating

3091
01:53:51,100 --> 01:53:52,100
city,

3092
01:53:52,100 --> 01:53:53,100
we will take public comment

3093
01:53:53,100 --> 01:53:54,100
on the agenda item. Because

3094
01:53:54,100 --> 01:53:55,100
this is a special meeting,

3095
01:53:55,100 --> 01:53:57,100
public comment will be limited

3096
01:53:57,100 --> 01:53:58,100
to the identified agenda items

3097
01:53:58,100 --> 01:54:00,100
only. As

3098
01:54:00,100 --> 01:54:02,100
with all public comment,

3099
01:54:02,100 --> 01:54:03,100
members of the public who wish

3100
01:54:03,100 --> 01:54:04,100
to address the board or any

3101
01:54:04,100 --> 01:54:06,100
participating city should

3102
01:54:06,100 --> 01:54:07,100
complete a speaker slip to make

3103
01:54:07,100 --> 01:54:09,100
a public comment and hand it

3104
01:54:09,100 --> 01:54:11,100
to the board clerk. Speakers

3105
01:54:11,100 --> 01:54:12,100
are limited to one minute,

3106
01:54:12,100 --> 01:54:14,100
subject to the discretion

3107
01:54:14,100 --> 01:54:16,100
of the board Vice President.

3108
01:54:16,100 --> 01:54:17,100
We will start

3109
01:54:17,100 --> 01:54:18,100
with public comment

3110
01:54:18,100 --> 01:54:19,100
from those here in person, and

3111
01:54:19,100 --> 01:54:20,100
then we'll take public comment

3112
01:54:20,100 --> 01:54:22,100
from those who have joined us

3113
01:54:22,100 --> 01:54:23,100
online.

3114
01:54:23,100 --> 01:54:25,100
>> Thank you.

3115
01:54:25,100 --> 01:54:26,100
Vice President Mueller.

3116
01:54:26,100 --> 01:54:27,100
There is no speaker slip

3117
01:54:27,100 --> 01:54:29,100
at this moment

3118
01:54:29,100 --> 01:54:32,100
from the chamber. We will now

3119
01:54:32,100 --> 01:54:34,100
look at Zoom. If you wish

3120
01:54:34,100 --> 01:54:35,100
to make a public comment,

3121
01:54:35,100 --> 01:54:38,100
please raise your hand. No

3122
01:54:38,100 --> 01:54:40,100
hands is raised Vice

3123
01:54:40,100 --> 01:54:42,100
President.

3124
01:54:43,100 --> 01:54:45,100
>> Okay. Well, I just want

3125
01:54:45,100 --> 01:54:47,100
to thank you all for coming.

3126
01:54:47,100 --> 01:54:49,100
And the fight continues

3127
01:54:49,100 --> 01:54:51,100
together at this time will go

3128
01:54:51,100 --> 01:54:53,100
ahead and adjourn.

3129
01:54:54,100 --> 01:54:57,100
>> The time is 3:45pm and the

3130
01:54:57,100 --> 01:54:59,000
meeting is adjourned.