>> I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2025. TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2025. IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS, I'D APPRECIATE IT. SEATS, I'D APPRECIATE IT. CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. I'D APPRECIATE IT.
I'D APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS MORNING'S BOARD THIS MORNING'S BOARD PROCEEDINGS. PROCEEDINGS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM.
ROLL AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM. >> YES, GOOD MORNING, >> YES, GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS KENNEDY, DESMOND, SUPERVISORS KENNEDY, DESMOND, RODRIGUEZ, HUMAN, SERNA, AND YOU RODRIGUEZ, HUMAN, SERNA, AND YOU HAVE A QUORUM. HAVE A QUORUM. >> HERE. >> HERE. THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS LIVE AND RECORDED WITH CLOSED
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OF COURTEOUS LANGUAGE. THE BOARD DOES NOT CONDONE THE USE OF DOES NOT CONDONE THE USE OF PROFANITY, VULGAR LANGUAGE, PROFANITY, VULGAR LANGUAGE, GESTURES OR OTHER INAPPROPRIATE GESTURES OR OTHER INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR INCLUDING PERSONAL BEHAVIOR INCLUDING PERSONAL ATTACKS OR THREATS DIRECTED ATTACKS OR THREATS DIRECTED TOWARDS ANY MEETING PARTICIPANT.
TOWARDS ANY MEETING PARTICIPANT. SEATING IS LIMITED AND AVAILABLE SEATING IS LIMITED AND AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. BASIS. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 2-MINUTES TO MAKE A PUBLIC 2-MINUTES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND ARE LIMITED TO COMMENT AND ARE LIMITED TO MAKING ONE COMMENT, PER MAKING ONE COMMENT, PER AGENDA/OFF AGENDA ITEM. PLEASE
AGENDA/OFF AGENDA ITEM. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT BE MINDFUL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES TO AVOID BEING PROCEDURES TO AVOID BEING INTERRUPTED OR DISCONNECTED INTERRUPTED OR DISCONNECTED WHILE MAKING YOUR COMMENT.
WHILE MAKING YOUR COMMENT. COMMENTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC DURING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DURING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION MEETINGS MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE INACCURATE OR THAT COULD BE INACCURATE OR MISLEADING, PARTICULARLY MISLEADING, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING TOPICS RELATED TO CONCERNING TOPICS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, VOTER PUBLIC HEALTH, VOTER REGISTRATIONS, AND ELECTIONS.
REGISTRATIONS, AND ELECTIONS. THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO DOES THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO DOES NOT ENDORSE OR VALIDATE THE NOT ENDORSE OR VALIDATE THE ACCURACY OF PUBLIC STATEMENTS ACCURACY OF PUBLIC STATEMENTS MADE DURING THESE OPEN PUBLIC MADE DURING THESE OPEN PUBLIC FORUMS. THE RECORDINGS ARE FORUMS. THE RECORDINGS ARE SHARED TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY SHARED TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF AND ACCESS TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.
PUBLIC MEETINGS. TO MAKE A COMMENT IN PERSON, TO MAKE A COMMENT IN PERSON, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST FORM AND HAND IT TO REQUEST FORM AND HAND IT TO CLERK STAFF.
CLERK STAFF. THE CHAIRPERSON WILL OPEN PUBLIC THE CHAIRPERSON WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EACH AGENDA OR COMMENTS FOR EACH AGENDA OR OFF-AGENDA ITEM AND DIRECT THE OFF-AGENDA ITEM AND DIRECT THE CLERK TO CALL THE NAME OF EACH CLERK TO CALL THE NAME OF EACH SPEAKER. SPEAKER. WHEN THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME, WHEN THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME, COME TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE YOUR COME TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE YOUR COMMENT.
COMMENT. IF A SPEAKER IS IF A SPEAKER IS UNAVAILABLE TO MAKE A COMMENT UNAVAILABLE TO MAKE A COMMENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF PUBLIC PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE SPEAKER WAIVES COMMENTS, THE SPEAKER WAIVES THEIR REQUEST TO SPEAK AND THE THEIR REQUEST TO SPEAK AND THE CLERK WILL FILE THE SPEAKER CLERK WILL FILE THE SPEAKER REQUEST FORM IN THE RECORD. THE
REQUEST FORM IN THE RECORD. THE CLERK WILL MANAGE THE TIMER AND CLERK WILL MANAGE THE TIMER AND ALLOW EACH SPEAKER 2-MINUTES TO ALLOW EACH SPEAKER 2-MINUTES TO MAKE A COMMENT.
MAKE A COMMENT. OFF-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL OFF-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 30 TAKE PLACE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE MINUTES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE AGENDA COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIMED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIMED MATTERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MATTERS IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU MAY SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS BY YOU MAY SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL TO E-MAIL TO boardclerk@saccounty.gov AND boardclerk@saccounty.gov AND YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE ROUTED TO YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE ROUTED TO THE BOARD AND FILED IN THE THE BOARD AND FILED IN THE RECORD.
RECORD. IF YOU NEED AN ACCOMMODATION IF YOU NEED AN ACCOMMODATION PURSUANT TO THE AMERICANS WITH PURSUANT TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR FOR MEDICAL DISABILITIES ACT OR FOR MEDICAL OR OTHER REASONS, PLEASE SEE OR OTHER REASONS, PLEASE SEE CLERK STAFF FOR ASSISTANCE OR CLERK STAFF FOR ASSISTANCE OR CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT 916-874-5411 OR BY E-MAIL AT 916-874-5411 OR BY E-MAIL AT boardclerk@saccounty.gov.
boardclerk@saccounty.gov. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COURTESY AND UNDERSTANDING OF COURTESY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEETING PROCEDURES. THE MEETING PROCEDURES. >> GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM >> GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. CLERK. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN SUPERVISOR PLEASE RISE AND JOIN SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ IN LEADING THE PLEDGE. RODRIGUEZ IN LEADING THE PLEDGE. >> HAND OVER HEART, PLEDGE.
>> HAND OVER HEART, PLEDGE. [ TOGETHER ] [ TOGETHER ] >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO >> ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO TODAY'S WELCOME EVERYONE TO TODAY'S BOARD PROCEEDINGS. BOARD PROCEEDINGS. WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA AS WE DO WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA AS WE DO MOST BOARD DAYS.
MOST BOARD DAYS. AND AGAIN, AS A FRIENDLY AND AGAIN, AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME REMINDER, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME ANYONE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IF ANYONE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
YOU SO CHOOSE. WE SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WE SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COMPLETE THAT SPEAKER SLIP AND COMPLETE THAT SPEAKER SLIP AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK OR ONE OF GIVE IT TO THE CLERK OR ONE OF THE CLERK'S ASSISTANTS LOCATED THE CLERK'S ASSISTANTS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE CHAMBERS AND AT THE REAR OF THE CHAMBERS AND TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT, AND WE TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT, AND WE DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU
DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO NO MORE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES. THAN TWO MINUTES. THAT WAY, EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO THAT WAY, EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD HAS THAT ADDRESS THE BOARD HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, FIRST ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, FIRST ITEM, PLEASE.
ITEM, PLEASE. >> OUR FIRST ITEM ARE PUBLIC >> OUR FIRST ITEM ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATING TO MATTERS NOT COMMENTS RELATING TO MATTERS NOT TONY ESTON THE POSTED AGENDA ANO TONY ESTON THE POSTED AGENDA ANO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SETH OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SETH ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SETH ALEXANDER, I'M A MY NAME IS SETH ALEXANDER, I'M A BUSINESS AGENT WITH UNITED BUSINESS AGENT WITH UNITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. I'M ALSO THE CO-CHIEF NEGOTIATE I'M ALSO THE CO-CHIEF NEGOTIATE FOR OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY. WITH THE COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING SINCE WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING SINCE DECEMBER OF 2024.
DECEMBER OF 2024. WE'VE MET APPROXIMATELY 15 TIMES WE'VE MET APPROXIMATELY 15 TIMES AND WE'VE HAD MEDIATION WITH A AND WE'VE HAD MEDIATION WITH A STATE MEDIATOR AND A LAST-DITCH STATE MEDIATOR AND A LAST-DITCH NEGOTIATION SESSION YESTERDAY NEGOTIATION SESSION YESTERDAY WITH THE COUNTY. WITH THE COUNTY. WE REMAIN VERY FAR APART. WE REMAIN VERY FAR APART. WE DO NOT HAVE AN AGREEMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE AN AGREEMENT. OUR CONTRACT IS EXPIRED.
OUR CONTRACT IS EXPIRED. WE HAVEN'T REACHED AN AGREEMENT WE HAVEN'T REACHED AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S A PHILOSOPHICAL BECAUSE THERE'S A PHILOSOPHICAL DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE UNION ABOUT WHAT IT AND THE UNION ABOUT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. THE COUNTY IS NOT VALUING ITS THE COUNTY IS NOT VALUING ITS EMPLOYEES, THE ONES THAT RUN THE EMPLOYEES, THE ONES THAT RUN THE COUNTY SUFFICIENTLY.
COUNTY SUFFICIENTLY. THE COUNTY IS NOT TAKING THE THE COUNTY IS NOT TAKING THE STEPS NECESSARY TO HELP THEM STEPS NECESSARY TO HELP THEM MEET THE COST OF LIVING.
MEET THE COST OF LIVING. YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH, YOU GUYS YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH, YOU GUYS APPROVED $25,000 IN RELOCATION APPROVED $25,000 IN RELOCATION EXPENSES FOR EXECUTIVE EXPENSES FOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE POSITIONS RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE POSITIONS WERE IMPORTANT.
WERE IMPORTANT. IN YOUR BOARD LETTER, YOU WROTE IN YOUR BOARD LETTER, YOU WROTE THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO IS THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO IS COMMITTED TO ATTRACTING AND COMMITTED TO ATTRACTING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TALENT FOR THE POSITIONS THAT TALENT FOR THE POSITIONS THAT ARE VITAL FOR THE EFFICIENT ARE VITAL FOR THE EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF COUNTY SERVICES.
FUNCTIONING OF COUNTY SERVICES. MANY EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR MANY EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT ROLES ARE ESSENTIAL MANAGEMENT ROLES ARE ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY RESPONSIVE SERVICES TO THE RESPONSIVE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. SERIOUSLY?
SERIOUSLY? MANY OF MANAGEMENT ROLES ARE NOT MANY OF MANAGEMENT ROLES ARE NOT ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING SERVICES ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. TO THE COMMUNITY. MANAGERS AREN'T THE ONES THAT MANAGERS AREN'T THE ONES THAT ARE REMOVING CHILDREN FROM ARE REMOVING CHILDREN FROM ABUSIVE HOMES.
ABUSIVE HOMES. THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE HELPING ADULTS THAT ARE HELPING ADULTS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING ELDER ABUSE. EXPERIENCING ELDER ABUSE. IT'S OUR WORKERS. IT'S OUR WORKERS. THEY'RE NOT GETTING UP EARLY IN THEY'RE NOT GETTING UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO TRANSPORT A THE MORNING TO TRANSPORT A FOSTER CHILD ACROSS THE COUNTY FOSTER CHILD ACROSS THE COUNTY SO THEY CAN ATTEND THEIR SCHOOL.
SO THEY CAN ATTEND THEIR SCHOOL. THEY DON'T HELP REFUGEES THEY DON'T HELP REFUGEES NAVIGATE OUR BENEFIT SYSTEM IN NAVIGATE OUR BENEFIT SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GET BENEFITS THEY NEED ORDER TO GET BENEFITS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE IN THIS COUNTY. TO SURVIVE IN THIS COUNTY. THEY DON'T HELP HOMELESS THEY DON'T HELP HOMELESS FAMILIES. FAMILIES. IT IS OUR WORKERS THAT DO THIS.
IT IS OUR WORKERS THAT DO THIS. THE COUNTY WILL GO OUT OF ITS THE COUNTY WILL GO OUT OF ITS WAY TO HELP ITS MANAGERS GET WAY TO HELP ITS MANAGERS GET RELOCATION EXPENSES HERE, BUT RELOCATION EXPENSES HERE, BUT IT'S DOING NOTHING TO HELP ITS IT'S DOING NOTHING TO HELP ITS WORKERS, THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY WORKERS, THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY -- -- >> CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR >> CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
COMMENTS. >> REACH THE COST OF LIVING, >> REACH THE COST OF LIVING, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> JAMES STARR? >> JAMES STARR? >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GREETINGS, CHAIRMAN SERNA AND GREETINGS, CHAIRMAN SERNA AND COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS. I'M JAMES STARR AND I'M A I'M JAMES STARR AND I'M A 40-YEAR EMPLOYEE OF COUNTY OF 40-YEAR EMPLOYEE OF COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO IN DHA. SACRAMENTO IN DHA. AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE UPE008 AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE UPE008 BARGAINING TEAM.
BARGAINING TEAM. MY BARGAINING TEAM HAS BEEN MY BARGAINING TEAM HAS BEEN TRYING FOR SIX MONTHS TO GET A TRYING FOR SIX MONTHS TO GET A FAIR DEAL FROM COUNTY OF FAIR DEAL FROM COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO AND NOW IT SEEMS SACRAMENTO AND NOW IT SEEMS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR TO US THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY CLEAR TO US THAT YOU DON'T VALUE OUR MEMBERS OR THE DON'T VALUE OUR MEMBERS OR THE WORK WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WORK WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. OUR MEMBERS HAVE WATCHED AS YOU OUR MEMBERS HAVE WATCHED AS YOU VOTED YOURSELVES BIG PAY RAISES VOTED YOURSELVES BIG PAY RAISES WHILE OUR WORKING CONDITIONS GOT WHILE OUR WORKING CONDITIONS GOT WORSE AND WORSE.
WORSE AND WORSE. OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND NOW THAT OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND NOW THAT YOUR APPRECIATION AND YOUR APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION APPLY ONLY TO RECOGNITION APPLY ONLY TO YOURSELVES AND TO THE TOP COUNTY YOURSELVES AND TO THE TOP COUNTY BOSSES.
BOSSES. MY MEMBERS ARE TIRED OF BEING MY MEMBERS ARE TIRED OF BEING TREATED DISRESPECTFULLY AS A TREATED DISRESPECTFULLY AS A VERY SENIOR COUNTY WORKER, I AM VERY SENIOR COUNTY WORKER, I AM TIRED OF IT. TIRED OF IT. NOW IT SEEMS WE HAVE TO FIGHT. NOW IT SEEMS WE HAVE TO FIGHT. GET READY. GET READY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. TESRA SLEDGE?
TESRA SLEDGE? >> GOOD MORNING, I'M A BUSINESS >> GOOD MORNING, I'M A BUSINESS AGENT WITH UPE. AGENT WITH UPE. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SETH AS A I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SETH AS A CHIEF CONEGOTIATOR ON THIS CHIEF CONEGOTIATOR ON THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE DECEMBER.
WORKING ON SINCE DECEMBER. AND FOR YOUR NEGOTIATOR TO COME AND FOR YOUR NEGOTIATOR TO COME IN AT THE 11TH HOUR AND SAY THAT IN AT THE 11TH HOUR AND SAY THAT THE COUNTY IS NEGOTIATING BASED THE COUNTY IS NEGOTIATING BASED ON A PHILOSOPHY, I'VE NEVER ON A PHILOSOPHY, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. HEARD OF THAT. CAN EITHER ONE OF YOU TELL ME CAN EITHER ONE OF YOU TELL ME WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DO YOU NEGOTIATE A MONETARY HOW DO YOU NEGOTIATE A MONETARY CONTRACT, MOSTLY MONETARY CONTRACT, MOSTLY MONETARY CONTRACT, BASED ON PHILOSOPHY? CONTRACT, BASED ON PHILOSOPHY? WHEN MOST PEOPLE NEGOTIATE, IT WHEN MOST PEOPLE NEGOTIATE, IT HAS TO DO WITH MONEY, IT'S BASED HAS TO DO WITH MONEY, IT'S BASED ON A BUDGET. ON A BUDGET. YOU PASS A BUDGET, YOU SAY WHAT YOU PASS A BUDGET, YOU SAY WHAT YOU HAVE.
YOU HAVE. GIVE US A NUMBER. GIVE US A NUMBER. YOU DON'T DO THIS AT THE 11TH YOU DON'T DO THIS AT THE 11TH HOUR AND SAY, OH, IT'S HOUR AND SAY, OH, IT'S PHILOSOPHY FOR YOUR SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY FOR YOUR SOCIAL WORKERS, YOUR HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS, YOUR HUMAN SERVICE SPECIALISTS, THE PEOPLE SPECIALISTS, THE PEOPLE DELIVERING SERVICES TO THE DELIVERING SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
CITIZENS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. I HAVE NOTICED FROM THE TIME I HAVE NOTICED FROM THE TIME THAT I STARTED WORKING WITH UPE THAT I STARTED WORKING WITH UPE THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY TOP HEAVY IN GOTTEN REALLY TOP HEAVY IN SPECIALISTS AND PLANNERS AND SPECIALISTS AND PLANNERS AND DIVISION MANAGERS AND PROGRAM DIVISION MANAGERS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS.
MANAGERS. BUT THERE'S NO ROOM, THERE'S NO BUT THERE'S NO ROOM, THERE'S NO MONEY TO HIRE AND TO RETAIN MONEY TO HIRE AND TO RETAIN FRONT-LINE LABOR STAFF THAT ARE FRONT-LINE LABOR STAFF THAT ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE SERVICES ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT VOTED TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT VOTED YOU INTO THESE SEATS. YOU INTO THESE SEATS. PLEASE STOP WASTING OUR TIME AT PLEASE STOP WASTING OUR TIME AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.
THE BARGAINING TABLE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> STEPHANIE McCALL? >> STEPHANIE McCALL? >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. MINE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A MINE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL TODAY.
LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL TODAY. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE McCALL MY NAME IS STEPHANIE McCALL AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE 008 AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE 008 GOVERNING BOARD. GOVERNING BOARD. TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU NOT AS TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU NOT AS CHAIR BUT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS CHAIR BUT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS GREAT COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO. GREAT COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I'M A HUMAN SERVICES SPECIALIST.
I'M A HUMAN SERVICES SPECIALIST. I ADMINISTER AND DETERMINE I ADMINISTER AND DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY TO THOSE MOST IN ELIGIBILITY TO THOSE MOST IN NEED. NEED. THOSE STRIVING TO PROVIDE THEIR THOSE STRIVING TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN FAMILIES WITH FOOD, HEALTH OWN FAMILIES WITH FOOD, HEALTH CARE, AND OTHER CRITICAL CARE, AND OTHER CRITICAL BENEFITS. BENEFITS. THINGS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE.
THINGS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE. WITH MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND WITH MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND, THIS WORK SUITS ME BACKGROUND, THIS WORK SUITS ME PERFECTLY. PERFECTLY. I CAN RELATE. I CAN RELATE. WHAT I NEVER EXPECTED WAS TO BE WHAT I NEVER EXPECTED WAS TO BE STRUGGLING ALONGSIDE THOSE I STRUGGLING ALONGSIDE THOSE I SERVE WHILE WORKING FOR THIS SERVE WHILE WORKING FOR THIS COUNTY.
COUNTY. I WAS TOLD BY YOUR CHIEF I WAS TOLD BY YOUR CHIEF NEGOTIATOR THAT THIS CONTRACT NEGOTIATOR THAT THIS CONTRACT CYCLE WAS DRIVEN BY THE COUNTY'S CYCLE WAS DRIVEN BY THE COUNTY'S PHILOSOPHY AND NOT ABOUT BUDGET PHILOSOPHY AND NOT ABOUT BUDGET OR MONEY.
OR MONEY. THAT THE COUNTY SAW NO REASON TO THAT THE COUNTY SAW NO REASON TO COMPENSATE US OTHER THAN WHAT COMPENSATE US OTHER THAN WHAT WAS APPROVED DESPITE THE OVERALL WAS APPROVED DESPITE THE OVERALL COST OF LIVING INCREASING HERE COST OF LIVING INCREASING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. IN CALIFORNIA. THAT VALUING THE SERVICES WE THAT VALUING THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WASN'T A FACTOR.
CONSTITUENTS, WASN'T A FACTOR. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THE TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THE COUNTY WANTS TO SILENCE, COUNTY WANTS TO SILENCE, OPPRESS, AND SUPPRESS OUR LAWFUL OPPRESS, AND SUPPRESS OUR LAWFUL RIGHTS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR RIGHTS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR EMPLOYER ON WORKING CONDITIONS EMPLOYER ON WORKING CONDITIONS WHICH IN MY DEPARTMENT, DHA, WHICH IN MY DEPARTMENT, DHA, AREN'T OPTIMAL.
AREN'T OPTIMAL. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UNFORTUNATELY I LOST MY HUSBAND UNFORTUNATELY I LOST MY HUSBAND OF 27 YEARS IN LATE JANUARY THIS OF 27 YEARS IN LATE JANUARY THIS YEAR. YEAR. HE WAS MY LIFE PARTNER AND THE HE WAS MY LIFE PARTNER AND THE FATHER OF OUR 13-YEAR-OLD SON. FATHER OF OUR 13-YEAR-OLD SON. I FOUND MYSELF IN NEED OF I FOUND MYSELF IN NEED OF BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. I TOOK FIVE DAYS TO GRIEVE HIS I TOOK FIVE DAYS TO GRIEVE HIS LOSS AND COMFORT MY DEVASTATED LOSS AND COMFORT MY DEVASTATED CHILD. CHILD. WE HAD NO WARNING, HE WAS NOT WE HAD NO WARNING, HE WAS NOT SICK, HE WAS JUST GONE ONE SICK, HE WAS JUST GONE ONE SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE WE ATE SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE WE ATE DINNER AS A FAMILY.
DINNER AS A FAMILY. NOT ONLY DID I LOSE MY HUSBAND, NOT ONLY DID I LOSE MY HUSBAND, I SADLY LOST HIS INCOME. I SADLY LOST HIS INCOME. AS A NEWLY SINGLE MOTHER, I'VE AS A NEWLY SINGLE MOTHER, I'VE STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY IN WAYS STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY IN WAYS INDESCRIBABLE JUST TO KEEP FOOD INDESCRIBABLE JUST TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE AND A ROOF OVER OUR ON THE TABLE AND A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
HEADS. I HAVE PRAYED EVERY NIGHT SINCE I HAVE PRAYED EVERY NIGHT SINCE FOR A FAIR AND LIVABLE WAGE WITH FOR A FAIR AND LIVABLE WAGE WITH THIS CONTRACT. THIS CONTRACT. INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MET WITH INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MET WITH HEARTBREAK, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND HEARTBREAK, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND FRUSTRATION.
FRUSTRATION. UNDER THE COUNTY'S PROPOSAL, I UNDER THE COUNTY'S PROPOSAL, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO GRIEVE MY WOULD HAVE HAD TO GRIEVE MY HUSBAND FOR THREE DAYS. HUSBAND FOR THREE DAYS. THREE SHORT DAYS.
THREE SHORT DAYS. MY PRAYERS NOW FOCUS ON HOPING MY PRAYERS NOW FOCUS ON HOPING THAT MY SON AND I DON'T BECOME THAT MY SON AND I DON'T BECOME FOOD INSECURE JUST TO KEEP THE FOOD INSECURE JUST TO KEEP THE POWER ON, PAY THE RENT, AND PUT POWER ON, PAY THE RENT, AND PUT GAS IN MY CAR. GAS IN MY CAR. MY STORY IS NOT UNIQUE, MY STORY IS NOT UNIQUE, UNFORTUNATELY. UNFORTUNATELY. LASTLY I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.
LASTLY I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. THE COUNTY OFFERED US $5 PER THE COUNTY OFFERED US $5 PER PAYCHECK TOWARDS A HEALTH PAYCHECK TOWARDS A HEALTH SAVINGS PLAN IN THIS CONTRACT SAVINGS PLAN IN THIS CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. NEGOTIATION. I COULD USE THAT $138 A YEAR TO I COULD USE THAT $138 A YEAR TO FILL MY CAR UP WITH GAS AND TAKE FILL MY CAR UP WITH GAS AND TAKE MY SON TO HIS FATHER'S FINAL MY SON TO HIS FATHER'S FINAL RESTING PLACE.
RESTING PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ERIC BOOKER? >> ERIC BOOKER? >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. WHEN LAST I WAS HERE, ERIC WHEN LAST I WAS HERE, ERIC BOOKER, CPS SOCIAL WORKER.
BOOKER, CPS SOCIAL WORKER. WHEN LAST WE WERE HERE, I MADE A WHEN LAST WE WERE HERE, I MADE A COMMENT TO YOU ABOUT OUR COMMENT TO YOU ABOUT OUR NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT YOUR NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT YOUR NEGOTIATOR THAT YOU HIRED WAS A NEGOTIATOR THAT YOU HIRED WAS A REPRESENTATION OF YOU ALL.
REPRESENTATION OF YOU ALL. AND SO WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE AND SO WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE, THE FIRST NEGOTIATION TABLE, THE FIRST THING THAT WE WERE HIT WITH WAS THING THAT WE WERE HIT WITH WAS THIS RESTRICTION AROUND THIS RESTRICTION AROUND BEREAVEMENT. BEREAVEMENT. SO THAT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU SO THAT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU ALL AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS ALL AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. AND FOR HOW LONG WE CAN HAVE AND FOR HOW LONG WE CAN HAVE BEREAVEMENT AND FOR WHO. BEREAVEMENT AND FOR WHO. SO WE NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH, SO WE NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH, TRYING TO ASCERTAIN NUMBERS, TRYING TO ASCERTAIN NUMBERS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. BENEFITS, TRYING TO REACH A BENEFITS, TRYING TO REACH A COMMON GOAL, AT LEAST WHAT WE COMMON GOAL, AT LEAST WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A COMMON GOAL UNTIL THOUGHT WAS A COMMON GOAL UNTIL WE WERE HIT WITH THE NEWS THAT WE WERE HIT WITH THE NEWS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON PHILOSOPHY. WE WERE WORKING ON PHILOSOPHY. WHAT IS THAT PHILOSOPHY? WHAT IS THAT PHILOSOPHY? IF IT'S NOT NUMBERS?
IF IT'S NOT NUMBERS? BUT IT KIND OF PUTS EVERYTHING BUT IT KIND OF PUTS EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE IF THE FIRST INTO PERSPECTIVE IF THE FIRST THING WE'RE HIT WITH AT THE THING WE'RE HIT WITH AT THE TABLE IS A RESTRICTION ON TABLE IS A RESTRICTION ON BEREAVEMENT. BEREAVEMENT. THERE'S A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. THERE'S A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TREATING THE PHILOSOPHY OF TREATING PEOPLE AS IF THEY ARE TOOLS, PEOPLE AS IF THEY ARE TOOLS, MEANS TO AN END. MEANS TO AN END. THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY. THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY. NOT WORKING ON OUR COMMON NOT WORKING ON OUR COMMON HUMANITY AS PARTNERS BUT DO THIS HUMANITY AS PARTNERS BUT DO THIS AND DO THAT.
AND DO THAT. BE HAPPY ABOUT THE REWARD THAT BE HAPPY ABOUT THE REWARD THAT WE GIVE YOU, $5. WE GIVE YOU, $5. THIS IS A PHILOSOPHY OF THIS IS A PHILOSOPHY OF EXPLOITATION AND IT'S A EXPLOITATION AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU ALL HERE, REFLECTION OF YOU ALL HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH. SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. SAMARAH? OKAY, MR. SAMARAH? >> TED SAMARAH, EXECUTIVE >> TED SAMARAH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED PUBLIC DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES. I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS AND I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR TAKING VACATION TIME SISTERS FOR TAKING VACATION TIME TODAY.
TODAY. THIS IS NOT LIKE THE D.A. COMING THIS IS NOT LIKE THE D.A. COMING UP HERE AND HAVING HIS STAFF ON UP HERE AND HAVING HIS STAFF ON YOUR TIME COME AND SPEAK. YOUR TIME COME AND SPEAK. MY FOLKS HAD TO TAKE VACATION MY FOLKS HAD TO TAKE VACATION TIME TO COME AND SPEAK.
TIME TO COME AND SPEAK. I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU ALL FOR I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU ALL FOR SOME TIME, MEETING WITH SOME OF SOME TIME, MEETING WITH SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY INCLUDING THE YOU INDIVIDUALLY INCLUDING THE COUNTY EXEC AND THE COUNTY EXEC COUNTY EXEC AND THE COUNTY EXEC OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. IN REGARDS TO THE WORKING IN REGARDS TO THE WORKING CONDITIONS, IN REGARDS TO THE CONDITIONS, IN REGARDS TO THE LACK OF PAY, THE LACK OF VALUE LACK OF PAY, THE LACK OF VALUE YOUR EMPLOYEES FEEL ON AN YOUR EMPLOYEES FEEL ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS WHEN THEY COME EVERYDAY BASIS WHEN THEY COME INTO WORK, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING INTO WORK, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING OPPRESSED, SUPPRESSED IN THE OPPRESSED, SUPPRESSED IN THE WORKPLACE.
WORKPLACE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NEAR WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NEAR INCIDENTS AT THE WELCOMING INCIDENTS AT THE WELCOMING HOMES. HOMES. YET THEY STILL WANT TO ADD FOR E YET THEY STILL WANT TO ADD FOR E DUTIES TO SOCIAL WORKERS TO FIX DUTIES TO SOCIAL WORKERS TO FIX FOOD, CLEAN ROOMS, MAKE BEDS.
FOOD, CLEAN ROOMS, MAKE BEDS. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE HERE WHO IS COUNTY EXECUTIVE HERE WHO IS YOUR CHIEF NEGOTIATOR. YOUR CHIEF NEGOTIATOR. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A CLOSED SESSION? CLOSED SESSION? IT'S BEEN WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT IT'S BEEN WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS. NEGOTIATIONS. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. YOU TREAT OUR CLERICAL FOLKS YOU TREAT OUR CLERICAL FOLKS THIS WAY, THERE'S NO NEED TO GO THIS WAY, THERE'S NO NEED TO GO INTO MEDIATION. INTO MEDIATION. THEY MAKE FAR LESS THAN THESE THEY MAKE FAR LESS THAN THESE FOLKS HERE. FOLKS HERE. YEAH, I'M MAD. YEAH, I'M MAD. BUT I'M FOR MORE DISAPPOINTED.
BUT I'M FOR MORE DISAPPOINTED. MORE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DO MORE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DO NOT VALUE THE LINE WORKERS THAT NOT VALUE THE LINE WORKERS THAT MAKE THIS COUNTY FUNCTIONABLE. MAKE THIS COUNTY FUNCTIONABLE. THEY ARE THE BLOOD THAT RUNS THEY ARE THE BLOOD THAT RUNS THROUGH THE VEINS OF THIS COUNTY THROUGH THE VEINS OF THIS COUNTY TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONABLE.
TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONABLE. PROBATION OFFICERS CAN'T GET PROBATION OFFICERS CAN'T GET THEIR WORK DONE WITHOUT OUR THEIR WORK DONE WITHOUT OUR CLERICAL FOLKS RUNNING THAT CLERICAL FOLKS RUNNING THAT PAPER. PAPER. THE COURTS CAN'T GET THEIR THE COURTS CAN'T GET THEIR PAPERWORK WITHOUT OUR FOLKS PAPERWORK WITHOUT OUR FOLKS RUNNING THE PAPER TO THEM.
RUNNING THE PAPER TO THEM. YOU HAVE VACANCY RATES IN THIS YOU HAVE VACANCY RATES IN THIS BARGAINING UNIT IN DOUBLE DIGITS BARGAINING UNIT IN DOUBLE DIGITS AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CUT AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CUT THEIR POSITIONS. THEIR POSITIONS. I WATCHED THE BUDGET HEARINGS I WATCHED THE BUDGET HEARINGS LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FILL THEIR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FILL THEIR POSITIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO POSITIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE COST SAVINGS TO FUND FOR USE THE COST SAVINGS TO FUND FOR THOSE ATTORNEYS AND THOSE POLICE THOSE ATTORNEYS AND THOSE POLICE OFFICERS. OFFICERS. WE KNOW THIS, RIGHT? WE KNOW THIS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT BLINDED BY THAT.
WE'RE NOT BLINDED BY THAT. YOU RECEIVED OUR DECLARATION TO YOU RECEIVED OUR DECLARATION TO STRIKE. STRIKE. TEN DAYS NOTICE. TEN DAYS NOTICE. WE THINK THAT'S AMPLE ENOUGH WE THINK THAT'S AMPLE ENOUGH TIME. TIME. WE'VE TRIED AND TRIED AND I WE'VE TRIED AND TRIED AND I THINK WE WERE THE BIGGER BROTHER THINK WE WERE THE BIGGER BROTHER HERE DURING THESE NEGOTIATIONS.
HERE DURING THESE NEGOTIATIONS. MET WITH DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER, MET WITH DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER, AND HEARTACHE. AND HEARTACHE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR OFF-AGENDA SPEAKERS? OFF-AGENDA SPEAKERS? >> YES. >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, ARE WE AHEAD OF MADAM CLERK, ARE WE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE? SCHEDULE? >> WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. >> WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE YOUR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS? NOMINATIONS? >> LET'S DO THAT. >> LET'S DO THAT. >> OKAY, PLEASE GO TO ITEM 64.
>> OKAY, PLEASE GO TO ITEM 64. THIS IS FOR NOMINATIONS AND THIS IS FOR NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. APPOINTMENTS. YOU ARE CONTINUING TO JULY 8TH YOU ARE CONTINUING TO JULY 8TH THE CARMICHAEL RECREATION AND THE CARMICHAEL RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT.
PARK DISTRICT. COUNTY SERVICE AREA 4B COUNTY SERVICE AREA 4B SLOUGHHOUSE, NATOMAS COMMUNITY SLOUGHHOUSE, NATOMAS COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL, NORTH PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL, NORTH HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY PLANNING HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL.
ADVISORY COUNCIL. YOU'RE CONTINUING TO JULY 22ND, YOU'RE CONTINUING TO JULY 22ND, THE DISABILITY ADVISORY THE DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION, SACRAMENTO COUNTY COMMISSION, SACRAMENTO COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH YOUTH ADVISORY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD, SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD, SACRAMENTO COUNTY TREASURY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, TREASURY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SACRAMENTO COUNTY YOUTH SACRAMENTO COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION, AND THE VINEYARD
COMMISSION, AND THE VINEYARD AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL. YOU'RE CONTINUING TO AUGUST 5TH YOU'RE CONTINUING TO AUGUST 5TH CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, GALT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, GALT CEMETERY DISTRICT, HUMAN CEMETERY DISTRICT, HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATING COUNCIL, SERVICES COORDINATING COUNCIL, LOCK MANAGEMENT CORPORATION LOCK MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ASSOCIATION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTEE AND THE VETERANS APPOINTEE AND THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND FOR YOUR MATTERS TODAY, OUR AND FOR YOUR MATTERS TODAY, OUR FIRST IS ADULT AND AGING FIRST IS ADULT AND AGING COMMISSION. COMMISSION. MR. CHAIR? MR. CHAIR? >> CONTINUE THE ITEM UNTIL >> CONTINUE THE ITEM UNTIL AUGUST 5TH. AUGUST 5TH. >> AMERICAN RIVER PARKWAY >> AMERICAN RIVER PARKWAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE?
ADVISORY COMMITTEE? SUPERVISOR HUME. SUPERVISOR HUME. >> I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MARK >> I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MARK BERRY AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. BERRY AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> ANTELOPE COMMUNITY PLANNING >> ANTELOPE COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL?
ADVISORY COUNCIL? >> PLEASE CONTINUE THE ITEM TO >> PLEASE CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JULY 8TH. JULY 8TH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CARMICHAEL COMMUNITY PLANNING CARMICHAEL COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL.
ADVISORY COUNCIL. >> NOMINATE KATHERINE RAMIREZ TO >> NOMINATE KATHERINE RAMIREZ TO MATTHEW BURNETT'S SEAT AND MATTHEW BURNETT'S SEAT AND CONTINUE THE REMAINDER TO CONTINUE THE REMAINDER TO JULY 22ND. JULY 22ND. >> CORDOVA COMMUNITY PLANNING >> CORDOVA COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL. ADVISORY COUNCIL. >> CONTINUE TO JULY 22ND. >> CONTINUE TO JULY 22ND. >> AND SUPERVISOR HUME?
>> AND SUPERVISOR HUME? >> CONTINUE TO THE DATE THAT YOU >> CONTINUE TO THE DATE THAT YOU HAVE. HAVE. >> JULY 22ND. >> JULY 22ND. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES >> DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL? PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL? MR. CHAIR?
MR. CHAIR? >> RECOMMEND CONTINUE THE ITEM >> RECOMMEND CONTINUE THE ITEM UNTIL JULY 22ND. UNTIL JULY 22ND. >> EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY >> EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR. CHAIR? ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR. CHAIR? >> RECOMMENDING CONTINUING THE >> RECOMMENDING CONTINUING THE ITEM TO JULY 22ND. ITEM TO JULY 22ND. MADAM CLERK, DID WE SKIP AN MADAM CLERK, DID WE SKIP AN ITEM?
ITEM? >> NO, WHICH ONE DO YOU HAVE? >> NO, WHICH ONE DO YOU HAVE? >> COUNTY SERVICE AREA 4B? >> COUNTY SERVICE AREA 4B? >> THAT ONE WE ARE CONTINUING TO >> THAT ONE WE ARE CONTINUING TO JULY 8TH. JULY 8TH. >> OH, OKAY.
>> OH, OKAY. >> THAT WAS AN AUTOMATIC >> THAT WAS AN AUTOMATIC CONTINUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM CONTINUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHIEFS. THE CHIEFS. FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY PLANNING FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL? ADVISORY COUNCIL? >> CONTINUE TO AUGUST 5TH. >> CONTINUE TO AUGUST 5TH. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. FOOTHILL FARMS COMMUNITY FOOTHILL FARMS COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL? PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL? >> CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> MISSION OAKS RECREATION AND >> MISSION OAKS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT? PARK DISTRICT? >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 22ND.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 22ND. >> AND NOW WE'RE AT RIO LINDA >> AND NOW WE'RE AT RIO LINDA ELVERTA COMMUNITY PLANNING ELVERTA COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL. ADVISORY COUNCIL. >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> SACRAMENTO ENVIRONMENTAL >> SACRAMENTO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION? COMMISSION? MR. CHAIR?
MR. CHAIR? >> CHIEFS ARE RECOMMENDING >> CHIEFS ARE RECOMMENDING REAPPOINTING CHRISTINE CASEY AND REAPPOINTING CHRISTINE CASEY AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. WAIVE THE PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE THE REMAINDER TO JULY 8TH?
THE REMAINDER TO JULY 8TH? >> SURE. >> SURE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SACRAMENTO HOUSING AND SACRAMENTO HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? SUPERVISOR HUME? SUPERVISOR HUME? >> CONTINUE TO THE DATE THAT YOU >> CONTINUE TO THE DATE THAT YOU HAVE, PLEASE. HAVE, PLEASE. >> LET'S CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH.
>> LET'S CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. SHERIFF COMMUNITY REVIEW SHERIFF COMMUNITY REVIEW COMMISSION? COMMISSION? I'LL START WITH MR. CHAIR. I'LL START WITH MR. CHAIR. >> SURE, FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, >> SURE, FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, WE WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT PAUL WE WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT PAUL CURTIS AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. CURTIS AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE VOTE.
>> PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO DISTRICT 2? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO DISTRICT 2? >> REAPPOINT CHRIS BAKER AND >> REAPPOINT CHRIS BAKER AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. WAIVE THE PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. DISTRICT 3?
DISTRICT 3? >> REAPPOINT WILLIAM CHO AND >> REAPPOINT WILLIAM CHO AND WAIVE PROCESS. WAIVE PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT 4. DISTRICT 4. >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> THERESA RIVERA AND WAIVE THE >> THERESA RIVERA AND WAIVE THE PROCESS. PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND NOW WE'RE ON TO SOUTH AND NOW WE'RE ON TO SOUTH SACRAMENTO AREA COMMUNITY SACRAMENTO AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL. PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'LL START WITH MR. CHAIR. I'LL START WITH MR. CHAIR. >> FIRST DISTRICT NOMINATES >> FIRST DISTRICT NOMINATES JOSEPH GAMBOL. JOSEPH GAMBOL. >> GOT IT. >> GOT IT. AND SUPERVISOR KENNEDY?
AND SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 22ND. >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 22ND. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SUNRISE RECREATION AND PARK SUNRISE RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT? DISTRICT? >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> PLEASE CONTINUE TO JULY 8TH. >> AND THAT CONCLUDES YOUR >> AND THAT CONCLUDES YOUR NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. WE COULD ALSO MOVE ON TO CONSENT WE COULD ALSO MOVE ON TO CONSENT MATTERS, MR. CHAIR, IF IT MATTERS, MR. CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD. PLEASES THE BOARD. >> IT DOES PLEASE THE BOARD. >> IT DOES PLEASE THE BOARD. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH MY NOTES.
MY NOTES. I DO BELIEVE OUR COUNTY I DO BELIEVE OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS COMMENTS FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE HAS COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE CONSENT MATTERS.
THE CONSENT MATTERS. SO FOR ITEMS 2-61, FOR ITEM 32, SO FOR ITEMS 2-61, FOR ITEM 32, YOU'RE ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE YOU'RE ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO APPROVAL OF A RELATED TO APPROVAL OF A MILITARY EQUIPMENT POLICY AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT POLICY AND AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE, AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE, ACQUIRE, ASE MILITARY ACQUIRE, ASE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN THE FUTURE IN EQUIPMENT IN THE FUTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY.
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY. YOU WAIVED READING OF THIS ON YOU WAIVED READING OF THIS ON JUNE 3RD AND THAT CONCLUDES MY JUNE 3RD AND THAT CONCLUDES MY NOTES. NOTES. >> SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> YES, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU >> YES, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU READ 29 ON THE RECORD. READ 29 ON THE RECORD. 29.APPROVE RESOLUTION
29.APPROVE RESOLUTION ADOPTING REVISED IMPROVEMENT ADOPTING REVISED IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS SECTION 8 - WATER STANDARDS SECTION 8 - WATER SUPPLY, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025 SUPPLY, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025 (WATER RESOURCES) (WATER RESOURCES) >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THESE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THESE THINGS CAN EASILY JUST COME ON THINGS CAN EASILY JUST COME ON TO A CONSENT CALENDAR AND PASS TO A CONSENT CALENDAR AND PASS THROUGH AND WE DON'T REALIZE HOW THROUGH AND WE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GOES BEHIND THEM ON MUCH WORK GOES BEHIND THEM ON THE STAFF LEVEL AND WE DON'T THE STAFF LEVEL AND WE DON'T REALIZE THE IMPACTS THAT
REALIZE THE IMPACTS THAT SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SO MUNDANE SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SO MUNDANE AND BUREAUCRAT-ESE IS ON OUR AND BUREAUCRAT-ESE IS ON OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. SOMETHING LIKE THIS LOOKS LIKE A SOMETHING LIKE THIS LOOKS LIKE A QUICK ITEM, BUT THIS IS TWO QUICK ITEM, BUT THIS IS TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING OF WORKING YEARS IN THE MAKING OF WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE NORTH STATE INCLUDING THE NORTH STATE B.I.A., TO CONTINUE -- AND I'M B.I.A., TO CONTINUE -- AND I'M SORRY MR. DEFANTI IS NOT HERE
SORRY MR. DEFANTI IS NOT HERE TODAY -- TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TODAY -- TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE BETTER TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE BETTER THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET MORE THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET MORE HOUSING AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT HOUSING AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT BUILT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER, BUILT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER, IN A TIMELY MANNER. IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.
EFFORTS ON THIS. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. COMMENT. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON CONSENT? CONSENT? SUPERVISOR HUME. SUPERVISOR HUME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEM -- SORRY, I LOST IT HERE. ITEM -- SORRY, I LOST IT HERE. IT'S THE RETROACTIVE PAYMENT OF IT'S THE RETROACTIVE PAYMENT OF $317,000. $317,000. WHICH NUMBER WAS THAT? WHICH NUMBER WAS THAT? ITEM 7 AND ITEM 40.
ITEM 7 AND ITEM 40. 7.AUTHORITY TO PAY 7.AUTHORITY TO PAY INVOICE OVER A YEAR OLD FROM INVOICE OVER A YEAR OLD FROM SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN FIRE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISTRICT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $317,639 FOR MOBILE INTEGRATED $317,639 FOR MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES DURING THE HEALTH SERVICES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (EMERGENCY COVID-19 PANDEMIC (EMERGENCY SERVICES)
SERVICES) 40.AUTHORIZATION TO
40.AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AND ALL EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS WITH THE RELATED DOCUMENTS WITH THE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN FIRE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PROVIDE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENC HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENC RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. FOR ITEM 7, THAT MONEY WAS FOR ITEM 7, THAT MONEY WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND HAS BEEN EXPENDED AND THIS IS SIMPLY EXPENDED AND THIS IS SIMPLY MAKING UP FOR AN INVOICE MAKING UP FOR AN INVOICE SUBMITTED AFTER THE USUAL PERIOD SUBMITTED AFTER THE USUAL PERIOD OF BUSINESS, BUT I JUST WANTED OF BUSINESS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MOBILE UNIT
TO SAY THAT MOBILE UNIT INTEGRATED HEALTH OR M.I.H. IS INTEGRATED HEALTH OR M.I.H. IS MAKING BIG STRIDES IN IMPROVING MAKING BIG STRIDES IN IMPROVING THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OUT IN THE FIELD, AND SERVICES OUT IN THE FIELD, AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE SO I WANT TO THANK THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT FOR METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT FOR THAT.
THAT. AND THEN ON ITEM 40, I WOULD AND THEN ON ITEM 40, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK SACRAMENTO ALSO LIKE TO THANK SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT AND METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT AND SACRAMENTO FIRE DISTRICT FOR SACRAMENTO FIRE DISTRICT FOR THEIR ALMOST TWO DECADES OF THEIR ALMOST TWO DECADES OF PROVIDING THIS EXPERTISE FOR THE PROVIDING THIS EXPERTISE FOR THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THANK THEM FOR THE RESPONSE AND THANK THEM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, THANK >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. YOU. OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR 4-61. CONSENT CALENDAR 4-61. WAS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL WE WAS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL WE HAVE TO DO WITH 32? HAVE TO DO WITH 32? NO, OKAY. NO, OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE CONSENT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE CONSENT. >> SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> WE DO NOT. >> WE DO NOT. >> VERY GOOD. >> VERY GOOD. THEN PLEASE VOTE. THEN PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> VERY GOOD. >> VERY GOOD. >> AND NOW I'M GOING TO READ >> AND NOW I'M GOING TO READ ITEM 4 INTO THE RECORD FOR OUR ITEM 4 INTO THE RECORD FOR OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE. 4.RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT 4.RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMAL ROWE AS CHIEF PROBATION OF JAMAL ROWE AS CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY OFFICER FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND APPROVE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AND APPROVE COMPENSATION PACKAGE >> YOU HAD ITEM 4, THE >> YOU HAD ITEM 4, THE APPOINTMENT OF -- THE APPOINTMENT OF -- THE RATIFICATION OF THE AAPPOINTMENT RATIFICATION OF THE AAPPOINTMENT OF JAMAL RWE.
OF JAMAL RWE. ROWE. ROWE. WE'LL INVITE JAMAL UP, AND HE WE'LL INVITE JAMAL UP, AND HE HAS A FAIRLY LARGE ENTOURAGE HAS A FAIRLY LARGE ENTOURAGE WITH HIM TODAY.
WITH HIM TODAY. I WORKED WITH HIS FATHER MANY I WORKED WITH HIS FATHER MANY YEARS AGO AT THE STATE OF YEARS AGO AT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SO I THINK THEY WANT CALIFORNIA, SO I THINK THEY WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE AFTERWARDS IF TO TAKE A PICTURE AFTERWARDS IF YOU'D ALLOW THAT. YOU'D ALLOW THAT. >> VERY GOOD. >> VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND THANK YOU, COUNTY EXECUTIVE. SO AGAIN, ERIC JONES, DEPARTMENT SO AGAIN, ERIC JONES, DEPARTMENT COUNTY EXEC OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COUNTY EXEC OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE. JUSTICE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, CHAIR SERNA GOOD MORNING TO YOU, CHAIR SERNA AND THE BOARD. AND THE BOARD. WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING THE NEW WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING THE NEW CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER BEFORE CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER BEFORE YOU HERE.
YOU HERE. AS YOU KNOW, THE SUPERIOR COURT AS YOU KNOW, THE SUPERIOR COURT IS THE HIRING AUTHORITY AND THE IS THE HIRING AUTHORITY AND THE COURT FORMED A HIRING PANEL AND COURT FORMED A HIRING PANEL AND INCLUDED A COUNTY EXECUTIVE INCLUDED A COUNTY EXECUTIVE REPRESENTATIVE. REPRESENTATIVE. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL OF THAT. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL OF THAT. AND I WAS ABLE TO BE ON THE AND I WAS ABLE TO BE ON THE SELECTION PANEL AS WELL.
SELECTION PANEL AS WELL. THEN THE HIRING PANEL MADE, THEN THE HIRING PANEL MADE, AFTER THE SELECTION, IT WAS AFTER THE SELECTION, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE SUPERIOR APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE SUPERIOR COURT BENCH. COURT BENCH. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAMAL JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAMAL ROWE AND WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM ROWE AND WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM SOON.
SOON. BEGINNING IN 1988, JAMAL WORKED BEGINNING IN 1988, JAMAL WORKED FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY PROBATION FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY PROBATION AS A PROBASE ASSISTANT. HE THEN AS A PROBASE ASSISTANT. HE THEN WORKED A VARIETY OF AREAS AS A WORKED A VARIETY OF AREAS AS A PAROLE AGENT, INVESTIGATOR AND PAROLE AGENT, INVESTIGATOR AND AN ADMINISTRATOR.
AN ADMINISTRATOR. HIS MOST RECENT POSITION WAS AS HIS MOST RECENT POSITION WAS AS THE CDC ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE CDC ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADULT PAROLE. ADULT PAROLE. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE SUPERIOR THE EXECUTIVE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, LEE SEAL, TO SAY SOME COURT, LEE SEAL, TO SAY SOME WORDS. WORDS. >> BLAST FROM THE PAST!
>> BLAST FROM THE PAST! >> HELLO, CHAIR SERNA, MEMBERS >> HELLO, CHAIR SERNA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. LEE SEAL, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER LEE SEAL, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR SACRAMENTO AND, OF COURSE, SACRAMENTO AND, OF COURSE, HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTY FOR MANY SERVED THIS COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT.
YEARS BEFORE THAT. AS ERIC JUST SAID, WE ENJOY THE AS ERIC JUST SAID, WE ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS ROLE IN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS ROLE IN THE SELECTION OF THE CHIEF THE SELECTION OF THE CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER.
PROBATION OFFICER. AND I KNOW THAT OUR PRESIDING AND I KNOW THAT OUR PRESIDING JUDGE WOULD ORDINARILY BE HERE JUDGE WOULD ORDINARILY BE HERE AND I'D BE SITTING UP HERE IN AND I'D BE SITTING UP HERE IN THE BACK SMILING AS I HEARD HER THE BACK SMILING AS I HEARD HER TALK ABOUT OUR NEW CANDIDATE, TALK ABOUT OUR NEW CANDIDATE, BUT I'M HERE ON HER BEHALF BUT I'M HERE ON HER BEHALF BECAUSE SHE UNFORTUNATELY IS OUT BECAUSE SHE UNFORTUNATELY IS OUT OF THE OFFICE.
OF THE OFFICE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERIOR SO ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, I REALLY WANT TO COURT, I REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME JAMAL. CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME JAMAL. HE WILL DO A TERRIFIC JOB. HE WILL DO A TERRIFIC JOB. HE IS AN EXPERT IN COMMUNITY HE IS AN EXPERT IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. CORRECTIONS. HE'S DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE HE'S DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE WORKFORCE AND THE STAFF.
WORKFORCE AND THE STAFF. HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT REHABILITATION AND SOMEONE WHO REHABILITATION AND SOMEONE WHO HAILS FROM SACRAMENTO AND IS HAILS FROM SACRAMENTO AND IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS REGION. DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS REGION. AS ERIC SAID, HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY AS ERIC SAID, HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY EVERY JUDGE ON OUR SUPPORTED BY EVERY JUDGE ON OUR BENCH, WHICH SAYS A LOT ABOUT BENCH, WHICH SAYS A LOT ABOUT HIM.
HIM. FINALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK FINALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK AND ECHO ERIC'S COMMENTS ABOUT AND ECHO ERIC'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THE SUPERIOR THE PARTNERSHIP THE SUPERIOR COURT ENJOYS WITH THIS COUNTY IN COURT ENJOYS WITH THIS COUNTY IN NO SMALL PART BECAUSE OF DAVID NO SMALL PART BECAUSE OF DAVID VILLANUEVA AND ERIC JONES, VILLANUEVA AND ERIC JONES, CHEVON, THE WHOLE TEAM HERE.
CHEVON, THE WHOLE TEAM HERE. IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO SEE IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO SEE THAT CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THAT CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN NOT JUST LEADERSHIP BUT THE NOT JUST LEADERSHIP BUT THE TEAMS, OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE TEAMS, OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THIS PROBATION GREAT WORK THAT THIS PROBATION DEPARTMENT DOES. DEPARTMENT DOES. OF COURSE, THAT DEPARTMENT WILL OF COURSE, THAT DEPARTMENT WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART.
ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. AND ALL OF OUR JUSTICE PARTNERS AND ALL OF OUR JUSTICE PARTNERS FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO THE FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO THE D.A. TO THE SHERIFF, WE CAN'T D.A. TO THE SHERIFF, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH WE SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS HERE IN APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS HERE IN THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY. SO WITH THAT, OUR THANKS, AND SO WITH THAT, OUR THANKS, AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO JAMAL. WELCOME TO JAMAL. >> VERY GOOD. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. SEAL.
THANK YOU, MR. SEAL. [Applause] [Applause] AND WHILE OUR NEW CHIEF OF AND WHILE OUR NEW CHIEF OF PROBATION MAKES HIS WAY TO THE PROBATION MAKES HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM, I JUST WANT TO OFFER PODIUM, I JUST WANT TO OFFER AGAIN OUR THANKS TO FORMER CHIEF AGAIN OUR THANKS TO FORMER CHIEF OF PROBATION, LEE SEAL, FOR ALL OF PROBATION, LEE SEAL, FOR ALL HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COUNTY AND THE ARTIFACTS OF YOUR
COUNTY AND THE ARTIFACTS OF YOUR LEGACY REMAIN IN PLACE LARGELY. LEGACY REMAIN IN PLACE LARGELY. AND FOR GOOD REASON. AND FOR GOOD REASON. AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE LOOKING BACK AT YOUR SERVICE LOOKING BACK AT YOUR SERVICE HERE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. HERE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING VERY BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING VERY FORWARD! FORWARD! WITH THAT, WELCOME.
WITH THAT, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, SIR, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR, THANK YOU. THANKS, CHIEF. THANKS, CHIEF. I DIDN'T EXPECT MY DAD TO KNOW I DIDN'T EXPECT MY DAD TO KNOW EVERYBODY HERE! EVERYBODY HERE! [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] HE THREW ME OFF WITH THAT ONE. HE THREW ME OFF WITH THAT ONE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS A I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS A SITUATION BEFORE!
SITUATION BEFORE! OR THE REQUEST OF PICTURES AND OR THE REQUEST OF PICTURES AND STUFF AFTER, SO SORRY IN STUFF AFTER, SO SORRY IN ADVANCE!
ADVANCE! I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED AND I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED AND EXCITED TO BE SELECTED FOR THE EXCITED TO BE SELECTED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING CONFIRMED OPPORTUNITY OF BEING CONFIRMED BY YOU, THE BOARD OF BY YOU, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS THE NEXT CHIEF SUPERVISORS, AS THE NEXT CHIEF OF PROBATION IN SACRAMENTO OF PROBATION IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
COUNTY. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY A PROUD I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY A PROUD PRODUCT OF SOUTH SACRAMENTO, A PRODUCT OF SOUTH SACRAMENTO, A SON OF A STRONG FATHER WHO SON OF A STRONG FATHER WHO OBVIOUSLY ALREADY MADE HIS WAY OBVIOUSLY ALREADY MADE HIS WAY AROUND THIS PLACE. AROUND THIS PLACE. [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] THE HUSBAND OF A BEAUTIFUL THE HUSBAND OF A BEAUTIFUL PREGNANT WIFE, KIANA.
PREGNANT WIFE, KIANA. >> WHO WE KNOW VERY WELL! >> WHO WE KNOW VERY WELL! >> I'M SURE YOU DO! >> I'M SURE YOU DO! AND THE FATHER OF MY DEAR AND THE FATHER OF MY DEAR DAUGHTERS. DAUGHTERS. PLEASE WAVE! PLEASE WAVE! >> THAT'S A PRINCESS WAVE! >> THAT'S A PRINCESS WAVE! GIVE US A REAL WAVE! GIVE US A REAL WAVE! >> WE CAN DO AUTOGRAPHS AFTER.
>> WE CAN DO AUTOGRAPHS AFTER. THEY'RE WHO I WORK FOR AND THEY THEY'RE WHO I WORK FOR AND THEY ARE THE REASON WHY MY PASSION IS ARE THE REASON WHY MY PASSION IS SO ROOTED IN REHABILITATION AND SO ROOTED IN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH. HEALTH. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY PARTNERS FROM DAPO THANK MY PARTNERS FROM DAPO THERE ON MY RIGHT.
THERE ON MY RIGHT. AND I HAVE A COUPLE BEHIND ME AND I HAVE A COUPLE BEHIND ME HERE. HERE. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ME AND MY THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ME AND MY CRAZY MIND THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY CRAZY MIND THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY AND MY CAREER TO WHERE I'M AT AND MY CAREER TO WHERE I'M AT NOW.
NOW. THANK YOU TO MY PROBATION THANK YOU TO MY PROBATION PARTNERS, MY NEW PROBATION PARTNERS, MY NEW PROBATION PARTNERS, WHO SHOWED UP DEEP PARTNERS, WHO SHOWED UP DEEP TODAY! TODAY! AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JULIE. JULIE. HER LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS OF HER LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS OF THIS DEPARTMENT HAS GUIDED ME THIS DEPARTMENT HAS GUIDED ME HERE.
HERE. I'VE TALKED TO HER A LOT THROUGH I'VE TALKED TO HER A LOT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SO THANK YOU AS THIS PROCESS, SO THANK YOU AS WELL, JULIE. WELL, JULIE. AND FOR HOLDING THIS PLACE DOWN AND FOR HOLDING THIS PLACE DOWN FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAD TO HOLD FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAD TO HOLD IT DOWN.
IT DOWN. AS SOMEONE BORN AND RAISED IN AS SOMEONE BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COMMUNITY, HAVING ATTENDED THIS COMMUNITY, HAVING ATTENDED MULTIPLE INNER CITY SCHOOLS AND MULTIPLE INNER CITY SCHOOLS AND GRADUATING FROM RUTTER MIDDLE GRADUATING FROM RUTTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU SCHOOL, VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS I ATTENDED. TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS I ATTENDED. VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AND SACRAMENTO STATE.
AND SACRAMENTO STATE. THIS APPOINTMENT CARRIES DEEP THIS APPOINTMENT CARRIES DEEP MEANING. MEANING. I AM THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A I AM THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A PROUD HOME-GROWN KID THAT SEES PROUD HOME-GROWN KID THAT SEES MY YOUNGER SELF IN MANY OF THE MY YOUNGER SELF IN MANY OF THE CLIENTS WE SERVE.
CLIENTS WE SERVE. I'M ELATED TO LEAD THIS I'M ELATED TO LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT THAT CAN AND WILL DEPARTMENT THAT CAN AND WILL CHANGE THE LIVES OF YOUTH LIKE I CHANGE THE LIVES OF YOUTH LIKE I ONCE WAS.
ONCE WAS. HAVING THE PATIENCE, HAVING THE PATIENCE, UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIFE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIFE EXPERIENCES OUR CLIENTS OFTEN EXPERIENCES OUR CLIENTS OFTEN STRUGGLE WITH FUELS MY DRIVE TO STRUGGLE WITH FUELS MY DRIVE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.
STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. I HAVE TREMENDOUS DEDICATION TO I HAVE TREMENDOUS DEDICATION TO MY HOMETOWN, A STRONG COMMITMENT MY HOMETOWN, A STRONG COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY WITH INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ACCOUNTABILITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO CLOSELY I LOOK FORWARD TO CLOSELY WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU.
WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU. THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES AND THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES AND THE TALENTED STAFF ACROSS THE THE TALENTED STAFF ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER TO ENHANCE PUBLIC TOGETHER TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, SUPPORT REHABILITATION, SAFETY, SUPPORT REHABILITATION, AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. THANK YOU!
THANK YOU! >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. [Applause] [Applause] >> WAIT, WAIT, WHOA, WHOA! >> WAIT, WAIT, WHOA, WHOA! YOU DON'T GET TO JUST SLIP AWAY! YOU DON'T GET TO JUST SLIP AWAY! >> I WAS TRYING! >> I WAS TRYING! >> I KNOW YOU WERE.
>> I KNOW YOU WERE. WE GOT SUPERVISORS IN THE QUEUE, WE GOT SUPERVISORS IN THE QUEUE, BUT LET ME LEAD OFF BY CERTAINLY BUT LET ME LEAD OFF BY CERTAINLY AGAIN WELCOMING YOU. AGAIN WELCOMING YOU. I'VE ACTUALLY OVER THE YEARS HAD I'VE ACTUALLY OVER THE YEARS HAD A CHANCE TO CERTAINLY GET TO A CHANCE TO CERTAINLY GET TO KNOW YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE.
KNOW YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE. SHE'S ONE OF OUR CHERISHED SHE'S ONE OF OUR CHERISHED DEPUTIES AND WE'VE HAD A CHANCE DEPUTIES AND WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK TOGETHER IN A NUMBER OF TO WORK TOGETHER IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. MOST RECENTLY THE DEI CABINET MOST RECENTLY THE DEI CABINET WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HERE WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HERE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY THAT'S VERY IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY THAT'S VERY ACTIVE.
ACTIVE. YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS WITH ACTIVE, AS SHE KNOWS, IN THAT ACTIVE, AS SHE KNOWS, IN THAT CABINET, SO THAT'S ONE OF TWO CABINET, SO THAT'S ONE OF TWO REQUESTS I HAVE OF YOU.
REQUESTS I HAVE OF YOU. I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, BUT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL PLATE, BUT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD HAVE YOUR ACTIVE IF WE COULD HAVE YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THAT CAPACITY PARTICIPATION IN THAT CAPACITY IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES YOU'RE GOING TO RESPONSIBILITIES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. HAVE. THAT'S REQUEST NUMBER ONE.
THAT'S REQUEST NUMBER ONE. REQUEST NUMBER TWO IS THE OTHER REQUEST NUMBER TWO IS THE OTHER POINT OF GREAT PRIDE FOR THIS POINT OF GREAT PRIDE FOR THIS COUNTY IS OUR BLACK CHILD LEGACY COUNTY IS OUR BLACK CHILD LEGACY CAMPAIGN, WHICH HAS MADE A HUGE CAMPAIGN, WHICH HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE IMPACT IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE DISPARITY IN BLACK CHILD DEATHS DISPARITY IN BLACK CHILD DEATHS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A
HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT THAT I VERY CONCERTED EFFORT THAT I THINK YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF OVER THINK YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF OVER SEVERAL YEARS NOW. SEVERAL YEARS NOW. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON RESOURCES FOR THAT INITIATIVE. RESOURCES FOR THAT INITIATIVE. THAT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT GREATLY THAT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT GREATLY BY YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
BY YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. AND I KNOW YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS AND I KNOW YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT. AND AGAIN, ONCE WE HEAR FROM ALL AND AGAIN, ONCE WE HEAR FROM ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, WHAT I'M GOING OF MY COLLEAGUES, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS -- CHAIR'S PREROGATIVE TO DO IS -- CHAIR'S PREROGATIVE HERE -- I'M GOING TO THEN INVITE HERE -- I'M GOING TO THEN INVITE THE FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE BOARD THE FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE BOARD TO COME DOWN IN THE PIT HERE FOR TO COME DOWN IN THE PIT HERE FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.
A PHOTOGRAPH. WE CAN'T LET A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WE CAN'T LET A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY LIKE THAT GO WITHOUT BEING LIKE THAT GO WITHOUT BEING PHOTOGRAPHED! PHOTOGRAPHED! ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START OFF WITH ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START OFF WITH SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ.
SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. >> JAMAL, I JUST WANT TO WELCOME >> JAMAL, I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO YOUR NEW POSITION AND I YOU TO YOUR NEW POSITION AND I FIRST ALSO WANT TO THANK JULIE FIRST ALSO WANT TO THANK JULIE WHERRY FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WHERRY FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN HOLDING DOWN THE FORT DURING IN HOLDING DOWN THE FORT DURING THE WHAT SOUNDS LIKE SIX, SEVEN THE WHAT SOUNDS LIKE SIX, SEVEN MONTHS-ISH.
MONTHS-ISH. THERE'S A PRETTY AWESOME. THERE'S A PRETTY AWESOME. BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I'VE BEEN IN THE REGION FOR I'VE BEEN IN THE REGION FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS NOW AND I'VE ALMOST 19 YEARS NOW AND I'VE SEEN SACRAMENTO TAKE A REALLY SEEN SACRAMENTO TAKE A REALLY BIG CHANGE.
BIG CHANGE. BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HOME-GROWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOR HOME-GROWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY UP AND WHO HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY UP AND WHO HAVE POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE TO MAKE POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER. OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER. AND SO I KNOW YOU WILL DO JUST AND SO I KNOW YOU WILL DO JUST THAT.
THAT. AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE SACRAMENTO REGION BETTER THE SACRAMENTO REGION BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY. THAN IT IS TODAY. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'LL FIND THAT THIS BOARD >> YOU'LL FIND THAT THIS BOARD TAKES A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN TAKES A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE DEPARTMENT AND SUCH A UNIQUE DEPARTMENT AND SERVES SUCH A VALUABLE AND SERVES SUCH A VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT ROLE.
IMPORTANT ROLE. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY YOU'RE I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY YOU'RE SOCIAL WORKERS WITH BADGES. SOCIAL WORKERS WITH BADGES. WHICH IS UNIQUE UNTO ITSELF.
WHICH IS UNIQUE UNTO ITSELF. AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH OUR ADULT POPULATION AND OUR OUR ADULT POPULATION AND OUR YOUTH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO YOUTH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO CHANGING THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO CHANGING THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE.
LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE. ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND THE WORDS THAT YOU USED, THE WORDS THAT YOU USED, COMMITMENT.
COMMITMENT. BUT ALSO CLEARLY I'VE ASKED A BUT ALSO CLEARLY I'VE ASKED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ASKED ABOUT LOT OF PEOPLE AND ASKED ABOUT YOU AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT YOU AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR YOUR INTELLIGENCE, PRAISE FOR YOUR INTELLIGENCE, YOUR TALENT, AND ALL OF THOSE YOUR TALENT, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ARE CLEARLY BECAUSE THINGS ARE ARE CLEARLY BECAUSE YOU'RE A PRODUCT OF DISTRICT 2, YOU'RE A PRODUCT OF DISTRICT 2, AS AM I!
AS AM I! [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO WELCOME THOUGH SACRAMENTO >> SO WELCOME THOUGH SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND COME BACK DOWN TO COUNTY AND COME BACK DOWN TO SOUTH SACRAMENTO AND VISIT US SOUTH SACRAMENTO AND VISIT US SOME TIME. SOME TIME. >> I WILL, 100%. >> I WILL, 100%. >> SUPERVISOR HUME?
>> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WELCOME, CHIEF. WELCOME, CHIEF. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU ARE FILLING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ARE FILLING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
HAVE YOU ON BOARD. I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF ASSISTANT CHIEF EFFORTS OF ASSISTANT CHIEF WHERRY IN FILLING THE GAP IN THE WHERRY IN FILLING THE GAP IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE WE COULD GET MEANTIME BEFORE WE COULD GET YOUR APPOINTMENT.
YOUR APPOINTMENT. BUT I WANT TO KEY IN ON BUT I WANT TO KEY IN ON SOMETHING YOU SAID THAT I THINK SOMETHING YOU SAID THAT I THINK WAS VERY POIGNANT AND VERY WAS VERY POIGNANT AND VERY POCKIMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE FOS POCKIMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE FOS THAT GO OUT AND SERVE PROBATION THAT GO OUT AND SERVE PROBATION EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. AND THAT IS THAT YOU SEE A PIECE AND THAT IS THAT YOU SEE A PIECE OF YOURSELF IN THE PEOPLE THAT OF YOURSELF IN THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SERVING. YOU'RE SERVING. AND MY HOPE AND MY TRUE DESIRE AND MY HOPE AND MY TRUE DESIRE IS THAT HOPEFULLY THEY SEE A IS THAT HOPEFULLY THEY SEE A PIECE OF THEMSELVES IN THEIR PIECE OF THEMSELVES IN THEIR FUTURE IN YOU. FUTURE IN YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND THAT'S CRITICAL. >> AND THAT'S CRITICAL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE DOING. WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT AND WE WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. >> SUPERVISOR DESMOND?
>> SUPERVISOR DESMOND? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHIEF, >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHIEF, JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. OF MY COLLEAGUES. I TOO ASKED AROUND SOME OF MY I TOO ASKED AROUND SOME OF MY FORMER STATE COLLEAGUES AND FORMER STATE COLLEAGUES AND HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU.
HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU. WE TALK A LOT ON THIS BOARD WE TALK A LOT ON THIS BOARD ABOUT OUR APPROACH TO A LOT OF ABOUT OUR APPROACH TO A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. FRONT-LINE LAW ENFORCEMENT FRONT-LINE LAW ENFORCEMENT APPROACH, THE SOCIAL SERVICES APPROACH, THE SOCIAL SERVICES APPROACH.
APPROACH. WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET THEM WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET THEM TO WORK BETTER TOGETHER, BUT TO WORK BETTER TOGETHER, BUT PROBATION IS WHERE IT ALL COMES PROBATION IS WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. TOGETHER. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND LOOK OF YOUR COMMENTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THIS BOARD NO DOUBT ABOUT FROM THIS BOARD NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, SO WELCOME. THAT, SO WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. AS PROMISED, WE ARE NOW GOING TO AS PROMISED, WE ARE NOW GOING TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS.
TAKE SOME PHOTOS. HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST. HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST. WE DO A PHOTO WITH THE BOARD, WE DO A PHOTO WITH THE BOARD, WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND THEN I THINK THEN THE BOARD AND THEN I THINK THEN THE BOARD GETS OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN GETS OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN MAYBE YOU WITH YOUR PROBATION MAYBE YOU WITH YOUR PROBATION FAMILY THAT'S HERE AS WELL DOWN FAMILY THAT'S HERE AS WELL DOWN IN THE PIT.
IN THE PIT. SO WE'LL JOIN YOU DOWN THERE. SO WE'LL JOIN YOU DOWN THERE. >> NOW WE CAN ALL CLAP! >> NOW WE CAN ALL CLAP! [Applause] [Applause] >> MADAM CLERK, AM I GOOD OR AM >> MADAM CLERK, AM I GOOD OR AM I GOOD? I GOOD? >> YOU'RE GOOD! >> YOU'RE GOOD! PERFECT! PERFECT! OKAY.
OKAY. >> OKAY, NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
>> OKAY, NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. >> ITEM 2 IS THE PRESENTATION OF >> ITEM 2 IS THE PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION AND RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION AND APPRECIATION TO MAJOR RIO RAY APPRECIATION TO MAJOR RIO RAY AND RACHEL RAY FOR DISTINGUISHED AND RACHEL RAY FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO THE SALVATION ARMY DEDICATION TO THE SALVATION ARMY AND COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO.
AND COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO. >> THANK YOU, FLO. >> THANK YOU, FLO. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. THE SALVATION ARMY SERVES MORE THE SALVATION ARMY SERVES MORE THAN 277 MILLION AMERICANS THAN 277 MILLION AMERICANS ANNUALLY OFFERING COMPASSION, ANNUALLY OFFERING COMPASSION, HOPE, AND SUPPORT TO THE MOST HOPE, AND SUPPORT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, VETERANS, SENIORS, HUMAN
VETERANS, SENIORS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, AND THOSE TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, AND THOSE RECOVERING FROM ADDICTION. RECOVERING FROM ADDICTION. THEY'RE A TRUSTED PARTNER NOT THEY'RE A TRUSTED PARTNER NOT JUST AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL BUT JUST AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND CERTAINLY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND CERTAINLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. MAJOR RIO AND RACHEL RAY HAVE MAJOR RIO AND RACHEL RAY HAVE ACTUALLY SERVED THIS COMMUNITY ACTUALLY SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. WHILE FOUR YEARS DOESN'T SOUND WHILE FOUR YEARS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LONG TIME, DURING THAT LIKE A LONG TIME, DURING THAT TIME THEY'VE BROUGHT TIME THEY'VE BROUGHT COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP TO THE COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP TO THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO AND HAVE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO AND HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS FEEDING SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS FEEDING OUR NEIGHBORS, PROVIDING OUR NEIGHBORS, PROVIDING SHELTER, AND PATHWAYS OUT OF
SHELTER, AND PATHWAYS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SHARING HOPE HOMELESSNESS AND SHARING HOPE AND JOY WITH EVERYONE THEY MEET. AND JOY WITH EVERYONE THEY MEET. WHEN I FIRST MET THE MAJOR, I WHEN I FIRST MET THE MAJOR, I WAS AUTOMATICALLY IMPRESSED WITH WAS AUTOMATICALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS GENUINE COMPASSION FOR OUR HIS GENUINE COMPASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. HE WASN'T BORN AND RAISED IN HE WASN'T BORN AND RAISED IN SACRAMENTO, BUT HE WAS JUST AS SACRAMENTO, BUT HE WAS JUST AS MUCH SACRAMENTO AS ANYONE I HAD MUCH SACRAMENTO AS ANYONE I HAD EVER KNOWN.
EVER KNOWN. I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME THE I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO AND THE SALVATION OF SACRAMENTO AND THE SALVATION ARMY HAD SOURED SO MUCH OVER THE ARMY HAD SOURED SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS THAT WE WOULDN'T WORK YEARS THAT WE WOULDN'T WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM FACING AND VEXING OUR COMMUNITY
FACING AND VEXING OUR COMMUNITY OF HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG OF HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION. ADDICTION. WELL, THE MAJOR REACHED OUT TO WELL, THE MAJOR REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN HE HAD HEARD THE SAME ME WHEN HE HAD HEARD THE SAME TYPE OF NEWS AND BOTH OF US TYPE OF NEWS AND BOTH OF US AGREED, WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
AGREED, WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER HERE WHO WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER HERE WHO IS STEPPING UP TO THE CHALLENGE IS STEPPING UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND HAS IN THE RIVER DISTRICT, AND HAS IN THE RIVER DISTRICT, PROVIDING JOB TRAINING, PROVIDING JOB TRAINING, ADDICTION SERVICES, AND SHELTER ADDICTION SERVICES, AND SHELTER FOR PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT FIT THAT BILL.
NOT FIT THAT BILL. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY SINCERELY ON BEHALF OF THE SINCERELY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, MAJOR AND COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, MAJOR AND RACHEL RAY, WE SINCERELY RACHEL RAY, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. WE WISH YOU THE BEST. WE WISH YOU THE BEST. WE WISH YOU WEREN'T LEAVING.
WE WISH YOU WEREN'T LEAVING. BUT AS ALWAYS HAPPENS, TALENTED, BUT AS ALWAYS HAPPENS, TALENTED, SKILLED PEOPLE RISE TO THE TOP SKILLED PEOPLE RISE TO THE TOP AND GET MOVED OUT SOMEWHERE AND GET MOVED OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE! ELSE! [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] BUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO BUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO SACRAMENTO DOES NOT GO SACRAMENTO DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED, THANK YOU.
UNNOTICED, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. >> IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE >> IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE SO MANY PEOPLE ABLE TO SERVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED.
THAT ARE IN NEED. FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE GOT TO SERVE THE HOMELESS, THE GOT TO SERVE THE HOMELESS, THE YOUTH, THOSE THAT ARE HUNGRY AND YOUTH, THOSE THAT ARE HUNGRY AND NEEDY IN SACRAMENTO, BUT WE'VE NEEDY IN SACRAMENTO, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT TO PARTNER WITH SO MANY ALSO GOT TO PARTNER WITH SO MANY FANTASTIC PEOPLE.
FANTASTIC PEOPLE. SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT SACRAMENTO'S FINGERPRINTS ARE ON SACRAMENTO'S FINGERPRINTS ARE ON US AS WELL AND OUR REPLACEMENTS US AS WELL AND OUR REPLACEMENTS ARE EXCELLENT INDIVIDUALS AS ARE EXCELLENT INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AND I THANK YOU FOR THE WELL AND I THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE ABILITY THAT PARTNERSHIP AND THE ABILITY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED. PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR DESMOND?
>> SUPERVISOR DESMOND? >> MAJOR, I FIRST WANT TO ADD MY >> MAJOR, I FIRST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY'S VOICE TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY'S AND FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK AND FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR KENNEDY FOR BRINGING SUPERVISOR KENNEDY FOR BRINGING THIS AND PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION THIS AND PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER FOR YOU.
TOGETHER FOR YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE ANNUAL BREAKFAST A MONTH OR THE ANNUAL BREAKFAST A MONTH OR SO GO FOR SALVATION ARMY AND, OF SO GO FOR SALVATION ARMY AND, OF COURSE, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY COURSE, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THE WORK THAT YOU DO. BUT YOU IN PARTICULAR, YOU ARE BUT YOU IN PARTICULAR, YOU ARE LEAVING YOUR FINGERPRINTS ON LEAVING YOUR FINGERPRINTS ON THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT AS TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR WELL, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOUR SERVICE. YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE HERE YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE HERE AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> ITEM 3: PRESENTATION OF >> ITEM 3: PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION HONORING THE 24TH RESOLUTION HONORING THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD REFUGEE ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD REFUGEE MONTH. MONTH. >> I BELIEVE I'M PRESENTING >> I BELIEVE I'M PRESENTING THIS.
THIS. COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAFF, TODAY I HAVE PUBLIC AND STAFF, TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THIS THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION HONORING THE 24TH RESOLUTION HONORING THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD REFUGEE ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD REFUGEE MONTH.
MONTH. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE WHEREAS' AND THE RESOLVE, THE WHEREAS' AND THE RESOLVE, BUT I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS BUT I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD, AND I WOULD HOPE EVERYONE BOARD, AND I WOULD HOPE EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC, THOSE THAT ARE JOINED US HERE TODAY OR MAYBE JOINED US HERE TODAY OR MAYBE WATCHING, UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT
WATCHING, UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SACRAMENTO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SACRAMENTO COUNTY AS BEING A VERY WELCOMING COUNTY AS BEING A VERY WELCOMING COMMUNITY, ONE WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY, ONE WITH A LOT OF COMPASSION.
COMPASSION. ONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ENJOY FREEDOMS HERE IN OUR ENJOY FREEDOMS HERE IN OUR COUNTY, OUR STATE, OUR NATION, COUNTY, OUR STATE, OUR NATION, THAT MANY AROUND THE WORLD DON'T THAT MANY AROUND THE WORLD DON'T ENJOY. ENJOY. AND IN FACT, ON TOP OF THAT, AND IN FACT, ON TOP OF THAT, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GET TO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GET TO ENJOY PEACE THE WAY WE DO.
ENJOY PEACE THE WAY WE DO. IT MAY SEEM ODD TO SAY THAT IT MAY SEEM ODD TO SAY THAT TODAY AND NOW GIVEN SOME OF THE TODAY AND NOW GIVEN SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE IN OUR STATE, CIRCUMSTANCES HERE IN OUR STATE, BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT MUCH MORE BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT MUCH MORE CONFLICT, VIOLENCE, HEARTBREAK, CONFLICT, VIOLENCE, HEARTBREAK, FAMINE, ALL THOSE UNFORTUNATE FAMINE, ALL THOSE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSE THE GREAT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AROUND GREAT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FROM THEIR DESIRED THE WORLD FROM THEIR DESIRED HOMES. HOMES. BUT WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE BUT WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND AROUND THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND THAT SACRAMENTO COUNTY HAS A THAT SACRAMENTO COUNTY HAS A HUGE HEART.
HUGE HEART. AND WE DEMONSTRATE THAT BY AND WE DEMONSTRATE THAT BY PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE POLICIES THAT WE CONSIDER, THE POLICIES THAT WE CONSIDER, THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALLOCATE AS IT RELATES TO WELCOMING THOSE AS IT RELATES TO WELCOMING THOSE THAT NEED NOT JUST THE CHARITY THAT NEED NOT JUST THE CHARITY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY BUT THE
OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY BUT THE FAMILY, THE CONSTITUENCY THAT WE FAMILY, THE CONSTITUENCY THAT WE HAVE THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING. HAVE THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES.
RESOLUTION DOES. OF COURSE, IT ACKNOWLEDGES OF COURSE, IT ACKNOWLEDGES TEMPORALLY HOW LONG WE'VE TEMPORALLY HOW LONG WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, BUT I THINK ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THOSE FEW IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THOSE FEW WORDS TO GIVE US ALL THAT WORDS TO GIVE US ALL THAT REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE CARE ABOUT.
WE CARE ABOUT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL INVITE THE SO WITH THAT, I'LL INVITE THE FIRST SPEAKER FROM THE GROUP FIRST SPEAKER FROM THE GROUP BEHIND ME. BEHIND ME. AND THEN AFTER YOU SPEAK, WE'LL AND THEN AFTER YOU SPEAK, WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE RESO. TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE RESO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERVISORS. SUPERVISORS. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. SUPERVISORS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I'M A PROUD REFUGEE, MEMBERS, I'M A PROUD REFUGEE, SPEAKER, ACTIVIST, AND SPEAKER, ACTIVIST, AND HUMANITARIAN. HUMANITARIAN. I SPEAK TO YOU AS A REFUGEE I SPEAK TO YOU AS A REFUGEE ORGANIZER.
ORGANIZER. AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE SACRAMENTO COMMITTEE FOR THE SACRAMENTO REFUGEE COALITION, I CAME FROM A REFUGEE COALITION, I CAME FROM A PLACE WHERE GIRLS LIKE ME PLACE WHERE GIRLS LIKE ME WEREN'T EXPECTED TO SPEAK UP OR WEREN'T EXPECTED TO SPEAK UP OR EVEN PLAY SOCCER.
EVEN PLAY SOCCER. I BROKE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS I BROKE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS BARRIERS IN BECOMING EDUCATED BARRIERS IN BECOMING EDUCATED AND PURSUING MY PASSION TO PLAY AND PURSUING MY PASSION TO PLAY SOCCER. SOCCER. I FACED GENDER DISCRIMINATION, I FACED GENDER DISCRIMINATION, INEQUALITY, BUT NOTHING STOPPED INEQUALITY, BUT NOTHING STOPPED ME FOR FIGHTING FOR MY DREAM OF ME FOR FIGHTING FOR MY DREAM OF PEACE AND DIGNITY.
PEACE AND DIGNITY. IN 2019, I FLED AFGHANISTAN IN 2019, I FLED AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE STAYING WOULD HAVE COST BECAUSE STAYING WOULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE BUT I NEVER GAVE UP ME MY LIFE BUT I NEVER GAVE UP ON MY BELIEFS AND COMMUNITY AND ON MY BELIEFS AND COMMUNITY AND ALSO ADVOCACY FOR CHANGE.
ALSO ADVOCACY FOR CHANGE. JUNE IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS JUNE IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS WORLD REFUGEE HERITAGE MONTH, WORLD REFUGEE HERITAGE MONTH, HONORED EVERY YEAR, JUNE 20TH.
HONORED EVERY YEAR, JUNE 20TH. THIS DAY WAS DESIGNATED BY THE THIS DAY WAS DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS TO HONOR THE UNITED NATIONS TO HONOR THE STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND COURAGE OF PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE COURAGE OF PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOME DUE TO WAR, THEIR HOME DUE TO WAR, PROSECUTION, AND DISASTER AND PROSECUTION, AND DISASTER AND CLIMATE.
CLIMATE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REFLECTING IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REFLECTING THE PAST. THE PAST. IT'S ABOUT UPLIFTING THE REFUGEE IT'S ABOUT UPLIFTING THE REFUGEE VOICES AND INVESTING IN THE VOICES AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE. FUTURE. WE'RE ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF WE'RE ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE COME FROM.
WHERE WE COME FROM. TODAY I STAND WITH MANY OTHERS, TODAY I STAND WITH MANY OTHERS, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHO LIKE ME HAD NEVER LEFT THEIR WHO LIKE ME HAD NEVER LEFT THEIR HOMELAND IN SEARCH OF SAFETY AND HOMELAND IN SEARCH OF SAFETY AND OPPORTUNITY. OPPORTUNITY. REFUGEE BRINGS RICHNESS TO THE REFUGEE BRINGS RICHNESS TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL FEEL AT COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL FEEL AT HOME.
HOME. WE WORK EVERY DAY TO ENSURE WE WORK EVERY DAY TO ENSURE REFUGEES ARE WELCOMED, REFUGEES ARE WELCOMED, SUPPORTED, AND EMPOWERED. SUPPORTED, AND EMPOWERED. OUR MISSION IS CLEAR. OUR MISSION IS CLEAR. BUILD COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERYONE BUILD COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND CAN REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND CAN BELONG AND THRIVE.
BELONG AND THRIVE. RECOGNIZING WORLD REFUGEE RECOGNIZING WORLD REFUGEE HERITAGE MONTH AT THE COUNTY HERITAGE MONTH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IS MORE THAN SYMBOLIC. LEVEL IS MORE THAN SYMBOLIC. IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WE ALL IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WE ALL SEE OUR REFUGEE NEIGHBORS WITH SEE OUR REFUGEE NEIGHBORS WITH VALUES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION.
VALUES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THIS MONTH WITH US AND ALSO THIS MONTH WITH US AND ALSO STANDING WITH THE REFUGEES AND STANDING WITH THE REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AS THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AS THE LARGEST COUNTY IMPACTED AND LARGEST COUNTY IMPACTED AND WELCOMING REFUGEES IN THE PAST WELCOMING REFUGEES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. FEW YEARS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, VICE GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, VICE CHAIR RODRIGUEZ, SUPERVISORS CHAIR RODRIGUEZ, SUPERVISORS DESMOND, KENNEDY, AND HUME. DESMOND, KENNEDY, AND HUME. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. I COME TODAY WITH DEEP GRATITUDE I COME TODAY WITH DEEP GRATITUDE AND A PERSONAL STORY THAT I HOPE AND A PERSONAL STORY THAT I HOPE REFLECTS THE STRENGTHS AND REFLECTS THE STRENGTHS AND PERSEVERANCE OF THE REFUGEE PERSEVERANCE OF THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. COMMUNITY IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES BY I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES BY MYSELF AS A REFUGEE FROM UKRAINE MYSELF AS A REFUGEE FROM UKRAINE IN 2022.
IN 2022. I'M A FIRST IMMIGRANT IN MY I'M A FIRST IMMIGRANT IN MY ENTIRE FAMILY LINE. ENTIRE FAMILY LINE. I'M FROM A REGION THAT IS NOW I'M FROM A REGION THAT IS NOW FULLY OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA. FULLY OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA. MY CITY IS ACTUALLY ON THE FRONT MY CITY IS ACTUALLY ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE WAR RIGHT NOW. LINE OF THE WAR RIGHT NOW. WHEN I ARRIVED HERE, I DIDN'T WHEN I ARRIVED HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ANYTHING WORKED.
KNOW HOW ANYTHING WORKED. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS. I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO START. I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO START. BUT IN THOSE FIRST DAYS, I WAS BUT IN THOSE FIRST DAYS, I WAS WELCOMED BY A SMALL CHURCH-BASED WELCOMED BY A SMALL CHURCH-BASED NON-PROFIT CALLED (UNFAMILIAR NON-PROFIT CALLED (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR NAME), WHICH IS IN WORD OR NAME), WHICH IS IN UKRAINIAN, UMBRELLA, RAN BY UKRAINIAN, UMBRELLA, RAN BY SPRING OF LIFE CHURCH.
SPRING OF LIFE CHURCH. THEY DIDN'T JUST OFFER KINDNESS. THEY DIDN'T JUST OFFER KINDNESS. THEY GAVE ME DIRECTION. THEY GAVE ME DIRECTION. THEY HELPED ME NAVIGATE BASICS THEY HELPED ME NAVIGATE BASICS LIKE GETTING A SOCIAL SECURITY LIKE GETTING A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, GETTING A DRIVER'S NUMBER, GETTING A DRIVER'S LICENSE, EMPLOYMENT LICENSE, EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION, MEDICAL COVERAGE, AUTHORIZATION, MEDICAL COVERAGE, AND FOOD ASSISTANCE.
AND FOOD ASSISTANCE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SEEM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SEEM SIMPLE BUT IN A TOTALLY SIMPLE BUT IN A TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT, THEY UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT, THEY FELT IMPOSSIBLE. FELT IMPOSSIBLE. ONE OF MY CLEAREST MEMORIES WHEN ONE OF MY CLEAREST MEMORIES WHEN I JUST CAME TO THE U.S. MY FIRST I JUST CAME TO THE U.S. MY FIRST HOURS, I SAW CHILDREN PLAYING IN HOURS, I SAW CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PARK.
THE PARK. AND AFTER MONTHS OF WAR, FEAR, AND AFTER MONTHS OF WAR, FEAR, CONSTANT LOSS, I THOUGHT, LIFE CONSTANT LOSS, I THOUGHT, LIFE STILL EXISTS. STILL EXISTS. AND IT CONTINUES.
AND IT CONTINUES. I WAS PART OF THE FIRST WAVE OF I WAS PART OF THE FIRST WAVE OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES TO ARRIVE IN UKRAINIAN REFUGEES TO ARRIVE IN SACRAMENTO AND IN THE LAST THREE SACRAMENTO AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I WATCHED SACRAMENTO YEARS, I WATCHED SACRAMENTO COUNTY BUILD AN INCREDIBLE COUNTY BUILD AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE. RESPONSE. I'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY PROGRAMS I'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOP.
AND PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOP. I'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY SCHOOLS, I'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WORK COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WORK TOGETHER. TOGETHER. AND THIS INSPIRED ME TO GIVE AND THIS INSPIRED ME TO GIVE BACK AND TO ADVOCATE AND TO BACK AND TO ADVOCATE AND TO VOLUNTEER.
VOLUNTEER. TODAY SACRAMENTO IS HOME FOR TODAY SACRAMENTO IS HOME FOR OVER 20,000 UKRAINIANS, MANY OF OVER 20,000 UKRAINIANS, MANY OF WHOM RESIDE IN DISTRICT 3 AND 4. WHOM RESIDE IN DISTRICT 3 AND 4. WE ARE PART OF THIS REGION'S WE ARE PART OF THIS REGION'S STORY RIGHT NOW. STORY RIGHT NOW. BUT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE BUT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE STILL LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY.
STILL LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY. SOME DON'T YET KNOW WHAT THEIR SOME DON'T YET KNOW WHAT THEIR FUTURE HOLDS. FUTURE HOLDS. AND THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE AND THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE HERE ARE STRUGGLING ALONGSIDE HERE ARE STRUGGLING ALONGSIDE WITH THEM EMOTIONALLY AND WITH THEM EMOTIONALLY AND PRACTICALLY.
PRACTICALLY. SO WITH RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, I SO WITH RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND FUND THEM THAT PROGRAMS AND FUND THEM THAT ASSIST REFUGEES WITH HOUSING, ASSIST REFUGEES WITH HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND LEGAL SERVICES.
EMPLOYMENT, AND LEGAL SERVICES. THAT YOU FACILITATE COMMUNITY THAT YOU FACILITATE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION INITIATIVES THAT INTEGRATION INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING PROMOTE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND INCLUSION. AND INCLUSION. AND ALSO ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES AND ALSO ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT PROVIDE A CLEAR AND THAT PROVIDE A CLEAR AND COMPASSIONATE PATH TO PERMANENT COMPASSIONATE PATH TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR REFUGEES.
RESIDENCY FOR REFUGEES. THIS IS WHAT MAKES SACRAMENTO THIS IS WHAT MAKES SACRAMENTO STRONG. STRONG. A COUNTY THAT WELCOMES, A COUNTY THAT WELCOMES, INCLUDES, AND RISES TOGETHER. INCLUDES, AND RISES TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PLACE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PLACE HOME NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR HOME NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIANS.
THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIANS. AND THOSE WHO NEVER, NEVER AND THOSE WHO NEVER, NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO START THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO START OVER. OVER. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [Applause] [Applause] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR MY NAME IS (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR NAME) AND I CAME TO SACRAMENTO, NAME) AND I CAME TO SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, BACK IN OCTOBER 2021 CALIFORNIA, BACK IN OCTOBER 2021 ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YEARS ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YEARS KID.
KID. AND TODAY I'M TRULY HONORED TO AND TODAY I'M TRULY HONORED TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF REFUGEE SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM AND A SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP PROUD MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE OF SACRAMENTO REGION COMMITTEE OF SACRAMENTO REGION REFUGEE COALITION.
REFUGEE COALITION. LET ME BEGIN BY EXTENDING MY LET ME BEGIN BY EXTENDING MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SUPERVISORS. YOUR ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND YOUR ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND COMPASSION HAVE MADE A REAL COMPASSION HAVE MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE ME.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE ME. AND PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE WITH AND PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE WITH NOTHING BUT HOPE. NOTHING BUT HOPE. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR DESMOND FOR SUPERVISOR DESMOND FOR ORGANIZING A WONDERFUL EVENT, ORGANIZING A WONDERFUL EVENT, THE UNITY FAIR, WHERE EVERYONE THE UNITY FAIR, WHERE EVERYONE FELT SEEN, HEARD, AND EMBRACED.
FELT SEEN, HEARD, AND EMBRACED. ACTUALLY IT WAS ONE OF THESE ACTUALLY IT WAS ONE OF THESE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS WHERE MY COMMUNITY GATHERINGS WHERE MY JOURNEY TOOK A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY TOOK A LIFE-CHANGING TURN. TURN. WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, I WAS SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, I WAS COMPLETELY LOST, UNCERTAIN OF COMPLETELY LOST, UNCERTAIN OF WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD HOLD.
WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD HOLD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHO TO ASK FOR HELP. WHO TO ASK FOR HELP. BUT WHEN I WALKED INTO THE BUT WHEN I WALKED INTO THE AFGHAN WELCOME CENTER IN 2022, AFGHAN WELCOME CENTER IN 2022, EVERYTHING SHIFTED. EVERYTHING SHIFTED. I FOUND NOT ONLY RESOURCES BUT A I FOUND NOT ONLY RESOURCES BUT A COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO CARED.
COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO CARED. THAT MOMENT GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT MOMENT GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T FELT IN A LONG THAT I HADN'T FELT IN A LONG TIME, WHICH WAS HOPE.
TIME, WHICH WAS HOPE. THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, I FOUND THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, I FOUND A JOB AT A NON-PROFIT A JOB AT A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING THOSE MOST IN NEED SERVING THOSE MOST IN NEED EMPOWERING REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS, EMPOWERING REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS, YOUTH, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND YOUTH, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN SACRAMENTO.
SACRAMENTO. TODAY I'M PROUD TO HELP OTHERS TODAY I'M PROUD TO HELP OTHERS THE WAY THAT I WAS ONCE HELPED. THE WAY THAT I WAS ONCE HELPED. AS KOFI ANNAN SAID, REFUGEES ARE AS KOFI ANNAN SAID, REFUGEES ARE NOT THREATS. NOT THREATS. THEY ARE VICTIMS OF THREATS. THEY ARE VICTIMS OF THREATS. THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES. THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES. REFUGEES DO NOT LEAVE THEIR REFUGEES DO NOT LEAVE THEIR HOMELAND BY CHOICE.
HOMELAND BY CHOICE. THEY LEAVE BEHIND EVERYTHING THEY LEAVE BEHIND EVERYTHING THEY LOVE IN SEARCH OF SAFETY THEY LOVE IN SEARCH OF SAFETY AND DIGNITY. AND DIGNITY. REFUGEES ARE MORE THAN REFUGEES ARE MORE THAN SURVIVORS. SURVIVORS. WE ARE BUILDERS, DREAMERS, AND WE ARE BUILDERS, DREAMERS, AND CONTRIBUTORS.
CONTRIBUTORS. WE BRING STRENGTH SHAPED BY WE BRING STRENGTH SHAPED BY STRUGGLE AND A DEEP COMMITMENT STRUGGLE AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WELCOMED US.
THAT WELCOMED US. IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, MANY IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, MANY AFGHAN ISV HOLDERS WHO HAVE COME AFGHAN ISV HOLDERS WHO HAVE COME TO SACRAMENTO WHO ARE NOW PROUD TO SACRAMENTO WHO ARE NOW PROUD AMERICAN CITIZENS RAISING AMERICAN CITIZENS RAISING FAMILIES, VOTING, AND HELPING FAMILIES, VOTING, AND HELPING SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. ALTHOUGH THE RESOURCES AND ALTHOUGH THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES ARE BECOMING LIMITED SERVICES ARE BECOMING LIMITED EVERY OTHER DAY, WE ARE DOING EVERY OTHER DAY, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OTHERS LIKE THIS TO CREATE OTHERS LIKE THIS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY, TO RESTORE DIGNITY, OPPORTUNITY, TO RESTORE DIGNITY, AND TO MAKE EVERY NEW ARRIVAL AND TO MAKE EVERY NEW ARRIVAL KNOW THAT THEY MATTER.
KNOW THAT THEY MATTER. BUT WE CAN NOT DO THIS ALONE. BUT WE CAN NOT DO THIS ALONE. THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU, I URGE THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU, I URGE YOU, TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE YOU, TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE HERE IN SACRAMENTO, A PLACE WE HERE IN SACRAMENTO, A PLACE WE ALL CALL HOME AND WE'RE WORKING ALL CALL HOME AND WE'RE WORKING EVERY DAY TO BUILD A BETTER EVERY DAY TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE.
LIFE. THEY FACE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES, THEY FACE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES, BUT THEY CARRY THE SAME DREAM WE BUT THEY CARRY THE SAME DREAM WE ALL HAVE. ALL HAVE. TO LIVE IN PEACE, TO PROVIDE FOR TO LIVE IN PEACE, TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND TO BELONG.
OUR FAMILIES, AND TO BELONG. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR PROCLAIMING JUNE AS WORLD PROCLAIMING JUNE AS WORLD REFUGEE MONTH AND FOR CONTINUING REFUGEE MONTH AND FOR CONTINUING TO BUILD A SACRAMENTO WHERE TO BUILD A SACRAMENTO WHERE EVERY NEW BEGINNING IS MET WITH EVERY NEW BEGINNING IS MET WITH OPEN ARMS, OPPORTUNITY, AND OPEN ARMS, OPPORTUNITY, AND DIGNITY. DIGNITY. THANKS SO MUCH.
THANKS SO MUCH. [Applause] [Applause] >> HELLO, EVERYONE. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. TODAY. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO SEE IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO SEE EVERYONE WHO CARE ABOUT EVERYONE WHO CARE ABOUT WELCOMING OTHERS.
WELCOMING OTHERS. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAD TO ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAD TO LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND AND LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND AND START OVER.
START OVER. MY NAME IS NEPTUNE, I'M THE MY NAME IS NEPTUNE, I'M THE REFUGEE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT REFUGEE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT OPENING DOORS, AND I'M A OPENING DOORS, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5. RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5. THIS WORK IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO THIS WORK IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME, BECAUSE I COME FROM A ME, BECAUSE I COME FROM A REFUGEE FAMILY.
REFUGEE FAMILY. WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY PARENTS CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS A CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS A REFUGEE FROM AFGHANISTAN. REFUGEE FROM AFGHANISTAN. MY FATHER SERVED IN THE AFGHAN MY FATHER SERVED IN THE AFGHAN ARMY FORCE AND MY MOTHER WAS A ARMY FORCE AND MY MOTHER WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. SCHOOL TEACHER. THEY WERE EDUCATED, PROUD, AND THEY WERE EDUCATED, PROUD, AND FULL OF HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE.
FULL OF HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE. BUT WHEN WE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE BUT WHEN WE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE OUR HOMETOWN, WE HAD TO START OUR HOMETOWN, WE HAD TO START AGAIN FROM ZERO. AGAIN FROM ZERO. WE ENDED UP IN NEBRASKA. WE ENDED UP IN NEBRASKA. MY PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW THE MY PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE. LANGUAGE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW THINGS THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW THINGS WORKED.
WORKED. THEY HAD TO REBUILD EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO REBUILD EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH. FROM SCRATCH. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE STRONG AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE STRONG AND SMART, IT WASN'T EASY. SMART, IT WASN'T EASY. BUT WHAT HELPED THEM AND HELPED BUT WHAT HELPED THEM AND HELPED US WERE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED US WERE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED KINDNESS.
KINDNESS. A CASEWORKER WHO TOOK THE TIME, A CASEWORKER WHO TOOK THE TIME, A NEIGHBOR WHO OFFERED A RIDE, A NEIGHBOR WHO OFFERED A RIDE, AND A TEACHER WHO MADE MY MOM AND A TEACHER WHO MADE MY MOM SEEN. SEEN. THAT SUPPORT MEANT ALL THE THAT SUPPORT MEANT ALL THE DIFFERENCE AND THAT'S WHY I DO DIFFERENCE AND THAT'S WHY I DO THE WORK I DO TODAY.
THE WORK I DO TODAY. AT OPENING DOORS, WE HELP AT OPENING DOORS, WE HELP NEWCOMERS, REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS, NEWCOMERS, REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS, SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING AND SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING AND ASYLUM SEEKERS REBUILD THEIR ASYLUM SEEKERS REBUILD THEIR LIVES. LIVES. WE HELP FROM FINDING HOUSING, WE HELP FROM FINDING HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, JOBS, LEGAL HELP, HEALTH CARE, JOBS, LEGAL HELP, AND THE TOOLS TO BUILD A FUTURE.
AND THE TOOLS TO BUILD A FUTURE. AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE HELP AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE HELP THEM FEEL SAFE AND WELCOMED. THEM FEEL SAFE AND WELCOMED. BUT WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE. BUT WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES DOING WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES DOING THIS WORK.
THIS WORK. SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING REGION HAS PLAYED A SURROUNDING REGION HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN WELCOMING MAJOR ROLE IN WELCOMING NEWCOMERS.
NEWCOMERS. IN FACT, OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, IN FACT, OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, OUR REGION HAS WELCOMED MORE OUR REGION HAS WELCOMED MORE THAN 58,000 REFUGEES FROM THAN 58,000 REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN, UKRAINE, IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN, UKRAINE, IRAQ, AND MANY AFRICAN NATIONS.
MANY AFRICAN NATIONS. THIS MAKES SACRAMENTO ONE OF THE THIS MAKES SACRAMENTO ONE OF THE LEADING REFUGEE ARRIVAL AREAS IN LEADING REFUGEE ARRIVAL AREAS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND THAT'S SOMETHING BE PROUD OF AND THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING.
WORTH CELEBRATING. AND THAT'S WHY TODAY I ASK, WE AND THAT'S WHY TODAY I ASK, WE PROCLAIM JUNE AS WORLD REFUGEE PROCLAIM JUNE AS WORLD REFUGEE MONTH AND IT'S A TIME TO HONOR MONTH AND IT'S A TIME TO HONOR COURAGE, HOPE, AND CONTRIBUTION COURAGE, HOPE, AND CONTRIBUTION TO THOSE WHO COME HERE SEEKING TO THOSE WHO COME HERE SEEKING SAFETY AND A NEW BEGINNING.
SAFETY AND A NEW BEGINNING. BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY NUMBER IS A BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY NUMBER IS A PERSON, A PARENT, A CHILD, A PERSON, A PARENT, A CHILD, A DREAM.
DREAM. AND RIGHT NOW AS FAMILY AND RIGHT NOW AS FAMILY CONTINUES TO ARRIVE AND OTHERS CONTINUES TO ARRIVE AND OTHERS WHO ARE HERE LIVING IN FEAR OF WHO ARE HERE LIVING IN FEAR OF KNOWING THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE KNOWING THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BE CONNECTED WITH OTHER ABLE TO BE CONNECTED WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, PLEASE CONSIDER FAMILY MEMBERS, PLEASE CONSIDER BY DONATING IF YOU'RE ABLE.
BY DONATING IF YOU'RE ABLE. EVERY DOLLAR HELPS US REACH MORE EVERY DOLLAR HELPS US REACH MORE PEOPLE BY ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR PEOPLE BY ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT NEWCOMERS, PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT NEWCOMERS, REFUGEES, AND IMMIGRANTS IN OUR REFUGEES, AND IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COUNTY. COUNTY. BY VOLUNTEERING, YOUR TIME, YOUR BY VOLUNTEERING, YOUR TIME, YOUR PRESENCE, AND YOUR CARE CAN PRESENCE, AND YOUR CARE CAN CHANGE LIVES.
CHANGE LIVES. BY SPEAKING UP FOR FAIR BY SPEAKING UP FOR FAIR POLICIES, KINDNESS, TRUTH, THAT POLICIES, KINDNESS, TRUTH, THAT IS ONE OF THE SCARIEST TIMES OUR IS ONE OF THE SCARIEST TIMES OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND IN OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE IN NEED OF OUR VOICES AND NEED OF OUR VOICES AND PROTECTION.
PROTECTION. MY PARENTS STARTED FROM ZERO, MY PARENTS STARTED FROM ZERO, BUT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO CARED, BUT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO CARED, THEY NEVER FELT LIKE THEY WERE THEY NEVER FELT LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING. NOTHING. THAT'S WHAT WELCOMING LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WELCOMING LOOKS LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE SACRAMENTO BECOMES AGAIN.
SACRAMENTO BECOMES AGAIN. LET'S CONTINUE THAT LEGACY AND LET'S CONTINUE THAT LEGACY AND MAKE JUNE A TIME TO CELEBRATE MAKE JUNE A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND EMPOWER THE RESILIENCE, AND EMPOWER THE RESILIENCE, HOPE, AND COMMUNITY. HOPE, AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. [Applause] [Applause] >> JUST A FEW MORE WORDS FROM >> JUST A FEW MORE WORDS FROM ME.
ME. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I JOIN ALL FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I JOIN ALL OF YOU HEARING THOSE WORDS, YOU OF YOU HEARING THOSE WORDS, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE INSPIRED. CAN'T HELP BUT BE INSPIRED. AND THE THREE KIND OF CHARACTER AND THE THREE KIND OF CHARACTER TRAITS THAT I THINK JUST COME TRAITS THAT I THINK JUST COME OUT THROUGH THOSE WORDS IS HOPE, OUT THROUGH THOSE WORDS IS HOPE, COURAGE, AND HUMILITY.
COURAGE, AND HUMILITY. AND, BOY, THAT'S SOMETHING I AND, BOY, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK ALL OF US COULD USE RIGHT THINK ALL OF US COULD USE RIGHT NOW. NOW. MAYBE TAKE A LESSON FROM MAYBE TAKE A LESSON FROM EVERYONE STANDING BEHIND ME.
EVERYONE STANDING BEHIND ME. IN ANY EVENT, I WOULD GET KICKED IN ANY EVENT, I WOULD GET KICKED UNDER THE DAIS IF I DIDN'T START UNDER THE DAIS IF I DIDN'T START OFF BY GOING TO SUPERVISOR OFF BY GOING TO SUPERVISOR DESMOND. DESMOND. HE WAS RIGHTLY MENTIONED BY A HE WAS RIGHTLY MENTIONED BY A FEW OF THE SPEAKERS.
FEW OF THE SPEAKERS. AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW THIS, WHEN WE GET SEATED TO THE THIS, WHEN WE GET SEATED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IT'S AN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IT'S AN ORGANIC PROCESS.
ORGANIC PROCESS. WE KIND OF FALL INTO A GROOVE IN WE KIND OF FALL INTO A GROOVE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE SUBJECT TERMS OF SOME OF THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE TEND TO FOCUS ON, MATTER THAT WE TEND TO FOCUS ON, AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF -- AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF -- THE FIVE OF US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FIVE OF US UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE GROOVES ARE. THOSE GROOVES ARE. BUT CERTAINLY THE ONE THAT I BUT CERTAINLY THE ONE THAT I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE, MR. DESMOND,
KNOW MY COLLEAGUE, MR. DESMOND, HAS REALLY CHAMPIONED AND JUST HAS REALLY CHAMPIONED AND JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, ONE THAT DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, ONE THAT IN MY TIME HERE, I HAVEN'T SEEN IN MY TIME HERE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE REALLY TAKE ON, REALLY ANYONE REALLY TAKE ON, REALLY NEEDS TO BE COMMENDED AND NEEDS TO BE COMMENDED AND RECOGNIZED. RECOGNIZED. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HIM SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HIM FIRST FOR COMMENTS.
FIRST FOR COMMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHERS. AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHERS. AND THEN AGAIN, I THINK IT'S AND THEN AGAIN, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF A GROUP PHOTO. WORTHY OF A GROUP PHOTO. WE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE BOARD COME WE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE BOARD COME DOWN AND JOIN EVERYONE. DOWN AND JOIN EVERYONE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. DESMOND. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. DESMOND. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. IT'S HARD TO MAINTAIN YOUR IT'S HARD TO MAINTAIN YOUR COMPOSURE AFTER HEARING FROM YOU COMPOSURE AFTER HEARING FROM YOU AND YOUR STORIES. AND YOUR STORIES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS CERTAINLY MOVING.
IT IS CERTAINLY MOVING. AND IT IS SUCH A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND IT IS SUCH A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR ME TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT FOR ME TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT WITH SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF WITH SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF NEWCOMERS HERE FROM UKRAINE AND NEWCOMERS HERE FROM UKRAINE AND AFGHANISTAN CERTAINLY. AFGHANISTAN CERTAINLY. AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE UNITY FAIR WE HAD.
UNITY FAIR WE HAD. IT'S AMAZING TO ME IN SPENDING IT'S AMAZING TO ME IN SPENDING TIME WITH THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY TIME WITH THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE A LOVE FOR HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE A LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT'S MORE THIS COUNTRY THAT'S MORE PROFOUND THAN PEOPLE WHO'VE PROFOUND THAN PEOPLE WHO'VE SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIVES HERE.
SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIVES HERE. AND HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY AND HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY EMBODY AND EMBRACE THE IDEALS OF EMBODY AND EMBRACE THE IDEALS OF THIS COUNTRY MORE SO THAN SO THIS COUNTRY MORE SO THAN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE SPENT THEIR MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIVES HERE AND THAT'S WHOLE LIVES HERE AND THAT'S INSPIRING. INSPIRING. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE IT.
IT IS AMAZING TO SEE IT. AND IT MAKES MY -- IT'S SO AND IT MAKES MY -- IT'S SO FULFILLING TO ME AND BRINGS SO FULFILLING TO ME AND BRINGS SO MUCH JOY TO ME IN THIS JOB. MUCH JOY TO ME IN THIS JOB. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, FOR ALL YOUR ADVOCACY.
DO, FOR ALL YOUR ADVOCACY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE NON-PROFIT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY IN DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY HELPING OUR REFUGEE COMMUNITY. HELPING OUR REFUGEE COMMUNITY. AND THANK OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.
AND THANK OUR COUNTY PARTNERS. I LOOK TO CHEVON, DHA, AND THE I LOOK TO CHEVON, DHA, AND THE HUGE ROLE WE HAVE WITH SOCIAL HUGE ROLE WE HAVE WITH SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORTS, BUT I LOOK AT SERVICE SUPPORTS, BUT I LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COUNTY APPARATUS AND THE ENTIRE COUNTY APPARATUS AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN SUPPORTING THE REFUGEE SUPPORTING THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WHETHER THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT WHETHER THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT IN OUR RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTION IN OUR RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTION PROGRAM OR EVEN OUR SHERIFF'S PROGRAM OR EVEN OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND DA'S OFFICE IN DEPARTMENT AND DA'S OFFICE IN MAKING SURE THAT REFUGEES ARE MAKING SURE THAT REFUGEES ARE WELCOME AND VALUED IN SACRAMENTO WELCOME AND VALUED IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
COUNTY. IT HAS MADE US STRONGER, MAKES IT HAS MADE US STRONGER, MAKES US STRONGER AS A COMMUNITY, AND US STRONGER AS A COMMUNITY, AND HAS MADE US MUCH RICHER AS A HAS MADE US MUCH RICHER AS A COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR BRINGING THIS MR. CHAIR, FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. RESOLUTION TODAY. >> CERTAINLY.
>> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS, SUPERVISOR DESMOND. SUPERVISOR DESMOND. ANY OTHERS? ANY OTHERS? >> I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. >> I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. >> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ.
>> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. >> YOU KNOW, I'M WITH DISTRICT 4 >> YOU KNOW, I'M WITH DISTRICT 4 AND DISTRICT 4 HAS A VERY LARGE AND DISTRICT 4 HAS A VERY LARGE UKRAINIAN POPULATION, AND SO UKRAINIAN POPULATION, AND SO OVER THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW, OVER THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE MONTHS NOW, I'VE GOTTEN TO FIVE MONTHS NOW, I'VE GOTTEN TO MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND HAVING MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND HAVING MET PEOPLE AND HEARING THE
MET PEOPLE AND HEARING THE STORIES, HEAR STORIES I'VE HEARD STORIES, HEAR STORIES I'VE HEARD BEFORE THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE LIFE, BEFORE THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE LIFE, BECAUSE MY PARENTS ARE BECAUSE MY PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS, BUT MY PARENTS IMMIGRANTS, BUT MY PARENTS DIDN'T COME HERE OUT OF BEING DIDN'T COME HERE OUT OF BEING FORCED OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY. FORCED OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY. AND SO I HEAR A LOT OF THE AND SO I HEAR A LOT OF THE STORIES AND IT'S HEARTFELT.
STORIES AND IT'S HEARTFELT. AND DURING THIS T.O.T. WHERE THE AND DURING THIS T.O.T. WHERE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING FOR NON-PROFITS, IT WAS REALLY A NON-PROFITS, IT WAS REALLY A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE UA HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THE UA HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY DO TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THEY DO TO ENSURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, THEY GET THE
PEOPLE COME HERE, THEY GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET JOBS AND GET HOUSING ABLE TO GET JOBS AND GET HOUSING AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. BECAUSE THAT IS THE BEAUTY -- I BECAUSE THAT IS THE BEAUTY -- I MEAN, THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM MEAN, THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM IS THAT YOU CAN COME TO THIS IS THAT YOU CAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND YOU CAN WORK REALLY COUNTRY AND YOU CAN WORK REALLY HARD AND YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU HARD AND YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.
WANT. AND SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO HEAR AND SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO HEAR SOME OF THE STORIES AND WHERE SOME OF THE STORIES AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE. PEOPLE ARE. AND THE GENTLEMAN -- I'M SORRY I AND THE GENTLEMAN -- I'M SORRY I FORGOT YOUR NAME -- BUT YOU'VE FORGOT YOUR NAME -- BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE TWO, THREE YEARS NOW, BEEN HERE TWO, THREE YEARS NOW, AND YOU'RE A DIRECTOR OF A AND YOU'RE A DIRECTOR OF A NON-PROFIT.
NON-PROFIT. LIKE, THAT IS AMERICA. LIKE, THAT IS AMERICA. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND FOR SHARING YOUR TODAY AND FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES. STORIES. AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON WHERE I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON WHERE MY COLLEAGUE JUST LEFT OFF AND MY COLLEAGUE JUST LEFT OFF AND SAY THAT IN TODAY'S HEIGHTENED SAY THAT IN TODAY'S HEIGHTENED POLITICAL CLIMATE, THERE'S A LOT POLITICAL CLIMATE, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND UNREST.
OF UNCERTAINTY AND UNREST. I KNOW THE IMMENSE STRAIN THAT I KNOW THE IMMENSE STRAIN THAT PUTS ON FOLKS IN YOUR PUTS ON FOLKS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND YOUR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES AND YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
RELATIVES. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ON OUR STATUE OF LIBERTY, KNOW, ON OUR STATUE OF LIBERTY, IT SAYS GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR IT SAYS GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE.
YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE. THERE'S PERHAPS NOTHING MORE THERE'S PERHAPS NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN WELCOMING THOSE AMERICAN THAN WELCOMING THOSE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE FOR SEEKING A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH ELOQUENT WORDS TODAY AND HANG IN ELOQUENT WORDS TODAY AND HANG IN THERE. THERE. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DO MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO COME DO MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO COME DOWN? DOWN? [Applause] [Applause] >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK? >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK? NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. >> NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM >> NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 62. 62. THIS IS TO APPROVE FISCAL YEAR THIS IS TO APPROVE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX 2025-26 TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND AUTHORIZE RECOMMENDATIONS AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY EXECUTION OF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDING AGREEMENTS.
TAX FUNDING AGREEMENTS. >> GOOD MORNING, AMANDA.
>> GOOD MORNING, AMANDA. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AMANDA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AMANDA THOMAS, THE COUNTY'S CHIEF THOMAS, THE COUNTY'S CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER, AND I'M HERE TO FISCAL OFFICER, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE 2025-2626 REGARDING THE 2025-2626 TRANSPARENT ENTITY OCCUPANCY TAX TRANSPARENT ENTITY OCCUPANCY TAX GRANT PROGRAM.
GRANT PROGRAM. TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE IS THE REVENUE THAT'S DERIVED IS THE REVENUE THAT'S DERIVED FROM A 12% CHARGE ON HOTEL ROOM FROM A 12% CHARGE ON HOTEL ROOM STAYS AND OTHER SHORT-TERM STAYS AND OTHER SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN THE UNINCORPORATED RENTALS IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.
COUNTY. THAT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR THAT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR T.O.T. REVENUE IS ALLOCATED TO T.O.T. REVENUE IS ALLOCATED TO FUND THE T.O.T. GRANT PROGRAM FUND THE T.O.T. GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, SUPPORT OTHER TODAY, SUPPORT OTHER T.O.T.-FUNDED INITIATIVES, AND T.O.T.-FUNDED INITIATIVES, AND THEN COVER OTHER COUNTY COST THEN COVER OTHER COUNTY COST NEEDS.
NEEDS. SO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET THAT SO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK INCLUDED WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK INCLUDED THE ALLOCATION OF T.O.T. REVENUE THE ALLOCATION OF T.O.T. REVENUE AND FUND BALANCE INCLUDING AND FUND BALANCE INCLUDING $1 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR $1 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 25-26 GRANT PROGRAM.
25-26 GRANT PROGRAM. THE T.O.T. GRANT PROGRAM WAS THE T.O.T. GRANT PROGRAM WAS APPROVED IN 2017 TO PROVIDE APPROVED IN 2017 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NON-PROFIT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND/OR COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND/OR SERVICES IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY SERVICES IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY THROUGH A COMPETITIVE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS.
APPLICATION PROCESS. SO THIS 25-26 GRANT PROGRAM SO THIS 25-26 GRANT PROGRAM REPRESENTS THE NINTH YEAR OF THE REPRESENTS THE NINTH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. PROGRAM. AS I SAID, IT PROVIDES AS I SAID, IT PROVIDES $1 MILLION ANNUALLY WITH HALF OF $1 MILLION ANNUALLY WITH HALF OF THAT AMOUNT, $500,000 DESIGNATED THAT AMOUNT, $500,000 DESIGNATED FOR THE HIGHEST RANKING FOR THE HIGHEST RANKING APPLICATIONS.
APPLICATIONS. AND THEN THE OTHER AND THEN THE OTHER $500,000 DESIGNATED FOR DISTRICT $500,000 DESIGNATED FOR DISTRICT DISCRETION WITH $100,000 PER DISCRETION WITH $100,000 PER SUPERVISAL DISTRICT.
SUPERVISAL DISTRICT. SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE 25-26 RECOMMENDATIONS, I DID 25-26 RECOMMENDATIONS, I DID WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 23-24 GRANT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 23-24 GRANT FUNDING CYCLE.
FUNDING CYCLE. FOR THAT CYCLE, THE COUNTY FOR THAT CYCLE, THE COUNTY RECEIVED 145 ELIGIBLE RECEIVED 145 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS WITH 73 APPLICANTS APPLICATIONS WITH 73 APPLICANTS AWARDED FUNDING FOR THE GRANT AWARDED FUNDING FOR THE GRANT TERM THAT WAS JULY 1, '23 TERM THAT WAS JULY 1, '23 THROUGH MAY 31, 2024. THROUGH MAY 31, 2024. AND OVERALL, 93% OF THE TOTAL AND OVERALL, 93% OF THE TOTAL AWARDED AMOUNT WAS EXPENDED.
AWARDED AMOUNT WAS EXPENDED. OF COURSE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OF COURSE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO CHOOSE FROM. PROGRAMS TO CHOOSE FROM. JUST LOOKING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW JUST LOOKING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM, A SELECTION HERE. OF THEM, A SELECTION HERE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MEALS ON I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MEALS ON WHEELS BY ACC.
WHEELS BY ACC. THEY RECEIVED $40,000 TO PROVIDE THEY RECEIVED $40,000 TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELF-STABLE MEALS TO EMERGENCY SHELF-STABLE MEALS TO 1700 SENIORS IN THE HOME 1700 SENIORS IN THE HOME DELIVERY MEAL PROGRAM. DELIVERY MEAL PROGRAM. ST. JOHNS PROGRAM FOR REAL
ST. JOHNS PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE RECEIVED JUST OVER CHANGE RECEIVED JUST OVER $35,000 FOR THE CHILDCARE $35,000 FOR THE CHILDCARE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS SERVICES FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS PROJECT WHICH PROVIDED 20,000 PROJECT WHICH PROVIDED 20,000 HOURS OF CHILDCARE, ENABLING 61 HOURS OF CHILDCARE, ENABLING 61 MOTHERS TO ACCESS JOB TRAINING, MOTHERS TO ACCESS JOB TRAINING, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES. HOUSE CENTER RECEIVED HOUSE CENTER RECEIVED $25,000 FOR WELLNESS OUTSIDE $25,000 FOR WELLNESS OUTSIDE WALLS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE WALLS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE PROJECT TO PROVIDE PRIMARY PROJECT TO PROVIDE PRIMARY MEDICAL, DENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICAL, DENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, AND VETERINARY CARE TO HOMELESS AND VETERINARY CARE TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PETS.
INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PETS. PROVIDING SERVICE TO OVER 5600 PROVIDING SERVICE TO OVER 5600 LOCAL HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
LOCAL HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNITY AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNITY AGAINST SEXUAL HARM RECEIVED AGAINST SEXUAL HARM RECEIVED JUST UNDER $5,000 TO EXPAND JUST UNDER $5,000 TO EXPAND WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTS THAT AID IN WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTS THAT AID IN SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS OUT OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS OUT OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION, COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION, COMBINED WITH OTHER FUNDS.
COMBINED WITH OTHER FUNDS. THIS FUNDING WAS USED TO PROVIDE THIS FUNDING WAS USED TO PROVIDE OVER 4600 MEALS TO 482 WOMEN AND OVER 4600 MEALS TO 482 WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN SERVING 152 THEIR CHILDREN SERVING 152 UNHOUSED WOMEN WITH THE UNHOUSED WOMEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION REPORTING THAT 44 ORGANIZATION REPORTING THAT 44 OF THOSE SUCCESSFULLY OF THOSE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED INTO PERMANENT TRANSITIONED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
HOUSING. SO TRANSITIONING NOW TO TALK SO TRANSITIONING NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS FUNDING CYCLE, THE THIS FUNDING CYCLE, THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE 25-26 APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE 25-26 GRANT PROGRAM WAS FROM GRANT PROGRAM WAS FROM JANUARY 13TH, 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 13TH, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025, WITH A FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025, WITH A WORKSHOP FOR POTENTIAL
WORKSHOP FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS HELD ON JANUARY 28TH. APPLICANTS HELD ON JANUARY 28TH. OVERALL, 289 APPLICATIONS WERE OVERALL, 289 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE, WHICH RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE, WHICH WAS A 75% INCREASE COMPARED TO WAS A 75% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE 24-25 GRANT CYCLE.
THE 24-25 GRANT CYCLE. AND WE THINK THIS IS IN PART DUE AND WE THINK THIS IS IN PART DUE TO SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TO SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED. EFFORTS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED. >> AMANDA, COULD I INTERRUPT FOR >> AMANDA, COULD I INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND?
A SECOND? HOPEFULLY I'M NOT STEALING ANY HOPEFULLY I'M NOT STEALING ANY OF YOUR THUNDER HERE, BUT I'M OF YOUR THUNDER HERE, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR IT AND I'M NOT SURE LOOKING FOR IT AND I'M NOT SURE I SEE IT. I SEE IT. AND I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE YOU AND I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE GRANTEES.
GRANTEES. I REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR WE DID I REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THIS, I THINK WE HAD SOMEWHERE THIS, I THINK WE HAD SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALMOST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALMOST $18 MILLION IN OVERSUBSCRIPTION $18 MILLION IN OVERSUBSCRIPTION FOR THE MILLION DOLLARS. FOR THE MILLION DOLLARS. SO IS THAT NUMBER IN THE SO IS THAT NUMBER IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS YEAR?
PRESENTATION FOR THIS YEAR? >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IN THE >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IN THE PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. IT IS IN THE BOARD LETTER. IT IS IN THE BOARD LETTER. IT'S 8.8 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S 8.8 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR. >> SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR >> SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR BOTH THOSE THAT -- OR EVERYONE BOTH THOSE THAT -- OR EVERYONE WHO IS BEING AWARDED SOME BUT WHO IS BEING AWARDED SOME BUT PERHAPS NOT ALL OF WHAT THEY'VE PERHAPS NOT ALL OF WHAT THEY'VE REQUESTED AND EVEN THOSE THAT REQUESTED AND EVEN THOSE THAT AREN'T GETTING ANYTHING TO AREN'T GETTING ANYTHING TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S STILL OVER
UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S STILL OVER AN 8:1 SUBSCRIPTION RATIO. AN 8:1 SUBSCRIPTION RATIO. WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF ALL WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY TREMENDOUS THERE'S OBVIOUSLY TREMENDOUS NEED.
NEED. ALL OF OUR CBO'S NEED HELP, NO ALL OF OUR CBO'S NEED HELP, NO ONE ARGUES WITH THAT, BUT IF WE ONE ARGUES WITH THAT, BUT IF WE HAD OUR DRUTHERS, CERTAINLY WE'D HAD OUR DRUTHERS, CERTAINLY WE'D FUND EVERYONE AND BE OFF TO THE FUND EVERYONE AND BE OFF TO THE RACES. RACES. BUT THIS IS ABOUT MAKING TOUGH BUT THIS IS ABOUT MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS.
DECISIONS. I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AS WELL IN TERMS THAT LAST WEEK AS WELL IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET. OF THE BUDGET. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SET THE TABLE THAT WAY SO TO SET THE TABLE THAT WAY SO PEOPLE HAVE A COMMON PEOPLE HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING.
UNDERSTANDING. >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT, THANK >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT, THANK YOU. YOU. SO LOOKING AT THOSE 289 SO LOOKING AT THOSE 289 APPLICATIONS, OF THAT TOTAL, 258 APPLICATIONS, OF THAT TOTAL, 258 WERE DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE, WERE DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE, MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE REVIEWED BY PROGRAM AND WE'RE REVIEWED BY THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANELS.
THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANELS. WITH THE BREAKDOWN BY WITH THE BREAKDOWN BY APPLICATION CATEGORY SHOWN HERE. APPLICATION CATEGORY SHOWN HERE. THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANELS THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANELS EVALUATED APPLICATIONS IN MARCH EVALUATED APPLICATIONS IN MARCH AND APRIL AND THEN THE T.O.T.
AND APRIL AND THEN THE T.O.T. GRANT REVIEW PANEL, WHICH GRANT REVIEW PANEL, WHICH INCLUDES SUPERVISORS DESMOND AND INCLUDES SUPERVISORS DESMOND AND KENNEDY AS WELL AS THE CHIEFS OF KENNEDY AS WELL AS THE CHIEFS OF STAFF FROM THE REMAINING THREE STAFF FROM THE REMAINING THREE DISTRICTS, MET TO REVIEW THE DISTRICTS, MET TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUBJECT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANELS AND THE T.O.T.
EXPERT PANELS AND THE T.O.T. GRANT REVIEW PANEL THEN APPROVED GRANT REVIEW PANEL THEN APPROVED THE EXPERT PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS THE EXPERT PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS TO WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO MORE PROVIDE FUNDING TO MORE APPLICANTS.
APPLICANTS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED AWARDING $500,000 TO THE HIGHEST AWARDING $500,000 TO THE HIGHEST RANKING APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE RANKING APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE FOUR CATEGORIES WITH THE DOLLAR FOUR CATEGORIES WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PER CATEGORY SHOWN HERE AMOUNT PER CATEGORY SHOWN HERE BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THAT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THAT CATEGORY.
CATEGORY. THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO INCLUDED FUNDING APPLICANT INCLUDED FUNDING APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS AT THE AMOUNTS ORGANIZATIONS AT THE AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUBJECT RECOMMENDED BY THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANELS AGAIN WITH EXPERT PANELS AGAIN WITH MODIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDING MODIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO MORE APPLICANTS AS DESCRIBED TO MORE APPLICANTS AS DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN THE BOARD LETTER
MORE FULLY IN THE BOARD LETTER AND AT THE AMOUNTS SHOWN IN AND AT THE AMOUNTS SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT 1. ATTACHMENT 1. AND THEN AWARDING $500,000 TO AND THEN AWARDING $500,000 TO THE APPLICANTS AT EACH BOARD THE APPLICANTS AT EACH BOARD MEMBER'S DISCRETION. MEMBER'S DISCRETION. $100,000 PER DISTRICT.
$100,000 PER DISTRICT. THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO INCLUDE THE USE OF $1,600 OF INCLUDE THE USE OF $1,600 OF DISTRICT 1 TOT COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT 1 TOT COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE PROJECT FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING IN ADDITION TO THE TOTAL FUNDING IN ADDITION TO THE TOTAL $1 MILLION GRANT PROGRAM.
$1 MILLION GRANT PROGRAM. AND THEN IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, AND THEN IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WE WILL PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO WE WILL PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO ALL APPLICANTS REGARDING ALL APPLICANTS REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE AWARDS AND APPROVAL OF THE AWARDS AND PROCEED WITH PREPARATION OF PROCEED WITH PREPARATION OF FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE AWARDEES.
AWARDEES. AND ALL APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS CAN REQUEST THEIR SCORES AND THE CAN REQUEST THEIR SCORES AND THE SUBJECT EXPERT PANEL NOTES AT SUBJECT EXPERT PANEL NOTES AT ANY TIME BY CONTACTING OUR TOT ANY TIME BY CONTACTING OUR TOT ADMINISTRATOR AT THIS E-MAIL ADMINISTRATOR AT THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS.
ADDRESS. SO THE TOT GRANT PROGRAM SO THE TOT GRANT PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DISPLAYED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DISPLAYED HERE ALONG WITH THE HERE ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO TOT FUNDING AGREEMENTS AS TOT FUNDING AGREEMENTS AS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.
APPROVED IN THE BUDGET. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, THANK >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU, AMANDA. YOU, AMANDA. LET ME JUST DO A CHECK-IN WITH LET ME JUST DO A CHECK-IN WITH THE CLERK.
THE CLERK. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE MEMBERS MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SPEAK? >> WE DO. >> WE DO. WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE SPEAKERS, I WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE SPEAKERS, I THINK. THINK. LET ME JUST DOUBLE-CHECK. LET ME JUST DOUBLE-CHECK. NO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE UP TO EIGHT NO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE UP TO EIGHT SPEAKERS NOW.
SPEAKERS NOW. >> VERY GOOD.
>> VERY GOOD. I SEE SUPERVISOR KENNEDY IS IN I SEE SUPERVISOR KENNEDY IS IN THE QUEUE, BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THE QUEUE, BUT BEFORE WE GO TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, ONE OF THE SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK, AGAIN, JUST IN THINGS I THINK, AGAIN, JUST IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND SYNTHESIZE AN EFFORT TO TRY AND SYNTHESIZE A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS, IN A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS, IN MY OPINION, WITH REGARDS TO THE
MY OPINION, WITH REGARDS TO THE SELECTION OF THE GRANTEES FOR SELECTION OF THE GRANTEES FOR THE $500,000 PART OF THIS TOT THE $500,000 PART OF THIS TOT POT, THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
POT, THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. SINCE WE'VE HAD THE PROGRAM, I SINCE WE'VE HAD THE PROGRAM, I WILL RECEIVE AN E-MAIL OR, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN E-MAIL OR, YOU KNOW, A PHONE MESSAGE FROM AN KNOW, A PHONE MESSAGE FROM AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A CBO THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A CBO THAT IS UPSET BECAUSE THEY IS UPSET BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTANDABLY FEEL THAT PERHAPS UNDERSTANDABLY FEEL THAT PERHAPS THEY GOT SHORT SHRIFT IN THEY GOT SHORT SHRIFT IN CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDERATION. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING THEY REQUESTED OR PERHAPS THEY THEY REQUESTED OR PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T GET ANY OF THEIR REQUEST.
DIDN'T GET ANY OF THEIR REQUEST. BUT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITIES BUT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE PROCESS AND THE MULTIPLE OF THE PROCESS AND THE MULTIPLE CRITERIA THAT ARE CONSIDERED, CRITERIA THAT ARE CONSIDERED, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE -- AND INCLUDING THINGS LIKE -- AND PLEASE, SUPERVISORS DESMOND AND PLEASE, SUPERVISORS DESMOND AND KENNEDY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONE KENNEDY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONE YOU IDENTIFIED OTHER FUNDING
YOU IDENTIFIED OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP MATCH OR ADDRESS SOURCES TO HELP MATCH OR ADDRESS THE TOTAL COST? THE TOTAL COST? NOT JUST HAVING THE COUNTY PAY NOT JUST HAVING THE COUNTY PAY THE FULL FREIGHT. THE FULL FREIGHT. I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME CONSIDERATION FOR A LOOK-BACK TO CONSIDERATION FOR A LOOK-BACK TO SEE WHO'S BEEN FUNDED IN THE SEE WHO'S BEEN FUNDED IN THE PAST.
PAST. AND SO WHEN I HEAR THOSE AND SO WHEN I HEAR THOSE MESSAGES AND SEE THOSE EMAILS, I MESSAGES AND SEE THOSE EMAILS, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE INHERENT DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE INHERENT BENEFIT AND THE NEED THAT THESE BENEFIT AND THE NEED THAT THESE NON-PROFITS, CBOS, THE WORK THAT NON-PROFITS, CBOS, THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY DO. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. I'M I SOMETIMES ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M I SOMETIMES ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M TRYING TO OVERLY EXPLAIN I'M TRYING TO OVERLY EXPLAIN THINGS AT THIS POINT, BUT I'LL THINGS AT THIS POINT, BUT I'LL DO IT NONETHELESS. DO IT NONETHELESS. YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PUT YOURSELF YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THOSE THAT ARE IN THE SHOES OF THOSE THAT ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT THEY, BY MATTER OF COUNTY THAT THEY, BY MATTER OF COUNTY POLICY, HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LOOK POLICY, HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LOOK AT THIS WIDE SPECTRUM OF AT THIS WIDE SPECTRUM OF CONSIDERATIONS. CONSIDERATIONS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MERIT OF IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MERIT OF WHAT YOU DO.
WHAT YOU DO. IT'S ABOUT THAT RELATIVE TO IT'S ABOUT THAT RELATIVE TO OTHERS WHO MAKE THE SAME CLAIM OTHERS WHO MAKE THE SAME CLAIM ABOUT THE MERIT FOR THEIR ABOUT THE MERIT FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR MISSIONS.
MISSIONS. AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST BEG AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST BEG EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS IN ADDITION THAT'S WHAT THIS IS IN ADDITION TO SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. TO SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. AND PERHAPS BECAUSE HE'S IN THE AND PERHAPS BECAUSE HE'S IN THE QUEUE, MR. KENNEDY CAN MAYBE
QUEUE, MR. KENNEDY CAN MAYBE SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT IN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS COMMENTS, THANK ADDITION TO HIS COMMENTS, THANK YOU. YOU. MR. KENNEDY? MR. KENNEDY? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST A FEW THINGS. JUST A FEW THINGS. FIRST IS THIS PROGRAM OVER THE FIRST IS THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS HAS MORPHED IN A GOOD WAY.
YEARS HAS MORPHED IN A GOOD WAY. WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND IT WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND IT STARTED OUT WITH A LOT OF STARTED OUT WITH A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN LESSER AND IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN LESSER AND LESSER AND WE'RE TO THE POINT LESSER AND WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TAKING AN IMPERFECT WHERE WE'RE TAKING AN IMPERFECT PROCESS BY VIRTUE OF THE NATURE PROCESS BY VIRTUE OF THE NATURE OF WE'RE UP HERE SELECTING
OF WE'RE UP HERE SELECTING WINNERS AND LOSERS, WHICH IS WINNERS AND LOSERS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR JOB ALWAYS. PART OF OUR JOB ALWAYS. BUT SO THERE'S NOTHING PERFECT BUT SO THERE'S NOTHING PERFECT ABOUT THAT! ABOUT THAT! AND THE CHAIR IS ABSOLUTELY AND THE CHAIR IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. RIGHT. WE SAY "NO" TO A LOT OF VERY WE SAY "NO" TO A LOT OF VERY WORTHY CAUSES AND GOOD WORTHY CAUSES AND GOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
ORGANIZATIONS. THAT'S THE NATURE OF HAVING ONLY THAT'S THE NATURE OF HAVING ONLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROGRAM AND SO MANY PEOPLE WHO PROGRAM AND SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED.
HAVE APPLIED. ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS IS THE MADE OVER THE YEARS IS THE PRE-GRANT WORKSHOP WHICH PRE-GRANT WORKSHOP WHICH PROVIDES INFORMATION AND PROVIDES INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY LESSENS THE BLOW FOR HOPEFULLY LESSENS THE BLOW FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T GET IT AND THEY HAVE A BETTER GET IT AND THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE HARD TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE HARD TO MAKE BUT THEY'RE MADE ON SOLID BUT THEY'RE MADE ON SOLID GROUND. GROUND. AND THAT, I THINK, I GET LESS AND THAT, I THINK, I GET LESS CALLS THAN I EVER HAVE BEFORE.
CALLS THAN I EVER HAVE BEFORE. I THINK IT'S LARGELY DUE TO THAT I THINK IT'S LARGELY DUE TO THAT WORKSHOP TO REALLY LET PEOPLE WORKSHOP TO REALLY LET PEOPLE KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT'S KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT'S THERE. THERE. SO THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT SO THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ASK A LOT.
TO SAY THAT WE ASK A LOT. AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD HAS AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD HAS SHOWN REAL STRONG DEFERENCE SHOWN REAL STRONG DEFERENCE TO -- AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, YOUR TO -- AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, YOUR CHIEFS OF STAFF -- TO THE CHIEFS OF STAFF -- TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THESE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THESE PANELS.
PANELS. THESE PANELS PUT HUNDREDS OF THESE PANELS PUT HUNDREDS OF HOURS INTO GOING OVER THIS ON A HOURS INTO GOING OVER THIS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER BASIS AND WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY, OVER 200 HAVE SO MANY, OVER 200 APPLICATIONS, AND THEY'RE APPLICATIONS, AND THEY'RE LENGTHY APPLICATIONS, DETAILED LENGTHY APPLICATIONS, DETAILED APPLICATIONS, I WANT TO GIVE APPLICATIONS, I WANT TO GIVE SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THOSE
SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THOSE PANELS. PANELS. IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER EVERY IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER EVERY YEAR TO GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO DO YEAR TO GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO DO IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY. IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY. AND AS WE ARE UP HERE, YOU KNOW AND AS WE ARE UP HERE, YOU KNOW GOING INTO IT, YOU'RE GOING TO GOING INTO IT, YOU'RE GOING TO DISAPPOINT SOME FOLKS.
DISAPPOINT SOME FOLKS. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND THEY PLAY SUCH A VALUABLE PART THEY PLAY SUCH A VALUABLE PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE REALLY OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE REALLY COULD NOT DO WITHOUT THEM.
COULD NOT DO WITHOUT THEM. SO TO THOSE THAT ARE HERE, THOSE SO TO THOSE THAT ARE HERE, THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, THAT ARE THAT ARE LISTENING, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PANELS AND, INVOLVED IN THE PANELS AND, AMANDA, PLEASE PASS ON FOR ME AMANDA, PLEASE PASS ON FOR ME TOO MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR TOO MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
TO THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KENNEDY. KENNEDY. COULDN'T AGREE MORE. COULDN'T AGREE MORE. >> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, YOU AGAIN? FIRST OF ALL, YOU AGAIN? I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH YOU I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH YOU FOR A COUPLE MONTHS!
FOR A COUPLE MONTHS! >> HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL? >> HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL? [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON >> I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON WHAT SUPERVISOR KENNEDY WAS WHAT SUPERVISOR KENNEDY WAS SAYING. SAYING. THE NEED ALWAYS OUTWEIGHS THE THE NEED ALWAYS OUTWEIGHS THE ABILITY AND THE RESOURCES.
ABILITY AND THE RESOURCES. BUT I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK BUT I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE PANELS AND THAT OUR THAT THE PANELS AND THAT OUR CHIEFS AND THAT THOSE THAT WEIGH CHIEFS AND THAT THOSE THAT WEIGH IN AND SIFT THROUGH THESE IN AND SIFT THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS AHEAD OF TIME DO TO APPLICATIONS AHEAD OF TIME DO TO MAXIMIZE THOSE RESOURCES.
MAXIMIZE THOSE RESOURCES. BUT ALSO TO TRY AND MAKE SURE BUT ALSO TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SPREAD OUT FAR AND THAT THEY GET SPREAD OUT FAR AND WIDE AND INTO THE NOOKS AND WIDE AND INTO THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES OF EACH OF OUR CRANNIES OF EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.
INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS. AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN, YOU AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN, YOU KNOW, REDUCE FUNDING AMOUNTS IN KNOW, REDUCE FUNDING AMOUNTS IN ORDER TO TRY AND STRETCH THOSE ORDER TO TRY AND STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS FURTHER. DOLLARS FURTHER. AND SO THAT'S NOT AN EASY TASK.
AND SO THAT'S NOT AN EASY TASK. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS AN AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS AN ASPECT OF PICKING WINNERS AND ASPECT OF PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT LOSERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT I DO THAT OUT THERE THAT I DO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT GOES RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS AT THE FRONT END THAT INTO THIS AT THE FRONT END THAT THEN ALLOWS US TO SIT UP HERE THEN ALLOWS US TO SIT UP HERE AND TRY AND GET CREATIVE TO
AND TRY AND GET CREATIVE TO SQUEEZE EVEN A LITTLE MORE JUICE SQUEEZE EVEN A LITTLE MORE JUICE OUT OF THE FRUIT. OUT OF THE FRUIT. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ? >> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ? >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BIT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY -- OUR YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY -- OUR JOBS GET REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE WE JOBS GET REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ALL HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ALL THE TIME EVERY WEEK. THE TIME EVERY WEEK. AND THIS ONE WAS KIND OF -- IT AND THIS ONE WAS KIND OF -- IT WAS A LITTLE FUN.
WAS A LITTLE FUN. IT WAS FUN, BECAUSE YOU SEE THE IT WAS FUN, BECAUSE YOU SEE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET AWARDED ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET AWARDED THE FUNDING AND THEY'RE USUALLY THE FUNDING AND THEY'RE USUALLY BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS. BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS. THEY PROBABLY HAVE GRANT THEY PROBABLY HAVE GRANT WRITERS. WRITERS. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS.
SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS. AND THEN THERE'S THAT EXTRA POT AND THEN THERE'S THAT EXTRA POT THAT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THE THAT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THE SMALLER NON-PROFITS THAT REALLY SMALLER NON-PROFITS THAT REALLY DO SO MUCH AMAZING WORK IN OUR DO SO MUCH AMAZING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. SO WHILE IT DEFINITELY IS TOUGH SO WHILE IT DEFINITELY IS TOUGH IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE TO IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK SOME OF THESE NON-PROFITS, PICK SOME OF THESE NON-PROFITS, BUT IT'S REALLY -- IT WAS REALLY BUT IT'S REALLY -- IT WAS REALLY A FUN PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO A FUN PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT JUST DO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT JUST DO AMAZING WORK.
AMAZING WORK. I ENJOYED THIS, SO THANK YOU. I ENJOYED THIS, SO THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE POINT OF AND JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE HEAR CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
FROM THE PUBLIC. AS A REMINDER, THE OTHER AS A REMINDER, THE OTHER ASSOCIATED POT OF FUNDS, THE ASSOCIATED POT OF FUNDS, THE $500,000 DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY $500,000 DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE FIVE SUPERVISAL BETWEEN THE FIVE SUPERVISAL DISTRICTS, $100,000 EACH, THAT'S DISTRICTS, $100,000 EACH, THAT'S HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY, HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY, CORRECT?
CORRECT? >> THAT IS ALL PART OF THIS >> THAT IS ALL PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION. SO THE ATTACHMENT TO THE BOARD SO THE ATTACHMENT TO THE BOARD LETTER IS THE ENTIRE MILLION LETTER IS THE ENTIRE MILLION DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. >> RIGHT, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION >> RIGHT, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY, AMANDA, IS THAT IT'S THE TODAY, AMANDA, IS THAT IT'S THE POINT IN TIME WHEN EACH DISTRICT POINT IN TIME WHEN EACH DISTRICT IS RECEIVING THAT $100,000. IS RECEIVING THAT $100,000. WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY MADE THE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY MADE THE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO DIVVY UP DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO DIVVY UP THAT MONEY. THAT MONEY. >> YOU HAVE.
>> YOU HAVE. AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENT HERE. ATTACHMENT HERE. SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WAS SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY EACH OF THE PROVIDED BY EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS. >> I'M JUST WONDERING IN THE >> I'M JUST WONDERING IN THE YEARS TO COME WHETHER OR NOT -- YEARS TO COME WHETHER OR NOT -- AND I BEG THE PATIENCE OF AND I BEG THE PATIENCE OF SUPERVISORS DESMOND AND SUPERVISORS DESMOND AND KENNEDY -- BUT IT MIGHT SERVE US KENNEDY -- BUT IT MIGHT SERVE US BETTER, AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT BETTER, AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT THIS, MAYBE HAVE A SEPARATE THIS, MAYBE HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS FOR THAT?
PROCESS FOR THAT? AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET IS BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET THIS, WE HAVE -- AS WAS STATED, THIS, WE HAVE -- AS WAS STATED, WE HAVE WINNERS AND LOSERS. WE HAVE WINNERS AND LOSERS. SOMETIMES THOSE THAT DON'T SOMETIMES THOSE THAT DON'T RECEIVE ALL OR EVEN A PARTIAL RECEIVE ALL OR EVEN A PARTIAL AMOUNT RELATIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AMOUNT RELATIVE TO THEIR NEEDS CONTACT US VERY LATE.
CONTACT US VERY LATE. AND SO WE'RE NOT REALLY -- IT'S AND SO WE'RE NOT REALLY -- IT'S NOT EMPHASIZING NECESSARILY FOR NOT EMPHASIZING NECESSARILY FOR US, AT LEAST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, US, AT LEAST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, UNTIL VERY LATE, THAT THAT'S A UNTIL VERY LATE, THAT THAT'S A MISSING NEED. MISSING NEED. AND THAT WOULD HELP INFORM QUITE AND THAT WOULD HELP INFORM QUITE FRANKLY MY DECISION ABOUT WHAT FRANKLY MY DECISION ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT.
TO DO NEXT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE POWERS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE POWERS THAT BE SEPARATE FROM THIS BOARD BUT BE SEPARATE FROM THIS BOARD BUT PART OF THIS BOARD, THE TWO PART OF THIS BOARD, THE TWO MEMBERS, WOULD MAYBE CONSIDER? MEMBERS, WOULD MAYBE CONSIDER? SUPERVISOR DESMOND?
SUPERVISOR DESMOND? >> I WOULD SAY I THINK BECAUSE >> I WOULD SAY I THINK BECAUSE WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WHEN WE WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEFS, GOT TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEFS, MAYBE SOME MORE TIME IN BETWEEN MAYBE SOME MORE TIME IN BETWEEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PANEL AND GIVE THE RESPECTIVE PANEL AND GIVE THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME
DISTRICTS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN DISTRICT-DIRECTED FUNDING TO DISTRICT-DIRECTED FUNDING TO EITHER ADD TO THE COMPETITIVE EITHER ADD TO THE COMPETITIVE AWARD OR TO JUST GIVE A AWARD OR TO JUST GIVE A DISCRETIONARY AWARD ALTOGETHER DISCRETIONARY AWARD ALTOGETHER TO ONE OF THE COMPETITORS THAT TO ONE OF THE COMPETITORS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T GET SELECTED.
MAYBE DIDN'T GET SELECTED. IT'S A MATTER OF GIVING US IT'S A MATTER OF GIVING US SUFFICIENT TIME. SUFFICIENT TIME. THAT COMMENT DID COME UP, I THAT COMMENT DID COME UP, I THINK. THINK. WE WERE A LITTLE COMPRESSED WE WERE A LITTLE COMPRESSED INITIALLY WITH THE TIME FRAME INITIALLY WITH THE TIME FRAME AND WE HAD A FOLLOW-UP AND WE HAD A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, AMANDA.
THAT, AMANDA. WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? >> I THINK SO. >> I THINK SO. IT'S SO DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF THE IT'S SO DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK WE GET AND THE FACT FEEDBACK WE GET AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CBOS KNOW, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CBOS AND NON-PROFITS.
AND NON-PROFITS. AND SOME OF THEM ARE VETERANS OF AND SOME OF THEM ARE VETERANS OF INTERACTING WITH AN ELECTED BODY INTERACTING WITH AN ELECTED BODY AND THIS BOARD AND OTHERS ARE AND THIS BOARD AND OTHERS ARE NEW TO IT. NEW TO IT. AND SO THAT HAS A LOT TO DO AND SO THAT HAS A LOT TO DO SOMETIMES WITH WHEN WE LEARN SOMETIMES WITH WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT THE NUANCES OF THEIR ABOUT THE NUANCES OF THEIR NEEDS.
NEEDS. SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ? SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ? >> I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH >> I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT. THAT. BECAUSE MINE CAME BACK TO A BECAUSE MINE CAME BACK TO A CRUNCH. CRUNCH. IT WAS A BACK AND FORTH.
IT WAS A BACK AND FORTH. AND ONE OF THEM, IT WAS AND ONE OF THEM, IT WAS ALLOCATING FUNDS TO AN ALLOCATING FUNDS TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT WASN'T IN D4. ORGANIZATION THAT WASN'T IN D4. AND THEN THEY HAD ALREADY AND THEN THEY HAD ALREADY REACHED THEIR CAPACITY AND THEN REACHED THEIR CAPACITY AND THEN SO NOW I'M SHUFFLING. SO NOW I'M SHUFFLING. AND IT WAS LAST MINUTE AND I WAS AND IT WAS LAST MINUTE AND I WAS PUSHING THE DEADLINE.
PUSHING THE DEADLINE. BUT I THINK DEFINITELY, A LITTLE BUT I THINK DEFINITELY, A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME TO REVIEW THINGS. BIT EXTRA TIME TO REVIEW THINGS. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY'S AND TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY'S EARLIER POINT ABOUT THIS BEING A EARLIER POINT ABOUT THIS BEING A PROGRAM THAT HAS MORPHED OVER PROGRAM THAT HAS MORPHED OVER THE YEARS, I THINK WE WERE THE YEARS, I THINK WE WERE ALREADY INTENDING TO REACH OUT ALREADY INTENDING TO REACH OUT AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND PLANNING FOR THE NEXT PROCESS.
PLANNING FOR THE NEXT PROCESS. AN ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I AN ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I KNOW WE'RE AWARE OF IS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE AWARE OF IS THAT WE DO NEED TO ALLOW FOR SOME MORE DO NEED TO ALLOW FOR SOME MORE TIME. TIME. >> GOOD. >> GOOD. GREAT, THANK YOU AGAIN, AMANDA, GREAT, THANK YOU AGAIN, AMANDA, FOR A THOROUGH REPORT. FOR A THOROUGH REPORT. MADAM CLERK?
MADAM CLERK? OUR FIRST SPEAKER ON THE ITEM. OUR FIRST SPEAKER ON THE ITEM. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS APRIL >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS APRIL JAVIST. JAVIST. >> HI, THERE. >> HI, THERE. IT'S A HARD JOB, I KNOW.
IT'S A HARD JOB, I KNOW. I'M APRIL FROM THE SACRAMENTO I'M APRIL FROM THE SACRAMENTO LITERACY FOUNDATION, AND I JUST LITERACY FOUNDATION, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOCATING WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS TO OUR WellSpace FUNDS TO OUR WellSpace PROJECT.
PROJECT. WE'RE A THREE-PERSON WE'RE A THREE-PERSON ORGANIZATION AND WE DO NOT HAVE ORGANIZATION AND WE DO NOT HAVE A GRANT WRITER, SO THAT'S JUST A GRANT WRITER, SO THAT'S JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE A TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE A SMALL GROUP A REASONABLE GRANT.
SMALL GROUP A REASONABLE GRANT. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT READING IS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT READING IS CORRELATED WITH HEALTH, MENTAL CORRELATED WITH HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCARCERATION. INCARCERATION. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN GETTING KIDS YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN GETTING KIDS READING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO READING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS.
WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS. >> APRIL, REAL QUICK, BEFORE YOU >> APRIL, REAL QUICK, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM. LEAVE THE PODIUM. REMIND US AGAIN WHAT YOUR TOTAL REMIND US AGAIN WHAT YOUR TOTAL NEED WAS HERE? NEED WAS HERE? >> FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AND >> FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AND OTHER CITIES, IT'S ABOUT 108. OTHER CITIES, IT'S ABOUT 108. THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO IS GIVING THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO IS GIVING US $414,000.
US $414,000. SO THEY'RE LEAVING US WITH A GAP SO THEY'RE LEAVING US WITH A GAP OF 25 PER YEAR, BUT I CAN FILL OF 25 PER YEAR, BUT I CAN FILL THAT PHILANTHROPICALLY.
THAT PHILANTHROPICALLY. THE COUNTY AND OTHER THE COUNTY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH I HAVEN'T MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH I HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO YET LIKE GALT AND REACHED OUT TO YET LIKE GALT AND RANCHO CORDOVA AND CITRUS RANCHO CORDOVA AND CITRUS HEIGHTS AND ELK GROVE, AND THEN HEIGHTS AND ELK GROVE, AND THEN UNINCORPORATED, ACCOUNTS FOR UNINCORPORATED, ACCOUNTS FOR ANOTHER $108,000.
ANOTHER $108,000. AND THAT WOULD PUT ONE BOOK IN AND THAT WOULD PUT ONE BOOK IN EVERY 0-5 KIDS' HANDS WHO GOES EVERY 0-5 KIDS' HANDS WHO GOES TO A WELLNESS VISIT AT TO A WELLNESS VISIT AT WellSpace, WHICH SEES 92% WellSpace, WHICH SEES 92% LOW-INCOME KIDS. LOW-INCOME KIDS. THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT WE'RE THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TOUCH.
TRYING TO TOUCH. THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT AREN'T THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT AREN'T GETTING TOUCHED BY MOST OF THE GETTING TOUCHED BY MOST OF THE LITERACY RESOURCES OUT THERE.
LITERACY RESOURCES OUT THERE. AND WE JUST WANT THOSE KIDS TO AND WE JUST WANT THOSE KIDS TO HAVE A BOOK BEFORE THEY GET TO HAVE A BOOK BEFORE THEY GET TO TK SO THEY KNOW WHAT A BOOK IS TK SO THEY KNOW WHAT A BOOK IS AND KNOW HOW TO HOLD IT AND HOW AND KNOW HOW TO HOLD IT AND HOW TO LOOK AT IT RIGHT. TO LOOK AT IT RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S A CURVE, BELIEVE IT I MEAN, IT'S A CURVE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. OR NOT. IT'S A REAL CURVE.
IT'S A REAL CURVE. >> BUT IF YOU WERE TO NARROW >> BUT IF YOU WERE TO NARROW DOWN YOUR ACCOUNTING DOWN YOUR ACCOUNTING UNDERSTANDING OF THAT NEED UNDERSTANDING OF THAT NEED RELATIVE TO OUR DECISION TODAY, RELATIVE TO OUR DECISION TODAY, WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED VERSUS WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED VERSUS WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE FROM THE WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE FROM THE COUNTY?
COUNTY? >> YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US ABOUT >> YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US ABOUT 22% OF WHAT WE NEED. 22% OF WHAT WE NEED. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. BUT GIVE ME THE REAL NUMBERS. BUT GIVE ME THE REAL NUMBERS. >> THE REAL NUMBERS? >> THE REAL NUMBERS? I JUST DID THEM. I JUST DID THEM. YOU GUYS ARE ALLOCATING YOU GUYS ARE ALLOCATING $25,000 ABOUT TO $108,000.
$25,000 ABOUT TO $108,000. SO THOSE ARE THE REAL NUMBERS. SO THOSE ARE THE REAL NUMBERS. SO WE STILL HAVE A GAP OF SO WE STILL HAVE A GAP OF $82,000. $82,000. >> I'M SORRY, HOW MUCH? >> I'M SORRY, HOW MUCH? >> 82. >> 82. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> THAT'S MENTAL MATH THERE THAT >> THAT'S MENTAL MATH THERE THAT YOU'RE MAKING ME DO, SUPERVISOR YOU'RE MAKING ME DO, SUPERVISOR SERNA! SERNA! >> I APPRECIATE THAT! >> I APPRECIATE THAT! THANK YOU, APRIL. THANK YOU, APRIL. >> VINCE MARCHEESE? >> VINCE MARCHEESE? >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, SUPERVISORS, AND COUNTY SUPERVISORS, AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP. MY NAME IS VINCE. MY NAME IS VINCE. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF MIDTOWN ASSOCIATION.
MIDTOWN ASSOCIATION. WE'RE A PROPERTY-BASED WE'RE A PROPERTY-BASED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REPRESENTING OVER 1300 PROPERTY REPRESENTING OVER 1300 PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE MISSION OF OWNERS WITH THE MISSION OF MAKING MIDTOWN THE CENTER, MAKING MIDTOWN THE CENTER, CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND VIBRANCY IN SACRAMENTO'S URBAN VIBRANCY IN SACRAMENTO'S URBAN CORE.
CORE. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING TODAY FOR THE THE BUILDING TODAY FOR THE ONGOING INVESTMENT BEING MADE IN ONGOING INVESTMENT BEING MADE IN THE SACRAMENTO CREATIVE ECONOMY THE SACRAMENTO CREATIVE ECONOMY AND FOR THE IMMENSE CHALLENGE OF AND FOR THE IMMENSE CHALLENGE OF ALLOCATING LIMITED TOT RESOURCES ALLOCATING LIMITED TOT RESOURCES ACROSS SO MANY WORTHY PROJECTS.
ACROSS SO MANY WORTHY PROJECTS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT MAKING THESE WE RECOGNIZE THAT MAKING THESE DECISIONS IS NOT EASY AND WE DECISIONS IS NOT EASY AND WE APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT THIS APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO SHOW TO ARTS BOARD CONTINUES TO SHOW TO ARTS AND CULTURE ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND CULTURE ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE WERE, HOWEVER, DISAPPOINTED WE WERE, HOWEVER, DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT OUR PROPOSAL FOR TO LEARN THAT OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE URBAN DREAMS ART EXPERIENCE THE URBAN DREAMS ART EXPERIENCE THAT'S PART OF OUR MIDTOWN THAT'S PART OF OUR MIDTOWN SECOND SATURDAY PROGRAMMING WAS SECOND SATURDAY PROGRAMMING WAS NOT INITIALLY SELECTED FOR THIS NOT INITIALLY SELECTED FOR THIS FUNDING CYCLE.
FUNDING CYCLE. THIS PROJECT IS FULLY SCOPED AND THIS PROJECT IS FULLY SCOPED AND IT WILL BRING 14 LARGE-SCALE IT WILL BRING 14 LARGE-SCALE INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATIONS TO INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATIONS TO PUBLIC SPACES FOR 40 DAYS ACROSS PUBLIC SPACES FOR 40 DAYS ACROSS MIDTOWN DURING AUGUST AND MIDTOWN DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER DIRECTLY SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER DIRECTLY SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND DRIVING LOCAL ARTISTS AND DRIVING OVERNIGHT TOURISM THROUGH
OVERNIGHT TOURISM THROUGH MEASURABLE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE MEASURABLE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR LOCAL HOTELS.
HAVE WITH OUR LOCAL HOTELS. LAST YEAR ALONE, OUR MIDTOWN LAST YEAR ALONE, OUR MIDTOWN SECOND SATURDAY PROGRAMMING SECOND SATURDAY PROGRAMMING BROUGHT IN NEARLY 70,000 BROUGHT IN NEARLY 70,000 VISITORS AND GENERATED AN VISITORS AND GENERATED AN ESTIMATED $2 MILLION IN ECONOMIC ESTIMATED $2 MILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AT OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY AT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. THIS GRANT WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY THIS GRANT WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY SUPPORTED ARTIST STIPENDS AND SUPPORTED ARTIST STIPENDS AND OUT OF MARKET PROMOTION TO BUILD OUT OF MARKET PROMOTION TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS WHILE ON THAT SUCCESS WHILE REINFORCING MIDTOWN'S ROLE AS A REINFORCING MIDTOWN'S ROLE AS A VITAL ARTS DISTRICT AND ECONOMIC VITAL ARTS DISTRICT AND ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE COUNTY.
ENGINE FOR THE COUNTY. WE WILL, OF COURSE, STILL FIND WE WILL, OF COURSE, STILL FIND FUNDING FOR ARTIST STIPENDS, BUT FUNDING FOR ARTIST STIPENDS, BUT OUR ABILITY TO ADVERTISE THE OUR ABILITY TO ADVERTISE THE PROJECT AND BE ABLE TO ATTRACT PROJECT AND BE ABLE TO ATTRACT OUT OF MARKET VISITORS WILL OUT OF MARKET VISITORS WILL REALLY UNFORTUNATELY BE IMPACTED REALLY UNFORTUNATELY BE IMPACTED WITHOUT THESE FUNDS AND OUR WITHOUT THESE FUNDS AND OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THIS A
ABILITY TO MAKE THIS A SIGNIFICANT TOURISM DRAW IS SIGNIFICANT TOURISM DRAW IS SEVERELY GOING TO BE IMPACTED SEVERELY GOING TO BE IMPACTED NOW. NOW. STILL, WE UNDERSTAND THE STILL, WE UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH OF THE OTHER STRENGTH OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS AND WE APPRECIATE APPLICATIONS AND WE APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT WENT INTO THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT WENT INTO THE SELECTION PROCESS.
THE SELECTION PROCESS. AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE HOPE AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE HOPE THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES EITHER FORMAL OR INFORMAL WHERE EITHER FORMAL OR INFORMAL WHERE THIS PROJECT COULD ALIGN WITH THIS PROJECT COULD ALIGN WITH COUNTY GOALS AROUND CULTURAL COUNTY GOALS AROUND CULTURAL TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS.
AND SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. BETWEEN SPEAKERS, I HAVE A QUICK BETWEEN SPEAKERS, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF. QUESTION FOR STAFF. WAS THERE A MINIMUM OF WAS THERE A MINIMUM OF $5,000 THAT WE CAN CONSIDER FROM $5,000 THAT WE CAN CONSIDER FROM THE DISTRICT FUNDS?
THE DISTRICT FUNDS? OR IS THAT -- OR DO WE HAVE NO OR IS THAT -- OR DO WE HAVE NO MINIMUM? MINIMUM? >> THERE IS A MINIMUM OF >> THERE IS A MINIMUM OF $5,000 FOR PROJECTS UNDER THIS $5,000 FOR PROJECTS UNDER THIS GRANT PROGRAMMING. GRANT PROGRAMMING. >> INCLUDING DISTRICT SPECIFIC? >> INCLUDING DISTRICT SPECIFIC? >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIR, CAN I JUST ADD TO >> MR. CHAIR, CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT? THAT? >> YES. >> YES. >> BUT THAT'S PER AWARDEE. >> BUT THAT'S PER AWARDEE. SO TWO DISTRICTS IN SEVERAL OF SO TWO DISTRICTS IN SEVERAL OF THE AWARDS, TWO DISTRICTS THE AWARDS, TWO DISTRICTS COMBINE FOR $2,500 EACH. COMBINE FOR $2,500 EACH. SO IT'S A $5,000 MINIMUM AWARD.
SO IT'S A $5,000 MINIMUM AWARD. >> WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. >> WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. >> SEVERAL OF THESE AWARDS. >> SEVERAL OF THESE AWARDS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> PLEASE, SORRY. >> PLEASE, SORRY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.
GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CHRIS, POLICY AND MY NAME IS CHRIS, POLICY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING MEASURE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING MEASURE WITH THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM WITH THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION TO URGE SUPPORT FOR COALITION TO URGE SUPPORT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT THE MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT OUTLINED IN OUR APPLICATION. OUTLINED IN OUR APPLICATION. BUDGET REQUEST FOR $50,000.
BUDGET REQUEST FOR $50,000. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO READ A IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT FROM (UNFAMILIAR WORD STATEMENT FROM (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR NAME), ONE OF OUR MENTAL OR NAME), ONE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS EXPLAINING HOW HEALTH THERAPISTS EXPLAINING HOW POSITIVELY IMPACTFUL FUNDING POSITIVELY IMPACTFUL FUNDING THIS PROJECT COULD BE FOR PEOPLE THIS PROJECT COULD BE FOR PEOPLE IN SACRAMENTO WHO ARE FORMERLY
IN SACRAMENTO WHO ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND WORKING TOWARDS INCARCERATED AND WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE. A BETTER FUTURE. AS A THERAPIST, I HAVE THE HONOR AS A THERAPIST, I HAVE THE HONOR OF WALKING BESIDE INDIVIDUALS AS OF WALKING BESIDE INDIVIDUALS AS THEY CONFRONT THEIR DEEPEST THEY CONFRONT THEIR DEEPEST WOUNDS AND BEGIN THE COURAGEOUS WOUNDS AND BEGIN THE COURAGEOUS WORK OF REBUILDING THEIR LIVES.
WORK OF REBUILDING THEIR LIVES. THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE ARE NOT BROKEN, THEY ARE BURDENED. BROKEN, THEY ARE BURDENED. MANY CARRY THE WEIGHT OF A MANY CARRY THE WEIGHT OF A SYSTEM THAT PUNISHED THEM WHEN SYSTEM THAT PUNISHED THEM WHEN THEY NEEDED CARE.
THEY NEEDED CARE. ARC OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL ARC OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORT HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, COUPLE AND INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPY, BOTH IN PERSON FAMILY THERAPY, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, TRAUMA-INFORMED AND VIRTUALLY, TRAUMA-INFORMED GROUPS, SEEKING SAFETY, HEALING GROUPS, SEEKING SAFETY, HEALING AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, AND
AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, AND UNMAGNIFYING SURVIVAL AMONGST UNMAGNIFYING SURVIVAL AMONGST OTHERS. OTHERS. BUT AS WE KNOW, THERAPY ALONE BUT AS WE KNOW, THERAPY ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH. ISN'T ENOUGH. THAT'S WHY THERAPISTS CONNECT THAT'S WHY THERAPISTS CONNECT MEMBERS TO PSYCHIATRY, HOUSING, MEMBERS TO PSYCHIATRY, HOUSING, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT PROVIDING HOLISTIC TREATMENT.
PROVIDING HOLISTIC TREATMENT. THIS WORK IS NOT JUST THIS WORK IS NOT JUST THEORETICAL. THEORETICAL. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED 422 THERAPY IN 2024, WE PROVIDED 422 THERAPY SESSIONS TO DOZENS OF SESSIONS TO DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS.
INDIVIDUALS. OVER 300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN OVER 300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN GROUP PROGRAMMING, CLINICAL GROUP PROGRAMMING, CLINICAL REFERRALS INCREASED 44% AND REFERRALS INCREASED 44% AND ENROLLMENT ROSE 48% WITH A 93% ENROLLMENT ROSE 48% WITH A 93% FOLLOW-THROUGH RATE. FOLLOW-THROUGH RATE. NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT BEHIND THESE NUMBERS ARE REAL BEHIND THESE NUMBERS ARE REAL PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WAS RELEASED ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WAS RELEASED AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS INSIDE. AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS INSIDE. HE CAME TO THERAPY, GOT HE CAME TO THERAPY, GOT OVERWHELMED. OVERWHELMED. OVER TIME THROUGH SERVICES, HE OVER TIME THROUGH SERVICES, HE FOUND STABILITY, SECURE FOUND STABILITY, SECURE EMPLOYMENT, AND NOW MENTORS EMPLOYMENT, AND NOW MENTORS YOUTH.
YOUTH. HE TOLD ME: THERAPY HELPED ME
THERAPY HELPED ME BECOME THE BETTER VERSION OF BECOME THE BETTER VERSION OF MYSELF THAT I WAS NEVER ALLOWED MYSELF THAT I WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO BE. TO BE. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO HEALING SPACES AND TRUSTED HEALING SPACES AND TRUSTED PROVIDERS, THEY BEGIN TO MAKE PROVIDERS, THEY BEGIN TO MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES. DIFFERENT CHOICES. THEY MOVE FROM SURVIVAL TO THEY MOVE FROM SURVIVAL TO STABILITY.
STABILITY. THIS WORK IS ALREADY HAPPENING THIS WORK IS ALREADY HAPPENING AND WE KNOW IT CHANGES LIVES. AND WE KNOW IT CHANGES LIVES. IF WE WANT TO KEEP BREAKING IF WE WANT TO KEEP BREAKING CYCLES AND BUILDING SAFER, CYCLES AND BUILDING SAFER, HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, WE MUST HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, WE MUST ENSURE THESE SERVICES REMAIN ENSURE THESE SERVICES REMAIN AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. THIS IS WHY YOUR SUPPORT ISN'T THIS IS WHY YOUR SUPPORT ISN'T JUST APPRECIATED A, IT'S JUST APPRECIATED A, IT'S ESSENTIAL. ESSENTIAL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR NAME) >> (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR NAME) MORALES? MORALES? >> HELLO, COUNTY BOARD OF >> HELLO, COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS EVELYN MORALES. MY NAME IS EVELYN MORALES. I'M REPRESENTING FOOD LITERACY I'M REPRESENTING FOOD LITERACY CENTER. CENTER. FOOT LITERACY'S MISSION IS TO FOOT LITERACY'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE KIDS TO EAT THEIR INSPIRE KIDS TO EAT THEIR VEGETABLES.
VEGETABLES. SINCE 2011, WE'VE BEEN TEACHING SINCE 2011, WE'VE BEEN TEACHING CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COOKING, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COOKING, NUTRITION, GARDENING, AND ACTIVE NUTRITION, GARDENING, AND ACTIVE PLAY TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, PLAY TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMY.
ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMY. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A TEN-WEEK SERIES OF 45-MINUTE TEN-WEEK SERIES OF 45-MINUTE CLASSES WHERE THEY LEARN CLASSES WHERE THEY LEARN HANDS-ON COOKING AND NUTRITION HANDS-ON COOKING AND NUTRITION SKILLS.
SKILLS. BY THE END OF THE TEN WEEKS, BY THE END OF THE TEN WEEKS, STUDENTS IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE, STUDENTS IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ATTITUDE, AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HEALTHY EATING. HEALTHY EATING. AS WE KNOW, FOOD INSECURITY IS AS WE KNOW, FOOD INSECURITY IS ON A RISE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ON A RISE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STUDENTS FACE FOOD OUR STUDENTS FACE FOOD INSECURITY EVERY DAY.
INSECURITY EVERY DAY. FROM THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FROM THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STUDENT SERVICES CENTER AT THE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER AT THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY OFTEN TELL US THAT STUDENTS OFTEN TELL US THAT STUDENTS ENROLL INTO AFTER-SCHOOL ENROLL INTO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO ACCESS FOOD. PROGRAMS TO ACCESS FOOD. THIS MAKES OUR PROGRAM NOT ONLY THIS MAKES OUR PROGRAM NOT ONLY EDUCATIONAL BUT ESSENTIAL.
EDUCATIONAL BUT ESSENTIAL. THIS PAST YEAR, WE REACHED 1777 THIS PAST YEAR, WE REACHED 1777 STUDENTS IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH STUDENTS IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH SACRAMENTO THROUGH OUR FOOD SACRAMENTO THROUGH OUR FOOD LITERACY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. LITERACY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IN SAC CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL IN SAC CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ALONE, 30 SCHOOLS DISTRICT ALONE, 30 SCHOOLS REQUEST OUR PROGRAMMING.
REQUEST OUR PROGRAMMING. DOUBLING OUR CURRENT REACH, WE DOUBLING OUR CURRENT REACH, WE ARE SCALING STRATEGICALLY AND ARE SCALING STRATEGICALLY AND TOT GRANT FUNDS ALLOW US TO TOT GRANT FUNDS ALLOW US TO DELIVER THESE HANDS-ON COOKING DELIVER THESE HANDS-ON COOKING PROGRAMS TO MORE SCHOOLS FOR THE PROGRAMS TO MORE SCHOOLS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. OUR EVALUATION SHOWS THIS OUR EVALUATION SHOWS THIS PROGRAM WORKS.
PROGRAM WORKS. OUR STUDENTS TRY A NEW FOOD OR OUR STUDENTS TRY A NEW FOOD OR VEGETABLE EACH WEEK AND 74% VEGETABLE EACH WEEK AND 74% LEARN TO EAT A VEGETABLE OR LEARN TO EAT A VEGETABLE OR FRUIT WITH EVERY SNACK AND MEAL.
FRUIT WITH EVERY SNACK AND MEAL. AND THESE MEASURES INDICATE A AND THESE MEASURES INDICATE A POSITIVE SHIFT IN ATTITUDE, POSITIVE SHIFT IN ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HEALTHY EATING BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HEALTHY EATING EQUIPPING KIDS WITH TOOLS TO EQUIPPING KIDS WITH TOOLS TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR LIVES.
LIVES. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPERVISORS' CONSIDERATION OF SUPERVISORS' CONSIDERATION OF FOOD LITERACY CENTER'S GRANT FOOD LITERACY CENTER'S GRANT AWARD AMONG THE RECOMMENDED AWARD AMONG THE RECOMMENDED GRANTEES. GRANTEES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> DON? >> DON? >> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM A COFOUNDER OF JOSH'S I AM A COFOUNDER OF JOSH'S HEART. HEART. THE OTHER COFOUNDER IS MY WIFE, THE OTHER COFOUNDER IS MY WIFE, DAWN. DAWN. WE STARTED JOSH'S HEART IN HONOR WE STARTED JOSH'S HEART IN HONOR OF OUR SON WHO WAS HOMELESS AND OF OUR SON WHO WAS HOMELESS AND AN ALCOHOLIC.
AN ALCOHOLIC. HE DIED OF LIVER FAILURE IN 2016 HE DIED OF LIVER FAILURE IN 2016 DUE TO THE LONG-TERM ALCOHOL DUE TO THE LONG-TERM ALCOHOL ABUSE. ABUSE. BUT DURING THE TIME HE WAS ON BUT DURING THE TIME HE WAS ON THE STREETS, HE TOOK CARE OF ALL THE STREETS, HE TOOK CARE OF ALL OF HIS FAMILY, AND SO AT THAT OF HIS FAMILY, AND SO AT THAT POINT, WE DECIDED TO KEEP HIS POINT, WE DECIDED TO KEEP HIS HONOR GOING.
HONOR GOING. I AM A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF I AM A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1. DISTRICT 1. I ACTUALLY PHOTOGRAPHED YOUR I ACTUALLY PHOTOGRAPHED YOUR FATHER AND HE HIRED ME TO DO FATHER AND HE HIRED ME TO DO EVENTS FOR HIM AT CERTAIN TIMES. EVENTS FOR HIM AT CERTAIN TIMES. >> WE NEED TO TALK. >> WE NEED TO TALK. I'M AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER.
I'M AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER. I CAN PROBABLY LEARN SOMETHING I CAN PROBABLY LEARN SOMETHING FROM YOU! FROM YOU! >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT WE CAN >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK! DEFINITELY TALK! WE APPLIED FOR THE TOT GRANT, WE APPLIED FOR THE TOT GRANT, I'M NOT SURE IF WE GOT SELECTED, I'M NOT SURE IF WE GOT SELECTED, BUT I WOULD NOT CONSIDER MYSELF BUT I WOULD NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A LOSER IF WE DIDN'T.
A LOSER IF WE DIDN'T. I THINK THAT EVERYONE THAT HAS I THINK THAT EVERYONE THAT HAS APPLIED HAS REALLY A GREAT APPLIED HAS REALLY A GREAT CAUSE. CAUSE. AND OURS IS FOR THE 2025 AND OURS IS FOR THE 2025 HOMELESS CONNECT.
HOMELESS CONNECT. IN 2023, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE IN 2023, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE EVENT AT SAC STATE'S FOLSOM HALL EVENT AT SAC STATE'S FOLSOM HALL WHERE WE HAD OVER 350 GUESTS, WHERE WE HAD OVER 350 GUESTS, OUR HOMELESS GUESTS, ARRIVE.
OUR HOMELESS GUESTS, ARRIVE. THEY WERE PROVIDED SHOWERS, THEY WERE PROVIDED SHOWERS, FOOD, LIVE MUSIC, TIME FOR REST, FOOD, LIVE MUSIC, TIME FOR REST, CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAD NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAD TENTS THERE GIVING THEM TENTS THERE GIVING THEM INFORMATION. INFORMATION. ALSO HELPING THEM FOR THAT DAY.
ALSO HELPING THEM FOR THAT DAY. WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN ON WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN ON AUGUST 9TH AT THE SACRAMENTO AUGUST 9TH AT THE SACRAMENTO STATE ALUMNI CENTER. STATE ALUMNI CENTER. AND FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, CHAIR AND FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, CHAIR SERNA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SERNA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2023. YOUR SUPPORT IN 2023. IT REALLY WAS HELPFUL TO BE ABLE IT REALLY WAS HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROJECT.
TO DO THAT PROJECT. AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN. AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN. WE'RE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR WE'RE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR BUDGET FUNDED. BUDGET FUNDED. IT'S ABOUT $60,000 TO PUT THIS IT'S ABOUT $60,000 TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. TOGETHER. THE BIGGEST COST IS OUR FOOD.
THE BIGGEST COST IS OUR FOOD. WE HAVE TO PAY $15 PER MEAL WE HAVE TO PAY $15 PER MEAL BECAUSE OF SAC STATE REQUIRES US BECAUSE OF SAC STATE REQUIRES US TO USE THEIR FOOD VENDORS AND TO USE THEIR FOOD VENDORS AND WE'RE GUARANTEED 1,000. WE'RE GUARANTEED 1,000. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO JOIN US.
GUYS TO JOIN US. I WILL SEND YOU ALL AN E-MAIL TO I WILL SEND YOU ALL AN E-MAIL TO YOUR OFFICES WITH AN INVITATION YOUR OFFICES WITH AN INVITATION TO JOIN US, BUT I WANT TO THANK TO JOIN US, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU DEEPLY FOR YOUR TIME AND YOU DEEPLY FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL YOU'VE YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE GRANT BEEN DOING FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM. PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU, DON.
>> THANK YOU, DON. >> JACKIE YUN? >> JACKIE YUN? >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA, VICE CHAIR RODRIGUEZ, VICE CHAIR RODRIGUEZ, SUPERVISORS KENNEDY, DESMOND, SUPERVISORS KENNEDY, DESMOND, AND HUME.
AND HUME. ON BEHALF OF ASIAN RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF ASIAN RESOURCES INCORPORATED, A COMMUNITY-BASED INCORPORATED, A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO, OAK PARK, AND CITRUS SACRAMENTO, OAK PARK, AND CITRUS HEIGHTS, SERVING IMMIGRANTS, HEIGHTS, SERVING IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, YOUTH, AND LOW-INCOME REFUGEES, YOUTH, AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES SINCE 1980, WE CONTINUE
FAMILIES SINCE 1980, WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ONE OF TO BE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF TOT GRANTS FOR THE RECIPIENTS OF TOT GRANTS FOR OUR YOUTH EXECUTIVE ACADEMY OUR YOUTH EXECUTIVE ACADEMY CULTIVATING AND TRAINING FUTURE CULTIVATING AND TRAINING FUTURE POWERHOUSES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, POWERHOUSES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, CALIFORNIA, AND THE WORLD.
CALIFORNIA, AND THE WORLD. OUR PROGRAM SPANS MULTIDISTRICT OUR PROGRAM SPANS MULTIDISTRICT WITHIN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. WITHIN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. WE WORK WITH KIDS AND YOUTH NOT WE WORK WITH KIDS AND YOUTH NOT ONLY FROM SOUTH SACRAMENTO ONLY FROM SOUTH SACRAMENTO DESPITE OUR HEADQUARTERS BEING DESPITE OUR HEADQUARTERS BEING IN DISTRICT 2 BUT ALSO THOSE IN DISTRICT 2 BUT ALSO THOSE FROM OAK PARK AND CITRUS FROM OAK PARK AND CITRUS HEIGHTS.
HEIGHTS. 95% OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS 95% OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS COME FROM IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, COME FROM IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE THE WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE THE ORGANIZATION GUIDING AND ORGANIZATION GUIDING AND SUPPORTING THEM WHEN THEY OFTEN SUPPORTING THEM WHEN THEY OFTEN DON'T HAVE THE SAFETY NET AND DON'T HAVE THE SAFETY NET AND SUPPORT SYSTEM THEY NEED.
SUPPORT SYSTEM THEY NEED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE FUNDING CHALLENGES, BUT STILL FUNDING CHALLENGES, BUT STILL VERY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT VERY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE TO FOR THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE MORE SUPPORT FROM THE RECEIVE MORE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY NEXT YEAR FOR OUR TOT COUNTY NEXT YEAR FOR OUR TOT GRANT CYCLE AS WE PLAN TO APPLY. GRANT CYCLE AS WE PLAN TO APPLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> GREG DEWEY? >> GREG DEWEY? >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS GREG DEWEY, THE MY NAME IS GREG DEWEY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN RIVER DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN RIVER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION.
NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION. IT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT RUNS IT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT RUNS THE NATURE CENTER. THE NATURE CENTER. THE NATURE CENTER HAS BEEN BOTH THE NATURE CENTER HAS BEEN BOTH A NATURAL AND EDUCATIONAL A NATURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR OUR SACRAMENTO RESOURCE FOR OUR SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY FOR 49 YEARS.
COMMUNITY FOR 49 YEARS. GENERATIONS OF YOUNG CHILDREN GENERATIONS OF YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE COME TO THAT CENTER AND HAVE COME TO THAT CENTER AND THEY'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE THEY'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE WONDERS OF NATURE. WONDERS OF NATURE. BUT THEY'VE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO BUT THEY'VE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. AND CONSERVATION IS PART OF OUR AND CONSERVATION IS PART OF OUR MISSION.
MISSION. WE ARE A SLICE OF NATIVE HABITAT WE ARE A SLICE OF NATIVE HABITAT ALONG THE AMERICAN RIVER, AND SO ALONG THE AMERICAN RIVER, AND SO WE'RE BOTH A NATURAL RESOURCE WE'RE BOTH A NATURAL RESOURCE AND AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE.
AND AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE. IN 2010, THE AMERICAN RIVER IN 2010, THE AMERICAN RIVER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION TOOK NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION TOOK OVER FROM THE COUNTY THE OVER FROM THE COUNTY THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE NATURE CENTER. THE NATURE CENTER. AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IN AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IN THE FALL WE SUFFERED A FINANCIAL THE FALL WE SUFFERED A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
CRISIS. FORTUNATELY, WE'VE RECOVERED FORTUNATELY, WE'VE RECOVERED QUITE WELL THROUGH THE HELP OF QUITE WELL THROUGH THE HELP OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY. AT ONE POINT, WE HAD FIVE WEEKS AT ONE POINT, WE HAD FIVE WEEKS OF CASH RESERVES FOR OPERATIONAL OF CASH RESERVES FOR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
BUDGET. WE HAVE OVER FOUR MONTHS NOW, WE HAVE OVER FOUR MONTHS NOW, PROBABLY THE HIGHEST RESERVE PROBABLY THE HIGHEST RESERVE WE'VE EVER HAD. WE'VE EVER HAD. BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE HAVE BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE HAVE RENEWED OUR LEADERSHIP. RENEWED OUR LEADERSHIP. I'M A NEW PRESIDENT. I'M A NEW PRESIDENT. WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
DIRECTOR. WE HAVE NINE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE NINE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. SO WE ARE ON A PATH OF RECOVERY, SO WE ARE ON A PATH OF RECOVERY, BUT GRANT FUNDING IS VERY BUT GRANT FUNDING IS VERY CRITICAL FOR US. CRITICAL FOR US. AND YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AND YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED CONFIDENCE IN US, AND THAT'S CONFIDENCE IN US, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WE APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT AND WE APPRECIATE THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE GIVING US.
FUNDING THAT YOU'RE GIVING US. IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR ANIMAL IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR ANIMAL FACILITIES, WHICH HAS BEEN A FACILITIES, WHICH HAS BEEN A CORE PART OF IT. CORE PART OF IT. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR DESMOND? SUPERVISOR DESMOND? >> JUST BRIEFLY, GREG, THANK YOU >> JUST BRIEFLY, GREG, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK THAT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR -- YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR -- OR THE LAST I GUESS EIGHT MONTHS OR THE LAST I GUESS EIGHT MONTHS TO DEAL WITH SOME CHALLENGING TO DEAL WITH SOME CHALLENGING SITUATIONS.
SITUATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR PARKS DIRECTOR ON SOME OF OUR PARKS DIRECTOR ON SOME OF THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THAT THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THAT VERY LARGE PROJECT DOWN THERE IN VERY LARGE PROJECT DOWN THERE IN HOFFMAN. HOFFMAN. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING WHEN IT'S ALL OVER. WHEN IT'S ALL OVER. >> I KNOW.
>> I KNOW. WE HAD A GREAT NATURE-FEST WE HAD A GREAT NATURE-FEST DESPITE ALL THE DISRUPTION. DESPITE ALL THE DISRUPTION. WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE. WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. >> OKAY, CHRISTINE NGUYEN? >> OKAY, CHRISTINE NGUYEN? >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE NGUYEN. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE NGUYEN. THIS IS MY THIRD DAY AS CEO OF THIS IS MY THIRD DAY AS CEO OF "MY SISTER'S HOUSE." "MY SISTER'S HOUSE." WE ARE A SMALL YET MIGHTY WE ARE A SMALL YET MIGHTY ORGANIZATION AND I DID WRITE ORGANIZATION AND I DID WRITE THAT GRANT AS A VOLUNTEER OF "MY THAT GRANT AS A VOLUNTEER OF "MY SISTER'S HOUSE" BACK IN SISTER'S HOUSE" BACK IN FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I GOT THE THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I GOT THE JOB. JOB. I WAS WILLING TO PUT IN SOME I WAS WILLING TO PUT IN SOME TIME TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY. TIME TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY. AND TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND AND TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTS COUNTY LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTS PANEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PANEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
YOUR TIME. I KNOW IT'S NEVER AN EASY TASK I KNOW IT'S NEVER AN EASY TASK TO REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL TO REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL GRANT-WORTHY AND THEN HAVE TO GRANT-WORTHY AND THEN HAVE TO NOT GIVE SOME TO US. NOT GIVE SOME TO US. NOT GIVE FUNDING TO SOME AND NOT GIVE FUNDING TO SOME AND REDUCE FUNDING TO OTHERS.
REDUCE FUNDING TO OTHERS. I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS A PROGRAM I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR DOING GREAT WORK IN THE DIRECTOR DOING GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T SERVE EVERYONE. WE CAN'T SERVE EVERYONE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NONE OF -- IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NONE OF -- IT DOESN'T MEAN THE CLIENTS ARE IT DOESN'T MEAN THE CLIENTS ARE NOT WORTHY OF OUR SERVICES. NOT WORTHY OF OUR SERVICES. WE JUST CAN'T.
WE JUST CAN'T. AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO SHARE IN THE RESOURCES THAT WE SHARE IN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND MAKE DO.
HAVE AND MAKE DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING MY SISTER'S HOUSE IN CONSIDERING MY SISTER'S HOUSE IN THE TOT FUNDING STREAM AND WE THE TOT FUNDING STREAM AND WE CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY TO GET YOUR AND HOPEFULLY TO GET YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. ONGOING SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR SPEAKERS? DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR SPEAKERS? >> YES, IT DOES, MR. CHAIR. >> YES, IT DOES, MR. CHAIR. >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. WELL, I SUSPECT WE -- THERE'S A WELL, I SUSPECT WE -- THERE'S A FEW OF US THAT WANT TO CALL FEW OF US THAT WANT TO CALL INAUDIBLE HERE. INAUDIBLE HERE. SO I KNOW I DO.
SO I KNOW I DO. AND IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH AND IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HEARING FROM APRIL JARVIS, OUR HEARING FROM APRIL JARVIS, OUR FIRST SPEAKER WITH THE LITERACY FIRST SPEAKER WITH THE LITERACY FOUNDATION. FOUNDATION. AND BEFORE I GET TO MY AND BEFORE I GET TO MY COLLEAGUES -- AND I'M GOING TO COLLEAGUES -- AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IDEAS. BE LOOKING FOR IDEAS. I HAVE SOME IDEAS.
I HAVE SOME IDEAS. I KNOW SUPERVISOR HUME DOES AND I KNOW SUPERVISOR HUME DOES AND MAYBE OTHERS HAVE THEIR OWN MAYBE OTHERS HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT MAYBE HOW TO ADJUST IDEAS ABOUT MAYBE HOW TO ADJUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S JOINED US HERE IN THAT'S JOINED US HERE IN CHAMBERS TODAY TO AGAIN REMIND CHAMBERS TODAY TO AGAIN REMIND US OF ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU DO US OF ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU DO AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ENJOY BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
ENJOY BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. AND AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD DAY, AND AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD DAY, BECAUSE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO BECAUSE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROPRIATE SCARCE RESOURCES TO APPROPRIATE SCARCE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR GOOD WORK IN CONTINUE WITH YOUR GOOD WORK IN FULFILLING YOUR MISSIONS. FULFILLING YOUR MISSIONS. BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING AND WE GET THAT.
FRUSTRATING AND WE GET THAT. WE'RE EMPATHETIC TO WE'RE EMPATHETIC TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE FRUSTRATIONS ARE AND I'VE SAID I FRUSTRATIONS ARE AND I'VE SAID I THINK ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. THINK ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. SUPERVISOR HUME AND THEN SUPERVISOR HUME AND THEN KENNEDY. KENNEDY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO PILE ON TO THE COMMENTS THAT PILE ON TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER RELATIVE TO WERE MADE EARLIER RELATIVE TO THE PROCESS, AND NO DISRESPECT THE PROCESS, AND NO DISRESPECT TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT SERVE ON TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT SERVE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONSTERNATION
THERE WAS SOME CONSTERNATION AMONG OUR CHIEFS AS FAR AS THE AMONG OUR CHIEFS AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF THINGS, WHEN WE WERE TIMING OF THINGS, WHEN WE WERE GIVEN INFORMATION AND WHEN WE GIVEN INFORMATION AND WHEN WE WERE ALLOWED TO WEIGH IN, SO WERE ALLOWED TO WEIGH IN, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE WHATEVER WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE TO IRON THAT OUT, I'D APPRECIATE TO IRON THAT OUT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
IT. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT TOOK TIME TO COME OUT AND THAT TOOK TIME TO COME OUT AND SPEAK HERE TODAY. SPEAK HERE TODAY. SOME OF YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY SOME OF YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SOME OF YOU WANTED TO SAY THANK SOME OF YOU WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND.
YOU AND. AND SOME OF YOU JUST WANTED TO AND SOME OF YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY PLEASE RECONSIDER. SAY PLEASE RECONSIDER. AND NONE OF YOUR WORDS FELL ON AND NONE OF YOUR WORDS FELL ON DEAF EARS. DEAF EARS. BUT AS HAS BEEN SAID, OBVIOUSLY BUT AS HAS BEEN SAID, OBVIOUSLY WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE CAN WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO.
DO. AND THE RISK OF THIS, AND MAYBE AND THE RISK OF THIS, AND MAYBE THIS IS WHY THE $5,000 LIMIT IS THIS IS WHY THE $5,000 LIMIT IS IN PLACE, BUT I DO WANT TO COME IN PLACE, BUT I DO WANT TO COME BACK TO THAT. BACK TO THAT. THE RISK IS THAT THROUGH THIS THE RISK IS THAT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE COULD BE A MILE WIDE PROGRAM, WE COULD BE A MILE WIDE AND AN INCH DEEP AND REALLY NOT AND AN INCH DEEP AND REALLY NOT DO ANYTHING ANYWHERE.
DO ANYTHING ANYWHERE. AND SO SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE AND SO SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO SORT OF LEAN IN TO HAVE TO SORT OF LEAN IN TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS AT CERTAIN CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS AT CERTAIN TIMES AND SPREAD THAT "FAIRNESS" TIMES AND SPREAD THAT "FAIRNESS" OVER TIME, WHICH IS A PHRASE OVER TIME, WHICH IS A PHRASE THAT ANOTHER PERSON IN AN THAT ANOTHER PERSON IN AN ORGANIZATION LIKES TO USE.
ORGANIZATION LIKES TO USE. BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE AREA BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE AREA WHEREIN WE HAVE THE WHEREIN WE HAVE THE $5,000 FLOOR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE $5,000 FLOOR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER POT OF MONEY, I BELIEVE ANOTHER POT OF MONEY, I BELIEVE IT'S THE COMMUNITY SERVICE IT'S THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS, THAT HAVE A GRANTS, THAT HAVE A $1,000 FLOOR.
$1,000 FLOOR. CAN WE CROSS-POPULATE THAT CAN WE CROSS-POPULATE THAT MONEY? MONEY? IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T GET IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE TO TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION HERE, I SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION HERE, I ASSUME MANY OF THESE ASSUME MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO WOULD BE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT MONEY?
ELIGIBLE FOR THAT MONEY? FOR SPONSORSHIP AND THAT TYPE OF FOR SPONSORSHIP AND THAT TYPE OF A THING? A THING? >> CORRECT, SUPERVISOR HUME.
>> CORRECT, SUPERVISOR HUME. IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, YOU'RE ASKING CAN -- ASKING, YOU'RE ASKING CAN -- COULD A SUPERVISOR CHOOSE TO USE COULD A SUPERVISOR CHOOSE TO USE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT A GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT A GRANT UNDER THIS PROGRAM?
UNDER THIS PROGRAM? AND, YES, SO IN FACT, PART OF AND, YES, SO IN FACT, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, THERE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, THERE WAS ABOUT $1,600 ALREADY IDENTIFIED ABOUT $1,600 ALREADY IDENTIFIED FROM DISTRICT 1, BUT THAT IS FROM DISTRICT 1, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YES, WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT, YES, WE COULD DO IF OTHERS WERE INTERESTED IN IF OTHERS WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THE SAME. DOING THE SAME. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. AND I APPRECIATED THE REMINDER AND I APPRECIATED THE REMINDER ABOUT THE $5,000 FLOOR, BECAUSE ABOUT THE $5,000 FLOOR, BECAUSE I S HAD SOME OF MY IDEAS TO REDE I S HAD SOME OF MY IDEAS TO REDE THE FUNDING FROM 5 TO 4. THE FUNDING FROM 5 TO 4. >> AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S >> AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S $5,000 PER AWARD? $5,000 PER AWARD? >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> YES SO THERE CAN BE A LOWER >> YES SO THERE CAN BE A LOWER DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION AS LONG AS DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION AS LONG AS THE COMBINED AMOUNT IS AT LEAST THE COMBINED AMOUNT IS AT LEAST 5,000. 5,000. >> CORRECT, THANK YOU.
>> CORRECT, THANK YOU. SO I DON'T KNOW, AND I KNOW THE SO I DON'T KNOW, AND I KNOW THE CHAIR HAS SOME IDEAS AND MAYBE CHAIR HAS SOME IDEAS AND MAYBE WE CAN GET TO THE $82,000 DELTA WE CAN GET TO THE $82,000 DELTA THAT WAS MENTIONED, BUT TO DO IT THAT WAS MENTIONED, BUT TO DO IT FROM THIS PROGRAM ALONE I THINK FROM THIS PROGRAM ALONE I THINK WOULD TAKE MORE MORE TIME AND WOULD TAKE MORE MORE TIME AND WRANGLING THAN WE HAVE TODAY AND
WRANGLING THAN WE HAVE TODAY AND THAT WE WOULD CARE TO DO GIVEN THAT WE WOULD CARE TO DO GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS DISTRIBUTION BEEN PUT INTO THIS DISTRIBUTION OR RECOMMENDATION.
OR RECOMMENDATION. BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE, THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE, AND SO FROM THE MONEY THAT I DO AND SO FROM THE MONEY THAT I DO HAVE FROM DIRECTED FUNDS THAT I HAVE FROM DIRECTED FUNDS THAT I CAN REDUCE THE AWARD, IF I WERE CAN REDUCE THE AWARD, IF I WERE TO REDUCE THE ELK GROVE FOOD TO REDUCE THE ELK GROVE FOOD BANK FROM 10,000 DOWN TO 9,000,
BANK FROM 10,000 DOWN TO 9,000, THE AIR SHOW, AND AGAIN IF YOU THE AIR SHOW, AND AGAIN IF YOU KNEW HOW PAINFUL THESE KNEW HOW PAINFUL THESE REDUCTIONS ARE FOR ME! REDUCTIONS ARE FOR ME! THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR. NEAR AND DEAR. THE AIR SHOW DOWN FROM 10,000 TO THE AIR SHOW DOWN FROM 10,000 TO 9,000.
9,000. AND THEN THE LOCK FOUNDATION AND THEN THE LOCK FOUNDATION FROM 10,000 DOWN TO 9,000, THAT FROM 10,000 DOWN TO 9,000, THAT WOULD COME UP WITH 3,000 WOULD COME UP WITH 3,000 ADDITIONAL.
ADDITIONAL. THEN IN THE CATEGORY WHERE THE THEN IN THE CATEGORY WHERE THE AWARDS WERE PUT OUT TO $6,000 IN AWARDS WERE PUT OUT TO $6,000 IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MONEY GO ORDER TO MAKE THE MONEY GO FURTHER, IF WE WERE TO REDUCE FURTHER, IF WE WERE TO REDUCE RUNNING FOR RENT AND THE RUNNING FOR RENT AND THE COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER FROM COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER FROM 6,000 DOWN TO 5,000, THAT WOULD 6,000 DOWN TO 5,000, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 2,000.
BE AN ADDITIONAL 2,000. AND SO NOW I'VE COME UP TO AN AND SO NOW I'VE COME UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 5,000.
ADDITIONAL 5,000. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE MY COLLEAGUES' THOUGHTS ON MY COLLEAGUES' THOUGHTS ON REDUCING THE FRONT STREET REDUCING THE FRONT STREET SHELTER, THE FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER, THE FRIENDS OF THE FRONT STREET SHELTER, FROM 25 FRONT STREET SHELTER, FROM 25 DOWN TO 20, WHICH WOULD BE AN DOWN TO 20, WHICH WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 5,000.
ADDITIONAL 5,000. SO THAT WOULD BE 10,000 THAT SO THAT WOULD BE 10,000 THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED TO GET US CLOSER I'VE IDENTIFIED TO GET US CLOSER TO THE FULL FUNDING REQUEST FOR TO THE FULL FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE LITERACY FOUNDATION.
THE LITERACY FOUNDATION. >> FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE >> FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOU, SUPERVISOR HUME, DOING THE YOU, SUPERVISOR HUME, DOING THE QUICK CALCULUS I WAS TRYING TO QUICK CALCULUS I WAS TRYING TO DO OVER HERE WITH A SIMILAR DO OVER HERE WITH A SIMILAR OBJECTIVE.
OBJECTIVE. AND I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY HERE AND I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT I DO WANT TO IN A MINUTE, BUT I DO WANT TO GET TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, BUT GET TO SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO GO, BUT CONVERSATION IS GOING TO GO, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF THERE I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF THERE ARE DISTRICTS WHO FEEL THAT THEY ARE DISTRICTS WHO FEEL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT OFF THEIR WOULD LIKE TO PUT OFF THEIR AWARDS FROM THEIR AWARDS FROM THEIR $100,000 ALLOTTED POT, COULD WE
$100,000 ALLOTTED POT, COULD WE BIFURCATE THAT FROM THE REST OF BIFURCATE THAT FROM THE REST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS?
THE RECOMMENDATIONS? JUST BECAUSE MY STAFF AND I ARE JUST BECAUSE MY STAFF AND I ARE QUITE HAPPY WITH THE SELECTIONS QUITE HAPPY WITH THE SELECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FROM THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FROM DISTRICT 2. DISTRICT 2. >> FOR INDEPENDENT AWARDS, WE >> FOR INDEPENDENT AWARDS, WE COULD, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COULD, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING THAT WOULD SUPPLEMENT FUNDING THAT WOULD SUPPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED. RECOMMENDED. >> I JUST -- HERE, I'LL JUST >> I JUST -- HERE, I'LL JUST BLUNTLY SAY IT. BLUNTLY SAY IT. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OTHER REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OTHER FOUR DISTRICTS DO, CAN DISTRICT FOUR DISTRICTS DO, CAN DISTRICT 2 GO FORWARD TODAY? 2 GO FORWARD TODAY? >> YES, I BELIEVE SO.
>> YES, I BELIEVE SO. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING. THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING. I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IF A DISTRICT 2 IS IF A DISTRICT 2 RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO IMPACTED RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO IMPACTED BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S RECOMMENDATION, THAT MIGHT RECOMMENDATION, THAT MIGHT COMPLICATE THINGS.
COMPLICATE THINGS. >> DO YOU SEE WHY I ASKED THE >> DO YOU SEE WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION EARLIER? QUESTION EARLIER? [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> YES. >> YES. >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. CASE. >> IT IS NOT THE CASE? >> IT IS NOT THE CASE? >> NO.
>> NO. >> IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THEN, >> IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THEN, YES. YES. ANYTHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ANYTHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO THE CHANGE DOESN'T IMPACT THE TO THE CHANGE DOESN'T IMPACT THE DISTRICT 2 RECOMMENDATIONS, DISTRICT 2 RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN, YES.
THEN, YES. >> PROCEDURALLY, I DON'T >> PROCEDURALLY, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT I THINK IS DISAGREE WITH WHAT I THINK IS THE SUGGESTION. THE SUGGESTION. IT MAY MAKE MATTERS EASIER FOR IT MAY MAKE MATTERS EASIER FOR THE FOUR REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS THE FOUR REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS WHO PERHAPS ARE INTERESTED IN WHO PERHAPS ARE INTERESTED IN SOME REFINEMENT OR ADJUSTMENT.
SOME REFINEMENT OR ADJUSTMENT. THAT'S WHY I THINK MOVING THAT'S WHY I THINK MOVING FORWARD, HAVING THESE TWO POTS FORWARD, HAVING THESE TWO POTS OF MONEY BE SEPARATE DECISIONS OF MONEY BE SEPARATE DECISIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL. WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I'M HOPING -- THE CEO IS SO I'M HOPING -- THE CEO IS NODDING HIS HEAD -- SO I'M NODDING HIS HEAD -- SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED.
HOPEFUL THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED. BECAUSE AGAIN WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN BECAUSE AGAIN WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN LIKE THIS, AS MUCH AS I LIKE THIS, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE ON THE SPOT APPRECIATE ON THE SPOT CREATIVITY, SOMETIMES HAVING THE CREATIVITY, SOMETIMES HAVING THE TIME TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES TIME TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AN ARTIFACT OF THE FRICKIN' AN ARTIFACT OF THE FRICKIN' BROWN ACT, WHICH IS GREAT, IT'S BROWN ACT, WHICH IS GREAT, IT'S A NECESSARY SUNSHINE LAW, BUT
A NECESSARY SUNSHINE LAW, BUT THE ONLY TIME THAT THE FIVE OF THE ONLY TIME THAT THE FIVE OF US CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK US CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK LIKE THIS IS HERE.
LIKE THIS IS HERE. BUT IT FORCES US THEN TO, LIKE, BUT IT FORCES US THEN TO, LIKE, DO QUICK MATH, HEAR VERY DO QUICK MATH, HEAR VERY DIFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT DIFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT DISTRICTS WANTING TO MOVE DISTRICTS WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD AS IS VERSUS OTHERS THAT FORWARD AS IS VERSUS OTHERS THAT WANT TO ADJUST, SO IT'S JUST NOT WANT TO ADJUST, SO IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT SUPERVISOR KENNEDY IS SUPERVISOR KENNEDY IS SUGGESTING.
SUGGESTING. I'M GOING TO LOOK TO COUNTY I'M GOING TO LOOK TO COUNTY COUNSEL AND ASK IF IT'S COUNSEL AND ASK IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AND MY COLLEAGUES, BUT POSSIBLE, AND MY COLLEAGUES, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO SPLIT THE IS IT POSSIBLE TO SPLIT THE DECISION TODAY SO THAT DISTRICT DECISION TODAY SO THAT DISTRICT 2 IF SO WANTED COULD MOVE 2 IF SO WANTED COULD MOVE FORWARD AND THE REST OF US CAN FORWARD AND THE REST OF US CAN COME BACK MAYBE AS SOON AS
COME BACK MAYBE AS SOON AS TOMORROW? TOMORROW? >> YES, WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING >> YES, WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING TOMORROW, SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY TOMORROW, SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. IN THAT CASE, I WOULD -- WELL, IN THAT CASE, I WOULD -- WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, BUT IF IT'S SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, BUT IF IT'S COMING BACK TOMORROW, HE MIGHT COMING BACK TOMORROW, HE MIGHT WANT TO WAIT. WANT TO WAIT. MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE -- MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE -- >> I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT >> I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
THERE. >> WE COULD CERTAINLY DO IT, >> WE COULD CERTAINLY DO IT, BIFURCATE IT TODAY, OR COME BACK BIFURCATE IT TODAY, OR COME BACK TOMORROW IF IT CAN BE DONE. TOMORROW IF IT CAN BE DONE. >> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ? >> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ? >> I HAVE A ROOKIE QUESTION. >> I HAVE A ROOKIE QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE DOING?
WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO WE WERE -- SO WE KNOW THE SO WE WERE -- SO WE KNOW THE ALLOCATION THAT CAME FROM THE ALLOCATION THAT CAME FROM THE MERITMERIT-BASED RECOMMENDATION. MERITMERIT-BASED RECOMMENDATION. AND THOSE CANNOT BE TOUCHED, AND THOSE CANNOT BE TOUCHED, CORRECT? CORRECT? >> THOSE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS TO >> THOSE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD TODAY.
THE BOARD TODAY. >> THEN WE HAVE THE >> THEN WE HAVE THE DISTRICT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS DISTRICT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ALLOTTED TO THE THAT WE ALLOTTED TO THE NON-PROFITS PER EACH DISTRICT. NON-PROFITS PER EACH DISTRICT. AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? I'M NOT CLEAR.
I'M NOT CLEAR. >> SO ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION >> SO ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT I WILL MAKE IS THAT SOME OF THAT I WILL MAKE IS THAT SOME OF THOSE MERIT-BASED THOSE MERIT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE DISTRICT RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE DISTRICT FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPLEMENTING FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPLEMENTING THEM. THEM. SO IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE AWARDS SO IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE AWARDS THAT ARE COMBINED.
THAT ARE COMBINED. BUT WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION BUT WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS FOR BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS FOR THE MERIT-BASED AND THE THE MERIT-BASED AND THE DISTRICT-BASED AWARDS, I THINK DISTRICT-BASED AWARDS, I THINK THERE'S SOME DESIRE TO AMEND THE THERE'S SOME DESIRE TO AMEND THE DISTRICT-BASED AWARDS. DISTRICT-BASED AWARDS. >> SO IF -- AND POTENTIALLY >> SO IF -- AND POTENTIALLY MERIT-BASED.
MERIT-BASED. >> SO IF I AM GOOD FOR DISTRICT >> SO IF I AM GOOD FOR DISTRICT 4, IF I'M GOOD WITH THE 4, IF I'M GOOD WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, I'M DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, I'M GOOD? GOOD? IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S WHAT SUPERVISOR >> THAT'S WHAT SUPERVISOR KENNEDY IS SUGGESTING.
KENNEDY IS SUGGESTING. >> OKAY, SO I'M GOOD WITH MINE >> OKAY, SO I'M GOOD WITH MINE AS WELL. AS WELL. >> WELL, I WANT TO HEAR FROM MR. >> WELL, I WANT TO HEAR FROM MR. >> IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS. >> IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE THIS AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION EVERY YEAR AS WELL.
DISCUSSION EVERY YEAR AS WELL. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS IF WE TRY I THINK THE PROBLEM IS IF WE TRY TO BIFURCATE, I'M JUST LOOKING TO BIFURCATE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOU, AMANDA, THERE'S A FEW AT YOU, AMANDA, THERE'S A FEW DISTRICT 3 AWARDEES WHERE I'M DISTRICT 3 AWARDEES WHERE I'M ONLY -- IT'S ONLY 2500 BECAUSE ONLY -- IT'S ONLY 2500 BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO COMBINE WITH THE INTENT IS TO COMBINE WITH ANOTHER DISTRICT, WHETHER THAT'S ANOTHER DISTRICT, WHETHER THAT'S 2 OR 4.
2 OR 4. IF WE MAYBE APPROVE THE DISTRICT IF WE MAYBE APPROVE THE DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 4, IT MAY THROW 2 AND DISTRICT 4, IT MAY THROW THINGS OFF A LITTLE BIT. THINGS OFF A LITTLE BIT. WE'D HAVE TO SCRUB IT TO SEE IF WE'D HAVE TO SCRUB IT TO SEE IF ANY OF THE DISTRICT-SPECIFIC ANY OF THE DISTRICT-SPECIFIC AWARDS ARE UNDER THAT AWARDS ARE UNDER THAT $5,000 AMOUNT, RIGHT? $5,000 AMOUNT, RIGHT? >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> SUPERVISOR DESMOND, JUST REAL >> SUPERVISOR DESMOND, JUST REAL QUICK. QUICK. I DID A QUICK SEARCH OF BOTH I DID A QUICK SEARCH OF BOTH DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 4 AND DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 4 AND ALL OF THEM ARE AT LEAST $5,000.
ALL OF THEM ARE AT LEAST $5,000. SO I THINK THE CONCERN THAT SO I THINK THE CONCERN THAT AMANDA WAS BRINGING UP THAT IT AMANDA WAS BRINGING UP THAT IT DOESN'T AFFECT THOSE TWO, DOESN'T AFFECT THOSE TWO, HOWEVER THE COMBINED ONES MAY. HOWEVER THE COMBINED ONES MAY. >> RIGHT. >> RIGHT. BECAUSE I'M FINE WITH MY BECAUSE I'M FINE WITH MY SELECTIONS AS WELL, BUT SEVERAL SELECTIONS AS WELL, BUT SEVERAL OF MINE ARE AT THE $2,500 MARK.
OF MINE ARE AT THE $2,500 MARK. >> HOPEFULLY STAFF IS >> HOPEFULLY STAFF IS UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THIS UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THIS EXCHANGE WHY IT'S SO EXCHANGE WHY IT'S SO FRUSTRATING! FRUSTRATING! AND THE PROCESS IS LESS THAN AND THE PROCESS IS LESS THAN PERFECT, THAT'S FOR SURE. PERFECT, THAT'S FOR SURE. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO >> I WAS JUST GOING TO INTERJECT.
INTERJECT. SUPERVISOR HUME, HAVE YOU SAID SUPERVISOR HUME, HAVE YOU SAID ALL OF YOURS YET? ALL OF YOURS YET? >> I DID. >> I DID. >> AND HAVE YOU SAID YOURS YET? >> AND HAVE YOU SAID YOURS YET? >> NO. >> NO. >> DO YOU WANT TO SAY YOURS AND >> DO YOU WANT TO SAY YOURS AND THEN WE CAN PUT THEM ON THE THEN WE CAN PUT THEM ON THE RECORD AND GO FORWARD?
RECORD AND GO FORWARD? >> SURE. >> SURE. >> AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT. >> AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT. >> I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST >> I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST SOMETHING CONTINGENT ON EVERYONE SOMETHING CONTINGENT ON EVERYONE PARTICIPATING, BUT THAT'S CLEAR PARTICIPATING, BUT THAT'S CLEAR THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT MEANS PERHAPS IN COOPERATION IT MEANS PERHAPS IN COOPERATION WITH DISTRICT 5, WE CAN MAYBE WITH DISTRICT 5, WE CAN MAYBE ASSIST A LITTLE MORE A ASSIST A LITTLE MORE A PARTICULAR CBO.
PARTICULAR CBO. BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IS THAT GIVEN THE NEED OF THE IS THAT GIVEN THE NEED OF THE LITERACY FOUNDATION AND LITERACY FOUNDATION AND PERSONALLY I THINK THE MISSION PERSONALLY I THINK THE MISSION IS LAUDABLE AND PART OF THAT IS IS LAUDABLE AND PART OF THAT IS IT'S VERY PERSONAL JUST BASED ON IT'S VERY PERSONAL JUST BASED ON HOW IMPORTANT LITERACY WAS TO MY
HOW IMPORTANT LITERACY WAS TO MY LATE FATHER AND MR. KENNEDY LATE FATHER AND MR. KENNEDY KNOWS EVERYONE READS, EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE READS, EVERYONE WORKS, EVERYONE VOTES. WORKS, EVERYONE VOTES. THAT WAS KIND OF HIS THAT WAS KIND OF HIS THREE-SENTENCE CHARGE.
THREE-SENTENCE CHARGE. AND SO I DO THINK THAT GIVEN AND SO I DO THINK THAT GIVEN WHAT APRIL SHARED WITH US ABOUT WHAT APRIL SHARED WITH US ABOUT PUTTING A BOOK IN THE HANDS OF PUTTING A BOOK IN THE HANDS OF EVERY CHILD 0-5 AT A EVERY CHILD 0-5 AT A WellSpace FACILITY WHEN THEY WellSpace FACILITY WHEN THEY VISIT IS A TERRIFIC IDEA THAT VISIT IS A TERRIFIC IDEA THAT DESERVES ALL OF OUR SUPPORT -- DESERVES ALL OF OUR SUPPORT -- AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DON'T
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DON'T ALL SUPPORT IT, I THINK WE DO ALL SUPPORT IT, I THINK WE DO ALL SUPPORT IT. ALL SUPPORT IT. AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THEY AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THEY DID RECEIVE SOME RECOMMENDED DID RECEIVE SOME RECOMMENDED FUNDS, BUT THERE'S STILL QUITE A FUNDS, BUT THERE'S STILL QUITE A LARGE DELTA THERE.
LARGE DELTA THERE. WHAT I'VE MENTIONED TO WHAT I'VE MENTIONED TO SUPERVISOR HUME IS THAT BECAUSE SUPERVISOR HUME IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE 0-5 NATURE OF IT, IT BEGS OF THE 0-5 NATURE OF IT, IT BEGS KIND OF THE QUESTION, WELL, KIND OF THE QUESTION, WELL, SHOULDN'T FIRST 5 HAVE SOME SKIN SHOULDN'T FIRST 5 HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME? IN THE GAME? AND ABSOLUTELY, AS CHAIR OF THE AND ABSOLUTELY, AS CHAIR OF THE FIRST 5 COMMISSION, YES.
FIRST 5 COMMISSION, YES. IT WOULD MAKE MY JOB A BIT IT WOULD MAKE MY JOB A BIT EASIER QUITE FRANKLY TO GO BACK EASIER QUITE FRANKLY TO GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND SAY, TO THE COMMISSION AND SAY, LISTEN, THE BOARD IS PUTTING LISTEN, THE BOARD IS PUTTING SOME SKIN IN THE GAME HERE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME HERE BECAUSE WE FIND IT OF CRITICAL BECAUSE WE FIND IT OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
IMPORTANCE. IT'S SERVING THE VERY POPULATION IT'S SERVING THE VERY POPULATION THAT FIRST 5 -- EVERY FIRST 5 IN THAT FIRST 5 -- EVERY FIRST 5 IN THE STATE, CERTAINLY OURS -- IS THE STATE, CERTAINLY OURS -- IS DESIGNED TO DO IN TERMS OF EARLY DESIGNED TO DO IN TERMS OF EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. AND SO MY SUGGESTION WAS, AND I AND SO MY SUGGESTION WAS, AND I KIND OF SCRUBBED SOME OF MY KIND OF SCRUBBED SOME OF MY DISTRICT-RECOMMENDED FUNDS AND I DISTRICT-RECOMMENDED FUNDS AND I HAD TO START WITH A NUMBER, SO HAD TO START WITH A NUMBER, SO THE NUMBER I STARTED WITH WAS THE NUMBER I STARTED WITH WAS THE 82,000, DIVIDED THAT BY 5, THE 82,000, DIVIDED THAT BY 5, 16,400 EACH. 16,400 EACH. THEN 8200 PER DISTRICT.
THEN 8200 PER DISTRICT. SO I SCRUBBED MY DISTRICT SO I SCRUBBED MY DISTRICT FUNDING FOR -- TO FIND 8200. FUNDING FOR -- TO FIND 8200. AND IF THE BALANCE OF THE BOARD AND IF THE BALANCE OF THE BOARD WAS AGREEABLE TO THIS, WHICH IT WAS AGREEABLE TO THIS, WHICH IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS, THEN DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS, THEN WE'D GET THERE.
WE'D GET THERE. WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT I WOULD WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY GO ADVOCATE FIERCELY CERTAINLY GO ADVOCATE FIERCELY WITH APRIL'S HELP WITH MY WITH APRIL'S HELP WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND OUR EXECUTIVE COLLEAGUES AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT FIRST 5 TO FUND THE DIRECTOR AT FIRST 5 TO FUND THE BALANCE OF THE DIFFERENCE.
BALANCE OF THE DIFFERENCE. SO FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE SO FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE COUNTY COUNSEL ASKED FOR IT, I COUNTY COUNSEL ASKED FOR IT, I WAS LOOKING AT TAKING CDC FROM WAS LOOKING AT TAKING CDC FROM 10 HOUSE TO 7500. 10 HOUSE TO 7500. TAKING SAC REGIONAL FAMILY TAKING SAC REGIONAL FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER FROM 10,000 TO JUSTICE CENTER FROM 10,000 TO 7500. 7500. TAKING HACKER LAB EDU FROM
TAKING HACKER LAB EDU FROM 10,000 TO 7500.
10,000 TO 7500. AND THEN TAKING THE TAHOE PARK AND THEN TAKING THE TAHOE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FROM 6600 TO 5900 FOR -- THAT'S ONLY 6600 TO 5900 FOR -- THAT'S ONLY A $700 REDUCTION, BUT THAT GETS A $700 REDUCTION, BUT THAT GETS US TO THE $8,200 WHICH I US TO THE $8,200 WHICH I MENTIONED WAS KIND OF THE MENTIONED WAS KIND OF THE PER-DISTRICT GO-TO BASED ON THE PER-DISTRICT GO-TO BASED ON THE MATH I'VE JUST EXPLAINED.
MATH I'VE JUST EXPLAINED. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S ANYTHING BUT ACADEMIC AT THIS ANYTHING BUT ACADEMIC AT THIS POINT. POINT. SUPERVISOR HUME?
SUPERVISOR HUME? >> BACK TO THE ACADEMIA, WITHOUT >> BACK TO THE ACADEMIA, WITHOUT AFFECTS ANY OF THE OTHER AFFECTS ANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS' ALLOCATIONS FOR DISTRICTS' ALLOCATIONS FOR DISTRICT-SPECIFIC, CAN WE GET DISTRICT-SPECIFIC, CAN WE GET BUY-IN ON MY SUGGESTIONS OF BUY-IN ON MY SUGGESTIONS OF REDUCING RUNNING FOR RENT, REDUCING RUNNING FOR RENT, COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER, AND
COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER, AND FRIENDS OF THE FRONT STREET FRIENDS OF THE FRONT STREET SHELTER? SHELTER? OUT OF THE MERIT-BASED. OUT OF THE MERIT-BASED. >> NOT FROM ME. >> NOT FROM ME. ON NONE OF THEM. ON NONE OF THEM. >> THE MERIT OR THE DISTRICT? >> THE MERIT OR THE DISTRICT? >> NO, MERIT. >> NO, MERIT. >> WHICH IS THE BIG ONE.
>> WHICH IS THE BIG ONE. OKAY. OKAY. >> OUT OF EACH.
>> OUT OF EACH. I'M SORRY, SIR, OUT OF RESPECT I'M SORRY, SIR, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED UP UNTIL NOW AND THAT'S HAPPENED UP UNTIL NOW AND THE WORK THAT THE PANEL AND YOUR THE WORK THAT THE PANEL AND YOUR CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE PUT INTO CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE PUT INTO THIS, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT THIS, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT MYSELF. MYSELF. >> I COULD.
>> I COULD. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHERE WE LAND, I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHERE WE LAND, THAT'S WHERE WE LAND. THAT'S WHERE WE LAND. >> AND HERE'S WHAT I CAN COMMIT >> AND HERE'S WHAT I CAN COMMIT TO.
TO. WHETHER WE GET THERE THROUGH WHETHER WE GET THERE THROUGH REDUCING THE MERIT-BASED OR REDUCING THE MERIT-BASED OR WHETHER I HAVE TO CHIP IN FROM WHETHER I HAVE TO CHIP IN FROM THE OTHER POT OF MONEY THAT THE OTHER POT OF MONEY THAT ALLOWS THE LOWER AMOUNTS, I'LL ALLOWS THE LOWER AMOUNTS, I'LL MAKE THOSE AMOUNTS WHOLE FOR MAKE THOSE AMOUNTS WHOLE FOR COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER AND COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER AND RUNNING FOR RED, SO IT'LL BE
RUNNING FOR RED, SO IT'LL BE 6,000 EITHER WAY. 6,000 EITHER WAY. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER WE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER WE DO IT WITH PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS DO IT WITH PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS OR -- BUT I CAN'T, AS I OR -- BUT I CAN'T, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WELL, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND IT, WELL, I GUESS I COULD.
COULD. I COULD JUST TAKE THE MONEY FROM I COULD JUST TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE OTHER AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE THE OTHER AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE LITERACY FOUNDATION WITH THAT. LITERACY FOUNDATION WITH THAT. SO WHETHER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO SO WHETHER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO IT OR WHETHER I HAVE TO DO IT IT OR WHETHER I HAVE TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, I THINK THE MONEY INDIVIDUALLY, I THINK THE MONEY WILL BE THERE.
WILL BE THERE. >> AND IF I COULD SUGGEST, >> AND IF I COULD SUGGEST, SUPERVISOR HUME, CAN YOU REPEAT SUPERVISOR HUME, CAN YOU REPEAT THE ALLOCATION OF YOUR COMMUNITY THE ALLOCATION OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDS, IT DOES AND NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDS, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PART OF THIS NOT NEED TO BE PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION NECESSARILY.
RECOMMENDATION NECESSARILY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THOSE FUNDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THOSE FUNDS SEPARATELY TO SUPPLEMENT SEPARATELY TO SUPPLEMENT SOMETHING, WE COULD WORK THAT SOMETHING, WE COULD WORK THAT OUT AFTER THIS ACTION. OUT AFTER THIS ACTION. >> SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OFFLINE.
>> SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OFFLINE. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY THE LAST THING I WILL SAY RELATIVE TO THE PANEL RELATIVE TO THE PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS, I DO APPRECIATE RECOMMENDATIONS, I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK PUT INTO THIS.
THE WORK PUT INTO THIS. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION AS TO MY AND THERE'S NO QUESTION AS TO MY LOVE OF ANIMALS AND MY SUPPORT LOVE OF ANIMALS AND MY SUPPORT FOR THOSE THAT CARE FOR ANIMALS FOR THOSE THAT CARE FOR ANIMALS AND TRYING TO REDUCE THE AND TRYING TO REDUCE THE UNNEUTERED POPULATION.
UNNEUTERED POPULATION. I GUESS THE FACT THAT FRONT I GUESS THE FACT THAT FRONT STREET IS A CITY OF STREET IS A CITY OF SACRAMENTO-RUN FACILITY IS WHY I SACRAMENTO-RUN FACILITY IS WHY I LOOKED AT THAT AS A POSSIBILITY. LOOKED AT THAT AS A POSSIBILITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THERE. >> SUPERVISOR KENNEDY?
>> SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> JUST BRIEFLY, BECAUSE THAT'S >> JUST BRIEFLY, BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD POINT, AND EVERYBODY SAW A GOOD POINT, AND EVERYBODY SAW A FLAG THERE AND I'LL TELL YOU A FLAG THERE AND I'LL TELL YOU WHERE MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, WHERE MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, BECAUSE I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT BECAUSE I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
THE SAME THING. BUT THEN I REMEMBER ALSO, FIRST BUT THEN I REMEMBER ALSO, FIRST OF ALL, THESE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE OF ALL, THESE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE SAVING AND SPAYING, THEY DON'T SAVING AND SPAYING, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT POLITICAL BOUNDARIES.
KNOW ABOUT POLITICAL BOUNDARIES. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I RECALL BUT THAT BEING SAID, I RECALL EARLY IN MY TENURE WHEN WE HAD A EARLY IN MY TENURE WHEN WE HAD A HEAD OF OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL HEAD OF OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL WHO REFUSED TO WORK IN SOME OF WHO REFUSED TO WORK IN SOME OF THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY IN MY DISTRICT SACRAMENTO COUNTY IN MY DISTRICT WHO REFUSED TO GO OUT AND SPAY
WHO REFUSED TO GO OUT AND SPAY AND NEUTER IN THE COMMUNITY IN AND NEUTER IN THE COMMUNITY IN SOME OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA SOME OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO.
CITY OF SACRAMENTO. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF SO, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THINKING, I JUST -- THAT'S WHY I THINKING, I JUST -- THAT'S WHY I TOOK THE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD TOOK THE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD AND THE CONCERN AND I'M AND THE CONCERN AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT. COMFORTABLE WITH IT. JUST PERSONALLY. JUST PERSONALLY. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WELL, I THINK REGARDLESS -- OH, WELL, I THINK REGARDLESS -- OH, SORRY. SORRY. SUPERVISOR DESMOND? SUPERVISOR DESMOND? >> AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR >> AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HUME, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
HUME, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK THE ORIGINAL I THINK THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR FRONT STREET RECOMMENDATION FOR FRONT STREET ANIMAL SHELTER WAS ACTUALLY MUCH ANIMAL SHELTER WAS ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER.
HIGHER. WE ENDED UP THROUGH OUR WE ENDED UP THROUGH OUR DELIBERATIVE PROCESS, SUPERVISOR DELIBERATIVE PROCESS, SUPERVISOR KENNEDY AND I AND THE OTHER KENNEDY AND I AND THE OTHER CHIEFS, WE REDUCED THAT I THINK CHIEFS, WE REDUCED THAT I THINK BY 50%. BY 50%. SO IN RECOGNITION OF THAT VERY SO IN RECOGNITION OF THAT VERY THING.
THING. AND I THINK FOR ME, I THINK IT'S AND I THINK FOR ME, I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO HAVE AN PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION FROM THE FRONT EXPECTATION FROM THE FRONT STREET ANIMAL SHELTER THAT THEY STREET ANIMAL SHELTER THAT THEY WILL BE AN OUTLET FOR THE COUNTY WILL BE AN OUTLET FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL.
AS WELL. AND I DO THINK A LOT OF THE AND I DO THINK A LOT OF THE ANIMAL GROUPS SHOULD BE WORKING ANIMAL GROUPS SHOULD BE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER. CLOSELY TOGETHER. BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND THAT POINT DID COME UP MULTIPLE THAT POINT DID COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THAT KIND OF TIMES DURING THAT KIND OF PROCESS WHEN WE WERE GOING PROCESS WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS.
THROUGH THIS. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. SO I THINK I HAVE A BETTER SO I THINK I HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING TODAY, SO I DON'T KNOW THERE'S A TODAY, SO I DON'T KNOW THERE'S A NEED TO GO INTO TOMORROW.
NEED TO GO INTO TOMORROW. BUT HOPEFULLY THE RECORD WAS BUT HOPEFULLY THE RECORD WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO MY PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO MY ADJUSTMENTS, BECAUSE I WANT MY ADJUSTMENTS, BECAUSE I WANT MY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MY DISTRICT ADJUSTMENTS FOR MY DISTRICT $100,000 TO REFLECT THE CHANGES $100,000 TO REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT I'VE SUGGESTED TO CERTAINLY THAT I'VE SUGGESTED TO CERTAINLY NOT GET LITERACY FOUNDATION NOT GET LITERACY FOUNDATION EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
EVERYTHING THEY NEED. IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T COVER IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T COVER THE DELTA OF $82,000. THE DELTA OF $82,000. BUT WE'LL GET A LITTLE CLOSER.
BUT WE'LL GET A LITTLE CLOSER. AND WITH SUPERVISOR HUME'S HELP, AND WITH SUPERVISOR HUME'S HELP, WHICH I DO APPRECIATE, I THINK WHICH I DO APPRECIATE, I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF SIMILAR THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF SIMILAR ASSISTANCE THAT COMES FROM ASSISTANCE THAT COMES FROM DISTRICT 5. DISTRICT 5. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CLARITY?
CLARITY? >> I APOLOGIZE, I DO, BECAUSE MY >> I APOLOGIZE, I DO, BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING AS FAST AS BRAIN IS NOT WORKING AS FAST AS EITHER OF YOURS TODAY, I'M EITHER OF YOURS TODAY, I'M SORRY. SORRY. SUPERVISOR HUME, COULD YOU GO SUPERVISOR HUME, COULD YOU GO OVER YOUR ADJUSTMENTS SO I HAVE OVER YOUR ADJUSTMENTS SO I HAVE THOSE? THOSE? >> SURE.
>> SURE. SO FAR AS WHAT I DON'T NEED SO FAR AS WHAT I DON'T NEED CONCURRENCE WITH. CONCURRENCE WITH. THE ELK GROVE FOOD BANK, THE ELK GROVE FOOD BANK, REDUCING IT FROM TEN TO NINE. REDUCING IT FROM TEN TO NINE. THE CAPITAL AIR SHOW, SAME THE CAPITAL AIR SHOW, SAME THING. THING. FROM TEN TO NINE. FROM TEN TO NINE. AND THE LOCK FOUNDATION, SAME AND THE LOCK FOUNDATION, SAME THING.
THING. FROM TEN TO NINE. FROM TEN TO NINE. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. AND THAT ADDITIONAL $3,000 WOULD AND THAT ADDITIONAL $3,000 WOULD GO TO THE LITERACY FOUNDATION? GO TO THE LITERACY FOUNDATION? >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN SUPERVISOR SERNA?
AND THEN SUPERVISOR SERNA? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAPTURED YOURS. CAPTURED YOURS. WHY DON'T I LET YOU RATHER THAN WHY DON'T I LET YOU RATHER THAN ME BUTCHERING IT. ME BUTCHERING IT. I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU HAVING TO I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU HAVING TO REPEAT YOURSELF. REPEAT YOURSELF. >> CDC, ALCHEMIST, 10 TO 7500.
>> CDC, ALCHEMIST, 10 TO 7500. CHILDREN'S HOME DOESN'T GET CHILDREN'S HOME DOESN'T GET TOUCHED. TOUCHED. SAC REGIONAL FAMILY JUSTICE SAC REGIONAL FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER GOES FROM 10,000 TO 7500.
CENTER GOES FROM 10,000 TO 7500. HACKER LAB GOES FROM 10,000 TO HACKER LAB GOES FROM 10,000 TO 7500. 7500. AND THE TAHOE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE TAHOE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOES FROM 6600 TO ASSOCIATION GOES FROM 6600 TO 5900. 5900. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE ALL THOSE.
I DID HAVE ALL THOSE. AND THE DIFFERENCE GOING TO THE AND THE DIFFERENCE GOING TO THE LITERACY FOUNDATION? LITERACY FOUNDATION? >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT. YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ALL THOSE YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ALL THOSE NUMBERS, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT GOES TO THE LITERACY FUNDS THAT GOES TO THE LITERACY FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. AND I'LL JUST SAY TOO FOR THE AND I'LL JUST SAY TOO FOR THE RECORD THAT I WILL STILL GO TRY RECORD THAT I WILL STILL GO TRY AND CHAMPION FIRST 5'S NEEDED, AND CHAMPION FIRST 5'S NEEDED, MORE ACTIVE RESOURCE MORE ACTIVE RESOURCE CONSIDERATION FOR THE LITERACY CONSIDERATION FOR THE LITERACY FOUNDATION, ESPECIALLY FOR FOUNDATION, ESPECIALLY FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE 0-5. PROGRAMS THAT ARE 0-5. SUPERVISOR DESMOND?
SUPERVISOR DESMOND? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. AND I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. I, TOO, SUPPORT THE LITERACY I, TOO, SUPPORT THE LITERACY FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT THE NON-PROFITS THE RECORD THAT THE NON-PROFITS THAT I'M SUPPORTING WITH THAT I'M SUPPORTING WITH DISTRICT-DIRECTED FUNDS, IN THE DISTRICT-DIRECTED FUNDS, IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, THIS IS ALL UNINCORPORATED AREA, THIS IS ALL THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE. SO I FEEL THEY DON'T HAVE SO I FEEL THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPORT FRO FROM A CITY.
SUPPORT FRO FROM A CITY. THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN FOR THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN FOR ASSISTANCE. ASSISTANCE. THAT'S NOT WHY I'M GOING TO THAT'S NOT WHY I'M GOING TO REDIRECT MY FUNDS, BUT I REDIRECT MY FUNDS, BUT I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THESE CHANGES CERTAINLY SUPPORT THESE CHANGES AND THE MERIT-BASED AWARD TO THE AND THE MERIT-BASED AWARD TO THE FOUNDATION AND THE WORK YOU DO.
FOUNDATION AND THE WORK YOU DO. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD AND I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE RECORD AND I'M HAPPY TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM WITH APPROVAL OF THE ITEM WITH RECOMMENDED CHANGES FROM RECOMMENDED CHANGES FROM DISTRICT 5 AND 1. DISTRICT 5 AND 1. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ASK A AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION MAYBE FOR CLARIFYING QUESTION MAYBE FOR THE CLERK.
THE CLERK. BECAUSE I'VE SERVED ON THE PANEL BECAUSE I'VE SERVED ON THE PANEL WITH SUPERVISOR KENNEDY FOR FOUR WITH SUPERVISOR KENNEDY FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. YEARS NOW. IS THAT AN OWN RANKS APPOINTMENT IS THAT AN OWN RANKS APPOINTMENT TO THAT? TO THAT? I CAN'T REMEMBER, FLO, IS IT? I CAN'T REMEMBER, FLO, IS IT? >> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> I DON'T THINK SO. LET ME DOUBLE-CHECK AND PULL LET ME DOUBLE-CHECK AND PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK. THAT UP REAL QUICK. >> THE REASON I BRING IT UP, I >> THE REASON I BRING IT UP, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY PLACE ON THE LIKE TO TAKE MY PLACE ON THE PANEL?
PANEL? BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US ALL TO HAVE A HELPFUL FOR US ALL TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE BEING LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE BEING INVOLVED. INVOLVED. >> WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE >> WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE PROCESS CHANGES! PROCESS CHANGES! >> I MEAN, I THINK -- >> I MEAN, I THINK -- >> IT'S CHANGED EVERY YEAR.
>> IT'S CHANGED EVERY YEAR. >> I THINK WHAT MIGHT EVEN BE >> I THINK WHAT MIGHT EVEN BE GOOD IS TO HAVE MAYBE THE CHAIR GOOD IS TO HAVE MAYBE THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR ON IT EVERY AND THE VICE CHAIR ON IT EVERY YEAR AND THAT WAY IT YEAR AND THAT WAY IT CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES. CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES. >> JUST ADD TO IT.
>> JUST ADD TO IT. >> I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AND >> I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AND INCORPORATE IT INTO A MOTION IF INCORPORATE IT INTO A MOTION IF NEED BE. NEED BE. OR JUST AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT. OR JUST AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT. >> I THINK IT HAS TO BE >> I THINK IT HAS TO BE AGENDIZED. AGENDIZED. >> IT'S NOT EVEN AN OWN RANKS >> IT'S NOT EVEN AN OWN RANKS THING.
THING. I'M LOOKING AT OUR OWN RANKS I'M LOOKING AT OUR OWN RANKS REPORT FROM LAST WEEK AND IT'S REPORT FROM LAST WEEK AND IT'S NOT ON HERE. NOT ON HERE. >> SO IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY >> SO IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY AGREEMENT AMONGST BOARD MEMBERS? AGREEMENT AMONGST BOARD MEMBERS? [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> OR UNFRIENDLY AGREEMENT!
>> OR UNFRIENDLY AGREEMENT! >> I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD >> I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR MAYBE SHARING IN THAT IDEAS FOR MAYBE SHARING IN THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
RESPONSIBILITY. OKAY, AND I JUST -- AND I OKAY, AND I JUST -- AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR DESMOND'S APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR DESMOND'S CLARITY AS USUAL ACKNOWLEDGING CLARITY AS USUAL ACKNOWLEDGING THE RATIONALE BEHIND HIS FOCUS THE RATIONALE BEHIND HIS FOCUS ON THE CBOS THAT HE HAS RELATIVE ON THE CBOS THAT HE HAS RELATIVE TO THE NATURE OF HIS TO THE NATURE OF HIS CONSTITUENCY.
CONSTITUENCY. PRIMARILY UNINCORPORATED PRIMARILY UNINCORPORATED RESIDENTS. RESIDENTS. AND SERVICES NEEDED IN THE AND SERVICES NEEDED IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.
UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. AND JUST SO PEOPLE DON'T WALK AND JUST SO PEOPLE DON'T WALK AWAY THINKING THAT WE'RE SO AWAY THINKING THAT WE'RE SO PAROCHIAL AT TIMES THAT WE JUST PAROCHIAL AT TIMES THAT WE JUST STAY FOCUSED ON THE BINARY STAY FOCUSED ON THE BINARY NATURE OF OUR CONSTITUENCY NATURE OF OUR CONSTITUENCY EITHER BEING, YOU KNOW, EITHER BEING, YOU KNOW, UNINCORPORATED OR MUNICIPAL, UNINCORPORATED OR MUNICIPAL, MOST OF THE PROGRAMMING AS WE
MOST OF THE PROGRAMMING AS WE HEARD FROM APRIL FOR THIS HEARD FROM APRIL FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.
UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. I HAVE ABOUT LESS THAN 10,000 I HAVE ABOUT LESS THAN 10,000 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, SO I'M UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, SO I'M JUST POINTING THAT OUT, BECAUSE JUST POINTING THAT OUT, BECAUSE I REALIZE IT'S A NEED THAT'S NOT I REALIZE IT'S A NEED THAT'S NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT.
JUST IN MY DISTRICT. IT'S A NEED IN MY COLLEAGUES' IT'S A NEED IN MY COLLEAGUES' DISTRICTS THAT REPRESENT A MUCH, DISTRICTS THAT REPRESENT A MUCH, MUCH DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCY. MUCH DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCY. >> I'LL SECOND THAT, CHAIR. >> I'LL SECOND THAT, CHAIR. >> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> SUPERVISOR HUME? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. ONE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY IS ONE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY IS JUST KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF JUST KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING IN YOUR COMMUNITY SOMETHING IN YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT DOLLARS, BECAUSE SERVICE GRANT DOLLARS, BECAUSE COMING UP IN MARCH WILL BE THE COMING UP IN MARCH WILL BE THE AUTHORS ON THE MOVE EVENT FOR AUTHORS ON THE MOVE EVENT FOR THE LITERACY FOUNDATION AND
THE LITERACY FOUNDATION AND MAYBE WE CAN SPONSOR A TABLE AND MAYBE WE CAN SPONSOR A TABLE AND ALL OF US ATTEND AND SUPPORT ALL OF US ATTEND AND SUPPORT THAT ONE. THAT ONE. >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO THAT WAS A SECOND TO THE SO THAT WAS A SECOND TO THE MOTION. MOTION. SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SECOND. WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. AMANDA IS CLEAR? AMANDA IS CLEAR? OKAY. OKAY. NO MEETING TOMORROW. NO MEETING TOMORROW. OR NO AGENDA ITEM TOMORROW. OR NO AGENDA ITEM TOMORROW. WE DO HAVE A MEETING. WE DO HAVE A MEETING. ALL RIGHT, SO PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, SO PLEASE VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM. >> NEXT ITEM. >> OUR NEXT ITEM, 63, THIS IS >> OUR NEXT ITEM, 63, THIS IS THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SEXUALLY THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HIV TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HIV UPDATE.
UPDATE. >> I THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME >> I THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TODAY. TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TODAY. SO I WANTED TO START OFF WITH A SO I WANTED TO START OFF WITH A QUESTION THAT I'M OFTEN ASKED IS QUESTION THAT I'M OFTEN ASKED IS WHY ARE THE STI RATES SO HIGH.
WHY ARE THE STI RATES SO HIGH. AND SO IN THESE BULLET POINTS, I AND SO IN THESE BULLET POINTS, I TRIED TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE TRIED TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT STIs IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT STIs AND ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT WHY WE AND ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT WHY WE FIND THESE STI RATES ARE SO FIND THESE STI RATES ARE SO HIGH. HIGH. THAT GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPREAD.
SPREAD. THE OTHER ALSO IS THAT THE OTHER ALSO IS THAT OFTENTIMES THE SYMPTOMS MIGHT BE OFTENTIMES THE SYMPTOMS MIGHT BE MILD OR THEY MAY MIMIC OTHER MILD OR THEY MAY MIMIC OTHER DISEASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DISEASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER SYPHILIS AND HIV.
CONSIDER SYPHILIS AND HIV. FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES A PERSON FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES A PERSON MIGHT HAVE A RASH AND THEY THINK MIGHT HAVE A RASH AND THEY THINK THAT IT'S DUE TO AN ALLERGY AND THAT IT'S DUE TO AN ALLERGY AND SO THAT WILL DELAY THEIR SEEKING SO THAT WILL DELAY THEIR SEEKING CARE AND DURING THAT TIME, CARE AND DURING THAT TIME, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE DISEASE.
THE DISEASE. THE OTHER THING ALSO IS THAT THE OTHER THING ALSO IS THAT THERE IS NO IMMUNITY.
THERE IS NO IMMUNITY. IF SOMEONE GETS INFECTED, THEY IF SOMEONE GETS INFECTED, THEY CAN GET REINFECTED EVEN AFTER CAN GET REINFECTED EVEN AFTER GETTING TREATED, SO SOMETIMES WE GETTING TREATED, SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING THE SAME HAVE PEOPLE GETTING THE SAME STIs TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THE STIs TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THE SAME YEAR, ESPECIALLY IF THEY SAME YEAR, ESPECIALLY IF THEY CONTINUE WITH CERTAIN BEHAVIORS
CONTINUE WITH CERTAIN BEHAVIORS THAT PUT THEM AT RISK.
THAT PUT THEM AT RISK. AND ALSO THAT STIs, IF AND ALSO THAT STIs, IF SOMEBODY HAS ONE STI, IT CAN SOMEBODY HAS ONE STI, IT CAN ACTUALLY PUT THEM AT RISK FOR ACTUALLY PUT THEM AT RISK FOR ADDITIONAL STIs, SO OFTENTIMES ADDITIONAL STIs, SO OFTENTIMES WE GET PEOPLE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE WE GET PEOPLE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE STIs, SO AGAIN THESE ARE STIs, SO AGAIN THESE ARE FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE RISK FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE RISK FOR INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY OUR
FOR INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG ADULT POPULATION THAT IS YOUNG ADULT POPULATION THAT IS SEXUALLY ACTIVE.
SEXUALLY ACTIVE. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT ON I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE THERE ARE SOME THIS SLIDE THERE ARE SOME DISEASES AT THE BOTTOM LISTED, DISEASES AT THE BOTTOM LISTED, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C, HERPES, HPV, AND MPOX THAT CAN HERPES, HPV, AND MPOX THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED ASEXUALLY, BUT BE TRANSMITTED ASEXUALLY, BUT THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN
THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN ONES THAT WE REPORT ABOUT, WHICH ONES THAT WE REPORT ABOUT, WHICH IS CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA, IS CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA, SYPHILIS, AND HIV.
SYPHILIS, AND HIV. SO THIS MAP SHOWS THE RATES BY SO THIS MAP SHOWS THE RATES BY COUNTY FOR CALIFORNIA AND YOU COUNTY FOR CALIFORNIA AND YOU CAN SEE -- I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE -- I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE SACRAMENTO, BUT IT'S CAN SEE SACRAMENTO, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT SACRAMENTO IS ONE OF CLEAR THAT SACRAMENTO IS ONE OF THE COUNTIES THAT HAS THE HIGHER THE COUNTIES THAT HAS THE HIGHER RATES.
RATES. AND ONE OTHER THING ALSO TO AND ONE OTHER THING ALSO TO POINT OUT, OFTENTIMES WE TALK POINT OUT, OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT IT AS THE I5 CORRIDOR ABOUT IT AS THE I5 CORRIDOR WHERE YOU FIND THE COUNTIES THAT WHERE YOU FIND THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE HIGHER RATES.
HAVE THE HIGHER RATES. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO THIS, BUT I THINK PART OF THAT THIS, BUT I THINK PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DO FIND THAT THIS IS BECAUSE YOU DO FIND THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND THE LARGER IS WHERE YOU FIND THE LARGER COUNTIES THAT HAVE A HIGHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE A HIGHER DENSITY IN POPULATION.
DENSITY IN POPULATION. AND ALSO WITH THE FREEWAYS, AND ALSO WITH THE FREEWAYS, THERE'S MORE TRAVEL, MORE PEOPLE THERE'S MORE TRAVEL, MORE PEOPLE MEETING UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MEETING UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S ANONYMOUS. ANONYMOUS. AND THAT INCREASES THE RISK FOR AND THAT INCREASES THE RISK FOR TRANSMISSION.
TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A FEW CHARTS HERE AND I HAVE A FEW CHARTS HERE AND ACTUALLY WITH THE BOARD LETTER, ACTUALLY WITH THE BOARD LETTER, WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF OUR FACT WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF OUR FACT SHEETS THAT HAVE A LOT MORE SHEETS THAT HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION A FEW I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION A FEW POINTS OVER HERE ABOUT THE POINTS OVER HERE ABOUT THE TRENDS, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER TRENDS, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE CHARTS FOR CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA, CHARTS FOR CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA, SYPHILIS, AND FOR HIV, SYPHILIS, AND FOR HIV, ESPECIALLY FOR CHLAMYDIA, ESPECIALLY FOR CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA, AND SYPHILIS, THERE GONORRHEA, AND SYPHILIS, THERE WAS A DROP, ESPECIALLY IN 2020, WAS A DROP, ESPECIALLY IN 2020, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN WITH THE COVID.
THEN WITH THE COVID. BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN, A LOT BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE DELAYED OR DID NOT GET OF PEOPLE DELAYED OR DID NOT GET CARE AND DID NOT GET SCREENING.
CARE AND DID NOT GET SCREENING. AND ALSO, OF COURSE, SINCE AND ALSO, OF COURSE, SINCE PEOPLE ARE STAYING HOME, THERE PEOPLE ARE STAYING HOME, THERE WAS LESS LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE WAS LESS LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING AND THAT DID TRAVELLING AND THAT DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE SLOWDOWN IN CONTRIBUTE TO THE SLOWDOWN IN THE RATES.
THE RATES. ONE GOOD THING THAT WE SEE IS ONE GOOD THING THAT WE SEE IS ACTUALLY IT SEEMS TO BE ACTUALLY IT SEEMS TO BE SUSTAINED EVEN AFTER THE COVID SUSTAINED EVEN AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS ENDED AND WE DON'T PANDEMIC HAS ENDED AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTORS FOR THAT HAVE ALL THE FACTORS FOR THAT AGAIN, BUT WE'D LIKE TO THINK AGAIN, BUT WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THAT PART OF THAT IS DUE TO INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE AND
INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE AND SOME OF THE EDUCATION THAT WE'RE SOME OF THE EDUCATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE. ABLE TO PROVIDE. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE MAIN SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE MAIN UNITS THAT WE HAVE. UNITS THAT WE HAVE. >> EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR. >> EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR. SUPERVISOR KENNEDY?
SUPERVISOR KENNEDY? >> I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, >> I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ON THE BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT THIS IS PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME UP. GOING TO COME UP. SO IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SO IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. SLIDE. I HAVE A CURIOUS QUESTION.
I HAVE A CURIOUS QUESTION. YOU HAVE A FOOTNOTE THERE THAT YOU HAVE A FOOTNOTE THERE THAT SINCE 2019, CHLAMYDIA IS NO SINCE 2019, CHLAMYDIA IS NO LONGER PROVIDER REPORTABLE, LONGER PROVIDER REPORTABLE, MAKING IT ONLY LAB REPORTABLE. MAKING IT ONLY LAB REPORTABLE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> PRIOR TO 2019, ALL LABS WERE >> PRIOR TO 2019, ALL LABS WERE REQUIRED TO REPORT AND HEALTH REQUIRED TO REPORT AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WERE REQUIRED TO CARE PROVIDERS WERE REQUIRED TO REPORT ALL POSITIVES TO US. REPORT ALL POSITIVES TO US. NOW THE REQUIREMENT IS ONLY FOR NOW THE REQUIREMENT IS ONLY FOR THE LABS. THE LABS. >> WHAT CHANGED?
>> WHAT CHANGED? >> IT WAS CHANGED IN THE >> IT WAS CHANGED IN THE REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE. REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE. >> STATE, NOT FEDERAL? >> STATE, NOT FEDERAL? >> STATE. >> STATE. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. >> AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING >> AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
THAT OUT. THAT PROBABLY ALSO CONTRIBUTED THAT PROBABLY ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE REDUCTION IN NUMBERS THAT TO THE REDUCTION IN NUMBERS THAT WE SEE. WE SEE. >> SURE.
>> SURE. AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING LESS NUMBERS, WE'RE SEEING LESS NUMBERS, WE'RE SEEING SURE, THEN, BUT THEN YOU DO SEE SURE, THEN, BUT THEN YOU DO SEE THE REDUCTION IN GONORRHEA AS THE REDUCTION IN GONORRHEA AS WELL. WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> BUT IT IS A CONTRIBUTING >> BUT IT IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
FACTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SO WE HAVE THE PREVENTION, >> SO WE HAVE THE PREVENTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND -- SERVICES SURVEILLANCE, AND -- SERVICES AND I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE AND I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN TIME. BIT IN TIME. WHEN I STARTED IN 2012, THESE WHEN I STARTED IN 2012, THESE UNITS WERE ACTUALLY VERY SMALL.
UNITS WERE ACTUALLY VERY SMALL. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OVER THE YEARS, SUPERVISORS, OVER THE YEARS, RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED FOR US ACTUALLY GREW THE FOR US ACTUALLY GREW THE PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU PROVIDED ALLOWED US TO HAVE -- PROVIDED ALLOWED US TO HAVE -- CREATE TWO VERY CRITICAL CREATE TWO VERY CRITICAL POSITIONS. POSITIONS. ONE, THE S TD COMPTROLLER, SHE'S ONE, THE S TD COMPTROLLER, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY BUT SHE IS ALSO NOT HERE TODAY BUT SHE IS ALSO MY DEPUTY AND THE OTHER IS THE MY DEPUTY AND THE OTHER IS THE STD MANAGER WHO IS HERE TODAY.
STD MANAGER WHO IS HERE TODAY. THESE TWO POSITIONS WERE VERY THESE TWO POSITIONS WERE VERY CRITICAL IN BEING ABLE TO HELP CRITICAL IN BEING ABLE TO HELP US TO EXECUTE OUR VISION, ONE, US TO EXECUTE OUR VISION, ONE, TO INTEGRATE THESE UNITS AND THE TO INTEGRATE THESE UNITS AND THE OTHER ALSO TO GROW THE PROGRAMS OTHER ALSO TO GROW THE PROGRAMS AND AS I GO THROUGH THIS, YOU AND AS I GO THROUGH THIS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK IN TERMS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK IN TERMS OF ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND OF ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND PROVIDING MORE RESOURCES IN THE PROVIDING MORE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. THE OTHER RESOURCES YOU APPROVED THE OTHER RESOURCES YOU APPROVED FOR US, AND SUPERVISOR SERNA, FOR US, AND SUPERVISOR SERNA, YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT THIS YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC REQUEST WAS ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM YOU WAS FOR THE SEXUAL FROM YOU WAS FOR THE SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC.
HEALTH CLINIC. AND YOU PROVIDED THE SEED AND YOU PROVIDED THE SEED FUNDING TO ALLOW US TO START FUNDING TO ALLOW US TO START THAT CLINIC. THAT CLINIC. WE STARTED WITH A MODEST AMOUNT WE STARTED WITH A MODEST AMOUNT OF ABOUT 600,000, JUST A FEW OF ABOUT 600,000, JUST A FEW STAFF BUT OVER TIME, WE HAVE STAFF BUT OVER TIME, WE HAVE GROWN THAT AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GROWN THAT AND I'LL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE FUNDING.
DESCRIBE SOME OF THE FUNDING. I DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF THE I DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF THE CLINIC BUT DEFINITELY WELCOME CLINIC BUT DEFINITELY WELCOME YOU TO VISIT THE CLINIC AND SEE YOU TO VISIT THE CLINIC AND SEE THE WORK DONE THERE.
THE WORK DONE THERE. THE CLINIC IS VERY CRITICAL AND THE CLINIC IS VERY CRITICAL AND WAS VERY CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY WAS VERY CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY DURING MPOX BECAUSE WHAT WE DURING MPOX BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FOUND IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH BEING HAVING CHALLENGES WITH BEING ABLE TO GET CARE THROUGH THEIR ABLE TO GET CARE THROUGH THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. SOMETIMES WE WOULD GET SOMEBODY SOMETIMES WE WOULD GET SOMEBODY WHO TOLD US THAT THEY WENT TO WHO TOLD US THAT THEY WENT TO THE CLINIC AND THEY WERE TOLD THE CLINIC AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY HAD TO WAIT A MONTH.
THEY HAD TO WAIT A MONTH. THIS IS WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS THIS IS WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS SUFFERING PAIN AND NEEDED TO BE SUFFERING PAIN AND NEEDED TO BE SEEN RIGHT AWAY AND US BEING SEEN RIGHT AWAY AND US BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT CLINIC WAS ABLE TO HAVE THAT CLINIC WAS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THOSE VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THOSE PEOPLE IN RIGHT AWAY, GETTING PEOPLE IN RIGHT AWAY, GETTING THEM TESTED AND BECAUSE OF OUR THEM TESTED AND BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UC DAVIS
PARTNERSHIP WITH UC DAVIS INFECTIOUS DISEASE, WE HAD THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE, WE HAD THE TREATMENT AND THE EXPERTISE TO TREATMENT AND THE EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MPOX EPIDEMIC FIRST STARTED OUT.
MPOX EPIDEMIC FIRST STARTED OUT. NOT EVERY COUNTY WAS ABLE TO NOT EVERY COUNTY WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TREATMENT SO WE WERE PROVIDE THE TREATMENT SO WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES AND SO IT ONE OF THE FIRST ONES AND SO IT WAS A VERY GREAT RESOURCE IN WAS A VERY GREAT RESOURCE IN HELPING US TO ACTUALLY CONTROL HELPING US TO ACTUALLY CONTROL THAT OUTBREAK VERY QUICKLY. THAT OUTBREAK VERY QUICKLY. >> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ.
>> SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. >> I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT >> I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROBABLY HAD A VERY THIS PROBABLY HAD A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT IN INDIVIDUALS POSITIVE IMPACT IN INDIVIDUALS NOT GOING TO THE E.R. WHERE IT NOT GOING TO THE E.R. WHERE IT WOULD HAVE MORE OF A NEGATIVE WOULD HAVE MORE OF A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE E.R. HOSPITALS.
IMPACT ON THE E.R. HOSPITALS. >> THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT >> THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, YES.
OUT, YES. BECAUSE SOME OF THE CLINICS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE CLINICS, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, TIFTHEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THE TIFTHEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THE TESTING, THEY WOULD SAY YOU NEED TESTING, THEY WOULD SAY YOU NEED TO GO TO THE E.R. WHICH IS MORE TO GO TO THE E.R. WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE AND ALSO LEADS TO A EXPENSIVE AND ALSO LEADS TO A LOT MORE IN TERMS OF THE APOCK
LOT MORE IN TERMS OF THE APOCK TIME WHICH WE'RE VERY AWARE OF. TIME WHICH WE'RE VERY AWARE OF. SO THIS SLIDE IS A HIGH-LEVEL SO THIS SLIDE IS A HIGH-LEVEL VIEW OF THE BUDGET AND STAFFING. VIEW OF THE BUDGET AND STAFFING. AND OUR GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT AND OUR GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 1.8 MILLION, ABOUT A QUARTER OF 1.8 MILLION, ABOUT A QUARTER OF THAT IS USED IN THE CLINIC.
THAT IS USED IN THE CLINIC. ONE THING THAT WE ARE VERY ONE THING THAT WE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON IS FEDERAL FUNDING. DEPENDENT ON IS FEDERAL FUNDING. WE GET ABOUT 11 MILLION AND MOST WE GET ABOUT 11 MILLION AND MOST OF THAT IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL FUNDING, A SMALL PART OF IT IS FUNDING, A SMALL PART OF IT IS THE STATE. THE STATE. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL BE ABLE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS.
TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS. IT DOESN'T COME IN A LUMP SUM, IT DOESN'T COME IN A LUMP SUM, IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT GRANTS IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAT COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH DIFFERENT SCOPES OF WORK, WITH DIFFERENT SCOPES OF WORK, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, DIFFERENT LIMITATIONS, AND SO DIFFERENT LIMITATIONS, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS TO DO WHAT WE CALL
DONE IS TO DO WHAT WE CALL BRAIDING WHERE YOU HAVE ONE BRAIDING WHERE YOU HAVE ONE PERSON BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE PERSON BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS AND DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS AND THAT ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE THE THAT ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS AND DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES SO IF
TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES SO IF SOMEBODY COMES IN, YOU'RE NOT SOMEBODY COMES IN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, OH, I CAN'T HELP GOING TO SAY, OH, I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE MY FUNDING YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE MY FUNDING DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO DO THAT. DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO DO THAT. SO IT REALLY HELPS WITH BEING SO IT REALLY HELPS WITH BEING ABLE TO STREAMLINE OUR SERVICES.
ABLE TO STREAMLINE OUR SERVICES. REIMBURSEMENT, WE STILL HAVE REIMBURSEMENT, WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK THERE, BUT I THINK A SOME WORK THERE, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS LOT OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE ARE ACTUALLY EITHER UNSHOURD, ARE ACTUALLY EITHER UNSHOURD, UNDERINSURED OR JUST NOT ABLE TO UNDERINSURED OR JUST NOT ABLE TO PAY AND WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR
PAY AND WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR SERVICES ARE LOW BARRIER AND SO SERVICES ARE LOW BARRIER AND SO WE DO NOT TURN ANYONE AWAY WE DO NOT TURN ANYONE AWAY BECAUSE OF AN INABILITY TO PAY.
BECAUSE OF AN INABILITY TO PAY. IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SLIDE, IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURES, AND THE CLINIC, AS I MENTIONED, AND THE CLINIC, AS I MENTIONED, WE SET IT OFF WITH 600,000 SEED WE SET IT OFF WITH 600,000 SEED FUNDING AND OUR STAFF HAVE GROWN FUNDING AND OUR STAFF HAVE GROWN THAT TO ABOUT 3 MILLION.
THAT TO ABOUT 3 MILLION. A LOT OF THAT DOES COME FROM THE A LOT OF THAT DOES COME FROM THE RAND WHITE AND A LOT OF WHAT WE RAND WHITE AND A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS HIV CARE.
DO IS HIV CARE. WE HAVE ABOUT 45 FTE'S AND ABOUT WE HAVE ABOUT 45 FTE'S AND ABOUT 3.5 MILLION IS USED FOR STAFFING 3.5 MILLION IS USED FOR STAFFING AND THEN A LARGE PART ALSO IS AND THEN A LARGE PART ALSO IS FOR CBO'S AND I'LL DISCUSS A FOR CBO'S AND I'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT LATER WHY THAT IS LITTLE BIT LATER WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS, OVER WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS, OVER 38 CONTRACTS, SO WE DO 38 CONTRACTS, SO WE DO COORDINATE A LOT WITH OUR CBO'S COORDINATE A LOT WITH OUR CBO'S IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS WORK THAT WE CAN'T DO BY WORK THAT WE CAN'T DO BY OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. THE OTHER THING ALSO, FOR THE OTHER THING ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING MPOX, WHEN WE EXAMPLE, DURING MPOX, WHEN WE NEEDED TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED, NEEDED TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO DID NOT TRYING TO REACH OUT TO DID NOT WANT TO COME TO OUR CLINIC OR WANT TO COME TO OUR CLINIC OR DID NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE
DID NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT BUT WE PARTNERED WITH GOVERNMENT BUT WE PARTNERED WITH PUCCI'S AND THAT WAS A VERY PUCCI'S AND THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VACCINATIONS. GET THE VACCINATIONS. SO WE DO DEPEND ON OUR PARTNERS SO WE DO DEPEND ON OUR PARTNERS A LOT.
A LOT. >> FOR SUPERINTENDENT >> FOR SUPERINTENDENT RODRIGUEZ'S BENEFIT, PUCCI'S IS RODRIGUEZ'S BENEFIT, PUCCI'S IS A WELL-KNOWN PHARMACY IN A WELL-KNOWN PHARMACY IN DISTRICT 1. DISTRICT 1. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SO MY APOLOGIES THAT THIS SLIDE, SO MY APOLOGIES THAT THIS SLIDE, THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS ARE SO THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS ARE SO SMALL, BUT THE MAIN THING WE SMALL, BUT THE MAIN THING WE WANTED TO SHOW HERE IS THE WANTED TO SHOW HERE IS THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING. DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING. AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF THEM ARE AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF THEM ARE FEDERAL FUNDING.
FEDERAL FUNDING. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN SOME OF THOSE AND ACTUALLY, WHEN SOME OF THOSE THAT SHOW UP AS STATE FUNDING IS THAT SHOW UP AS STATE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY PASSED THROUGH, WHETHER ACTUALLY PASSED THROUGH, WHETHER THE FUNDING COMES FROM CDC TO THE FUNDING COMES FROM CDC TO THE STATE AND THEN THE STATE THE STATE AND THEN THE STATE DISTRIBUTES IT TO THE COUNTIES.
DISTRIBUTES IT TO THE COUNTIES. SO WITH THE UNCERTAINTY WITH SO WITH THE UNCERTAINTY WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME TO US ABOUT THAT HAVE COME TO US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE'VE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WHERE
HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WHERE THE DIRECTOR TIM LUTZ IN TERMS THE DIRECTOR TIM LUTZ IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO BUT OF WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO BUT THIS IS A CONCERN BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCERN BECAUSE 11 MILLION OF OUR FUNDING IS -- 11 MILLION OF OUR FUNDING IS -- AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING, IS EITHER FEDERAL OR FUNDING, IS EITHER FEDERAL OR STATE.
STATE. AS I MENTIONED, WE DO A LOT OF AS I MENTIONED, WE DO A LOT OF BRAIDING SO EVEN WHEN WE SHOW BRAIDING SO EVEN WHEN WE SHOW HERE THE FTE'S, IT'S ACTUALLY HERE THE FTE'S, IT'S ACTUALLY PIECES OF INDIVIDUALS SO ONE PIECES OF INDIVIDUALS SO ONE PERSON MAY BE TIME STUDYING TO PERSON MAY BE TIME STUDYING TO ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDS JUST SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
FUNDS JUST SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE -- THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE -- THAT WE COVER THE SERVICES AND COVER THE SERVICES AND STREAMLINE THE SERVICES. STREAMLINE THE SERVICES. I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ALSO ABOUT THE CBO FUNDING ALSO ABOUT THE CBO FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED.
THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED. A LARGE PART OF OUR FUNDING DOES A LARGE PART OF OUR FUNDING DOES GO OUT TO THE CBO'S. GO OUT TO THE CBO'S. FOR MANY OF THESE, IF WE DO LOSE FOR MANY OF THESE, IF WE DO LOSE OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, IT WOULD BE OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR THEM TO REMAIN VERY HARD FOR THEM TO REMAIN SOLVENT BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY SOLVENT BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON THE FUNDING THAT WE DEPENDENT ON THE FUNDING THAT WE GET.
GET. AND IN REVERSE, WE ARE VERY AND IN REVERSE, WE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON THEM BEING ABLE TO DEPENDENT ON THEM BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED OUR SERVICES AND SO, THAT NEED OUR SERVICES AND SO, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT WE HAD AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT
UNCERTAINTY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW. I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS. HIGHLIGHTS. I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CLINIC.
CLINIC. WE TRY VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE TRY VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LOW BARRIER AND A LOT THAT IT'S LOW BARRIER AND A LOT OF TIMES, WE GET EMAILS OR OF TIMES, WE GET EMAILS OR LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPED.
HAVE BEEN HELPED. THERE WAS ONE TIME WHERE A YOUNG THERE WAS ONE TIME WHERE A YOUNG LADY, A STUDENT, NEEDED CARE, LADY, A STUDENT, NEEDED CARE, BUT NEEDED TO COME TO US AFTER BUT NEEDED TO COME TO US AFTER SCHOOL AND SHE HAD TO USE A SCHOOL AND SHE HAD TO USE A TRAIN AND A BUS IN ORDER TO GET TRAIN AND A BUS IN ORDER TO GET TO US.
TO US. AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH USING AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT TOOK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT TOOK MUCH LONGER AND SO SHE KEPT MUCH LONGER AND SO SHE KEPT TEXTING THE STAFF AND SAYING, TEXTING THE STAFF AND SAYING, PLEASE DON'T CANCEL MY PLEASE DON'T CANCEL MY APPOINTMENT, I'M ON MY WAY, AND APPOINTMENT, I'M ON MY WAY, AND THE STAFF STAYED.
THE STAFF STAYED. BY THE TIME SHE GOT THERE, IT BY THE TIME SHE GOT THERE, IT WAS 5:00.
WAS 5:00. ANY OTHER PLACE WOULD HAVE SAID, ANY OTHER PLACE WOULD HAVE SAID, SORRY, IT'S TOO LATE, BECAUSE SORRY, IT'S TOO LATE, BECAUSE USUALLY SEE OUR LAST PATIENT AT USUALLY SEE OUR LAST PATIENT AT 4:30, BUT THE STAFF STAYED 4:30, BUT THE STAFF STAYED BECAUSE THEY KNEW HOW IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO BE THERE FOR THIS IT WAS TO BE THERE FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL AT THIS TIME AND BE
INDIVIDUAL AT THIS TIME AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDS. ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDS. AND OF COURSE I COULD GO ON AND AND OF COURSE I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH DIFFERENT STORIES. ON WITH DIFFERENT STORIES. BUT THIS DOES SHOW SOME OF THE BUT THIS DOES SHOW SOME OF THE SERVICES, ABOUT 1,600 THAT HAVE SERVICES, ABOUT 1,600 THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED AND THE DIFFERENT BEEN SERVED AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
PROVIDE. THEN THE WELLNESS WITHOUT WALLS, THEN THE WELLNESS WITHOUT WALLS, THIS IS ACTUALLY YOU RECEIVED A THIS IS ACTUALLY YOU RECEIVED A PRESENTATION NOT TOO LONG AGO, PRESENTATION NOT TOO LONG AGO, THIS IS THE MOBILE CLINIC THAT THIS IS THE MOBILE CLINIC THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH PRIMARY CARE WE COLLABORATE WITH PRIMARY CARE CENTER ON AND IT SHOWS A NUMBER CENTER ON AND IT SHOWS A NUMBER OF TESTS THAT WE DO.
OF TESTS THAT WE DO. IT'S ALSO BEEN VERY, VERY VITAL IT'S ALSO BEEN VERY, VERY VITAL ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNHOUSED.
ARE UNHOUSED. IN FACT, ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN IN FACT, ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN A MEETING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH A MEETING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THEY HAD DONE A SURVEY FOR AND THEY HAD DONE A SURVEY FOR SERVICES AMONG THE HOMELESS AND SERVICES AMONG THE HOMELESS AND I REMEMBER ONE COMMENT THAT I REMEMBER ONE COMMENT THAT SOMEONE SAID THAT THE WELLNESS SOMEONE SAID THAT THE WELLNESS WITHOUT WALLS IS THE ONLY
WITHOUT WALLS IS THE ONLY HEALTHCARE SERVICES THAT WE HEALTHCARE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE -- THAT WE RECEIVE, SO PROVIDE -- THAT WE RECEIVE, SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WITHOUT THE WELLNESS WITHOUT WITHOUT THE WELLNESS WITHOUT WALLS WOULD OTHERWISE GO WITHOUT WALLS WOULD OTHERWISE GO WITHOUT CARE.
CARE. SO IT JUST SHOWS HOW CRITICAL IT SO IT JUST SHOWS HOW CRITICAL IT IS AND BEING ABLE TO REACH THOSE IS AND BEING ABLE TO REACH THOSE THAT ARE AT RISK. THAT ARE AT RISK. WE ALSO HAVE TWO COLLABORATIVES. WE ALSO HAVE TWO COLLABORATIVES. ONE IS A COLLABORATIVE OF OUR ONE IS A COLLABORATIVE OF OUR CBOs DOING THE TESTING AND CBOs DOING THE TESTING AND ANOTHER IS FOR STRATEGIC ANOTHER IS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
PLANNING. THE SAC WISH COLLABORATIVE. THE SAC WISH COLLABORATIVE. THEY DO A LOT OF SAC WISH -- A THEY DO A LOT OF SAC WISH -- A LOT OF PLANNING, STRATEGIC LOT OF PLANNING, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND THROUGH THAT PLANNING, AND THROUGH THAT COLLABORATIVE ACTUALLY, THEY COLLABORATIVE ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY FOR A HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY FOR A LOT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND LOT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND HELP ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES.
HELP ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES. I WANTED TO TALK ALSO A LITTLE I WANTED TO TALK ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BIT ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF SYPHILIS CASES THAT NUMBER OF SYPHILIS CASES THAT WE'VE HAD TO INVESTIGATE.
WE'VE HAD TO INVESTIGATE. THESE ARE NOT EASY BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT EASY BECAUSE YOU'RE CALLING SOMEBODY AND YOU'RE CALLING SOMEBODY AND HAVING TO FIND OUT ALL OF THE HAVING TO FIND OUT ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND WHEN THEIR SYMPTOMS PARTNERS AND WHEN THEIR SYMPTOMS STARTED SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE STARTED SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE THE BEST SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE THE BEST CARE.
CARE. OFTEN TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S OFTEN TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S IN PEOPLE WHO ARE CHILD-BEARING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE CHILD-BEARING AGE OR WHO ARE PREGNANT AND SO AGE OR WHO ARE PREGNANT AND SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES SYPHILIS MAY PRESENT OFTEN TIMES SYPHILIS MAY PRESENT WITHOUT SYMPTOMS.
WITHOUT SYMPTOMS. IT'S VERY CRUCIAL DURING IT'S VERY CRUCIAL DURING PREGNANCY TO GET THE SCREENING PREGNANCY TO GET THE SCREENING BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE US TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE TREATMENT AND PROTECT PROVIDE TREATMENT AND PROTECT THAT CHILD BECAUSE SYPHILIS AND THAT CHILD BECAUSE SYPHILIS AND HIV CAN BE PASSED ON TO THE HIV CAN BE PASSED ON TO THE CHILD.
CHILD. >> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, >> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SYPHILIS, FOR A MOTHER WHO'S SYPHILIS, FOR A MOTHER WHO'S CARRYING A FETUS, CAN RESULT BY CARRYING A FETUS, CAN RESULT BY WAY OF THE BIRTH IN BLINDNESS WAY OF THE BIRTH IN BLINDNESS AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS FOR THE AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS FOR THE BABY, CORRECT? BABY, CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY, AND IT CAN LEAD >> ABSOLUTELY, AND IT CAN LEAD TO DEATH AS WELL.
TO DEATH AS WELL. >> SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS >> SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD PAST WHICH WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD PAST WHICH AT LEAST AT OUR HEALTH CLINIC WE AT LEAST AT OUR HEALTH CLINIC WE WILL DO A COMPREHENSIVE WILL DO A COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING OF A PATIENT JUST FOR SCREENING OF A PATIENT JUST FOR EVERYTHING A TO Z IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING A TO Z IN TERMS OF SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTION?
SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTION? SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD PRESENT, BUT IS THERE A GENERAL PRESENT, BUT IS THERE A GENERAL PROTOCOL WHERE THERE'S A PROTOCOL WHERE THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE PANEL THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE PANEL THAT IS APPLIED FOR EVERYTHING FROM HIV APPLIED FOR EVERYTHING FROM HIV TO SYPHILIS TO GONORRHEA TO TO SYPHILIS TO GONORRHEA TO CHLAMYDIA?
CHLAMYDIA? >> FOR OUR STD CLINIC, WE DO >> FOR OUR STD CLINIC, WE DO COMPREHENSIVE TESTING WHEN A COMPREHENSIVE TESTING WHEN A PERSON COMES IN.
PERSON COMES IN. THERE IS A REGULATION THAT THERE IS A REGULATION THAT REQUIRES TESTING FOR PREGNANT REQUIRES TESTING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AS WELL WHEN THEY GO FOR WOMEN AS WELL WHEN THEY GO FOR THEIR PRENATAL CARE BUT WE KNOW THEIR PRENATAL CARE BUT WE KNOW SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE GO REALLY SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE GO REALLY LATE DURING CARE OR DON'T EVEN LATE DURING CARE OR DON'T EVEN GO FOR THEIR PRENATAL VISIT.
GO FOR THEIR PRENATAL VISIT. SO US BEING ABLE TO DO OUTREACH SO US BEING ABLE TO DO OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY ALSO HELPS INTO THE COMMUNITY ALSO HELPS BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE AS WELL.
AS WELL. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT WE I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT WE WORK WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WORK WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WITH NARCAN DISTRIBUTION, SO WITH NARCAN DISTRIBUTION, SO AGAIN A DEMONSTRATION OF A LOT AGAIN A DEMONSTRATION OF A LOT OF THE COLLABORATION WE DO.
OF THE COLLABORATION WE DO. >> SPEAKING OF THAT, YOU'RE WELL >> SPEAKING OF THAT, YOU'RE WELL AWARE, DOCTOR, OF THE GREAT AWARE, DOCTOR, OF THE GREAT EFFORTS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS THAT EFFORTS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS THAT THE COUNTY WORKING WITH OUR THE COUNTY WORKING WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH NON-PROFIT PARTNERS IN HEALTH NON-PROFIT PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE FOR YEARS
THE COMMUNITY HAVE FOR YEARS REALLY FOCUSED ON FIGHTING THE REALLY FOCUSED ON FIGHTING THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE WE WANT FOLKS THAT ARE, BECAUSE WE WANT FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FEELING THAT THEY YOU KNOW, FEELING THAT THEY COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME FORM OF COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME FORM OF TREATMENT OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, TREATMENT OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, FOR THAT MATTER, WHETHER IT BE
FOR THAT MATTER, WHETHER IT BE FOR MENTAL HEALTH COMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COMPLICATIONS THAT COME WITH THINGS LIKE THAT COME WITH THINGS LIKE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER THAT WE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE STIGMA AS WANT TO ADDRESS THE STIGMA AS MUCH AS MAKING SURE THAT THEY MUCH AS MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE SEEN BY THE RIGHT FOLKS, THE ARE SEEN BY THE RIGHT FOLKS, THE RIGHT PROFESSIONALS.
RIGHT PROFESSIONALS. WHAT DO WE DO AROUND TESTING FOR WHAT DO WE DO AROUND TESTING FOR SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTION SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTION AROUND STIGMA, IS THERE ANYTHING AROUND STIGMA, IS THERE ANYTHING COMPARABLE SO THAT PEOPLE THAT COMPARABLE SO THAT PEOPLE THAT MIGHT FEEL EMBARRASSED OR JUDGED MIGHT FEEL EMBARRASSED OR JUDGED MAY BE COMPLETELY -- IT'S MAY BE COMPLETELY -- IT'S COMPLETELY NOT THE CASE, BUT
COMPLETELY NOT THE CASE, BUT I'VE SEEN SO MUCH MORE AROUND I'VE SEEN SO MUCH MORE AROUND STIGMA AND MENTAL HEALTH THAN I STIGMA AND MENTAL HEALTH THAN I HAVE EVER IN THE COUNTY THAN HAVE EVER IN THE COUNTY THAN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION. >> WE DO A LOT MORE ONE TO ONE >> WE DO A LOT MORE ONE TO ONE AND A LOT OF FUNDING WE PROVIDE AND A LOT OF FUNDING WE PROVIDE TO OUR CBOs IS TO DO EXACTLY TO OUR CBOs IS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, TO REDUCE THE WHAT YOU SAID, TO REDUCE THE STIGMA WITH TESTING SO THEY GO STIGMA WITH TESTING SO THEY GO TO DIFFERENT VENUES, DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENT VENUES, DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY
PLACES THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY NOT EVEN APPEAR AT AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN APPEAR AT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THE TESTING. ABLE TO DO THE TESTING. I MENTIONED PUCCI'S BEFORE, AND I MENTIONED PUCCI'S BEFORE, AND DURING MPOX, THEY WERE EVEN DURING MPOX, THEY WERE EVEN GOING TO PARTIES AND SETTING UP GOING TO PARTIES AND SETTING UP SHOP AND BEING ABLE TO DO THE SHOP AND BEING ABLE TO DO THE VACCINATIONS.
VACCINATIONS. SO AGAIN, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT SO AGAIN, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH CBOs HELPS US IN WE HAVE WITH CBOs HELPS US IN DOING THAT A LOT.
DOING THAT A LOT. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE -- THE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE -- THE OUTREACH EFFORTS, IT DOES TALK OUTREACH EFFORTS, IT DOES TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OUTREACH WE'VE ABOUT SOME OF THE OUTREACH WE'VE DONE SUCH AS TALKING ABOUT THE DONE SUCH AS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE GETTING IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE GETTING THEIR TREATMENT FOR HIV SO THAT THEIR TREATMENT FOR HIV SO THAT IT BECOMES UNDETECTABLE BECAUSE
IT BECOMES UNDETECTABLE BECAUSE IF IT'S UNDETECTABLE, THEN IT'S IF IT'S UNDETECTABLE, THEN IT'S NOT TRANSMISSIBLE BUT EVEN BEING NOT TRANSMISSIBLE BUT EVEN BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE STIGMA ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE STIGMA ALSO OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALSO OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO LIVE WITH HIV ACTUALLY HAVING TO LIVE WITH HIV AND HELPING THEM WITH DIFFERENT AND HELPING THEM WITH DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, AND
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT PRE-EXPOSURE ALSO TALKING ABOUT PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AND THAT'S TALKING PROPHYLAXIS AND THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE STIGMA AND TRYING TO ABOUT THE STIGMA AND TRYING TO REDUCE THE STIGMA SO PEOPLE FEEL REDUCE THE STIGMA SO PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING CARE, COMFORTABLE GETTING CARE, GETTING TESTED. GETTING TESTED. AND YOU DID MENTION BEHAVIORAL AND YOU DID MENTION BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
HEALTH. WE DO PARTNER WITH THEM ON A WE DO PARTNER WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF THEIR COLLABORATIONS, NUMBER OF THEIR COLLABORATIONS, ESPECIALLY LIKE OPIOID ESPECIALLY LIKE OPIOID COALITION. COALITION. THAT'S ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY THAT'S ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON. ACTIVE ON. AND WE WORK WITH THEM VERY AND WE WORK WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY.
CLOSELY. AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE TEAM. TEAM. I DON'T SAY IT OFTEN ENOUGH, BUT I DON'T SAY IT OFTEN ENOUGH, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT A WELL-TRAINED, DEDICATED WHAT A WELL-TRAINED, DEDICATED TEAM THAT YOU HAVE WORKING OUT TEAM THAT YOU HAVE WORKING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTING YOU.
REPRESENTING YOU. THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. THEY PROVIDE SERVICES WITHOUT THEY PROVIDE SERVICES WITHOUT JUDGMENT. JUDGMENT. THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PROVIDE CARE TO INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDE CARE TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND AS I MENTIONED, A LOT OF AND AS I MENTIONED, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SENT US EMAILS OR PEOPLE HAVE SENT US EMAILS OR LETTERS THANKING US FOR THE WORK LETTERS THANKING US FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO OR BEING ABLE TO THAT WE DO OR BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICES WHEN PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICES WHEN THEY NEEDED THEM MOST. THEY NEEDED THEM MOST. THE NEXT TWO ARE ACTUALLY THE NEXT TWO ARE ACTUALLY STORIES OF PERSONAL IMPACT.
STORIES OF PERSONAL IMPACT. I WILL NOT READ THEM TO YOU BUT I WILL NOT READ THEM TO YOU BUT I'M HOPING YOU DID READ THEM I'M HOPING YOU DID READ THEM ALREADY BUT JUST A SAMPLE OF ALREADY BUT JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE CASES WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE CASES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS BEEN ABLE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND, OF COURSE, COLLECTIVELY, AND, OF COURSE, COLLECTIVELY, THIS AMOUNTS TO A LOT OF
THIS AMOUNTS TO A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT GET THE CARE THEY NEED BUT NOT GET THE CARE THEY NEED BUT ARE ABLE TO. ARE ABLE TO. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU.
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS OF JUST BEING OVER THE YEARS OF JUST BEING ABLE TO TRY AND SUMMARIZE SOME ABLE TO TRY AND SUMMARIZE SOME OF THEM.
OF THEM. BUT WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND BUT WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE CLINIC INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE CLINIC AGAIN AND VISIT FOR THOSE WHO AGAIN AND VISIT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT. HAVE NOT. >> VERY GOOD. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. SUPERVISOR KENNEDY.
SUPERVISOR KENNEDY. >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR THAT >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR THAT VERY THOROUGH YET WITH BREVITY VERY THOROUGH YET WITH BREVITY PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. VERY APPRECIATED. VERY APPRECIATED. I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR THIS I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR THIS INFORMATION FOR A COUPLE OF INFORMATION FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
REASONS. ONE IS TO ONCE AGAIN INFORM ONE IS TO ONCE AGAIN INFORM MYSELF AND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT WE MYSELF AND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT WE ARE DOING BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A ARE DOING BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A LOT.
LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU FOLKS JUST AND, YOU KNOW, YOU FOLKS JUST PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DO REALLY PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DO REALLY GOOD WORK AND WE DON'T TALK GOOD WORK AND WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT AS MUCH AS WHERE SHOULD ABOUT IT AS MUCH AS WHERE SHOULD MAYBE SOMETIMES.
MAYBE SOMETIMES. BUT WE ARE DOING GOOD WORK BUT BUT WE ARE DOING GOOD WORK BUT ALSO AS A CAUTIONARY NOTE, AS ALSO AS A CAUTIONARY NOTE, AS YOU ALLUDED TO OF I'M AFRAID OF YOU ALLUDED TO OF I'M AFRAID OF WHAT THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S WHAT THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO DO IN THIS AREA. GOING TO DO IN THIS AREA. THEY HAVE ALREADY TRIED. THEY HAVE ALREADY TRIED. THEY MIGHT BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY MIGHT BE SUCCESSFUL. WHEN YOU HAVE A HEALTH AND HUMAN WHEN YOU HAVE A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY THAT DOESN'T SERVICES SECRETARY THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE IN VACCINATIONS AND, YOU BELIEVE IN VACCINATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION KNOW, YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THAT WE ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT'S WHY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE
I WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE THAT WE'RE IN TROUBLE, WE'RE IN THAT WE'RE IN TROUBLE, WE'RE IN DANGER AS A COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT DANGER AS A COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BUT SACRAMENTO THE COUNTRY BUT SACRAMENTO COUNTY WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING COUNTY WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING FUNDS THAT ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT FUNDS THAT ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL AREAS THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL AREAS THAT ARE PREVENTIBLE AND TREATABLE.
ARE PREVENTIBLE AND TREATABLE. AND WE CAN'T REST ON OUR AND WE CAN'T REST ON OUR LAURELS. LAURELS. WE CAN'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE AIDS WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE AIDS EPIDEMIC AND THEREFORE WE CAN EPIDEMIC AND THEREFORE WE CAN SIT BACK AND LET THINGS HAPPEN.
SIT BACK AND LET THINGS HAPPEN. WE HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYMORE NEW WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYMORE NEW CASES AS WE DO. CASES AS WE DO. IT'S ALL AVOIDABLE WITH PREP AND IT'S ALL AVOIDABLE WITH PREP AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW. NOW. THERE'S NO REASON TO. THERE'S NO REASON TO. SO THAT'S MY LITTLE SOAP BOX.
SO THAT'S MY LITTLE SOAP BOX. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
WORK. THE ONE AREA THAT I HOPE THAT WE THE ONE AREA THAT I HOPE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, AND YOU TALKED WILL CONTINUE TO, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND THE ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND THE SPANISH LANGUAGE ADVERTISING, SPANISH LANGUAGE ADVERTISING, KUDOS, THAT'S GREAT, OLD SCHOOL, KUDOS, THAT'S GREAT, OLD SCHOOL, I STILL THINK THAT THE OLD RT I STILL THINK THAT THE OLD RT ADVERTISEMENTS WERE VERY ADVERTISEMENTS WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL. NOT ONLY FOR, AS THE CHAIR NOT ONLY FOR, AS THE CHAIR TALKED ABOUT STIGMA, BUT ALSO TALKED ABOUT STIGMA, BUT ALSO THAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE AT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE AT THAT STOP LIGHT AND THERE'S THAT THAT STOP LIGHT AND THERE'S THAT BUS AND IT'S RIGHT IN YOUR NAYS BUS AND IT'S RIGHT IN YOUR NAYS AND IT CONNECTS WITH YOU AND
AND IT CONNECTS WITH YOU AND WHERE YOU ARE AT THAT POINT IN WHERE YOU ARE AT THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE AND WHAT YOUR NEEDS YOUR LIFE AND WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE, IT'S A VERY COST EFFECTIVE ARE, IT'S A VERY COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REALLY GETTING PEOPLE WAY TO REALLY GETTING PEOPLE LITERALLY IN THEIR FACES SO I LITERALLY IN THEIR FACES SO I HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE TYPES OF EFFORTS.
TYPES OF EFFORTS. BUT THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE BUT THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. DOING. THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS GREAT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER IN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED THE SITUATION WE'RE DESCRIBED THE SITUATION WE'RE IN. IN. AND YES, WE ARE CONCERNED.
AND YES, WE ARE CONCERNED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND LET YOU KNOW, LET THE CEO KNOW LET YOU KNOW, LET THE CEO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY CONCRETE IF THERE ARE ANY CONCRETE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO PAY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
ATTENTION TO. AND AS FAR AS THE BUS ADS, WE AND AS FAR AS THE BUS ADS, WE STILL DO HAVE THEM AND WE'LL STILL DO HAVE THEM AND WE'LL SEND YOU SOME SAMPLES SO THAT SEND YOU SOME SAMPLES SO THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE OUT THERE. YOU KNOW WE'RE OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR DESMOND. >> SUPERVISOR DESMOND. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR THE AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SUPERVISOR AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SUPERVISOR KENNEDY SAID.
KENNEDY SAID. I THINK SEVERAL OF US PROBABLY I THINK SEVERAL OF US PROBABLY RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM SUN RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM SUN BURST, ONE OF OUR LARGER BURST, ONE OF OUR LARGER PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION, PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND OUTREACH FOR STI PREVENTION AND OUTREACH FOR STI AND HIV.
AND HIV. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AS A AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AS A RESULT OF A LOSS OF FEDERAL RESULT OF A LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS, JUST COMPLETELY A GUT FUNDS, JUST COMPLETELY A GUT CHECK TO THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR CHECK TO THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THESE KINDS ABILITY TO PROVIDE THESE KINDS OF SERVICES.
OF SERVICES. I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU OR I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU OR CCHEVON, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CCHEVON, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR MORE STATE ADVOCATING FOR MORE STATE FUNDING. FUNDING. HAS THERE BEEN A PROPOSAL IN HAS THERE BEEN A PROPOSAL IN EITHER THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OR EITHER THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OR THE MAY REVISE TO PROVIDE ANY OF THE MAY REVISE TO PROVIDE ANY OF THAT?
THAT? >> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, I HAVE >> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING NEW IN TERMS NOT SEEN ANYTHING NEW IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING. OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING NEW >> I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING NEW EITHER IN THE STATE'S BUDGET. EITHER IN THE STATE'S BUDGET. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY TO WORKING WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY TO WORKING WITH THESE NONPROFITS TO HELP, WITH THESE NONPROFITS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S NEW YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S NEW MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, BUT TO MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, BUT TO HELP CUSHION THE BLOW, WHAT ARE HELP CUSHION THE BLOW, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING WITH THEM? WITH THEM? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK AS
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK AS DR. KASIRY E SAID, WE'LL MONDAY DR. KASIRY E SAID, WE'LL MONDAY AUTHOR AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORT THE AUTHOR AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORT THE STATE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO STATE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE FIGHT FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE POPULATION. SERVE THE POPULATION. THERE IS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY THERE IS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY STILL.
STILL. THE STATE I THINK IS FIGHTING TO THE STATE I THINK IS FIGHTING TO ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING CONTINUES, BUT I KNOW THAT AT CONTINUES, BUT I KNOW THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE'S ALSO THE STATE LEVEL, THERE'S ALSO ISSUES.
ISSUES. SO WE'RE JUST MONITORING AT THIS SO WE'RE JUST MONITORING AT THIS POINT AND SEEING WHERE WE END UP POINT AND SEEING WHERE WE END UP AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD SHOULD WE NEED TO HAVE BOARD SHOULD WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. THAT DISCUSSION. >> AND I'M SURE YOU'RE PLUGGED >> AND I'M SURE YOU'RE PLUGGED IN THE C SAC ADVOCATE AREA AS IN THE C SAC ADVOCATE AREA AS WELL.
WELL. >> YES. >> YES. >> SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND >> SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THEIR ADVOCACY.
THEIR ADVOCACY. >> AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT >> AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT WE'VE HAD SOME EARLY ALSO THAT WE'VE HAD SOME EARLY DISCUSSIONS WITH DIRECTOR LUTZ DISCUSSIONS WITH DIRECTOR LUTZ ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BE MORE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BE MORE CREATIVE IN TERMS OF LOOKING FOR CREATIVE IN TERMS OF LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING.
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING. NOTHING DEFINITIVE YET BUT NOTHING DEFINITIVE YET BUT DEFINITELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WE'LL COME WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU ONCE WE HAVE A BACK TO YOU ONCE WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE PLAN. DEFINITIVE PLAN. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR DR. KASIRYE?
FOR DR. KASIRYE? AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION, THE REPORT. INFORMATION, THE REPORT. OOPS AND I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC OOPS AND I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC APPRECIATES IT AS WELL AND I APPRECIATES IT AS WELL AND I THINK IT WAS SUPERVISOR KENNEDY THINK IT WAS SUPERVISOR KENNEDY THAT WANTED TO HAVE THIS THAT WANTED TO HAVE THIS AGENDIZED SO I APPRECIATE, AGENDIZED SO I APPRECIATE, SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, DOING SO.
SUPERVISOR KENNEDY, DOING SO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP >> WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. TO SPEAK. SHANNON SHAW.
SHANNON SHAW. >> WELL, NOW IT'S AFTERNOON, >> WELL, NOW IT'S AFTERNOON, ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO SAY ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO SAY GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA AND GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SERNA AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS SHANNON SHAW, I'M THE MY NAME IS SHANNON SHAW, I'M THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT AT ONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ONE COMMUNITY HEALTH.
HEALTH. WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP OUR LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, A COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY, A COLLABORATION THAT BEGAN WITH CARES BACK IN THAT BEGAN WITH CARES BACK IN THE LATE '80s AND PRESENT AS THE LATE '80s AND PRESENT AS WE ARE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE WE ARE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY'S PLANNING COUNCIL AND
COUNTY'S PLANNING COUNCIL AND COUNTY SUBRECIPIENTS OF RYAN COUNTY SUBRECIPIENTS OF RYAN WHITE PART "A" AND "B" AND IN WHITE PART "A" AND "B" AND IN 2024, WE REPORTED SERVING 2,535 2024, WE REPORTED SERVING 2,535 PATIENTS LIVING WITH HIV.
PATIENTS LIVING WITH HIV. DESPITE ON-GOING THREATS TO DESPITE ON-GOING THREATS TO FUNDING AND RESOURCES FOR HIV FUNDING AND RESOURCES FOR HIV PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES, OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS SERVICES, OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK REMAINS UNWAVERING.
WORK REMAINS UNWAVERING. AND THROUGH INTEGRATED HIV AND THROUGH INTEGRATED HIV TESTING, LINKAGE SERVICES INTO TESTING, LINKAGE SERVICES INTO OUR STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM, OUR STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM, CHAMPIONED BY CHAIR SERNA, WE CHAMPIONED BY CHAIR SERNA, WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR DILIGENT HAVE EXPANDED OUR DILIGENT EFFORTS TO BRING PREP AND PEP EFFORTS TO BRING PREP AND PEP NAVIGATION FORCE INTO UNHOUSED NAVIGATION FORCE INTO UNHOUSED COMMUNITIES AND WE REMAIN
COMMUNITIES AND WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN ENSURING OUR STEADFAST IN ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY HAS EQUITY LOW-BARRIER COMMUNITY HAS EQUITY LOW-BARRIER ACCESS TO CARE. ACCESS TO CARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER AND THANK YOU, MATTER AND THANK YOU, DR. KASIRYE, FOR YOUR DR. KASIRYE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, SHANNON. >> THANK YOU, SHANNON. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. OKAY. OKAY. >> THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PUBLIC >> THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS. >> OKAY, VERY GOOD. >> OKAY, VERY GOOD. NOW IS INFORMATION ONLY, NOW IS INFORMATION ONLY, CORRECT? CORRECT? >> M'HM.
>> M'HM. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM. >> COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMENTS. >> COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, FLO. >> THANK YOU, FLO. TWO QUICK ITEMS.
TWO QUICK ITEMS. ONE, AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT ONE, AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT YOUR BOARD HAD BACK IN OCTOBER YOUR BOARD HAD BACK IN OCTOBER OF THIS 2024 BUT JOSHUA HOUSE OF THIS 2024 BUT JOSHUA HOUSE HOSPICE IS CELEBRATING A GRAND HOSPICE IS CELEBRATING A GRAND OPEN AND RIBBON CUTTING NEXT OPEN AND RIBBON CUTTING NEXT WEEK AND GRAND OPENING IN JULY WEEK AND GRAND OPENING IN JULY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, I
FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, I KNOW THIS BOARD IS WELL FAMILIAR KNOW THIS BOARD IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT JOSHUA HEALTH IS WITH IT, BUT JOSHUA HEALTH IS THE FIRST WEST COAST HOSPICE THE FIRST WEST COAST HOSPICE HOUSE DEDICATED TO TERMINALLY HOUSE DEDICATED TO TERMINALLY ILL UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. ILL UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. THE FACILITY PROVIDE CARE FOR UP THE FACILITY PROVIDE CARE FOR UP TO 15 RESIDENTS AT A TIME.
TO 15 RESIDENTS AT A TIME. AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD OF AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS INVESTED OVER A SUPERVISORS INVESTED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS PROJECT, MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS PROJECT, LIKE I SAID, TO HELP GET THE LIKE I SAID, TO HELP GET THE CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE LINE CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE LINE BACK IN OCTOBER.
BACK IN OCTOBER. JOSHUA HOUSE WILL BEGIN JOSHUA HOUSE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING PATIENTS IN EARLY -- ACCEPTING PATIENTS IN EARLY -- AS EARLY AS JULY, JULY 19th AS AS EARLY AS JULY, JULY 19th AS THE DATE THEY'RE LOOKING AT -- THE DATE THEY'RE LOOKING AT -- JULY 16th IS THE DATE THEY'RE JULY 16th IS THE DATE THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
LOOKING AT. ON A SEPARATE NOTE, THIS LAST ON A SEPARATE NOTE, THIS LAST WEEK, WE, IF METRO CABLE COULD WEEK, WE, IF METRO CABLE COULD PUT UP THE PICTURE, ON PUT UP THE PICTURE, ON MAY 31st WAS SACRAMENTO COUNTY MAY 31st WAS SACRAMENTO COUNTY EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION NIGHT AT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION NIGHT AT SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC GAME SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC GAME AGAINST LAS VEGAS.
AGAINST LAS VEGAS. WE HAD ABOUT 330 COUNTY WE HAD ABOUT 330 COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ATTENDANCE TO WATCH FC REPUBLIC ATTENDANCE TO WATCH FC REPUBLIC BEAT LAS VEGAS 4-0. BEAT LAS VEGAS 4-0. IT WAS A FUN NIGHT. IT WAS A FUN NIGHT. DR. K, IF SHE'S STILL HERE, SHE
DR. K, IF SHE'S STILL HERE, SHE WAS ACTUALLY THERE AND WE HAD A WAS ACTUALLY THERE AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN TALKING TO ALL OUR LOT OF FUN TALKING TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES. OFF THE CLOCK, IT WAS A LOT OF OFF THE CLOCK, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN HAVING THOSE.
FUN HAVING THOSE. WE TOOK UP TWO SECTIONS OF THE WE TOOK UP TWO SECTIONS OF THE STANDS AND IT WAS A LITTLE WARM STANDS AND IT WAS A LITTLE WARM ON MAY 31st, IF YOU CAN ON MAY 31st, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT. REMEMBER THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN BUT AGAIN, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN CELEBRATING AND DEDICATED TO OUR CELEBRATING AND DEDICATED TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
EMPLOYEES. OUR PIO GOT US SOME SCREEN TIME OUR PIO GOT US SOME SCREEN TIME ON THE SCREEN DURING HALF-TIME ON THE SCREEN DURING HALF-TIME WHICH CELEBRATED THE COUNTY'S WHICH CELEBRATED THE COUNTY'S 175th YEAR OR THE DEMI SEMI 175th YEAR OR THE DEMI SEMI CENTENNIAL YEAR. CENTENNIAL YEAR. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SAY I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME. A LOT OF FOLKS WERE THERE AND I A LOT OF FOLKS WERE THERE AND I APPRECIATE THE EMPLOYEES THAT APPRECIATE THE EMPLOYEES THAT GOT A CHANCE TO COME OUT THERE. GOT A CHANCE TO COME OUT THERE. LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. >> GREAT.
>> GREAT. AND THANKS TO MY FELLOW AND THANKS TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER AT FIRST FIVE SCOTT COMMISSIONER AT FIRST FIVE SCOTT MOAK, I THINK HE ALSO HAD MOAK, I THINK HE ALSO HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MAKING SURE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT SACRAMENTO COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT SACRAMENTO COUNTY EMPLOYEES GET A RECOGNIZED PRESENCE AT AT GET A RECOGNIZED PRESENCE AT AT LEAST ONE GAME EACH YEAR SO LEAST ONE GAME EACH YEAR SO THANKS TO HIM.
THANKS TO HIM. SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. >> WE'RE ON BOARD COMMENTS, >> WE'RE ON BOARD COMMENTS, RIGHT? RIGHT? >> YES. >> YES. >> AND IF WE WANT TO BRING AN >> AND IF WE WANT TO BRING AN AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, IS AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, IS THAT NOW OR THAT IS SEPARATE? THAT NOW OR THAT IS SEPARATE? >> YOU CAN ADD IT.
>> YOU CAN ADD IT. >> DO IT NOW?
>> DO IT NOW? I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CORPORAL I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CORPORAL BRIAN BARON WITH A DISTINGUISHED BRIAN BARON WITH A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A K-9 OFFICER CAREER AS A K-9 OFFICER DETECTIVE AND SKILLED DETECTIVE AND SKILLED INSTRUCTOR, PLAYING A VITAL ROLE INSTRUCTOR, PLAYING A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING FUTURE OFFICERS AND IN SHAPING FUTURE OFFICERS AND BUILDING STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH BUILDING STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, CORPORAL BARON, FOR THANK YOU, CORPORAL BARON, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE. YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE. I ALSO RECEIVED A TEXT FROM A I ALSO RECEIVED A TEXT FROM A FRIEND ABOUT THE CORONER'S FRIEND ABOUT THE CORONER'S OFFICE AND I WANT TO READ A OFFICE AND I WANT TO READ A SMALL LITTLE SNIPPET OF THE SMALL LITTLE SNIPPET OF THE TEXT.
TEXT. IT SAYS RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN IT SAYS RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THINGS AND DEALING WITH THINGS AND PROCEDURES I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED PROCEDURES I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED DOING WITH MY BROTHER'S PASSING, DOING WITH MY BROTHER'S PASSING, AND I HAVE TO SHARE THAT THOSE AND I HAVE TO SHARE THAT THOSE WHO WORK AT THE SACRAMENTO WHO WORK AT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY CORONER HAVE BEEN COUNTY CORONER HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, SO CARING,
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, SO CARING, COMPASSIONATE, AND CARING AND COMPASSIONATE, AND CARING AND BASICALLY WALKED ME THROUGH THE BASICALLY WALKED ME THROUGH THE STEPS OF SOMETHING VERY STEPS OF SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT. DIFFICULT. I WAS FLOORED BY THE KINDNESS SO I WAS FLOORED BY THE KINDNESS SO PASSING THIS ON TO YOU TO PASSING THIS ON TO YOU TO COMMUNICATE TO THE CEO.
COMMUNICATE TO THE CEO. ANYWAY, THANK YOU TO THE ANYWAY, THANK YOU TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE FOR ALL THEIR CORONER'S OFFICE FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. HARD WORK. AND THEN MY REQUEST FOR A FUTURE AND THEN MY REQUEST FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
AGENDA ITEM. AS I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH, AS I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH, I'VE LEARNED THAT SEVERAL I'VE LEARNED THAT SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL COC CONTINUUM OF CARE SUCCESSFUL COC CONTINUUM OF CARE MODEL FALL UNDER THE COUNTY. MODEL FALL UNDER THE COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND WE DECIDED TO PUT I UNDERSTAND WE DECIDED TO PUT IT UNDER THE CBO DURING THE LAST IT UNDER THE CBO DURING THE LAST RECESSION WHERE IT HAS STAYED RECESSION WHERE IT HAS STAYED SINCE.
SINCE. AS MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES AND AS MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES AND CITIES HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE CITIES HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE, I THINK IT'S MORE ACCOUNTABLE, I THINK IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE WHETHER BRINGING TIME TO EXPLORE WHETHER BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COUNTY MAKES IT BACK TO THE COUNTY MAKES SENSE.
SENSE. IT MAY GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO IT MAY GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN HOMELESS SERVICES MORE ALIGN HOMELESS SERVICES MORE WITH OTHER HEALTH AND HUMAN WITH OTHER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT COUNTIES ARE SERVICES THAT COUNTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
RESPONSIBLE FOR. I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNTY EXEC I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNTY EXEC LOOK INTO THIS AND PROVIDE A LOOK INTO THIS AND PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OUTLINING THE PROS PRESENTATION OUTLINING THE PROS AND CONS ALONG WITH OUR AND CONS ALONG WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS APPROACH. RECOMMENDATION ON THIS APPROACH. I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF ARE I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF ARE EXPLORING ALTERNATE MODELS FOR EXPLORING ALTERNATE MODELS FOR COLLABORATION.
COLLABORATION. I WOULD ASK THIS BE INCLUDED IN I WOULD ASK THIS BE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSIS. >> SO CHEVON, I THINK THAT'S A >> SO CHEVON, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY CLEAR REQUEST IN TERMS PRETTY CLEAR REQUEST IN TERMS OF -- I ASSUME WITHOUT OF -- I ASSUME WITHOUT MENTIONING THE NAME YOU'RE MENTIONING THE NAME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SAC -- TALKING ABOUT SAC -- >> YES.
>> YES. >> AND IF I UNDERSTOOD THE >> AND IF I UNDERSTOOD THE SUPERVISOR'S REQUEST, IT'S AN SUPERVISOR'S REQUEST, IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM SO I DON'T INFORMATIONAL ITEM SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED FURTHER KNOW IF YOU NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION. CLARIFICATION. >> I DON'T THINK SO AT THIS >> I DON'T THINK SO AT THIS TIME. TIME. WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN DO THAT. SUPERVISOR KENNEDY HAD ASKED WE SUPERVISOR KENNEDY HAD ASKED WE COME BACK IN AUGUST WITH THE COME BACK IN AUGUST WITH THE DIFFERENT REGIONAL MODELS. DIFFERENT REGIONAL MODELS. WE CAN GIVE HIGH-LEVEL THOUGHTS WE CAN GIVE HIGH-LEVEL THOUGHTS TO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR TO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE COUNTY TO BE THE LEAD ENTITY THE COUNTY TO BE THE LEAD ENTITY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AT FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AT THAT POINT.
THAT POINT. IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR A FURTHER INDEPTH ANALYSIS FOR A FURTHER INDEPTH ANALYSIS WITH ALL THE COSTS AND BENEFITS WITH ALL THE COSTS AND BENEFITS BUT HAPPY TO BRING SOME BUT HAPPY TO BRING SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS BACK AT PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS BACK AT THAT TIME IF THAT WORKS FOR THE THAT TIME IF THAT WORKS FOR THE BOARD. BOARD. >> IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
>> IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. AND IT'S TIMELY BECAUSE IT AND IT'S TIMELY BECAUSE IT WILL -- HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE IT WILL -- HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE IT BEFORE WE HAVE THE JOINT BEFORE WE HAVE THE JOINT CITY/COUNTY MEETING SO WE'LL CITY/COUNTY MEETING SO WE'LL KIND OF GET ARMED WITH FRESH KIND OF GET ARMED WITH FRESH UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THINGS UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THINGS ARE. ARE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> TERRIFIC. >> TERRIFIC. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
SUGGESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE, IF THERE'S NO SEEING NONE, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURN TO CLOSED BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION. SESSION. [ GAVEL STRIKE ]