Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good morning, everyone. I'd like to call to order the Tuesday, July 14th meeting, regular meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. Will the clerk please call the roll to establish our quorum?

Supervisor Marquez? Here. Supervisor Tam? Present. Supervisor Miley-Excuse? Supervisor Fortunato-Bass? Present. President Halbert?

Present.

We have a quorum.

Would you all please rise if you can and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you all. I will ask the clerk to go over arrangements for members of the public to participate in our meeting. We do recognize and value members of the public either in person or online. You can participate in person or online. If you're in person, we do ask you to fill out a speaker slip. And if you're online, the clerk will now provide speaking instructions.

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is Supervisor's remarks. I'll ask Supervisor Fortunato-Bass.

Thank you, President Halbert. I wanted to invite everyone to go to join us at the next Alameda County Together for All Act for All Ad Hoc Committee meeting. It's on Thursday, July 16 at 3 p.m. We will have a number of updates on immigration, and it is very timely given the ongoing immigration enforcement that's happening at home in our county. And I also wanted to recognize that just in the past few weeks, there have been two people who have been killed at the hands of immigration enforcement in Bidford, Maine. Yohan Sebastian Guerrero, and in Houston, Texas, Lorenzo Salgado Arujo. So we look forward to sharing a number of items. The first will be an update on what's happening at the state and federal levels regarding the immigration landscape. And we'll hear from the attorney, the state attorney general's office, as well as the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Secondly, we'll have an update on the implementation of our ice-free zones policy and our response plan from the county administrator. There's signs that have been put up in multiple buildings as well as protocols to ensure that our staff has more information to respond as needed. And then thirdly, we'll have an update from the three coalitions that we are supporting who are serving the immigrant and refugee community. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Marquez. Supervisor Tam, would you care to go first? Go ahead.

Okay. Good morning, everyone. I'd also like to invite the community to our Joint Health and Public Protection Committee meeting, which is going to be on July 23rd. start time at 10 a.m. in these chambers and we'll be going over an update of the initiatives related to care first and jails last. And then I'd also respectfully like to ask, I know we're going to be adjourning this meeting in memory of former supervisor Scott Haggerty, but in addition to that, I'd also like to request that we adjourn in memory of Jose Cota and Jesse May Patterson-Johnson Both of these individuals were elders that formerly lived in Russell City, so we'll be journeying in memory of them. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Tam.

Thank you, President Halbert. I wanted to report out on a joint town hall and open house I had with Senator Grayson, who now represents parts of Alameda County that includes Castle Valley, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro. And he's convening a joint workforce or task force in addressing the East Bay wildfire preparedness because the East Bay is the second highest fire prone risk region next to the Pacific Palisades. And he talked about two bills he's undertaking to provide more flexibility in terms of firefighter hiring and also looking at alternatives to insurance premiums. And I wanted to also mention that On July 23rd, there will be a convening at the Alameda County Transportation Commission of the 580 and 880 truck traffic issues. And I encourage everyone to attend that meeting and also ask that we close today's meeting in memory of Mark Crawford, the chair of the Alameda County Planning Commission, which I think Supervisor Miley was going to do.

That's quite right. You did a great job. I'll recognize again, Supervisor Marquez.

I apologize, President Halbert, but I should have announced that there is an item today, a set matter item 111, and just wanted to let the public know that that item has been pulled, and we intend to re-agendize that item for August 4th as a set matter, but we will confirm the time closer to that date. And the item was a board letter approving the recommendations with respect to an agreement with philanthropic ventures foundation for the administration of the rental Russell city redress fund payments. So again, this item has been pulled and will be re agendized to August 4th. Thank you.

Thank you. I would also like to reiterate and remind everyone we will be adjourning today's meeting in honor of Supervisor Haggerty, but I will also say that I will be pulling for discussion item 84.1, which will discuss renaming a county asset in his name. So when we get to the mass motion, we will have more details about that. I would also like to remind everyone we just celebrated the Alameda County Fair. Last day was two days ago. I know many of us were able to enjoy the fair. It was very successful this year, honoring our heritage of agriculture, but also just a great time. I'd like to thank and recognize the Butler Amusements Company because they were very generous in providing tickets and ride wristbands for families. people that otherwise couldn't afford to go to the fair and enjoy it. Butler Amusements is a leader in the industry. We're lucky to have them at our fair, and they're a very generous company. So I'd like to thank Butler Amusements. With that said, we have concluded Supervisor's remarks. now have public comment on closed session items any item that is listed on closed session is now up for public comment this excludes the regular calendar and as supervisor marquez mentioned the set matter has been pulled and this would also exclude the one o'clock set matters proclamations and general administration items but anything on closed session is now open for public comment do we have any speakers on closed session items yes we have two in-person speakers john jones iii and simio ramey come on up do we have any online Okay, thank you. John Jones III, and then Samuel Ramey. Two minutes each, guys. Thank you. Thank you for being here.

Yeah, absolutely. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. I want to start by wishing you all health, healing, and blessings for you and your family members. As you go into closed session, I want to respectfully request that you invoke the memory, the legacy, and the spirit of Supervisor Scott Hagedy. When I started coming to these meetings over a decade ago, my colleagues used to say things like, they used to say some things that I didn't like. They said, oh, Scott is racist, this, that, and the third. I'm calling him Scott for a reason. Because I remember one time when he spoke, he was talking about his daughter. And he wanted his kids to feel safe. And for me, that light bulb went off because I realized in that moment, I didn't just see the left official. I saw a human being. I saw a parent. I saw a father just like me. I saw somebody who wanted his kids to be safe just like me. And that sparked something for me. And over the years, as I got to know Scott a little bit more, I want to share this with people. I always respected him because he, when we say in Oakland, stand on business, That's what Scott meant for me. He told you what he thought and what he felt. He didn't play games, right? And as we were discussing the sheriff, the former sheriff, he said, hey, John, he said, I'm going to hook it up so we can sit down and have a meeting. So I'm here today. I'm glad to have this meeting. I'm glad that Supervisor Miley is here, even though he's not currently in his seat, because Scott has now joined that pantheon with Richard Valle and Wilma Chan. You know, we lost a lot of people here. So I just want to come here publicly and say that, uh, I'm praying for Scott's family. You know, I don't wish death on anybody. And I will always remember, because at the end of the day, when I was coming here, I remember he used to tell me, like, he used to have his head down. And when I missed his daughter, he'd pop his head up. And he told me, he said, normally, when people come up here, I don't pay attention. He said, when you come, I sit straight in my chair. Because I know even if I don't agree with you, I know you're going to speak from your heart. And he believed in me in a way that means a lot to me as someone formerly incarcerated, right? And Scott said, hey, John, you should run for office. That meant a lot to me. This is someone who people told me was anything other than who he actually was. So I want to thank you all because you all are carrying that work. But again, I want to come here publicly and honor the memory of Scott Haggerty. And my prayers are with his family and his loved ones. So thank you all.

Good morning, Augie County. I'm with the California Open Union of the Homeless Mental Health Outreach for Independent Living, National, out of Chicago. We have a problem about these disabled people going to work. They cut them off, but now you want them to go to work. This government is trying to confuse y'all. They don't know their own prices. They have a right to work. They're trying to be successful in society and help be part of society. But society is pushing them out. That's wrong. Take care of the people trying to take care of us. Help us. That's weird. People thought I was always here. I'm sorry I've been getting disturbed. I'm really, really disturbed because it's got people out there that don't supposed to be out there. They cry every night. If you walk down 300, it's sad. It's miserable. They are not telling the truth. And people coming in from other cities, other states, making these homeless problems because they see money, you know, for homeless, you know, for people, you know, to help house people and make life successful. And at the same time, food for the school, I have a USD program. And you heard about the amount of programming for food, school garden in the school, school feed the children fresh food, all that, and make them back to health. It's a big part of growing food, too, because in Arkansas, all the children love this. They live there, but you have to understand what you're talking about. So it ain't the people. It's the people that's running this country. Now you're really looking up. Housing is a human right. It's in the Constitution. It's not our Constitution. I've been fighting for it for the last 10 years, senior housing. You've got to be awful to work on your life. Be harmless. You've got to go out there. I'm here to bring them and get them off the street. In 2010, I launched this campaign to get senior citizens out of the street. I'm not going to stop tracking everyone out of the street. Then I wasn't even a senior citizen, but now I am. I'm fighting for my own survival. Because if you can't tear your clothes down, where am I going to go? You don't have no senior citizens at home. You don't have no men at home for us to go. I'm trying to get this so we can have somewhere to go. Don't throw us in the street. We're going to be true.

Any other public comments?

There are no more speakers.

Very good, we will now recess into closed session. When we come back, we will take up our regular agenda items. We are now in recess. Good afternoon everyone. We are going to reconvene from closed session and we'll start by asking the clerk to call the roll.

Supervisor Marquez? Present. Supervisor Tam? Present. Supervisor Miley? Present. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass? Present. President Halbert? Present. We have a quorum.

County Council, is there anything to report out?

Yes, Mr. President, I have a report out on two different items. The first is the case of Irvin v. County of Alameda, United States District Court, Northern District of California, case number 3-26, CV 04996. In closed session on June the 4th, your board authorized our office to retain outside counsel. The vote was unanimous by Supervisors Miley, Halbert, Tam, Marquez, and Fortunato-Boss, all voting yes. With that direction, we retained the law firm of Kecker, Van Nest, and Peters, LLP. Similarly, in the matter of Dykes versus County of Alameda, United States District Court, Northern District of California, case number 426CV06220, on June 30th, your board also approved the request for authorization to retain counsel in the litigation matter. and the law firm of Kicker, Van Ness, and Peters was subsequently retained. The vote was Supervisors Halbert, Tam, Marquez, and Pachinato-Boss voting yes. Supervisor Miley was absent and was excused. We have no further reportable action taken. Just to clarify that we will be returning to closed session, but we do not anticipate any reportable action in the remaining items to be discussed.

Thank you very much. With that, we will proceed to our 1 p.m. set matters. We have four set matters, the first three proclamations and commendations. The other one being a general administration item. And so I'll begin. The first is to proclaim July 19 through 25, 2026 as pre-trial probation and parole supervision week. We have members in the audience that are here to receive this proclamation. Yeah, I see. Chief Ford, do you have any of your staff here with us? Okay, I'm going to read this proclamation and why we're here. Then we'll come up and give members a chance to speak. And then we'll give the proclamation and take a group photo. Today, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is proud to recognize July 19th through July 25th, 2026 as pre-trial probation and parole supervision week in Alameda County. I know we're ahead of time. It's not after, it's ahead of time. We're pretty good there. This observance gives us an opportunity to recognize the important work performed every day by community corrections professionals throughout our county. The work of probation often happens behind the scenes, but it plays an important role in our justice system and in our communities. Probation professionals help promote public safety, support accountability, and work with individuals as they move forward and rebuild their lives. Here in Alameda County, probation staff work with individuals, families, victims, community organizations, service providers, and justice partners to coordinate services and support successful outcomes. Their work includes supervision, case management, referrals to community resources, victim services, and support for reentry and reintegration efforts. The Alameda County Probation Department also continues to focus on professional development, staff wellness, innovation, and the use of technology and data to improve services and operations. Community corrections professionals serve in many different roles, but they share a common commitment to public service and to supporting safer and healthier communities throughout Alameda County. Today we thank the dedicated professionals of the Alameda County Probation Department and our community corrections partners for their service, professionalism, and commitment to Alameda County residents. Congratulations and thank you for this well-deserved recognition and for all that you do. Would you please give the team a round of applause?

All right, so good afternoon, President Halbert, members of the board. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge two significant losses that have deeply affected our county and our profession. So on behalf of the Probation Department, I want to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of former Supervisor Scott Haggerty. Supervisor Haggerty dedicated decades of service to Alameda County and his commitment to public service and our communities leave a lasting legacy. I also wanna recognize the unexpected passing of one of my colleagues and dear friend, Chief Probation Officer, Marlon Washington of Marin County, who passed away this Friday while we were returning from our statewide association meeting. We extend our deepest condolences to Marlon's family, to the Marin County Probation Department, and everyone whose lives he touched. He was an exceptional leader, a trusted colleague, and a wonderful human being who will deeply be missed. So thank you, President Halbert and members of the board for this proclamation, recognizing probation, parole, and pretrial supervision week. I am honored to accept it on behalf of all of the amazing staff who serve our communities every day. This recognition is especially meaningful because of much of the work that probation does happens quietly behind the scenes. Every day, your staff, not my staff, your staff, work to protect public safety while helping people change the trajectory of their lives. They hold individuals accountable for their actions while creating opportunities for rehabilitation, restoration, and long-term success. Those two responsibilities are not in conflict. They are complementary. Probation is the balance between accountability and opportunity. So in closing, thank you again for this recognition and for your continued partnership and support of the Probation Department. Thank you. Thank you, Chief Ford.

Yes, a round of applause. I see your entire department as changemakers, changing, as you mentioned so aptly, the trajectory of people's lives. If they do not have a good experience with your department, it can go downhill fast. And if they do... they can get their life back on track. And I know you have saved people's lives. You and your team have saved people's lives because of the work that you do. Do you have members of your team here? Do they want to say a few words or come get this proclamation with you or is it just you today?

Anybody's welcome. Come on up. Most of them are shy. So they're probably just waiting for the photo. We appreciate the opportunity though. So thank you.

So everybody come up.

Our next item is item 108, Supervisor Miley proclaiming July 17th, 2026 as Love Letters to Our Bodies Day of Renewal. Supervisor Miley, the floor is yours.

Thank you, President Howard. Yes, we do have today a proclamation for Love Letters to Our Bodies Day of Renewal. And I know a number of the Representatives are in the audience today and I'll read the proclamation and then we'll hear from folks and then get a picture with everybody. Is that how you want to do it? Okay. All right. So whereas the disease of cancer has devastating and disproportionate impact on the African-American community, and whereas African-Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate for most cancers compared to other racial and ethnic groups. And whereas cancer is the second leading cause of death among Black Americans after heart disease. And whereas African-American women have a higher rate of cervical cancer and are more likely to die from it than women of most other racial and ethnic groups. And whereas this disparity These disparities are attributed to multiple factors, including a later stage diagnosis due to health care access barriers, socioeconomic factors affecting quality of care, systemic racism in health care delivery, higher prevalence of certain risk factors, lower participation in screening programs. And whereas For the past five years, Mayo Institute Incorporated, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, has offered the Love Letters to Our Bodies workshops to African-American women navigating cancer, with access ensured regardless of ability to pay. And whereas these workshops provide psychosocial support and integrative therapy education to help participants navigate the physical and emotional impacts of cancer in its treatment. And whereas on Friday, July 17th, 2026, Mayo Institute Charlotte Maxwell Clinic East Bay Healing House and Black Ladies Advocating for Cancer Care will convene the Love Letters to Our Bodies Day of Renewal Wellness Summit at the Center for Healthy Communities, Oakland. offering restorative services to African-American women with cancer and their caregivers. Now, therefore, as proclaimed, the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda, State of California does hereby proclaim Friday, July 17, 2026, as the love of the letters to our bodies, Day of Renewal in Alameda County. So if we have speakers, if you'd like to introduce yourselves and make some remarks, and then we'll come down and Present the proclamation and get some pictures.

And the board, thank you very much. Good afternoon. I'm Gwendolyn Mitchell, founder and president of Moyo Institute, and we are a 501C3 nonprofit on a mission. We're committed to offering heart centered educational experiences that foster inner peace, happiness, health and wellness, creativity, connection, and oneness. First, I'd like to thank you Supervisor Miley and the Board of Supervisors for proclaiming July 17th, 2026, Love Letters to Our Bodies Day of Renewal. And I'd like to thank our collaborating partners for working with us to offer this profoundly important day to the community. Black Ladies Advocating for Cancer Care, who's represented here today by co-founder Ms. Juanita Waugh. And she's also going to be honored on that day, along with two other women who are making a difference in the lives of others. And the founder of Food Indie, Suzette Chomet, and the founder of East Bay Healing House, Adriana Parrish, and licensed clinical social worker, Jennifer Grovey. And finally to our friends at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic who couldn't be with us today because they're offering services, but they're here in spirit. Each one of these organizations and individuals is in the business of helping to make the life better for women of our community. For instance, Black is a partner with Stanford Medicine and Food Indy developing a food as medicine research project. East Bay Healing House is offering a variety of supportive services, including Reiki and sound healing. And the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic has been in existence for 30 years, providing free integrative medicine services to low-income women. They do this with the help of volunteer practitioners. When I approached Charlotte Maxwell five years ago about partnering with Moyo to offer the Love Letters to Our Bodies workshops for African-American women, I learned that although they provide these free services to marginalized women with cancer, that there were very few African-American women taking advantage of these services. And this is not different from what research tells us about African-American participation in integrated medicine. A review of the research literature set out to answer a specific question. Do African-American cancer survivors find practices like mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and Tai Chi acceptable? And are they actually using them? In one case, the reviewers conducted a meta-analysis of 284 studies and narrowed it down to 14 that centered on the African-American cancer experience, the survivors. And what they found should not surprise anyone in our community, but it's worth saying. African-American cancer survivors are open to these practices, that there is real receptiveness to mind-body and complementary approaches. And the survivors who engaged with them reported meaningful improvements, such as better quality of life, less depression and anxiety, better managed pain, and even an easier time coping with treatment related outcomes and weight changes. And they also reported a stronger sense of social support. So why isn't this more common? Here's the harder truth that the research surfaces. Even with this documented benefit, African-American survivors remain underrepresented in mind-body research itself. And these practices are rarely offered to them as they are a part of the standard cancer care. They're rarely offered as a part of the standard cancer care. And there are barriers, familiar ones, cost, simply not having a program nearby that's accessible or built with this community in mind. The gap between what works and who gets offered it is exactly the space that Moyo Institute exists to close. Not coincidentally, it's also the heart of why we're offering love letters to our bodies day of renewal. And by the way, more than 50 women have signed up and registered for this day so far. And there they'll be introduced to ear seeds as a non-invasive way to experience the benefits of ear acupuncture, Reiki, holistic energy healing, And by the way, to my knowledge, I was the first African-American initiated as a Reiki master in the US in 1990. They also will be experiencing chair massage to nourish the body, emotional freedom technique tapping led by Jennifer here to move stuck energy, as well as techniques for calming the stress response and information about healing foods. The women will also experience the benefit from sound healing, which is all the rage these days. And our beloved Adriana Parrish will be offering the sound healing. So we've all benefited personally from introduction to and participation in these various modalities. And we hope that this inaugural event will be the first of many to bring more integrative therapies to our communities. And during that day, we'll also be honoring three women. I introduced Mrs. Waugh. But in addition, and she's a co-founder of the Black Ladies Advocating for Cancer Care. In addition, we'll be honoring Melody Johnson, who's a caregiver survivor and who started a food pantry in her community for people who need that service. And we'll be honoring Jackie Mungo, who is the founder of the integrated healing I see the holistic healing global network so thank you again for this proclamation and helping to bring about greater public awareness of these life supporting opportunities so thank you very much thank you and if it's okay I'd like my colleagues to join us And I'm happy to answer any questions if anyone has any.

Questions? Thank you so much for being here. Let's all take a group photo.

Thank you.

I'll ask the clerk, do we have any public comment on either the proclamation of probation week or this last item? Any public comment on these?

There are no public comments.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure I need to do that. The next item is item 109, Supervisor Miley commending and honoring the 100 black men of the Bay Area for exceptional leadership, unwavering dedication, and collective efforts to uplift and strengthen our community. Supervisor Mullin.

Thank you, President Halbert. Yes, it's a real pleasure to present this commendation to the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area. You know, I was at the event held up at Monaghan's a few weeks ago where there was a celebration of this. It was a packed house that evening. You can frequently find a number of us up in Monaghan's, Danny Williams, that's his establishment. And we go there for food and beverages, let's put it that way, and socializing, this, that, and the other. So it's really, really good that we could recognize 100 Black Men today here at the Board of Supervisors. And this is a real significant recognition. So whereas the mission of 100 Black Men of the Bay Area is to improve the quality of life within the Bay Area and beyond by advancing the social, economic, health, and educational progress of African-Americans, and whereas 100 Black Men of America organization was founded in New York in 1963 and incorporated in 1986 with the Bay Area chapter forming in 1988. And whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area has been officially named the 2026 large chapter of the year by its parent organization, 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, excuse me, 100 Black Men of America Incorporated, and whereas this prestigious honor was announced at the 40th annual 100 Black Men of America Conference in New York, and whereas the National large chapter of the Year Award represents the highest level of recognition. achievable within the international network of the 100 Black Men. And whereas the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area was singled out for its innovative youth initiatives, deeply impactful community programming, and a historic milestone of delivering millions of dollars in cumulative academic scholarships to deserving local students. Whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area is dedicated to empowering low to moderate income communities through programs that promote financial stability, health, healthy lifestyles, and long-term success. And whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area inspires youth through its motto, what they see is what they will be. by providing positive mentorship and leadership that fosters character, achievement, and opportunity. And whereas The 100 Black Men of the Bay Area advances educational achievement, health, and wellness, and economic empowerment through the Four for the Future initiatives, strengthening individuals, families, and communities. And whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area advances its Four for the Future core programs, mentoring which provides evidence-based guidance to help youth reach their full potential, education, which offers scholarships and ongoing academic support, health and wellness, which promotes the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being of individuals, and economic empowerment, which fosters financial literacy, career development, and long-term economic stability. Now, therefore, this Board of Supervisors County of Alameda State of California does hereby commend and honor 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Incorporated for its exceptional leadership and wavering dedication and collective efforts to uplift and strengthen the community. And I would just add, I've known and been associated with 100 Black Men since my days on the Oakland City Council. I know a number of them. Over the years, Jeff had all the admiration in the world for the organization. You know, former supervisor Keith Carson was a member. You know, he got the board through the county to make a sizable contribution. It was a very, very sizable contribution. And I would also mention that one of my interns, Grace Houston, Grace is around here somewhere. She was back there. She was in New York, recognized as one of those student mentors, mentees rather. She's the daughter of Councilmember Ken Houston. So there's just a lot of connections. And we're very, very proud of this organization for them to receive this national recognition. So I think President Danny Williams is going to come up. He's got a number of his brothers with him from the organization. So the floor is yours, Mr. Williams.

Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Well, you kind of said most of my speech, so I'll be very short. But first of all, I want to thank the esteemed members of the Board of Supervisors for this distinguished guest and my fellow board members of the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, which is here with me today. On behalf of our organization, I wanna express our deepest gratitude for this recognition. It's truly an honor to stand before you today and accept this acknowledgement of our work and our commitment to the community. And this recognition is not just for us, but it's for the young people we mentor, the families we support, and the neighborhoods we serve, as this is a reminder that our efforts are seen, and it's valued, and it's impactful. We also acknowledge that the work continues. Together with these community leaders, And the institutions like this board, we can ensure that our young men and women are not only supported today, but they are empowered to lead tomorrow. So thanks again for this honor, for the Nate Miley and the rest of the supervisors. We really appreciate. I've worked with most of you guys anyway. So guys, I'm very familiar with you guys' work. And the work that we do is an excellent partnership for us, the 100 Black Men, to continue to do the work that we continue to do. So thank you.

Congratulations on your award. I'll ask, is there any public comment? Members in the room or online?

There are no public comments.

Let's go take a group photo. But before we take that photo, did you just have a birthday?

Thank you.

I'm 45.

Danny celebrated his birthday on Sunday. I know Tony and I missed it because we were at the Picket Rodeo, but we know you had a good time.

Okay, our next item is item 110. This is a general administration one o'clock set matter. This is the treasurer tax collector approving the following recommendations that are noted A, B, C, and D. I'm going to turn the meeting over to our county council and also to the tax collector. collector, treasurer, and his counsel for a brief staff report.

I think we first have to open the public hearing.

Yeah.

Move to open the public hearing.

I'll second that. A motion has been made and seconded to open the public hearing. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Supervisor Marquez? Aye. Supervisor Tam? Aye. Supervisor Miley? Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass? Aye. President Halbert? Aye.

Aye. Our public hearing is now open. I guess would the next step be to ask members of the public if they wish to comment or we have a staff report?

So we should have a presentation by the Treasurer Tax Collector's Office and then you can open it up for board comments and remarks or questions in the hearing and then of course take public testimony.

Thank you. Mr. Levy, the floor is yours. Presentation. Thank you. Ten years ago, when I became treasurer tax collector, a month or two after I took my office, the board at that time, only one of whom is still here, had voted, before I took office, had voted to transfer a number of properties through what we call Chapter 8 to a nonprofit called Hello Housing to develop into below-market homes. I had the good fortune of consummating that when I took my job, and I thought it was going to be super simple to keep doing this, to replicate this over time. Well, it hasn't. There's been innumerable road bumps, bureaucratic, just the whole effort by a nonprofit to get anything done. Today is historic because for the first time now in 2020, 10 years, you have the opportunity to approve a transfer. So that's what we're going to ask you to do. But before we do that, about two years ago, a new law was passed that demands a hearing from you. So to give you the details, I'm going to introduce one of my staff, Casey Farmer. Many of you know her. She's been involved in other aspects of county business. I'm going to ask her to kind of give you the details of what we're asking you to do. Thanks.

Good afternoon, supervisors. I want to start with a brief amount of context about the Chapter 8 program. As you are aware, after five years of tax delinquency, the county has the power to sell tax-defaulted properties. When a property does not sell at tax auction, the county can utilize Chapter 8 of the State Revenue and Taxation Code, which can be summarized as the selection of an eligible nonprofit for property transfer at the discretion of the tax collector through board approval, followed by verification from the state controller's office. And today's item calls upon the board to both conduct a hearing and approve the Chapter 8 sale of 8215 MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland. The current owner of this parcel is the Oakland Community Housing, Inc., which dissolved in 2013. Our recommendation is to transfer this parcel to Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, who plans to develop affordable housing on this vacant lot in alignment with the county's goals of affordable housing and reducing homelessness. It is in the county's best interest to sell this parcel at the lowest possible price allowed under the law to incentivize development at this long abandoned property and a very economically disadvantaged neighborhood. As referred to with the new state law AB418, the board is required to conduct a hearing on the proposed agreement sale to Black Cultural Zone, as well as to make findings based upon substantial evidence that the tax sale value of the property is less than the amount necessary to redeem the property, such that there would be no excess proceeds from the tax sale. So the appraised value of the property is $900,000 as determined by a licensed appraiser. And the tax records from the tax collector's database show the redemption value for the property is more than 1.7 million. So this evidence clearly shows that the redemption value exceeds the tax sale value. And I've provided documents, the appraisal and tax records for you all for the record. So that's the portion for the hearing that I have.

Are there any questions, Supervisor Miley?

Yes, there are no questions. I just want to make some comments because we've been waiting for this for a long, long time. You know, this is in my district. It's near the East Monta town center, which I have an office out there, had an office out there for, you know, decades, even when I was on the city council. And There have been challenges. And the reason this is really significant is because we wanna have other tax defaulted properties being made available for affordable housing. This is a strategy we want to pursue. We earnestly want to pursue because there's a lot of these properties in the city of Oakland and potentially throughout the county. So I'm really, really excited that we finally arrived at this point because I can remember talking to the treasurer. I remember, you know, with Stacey, Casey rather, and Carol Johnson, Derek and others meeting on this, trying to move this forward. And it's like, unfortunately, these things take time, but anything happens. you know, worth having is worth pursuing. And this is extremely important. And I just hope that by doing this, this will set the stage for us to be able to do more of these in the future, because this does serve the public good in many, many, many, many ways. And when it comes time to close the hearing, I'll do that. And I will proudly make the motion to advance this I just want to thank the treasurer, Casey, Black Cultural Zone, and all of the parties involved in Black Cultural Zone for getting us to this point and being persistent and not giving up because, yes, we've got some good things coming down the road. I know even across the street at the the former Goodyear site, which is the site of the Black Cultural Zone. There'll be that big development there as well. So great. So thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass, then Marquez.

Thank you. I want to concur with my colleague. This definitely is great news. It's a potential important model to use vacant defaulted property for a strong public use. I do hope that over time we might be able to use this model in my district, possibly West Oakland, where there are a couple sites that we have our eyes on. And I am interested in hearing a little bit more about now that you've been able to hopefully accomplish this after we vote, what might be possible looking at lessons from this example?

Sure. So we are looking most imminently at another 10 properties and they are concentrated in East and West Oakland. And we have essentially the legal framework to do so regarding the excess proceeds. So the 10 that we are starting with, essentially our low hanging fruit are ones that the taxes owed outweigh the value of the property. So the lower value, excuse me, the lower price is surely an incentive for the nonprofits who are seeking to develop affordable housing, but in a challenging environment to do so. A number of the lots are quite small. Some of them are contaminated. We did just work with HCD at the city and also the county. The county was the lead to acquire an EPA grant to do the phase one and phase two assessments of these brownfields. We don't know that there is contaminants there, but we know that this cost would be incurred upon the affordable housing community to do those assessments. So by clearing the way, we're helping to reduce the risk for those developers. So those are a couple of things in the pipeline, but I'd be happy to speak with your office further.

Supervisor Marquez.

Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. I'm very, very excited and impressed with this work. So congratulations. This indeed is a historic moment for our county. For those of you that weren't here this morning, I did share my opening remarks that we are unfortunately going to be a journey in memory of many people today. And one of them is Jessie Mae Patterson Johnson, which is the mother of Carolyn Johnson, who She's probably getting ready for her mother's service right now so I know she would want to be here if it wasn't for that so I just want to acknowledge their family and give my sincere condolences to all of them. She was also a member of our reparations commission, and I do feel strongly that this work demonstrates that. how existing county authority can be used to advance schools consistent with the Alameda County Reparations Commission supports a black led nonprofit focused on preventing displacement, preserving black culture, and expanding affordable housing in East Oakland. These actions align with the Reparations Commission focus on addressing legacy of redlining, disinvestment, and the loss of Black wealth and home ownership. While not directly reparations itself, the proposed sale provides an example of how existing county tools can help advance reparative justice and outcomes. So just congratulations to everyone and Glad to hear that we have a list of 10 more properties and hopefully we'll be able to replicate this. I think it's an impressive model infrastructure. Really happy to hear that you're tackling the environmental issues as well. So thank you to everyone who played a role in making this possible.

Thank you. Indeed, looks like you've cracked the code on how to really make this work going forward. So you have a pipeline of work and that's a good thing.

I must thank County Council for that. Thank you, Farron.

Do we have any report from County Council or the Treasurer's Council? Is there anything else to report as part of the public hearing? If not, are we ready to make, close the public hearing and make a motion? Nothing to report. Nothing to report. Is there a motion to close the public hearing?

I'd like to move to close the public hearing.

I second that. Ms. Tam, I'll second it. Motion's been made and seconded to close the public hearing. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass.

Aye.

President Halbert.

Aye. Is there a motion to approve this? Public comment. I should ask for public comment. Is there anybody in the room or online who would like to comment on this item?

There are no public comments.

So Mr. President, we should have taken public comment before we close the public hearing. So I'd ask you to move to reopen.

Miley moves, Tam seconds to open the public hearing again. Is that okay? We're all call vote. One sec.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes. The public hearing is now reopened. We'll have public comment. Welcome.

Thank you.

My name is Regina Davis. I'm from the Black Cultural Zone of the Real Estate Department, and I'm here to read a statement from Carolyn Johnson. And thank you so much for recognizing her family situation today. Securing the future of East Oakland, transforming 8215 MacArthur from a 30-year symbol of neighborhood neglect into a community asset is exactly the radical place, what radical placemaking looks like, said Carolyn Johnson, the CEO of the Black Cultural Zone. We are incredibly grateful to Treasurer and Tax Collector Henry Levy and the Board of Supervisors for their visionary leadership. By clearing the systemic hurdle, holding back this land, the county is empowering us to expand our footprint of stability, culture, and economic dignity for Black residents of East Oakland. We are looking forward to breathing new life into this space, first through immediate community programming and ultimately through high quality affordable housing. Thank you very much for your support.

Thank you for your comments. Any other public comment?

There are no public comments.

I'll move to close the public hearing. Motion made by Supervisor Tam, seconded by Supervisor Miley to close the public hearing. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes. So now the public hearing has been opened and closed. We're ready to make a motion. I recognize Supervisor Miley would like to make a motion. Marquez would like to second it. That's okay.

Do I have to articulate any findings or so it's my understanding that the findings are included in the resolution that you've been asked to adopt and so by adopting item c you will be making the findings required for item b okay so i'd like to move that based on the evidence in light of the whole record that the tax sale value of the property is less than the amount necessary to redeem the property such that would be no excess proceeds from a tax sale auction. I'd like to also include in the motion that we adopt the resolution to authorize the treasure tax collector to sell by agreement to the Black Cultural Zone Development Corporation the identified tax defaulted property, which is subject to the tax collector's power of sale and authorized the president of board of supervisors to execute the agreement for the sale of tax defaulted property between the board of supervisors of the County of Alameda, state of California and the Black Cultural Zone Development Corporation. California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, pursuant to the provisions of Division 1, Part 6, Chapter 8 of the California Revenue and Tax Code with regard to the subject real estate located at 8215 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, California, 94605 APN number 43-4620-11 for a purchase price of $10. Second. Second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Miley, seconded by Supervisor Marquez. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye.

President Halbert. I vote yes. We're done. Can we get a picture of this? It's historic. We want to get a picture. How about a group photo? No proclamation, but group photo. Okay, well, we finished our 1 p.m. set matters. As mentioned earlier, our 2 p.m. set matter has been continued, pulled.

Pulled and re-agendized for August 4th. We will be confirming the time soon. Thank you. And that was item 111 regarding the agreement with the Russell City Redress Fund and Philanthropic Ventures Foundation.

We'll now go to public comment on all items on the regular agenda. That would be those items that are not closed session and not set matter items, but rather all items that are on our regular agenda. Public comment on items on the agenda, either in the room or online. If you're online, raise your hand. I'll ask the clerk to call members in person first three in person first. Any public comment today?

Yes, we have in person online. David Hall, item 5354. Kareem, item 46. Simeo Ramey, item 357926 and 15. Rachel for item 46.

The speakers would approach the podium. I note that one has already left, but we'll take that speakers as called.

Welcome.

Good afternoon. Good afternoon, President and Supervisors. Thank you for your service to the people of the County of Alameda. I'd like to comment on Item 53. My name is David Hall. I'm a co-director of the Tenants' Rights Program at Central Legal de la Raza, and I'm here in support of Item 53, the Alameda County Housing Secure Program, or ACHS. ACHS is one of Alameda County's most important homelessness prevention initiatives. It provides a critical safety net for low-income renters and homeowners while serving as a backbone of the county's housing legal services network. Its importance has only grown as eviction filings remain approximately 150% of pre-pandemic levels. Between October 2025 and March 2026, ACHS has provided direct legal services to more than 480 county residents, including 448 tenants and 32 homeowners. Oh, sorry. Through legal consultations and representation. We're on track to meet and in many areas exceed our performance goals. We've already surpassed our annual targets for triaging tool intakes. tenant legal consultations, homeowner legal consultations. In addition, we've reached 55 tenants through our Know Your Rights presentations, and 91 community members through our Train the Trainer workshops, which is more than 106% of our annual goal. The proposed contract extension will allow us to keep providing legal consultations for both tenants and homeowners, full legal representation in housing cases, know your rights and train the trainer presentations, and perhaps most importantly, emergency financial assistance for eligible tenants and homeowners. ACHS is an efficient investment in housing stability. Our emergency financial assistance can help resolve housing crises before they result in an eviction filing. Legal consultations divert cases also before they get to the courts, where substantial time and money on both parties, both landlords and tenants, are spent. And our Know Your Rights education empowers tenants to resolve their disputes with landlords more effectively, more efficiently, supporting fair settlements and ensuring compliance with local tenant protections, including the county's own Just Cause for Eviction ordinance. At a time when many of the housing programs supported by the temporary ARPA funding have ended, Maintaining this investment is more important than ever. ACHS helps keep Alameda County residents safely housed. It prevents homelessness and it strengthens our community's housing stability. And we respectfully ask for your support.

Thank you. I do have a question. Yes. Do you track the services you provide by geography? In terms of by city? Where they live. zip code where they live city yes we have that capacity district one district two district three it might take a little doing to put the district reports together we don't have a template for that but i'm sure we could do that region we have regions okay yes we'll take it offline because i am supportive but i really would like to dig into that gotcha my staff is listening i hope and you're david hall so we'll connect i'd be happy you've been here before at our meeting thank you yes i have

I was also here to speak briefly on item 54. Oh, for both. Well, then I support item 54.

Do you support item 54 as well? Okay. Next public speaker. Who is the next public speaker?

Kareem? Kareem? Item 46.

Maybe they've left.

Rachel.

Rachel, item 46. Manley.

Is Rachel in the house? Left. Simula's left.

Craig Ladan, item 46. He left. Eugene, item 46. He left.

Yes, my name is Eugene Nishinaga, and I retired from BART in 2008. During my time there, I managed BART's Research and Development Division, of course, studying many transportation-related issues. And I'd like to speak with enthusiastic support for your decision to work with Cybertran and EarthGrid to build a transport technology that will move freight to and from the port. The system that Cybertran is proposing is what we refer to at BART as an automated direct transport system. And this is a copy of the report that resulted in the summary of our findings. And I'm very enthusiastic about this because the concept itself is quite revolutionary. And it will achieve the same goals. it will achieve a improved cost benefit in terms of how much it costs to do a unit of work by a factor of at least four. And so if we complete this project, it will be a showcase for the entire world to replicate, a technology to be replicated throughout the world. So I'm very enthusiastic about this, and I just wanted to come here to express my enthusiastic support for your decision to work with them. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

Ayesha, go ahead. You have two minutes.

Thank you. I'm speaking on item number 47. Good afternoon, President Halbert and members of the board. My name is Aisha Knowles. I serve as a trustee on the Alameda County Board of Education, served as a founding member and chair of the Russell City Repairative Justice Project Steering Committee. I'm a resident of the unincorporated area, the producer of a documentary about Russell City called The Apology and a descendant of Russell City. I urge both the Board of Supervisors and the County of Alameda to expedite redress for the former residents of Russell City. In June 2023, you took an important first step by issuing an apology to the former residents and descendants of Russell City, and that progress is important. Thank you for acknowledging the generational trauma, inequity, and harm caused by the erasure of this beloved community. However, it's been over 60 years and the former residents of Russell City are older, some are ill and fighting health issues, and many of them are tired of waiting. Just in the last two weeks, two Russell City elders passed away. The number of living former residents continues to shrink. The process of allocating Russell City redress funds and proceeding with redress overall must move now with the focused attention, appropriate staffing, and meaningful urgency this moment demands. The funds and any future redress offerings are a symbolic acknowledgement that what happened to the people of Russell City was wrong. The commitment must be matched by immediate action so the elders of Russell City experience justice while they are still alive. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. I should note that we will be adjourning this meeting in memory of the two that recently passed away. I thank the speaker for reminding us of that. I thank Supervisor Marquez for bringing that to our attention. We will be adjourning this meeting in their name and honor. Next speaker.

Carmen, go ahead. You have two minutes. Carmen, please unmute your phone.

Yes, hello. My name is Carmen Jovel. I am the Housing Deputy Director at the East Bay Community Law Center.

Could you speak up a bit? We can't hear you very well.

Give me one second. Can you hear me better? Is that any better? Hello? Is that better?

Yes, it's better. Go ahead.

Okay, okay. My name is Carmen Movela. I'm the Deputy Director of Housing at the East Bay Community Law Center. I am speaking on item 53. EBCLC is a participant in the AC Housing Secure Legal Services Collaborative, along with HERA and Centro Legal and other agencies that provide free life-saving legal services and necessary emergency financial assistance to keep low-income Alameda County residents most at risk of eviction in their homes and off the streets. This collaborative effort facilitates the emergency financial assistance, which not only benefits tenants who can remain housed and avoid homelessness, but also landlords who are quickly made whole and avoid costly drawn-out litigation. Settling cases in this manner is a cost-saving and time-saving benefit for all parties involved. This eviction defense is a data-proven effective tool for homelessness prevention. Without these resources, the wealth gap widens, homelessness crises worsen and our public benefit systems are further depleted and overburdened. Please approve the funding on this contract so that our organizations and our partners can continue to support the hundreds of Alameda County tenants struggling to remain in their long-term rent controlled or subsidized housing units. Oh yes, on item 53.

Next speaker, please.

Tara, go ahead, you have two minutes.

Good afternoon. My name is Tara Clancy. I am a mobile home resident in Castro Valley. I'm here to support item number 54, which is the continuation of our legal aid contract through Central Legal. This has been an effective tool for residents who are facing threats of eviction and constant harassment from bad actors who constantly break the law to get what they want. Having the assistance of a lawyer has helped many residents fight back legally and has protected our county from lawsuits. The expertise which is being provided is not something that Central Agal was able to provide prior to this contract, and that is still true. Without it, many low-income seniors would be left to fight these legal battles on their own. and many could face homelessness. The legal troubles we have been experiencing the last few years are not stopping. In fact, they are getting worse. Having this contract, as well as strong laws in place to protect these residents, sends a message that Alameda County cares about its seniors and is willing to go to bat for them. On that note, we have yet to pass the mobile home park overlay that we committed to back in 2024 and that we included in our housing element as a way to preserve affordable housing. I would like to flag your attention to that because we need some help getting that done. What was supposed to be a six-month process has taken nearly two years due to some roadblocks, and we still have a long way to go with that. We'll be coming to you soon to bring that to your attention. But today we are asking for you to continue the contract with Legal Aid to help the residents stay housed. Thank you.

And go ahead, you have two minutes.

Thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors. I'm Anne Mattarese Everton speaking on item number 42 proposed by my supervisor, Miley, about safe storage. I'm a resident of Pleasanton and a lifelong resident of Alameda County. Thank you, Supervisor Miley, for your recommendation to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to adopt the ordinance to require firearms to be safely stored by applying trigger locks or using lock boxes in residences located within the unincorporated areas of Alameda County. Thank you for citing the evidence in this proposed ordinance from the American Academy of Pediatrics and from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention that point to the danger of unsecured firearms on our children and the role that unsecured firearms play in youth suicides. Supervisors, this ordinance protects residents in our unincorporated areas who cannot enact such, as you know, safety measures on their own, unlike my town of Pleasanton, along with Dublin, Livermore, 43 other California cities and several counties in California who have been able to adopt secure storage ordinances. So these unincorporated areas are in your hands to pass this measure. This firearm safety ordinance aligns with the health and wellness goals you obviously support judging from the various items that were on your agenda today alone. Thank you then for promoting the safety of our children and all residents in those unincorporated areas throughout Alameda County by voting yes to require that firearms there be safely stored. Thank you so much.

Next speaker.

Shirley, you have two minutes. Go ahead, please.

Thank you. Good afternoon, board supervisors. I am Shirley Lewandowski, a Dublin resident and volunteer with Liverpool Moms Demand Action Group, where I promote safe storage of firearms through our Be Smart program. I'm also talking on item number 42, just like Anne. Safe storage of firearms prevent unintentional shootings by children. So far in 2026, there has been at least 142 unintentional shootings by children in the U.S., resulting in 49 deaths and 97 injuries. In 2024, 2025, there were three incidents in California. December 2024, in Fresno, a two-year-old toddler unintentionally shot and killed his 22-year-old mother in their apartment with a loaded gun not securely stored. In Rancho Cucamonga, a seven-year-old boy found a loaded gun in a glove box of a truck while sitting with his toddler brother. The gun discharged, killing his baby brother. Again, a gun that was not securely stored. April 2025, an Antioch three-year-old child died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after accessing a loaded gun at home. Again, not securely stored. One can never assume that simply because a toddler may lack finger strength, they can't pull the trigger. A child's thumb has twice the strength of the other fingers. When a toddler's thumb pushes against a trigger, invariably the barrel of the gun is pointed directly in the child's face as someone else's. Safe storage of firearms, trigger locks, and educating people on the Be Smart program are critically important to prevent any more unintentional shootings by children that kills themselves, a loved one, or another innocent person. I ask this board to unanimously approve this proposed ordinance by Supervisor Miley to help eliminate incidents like this from happening. One unintentional shooting by a child is one too many. One innocent victim killed from an unintentional shooting is one too many. Thank you for your votes to approve.

Next speaker.

Darby Hatfield, item number four. Patrick Messick, item number four. Dexter, item number 46. And Peter Clark, item number 46.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Good afternoon. supervisors. My name is Darby Hatfield. I was born and raised in Oakland and served as an Oakland served as an Oakland youth Oakland youth commissioner and graduated from Oakland Tech. Today the board of supervisors is is taking a a critical step to ensure that all Alameda County residents are getting access to food. This is especially critical given the impact of HR1 will have on public benefits and the families in Alameda County who depend on them. I care about making sure people don't lose access to food assistance simply because they face the challenges navigating the system. I saw firsthand in my high school how my how my classmates didn't have enough food and no one should lose access to food assistance simply because they can't get through a phone line or complete confusing paperwork. Here in Alameda County, an estimated of 27,000 students people are at risk of losing CalFresh. Nearly half of those affected are expected to be African-American, making this both a food security issue and a racial equity issue that relates to the county's commitment to reparative justice. I ask you to take two actions. First, fully staff the benefits hotline and expand partnerships with food banks and community orgs that can help people navigate these upcoming changes. Second, increase public outreach so people understand what's going on and where to get help. Supervisor Bass has already started raising awareness and I encourage the rest of you to build on these efforts.

Thank you for your comments. Can we give her a round of applause? That was great.

Good afternoon, supervisors. Incredible work, Darby. My name is Patrick Messick. I'm a former East Oakland Middle School teacher and co-director of the East Bay Broadband Consortium. Darby's recommendations are critical. Fully staff the county benefits hotline. Darby herself called the hotline and was unfortunately disconnected. Resource food banks and trusted community organizations and proactively outreach to impacted residents. As Darby named, the county has identified 27,000 Alameda County residents, nearly half of whom are African American, who are at risk of losing CalFresh this year due to the federal government's burdensome reporting rules. These rules force our neighbors to repeatedly prove on the government's timetable that they deserve to eat. Residents may have to document work or qualifying activities, prove an exemption, upload records, enroll in training, or obtain medical verification. Much of the proof will rely on access to digital platforms. Even here in the Silicon Valley's backyard, tens of thousands of Alameda County households lack home broadband access, the vast majority of whom can't afford the Bay Area's average monthly internet bill of nearly 90 bucks a month. Expanding reliable, affordable internet access will be essential to managing the coming surge in recertifications. With a stable connection, more residents will be able to navigate Benefits Cal independently, reducing avoidable demand on caseworkers and community navigators. That will preserve limited social services and CBO capacity for residents facing the greatest barriers and needing the most hands-on support. For the first time since 2019, Alameda County is represented by the PUC as a regional broadband consortium. The EBBC looks forward to working alongside the county to expand infrastructure, advance common sense policies that increase competition in a consolidating market, and invest in trusted institutions and innovative models that make reliable internet service affordable. The federal government has built new barriers between residents and the assistance they deserve. EVBC stands alongside you in ensuring those barriers do not result in empty refrigerators, lost healthcare, and preventable suffering. Thank you. Thank you.

Next speaker.

Members of the board, Dexter Visanon, Cybertran International. First, I want to express my sympathies for passing of Scott Haggerty. When Scott Haggerty first was elected, I was working on this floor for this board. So I've known Scott since he was first elected. He and I had a good relationship. We didn't always agree, but we could always agree to disagree. and he was a trailblazer and he's truly going to be missed. So I just want to recognize him. Regarding our proposal, we're living in a tariff world. We need to work out ways in which we can move goods more efficiently at less cost in innovative ways. And that's what we represent. Our members of our team aren't here because we weren't doing a presentation, but UC Berkeley is in charge of the technology for implementation and deployment. We own the technology. Mannix, which was born on this floor with East Bay EDA, will help to deliver a factory to manufacture transit systems for global market. It's less costly and the goal is to reduce truck traffic. And then there's EarthGrid who is working to establish a super utility grid and update our utility grid because it can't handle all the renewables that are being delivered today. We need to upgrade our grid and they developed a new method of boring and we can move freight in his tunnels. underground, and reduce the truck traffic off the freeways. And so talking about job creation for manufacturing, for the movement, for the distribution of the goods, the handling of the goods, we're talking about over 5,000 jobs here in the county. So I'm here to answer any questions that you may have and asking for you to support the resolution. Thank you.

Thank you. Seeing no questions at this time, I'll call for the next speaker.

Good afternoon. My name is Peter Clark. I was on the Advisory Commission for the City of Oakland regarding the transportation amenities that should be brought in by the Oakland A's for doing the Howard Terminal development. And what Cybertran is proposing was an aspect of what we were discussing for dealing with the freight that essentially has to go through that area in order to make these transportation solutions operational. I urge that you support what CyberChina is presenting here. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker.

Kristen, go ahead. You have two minutes. Hi, good afternoon.

My name is Kristen Hackett. I'm a community organizer with My Eden Voice. I'm speaking on item 54 today. First, I want to thank the Board of Supervisors for creating this contract in the first place, and I want to urge you to renew it. This legal support has been invaluable in helping mobile home park owners exercise their rights effectively in the face of abusive tactics taken by some park owners against residents to coerce evictions. For example, last summer in Del Rio residents received a wave of seven day notices that were inappropriately used to intimidate residents. With support from this contract, we were able to host a teach-in on the appropriate use of seven day notices and support residents in responding to those threats. Unfortunately, some of the residents remained concerned and ended up tearing down entire portions of their home for no reason. As this example suggests, the support is critical for this program and must be renewed, but it's also not enough. As Tara Clancy already mentioned, we've been working on a closure ordinance or change of use ordinance for mobile home parks since 2024. It was supposed to go to the Board of Supervisors by December 2024, and then that deadline got moved to the spring of 2025. It's now been over a year since it's moved really at all. It's been sitting in the Planning Commission. This delay puts residents at risk and is enabling bad actors who don't think county will... operate on behalf of residents. This ordinance aims to firm up protections for residents in the event of park closure and create a process through which county gains oversight and enforcement power. Together the contract for legal services and this ordinance can help keep residents in their homes and protect our parks. And this is critical because of who makes use of this deeply affordable housing stock, which are seniors, low-income families, They also pay extremely low rents and are able to live there for up to 30 years, which is unheard of in rental markets. So this is an extremely important housing type. Thank you.

Lindsay, go ahead. You have two minutes.

Good afternoon, board members. My name is Lindsay Wright, and I am here today to ask that you support item 54 and adopt contracts with lawyers to help defend mobile home parks. Over the past year, mobile home park residents have seen an increase in hostile behavior from their owners. Multiple parks are dealing with waves of seven-day notices like Del Rio. I'm from Del Rio, and we're not the only ones this is happening to. These are aimed at creating a trail to eviction for residents, along with abrupt changes to parking and lot lines that creates further confusion and unintended rule violations. Residents have limited options on being able to fight back, and to that end, we need lawyers willing to represent them here to help them not lose their homes. Mobile home parks are one of the only natural, unsubsidized forms of low-income housing options we have and are often either the last option for some facing homelessness or the first step to having a home again. Many residents are disabled, retired, and on a fixed income or are new families with young and school-age children. To further protect these vulnerable residents, we need a strong closure ordinance in place. Without one, a park closure would be detrimental to not only the people living there, but the surrounding community as well as many would have nowhere to go and would end up adding to the already dire homelessness problem. Please help us protect our mobile home parks and their communities by adopting contracts with lawyers to represent park residents and supporting a strong closure ordinance in the unincorporated area and ensuring that that moves along at a pace that will actually help people. Thank you so much for your time.

No more speakers.

Very good. With that, we've closed public comment on Items of the regular calendar. The next item is approval of minutes. Minutes from the special meeting of Monday, June 2nd, Tuesday, June 30th, regular meeting and special meeting of Tuesday, January 28th. Is there a motion to approve? I move approval of the minutes listed.

I'll second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, second by Supervisor Marquez to approve the minutes of prior meetings. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass.

Aye.

President Halbert.

I vote yes. Next item is item one, consent calendar, items 112 through 122. Is there a motion to approve?

I'll move the consent calendar. Second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, seconded by Supervisor Miley to approve the consent calendar for today. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes. Next item is our mass motion.

President Halbert, before you entertain a motion, I want to make a correction on the record. Item four from the Social Services Agency, 4D, should indicate that the contract is for congregate versus home-delivered meals.

Mm-hmm.

And I also want to announce that item 85 was pulled by the department.

Okay. Thank you. We'll proceed with the mass motion.

Mr. President, I will move items 2, 3, 4 with the corrections.

Questions on 4.

5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. Comments on 40. 41. Comments on 41. 42, I'm sorry, 43. 44. Comments on 44. 45. Comments on 45. 47. Comments on 47. 49, 50, 51, 52, 53.

Comments on 53.

54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101. 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106.

I didn't hear 84.1. Is that not in the mass motion?

Correct.

That is not in the motion. Okay. 84.1. Yeah.

Okay.

Thank you. I'll have comments on that when we get to that point. Okay. I note that several items weren't called because we have recusals to make. We'll take that up at that time. The first question I have is item four. And so we heard a public speaker say that our hotline was disconnected. Have we resolved that? Or do we know what that's about?

I think the speaker was speaking about the customer service call center and the social services agency, and it's not disconnected.

Okay.

It might take some time to answer some of the calls, but it's fully staffed.

Okay. Thank you. Next item with questions I think was item 20, Supervisor Miley.

Yes, item 20. I just want to remark or disclose, most people know this, but I am a board member of Youth Uprising. Excuse me, Youth Uprising. Yes, Youth Uprising, I'm thinking about REACH, because both Youth Uprising and REACH are the two county facilities that are in my district. So I'm a board member of Youth Uprising, but I don't receive any compensation or anything being a board member of Youth Uprising. And I am sure that I can continue to vote on expenditures that go to Youth Uprising, help to get it started. continue to be a strong supporter of youth uprising. So just want to disclose that for the record once again.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley. Supervisor Marquez, item 40, some comments, questions?

Yes.

Thank you, President Halbert. I'm really excited to announce for the public item number 40 is our board letter to sign an MOU with New Haven Schools Foundation. They are our fiscal agent to help us put on Science in the Park, which is coming back. I'm really excited. This is a biannual event that was started by the late supervisor Richard Valle. And this will be our eighth event. And this focuses on STEAM, science, technology, engineering, art, and math. We plan to have over 100 vendors today. including NASA, Chabot Space and Science, Math Science Nucleus, UCSF, and CSU East Bay. It is a free community event open to the entire county of Alameda and its residents. It's going to be on Saturday, October 3rd. Thank you to my team for coloring this beautiful coloring page. So I'm going to give a coloring page and a postcard to all of my colleagues and encourage the young people to come out to stay curious to learn more about jobs in STEAM. We're going to have an egg drop contest where the kids get to design their own parachute and see if they're a kid with Stan being dropped off of a ladder from Hayward Fire Department. So it's always a fun event. We're also going to have a contest with elected officials and educational animal programs, virtual reality games, air rockets, health screenings, and a bike mobile. So please save the date, October 3rd. And this is going to be at the CSU East Bay Campus in front of the music building. So just wanted to invite the entire community to come out. Thank you.

Thank you. I know the clerk has informed me that Anika Chowdhury has her hand raised. Is that for this item? Well, let's recognize... Ms. Chowdhury.

Thank you. Good afternoon, Supervisors. Anika Chowdhury. I thought I heard Item 8 pulled out, which is why I had my hand raised.

It's pulled out due to a recusal. Oh, okay. My apologies. Thank you.

Yeah, we will be taking that up after... the rest of the mass motion.

Just a point of order, President Halperin. I don't think my motion was seconded, my mass motion.

Second.

Thank you. The next items that were pulled for discussion, I pulled and I'll just take them all at once, but I would like to note on item 38, One of our discretionary funding opportunities is to fund the Fremont Age Well Center at Lake Elizabeth to support programs for elder adults. I note that other discretionary items, namely 41, I'd like to commend Supervisor Marquez for supporting Joshua's gift with a very important grant of discretionary funds, Youth Alive to help victims of recovering from violent injuries. A discretionary grant to support Solid Rock Community to support safe alternatives to violent environments, a shelter for battered women. Another discretionary grant to 1,000 mothers to prevent violence. Lorraine Taylor, she does great work in our community. I know her very well. Another discretionary grant, Supervisor Miley, the 23rd Annual Healthy Living Festival, discretionary grant from your prior year savings. Another one supporting Goodness Village, helping those achieve Supervisor Tam Ferreza. I don't know if I'm saying that right. Ferreza. Educational Coalition. San Lorenzo Family Health Center. These are all extremely worthy discretionary grants, in my opinion, yet they are under attack by a Senate Bill 1193 and for no good reason, in my opinion. I'd like to thank my colleagues for continuing to support these nonprofit organizations. I don't know what they're going to do if Senate Bill 1193 is passed. But anyway, I'm supportive of these. The next item for discussion is item 47, Supervisor Marquez.

Yes, thank you. This is a letter brought forward by our vice president, Supervisor Tam, to approve $100,000 in District 3 Enhancing Vision 2036 funds to contribute to the Russell City Redress. So thank you so much, Supervisor Tam, for your contributions. This now brings the fund to $1.3 million and just really excited about the work we're doing in partnership with the City of Hayward. and just wanted to make one little clarification in the board letter. The Reparative Justice Steering Committee with the City of Hayward included former residents and descendants of Russell City. So thank you so much for that partnership.

The next item that I have note of, and if I miss one, please jump in, but Supervisor Fortunato-Bass, item 53 and 54.

Thank you. Regarding item 53, Alameda County Housing Secure, I am definitely supportive of this. I think it's a very critical program and I appreciate the work that Central Legal does. I had asked HCD to share any demographic data that they had, whether it was racial or ethnic data or income level. I think it's really important to have a sense that we're impacting those who um are really the most housing insecure and so i was um very pleased to get that information back. I don't know if HCD has it handy, but I think it's worth sharing. And given that we recently approved the reparations report and are trying to figure out how to incorporate that work into our policymaking, I think it would be really helpful if, on an ongoing basis, we were able to not only include results-based accountability outcomes, but also any demographic data that could give us insights into how we're impacting the lives of the most vulnerable members of our community. Thank you.

Thank you very much for your questions. And yes, we do have a fairly colorful flyer that we can share with the full board. Basically, there are three main services under tenant legal services, which includes 815 consultations and over 600 representations. What we see is that over 47% are African-American tenants. 31% are mixed race. White is approximately 15%. Native Hawaiian is 1%. Asian is 6%. Under homeowner legal services, it breaks down a little bit differently. 30% are African-American citizens. 33% are multiracial, 12% are Asian, and 24% are white. And then under the Emergency Financial Assistance Program, 38% are African-American, 52% are multiracial, and 8% are white. When you look at our income levels across all three programs, over 70% of all households are between zero and 30% of area median income. So we are definitely targeting our programs to the lowest income households. And those are really the folks who need the most help. We did have some data on... We did have some data on my other computer. I'm sorry about where folks are from, but we see Hayward as a high user of the services Oakland to specific zip codes, but we also see folks using it in Livermore in Fremont in Union City. and San Leandro and Alameda is actually right up there as one of the highest users. So it's really across the entire county usage. We have it by zip code though, not necessarily by city. So where are those zip codes? For instance, Emeryville is also an Oakland zip code and some zip codes cross cities.

Thank you. That's very helpful.

Thank you, I believe item 100 also Supervisor Fortunato that's the question that you have.

Oh, number 54 actually. Oh, 54. So 54, this is the mobile home housing stabilization. I wanted to support the program, thank the speakers who spoke during public comment. Mobile homes are an important source of naturally occurring affordable housing in Alameda County. And most residents, as we know, are low income. They're seniors. They may have a disability. So preserving housing and mobile home parks is very important in our housing, our county's housing element. My office has heard from residents and mobile home parks, including the Paradise Trailer Court. that's at risk of closing. You know, we heard some of those comments. We also have heard firsthand some of those experiences, which include people sharing harassment, intimidation, threats of eviction from their landlords. And so this legal aid is really critical. And while legal aid is critical, as some of the speakers commented, they're also advocating for a mobile home change use ordinance to provide greater county oversight for bad actors in terms of landlords. So I understand the ordinance has been in the planning commission for a couple years. I'm interested in hearing how we can potentially move that forward so we can ensure not displacing anyone else so that we're sort of combining the legal services with even more protections.

So the Planning Commission did hear it at one point, and then there were some changes, and it went through another round. So in terms of the length of time, there's a lot of public process here. There's a number of stakeholders. Obviously, the ordinance has changed over time. But at last hearing, the Planning Commission made some changes in May. They heard it. And so staff currently are working on some of those changes and expects to bring it back to the Planning Commission. in August or September.

Okay. And from there, does it go to the unincorporated services committee?

Then it would go to the full board for the board planning meeting. It could go to a committee, but it will still make it to the full board directly after that.

Okay, great. I mean, anything just given our housing affordability crisis and overall affordability issues, anything that we can do to help preserve affordable housing and keep people housed would be tremendous. So look forward to that coming to our full board. Thank you.

Thank you. Supervisor for center pass item 100.

Okay. So for Alameda fire department, first congratulations on the graduation of the recent Academy of recruits. Thank you so much. I just wanted to mention in terms of number 97, very glad that the Fire Department is applying for the Cal Fire Foundation grant. And in regards to item 100, I know this California State Coastal Conservancy Wildfire Resilience Grant Program has allowed us to have a fuel reduction crew with the extension of the funding, $1 million. an additional year, I believe. How large is our fuel reduction crew and is this grant maintaining that crew or is it allowing us to expand?

President Hallberg, a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Willie McDonald, the Alameda County Fire Chief. Our crew is 18 members. We have had Some folks move on to other positions and some within our own department. So our crew is 18 members. It's really an extension or continuation of the group. We've only had 18 members. That's been the highest number we've had. But we are considering adding to the group because of the need and the work that's out there.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Chief, your team does great work. Thank you so much. Are they located at the fairgrounds yet?

Not yet. Okay. They're on their way now. Okay. Actually, we're considering moving them to a new site and a new location. We're working out an agreement. Anything you need, we're here to help. Thank you so much.

I think it's a great program. All right. Thank you. Other questions? With that, we've discussed the motion made before us by Supervisor Tam and seconded Was it Miley? Marquez, seconded by Supervisor Marquez. I know Nate is not here, but we'll take the roll call vote anyway.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley excused. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes. I believe that we could possibly take up items that require us to recuse ourselves Would that be okay? Supervisor Motley, would you like to list off your recusals? And then I'll do the same.

Yeah, I just have one recusal today. That's on item 4810. I believe 4810 is a contribution to the United Seniors. Once again, I'm president of the United Seniors on the board there, and I received no compensation from the United Seniors, but my daughter, as of September, does work for the United Seniors.

Thank you, and I will also recuse myself from items 8 and 56. I'll be honest, I'm not 100% sure that I have financial conflict, but I do believe I may have received a contribution from each of these vendors. And so out of abundance of caution, I'm going to recuse myself. That'll leave us with three that can still take up these items.

Let's take out the recusal from Supervisor Miley first. They're all four-fifths. Yeah.

I should have looked closer at that. This one's not four-fifths, but Miley's is. Okay, let's vote on, I'll entertain a motion for that item.

I'll move item 48. I'll second.

The motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, seconded by Supervisor Marquez to approve item 48. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Supervisor Marquez? Aye. Supervisor Tam? Aye. Supervisor Miley has recused himself from discussing or voting the item and left the room. Supervisor Cotonato-Bass?

Aye.

President Halbert?

I vote yes. Thank you all for recognizing that the item passes. And with that, I will recuse myself and leave the room on item eight and 56. Yep. Supervisor Tam, you can leave this.

Eight and 56.

Do I have a motion for item number eight and number 56? So moved. I have a motion by Supervisor Miley.

I'll second.

Second by Supervisor Marquez. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. President Halbert has recused himself from discussing or voting on these items and left the room.

So does the item pass?

Okay. The next item is item 46.

Mr. President, I pulled item 46 as I'm going to speak to that. Do I have your permission? Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Miley, the floor is yours.

Thank you. So item 46, bringing this resolution to the board, this has come to the Translation and Planning Committee. Supervisor Halbert and I heard this item. County Council had to review the resolution. and make some slight edits. But this is very, very important, extremely important. As was pointed out by one of the speakers, Supervisor Hagerty, when he was here, we supported the efforts around Cybertran. And at that point, it was more directed at us passenger service along the 580 corridor. Right now, that has shifted to looking at freight movement, goods movement along the 880 corridor coming out of the Port of Oakland, which is extremely, extremely important for any number of reasons. You know, the Port of Oakland is the economic engine, not just for the city of Oakland, but for the region. And we need to ensure that the port remains viable, that everything we can do to ensure its viability is undertaken. And this resolution is part of that. We also know that truck traffic on Interstate 880 has produced some problems with congestion, with pollution, and just inconvenience at times. And so with this technology, Cybertran, and there's Ardner's Earth Grid and others, this will really advance the ability to be a win-win in terms of providing the ability to move goods. And as we all know, most goods that we receive come by trucks. I mean, if you don't have trucks bringing goods, we'd be hurting. This picture probably came by truck. these materials, these seats, all this stuff came by trucks to be delivered. And if you do away with trucks, then we wouldn't have the goods that we need. But with this particular technology, goods will be able, and we're not going to eliminate trucks, but goods will be able to be delivered through the Cybertran and the ultralight rail transit system technology in the county. And it'll go all the way out past the Altamont, and ultimately into the Central Valley, which is just cutting edge and, as pointed out, innovative. And so it gets at the issue of the need for goods. It also gets at the issue of eliminating or reducing truck traffic. in the concerns that that produces. And as I pointed out, it's going to provide a lot of jobs, a lot, a lot of jobs. And these will be good paying union jobs at that. I know the Alameda Building and Trades likes to hear that. That's music to their ears. And I'm sure it's music to our ears as well. It'll maintain the viability of the Port of Oakland. It could even propel the Port of Oakland, become the number one port on the West Coast, as opposed to the Port of Long Beach in LA. We could surpass them as well as the Port of Seattle or Tacoma. So this is something we really, really need to get behind and support. And the technology that has been explained to me in terms of the tunneling is just phenomenal. It's just phenomenal. This tunneling technology, I can't believe it. So if this advances, which I hope it does advance, not just our resolution supporting it, but the effort advances. I think we're going to be putting Alameda County on the map nationally because I don't think anything like this exists in the country. So those are some of my comments on this, and I hope my colleagues support this resolution.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley. I am supportive of this resolution. I note that this is one step in the journey one step in the long journey i wish you the best in that journey keep us informed on how you proceed and how you fare on this journey yeah i wanted to ask you do you have anything else you wanted to comment on real fast we'll invite you to come up and speak thank you yeah i want to talk about jean nishinaga jean nishinaga

developed a control system that operates bar today. All right, so it's been upgraded since then and everything, but this is a brilliant guy. He's the reason why we can move three tons every nine seconds. That means a nine second headway. And just so you know what a headway is, you drive on the freeway and you're going 80 miles an hour, hopefully you're not, but if you speed at 80 miles an hour and there's a car in front of you, if it hits a brick wall, you got one, two seconds before you hit. Bar trains typically operate at a three minute headway. We can move our system with nine second headways. And the tunneling that for EarthGrid is incredible. We hosted a demonstration for Caltrans. We have a lot of support on the state level. We have a lot of support on the federal level. It's been vetted by the FTA. So we're excited and we want to thank you because this is definitely helping us to keep the trajectory moving. And also I'd like to talk about your October 3rd event. as we exhibit our technology, you know, so.

All right, thank you. So this item was pulled out of the mass motion. Would you like to make the motion?

Yes, I'd like to move the resolution in support of the ultralight rail transit system in Alameda County.

I'll second the motion. So motion's been made. Supervisor Miley seconded by Supervisor Halbert, roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes.

Your next item is item 83. It's a recommendation that your board formally appoint Timothy Flanagan as your chief information officer effective September 1st. 13th, 2026 at a biweekly salary of $12,116.

I'd like to move approval of item 83. Is this the four fifths vote required? We have four anyway. So I'll just make a comment. I'll move the item. Is there a second?

I'll second.

Item's been moved and seconded. I just would like to say welcome aboard. to our new IT chief, also to say, not here, I know he starts later, but welcome to Where Do We Get Here. I'd like to say thank you to our team who worked so hard to keep the department going as we went through an extensive recruiting process that we evaluated many candidates and we were lucky to have Tim, starting shortly. So thank you to the team that got us through to this point. With that said, a motion has been made. Seconded. Would the clerk please call the roll?

Supervisor Marquez excused. Supervisor Tam? Aye. Supervisor Miley? Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass?

Aye.

President Halber?

I vote yes. Your next item is item 84.1. It's a recommendation from the County Administrator and the Director of General Services Agency related to a naming opportunity on the Alameda County Fairgrounds to rename the Amador Pavilion in Pleasanton in memory of former Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty. So I wanted just as a point of personal privilege to extend my condolences to Scott's family, to his three children and his wife, Patty, on behalf of my office, as well as all of the current and former elected and appointed department heads that had the opportunity to work with Scott. I was fortunate to be able to work with Scott throughout his entire tenure. He was elected right after my appointment as county administrator and have many fond memories and lots of stories. But today I'm before you to make a recommendation along with the GSA director at the um, request of the board president on behalf of your full board. And I just wanted to read a portion of the letter, which I think just provides a snapshot of some of supervisor Haggerty's accomplishments and vision. Um, supervisor Haggerty's longstanding commitment to our communities touched many lives. His unwavering devotion to improving transportation services and advocating for the residents he represented will continue to benefit future generations. His legacy is one of service, vision, and steadfast dedication to the public good. Scott was a valued partner and will be remembered for his countless efforts to expand county services in the Tri-Valley and unincorporated areas. He also understood the value of prioritizing the county's fiscal health to promote and protect the county's long-term financial resilience. Representing a diverse district that mixed suburban neighborhoods, office building, and technology with ranch lands, vineyards, and natural open space, Scott played a key role in promoting agriculture, land conservation, and alternative energy in his district and across the county. Ava Community Energy, which would not have existed without Scott's vision and persistence, named its wind farm on the Altamont Pass in his honor five years ago. It's now called the Scott Haggerty Wind Farm Center. And one of his final initiatives while in office was providing funding for the Goodness Village in Livermore, the tiny home affordable community built to address housing insecurity in the Tri-Valley. A strong proponent of fairgrounds as a regional economic asset that promotes youth engagement and education related to agriculture. especially through the 4-H. Former Supervisor Haggerty supported the Marissa Hunt Agricultural Education Center and Youth Barn that opened on the fairgrounds in 2019. Given his longstanding commitment to the Alameda County Fair and its youth programs, it is appropriate that the Amador Pavilion, which hosts livestock shows, be named the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion in his memory. So the recommendation before your board is that you adopt a resolution to rename the Alameda County Fairgrounds Amador Pavilion located at 2005 Valley Avenue Pleasanton as the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion.

Thank you for regaling us with that. I'm going to thank our GSA team for moving quickly to make this happen. I think it was lightning speed to put this on today's agenda. Many of us know that the 25th, Saturday, the 25th of July, we will celebrate Scott's life at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in the amphitheater with following refreshments at the farmhouse. But we also know that Scott was a big supporter of the 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America. This weekend, I was privileged to attend the annual Alameda County Fair auction and was given the opportunity to announce that this item was on today's agenda. to arousing applause. Everybody loved the idea of renaming or naming what is currently the Amador Pavilion. It's the show pavilion where the animals are for showing and judging and things that Scott did for 24 years while he was a supervisor. We're renaming that the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion, arousing applause. So we do have a resolution. Much of what Susan read, some of it was covered. But if you'll indulge me, I'll read the resolution in its entirety because there are additional things. And I think that's just a testament to how much former Supervisor Hagerty did in his 24 years here We'll add to that the full resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the Alameda County to rename Alameda County Fair, Alameda County Fair, Alameda Pavilion, located at 2005 Valley Avenue, Pleasanton, California. Whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty sought to improve community life and championed many initiatives related to transportation, energy, agriculture, public safety, and regional policy issues. And whereas former supervisor Scott Haggerty was first elected in 1996 to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and served six consecutive terms on this board until his retirement in 2021. And whereas former supervisor Scott Haggerty was also a steadfast advocate for the agricultural community in the Tri-Valley and unincorporated areas of the county and a strong supporter of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. And whereas former supervisor Scott Haggerty was a dedicated public servant with demonstrated commitment and vision to the residents of Alameda County, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, transportation projects, and housing and homelessness. And whereas former supervisor Scott Haggerty was a valued partner and will be most remembered for his countless efforts to expand county services to the Tri-Valley and unincorporated areas. He highly prioritized the county's fiscal health to promote and protect the county's long-term financial resilience. And whereas former Supervisor Scott Hagerty served as vice chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, chair of the Alameda County Congestion Management Authority, and a member of the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority. He was chair of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Board of Supervisors Transportation and Planning Committees. And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty made notable contributions to the community, especially in key roadway and transit projects in his district, including the Highway 84 Expressway between Livermore and Sunol, Interstate 580 carpool and express lanes, the BART extension to Warm Springs, and creating the Valley Link Partnership. And whereas former Supervisor Supervisor Scott Haggerty was named Person of the Year in 2020 by the California Transportation Foundation, which recognized him for his accomplishments as former chair of the Alameda County Transportation Commission. And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty's legacy is one of service, vision, and steadfast dedication to the public good, And whereas the president, the board president has requested that the full board of supervisors consider renaming the Alameda County Fair Amador Pavilion in honor of former supervisor Scott Haggerty, now therefore be it resolved the Alameda County Board of Supervisors State of California hereby commends the name of the Amador Pavilion as Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion. Pavilion. Be it further resolved that consistent with the Board of Supervisors policy for naming an Alameda County facility, the Director of the General Services Agency shall advise the Alameda County Fair Board of the change of its name to the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion. Install that name upon the building and the property and incorporate its name into county directories. Passed and adopted assuming we all vote for this. Passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors this day, July 14th, 2026. I'll entertain other comments. I'll recognize Supervisor Miley.

Thanks, President Halbert. Just having you go through all that memories of Scott and the county ministry and go through all these memories of Scott. It just kind of makes me sad because, you know, I served with Scott. When I heard of his passing, it was difficult because not only was it difficult hearing of his passing, you know, this was mentioned earlier, you know, with Supervisor Valle passing and Supervisor Cheyenne passing. I can't believe there. Come on. You know, Scott was definitely stood tall in the saddle. You know, in the JPA, dealing with the sports teams, and we considered him our transportation guru, our transportation czar. I mean, he lived and breathed transportation. And you know there are just certain things that as a supervisor I know I didn't have to be as focused on because I knew Scott was on top of transportation like Wilma was on top of health care just really sad that he's gone spent some time with him at his vacation place on his boat You know, he's told me some stories, stories of which, you know, if I were to repeat them, they might not be flattering, you know, the state publicly. But, you know, working with him on community choice energy, you know, we worked that through the Transpatient Planning Committee, gave that to the Community Development Agency for them to make happen. And Scott led that effort, you know, just so many things like the County administrator said, you know, you could depend on Scott around the fiscal integrity of the County. He's the one that brought forth the fact that we needed to pay down our, you know, our pension liability. We need to set aside funds for that. He, he pushed that agenda. Yeah, he was courageous, had grit. I remember, you know, folks complaining at some point from Castro Valley. And Scott probably told folks from Castro Valley, you know, you're just whiners. Why are you complaining? You're getting everything you want. Call them whiners. Yeah. And, you know, we tried to get through Measure D. you know, technical amendment. We couldn't do that. So eventually we had to take it to the ballot. And so it's, how would you help to move that through? But there was just so many things Scott just led on and was at the fortitude around. And, um, You know, his sons, his daughters, his wife, Patty, his sister, Lee. You know, Lee worked up here in his office. She was here. So I'm going to miss Scott, just like I miss Wilma and Richard. You know, Gail was here when I got here, too. Gail's no longer here. And, you know, I took Mary King's place because she didn't run again. And Mary's no longer. But they were all great supervisors. And, you know, we have to live up to the legacy. We really do. Thanks.

Indeed, we stand on the shoulders of giants, as has been described. Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Well, being the newest member, I did not have a chance to work with Supervisor Haggerty, but his reputation definitely precedes him. I've talked with some of my staff who have more tenure here at the county than I do, and they definitely remember him as being very kind-hearted, certainly very strong and opinionated, but also very kind-hearted, and I think that's some Um, just a nice compliment of characteristics to have, to be able to care for your district, the County, um, and also be able to get the work done. And certainly as we are dealing with the effects of HR one and many, many challenges, um, a very real legacy that we are certainly feeling and I appreciate is fiscal responsibility that he brought and knowing that our projected or our deficit was about half of what it could have been because of the work that he and our county administrator have been doing to pay off our long-term liabilities so um definitely know that he is going to be missed and unfortunately i won't be able to make the celebration of life um on the 25th i'll be out of town um but certainly look forward to lifting up his legacy.

Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Marquez. And then Tam.

Yes, thank you, President Hubbard. I also want to express my sincere condolences to former Scott Herity's loved ones, to his colleagues. I feel, I hear your pain, Supervisor Marley, so just know we're here to support you. I know it's been a rough few years. For me personally, I didn't know him very well, but I do know the work he's done with regard to his legacy around transportation, but more specifically, what is now Ava Community Energy, but what initially started as East Bay Community Energy, and that is our community choice aggregation. Everybody who lives in our county, except for Alameda, look at your utility bill and your electricity comes from Ava Community Energy. And because of Supervisor Scott Haverty's leadership, we have now expanded into San Joaquin County. And he was bold and courageous and a testament to we can do courageous things here in this county. So just really thankful for his leadership and his vision and he will be missed.

Supervisor Tam.

Thank you, President Halbert. I also want to express my deepest condolences to former Supervisor Haggerty and his family. I had the opportunity, obviously, to work very closely with Supervisor Chan and Supervisor Leibitker, and they had the opportunity to work with Supervisor Haggerty. They did tell me some interesting stories, which I will not share, but... Needless to say, I think having served on the, and continue to serve on the Budget and Finance Committee, I think he leaves a legacy that we enjoy today when it comes to financial stewardship and stability, having the foresight to plan and address our pension obligations and making sure that the county has has sufficient resources to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. Because in the world that we live in, if you have no margin, there's no mission. So there's a saying that we all live on borrowed time. And I think Supervisor Haggerty came up with a trick to accrue enough sufficient interest to pay off his debt.

Thank you, Supervisor Tam. Indeed, he lived a full life. Our condolences to his family, those that can attend. I promise you July 25th will be an amazing event and a celebration. And just a word of caution, dress festive, I'm told. He does not, no black, only festive. And be ready to celebrate.

With that said, he definitely had a party. Yeah, that's right. Great. Those shots.

Supervisor Miley had appreciated you would make this motion. Sure. I'd like to move with resolution.

Yes.

I'll second it. Is there any public comment on this item?

There are no public comments.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes. Thank you very much. Any other items?

You have three ordinances. So item 42 is an ordinance brought forward by Supervisor Miley. It's the first reading and introduction of an ordinance amending the County General Ordinance Code to require firearms to be safely stored by applying trigger locks or using lock boxes and residents located within the unincorporated areas of the county.

An ordinance adding section 9.1 2.1 30 of the county of alameda is general ordinance code regarding the safe storage of firearms in residences within the unincorporated territory of the county.

The way the. That was the first reading move for the introduction of the ordinance. A second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Miley, seconded by Supervisor Tam. Roll call vote, please.

Can I speak to the ordinance first? Yes. Okay, thanks. Yes. I'm bringing this ordinance to the board. It has gone to the Unincorporated Services Committee quite a while ago. And I apologize to some of the supporters of the ordinance for taking so long to get to the board because we've been trying to get this here to the board for a you know, quite some time, quite some time. And I do think this ordinance is good public policy because, you know, we, well, I can't say we all, but I know, I believe in the second amendment. I believe people have the right to bear arms. You know, I, you know, I'm one of those people that owns a guns. But I think it's important that guns be stored and locked safely and carefully so that they cannot be accidentally accessed by folks who are underage, let's say, or by intruders if somebody were to break into your place, or be used by folks who are mentally ill or somebody who's anaphylated and might not be capable of using a firearm appropriately. I just think it's important that we have these measures in place because, you know, a firearm is nothing more than a tool. um but it's a tool that can that can kill and you know that saying goes you know guns don't kill people people kill people um you know you could use a sword you could use a knife you use a toothpick i mean it's not a firearm it's people who kill people not firearms um and i know um that the issue the Trigger locks and storage facilities were not a traditional part of the Second Amendment. But I do think we need to look at the Second Amendment in the context of contemporary times that Traditionally, there weren't machine guns. There weren't automatic weapons and things of that nature. It doesn't mean that you don't look at ways of regulating and appropriately dealing with them so that they don't cause armed to innocent people so i do think this is appropriate uh legislation for us to be enacting in the unincorporated area it doesn't take away the right to bear arms it's just merely saying that it's important that if you own our firearms that you store them and you lock them up i appreciate county council's office for working with us on this um see jason over there appreciate um Sheriff's Department for supporting this as well. And I hope the board approves this ordinance today.

Thank you. With that said, a motion's been made and seconded. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes.

Item 75 is the second reading of salary ordinance amendments.

An ordinance amending certain provisions of the 2025 through 2026 County of Alameda salary ordinance.

I will move to waive the full second reading and adopt the salary ordinance amendments to update Article 1 as described in 75A.I and Article 3 as described in 75A.2.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, seconded by Supervisor Miley. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes.

Item 76 is the first reading of ordinance amendments related to the MOU with the Alameda County Management Association Sheriff's sworn units.

The title of the first ordinance is an ordinance approving the February 15, 2026 through February 24, 2029. Memorandum of Understanding with the Alameda County Management Employees Association share of sworn units 026, 027, and 028. The title of the second ordinance is an ordinance amending certain provisions of the 2025 through 2026 County of Alameda Salary Ordinance.

Mr. President, I will move to waive the full first reading and introduce the ordinance approving the MOU as described in item 76A. And I will move to waive the full first reading and introduce salary ordinance amendments to update sections as described in 76B. Second.

Motion has been made by Supervisor Tam, second by Supervisor Miley. Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez. Aye. Supervisor Tam. Aye. Supervisor Miley. Aye. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Aye. President Halbert.

I vote yes. That's your last regular item.

We now have the need to adjourn, rather to recess into closed session. Before we do that, I'll take public comment on items not on today's agenda. Anybody like wishing to make public comment on items not on today's agenda? If you're online, please raise your hand if you would like to speak to items not on the agenda. If you're in the room, now's the time to speak on items not on the agenda.

Kelly, go ahead. You have two minutes.

Thank you. If there are any supervisors remaining in their seats, I'd like to point out the irregularity, the kind of random kind of, you know, chaotic nature of your public comments today where it seems like your board doesn't really believe in the Brown Act. Because when you got to item 46 about the ultralight rail proposal, you decided that you would accept public comment because that person who spoke at your microphone and you invited them to speak, that was not your county staff or something clarifying. That was a... what was it, an applicant or proponent or an appellant or whatever, some type of member of the public. And then you didn't allow any other members of the public to speak to that item because you only wanted to hear from the one member of the public. And that doesn't seem fair, does it? At least it doesn't seem fair to me because I had my hand up. And then secondly, you know, when you're recusing, it seems like you make a big show out of recusing nowadays. But I remember a few meetings ago when you were voting on items and you were taking money from people who were in a position. Some members of this board took money from people in a position to benefit from your actions, your contracts, your issuance of contracts, no-bid contracts were issued. And this type of contract issuance, highly irregular. In fact, it's possibly, it is directly banned by the Levine Act. And there are, you know, there might be penalties for that. But I know that your county council doesn't really care about that too much, evidently. But we'll see how that goes. Thank you.

There are no more public comments.

We're going to recess in the closed session. Supervisor Miley, comments?

I'm just asking, can we do the adjournment of folks before we recess?

Okay, we're going to announce that when we do adjourn, which will be at the end of the meeting after we come back from closed session, but we will announce now the manner in which we will adjourn at the end of this meeting, if that's okay. And I will do so by first recognizing Supervisor Miley, did you have?

Well, I know Supervisor Chan mentioned earlier, I do want to adjourn in the memory of Mark Crawford. And I think when we adjourn, I'll make some comments.

So do you want to do that when we come back and actually adjourn? Or do you want to announce that now? I guess what I'm saying is we don't adjourn now. We go to recess, then we come back, and then we adjourn. Do you want to make announcements then?

So, Rosa, you may make the comments now, but we cannot adjourn until after the completion of closed session.

Okay. So if it's okay for me to make these comments now, since we're going to one person we're adjourning in the memory of is Mark Crawford. Yeah, this is another tough one for me. Because Mark, I've known Mark since I've been on the Board of Supervisors, and he passed away recently. And there'll be a celebration of his life on Friday, July 24th at the Mountain View Cemetery. But Mark was a resident of Castro Valley, a tireless, I mean, tireless advocate for Castro Valley, tireless. And it wasn't as though everyone always agreed with Mark. I didn't always agree with Mark. My staff and I, one of my former chief of staff, Seth Kaplan and I, and Bob Swanson who worked for me and lives in Castro Valley and still works for me, We at times had to talk and try to reason with Mark. But we learned as much from Mark as he learned from us. And even if we didn't agree, I always knew that whatever position Mark was taking when he came to Castro Valley, he was taking that position because he earnestly felt it was in the best interest of Castro Valley. You know, he grew up in Cache Valley, went to school in Cache Valley. His wife, Helen, you know, they were high school sweethearts. He's got two grown sons. And once again, we could always count on Mark to speak his mind and give us his opinion. regardless of whether or not we thought it was the best opinion or the best position, but he would do that. He chaired, he was on the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council for a number of years. He chaired the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council. And once again, because Mark is so outspoken and determined and courageous, I mean, there were people who definitely didn't care for Mark, who took opposite positions from him, folks who lived in Castro Valley and were equally concerned about Castro Valley. And Mark served on the Planning Commission He became the chair of the Planning Commission. I pointed him to both the MAC and to the Planning Commission after he finished his time on the MAC. So Castro Valley, it's going to mismark. And even though everyone in Castro Valley didn't always agree with him, there's nothing wrong with having reasonable people disagree and having tension and debate. It helps to sharpen positions on issues. And Mark would ensure that that was happening. So all I can say is I feel for his wife, Helen. I agree for her. Because Mark's passing is untimely and his two sons and his family and friends. And I also grieve that we're going to miss Mark's service to the community, both Castro Valley and the greater Alameda County. So I just want to have Mark know that we love him and want him to rest in peace, rest in power.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley. Indeed, condolences to his entire family and the community. He does leave a big hole in our hearts and will be missed. Supervisor Marquez, you have a couple of... Supervisor Tam, yeah, you actually wanted to bring this up. Would you like to say a few words in honor of adjourning in the name of Mark Crawford?

Thank you, Mr. President. As Supervisor Miley noted, we work very closely with Mark because we are on the Unincorporated Services Committee, and he was a longtime advocate and public official, having served, I think, six years on the Alameda County Planning Commission and 10 years on the Castle Valley MAC and I think Supervisor Miley had appointed him to the Fair Board recently and so I Supervisor Miley said he was very opinionated and there were things that I didn't completely agree with him, especially on the housing element. But I respected his position. I respected his advocacy. And I want to express my condolences as well to his wife, Helen, and his sons for this very untimely passing.

Thank you, Supervisor Marquez.

Thank you, President Hubbard. I also want to adjourn in memory of two elders that we lost that were former residents and displaced. They used to reside in Russell City. The first one is Jesse May Patterson Johnson. As I mentioned earlier today, she's the mother of Carolyn Johnson, who we are very familiar with. And then the second person is Jose Cota. And he was known to be the longest living resident from Russell City. He passed away, unfortunately, at the age of 104. And Mrs. Johnson was 85. And they were both deeply devoted to their families, people of faith, and just people that carried a lot of pride of their culture, their ethnicity, their beloved community. So I just wanted to express my sincere condolences to all of their loved ones who are mourning their loss. Thank you.

Thank you. I know we will also be adjourning in memory and honor of former supervisor Scott Hagerty. With that said, we will recess into closed session. Okay, everyone, we're going to reconvene from closed session. I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll to establish our quorum.

Supervisor Marquez, excuse. Supervisor Tam. Present. Supervisor Miley. Present. Supervisor Fortunato-Bass. Present. President Halbert.

Present.

We have a quorum.

County Councilor, is there anything to report out from closed session?

No, President Hubbard. No reportable action was taken when we reassessed into closed session for the second time today.

Thank you. Seeing as all business before us has been completed, We are now adjourned.