City Council - Regular Meeting

to the city council meeting. Today is Monday, May 11th. Uh like to speak about public participation. There are three ways to submit public comments. One, submit written comments by the meeting day. Two, submit written comments during the meeting. and three, attend the meeting in person. To submit written comments by meeting day, please email the city clerk at at dailycity.org and include public comment in the subject line. All written comments received by 400 pm on meeting day will be provided to the city council prior to the meeting. Any email comments after 400 PM on the meeting date are not guaranteed to be received by the city council prior to the meeting. Comments are not read aloud into the record. During the meeting, you may visit www.dcity.org/aggendas to submit comments using the public comment form to address the city council on a specific item or during the public comment period. And such comments are delivered to the city council and city staff during the meeting and may be read into the record at the time they are received. To speak at the meeting in person, please complete a speaker card located at the entrance to the council chamber and submit it to a staff member as early as possible in a meeting as possible. With that being said, if we can all kindly please rise for the pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you very much. I'd like to start off with a land acknowledgement. The city of Daily City acknowledges that we are on the ancestral lands of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples. We recognize their enduring connection to this region and honor their history, culture, and contributions. As the indigenous protectors of this land, we affirm their sovereign rights as the original inhabitants of this land and pay respects to the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples. Madame city clerk, may I have a roll call, please?

Miss D. Giovani, present. Dr. Rod. Miss Pano, present. Miss Manalo present. Mr. Sylvester Glenn Sylvester present. Thank you very much. Next item on the agenda is presentations. And I'd like to uh acknowledge the first uh presentation is a proclamation uh for mental health month. And uh who has who has that one? Oh, okay. Vice Mayor, would you kindly uh read the proclamation, please?

Thank you, Mayor. Get my glasses on. Whereas in 2023, 13% of Sonteo County adults reported poor mental health for 14 or more days in the past month and 42% have sought professional help for their mental health. In 2023 to 2025, Sonteo County youth grade 7, 9, and 11 reported social, emotional distress, 23%, 24%, and 25% respectfully, and chronic sadness, hope hopelessness 25, 27, and 26% in the last in the past 12 months. And whereas while behavioral health conditions are common across all types of demographics, certain communities face inequitable access to services, including people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ plus community, individuals with disabilities, veterans, youth, and older adults. And whereas on December 9th, 2025, the Sonteo County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted resolution number 081556, affirming the county's commitment to the well-being of current and future generations, making Sonteo County the first jurisdiction in the United States to do So, and whereas the resolution

recognized that with more than a quarter of San Mateo County residents being under the age of 24 and that most mental health challenges began before the age of 25, mental health is not only a present day concern, but a general generational responsibility for future generations, treating mental health as a foundational public good, not merely a clinical concern. And whereas the Sanonteo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, Office of Diversity and Equity, Felton Institute, Peninsula Suicide Prevention, Mayor's Mental Health Initiative, and partners are collectively organizing activities that San Mateo County and community members can participate in throughout the month, including free in-person and virtual events, advocacy days, and social media campaigns. And whereas the 2026 theme is mental health is ours, emphasizing community, collective action, and holistic support. Ongoing updates posted at www.smcalth. Smcalth.orgmhm. And whereas the city of Daily City wishes to increase the public's knowledge of signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use conditions, professional and self-care

practices. Now, therefore, our mayor Glenn R. Sylvester and the members of the city council of the city of Daily City do hereby proclaim May 2026 as mental health month in Daily City to enhance public awareness of mental health to help end the stigma. direct members of the community to resources and support for mental health and substance use conditions and honor the county's historic commitment to the well-being of current and future generations we create together.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. If I can have uh Jean Perry. Good evening. Congratulations on receiving the proclamation. I'll open it up to you if you would like to make some comments, especially in the area of awareness.

Good evening, Mayor Sylvester and city council members, um, city managers, staff, and the people of Daily City who may be listening in. I am Jean Perry. My pronouns are she, her, and I'm serving on the Sanonteo County Behavioral Health Commission. Um and um the Sanonteo County Behavioral Health Commission is committed to the goals of promoting wellness and recovery, enhancing public awareness and knowledge of mental health and substance use conditions, and eliminating stigma. Thank you to the city of Daily City for proclaiming May 2026 as mental health month. Mental Health Month is observed across our county, across the state, across the United States. And um this lime green ribbon is the color of mental health month and it represents how we want to bring a bright light to an import to important issues that may be hidden or seen negatively. Mental Health Month is one of the best times of the year when we reduce stigma, connect people to services, and promote wellness for mental health and substance use conditions. And I really appreciate you fully reading the whole proclamation. Mental Health Month is important to me um because of this opportunity to open minds, eyes, ears, hearts.

Yeah. to information by which we can help ourselves and others as the theme says this year. We mental health is us and we contribute and having knowledge such as taking mental health first aid or taking be sensitive be brave or attending one of the many activities

this month that you can find at smth.org org backwardmh are opportunities you can take. Also, I want to say we are always seeking volunteers for the behavioral health commission. There's a limit in how long we can serve and so we're always people are rotating off and so we're looking for adults in the community um who are willing to give their time to this um effort. Also the our children and youth committee of the behavioral health commission has a youth advisory board and these are youth aged 14 to 24 who have the same mission. They work with us. Two of them actually sit on the commission and application is open right now for individuals who would like to join the youth action board. And you can find out the youth action board information through the behavioral health um website and information on applying to be a commissioner is through the board of supervisors site. So, I'd like to challenge you to take action. And number one, I'd like you to wear a lime green rib ribbon if you can come up with one. Wear it physically or virtually like on your um on your background um this month um or on your social media profile. You can start a conversation on sharing your knowledge about mental health. Number two, learn more about mental health resources available to you by visiting 988.org. We're probably aware of the phone number 988, which is the national

access to emergency response for mental health conditions. And that is not limited to people experiencing um crisis. It's it's open to anyone. Someone you care about is having issues, you can call to find out how to give you direction on how to best help. 988 lilifeline.org um will um give you more information about 988 and you probably see it like in the BART station on on SAMR and all over the place. So do not hesitate to dial 988 or text 988. And then finally, I'd invite you to attend a mental health month activity. There's still there's still a bunch of them. There's still a whole page of them left in this month. And on May 17th at the Lemus Farm in Half Moon Bay, they are doing goat yoga. So, if that's a new wellness practice for you, I invite you to look into it. Um, and thank you so much to the city of Daily City and to your community for recognizing mental health month.

Thank you very much, uh, Miss Perry. Be, uh, before I would like to open it up to my colleagues for any additional comments. Okay, I can make it really easy. Vice Mayor, please. Thank you, sir. This it was amazing. Uh, thank you staff. It's a beautifully written. It has so much information. And I wanted just to thank you for being here and for doing I don't say your part, but we all should do our part, but you're doing a huge part in being out into the community and letting people know there is help and that's what's most important. So, thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Council member Manalo, please.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh thank you so much for all the work that you do and your volunteerism um on the commission. um when we think about um reducing the stigma, it's really all of us together to do that. Um I remember, oh my gosh, this will date me because it's about 20 years ago. Um, a thought went into my mind and I said, "How come we do not have mental health providers just the same way we have a medical doctor that, you know, like I really felt like that it seemed like that's something that we need to really create systemically." And now 20 years later, I see more of that where like it's, you know, you get more access and all of that. But I really think one day, you know, on our list, there's someone there because whether it's preventative or during um, you know, when you need it the most um to reduce it just the way we need, you know, our our bodies, we also need that support mentally. Um, but I do want to say I was able to do a list on there. Um, last Saturday they had a be brave, be sensitive training.

Oh, yeah. Great. Yeah. for elected officials and um

yeah and and it was insightful but also I think um you know realizing a lot of the stressors that me and my colleagues have but never have the space to actually um hold space for it. Um but I just want to say for uh those out there um alto together you know we just have to constantly uh remind one another it it shouldn't be a stigma and that when you need to talk to someone you need help it's okay and then there's resources now like 988 um and then also you know um I feel like um we're seeing it more in the curriculum also in schools

in our schools and I think that's like we're integrating that a levels where um there's more an understanding of how are you really feeling and if you need um that support system in that in that realm. Um, so thank you for the work that you do and the county does and I know that um, city manager will be able to light up maybe city hall with the green lights to show that we're all all in unison again together. I know he did it last year and so thank you. We love to see that. And people who don't know what it is, they ask and then you tell them.

Yeah. cuz it kind of looks like we're like Wizard of Oz like whoa cuz you know it's green but then it will you're right it'll be like wonder why Yeah. And so thank you for every Thank you mayor. Welcome. Thank you council member Mandalo. Uh council member DJ Ovani.

All right. Thank you mayor. Well, the fact that you're here and that we were proud to say like you when when she read the proclamation that Cemeter County was ahead of everything because people don't know who's suffering, who's not suffering and then it's up to us to have a more sensitive side to one another. And I have to say, I was going to wait till later, but uh the president of the board of supervisors, Noelia Corso, put together a recent workshop for elected officials on Saturday. It was very well attended. and they had uh two psychologists there that really it's there'll probably be more and I'm sure there will be and uh the stressors that people don't know what the stressors are and then they gave plenty of examples and gave us uh um you know groups that we could work together with which I thought everything about it was good. So it doesn't matter what what capacity you're in, any capacity. And then it was for us to also recognize others as well. So um I think that we're getting there, but we're not there yet. So, I think the push has to keep pushing and then that I'm sure that we'll be able to put put something on that um through the mayor that we'll tell about the vacancies on the on the on your commission because I find that they're very active. you're I'm sure you're already active and that um everybody has a personal reason why they want to serve in a certain capacity whether it's their self or someone in their family, a friend or even anyone they come across. um if you have a stop and have conversations with people and then at the workshop it also had um ways to approach to say hey I heard you having a bad day or you know just how you say it to someone. I thought it was uh to to get people to open up if they

feel like opening up cuz I know culturally or or PTSD or many triggers. So, but um just know that be very active into it and um we have to stay engaged and um support one another. I think that's very important as well. So, thank you for all you do and then you know we're here but we also are out there so to make sure we're connected to the people. Thank you. You're welcome. that be sensitive be brave training is available in multiple languages

and there are also culture specific versions of it. So for African-American people for people who um speak Tagalague who people who speak u Mandarin people who speak Spanish. So um it's it's a just very proud very proud of the department. They've thought of everything like you said every cultural aspect of it. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, uh, Council Member Djiovani. Uh, Miss Perry, again, thank you so much for being with us here this evening. And as I think back over the years, uh, especially with what we're dealing with nowadays, such as homelessness, uh, you can go out on the field and try to combat homelessness by various methods. And in the earlier days uh it was basically um it's thought of um either economic issues that caused the homelessness, drug issues until recently they included mental health to help diagnose uh what precipitated this homelessness and why. And I think having the awareness about mental health and one thing that strike me as very very important as well is the uh it could be at a younger age and we tend to overlook that especially uh what our young children go through in school which could lead to uh some mental health issues later on. So I think this is very very important work. Uh I uh we need continued awareness like this because the need help folks won't admit that they have a problem and they need to know it's okay especially if you talk about it and uh share it with someone and uh you know it's there for you. So please continue the great work that you do uh to continue awareness. I had no idea to wear green today and I wore green and it it it just happened and uh staff rem Oh, okay. That's pretty good. So, I'm very much appreciative. Things

happen for a reason. So, again, thank you so much. Uh I would like to uh present you the proclamation with the rest of council if we can come down there and take a photograph with you. Awesome. Thank you. All right. And mayor, as you um as we all go down, I wanted to stand correct. Actually, city hall is lit up in green the whole month. Um, thank you for that. Um, wow. City manager. Yeah. Through the chair. It was at the suggestion of then mayor Manalo a couple years ago that I asked public works to light it up and they did so. So, it's been lit up. This will be the third year. Wow. It's a good break.

He screamed. It was too late to tell. Well, we we get here long ago. So, do I come up with you? Why don't you come up here?

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thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations.

We'll see you today. Once again, thank you very much, Miss Perry, and uh keep up the great work. The next proclamation is uh for uh hepatitis B awareness week May 17th through the 24th. We have Walter lie here. Walter come on up Walter and and uh team HBV San Jose.

Great. Great to see all of you. I'd like to uh turn it over to council member Manalo, please.

Thank you, mayor, for the honor to read the proclamation. The proclamations for hepatitis B awareness week, May 17 to 24, 2026. Whereas hepatitis B is a serious viral infection that affects millions of people worldwide and remains one of the leading causes of liver diseases, including cerosis, liver cancer, and liver failure. Whereas hepatitis B is a highly contagious disease that can be transmitted through contact with blood or bodily fluids. Despite being preventable through vaccination, it remains underdiagnosed in many populations leading to an increased risk of long-term liver damage, liver cancer, and deaths if leaded untreat left untreated. Whereas hepatitis B often presents with few or no symptoms in its early stages, which means individuals may unknowingly spread the virus to others, early diagnosis, testing, and treatment are critical in preventing serious complications, including liver cancer. Whereas the Stanford Asian Liver C Center's Team HBB San Jose nonprofit Youth Outreach Initiative has been at the forefront of efforts to educate young people, families, and underserved communities about hepatitis B prevention, testing, and vaccination. Team HBV San Jose plays a key role in combating the stigma surrounding hepatitis B, promoting knowledge and empowering the individuals to take the proactive steps towards their health. Whereas hepatitis B is largely preventable through a safe and effective vaccine. Yet, despite the availability of vaccines and treatments, global and national efforts continue to fall short of eliminating the virus,

especially in communities where access to health care and educational resources may be limited. Increasing vaccination rates and providing equitable access to testing and medical care are essential in combating this preventable disease. Whereas the city of daily city recognizes the importance of raising awareness about hepatitis B, encouraging testing and promoting vaccination as key strategies in reducing the spread of the virus. By supporting local outreach efforts, we can make a meaningful impact in the fight against hepatitis B in our own community and beyond. Now therefore, Mayor Glenn Sylvester and the members of the city council of the city of Daily City hereby proclaim May 17, 2024, 2026 as hepatitis B awareness week in Daily City. Together, we can work towards eliminating the threat of this preventable and treatable disease, saving lives, and improving public health. Thank you, Mayor.

Great. Thank you, uh, Council Member Manalo. At this time, I'll open it up to my fellow colleagues for any comments that they may have. I'll start with you, Vice Mayor. Anything? Good. I'll make it brief. I'd like to thank you, the three of you, and uh I I look forward before I get too much further. I'd like I look forward to hearing how you're you're here and why you're here. But I'd like to thank you for your efforts. And were you here last year? Uh yes. Uh, yes, Vice Mayor. I was here last night as I remember. Yes. So, it's good to see you again. So, thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Council member Diovani, anything?

Yeah. Thank you. Yes, I remember when you did that. So, the three of you, it takes more than one person. And then I know that it's a long ways that people have gotten that's another stigma for the hepatitis. And then this area, it's a it's a battle in our Asian communities. And then given that we're 58% uh Asian in Daily City, we need to make sure that we get the word out to them, let them know that it's okay, that you have the vaccinations, and that to make sure you safeguard them and their families um against something that is preventable. And I think that's really key because a lot of information gets out there that, you know, it kind of scares them and I understand that, but we want them to know that they're here, they're cared about, and it's accessible. I think that's the other thing, making sure it's accessible, affordable, and that they can save lives. And I think that the given the young people like you that step forward to take a cause on like this is very admirable because you're you're saving lives and uh that's key to have that compassion. So, I look forward to hearing from you as well. Thank you. Thank all three of you.

Thank you. Uh, Council Member DJani, uh, Council Member Manalo, I'll make a comment because, uh, you're the one who read the proclamation. I'll leave you to make the final comment. Uh, good to see you again this year. Uh, thank you for everything that you do. Yes.

Uh, another part of awareness, uh, whether it's in the medical field, social economic issue, but everything is is very very important for daily citizens. As a matter of fact, uh, here in the United States and around the world. So, I want to say thank you so much for being here uh again this evening. It's always a pleasure to have you and it keeps us uh basically up tod date as to what's going on and that we should never forget. So, thank you again, Council Member Madalo, please.

Thank you, Mayor. Um you know, it just shows the commitment that you three have that, um you're here again a year later. Um and it's really inspiring that as young and youth young people like yourselves really um pushing for this cause which essentially is saving lives. Um and to think of the technology that we have today it could be preventable um you know just spreading that education and awareness um is really key and that's what you all are doing. So you should be very proud of yourselves. Thank you. Thank you.

All right. Great. I see you're ready so the floor is yours. All right. Uh, good evening. Uh, my name is Walton Lee and, uh, on behalf of the Stanford Asian Liver Center and, uh, team HPV San Jose. Uh, I'd like to thank Mayor Sylvester, uh, Vice Mayor Pano, and the rest uh, of the city council uh, for once again proclaiming May 17th through 24th uh, as hepatitis B awareness week uh, here in Daily City. And uh this year I'm honored to be joined by two uh of our chapter's uh rising leaders uh Hannah Marcato and Angela Lee. And uh they will be sharing why this civic partnership and this recognition is such uh such a big deal and so important uh for our community.

Thank you Alton. To put the hepatitis public health crisis in perspective, HPV is a silent yet devastating liver infection that disproportionately affects Asian and Pacific Islander communities, often without symptoms until it's too late. This is a local reality with twothirds of daily cities residents identifying as Asian, one of the densest AAPI communities in California, coupled with the fact that twothirds of those living with HPV are unaware that they have it. Our home on the peninsula is one on the front lines of the epidemic. Luckily, HPV is preventable through vaccination and early screening, which is why awareness is so important and why daily city support matters so much. Very good.

The timing of hepatitis B awareness week is highly intentional, coinciding with hepatitis A month, as well as Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This hopefully will be a staunch reminder of the communities most affected by the silent epidemic. Mayor Sylvester and Council, your city's proclamation is not just a recognition of hepatitis B out outreach efforts. It is a reminder of what can be achieved when the community comes together in the interest of public health. Thank you once again to the council for your leadership as well as your help in making this crisis visible. Thank you.

Okay. Um, wow. a lot of things that uh council member Djiovani says. I I guess they got the same statistics as you and uh that's very impressive and especially our youth and starting off now I I mean it's very heartfelt and really warm to hear your stories and why you are involved. So, uh I'm looking at my colleagues. Did you want to give another comment before No,

no, we're good. Okay. Um sometimes uh like 15 or uh 20 years may pass or whatever and you look back on memories and you're glad that you took that picture. We're going to present you the proclamation. Did you want to have a picture for your archive? So maybe 20 or 30 years from now, you look back and say you came to Daily City Council. Uh yes, sir. That'd be nice. and you can uh talk with uh just send an email to staff and uh they'll make sure they get it to you. So, why don't you step up over there, the three of you, Justin.

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can't see the lens.

Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you.

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Goes with your green suit. Exactly. Mommy, excuse me, I'm put this on right now.

All right. Uh ladies and gentlemen, we have the next presentation and that is on emergency medical services week and uh assistant fire chief Nicholas Gracia is here to present the uh proclamation but prior to doing so I will read it. All right. Welcome. Emergency medical services week emergency whereas emergency medical service is a vital public service and whereas the members of emergency medical service teams are ready to provide lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And whereas access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury. And whereas the emergency medical services system consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police officers, educators, administrators, prehosp nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, trained members of the public, and other out of hospital medical care providers. ers. And whereas the members of emergency medical services teams, whether career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills. And whereas the city of Daily City

recognizes the value and the accomplishments of emergency medical service providers by designating the emergency medical services week. Now therefore, I Glenn R. Sylvester as your mayor and members of the city council of city of daily city do hereby proclaim May 17th through the 23rd 2026 as emergency medical services week in daily city with the EMS strong theme EMS week improving outcomes together. I encourage the community to observe this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities in honor of the EMS profession and the essential services it provides. Signed by myself and the rest of city council. At this time, uh, chief, I'd like to open it up to my colleagues for any comments. We'll start off with vice mayor.

Thank you. Absolutely. I'll make it brief. Um, first of all, congratulations as our acting fire chief, Nicholas Gracia. Very proud of you. Thank you for being here to represent so many men and women of our community that give service to the to the city of Daily City, to the residents. And uh it goes without saying that we're very very lucky to have you and all your staff. um you know, it's one of those things when you don't need it, but you know it's there, right?

That's that feeling of um security. And I want to thank you for everything that you do and your staff does for the city of Daily City, for all of us. So, thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh Council Member Manalo.

Thank you, Mayor. Um thank you so much for all that you do. I know at this time you're acting chief and um but also throughout your service as a firefighter all these times and now um in this role. I think when we think about um when we hear those sirens go off um you know it's like all of you out in the field whether it's our firefighters, our police officers getting to make sure that um we are safe, right? Um and it's so important um day in day out to see the response times um that are um what we're able to reach. Um and given that we also have like a lot of older population in the city of Daily City, I know that um some of them are even watching that they are so grateful when you come to them and that attention and care is there. Um, and so, oh my goodness, the it's huge the emergency medical services you all provide for our communities. We are grateful. Thank you day in and day out. Um, and I know uh many others feel the same sentiment. So, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Balo. Council member Djiovani.

Uh, thank you, mayor. Like everyone else, it's good to see you standing there and being our actin chief. We're really great with your leadership. Familiar with with what you do and how you handle with just such a large North County fire with all the cliff rescues and and everything. You don't know when you go to a call what is really at the call. You know, kind of like with like a structure fire or what have you, but I don't know if people really realize like going into buildings. Someone even asked me, he said, my dad was a firefighter. Why does he run into the fire? I said, "Well, that's what they do because they're there saving your life because that when you call, it's a matter of seconds. It's not even like you don't think about it because you're already prepared. You're already trained and everyone around you is trained to work together and move quickly. So, um, on a personal note, I have to say more than once, um, I am so blessed that, uh, you saved my life and to the North County Fire, our daily city firefighters, there is and the EMS, um, unbelievable this response time is in incredible because that is what it takes. that response time and then that also your your families serve as well because you may not be there for the birthdays in the beginning, may not be there for the Christmases, but you're there for us and that's public service. So humbled and grateful forever. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, uh, Council Member Dioani. I'm going to keep mine very very brief because uh obviously obviously you all know the advocacy that I have for emergency medical services on in all areas, but I just wanted to leave you with this. I've been to many meetings before and um Nick, I don't know if you've ever heard me say this, but tonight you will. And in attending some of these meetings, I learned that the average response time of fire to calls is less than six minutes anywhere daily city. Yep.

And I've made a um joke about it because it takes me over six minutes to get out of bed. So, uh needless to say, it's appreciative as to what our emergency services does. As council member Nalo says, uh, combination and the collaboration with all folks of emergency medical services to include not only fire, police, nurses, uh, you name it, and EMTs, I think it's very, very important and we are so fortunate to have such a great team here in Daily City and um, uh, we're just so grateful. So, thank you very much. With that being said, you have the floor, sir. Well, I'll be brief as well or mayor, but uh just to echo a couple points. It's nice during this EMS week to just remind everybody, you know, it was in the late 90s, that was just before I got here, but it was the late '9s when we started bringing paramedics onto the fire apparatus. And so, at that time, there were only two firefighters that were paramedics. So, we had one on of the one of the two busier engines, we would put our our paramedics on them. And fast forward to now we have a paramedic in the county at least one on every piece of fire apparatus and in a lot of cases too. And the the difference that that makes is is serious because every engine including our truck company is carrying advanced life support medication like you had all brought up the response times which were hitting more than 90% of the time. So, it it's made a huge difference in a relatively short amount of time because really if we just go from that late 90s to now, um these are truly life-saving interventions. So, it's nice to recognize that we're appreciative. I'd also just like to say it's it's very kind of the the proclamation has everyone included. I did want to just give a shout out to PD as well because oftent times they'll get on scene first. Sometimes they're doing CPR. They carry Narcan now. So, it's not only fire, it really does take the

community. So, Um, we're thankful to be recognized and we'll continue to work hard for the community. Uh, thank you, Chief. Uh, you folks know what Narcan is, what it does. Okay. Well, basically, if somebody overdoses, it's a way to uh bring them back.

So, uh that's very important. Usually you uh in the earlier days they wanted to have a medical professional of some sort but that was difficult to to do so that you train the first responders so that they have access to it and and it can be very life-saving. Uh thank you for those kind words chief. What I would like to do is bring up captain captain sir if you would come up and we'll take a photo with the both of you. Uh accepting the proclamation our PD the best

surpris lives.

Oh, okay. I just Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Putting rotation down. All right. Thank you all for um working through with those proclamations which I think is very very important especially for our city and acknowledgement and the continued awareness is very very important. All right, moving on to the agenda. Item number four is the approval of the minutes of April 27th. Can I'll entertain a motion.

Motion to approve. Second. A motion by council member Manalo, second by council member DJ Ovani. Any further discussion? All those in favor of accepting the minutes say I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Minutes pass. Next is the item number five which is approval of the agenda for this evening of May 11th. Motion to approve. Motion by Malo. Second. Second by Vice Mayor Pano. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I.

I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? The approval of the agenda has been uh approved. Next item is staff communication. And I'll turn that over to staff. Thank you. U Mr. Picolotti. Thank you so much.

Thank you. And good evening, mayor, vice mayor, and council members. I'll provide a brief update on the proposed tenant anti-harassment ordinance and the stakeholder outreach process that's underway in accordance with council direction under the tenant anti-harassment resolution number 251-168. Um, following the council's direction, staff has continued outreach with a broad range of stakeholders regarding the tenant protections and anti-harassment measures in Daily City. This includes tenant advocacy organizations such as Faith and Action as well as landlords, housing providers, and representatives from the real estate community, including the Sanonteo County Association of Realators, SAMCAR, to support a balanced and productive discussion. Staff has circulated several potential meeting dates and continues coordinating schedules and participation logistics among the various stakeholder groups. Due to the number of organizations and participants involved, additional coordination is needed to identify a meeting date that best accommodates the broader discussion. The goal of this process is to bring together a diverse the diverse perspectives to help inform a potential council study session and future council discussions on tenant protections and anti-harassment measures. staff anticipates confirming a stakeholder meeting schedule early in June and will continue keeping the council and the community uh as informed as the outreach efforts progress. Thank you.

Thank you uh staff uh specifically you Mr. Picolotti. Thank you so much. Is there any questions or additional comments for staff at this time from any one of my colleagues? No. All right. Thank you very much. Okay, next item on the agenda is uh oral comments. At this particular time, we have numerous cards from the public and I'm going to open it up for oral comments. At this time, I will call out names, approximately four or five names at a time so that the next speaker can be ready for when it is their turn. And tonight, uh, I will allow two minutes for, uh, the public to speak, each person. Okay. I'd like to first start off with Albi, and after Albi will be Melissa M., then Lizette Espinosa, Evelyn Ramirez, and Thelma Martinez. So those will be the next speakers. So I'll we'll start off with uh Albi. Good evening.

Good evening. Um my name is Albi. Uh I'm a leader with Faith and Action in uh Bay Area here in Daily City. I've been living here for 13 years and I go to Skyline College. Um so just imagine the kind of vulnerability that it takes to come up here and share such personal stories. um of landlord harassment. What we got in response to that was our public comment time being cut in half. We keep fighting because we know that we deserve basic protection uh for dignified homes. Yet, we still have to see any real progress um being made. I'm sure you're tired of hearing it, but people are tired of living it. I don't really have much to say because I'm tired of repeating myself. We really are just asking for basic protection. And it really is as straightforward as that. Everyone here, speaking or not, has taken time from their work, school, and other daily life responsibility. Yet, you couldn't even give us the full 2 minutes or at least show the same time adjustments for everyone. It was mentioned earlier the importance of me uh mental health. So I just want to highlight how landlord harassments, threats and mold are all things that are affecting the mental health of your daily city uh tenants. They are not separate. You also mentioned how important it is to improve public health. Dignified homes is public health. When you have daily city tenants um facing mold and rats in their home and it's making them sick, it is very much a public health issue. So, we need you to pass this anti-harassment law. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Next uh speaker is Melissa M. And after Melissa will be Lzette Espinosa.

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Okay. Yeah. Hello, my name is Melissa. I'm a leader with Faith in Action and I'm here today to also come talk about the anti-harassment law. I'm here to support my community and to continue to keep fighting until this law is passed. I believe that as council members, you're here to help and hear the community when they are crying out for help. And as and as council members, you should hear us and not silence us. cutting us our one minute from the two-minute timer did made us feel very upset and I think everybody should be heard. We should not be cut from our time if we want to speak and ask for you guys' help. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much. Next uh speaker is Lzette Espinosa and after Lette will be Evelyn Ramirez. Hi, my name is Lis Espino Sagarnika. I'm the former vice mayor of Redwood City. I'm here as a representative, a member representative for the California Working Families Party for the Bay Area region. We proudly stand today with faith in action and their demands for anti-harassment ordinances. This is something that's essential to dignified living for everyone. We should not be having any kind of system that oppresses, marginalizes communities based on race and class. And currently throughout the county and in particular in Daily City, we see marginalized people, low-income residents, predominantly black and brown communities, largely immigrant communities are struggling to make ends meet. And on top of that, they have landlords who avoid their responsibilities, who avoid making true their promise that they will follow the law. And what is happening now is an exploitation of our legal system which creates an economic barrier for your residents here. There is a real legal barrier, a real systemic problem in the way people can find justice for their living situations. There is an obstruction of justice when people cannot afford to live in dignified housing in the Bay Area, the wealthiest county in this state. We are demanding that leaders show up as leaders, not as people who sit there and proclaim that they know the history. They understand that there was a genocide, that this was founded on colonialism, that mental health matters,

and yet do not stand with the tenants who say that they are suffering, they are depressed, they are facing major health consequences, they cannot show up to work if they're not feeling the best. But if they do not show up to for work, they lose income and they lose all track of everything that matters around them. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh Evelyn Ramirez and after Evelyn we have a Theelma Martinez.

Okay, perfect. Okay, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Will you be translating? Would you please state your name for the record, please? Um, my name is Karina. And you're the translator? I am the interpreter. Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. Please proceed. Yep. Yep. Yes.

Sure. Okay. My name is for Hello, my name is Evelyn and I'm a leader in of facing action here in Daily City and I have living in Daily City for the last three years and I go to church and to school and for me it's very important that all the uh tenants uh have respect respect in our houses in our the way that we live in our homes and our homes depends of our mental health and our physical health. So it's very important that on the place that we live that we can feel uh respected, comfortable and safe and we need we are human beings and we we need to be treated as that and we cannot be suffering harassment from the owners, from the landlords and because we have to live in our house. the places that we grow, the places that we feel more stronger every day, the place that

where we feel safe, we really need to be comfortable. So please, you really need to pass these anti-harassment laws. Thanks. Thank you. Hey, Miss uh Thelma Martinez. You are you the Hello, my name isan. I am the Spanish interpreter.

Thank you so much. Okay, please. infect. My experience my experience was terrible in the place where we used to live with my family. It was all full of rats and other kind of insects. There was very humid a lot of it was a lot of humidity there and it and we had to face um

and we had to to to keep living in this situation. My son, my youngest son suffer from the flu. He had problems we in his lungs. So, we had a lot of trauma, my kids and me, and the owner never did anything about it. Gracias. Thank you. Thank you.

All right. The next five speakers will uh be Franciscoca Pavon, Carmen Ortega, Kyma Salah Hudin, uh Ashley Budelli, and Samantha Jazzo. So we'll first uh again we'll first start off with uh Franciscoca Pavoan. Okay, let the record show that uh Miss Pavon has a translator. Okay. Hello, my name is Karina Nigz and I'm the interpreter.

Thank you. That's not Franciscoc. Yeah. Yeah. Uh so I am reading the paper from Franciscoca. She g authorized me to read her paper. Okay. Um I'll defer to madame city attorney. This is not the actual person but basically speaking on behalf of the person. That's okay.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Please proceed. Thank you Teresa.

Okay. Uh so I'm reading her paper because she has to leave because she didn't feel well. Okay. Quick. Thank you.

Okay. Um Francisco Pabum. for motive. My name is Franciscoca Pabon and I'm leader of Face in Action and I go to the church uh to holy church and I'm asking uh if please uh the problem I have is that I'm having been evicted right now and I don't have a cause and at this time I have a lot of problem they just told me verbally that I will be evicted and we have several problems uh of reparations in the house and this law will help us for all the problems that we have and we have in a safe place and live in dignity in dignified uh houses and this law will help us to be here and please I ask you to pass this law the anti-harassment law. Thanks.

Thank you. Thank you. have uh Carmen Ortega and Carmen also has interpreter please. Hello, my name is Karina again the interpreter.

Thank you. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! Um, hello, my name is Carmen Ortega and I'm a leader of faith in action and I'm a single mother of three kids and I have living in Daily City for the last 10 years and in our apartment we have problems of moo and this is something that really affect us and the owner the landlord doesn't uh care and he doesn't want, for example, to change the shower faucet that it hasn't been working for several years. when you take a bath, there is a lot of water going through the faucet and the landlord ignore what I'm telling and I don't want to continue asking him because I'm afraid that he will increase my rent and right now I have to pay a higher bill for water because I have a lot of w for the problem I have with the shower faucet. Thanks.

Thank you. Next is Khala Salah Houdin and after Miss Salah Houdin is Ashley Budelli.

Hello, my name is Kim Sloudin. I'm a former school board member of the Jefferson Union High School District and currently here representing the Reach Coalition to support faith and action. Um, today is my daughter's I have twins 28th birthday, but I'm here today because in our moment of need, which uh, Council Member Manalo was able to see a video about it because she was at the gala, people spoke up for my family and we were able to move forward and prosper. And so that's community. you pay that forward. And I'm here today to speak up for families who lived and had to live in conditions that we were forced to live in when I was a single mom with three kids. And there's mold on the wall. And you know, the the the insulation is so thin. When they were hammering on it, the hammer went through the wall outside and into the apartment. And you're afraid because I didn't want to be homeless again. I was homeless. You're afraid to complain. So imagine if that's compounded with the intersectionality of being an immigrant or not being able to speak English. And so I'm happy to hear that you're moving forward on some action today. But I'm here because I want to fight for my community. That's why I do everything I do. I want to fight for my community. I can't control what's happening out there, but we can control what's happening here. Like we can make sure that people feel safe. I can tell you that the biggest mental health issue for me and my family was living in squalor that I was paying $3,000 a month for squalor. And it doesn't have to be that way cuz collectively working together, we can make a difference and we can make it better. So I'm here again to say I'm ready to support you in whatever way I can possible because they are me back then. And so I want to make sure that no one has to continue to live and go through the conditions that I went through with my family and that they are

currently going through now. So thank you so much. Thank you. Next is Ashley Bodelli and after Miss Bodelli would be Samantha Jasso. Jasso. Good evening.

Good evening council. My name is Ashley Bedelli and I'm a 20-year Daily City resident and I'm here in solidarity with Faith and Action Bay Area Daily City leaders. I'm here again today to ask the council and city staff to introduce the tenant anti-harassment law and act with urgency to protect our community. In March, my time for public comment comment was cut in half while other people got the full time. I felt silence. So, I'm here again to be heard fully and because we want to see the law introduced. Every day we do not have these protections is a choice to allow vulnerable tenants to suffer like myself. We've been showing up to these city council meetings sharing our stories and photos in this chamber living in conditions that are unacceptable like mold, pests, and unclean brown water. Imagine that for yourself. Everyone deserves a dignified home. Us Daily City residents will no longer suffer in silence. Today, we just heard a proclamation about mental health with this year's slogan being mental health is ours. What does living in unsafe conditions do to our mental health? You have the opportunity to improve daily city residents mental health by passing the tenant anti-harassment law now. Thank you.

Thank you.

Um good evening. My name is Samantha Joso and I'm a leader with Faith and Action Bay Area here at Daily City. I've been living in Daily City for 15 years and I go to Jefferson High School and I'm here again today to ask council and city staff to introduce the tenant anti-harassment law and act with urgency to protect our community. Too often do landlords not care for tenants, which leaves families feeling isolated and as if problems with housing is their fault. In my experience, my family will have problems such as with the shower head or stove or cabinet doors, but they feel too scared and are ashamed to ask the landlord and instead try to fix everything themselves, even if they don't really know how to. Although my family and mother, many others may not know it, they're not alone. And problems like these are not isolated events. They're often built off exploitation and feed off of fear. We need dignified homes in daily cities so that families such as mine are not shamed into staying silent when they need help. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Okay, the next five speakers will be Rosadalia Garcia, Ain Zar, Sochi Espinosa, Neil, and Lyanna Hugley. Hola. Okay. So, uh is there Rosadalia Garcia? And uh we have a interpreter. Okay.

The interpreter.

Okay. Thank you. Please. The Hello. Good afternoon everyone. My name is Rosalinda Garcia. I live in West Lake since 2017. And since that date, I have been year after year experiencing the increase of the rent payment. I used to pay $2,600 and today I pay $3,300. They arrest us about the payment of the rent and if we don't pay on time, if we don't pay the day three of each month, they will make us pay $50 more. I have mold in one of the rooms and I already talk about my case. Nobody call me. I don't have any answer. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. A tenzar and after 10 will be Soi Espinosa.

Hello. Good evening, mayor and city council. My name is Denza. I'm a leader with Finan Bay area. I live in daily city about one year and then study and then living in the neighbor. I here again today to ask a council and city staff to introduce the tenant anti-harassment law and the ad with arent to protect our community. Even though we pay the high render fees and then pay the high utility bills, they charge over the hand over person living in the house and then we don't have a no laundry assess other leg repairs and then electric limited access to the electricity at night and then so that the my daughters and schooler have to make smart days of the school because of the signal caused by the inadequate situation at home. Also they gave us a illegal evation notice when I speak out about this and we have to face the unstable situation difficult time to rent out the places and then and then they block us from the rent from the another places that mean that we cannot find another places to rent for a long time and they vally admitted to that fat also this crisis cause a mental issue for the community and renter and then stress we have a mentally and emotionally finally broke off and then threaten our physical safety. Thank you for hearing us and then we went as uh fairly uh uh for our public comment and then we went to be fully heard about the story. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, we have uh Soi Espinosa and after that will be Neil. Hi, my name is Sochi Espinosa and I'm an leader with faith in Action Bay Area. I'm here again to ask council and city staff to introduce the tenant anti-harassment law. We're here at least three times now and we haven't seen any progress. There seems to always be a barrier of some kind. Our community is tired. You'll hear the same things. Bad utilities, harassment, overall bad mental health. And it just keeps continuing. It gets worse. even um when our time was cut in half. Well, I felt rushed for once and I felt I feel like a lot of people were and everyone deserves to have their story heard. All my all my colleagues, everyone in who faces this harassment deserves to be heard. So when we were ignored, it really harmed the community. So, no matter how hard you try to ignore us, we'll keep coming back. We'll keep fighting. Thank you.

Next is Neil and then Lyanna Hukley.

Good evening neighbors. My name is Neil. I'm a member of the party for socialism and liberation and have been living in Daily City for 15 years. I'm here in solidarity with Faith and Action Daily City and demand that the council seriously introduce a tenant anti-harassment law. Do you know what would actually help address mental health in Daily City this May? Protecting our workers' lives and homes. When we don't know where our next meal will come from or if we might have to move to a new home this week or next week when we live in mold and rodents and when students are distracted by an unstable life, of course, our mental health is going to be ruined. It should not be a question that tenant harassment is a violation of human rights and an intensification of our healthcare and affordability crisis. Allowing this to continue is an attack on immigrants, on women, black and Latino families, and all workers. We need action, not intention. Let's also not forget that at our last meeting in March, our speaking time was cut in half while some other people received the full time. It's the duty of any public servant such as our city council to hear all of our constituents, all of their constituents when we have concerns. Cutting speaking time on a whim, especially when there is need for translation, tells the workers of daily city that city council only cares on their own time. To my fellow community members and neighbors, it's been almost 6 months since our first meeting here back in November. What happens if our politicians can't give us the change we need? We have to build something that will make change. We have to build a movement in the thousands demanding safety and dignity in daily city. I want strong leaders and workers to represent me in government. Leaders like Wendy, like Melissa, like Leonardo, like Adele, like Tinszar, like Sandro, like Sochi, like Evelyn, and all of the other leaders in faith and action. It's not enough just to put people in office, though. We have to replace capitalism because it puts profits over people. It puts billionaires and millionaire landlords over hundreds of thousands of struggling workers and their families.

California is worth $4 trillion and is the fourth largest economy in the world but refuses to support its people. We need to build a government and economy please finish up please that puts people over profit and that system is socialism. Thank you. Thank you. All right we have Lyanna Huhi. My name is Lyanna Huey.

Huie Huey. Yes. Thank you. Um, I'm here with Faith and Action Bay Area of Daily City. I was raised in Daily City, came back and raised my children here. I live in Westlake Apartments. I'm dealing with black mole. My mother had lung failure from the black mole. My rent keeps going up, but nothing's being fixed in my apartment. I am a part of the community. I'm the crossing guard that used to be there at John Dailyaly in Park Plaza. Now I'm up at West Lake. I am a yard supervisor. Um I am a um teacher's aid. I'm a substitute teacher and I'm living like like a beggar. All I want to do is have a safe home for my granddaughter that I am raising. She's 12 years old. Please pass this law. I need it bad. I've been threatened with a a place to live. I have it in my phone right now. A last notice. And what they're fing on me is because I have clutter in my house. They told me that I had to get everything out of my garage that my mother left behind. Now they want to come in and fix my apartment. I went out and was trying to take things out and some things fell on my head in the storage. I'm 55 years old. I might not look it. I raised beautiful children. I have a son that is a San Francisco police officer. I have a

son that is going back to school to get his science in in um he's a um on the deans list. I have a daughter that's working taking care of herself. All I'm asking you give me the opportunity to take care of myself and my granddaughter by having a safe place to live by not being threatened. My rent is up to date, but I'm still being threatened of having a roof over my head. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Okay, the next uh five speakers we have will be Sylvester Alivos, Angel, Melinda Barry, Leonardo Montesa. Uh that's for and uh Adele Manisala. Okay. So, we'll start off with Sylvester Alivos.

Good evening, city council. Um, anyone that's ever rented in the Bay can tell you that landlords have massive power over tenants. Um, tenant harassment isn't just some unfortunate random rare phenomena that comes from a handful of bad apples. Um, it's not theoretical and it's not exaggerated from disgruntled rent uh renters. And this isn't some scam from renters that just want lower rent. Um, this is a struggle faced by, and you need to appreciate this, a huge proportion of your constituents here in Daily City. It's a tool used by landlords that know they won't be held accountable when they clear out units when market rates increase. And they intimidate tenants into silence about neglected housing conditions, unfair rent, and even physical abuse. And it's no secret that landlords have massive political sway as a huge economic interest in the United States and in California especially. They have lobbyists, lawyers, media influence, and money. money that's used to protect their interests by suppressing tenants rights efforts. Tenants face an uphill battle for basic rights, but fights like these are run are won with the strength of the masses. And you can be sure that we'll continue to show up here to make her voices heard. No one's saying that every landlord in Daily City abuses their tenants. And we aren't demanding that the city council acts against those landlords economic interests. We are simply asking for reasonable anti-harassment legislation for the people that make the city run. These tenants build the roads. They drive the buses. And they teach our kids to read. What fear or hesitation could you possibly have for common sense legislation that protects the working class? We have to move forward towards a future where we treat housing as a right and not as a privilege. And the first step to that is demanding accountability from our landlords. Thank you.

All right. Next is Angel. Hi, my name is Angel. I'm a leader with Faith and Action here in Daily City. I just want to say I believe it was very unfair. Our time was cut last time we were here. And I believe that if you really care for your city's health, well-being, living, you would pass this anti-harassment law. Thank you.

Thank you, ANGEL. Next is Wendy Cruz. Okay, Spanish interpreter.

Thank you. investig. Good afternoon again. My name is Wendy Cruz. I'm a leader of Faith in Action since 7 years ago. This evening I'm here because I want to support to support the anti-aras law. We have been working a lot in this law about this law and we have made a lot of investigations. So this evening I'm asking you kindly if you could please pass this law so we could have more help. because in the past I was um as well I have to leave my home and I have little children. I don't want that to pass to happen again. There is a lot of pain in the community. Thank you so much because I know that an

action is going to be made after listening the community and knowing that there is a lot of pain in the community. Thank you. Thank you. Hey, I got my cards mixed up here. Uh, did I uh make mention Melinda Barry? Did I mention your name? Melinda? Did I mention your name earlier on the list? Yeah. Oh, okay. Okay, great. I I I just I'll be fast.

Okay. Uh, you're next. Please come on up. Hi, my name is Melinda Barry and I'm just here to just represent that it isn't one group of people that this affects. It seems like there is a lot of people that are trying to represent, but I want to let you know that after 30 years of service here, it also is affecting me. Um, and I'm living in a rental and I I'm not going to go over all the list and take up your time, but the same thing happened. So, I'm just asking you to pass to take action on this item. I've attended one meeting, but to go forward and take action. Um, I have most of you know me and if there's any questions I would be happy to talk about some of those examples, but I'm not going to take the time to do that because people have talked a lot of them and a lot of them are the same. But it affects everybody and I never expected that to affect me, but it did. It was great when that was the owner of that property. But once that switched out and she aged out, I'm I have the same story as everybody here. So, I just want to make my voice heard even though I do not like public speaking anymore. So I I thank you for your time and that is all I need to say.

Thank you, M. Okay. Uh Leonardo Montesa. And after Leonardo, we have Adele Manasala. Good evening, Mayor. Um I'm Lisa Roberura, interpreter for Leonardo.

Thank you. Uh good evening mayor and all members council members. My name is Leonardo Montesa. I'm a leader of P in action and oh I've been living in 15 years in Delhi city and protection anti-arment. Please pass the law. Not tomorrow. Please. Thank you and God bless you. My name is Leonardo and I've been living in Daily City for uh the last um 11 years and I'm here to um um request the council to please pass the anti-harassment uh tenant anti-harassment law um to give protection to the tenants and to give us peace of mind and peace of heart. We would we would not like our children uh and this problem to pass to the next gener to experience the same problem and pass this uh to the to our children and uh if you can pass the law not tomorrow but now. So please God bless you all.

Thank you. Hey, Adele Manala. I'm Lisa again to interpret for Adele. Thank you.

Good. Good evening everybody. Seven years WhatsApp Fate action. Fore action. po. God bless you po. My name is Sadel and I'm living in daily city for 7 years and I have a share of experience from uh my landlord. I experienced like loss of privacy. uh my landlord entered my unit without uh hesitation during V hours in the morning

or evenings and I experienced verbal abuse um hearing hurtful words from my landlord and uh I would like to thank a faith in action for helping me because uh I entered faith in action and they were the ones who helped me uh settle this. Thank you very much. Okay, freezing.

We have uh next uh looks like a Cash Owens, Adelia Sakiraa, Fernando Moriera, and Sandro B. So, we'll start off with Cash Owens. That's Kevin Owens. Sorry, my handwriting is not great. It is mine. Thank you for that. All right.

So, my name is Kevin Owens. I'm a teacher at TRP. I'm on the executive board of Jefferson Elementary Federation of Teachers, and I'm here speaking on behalf of my union. Uh, I I spent the time since the last council meeting thinking about why was our time cut short. I didn't really understand it. And the only thing I could come up with is that perhaps there's some people here who would rather represent the interests of our landlords instead of all the people who are here, the residents of Daily City. And honestly, after hearing the communication from our esteemed city manager, I I think it you kind of confirm that the the group that is meeting is an equal representation of people who live in Daily City, the tens of thousands of renters with a couple people from the realtors association. Like, how many of them live in Daily City? How many of them represent the people of Daily City? We need a government that actually represents the people here and works to support the people and support our community. By refusing to work with our coalition, the city council and the local government of Daily City is standing against our immigrant and our low-income community and standing with the millionaire small landlords and the billionaire corporate landlords. I did some research in in looking into who owns the Westlake Apartments. This is the largest apartment complex here. And I found out it's a company that was started and run by a billionaire Zionist named Ron Zeff. And while you all were passing the ceasefire resolution 2024, he donated $50,000 to Apac. Now, that $50,000 could have fixed M. Huie's mold that she had. It could have done a lot to help the people of Daily City, but he sent it instead to lobby for Israel and more bombs. So, this guy Ron Zev, he lives in a 7,000 square foot mansion in Pack Heights. He doesn't he's probably never set foot in Daily City and the people in Westlake Apartment are living in in decaying and small, cramped apartments. How can you justify representing his interests over the people here? I don't really understand it. Who are we standing for? Are we staying with the people of Daily City, the tens of thousands of people who deserve justice,

or are we standing with the billionaire landlords? Thank you. Is it Dia or is it Delta Saki? So you have to go home. Thank you.

Okay. Next is uh Fern F Fernanda Moretta. Oh, good evening every Oh, good evening.

Good evening everyone. My name is Fernanda. I'm a leader with faith in action and I attend Jefferson High School. My family and I used to live in Westlake apartments. We used to have a mold in our unit. And for the longest time, we thought we were the issue. It wasn't until we talked to other tenants that we realized we weren't the only ones having that issue. Knowing this, we decided to report it to Weslake to the Weslake administration only to be told that they couldn't do anything about it. The mold caused me and my little sister to start developing allergic reactions on our skin. Um, our parents and us had constant respiratory issues. Thankfully, we were able to move to South San Francisco and find a better place to live in. However, this is not possible for many tenants. Therefore, I stand here today to ask you to take action in order to preserve tenants physical and mental health. Thank you. And we uh we have Sandro B. Uh hello council, mayor, vice mayor. Uh my name is Sandro B. I am leader with faith and action here in D City. I have been living in D City my whole life. Um I am here again to ask the council and the city to pass and in to introduce the anti-harassment law. Um the act and to act with urgency to protect our community. Um last time in March, public comment was cut in ha cut in half to only faith and action and um that made us feel silenced. As the time goes on without the law, um our voices will only be louder and our stories about tenant harassment and unsafe living will be more powerful. Thank you.

All right, ladies and uh gentlemen, that concludes public comment for this evening. Madame city clerk, have you received any other additional cards during the period? All right, thank you all for being here this evening. And with that said, we're going to continue along uh with the agenda items. All right, the next item on the agenda is consent agenda. and I'll uh open it up for a motion or a bifurcation of any one of the items that we have on the consent agenda. Anyone? Motion to approve consent agenda? Second.

Okay, we have a first and a second. Any further discussion? All those in favor of approving the consent agenda say I. I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Consent agenda has been approved. Thank you very much. All right. Uh, that's the end of the consent agenda. We'll move to public hearings. Item number 15, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Local Storm Water Program Regulatory Fee. Mr. Chu, good evening, Mr. Chu. Mr. Mayor. Yes. May I excuse myself for the restroom? I'll be right back. Oh. Um, uh, can we, uh, I apologize.

Yeah. Let's recess for about 3 to 5 minutes. Sure. Okay. Sure. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chu. Thank you, Mr. Ch. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Absolutely.

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to reconvene our meeting item number 15 and uh national pollutant discharge that's a mouthful elimination system local storm water program regulatory fee Mr. Chu

uh thank you good evening Mr. Mayor, members of the city council. Uh this is a routine item that we come before the council every year. Uh this is for the national pollutant discharge elimination system uh local storm water program regulatory fees. Um the city first established a storm water uh fee in 1995. Uh this was a few years after the NPDS regulatory program was initially established in 1991. Uh this fee was established uh to help finance the many new municipal activities required to comply with this program. Uh every year as part of the city's budget, staff anticipates the continuation of the current regulatory fees enacted under ordinance number 1219 in 1995. Uh this is to finance the locally specific program activities required under the conditions of the mun municipal regional permit. Uh public works staff estimates that the local storm water program activity cost for fiscal year 2627 uh at approximately uh $557,000. This amount is derived from local personnel, equipment, rental, and inspection cost set forth um in the program description that's attached to the staff report. Uh the fees assessed to the property owners for the daily city local program have not increased uh in the past 30 years and they are proposed to remain the same for the time being. Um the fees to be collected are estimated to generate approximately $470,000 in revenue towards program cost. Currently, local storm water program activity costs exceed the revenues derived from the property assessments due to cost escalations over time as well as imposition of new activities since the fee was first established. uh with the future needs to implement

more green infrastructure type projects. An increase in the storm water fee assessment will likely be required in the in the near future. Uh in addition, there's also some additional um discussions going on with uh San Francisco in which part of the city uh drains into that system. So um there is ongoing discussion in regards to the need to increase the cost. Uh so in summary, staff is recommending that the uh council conduct the public hearing uh and then also readopt the existing MPDES regulatory fees uh and authorize uh the county assessor's office to collect the fees on behalf of the city of Daily City. Um that concludes my presentation. I'd be happy to answer any questions um that the council may have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chu. Any questions? Okay. Hearing none and seeing none, I'd like to open it up now for uh public comment. Do we have any public comment on this issue? Madame city clerk. No cards. Uh uh like to have a motion to uh close the public comment at this time. Motion to close. Second. First and a second. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

Any oppose? Any abstensions? None. So, with that being said, uh then I'll entertain a motion to accept the NPDES system local storm water program regulatory fee as outlined. I'd like to make a motion to accept that. Uh okay. We have a motion by Vice Mayor Pano, second by Council Member Manalo. Any further discussion? May I have a roll call, please? Miss D. Giovani I Miss Piranho I Miss Manalo I Mr. Sylvester

Glenn Sylvester I thank you very much. Uh thank you. Moving on to item number 16 introduction of ordinance adding chapter 2.34 and amending various chapters related to boards and commissions. And we have Leilani. Good evening Leilani. Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, and council members. Milani, you feel comfortable standing there? Would you like to sit down? Are you comfortable? I mean I mean, what whatever you want. I mean, you know, but feel free. Okay.

Good evening. Tonight's public hearing will introduce an ordinance requesting to add chapter 2.34 to the daily city municipal code to establish uniform provisions for city boards and commissions as well as amend various chapters to align with the new chapter. By way of background, the city currently maintains multiple boards and commissions. provisions governing compensation, attendance, and removal of members are currently set forth in various chapters of the municipal code and are not uniform. An ad hoc committee consisting of Mayor Glenn Sylvester and Vice Mayor Terresa Piranho met on February 5, 2026 and March 30, 2026 to establish uniformity and ensure all appointed members have clear guidelines and standards to successfully perform in their advisory roles. Establishment of chapter 2.34 creates a centralized framework governing key administrative aspects of all city boards and commissions. It applies broadly unless superseded by state law or specific provisions in other chapters. Chapter 2.34 standardizes compensation at $50 per meeting attended. Compensation shall not be provided for absences, canceled meetings, or informal gatherings. It also authorizes reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by members where applicable. Chapter 2.34 sets the expectation that members are expected to attend all regular meetings and defines excessive absences as three absences or absences from 20% or more of the regular meetings within a 12-month period. Chapter 2.34 introduces a clear process

for addressing excessive absences and allows the council to declare a vacancy after notice and an opportunity is provided to the member. Chapter 2.34 defines the grounds of removal including ethics violations, misconduct, and the inability to perform duties. It also authorizes the council to remove members by majority vote except where supermajority requirements are applicable such as for the planning commission and personnel board. The chapter also provides boards and commissions the opportunity to recommend removal of their members while preserving the city council's final authority to do so. It also outlines the oath of office administration procedure. The city manager shall coordinate the process with the mayor to administer the oaths and only in the absence of the mayor shall the city clerk administer the oath. The ordinance repeals inconsistent provisions within individual chapters and replaces them with a uniform cross reference to chapter 2.34 while preserving any legally required exceptions as outlined in the staff report. The intent of this request is to improve consistency, transparency, accountability, administrative efficiency, and flexibility. Staff recommends that the city council add chapter 2.34 and amend various chapters related to boards and commissions. Staff is available to provide any additional information to the mayor, vice mayor, and council members.

All right. Thank you, uh, Leilani. Um it's been a work in progress as you had made mention and the main purpose of this uh ordinance is basically to uh ensure transparency uh that also our commissions can get business done within the city. All too often, for one reason or another, uh, meetings have had to be cancelled. And, uh, not too long ago, one one of our commissions reached out to us to all of council of their concerns about having a lack of quorum. But I feel that uniformity amongst all commissions is uh should be uh across the board. That is one of the reasons as you saw one of them about the attendance of the meetings uh three meetings if you miss three meetings uh we can get together and decide whether the position uh is vacant and we move forward to filling that vacancy as a result of absences. But that does not preclude the individuals or individual involved to be heard before council.

But if you also notice we have some commissions that doesn't meet every month. For instance, uh uh I think the personnel board I think they may even meet only twice a year or even uh once a year. So that's why we put in a percentage also so it can apply to them. So, a commission that meets 12 uh um every month and three absences, three in the 12, that's uh what's that? Uh uh 25%.

But then if you have a personnel board only meets uh once or twice a year, 20%, 20 20% times two, that's a half of a meeting point four. So we we tried to be fair across the board but uh like to thank uh vice mayor uh piranho who offered many ideas also and the way we did this to address the concerns that we have at the particular time and uh we don't have all the answers but this is something that as a collaborative I think uh is a good policy and um something that has also changed was uh compensation for our commissioners as well. So, uh whether that would provide the incentive, we're hoping that since it's a volunteer position that the compensation was not the issue as to why we have absences. Folks have absences for different reasons and uh causes. So, that's my take on it. And uh Vice Mayor, did I leave anything out or did you want to add anything?

No. And I'd like to thank you because for for just initiating this, I think it's important to to for a few reasons. Number one, it's nice to have a meeting and have a complete meeting when you have enough uh commissioners there to have a meeting and also the compensation if they need to buy dinner or gas or a babysitter or whatever it is and just show our appreciation. So, thank you so much. All right. Thank you. Anyone else? Any comments? Uh, yes, Council Member Madallo.

Thank you so much, Mayor. Um, I want to say thank you, Mayor and Vice Mayor, for your extensive work on this. We know that our commissioners are an integral part of our city government. um as far as hearing from them and their input. And when you look at civic engagement, it's really one of those arenas where we get um our residents to get more involved or small businesses. Um, so thank you for being so thoughtful in looking at ways to ensure that business continues and that there isn't any um kind of pauses in the work that needs to be done because of a lack of quorum. Um and so um I know that this was definitely top of your agenda, mayor, and um thank you for the work, Vice Mayor, as well.

Thank you, Council Member Manalo. Any other comments? Uh council member DJani, please.

Yeah, after reading through it as well. I think it uh it's a really good policy and I think that you allow because I do know just like us when we get sick or whatever if we can hear from the member some do have valid reasons that they're are really um uh uncomfortable you know talking about why they're they haven't been able to attend whether it be medical or some other things but if we provide a space for that I don't know how that would work but how we provide a space where they feel comfortable um in and letting us know is there something reason or you know like why did you you know you couldn't come whether it's a illness or children's illness or whomever right we don't know or someone passed so I think that you guys have uh provided that space and that to let them know and because they're volunteers that that it respects them like like uh what vice mayor said you're right or think of as also council remembero like there's a maybe like you said dinner right off to work they can't make it and so this just a to saying gratitude um the $50 so like we appreciate you and gas is $8 almost $8 not yet don't want to say it and so at that point everything adds up for for everyone so I think that was very thoughtful to uh to make sure that that does that and then if we can still provide because I know um have valid reasons but they have not been able to come given a spot to come forward and to address the council and um I think it's a really good policy and then I was going to ask through the mayor and vice mayor is it also intended are we going to um continue that each person still does their own commissioner or are we going to do like South City

does where they interview um everyone that applies for a certain position? or does that separate policy? Uh, thank you, Council Member Diovani. I I can give you my thoughts on it and uh, you know, and let the rest of uh, separate policy, let the rest of uh, my colleagues know first of all on your appearance. Uh, the whole idea is to get everyone together and even though Dr. Rod is not here tonight, right, we still have a quorum. Yep.

But I still miss him. and uh you know and hopefully this can spread across uh all of our commissioners because we're here to do the job of uh their volunteers. We're here to do the job of taking care of the city's business. Now your question is and and I did think about that as well. Uh madam city attorney please uh chime in. It it is my firm belief to in uh to ensure transparency and uniformity across the dis that every council member who nominates someone they get a nomination and they basically have top priority and in that process if uh we ask questions which I'm sure can be done once a nomination has been made like say for instance a council member does not know a particular person then I would uh encourage the nominating council member to provide a brief okay

history as to who the person is so it can also help us to come to a uh collaborative agreement uh in the final appointment to a commission that's the way I take it right uh in in in in the absence of that I think having that information is very important so that uh we can all collaborate together and and make a decision.

Yeah, I like that, mayor, because I like that you guys do that because lack of quorum gives the other ones like a like it's like a lack of morale on their side, another council meeting, and we want to keep them engaged, right? So, if they keep missing and don't have a quorum, then that's very um what do you call it? Um not morale, but you know what I'm saying? If they feel disengaged because they signed up to do that, they're probably excited to come to the meeting, then they receive an email canceled due to lack of quorum. So, uh, commend both of you guys on the on the work that you did and I think it was thoughtful, um, in a lot of areas. It shows that how much we care about them and then also the staff as well and their time um, that they're spending with these commissioners. And I like the idea um even though it's not even formalized but I think all of us would agree through the mayor that um if someone doesn't know their commissioner that they're thing if they want to give a little background about them and so that everybody can get to know the commissioners as well. Right. So I thought that was good. So thank you very much and to both of you um it was it's a good policy. So thank you.

Thank you. Any other comments? Uh before we uh um move on, I'd like to thank uh city staff. Yeah, city attorney uh for the copious notes that they were taken for one of these meeting for these meetings and when I would chime in what about this or what about all cover all covered I and we all tried to cover uh everything and madam city attorney I think this is very well written I mean I don't have any legal ease but it's easy to understand so I really appreciate that so uh thank you Leilani

would I like to do is open this matter up for the public at this time. Any no cards? Can I have a motion to close the hearing at this time for the public to speak? Like to make a motion to close. Motion by uh Vice Mayor Pano. There second. Second by Council Member Manalo. Uh the public hearing is now closed at this time. Uh, I may I obtain a motion for the city attorney to read by title only. I'll make that motion. Second. And is there a second? Second.

Second by council member DJani. Uh, all those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose? Madame city attorney, would you read by title only? Sure. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the city council, this is an ordinance of the city council of the city of Daily City adding chapter 2.34 and repealing and replacing certain sections of title two of the municipal code regarding boards and commission and a council member may introduce the ordinance. Okay. Would anyone like to introduce? I think he should, mayor. I think All right. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Please, mayor. Uh it's recommended that uh myself Glenn Sylvester will introduce the ordinance. Yes. Thank you again and thank you uh everyone who participated and I would like to thank the particular commission who brought this to our attention quite some time ago and uh I thank that commission because we learn from our commissioners and we consider them very valuable. So thank I like to thank that particular commission. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you.

All right. Next item is item number 17. Approve of benefit assessments for Linda Vista area for fiscal year 2627. Mr. Chu. Thank you.

Thank you. Uh thank you. Good evening again. Um this is another uh item that we bring before the city council every year. Uh this is the approval of the benefit assessments for Linda Vista area for fiscal year 20 26 and 27. Uh city council resolution 90-55 established the Linda Vista area benefit assessment district. The benefited areas is subdivided into two drainage basins, the Linda Vista and the Bay Ridge area. Uh these subdivisions were required to detain on-site storm water runoff in excess of the flow rate before the land was developed. So there's two areas. The Bay Ridge drainage area serves a total of 177 lots. Um the Bay Ridge area drains through a detention basin located on the east uh side of Alexis Circle. Uh the other area is Linda Vista drainage area that serves a total of 176 lots. Uh this uh area drains to a detention basin located on the west side of Linda Vista Drive. Um these facilities are unique to to the subdivisions and they serve uh the require special services in excess of normal city maintenance. Uh an engineers report uh is prepared every year and this year it was filed with the city clerk's office on April 13, 2026. It describes the services to be provided, estimated costs for those services and the basis uh and schedule for the property assessments for fiscal year 26 and 27. Uh the assessments for the fiscal year 2627 for uh Linda Vista and Bay Ridge uh is proposed to remain the same as the previous fiscal year. Uh the Linda Vista

drainage basin areas um each lot is proposed to be assessed $151.13 and for the Bay Ridge detention basin which is 177 lots the proposed assessment is $10046. The proposed assessments would generate a total of um $44,380.30. Um it would be proposed to have the county tax collectors collect this uh for the city through their property tax roles. Uh so with that, um staff is recommending that the city council conduct the public hearing uh and then approve the Linda Vista area engineers report and the benefit assessments for fiscal year 20 26 and 27. Um, that concludes my presentation. I'd be happy to answer any questions council may have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chu. Any questions for Mr. Chu? Seeing none and hearing none, I'd like to open it up at this time for the public to respond. Do we have any cards? No cards at this time. I'll entertain a motion to close the public hearing at this time. Motion to close. Go ahead. First and a second. Any further uh discussion? All those in favor of closing the uh public hearing at this time say I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? All right. May I have a roll call vote? Uh well, may I have a motion for the approval of benefit assessments for Linda Vista for fiscal year 2627?

Motion. Second. Uh motion by council member Malo, second by council member DGiovani. May I have a roll call vote, please? Miss G. Giovani. I. Miss Parano. I. Miss. Manalo. I. Mr. Sylvester. Glenn Sylvester. I Thank you, M. The motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Ch. Item number 18, second reading, ordinance number 1491 adding chapter 15.09 to the municipal code regarding hours of construction. And uh, Madame City attorney, please.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of city council, this is the second reading of ordinance number 1491 adding chapter 1509 to the municipal code and it is for adoption. Thank you very much. Uh this is the second reading. So we'll uh um we'll vote on this matter via a roll call vote. There's no motion needed at this time. So, madame city clerk, would you kindly call role? You would need a motion. I still would need a motion. Okay. Motion. Uh motion by council member Manalo, second by council member Djiovani. Any further discussion?

That seems much better. May I have a roll call vote, please? Miss Diovani, I. Miss Piranha, I. Miss Manalo, I. Mr. Sylvester Glenn Sylvester I. Thank you very much. The next item is appointments to boards, commissions, membership, committee appointments. Do we have any? Okay. Thank you. Moving on. Council Oh. Oh, the boards uh board commission membership through the mayor. Yes.

Okay. So, um, I'd like to appoint a longtime um, member of our community 1990. He went to Jefferson High School and he also is a military army veteran and also reservist. He served as well. He spent over 30 years with Sam Trans and has retired and is looking to give back as a recreation commissioner. His name is Janiro, otherwise known as Jean Ramando, R I M A N D O. And let's see, anything else about him? Uh, let's see. He's married and uh takes care of his mother and recently his father has passed on and uh we're looking forward to serving. And then he actually watched some of the recreation commission meetings and that gave him a better idea of uh I think of what it was and the commitment to be made and I think he's very familiar with he says with our uh director Denise Brown who seems to be a lot of people know her as he has attended a lot of our war memorial youth activities while at Jefferson High School as well. So, so his name is uh Janiro and he's already filled out an application as well and sent it in.

Okay. Um before we go into discussion, I would gladly second uh your nomination. Okay. And now I'll open it up for discussion or questions that my colleagues may have. All right. Hearing none and seeing none, uh I want to thank uh before we take the vote, I just want to make a comment. Uh, Council Member, uh, DJ Oiovani, thank you for your nomination this evening. Oh, thank you. And as I'm looking through the list here, uh, if this motion passes, that now fills up our recreation commission. Oh, that's great.

Right. Because we appointed, right, Denise? Right. So, great. So, we're moving along. So, I I I just wanted to make that comment. So, uh, so we have a, uh, nomination and a second by myself. Uh, can I have a roll call vote, please? We can do a voice. Okay. All in favor of the nomination by council member Diovani, say I. I. I. Any oppose? Any abstension? Motion passes. Thank you.

And I just want to update the mayor and my colleagues also. I had emailed um Miss Pinea um and and let her know and you know in a manner that thanking her for her service hopefully to hear back from her because I believe she's still out of the country. I'm not sure uh if she is or not but I did email her to to do a make sure that I stay try to stay on top since I've been you know trying to get back on my feet. And then I also um reached out to Maria Carson and she actually has some pretty valid reasons of why she didn't attend in the past and that some of the corrections um that she I believe she spoke with the city manager today about her attendance and that um what she has is that she did attend um in July and she did attend in 2025 and that it says supposedly that she did not and she has uh proof. She said there's video and other things from air lollipops and um and I can either reappoint her tonight or if you have any more questions if you guys would prefer to speak with her on your own um that would be fine as well because um before she recommits.

All right. Well, I don't want to put the uh cart before the horse, but um I think this is a discussion that we would have to have as per the new ordinance that we adopted tonight. Sure. Uh is it coming in effect right now, too, doesn't it? I'm sorry. It's in effect right now,

which is good. Well, yeah. But uh so in this particular case and I think uh council should provide it be provided a list of the absences of your uh nominee and as you had made mention she uh she would have a right to be heard because you said she may have some proof that she was actually here. So, I I think it would uh council members would like to hear that before we uh take a vote on. So, how how do we do that? How do how do they contact you guys whether they or do they have to do it in public?

Well, I think I Well, Madam City attorney, correct me if I'm wrong. the mere fact that you are mentioning it right now. Yeah. Is proof enough and we can make arrangements to have her appear or so I'd just like to point out tonight we did have the introduction of the ordinance. So the ordinance is not technically in effect just yet. Oh okay. But um but out of respect for the my colleagues. Yeah. Right. So in the event that do you want to have a discussion about it we can agendaize it a different way. uh with other discussions if there was discussions. Okay. I just like you said, we're just trying to be fair to one another and we want cohesiveness on the on our on our boards.

Thank you for that. Yeah. Thank you. Um Mr. Picolotti, did you have something? Yeah. Oh, okay. All right. Thank you for that. And then I hopefully I'll hear from Miss Pinea soon. Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you for that as well. Just trying to say Yeah. Thank you very much, mayor, for your patience. Absolutely. Thank you. Okay. And my council members. All right. Any any others? No, that's it. That cleans up the house. Thank you. Thank you, council member uh Diovani. Thank you, mayor. All right. All right. Moving on to council committee reports. Uh vice mayor. I saw I saw

I'm always like, what goes there and what what did I do? Um uh so uh comm I I think I have to skip the council committee because but items that I've done the last couple weeks events and such should I first vice mayor you could you could lay it all out. Okay I'll just do it now. Um

today uh Skyland College had a ribbon cutting at the building too. That was really exciting for student services and workforce center. It's amazing. And nice thing about that building is they didn't tear it down or rebuild it. They kind of vamp ramped it up and did a beautiful job. And that was really nice. Uh there were numerous people from city and uh Daily City uh Koma Chamber of Commerce, one of which is sitting there. Hi Miss Denise. Um so it was a lovely you would say it was a lovely It was like a million degrees there. Was it about 80? What happened? It was like 80°. We were roasting and it was outside. But anyway, it was it was a great event. That was today.

Um the uh let's see how many of us were there for the fourth annual Daily City Poet laurate program commencement and that was here.

Uh Mayor Glenn, uh council members Manalo and Diovani. Um, a lot of support. Uh, city manager Tom, uh, Tom Picolotti, assistant city manager Tim Nevin. Uh, kudos to DCPLA executive director Victoria Magilang, and President Clayton Coup. Uh, I'd like to thank also library director Chella Anderson, and all the staff. I think everybody was there. It was a beautiful event. Uh, Daily City Earth Day. Um that was nice. Uh our power our plan planet uh joined with the Daily City Host Alliance Club uh members uh got together uh and uh provided the the hot dogs and chips and dessert. Um, I'd like to give a shout out to those who worked. Uh, Peggy Sulopeso and her husband Roy, Bradley Roas, Marie Villa Rosa, David York, and President Sherwin Lum. And so that was a lot of fun. I will say that I got to hang out with Leilani for a bit and uh, she's amazing. uh but also uh Republic Services and I just wanted to mention I was there Sam where there was uh Sonia, Sam and Kayla but I I hung out with Sam and I and I will tell you we all need to buy stock in microwaves.

What everybody had at least I mean one, two, three microwaves they were recycling. It was just like microwave what do you have? How many, you know, what do you have for us today? That was the question. Almost everybody had a microwave. So, you figure you're throwing out and recycling a microwave. You go buy another microwave, right? So, either go into business to fix microwaves or buy stock in microwaves. But um so that was it was really really a nice uh event. And may I say what did we guess? Six how many? 662 approximately 650 households we served.

Can you imagine that was over a hundred more than we had last year. So, uh kudos to the police, everybody who worked and uh I I was quite impressed with the microwave. Uh I kept ask how may we help you or what do you have for us today? You know, an occasional mattress, an occasional tire, microwave, microwave, microwave. It was crazy. Anyway, uh special film premiere of the short film Daily City and uh I wanted to give that is huge kudos to uh Chella Anderson. Chella that if you haven't seen it already uh you you should watch it. It's a 16 minutes. The film is called Daily City. It's filmed here and uh the story basically is the filmmaker was a story about something that happened when he was a child

with his mom and was very good. So if you have a minute I won't go into it but if you have a minute you need to watch it. So that was really good. Uh uh I attended the scholarship uh awards ceremony at Skyline College. Um was meet and greet with students and then the award ceremony followed in the school theater. Uh we were all at Legacy Business Celebration. I'll let someone else highlight that. That was fun. Student of the year recognition uh 2026 Jefferson Elementary School District with Mayor Glenn, Council Member Diviani. D Giov Giovani, police chief, Christian sin, acting fire chief Nick Gracia. The room was full of uh happy parents and graduates, fifth graders and eighth graders. Um I think their stories were

Yes.

Right. You sit there going, "How old are you?" Yeah, it was amazing. Uh the children uh were and I'll let uh Mayor Glenn talk about that one. The kids uh their stories, what they want to do, what they've done uh in the community and in their schools was great. Um I was asked to be on the advisory board of the Northern California Nursing Academy. Uh we had a lovely 3hour uh uh Zoom meeting and uh a great organization that uh is right here on Gellert in Daily City. Uh that was really nice. And then the last thing the last thing uh is uh Seat Medical Center. Uh, council member uh Jesslyn Manalo and I were honored to be uh taken on a uh tour of uh Seat Medical Center uh with uh seat with uh chair of the of the board Fred Narango and uh Tim Schultz uh associate chief operating officer. Uh, you know what was really nice about Satan was I, you know, we all have that worry that it's going to close any second, but to see the updates in the machines and the uh what they've been doing in in the hospital gives me great uh hope that it's moving in the right direction. Uh, I was not able to go to co-side, but Jesseline was, so I'm sure she'll speak about that. And the last thing I'd like to ask is uh the Daily City Host Lions Club is having our nickel auction and uh basically it's going to be I I shouldn't I keep telling my grandsons don't use basically but anyway it is a nickel auction. You sit there, you see the stuff and you go I'll bid a nickel

and then you say I'll bid 10 cents and then I'll bid 15. If you if it adds up and you get the lot you pay. But if you bid and you bid and you bid, we all owe money. And it's a great fundraiser to help uh Oh my gosh. Yeah. Everybody owes money. Take your checkbook. Um it's going to be at Classic Bowl on Thursday, May 21st. Uh admission is free. So 5:30 to 8:30. So if you can go, please go. If you have anything that's worth something, let me know. I'm collecting it so we can have it for the nickel auction. And that's it. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Council member Mandalo, please.

Thank you, Mayor Glenn. I saw you looking right at me, so um I will I will go next. Um first and foremost um I wanted to say that I was able to attend the VLF um advocacy um in the California uh legislature with the assembly uh member Diane Papin who led the charge to present to a budget subcommittee who the chair was Sharon Cork Silva on there. um, Assembly Members Jessica Colloza, Assembly Member Matt Haney, Assembly Member Liz Ortega. Um but really a broad coalition of um folks came from the county both from on the city level um county staff um and also nonprofit organizations um to really urge and advocate for us to get our full amount of what's owed to us in regards to the vehicle license fees. Um and so um that was the first part of that and then also um the following week um we had Senator Becker who led the charge on the Senate side um and was also um I'm glad to be able to um go there and advocate again um and speak for us as a city of Delhi city to make sure we get our full amount Um and with that um it was also uh full of coalitions of folks from labor to also nonprofits. And the same message is, you know, that those dollars are

owed to the cities and the county and therefore um we need the full reimbursement. Um and uh that that's where we're at. just keep pushing to make sure. I mean, we're the second largest city in the county, so it's very important for us to be at the table and voice our concerns. Um, but it was also great to see that there were um some uh legislators that uh that were on the subcommittee in um the assembly side that um are already advocates for us. Um, I would say Assembly Member Matt Haney did speak out and advocate for us right in the very beginning after the presentation of uh, Supervisor uh, Corzo and Supervisor Spear. Um, so we're going to keep pushing and hopefully we get those dollars back. we're going to say why those dollars are very important for us to ensure um you know we get that allocation um that directly goes back to our general fund. So um also uh attended a daily city poet laurate um always so inspiring and wonderful to see um also attended Kora Spring Gala. Uh for those watching uh Kora is really an organization um that fights against domestic and intimate violence um prevention. I was also there with a uh a woman commissioner Lizelle Chan who was there with her husband. Also uh attended Parasa Kuminidad at South San Francisco High School for their Filipino American club. um really where they brought in

vendors from around the community and had a panel on community empowerment. Um and then also uh attended society's heart delight um in which Senator Josh Becker was in attendance as well as um I sit on the peninsula division for Cal Cities. Um and so some of my colleagues on there um closer to the Santa Clara side were were present. Um the film screening of Daily City was very powerful and for such a short film um it just captured so so much depth around um Nick Cartono's um experience um growing up in Daily City. Uh let's see also the tour of sedan hospital with vice mayor Terresa Pano. Um it was good to see what has been updated um in the hospital and then also that uh there's continued investments that um we saw um around even um technological advances um you know getting CT scans and also I don't even know what it

yeah it was um what is it blood blood testing machines that were you know yeah and they had invested in making sure you know they have two um and then also having a CT scan that is huge so you know the investments are being put in there uh for the long term um and I was also able to see a tour of coside um sedan sedan coside And um the upgraded facility there also shows a very long-term commitment um because of the unfortunate um issues around the plumbing and I think you know there was a a lot that needed to be done there but they definitely um invested for the long term. So if you were to look at the facility, everything how they designed it was to be um if there were any situations there covered if there were to be no electricity, they made sure that um everything was um to for long term. I mean and and and if you go there, it's a skilled nursing facility, right? our skilled nursing facility. And they just made it in a way where if they were to do a redesign, which what happened, which is um you know something that they needed to do, but they did it in a way where it was thoughtfully done because every aspect of making sure the egresses and also the materials used. Um yeah, the materials used was um like literally I don't know when I look at it, it's a

very very zen a very zen space where if you were to be living there and getting the the treatment or whatnot, you will feel um already a sense of peace. I mean, when someone told me it's like, oh, it like they're they use materials that look like you're in a like hotel. It really they really did. So, when you look at it, it's like that's going to be an investment long term. So, I think that it's showing that even on the coast side um where they put in a lot of effort as well as the hospital that um as much as they can they're um making upgrades. And may I just jump in? You remember the staff that came and told us about the elevator? How the elevator was broken? They had to go outside and they fixed that elevator. It was nice to walk in and see the that they spent I mean they spent a lot of money and they got the elevator fixed and it just gave me great hope that you know Seatan's on its way up. I would say sorry to interrupt. Oh no, it's okay. Vice Mayor agreed on on that front. Um, also, um, I would I would like to say for the record, Madame City Clerk, I know we're in city council reports. Um, I would definitely love to look and request to see if we can revisit our below market rate manual. Um I know that um when we did look over the below market rate manual, it was supposed to be in an annual basis, but I think it's been some time. Um we've definitely been seeing uh the need for more of our community members to have affordable housing

opportunities. Um, and so I'd like to see if there's a possibility for us to look at codifying um, ways to make sure daily city residents um, are given preferences. I know we say that whenever there is a development that happens in front of us. Um but I think if we have it included um in you know our municipal code or our um somewhere where uh we don't have to ask a developer every single time. Um I think that even process-wise everyone that's participating in this um will know this is just what they have to do. Um, and I know that our nonprofit developers are working with us um, continuously. Um, but I think that, um, it's so important that our residents have that, uh, fair shot first and foremost. Um because we're, you know, we hear that, you know, there's many times there, I don't know, our population actually went down and so they're moving out and so if we're able to find ways um for residents to remain. I'd like to look at this. I know that San Francisco has been having a preference since 2016. um it's called a neighborhood preference, but I think for us as a city and a and a smaller city that it's just look, you know, we don't have to do it by neighborhood. I think it's really around being able to sustain um our residents and their families in Daily

City. Um also, um lastly, I want to thank Oh, also attended the AAPI fest. Um, and I just want to say, yeah, um, happy AsianAmerican, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders month. Um, there was an event at Classic Bowl called Over the Fog.

Um, and it's, uh, been happening for I think about eight years now um, officially, but started 10 years ago. Um but it was really uh wonderful, very family uh friendly bowling and a lot of local vendors that were there. Um and uh thank you to Melody Gali who uh is it's our passion every year to put on this event. And of course DJ Keith O was there and also uh Classic Bull for hosting. Lastly, I want to thank Dr. Rod Dos Magbal for being my alternate on CCAG this um th this Thursday um he's going to be representing um I will be uh joining a panel um for AAPI um history I mean her uh uh heritage month and it's going to be located at the Golden State Front Office Headquarters in Mission Rock. Um, and it's going to be a discussion um around um amplified voices and ensuring um empowerment for the communities. And so that's going to be happening on Thursday. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Uh, any others? Uh, council member DJani, go ahead. I'll make mine short because it's okay.

Appreciate the vice mayor already saying that we were all at JESD student of the year. Amazing with the students. uh Shayla with the ceremony and your librarians amazing for that that film Daily City and in in 16 minutes I believe it is that encaptures so many feelings that people related to and he's from Daily City and he came back how appropriately and um hopefully looking for more spots very proud of the filmmaker um poet Laura what can we say always delightful and such a happy time and our small business commission. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I Yes. We were all there and our mayor spoke.

Said you were going to be Yeah. I'll I'll let the mayor speak.

Oh, no. Yeah. And that we were all there in attendance. I'm happy to say all five council members and that um it was just so heartwarming and it's always a good thing. Everybody's a winner. So, I'll let him to speak on on that one as well. And I think that's uh where else do we Oh, the mental health that the president of the board of supervisors Noelio Cororso as I mentioned earlier in the mental health it was for elected officials only and things like even having a late meeting then you get home you have to unwind then you have to get up the next day perhaps with family obligations or what have you and that people don't really it does take a toll on elected officials and they gave uh tips and hopefully they'll have the next one where everybody else can attend. And the same goes for all of you, the directors of our departments that um you know we recognize and our chief and our city manager and Leilani that you know the late nights and then you go home and then you can't really go to sleep yet. So all that. So it's really encompasses and maybe that one of the workshops can maybe come here through the mayor and uh to help because it it was very interesting. So, Council Member Manala was there as well, and hopefully we'll have another one again. They had it in Redwood City. Um, people from Pacifica, elected officials, our neighbors, San Bruno, South City, everywhere. So, it was good, really good attendance. So, I made it short because I want the mayor to elaborate on the the small business awards were fabulous and welld deserved and um pretty emotional because I I noticed that that Shay from the Broadmore Cleaners um really meant a lot to them in the Hilltop beauty salon and all that. They were really it really means a lot. So, thank you, Mayor. I'll

leave the rest up to you and great speech you gave. It was great.

Thank you, Council Member Diovani. Um, let me first start off if I may while it's fresh on my mind, the legacy business. Uh, it was very good. Thank you, the staff and um, putting it all together. And the best part that I found is working with Tom Nurus. We had that certain energy where we play off each other. I I always try to make jokes, but he comes right back and he's right there with me. The selection of the uh v various businesses was definitely well worth it. I I mean it it was great and staff did an excellent job. It ran well

and uh very very appreciative. I actually am looking forward to next year because it was that good. Okay. uh April 30th uh I met with the department of emergency management emergency service uh council meeting to which we meet and I have a lot here but I'm only going to talk about two things that was of interest the the whole entire meeting was of interest to me but I'll first talk about Sonteo County is adopting a one county one voice approach to emergency

that means inconsistent messaging across jurisdiction can create confusion, erodess trust and delays protective action. Now, it was brought up that if anybody knows Daily City is Daily City themselves, so why would you depend on someone else to put out throughout the whole entire county as to they they put out the information? No. Daily City would put out the information to be uh disseminated across the county. I don't know exactly how it's done now, but this is a concertive effort to make sure that uh well, the one who is in charge or whatever city is affected, they're the ones who's going to put out the emergency uh information. Uh there's more to that, but I'm not going to get further into detail. The second one I found very important, and I and I kind of bookmark some of these maps. I have the maps of the entire county who would be affected if a tsunami were to hit

and this is some uh this is some good good information. So I'll take the town of Broadmore for instance. You know how many buildings Broadmore has that would be affect affected? Teresa, stop looking at my paper. Huh? What does it say? None. Oh, good. What? None. Okay. Uh, Talacoma, how many buildings? None. None. None. Uh, Daily City. Five. None. Really? Wow. Half Moon Bay. Oh, 1500 buildings.

Oh, wow. Hillsboro. Definitely none. None. Uh, Pacifica. Yeah. 1,500 buildings.

Portola Valley, none. And you know, I can keep going and going, but this is some good information because it's all about uh emergency preparedness if something were to happen. So, uh, that's something to be aware of. And the last thing uh there's about 12 different things, but the last thing also is we have to plan for the future in hazmat vehicle. And right now our vehicle is about I think it's 15 years old. And we want to make plans to get another one. It's going to take four to five years for them to build it.

And as it is with fire, you get some like monopolies. you can only go through certain companies and they basically got you an over a barrel. So, we're looking at ways to uh put money down on a vehicle now. Maybe we can freeze the price. So, that's that. The other we had an emergency meeting at heart housing endowment and regional trust and the most important thing there is they're trying to do some creative financing to purchase a building at 1650 South Delaware Street in San Mateo for a purchase price of 55 million. Uh they're looking at uh getting bonds and uh basically it's for uh the school system uh workforce housing and we've been working on that, working on that. A lot of questions have have been asked is basically over my head as to the acquisition and the creative financing as to how they're coming up with ways to make this work. But we're constantly looking. Housing is an issue. You all know that Eastmore is coming pretty soon, right? Over the East More near Seatan Hospital and that's been approved and that's finally uh moving ahead. So, just wanted to let you know. So, uh let me see. Legacy. Oh, Vice Mayor.

Yes. Jefferson Elementary School District. The uh the uh student of the year. Oh, yeah. They were all good. All of them. But one that impressed me that you did not hear from and this young lady uh basically traveled the world. Yes. Uh you remember Pam? Yes, I do. And uh very intelligent. Yeah. And I ki, right? What's her name? Kungi or something? I I think she's Korean. Korean. Yeah.

Right. And and the mere thing uh you can tell her statute. She's very humble and shy, but at the same point, she is intelligent. She speaks very well, and I think she aspires to become an ambassador. And if she was an ambassador, I would listen. And and how can a fifth grader uh be so uh uh in depth and and just know I I just wanted to say I was impressed and want to let let you know. So that's all I have and Okay. So can I move ahead? Move forward. Move forward. Oh yes. Uh council,

thank you. I was just um reminded um and which is just really wonderful to see um all of the businesses at the event. And I was reminded that um in 2021, it's when I was mayor, we started the small business commission. And to see um what they able to accomplish and how they are able to put their input in who they've seen as um businesses over time is really wonderful. Um I want to say something I know that um my colleague mentioned that was at the be sensitive sensitive be brave training

for elected officials around mental health. Um you know I was you know uh being open-minded and everything. Um but a slide came on and it was the impacts of psychological and physical violence. And when that slide came on, my body felt tense. I was brought back to a place that happened in 2022. And so we have these trainings which is great. But did I not realize that seeing that up there brought me back to a place where it is truly unacceptable regardless of how you feel to ensue violence upon one another. And so, um, I just want to say it again that physical violence is unacceptable. Um, and so, um, thank you for the time, Mayor. Um, I, you know, I I know we're here for a reason. Um, and I just needed to share with all of you. And I know it's some vulnerability, but I have to because that uh moment was really helpful to find tools. Um but also the realities that we face as elected officials, there's moments you have no idea what you will encounter. So thank you for the time.

Okay. Thank you. All right. Item number uh 20, city council, or did we kind of mix all that up? Are there any anyone? No. Okay, I guess we kind of mixed it all up between committees and city council events. Thank you very much. Next item is number 21 for staff reports. Uh staff, I do have a staff report on the on the item. Oh, okay. Madam city attorney. Thank you. Yes. This is the staff report. Um the status of the update on the implementation of the resolution of sensor. Okay. I'd like to give an update.

Okay. Please.

So this report is uh provides a followup on the implementation the current status of the council's resolution of sunsur adopted in October 27th 2025 concerning council member Pamela Divani. This is an update as part of the council's direction per the resolution to track compliance with the requirements of that resolution. So, I just wanted to provide a little bit of background because I know that some of the council members weren't here in prior resolutions. So, by way of background, the council previously addressed this matter in January of 2024 through a resolution of admonishment and that action followed an independent investigation which substantiated about 21 acts of harassment, bullying towards city staff and along the misuse of city resources and improper directives to employees. The investigation included findings related to the use of the city vehicle for non- city purposes and directing city staff outside established channels and conduct towards staff that was determined to be unprofessional and hostile. So at that time the council did direct corrective actions including completion of sensitivity training and the issuance of a public apology as corrective action but that was not completed. So that lack of completion together with the subsequent conduct form part of the basis of the council's later action to proceed with a resolution of sensor following the admonishment. Additional incidents were reported and later substantiated through an independent investigation that was conducted in 2025. As reflected in that investigation, the sustained findings conducted an inappropriate direction to staff, disrup disruptive and confrontational public behavior at public events, and actions that city employees reported as creating

discomfort in the workplace as well as city sponsored events. The investigation completed in 2025 substantiated these allegations and found violations of the municipal code particularly section 2.202 relating to entrustment administrative services and municipal code relating with relations of city staff and improper direction of staff by pass by bypassing established administrative authority. The investigation documented a lack of participation in the investigated dispute with multiple outreach efforts. So based on this record, the the council did conduct a notice public hearing on October 27, 2025, which was now the result of the adopted resolution of censor. So, as reflected in that resolution, the city council issued a formal censure expressing strong disapproval of conduct that included harassment and in culturally insensitive behavior, improper use of the position to direct city staff, hostile conduct, improper directives in violation of the municipal code, and non-completion of corrective actions along with a lack of participation in the investigative process. So by way of update, the resolution did impose specific measures and those included a restriction of the use of city vehicles, removal from committees and city paid activities, suspension of staff supported ceremonial functions in uh preparation of certificates and included an oversight of direct communication with city staff through the city manager. It required a completion of mandatory trainings which included covering harassment prevention, ethics, professional conduct and anger management and also included a strong

recommendation to issue a written apology to staff to be completed within six months of the resolution of censor. Importantly, the resolution provided that no privileges or assignments would be reinstated unless and until those retired trainings were completed and accepted by the council, which which is the report this evening. With respect to the implementation in March 2026, council Dervani did contact the city attorney's office to inquire about the required trainings as indicated in the resolution. Uh the city attorney did respond and included the department of human resources to coordinate the schedule of the trainings. In April 2026, human resources did provide a schedule for the required trainings which included ethics training, anti-harassment training, professional conduct training, and enrollment and anger management sessions with a target completion date of August 7th, 2026. Following that coordination, council member Dijabani did request cancellation of the scheduled trainings and indicated a need for additional time. So as a result as a result, the trainings have not been completed to date as initially scheduled and no alternative schedule has been finalized to date. So as of this report, the required trainings identified in the rel in in the resolution have not been completed. Under the resolution, the complete required training is a condition for the restatement of the privileges and assignments and the restrictions imposed by the resolution does remain in effect until we receive more information. So, the city does remain available to coordinate with council member and to coordinate the required trainings and we will continue to re monitor the implementation and provide updates to the council as appropriate. This concludes the report

as a status. Thank you. medical reasons. Okay. Um thank you. Um so that's just a report for all of us and um it's not subject to discussion or you can have some general you may have some general discussion. It's just a status report. No action. Okay. So no action is going to be taken. Basically this is an update on reports uh as to what has transpired. Thank you uh for that uh history. Uh is there any questions from anyone regarding this? Pam, uh

I usually wouldn't even make a comment, but I think that in addition, it's cuz I'm currently still under medical care and that was written in my emails, in my communications, okay? And the stress of it will cause more blood clots, okay? and endanger me.

Okay. Anyone else have any questions? Uh madam city attorney, I picked up on one area you had made mention. According to the uh sensor, this is conditional based upon completion of the various parts of this. So basically what I'm hearing is unless it's done I guess we will review this say every six months uh and uh is is council is going to make the final determination as to whether the sensor can be taken off or modified or

yes so essentially the certain privileges and assignments that I had stated are part of the resolution of censure and upon completion of the trainings as indicated. That's when any privileges or assignments can be reinstated by the council.

Okay. Thank you. Um All right. Well, um thank you uh council member DJani. I hope that uh things can uh work out because uh we don't like to see and and that this continues. Um I mean I feel that to have a full and complete council without any restrictions uh we can work together but I do understand uh your point as well. So I I just wanted to let you know that but we really do care. uh staff is uh uh cares as well and basically we want to ensure that you're okay but at the same time that staff realizes that uh we care as well for them and uh we don't want uh to be liable in any way shape or form as well. So so I'm going to just put that out there. Hopefully, we'll revisit this again in in the coming uh uh next next time around and we hope for the best. Okay. All right. All right.

May I through the mayor? Um who's just me? Sorry. Yes. Um it sounds concerning uh uh uh council member D. Giovanni uh for stress to do these. Um actually what are they? Are they just online things? We scheduled I think in person to have it to have it in person, but we can definitely accommodate if they need to have online trainings as well. Well, there's an option online. Maybe it won't be so stressful.

I'm under medical care and because of not having to process because I I was not given a chance to on my own to defend myself and I ended up in ICU

because of all this and uh it's pretty stressful on me and if you felt in my shoes which I know everything then I know that that there has been instances I'm not pointing any fingers especially at you but other people that have come into community centers yelling uh uh that I've done something that I didn't that was recently that right before I went into the ICU and that that I'm pointed out as me. I don't want to get into it right now because I really should just be quiet because I'll start crying and that I sent a letter saying that my health was at risk and and I almost died. So I'm sitting here with still blood clots. Stress and blood clots don't mix together. It will kill you. And I had surgery, emergency surgery.

That's what I'm saying. Yeah. And I sat here and tried to participate and didn't go to progress seminar and what have you. But anyway, I probably should just not say anything. Yeah. But I'm doing it out of respect to tell you about the medical because I'm not lying. And it was pretty se it's severe. It's still severe.

All right. Well, thank you. Uh thank you for the recommendations. Thank you for the inquiry uh vice mayor uh in the sense of uh trying to come up with alternatives and uh and letting council member Diovani know that we're doing the best that we can. And thank you council member Diovani for uh providing your information as well and uh we hope respectfully I wanted to answer not and not sit here and not answer. Yeah.

All right. Thank you. So let's uh move ahead. The last item if I'm not mistaken should be adjournments and I believe we have two of them. Yes. So we'll we'll Oh Mr. figure out traffic or something. I I just had a couple items real brief. Oh, yes. I'll keep it real brief. Oh, that was under staff. We're still under staff. You got it. You got it. Thank you.

Two items tonight. Um, real brief. Water awareness month is this month and uh water awareness and public works week will be celebrated at the next council meeting together. I I think it's appropriate that we do them together. Um, the other thing is the shine event is this Saturday. the 16th from 10 to 4 at Gellard Park. So, I just wanted to throw that out there so that everyone's aware that there's an event at Geller this weekend and on Saturday. That's all, sir.

Thank you. Thank you very much for that reminder. Okay, adjournments. And we'll start off with uh Vice Mayor Kano, please.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh the iner uh in uh a German uh is mine is for Larry Maza. Uh Larry Joseph Maza passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 2nd, 2026 at the age of 82. A native San Franciscan, Larry spent 47 years playing a major role in the leadership of the Bay Area's labor movement. He served as business manager of Plumbers Union Local 38 for 24 years and dedicated his life to improving the lives of working families. Throughout his career, he served on the Golden Gate Bridge Commission, the Recreation and Park Commission, and as president of the San Francisco Airport Commission. He also served as United Association District 5 vice president on the California State AFL CIO board as vice president of the San Francisco Labor Council and as president of the San Francisco Building Trades Council for 30 years. Larry is survived by his wife of 58 years, Stephanie, his children, Larry Jr., Steven, Judy, and Lori D. Grande. Uh, Domin Dominico, his grandchildren Joey, Nick, Sophia, and Stella, and his sister Joanne. He loved his family and his friends, and the members of Local 38. Larry negotiated some of the best contracts and implemented some of the strongest benefits for the members of Local 38. and his impact on the labor movement will be felt for generations. Larry enjoyed horse racing, his monthly card games, Sunday flea markets, and family vacations at Ki. His favorite people called him Papa, and

there was a funeral mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary's, and there was over a thousand people there. So, uh, thank you. Glad to share that. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Uh, Council Member Manalo, please.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, journing in memory of Assembly woman Katherine Stephanie's father, Lawrence M. Stephanie. Lawrence M. Stephanie, beloved husband, father, papa, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2026, surrounded by his family. He was 82 years old. Larry lived a life rooted in devotion to his family, his faith, his country, and his community. The grandson of Italian immigrants from Luca, Italy, he grew up in Merrced, a California in a close-knit Italian Catholic home that shaped his deep sense of loyalty, humor, and service. As a boy, he worked in his family store. Stephanie Clier's learning early that showing up, working hard, and taking pride in what you do matters. His eighth grade yearbook quote was, "The highest of distinctions is service to others," which was not just a sentiment. It was how he lived. He attended Bellerin College Preparatory, graduating in 1961 before going to his beloved University of Notre Dame, graduating with a degree in political science in 1965. At Notre Dame, he formed lifelong friendships and deep enduring pride. That pride was unmistakable as he filled his home with Notre Dame songs, stories, and traditions. After Notre Dame, Larry obtained his master's degree in international relations from UC Berkeley. He later served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army,

including a year in Vietnam, an experience that shaped both his strength and his tenderness. He was awarded an Army Commenation Medal in April of 1968 for outstanding professional competence and devotion to duty. He carried a quiet sense of duty and resilience for the rest of his life. Larry built a long and respected career in financial services first with Bank of America and later with Payne Weber UBS where he mentored many financial adviserss and led with integrity in Merrced. He managed one of the most successful and lucrative branches of the Payne Weber Group's worldwide investment network for 23 years. He retired from UBS in 2017 after 37 years. He was unwavering in his commitment to his clients and team. He was endlessly curious and an avid reader. He was a student of history, especially the Civil War, and the kind of person who could win a round of trivia without trying. He loved traveling to Italy and staying connected to family and heritage. and he found joy in music and performance throughout his life. From his time in the boy's choir to the glee club at Biller Mean, many roles at Merced Center for Performing Arts and singing as a tenor in this choir at St. Patrick's Parish until he was no longer able. Above all, Larry was a man of impact and love. He had a gift for making people feel seen and for bringing lightness into a room. He loved to make others laugh, often with a well-timed phrase or a bit of theatrical flare. His steady encouragement lives on in the words he repeated often. Plan, focus, execute,

and perseverance is the price of greatness. He was a family man, a devoted husband, and a father whose love knew no bounds. His impact was profound and who will be deeply missed. He is survived by his children, Katherine Stephanie, Lawrence Michael Stephanie Jr., Christine Stephanie, Carrie Stephanie, Sam Stephanie, and Ally Crumb. 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild and his former wife Susan P with whom he had his first four children and his sister Kathleen Stephanie. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 46 years, Terry Stephanie, and his parents, Joseph and Mary Stephanie, and his brother, Robert A. Rosary and Robert A. A rosary funeral mass will be held on May 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church um in Merced, California. Thank you.

Thank you, uh, Council Member Manalo. Are there any others? All right. If we can kindly please pause for a brief moment of silence, please. Okay. Thank you very much. This meeting is now adjourned. until next week. Thank you.