Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

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Good morning.

I now call

the 05/05/2026 San Diego County Board of Supervisors regular meeting and fire protection district meeting to order. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge the land we call home. Communities in the San Diego region have faced unjust conditions and circumstances related to the environments in which they live. The tribal nations of San Diego region are an example of one community that has historically faced such injustices. We acknowledge the harmony that existed between the land nature and its original peoples who have since endured displacement, persecution, and systemic oppression.

We pay our respect to the unceded territory and homelands of the 18 tribal nations in our region, the most Indian county in The United States, from four cultural groups, the Kumeyaay de Ganyo, the Luseno, the Kupenyo, and the Kiwea. We aspire to learn from indigenous traditional knowledge and experiences in undoing the injustices of the past. Andrew, please call the roll for today's session.

Thank you, chair Lawson Reamer. I would like to note that vice chair Montgomery Stepp is absent today. She is traveling in county business and will be participating remotely tomorrow. With that, supervisor Anderson? Here. Supervisor Desmond? Here. Chair Pro Temagiri? Here. And Chair Lawson Lemur?

Here. We will now have priest Rajan Zed and priest Pandit Kedar. I deliver Dave, deliver the invocation, and Nathan Bennett will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Please stand.

Starting with mantra, which is considered the most sacred mantra of Hinduism. We shall be reading from ancient Hindu scriptures, some as old as 1,500, and then interpret in English. We meditate on the transcendental glory of the deity supreme, who's inside the heart of the earth, inside the life of the sky, and inside the soul of the heaven. May he stimulate and illuminate our minds. Lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality.

Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world by devotion to selfless. One attains the supreme goal of life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind. May we be protected together, may we be nourished together, may we work together with great vigor, may our study be enlightening, may no obstacle arise between us. United your resolve, united your hearts, may your spirits be at one that you may long together dwell in unity and conquer.

Peace, peace, peace be unto all. Aum. Thank you.

Would everyone place their hands over their hearts and join me in the pledge of allegiance. Pledge of 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.

Okay. Thank you. We now proceed with the proclamations. The first proclamation will be given by myself honoring National Bike Safety Month. Accepting the proclamation is Chloe Lauer.

Good morning, everyone. I am so grateful to be joined by the San Diego bike coalition, the YMCA, and Scripps Trauma Prevention to honor National Bike Safety Month. National Bike Safety Month is a time dedicated to promoting safer cycling habits and raising awareness of bicycle laws, infrastructure improvements, and helmet use, while encouraging community support for cyclists of all ages and abilities. Across our region, we have made meaningful investments to support bicycling as a healthy, sustainable, and accessible mode of transportation. Expanding bikeways, improving connectivity, and strengthening data systems all reflect a long term vision for safer streets.

But infrastructure alone is not enough. Safety begins with informed riders, attentive drivers, and communities that prioritize prevention. Right now, we are seeing a rise in bicycle related incidences. Many of these involving our youth in e bikes. Alongside a rise in legal e bike usage, we're also seeing an alarming increase in young riders on high powered illegal e motorcycles.

Vehicles that can reach 60 miles per hour and are simply not designed for bike lanes or young operators. These recent trends make education awareness more important than ever. By working together, we can ensure that every child and family can enjoy the benefits of bicycling bicycling safely. So now, therefore, be it proclaimed by myself and all members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on this May 2026 that we dear here, Dubai declare this month to be Bicycle Safety Month throughout San Diego County. You want to stay a couple of weeks?

Thank you so much, Chair Lawson Reamer and the entire County Board of Supervisors for everything you're doing for bicycling throughout San Diego County. Thank you for recognizing this seventieth annual bike month. It's been happening since 1956. Accepting this proclamation is an honor, and it also comes at a critical turning point. Today, our work is more urgent than ever In the face of bike lash, budget cuts, fatalities, and global uncertainty, we cannot afford to wait.

We must take bold action locally to build the people centered places where we, along with our friends, families, and neighbors, can truly thrive. Biking is much more than a mode of transport or something you do for fun. It's a solution hidden in plain sight. When we bike, it's a win for our health. It keeps our hearts strong and our minds clear.

It's also a win for our environment. We can reduce emissions and protect our beautiful San Diego ecosystem. And finally, it's a win for our pocketbooks. It provides an escape from rising gas prices and the staggering costs of car ownership. But most importantly, cycling is joyful. It brings diverse people together and turns streets into communities. Let's use this month not only for celebration but for advocacy and as a catalyst to build a San Diego County that is safer, more connected, and more resilient for everyone. We'll see you on the road.

The second proclamation will be given by myself and chair Portimagiri, honoring National Nurses Week. Accepting the proclamation is Angela Michelle. Good morning. How are you? Good

morning. I wanna begin with a simple but important truth. Health care is a human right. Every person in our community deserves access to quality, compassionate care, no matter who they are or where they live. And everyday nurses help turn that belief into a reality.

Today, it is my privilege to recognize National Nurse Week, a time to honor the extraordinary nurses who are essential to the health and well-being of our communities. Nurses are often the first face a patient sees and the last voice they hear before going home. They bring clinical expertise, compassion, patience, and humanity to every interaction. Their work is not easy. It is essential.

Here at the county of San Diego, our nurses are a cornerstone of our public health system. They serve in county clinics, behavioral health programs, public health initiatives, correctional facilities, and out in our neighborhoods, meeting people where they are. Through their work, they help ensure care is accessible, culturally responsive, and grounded in the needs of our diverse communities. County nurses play a critical role in immunizations, health screenings, disease prevention, and chronic condition management. They're on the front lines during emergencies, and just as importantly, they're present every day during the steady, often unseen work that keeps our communities healthy.

Our county nurses are trusted partners. They lead with kindness in every interaction. They stay curious, always seeking better ways to serve. They act boldly in the face of challenges. And they consistently do the right thing, upholding the highest standards of care and integrity. So during this National Nurse Week, we extend our profound gratitude to all County Of San Diego nurses. Your dedication, resilience, and commitment to making lasting difference in the lives of those you serve. I would now like to turn it over to chair Lawson Riemer.

Thank you, chair Portimengiri. And I first just wanna echo exactly how my colleague began, which is that health care is a human right. And I am so grateful for the work of our nurses to make sure that everyone in our community is able to enjoy quality, accessible health care. I know how hard you work. And during National Nurses Week, we recognize all the extraordinary nurses countywide who care for the people of San Diego.

Every day, county nurses make an incredible difference in people's lives. You do everything from comforting a worried parent to guiding someone through a difficult diagnose diagnosis, helping seniors remain healthy and independent, and responding in moments of crisis. You are the heart and soul of our public health system. You meet people where they're at in clinics and schools and behavioral health programs and neighborhoods. Providing care that respects culture, builds trust, ensures that everyone has an opportunity to be healthy.

Your work uplifts entire communities through immunizations, health screenings, disease prevention, chronic care management, emergency response, outreach. You are protecting our region and our strength and investing in our future. So now, therefore, be it proclaimed by myself and my colleagues on this May 2026 that we commend County of San Diego nurses for your outstanding service leadership and commitment to the residents of San Diego County and do hereby declare the week of May '12 to be National Nurses Week throughout San Diego County.

I'm Angie Mitchell, chief nursing officer for the Health and Human Service Agency. To Chair Lawson Reamer and members of the board, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. I would also like to extend a special note of appreciation to Chair Pro Tem Paloma Aguirre for sponsoring the twenty twenty six Nurses Week proclamation. It is this board's steadfast support for our nurses that makes a meaningful difference in the health and well-being of our communities, as reflected in San Diego's consistent ranking among the nation's healthiest cities. On behalf of all County Of San Diego nurses, it is an honor to be here alongside my nursing colleagues to accept this proclamation recognizing the vital work across the enterprise.

This year, the American Nurses Association's theme is the power of nurses. As we serve the diverse communities of our county, we know that our power lies in being kind, being curious, being bold, and doing the right thing for those most vulnerable populations that we serve. Our efforts span maternal child health, aging and independent services, justice involved individuals, behavioral health services, and many other areas that advance the health of our community. Nearly 1,100 nurses strong, our outreach, compassion, collaboration, and expertise support the counties of San Diego's mission to build a region that is building better health, living safely, and thriving. Working alongside such devoted nursing professionals is a cherished privilege.

Happy Nurses Week. We celebrate you today, we celebrate you every day and always. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Here's your amazing binder. You have another one? No. You're next. The third proclamation will be given by chair pro tem Aghiri honoring murdered and missing indigenous people's day. Accepting the proclamation will be the strong heart and native woman coalition.

I am honored to recognize the National Day of Awareness honoring missing and murdered indigenous women and indigenous relatives this morning with MMIP San Diego. This is a deeply personal issue to me and must be for everyone. San Diego County is home to the most tribal nations in The United States. The 18 federally recognized tribes are diverse and committed to addressing the many issues facing tribal members. In some areas, American Indian women face violence at rates up to 10 times higher than indigenous than non indigenous women.

Human trafficking is also a major concern. Here in San Diego County, our proximity to the border creates an even greater danger. Families of missing and murdered indigenous relatives often encounter systemic barriers when seeking timely law enforcement response, coordinated investigations, culturally responsive victim services, and accurate media or public communication. They also experience compounding trauma, grief, and distrust in systems meant to protect them. Tribal nations, native led organizations, and community advocates in San Diego County have been working tirelessly to shine the light on the challenges faced when a loved one goes missing or has been taken.

The county administration center will be lit in red tonight in solidarity and in honor of those who have gone missing or have been murdered. A growing collaboration of tribal nations and community partners dedicated to confronting and fighting the this crisis include Jamul Indian Village of California, Sequam Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, and San Pasquale Band of Mission Indians, and organizations like strong hearted native women with us today. All are working together in coordination to educate, increase awareness, prevention, and protection so that no mother or father has to live through the disappearance or murder of their child. So, therefore, today, be it proclaimed by chair Terrell Austin Reimer and all members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on this May 2026, that we commend m m MMIP San Diego and strong hearted native women's coalition for their outstanding service, leadership, and commitment to the citizens of San Diego County, and we do hereby declare this day to be Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples MMIP Awareness Day throughout San Diego County. Thank

you. Thank

you. Deeply appreciate it. President. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the Board County Supervisors, Aguirre. Hello. My name is Bene Kalak. I am from the Palma Band of Usenu Indians, and I am the president to the Strong Hearted Native Women's Coalition. What a great what a great honor to be here today. Thank you so much for giving us this time. The proclamation means so much to to not only, the communities that we serve, but, the individuals here in this room.

I don't think, we cannot defeat this issue unless we have the support and the interactions with, the San Diego, board of supervisors, our community members. So it's deeply appreciated and it is about awareness. Just wanted to share a few words. Today, we're here to attend, draw attention to this ongoing crisis of the missing and murdered indian people and and it's a direct impact on in San Diego County. This is not a distant or an abstract issue it is happening within our communities and demands a greater awareness and accountability in action.

To date, unfortunately, San Diego County has eight documented missing individuals, five males and three females. These numbers, while already concerning, are not fully do not fully reflect the scope of crisis due to the unreporting and in, inconsistencies in the data collection. Equally troubling are the cases that remain, uninvestigated, particularly those involving suspicious deaths or murders. Family are families are too often left without answers and cases involving indigenous, victims frequently receive less attention and fewer resources. The disparity contributes to the cycle of injustice and mistrust between indigenous communities and law enforcement, and we are continually trying to improve that, and we deeply appreciate the relationships that we have.

There is, there are still a critical need for education and transparency regarding available alert systems and such as the feather alert. Many community members remain unaware of whether the system is being effectively implemented and when it is activated and how it is used to locate missing, indigenous persons. Clarity and consistent use of such tools, could make a significant difference in response, and times and outcomes. I just want to take this time again to to thank everybody. As my words kind of share, it does take, education and, and transparency and relationships.

And we're so thankful for being acknowledged, not only just for the work, but the acknowledgment of the people that are from this community. So we deeply appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you. The fourth proclamation will be given by Supervisor Anderson honoring National Public Works Week. Accepting the proclamation will be Marisa Barrie.

This room, come on up. Good morning, everybody. Today, I'm honored to recognize National Public Works Week with a proclamation that acknowledges the importance prosperity of our communities. First, I'd like to thank our director, Marissa Burry, and I'm going to have her later introduce her entire staff. I want to make sure I didn't anybody slip through the cracks.

Marissa and her team do an incredible job of maintaining our public infrastructure to ensure our communities remain safe, connected, and functionally smooth each and every day. The Department of Public Works oversees not only the construction of our roads and bridges, but critical public work systems, including our complex water and sewage systems. This year, DPW delivered major infrastructure upgrades in my district and throughout San Diego County, and my constituents are so grateful. I'm just going to brag a little bit about my district and the great work that you've accomplished, but three fifty six miles were resurfaced, 142 miles of new bike lanes, and we just honored people that like to cycle. Thirteen eighty seven ADA curb ramps, making it much more accessible in East County.

85 intersection improvements, 188 culvert repair and or replacements. And by the way, in past years, we've had flooding issues due to the rains. All this work, all these upgrades, that's why you're not hearing about the county in the news with homes being flooded. 34 traffic signal upgrades. These essential services often operate unseen, yet let me tell you, they're felt.

They are fundamental to our daily lives protecting public health, safety, and the growth of our of our communities and cities. Their work ensures that our foundational infrastructure remains prepared, to support future generations. Today, we extend our utmost gratitude to our public work professionals. Those expertise ensure safe transportation, networks, and other use on a daily basis. Thank you, team, for your incredible work, especially in my district, but in everybody else's district as well.

So I'd like to present this to you, and I'm just gonna read some of the best parts of it, and that is, be it proclaimed by chair Lawson Reamer and all the members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on this May 2026 that they that they commend the county of San Diego's Department of Public Works for their outstanding service, leadership, and commitment to the citizens of San Diego County, and hereto declare May to be National Public Works Week throughout San Diego County. And if you wouldn't mind saying a couple words and introducing your team, that'd be awesome.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Good

morning. What an honor to be up here and to be representing such an incredible group of people that has worked for decades to bring the great roads we enjoy in this community. At your request, Supervisor Anderson, I'm just gonna do first names as we go around here. We've got Morale, Ali, Keith, Frank, and Nick, some of the key players on the team that have helped us bring our roads to where they are today. Supervisor Anderson and to the entire Board of Supervisors, it was your vision, your leadership, your commitment to this program nearly ten years ago that brought half $1,000,000,000 into resurfacing 800 miles, nearly 800 miles of our 2,000 miles of roads.

It's not just the people here today, it's hundreds of people both within the county staff as well as our partners in the community, the contractors that did the work, the local small businesses that helped us succeed in meeting this objective, our partners throughout the county within public works, transportation team, engineering, our design team, our construction team, our luge leadership and their partnership and advocating to keep our program moving forward. And we're just so excited that we'll continue to have your support going into the future while we continue to get after the rest of our 1,200 miles of roads. What a wonderful team to be a part of. I've inherited this legacy and I'm grateful to be here today to represent so many people and I've probably forgotten some, but thank you so much.

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mentioned the state certification the

property of

our roads.

Thank you, yes. So, pavement condition is at a level 70, which was recognized by county engineers, as well as the county association, and cities, as well as the best in the state amongst cities and counties for our pavement management practices. So, we're putting your tax dollars straight into the roads and really having an impact to a level in which is the leading example across the entire state. So, thank you very much, Supervisor Anderson, for

Thank you. Let's do a photo.

Of course. Thank you.

While we're all lining up. When I first got elected, I live in the unincorporated, and they're fully responsible for our roads. And I had almost weekly meetings with staff for the last five years, and to hit that number of 70 is absolutely remarkable. Very few counties have done it.

I don't

know if anybody else has done it, be honest with you. Certainly not Los Angeles. But outstanding work. That's why it was so important to recognize you today because I was in the trenches of sorts encouraging you. I did none of the work. You did all of the work, but I'd wanna be your biggest cheerleader because it's made such a huge difference for all our constituents. Thank you for that outstanding work. Let's do our quick photo. And if any of my colleagues who enjoy roads would like to come down and join us, you're welcome. I know that you all love roads, not just bicycle lanes.

And I should give them

a shout out to our road crews.

Oh, please do. Please do. It's not too late.

And I apologize. There was one really important part of our team, our road crews out there every day fixing potholes, guardrails, striping. They're amazing and they're part of the success as well. Thank you.

The final proclamation will be given by Supervisor Desmond honoring Palomar Health trauma nurses. Accepting the proclamation is Christie Knight.

Alright, nurses are so important, they get two awards today. So, we're very grateful to all the nurses here at the county, and actually at all our hospitals, and everywhere else. So good morning, and welcome to the, this is the Palomar Health Trauma Center nurses and their foundation team all the way from North County, San Diego. Thanks for making the drive. You know, we truly appreciate you for taking time out of your busy schedules to be with us here today.

We proudly recognize the compassion, the dedication, and the excellence of all nurses. As we kick off National Nurses Week tomorrow, May 6, to observe National Nurses Month throughout May. You should have the whole year, not just May, but anyway. Trauma nurses serve the front lines. In emergencies, they do emergency care, delivering rapid, life saving interventions to patients in critical condition.

They specialize, their specialized knowledge, clinical experience, and calm, decisive actions are indispensable in moments when every second matters. With compassion and resilience, they care for patients, and they support the families as well. Usually it's a nurse that comes out with a nice, very, the kind words. Throughout, through people's life, and they, I'm sorry, with compassion and resilience, they care for patients and support families through some of life's most difficult and uncertain times. Through effective collaboration across varied care teams and continuous learning, Dedicated nurses deliver exceptional care, they strengthen the healthcare system, and they perform extraordinary work under pressure.

Their invaluable contributions enhance the health, safety, and well-being of communities all across San Diego County. So, whereas the County Of San Diego, we're proud to recognize with deep gratitude all nurses whose compassion, skill, and unwavering dedication brings comfort and hope to patients and their families during their most times of need. And the Palomar Health trauma nurses are one such worthy group. So therefore, be it proclaimed by all the members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors that on this May 2026, that we commend Palomar Health trauma nurses for their outstanding service, leadership, and commitment to the citizens of San Diego County, and do hereby declare today, da da da, here we go, here, here's, oh, you're gonna get, okay, good, good. Okay.

Today to be, Palomar Health Trauma Nurses Day throughout San Diego County. Thank you,

and

congratulations. So, next we're gonna have Nathan Bennett's gonna come up and say a few words. All right.

Hi there, my name's Nathan. I'm a trauma nurse at Palomar, as just said. I'm joined by Drew Goodwin, another trauma nurse with me at Palomar Health, and Christy Knight from the Palomar Foundation, who's gonna say a few words instead of me.

Thank you to supervisor Desmond and the entire county board of supervisors for honoring our trauma nurses and our healthcare heroes here this morning and those that are in the hospitals serving today. I'm proud to represent Palomar Health, and Palomar Medical Center Escondido is designated a level two trauma center serving approximately 2,200 square miles of North San Diego and Southern Riverside Counties. It's a region that's home to over 1,000,000 people. And the emergency department at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido is an ENA Lantern Award winner, and what that is, is the Emergency Nurses Association's most prestigious recognition for emergency departments. It demonstrates exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research, and it is the only award specifically for emergency departments.

So, we're just really proud to highlight Palomar Health's commitment to quality, safety, and a healthy work environment. PMCE recently received reaccreditation from the American College of Surgeons for our trauma services. And our geriatric emergency department re accreditation, which I know this county is very proud of, as San Diego County was the first county in the nation to earn a region wide senior friendly emergency department accreditation for all 18 regional hospitals that was part of the San Diego Senior Emergency Care Initiative. Palomar's ED and trauma teams are at the forefront of innovation and continuous improvement, most recently being recognized by the Joint Commission for Excellence in Pediatric Readiness with the creation of a pediatric resuscitation room and for the integration of spiritual care into the ED and trauma arenas. Another noteworthy, the Palomar Medical Center Escondido consistently meets AB 40 requirements for ambulance patient offload times with one of the highest ambulance volumes in the county.

We are just really proud of our trauma nurses here today, and we host annually at the May a trauma survivors event that provides an opportunity for our patients to come back together and share stories of survival and gratitude. It's a powerful testimony to the incredible life saving work that our ED and trauma nurses provide to our community every day. So, thank you to our two healthcare heroes standing before you today. You.

All right. Well, I want to thank Nathan and Drew for being here and being trauma nurses in North County, San Diego at Polymer Health. And, Nathan, you even said the Pledge of Allegiance this So he's a double duty today. And Christy, Christy Knight has been here at worked at the county on the board floor for several years. So, it's great to see you again, I'm glad you're back, and you're still doing great things for people, and so we appreciate Little

closer to home.

Little closer, yes, it is.

But, so we'll get a picture right here. Thanks.

Okay, thank you all. At the outset of this meeting, I'll take a moment, to remind everyone of our house rules. Public engagement is the cornerstone of transparent and accountable government, and these board of supervisors meetings are one very critical venue where all San Agans can make their voices heard. Under the board's rules, speakers may not use loud, shouting, threatening, impertinent slanders, profane, or abusive language directed to any member of the board, staff, or the general public. Most importantly, all remarks and questions must remain on topic during the duration of your speaking time and must be addressed to the board and not to county staff.

Any speaker engages in comments that breaks these rules will be issued a warning. After warning, you'll be asked to leave the chambers for the remainder of the meeting. Speaker threatening violence may be reported to law enforcement and removed from the meeting. This is a space for community engagement, deliberation, and progress, not for harassment, violence, and hate. We now proceed with non agenda public communication.

This is an opportunity for the public to address the board on subject matters within our jurisdiction, but not our meeting agenda today. The only action we may take is a referral to the chief administrative officers. Under our board rules, speakers may speak once per meeting for non agenda public comment, either today or tomorrow, but not at both sessions. You can select which session to address at your convenience. To facilitate our meeting, we have five speakers in person and five speakers by phone for non agenda public comment, and those first five speakers will be chosen by random.

The remainder will be heard at the close of the session today. Additionally, in accordance with the board rules, in order to ensure timely completion of today's agenda, for any discussion, I would tell more speakers, individuals who have one minute to share your opinion. As a reminder, according to rule four a, members of the public that are not in English speaking and need interpretation assistance receive twice the allotted time for your comments. Please remember, according to our board's rules and procedures, audience members may not whistle, clap, stomp feet, or do anything to disrupt this proceedings. Again,

if

you disrupt the meeting, you will be given a warning. After that warning, if you disrupt the meeting again, you will be directed to leave the chamber. Andrew, please call the speakers.

Thank you, chair Lawson Riemer. We have 20 requests to speak, a matter is not listed on the agenda. Seven individuals in person and 13 requesting to speak by phone. For those that requested to speak by phone please dial into the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. We will begin with the in person speakers and we will now randomly select the first five individuals.

The remaining speakers will be heard at the conclusion of the session. As your name is called, please come forward and stand on the arrows until it is your turn to speak at the podium. You will have two minutes to address the board. Will ask you to begin by stating your name for the audio record. I would to invite forward the first three individuals, Liz Santos, Charita Banks, and Ricky Robinson. And they will be followed by Cesar Javier and allegedly Audra. Called your name please come forward.

Good morning members of the board my name is Liz Santos. I am a generational landowner in San Marcos and defendant in a quiet title action fueled by municipal overreach. I am here to expose a pattern of selected administrative bias used to strip away deeded property rights. The city of San Marcos claims they cannot get involved in private easement issues, yet their actions prove otherwise. Every time I face an access issue on my own deeded easement, the city bypasses me to coordinate directly with the developer.

They make immediate corrections to suit construction needs, acting as a concierge for development while treating my property rights as a disposable obstacle. Supervisor Desmond, the North City vision has evolved into something unconstitutional. Under the current authority of Mayor Rebecca Jones, the city has acted as a land broker, purchasing property surrounding my home and selling it to Gary Levitt. The city then granted descriptory approval of TPM 19,001 without my permission, without my consent or signature, this map authorizes the removal of recorded resident access without proving alternative fire circulation. The city didn't allow this conflict.

They manufactured it by issuing permits and improvement plans. I' asking the board for oversight we are municipally acts as a broker for the land they do not own and approve maps that ease access it' a violation of equal protection I urge district five to protect the integrity of our land records deeds must be enforced to protect our homes they are a citizen' s greatest access. Thank you.

Mr. Could you could you contact my office, please?

Yes.

Thank you. With that information, appreciate it.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Hey, Ricky Robinson, not agenda. I'm the grandfather of Malaika and Zaya Robinson. Did San Diego partner with North Korea, or is it still America where families are supposed to have rights? Bunch of questions here. What gives San Diego the right to drag innocent parents and family members through court with no arrest, no criminal charge, and no jury?

What gives you the right to torture children and families and then call it protection? What gives you the right to keep children in a home of control, not love? What gives you the right to ignore children crying, screaming, clinging, and begging to go home? What gives you the right to call that no bond? What gives you the right to profit from children's trauma?

What gives you the right to bury toddlers' sexual abuse concerns instead of treating them like an emergency? What gives you the right to punish a family for speaking up? What gives you the right to keep doing this to good families and think no one will expose it? What makes you think Malaika and Zaya are gonna stay in prisoners in your house of horrors? Malaika and Zaya belong home. They have a family. This agency has retaliated against my family and put us through hell. I'm supposed to be enjoying my golden years. And I'm fighting to get my grandchildren back. I mean, this, everybody up here, you're just a bunch of low life criminals.

You're not even cool criminals. You're low lives. Stealing children? Let's get out of the, you know, the child trafficking term. You're stealing children. Third grade. So a third grader can understand it. You're stealing children and profiting from them. And you're creating mental health, behavior health, making millions. Yeah, Damon Brown, I saw the invoice. You're making over $3,000,000 a year in just the county council.

Thank you. Next speaker please.

Good morning board members. My name is charita banks I' a constituent of District 4. I' here to request immediate reinstatement of my section eight voucher based on the principle of equitable tolling. In 2016 my housing assistance was terminated after I submitted a formal request for a reasonable accommodation after I was in a major car accident that resulted in my face being disfigured as well as my hand. Today I' currently struggling mentally and physically as well from a recent spinal surgery.

I received an e mail on July 2736 from Anthony mccall stating he received my request and will provide an answer by investigating by no later than July 2026, that request was never answered. Furthermore, the housing authority has admitted they cannot produce a denial letter or the original request stating that the documents was no longer available. Because the agency failed to provide me due process or maintain the records of my request, the statute of limitations should be told. I have been deprived of a vital resource through no fault of my own, but rather due to an administrative error and a failure to address a disability related accommodation resulting in my family and I to experience homelessness for nine years, to struggle with a disability mentally and both physically and have to face my children knowing that I cannot provide housing for them is unbearable. Today, I'm asking the board to direct the housing authority to review.

Thank you. Thank you, your time is up. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please.

Cesar and Purita, Javier family. You have ignored us. You have grossly neglected us. When I humbly approach sir Anderson, I cannot help you, mister Javier. When I approach madam Steve, I was endorsed to Harry Staff, and I would like to proclaim a brave Filipino American who gave us air purifier.

Mister Javier, don't tell anyone. I am a brave American. I'm giving you air purifier. Don't tell anyone. I have we have knelt, prayed that madam Rimmer could have been thinking something positive to save us from our predicament.

Poison gas being breath in our next door's business, disgraced with silica, burned at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, empirically producing poison gas. What have you done, sirs, mess names to our predicament, particularly in our medical existing condition? Victims. How could we survive? Mom Rimmer, we have been observing all of us.

Mom Agire, when you were still young in your room, you declared that you have already noticed that poison gas. What have we done? Help us. Help us.

Thank you. Next speaker, please. Next speaker appears allegedly, Audra does not wish to speak today. So we'll go to the next, individual on the list, and that will be Pam.

Nexus. I retired after forty seven years as a registered nurse. I know abortion is barbaric. County jurisdiction supporting sanctuary status to kill preborn babies. Which procedure do you think is the less painful to the baby in his or her mother's womb? Strong suction tears the baby's body apart,

and those parts are sucked through a

hose into a container, or a sharp looped knife cuts the baby's body into pieces for extraction, often by suction, or forceps used to grab and twist the body to dismember, tear off the limbs, crush the head for ease of removal, Or twenty percent salt solution injected through the mother's abdomen into the amniotic fluid burning off the baby's skin. The baby ingests the fluid and dies of poisoning and hemorrhaging of the brain. Or mother ingests the abortion pill. The baby is starved to death, and then expelled from the mother's womb, usually into the toilet, directly into the American sewage system that can't filter out human body parts. So which procedure do you think is less least painful to the baby during his or her death under the guise of reproductive health care?

This is repulsive and evil. The sanctuary status must be repealed.

Thank you. We'll now hear from the individuals that requested to speak by phone. When it is your turn to speak, you'll hear a recording that will tell you to begin your comments. And, again, in accordance with the board's rules, we'll be hearing from the first five callers. The remaining callers will be heard at the conclusion of today's session. We will begin with our first caller.

Barbara Gordon. I am concerned the county's cannabis program is not addressing the significant impact of marijuana businesses will have in the county. The unincorporated has spectacular open spaces that will be compromised by more marijuana investors. Marijuana growers use pesticides, fertilizers that contaminate soil and water sources. Cultivation requires significant water resources, often exceeding that of traditional crops, leading to a strain of local water surprise.

Cultivation and processing of marijuana generates significant odor, waste, including plant material, packaging, chemicals, and improper disposal can lead to pollution that harms the environment. As a public health advocate, I urge you to recognize the high potency THC products have in the rise in addiction, poisoning, premature cardiovascular disease, emergency room visits, traffic fatalities, and serious psychiatric harm, especially among our youth. I urge you to listen to the community and the many planning groups who oppose this program like Bonso Community Chair Larissa Anderson, said land use decisions made by this social equity program will not exist in isolation. They will shape groundwater demand, agricultural viability, and long term community character across that the entire region. Disappointing that some of the supervisors and county staff are only listening to the loudest voices which come from the marijuana profiteers, not the residents who live there.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Good morning board my name is Kathleen Lippett. Thank you to Chair Riemer for acknowledging the importance of communities prioritizing prevention. Prevention strategies are essential to prevent problematic and harmful behaviors from escalating and becoming far more difficult to treat and far more expensive. Please recognize that the County has a responsibility to set the standard for prevention. At minimum, that should mean that all County policies prioritize the public good.

We don't need policies that County is adopting or supporting that seem bent on maximizing human vices and ignoring the harms that those industries cause, such as the marijuana industry. Also, the county's, ongoing advocacy for their county social equity cannabis ordinance totally ignores the problems that are being caused and they are because they're not aware of them. The fact that that we have raptors that are being slaughtered by a lot of the green industry that you allow, or the lands that you intend to allow to have these cannabis farms on are, we need those species. And studies have shown that when we eliminate those, we get far more human disease. Vultures, they don't seem like an important species to you, but when they, when their numbers drop, human disease goes up because they are a cleanup crew and we need them.

But I don't know that it, from the ordinance that you have in place so far, there seems to be no education or understanding of the importance of these these lands, what's going to happen to them by proceeding to.

I'll hear from the next caller.

Paul Molde. Good morning. What does the county do when it's afraid that they can't control a situation? Virtue signal. Say, the only way right or wrong.

Problem is, we are all of the county, not you. Case in point, on February 10, the board of supervisors proposed declaration of independence party, but amended the agenda item to accept any donations at the hearing to their own views. Sounds a bit like a witch hunt. This reminds me of the 1950 California loyalty of controversy. You see made that some employees take a note besides the California constitution, article 20 section three s of office, could not support an organization that advocates of overthrow of the US government.

Or section three adds that no other oath, declaration, or test shall be required as a qualification for any public office for employment. Then there was McCarthyism. Serving two masters usually violates free speech and due process. The trial tests were rejected over and over again. I do not think we want to go near that slippery slope again.

Yet this sounds like a loyalty test. America was founded on tolerance. Whether there are bumps in the road like government violence or subjective discrimination or corporate accesses, it's not the issue. The county's motto is quote, the noblest motto is a public good, unquote, that has service to the entire county. How can we have public engagement before you shut out people?

We'll hear from the next caller.

Consuelo. Because not many are paying attention, this all keeps moving like, it's normal. Presentations get read, votes get cast, plans get approved and somehow the same problems get worse because not many people are paying attention. You can say just about anything up there and it goes unchecked. But some of us are paying attention and we see people sleeping on sidewalks, we see addiction out in the open, we see families barely holding it together, we see people losing their minds literally while you sit through another meeting talking in circles because not many people are paying attention.

Big words get thrown around like they mean something, sustainability, equity, regional vision, that all sounds nice. But out there, it's not matching reality. And then there's the bigger layer, the one none of you want to acknowledge. Policies don't feel local, decisions that feel pre decided like they're coming from somewhere else and just getting pushed through here. You can call that whatever you want because while everyone's distracted, scrolling, arguing, trying to survive, things keep getting locked in place.

More control, more pressure, less room to breathe, and most people don't even realize it's happening until it hits their doorstep. History has a pattern though. Empires rise, they overreach, and then they fall because not many are paying attention. You've had room to operate without being questioned. That will soon change. People are fed up and tired. They're done with this abusive relationship by government. They're done being talked at, being managed, done feeling like something isn't right, but being told everything is fine. More people are looking up now. And once enough people see it, really see it, this whole illusion of business as usual will.

We'll now hear from the final caller this morning.

This is Peggy Walker. I'd like to repeat a statement from the gentleman who gave today's lovely invocation and I quote, see your work always with the welfare of others in mind. For some time, medical professionals and researchers have warned that the smoke and ingested dispensary weed have no medical benefits despite unsubstantiated health claims by the industry and no FDA approval. Now that issue will be in federal court. A class action lawsuit accuses three of America's largest cannabis companies of systematically advertising their products as medicine while knowing the science does not support the claims, including treating conditions like cancer, depression, and glaucoma.

This lawsuit alleges marijuana companies go beyond implied endorsement, claiming very explicit medical and mental health benefits in their marketing materials and in social media. Additional lawsuits have been filed by individuals alleging harm caused by excessive potency and unverified health benefits of cannabis products. These include cases involving cannabis induced psychosis and claims marijuana actually worsened health conditions. If the majority of this board will not respond to constituent opposition to proposed county pot expansion, it would be in the interest of public health to at the least codify prohibition of the sale and marketing of marijuana as quote medicine. Failing to do so will contribute to the harms and risks of misleading marketing often targeting youth and to harmful consumer misconceptions.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you. And Chair Lawson Riemer, that concludes a request for non agenda public communication this morning. Again, all the remaining speakers will be heard at the conclusion of today's session.

Okay, great. Thank you so much. Next item on our agenda is approval of the minutes and statements of proceedings through the general legislative session of April 21 and April 22 and the minutes for concurrent special district meetings of of the San Diego County Fire Protection District for March 2026. Is there a motion to approve? Move. Okay, we have a motion and a second, a motion by Supervisor Anderson, a second by chair pro Temagiri. Andrew, please vote. Call the vote.

Chair Lawson Remer, that motion passes unanimously with all supervisors who are present voting aye.

Thank you so much. We now proceed with the formation of the consent agenda, items one through eight. All items in the consent agenda are routine and will be acted upon with one motion. Individuals may comment on the consent agenda after the supervisors pull the items they would like for discussion. First, Andrew has an update on one item on consent.

Thank you, Chair Lawson Remer. I would like to know for the record that item five is being withdrawn at the request of the chief administrative officer. Again, that's item five is being withdrawn at the request of the chief administrative officer.

Please note that folks so that when you make comments on consent, if you're commenting on item five, they will be off topic. Would any of my colleagues like to pull any items for discussion or have any comments on the items on the consent agenda? Chair Pro Temagiri? Mm-mm. Supervisor Anderson?

I have a comment that's on the agenda. I want to wish our colleague a happy birthday today.

Happy birthday.

Well, thank Happy birthday, Supervisor Desmond.

I couldn't think of a better place to be.

Thank you. Celebrating with friends. Thank you. That's right.

Thank you very much. Supervisor Desmond, anything to

No items to pull and no comments.

Okay, great. We now turn to public comment.

I'll make a motion to approve the consent.

You make a motion to approve. Okay. We have a motion from Supervisor Desmond and a second from Chair Pro Temagiri. For our public commenters, please ensure that your comments are related to those items only on the consent agenda or else you'll be off off topic and forfeit your time. Please go ahead. Thank you,

Chair Lawson Riemer. We have 14 requests to speak on items on the consent agenda, three in person and 11 requesting to speak by phone. Again, as a reminder, item five has been withdrawn. Any individuals that requested speak on the items in the consent agenda by phone, please dial into the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. We'll begin with the in person speakers. As your name is called, please come forward and stand on the arrows until it is your turn to speak at the podium. You will have two minutes to address the Board, and I'll ask you to begin by stating your name for the audio record. Also, when speaking, please identify which item or items on the consent agenda you are speaking about. I'd like to invite forward Cesar Javier, Pam, and allegedly Audra. If I've called your name, please come forward.

We have several items here. And first, I would like to focus on item number three. We pray that these people here, Bianca Berry, Ebony Wright, be present until this item is fully, robustly, honestly discussed. The leadership is vital in any position, any kind of work in this county, primarily on the aspect of moral dimension in the human person. When you speak of moral dimension, sir Anderson, you know what is right, you know what is not right, and we have pledged allegiance to our flag that we will stay on the right morally justified sector in our decision making.

We are here working together with my wife because we are at stake with whatever decisions you are making. We are in one nation. We are in one geographic. San Jacinto, we have lived for almost thirty years as an immigrant. We have voted for you.

We have elected for you. And so, please, the expectation should be fulfilled. God help us. God help us to approve or to recruit leadership that are

with

confidence, with hardworking attitude on the side of right things to do if only to save San Diegans. Please, God help.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

I wore my shirt for number five. I'm not taking it off.

Can you please state your

name? Pam.

Thank you.

Number four, the county cares about children? Per this item, public health nurses provided case management services aimed at removing potential sources of lead exposure to 111 children with elevated blood lead levels. Why isn't there a presentation to let us know really how effective these were and what services were provided to each individual? Contrast this number of one hundred and eleven with twenty twenty five data from Planned Parenthood of the Pacific, where twenty three thousand six hundred thirty eight abortions were performed last year in the counties of San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial. Typical of the county to pick and choose which children to pretend to care about and protect, and it all comes down to money.

In closing, I would like to say it's a good thing you pulled number five because the goal to end discrimination and promote human rights and protection included the mentally ill and autogynophilia individuals in the category of women and girls. This is repulsive. Good thing you pulled it because it is evil.

Next speaker,

I am so glad Pam gave us a little lesson of what they do to babies. That is so cool. I wonder if you can go and it's like ordering from like a value menu. If you can just be like, I want a number one. And then they just like rip the baby apart. Who knows? I don't know which one you're gonna pick, Tara, but it'll be interesting. Yes. So, with this lead poisoning, I find it interesting because it's like, why not just let them die? Like, kids are really annoying, right?

I mean, they just kind of like cost you a bunch of money. I mean, they cry and whine and gotta feed them, right? And change their diaper unless you just kind of let them walk around and go poop and pee everywhere. But I just feel like this isn't in our, you know, goals to harm children. So, I feel like you shouldn't try and prevent that. Although, I don't really think you guys are. You're probably just getting this money, which is so smart. I mean, how many more ways can we, like, make money off the backs of children? I feel like there's just a lot. I mean, we could have them do slave labor.

Like, maybe they could start building the buildings. Or we could send them out to the Salton Sea and just have a mine for lithium and stuff. They do that in other countries. It's very productive. And they're super resilient.

I also think that we should put items in the agenda to like extend the ages of the, what people call abortions, right, like murdering children. I'm wondering, because like up until they're 18, I feel like we should be able to do that if they kind of just get on your nerves, and you're like, oh my gosh, why are you crying just because you want to go home and see your family? That's super annoying. We're gonna just have to kind of give you guys some drugs and stuff so that you'll shut up. Yeah, like what else could we do? We could probably just, people were throwing them over the wall during the border invasion. That was pretty cool too. So, and those children just probably got their organs harvested, so.

Now hear from those that requested to speak by phone. When it is your turn to speak, you will be unmuted and you will hear a recording that will tell you to begin your comments. We will start with our first caller.

Hector, amen to all that stuff about the abortion. Thanks, man. It's total murder. But, all the young all the ladies are always complaining about the, marijuana stuff growing. You know, you guys have all seen the godfather, haven't you? Even he was protesting the drugs in his communities, and he said, let's just keep it amongst the darkies. Let them lose their souls. They're not they're animals. So let's keep the marijuana stuff amongst the darkies just like, it says on the on the godfather. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Hear from the next caller.

All above, for the childhood lead poisoning stuff, There's too much lead spread around this county by kilns Gillespie Field especially. And it's not just kids who get affected. The heavy airs and Bob German German couldn't tell anymore, But it is really shameful that that occurs near schools and elderly people who are more susceptible. There must be something you can do, like move the runways or kilns or ban the lead fuel entirely without fighting the FAA or the regulations preventing you every time the subject comes up. We need to eliminate the causes, not just treat the individuals.

The effects are permanent, although some symptoms may be reversible. Sixth compensation ordinance includes an unexplained and counterproductive salary cuts of an important function, unacceptable. Compensation ordinance section two, it would be nice to know what the chief people officer is getting a substantial salary reduction. He or she designs and implements programs to build workforce resilience and enhance leadership within this county. Things that are highly needed in these times of financial and social stress, especially for candidate leadership.

And I'd appreciate your comment on this. Section four, I wish I could rent a one bed, one bath apartment for 127 a month, But somehow you don't seem to be willing to actually improve and pose the rent cap for us. Non county people. No wonder there's a huge support ability. Number one, Liz and Men.

Hear from the next caller.

Thank you, Kathleen.

Really enjoyed the item, and

I think it's wonderful that you put, that you are focusing on preventing lead poisoning among children. I wish it wasn't only because what it seems like is that there's grant money available and therefore that's what you're going to, request and use. It is just important to prevent lead poisoning among adults and the consumption lounges that you plan on allowing will do just that. They will expose their consumers and their patrons to lead because marijuana, smoke, and vape, along with tobacco, and we fought for tobacco free workplaces for decades, and now you will undermine all of that work to allow for an industry that you decided you were going to partner with. So please look at what lead does to adults as well, and please prevent those those exposures just like you are trying to prevent childhood lead.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Thank you. I'd also like to speak on consent item four, accepting funding from the California Department of Public Health for childhood lead poisoning prevention services. This item is more urgent than it may appear. Many people don't realize that tobacco and marijuana vapes can expose users and those around them to toxic metals, including lead. These particles don't disappear.

They settle into homes as what we now call third hand smoke, a toxic residue that clings to walls, carpets, furniture, and dust. Children are especially vulnerable because they crawl, touch surfaces, and put their hands in their mouths. California has already recognized how serious this is. Under AB four fifty five, California third hand smoke disclosure law, sellers of homes must disclose known contamination from smoking or vaping, and third hand smoke is now treated as an environmental hazard on par with lead pain or asbestos. That's based in part on research from San Diego State University's Center for Tobacco and the Environment, which has shown these residues can persist for years and are very difficult to remove.

So when we talk about lead poisoning prevention, we need to include modern sources of exposure. Vaping is often marketed as safer, but it can introduce heavy metals into indoor environments where families live and children grow. I also want to emphasize accountability. Recent federal action, like the House vote to remove liability protections for pesticide manufacturers tied to products like Roundup herbicide, shows a growing recognition that companies must be responsible for the safety of what they sell. That same principle should apply here.

Consumers deserve transparency and communities deserve protection. Accepting this funding is the first step and allows the county to expand the education, prevention, and intervention efforts to address both traditional and emerging sources of lead exposure. Protecting children from lead is one of the most cost effective public health investments we can make. I urge you to support this item.

Move to the next caller. Next caller is Consuelo. Your device might be muted.

Oh, okay. Can you hear me? Gunsolo here.

Yes please go ahead.

Oh okay so I just kind of wanted to yeah thinking out of the box here I wanted to touch base on the lead stuff, because I know once things become, to where you guys are making choices and decisions about it, it's no longer, you know, it's no longer, you know, it's vilified, okay? So like I said, I'm going out of the box and I'm, you know, I've done a little bit of research on lead in the past. And from what I remember, the data that was done is that you know it is it does protect us. It's a protective thing you know when you're getting your x rays. Another thing is that it protects us from, the EMFs, the radiation, the cell towers, and that's why, there's no more lead based paints.

It's just also, it sucks. It's nefarious how government works because everything's always for our good, right, our safety. But in actuality, it's been around for so long, for thousands of years and, you know, it's just, it's not because it's supposedly toxic, it's because, you know, of what it does regarding metals and, it's just gosh. There's so many I'm gonna you know what? Yeah.

I'm gonna do a little a little paragraph. I'll post this online. Y'all can check it out. Free People Society, Instagram. Yeah. Because they're they're vilifying, lead, and it's it's there for our protection people, I promise. Sounds crazy, I know, conspiracy theorists right here, but it's really not.

The next caller.

Good morning board of supervisors my name is Becky Rath and I'd like to speak to item number four and five. I appreciate the county's concern for childhood lead poisoning prevention. Lead exposure is a serious environmental health risk, and the program plays an important role in identifying and reducing harm for children. At the same time, I would encourage the county to broaden its focus on pediatric poisoning and emergency department visits. Our hospitals are also seeing children presenting with acute cannabis exposure, most often from accidental ingestion and edible products, and other THC related adverse effects.

These cases are real and preventable. As we strengthen programs for identification, outreach, and education around lead, prevention strategies must be applied to other pediatric toxic exposures, including marijuana products that are often packaged or stored in ways that are accessible to children. A preventative approach would reflect what clinicians are seeing across our emergency departments and ensure that families are supported with education to prevent all forms of childhood poisoning not just environmental lead exposure. Item number five public systems are most effective when they're rooted in fairness. The most qualified person for a job, a program or an opportunity should be the one selected based on skill, experience and performance and not gender alone.

This is a simple principle people should be treated fairly as individuals and we should be careful about placing too much emphasis on identity. Many of the challenges we see whether in housing, health, safety or economic opportunity are driven by deeper issues like cost of living, education gap, family instability and access to services. Those are the root causes we should be focused on. Thank you.

Thank you. Hear from the next caller.

Hey, low life criminals. It's Towanda calling in. Mean truth here. Item four, is lead poisoning prevention still a thing? Why is the state still funding this? To the tune of 3,400,000, what is the actual spending breakdown? Buying non lead pencils or maybe rubber rooms. Sounds like more state fraud. Item six, farm workers day to cover up for Dolores Huerta's fraud is as real as Juneteenth being when slaves were freed. Unemployment.

If this corrupt board hadn't demanded in 2020 that employees get the clock shot or they'd be fired, there would be a retention problem with skilled workers. I mean, makes you question what he got left in your arsenal there of workers. In fact, considering that Tara ensured a $14,000,000 kickback to the Purple Shirt Mafia known as SEIU after they donated $5,000 to her campaign via a public special events trust fund, why do any of these people need even higher raises? Hasn't this corrupt board already created a high deficit? If we're supposed to actually believe the answer is no, well, let's just watch how many more millions they blow through this meeting on their political special interest color shirt cults.

I'd also like to see the elimination of useless coffee servers masquerading as a legislative assistant, costing taxpayers over $100,000 a year each like Kyle Lovell does. Question is the $255,000 chief people officer the same thing as the chief happiness officer? Do we all get to bring our non service dogs into the county building? Or is that a privilege reserved for one to be queen FCs like Manuela Puyama and Gerebakowski who bring no happiness to anywhere they go, only misery? Why was item five withdrawn by this corrupt anti woman board who wanted to give a mystery amount to yet another overpriced consultant, LA based HRA Advisors Inc?

And why has terror denied the right of the people to address its withdrawal? It sounded like terror threatened yet another violation of the Brown Act. But I'm gonna end on a positive rather than terrorist, probably fourth back from deal. Happy birthday, Jim. Do yourself a favor. Escape while you can.

We'll hear from

the next caller.

Good morning Board of Supervisors, Anne Riddle here. I came today to speak to consent item four and five, particularly for regarding lead and lead compounds being listed by the state of California as known to cause cancer, birth defect and other reproductive harm. As you know, it's classified under the California prop 65 safe drinking water and toxic enforcement act. I'm glad to see the continuation of funding. I hope that it results in better education.

We used to receive information through the county newsletter regarding water testing results at schools to give us some idea of which schools seem to have higher lead contamination, which would help us understand which communities are more impacted. I would remind us that prop 64, sorry, 65 also lists marijuana as a cause for carcinogens that create problems for unborn children and to their mothers and the consequences of the birth defects that result. And the information that we're receiving both about lead and about marijuana regarding changes to genetic makeup because of their ingestion. Someone mentioned that it's very difficult to undo the harm caused by lead and that has been true and that's why it's of serious import and this is also true for marijuana. It does damage that can't be reversed when it involves young children or those children that haven't been born yet.

So thank you for bringing lead to our attention, let's do the same for marijuana, it's long overdue. Thank you.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Hi, this is Andrea Ebbing. I am looking at the item with the sheriff, number two. Let's see here. The number one and number two mainly, I just think before we offer more gifts or allow people to keep assets or do anything like that with the sheriff's department, we should first look at all of the people dying in custody. There are so many people dying in custody in the hands of the sheriffs, in front of the sheriffs, the deputies themselves.

So I wanna be clear that I'm not saying that the sheriffs are killing people, but certainly they're allowing their death and not because they want to. They don't have the power or the skill set or the ability to save some of these lives but they do have the ability to save some of these lives. They sit and they watch people suffer. I unfortunately, because I'm a whistleblower, have been to Las Colinas despite zero history of crime, violence, substance abuse, anything, so when I'm in there, I see with clear eyes. And part of the punishment is to neglect, to neglect to the point of people literally just dying.

It's so unacceptable, so I don't know why we would have anything on the ballot or anything on the agenda other than cleaning up what exists. I think part of their suffering and the inmate suffering is that we have a district attorney who has always been completely unqualified for her job. She's stuffing the jails, she's over stuffing the jails, her prop 36 money grab is killing people, there's a sixteen week wait list for treatment and all those placements get kicked back. So it's a vicious, greedy, disgusting cycle that not everybody is participating in, but it's really easy to just quickly point your finger and say, it's the sheriff.

We'll hear from the final caller this morning.

Now I'm really curious why I couldn't talk yesterday. I mean, last time, like, suddenly, but whatever. You're a bitch. We all know that. So let's go ahead and go and talk about these items. Two, four, six, eight. Who do we appreciate? All this stems down from the fact you guys have no money. You you could chase funding all over the place whether or not we need it. Gave some points.

There are multiple times you've told me and you told and Adra, you told us that you have no choice to vote on particular items. So no shit you don't wanna hear from us because you don't have a choice yourself. Right? Do you want me to show you the video recordings of you saying that? We all we all understand that you are not make pulling the card. You are not making the shot. You're just benefiting from it. Right? I'm surprised someone knocked you up. Really, really surprised with that.

Well, whatever. You know what's gonna happen to our society. You know your kids have no future whatsoever based off of your action, and you still proceed anyway. Right? How freaking stupid are you guys? The reason why they're trying to cut the road out is because you create these HOA so that you don't have to pay for the road. You'd rather have everyone in an HOA so you have no responsibility for the road. Now that an address happens to fall there and then they surrounded it, And they said, now you can't get onto the road. Now you guys have a problem. Right?

Now you have to build an special road just for her because you guys were fucking idiots. Moral. Because you don't even understand what the fuck you're doing. Yet you wanna pretend you do?

Thank you. And chair Lawson Riemer, that concludes public comment on the items on the consent agenda.

Okay, thank you very much. We have a motion a second. Please vote.

Chair Lawson Reamer, that motion passes unanimously with all supervisors who are present voting aye.

Okay, thank you very much. We now move under our discussion items nine through 13 and FP one and FP two. So, we will take items nine, ten, 11, fire protection items one and two together as they are top ically substantively very interlinked. So we now move on to these items, notice of public hearing, adopt ordinance related to fees and rates for county fire, medical examiner, health and human services agency, behavioral health services, finance and general government groups, San Diego County Fire Protection District ambulance service, and annual fire fire mitigation program effective fiscal year twenty twenty six. Again, this is items nine, ten, 11, and fire protection items one and two.

Once again, for our public commenters, items nine, ten, 11, and fire protection items one and two. We will begin with public comments.

Thank you, Chair Lawson Reamer. We have 12 requests to speak on these items, two in person, and 10 requesting to speak by phone. Also note for the record that for item nine, we received one e comment in opposition. For item ten, two e comments that were neutral. Item eleven, one e comment in opposition. And for the fire protection district, item one, one e comment in opposition. Fire Protection District item two, one e comment in support. For any individuals that requested to speak on these items by phone, please dial into the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. We'll begin with the in person speakers. As your name is called, please come forward and stand on the arrows until it is your turn to speak at the podium. Because there are 10 or more speakers on the side, we have one minute to address the board. I'd like to invite forward Cesar Javier and allegedly Audra.

Nine to 11. That means nine, ten, and 11. But, our attention is focused on this fire medical examiner. This is a great training vehicle for Toastmasters student, and we are highly spirited to express if only to achieve the right thing to do. We perceive this as cost for operations both on health side and firefighting measures and programs.

We hope that we only expand what is within our means. Let us not dream of something that we cannot do.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

One minute.

So smart. Twelve

seconds. Each item. You're so intelligent, Tara, because I didn't realize that fire medical examiners, behavioral health, and voters, and the registrar and stuff like that all had to do with each other. I love it. Learning something new every day. So, speaking of behavioral health, because what we're doing is creating behavioral health issues. What I thought we could do is really make it fun and we could televise this. I know they do this kind of stuff in the underground tunnels and stuff, like with the Epstein kids, where they totally like do a bunch of experiments. But I thought we could do that like in the public. Like they used to do public hangings, which, you know, should be coming back someday.

But like, I think that we could really traumatize a lot of people if we just start, like, why not do the abortion, you know, just in public, and just show them ripping the baby apart and then, like, sucking it out of something. Like, we don't necessarily have to put it in a woman. Mean, we don't even know what a woman is. So, it's like, it could just be in a man, a shim, you know, whatever, a tank.

Thank you. We'll now hear from the individuals that requested to speak by phone. We'll start with our first caller.

All about, you made me think we think what these fees will do to the county. The fee schedule is huge increases. The building fees, just as housing prices are coming down. So is this to make up for lower prices? Or does County Fire want to discourage home building or upgrade?

Keep building permit increase of 42 or 52% for noncommercial building, but the decrease of 30% for commercial buildings is ridiculous. Discourage of new housing, 100% increase for grading plan interview. Who doesn't have a grading plan in this county? If the fire mitigation program can keep to a 3.6% increase, a 40 to 100% increase is outrageous. And, you know, giving us a minute to speak on these five items is ridiculous. You should

We'll hear from the next caller. Next caller is Justin Castro. Your device might be muted.

Hello. Can you hear me?

Yes. Yes. Please go ahead.

Hello? Can you hear me? Hello?

Yes. Yes. We can hear you, Justin. Please go ahead.

Can you hear Okay. Awesome. So we're grouping everything together just so because which one of these items can you not, you have to vote yes on? Can you answer that question? Or is this just a complete secret and we are supposed to be guessing of which items there is an actual discussion on and we could actually change your mind?

And then which items there is no changing your mind because secretary of state basically told you how to go ahead and or the union told you how to, vote on a particular item. Could you please give us a list of the items that that pertains to? I mean, you've you've admitted to it multiple times, countless times, even on recorded by the news. So I just would like to know which items we could discuss and which items we cannot because it's already predetermined based off of, you know, you you flat out admitted it. Right, yeah? I could show you the twenty minute clip where you said you'll go ahead and look into voter

We'll hear from the next caller.

Peggy Walker, regarding item 10. This is a good time to note key learnings from a recent presentation review of county behavioral services. The review found significant mental health challenges among youth, including depression, suicidal ideation, substance abuse being a coping a coping mechanism for those things. I urge greater behavioral health services attention to these critical use needs because access to crisis support was found to be a pressing and high priority issue in this review. Pressing concerns for Hispanics in particular were lack of residential treatment places for youth and getting services early before getting into troubled situations.

So let's be sure to focus on these pressing news needs. Thank you.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

It's truth. The county raising fees on everything is definitely all related together might as well bundle up corruption rather than waste time pretending this corrupt board actually cares what the people want or can afford. Item nine, raising the ambulance fees, housing fees, 22 different aspects. It's gonna work out great. You know, Americans forced to go to Mexico for basic housing or basic health care because we all know the state social system this board promotes doesn't actually work.

Just a whole bunch of fraud. Item 10, item says HHSA recently conducted a review of fees and rates in order to ensure costs are fully recovered for services. So was there no independent audit and accounting for HHSA services? Interesting. Item 11, hourly rates for the office of county council are projected to result in a decrease of $34,000. Does that mean we're getting closer to Damon Brown either being fired or quitting? Hey. A positive. But the registered voters going up by $75,000. I think fraud cost a lot of money, election fraud specifically. And clerk of the board increasing by 40,000. For what? You guys can barely answer prays in a timely

you. Chair Lawson Remer, that concludes public comment on this item. I would like to note for the record that for item 11, there was a typographical error in the board letter that transferred over to the agenda. In the recommendations, the year should reflect 2026, not 2025.

Thank you. Do I have a motion or a second or any of my colleagues? Okay. We have a motion from Supervisor Anderson, a second but from chair Perfume McGarry. Does anyone have any comments?

Yes, I do. Thank you. I just have a a brief, a small amendment potentially to the motion here, and it's concerning the fire inspection increases. Know, we still have a housing crisis, and I know these fees are required to go up, but at the same time, I think government's part of the problem when we go to build housing and adding to the cost of that. I'd rather incentivize what we can do to streamline the business process and our staff has been doing good.

But however, some of these are kinda nickel and diamond I think and increasing the cost of housing. Specifically, I'd like to stop the increases of the residential building permits with and without the fire sprinklers and waive board policy five, board policy b 29 and refer the balance to budget. So it's only like a $100 increase, $120 increase for housing without sprinklers and it's over 200 per inspection for with increases or with sprinklers. So it's a small amount, I get it, but we gotta start somewhere as far as these fees, particularly on housing. If we can do that and then refer the balance to budget, I'd like to ask that.

It's on Page seven of Item nine in the table, the top two. These are the permits these are the increases in fees and permit fees for residential buildings with or without fire sprinklers.

Chair Potomacari? I don't agree with the proposed amendment just because I know that staff did a thorough job in analyzing where the fees should be. And if we use or change the fees for one item or one type of fee, then we may have, you know, imbalanced approach and there may be other sectors that may request the same thing and it's something that concerns me. So I know that staff put a lot of thought and effort into making these as balanced as possible.

Thank you. I will call myself. Have a comment and then a question. I think overall we have a board policy that is a cost recovery board policy where our fees are intended to reflect the actual costs. So just wanted to better understand how does this item

either

adhere to that board policy or not adhere to that board policy, I think sort of that basic principle of cost recovery is obviously very essential for our county to continue functioning in a fiscally solvent way. So I don't know if our team is able to answer that question.

Thank you, Chair. I'll defer to Andrew Stronger, Deputy CEO. Thank you.

Thank you, Chair for the question. The fees do adhere to policy B-twenty nine, which is why we're increasing those fees to be full cost recovery as much as possible. But I can defer to our Director of County Fire to talk a little bit about what that fee does and why that could be impactful if we don't increase those fees.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Chair and members of the Board. So the increase does reflect what the increase in staff costs associated with providing that service. It would probably be about a 40,000 to $50,000 loss to County Fire in new revenue if the fees were to remain flat. So that would be the net financial impact if the Board chooses to keep those fees at the same level.

Thank you. Appreciate that. I'll just note, I mean, there are certainly times when we waive that full cost recovery policy for sort of compelling public interest reasons. But I do think as a general principle, the notion that we're trying to ensure that the services the fees are commensurate with the services that we're providing, levying higher fees than the value of the services nor subsidizing the services, think is an important principle. Supervisor Anderson.

I'm sorry I didn't catch Mr. Collins when he was up there. Are there any delays in our services? Sometimes these fees are tied to the speed in which we can perform the duty if it's upside down. So I don't know, nobody in my district has complained about our fire teams and their responses, but I believe mister Collins would know if they did.

I mean, there's certainly, no matter what we're gonna inspect. So if someone is building, whether it's new residential, new commercial, or grading plan, we will, we have the staffing to do the work. And so there are obviously, when someone is building a new home, there are a lot of fees that they pay, both counties, school district, etcetera. And so this is just one certainly one component of it. So regardless of what the Board does, we will continue to do the work certainly without delay. But it's just it's the question of whether or not it's going to meet B-twenty nine and be full cost recovery.

And then as a I'm sorry, not for you. Thank you for the very succinct answer. I do we do any outreach on this? Staff? Oh, I'm sorry. I was thinking outreach to, like, the building industry or others that, you know, generally bear the brunt of these fee increases. And what was their responses?

Yeah. The answer is yes. We do that. And we routinely meet with those stakeholders. We also have the fire advisory board, which is your representatives within our fire advisory board. They heard this item, they unanimously supported the fee package that's gone before the board. But yes, the building industry and so we coordinate that through PDS and their regular meetings. So we do have an opportunity to do outreach, but in particular our own fire advisory board did hear this matter and supported

Thank you very much. I always think that if there's a lot of people complaining that we're impeding the market in the growth. But on the flip side, we've given an incredible amount of money to different programs that we have and we're going to be hearing later in this meeting, increased costs on programs. And in our last board meeting when I brought up transparency, everybody was worried that it may cost us 5 or $10 to post things on our website to be more transparent. Yet we have items that are costing us in perpetuity $1,500,000 on brand new programs and we don't even know what our budget holds for next week.

So if the board is saying we think this will stimulate the market and we'll get economic value, I'm for it. If we're saying this is just another free giveaway that nobody's complaining about, well then I opposed it. So I'm trying to discern which one of those items it is.

Supervisor Desmond?

Thank you. I appreciate all the comments on this. I know this is only a small amount, but 45% of the cost of a house is government. And this is a small step to freeze, stopping a fee increase. And it would be backfilled by budget.

This isn't just it's it's going to, you know, be a shortfall for the my ask was that it we waive board policy five b 29 for the cost recovery and refer the balance to budget. So, it's going to be covered. It's just this next generation can't afford a house. And we keep pushing jobs and people out of the state because they can't afford to live here. I know this is a small step, but I think it's a step in the right direction that we at least in the housing crisis that we're having, that if we freeze the fees now and and not increase them, it's a small amount, but it's to me it's a step in the right direction.

So that's the whole reason for me putting that forward. I don't think it's gonna break the county or break any, you know, ethics or codes or anything like that. It's just let's stop these free increases while we have a housing crisis. So, and it's this was only on residential house housing. So, thank you very much.

Okay. Any other comments? We have a motion by supervisor Anderson and a second by super by chair Porto Magiri, which would be to, take all these items, nine, ten, 11 fire protection items one and two, and improve all of them if this motion were to pass. The suggestion of, supervisor Desmond would not move forward. So if anyone, I I think supervisor Desmond, so far, you don't have a a taker on your suggestion. So unless you

I put it out there.

Okay. Okay. No takers. Onward we go. Please vote.

Chair Lawson Remo, that motion passes with supervisor Desmond Voting All other supervisors who are present voting aye.

Okay. Thank you all very much. We will now move on to discussion item 12, enhancing revenues by optimizing use of county parking facilities and spaces in Downtown San Diego. When I read this item, Supervisor Anderson, I thought maybe you wanted to, like, stack the cars, but, you know, it's like a little Tetris. So excited to see what we can do. Did you wanna say anything to introduce your item?

I'm happy to preface it so people are talking about the right thing and not talking about stacking cars now that you put that in their minds. We have parking lots downtown that we utilize throughout the day both for our constituents to use our county services and for our employees. But after five we have over 800 parking spaces that are potentially available and that's what this is addressing. Now having said that, if it's possible, I'd love to hear from the public and then I'm finished my remarks. Okay.

So we'll bring on with public comment.

No stacking.

Stacking. This is not a Tetris proposal, just to be clear. Turning to public comment.

Thank you, chair Lawson Reamer. We have seven requests to speak on this item two in person and five requesting to speak by phone. Also note for the record that we received two e comments in support. For any individuals that requested to speak on item 12 by phone, please dial into the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. We'll begin with the in person speakers. As your name is called, please come forward. You'll have two minutes to address the board. I'd like to invite forward Cesar Javier and allegedly Audra. I'll ask you to please state your name for the audio record.

Thank you, uncle Sam. We are happy working so hard to save ourselves from this destructive decision makers, judgment, and all this sort of approval unknowingly or knowingly done. My god, my god, help us because you are again making us difficult to manage our pocket. We are retirees, and you are seeking to get more fish. We park our car somewhere just to attend public meeting.

We ended up late night, and suddenly, we saw our car out in the parking space only to find out we were sighted despite the hanging blue tag. We were hurt. We were tired and disaggregated. A moment where we said, is this our governance? Is this our law lawful elected officials?

Let us not source money from this kind of intent or plan. Please, let us invest in getting public trust by putting more effort and programs to create jobs. And crucially, mama Giri, let us keep those victims healthy and go back to work. Hard work to keep our region running, Working. Thank you.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next speaker.

I was wondering if we could turn up the air. Paloma seems to be very hot and I'm not sure if it's menopause, which is probably making her jealous, Tara, that you're pregnant. You guys are the same age. So parking, what I'm thinking is, I thought we weren't supposed to be driving. Right, Tara?

But are we just like we want to make money while people still are? I figure if we want to get people out of their cars a little bit quicker, you could charge like a $100 an hour, probably, you know, or just like for five minutes and then, you know, people have to keep moving their cars. I just don't feel like we're getting enough revenue from this. And we have a very limited time because it's like not too long from now, I mean, they're going to be, you know, retiring a lot of these old cars. They really want you to get into those new ones if they're going allow you to drive, right?

Because the car's going to drive itself. They could just, you know, take you to a FEMA camp or something like that. But I thought, like, just to, you know, be equitable, maybe we could have, you know, the children that you guys kidnap in the county go work at these facilities. And you know, like they could just be there all night. I mean, why? They could live where they work. You guys like that. And you know, they probably won't steal any of that money. As long as you just say no cash. You know what I mean?

And just it only has to be a card. Or we could start charging people blood, sweat, and tears. So, it's like you get a discount if it's blood, especially vaccinated blood. That stuff has like nanobots in it and stuff that are self assembling. So, that is a little bit more lucrative. People could, I mean, men could donate their sperm. Actually, women too, because I think that women could be men. I mean, it really doesn't matter. I feel like we're just like an androgynous species and whatnot. Joel, I probably wouldn't donate your sperm, but that's okay. Alright.

Thank you. We'll now hear from the individuals that requested to speak by phone. We will start with our first caller.

All aboard. I'll be short on this one. When I first saw this, I thought that it would, it might involve raising fees to make up for the city's losses at the Belleville parking scam in Belleville Park where, you know, it was half of their customers as well as their parking meters. Anyway, however, it is, in fact, the common sense that they have had the most of the use the empty space at various parking areas in San Diego. You probably should have done this years ago.

But on the other hand, maybe you could keep any fees you have instead of housing inspection fees. They'd grade, which they pick on homebuilders and discriminate in the paper corporations, which seems to be your goal this election season. And I thank you for allowing two minutes to speak on this one item when you allow one minute per five items, which is dumb. I mean, you ought to cut down proportionally, you know, instead of two minutes for each item, you should have allowed, like, half time for all of those items. Thank you.

Hear from the next caller.

Hey. It's truth. Let's see. This isn't a Tetris pro proposal. No. No. No. No. It's a money making proposal from lost revenue slash free money, Joel Anderson. Where's that clip on it? Sorry. Didn't prep it this time. You know, I love to play that one where he told Nathan Fletcher, oh, I'm always eager for free money. I haven't memorized. How about that?

I haven't played in a while. How can the county make up for its bone flesh? Oh, you just turned the free parking spaces into paid parking at 5PM. Get those rich baseball people who are dumb enough to spend $60 on the city of San Diego's tax parking overtax parking effect. For example, you know, somebody sent me a photo of the Padres inviting fake by Manuela to sign the national anthem on pride night because commies can't sing, aka Manuela can't spell.

And I you know, it's also very hypocritical because I'm pretty sure she's known for displaying anti MMIW, two s LGBTQQA plus hate by refusing to recognize people's chosen identity. Circling back though, why doesn't Joe care if there's parking for the Padres game or not? Is he a regular attendee? Certainly not a regular self driver. Why would Ace Parking be a so called stakeholder when they already basically have a monopoly on the parking spaces in downtown?

Did the Padres donate to somebody's campaign, or is this yet another bailout for the city of San Diego's failures? Because the Padres make enough millions per year. They could afford to build an entire stadium of free parking spaces if they wanted to. Seneca residents don't like the parking fees. Just vote out Monica's old buddies who boo through the budget and now aim to punish the public they failed to serve just like Tara and this corrupt board have constantly been doing for the last six years.

You go in the same direction, you're gonna have a 100% bankruptcy just the same. I think this was the county's first step at tax parking to make up for their own blown budget and to backfill the city of San Diego's losses from mismanagement, and they're gonna funnel the profits, keep on funneling the profits to the city of San Diego because this is actually we the people space if anything it should all be donated back to the people as reparations for six years of county mismanagement. Thank you.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Yeah. Obviously, you guys have plenty of parking for the people working at your businesses. Meanwhile, at the same time, you basically said, hey, any new businesses don't need to go ahead and provide parking anymore. Right? Now you're gonna benefit off of that because, what, $50 for parking space downtown? How many spaces could you go ahead and make off of that? I mean, you create a problem so you could get rich off of it. Right? I mean, you go ahead and set up different things because we really don't have the money to fix our infrastructure, yet you pat yourself on the back. For years, we used the wrong paint on our road, which is why for years and years, we couldn't even see down the freeway when we're driving at night what lane we were in.

Now that we're getting to the automated car, for some reason, you guys are going full steam, fixing roads like you've never fixed them before. Why? Because of automatic cars. You understand the side effects that are going to happen. No. You don't. That's why you have that job. That's why people cheated to get you into that position. It's because you're dumb as fuck, and you're more than willing to be the mule in the full experiment. You guys are gonna be the ones holding the bat.

I have no fucking problem with that, and it's gonna happen sooner than you fucking think. I'm just kinda curious when it gets to that point, when when the breaking point actually fucking hit, how much fucking trouble are you gonna be in? I'm suspecting a whole shitload, like, time or fucking constant harassment from everyone, not being able to walk out on the street because I'm pretty sure that people are gonna go ahead and plast that all over the place. You don't have to worry about me at all. You're doing it to yourself.

You know it. I know it. The judges know it. And that's just why you can't touch me, you motherfuckers. So let's go ahead and start thinking about the people. Let's go in and open up parking. Let's go ahead and

Chair Lawson Rima, that concludes public comment on this item.

Okay. Thank you very much. Supervisor Anderson.

Madam Chair, Board, know, the City of San Diego, I'm old enough to remember when 5th Avenue was a scary place to be, And yet today it's been revitalized. It's vibrant. There's all sorts of evening activities. And if family in East County wanted to come down here, first of all, they have to drive to either El Cajon or La Mesa to catch the trolley. And if they were to go to the ballgame and want to have drinks afterwards or see a show, they have to be cognizant that the trolley may not deliver them back.

For someone to go from downtown to take an Uber ride out to say Lakeside or Alpine, that's well over $100 if you can find somebody who wants to drive one way out there. So the scarcity of parking is a real issue. It's not so much that the parking isn't there or available. A lot of people have no idea that the county has parking spaces available. In recent fiscal transparency and accountability ad hoc committee meeting, I had asked staff some questions about how they contract the parking and the rest and that's when I discovered we had over 800 parking spaces that we potentially could get a higher and better use and encourage more people to come downtown and spend their money.

So what this board letter is really doing is asking that we work with our vendor Ace Parking who do an outstanding job, but reevaluate those 800 spaces to ensure that they're being filled, that people know their options, and that we're not leaving money on the table because even when you come to the office here, we only give you three hours of free parking to do your county business. So some people actually park here and sometimes we have concerts, we have other things at the county building and we benefit from that because people know they can park. This would look at downtown as a region and try to captivate more of those empty parking spaces and convert them to sources of money and at the same time give our constituents a higher quality of life because they're not spending enormous amounts of time worried about if they can find parking, one. And by the way, state law changed and we lost a lot of parking spaces because now you can't park near the intersection. So minimum, we've lost four parking spaces on every city block, sometimes more.

So that's the focus of this. It's not to raise our fees per se, but it is about making sure that the availability that we're fully utilizing that availability and that we get the message out so people that don't live on a trolley line or a bus line can fully enjoy all that Downtown San Diego has has to share. So that's that's the the focal point of this and I respectfully as Downtown San Diego continues to grow and parking lots become more scarce, it's important that we utilize our downtown county resources to help the public find reasonably priced and convenient parking. With that, I ask for a second and hopefully an I vote.

Okay. I'm happy to second.

That's my motion by the way. Thank you.

I'm happy to second. Do any of my colleagues have any comments on this item? Chairperson McGurry.

Thank you, madam chair. Thank you, supervisor Anderson, bringing this forward. I do see an opportunity and I want us to explore where we could increase our resources while still providing parking opportunities for as many people, especially the ones in your district. I just want to make sure that we do not stop providing the three hour parking for our customers who come do business in our building during business hours. So as long as that's protected, I just want to make sure that we protect that and that we explore all the other options. I know that's what you said but I just want to put that on

the record.

Thank you for acknowledging that. I want to I don't want to be misleading.

No, not at all. I'm happy to support.

Supervisor Desmond?

Since my birthday and I can't help myself, perhaps we can backfill some of the permit fees with the extra parking funding that comes in. You.

A motion and a second, please vote.

Chair Lawson Remo, that motion passes unanimously with all supervisors who are present voting aye.

Okay. Thank you, guys. Thank you, everybody. So, we now move on to discussion item 13, public hearing and compliance is Assembly Bill two five six one AB two five six one regarding County Of San Diego vacancies recruitment and retention efforts. We will begin with the county team, which has a presentation.

And then know SEIU has asked for a presentation, which they are entitled to. But they only have one person speaking. And so in a presentation, one person can speak for a maximum of four minutes. First we will have discussion item on discussion item thirteen first we will have the county's presentation and then we will have a presentation from SEOs speaker which is for four minutes and then we will have public comment. Okay. Go ahead team.

Thank you chair Lawson, and members of the board. My name is Brandy Winterbottom. I'm interim director of department of human resources. We're here today to present the status of vacancies, recruitment, and retention efforts for the county of San Diego as required by Assembly Bill AB two five six one. This legislation was signed by the governor in September 2024 and enacted in January 2025.

It requires public agencies to present the vacancy rates by bargaining unit, recruitment strategies and retention efforts once per fiscal year prior to the adoption of the budget and allows employee organizations to make a presentation to the board. We have provided each of our labor partners with their respective vacancy rates by bargaining units. And finally, AB2561 requires where applicable that the county provides specific detailed data if the vacancy rate exceeds 20% within a single bargaining unit. Noting here that no county bargaining unit meets this threshold. This bill was enacted due to concerns that high job vacancies could impact service delivery and potential for workers to be required to handle heavier workloads, which could lead to burnout and increased turnover and potentially further exacerbate staffing challenges.

Finally, the bill allows for an opportunity to work in collaboration with our labor partners to address concerns and develop strategies. I'm pleased to report that the county's overall vacancy rate is 5.1% this year, reduced from six. 2% in 2025. I will now turn the presentation over to Shante Turner, interim assistant director of human resources to provide a general overview of the vacancy rates and recruitment and retention efforts that have been ongoing here at the county.

Thank you, Brandy. Today, I'll be sharing today, I'll be sharing vacancy recruitment and retention data for the period of 03/09/2025 through 03/09/2026. The county has 20,250 budgeted positions with 19,217 employees. At its peak in July 2022, the county's vacancy rate was nearly 20%. As Brandy mentioned, the Department of Human Resources and hiring departments worked diligently to reduce the vacancies to their lowest point of 5.1% currently, with ten thirty three vacant positions, 193 less vacant positions than last year.

During the same period, the Department of Human Resources accepted applications for six eighty four recruitments, receiving over 85,323 job applications. Nearly 1,300 new employees were hired into the organization and seventeen eighty five county employees were promoted. The county has nine employee organizations representing 16,800 employees that are listed here on this slide. Within those nine employee organizations, we have 25 individual bargaining units at the county. The next three slides show a breakdown of vacant positions by employee organization and bargaining unit.

This slide shows vacancies for SEIU and its 10 bargaining units. The next slide shows vacancies for the District Attorney Investigators Association, the Deputy District Attorney Association, the Deputy Sheriff's Association, the Public Defender Association, the Probation Officers Association, and the Supervising Probation Officers Association. The last slide shows vacancies for Deputy County Counsel's Association, Teamsters Local nine eighty six, and the unrepresented employees in county. May have noted a negative vacancy rate in a few of our representation units. This occurs when departments have a temporary need to overfill positions to allow adequate time for cross training in advance of retirement or other vacancies.

As Brandy mentioned, there is no single bargaining unit with a vacancy rate that exceeds 20%. We do have pockets of challenges in recruiting and hiring for specific job classifications that we'll discuss later in the presentation. We have worked diligently to hire qualified staff to reduce vacancies by creating a toolbox of creative and versatile strategies since a one size approach doesn't necessarily fit all needs. The central department of human resources works collaboratively with each of the departments to identify any recruitment challenges and to express strategies to increase applicants. We engage with community by attending public outreach events and job fairs.

During this period, we attended 53 events, including 18 that were veteran focused. We maximized efficiencies for our candidates by hosting same day hiring events, where hiring departments can make job offers at the same time of interviews and candidates can immediately start the background check process, which significantly reduces the amount of time to bring staff on board. We held 21 events and hired 81 candidates at the same day hiring events. In addition, your board approved various hiring incentives for hard to fill positions such as engineers, equipment operators, and public safety officers, resulting in three twenty three employees being hired over the past year. Next, we'll discuss retention.

The Gallup organization recommends that successful organizations target a retention rate of 90% or higher. This slide shows the county's year over year retention rate of 93%, increased 1% from last year. A skilled and diverse workforce is the foundation of providing services to the communities served in San Diego, and creating a sense of belonging for employees is at the forefront of the county's culture. Key elements to increasing retention of the county workforce include offering employees meaningful opportunities for advancement and growth within the organization, leveraging teleworking and alternate work schedules to support optimal work life balance where operationally feasible, also consistently engaging with employees to gain and gather insights and identify opportunities for organizational improvement and development. And a newly established six month mentorship program designed to help county employees build leadership skills, explore career paths, and connect with coworkers across departments.

It's important to note that some turnover is healthy to allow organizations to progress by bringing together diverse perspectives and new skill sets and supporting career opportunities. While the overall vacancy and retention rates have been positive, we recognize that there will always be challenges in hiring for roles where there are industry shortages and remain committed to innovative and proactive strategies in collaboration with the hiring departments. Our ongoing efforts include leveraging relationships with schools that produce professionals in these industries, collaboration with professional membership associations and organizations, enhanced recruitment processes to streamline and expedite the overall hiring process. Also, revised minimum qualifications to broaden the candidate pool and increase the number of applicants who meet eligibility requirements. Bringing forth compensation adjustment requests as necessary throughout the fiscal year and also continuing our same day hiring.

I'll turn it back over to Brandy to conclude the presentation.

Thank you, Shante. The county has made significant stride in efforts to fill vacant positions and recruit and retain a skilled, diverse, and engaged workforce. In the upcoming fiscal years, each county operational group will take measured steps to monitor vacancies and will implement strategies to ensure core services are delivered to the public. We will also work to ensure that if there are areas with high vacancy rates that we are not putting heavier burden, heavier workload burdens on our employees. I'd like to thank each of our departments for their partnerships in helping to improve hiring efficiencies throughout the organization and also to our labor partners for being here today.

Today, we are asking that the board accept our presentation. Subject to your questions, that concludes our presentation.

Okay. Does anyone on the on the diocese, any of my colleagues have questions? Okay. Seeing no questions, I would like to call up the representative from SEIU. And as a reminder, Andrew, it is a presentation. So, although it's only one individual, but she does receive four minutes.

Sorry about that. Alright.

Hello. I'll ask you to please state your name for the record.

Alright. Name is Sarah Nielsen. Alright. SCI local SCIU local two two one appreciates the county providing vacancy debt data by bargaining unit. We want to raise concerns where vacancy rates appear high enough that the board should be closely monitoring them.

The highest vacancy rate in the data provided is in health services, with five sixty eight budgeted positions, four eighty eight filled, and a 14.1% vacancy rate. That is a serious staffing gap in a critical public service area. Other bargaining units also show notable vacancies, including appraisal, EDP, fiscal, and purchasing percent, professional at 9.6%, and middle management at 6.9%. Even where the vacancy rate is below 20%, these numbers can still have real impacts on workloads, service delivery, burnout, and retention. The board should treat these vacancy numbers as an early warning sign.

When positions remain unfilled, the work does not disappear. It gets pushed onto existing employees, delays services to the public and can make it harder to retain experienced staff. In addition to overall bargaining unit vacancy rates, the concentration of vacancies within specific classifications is particularly concerning. In several cases, vacancy rates within individual classifications far exceed the broader unit averages, indicating acute staffing shortages in key roles. For example, within the health and health services unit, there are 39 vacancies in the sheriff detention licensed vocational nurse classification, representing a 42% vacancy rate.

In the professional unit, the sheriff detention mental health clinician classification has 22 vacancies, a 33 vacancy rate. Within the middle management unit, there are nine vacancies in the senior office assistant classification, a 6% vacancy rate. In the clerical unit, there are 48 office assistant vacancies, a 7% vacancy rate, and 10 departmental personnel technician vacancies, a 6% vacancy rate. In public safety, sheriff emergency services dispatch has 20 vacancies, representing a 23% vacancy rate. These classification level shortages are especially concerning because they often reflect frontline or highly specialized roles that are essential to daily operations.

When vacancies are concentrated in these positions, the operational strain is magnified, further impacting service delivery, employee morale, and the county's ability to respond effectively to public needs. Given both the overall vacancy rates and the severity of shortages in specific classifications, we urge the board to closely monitor these trends and take proactive steps to address recruitment, hiring and retention challenges before conditions worsen further. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Will now hear from the individuals that requested to speak on this item. We have 10 requests to speak, three in person, and seven requesting to speak by phone. Also note for the record that we received one e comment in support. For any individuals that requested to speak on item 13 by phone, please dial in at the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. We'll begin with the in person speakers. I'd to invite forward Cesar Javier, allegedly Audra, and David Levine. You'll have one minute to address the board since there are 10 or more speakers on this item. I'll ask you to please state your name for the audio record.

Think we need to work on increasing these vacancies. And one way to do that is to tell people if they work for the government, you have to do it for free and donate your salary to the budget. I feel like we could really get money there. But you know what else we could do? Because, again, children are very lucrative and we can make money off the backs of them. Just do forced labor, and use Summer Stefan's child abduction unit. Heck, we don't even need any of these social workers and stuff to go and like rip families apart. Just go kidnap the kids. I mean, you already do it, but like just do it. Don't even go through the process, and then just force them to go work.

You know what I mean? It's like we can really, and you don't even have to tell people they're children. You can say no, they're just like short people. And they'll believe you, because you guys are really good at pulling wool over people's eyes and making them believe that men are women and who knows what, that you aren't trafficking kids. So, let's just keep doing that, and I think that we'll do really good once the government's gone. It's gonna be great.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning, supervisors. My name is David Levine. I'm speaking on for the Public Defenders Association of San Diego County. I'm neutral on the item, but I want to speak to what the vacancy numbers do not show from the ground. The public defender bargaining unit does show a high vacancy rate. It does not show a high vacancy rate. The com the county's report lists us as overfilled, in fact. But vacancies count empty seats. They do not count crushing workloads. The vacancy number is low because the pressure is being absorbed by people, not because the pressure is gone.

The work has changed. Mental health diversion, body worn camera review, prop 36, and new sentencing and diversion laws all require more duties, deeper investigation, and more time per case. Every new right creates work. Every new procedure creates work. And that work has to be done by someone. Thank you.

Thank you. We'll now hear from the individuals that requested to speak by phone. We'll start with our first caller.

Paul LeBold, there are several types of vacancy positions which aren't filled, people who don't work, or people who lack the qualifications or abilities to do the job. And I'm sure there are other a lot of other types. And, we won't discuss where the vacancy is there for now. A vacancy rate of 5% is not acceptable. It means that you might be missing out on good ideas and people are probably overworked.

There's lots of work. And since it's you know, since the duties are increasing, you should have, people where they fill the gap at the door. Endorsing that the health services has a high vacancy rate, particularly the sheriff department that's not good. Go ahead.

We'll hear from the next caller.

You know, it's amazing. I I I do appreciate the fact that your current registrar ended up lying to you and said that he is deathly afraid of needles. That's why he didn't take the shot. I mean, you were really going after kicking people out that basically opposed you, and you used the COVID restrictions to go ahead and force people out. And now you're suffering the consequences of those actions.

But now since you went ahead and anyone who had common sense no longer works at the registrar of voter, if you have a bunch of followers, including the registrar, especially the registrar, willing to go ahead and turn those back onto fraudulent activities just because he likes that paycheck. This is a condition we're in. Right? No one really wants to work for you guys. I mean, grifters definitely do. People that don't have a moral code definitely do. That has definitely changed since basically definitely since 2020. Could see

you. The next caller.

Hey, it's Truth. I actually watched the council meeting and it was clear in three seconds that NewsCome signed AB 2,561 as yet another union cowtow. Whoever pays the campaign bills is the crooked career politician slave master. Marinette Munwell is a great vocal La Mesa example of having no actual power yet being a pathetic puppet for the communist union. Basically, Sacramento swamp found a loophole to ensure Nathan Fletcher's master Lorena Gonzalez and the unions get a secured seat at the table while the public will be even less likely to know about more pay increases.

This is a rig, bill, and rig game. It's kind of like the day entitled Tara allowed SAU to hijack and shut down these meetings, or when she allowed SAU to flip off Jim during a meeting, or when she allowed racist SAU minions to yell white power during a meeting. And I'm sure white power blank, Tara approves the a b two five six one, whatever butters the bread, because it sure attacking a worthless county badge. More unfunded mandates from the top down. Thanks constitution hating progressive communists and the union funders. Remember comply and die.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Okay Consuelo here. So what I wanted to point out regarding this item is gosh how big government is growing within our local beautiful county. Let's see you guys have about 18,000 county employees now. 18,000 That's massive, man. Yeah, yeah, look around, you know, things aren't getting better.

And, you know, with that massive of a workforce, you would think we have, like, all the basic needs met, people thriving instead of surviving, and, that's not what's happening. Okay. So, yep, same old thing. We're seeing homelessness, rising addiction, mental health, all that stuff. And yet at the same time, things that actually give our county soul are shrinking like the local arts.

We'll hear from the final caller.

Good morning board. My name is Joe White. I'm currently the president of the Supervisors Association. I'd say I believe that I'm neutral, but I'm definitely in favor of more efforts being made to fill the vacancies, recruitment, and retention of of our employees. As a department, as indicated by your board letter, we currently have eighty one eighty one positions, but we currently have 10 supervisor vacancies, which would actually put us at 12% vacancies, which would lead us to be, you know, second behind health health services.

The importance of filling these vacancies is to provide adequate and robust training, mentorship to the staff under our supervision. Philly needs vacancies will enable us to provide more appropriate services to the clients we serve, which will help to ensure a successful experience with the probation department. The SBA looks forward to work in collaborative with our department and and the county to address these concerns. Additionally

Thank you. Ontario Lawson Riemann, that concludes public comment on this item.

Sewer, Zurdesvun.

Thank you, Madam Vice Chair. Thanks, staff, for the presentation and all the hard work on this, particularly on the county's vacancies, recruitment and retention efforts. I appreciate it. I know we're not there at 100% or even close with some of the departments. I'm glad to see this positive change. Closing the gap. We'd all like it done faster, quicker. Particularly in the one I was looking at, the public safety departments, particularly the sheriff's office. I know we've had a lot of efforts, Andrew Strong and your group, bringing people on. So we've invested a lot in recruitment and retention and I'm glad to see it's paying off.

There's still work to be done. But appreciate we're moving in the right direction. I'll make a motion. Do we have to is this just accept or is it just accept. I'll accept it. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you so much, chair for Tim. Okay. We have a motion and a second. The chair for Tim has a comment.

Thank you. I have a couple questions. So for staff, thank you for the presentation. We know that we have an overall vacancy rate of 14% and that stands out especially as we are facing the changes and requirements in qualifying for programs such as Medi Cal and CalFresh caused by HR1. What workforce analysis beyond just retention are we conducting to assess the specific potential impacts from HR one and what the staffing needs will look like because of those impacts?

Through the chair, thank you so much for the question, Chair Pro Temagiri. We are working diligently with the Health and Human Services Agency to continue to evaluate the needs of HR1, their staffing needs as well, and in some case preparing to over staff so that we have staff trained and ready on the ground to meet those needs. Specifically related to the health services unit, we had an unexpected large leaving of staff in the certified nurses assistant position. We had seven retirements, two people relocate and a few others. So they've already hired some replacement staff behind them, which has brought down the vacancy rate for the certified nurses assistants to 10%,

and they also have ongoing hiring. Thank you. Thank you. And so you said that for health services positions, you are doing these strategies. How are we measuring whether those efforts are going to improve resident facing outcomes? So we're gonna staff the positions, but are we ensuring that the services that we're providing will not be impacted?

Chair Pro Tem, if I can ask, doctor, if I can ask Liz to respond to that question, think she's best informed.

Thank you.

And especially, I'm talking about access, timeliness, caseload per staffer, things like that.

No. Thank you so much. We have in various departments different performance standards. Performance standards that report up to the states and we compare our standards with state and other neighboring jurisdictions. And that includes looking at caseloads per staff.

That includes looking at call times. And so we have dashboards that we look internally, as well as comparisons to the state that we have to report up. I'm proud to say that we have shown positive performance outcomes in those areas. And for any areas that we do have any vacancies, significant vacancies, we also partner and contract with temp agency staffing so that we can bring folks in temporarily, until those vacancies are resolved.

Okay. I I appreciate that effort and that work. I know it's ongoing, and it's always been a challenge. But now as we face the changes and the cuts brought on by HR one, that's going to be even more significant.

Yes.

So I know that you're on top of it and that we just need to continue to monitor that. Thank you very much.

Okay, we have a motion on the floor and a second. I'm missing no further request to speak. Please vote.

Chair Lawson Remo, that motion passes unanimously with all supervisors who are present voting aye.

So, items fourteen and fifteen are time certain to be heard tomorrow. That was previously announced.

We

have a process question. You want to go ahead and answer that from the regarding how that was announced?

Thank you, Chair Lawson Reamer. On the agenda, the published agenda, it indicated on the cover page under the order of business, the items fourteen and fifteen will be time certain scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, May 6 at 1PM and 01:30PM respectively.

Okay. So, moving on to item k, this is board committee reports at every meeting. I do ask if anyone would like to provide a brief update, report on progress, or share pertinent information regarding either boards you sit on, subcommittees, other agencies that you represent the county on. Supervisor Desmond?

Yeah, the Bayshore Bikeway Committee did not meet.

Yes, Thank you. You're keeping us apprised of that. Anyone else? Subrazor Anderson?

Not at this time.

I preferred your report last week, two weeks ago on the wonderful progress of the water board. Okay. And I likewise do not have anything to report. Okay. Item l, non agenda public comment continued. We can go ahead and resume. Andrew, please call the remaining speakers.

Thank you, chair Lawson Reamer. We have 10 remaining request to speak on matters not listed on the agenda. Two individuals in person and eight requesting to speak by phone. For those that requested to speak by phone, please dial into the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. We'll begin with the in person speakers. I'd to invite forward allegedly Audra and Perita Javier. You'll have two minutes to address the board. We'll now hear from the individuals that requested speak by phone. We'll give the individuals a few minutes to dial in.

Do you have any been dialing in?

Thank you, chair. I see one individual dialing in. Okay. I'm just giving them a moment to connect. We'll begin with the first caller.

Caller Diane Grace please go ahead.

Can you hold on for I'm sorry for one minute I'm trying to

Diane, welcome back to you. Thank you.

Henry O. Yeah. I looked in the paper the other day a few days ago, and Israel's bomb in Lebanon big time, and they're it was in the union. They got a bulldozer on a tank, and they're bulldozing a a Catholic nunnery right in the middle of Lebanon. They're going, genocide in Lebanon right now. We gotta take a proclamation condemning that. We did the Jew thing just a while ago with the proclamation. We need a new proclamation condemning Zionism for what it is. Just butchering. They're killing people.

They're doing it all just like they did in the Gaza. They're trying to take over Lebanon. Lebanon's got a Christian, present. There are a lot of Christians there. It's not the the Arabs they're doing it to. Now they're doing it to both of them. We need to denounce that man, quit raising the parking fees, and denounce Israel or whatever you wanna call them. You know, they're they're just doing it right now as you speak on YouTube. They're killing kids. They're bombing things.

They got the tanks out. They're probably running over graveyards with those tanks. That's what they did in the Gaza. They desecrated graves with the tanks running right over there. And now they got a video of what Gaza looked like twenty years ago. It looked great. And now it's just decimated, man. They're gonna build condos. We're gonna get some timeshares from Marriott there, and they're

not gonna give them to

the guys. They're gonna sell them to us. It's brutal, man. It just puts us to shame, man, that we should give those guys a dime. Time's up with that, man. Proclaim, get a proclamation going. See

what

you got, man. Also, we're going Trump too, man. We gotta Trump out San Diego County. He's coming at you, man.

Thank you. We'll now hear from the next caller.

Hey. It's still true. Someone told me a story about signature gatherers pushing for a new bill to allegedly clean up Mexico sewage. They laughed and said there is no money for Rivers Queen. Man, Mexico needs to be held accountable. They then asked if the signature gatherers get paid to collect signatures. The guy said, yes. If we need to go, we get free lunch and dinner. The response was, you're being paid. You can pay for your own lunch and dinner.

The guy said, you're right. Just more proof that fraud, tragedy, and sewage are profitable in the state of California, and Manuela knows all about that. Next, Tara needs to be focused more on business instead of dating. From an executive summary report on the Tara bar incident quote, on 01/29/2025, the office of ethics compliance and labor standards was directed by CEO Ebony to review an incident involving Tara and misuse of her county badge and possible public intoxication. On 01/10/2025, Tara went to the part time lover bar in North Park.

Lost the dreamer was unaccompanied by an unidentified older gentleman. Despite being asked for her ID to enter the bar, Tara displayed her county ID badge and assisted she did not need the show ID. Later after Tara had left, Tara's county ID badge was found by a patron. The door guy said Tara behaved rudely and acted entitled, characterizing Lawson Reamer's conduct as white power shh and drunk. On January 14, Tara reported county ID badge number 52594 lost via an email from her legislative assistant.

Witness two has not been interviewed on whether or not Tara was intoxicated. Conclusion, evidence supports that Tara tried to use her county ID badge slash position to gain entrance to the bar and then lost her county ID badge at the bar. The county determined that the conduct did not warrant further investigation, thus leaving the following report as an interim report. Consequently, the subject, Tara, was not notified of the complaint, was not interviewed, and did not receive a letter with the invest investigation's findings, end quote. Low life county corruption is always, Tara. I'm notifying you that your misbehavior has exposed the county to potential security breaches. Your entitled attitude exudes white power racism. And is your older gentleman the rich daddy reamer or the baby daddy? More to look into.

We'll hear from the next caller.

Good morning still. Board of Supervisors Ann Rittles here. Thank you for some thoughts and non agenda public comment. This morning at six a. M, the White House released a report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and it was a 195 page document and it addressed in particular their concern regarding the commercialization of marijuana being an addictive substance and it's posing a major threat to youth health.

It gave two call outs for our local community. One was to the city of San Diego and I'm quoting from the report. While all drugs carry some level of risk, marijuana has the highest conversion rate from psychosis to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It goes on to say drug use is also associated with suicide, and the number one drug found in toxicology reports of people who died from suicide under the age of 25 in Colorado and San Diego was marijuana, more so than alcohol. It's a, in their shout out to California, they went on to say, it's important to make consumers aware of the health risks associated with marijuana use, which includes harm to heart health, cognition, and cancer.

In one California study, cannabis associated diagnosis of emergency room visits went up eighteen hundred percent for seniors over the age of 65. We spoke earlier today about lead and it should be mentioned that in this report, they point out that it's marijuana is associated with exposure to heavy metals and pesticides that can accumulate in a process known as bioaccumulation. Further research indicates that marijuana can contain fungal pathogens that can cause serious and often fatal infections. So one asks ourselves here in the county, why would we need more marijuana businesses out here in the back country? Why would we need more potential for drug overdoses and for youth?

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Good morning, my name is Terri Ann Scalia, I'm a parent and a public health educator and a County planning group attendee. Recently Doctor. Ranitlev, San Diego County Emergency Room and Addiction Medicine Specialist, provided a presentation entitled, It's Just Pot, What's the Problem? This presentation was appropriate for teens, their parents, public health educators, and legislators that care about the young people of our county. It can be seen on YouTube.

She explains by, she begins rather by explaining that as an emergency room doctor here in San Diego, she was gravely, personally, and professionally dismayed that there was a 690% increase in emergency room visits where the primary diagnosis was associated with marijuana. This equates to thirty seven cases a day on average at the Imagine the cost to parents, their families, employers, to the medical staff, perhaps even to police departments. Seventeen percent of all adults smoking pot are clinically diagnosed with cannabis syndrome disorder. Among daily users, it raises up to fifty percent, and doctor Leve described the misery of cannabis withdrawal, including sweating, tremors, sleeplessness, severe agitation, and depressant depression. And why do I mention this today?

Because this board of supervisors is poised to increase the number of marijuana businesses in the back county areas where they do not want any more of them, and they will do incredible damage in increasing access and normalization of pot use. Thank you for hearing my concerns this morning.

Thank you. We'll hear from the next caller.

Hey. How you guys doing? Bunch of dickheads, of course. So let's go and talk about proposition 13, the same proposition that is screwing over that one person. You can't afford to fix the road so that you decided to do the same subdivisions that we did right after World War two. But now instead of that, you basically created h o homeowners association where they fix the roads. Correct? And then now they went ahead and bought all the property around this one piece of land. Now that person does not have access to the road to get out. Is that basically what I'm hearing?

Basically, forcing them to basically sell their property to them because, you know, you're not gonna go ahead and correct fix the road and create a road for them because you don't have money. Right? I mean, the reason why you do bike lanes is because you get extra money for bike lanes even though barely anyone rides bikes, not to the level that we should be investing all our money into. We are way too spread out for that. People aren't gonna be riding their bike from El Cajon down to San Diego. I'm sorry. That's not gonna happen. I mean, there are a few people that do it. There's this one guy that I used to play cards with all the time. He would drive a mile he would ride a bike a mile every single year he'd work.

And he was 76 years old, and he rode around the entire basically, majority of the county in his bike. This is before we went ahead and added in the bike lane. So there has always been bat passed. The reason why there's more accidents now, you're telling kids that they could ride these high powered motorcycles I'm sorry, bicycle, electron bicycles on the road doing pop of willies right in front of cars. What? Are you surprised that they're getting hit? I'm not. You're telling kids to play in the streets without any dude, you guys are so fucking stupid. So fucking stupid. Just because the union tells you to jump, you ask them how high.

Yeah. We'll now hear from the final caller.

My name is Diane Grace and I'm here as a concerned parent, grandparent and community volunteer. I came to share that the youth and teen mentoring program in which I am involved, we often provide public health and safety information. For example, we have distributed information from the sheriff's office regarding the county's social host law, especially since young drivers are so vulnerable and driving under the influence of alcohol and pot is very dangerous to them and everyone. I respectfully suggest that the County revisit its role in providing that education in more visible formats than we see now, for example, in social media and billboards. Instead, right now in the unincorporated area where I drive, there are two marijuana billboards.

One features a delicious piece of cake with whipped cream and a cherry, and I'm advertising the pot shop, the cake house. It is in pleasant shades of pastel pink, yellow, and blue. As I understand the state law, California restricts cannabis advertisements for marketing in a way that is attractive to children. I would definitely argue that this billboard is very attractive to kids. Clearly a piece of cake with whipped cream and cherry on top is enticing.

Marijuana businesses aren't known to care about children and youth, and here is a glaring example. We absolutely do not need more of them in our unincorporated areas. Thank you.

Thank you. And Chair Los Narima, that concludes a request for non agenda public communication for this session.

Okay, thank you so much. Now, we will turn to public comment for closed session matters.

Thank you, Chair Lawson Reamer. Item 16 on today's general legislative session agenda are closed session matters. The closed session agenda includes two matters. Individuals that have requested to speak in closed session must provide comments related to the matters listed on the closed session item. Otherwise, your comments will be considered off topic. We have six requests to speak, one in person, and five requesting to speak by phone. Those that requested to speak by phone please dial in at the conference line using the instructions that were provided to you. I would to invite forward allegedly auditor. You will have two minutes to address the board.

For David. I mean Damon, whatever. Damon, are you excited to go and talk about these cases? I know that you like to do really nefarious things. So, I'm sure this person that died, the Espinosa estate. Right? Let's just really screw them. More accounts. You know what I mean? Just say, fuck you. You should have died. Right? I mean, that's what we do with the children that you guys go in and kidnap. And then also this whistleblower stuff. It's like, definitely hide that information.

I know that's what you're gonna do. We pay you a pretty penny to do it. And I'm wondering if you are excited for county counsel like Jessica Feldman to go into court tomorrow. It's gonna be really cool. You guys are set to terminate the Lopez Robinson family. How cool is that? Are you excited? Could you get a pretty penny if you guys adopt him out? So, that

should be

What's she gonna say? Like, rush it? Let's really just, we don't even need to spend like five minutes in here. Just, you know, I mean, we could pay off the judge. I don't know that you guys all work together, like, in court. It's kind of funny because you, like, sit there and act like everyone's, like, on opposing sides and you're all, you know, in the chambers laughing and stuff like that with the judge probably, you know, it's cool. But are you excited to do that to Malaika and Zaya? How cool is that going to be? You're to have dreams about it? Them like crying and stuff?

You know, once they're like, you're not a parent anymore. Tara, maybe you could donate your daughter or son. I don't know. Whatever you're incubating in there. I know it's a adrenaline but like if you really wanted to feel like you're doing something beneficial to somebody, you take their kid, you can give them yours. I don't know. Paloma might want it because she's drying up. But yeah. So, it'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. Are you excited, Tara? How cool would that be? It'll be like another notch on your belt. I mean, just give your baby a poke. It'd be like, you're lucky this isn't you but it could be. We'll just see.

We'll now hear from the individuals that requested to speak by phone. We'll start with our first caller.

All aboard. Words of San Diego versus county. The newspaper is suing towards the release of quintessential complaints against former county contractor that could shed light on what the county knew before it was involved in the criminal misappropriation case involving public money. The day I mentioned the doc mentions the docks in court, but can they refuse to to release or even redact them? Article one, section three of the Cal Constitution strongly favors public records release.

Read it. You're wasting more of our money, fees, damages, reputation that are settled quick. Let's see. Who knew what went? Espinosa versus County, another sheriff neglected.

Hermes Panoza died after three days going in the water filled ditch. A welfare check was called seventy two hours prior to that but took no action. Apparently, the responding sheriff's deputy came and went without ever leaving her car, disgraceful, bitter, subtle, quick. Her bellum Cormack beaten and starved and murdered. Go idolize, starved to death in three months by her unfit adoptive parents and Mary Ebbing, tortured kids taken, how brutalized by the cops.

Evelyn Lopez, kids taken, the 150 or more Polinsky center abuse cases, another abuse cases, people enamble. Makes me wonder if the board takes care of a ton but ignores all harm to people and animals after the vote. More kind of neglect and bias judges. But to do a thorough audit of the CFWB.

We'll hear from the next caller.

Hi, I'm sorry I can't find my speech. Can you just take me at the end?

Thank you. Appreciate that.

I know you can do it. You did it before, just a little while ago. Thank you.

Consuelo, we'll come back to you.

Hey, it's Truth. Can you come back to me too? Kidding. Jake Faye is Voice of San Diego versus the county. I would 100% back their lawsuit. In fact, I may be in contact with them soon. Here's an example of why. Voice of San Diego once reported on fascist Manuela's boy quote, in 2015, a year after she and Jose Delia Bukowski married, Bukowski filed for bankruptcy. Bukowski started an electronic waste recycling business called Nerve Recycling located at 120 Prospect Avenue in Santee. The owner of San Diego Eway sued alleging a stolen list of clients and revenue calculating formula, end quote.

But in reality, this case goes back to 2020 when Voice of San Diego, KPBS, and the Unit Tribune Rag submitted California public records request to the county seeking location based outbreak data on the alleged scary spread of some made up virus they called COVID nineteen. The county of course denied the request claiming that information was confidential pursuant to a state health regulation, thus exempt from disclosure. It also claimed that release of the records might show reporting of COVID nineteen data which of course means they knew their data under one of the many gone slash fallen corrupt entities known as Wonka Wilma Luton kept lying on the data. The most famous incident being where she said death had risen 100% because one person had died that month versus zero. And that's what the county wasted over 1,000,000,000 of tax dollars on.

The corrupt cover up judge was Joel r Wolfell. But don't forget, Voice of San Diego also has great articles like South County report, then also flashy state of Imperial Beach quote. Former IB mayor Manuela Palma used last year's state of the city dress as a de facto campaign rally under a council meeting often overflowed with argumentative crowds. In her wake city council meetings under new mayor Mitch McKay had become noticeably calmer and often downright chummy. Indeed, Imperial Beach now stands out as having South County's most drama free local government, end quote. Thank you, voice of San Diego. True awards on a council never spoken. One fascist gone, one more fascist than MLG left. And thanks, Jim, for the very important update on Sandag's Mexican border bikeway that's seen countless delays and millions blown. Now go eat some

And we'll hear from the next caller.

Hey. How are you guys doing? Bunch of dickheads, of course. So let's go ahead and discuss cause and effect. You ignoring all you you ignoring your job, which is basically making sure none of this shit happen, you end up paying how much money in lawsuits?

How many kids are you stripping away from their family because you need that money? Right? How many kids are you doing that? You know, it's creating a pattern, and that pattern is gonna be is recognizable, and it's gonna be you can't deny it at a certain point. Matter of fact, I don't think you could deny it now if someone were to compile all the kids that you stripped away from family because of some bullshit reason. They jump through all the hoops, and you still take the kids away. Why? Because you're that fucking evil or because you are controlled by another person? You are bought and paid for, much like the slave days. Each and every single one of you are bought and paid for.

You guys are gonna be acting as the fucking mules when all this stuff comes crashing down on you. Do you understand that? And if you don't think it's gonna come crashing down and you think you're gonna win the election, then you have to worry about the fucking people. Because the people is what you really need to worry about, not the federal government. The people are getting fucking tired of this shit.

You could see it all over the fucking place. I've been warning you about this all the fucking time. And because I'm warning you about this, you are trying to throw me in fucking prison, you fucking dickhead. Damon, they've increased the payment to get you down here. Do you think you have a shot in hell in beating me with all the date documentation that I got? That's why you guys went ahead and put a weak ass lawyer on my case and trying to extend it out before it's so fucking long. Don't try to pretend you're not

Thank you. And now we'll hear from the final caller.

Hey, hey, Goncelo here and thank you for coming back to me. I found my speech. Yeah, thank you to all the previous concerned citizens. Amen to all of you. Let's see, Voice of San Diego versus the County Newspaper is suing to force the release of whistleblower complaints against the former County contractor that could shed light on what the County knew before it was involved in a criminal misappropriation case involving public money.

This is my husband's speech actually, I just couldn't find it. So the DA mentioned the docs, the docs in court, the county refuses to release or even redact. Article one, section three of the California constitution strongly favors public records release. Read it. You're wasting more of our money, fees, damages, reputations. Better settle quick. That's from Paul LeBold. Let's see, who knew what when. Espinosa versus County, another sheriff neglect case. Guillermo Espinoza died after three days lying in at Waterfield Ditch.

Wow, this is gonna make you want to cry. A welfare check was called seventy two hours prior to that but took not long, but took no long action. Apparently the responding sheriff's deputy came and went without ever leaving her car disgraceful. Fucked up babe, it's beyond disgraceful. But yeah, Arabella McCormick beaten and starved and murdered.

Delilah starved to death at three months by her unfit adoptive parents. Andrea Ebbing tortured, kids taken away, now brutalized by the cops. Evelyn Lopez, kids taken, the 150 or more Polinsky Center abuse. Thank you.

And chair Lawson Rima, that concludes public comment on the closed session matters.

Okay. Thank you all very much. So let me just talk a little bit about what we're gonna be doing next. So we are gonna proceed directly into closed session. We've just a couple matters to move through.

And tomorrow, due to the time certain afternoon items that are for actually time started for the afternoon, the board will reconvene tomorrow at 11AM for our legislative session, our land use legislative session. So, we will reconvene at 11AM. So, Andrew, if you could make sure to announce that for the broader public, not only for the individuals sitting here. So, we will go into closed session now, and then we will reconvene tomorrow at eleven a. M. And before we go to closed session actually, we'll take about a five minute break before closed session. So before our five minute break, we will turn the floor over to Supervisor Desmond, who has an adjournment in memory.

Thank you very much Madam Chair. Appreciate it. This is in memory of Joe Onda. It is with heavy hearts that we adjourn today's meeting in honor of Joseph Onda who passed away peacefully on April 5 at the age of 77. Joe was a beloved chef and owner of Joe's Italian Cuisine on Grand Avenue in Escondido, a cherished local landmark since 1980.

He was an icon in the community. He brought people together through his warmth, his generosity, and his love of cooking. He was born in Italy and Joe came to The United States via New York at age 18 and eventually settled in Escondido where he built not only a successful family restaurant but a legacy of hospitality and genuine heart. Even in his later years, he could still be found in the kitchen doing what he loved the most. Joe's legacy will live on through his daughters, Angelina and Adina, who continue the family business honoring his tradition and his recipes.

He will be deeply missed and fondly remembered by all who knew him. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family, dear friends, and to the community. May he rest in peace. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you very much. We with that, the board will proceed to closed session. We'll be there at 12:25 and I'll see everyone back here at 11AM.

Board will now recess into closed session to consider those matters listed under item 16 on today's session agenda. If there are any reportable actions, they will be reported out during the land use session of this meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, 05/06/2026 at 11AM.